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mrskodzuken · 4 years ago

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pairing: Kozume Kenma x f!reader

genre: SOFT. AND. PURE. FLUFF.

wc: 975

warnings: alcohol, some product placement ads (lol; not sponsored by Tanduay and Sprite), slightly suggestive cheverlu (c/o the English translation to APO Hiking Society's "Yakap sa Dilim"), Kenma being so sweet to his s/o, a bit ooc-ish?

note: this fic was inspired by my last week's *coughs* spicy *coughs* interaction with my second visiting (fifth overall smh) Kenma anon here on my blog. Then the song "Yakap sa Dilim", originally sung by APO Hiking Society, came into my mind because it's so damn seggsy tbh *fidget fidget* At first, I thought of doing a bit smutty fic to complement the song but... siiigh, I'm still nowhere as good as by the likes of my other moots who write smut almost on a daily, weekly basis. Plus I have a good, if not great, imagination when it comes to writing fluff, so... ^^;;

another note: that part about Y/N mixing her alcoholic drink with clear soda and experiencing full-blown redness and itchiness from head to toe while drinking was based on my experience drinking alcohol straight away. And no, I'm not always drinking on a regular basis, just whenever there are family get-togethers and like New Year's Eve parties.

another ANOTHER note: this is my first entry for @lumpiang-toge 's Piliin Mo Ang Pilipinas server collab event. Huuuuuuge thank you for beta-ing this @/lumpiang-toge @love-amihan @imo-chan-imagines @kousukii @manjirosday @abuliawrites I LOVE YOU ALL MWAH <3 *headpats*

see also: listen to the original version of "Yakap sa Dilim" by APO Hiking Society here-

[00:45 am]

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"...and that's all for tonight's streaming! Make sure to follow me on all my social networking sites, they're on the description below! Well then, this has been your favorite gamer cat boy Kodzuken, logging out!"

Kenma then removes his headset and closes his stream, stretching and yawning a bit in his gaming chair, before standing up and heading towards his and your shared (bed)room.

"Y/N~ Y/N, are you still awake? Y/N-" he opens the door to your room, only to find it silently empty.

Hmm... where did she go? Kenma then searches the kitchen. "Y/N?" And the bathroom. "Where are you?"

He taps on his phone and checks his contact list for a possibility of you being online at the moment. And sighs. Nothing.

"Y/N! Y/N-chan, where are you?"

"Kitten, I'm on the back porch!"

Kenma finds you sitting on the porch, chin up, your eyes watching the numerous stars twinkling, shining, across the wide clear night sky, and smiling.

"I just finished my stream earlier and was checking up if you're awake or not but-" He sits in beside you and snuggles a bit but then notices a slight flush in your cheeks, and spies your hands cradling a glass of familiar reddish liquid. Beside you stands a half-empty bottle of Tanduay Ice, its opened bottle cap sitting askew on the lips.

"How long have you been drinking, Y/N? And straight-up drinking a bottle of Tanduay Ice Red Mirage?"

You turn your slightly flushed face at Kenma, a goofy smile escaping your lips, and raise your glass. "Not about half an hour ago, and don't worry about me getting all red and itchy all over my body from too much drinking! I mix it up with some Sprite to lessen the alcohol intake!" You fish out a 2L bottle of Sprite, also half-empty, on the ground, to prove your point.

Kenma sighs exasperatedly and smiles back at you. Lovely and stubborn you, who isn't the type to back down from an argument and stuff.

Shit.

You gently place your drink on the wooden floor and suddenly stand up and walk. "Ah, you want something to drink? I can get you some can of beer if you-!"

You feel the grip on your wrist as he grab your hand before you go inside, and look at him.

"Kenma-"

"Please stay."

Kenma then brings your hand near his face and tenderly kisses your palm, looking you in the eye, the action making you more flushed but not because of alcohol. He smiles at you again.

"I love you, Y/N."

Steam runs off your ears, your face a full-blown tomato face. "I-I-I love you, too, Kenma!"

The former Nekoma high school volleyball setter and now-YouTuber can't help but softly chuckle. Kenma can't really resist teasing and making you blush.

Because he finds it very cute. And endearing.

He hangs his head down a bit. "Sorry... I forgot about our date earlier.”

"Eh? W-why are you saying sorry...? I should have known you'd have a busy day yesterday! Two 4-hour streams, company Zoom meetings, a date with Kuroo-san in the office-"

"-it's a meeting with the Japan Volleyball Association for an upcoming proposal, stop calling it a 'date'!"

Your boyfriend then pulls you closer and wraps his arms around your waist, his head being buried on your chest. You could hear his muffled sigh and voice from within while he speaks.

"I'm such a terrible boyfriend to you, kitten. How can I make it up to you?" While looking at you, pout on his lips, his golden cat orbs a puppy-like glance at your face.

A look that sends your heart aching with cuteness.

"Hmm..." You pull away from Kenma's embrace and grab your phone to scroll and tap on something. A smile creeps across your face as you place your phone back from where you got it earlier.

The first few notes of your favorite song start to play in the background. You offer your hand at a slightly confused Kenma.

"Would the great Kodzuken care to dance with me?"

Hoping that you lay your head on the pillow

Your body, I'll cover like a blanket.

Problems you will forget

As long as we embrace in the dark

He accepts it, grinning, and finds himself swaying his body alongside you, your hands around his neck, his hands perching on your waist.

Don't stop if you feel like you have to cry unexpectedly

Hoping what you feel is relaxation

If you want, we can take a cigarette first

Before we embrace in the dark

"I'm so lucky I have met you, Y/N. I really am~" He places a kiss on your forehead before nuzzling your cheek, his nose wrinkling a bit. "You still smell of Tanduay Ice, kitten. Hope you won't experience an incoming hangover later."

"Kenma!!! I won't, silly! And I'm also lucky that I'm here, cuddling with you, dancing... it makes me happy!" You kiss his cheek and hug him closer.

This is something that we have been waiting for

We're right at this moment embracing in the dark

Oh, the satisfaction from the quick, stolen moments

While we embrace in the dark

"I love you, Y/N..."

"I love you more, Kenma..."

Come on and lie down by me in bed

Let's savor the good times together

To our love that we hope for

While we embrace in the dark

As the song ends, you find yourself yawning, sleepy. He notices this.

Kenma kisses your forehead again, snuggling you at his side. He yawns also. "Maybe we should go to bed now, kitten. It's getting late."

"And we can cuddle while we sleep?"

"Mhmm~ yes, we can! C'mon... but first, let's brush your teeth and get rid of that alcohol smell..."

"Kenma!!!!"

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grogusmum · 3 years ago

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Grogu hiiii!!!! How is jedi kindergarten?? Is your dad doing okay??

(Also wanted to let you know that you’re kiiinda famous. I work at a day camp and the kids love you. They draw you all the time!!)

*hugs*

Okay so I have lots of thoughts and feelings about jedi school. Hold on I need help making this do the number thing...

There we go... oops I used number one for... forget it, I need to dad sigh- siiigh

Pretend this is number 1. Jedi school is just me right now, Master Luke says more are coming but right now it's just me.

(2 😒) And Master Luke says I am strong with the force, yeah, I know

... I'm just gonna ignore the numbers...and Master Luke says not to get on his back, but he has a pouch right there perfect for me...

and Master Luke says drink this blue milk, and I say I want blue cookies and he says I caaaannn't and then I force lift the milk over his head.

So it's going good... I guess. We do practice stuff, like sitting and letting the force tell us stuff and moving stuff, and being calm and not being so sassy- but I say Wise Master Luke, respectfully, you are Sassy aaaaallllll ttthhhhhe tttiiiimmmme!

And he says time for meditation.

I wish I could see those pictures! I make pictures for my Dad all the time! I did kinda knew that dad and me are famous cuz of this little statue (dad says my ears aren't big enough and I say stop it!)

Thank you for asking me about my school and for the hug. I hug you back!

#grogu answers your asks #grogu #character takeover

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shadlad24 · 4 years ago

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More Funny Little Moments #1: Season 1, Episodes 1-12

So, I decided to do this post after all. Halp. LOL Because I apparently LOVE giving myself a bunch of unnecessary work, I decided to choose two to three extra moments, per episode! SUPER halp! X’D Anyway, these are moments that didn’t make the cut for my FFLM series because: my sense of humor is a little weird, they were gonna be too much work (LOL/Siiigh), I like to highlight patterns, and I don’t like a lot of repetition. [Links to each FFLM along the bottom of the post. :)]

Let’s start with something I originally agreed with other fans on but have since changed my mind. A lot of people didn’t like this part of “Chariots of War” because it seems so ludicrous that Xena would forget her chakram anywhere. Well, let me tell you! This lady has left her weapons behind most episodes thus far. I didn’t note it every time here (and especially didn’t bother with her whip) because that’d really overrun the post buuuuut… You’ll see. XD

1.01 Sins of the Past

Xena’s shift being so much dirtier than the little boy’s clothes though she’s high up off the ground, and he lives in smoked-out rubble.

Yup. Xena forgot her sword (and later, her main saddlebag) at her mother’s tavern. Pft.

Sorry these were kinda lame, but I didn’t want to re-use any more of the original fifteen points I made about this episode... Ah well. Moving on! (heh)

1.02 Chariots of War

Xena loses her sword after the chariot crash, taking up and discarding Sphaerus’s but walking off without her own. (See her front and back and both of Argo’s sides.)

Gabrielle chewing Xena out, Xena being bummed about it, and Argo being surprised. X’D

1.03 Dreamworker

This got me good. Gabrielle does Xena’s war cry so well here that I really thought it was Xena for a few seconds. Realizing it was GabbyWabs only made me chuckle more because she apparently can’t do it when it really counts in “The Greater Good.”

Argo NOT being on Team Gabrielle. XD (Their feud is a little funny to me.)

1.04 Cradle of Hope

Xena tossing aside her sword after killing Nemos. Extras even dance and celebrate right on top of it! Wut thuh?

I decided to avoid mentioning Hope in the FFLM because Xena’s quote here is more ironic than comedic, and Gabrielle’s little face is just so sad, but I didn’t want to let it pass by entirely unremarked upon. At least GW gets to show off her oracle skills again? :’)

1.05 The Path Not Taken

So, Xena and Gabrielle walk into a bar… Heh. No, but really, they enter this tavern for the first time ever, yet the bartender not only knows what they want, he knows that they’re coming and has their drinks waiting for them too. All Xena has to do is knock on the counter and nod to get her fire-breath alcohol/oil, and Gabrielle barely has the word “cider” out of her mouth before the guy hands it to her. Xena, like me, is duly amazed.

Lucy, through Xena, making another timely anti-peanut statement. I just didn’t want to do the same thing twice back-to-back in the FFLM. X)

1.06 The Reckoning

Gabrielle thinking along the same lines Xena and I did about this poor excuse for a judge.

Me not being well-versed in ancient Greek heroes and picturing the fool who Draco killed so handily in the first episode. heh

1.07 The Titans

I’ll let Xena explain this one. …Mostly. I can’t believe Gabrielle not only sassed the Titans such that she unashamedly put Xena and Phyleus in danger too, but also kinda got this (admittedly awful) town demolished and didn’t lift a finger to actually help anyone in the temple. Tsk tsk. XP

So… Hyperion here can smash homes and businesses that were probably well-built and reinforced and all, but he can’t get his hand out of a stocks-cuff that was made in a single evening with scraps from those destroyed buildings. He also, inexplicably, has no use of his left hand or the power-breath that he used to knock Gabrielle over. Okie. XD

1.08 Prometheus

Is this really a thing? I was giggling quite a bit in disbelief that severed windpipes can heal. Like, perforated is one thing; completely bisected? Yeah, I don’t think so.

Gabrielle being incredulous upon learning that Xena has other friends, realizing what the warrior princess means, and then wondering if that could be her one day.

1.09 Death in Chains

Gabrielle enjoying watching Xena kill someone for the first time, then quickly realizing that fact. Whoops.

I found this moment really odd and then kind of hilarious. This poor dying old woman begs for water and goes ignored not only by the hospice workers, but also Talus and Gabrielle. Then Talus decides to be helpful. Gabrielle goes to the woman and lets her talk a lot (undoubtedly drying her mouth and throat even more), hears that Xena might be in danger, and then just… leaves. Talus goes with her, not having gotten water from the well after all. What a couple of jerks! XD

1.10 Hooves & Harlots

I really don’t know why Gabrielle kept making this face as Terreis died, but it tickled my funny bone too. So, I provided alternate subs to go with it. [Did you notice how she kind of cringes when Terreis tries to hold her hand and then just lets the Amazon flop once she’s died, flinging her hand aside like, “Ew, get it off me!”? What was that all about? X”) Hm… maybe she has an aversion to dying people, and that’s why she abandoned the old lady last episode?]

Gabrielle being a smart aleck, just like me, because Phantes’s complaint here is so ludicrous. But then you see the close-up of little hoofies in cuffs too, and, if you’re anything like me too, kinda just topple over laughing. The poor actual horse they did this to, though, man! What even?

Gosh, this episode was chockfull of hilarity, eh? Why did this happen? Gabby, take it away!

1.11 The Black Wolf

I laughed at this too. But now I wonder. Is Xerxes related to Caesar and/or connected to Rome or something? Because Xena does this twice around them too. In “When in Rome,” she jokes that the two guards lost playing tag with her, and in “A Good Day” she informs Pompey that if there were more guards hiding around their meeting space, then she would have had more helmets. heh Oh, Xenie. I think I know why Gabrielle’s turning out to be such a little punk ...or vice versa? Is Gabrielle actually a bit of a bad influence on Xena? XP

So, this fight just struck me as really odd. Xena passes her sword to Flora though she (Xena) needs to battle the big boss of the episode, and… actually, is totally right. The king throws a single wide-ass punch, waits while Xena kicks the guy behind her a few times, lets himself get kicked in the face a couple of times, and then comes at her with a little piece of chain, presumably from the restraints that were intended to keep Flora in place during her execution. Sir, you have a sword! A giant sword, right there on your hip! What are you doing? Then, when Xena kicks him a final time and sends him flying, his (supposed-to-be) metal armor is no match for the splintered wood of the axe she broke earlier. …Okie. XD XD XD *gif below*

Xena once again leaves her chakram somewhere. …And I am now imagining this being part of Gabrielle’s maid duties: the poor kid has to go find Xena’s weapons each night and bring them back to her. I’m especially imaging the fluffball hilariously, adorably struggling to get the chakram out of things like this wall, as she did with Xena’s sword in the tree stump in “Dreamworker,” but more parallel to the floor. Cuuuute! XD

This plus this

*pic + GIF below*:

1.12 Beware Greeks Bearing Gifts

This scene too really made me wonder, though amused as well. Why is Gabrielle so surprised that the only city nearby, that they were headed to, is the one they find? Is she really being that loud? Is Xena goofing around with the bootlaces question? Why startle Gabrielle and then yank her into enemy territory screaming, when what you want is quiet? What’s with the trapdoor-spider soldiers? Xena’s pose throwing the chakram. XD Gabrielle mostly featherlight dance-y moves through the battlefield. XD XD XD Why is it that when Xena tells Gabrielle to stick right behind her, Gabrielle disappears? And what was with the bucket-sitting soldier? Gabrielle is like, “Oh; no, thank you!” when she sees him and turns tail. Then Xena ...follows her. “We’re goin’ this way! Now we’re goin’ that way!” But they still end up dead-ahead from where they burst out of the bushes. XD That was ridiculous and nonsensical, and I’m very confused but had lots of fun. heheheh *gif below* [ETA: Darn! The original file was too big, so I had to remake the GIF and cut quite a few things out. :( Sorry]

Xena’s outta-nowhere crusade to emasculate Deiphobus coming full-circle. What was that all about?

Welp, I hope you had as much fun as I originally and then later did. Not so much in the middle with the collage-and-GIF-making and editing and redoing, but; y’know. XD Wouldn’t trade it for …Hm… Nevermind. LOL

If you missed any of the FFLMs, then please click on the corresponding number-links below. :D

#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12

#xwp #xena #xena warrior princess #gabrielle #xena and gabrielle #fflm #funny #comedy #season 1 #forgetful #magic #shenanigans #argo #chakram #sword

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pinkpastels113 · 3 years ago

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hellooo my innocent child 👋

characters: hermione or ginny

beca or chloe

jesse or chicago

pairings: beca and jesse or chloe and chicago

[insert raccoon gif with the edited hands]

oh jeez.

(hai 😌)

hermione bc the movie ginny is ruining my perception of badass and soft ginny skjsjsjnk. (and bc hermione smacked harry upside the head for being cheeky.)

siiigh. chloe bc she’s my precious sunshine adorable flirty inner angst baby. i relate to her more in the sense that i want people to view me that way, as opposed to beca’s emotional incapability and self doubt sometimes, which i also relate to. i want to be chloe so i guess i choose her over becs. (i love anna kendrick tho. don’t forget that.)

WHY. jesse i guess bc i only saw chicago for like half an hour and i almost barfed bc of that lip scene. GET awAY from my precious sunshine baby. AWAY I TELL YOU.

ANA I HATE YOU. can i have beca and chloe & jesse and chicago please? with cherries and whipped cream on top?

jesse and beca if i HAVE to choose (bc you’re sick) bc… well. because. we can clearly see beca’s distress in the last minutes of pp3 and i always laugh when chloe goes “where is beca? i thought she was with you?” like okay chloe, there’s a higher chance of her being blushy around you than out doing whatever with jesse.

thank you a for these asks even tho i know half of them were made to make me scream.

#anastasia 93 daybidaylove #my not so bootiful mummy a #for these #make me choose between #asks #beca mitchell #chloe beale #bechloe

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myupostsheadcanons · 6 years ago

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I know you @highwayham asked about DBD headcanons on another blog... I’ll get to that soon.... I was working on this one for you the past week.... So I am quite ahead of the game.

My personal headcanons for all the DBD killers.

(gets a bit fanfic-ish in places, but damn my fan fic writers soul. (i haven’t done the final proofing, but go me) )....

The Doctor

The Anti-Freddy.

Herman’s madness and electro-shocks automatically wake people up/take people out of Freddy’s dream realm.

It is nearly physically impossible for him to go to sleep.

Water is his weakness. Submerging him in enough water would burn out his own powers. It will put him in a coma if he is fully charged when submerged.

Herman didn’t think Freddy was real for the longest time. He thought Freddy was some made up joke the others were pulling on him. Or some Invisible Man that the others were putting too much stock in.

When he isn’t driving through crazy town, he’s generally snobby, rude, haughty, and uptight. He has this air of acting “better than you” that drives most of the other killers bonkers.

OCD... the only killer that manages to keep his whites mostly clean on a trial.

Herman and Myers especially don’t get along. His madness powers would make The Shape’s voice in Myers head louder and angrier. And The Doctor being a Psychiatrist rather than a Medical doctor didn’t help either.

Herman and Evan often fight over who’s in charge. Evan is loud and violent, and easy to ignore. The Doctor is more demanding and a perfectionist, on top of being sadistic, so more people still side with Evan.

The Nurse

Sally doesn’t like that her “role” among the group is being the nanny.

The Trapper will call her “The Nanny” instead of “The Nurse” (she makes sure to give him extra scares by casually hiding behind corners on him)

In fact, The Trapper is perhaps her most frequent patient.... for stepping in his own bear traps.

The Nurse and The Doctor kind of get along. She was so use to having to deal with asshole men doctors while she was alive... what’s one more now that she’s dead?

Her, The Doctor, The Hag, and The Clown handle most of the medical needs among the group. (The Hag knows Apothecary, The Clown has some understanding in that field as well and helps the two women make any meds. The Doctor has enough knowledge through his experiments on humans and medical school to help, but isn’t as skilled/knowledgeable as The Nurse)

The Spirit

Rin didn’t understand English when she first arrived. Julie (The Legion) knew some Japanese because of being a massive weeb, and tried to help translate pieces of what was being said to the others. (often just fucked up on the translation completely.. basically think Lopez from RVB. or Peggy Hill levels of bad)

Rin is polarizing. One moment she is calm, collective, and interested in being around people... the next she’s screaming at everybody, even those that did nothing, and would even attack other killers.

The Spirit often hangs around The Nurse, neither talking to one another. If she’s not creeping on other people in the group.

Work is too much.... work.... When it comes to doing chores or requests, she would suddenly vanish or be last in line.

Rin tends to creep on Myers the most. She likes that Myers doesn’t talk, or give a shit... and she saw him without his mask a few times.... so... long siiigh.... (he’s just confused by her)

She fucking hates Freddy... He grabbed her inappropriately only once and she kicked his ass... he’s been leaving her alone now.

She doesn’t like The Doctor either. Outside of being pushy and treats her like a pest: his powers make her even more unstable and volatile.

The Wraith

Unless the killer is a colossal Asshat, he’ll get along with them. (Basically, The Doctor, Freddy, The Legion, and The Spirit are among his “doesn’t get along with” list)

He’s been around The Trapper the longest out of the killers so he’s use to Evan’s brand of Asshattery.

Him and Amanda tend to casually hang around with each other the most. He knows where the best stuff in the scrap yard is and they have similar interests in tinkering. (mlm and wlw solidarity)

Bubba, Max, and Evan come to Phil and Amanda whenever their equipment needs to be fixed.

Phil also likes to spend time with The Hag. He talks to her about the magic he learned from his homeland and helps her gather herbs.

He really just wants to be useful.

The Hag

Lisa knows the most about herbs and plants. Which ones are safe to eat, or what effects they cause when ingested. The Clown likes to get her advice when making new potions.

The Hag, The Huntress, Bubba and The Hillbilly are in charge of the Homestead end of things. (Farming and Cultivating... growing food, animal husbandry and butchering... Actual cooking the meals is on rotate among all the killers (at least those that at minimum know how to boil water)).

Lisa knows Rune Crafting, and recognizes that Myers has a spell/curse placed on him. She doesn’t tell any of the other killers she knows this.

Her Teleport spell can pull Freddy out of the dreamworld... if she has hold of him when she activates it. She almost did it twice, but he managed to break her grip and is staying away from her now.

The Nurse, being a super natural creature, is more accepting of The Hag’s witchcraft, apothecary, and homeopathy than The Doctor is.

The Hag and The Doctor get in frequent arguments based on their different world views.

The Trapper

The “Bad Boss” of the group.

Is an ass to anybody that doesn’t do what he wants. (One part, Biff Tannon, One Part Al Bundy)

The other killers often forget that he is book-smart (came from a rich family, actually went to collage) because of how big of a douche bag he acts.

Evan relies too much on the few people that know what they are doing to do everything (The Nurse, especially)

Evan’s orders are easier to shirk/get around, because they are often bad orders that make no sense. It also doesn’t take much to “suck up” to him and get him to forget about something they’ve did wrong. Which is mainly why people side with him over The Doctor.

His “cronies” are The Hillbilly and The Clown, and (with some arm twisting) The Wraith and Bubba.

He’s mainly buddy-buddy with The Clown because Kenny makes the best fucking bathtub gen in the realm.

He becomes a CHAD-DORK around Amanda (She knows this, is not interested in him, but gets him to do whatever she wants).

He is very particular when it comes to self-grooming. When he is not “working” / killing he likes to keep himself clean. He showers twice a day, and spends a lot of time shaving... to the point he’s practically bald all over his body.

He uses a straight razor to shave, a very sharp one.

He gets annoyed when the other killers don’t groom themselves on a regular basis. He understands it is dirty work, but there is a time and place to be dirty. (zombies and undead not withstanding, being dead/rotting can’t be helped).

The Huntress

She’s the most “efficient” of the non-magical killers.... all aside from:

Her near-constant singing and talking would annoy some of the Killers (who believe silence was the key), until they saw her sling a hatchet and down a survivor.

She has no personal-space bubble. Will kiss people on the cheek/mouth in greeting (if they don’t flinch/push away from her)... it surprises most of the others that first time because it isn’t a common practice in America, where most of the killers are from, nor in modern society outside of one’s actual family.

Doesn’t shave. She thought it was an odd grooming custom when she was watching Amanda shaving her legs and armpits in the bath. Men only shave/trim their beards cleanliness. She sees no reason for a woman to shave.

Anna goes out of the way to talk to the “outliers” of the Killer Group. (The Spirit, Myers, The Legion, and Bubba). Even if it is just to say “Hello.” and get no response in return.

Anna has child-like interests. Likes to talk about fairy tales and folk legends. Collects odd knickknacks (buttons, paper clips, caps off pens, pieces of ribbon, beads, rocks...). Play dress up with other Killer’s clothes (try on their masks and play with their weapons). She jumps in mud puddles and catches bugs/small animals with her bare hands to show others.

She first caught Bubba and Myers attention by showing them a frog she caught and pulled its legs off in front of them (Bubba then ate the frog). Myers was just...enthralled... he was going to kill the frog if she handed it to him and she just did it.

From then on Bubba liked to join her on any weird quests she would have (like as if he was her little big-brother). The Wraith would follow to make sure they aren’t getting into trouble.

The Huntress got pretty good at guessing what Bubba is saying. It helped that when she first came here she didn’t know English and had to often pantomime what she wanted to the others as well.

She wants to be a helper, but her brand of help tends to lean towards “s-mothering”....

The Hag, The Clown, The Wraith, The Nurse, The Pig, and The Doctor are the ones she actually treats like her elders....

The Trapper and The Hillbilly are on “peer” level with her. Myers was... until she realized he was a walking disaster, and actually knew the least out of the whole group.

So... The Legion, Myers, Bubba.... she latched onto them as her special “projects”

(The Spirit and Freddy are in the “no” zone)

The Hillbilly

Is a slow talker and mumbler, but not dumb (actually he’s rather average, just uneducated. he believes he is stupid because he was told he was his whole life)

He can’t hear out of one ear because of his deformities and the loud chainsaw. People often have to repeat things because of that.

Max could be found either at The Trapper’s side, or at the homestead in the barn with the goats and pigs (he feels safe in there)

He makes Amanda new pig masks when ever they get old or damaged.

The Hag watches his back, making sure the others don’t treat him poorly.

Max and Bubba do get along, even though it is difficult for Max to understand what Bubba wants.

The Legion tend to antagonize him and Bubba at the same time with their trivial prattling about Max being a “rip off”.

The Clown

Is the actual “boss” of the group, but doesn’t claim to be. Even though he knows damn well he is.

Kenny would hear what the Trapper wants done, and often tweak the orders to be more feasible when relaying them to the others.

Kenny’s big loud personality stood out. He was better at working a crowd than Herman and Evan.

He can get the more “outlying” killers to listen to him.

He got where he was because he showed up rather late in the game. Nothing was getting done, there was little to no cohesion among the factions. Half the team barely listened to The Trapper, the other Half tended to do whatever the hell they wanted.

He managed to get The Legion to act less like little shits to the rest of the killers all the fucking time.

Myers would trail behind Kenny, or low-key stalk him. The Clown could never manage to pin him down to confront him about it. The others told him not to bother. After The Legion came, Susie eventually told him it was because Myers really liked clowns as a kid. Kenny began to think of Myers as a “stray cat.”

The only killer that Freddy actually kind of likes and would take “requests” from. They both have a dark sense of humor and are practical jokers. The Clown’s potions also make people easier to put asleep. (Kenny just knows not to be a total dick to your “coworkers” or you’ll be spinning your wheels in the mud the whole time)

The Legion

For the longest time the four of them stuck together, not interacting with the other killers outside of being trolls or antagonists to them.

Frank and Julie were the “spokes persons” whenever they had to make “demands” to the other killers.

They did not to approach any of the killers alone.

The Spirit was the first of the killers to hang around with them as a “friend”. They were close to her age (of death) and as condescending as she was. They also helped her with her English.... kind of.

Myers and Freddy had tried to “pick them off”....

With Myers, they over stepped their boundaries when it came to his comfort zone and he wanted to get rid of them. He knocked Frank unconscious, broke Joey’s arm, and was about to moire Julia before Anna and Bubba were able to pull him away (Susie ran to get help).

Freddy did so for his own sadistic pleasure. After several days of sleep deprivation, and Susie needing to be waken from a coma: The Doctor and The Nurse eventually stepped in to get Freddy to leave them alone.

The Huntress and The Clown took responsibility of The Legion after the attacks (Along with Myers, Bubba, and The Spirit... all those in need of “special attention” or those that are in the habit of isolating themselves (it is also why Kenny became “frenemies” with Freddy, to keep him from completely turning on the group))

The Legion’s love of Slasher Movies made them experts on Lore regarding Bubba, Myers, OG Freddy.... only up until the mid-90′s.... they never got to see the Halloween reboots: H20/Res, or even the RZ remakes, nor FvJ, Jason X or the Remakes of F13 and Elm Street. They think Amanda was another one of the “in house” killers like The Trapper, The Wraith, and The Nurse.

They never been in a Hot Topic. Because there wasn’t one where they lived. Most of their gear was stolen from concerts, bikers, and sports supplies stores.

The Internet was barely functional in the 90′s... to hear Amanda talk about modern technology and smart phones in the 2010′s, it is moon speak to them. (it is moon speak to most of the killers)

The Plague

“Avoid like The Plague” became serious business.

She only speaks Ancient Mesopotamian. Refuses to lower herself to speak the tongue language of these barbarians.

Freddy’s the only one that can communicate with her due to conversations in the “mind/dream” realm being more mental-emotion based than literal-verbal language based.

She still treats him like he is a worm and a viper. Does not trust anything he tells her.

Prolong exposure to her presence will cause sickness and wounds to become infected more easily.

She was banned from being around their social/common spaces, and food and water sources by the other killers due to her infectious presence.

Spends most of her time at the killer camp encased in a tomb in isolation.

Bubba

Best cook (don’t question the mystery meat...)

Anna is like the cool sister he always wanted. She’s nice to him, looks after him, and can skin a whole dear in under 20min.

Bubba doesn’t like The Legion. They would tease him more than the others. It doesn’t take much for him to go into a tantrum, or run off and cry, so they saw an easy target. (They knew when the fucked up when Anna has to get involved.... we’re sorry team mom.)

The Nurse and The Spirit scare him. He gets the heebie-geebies every time they look at him. Freddy is the worst.

Amanda

Amanda has a crush on Anna, but Anna is so obvious.

She tried to be nice to The Legion when they first arrived, but they were too immature and antagonistic.

The Wraith’s cloaking is about the extent of “supernatural” she could handle. It took her a long time not to freak out over The Nurse and The Spirit still creeps her out. Freddy... lives up to his name as The Nightmare.

At least most of the killers are just big men... she could handle dealing with men.

She is aware that there is a rivalry over her between some of the men. Phil, she’s pretty sure he’s gay, even if he won’t say it... But Evan, Max, and Herman are always trying to do favors for her... (she suspects it is because she’s the most ‘normal’ adult woman among the sausage party)

She stays clear of Myers out of principle. She watched the Halloween movies, knows what he is capable of and that reason rarely worked with him. If she had him in a proper trap-house, he’d be at her mercy, but roaming free like this? no.

Her and The Clown only sort of get along. He’s too loud and handzy, like an old drunk at a bar. She put his arm in a trap that he couldn’t break free of. He had it on for three days before he apologized to her.

Freddy

The best scout... rarely does it though.

Freddy was better at avoiding any chores around the compound than Rin and Myers... until The Legion let slip that Freddy was a gardener/grounds keeper in his past life...

He used his powers on all the killers, at least once, just to test their reactions or to see what was inside their minds. Those with traumatic pasts were easy to get to.

Those that couldn’t fight back he stayed on them longer.

Until they started grouping up against him.

The Nurse, The Spirit, and The Doctor became the “vanguard” against his meddling. They could either physically attack him in the dream world or cancel out his powers all together. (The Doctor could even pull people out of a coma)

He isn’t friends with any of the killers. The Clown is the closest, and that’ll be an associate/coworker at best.

Freddy knows what The Clown is doing, and his dislike of The Doctor and the incompetence of The Trapper made him more willing to follow along with Kenny setting himself up as a back-door boss.

Michael

Was the last of the killers to “crack” and come into the group (stalking and observing didn’t count)

Nobody knew what his name was until Amanda showed up. He was just “The Shape” to them. “Holy shit! That’s Michael Myers!”

Nobody knew his Middle-Name until The Legion wouldn’t stop calling him “Audrey”

He ignores Evan and Herman, more so when they get into cockfights over leadership. They both tried to “appeal” to him at some point to join their side.

Within the first two nights of coming to the realm, he got into a fist-fight with Evan, they both ended up rather bloody and beaten out of it. They even managed to pull their masks off in the fight. At the end of it, Evan was all “You’re just some punk kid. You ain’t worth my time.” and left Myers to his isolation after that.

Herman showed up in the realm after Myers. He introduced himself, got nowhere with the questions, and began to preach at him about “dissociative disorders”.... things Myers heard far too much about from the doctors at Smiths Grove. But this doctor was dangerous, and he only had to be hit once by the doctors madness effect to realize not not to start a fight with him and to keep his distance if possible.

There was something about The Hag’s magic that sends him on edge. It makes the hairs prickle the back of his neck whenever she activates a teleport (he didn’t even have to hear or see it go off... he’d just know) . There was a lot of things about The Hag that The Shape part of his brain responds to, like they knew one another somehow....

When all the killers go on team missions, The Clown would be assigned to keep an eye on Michael (not necessarily to work as a team, but for buddy-system safety reasons). Kenny would often address him as “My Boy” instead of his name or “The Shape” ... Michael doesn’t mind it too much.

They first tried teaming The Spirit up with Myers, but he would refuse to work with her and she took every opportunity to shirk responsibilities (she basically reminded him too much of Judith)... so nothing got done.

Freddy once attempted to put Myers to sleep, it only put the “Michael” part to sleep, but The Shape fully took over and went into berserker mode. (The Trapper, The Hillbilly, The Doctor, The Nurse, and The Huntress were needed just to pin him down and they had to lock him up until he passed out)

Myers almost drowned once (the survivors had a water trap made for The Doctor, when they set it off it dropped half the killers into a lake along with it. The Doctor managed to get a hold of The Hag and Teleport out of the way). Anna had to drag him out of the water and give him mouth-to-mouth. She was then determined to teach him how to swim. (after he got over the pneumonia from having his lungs full of dirty pond water). He found the whole thing embarrassing... especially the lessons, having to be half necked in the water with Anna, who only had a pair of shorts on and had her arms around him....ffffff.... not to mention The Spirit was watching....fml.

Because of that, Anna was the first person he said something to in 15 years (even if it is 90% “yes” and “no”... everybody (besides The Legion) thought he was mute, but when Anna asked “can you breathe?” and he gagged out a “yes” it surprised them all.)

She convinced him to eat meals around the others more often after that. He stuck close to Anna, Bubba, and Kenny the most. He didn’t mind The Wraith that much either... Still don’t like The Spirit. And he only goes around The Nurse if he has to (after a week being sick and in Sally’s care... he’s just done with ghosts.... Rin, Sally, Freddy.... gtf away)

He would be one of the better killers, if he didn’t play around so much with his kills. Anna showed him how to kill people/animals faster... it actually made him play with them even more because he then knew what to do to prolong the process.

Myers and Anna are both Bi-Ace.... love and friendship isn’t in Myers vocabulary... they got stuck in an endless “repay a favor” loop after her rescuing him and giving him lessons.

They have to work around each other when on a hunt. He personally thinks she is too noisy and annoying on a hunt, and she thinks he takes too long fooling around. (he often has to change his killing style to go around hers, which he does not like to do).

When they are paired together on a mission, they would eventually start fighting with each other... it startled the survivors when they heard Myers tell her to “Shut. the. FUCK. UP!” about the singing and telling him to hurry up. She then got so mad she was cursing him out in Russian... The Survivors still joke about them being an old married couple.... to their faces even. Laurie especially).

#dead by daylight

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Deep Space Nine RECAP: 7x04

Perhaps the reason why my Trek through Deep Space Nine was on hold for a while, was because the universe knew that this strawberry milkshake of an episode would be exactly what I needed this week.

Season 7, Episode 4: ‘Take Me Out To the Holosuite’

It’s another beautiful day in space — until Sisko’s mood is upended by the arrival of his Petty Nemesis, one Captain Solok.

A) Love a petty nemesis, fantastic, B) am just realizing in this moment that there is no one in the Quadrant more suited to petty nemisery than Vulcans. Those people never forget a detail. In a ‘Which Line In Hamilton Are You?’ quiz all Vulcans get “Here’s an itemized list of thirty years of disagreements.”

“(Sweet Jesus.)”

Solok and Sisko each affect a superior remove while they snip and preen at each other over their respective medals of honor. Then Solok gives Sisko a rundown of the repairs his ship is going to need, and unfortunately for EVERYONE, it turns out that the work that needs to be done on the T’Kumbra’s warp core will take at least week. Aggrieved siiigh.

As he rises to depart, Solok mentions that while here he needs the use of a holosuite. Well whatever your floats your spaceboat; take it up with Quark.

“I have created a special program for my senior staff,” he continues, “and they are quite eager to resume using it.”

Sisko, in a tone that is somehow more dismissive and disinterested than not even responding: “Really.”

Oh yes really. In fact, it’s based on an Earth game.

We don’t even hear Solok say it, we just cut to Ben bouncing up to Kira like “Colonel, gather the team! I mean crew. I mean TEAM.”

The senior officers assemble in the wardroom, where Sisko explains the deal: Captain Solok and his all-Vulcan crew have challenged them to “a contest of courage, teamwork, and sacrifice.” Ben, eyes gleaming only half maniacally, informs them he has already accepted on their behalf.

“We will destroy them,” Worf states immediately, bless, bleessss. Worf is everything that is good about Klingons.

The rest of the crew have a few more questions though. Julian asks when (two weeks) and Kira asks what. Sisko pops a baseball up from behind his back, and sets it ceremoniously on the table.

A T L A S T

Our new SPACE BASEBALL TEAM sets about attempting to learn all the rules of the game. What I really appreciate about this is that baseball hasn’t been played regularly for well over a century at this point, yeah? So they’re learning these traditional rules from a bygone era in order to replicate an Historic Game of Earth Baseball. Probably why I love this is that one time when I was living in New York City, some friends and I went out to Governor’s Island for the day and watched a game of baseball that a bunch of historical society members were playing with the original rules from the 19th century. Did you know that back then they didn’t have mitts, and you could catch a ball off one bounce and it still counted as a catch? Wild!

Anyhow, Kira, Nog, and Worf appear to be shirking their regular duties in Ops to learn what fly balls were, while over at Quark’s Julian is defining a classic bunt for Miles and Ezri. They’re actually doing pretty well with the book knowledge — that is until Ezri digs this one up.

The Daxes are all fucking trolls.

“You’re making that up,” Julian deadpans. Lol, you’d think. But no, and we need to know what this is because all of this is going to end up coming up later in the game. A Fancy Dan, for those unfamiliar, is a fielder who puts “an extra flourish” on their moves.

Hey do you know who I have MISSED? Leeta and Rom! Who are back, and eagerly wanting to join the team! Awwww, my buddies. Rom, having spent years watching Ben and Jake heading off to the holosuites to play baseball together, thinks this will be a nice way for him to spend some time with Nog. Help wait that’s so sweet.

But local curmudgeon Quark thinks they’re being ridiculous, and are just gonna make fools of themselves trying to play this dumb Humon game. He personally has No Interest.

“Oh, y’know why?” Leeta exclaims with an air of mock discovery. “Jake says it’s a game that takes heart. And you sold yours a long time ago.”

Haha Leeta! Dang Quark, do you need me to replicate some aloe for that burn?

Leeta and Rom flounce off, and Quark, of course, grumblingly asks when try-outs are. Haha yeess. Honestly Team Deep Space Nine would not be complete without Quark, AND THAT IS WHY I LOVE THIS ENSEMBLE PIECE.

Everyone assembles in Holosuite 4 the next afternoon for the first day of practice. Coach Sisko is— omg he’s wearing a Giants hat. Because Starfleet is headquartered in San Francisco and that would be the historic hometown team??? Staaahhp :D

Resident smiling beanpole Jake Sisko (Atlanta — nearest team to New Orleans, omg) is our pitcher, and now it’s time to fill out the rest of the roster. After a rousing pep talk where Sisko assures them that they can beat a team of Vulcans if they only ~BeLiEvE~, he sets them all up playing some catch.

It is….oh man. You know that Sci-Fi Tumblr thread about how homo sapiens are the only species on Earth who can throw things with any sort of distance or force, so what if aliens all have terrible arms? Yeah, that. Only wait, Miles and Julian, WHAT IS YOUR EXCUSE. You play racquetball — Kira too!!! But the Bajorans are not exactly taking to this like a duck to water, and the Ferengi are fucking hopeless. Alright, actually Julian and Worf seem to be doing somewhat acceptably, probably just because they’ve got the most natural (well) athleticism of the group, but still, we’re talking barely adequate. At catch.

Jake: “These are gonna be two long, hard weeks.” Ben: “Jake, I don’t care how hard and long these two weeks are…but I’m not going to lose to Solok in the baseball game.”

If you got in a time machine and told me these lines back in the fall — I WOULD HAVE BELIEVED YOU! This is one of the most earned plots of all time, on one of the most earnest shows of all time. I feel like I am hugged.

After the break, Sisko enlists Odo to be THE UMPIRE, are you kidding, Odo is the perfect umpire. Sisko leaves Odo to start working on his moves (his moves!), and heads off to the infirmary to check on his team, who have, to a player, all managed to bang themselves up in some way.

(This is not going to happen in a station situation like this because there are medical assistants floating around, but if it comes to pass that this series never gives me the scene where Julian has to talk Miles through healing something he can’t reach, then I’m going to have to write it myself.)

“So! How are my casualties doing?” Ben asks cheerfully.

“We’ll live,” Kira assures him.

“If you believe Julian,” Ezri adds. “Personally I’m not sure I’m going to make it.”

I am loving the sarcasm on you, Pixie Dax.

But unfortunately, Miles O’Brien has thrown out his shoulder AGAIN (frankly it’s a miracle he can lift his arm at all at this point), and Julian is forbidding him from playing until he gives the ligaments a chance to heal. Sisko recovers nicely from this setback by declaring the Chief his new batting, pitching, and first base coach. Oh yeah, O’Brien? Brilliant. A born coach.

However, that still leaves the question of who will take over third base. On a walk-and-plot through the Promenade, Ben and Jake scheme about how they can move their players around. Then Ben has an Idea. Oh my god. I just realized putting together a baseball line-up is another variation of the thing I love about heist movies: ASSEMBLING THE TEAM. For this job we’re gonna need KASIDY YATES, freshly returned from a cargo run.

Ben: “hey babe how do you feel about third base?” Kasidy: “that’s a good one, but maybe dinner first.”

So Kasidy joins the team (her next three cargo runs had all been mysteriously reassigned, hmm, imagine that), and honestly we’re gonna need all the help we can get. Rom is a disaster. But at least everyone looks real cute in their baseball duds?

I’m 90% sure this moment here was Alexander Siddig just spontaneously throwing his mitt at Colm Meaney in this take, because they both crack up as he walks away.

At least Jake’s a good pitcher, because honestly that can kinda save your ass in baseball. But man, Rom….. Eventually it gets so bad that Coach Sisko decides he can’t afford this liability, and kicks him off the team.

“Captain Sisko hates me!” Rom frets in Quark’s bar, oh nooo Rom! His family assures him that it’s nothing personal, that Sisko’s just worked up over the game. But if Sisko doesn’t let his dad come back, Nog vows that he’ll quit. In fact they’ll ALL quit, because this crew may be chanceless at baseball, but they sure are good at BEING A TEAM.

Dear Rom doesn’t want them to make this sacrifice though, not on his account. “You’re good at it! So are you! And I wanna see you play. I wanna see you all play!” This sweetheart.

Later, on the Promenade, Julian asks Miles just what he’s eating. In fact he’s chewing gum, which evidently does not exist in the space future. Julian is mystified by this, until Miles explains that they used to infuse it with flavor.

Julian: “What did you infuse it with?” Miles: “Scotch.” me: [laughs heartily]

Keep your laughterpants on friends, because it’s TRAINING MONTAGE TIME. The reason this episode exists? Top three reasons, surely. It’s a rag-tag delight of misadventures, expectedly.

We wrap up with Kasidy trying to elbow the knots out of Ben’s back. She suggests maybe he stop lifting his lift foot on the back-swing, and Ben’s like UUUGGHHH. He makes some dramatic comment about how the only thing that will help is if he beats Solok tomorrow.

“So, do I get to hear the Solok story now?” Kasidy asks. Thank you girl, thanks for name-checking the narrative here in this moment, this is charming.

And in fact, we DO get the Solok story now! Like all good rivalries, it began when they were in the same class at school. One night they got into a drunken (on Ben’s side) debate about whether emotion was a “handicap”, as Solok has it, at the off-campus bar, THE LAUNCHING PAD. That is possibly the greatest name for Starfleet Academy’s off-campus bar that you could come up with, I’m dazzled.

“So, to make a long story short, I decided the best way to prove that Humans were every bit the equal of Vulcans, was to challenge him to a wrestling match.” You WHAT.

Ben obviously ended up in the infirmary.

“Ohohoho Ben,” Kasidy cracks up, with one of the best you-poor-fool laughs I’ve ever heard in a long time. “A Vulcan has three times the strength of a Human!”

Ben whistles. “And they’re faster too.”

To make matters worse, Solok has never let Ben forget about this shining moment in Human history. In fact, that smug asshole brings it constantly, among peers and also in papers. Over a dozen papers. And now, he’s on a personal mission to humiliate Ben again — on the baseball diamond. Is nothing sacred???

Kasidy urges Ben to explain this backstory to the Niners, so that they can understand where he’s coming from here. Oh yes in case you missed this sudden reveal, THEIR TEAM NAME IS THE NINERS. I AM AFIZZ.

But Ben doesn’t want them all to know about his embarrassing adolescent rivalry turned lifetime aggreivance award, and he doesn’t want Kasidy to tell them either.

Ben, kissing her cheek: “I want you to promise me.” Kasidy: “[sigh] Alright. I promise.” - smash cut - Kasidy: “He made me promise not to tell you so you’ll have to keep this under your hats.” LOL, KASIDY

So she tells the whole dang team, and they are predictable irate on their Captain’s behalf. They decide the best thing they can do is to win the game for him, “and for all our emotionally handicapped races.” SCREW VULCANS AMIRIGHT. Just kidding I love Vulcans. It is the one piece on which me and the DS9 writers differ. But right now those pointy-eared bastards are going DOWN. NINERS!

I know I’m constantly making fun of Julian Bashir, but are u seeing this latest.

The day of the game is here. The Niners and the Logicians (wow) line up along the baselines as what is presumedly the Federation anthem plays, if Rom’s transcendent expression is anything to go by. Quick Q: did someone on the DS9 music staff have to compose this, or did it already exist from The Next Generation or something? (Because it would definitely be TNG.)

The Logicians are up to bat first, so the Niners take the field. On the sidelines, O’Brien hollers out vague encouragements. Every time I look at him I think “he’s chewing scotch gum” and chuckle. Remember that time I decided you could win Miles over the same way you’d win over Ron Swanson?

The Niners get some “hey batter-batter”s going, Worf offering a staunch “DEATH TO THE OPPOSITION”, which is full tilt incredible. But the first Vulcan up to bat literally knocks it out of the park. :/

Nog trots out to reassure Jake, which just underlines how sweet and perf it is that Jake & Nog are the pitcher & catcher pair.

But cuteness alone will not save you: four innings later and the score is 7-0, Logicians. The Vulcans are even trying some pretty tricksy slides on Nerys on second base, which she is none too happy about. But when she’s up to bat next, she starts putting what she’s learned to use, and earns herself a double!!

Her reaction, Nana Visitor you gem.

Worf’s up next, and Nerys is ready to RUN. But it’s a long at-bat — 2 strikes and 3 balls. Worf lets a low outside ball go and starts to take his walk, but then Odo calls it a strike. Worf and Sisko are NOT HAVING IT. They convene on Odo to YELL ABOUT IT, and in his high spirits, Sisko taps on Odo’s chest a couple times. That’s not allowed, buddy, and Odo kicks him out of the game!

See, this is what you get from assigning a Lawful Neutral as your umpire — your ass is gonna follow the RULES.

“Rule number four point zero six sub-section A paragraph four look it up but do it in the stands yOU’RE GONE!!!” Amazing.

Ben stomps off to sulk in the stands near Rom, well aware of the satisfaction his emotional outburst is bringing that damn Solok. In the dugout, Julian points out to Miles that this means he’s in charge now, so Miles takes the lead and sends the Niners back out into the field. Do you think that Ben knew making Miles his second-in-coach meant that he was getting Julian too, since they’re basically two for the price of one at this point?

The first batter up hits a high fly ball, and Ezri sprints toward the wall after it, and catches it on a backflip.

The Niners LOSE THEIR MINDS.

Later in the inning, the Logicians get a long drive and have a runner headed for home. Quark throws the ball to Worf who throws it to Nog, but he’s too late. Well, wait — the runner’s foot never touched the base! But Nog didn’t see that.

Odo did.

He rolls his eyes and pointedly folds his arms. Nog just looks around like wtf is going on. Finally Miles catches on. “He didn’t touch home, Nog!”

Nog: “Well what do I do??” Worf: “Find him and kill him!” me: [chokes on my limoncello]

Nog rushes into the Logicians’ dugout to tag him out, and Miles calls to Jake to run up and cover home. This baseball game is a blast. Faced with a line of Vulcans, Nog can’t recall what his looks like, so just sets about tagging them each one by one. Of course it’s the one at the end of the bench, who loops around Nog and tries to race back to home. Nog throws the ball to Jake, and he’s out!

Up in the stands, Ben brightly enthuses about how much he loves baseball to Rom, who agrees that it looks like a lot of fun. Ben looks at Rom for a moment, and Learns A Lesson. His smile grows bigger.

Ben sneaks down to the edge of the dugout, and tells Miles to make a substitution — Rom’s going in. The Niners are THRILLED. Ben asks the computer to bring back the holofans, and as Rom walks out to pinch hit for Jake, an announcer comes on introducing him. Rom is overcome.

~*The True Meaning Of Baseball*~

Of course, it’s a high-stakes situation: Nog’s on third, and this may be their last chance to score a run — any run at all. And after two pitches, Nog already has two strikes.

Miles calls his space husband over for a consult. They need to do that thing, the uh, what was it? The bunt! They need to give Rom a signal!

~*THE TRUE MEANING OF BASEBALL*~

Of course, in Rom’s confusion over what this sign language means he accidentally pulls off just the bunt they were looking for, and then it’s sheer slo-mo pandemonium as everyone cheers at him to run to first while his son rushes for home. Nog makes it!!! THEY SCORED. The Niners run out onto the field and lift Rom into the air, omg these happy beautiful nerds.

Solok is supremely annoyed with all the hullabaloo, and strides out there in his Death Star uniform to tell Odo to put an end to this. Uh oh Solok, better make sure you don’t — whoops

Hahahahahahaa

Of course, the Niners still lose spectacularly, even with Solok out of the game. But they PLAYED, ROM played, and they got a RUN, and that’s CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION. That night in Quark’s bar, they set about doing exactly that. It is PRECIOUS.

Also at one point Leeta smooches Rom, and Nog, watching them with a Vulcan, comments proudly to him: “That’s my dad.” So weird, so cute.

Solok thinks this is ALL WEIRD THOUGH, and tries to explain to Ben, in case he doesn’t get it, that Rom’s bunt was an accident, and they still lost. But Ben doesn’t care! He had a great time! They all did! They played a baseball game together!!!

“You are attempting to manufacture a triumph where none exists,” Solok says.

“I think he succeeded,” Kasidy calls out.

A lot to enjoy, here.

Solok continues to be confused and frustrated over how they just don’t seem to get it, and too late realizes he’s behaving emotionally. Luckily, the Niners are there to point this out to him. Looks like a triumph does exist!

“Captain, here’s something else for your desk,” Kira says, and throws him a baseball. They’ve all signed it. Someone drew a Starfleet emblem. I’m gonna cry.

Ben Sisko tosses the baseball up in the air, and it spins into the spinning space station. MY HEART?

DEEP SPACE NINE: THE STAR TREK WITH BASEBALL

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