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Kate Stewart is over for dinner at Fourteenâs tonight. She avoided their invitations for months until they finally cornered her one day and convinced her to come over. It was a great time, they spent half of it swapping stories of the Brig. Sheâs visited many times since.
#doctor who#fourteenth doctor#whatâs fourteen up to#kate lethbridge stewart#kate stewart#you know in power of the doctor when thirteen is like âyou coming?â#and Kate points to herself like ââŚme?â#she avoided the invite bc of that same mindset#eventually though she and 14 become much better friends#and thatâs part of why sheâs so much more familiar with 15#at least in my head
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hi nat! i know you donât believe in kaylor anymore, but i wanted to send in my kaylor/joshlie theory, just as food for thought and fun speculation.
CW: ED
background:
back in 2017, i made a new friend. i quickly became kinda obsessed with her. i idolized how tall and skinny she was, her radiant sunshine-like presence, and the way she was so much cooler than me. something about her just drew me in like a magnet.
one day she told me that she was âbi-curious,â and i felt the unexplainable urge to tell her that i was queer tooâso i did.
thus started our intense homoerotic friendship. we talked about everything, and she was rather touchy and flirty with me (we even hooked up a few times). but she was hung up on this dude who sheâd been in a long-term off-and-on relationship with. looking back, i think she saw me as a willing participant in her experimentation phaseâa source of casual fun while on a break from her ârealâ relationship (plus, i came with the added bonus of helping her figure out her sexuality a bit).
meanwhile, i was serious about us because i was in love with her. as such, the relationship was obviously very unhealthy: neither of us had appropriate expectations of the other, and because of the imbalance in our level of commitment/love, she ended up inadvertently taking advantage of my friendship in ways that only increased my obsession with her. naturally, our friendship eventually imploded.
i think the kaylor story may look similar.
my theory on kaylor:
i think that kaylor had a very similar friendship as me and my friend. their connection obviously started out as pr, but they ended up getting along well and bonded. thus started their genuine friendship.
i think that their eating disorders were likely a strong source of bonding/connection for them, as this was the case for me and my friend as well. i wanted to emulate how skinny my friend was, just how i think taylor wanted to emulate how skinny karlie was. (remember the vogue best best friends video, in which taylor complemented karlieâs âshiny abs.â) this is obviously an unhealthy place to start a friendship: from day one, you are on uneven ground, where one person is essentially worshipping the other and seeing them as a god-like figure to emulate.
imagine that taylor in that sort of mindset with karlie. and on top of that, sheâs attracted to karlieâobsessed with her skinny body, her sunshine-like personality, how sophisticated she is, how effortlessly successful she is, etc. she develops an infatuation with karlie. she wants to take karlie to big sur with her and play 1989 on the way, and sheâs so obsessed with karlie that she wants to tell her the truth about the 1989 muse. (trust me, itâs feasibleâi told my friend shit iâd never have even imagined confessing to another human, all because of how infatuated with her i was.) so taylor and karlie sit down, have an intensely emotional conversation about how taylor is bi, how the pressures of staying closeted gut her every day, how her relationship with the 1989 muse dianna was so full of strife due to closeting, etc. /// or maybe taylor feels that she must disclose her bisexuality to karlie before the big sur trip. sheâs terrified that if she doesnât tell karlie sheâs bi, then karlie will somehow find out. and taylorâs afraid that then, karlie will be creeped out that a ~predatory lesbian~ invited her on a three-month sleepover, leading to the demise of their friendship. so taylor must avoid that outcome â so she must come out to karlie.
so, for either reason i described, taylor comes out to karlie. considering how scared taylor is to come out to karlie (since it might ruin their friendship, or karlie might maliciously out her to others now that she knows, etc.) and considering how generally poor taylorâs mental health was at the time, the coming out inevitably evolves into an intensely emotional conversation about taylorâs fears, insecurities, the pressures of being a closeted mega-celebrity, etc. perhaps karlie feels compelled to match the level of emotion and vulnerability, motivating her to tell taylor âiâm questioning if i might be a little bi too.â or perhaps taylorâs level of earnestness and rawness stirs up the illusion of intense emotions inside of karlie. so, karlie âcomes outâ to taylor â confessing that sheâs questioning/bi-curious (for context, i think karlie is kinsey 1). /// (to show the validity of this possibility â this is how evangelical churches, such as the one shown in the 2006 documentary âjesus campâ, are able to convince children that theyâre being overcome by the holy spirit, being prompted by god to break down in tears, etc. â psychologically speaking, when people are put into highly intense emotional situations, [such as taylor breaking down while coming out to karlie], their brains will feel inadvertent pressure to match the level of emotion. as such, their brains will either exacerbate existing relevant emotions, or create the illusion of relevant strong emotions. [this is probably especially true for karlie, since she is an empath and a people pleaser.]).
thus starts the âfriends with occasional benefitsâ stage. karlie views the relationship as something casual, something that gal pals do sometimes, something fun to experiment with while she and josh are on a break, and maybe with the added bonus of helping her figure out if sheâs actually a little bit queer.
but taylor falls hard. as i already said, i think taylor was infatuated with karlieâs personality, success, and skinniness. thatâs why taylor is willing to engage in such an unhealthy and un-reciprocal relationship: sheâs willing to tolerate joshâs presence, because her brain is so fixated on karlie that sheâs willing to endure anything for her. taylor may even recognize that kaylor is doomed, but sheâs so in love/obsessed that she canât bring herself to care about anything other than the utter infatuation she feels in this present moment. (this was true of me and my friend â my friend would literally vent to me about her long-term on-again-off-again boyfriend, and i was willing to endure it because of how obsessed with her i was.) or maybe taylorâs somewhat in denial about josh. (this was also true of me and my friend â i had such a hard time conceptualizing that she had feelings for the man that my brain, to some extent, refused to fully grasp the reality of that.) or maybe taylor was even in denial about how intensely she loved karlie, convincing herself that she just really valued her platonic friendship (i also did this â it took me months to admit that i had a crush on my friend and admit that my level of obsession wasnât normal gal pal behavior â even though i was already out to myself.) also keep in mind the eating disorder dynamic here â taylor looked to karlie as an idol regarding how to eat healthy, exercise, be skinny, and be successful. the mindset of people engaged in eating disorders tends to be obsessive and unhealthy to the extent of being willing to ignore reality / unknowingly refusing to accept reality, possibly including the reality of josh, if taylor feels like her skinniness is dependent on her connection with karlie.
so basically, karlie sees this as a gal pal fling, friends with the occasional casual benefit. taylor, conversely, is infatuated with karlie. one thing that really confirms this for me is kissgate. taylor was liking kaylor shipped tumblr posts shortly before kissgate â she obviously was feeling something for karlie that night. but karlie wasnât committed to taylor to the same level â yes they (allegedly) made out, but karlie made out with josh immediately afterwards. /// to taylor, kaylor is a ship, an endgame. but to karlie, taylor is just a fun little pit stop, and sheâs gonna go make out with her real boyfie immediately after.
eventually, the friendship inevitably implodes, leading to their breakup in 2016. some straw finally breaks the camelâs back on this relationship which was unhealthy and doomed from day 1.
now letâs look at lyrical evidence from repuation that supports my theory.
lyrical evidence from reputation:
ready for it
the bearding anthem. verses âheâ are joe, as confirmed by the music video. chorus âyouâ is her fantasy idealized version of long-term kaylor.
thereâs a reason that the âyouâ relationship (in the chorus) is happening IN HER DREAMS and not in real life â she pines for this committed and serious relationship with karlie, but thatâs not reality.
but taylor has hope that it might happen â âi know iâm gonna be with you, so I TAKE MY TIME.â she imagines theyâll be friends-to-lovers, and sheâs willing to wait as long as necessary for them to fully reach that lovers stage
this is a stretch, but âthiefâ/ârobberâ may refer to how sheâs âstealingâ karlie from josh lol. âtouch me and youâll never be aloneâ may also be a cheeky reference how taylor was like a temporary placeholder for josh â when karlie felt alone bc she and josh were on a break, taylor was like âtouch me karlie, to keep you occupied while josh has left you alone. and oh yeah, if you end up in a relationship with me, then i promise that youâll never be alone, bc i will commit to you, unlike that josh boy. i will be so much better than him, if you just let me.â
end game (but only the chorus/verse which taylor wrote)
âi WANNA be your endgameâ â taylor is not in a committed relationship with karlie. as karlie sees it, theyâre just fooling around. but taylor wants more than that: she wants to be karlieâs endgame. Â
âyou and me would be a big conversationâ bc theyâre gay. (sorry joseph matthew alwyn, this line is not about you)
âi donât wanna touch you âŚâŚ like the other girls doâ may be a reference to how karlie is gal pals with plenty of her female friends (example â her platonic yet very affectionate relationship with toni garrn). but taylor wants more than that â she wants their touches to be romantic rather than just platonic/occasionally casually sexual.
���i donât wanna hurt youâ â taylor fears that sheâs bad news for karlie (a sentiment repeated in the first line of delicate, the bridge of i did something bad, etc.). this may be internalized homophobia â the predatory lesbian falls in love with her pure/innocent straight best friend and then corrupts her with homosexuality.
âbut i ainât tryna playâ â taylor wants this relationship to be more than just the occasional fun/playful/casual hook up. she wants to be karlieâs end game.
âi hit you like âbangâ, we tried to forget it, but we just couldnâtâ may refer to the first time they hooked up. it was unexpected, just happened so suddenly (âlike âbangââ). and they were just going to put it past them â sometimes friends hook up, itâs whatever. but taylor canât move on from it.
âyour body is goldâ â self-explanatory. karlie is the gold rush girl, after all.
âyouâve been calling my bluff on all my usual tricksâ reminds me of how i used to try to communicate my seriousness/love to my friend, but sheâd laugh it off and assume i was joking. conversely, perhaps the âtrickâ is that taylor is pretending that sheâs not super invested in karlieâmaybe karlie is catching on to the fact that taylor is infatuated with her in a ~gay way~. taylor denies it, but karlie calls her bluff on that statement.
âhereâs the truth from my red lipsâ â but in the music video, her lips arenât red when she says this line. this may allude to all of the lying involved in her relationship with karlie (such as lying about just how in love with karlie she really was). or taylor may have her lips a different color because the truth has changed from the time she wrote this song to the time sheâs filming the video â when she wrote this song, it was true that she wanted to be karlieâs endgame. but by the time rep era is here and theyâre filming this video, the kaylor friendship is over, and it is no longer true that taylor wants to be karlieâs endgame.
i did something bad
just like in âready for itâ, i think the verses primarily refer to bearding (or maybe calvin/kimye, idk), but the chorus is about karlie.
âthey say did something bad / then whyâs it feel so goodâ â it is bad that she slept with karlie despite the fact that karlie is in a complicated long term relationship with josh. but the sex felt good ÂŻ\_ (ă)_/ÂŻ
âand iâd do it over and over and over again / IF I COULDâ â this implies that taylor only did ~the bad thing~ a few times, and she was unable to do it more times, even though she wanted to. this lines up with my theory that she and karlie hooked up a few times (casually in karlieâs eyes), but taylor wanted it to be more than just a few times (she wanted to be karlieâs endgame). but they couldnât get to that committed place of routinely having sex bc karlie was still low key hung up on josh.
this is a very unlikely reach but â âhe says âdonât throw away a good thingââ â âheâ might be josh speaking to karlie about their relationship.
in the bridge, taylor says that she is a witch being unjustly burned. the witch is burned because she is being accused of the sin of dark magic â this parallels josh accusing taylor of being a witch who committed the sin of sleeping with his girlfriend, or maybe even the sin of âcorruptingâ the pure straight girl karlie. furthermore, the bridge invokes religious imagery of purgatory. and tbh, religious imagery is almost always gay xoxo.
donât blame me
âdonât blame me, love made me crazyâ again implies that taylor has committed a sort of ~crime~, such as the ~crimes~ i just mentioned regarding the donât blame me bridge.
âmy drug is my babyâ â the drug reference makes me think of dependency. the obsession and infatuation i experienced with my friend (and that i suspect taylor experienced with karlie) is sort of like a drug dependency â and just like a drug dependency, the need for each other is not reciprocal (the drug does not need you back).
âshaking, pacing, i just need youâ implies that taylor does not have âyouâ, which is consistent with my theory that she wanted kaylor to be endgame whereas karlie was only willing to doing occasional gal pal hook ups.
âfor you, i would cross the lineâ / âthey say sheâs gone too far this timeâ â sleeping with josh kushnerâs ~innocent straight~ girlfriend certainly crosses a line, lol.
âi would waste my timeâ â as i mentioned in my ready for it analysis, taylor hopes that kaylor be friends-to-lovers. sheâs willing to wait as long as necessary for them to fully reach that lovers stage, even though she recognizes that the relationship is doomed and thus a waste of time.
âmy name is whatever you decideâ â we donât have to âgirlfriends.â we can just be âfriends with benefitsâ or âgal palsâ or whatever name you decide, because i am so desperate to have you at all that i will accept you in any form.
âiâm insane, but iâm your babyâ â acknowledging that this unhealthy relationship/infatuation she has with karlie is âinsaneâ
âhalo hiding my OBSESSIONâ â âobsessionâ (!!!!) (thatâs what iâve been saying kaylor was!!!). also, âhaloâ is a religious metaphor, and religious metaphors are always gay xoxo. and this is a reach, but as a victoriaâs secret angel, karlie wears a halo.
âi once was poison ivy, but now iâm your daisyâ â iâm sorry, but iâll never get over the fact that karlie tagged the daisy as taylor, and then taylor drew a picture of a daisy in an identical position above the word âdaisyâ in the handwritten lyrics.
âfor you, i would fall from grace / just to touch your faceâ â religious metaphors are gay xoxo!
delicate â unsure if this song is about karlie (i think itâs more likely about lily or even joe), but if it is about karlie, it does align well with my kaylor theory.
âthis ainât for the bestâ â doomed relationship due to josh, corruption of straight girl, karlie wonât commit, etc.
âwe canât make / any promisesâ â karlie canât commit to taylor like taylor wants/needs
âis it cool that i said all that? is it chill that youâre in my head? cuz i know that itâs delicateâ â is it cool that i have gay feelings for you, bestie, because i know weâre toeing a very delicate line between friends and lovers?
âthird floor on the west sideâ â iirc, the master bedroom of karlieâs west side apartment was on the third floor
âdo the girls back home touch you like i do?â â contrasting platonic girlsâ touches to the type of touch taylor is giving her. (similar vibe to âi donât wanna touch you âŚâŚ like the other girls doâ in end game)
âstay here, honey, I DONâT WANNA SHAREâ â i donât wanna share you with josh
âI PRETEND YOUâRE MINE ALL THE DAMN TIMEâ â implies that karlie is not hers all the time (because sheâs joshâs)
âi like you âŚâŚ i want youâ â taylor is Yearning⢠for a deeper/more serious relationship with karlie
look what you made me do
i donât think this song has much substance, but it may draw on themes/emotions from the kaylor friendship break up.
âi donât like your gamesâ â i donât like how you led me on, making me feel like we could be forever when, in reality, you were never going to commit to me because you loved josh
âdonât like your tilted stageâ â this reminds me of the power imbalance i mentioned earlier: taylor was obsessed with karlie and idolized her. karlie did not reciprocate this dedication and infatuation. because taylorâs love for karlie is so much more intense than karlieâs love for her, the metaphorical scale is imbalanced, making it tilt. Â
âthe role you made me play, of the foolâ â you made me out to be a fool, ready to confess my undying love even though you could never reciprocate. // furthermore, the âroleâ may refer to how they had to act like platonic girl squad besties as per their pr arrangement (reminds me of how karlie publicly said âtaylor and i are still bestiesâ after karlieâs name wasnât on the junior jewels shirt in the lwymmd mv, how karlie promo-ed the âMe!â filter on Instagram, the song closure, etc.)
âyour perfect crimeâ â the crime of sleeping with taylor despite being low key still with josh
âi got smarterâ â i began to realize how unhealthy this warped and imbalanced friendship was
âyou asked me for a place to sleep / locked me out and threw a feastâ â this may refer to karlie had a ~designated bestie sleepover room~ in taylorâs house, and that enty blind about how karlie used taylorâs credit card and that caused a feud lol
i do not think that âso it goesâ is about karlie â itâs too reciprocal. i donât think gorgeous is about karlie specifically â maybe lily or just women in general. and i agree with andyâs theory that getaway car is more so an exercise in storytelling than a song that contains substantive clues about her relationships.
king of my heart
we have the photos showing that taylor wrote/recorded this after facetiming with karlie to watch the sunset together. taylor wrote this right after that romantic coded date, presumably during a high point of their friendship/relationship â as such, this song is more idealistic than most other kaylor songs. taylor is hopeful about the future of a committed endgame kaylor. (but, weâll also see that taylor does still have some insecurities about kaylor.)
ânow you try on calling me baby like trying on clothesâ â karlie is just âtrying onâ calling her baby. karlie is new to this whole wlw thing, and she wonât be wearing these metaphorical clothes (a wlw relationship) for long â sheâs just trying them on. furthermore, âtrying on clothesâ may reference how karlie is a model.
âsalute to me, iâm your american queenâ â i think i remember from my ttb days (derogatory) that thereâs a video clip of karlie calling taylor âthe perfect all-american girlâ whilst doing a salute.
âyou move to me like a motown beatâ may reference the âmotown beatsâ instagram post where kaylor are putting on lipstick together
the fact that taylor includes the line âall the boys and their expensive cars ⌠never took me quite where you doâ may be a sign of taylorâs insecurity. i think this may be a message to karlie â âyes, josh is a rich boy with expensive cars, but look, we are so much better than joshlie is.â calling josh a mere âboyâ is also a funny little insult â heâs not a man, heâs just some silly little boy who canât satisfy you like i can.
âbody and soulâ â i think it might be significant that taylor specifies body AND soul. theyâre already connected by the soul through their close friendship â but now theyâre connecting sexually with their bodies as well. conversely, this could reference how theyâve already connected bodily through casual gal pal hook ups, but now taylor believes that theyâre starting to connect on that romantic soul level as well.
âschool girl crushâ gives me such unreciprocated crush vibes. maybe taylorâs crush was unreciprocated for a while, but she has reason to believe that their relationship is growing into ~more than just friends~, as sheâs desired
âdrinking beer out of plastic cupsâ â knicks game
âsay you fancy me, not fancy stuffâ â âfancyâ could just be straight-bait to make swiftwyn beards look more convincing, or it could be a re-dedication of the song to joe (just how the bridge of dress re-dedicated that song to joe). (for context, i believe in swiftwyn beards-to-lovers.) but whatâs important here is that âfancying stuffâ made me think of how, as a model, karlie is like madonaâs Material Girl. rich boy josh with his fancy cars can give karlie more âstuffâ to satisfy her inner material girl, but taylor wants to show karlie that she can give her deeper fulfillment than that.
âthis is enoughâ â this might be taylor reassuring herself that their relationship, despite being in a weird ~gal pals who hook up occassionally~ is enough. even though theyâre not ~girlfriends~, the relationship is enough, because taylor believes that theyâre working their way towards that ~body and soul endgame wives~ type of relationship.
âall at onceâ may refer to a seemingly sudden shift in the nature of their relationship â one day, theyâre (infuriatingly) just gal pals who hook up, but all of a sudden, taylor has reason to believe/hope that maybe theyâre starting to be more than that, maybe inching their way towards endgame territory.
i do not think that dancing with our hands tied is necessarily about karlie. it seems too reciprocal to be just about her; it might be an amalgamation of many relationships and how she frequently fears being outed.
dress
âa golden tattooâ â drakeâs party. also, karlie is gold rush girl
âall of this silence, pining and anticipation / my hands are shaking from holding back from you / all of this silence, pining and desperately waitingâ â once again implies that taylor does not have karlie the way she wants her. thereâs âpiningâ because she wants more than karlie can give. and taylor is âdesperately waitingâ in hopes that maybe one day karlie will reciprocate her love to the full extent that she desires
âi donât want you like a best friendâ â self-explanatory
âcarve your name into my bedpostâ â taylor is making a request â âplease commit, please leave a sign that you are committed to me forever, please be my endgame.â note the dichotomy between this plea for karlie to take the initiative to make the carving, versus the statement in the first verse of how karlie inadvertently left âan indentation in the shape ofâ her. the indentation was not an act of karlieâs chosen will â taylor just so happened to fall in love with her, and now sheâs asking karlie to reciprocate by making that carving.
âinescapable, iâm not even gonna tryâ â taylor is resigned to the fact that sheâs fallen for karlie, even though the relationship might be doomed (as the next line demonstrates)
âif I get burned, at least we were electrifiedâ â taylor is acknowledging that this relationship is low key doomed, and if anyone is going to get hurt, itâll be taylor. taylor will be the one getting âburnedâ by the intensity of her infatuation, whereas karlie wonât be burned because she never reciprocated that intense love. /// going back to my commentary on âcarve your name into my bedpostâ â note how taylor frequently references karlie âclaimingâ her (with âmarksâ, âindentationsâ, âcarvingsâ, and now âburnsâ), whereas taylor never states that sheâs claimed karlie in any way. i think this may reflect taylorâs recognition that she has fallen much harder for karlie than karlie has for her. karlie does not bear marks, indentations, carvings, or burns from their relationship, because she was never as committed as taylor was. but taylor bears all those things because it is she who fell so hard for karlie. Â
âyou kiss my face and weâre both drunkâ reminds me of that trope where the gal pals only make out when theyâre drunk because theyâre convinced theyâre actually straight. maybe karlie is one of those straight girls who only has so much capacity for wlw sex, meaning that it happens more often when sheâs drunk than when sober.
i do not think that âthis is why we canât have nice thingsâ is a direct karlie song. it may indirectly reference how karlie âbrokeâ the ânice thingâ that was their relationship by refusing to commit, but i donât think that the song has anything substantive to show us about kaylor.
iâm not sure if i think âcall it what you wantâ is a kaylor song. on some level, âfit like a daydreamâ does sound like eating disorder taylor idolizing karlieâs body, and itâs interesting to me how the subject of the song expresses virtually no devotion to taylor, whereas taylor spends the whole song telling the subject âcall it what you want â call us girlfriends, gal pals, whatever you want as long as i can keep you.â this reminds me a bit of kaylor.
new yearâs day
âdonât read the last pageâ because i know that this book has a sad ending. this relationship is doomed, and itâs going to end poorly. but letâs put that out of our minds â iâm to infatuated with you in this moment to think about how this will inevitably end.
âi stay when youâre lost and iâm scared and youâre turning awayâ â when karlie is âlostâ (leaving taylor to go back to josh) or âturning awayâ from taylor to go back to josh, taylor stays. sheâs scared that sheâs going to lose karlie, but sheâs still going to stay, because sheâs willing to âwaste her timeâ (donât blame me) waiting for karlie to choose her.
âi stay when itâs hard or itâs wrong or weâre making mistakesâ â taylor is willing to stay through the mess of their imbalanced and un-reciprocal relationship even when that inevitably gets hard. their relationship is âwrongâ because karlie is joshâs, and maybe kaylor was a mistake because of joshlie, but taylor doesnât care â she loves karlie too much, so sheâs going to stay and wait for karlie to choose her.
âi WANT your midnightsâ â implying that taylor does not currently have them, because karlie is not reciprocating the level of love taylor is giving and wants in return.
âhold on to the memoriesâ implies that this relationship will be ending soon (because it is doomed), leaving karlie only memories to hold onto.
âi will hold onto youâ â this goes back to the theme of taylorâs obsession. karlie is her drug â sheâs addicted to her, and she will âwaste her timeâ eternally waiting for karlie to choose her because sheâs that obsessed with her.
âplease donât ever become a strangerâ â why is taylor worrying about this? because the relationship is doomed, and becoming strangers feels like this horrible yet inevitable ending that will be a part of âthe last pageâ
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SUBMISSION
I found this as part of my Insta ask era but letâs look over this for thoughts. Havenât read it yet but I know anon was stressed it got lost (it did because yâall talk too much but also donât stop I love it).
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The Gift of Jab
For the prompt: Hi! I'm always up for some sparring hotness, so how about Tony being present for physical training sessions (working/watching), but says no everytime Nat/Clint/Steve/etc invites him to do it. Rhodey laughing every time the team says that it's bc Tony doesn't want to embarass himself. Bucky suspects his BF is actually well-versed in hand-to-hand/martial arts/self-defense; so he gives himself the challenge of getting Tony onto the mat. When he does he ends up a)on the floor & b)really aroused.
A/N: This ended up more meet-cute than PWP, hope you enjoy!Â
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Natashaâs thighs tightened around Buckyâs neck warningly, threatening his air supply and reminding him that anyone elseâs neck would already been broken. Bucky smacked the mat with an open palm and the pressure disappeared; he lay there for a minute, getting the air back in his lungs from where he had hit the mat so hard, then he took Natâs hand and climbed back to his feet. âWho taught you to be so fast?â he complained as he traded places with Steve, who had been waiting on the sidelines for his turn to spar.
âYou did,â Nat said with a grin. She grabbed her bottle of water while Steve bounced a little on his toes and jabbed the air, not so much warming up as getting in the right mindset. The sparring mat was in the middle of the room, and on one wall Sam was tearing up the treadmill and bobbing his head to whatever music he was listening to and Tony was doing his own thing in the corner. Clint was sitting in the corner watching, having already reached his fill of getting thrown around the room.
Steve must have noticed Bucky staring goofily at Tony because he followed Buckyâs gaze and watched Tony for a while, frowning in confusion at the strange pattern of movements Tony was making in the air with his arms and legs. âWhatâs he doing?â he finally asked, tilting his head towards Tony when Nat looked at him questioningly.
âWing chun,â Tony called out, apparently able to hear them even over the sound of Samâs treadmill and the music on the loudspeakers.
âLike Bruce Lee,â Clint added helpfully. Bucky and Steve just looked at him blankly.
âYouâd like it,â Nat said, elbowing Steve in the side. âItâs really popular with old Chinese grandmothers.â
âI heard that!â Tony said, raising his voice but never pausing his movements. âAlso, what youâre thinking of is Tai Chi.â
âBut what is it? Is it like yoga or something?â Steve kept watching as Natasha took a moment to put her hair back up in a tighter ponytail.
âItâs a martial art,â she mumbled around the hair band in her mouth as she raked the hair back from her face. âLike karate or jiu jitsu. Ready?â
Steve tore his eyes away and let Bucky do the admiring from afar while Steve concentrated on his match. He lasted longer than Bucky did, which was understandable given heâd been sparring with Nat longer, but she suckered him in with a feint and hooked his legs out from under him, hitting the mat hard. She stood over him, made finger guns at him and said, âPew pew,â and Steve obediently flopped back against the mat and played dead. This time, Natasha traded out with Bucky and Steve did a kip up to his feet as Bucky stepped out onto the mat.
âDoes he ever spar or is it just to stay in shape?â Steve asked. âI mean, itâs not like heâŚI mean, when heâs in the suit he doesnâtâŚâ He realized what he was saying as he was in the middle of saying it, especially when he noticed Natasha giving him an unimpressed look. âOf course, he doesnât always wear his suit,â he muttered, rubbing a hand on the back of his neck, cheeks turning pink. âRight.â
âI can hear you,â Tony said in a high sing-song voice.
âYou should join us,â Natasha called back, smirking when Buckyâs eyes jerked to hers in alarm. âI think the boys want a closer look.â
Tony was silent for so long that Bucky thought he was back to ignoring them, but right as he was turning back to his mat Tony stopped what he was doing and said, âYou know what, sure. I havenât sparred with anyone but Happy for a while.â
He caught Samâs eye as he came by the treadmill, and Sam took out his headphones. âYou going to spar?â he said with interest. Tony never sparred hand-to-hand, he always demurred with a joke or an excuse. When Tony nodded, Sam turned off the treadmill to watch.
âI didnât realize this was going to be a spectator sport,â Tony complained even though he was smiling. âWho am I sparring?â
Bucky felt the back of his neck burn as everyone but Tony turned to look at him. âIâll go first,â Bucky said when the silence stretched for long enough that Tony was starting to look confused.
As Bucky shook out his arms and joined Tony on the mat, Clint leaned over to Natasha and said, âI bet Bucky has to tap out because he gets a boner.â Bucky gave him a dirty look over his shoulder, then gave Natasha one too when she shook Clintâs hand.
She just smirked and said, âKeep it clean, boys.â
Bucky brought his hands up in blocking position and closed his hands into loose fists, squaring up while Tony was turned slightly to the side, hands open and in front of his torso instead of protecting his face. Bucky jabbed at him a couple of times experimentally as Tony dodged and then when he swung a little more seriously Tony blocked it easily and jabbed at the inside of arm, making his fingers go numb for a second.
âWhoa, what was that?â Sam said, raising his eyebrows. âNever seen that before.â
âYou have,â Clint insisted. âBruce Lee, remember?â
Bucky shook his hand out and took up his position again. He led with an uppercut this time, a little faster and with more power, and Tony turned to the side, letting it swing past where he used to be, and hit Buckyâs throat, temple, chin, and jaw with a flurry of punches and chops, making Bucky stagger backwards from the unexpected onslaught. Then there was a foot in his chest that shoved him backwards and he almost landed on his ass.
âI want to change my bet,â Clint said. âTonyâs a ringer.â
âBuckaroo here isnât going full speed or strength,â Tony said with modest shrug, though there was a smile playing on his lips.
âJust warming up,â Bucky said, though the truth was that this was a fighting style he wasnât familiar with. Until Natasha, heâd mostly been from the âstand and slug it outâ school of fighting, something you naturally fell into when you were stronger and more impervious to damage than most. Also, well, Bucky was much more used to having a gun in one hand and a knife in the other.
He eyed Tony and tried to slip on a little of the Winter Soldier, rolling his shoulders and trying to imagine what he would do if he were really trying to bring Tony down. So this time, when they squared up, he charged, trying to bodycheck Tony and get his hands on him, ready for Tony to try to dodge. Instead, Tony stepped into the charge, turning so that his shoulder drove into Buckyâs upper chest, pushing him off balance. At the same time his foot was between Buckyâs and his knee drove into the inside of Buckyâs thigh, making him lose his footing. Bucky rolled into the fall, coming up on his feet. He jabbed a couple of times, making Tony give ground, then followed up with a side kick, expecting Tony to dodge or block. Instead, he ducked by leaning back and kicking the thigh that Bucky was standing on, then catching Buckyâs other leg on his shoulder, forcing him to land on his back. Tony kept a grip on Buckyâs leg and followed him to the ground, pressing his knee to the side of Buckyâs. It was clear that in a real fight Tonyâs next move would be to tear the ligaments in Buckyâs knee, and Bucky tapped out. He lay there for a moment after Tony released him, heart pounding with more than just the rush from the fight, before he accepted Tonyâs hand to get back on his feet.
âAgain?â Tony asked, bouncing a little on his toes, smiling widely. His hair was slightly damp with sweat, tank top clinging to his torso. âBest two out of three?â
Buckyâs mouth went dry and he swallowed, skin feeling tight. He stalled for a moment by grabbing a towel and swiping it over his face, worried that going another round would be a bad idea. But in the end he was helpless against Tonyâs enthusiasm. âSure,â he said after a minute, and the rest of the team cheered.
As they squared up again, Bucky assessed his next move; in a real fight, he would try to take Tony to the ground, but there was no goddamn way he could grapple with Tony without embarrassing himself. Having Tony kneeling between his legs for just a second had already been bad enough.Â
He started out with a flurry of kicks, keeping them low so Tony couldnât try the same trick again. Tony didnât return them, he only deflected them while stepping back, a frown of concentration on his face. The last kick, however, he caught Buckyâs leg and stepped forward, making Bucky hop backwards or fall over. When Tony tried to sweep his leg Bucky did a backflip, curling his legs in tightly to avoid hitting Tony on the chin. He landed gracelessly, but he was on his feet; backflips were not his thing because the arm itself and the supporting metal in his shoulder made him lopsided, which affected him in the air. Tony took advantage of Buckyâs unsteady landing to attack with a flurry of lightning fast jabs. Bucky brought his arms up to protect his face and got sharp jabs to the solar plexus and ribs, threatening to knock the wind out of him; he tried to punch back to get Tony to back off, and got hit in the throat. Finally he tucked his head and barreled into Tony, who turned on his heel like a matador and push kicked him in the small of the back. Bucky stumbled forward and when he finally turned back around to face Tony, Tony look so goddamned pleased with himself that Bucky had to laugh.
âCome on, then,â he said, doing the come here gesture.
Tony shook his head, hands up in the same starting position as before. âWing chun doesnât really start fights,â he said. âThatâs not why I learned it.â
Clint hooted from the sidelines. âHear that? Tony doesnât start fights, he ends them.â
Tony and Bucky rolled their eyes and shared a grin. âAlright,â Bucky said, and swung at Tony again, a jab with his left followed by a hook with his left; as he anticipated, Tony blocked and countered with a chop to his neck like heâd done earlier. This time, though, Bucky dipped and twisted so that the blow hit his shoulder instead and grabbed Tonyâs wrist. Tony lunged and hit Bucky in the chest with his elbow, hard enough that it would have knocked the wind out of a normal person. Bucky countered by hitting Tony in the side with his free hand and felt bad when he heard Tony grunt, but without hesitating Tony drove his heel into Buckyâs instep and then his knee into Buckyâs thigh. Bucky felt his leg twist at the impact but stayed on his feet and kept his grip on Tonyâs wrist.
Until Tony somehow twisted in his grip, sweat-slick wrist slipping from between his fingers as Tony trapped Buckyâs arm against his body then ducked under it, twisting Buckyâs am behind his back. He kicked the back of Buckyâs knee, making it buckle, then with a knee to the center of Buckyâs back Tony drove him to the floor. Bucky struggled just enough to know that Tony had a solid lock on his arm; Tony was a heavy weight pinning him to the mat and Buckyâs breath caught in his lungs. He felt himself flush hot and then cold, skin tingling, and knew if he struggled too much Clint would win his bet. He tapped the mat with his free hand and Tony released him immediately. Bucky blew out a breath and rolled over, only to find Tony standing over him.
âIâve known Natasha for longer than you have,â Tony said with a smile as he held out a hand to help Bucky pick himself up off the floor. âYou taught her to be fast, and she taught me. Taught me some of her tricks, too.â
âEven the leg thing?â Bucky asked, and wished he hadnât because then he pictured having his head between Tonyâs thighs and he had to force his thoughts to something else. Behind them, Clint was scowling as he handed Natasha money from his wallet.
âNo, not the leg thing. No one but Natasha can do the leg thing,â Tony said ruefully. Then he looked at Bucky expectantly and Bucky realized he was still holding Tonyâs hand.
Bucky felt his face get hot and let go quickly. âWe should do this again sometime,â he offered a little breathlessly. âIt was fun.â
âEven if you were taking it easy on me,â Tony said, taking a towel from Sam and running it over his face.
âI went as fast and hard as I would go with anyone but Steve and Thor,â Bucky countered. He pulled his shirt up to wipe off his face and when he lowered it, he caught Tony staring at his stomach before his eyes flew up to met Buckyâs.
âThatâs fair,â Tony said, and his grin said he knew heâd been caught looking and didnât care. Bucky grinned back because all of a sudden it had become the best day ever. âYou know, I think Iâm done for the day. Are you hungry?â
âSure,â Clint said, and he was about to climb down off his perch when Natasha grabbed his arm, fingers digging in with warning.
âHe wasnât asking you,â she said, and though she was smiling it was all teeth. âDonât fuck this up,â she hissed, impressively managing to say it without moving her lips. "They might not try again for weeks." Buckyâs neck burned and he hoped Tony couldnât hear her, even though Steveâs carefully blank expression said that he definitely could and furthermore, he agreed. Behind Tonyâs back, Sam gave him a discreet thumbs up, and Bucky was ready to murder all of them.
âI am, yes,â Bucky said, resolutely ignoring the chuckleheads in the peanut gallery. "I just, uh, need a shower and I'll be ready."
"It will be faster if you shower toge-" Clint started, and Natasha elbowed him off the bench before he could finish.
"You kids have fun," Sam said, and Bucky left before his face could get any redder.Â
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School Uniform Story Notes ⨠(1/2)
this is for the people like me who can never remember which story a certain scene youâre trying to find came from đ˘ and for anyone else who just wants to know what happened đđ
Part 1: Heartslabyul, Savanaclaw, Octavinelle, Scarabia Part 2: Pomefiore, Ignihyde, Diasomnia (coming soon!)
Riddle đšÂ Thereâs No Drawback to Not Knowing
Ace and Cater discuss which phone cases are in style right now; Riddle doesnât know anything about the latest trends but heâs fine with that because it makes no difference to him. When Ace tries to explain them, Riddle repeats that itâs not important and snaps at them to go somewhere else. Once they leave, he mutters to himself that heâll look into them later.
They mention that a paper talking about new discoveries in the history of the Land of Hot Sands was published (which affected everyoneâs history tests) đ I wonder if that involved Jafar at all
Riddle doesnât check the results of his exams because he knows he always gets 100%
Caterâs phone case is considered trendy right now lmaoo
Ace mentions wanting a phone case design featuring creatures with âfuzzy heads and legs growing out of their eyesâ (the momeraths??)
Ace ⼠Such an Honest Freshman
Ace helps Trey carry back groceries from the store, under the guise of wanting a piece of pie with lots of cherries on it in return. Trey suspects that he wants more than just some cherry pieâAce ends up spilling that he wanted Trey to tell him which topics would be covered on their history tests.
Aceâs brother is 7 years older than him, and used to take him lots of places together đĽş
Trey usually reads or does homework to pass time at the dorm; he didnât slack off even as a freshman because he knew Riddle would be coming the year after and he didnât want Riddle to be angry with his grades đ
Trey used to make sweets for his little siblings when they pestered him for them!! And heâs been helping around his familyâs bakery since he was little
Deuce â One With the Wind
Ace canât decide which club he wants to join since they all sound tempting. Deuce mentions he joined track and field because there was no Magical Wheel club, which gets him started on a tangent about how much he loves those motorcycles and how he canât believe Ace has never even touched one.
Deuce tried to open a Magical Wheel Lovers Club but Crowley rejected it
When he was little, Deuce used to get Magical Wheel magazines and admire all the models đđ
Magical Wheels are fueled by the driversâ magic power đ
Deuce loves the high-speed feeling of âbecoming one with the windâ (ie. going really fast on a motorcycle, also sprinting and things for track and field)
Cater ⌠The Portrait of Rosalia
Cater tries to get Kalim and Leona to join a party to keep the lonely portrait Rosalia company. The truth is, he just wanted to put Rosalia in a good mood so sheâd share what would be on the next history test with him.
Rosalia hangs in the west school building (the rose in the west wing??), near the staff room and has been there for years; she knows stories about magift tournaments from the past.
Cater implies he knows some secrets about Kalim đ¤
Mentions that Leona comes from a âladies firstâ culture
Trey ⣠Open Your Mouth
The Queen has a rule saying that if you eat turkey for dinner, you must brush your teeth two times that night. Ace tries to get away with only brushing once, but Trey catches him and asks both him and Deuce to let him smell their breath to make sure they both brushed at least once already; then he apologizes because he used to do that with his little siblings and it became a habit. He proceeds to give them detailed advice about brushing their teeth.
I didnât like this one lmao it felt kind of pointless
But anyway Trey knows weirdly thorough tooth-brushing techniques, a lot about teeth in general, and has multiple brushes for focusing on different parts of his mouth đŚˇ
Leona đŚ I Grew Up Spoiled
Vil needs Leona to take some pictures with him for the school newspaper. Although reluctant at first, he eventually agrees because Vil wonât stop annoying him about it. Before they go to the shoot, Vil notices one of the buttons on Leonaâs vest is coming off and offers him his sewing supplies to fix it. But Leona says if he wants it fixed he should just do it himself (also Leona grew up spoiled and doesnât know how to sew). Vil gets really salty with his attitude and says heâll only do it because he needs âhis propsâ to look pristine.
Theyâre both super catty with each other đ
At one point Vil said the button wasnât the right one and asked for a different one; Leona handed him a new one and said âOh btw this is a magic button, it always comes back even if it comes off.â Vil was like â????â and Leona explained sometimes heâll leave his clothes that lost a button in his room, and heâll find it later with this button sewed back on again
Vil said itâs probably Ruggie who quietly sews them back on for him đđ but smh Leona just replied âOh well same deal, it always comes backâ
Jack đş Iâll Expose Your Crimes!
Jack smells something weird in the cafeteria and decides to go investigate. The smell first leads him to the Leech twins; he wrestles Floyd for this suspicious briefcase that they have (turns out there was just a beauty serum inside that they were bringing to a customer). Then Jack realizes the smell was actually coming from Epel; he forcibly pulls a container out from Epelâs jacket pocket and finds... several types of onion product in there (Jack hates onions). Epel reveals heâs been hiding the onions because Vil is forcing him to eat really bland food and the onions help give them flavor.
Jack suspected the smell was a chemical leak in the school and his first thought was âI wonât be able to get in todayâs workout!!â sir,,,,,
His sense of smell gets immensely better in his wolf form
After they sorted everything out, Epel invited Jack to sit with him for lunch đĽş
Ruggie đ In Grandmaâs Hands
Ruggie comes down to the cafeteria in the middle of the night because Leona wanted a midnight snack. He finds a bunch of vegetables in the kitchen and decides to make some soup with them. Jade appears and informs him that those actually belong to him; to avoid having to owe him any debts, Ruggie offers to teach Jade some ways to cook them, since the reason Jade had left them there in the first place was so that he could ask the ghost chefs for recipe suggestions in the morning.
The awkward laugh they shared when Ruggie realized the vegetables were Jadeâs tho đđ I wish the side stories were voiced omg
The one who taught Ruggie all of those recipes was his grandma
Also Ruggie sings while he cooks đđđ
Azul đ Just One Die
Idia brings a game called The Magical Game of Life to one of the board game club meetings; Azul gets very passionate about it despite at first turning his nose up at games that only rely on luck. Eventually he starts practicing how to perfectly throw a die to land on the number he wants so he can cheat the luck factor.
Azul.... honest to god he never slacks off đ
Jade đŹ A Mindset I Canât Understand
Jade is making teas in the middle of the courtyard when Kalim stops by to see whatâs going on. Kalim ends up talking about teas from his home, and Jade asks if he could show him how to brew the special tea they have for guests. Itâs supposed to be super sweet so Kalim insists on dumping as much sugar as possible into the cup, but Jade really hates sugar.
Kalim got so disgusted when Jade was talking about his raw meat diet in the sea đđ
But also Kalim đ He tries so hard to help everyone but he always happens to miss the mark
Floyd đŚ Talk with Me About Something Fun
Floyd gets bored working on a report so he decides to go bug Riddle, insisting that they do their homework together. He helps Riddle find a book he needs but wonât quit playing around with him over it. In his anger, Riddle brings up how differently Jade is compared to him, and Floyd immediately gets bored and leaves.
The book Riddle needed was called âThe History of Magic Carpet Weavingâ
Kalim đŚ Letâs Get Along!
Kalim is shopping at Mr. Sâs Mystery Shop for the Scarabia 1st years welcome party. Riddle asks him why heâs the one running errands and not Jamil (the reason was that Jamil was stressed with how Kalim was handling the decorations for the party so sent him away basically đ). Kalim ends up inviting Riddle to the party; he only agrees after he hears there will be a magic carpet there.
Kalim is so rich it hurts đ Riddle called him out for yawning during dorm leader meetings and he said âIf I yawned at Scarabia, Jamil would just get my bed ready for me!â
When he was talking about the magic carpet Kalim said âLetâs go to the end of the world togetherâ (Was that the name of the wintry tundra in Aladdin??)
This is the one where Kalim talks about how he only eats Jamilâs food because he used to get poisoned as a child; his dad & Jamil had told him âThis is the fate of the oldest son of the Asim familyâ
Jamil đ I Mean It
At lunch, Kalim and Ruggie go get food for themselves plus Jamil and Leona; while theyâre waiting, Leona implies that Jamil might try to hurt Kalim someday, much to Jamilâs offense. Later Ruggie and Jamil mull over having to work with their respective âmasters.â
Leonaâs intelligence is often downplayed bc of how lazy he is but he really is good at figuring things out đ This was shown in Caterâs story too.
Ruggie and Jamil having that little squabble about how they think each otherâs masters (for lack of a better word) would be more difficult to deal with was kind of cute đ
#twisted wonderland#rambles#THESE ARE SO SATISFYING OMG#you wouldn't believe how many times I think 'lets read some personal stories :D' but then every one I click sounds so familiar#I know I haven't read them all#I just can't tell which ones I already read#lets just go through all of them again problem solved#this time taking notes đ
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Confidants good. (Haru arc end)
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Mementos...
Baphomet, huh? Guess I'll try Kouga
Oh crap I forgot to resummon my fusion components
YES MORGANA HARU SHOWTIME
Aw, that's it? I thought it was going to be something wild based on what Mona said
This does actually make sense why she needed Mona's help, specifically, though
I really do like how they've changed Ryuji's ambush skill. It's way more optional now, and you get xp from it. And it seems like a persona will get experience if you stealth-kill a shadow that would give you the same persona? That's pretty cool
Oh, a Futaba & Iwai interaction! Not really something I considered, but tbh it makes a lot of sense! I'm down. Found family alllll around
Oh thank FUCK I'm not sure if this is a relocalization thing or if he says something later but I'm so glad that Mishima now believes me when I say that he changed his own heart without any stealing involved
It was really sad that he didn't think he was strong enough to divert from his course on his own. And that he thought I would lie about something as important as that! I'm glad that this doesn't seem to be the case anymore. Hopefully
It's too bad Mishima & Ann don't interact much, outside an apology after Kamoshida and a very short exchange during the school trip. I feel like they'd have a lot to talk about. Even if it's them dancing around Shiho and everything associated with Kamoshida. But if they got to talking about Thief stuff, in earnest, without the oh-surely-i-dont-know-what-you-mean, they could have a discussion about bringing out the courage within people's hearts. And requests, too, obviously. Hmm.
Oh what if he interviews her (as Panther!) For his book/documentary?? That a really makes a lot of sense and I'm into it and I want a short fic now
Dammit
Don't worry, Kawakami, I'm rank 9 with him. I have been very counseled.
HELLO YOSHIZAWA
LETS EAT LUNCH TOGETHER YOSHIZAWA
oh she's inviting Maruki as well. Okay I guess that's fine
...DID YOU TELL MARUKI ABOUT HIS OWN GODDAMN PALACE YOSHIZAWA
Oh, good, doesn't seem like you have.
Hooooooooo how are you going to answer this, Yoshizawa?
That's not really very accurate
*Iwai voice* YOU SHOULD BE GRATEFUL
It still boggles the mind that we never saw her when our hideout was the rooftop. I saw her talking to a teacher about taking care of the flowers on like one of my first days of walking around the school.
Maybe she had a club or something. Or studied somewhere for a certain time and then came up. Or maybe it only took a little bit after the first few days and we delayed enough that we came up after her. Did we really just miss each other those times? Seems weird
...
"This party's totally the best one so far!" Oh dear.
Listen, we know that Makoto's the one who stole the data, but Akechi didn't actually say he didn't steal it from her. I wonder if he also took some info from her? Probably not, but... It's a little weird
It's interesting to me that none of them consider that Okumura's Shadow didn't return to his real self before the Palace collapsed - that he was acting again when he started sobbing, and that he wilfully committed a final act of betrayal
Or that he was maybe a little too caught up sobbing to return before it was too late.
Or that he was hit by a chunk of debris or fragile machinery.
"That said, it's safe enough to say that you aren't the murdering type." Thanks, Sae.
...in the Featherman game, is the player character going to turn into a villain? Bc that's what it looks like. Lol
FINALLY KINDNESS MAX I CAN TALK TO SOJIRO NOW
No, dude, you should be going after her. She wants to hear she's wanted by you.
Yes, good, he comes up to talk to her on his own.
*CLUTCHES CHEST*
Hierophant rank 7 is an absolute treasure
Tfw you need a stat maxed to advance a social link and then the link gives you more of the stat on the ranks afterwards #thanksforthekindnessiguess
Shinya's voice...! It's still. Something. *Sigh*
"...Whoa! The mark of the Phantom Thieves! They hacked this site!" Hoo boy. Your voice actor, kid...they could have done better.
#LetShinyaSayFuck
Sae, you're gonna be so embarrassed when you learn "where [I] learned to handle a gun"
Mishima no
Futaba's canonically into DnD. Hell yeah.
: / Aww. I usually get max knowledge before finals. This kinda sucks. And I was so close, too.
Hmm. I'm don't think Haru managed to say entirely what was on her mind. Is that even her full wish?
Side note, but I'm actually really proud of her for visiting a counselor. She doesn't trust easily, and she doesn't take care of herself on an emotional level very much, I don't think. She kinda bottles it up and then relieves stress by using her axe, whether it's on wood or on shadows. She takes care of everyone else and never talks about herself, and avoids going into detail when people ask if she's okay. She's been raised to be dutiful and proper and there's a stigma on mental health stuff
And despite literally all of that, she goes and visits a counselor. Even if she can't figure out what she wants to say, she did that. I'm really happy for her, even if I'm also a little sad. I hope she got something out of that, even if it was just a moment's respite.
You know, I read a really great fic where the writer did Yusuke's social link but with Ryuji being there instead of Ren. And there was a p4 manga where Yosuke did the Naoki social link instead of Souji. It's really interesting to see the social links interact.
I wonder who would be a good choice for Haru's link. Yusuke would be an interesting choice - they relate on a lot of points, and he has Thoughts on business. Maybe that would change her conclusion at the end, though. But maybe if he's already had his Hope added? Hmm
Makoto would also be an interesting choice. I feel like she would start doing a lot of research and would encourage Haru to research with her. I wonder how good of a listener Makoto would be. The two of them have a nice dynamic, though. It's kind of an easy one. Also, this way she wouldn't have to worry about burdening her kohai - she tries to keep it casual but she does still think about it
Ann and Haru hardly ever interact. I don't know what they'd be like 1 on 1. I'll have to think on it more
I don't think Haru would talk to Futaba about this. Their perspectives are too dissimilar, based on life experiences. Plus, Futaba is a prodigy. They have some similar mindsets - the keeping busy to distract oneself, for example - but I just can't see her talking about this with Futaba 1 on 1. And for Futaba to be there for moral support! That'd have to be a wiretap/bugged phone situation. And lots of texting.
Oh, but Futaba could tell her if someone was doing something shady with finances. She's know a lot about this kind of stuff from when she did Medjed/Alibaba stuff. Hmmmmmm...
Food for thought.
I kind of thought that Ryuji would be the best choice considering how passionate he is, maybe I'm wrong about that
There's also Morgana. But I'll think about that later. For now, let's continue the game
I wonder how they changed her confidant skills. Hopefully they're more useful this time around. With more variety.
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