#shih shoulda had it

[pocketramblr]

Actually now that I’m thinking about it. When did All for One start identifying himself as All for One?? Who gave him The Three Musketeers to read?? Did he try going by “The Demon Lord” as a teenager and someone went “😬 I don’t know about that, boss” and he couldn’t even provide them a cool mononym, so he came up with “All for One”? So much lore hidden away from us…

Genuinely like where did he get that from. Even if he was in his "all for me" (/"all for Yoichi") thing like. That does not actually translate to calling yourself half of a musketeer motto. If he told his followers to call him "all for me" or "demon lord" who's gonna suggest AfO instead... Like... Not even "all consuming" or such.

[thatforgottenbasilisk]

what's all this about a kotaro as afohiko child fic >:O you're making tenko afo's grandson? hana his granddaughter? the house = vault for all of afo's in-laws? i am clapping my hands together in prayer that sorahiko's remained free

SEE THE THING IS AFO DOESNT KNOW!!! HE HAS NO IDEA!!! here's what AFO knows about that whole situation:

He and his (now ex-)husband Sorahiko had a test tube baby. sonboy child was going to be his pride and joy!! until he got STOLEN

Sorahiko took the fucking kids

HE DIDNT EVEN NAME SONBOY CHILD!!! YOICHI JUNIOR!!!!!! SORAHIKO RAN OFF WITH HIM THE SECOND HE WAS GROWN ENOUGH TO SURVIVE OUTSIDE THE TUBE WHAT THE FUCK SORAHIKO

where the fuck did sorahiko go actually

FOUND EX HUSBAND!! where baby

theres no baby

what the fuck did you do with sonboy child, sorahiko

well. life expectancies for babies on the run i guess. maybe sonboy child didnt get those flamingo salinity tolerance crazy baby survival shigaraki genes

sora wont make another one! hes a hero now! what the fuck sorahiko part 2 electric boogaloo

man. this blows. no husband no baby no nothing what the hell

AT NO POINT!!! DOES HE EVER DEFINITIVELY DISCOVER THAT THE BABY IS EVEN ALIVE!!! HE SUSPECTS THE BABY IS DEAD BUT ALSO COULD BE ALIVE. SCHRODINGERS SONBOY.

NO CLUE WHERE HE IS THO. SORAHIKO YOU SNEAKY BASTARD

[pikahlua]

Hello! Translation question about 398, re: when All Might mentions his family was killed… he uses the word 家族, right? Does it have any implication that he had sibling(s)? I checked jisho, but their definition pretty much boils down to ‘family’ (arguably, with 族 added, ‘clan’).

Kazoku is just the Japanese word for family. That word works the same as the word "family" does in English. There are no implications about the presence or lack of siblings. It's just as broad a term as it would be in English.

[boss-the-goofball]

ask and receive! 5 more headcanons on Fantasy AU? i'm interested in the OfA as a means of suppressing demonic heritage...

OfA Stuff!

Yoichi never went through his Metamorphosis as he died before his time would have come. His magic was also incredibly weak, especially as he continued to pour it into his sword.

A majority of the One for All Holders were actually Human, but two of them actually came from families that specialized in Divine Magic. A magic that is known to be the one true counter to Demons, but also a magic that is almost extinct as a majority of the families with this magic were wiped out by both Iou and All for One. The only ones that remain are the Shimuras and the Bakugous.

When Toshinori received One for All, he unknowingly absorbed the Divine Magic within to keep his Demonic Heritage suppressed. After forty years, it almost seemed like he had fully transformed into a Pure Human. But as the magic he holds from One for All fades, his Demon side starts to slowly come out.

In most cases, the Divine Magic within One for All would have done the same for Izuku. However, it had the opposite effect and started to make his Demon Heritage more apparent. Neither he nor Toshinori know why this is, but it soon becomes revealed that now One for All has the signature of two different Demon Families within it and it's enough to counter the Divine Magic sealed within.

Toshinori is actually a Panthera Demon. So when he goes through his Metamorphosis, he will gain traits that belong to those of the Big Cat Family like Lions.

[sneckoil]

(blocked out for spoilers) thank you @shih-shoulda-had-it !! i really appreciate the words!

wachi started the funeral company around 10 years after evan died. he still had to train to get the certification to work as a funeral director. he also needed to save up the capital to do that. he was also kind of fucked up and needed some character development before he could do that tbh

they're very aware wachi is into father valencia. they aren't aware father valencia reciprocates (because father valencia is chummy with everyone. it's hard to tell)

[dekusheroacademia]

@shih-shoulda-had-it

JUST GRAN TORINO ROLLING ON THE FLOOR

[jhezenkoss]

hey @shih-shoulda-had-it, campaign just got added to spotify! https://open.spotify.com/show/2Rpw9eKVdpgiYRVPwjGe1U

[wolfcrunch]

op is the mha x pokemon au idea free real estate because oh… i just pictured en with a Rowlet and i wanna manifest…

YES..... go ahead....... manifest to ur hearts content.... give en the rowlet he deserves

[vaenire]

3 and 12 for the book meme? I finally have the time (and freedom due to unemployment) to read...

thanks Jordan!! 

3. What were your top five books of the year?

Asegi Stories: Cherokee Queer and Two-Spirit Memory by Qwo-Li Driskill

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Real Queer America: LGBT Stories From Red States by Samantha Leigh Allen

The Bioarchaeology of Violence edited by Ryan P. Harrod and Debra L. Martin

and i’m struggling to choose a fifth so... i’m opting out lskdjlfd

these four were really good ones and really started paradigm-shifts for me in several different directions. I would say Real Queer America and Braiding Sweetgrass had the greatest impact with the easiest reading (or listening, since I think those were both audiobooks I listened to). I really suggest them! (Bioarchaeology was probably more impactful to me as someone planning to go into that field...) 

12. Any books that disappointed you?

Tomlinson Hill: Sons of Slaves, Sons of Slaveholders by Chris Tomlinson. 

Ummm there was some good gems and interesting moments, but overall it could be summed up in about 1/10 of the length. reading a good summary of it is probably just as impactful as the overall book. I’d suggest reading the foreword if you can find it somewhere, written by LaDainian Tomlinson whose family were enslaved on Tomlinson Hill

(end of year book ask meme)

[iwritesometimes]

sarah I watched the 1995 version of persuasion 99% because I saw that post like six months ago and it would not leave my mind. THE PINING... IT WAS UNFATHOMABLE...

I LITERALLY THINK ABOUT IT CONSTANTLY. i’m so thrilled i induced you to watch it. everyone should watch and/or read it so they can understand the fucking FERAL levels of longing available to them that pride and prejudice merely HINTED at. the oppressive silence of knowing things you shouldn’t, of growing and understanding a person better as time goes on, of maybe irrevocably fucking up your own life but trying, trying, trying to be a better person ALL the time. there is no more iconic heroine of pain than Anne Elliot and there is no more idiotically beautiful hero than Frederick “oh i fucked UP” Wentworth and the sooner people realize the DEPTHS of silent agony to which we could be descending, the better.

anyway go check out Persuasion for the love of god, all of you.

[rockcandyshrike]

Made-up fic titles— “how deeply are you sleeping (or are you still awake)” and/or “Galaxy Spread”! [first one’s a lyric from “Sky Full of Song”]

wOw JORDAN HOW DARE YOU SHOOT ME RIGHT THRU MY FLORENCE WELCH LOVING HEART

“how deeply are you sleeping (or are you still awake)”

it’s funny since I don’t write sad shit but the first thing that jumped to mind was pure ANGST: So after the Empire stomps Jedha under its boot and the Guardians are forced onto the street, Chirrut is having nightly breakdowns/prayers to the Force asking WHY his people are suffering and what should he do and how can he protect Baze who’s retreated so far into himself that Chirrut can barely feel him in the Force. the sleeping “you” in the title refers to both Baze as he slumbers next to Chirrut and the Force which is silent to his questions

The tears escape from Chirrut’s eyes no matter how tightly he shuts them, slipping between the bars of his lashes like prisoners into the free and feral dark. He bites his lip til the taste of iron coats his tongue as he tries to lock the wails behind his teeth, but one lone sob manages to eke its way out.

Baze mumbles his name.

Chirrut whips his head around, hands clapped over his mouth. His heart and his lungs freeze in his chest. He feels cold all over.

Baze sighs, turning over in his sleep.

Chirrut breathes out slowly, shoulders shuddering with guilty relief. He would never forgive himself if he woke Baze with his private lamentations. His beloved already battles with insomnia, he doesn’t deserve to lose any more sleep just because Chirrut can’t commune with the Force quietly.

Nevermind that he hasn’t been able to commune with the Force since the burning.

The memory of the flames licking up the sides of the Temple, gouts of red and orange searing the endless Jedhan sky, nearly scours out another broken sob from the back of his throat, but he swallows it down even though it feels like razors in his esophagus. He wipes at his eyes angrily. His tears are self-indulgent; it helps no one, a waste of salt and water when both are so precious in the Holy City.

He cannot be another burden, to Baze or NiJedha. He folds the pain away behind his heart.

(CHIRRUT PLEASE LET YOUR HUSBAND COMFORT YOU)

“Galaxy Spread”

ANYWAY, pivoting back to my bread and butter i.e. funny+horny, this would be a fic about Chirrut and Baze getting married across the universe according to the native customs of the different planets they visit. (i may have talked about this with you briefly years ago [my brain just stalled out…years!?], Jordan.) a lighthearted post-war romp, maybe also finding scattered Jedhans along the way and reforging connections. The Tagline: “Honeymoon Part 2: Electric Boogaloo”

“They’re going to tie our legs together?”

“They’re going to strap us into harnesses, and then tie our legs together, do pay attention, my dear.”

Baze grunts, irritated yet amused. “And then they push us off a cliff.”

“We take a leap of faith,” Chirrut corrects with a smirk, all too cognizant that Baze is playing dumb to goad him, but enjoying it even more. “The Uraurkak believe this bonds the couple for eternity, as it symbolizes stepping through death together.”

“More like falling headlong through death together.”

“That too,” Chirrut says, reaching out to cup Baze’s face with an intricately red-twined hand. “Are you ready?”

Baze gazes steadily at his husband, his groom for the next five minutes. Chirrut glows ethereal in the emerald torchlight, beautiful as always, but with his cheeks dusted in reflective powder he shines like something strange, something rare and alien only made familiar by the love creasing the corners of his eyes. The dearest phantasm he’s ever seen. His chest constricts tighter than plating screws.

“Why not? I’ll throw myself off a cliff with you.”

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Send me a made-up fic title and i’ll tell you what i would write to go with it!

[pocketramblr]

Ah, and, well, you know me. 👉👈 DCAU? Or Mandoade and Jetiise? Spare Prime Torino for Shih?? 🥺

Winter Break WiPmas

Mandoade and Jetiise Headcanon- Sorahiko took a course or two about his home planet when at the Temple, but never went back to look for his family after leaving, only staying with Nana.

Exert-

“Who is this?” “Hikage Shinomori. My buir was in your traat’aliit.” “Your buir?” Hikage heard the question Kudo wasn’t asking. “Died two years ago, there was a trap from the dar’jetii. You’re heading for another one, I think.” There were a lot of terms for death, in Mando’a. Hikage didn’t say Pudiri marched away- taab'echaaj'la. He didn’t even say xe died in battle- r'ash'amu. Just died. Ru'ramaana.

DCAU Headcanon- Kurogiri was created when Shouta tried to trade half his life for half of Oboro's. Neither of them were pleased with the outcome of that deal, but Shouta made sure the demon wasn't either, without altering any of the wording. You'd think they'd like. learn their lesson about not making deals with demons after that but no

Exert:

When Sorahiko warned Nana of a missile incoming far too fast for him to intercept, of course she jumped in herself to do it. Her arms strained and her shoulders complained at the jolt, but the worst part was how her bracers vibrated against the crumpling hot metal of the missile, a clang that shook to her bones. It wasn't the impact that made her gasp, though. Just grit her teeth and throw herself forward more. That’s when she got a glimpse of what was inside the- The probably not-a-missile. The hopefully not-a-missile. The Nana-prayed-to-all-the-gods-and-would-consider-even-the-new-ones-her-mother-hated that it was not-a-missile. And that’s when she gasped, and her grip slipped. She corrected in a moment, but her landing on the sandbar was awkward, put politely. Less graceful than some of Sorahiko’s crashes, put more honestly. She spat out sand and probably swallowed more of it as she threw herself up and towards the she-was-going-to-kill-someone-if-it-was-a-missile. She slammed her hands against the metal, sweating from effort or panic or the heat to peel it away. It had been built to withstand a lot, though. The baby inside blinked at her.

[thatforgottenbasilisk]

Basil you write divorced villains afohiko with so much more vinegar than I can manage, and it’s great every time. Goddamn. Love the new fic, love the PREVIOUS fics, fingers crossed that when Sorahiko puts two and two together about Nana and One for All, he’s too attached to abandon her and Toshinori 😫😫😫

sdfghj thanku!! i just love divorced villains afohiko so so much. ex-villain torino for the win forever and always <3

also you KNOW he's gotten attached at that point. also he's prolly like "not nana's fault my ex is fucking insane" so doubles down on his decision to stay with her and toshinori. for altruistic purposes and definitely not for a chance to hit hisashi lmao

[adigeon]

The opening to S1E3 with Bashir and Garak was the weirdest scene of introductory intimacy I've seen and I feel like I should've been prepared for it by all the garashir posts

RIGHT??????? “introductory intimacy” is the perfect way to put it. and yeah it’s so weird, like zero to “hi i’m garak and this is my phone sex voice” in ten seconds

also i’m pretty sure cardassian neck ridges are, like, canon erogenous zones, and the fact that’s exactly the part of bashir that garak just grabs is. my god. i am sure the writers didn’t intend for that and it’s canonically so suggestive only retroactively but like. jesus. 

[boss-the-goofball]

FINGERS CROSSED THAT NANAHIKO GOOD ENDING ROUTE ENDS WITH BOTH OF THEM ALIVE AT LEAST.

............

heh

[libertineangel]

I know it's very much not a new frustration but man if Ubisoft wasn't afraid to just let Assassin's Creed die we could have some really great games.

Obviously the new trilogy are barely AC games, but Black Flag remains the best pirate game since Sid Meier's and they really shoulda let it become its own series, because the actual AC plotline didn't do much for it and Edward Kenway had a real good character arc that would've been pretty much unchanged without it, and if it was its own series we could have more.

I'd love a Black Flag 2 following a Barbary Corsair, or a member of Ching Shih's confederation, and considering the popularity of the first I'd imagine plenty of others would as well, but I doubt we ever will.