#since hes open now! waoh!

[love-toxin]

ix. "C'mon, pick up, please pick up..." xix. "Dude, open the door!" With Eddie and sad/depressed girlfriend reader? Like where he’s been driving himself crazy because he hasn’t been able to speak to you in days and he knows in an uncomfortable place in his gut that something is wrong

waoh!!! 🥺🥺

ellie's sentence starter prompts

ix - "C'mon, pick up, please pick up..."

xix - "Dude, open the door!"

(cws: depressed reader, fem pronouns, depressive episode)

"C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon..."

Eddie bounces impatiently on the balls of his feet, eyes darting from the receiver of the phone he's got tucked under his ear to the front porch of the house across the street. He tried at home, and then he tried at school, and now he's trying here--his free hand propping him up against the callbox as he waits and waits for the phone to stop ringing. But it doesn't, just keeps going, nothing but silence. You don't even pick up and hang up, which is what really worries him. He hasn't seen you in days, since he dropped you off after your date this past Sunday...and when you didn't show up to school today, on Wednesday, Eddie finally couldn't take it any longer.

"C'mon, baby, pick up, please pick up...." He mutters, fingers tapping against box as he stares down that house he's facing. The car is gone and the lights are out despite it being the middle of the day, so he knows your parents are at least out of the house. But are you?

"Fuck it,"

Finally he gets the balls to slam the phone down on the receiver, stepping out from the phonebooth and into the chilly autumn air that he instinctively pulls his jacket tighter around him to combat against. Your parents would never let him in the front door, but a sleight of hand check and a bobby pin do the trick just right, the lock clicking open for him to slip inside. Shoes on, cause he can't wait, he navigates down the hall and up the stairs to your room, spotting the door as easily as he would an orc in a room of halflings--but just when he reaches for the handle and moves to open it slowly, it stiffens and stops in a way that says fuck off. It's locked.

"Dude, open the door!" He's got no time for pleasantries, not that he cares for them anyways--the worry is coming out strong in his voice, he knocks but there's no shifting or groaning to indicate that you're inside. It's just silence, aside from his own frantic knocking. "Baby, if you don't open this door, I'm gonna break it down. Seriously, you're scaring the shit out of me!"

Nothing. The paranoia has grown from an inkling to an all-consuming terror, and Eddie's had just about enough of it.

"Gonna count to three, and then I'm coming in!" He doesn't want to push you, but he's scared. Terrified. Afraid of what he might find behind that door, if anything. "One!"

If he was scared shitless already, watching the door in front of him swing open without warning nearly tears a shriek from his throat. But instead he jumps back, startled, before his eyes adjust to the darkness inside the room and the miffed girl standing between him and it. A gentle, quiet "baby..." slips out of him, and like he hasn't spent the last two days worrying over you so much he couldn't sleep, Eddie throws his arms around you and squeezes you tight without so much as a warning. "Baby, what happened?" He whispers into your hair, noting silently how mussed and tangled it's become in just the span of a day or two. You must've been sleeping a lot and brushing it very little.

"I didn't want you to see me like this..." Your voice is a croak, a product of not enough drink in your system, and all at once it dawns on him that he doesn't need to know the gritty details. There's no need to press you for why and what happened and how could you do this to yourself--you need serious care, serious love, and there's nobody that gives it to you like he does.

"See you like what?" He pulls away, brushing your hair aside to graze your cheek with his hand, and it's glorious. Like he's been fed after weeks of starvation. "All I see is my beautiful girl. Feels like I haven't touched you in ages."

"It was a couple days, Eddie..." You mumble, trying in vain not to meet his eyes.

"Couple days too long." He grins, able to breathe a sigh of relief for once. You're safe, at least. This is a problem he can help fix, thank god. He looks past you into your room, peers through the darkness to see how much of a mess it is, but your bed is full of blankets and pillows and soft things, things you like. He can spot one of his t-shirts from here, and though you open your mouth to say something--probably to apologize for the state of your room--he speaks first and gets ahead of it before you can get a word out.

"Can I come in?"

"You don't want to, Eddie. I-"

"I wanna be with you. If you're in there, that's where I wanna be." In all honestly, there's nothing you could say to deter him from coming in either way. He would've skirted past you and flopped on to your bed anyways, no matter the state of it or you or anything else in your room.

But you don't deter him. You move aside, let him kiss your unbrushed teeth and sit back on your sweaty sheets, and even let him hold you, unshowered and weak from getting absolutely zero sunlight, and remind you that he loves you. Not that this isn't okay, or that you're wasting your days away because you're "just sad", or that you should be getting it together and quit being lazy. He would never say something like that, and that.....it makes you a little more amiable to help. Helps you lean into taking a shower together and letting him brush your hair and drinking the water and eating the food he hands to you, and when you're ready, you'll be able to come out of your own volition. And Eddie will be waiting there with open arms for you, no matter if he got his attendance all marked up with tardies and absences because he wanted to help you, no matter if you're not magically happy again and back to normal. He'll just be there, sitting in the open door of his van, swinging his feet and taking a puff of his cigarette as he waits for you. And those brown eyes will sparkle so brightly when he sees you coming, a toothy smile sheathed in a loose cloud of smoke waiting to greet you, as well as a kiss so warm it'll keep away that autumn chill and any others that you feel creeping up.

[innocent-chris-evans-slut]

Jealousy

My Masterlist ✨

Requests are open.

Chris Evans x daughter!Reader

Word Count: 1,4 k

Type: fluff

Summary: You acknowledge there’s something wrong with Dodger when, during lunch, he prefers sitting down at your feet rather than your father’s.

It was Sunday and, as any other Sunday during which you and your father -the famous Chris Evans- where in Boston, your grandmother Lisa had organized a big family reunion at her house.

Literally every member of your family was there: your grandparents Lisa and Bob -also the house-owners-, your aunts Shanna and Carly with their husbands and children: Stella and Miles, and your favorite uncle, Scott.

Or that was how he had always defined himself.

Out of his three nephews, you were the older -much older than the other two- and it gave the authority to drag you around the house. And he certainly didn’t accept a ‘no’ as an answer.

At the moment you were sitting on the couch in the living room, gossiping about the lives of his new neighbor. He hadn’t been stopping talking about him a second since you entered the front door and, according to everyone’s faces, you were the only one listening to him.

“He’s so…umph…he’s so hot” he panted and rested his head against the backrest of the couch, “Give me some advice!” he nudged at you, making you flinch, “You have a hot fucking boyfriend”.

“Yeah, don’t tell me about it” you giggled as you mocked him, “Why don’t you welcome him in the neighbor, maybe with grandma’s apple pi-“ you were suddenly interrupted by a big hairball jumping on your legs, “Hi, Bubba”, you petted his head and kept doing it while talking with your uncle.

“You’re the best” Scott kissed the crown of your head and screamed in search for his mother. Once she was in front the two of you, he told her about your plan to make his hot neighbor falling in love with him, “And then I thou-“

All of a sudden, all the attention was on me. Or better, on the dog on my legs.

“Did he just-?”

“I think he did.”

You lowered your gaze and met Dodger’s sad eyes, “Why are you crying, baby?” you asked, though you knew he would have never answered you, “What happened to you?” you kept petting him -now on his back, continuously shaken by his hiccups. Then, out of the blue, he put his muzzle in the crock of your neck.

Everybody in the room stared at you, as you tried to calm his cry. Dodger turned into an inconsolable big baby and you didn’t know what to do about it. He wouldn’t stop crying, so you wrapped both your arms around his body and tightened your grip around him.

When the men, from outside, called you saying the lunch was ready, you embraced your dog and got up -careful not to stumble over anything. Once you’d made it in the backyard, you let go of him -though he never left your side, neither when you sat down around the table. He stood there: sat on his legs at your right with his face turned towards you.

In your plate there was a steak and you knew, better than anybody else, how much Dodger loved meat -even if you dad didn’t allow you to give it to him. This is an exception, you thought, only once. So, you sliced the steak and took a tiny piece of it between your fingers, only to give it to your dog -which was more than thrilled to eat it.

The lunch went on very well. You exchanged a few words with your aunts and played with your little cousins as they were sat right in front of you. Not only hadn’t him left your side, but he also forced your grandmother to move his bowl from next to the grill to under the table. You made sure none would step on his tail while he was half-asleep.

“Has he ever detached from you today?” grandpa Bob asked you as you approached him on the porch. As usual, he had a beer in his left hand and in the right one three cards. He and grandma Lisa were playing an Italian game with cards -which the woman succeeded in teaching you.

“Not even once”, you sat down behind the woman and your dog climbed on your lap, again, “Neither when I went to the bathroom”, you had been petting him for an infinite amount of time since that morning, “I still don’t know what happened”.

You and your grandparents were trying to figure out what could have caused his odd behavior when your father jogged up to where you were, “Hey, sweetie. Hey, Bubb-“

Dodger angrily barked at him and you could barely hold him in place as he tried to rush to your father.

“Waoh- What has gotten into you?” he reached up for the back of Dodger’s ears, where his soft spot was, but quickly pulled his hand back when the dog barked again at him, “What happened?” he was now talking to you.

You saw him sitting on the armchair in front of you and answered: “I don’t know! Just before lunch he came for me and sat on me”, you put your hands over his ears -as if he would have understood your words, “He cried like a baby and never left my side since then”.

“That’s odd”, was your father’s only comment as he analyzed Dodger’s face, to see if anything was wrong with him, “Usually he doesn’t leave my side”.

“Well, thank you”, you said a little bit confused by his words, “Always a gentleman”, you commented and focused completely on petting your dog, still wandering why he was acting oddly.

“Sweetie, you know I love you more than anything.”

“I’m not so sure”, as you tried to sit up, Dodger put his paw on your knee and pulled you down. He wasn’t strong enough to do it, yet you didn’t want to hurt him, “Why are you doing this?” you whispered to his ear.

A moment after everything was cleared and you couldn’t help but burst into laughs.

Your grandma’s neighbor had recently bought a dog, same size as Dodger but with dark black hair, and she, and his owner, were there that day. You had seen your father talking with her and playing with her dog as he grilled the meat.

Chris had always helped other people with their domestic animals, he loved petting random cute dogs around the streets, though only one owned his heart. And it was Dodger. Whenever they had to be distant, he made sure his daughter would sleep with him and play with him as much as Chris did with Dodger, and whenever he was shooting near to Boston, he brought Dodger on set with him.

The fact that now the dog didn’t want his owner to come closer to him made Chris feel bad.

“You’re such a baby”, you said laughing, tears forming at the corners of your eyes, “Are you jealous of Dada?” you cupped his muzzle between your hands and kissed the top of his nose, “Yes, you are”. When you raised your eyes, you noticed three pairs of eyes already staring at you and waiting for an explanation, “He must have seen you playing with her dog-“, you pointed towards the red-haired woman leaving the place, “-and he got jealous”, then you went back paying attention to your dog, “You’re unbelievable”, you laughed.

“Why do you laugh?” your dad chuckled at you, now petting Dodger’s head, “You did quite the same thing when you were younger. Don’t dyou are to take fun of my baby boy”.

“Oh, is that so? Is he your ‘baby boy’ now?” you got up and threw your bag over your shoulder, “I’m heading home. Get you a ride home, Daddy”, you knew how pissed off he was every time you called him like that, and you took advantage of it. Every. Single. Time.

You pulled your car keys from you bag and quickly opened the car door by the driver seat.

“Wait!” Chris was running after you and so was your dog, to which you gladly opened the back hood. Then, you sat inside and locked all the doors. As your father tried to get in, you shut him down, “Oh, c’mon! Why he yes and I no?”

“’Cause he’s a baby! You’re a grown-up man who should think before talking”, you turned on the car’s engine and faked a departure, “Would you like to say anything?”

Chris groaned under his breath and closed his eyes. After a deep breath, he was back looking at you, “Okay, okay. I’m sorry. You’re my baby and Dodger is our baby”, he knew what to say to make you forgive him.

“Jump on, big man”, as he was sat next to you, you started the engine and left.

After all your father was right; you weren’t better than Dodger at being jealous of your father.

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[wornoutmouse]

You weren't against soulmates, in general, you were just against yours. Like a few others, your mark was there when you were born meaning that your soulmate was older than you. You weren't upset about them being older you just felt that you would make them uncomfortable or hold them back. Also, your soulmate mark wasn't even fully developed only being a dot which meant your soulmate was somewhere far from you making it less likely you'll meet putting you at ease. Now here you were in Japan in horror as your soulmate mark takes full effect. 

You were traveling with your mom for a business meeting since it was mid-summer the heat was unforgivingly forcing you to wear tank tops. You felt nothing but a slight itch on you back and were startled when your mother threw her shoe at you and told you to take your clothes off. She was now sitting behind you recording your how your mark was spreading. "Your soulmate must have just come back to Japan or something?!" your mom squealed making your ears hurt and silently thanking the gods her quirk wasn't sound-based like this Present Mic you kept seeing on T.v. "What is it, mom?"

"Hell if I know, it's in Japanese!?" you deadpanned, "We are in Japan, but you don't know Japanese?" all you got was a knock on the head as your mom snapped a picture, "I think it's done!" you turn around and hold the phone staring in awe at the picture, "It's beautiful isn't it?" she asked trying to gauge a reaction. You only grimaced, "It's big and it's obvious." you say as you pull your shirt back up. "Oh come on Y/N!"

https://images.app.goo.gl/sE5UoRMFYN2XL21c8 This is the soulmate mark once it develops.

You stand up walking to your closet looking for clothes that weren't too heavy but would hide the mark. "You know how I feel mom!" she sighed, "Yeah but you didn't even give it a shot!" You turn towards her and in a fit of anger, you burst. "Yeah well dad didn't give it a shot now did he!?" your mom smacked upside your head and you instantly regretted your words as you saw the tears in her eyes. "That is exactly why I'm telling you to stop waiting! I waited and he was shipped away!"  You reached out for her only to pull back for you knew you had nothing to say. You scratched the back of your neck and kicked the air, 'I'm...I'm going to go for a walk, give you some space you know?" your mom only nodded as she fiddled with the promise ring your father gave her before he had to leave for 'family' business. 

As you walked you thought of ways to say sorry to your mother. "Flowers won't do since she's allergic, maybe food." you muse as you walked out of the hotel. Walking the route you knew led to a mom and pop dinner, you absent-mindedly kept scratching your neck where you assumed the top Japanese character was. "Why is it so damn itchy?" you asked aloud but you just summed it to the fact that your skin was adjusting to the pigment change. You groan when you realize that your mark was only partially covered.

"No one should look too hard if I'm lucky they'll think it's a tattoo." You made it to the mom and pop shop and ordered some Chicken Karaage with your broken Japanese that you were sure even a toddler would laugh at. As you were waiting you couldn't help but notice a tall, blond, scrawny man staring at your back making you uneasy. His gaze was broken when a young boy with green hair came and sat down with a tray of feed. 'These Japanese people just love their wacky hair colors.' you smirked laughing with yourself.

Once you got your food you took your leave ignoring the skinwalker as you now referred to him. On your way back you hear a loud scream coming from a playground and you quickly run over. There was a strange creature that had ahead of what you could only assume to be a cat with its brain revealed bashing a large globe that held two little boys. Quickly putting the food on the ground you hop over the small brick wall surrounding the playground and take out a sword from your eye before jumping and trying to stop the thing through the back. Before you could land the blow the thing turned around and swiped at you barely missing as it ripped your shirt a bit tearing through the skin above your left breast. "It's always the weirdos with the brains," you growl.

You weren't a pro by any standards but you were a hero, in theory, you just graduated so you were still interning so the closest thing you came to is being a lifeguard of the hero world you jump in when no one else could. "I know I can't take this bastard on my own, but how the hell am I supposed to get a hero's attention?" you grumbled as you pulled a flaming bow and arrow kit out of both your eyes. You quickly took aim as the creature came barrelling towards you shaking the ground under is three-toed feet.

You take slow breaths deciding to aim for the eye, nerves becoming calmer the closer the thing got. You shot the arrow and it hit it's eye making it wail into the sky. As you expected it promptly pulled the arrow out and seemed to regenerate almost immediately. It didn't matter to you, all you were trying to do was get the kids out of there as you situate them on your back. You weren't the fastest but damn it you'd try. Suddenly a shadow cam over you and you looked up to see some beefy guy in red white and blue standing tall and proud in a protective stance in front of you. The kids on your back suddenly got stars in their eyes, "All MIght, All might."

The man threw his head back and laughed, "Have no fear, because I am here!" he announced to the world and you couldn't help but snort at how corny it was. You didn't miss how the man suddenly lost confidence at the sound of your amusement.

"I uh.." he trailed off, tan skin suddenly tinged red with embarrassment.

"Excuse me ma'am!" you looked forward and there stood the green-headed boy from earlier. "Could you please come over here where it's safe, the police are on their way. You look over at the tall man and your eyes widen as you see him use his head to slam into the creature. "Yeah that sounds like a great idea.." you trailed off following the boy. As you sat a distance away from the scene you give your witness statement when the police arrived and showed them your hero license when they questioned why you were using your quirk instead of running, it was a bit hard considering how you fumble with your Japanese but you pulled through. It took the man, All Might, 45 minutes to talk the creature down and for some reason, you could tell that this was not his best performance but every so often he would glance over you like a child showing that they could dress themselves.

You hand the kids over to the police and you head towards the park entrance face lighting up when you see that the food remains unharmed, cold, but unharmed. "Excuse me young lady!" came the broad voice of All MIght. "Yes?" you ask thinking he had more questions for you, "Can I speak with you in private?" you shrug seeing no harm in it only to yelp as your scooped up bridal style into his arms as he leaps about 50 feet in the air onto an apartment complex. "What the hell was that!?" you yelled swaying as you were set back on your feet. "I do apologize but I didn;t want any press involved"

You quirk your eyebrow, "Involved with what?" your eyes widen as the man began rolling off his hero onesie. "What are you doing!? I know Japan has different rules but I'm pretty sure streaking is a no-no!"

Your breath caught in your throat as he turned around and you saw the exact same soul mark as yours. 'So much for no one noticing.' you thought with a small frown. "I'm sure you know what this means." All Might said with a hopeful smile. You nod before snapping your finger realizing you just acquired the perfect forgive me gift, "Yeah can you come home with me?!" All Might suddenly backed up form you, hands up in a defensive position. "Waoh now young lady, I'm just as excited about finding each other as you are but I'm not sure if we should jump to that just yet, are you even of legal age?!" you scoff and stick your tongue out I am 18 for your information!" All MIght relaxed the slightest bit, "That's great but can we wait til a solid 19?!" you doubled over laughing when you realized the problem. 

"That's not why I want you over All MIght! I want you to meet my mom!" All might completely deflate at that revelation and you've never seen someone at peace in such a fast instance "Oh okay."

When you arrived back to your room you open the door shocking your mother from the large man taking up all the space. "Mom this is..." you look at your soulmate realizing you didn't know his name, "Yagi Toshinori." he coughs awkwardly. "Yes, and he is my-" you were cut off as a loud hiss sounds off from Toshinori's direction, and before you can ask there is a puff of smoke and blood and suddenly the large man ou knew as all might disappeared and became the skinwalker that was watching you in the restaurant. "SkINNY MAN?!" you yelled pointing at him. 

Yagi awkwardly scratched the back of his neck and laughed, "I thought that if you have my name you might as well have all my secrets." he said making your heart flutter. "This is cute and all but who the hell are you?!" both ou and Toshinori turn to face your mother. "We're soulmates."

your mother passed out

[plush-anon]

SCOOB! Stream of Consciousness Review

Here we are folks - I finally review the originally cinematic, fully CGI animated Scooby Doo Movie (one year later... I did not queue this as I thought I had last June - damn you, Tumblr. I’m not changing much here, so enjoy as it was intended).

Created by a team who have professed their affection for this mystery team and their meddling dog too, will this be a lush experience fit to satisfy any Hanna-Barbera fan? Or will it be a hot garbage cash-grab, littered with Easter eggs and references that do nothing to hide a meatless mess of outdated memes and shallow character development?

LET’S

FIND

OUT

Below this cut is my entire stream-of-consciousness review on the SCOOB! Movie, as experienced. SPOILER warning here - I’m digging into everything, no plot points spared. 

Here we go~

And we start off with a decent shot of the California coastline (looks like the kids backstory is front and center), some 90s hip-hop synthwave song about California, and OH SWEET JESUS THESE MODELS LOOK TERRIBLE

Ahem

Yeah, this is a problem right off the bat - some of these people in the opening shots look remarkably unfinished - think three shades above “Rapsittie Kids: Believe in Santa” level - and the animation on them is less than stellar. 

On the plus side, we do see a fantastic variety of ages, sizes, and races - there’s a brief blink-and-you’ll-miss-it Sikh man on roller skates playing a sitar - but when the designs look rushed in the opening shots, it’s not a fantastic sign. At least they’re brief, but it’s hard to see if this is a lower level of the film’s style due to rushed animation, or if they didn’t care to polish it up as much, given that it’s maybe a 30 second scene. 

Still, kudos to actually going for variety in the crowd shots. Minus kudos to making most of the clothes look like Play-doh draped over a Barbie doll. I’m not even kidding on that one, the clothes are super basic and barely have any sign of texture or creasing or even fabric/cut variety. Almost reminds me of the first Toy Story movie’s design for human clothes, yeesh. 

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Ahh, our first introduction to Scooby Doo at a Greek gyro food stand. That’s foreshadowing right there folks! 😉

Sadly, he is really weirdly animated in his run sequence - he looks out of proportion as he’s running on his hind legs, and the human animation has really bad consistency - some background characters are really janky, while others actually move really nicely. The characters we immediately focus on seem to be pretty smooth at least, but that’s still very strange.

On a side note: Ruby and Spears Sub Sandwich shop. Nice 😁

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They are reaaaally pushing the super over-the-top dramatic music for a bike cop chasing a dog that stole gyro meat

Why

It’s not even interesting chase music, just generic super-hyped-up chase music

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And now we finally get to see a young Shaggy, standing next to a tie-dye food stand called Casey’s Confections that… sells meat. Hm. Guess WB hasn’t learned after all these years 🙄

Unfortunately, I’m not a huge fan of the kid they got to play him, Iain Armitage. He’s not a bad voice actor by any means, but he just doesn’t sound right for Shaggy. I know that as a kid he’d be much less likely to have a cracking/squeaky voice, but he sounds… it’s hard to pin down a word, but - precocious? Darling? Either way it doesn’t quite match, especially given how Shaggy sounds when he grows up via Will Forte. Just… no connection there. 

I tie it down to the particular vocal twangs and nuances the gang usually has. I’ll touch base on that note later I think, once we hit the teenage versions of the gang, but for now I’m just not feeling it. 

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On the one hand, I empathize deeply with Shaggy and his Spotify’s unsettling ability to pinpoint his insecurities with song choices, and also deeply enjoy that one small gesture where his fingers kind of shake & tighten around his phone while he takes a deep breath to calm himself- it’s a very nice, subtle sign of frustration

On the other hand we just passed two guys with no nipples and an unerring likeness to a Ken doll in those Barbie movies, so I’m distracted by that now

(between this and Fred’s no-nipples in Happy Halloween SD!, is WB just terrified of giving men nipples in animated movies now? what gives?)

Also distracted by the thrifty lesbians who bought those two shirts that come together to make a heart in the middle, on the store’s 2 for 1 day

happy pride y’all!

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Finally got context for the two sand piles!

Very, very sad context, but still! Progress!

Basically Shaggy’s practicing talking to people in order to learn how to make friends, since he either has no idea how, or has never had a friend before. So he’s trying to learn the right way to do it since his own attempts have failed

And him talking to these sand piles not only counts as practice, but he’s using them so that his mom thinks he’s spending time with friends like he told her

Ow :)

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So ketchup leather is apparently a thing that exists

I’m learning so much today!

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Given that Shaggy has no friends at this stage, but he’s still called Shaggy, I’m kind of wondering if that was a mean nickname that everyone called him, but he was just grateful for the interaction/pretended it was from friends, so he kept it 🤔

Actually, take it back, his mother is calling him that. Family nickname, maybe…?

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Shaggy has Blue Falcon (classic) and Dynomutt funko pops

noice

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Oof, you can reaaaaally hear the age in Frank Welker’s Scooby voice. Can we get Scott Innes back? He sounds almost identical to his performance 20+ years ago :/

Also talking waaaay too much - even SDMI Scooby wasn’t this wordy, and he NEVER shut the hell up 

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Okay wait

So Shaggy met Scooby on Halloween day - then met the rest of the gang hours later?

Huh. And here I was thinking it would have been a few weeks minimum 

Although I have to say there is a lot here to work with, if it paces out how I think it does

Shaggy meets Scooby. Bare hours later, he buys him a collar (instead of his mom? weird) and asks him to stay with him, despite not really knowing him. Then, only a couple hours after that, he finally makes some friends… but only when Scooby is with him. 

Given that it looks like the gang are all around the same age in the same neighborhood, there’s a solid chance that they’ve taken classes together at the same school. If none of them met/knew/made friends with Shaggy then, but only did so AFTER Scooby came into the picture, that might lead to the argument we know about later when they split up; afterwards, S&SD go to the bowling alley, then get abducted by the Blue Falcon, plot continues. This could make it seem like they were only friends with him at the start because he had a dog. 

And the brief scene earlier with the music device shows that he tries to tamp down on his anger/doesn’t really address it - could lead to something more later 

hmmmm 🤔

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Wait what

These two kid bullies just came out of nowhere, stole Shaggy’s candy… and then started on about how Halloween is only a marketing ploy to get companies to rot your teeth and go to the dentist more, before throwing the bag through a window and telling the two that ‘your blood sugar will thank us for it!’

Are - are these the brainwashed children of a Karen? Is that what I’m seeing?

I mean we could have had a Red Herring cameo, but apparently informing children about candy conspiracy theories is more important :/

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Daphne: It’s Halloween - no one should go home without their candy

FD&V: *none of them have candy/candy bags*

???????

(Wouldn’t it make more sense if the bullies had stolen their candy too? What the hey man)

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I do find it neat that we actually get to SEE the wires the ‘ghost’ uses to fly in full effect - that’s actually pretty cool, and not really something we get to see up close in older Scooby shows. Most of those just have the bad guy randomly flying about, and the wires revealed after the fact 

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Actually, given how FD&V react to this ghost almost immediately… have they already been solving mysteries? It seems like it, given how smoothly they move together to capture him

That’s kind of odd in kids. Like, even in PNSD they weren’t perfectly in-sync on stuff

This then leads to the gang solving mysteries together… in spite of the fact that all Shag and Scoob did was hide in the wardrobe that had the stolen goods, while FD&V captured the dude 

Granted, they do ask Shag and Scoob if they wanna join in and say yes, but that seems like an strange jump after what could have been a one-time deal

I just find that a touch odd - esp when they could have had a five minute scene or so of them wandering around the house, touching on some old SDWAY traits. Heck, show that they’re SCARED in some way, and don’t immediately move to tackle what looks like a murderous spirit at age 8-9 or so. Even just showing the kids learning about each other would be enough, but what do I know. I’ve only watched Scooby Doo everything since I was 4 🙄

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Ahhhh, and now for the updated rendition of the theme song

Where they’re all still kids doing everything the teenage gang did in the theme song

It doesn’t look as good as the OG, though - kind of like a computer game simulating the SDWAY intro using the PNSD kids in CGI. It’s honestly strange to see, and a little jarring - especially when we then transition to the older teenage gang right in the middle

Like, we don’t get to see you guys age through the song as you’re chased by/catch different monsters? That could have been pretty neat honestly - shows how long they’ve been doing this

Tho I gotta admit, seeing the Spooky Space Kook with his OG sound effects is pretty awesome, brief as it waoH MY GOD FRED WHY ARE YOU HAVING A ROMANTIC BEACHSIDE DATE WITH THE MYSTERY MACHINE 

THAT WASN’T IN THE ORIGINAL AND NO ONE ELSE GETS A CHARACTER INSIGHT SHOT LIKE THIS

WHY

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Huh, looks like Ruby & Spears gave up their subway sandwich shop for a coffee shop

That apparently the gang goes to in order to eat malt shop food

okay?

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Ah, and here’s where we finally look at the voice acting of the older teenage gang. Buckle up folks, cause I gotta lot to say

We’ll start with Fred, bc honestly? I think Efron actually fits him pretty dang well. He’s got a different cadence from Welker, true, but as far as an update goes? I think he’s a solid fit. Very much in line with the all-American kid that Fred’s kind of been slated as for the past 50 years or so, but updated more for the modern perspective. I call it solid (and possibly a replacement for whenever Welker decides to retire). 

Next? Oof. Velma is, IMHO, the weakest casting. Velma, no matter her voice actress, has ALWAYS had some form of nasal twang to her voice - that’s part of what makes her Velma to begin with, and helps her stand out. Nicole Jaffe, Pat Stevens, BJ Ward, Christina Lange (PNSD), Mindy Cohn, Kate Micucci, Linda Cardellini -heck, even Haley Kiyoko from ‘The Mystery Begins’ and Sarah Gilman from the ‘Daphne and Velma’ movie understood this! They all had that nasal twang to their voice - differing between actresses, of course, but still recognizable as Velma. Gina Rodriguez though? Honestly, it just sounds like she’s acting it straight. Not bad acting at all, by any means - she just doesn’t sound like Velma, and doesn’t seem to be trying to. (Honestly wondering if she was only hired bc she voices Carmen Sandiego in the reboot cartoon for the lolz fun reference! type connection) 

Daphne is sort of similar in voices, but hers is more of a pitch her voice hits - Heather North, Mary Kay Bergman, and Grey Delisle Griffin all have that pitch they hit naturally when speaking. Amanda Seyfried? Does not - in fact, her voice is actually deeper than I was expecting - but it’s not quite as big a difference as it is for Velma. It fits her character type okay, and she does well with it overall.  

And finally, the most controversial one: Will Forte’s Shaggy. 

I’ll go ahead and say this: he’s not Scott Menville levels of bad Shaggy voice acting. If I were to place him on a list, I’d probably put him around Billy West level - kind of sounds similar via vocal tics (voice cracking, likes and zoinks, etc), but his own voice just overtakes the impression he’s seeking to hit. When I hear him speak, I don’t really hear Shaggy; I just hear Will Forte trying to do an impression of Shaggy. 

In comparison: when Scott Innes took over for Shaggy, it was like Casey Kasem’s, just a touch more of a twang to his voice and just a dash over-the-top - but it was still Shaggy, and you didn’t doubt that for a minute.

Same thing for Lillard, but maybe moreso - he was pretty much the most perfect casting for a live-action Shaggy there could be at the time Scooby Doo (2002) was made. Him taking over for Kasem from there made perfect sense: he was honestly the best cast Mystery Inc member of the live-actions, and a lot more recognizable to the general public as Shaggy than Scott Innes was. He could also do different emotions with Shaggy that not a lot of the other voice actors had the chance to do (mainly bc script), so for future stuff they have that flexibility, if they wanted to play around a little more. 

With any luck Forte will get better over the course of the movie, but honestly the casting could have been so much better with Matt Lillard and Kate Micucci. 

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Shaggy Rogers, evading taxes since 2020

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siMON COWELL??!? 

WHAT THE

WHY?!?!?

ALSO HIS CHARACTER DESIGN STYLE IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM THE REST OF THE GANG WHAT IS EVEN GOING ON?!!?

IS HE SUPPOSED TO BE THE SD CELEBRITY CAMEO

LIKE

IF YOU WERE GOING TO DO A CAMEO FROM AMERICAN IDOL WHY NOT RYAN SEACREST 

HE TOOK OVER FOR CASEY KASEM ON THE AMERICAN TOP 40 WOULDN’T THAT MAKE MORE SENSE

aaauuuggghhh

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Also he’s there as a potential investor in Mystery Inc as a detective agency

A music industry professional… is interested in funding a detective agency.

Like… did he miss out on Josie & the Pussycats? Is that why he’s here?

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Wait a minute

Oh noooooo

I know why he’s here

I remember this spoiler

Shit

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And once again, here is your reminder to tell Simon Cowell a great big fcuk you

Only this time it’s for making Shaggy and Scooby feel worthless and saying that friendship is worthless and cannot be counted on for anything worthwhile

Simon Cowell: Professional Dickhead

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Welp, at least this gives a solid reason why they leave: Simon Cowell was being a professional dickhead, and the gang didn’t really say anything against him or interrupt him on his whole ‘Shag and Scoob are worthless spiel’

Or, well... Daphne stepped up some, but more to say ‘they’re our friends!’ rather than ‘that’s entirely wrong, our friends aren’t worthless!’ Better than nothing, but yeesh

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Ahhh, Takamoto Bowling - the emptiest bowling alley in the evenings this side of Coolsville 

(no seriously, the past few times my dad has taken my sister and me bowling pre-pandemic, no matter the day or time? it’s ALWAYS got more than 6 lanes of people there, what the heck)

Also Scooby wears three bowling shoes, which honestly makes more sense than I thought it would - that pup goes spinning and sliding every which way on a normal floor, bowling alley floors would be like ten times worse

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here’s a nice little detail - when Scooby sees one of the bowling pins peek out with red eyes and he yells that to Shaggy, Shaggy actually squints and walks closer to see if it actually does have eyes

aww

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Huh, okay 

Panicked Will Forte Shaggy actually sounds more like a good Shaggy voice than normal talking Will Forte Shaggy

I can dig it

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Still kind of underwhelmed by the Shag and Scoob disguise scene - wouldn’t it make more sense to have them like, dish up hot sauce or something on a plate that nonsensically makes the robots overheat before they discover their ruse?

Idk, maybe they’re off their game after Simon ‘Dickhead’ Cowell

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Carlton Way - must be named after Fred’s only other voice actor, Carlton Stevens of PNSD

Also Hanna’s Barber Shop is next to Barbera’s Pizza! Cute.

And… Pitstop’s Pink Perfume ad. Wait, who is that? *assorted googling noises*

...ahhh, Penelope Pitstop from Wacky Races! Who, according to Wikipedia, was revealed to have Greek ancestry in the 2016 Wacky Raceland comic book, having been born on the island of Aegina

Now I’m wondering if we’ll see her in this too, given Cerberus...

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Honestly kind of fascinating to see the gang with a police radio in their van

Also fascinating to see that only main characters are allowed clothing variety and texture/creases/folds

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it’s actually really sweet to see Fred, upon hearing that Shag and Scoob are likely in danger, immediately makes a 90 degree turn in traffic

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It looks like they changes Dee Dee’s name a hair - now it’s Dee Dee Skyes, instead of Sykes

It works well for the Falcon aesthetic, so that’s cool

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Shaggy, after Dee Dee tells them that Dastardly’s trying to kill them: Scoob, someone thinks we’re important enough to *mimes slitting throat*!

Scooby: It’s nice to be wanted.

Excellent! This movie has captured Shag and Scoob’s blasé attitude towards death! Now we’re onto a solid Scooby film :D

Dee Dee: Hmm, I hear that!

And they even have a friend to share in their attitude! Splendid!

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Christ, I can work photoshop better than Blue Falcon can, and I don’t even know how to use photoshop

I will give major kudos on his costume tho - it maintains the important elements of the OG Falcon, while still updating it with more bird-related aesthetic, like the feathered appearance of parts of his costume, the split cape resembling the tail feathers, and the talon gauntlets & boots. neat!

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Yooo, Dynomutt, I thought secret identities were still a thing with Superheroes, what the hey are you doing giving it out to a duo you literally just picked up behind a bowling alley

Ngl, I’m kinda hoping we get some scenes where Dynomutt messes up a little like in the OG cartoon - this one feels really serious, which is kind of strange

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Okay now I want to see older!Blue Falcon come in for a cameo

Mainly bc I’m getting the feeling that this one is a major dumbass, and not in the fun and friendly himbo kind of way 😑

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Wait, THAT’S our first look at Dastardly? That’s a bit abrupt, isn’t it?

Also his ship must be pumping thousands of gallons of toxins into the air, that smoke cloud looks hideous. Forget logging into his mom’s Netflix account like the trailer said, EPA should probably be hunting him for sport with a laser cannon, jesus fcuking christ

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Honestly kinda want a plane you can pilot like a motorbike now

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Welp, it looks like we have a fun, mustache-twirly, puns-aplenty, loves-to-be-bad kind of villain on our hands folks! This is gonna be FUN AS HECK

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Eurgh, this scene - the super-stiff-but-stretched-out ‘yeeurgh’ faces really squick me for some reason, but I can’t really pinpoint why

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I have decided I highly dislike the Brian Blue Falcon, or Brian Falcon for short, and would like to see Dastardly tie him to some railroad tracks

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North St for Heather North, and… wait… Funland Carnival? Like where Charlie the Robot hung out?

Apparently that’s in Romania.

A very yellow-greenfilter Romania at that.

 Like, I’ve seen blue washes on movies trying to portray evening in the middle of the day so they don’t actually have to shoot at night, but yellow? That’s normally used for deserts and hot days and uhhh 

NOT for evenings in a country with landscape like THIS

odd

(I mean I guess they got the mountains and trees right, but still. Yellow filters make a place look arid, which Romania is Not, to my knowledge)

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Dude, Brian Falcon is such an idiot even Shaggy and Scooby, commonly portrayed as the idiots of Mystery Inc, look at him like he’s a moron.

(They are Not Amused.)

Also Brian Falcon is an absolute coward. That’s new. Even Shaggy and Scooby face off against the robots directly in a Whack-a-Mole game and destroy some. Dude, get your head in the fcuking game already, yikes

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Woah, Laff-a-Lympics, Wacky Races, Hex Girls, The Banana Splits, Penelope Pitstop, Space Stars, Posse Impossible, and Hong Kong Phooey easter eggs in one shot

Geezus

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Another nice moment: when cornered by Dastardly, Shaggy moves to stand in front of Scooby to protect him

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Dastardly (to Shaggy): I don’t care about YOU. You’re not REMOTELY important!

*proceeds to shoot Shaggy THROUGH the ceiling and up into the highest car on a Ferris Wheel where Brian Falcon is hiding like a man baby*

Welp, so much for a fun and zany villain. Time for this Plush Anon to kill a bitch *cocks shotgun*

I will, too - kudos to the animators for hurting me so badly with the face Shaggy made right before being shot because

OW

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Ehehehhehe, yess, the infamous ‘Dick’ scene

Dastardly: No, I’m a DICK. With a D!

You sure are, you sack of dildos with a D!

This scene had to be put in on purpose - if this had been released in theaters, I just know the adults would be dying in laughter 🤣🤣🤣

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Shaggy: Brian, do something! 

Brian Falcon: Like what?

Shaggy: Like, drop some F-Bombs!

love it 😂

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Is it like movie law now, that if there’s an action scene with a Ferris Wheel in the background, it has to fall off and roll down a mild incline like a wheel? Because it kinda feels like it

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Aha! Dastardly said his drats! Perfection.

Now to shoot him through a ceiling to make them matter even more :D

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OOF. 

Well that hurt. 

Poor Shaggy - basically internalizing now that he’s the worthless one and weak link of the group now that Scooby is considered more important

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Holy fcuk I’m crying

Shaggy just broke Brian Falcon down to his deepest insecurities without even trying while talking to him

He even used the words ‘imposter syndrome’ 

Shaggy hon, you’re the best

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Oh hey, Fred, Daphne, and Velma! It’s been a while since we saw you guys again, what are you doing?

Arguing about the metric system and realizing that Shaggy and Scooby reminding them to eat periodically helped them keep a clearer head...

And using the word ‘hangry’.

But then looking through a ridiculously cute photo album of the two and a video the gang took together (the video is honestly really heckin’ cute, 10000/10 would recommend)...

And then getting pulled over so Fred can have a brief ‘oo-la-la’ montage about the pretty blonde cop who honest-to-gods looks like a Barbie doll.

Where Daphne then describes how ugly Dastardly is...

Right before the petite blonde cop who’s maybe like 5’7” at best rips off her outfit to reveal it was Dick Dastardly this entire time, all 7ish feet of him.

And then kidnaps them all along with the Mystery Machine while he makes terribly fun dorky puns

…

...SO BACK TO SCOOBY AND SHAGGY...

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...where Scooby is making kissy faces in the mirror while wearing his Blue Falcon uniform

Hrm, that’s not really better is it

We actually see Shaggy reading (OG) Blue Falcon’s autobiography, and making hurt but snide comments about Scooby’s ego

Which are actually pretty clever tbh

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Cooooooongratulations, Fred Jones! You are now officially a full-on himbo!

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Alas, poor Daphne. While your knowledge of the tropes of your show might have served you well in other places, this was to be a theatrical release once upon a time, and so such knowledge falls to ruin.

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You know, I just realized - we’re never really told HOW the Cerberus skulls work, both in how each skull can be used to find the others,  and, presumably, in releasing Cerberus itself. We’re given a brief glance-over of Scooby’s ancestry (and I mean REALLY damn brief), and a quick mention that these are supposed to be Cerberus’ skulls being stolen, but… that’s it. Nothing else is given. 

Now, I read the first few chapters of my SCOOB! Junior Novelization, and it actually went into further detail about the skulls themselves and what Dastardly’s initial plan was early in the book - open the gates of Hades and obtain the seas of treasure therein. It acted as an introduction both to the climatic endgame we’ll face at the end of the movie, and to Dastardly, who uses the same disguise trick he used as the Barbie cop when he stole the first one in South America. 

(They actually DID plan to use this as Dastardly’s intro, but cut this… 3 minute scene for time. Yeah. See below video for the details - honestly think they should have kept it in. Saves time later and definitely more show than tell, compared to what we got)

I feel like that would be a better introduction to him than the one we got - hell, it would have fit in quite neatly after the revamped theme song montage. They could have the scene with Dastardly finding/stealing the first skull as an introduction (as above), then have him answer a call or something. Exposit openly “You found the key! Excellent! Now where are we going next?” 

THEN cut to the diner/coffee shop scene we had earlier. We still wouldn’t know exactly what the key was/entailed off the bat, and they could still have FD&V find out on their own - maybe by hacking the little robot instead? IDK.

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The final skull is on Messick Mountain.

Cute.

On a side note, I do love how Dastardly’s ship interior looks - very dieselpunk

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Velma just hacked into Dynomutt… somehow, and I finally get my wacky Dynomutt shenanigans!  Hazoo!

...sadly that was really dang brief. Realistic, yes, but still too brief. 

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Eyyyy, we finally get the whys of why Scooby is needed! … really dang fast. 

Also Fred says Jinkies. 

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Hey, Muttley popped up! In a shrine… to his demise… that we find out he reached when Dastardly pushed him forward into the Underworld to steal the treasure of Alexander the Great in a portal he rigged up… only for both of them to find out it was a one-way deal unless they used the key to be able to come back. The key, of course, being Scooby Doo, descendent of Peritas, Alexander’s dog. 

Eh, workable enough-ish. It’s interesting to see that Dastardly, despite how much he disliked Muttley in the older cartoons, still cares about him to a certain extent. 

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Pfff, Fred’s a poor man’s Hemsworth XD

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Sweet, we’re in ‘Journey to the Center of the Earth’ now!

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Um

O W W W

You guys really had to do the ‘me or them’ thing with Shaggy and Scooby… and tHeN hAvE sCoObY cHoOsE tHe FaLcONs?!? Just because they said he was important as “the key” and gave him a spandex costume.

Over at least 7 years of friendship. 

Booooooooooooo

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actually no I’m Not Done Yet

This whole scene is a mess.

Like

Shaggy’s turn was really dang fast… but I can still see how he gets to it. It’s at least a day between Scooby being chosen as a pseudo-sidekick and the island arrival, during which Shaggy’s talk with the main adult (who has taken up the mantle of his favorite superhero) essentially confirms his feelings of worthlessness and leaves him to stew for HOURS on end (on top of another adult, Dastardly, who also calls him “not even REMOTELY important” at the carnival before freaKING SHOOTING HIM THROUGH THE CEILING NO I AM NOT OVER THIS). Tie that to a teenager who also believes his only friends have come to think he’s meaningless baggage, and suddenly his entire support system is vanishing underneath him to one of his former idols without ANY sign of hesitation from Scooby’s part (with the exception of the collar scene, but I don’t think that that means the same to Scooby, given how quickly he bounces back)

Scooby tho… hrm. It could be that he’s clinging to the good feelings Brian Falcon inspires in him (by choosing him as the next possible Dynomutt), as a way to overpower how FD&V hurt him, while also building on how he came to love the duo because SHAGGY loved them so much. But the movie doesn’t frame that up… at all?? At least compared to Shaggy. 

Idk, maybe I’m missing something, but this scene is a mess through and through

Boooooo

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Scooby: *tries to leap into Brian Falcon’s arms like he did with Shaggy but falls*

Brian: Uh, what are you doing?

Scooby: Rhaggy never missed. 

Damn straight he didn’t

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oh hey, it’s Captain Caveman

I was wondering when we’d see him.

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AAAUUGGHH

It’s that blink-and-you’ll-miss-it scene from the trailers I sobbed over - the one with Shaggy holding Scooby’s collar

Fun fact it actuALLY FADES INTO THE FLASHBACK

THAT WAS NOT A TRAILER THING THAT’S ACTUALLY HERE IN THE MOVIE

OW

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Oh No

Fred is here, alone, after that whole scene with Dastardly saying he had a use for Fred

...while that’s likely Dastardly in a Fred suit (that sounds creepy just typing it), I’m still going to enjoy this brief but absolutely lovely hug Shaggy and Fred share...

(seriously tho, look at this, it’s a genuinely close, squish-your-lungs-out kind of hug, I love it)

...as well as Shaggy, who's still hurt from his fight with Scooby, immediately gearing up to go help him after hearing Dastardly’s trying to kidnap him.

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Brian Falcon and Scooby Doo now have to take on Captain Caveman in gladiatorial combat in order to claim the final skull of Cerberus

I love cartoons sometimes

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Captain Caveman just put the smackdown on Brian Falcon and punched him into the ground up to his CHEST

Then smacked him so far into a wall he cracked the stone around him!

GodDAMN is this satisfying 😆 altho minor question here: how did he gain the rank of Captain? Do cavepeople have a naval force?

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He just whirled Scooby around his head, then spun him so fast his costume broke off

I may have to look into some Captain Caveman stuff now, that’s fantastic

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Shaggy and Fred - sorry, “Fred” -  just smashed through to the colosseum in the Mystery Machine

And Dynomutt just fired missiles at Captain Caveman to smash him into an Amigara-shaped hole of himself

I REALLY love cartoons sometimes

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Oh No

Just as Shaggy starts trying to apologize, “Fred” kicks him in the back, rips off his disguise to normal Dastardly self, and kidnaps Scooby atop the skull, before revealing he destroyed the Falcon Fury jet

New tagline for this movie? Shaggy Rogers and the Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Day

...at least the rest of the gang is back together?

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Brian Falcon: *Immediately tries to blame Shaggy for inadvertently leading Dastardly to them, while storming up to get in his face*

Fred: *upon realizing BrianF is blaming Shaggy for everything, without a SINGLE moment’s hesitation, immediately leaps in to defend Shaggy and physically push back Brian Falcon several feet*

We stan one Himbo, theydies and gentlethem

Also?

Velma (sneering): What kind of hero blames other people for his problems? *Walks over to comfort Shaggy with Daphne, while Shaggy looks dumbfounded they’re defending him bc he also blames himself for Scooby’s kidnapping*

This. This right here, is the kind of Mystery gang content I wanna see.

I don’t care how the rest of this movie goes now, this scene right here is ambrosia to the Scooby fan’s soul, and therefore makes this entire movie worth it, outdated memes, lingo, and all

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Cackling rn - Fred and Brian Falcon are in a point-off a la the Spiderman meme 😂

or, more specifically, the post-credits sequence of Spiderverse where they’re arguing about who started pointing first

It gets better when Velma and Daphne try to pull each other off of their pushing fight, and Velma grumbles “Toxic Masculinity” I’m crying

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WOAH

More super Shaggy stuff here (apart from being flung through a building roof without a scratch) - he pushes apart both groups effortless, and even knocks them back several feet

If we estimate Dynomutt as… we’ll say 450 since he’s made of metal, Falcon at 220, Dee Dee at 160, that’s about 830 lbs on one side

Then Fred, Daphne and Velma on the other (hmm, 180, 150, 130?) would be around 460 lbs

Dang boi

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Oh honey no, it’s not your fault

But dang if he didn’t get a good message from it, one I’ve done my best to transcribe here:

“I was afraid that... things were gonna change. And they did change. But like, that’s okay! People can grow. But it doesn’t mean that we’re growing apart. Because the one thing that will never change is that Scooby Doo is my best friend! Ten years ago, a little boy made a promise to a stray puppy that he’d never leave him no matter what. And I’m gonna keep that promise! Now it’s time we stopped that mustachioed menace from opening the gates to the {underworld} and letting loose that fearsome {Cerberus}. So what do you say we get out {of here}, and go get my always-snacking, never-lacking, often-napping dog back? Who’s with me?”

Honestly not a bad message for kids. Things will change, people will change, but that doesn’t mean you have to stop being friends. (Obvs real life exceptions apply, but that’s not a bad note honestly)

...shame that that conclusion comes right the FUCK outta nowhere

Like

How, exactly, did he come to this conclusion? WHEN? What inspired him to realize this, what was the impetus for this specific line of thought, that it’s okay for friends to change?

It kinda feels like this should have been either the happy ending speech given after they’ve saved the world, or one at the start of the third act, like if Shaggy arrives when Scooby thinks he’s chased him away and ruined everything, and Shaggy & the gang still save him. And Scooby asks him why he did that - when Scooby tried to change himself to fit what Brian Falcon wanted, instead of treasuring the friend he still had, or maybe why Shaggy reacted the way he did. THEN Shaggy gives the speech we hear, a la:

“I yelled at you because… like, because I was scared. I was scared that... things were gonna change. And they did change. But like, that’s okay! People can grow. But it doesn’t mean that we’re growing apart. Because the one thing that will never change is that YOU’RE my best friend! Ten years ago, a little boy made a promise to a stray puppy that he’d never leave him no matter what. And I mean to keep it!” 

At least that would make a little more sense to me. Again, not a bad speech, but a little rearranging would help to really hit home. 

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Okay, now we’re back with Dastardly in Greece, and suddenly the background people all look MILES better than the ones at the start of the movie. Did they just forget to polish the first two minutes of film, what the heck?

Also, Dastardly’s ship is literally the entire length of the Greek ruins presented o_O

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HOLY SHIT THE SKULLS TURNED BACK TIME AND MADE THE RUINS INTO AN ENTIRELY RESTORED PALACE WITH THE GATES OF THE UNDERWORLD BEFORE THEM

They’re also colored a very atmospheric neon arrangement that’s surprisingly quite tasteful ^.^

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The Mystery Machine can fly now!!! eeheeheeeheeheeheeheeee

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And so we finally see Cerberus, a massive, towering figure with sharp teeth and pffffffhahahhahaa why are all three heads wearing Spartan helmets

To its credit, they’re also wearing basic body armor, wrist guards, tail spikes, etc, but the helmets are killing me 🤣 who thought to stick that onto the dog? Did Hades forget to remove the armor after winning the Gods’ Pet Costume Contest, or was it like that horse in the ATV costume - it felt safer so it didn’t let anyone take it off?

Or was this a precaution against Herakles coming back? These are questions - hilarious, hilarious questions 😁

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Awww. Scooby immediately runs to the battered Mystery Machine to rip the doors open for the gang!

And… wait. THIS is where that wonderful hug was in the trailers? I thought that was at the end of the movie when everyone was safe!

This now does not bode well. But we’ll worry about that later. Time to enjoy this gorgeous wonderful hug of the entire gang, and Shag and Scoob apologizing to each other for fighting 🥰

Yet another scene to make the rest of this movie worth the rest

(halfway wanna frame this shit and put it on the wall, it’s that lovely)

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Fantastic! Dastardly is now in Hell, where I’ve been wishing him this entire movie! :D

And dang… he actually apologizes to what he believes is a dead Muttley. Who is, naturally, snickering at all of this. The two bicker predictably, but eventually hug and make up, too happy to see each other to resort to old habits. Honestly a nice little scene, all-in-all. 

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Back to the gang and they’re doing the glowy eyes in the dark bit! I actually haven’t seen that in a Scooby movie forever, it’s neat.

Also Fred is now going full Liam Neeson over his van, war paint and all, using the tire cover as a shield and… holy shit. 

HOLY SHIT

THE ASCOT IS BAAAnnnnnd it’s gone. Boy, that was… short. 

Fred just ran full-tilt at Cerberus, screaming like a mad man, before getting flicked away by its big toe, and losing the ascot and makeshift shield. It punched so hard his facepaint came off

It was fun while it lasted y’all

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Heyyy, Shag and Scoob just came up with the plan, and it’s actually solid! I’m so proud, and so is the rest of the gang! Also willingly going to distract Cerberus while the rest figure out how to close the gate and stuff Cerberus back in

I love my boys 😊

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Annnnd there goes Brian Falcon like the coward he is

To… call his dad? And admit he isn’t a hero.

Only for Dynomutt to point out Shaggy and Scooby are taking him on and are terrified. 

This then cuts to Shaggy and Scooby running around in a chariot and gladiator wear, running back and forth a la the door gag from Cerberus to the OG SDWAY theme

I think I love this movie

(although they’re hinting at Dynomutt being resentful of OG Blue Falcon essentially abandoning him to his incompetent son, and I really wish it had been touched upon more

that’s actually rather heartbreaking, when you stop to think about it, and there’s a lot that could be done with an additional two minutes of screentime) 

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Huh, another good message for kids: it’s okay to fail and be scared, so long as you keep going and try to do what’s right.

Two good messages for kids in one movie. Not too shabby, on the whole. 

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Brian Falcon just flew in and punched the three-headed dog, then jumped into its mouth as it tried to eat Scooby, resisted the MASSIVE JAW STRENGTH, and got them out of there safe and sound

Finally, something heroic!

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I was wondering where Dastardly and Muttley got off to - apparently they’re off to take a money bath.

Aight

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Shag and Scoob have now convinced the Rotten Robots to turn into bowling balls to knock Cerberus off their feet a la the classic marbles pratfall back into the underworld

That is a sentence I just wrote

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OH FCUK NO

NO

ABSOLUTELY NOT NO

YOU ARE TELLING US THAT AFTER ALL OF THIS - ALL OF THIS - ONE OF THEM HAS TO STAY IN THE UNDERWORLD TO LOCK THE GATE

THAT OCTOBER LEAKER WAS RIGHT WHAT THE HELL

LITERALLY SO

I mean i know its a kids film specifically Scooby Doo so happy ending but what the literal FUCK

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WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUGGHHH

SHAGGY NOOOO

“Buddy, back when we were kids, you saved me. Now, it’s my turn.”

and he dOES THIS WHILE HOLDING SCOOBY’S HEAD TENDERLY IN HIS HANDS

AND WHEN EVERYTHING REVERTS IT’S JUST RUBBLE AND RUIN AND SCOOBY’S LEFT SOBBING OPENLY AT NOTHING

AND THE GANG ALL COME TO CLING AT HIM AND CRY OVER THEIR FRIEND WHO THOUGHT HE WAS WORTHLESS MOST OF THE MOVIE AND THOUGH THAT THE GANG THOUGHT THE SAME ABOUT HIM

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGHHHHH

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WELP, TIME TO COPE WITH INAPPROPRIATE HUMOR

Shaggy: I yelled at my dog, got him kidnapped, and ended up helping the bad guy to open the gates to Hell. Guess I’ll die. 

Dee Dee: Well actually, this is more Dastardly’s fault because -

Shaggy, yelling as he slams his hand against the lock: GUESS I’LL DIE!!!

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Ah, so the writers wrote themselves into a corner, and the only way out was a Deus Ex Machina (at least, I think I’m using that term correctly…) 

Because to get Shaggy back, a giant statue of Alexander the Great and Peritas appears out of nowhere - literally, since it definitely wasn’t there before - with an inscription Scooby has to read to get Shaggy back.

This would have been a lot more effective if we’d seen it when Dastardly arrived in Greece - maybe even as the marker for where the gate to the Underworld was. Have Alexander facing one way, and Peritas facing the other. You open the gate on Alexander’s side, and come home on Peritas’ side. Having this unfold into the gate gives it more purpose than “magically appears right the fcuk outta nowehere” and you could have a pun with the “backdoor” escape. Everybody wins!

And if that’s too good for ya, how about a brief lingering shot by it at some point as Dastardly flies into Greece, behind where the gate materializes, or directly across from it on the plaza? Maybe have one of the gang kick it after Shaggy leaves, and say ‘This is all your fault! Why would you make something like this?’

It’d still be a magical contrivance, but at least it would make some fcuking SENSE.

(Granted it DID lead to this hilariously ominous shot, so maybe I shouldn’t complain:)

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Velma: I finally figured out what you guys are! You’re the heart of Mystery Inc.

Me: YEAH BABY! *flips over table* I’VE BEEN SAYING THAT SHIT FOR YEARS AND NOW, I’M FCUKING VALIDATED AT LAAAAAAAAST!

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Shaggy: *rips off Dastardly’s face to reveal…*

ALL: SIMON COWELL??!?

Me, choking on food: I’m sorry WHAT?!?!?

Velma: *takes off mask again to reveal*

ALL: DICK DASTARDLY?!?

Dastardly: Drat! No one ever goes for the double unmasking. 

So I was right all along - Simon Cowell truly was a Dick this entire time.

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And so we close on the gang unveiling a Mystery Machine paint job on their official detective agency building, Brian Falcon living the good life as the DJ at their party, the Falcon team gifting a sleek new Mystery Machine to the gang (which honestly looks pretty unique - it’s not the classic, but it is something new that isn’t awful, so kudos there), and the gang on their way to another mystery.

So, at the end of the day is this a good Scooby movie? 

Meh? *waves hand in meh motion* But it definitely had its moments. 

This Scooby film is flawed as heck, no doubt about it - the plot has a MAJOR problem with telling instead of showing, some parts feeling out of order or WAY too short, and of course the deus ex machina ending. I honestly would have loved some more time for their first mystery as kids, where we actually got more character moments/bonding from Fred, Daphne, and Velma as they solved it the more traditional route, as well as not framing FD&V as super duper mystery solvers right off the bat??? 

The stuff with Blue Falcon isn’t AWFUL, per se, but it is ridiculously satisfying to see him get smacked around. Captain Caveman was honestly one of the funniest bits in the movie, same with Dynomutt. 

As far as the character stuff? It all felt fairly natural, progression-wise. Shag and Scoob don’t have this big break-up with the gang - they’re hurt by the literal Dickhead’s comments the gang don’t speak up against, and go to blow off some steam together. Shag and Scoob don’t have this giant blow-up argument - it builds over the film into a hurt spat they both recognize they overreacted to almost immediately. The gang (FDV) go looking for them almost as soon as they leave, and, upon hearing they’re in danger, turn and head towards them to save them, realizing how important the two are to Mystery Inc along the way. They defend each other, help each other, have some of the Best Dang Animated Mystery Inc hugs I ever did see - THIS feels more like the Gang I’ve been waiting for forever to come back to DTV (and in a rough sense, did). While I do wish we’d gotten more screen time of FD&V, what we got wasn’t too bad. 

Weirdly enough, at the end of the day, I’ve actually grown more accustomed to Forte’s Shaggy - it feels like it fits this different style a touch more than I originally thought, and holy hell if I didn’t come close to tears at that ending gate scene, he knocked that one out of the park.  Velma still doesn’t feel much like Velma, but I did get used to it by the end. I kept cracking up at Efron’s Fred, and no complaints on Seyfried’s Daphne.

Jason Isaacs as Dick Dastardly absolutely killed it. Blue Falcon Crew was okay (excepting Mark “The Racist” Wahlburg - it was just him talking, no real effort. You could recognize Wahlburg right off the bat, acting as a goofy douche) and freaking Captain Caveman was awesome. Apparently they combined both Billy West and Don Messick’s recordings for Muttley (awesome!!!), so this may very well be Don Messick’s final role in a Scooby Doo film. 

It got off to a rough start, but ended well enough. The animation was solid, the writing has some unexpectedly clever and funny moments sprinkled throughout, with some pretty fun action sequences on the side. Watching this, I really do believe that the people working on it love Scooby Doo and all things Hanna-Barbera… at least in their own way. 

I ended up buying this instead of just renting it ($5 more, why not) and I am honestly glad I did so. Despite its flaws, it has some great moments with the gang as friends, and I have been Craving That Shit for DECADES

And if these writers/directors ever did another Scooby film? I think I’d be up for giving them a chance - at least so long as we got some more absolutely BEAUTIFUL hugs with the gang

I hope you enjoyed this stream-of-consciousness reaction to SCOOB! (2020)... a whole ass year LATER, admittedly (I didn’t switch my Save Post to Queue, curse my hubris), but hopefully y’all’ve been entertained. Good night everybody!

[temporoom]

Is the Demon World linked to Yomi-No-Kuni ?

Hello! Yes, it’s the first time that I post a theory based on legends and myths (even though I absolutely love those) but the last chapter had so much interesting info (surprisingly!) and I just couldn’t ignore my need to talk about Yomi and Japanese legends (specifically Momotaro).

(I can already hear the Noragami and Sousei no Onmyoji fan screaming in the back)

WARNING : Countains spoilers from chapter 113 up to chapter 135 !

(As always I remind everyone that I’m not a native speaker and that I probably made mistakes in the way I express myself in English)

(Also note that I’m not a specialist, I might be wrong)

First of all, what is Yomi-No-Kuni ?

Yomi or Yomi-no-kuni (黄泉, 黄泉の国, or 黄泉ノ国) is the Japanese word for the land of the dead (World of Darkness).[1] According to Shinto mythology as related in Kojiki, this is where the dead go after life.

Thanks Wikipedia ! But as this description is accurate… it is also wrong. Because Yomi-no-kuni isn’t Simply the “land of the dead”...

It’s the world of impurity.

More specifically related to how death is seen in Shinto mythology :

A living being is made of 2 fundamental things : The Spirit, and The Body. What goes to Yomi is the Body. Because itr is merely an envelop for the spirit, the putrefied body goes underground to Yomi. While the Spirit becomes generally a “family god”, a kami. If the dead doesn’t receive proper funeral, then they become a “vengeful god” or a Yokai (which explains the large number of ghost stories in Japan).

I probably exaggerate what I’m saying because Shinto isn’t a religion centered around death unlike a lot of other mythologies, and prefer to value the relationship between kamis and humans in the present time (it is very positive in a way because if you ignore the concept of karma who comes with buddhism it actually teaches you to appreciate your current life without fearing what comes after it, especially since there is no “after life judgement”... but is also means that dying is Indeed “true freedom” since there’s no judgement but I digress).

Now, why am I talking about Yomi ? Well… because of THIS !

Waoh ! This looks like a japanese place of cult ! It actually especially looks like…

Oh… Yomotsu Hirasaka in Higashiizumo in Shimane prefercture… oh…

Did you know that Yomi has a known entrance ? Closed a long time ago by a rock placed by Izanagi-no-Mikoto ? Well… that’s what Yomotsu Hirasaka is.

Now check what Norman is saying here :

“These are considered “impure” and warded off as a taboo.

Oh my… Isn’t Yomi the world of impurity ? Could it be that Yomotsu Hirasaka is one of the passages between the human world and the demon world ?

After all...

There’s a possiblity that what humans were reffering to in the Kojiki was actually the promise between humans and demons, and that Yomi would be their world.

Because…

Once one has eaten at the hearth of Yomi it is (mostly) impossible to return to the land of the living.

The demons were forbidden the access to the human world because they were eating humans. 

Yomi is ruled over by Izanami no Mikoto, the Grand Deity of Yomi (Yomo-tsu-Ōkami 黄泉大神)

Did you know that Izanami is a female deity ? A woman ruling over a world of monsters…

I will stop there for the similarities between those two since I’m not sure for the rest of the informations. But then… when I made my researchs I made an interesting discovery…

There’s creatures living in Yomi called Yomotsu-shikome (黄泉醜女, lit. "Ugly-Woman-of-the-Underworld"), whose mission was to pursue Izanagi. And there’s an interesting thing about each variant of the story :

Kojiki version :

[...] Izanagi brandished his Totsuka-no-Tsurugi (十拳剣) but still they pursued, until he climbed atop the "flat slope" or "Even Pass"[1] at the entrance to the Underworld, and flung three peaches, whereby the pursuers retreated. […]

Nihon Shoki Version :

Apart from the variant name and the possibility of multiple hags ("eight Ugly Females of Yomi,"[4]) are some minor discrepancies, such as the lack of mention of the Thunder god and the army and the peaches. […]

Note that it’s not the story itself that’s interesting but the mention of peaches. Because peaches were traditionally related to the myth of Momotaro. 

Momotarō was born from a giant peach, which was found floating down a river by an old, childless woman who was washing clothes there. The woman and her husband discovered the child when they tried to open the peach to eat it. The child explained that he had been bestowed by the Gods to be their son. The couple named him Momotarō, from momo (peach) and tarō (eldest son in the family).

When he matured into adolescence, Momotarō left his parents to fight a band of Oni (demons or ogres) who marauded over their land, by seeking them out in the distant island where they dwelled (a place called Onigashima or "Demon Island"). En route, Momotarō met and befriended a talking dog, monkey and pheasant, who agreed to help him in his quest in exchange for a portion of his rations (kibi dango or "millet dumplings"). At the island, Momotarō and his animal friends penetrated the demons' fort and beat the band of demons into surrendering. Momotarō and his new friends returned home with the demons' plundered treasure and the demon chief as a captive. 

Again, thanks Wikipedia. This boy and his animals friends remind me of…

(Imagine that Norman is also there pls)

NO NORMAN YOU WON’T WIN LIKE MOMOTARO YOU DON’T HAVE THE PEACH POWER DANG IT Sorry I digress. But yeah the similarities… Especially this :

At the island, Momotarō and his animal friends penetrated the demons' fort and beat the band of demons into surrendering. Momotarō and his new friends returned home with the demons' plundered treasure and the demon chief as a captive. 

Does that mean that Norman plan might actually succeed and that they will capture Queen Reglavalima ? After all... we don't know what happens after that…

But does that mean that Emma and Ray are the old couple who adopted Momotaro ?

Now I will definitely stop there. But there might be more similarities between Japanese tales and TPN. (I just came up with Momotaro while writing this because wow… it really does fit…)

Thanks for reading it ! I hope you have a nice day !

[willows-adventures-in-words]

And... I’m finally continuing this story. I say finally cause I had the first chapter posted on my main for months (though I did reblog it here last week).

A Break from Reality chapter 2 word count: 3306

Jack woke up feeling a bit disoriented. There were voices somewhere else in the room except he was too worn out to try to focus on what they were saying. A warmth was radiating from somewhere to his right. Honestly he just wanted to go back to sleep, but his body insisted he wake up. Cracking open his eyes, he stared up at the wooden ceiling above him. He slowly blinked, confused as to where he was. Turning his head, he noticed a fireplace which explained where the warmth was coming from. Staring at the fire, Jack turned his attention to the voices. They sounded similar. Almost like someone was talking to themselves, except there were some distinct differences to them. “...let this stand! We should go back and-”

“I understand how you feel, but that is not a good idea.”

Wait... that voice. He recognized the accent; it was the same one he used when... Jack pushed himself upright on the couch. “No way...” There stood Henrik von Schneeplestein and Jackieboy Man arguing. This had to be some weird dream 'cause there was no way this, any of this, was actually happening.

“Hey, you're awake for real this time.” Jack looked back to see Marvin the Magnificent, with his cat mask resting on his face, sitting on a loveseat. On the mask were designs that were carefully colored and it only covered down to his nose leaving his mouth exposed as well as holes for his eyes.

“Jack,” Jack looked back to Henrik as the doctor came to kneel down next to the couch. “How are you feeling?”

“Uh... I got one hell of a headache.” He glanced over at Jackieboy as he walked behind the couch, while running his hand along the back of it, to sit next to Marvin on the loveseat. “Other than that I'm fine.” Henrik let out a sigh of relief. Jack looked between the three of them. “Is this for real? Or is this all part of some weird-ass dream?”

Henrik stood up and Jack shifted his legs over the front of the couch so the doctor could sit down. “It is very real, unfortunately,” Henrik told him as he sat down.

“Don't worry, Jack, we'll find out how to get you home,” Jackieboy told him.

Marvin, however, didn't look as confident on the matter. “Except... We'll probably need to be back at the house where you arrived at.”

“Okay, but how did I even get here?”

Jackieboy crossed his arms, his expression turned sour. “Anti.” Jack got a chill as he remembered his short time with Anti. “That asshole did something we just don't know what.”

It was a lot to take in, and Jack was having a hard time with it all. Part of him still didn't believe  that they were all real. It felt real; and even if this wasn't it would probably be best to assume it was for now. “Is it just you guys and Anti?”

Henrik glanced over at Jackieboy whose posture lost its intensity. Jack followed Henriks gaze and noticed the difference as well. He was about to ask if he was alright when, “Jameson is here.”

Jack turned back to Henrik surprised. “Jameson too? Where is he?”

“...With Anti.” Jacks expression fell. He had so many questions. The obvious one of course was, what was going on. But right now he was more concerned as to why Jameson was with Anti. “He came and told me you were there.”

Jack shook his head. “I don't get it. Why would he stay there?”

“He doesn't have a choice,” Marvin spoke up. “Anti always knows where he is.”

“Wait, doesn't that mean he would know where we are?”

“Jack,” Henrik rested a hand on his shoulder. “My friend, we will not let anything happen to you. You will be okay.” Jack didn't realize he sounded so panicked until Henrik tried to reassure him.

With a sigh, Jack ran a hand through his hair. “Besides,” Marvin stated, “If he did know he would have already tried breaking down the door.”

“Oh...” Jack fell quiet as he tried to sort out his thoughts. He couldn't help but be worried about Jamesons well-being, since he was sure Anti wouldn't be happy to find out that Jack wasn't there anymore.

Jack listened to the others as they continued to discuss the situation. “I still think we should go back.”

It was Marvin that spoke against it this time. “Jackie, I want to agree but I think Henrik is right. We should try to come up with another way to go about this.”

“Look,” he sighed. “I know you guys think I'm just trying to be the hero, but he made it personal when he tried to kill me.” Jack looked up startled by this information. “If he's willing to take it that far who knows what he'd do to Jameson.”

“Woah, wait a minute. What happened?”

“Chase-”

“Chase was a victim.” Jackie, frustrated, interrupted Henrik. “Anti fucked with his head and Chase shot me.” His agitation becoming more clear the more he spoke.

“Chase shot you? With a real gun?” Jackie nodded and made sure to specify that it wasn't by choice. “Are you okay? Where's Chase? Is he here?” The concern was evident in Jacks voice.

“I'm fine. Chase... he's not handling it well. He's holed himself up in the bedroom.” He clasped his hands together on his lap. “I can't even go in to see how he is. He just keeps apologizing, like it was his fault or something.”

It felt wrong. “How, long ago was that?”

Jackie spoke first. “Five days. Henrik said I past out.”

“Yes, from shock more than blood loss,” commented Henrik. “Marvin brought us here.”

Marvin gave a weak laugh. “Funny how I can manage that kind of magic but can't get the cheap tricks right.” Jack gave a small smile at that. “But yeah, I brought Jameson too. That was when we found out about Anti knowing where he was. I couldn't follow everything he said since he was signing too quickly, but he left in a hurry after that.”

The group fell into an awkward silence. Jack looked towards one of the other rooms. There were two of them separated by a hallway. It was easy to assume one was the bathroom, which meant the other had to be the bedroom Chase was hiding out in. All of this, it just, didn't feel right. Granted, he never would have figured that they would have become real after he created them. That's how Anti phrased it. He said Jack created him, so it must have worked the same for the others. Jack never would have intended this.

Jackie got to his feet and walked towards the hallway only to reach up and pull down a ladder leading up a little attic that was mostly closed off. It almost looked like he was leaning a little to the left as he climbed up. Marvin watched him leave before he turned to Jack. “Hey, Jack?” Jack looked over. “Despite the craziness, I'm happy we got to meet.”

Jack smiled. “Yeah. Me too.” Marvin smiled in return before he got up and followed Jackie, except he didn't climb up completely. Instead he leaned his elbows on the attic floor and talked quietly with the other man for awhile before climbing up the rest of the way. Jack and Henrik sat in silence for a moment before Jack turned to ask him something.

“How is your headache?” Henrik asked first. “Do you want to take something?”

“Please.” Henrik got to his feet. He came back a minute later with a glass of water and a couple pain killers. “Thanks.” Jack accepted both. After he finished swallowing the pills, he held onto the glass with both hands and stared at the fire. Just as Henrik was about to turn away, Jack spoke up. “How are you holding up, Henrik?”

Henrik was quiet as he sat down again. Removing his glasses, he ran a hand over his face. Then leaned his head back against the couch. Jack watched him and waited patiently for his answer. “Tired,” he muttered. “I feel tired.” He closed his eyes. “I have not slept much since we arrived here.” He was quiet for a moment before continuing. “I keep thinking I should have done more to help Chase. Even now I feel like I should be doing more. But it is so much harder to reach him than before.”

“That's... a lot worse than I would have thought.” Jack glanced back towards the hallway. “You think it's okay if I tried talking to him?”

Lifting his head, Henrik put his glasses back on. “You can try. I am unsure how he would respond though...”

Jack turned back to the doctor. “How did he react to you?”

“He was quiet. Said very little. At least I got him to eat, so I suppose that's something.” Jack nodded and stood up. Henrik pointed to the room whose door was in the hallway. “That would be the bedroom. Across from it is the bathroom.”

After setting down the glass on the little coffee table, Jack made his way to the bedroom. He hesitated at the door. What should he even say though? Maybe he should have put some thought to this first. Lifting his hand he knocked lightly on the door. “Chase?” There was no response. Slowly, Jack opened the door. The room was dark with only a little light managing between the curtains. There was a nice sized bed with messy covers and a single pillow. On either side sat an end-table with a small lamp on it. A dresser stood just a few feet away from the door.

Chase sat on the bed with his back to the headboard. His knees were pulled up to his chin, hands covering his ears with his elbows resting against the sides of his legs. He was mumbling something Jack couldn't hear as he stared down at the bed. “Chase?” Chase tried to push himself further back. Jack took a couple careful steps into the room, just so he wasn't lingering in the doorway. If he wanted to come closer he was going to have to calm the other man down first. Show him that he wasn't a threat. “It's me, Jack. Chase I'm not going to hurt you.” Silence.

“...Jack?” Chase lifted his head while lowering his hands away from his ears.

Jacks heart ached at the sight. Chase looked so, broken. “Yeah. It's okay.”

Then he shook his head. “No...” He started to panic. “No no, you can't.” Frantically, he threw the solitary pillow aside and grabbed something before trying to get as far away from Jack as possible while still staying on the bed. “You're not Jack!”

Jack jerked back and lifted his hands. “Waoh Jesus. I'm not lying, I swear.”

Chases' hands shook as he held the gun; tears threatened to fall. “Stop... Ju-just stop. What did I do to you?”

Now Jack started to panic. How could he possibly defuse this situation? “Chase, wai-” The gun went off and Jack flinched.

Henrik must have been just outside, since he was in the room within seconds of the shot. Quickly, he looked between the two and easily figured out what happened. Turning to Jack, he spoke up, “Jack, are you okay? Are you hurt?”

“I...” Jack looked down at his arm. It hurt but he wasn't... “I think I'm...” Oh, wait. There it was. Jack felt numb to the thought that he was just shot. He knew he was, his arm hurt and he could see the blood. Henrik was in front of him inspecting his arm. He told him it, thankfully, didn't seem too bad. Likely just a grazing. He asked him to go sit down and keep pressure on it. Jack sort of nodded and he clamped his right hand over the wound.

“Jack, please, go sit down. I need to check on Chase.” Henrik had to repeat himself before Jack left the room. When he left the doctor turned his attention to the terrified man on the bed.

Chase slowly lowered the gun as he stared wide-eyed as Jack walked out of the room. He looked at Henrik, the man who he trusted more the anyone else. “I didn't...” he dropped the gun. “I-I'm sorry I... I thought.” Henrik started to walk over. The tears fell from Chases' eyes. He pulled his knees up and brought his hands up to his hair. “I shot Jack. Oh god, Henrik, I shot him.”

Moving the weapon out of eye sight, Henrik sat down in front of him on the bed, and told him softly, “It will be okay.”

“I shot him. I should... I should've known.”

Henrik leaned forward slightly and rested a hand on his arm. The other man tensed slightly. “Chase, please. None of this is your fault. You did not mean to hurt him. Either one of them. Jackie has forgiven you already. And I am sure Jack will do so as well.”

Chase brings his arms down and slumps down on the bed, a sob escaping from his throat. He hugs himself as his tears fall onto his lap. Chase tries not to cry which just makes his sobs sound broken. Henrik knows he needs to tend to Jack but there was no way he could possibly leave his friend in this state. He pushes himself up on his knees and reaches out to Chase, all the while making sure he wasn't going to make the other man uncomfortable, and pulled him in a hug.

When Jack left the bedroom, he sat down on the loveseat. He was soon met with concern from Jackie and Marvin as they quickly came down from the attic after hearing the gunshot. Jack just mumbled something about it not being bad. That's when they heard the broken sob coming from the bedroom. Jackie and Marvin glanced at each other both wondering if there was something they should do. Jack in the meantime stared down at his left hand as it lay in his lap, and he came to a realization. All of this, despite how he felt earlier, was really happening. He really did, somehow, get kidnapped by Anti. He really did get saved by Henrik and brought to this cabin; where he found out that all of the 'egos' he created were real. And as if that wasn't enough on his plate already, he got shot by an actual gun. Then, as the icing on this metaphorical cake, he had no idea how he was going to get back home.

Everyone would be worried, wondering what happened to him if he couldn't get home soon. The only thing he had to his advantage was he had told his online community that he was taking a few days off for Christmas. He was alone this year since his girlfriend was visiting family for the holiday otherwise... No, what if she came back home before he found his way back? She'd be so worried. There was no note and he didn't have his phone; he had no way to letting her know he was alright.

The feeling of someone sitting down next to him pulled Jack out of his thoughts. Looking over, he noticed Henrik with a first aid kit. Jack watched the doctor as he opened the kit and noticed it was chock full of medical supplies. Henrik told him he could move his hand. Jack did as he was told and immediately felt a little sick at the amount of blood that was on his hand. He laid his hand palm up on his leg, so he hopefully wouldn't get blood on his clothes, and looked anywhere else. The doctor folded Jacks short sleeve up on his shoulder, so that it was out of the way, and began his work.

Jackie came over with some paper towels so Jack could get the worst of the blood off his hand. Jack thanked him before flinching slightly from what Henrik was doing. Jackie offered a smile before heading back to the kitchen to throw away the bloody paper, than set to work with Marvin to make dinner. Jack was quiet while Henrik worked, occasionally looking past him to the kitchen. Finally, Henrik began to bandage his arm. Jack looked down. “How's Chase?” he asked quietly.

“He's calmed down. I told him to get some rest.” He was quiet as he finished up. “He was apologetic. Don't hold it against him for shooting.”

“I won't. I wouldn't be able to since I feel a little responsible.”

“This is not your fault, Jack.”

“Not directly.” Jack sighed. “Shit, I don't know.” He paused. “I just, I don't want you guys to get hurt because of me.”

Henrik understood where Jack was coming from. Except the problem was Henrik felt the same way about Jack. He didn't want him to get hurt, especially not after getting dragged somewhere he had no control in going to. Choosing against arguing the matter, Henrik instead said, “It wasn't as bad as it looked, so as long as you're careful and not strain it, it should heal fine.”

“That's some good news at least.”

“You want to know some more good news?” Jackie called from the kitchen. Jack noticed a knife cutting some onion on its own. “We got you away from Anti without being noticed.”

Jack gave a small smile that soon fell from his lips at what Marvin said afterwards. “But at what cost?” Jackie turned to look at him. The knife that was cutting the onion stopped and fell onto the counter. Marvin sighed and stopped what he was doing. “I'm not saying it wasn't worth it, but, I just... I'm worried about Jameson. I wish there was something we could do to help him.” He didn't turn to face any of them as he said this.

“I agree.” They turned to Jack. “I'm not saying I'm upset you guys helped me, but whatever we decide to do now, we need to remember that if anything goes wrong, Jameson will be caught in the middle.” They all voiced their agreement. The moment was broken by a grumbling sound. Jackie laughed. Jack, now a bit embarrassed, spoke up. “I guess it's been awhile since I've eaten.”

“Guess we'd better finish dinner then,” Marvin said with a smile as he turned back to the task at hand. As he continued so did the knife.

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Jameson woke to a dull ache on his side. He sat up with a little difficulty and turned to inspect his injury. It looked bandaged properly, unlike how he had it before he must have passed out. He felt confused. He closed the first aid kit, and, while holding onto it, slowly got to his feet. Than stopped dead in his tracks as he saw the bathroom mirror. A chill ran down his back. Be glad I like you. Jameson lightly touched the stab wound. The message. It was written in blood.

[fuchsiastay22]

The Fuchsia pt. 1

My first Fluff? Angst? Idek lmao😂😂 just wanted to post something so hope y’all enjoy the ride!

Summary: You break up with your boyfriend and head to your best friends house to stay over but when you wake up in the middle of the night you find a stranger sleeping in your bed?!

Genre: angst? Fluff?

Reader X Han Jisung

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“STOP, JUST FUCKING STOP!! I’M DONE WITH YOUR SHIT!!” I scream as I left the apartment. Me and Jae have been having too many arguments, mainly because he cheated on me thinking that I cheated on him with one of his best friends. Even though we’ve been dating for a year now, he still doesn’t trust me. Crying I run to the door of someone I know I can trust, Yuna. Yuna has been my friend ever since the beginning of high school. She was just someone who acted like a mother to me and helped me grow into the person I are now.

“I’m so fucking done with him” I whisper as she pulls me into a hug when she opened the door.

“Honey....I’m so sorry..” she replies feeling guilty because she doesn’t know how to help.

“I’ll be fine, Yuna. I just..I just need a place to stay until I can find another place.” I tell her

“I understand and of course you can stay.” She replies stroking your hair as she leads me into the living room, leaving to the kitchen to grab some alcohol and ice cream.

“Exactly what I needed!” Thanking her excitedly as I put the spoon into my mouth feeling the chocolate melt on my tongue. After a night of drinking and talking, I begin to feel much better.

“Alright Y/N, you gotta go sleep. You have work tomorrow and you have to go pick up your stuff from his apartment.” Yuna says as she gets up and stretches her sore body.

“I know..” I say quietly, reminded of Jae and our memories together.

“It’s ok. I know you haven’t gotten over him yet but your relationship is toxic and you gotta end it. Don’t worry, it’ll take time but you’ll definitely get over him,” she tells me before pausing to think

“There’s an extra bedroom to the left of my bedroom that no body ever uses except my brother and he hasn’t told me when he’s coming back yet so you can stay there for the time being.” She informs me as I got up and followed her to the door of her bedroom.

“Thank you and sorry for intruding Yuna.” I apologize feeling thankful and sorry at the same time

“Honey, it’s fine as long as you don’t stay here forever.” She replies jokingly.

After saying good night to each other I head to my room and take off everything except my under wear and bra. Laying on the bed finally I think about everything for the last time and give into the sleep that’s been tugging at my mind.

I wake in the middle of the night to a pair of arms strung over my body and immediately i turn around to see a man my age sleeping soundly but instead of feeling scared I find myself trusting him so I stare a bit more and I feel myself falling more and more in love with his cute cheeks and soft lips so without thinking I move my hands over him and nuzzle my face in his bare chest. The smell of pine trees and roses trapping me in a maze as I fall back into a deep sleep hoping that when I wake up it won’t be a dream.

When I open my eyes I see a pair of warm familiar brown eyes staring back at me with curiosity and lov..love? Is that possible? To love a stranger you’ve never met?

“Morning baby.” He tells me. His voice smooth and soft making me instantly addicted.

“Morning.” I say as I giggled, snuggling into him more

“Y/N!! YOU AWAKE YET?!” Yuna yells as she busts into the room but pauses when she sees us

“YAH, HAN JISUNG!! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING TO MY BEST FRIEND!!!” She yells even more louder than before when she processes the scene before her. At once she drags the dude, jisung, out and starts scolding him. Embarrassed I got up and try calming her down saying that I’m fine and he didn’t pull anything on me.

“Umm Y/N... can you please put on some clothes?” Yuna asks and immediately my face starts turning red with embarrassment.

“Ahhh..right...clothes.” I mumble out as I turn around putting on a T-shirt that was on the ground and my shorts that were also on the ground.

“Damn...you realize that’s my shirt right?,” Jisung tells me as he looks over me with mischievous look and I blush a hundred times more.

“But it’s ok, you good in it so you can keep it.” He whispers as he comes closer. While he’s walking closer you get a good look at his body. Chest bare with only shorts on. “Damn you’re a snack yourself.” You say with a smirk as he puts his arms around your waist. Your comment makes his heart burst and he giggles, flustered from your unexpected words and he bends his head down to ki——

“HAN JISUNG WHAT DID I JUST TELL YOU! OUT NOW!! BOTH OF YOU!” Yuna yells and we both separate, speed walking to the living room. Giggling along the way as we both settle on the couch. 10 minutes later we’re being forced on our knees with our hands up and repeating what we did wrong to Yuna. 10 minutes later and Yuna finally allows to put our hands down and explain what happened. “So basically you both woke up, seeing a stranger in your bed and decided to cuddle with each other?” She says trying to process our actions

“But why? I mean like you both didn’t even know each other?” She asks

“She’s cute”

“He’s cute”

We both say simultaneously. Giggling at each other when we hear each other’s answers

“Freaky...alright then lovebirds lets get some breakfast.” Yuna says as she stands to grab some cereal and milk from the fridge with us trailing behind her.

“Well then I guess I still gotta introduce y’all. Jisung thats Y/N, she’s my best friend and she’s staying with me because she broke up with her boyfriend. Y/N that’s Jisung, my brother who’s didn’t even fucking tell me he was coming and just joined you in the bed.” She says spitting out the last words.

“Cmon I was just trying to surprise you and I also didn’t want you to worry. I didn’t know there was a beautiful girl in the bed. I was too tired from the jet lag.” Jisung says as he pouts at her apologetically.

Apparently while eating Jisung fills me in that he’s been staying abroad for the past year but decided to come back here permanently to stay with Yuna. I also fill him in on what happened the night before and why I was staying over.

After eating breakfast we head to Jae’s place to pick up all my stuff and move it into Yuna’s place.

“Y/N!! I’m so glad you’re here!! Listen, I’m sorry i didn’t trust you. You know I didn’t mean anything. I was drunk! I just.. love you too much to let you go.” Jae tells me when we he opens his door, instantly hugging me when he saw me.

“Jae, let me go.” I tell him sternly, as I shook off his embrace.

“Y/N, please I lo— who is this? Did you already find someone else? This fast,” Jae asks me when he sees Jisung besides Yuna. I still as he accuses me, tears threatening to spill from my eyes.

“Waoh damn you’re fast. I knew you were a slut but I didn’t know you were this bad.” He says spitting poison as he looks at me and smirks. I feel a pair of arms around me indicating that Jisung supports and wants to comfort you. The same smell of pine and roses surrounding me again and a wave of confidence surrounds me. I didn’t care about Jae anymore. This was his real self and it didn’t even matter anymore if I still loved him or not, he was simply an asshole.

“We’re done so does it matter? Besides he’s way better than your ass would ever be.” You say wheezing and laughing as you push past him to collect everything dragging Jisung along with you by the hand.

30 minutes later and everything’s been collected. Jae’s still crying and telling you how much he’s sorry but you couldn’t care less as all three of you guys walk to the door with three boxes in hand.

“What’s your plan now, Y/N?” Jisung asks me as we stop in front of Yuna’s place. His cheeks full with some fries we stopped to get from McDonald’s and his eyes filled with the same curiosity from this morning. He’s so damn cute. You think to yourself as you stare at him.

“Well, I’m probably go to find a place hopefully soon and continue on without Jae.” You tell him as you pinch his cheeks making him giggle and hug you tightly. Relaxing into his embrace before you all head inside and start unpacking everything. After that Yuna knocks out giving you both a chance to get to know each other better.

“Jisung?,” You say quietly as you both lay on your bed.

“Hmm.” He responds putting his arms over you.

“What’s your plan now?” You ask putting your own arms around him in response.

“Well... I’m probably gonna try to find a job at some place and try to make enough money to get a place for myself.” He says closing his eyes. His hair falls in his face and you unconsciously move your hand up to stroke his blond hair back, resting your hand on his face and pecking him on the forehead quickly. When you pull back he looks at you and blushes red. Hiding his head in his sweater paws as he sits up in the bed.

“Sorry I couldn’t hold back, you’re too cute.” You giggle as you also sit up and straddle him, hugging him with your head on his shoulder and arms around his torso.

“You know somehow... I get the feeling that I’ve known you all my life.” Jisung says as he also wraps his arms around me tightly, holding on as if he might lose me. Suddenly everything turns white and I hear my name being called, I feel my body being shook but I can’t respond. ———————————————————————

If this has good reviews then I’ll consider doing a second part!

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[crazyfreckledginger]

You Know This Guy? - Part 6

In Donald's PoV: "What is it boss?". I answered "I have no fuckin' idea! Looks like this whole mission got 'lot more complicated" After a few minutes I stated "We have to get closer!".

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The next morning....

Your PoV

I slowly opened my eyes to the increasing sound of an engine. Quickly brushing my teeth, changing, I made my way outside. Seeing Cade's car followed by Hot Rod. Waiting until their arrival, I smiled when making eye contact with Cade whislst he came out of his car, followed by Jimmy J. "Hi old man!" I welcomed "Hey little J-Lo!" he greeted back "I'm sorry I wasn't able to meet you yesterday, Jimmy needed to drink a nice beer!"

"There is beer in the fridge though" I said slightly confused.

"He needed a proper beer in a 'proper bar'" He said in a mocking tone

“And it took a whole night?” I asked confused.

He looked at me with a slightly pissed expression before walking away without uttering another word. 

"Okay!" I laughed.

"Hey (Y/N)!" Jimmy said once coming up to us.

"Hi JJ!".

"My Little Lady!!" Hot Rod transformed finally coming into the conversation.

"Hey Orange and Grey!".

"Still no sign of Optimus?" I asked Cade hopefully, catching up to Cade.

"No, since Quintessa has completely disappeared, he needs to make sure that she will not try to regain her power by harvesting other planets if she is not on this planet, and we need to stay here in case she is still on this planet!" He explained.

"Oh right! I hope this ends soon, the TRF are still after us, blaming us of Quintessa's doing."

"Yep" He agreed.

"You still have the staff right?!" I asked slightly worried.

"Yeah! But in case we have to leave, you'll have to take it!" He informed.

"Okay!" I nodded.

Donald PoV

I decided to come alone here this time and not tell anyone, probably not the best idea but I was too curious. Spying on the activity on the junkyard I tried to figure out what these things could be. That is until my vision became blurry and I fell into unconsciousness.

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Your PoV

"Sissy, I found something that I think you will like!" Pietro said.

"What is it" I asked curiously.

"Come with me" He said whilst gesturing to Peter to come too. Walking towards an enclosed space at an extremity of a junkyard, both my brothers started walking cautiously towards the entrance.

"Why are me doing this again?" I asked.

"Shhh!" They both said simultaneously.

"There is a tiger in there we need to be careful." Peter whispered as if it was nothing.

"What?!?!" I whispered yelled.

"We found it injured when we were running around and we just couldn't leave it there. They aren't happy in zoos, they are incaged, nor in circus, they are drugged and mistreated and---" Peter rambled on.

"Okay fine!! Let’s keep it" I said, containing my excitment.

"Her, it's a her!" Pietro corrected. Slowly making my way tomards the cage, I looked at the poor thing. It looked hungry.

"Pietro, food, now!" I said. Rushing away then back again, I took the meat out of Piet's hand and shooed them off. Sitting down in front of the cage, I looked at the tiger, then extended my arm slowly not to scare her. She studied my every moment, distrustul. She eventually gave in, moving towards me slowly, before sniffing the meat then taking a bite.

She eventually gave in, moving towards me slowly, before sniffing the meat then taking a bite.

After eating the meat, she came back to me. Sniffing my hand, she then nuzzled her face in my hand.

"Aww" I heard a faint whisper coming from outside. After a few minutes with her, I came out, letting out a breath I didn't realise I was keeping. "That was cute!!" Peter said.

"(Y/N)!!" I heard Logan yell. Looking towards him, "You need to see this" He said concerned. Without a moment too soon, I was carried by Pietro bridal style and rushed to Logan. "What is it?" I asked. He walked away without giving me an answer. Without any second thought, I followed him hurriedly. Arriving in the common area, I saw a man tied up sitting on a chair. It was the same guy from the supermarket.

"What the fuck?" I whispered.

"What you know this guy?" Logan asked shocked.

"Like hell she knows me don't ya baby" He chipped up with a shit eating grin.

Feeling two figures behind me, I could tell my brothers giving a hard glare at the blond man in front of them. Turning towards you, Logan gave you a mix between a glare and a confused look.

"He bumped into me at the supermarket!" I defended, wide eyed.

"Okay what the fuck do you want with her?!" Logan yelled, turning back to the man.

"Waoh, Wolvie, calm down, Rice wants both your girls." He stated nonchalantly.

"What?!" He yelled.

"Well ya see, once we were tracking your kid, and the whole X-24 scenario happened, that beautiful girl behind you there came into the picture. Rice wants her for experimenting on. And my job is to bring Laura and ..." He stopped waiting for a name.

"That's none of your fucking business" Pietro stepped in placing his arm around your shoulder, his accent very apparent.

He hummed clearly not caring about what my brother thinks. "Anyway, what are the car robot things that have been hanging around here? I ain't gonna lie that's kinda cool."

"Okay I've had enough of this fucker!" Logan said stomping away.

"What do we do with him in the meantime?" I whispered to Pietro, still looking at our 'prisoner'.

"We keep him here, if Transigen doesn't have their security guy they cannot get to us!" He planned out.

“Transigen?”

“The company he works for!”

"Well how did he find us? Was he alone?" I enquired.

"I put a tracker on ya when we first met" He winked at me.

Looking back at a glaring Pietro with blushed cheeks, he said "Crosshair found him when he was scouting the area and yeah he was alone."

Leaving the man tied up, you went to Cade. After a while of watching him work he said

"You will have to stay with Pierce tomorrow, we all have to scout the area except for Brains, Wheelie and the Dinobots obviously."

"What, that's the guy's name? Pierce?"

"Well his full name is Donald Pierce, he had his company card when we searched him."

Sighing I nodded in response.

Tagging: @lumifuer

[olusegundare]

Americana’s Diary VI: Not Too Late

Americana's Diary VI: Not Too Late "What is it about Shabado? " Bodmas asked " You know when we finished from secondary school, he could not further his education claiming that he is the only child of his parents and that his parents asked him to go and marry", Dee said, taking a bite of the pie as he looked at Bodmas "I don't think I have inkling into this part of the story of his life, but, I know that he did not further his academics and had to marry Yaby baby whom he has been close with since our Junior School days", Bodmas said.  "Thank gracious that you know the lady he married. But, the story that led to his marriage after our Ordinary Level examination is what I am telling you now... " "Hen hen", Bodmas said surprisingly  "He is the only child of his parents, and his parents were aged by the time we finish from school, they thus have to tell him to make them happy by marrying someone when they were yet alive. And since Yaby baby and Shabado had been closely walking he decided to make the relationship a deeper one with her. After explaining to her what he wants from her, Yaby could not push him off even at that relatively tender age. Soon enough when we got to the senior class, they concluded that it was of no use to them continuing to sneak around and he presented the case to his parents who were happy with him and asked him to bring her to them. Shabado’s parents were happy to know Yaby baby, as from thence they started treating her as their daughter and would be sending things to her ", Dee said "I remember that Yaby baby was just struggling academically when we were in the school, she was not above average in class, so when something like that was raised with her, according to what Shabado told me afterwards, she was partly happy because after all she told him that she knew that she will likely not proceed after the secondary school examination. All she wanted was to get the ordinary level certificate to show people later in life that she also attended college. On the other note, she was afraid because stepping into the world of parenthood that early calls for her to at least have something doing, she thence asked Shabado if he has a solution into this for her, or else, they will have to wait until she can boast herself of having something that she will call her own, a small scale business or something, after getting this they can then be married ", I added.

“Uhm mm, that makes sense you know, because we are not living in the world of our fore-parents, everything is evolving from ancient chitin-like stage to a more flexible one, where both parents need to join force together to make something good out of life and for their lives”, Bodmas added as Dee continues his narration of what transpired to the best of his knowledge.

"After Yaby baby has been approved by Shabado’s parents, she also also took Shabado to her parents", Dee continues with his story, "on getting to her parents, as expected there was no problem with them either, because her parents also know that she was not sound academically and had just been praying that she will at least finish her secondary school. Although, they did not know that she will get someone that soon, and that was why they have been trying to ensure that she finishes her high school before talking to her about anything like that….”

“Wow! It is usually good that one knows the capability of one’s children. Even though her parents were not sound educationally, yet they knew their daughter’s capability. If something like this could happen in many families, I think this country would be a better one, a changed place because parents would stop insisting that their children do what their brain capabilities cannot support them on”, Bodmas interrupting, added

“Oh! Yes. That is true. It is high time our people know that the foundation of it all is that their children know how to read and write and communicate with people outside. At least being able to sign cheque in banks if need be to take loan for the business, to know the figures written on the cheques and in case fate brings such a one across people from other climes, the person would be able to interact with such people without fear or favor…”

“Oh yes”, Bodmas interrupting me said, “but now people want to get degree at all cost and have by that bastardize our degrees. It is pathetic!” he conclusively said as Dee continues.

“Yaby baby’s mother told Shabado that when things were not working as expected for her family she attempted to secure an employment with the Local Authorities but she was being asked to present her prove of education, a certificate from high school, but since she was unable to present that, because she did not finished her secondary school, she was not employed.”

“Uhm not even for a gardener or something” Bodmas said rather than asking as Dee continued

“It may be that the position of gardener was not open when she was applying no one could tell for that would have been a better alternative at least half a bread would be better than nothing…”

“That maybe it”, I said, while Dee continued with his story

“Learning from what happened to her, she does not want a repeat of that for her daughter and thus they were asking her to endure whatever is happening to her in the school and give it all it takes to ensure that she finishes, have the certificate for who knows what she may likely use it for in the future as it happened to her” Dee concluded, takes his cup of wine and emptied the cup.

I continued from where Dee stopped, "her parents therefore were guiding against the occurrence of that for their daughter, so they kept on supporting her, encouraging her because sometimes, Yaby baby would aphoristically tell her parents that, “a person who never stepped into the four walls of classroom are also living on earth, I am not interested in going to school again”, her parents said she would say" I added.

“Uhm, uhm, uhm, it shows her condition, she wants her parent to know her true nature”, Bodmas said.

"That is right. For this reason, her parents often send her to be coached, all because they do not want her to cry in the future", Dee enthused.

"They are wonderful parents", Bodmas said.  "When she took Shabado to her parents, they were happy but asked him what he plans to do for their child because family development requires the combine efforts of both hubby and wife, and Shabado said he told them that their daughter has told him that she is interested in learning how to sow clothes and that she will enrol with a woman after their solemnization" Dee said.

"Having gotten the consent of both parents, they started planning in their little ways for the solemnization, and they got married in December 24th, 2000. I was there with some other aluminites. It wasn’t an elaborate one, but it was not too bad for their caliber too", I added.

"Waoh! That is good. There was no way I could have been there because after our examination, I travelled with my uncle to Lagos and I did not come back to this area until after our results were released. In fact the first time I came around I did not stay more than 10 days, what makes my staying reach that duration was because our principal was not around and I was asked by my uncle to come with my result so that he will know the next step we will take on my academics. Immediately I got the results, I left the following day for Lagos. It was when I got to University that I came across Faglo he was the one who told me that Shabado and Yaby baby have twins... "

Interrupting Bodmas "That is true, their first issue was twins", I said

"But if I may ask do you know what Shabado does for a living? "Bodmas asked

"He is into buying and selling, tailoring material" Dee answered him

"While Yaby baby sows cloths or is that not? Bodmas inquired again.

"Yes, that is it" I replied him

"Uhmn. That is interesting. I however think this is not what you want to tell me about him", Bodmas said