#so she's still virtually illiterate

[nobuverse]

"I...uh...huh. T-that's interesting...."

Wow. She's suddenly starting to get really self conscious about the fact that she's probably the only servant in Chaldea that never learned how to read.

[tdlosk-concepts]

if there was a saiki k x proseka crossover, i think these would be the units.

some characters do not have comparisons; and before i dive in, i would like to tell you why. there are simply not enough characters in the disastrous life of saiki k. you may think, "but there are most definitely over twenty characters," and while you would be correct, i am only using pk academy students, and furthermore, virtually only main characters. i highly encourage you to enjoy thinking of either your ocs or the proseka characters being in the group, because i am very aware that without these characters, the story would not be possible!

there were three tdlosk characters i wanted to include, but could not. these are mera, hairo, and arisu. i just couldn't make them fit anywhere, i apologize. i felt like untrained reverse-hermit mizuki every time i had to type out that no character could fit properly into a slot.

be warned, i go on paragraph-long rants in here. like, almost an essay about teruhashi. actually, my vbs rant is very long overall, composed of like two essays. enjoy!

L/N; Nendou(Ichika), Chiyo(Honami), Reita(Saki), and Saiko(Shiho). Most of these are the OGs, and I could see them doing a school band. Don't ask why I thought Saiko belonged here, I hink he would be cute in a school band setting. Or maybe I'm biased. And I think Nendou would play the role of "getting the group back together," and if that makes Nendou play Ichika, so be it. Reita would play the role of "sickly little guy," and also the one ti set everything in motion, so that makes him the Saki of the group! I think Chiyo as Honami explains itself, but it's mostly because I think of Chiyo as having sweetheart/caretaker vibes. Saiko as Shiho, however, seems like an odd comparison. To simplify down so that I'm not blubbering about it nonsensically, they are both relatively tsundere, and while they do want a friend group, they tend to act like they don't need or want it.

MMJ; Suzumiya(Minori) and Makoto(Shizuku). Nobody could possibly fit into the role of Airi or Haruka, and sadly, they both had to be forcefully excluded, and I apologize. Now, onto the hard conclusions I drew and stretching I did. Fair warning, MORE MORE JUMP! is my least favorite unit. I haven't read its main story, and I know next to nothing about the members. However, from what I can tell, Minori, while clumsy and unlucky, has the spirit to do great things. That, I would compare to Suzumiya after her guardian spirit is rehabilitated. While not setting of explosions every other minute, she's still naturally clumsy, and she also has rather high spirits despite that. Makoto as Shizuku was a hard task to pull off, and I feel it may be a disgrace to Shizuku's name. However, considering that Makoto is famous within the TDLOSK-universe, I couldn't not put him in MMJ. His placement as Shizuku was only because I view Makoto as relatively tech-illiterate, so that headcanon of mine allowed me to draw at least one connection. I apologize for the weak conclusion.

VBS; Satou(Kohane), Kuboyasu(Akito), and Kokomi(Touya). Sadly, I couldn't think of anyone to compare to An, I apologize. Teruhashi as Touya explains itself, but I think I should explain why I chose it over Teruhashi as Mafuyu. The reason is; Teruhashi would start singing street music out of spite for her brother, like Touya and his father. As far as I have learned in proseka, while Mafuyu did do lyrics as a method of rebelling from her mother, that wasn't the only reason. While Touya did ENJOY singing, it wasn't something he was set on doing until the end of the main story. With Mafuyu, she already wrote music before meeting Kanade and the others, and still made music outside of Nightcord at 25:00, and it was one thing sje was sure she enjoyed. Teruhashi doesn't seem like the type to be set on something unless she was made to realize she enjoyed that thing seriously, and not just as a method of rebelling. In the show, she, sadly, doesn't do much outside of what she thinks will make her seem like the perfect pretty girl, most exemplified when she goes for ramen with Nendou, Kaidou, and Saiki, and even though it's disgusting, she thinks that not eating it makes her stuck-up. I relate this more to Touya, instead of Mafuyu, because the one person she doesn't act in front of is Makoto. Mafuyu still acts like she is very in-line with her mother's views most of the time, as exemplified by the fact that even when Mafuyu's mother upsets her, she usually holds her tongue. On the contrary, Touya is shown to correct his father, and show his anger to him, such as when, in the VBS main story, his father states "And to think it was from just one bad influence," to which Touya retorts to "leave Akito out of this," because it wasn't Akito's fault he rebelled. Teruhashi is shown to correct and yell at Makoto when he pisses her off, which lead me to connect her to Touya. Moving on from that, I should explain some if my other examples. Satou as Kohane is a strange one, I know, but it works out in my head. Satou is very ordinary, and that is how he views himself. He has plain ambitions, plain interests, and plain hobbies, much like how I would describe pre-Vivids Kohane. This is including the mild social awkwardness. Satou is shown to be a perfect ambivert, knowing how to navigate a social situation, but not typically starting his own conversations. Even before meeting An, while Kohane did have friends, such as Minori, and she could have full conversations with those friends, she has not, to my knowledge, been shown to have started many conversations before she and An started the Vivids. Satou is shown to have only three friends, as far as I can remember, and never does he start a conversation with them, it's always the friends that start the conversations. I feel like if Satou explored hobbies outside of the regular, he, much like Kohane, would find something that brought him confidence and that he enjoyed doing. Kuboyasu and Akito are relatively self-explanatory, but there is some explaining to be done. Kuboyasu, much like Akito, is self-conscious reguarding how he appears to others, and is VERY focused on getting to what he wants, and where he wants to be in his life. In the same way that Akito wants to surpass RAD WEEKEND, Kuboyasu wants to be a normal highschool boy.

WxS; Kaidou(Tsukasa) and Kuusuke(Rui). A strange duo, I know. HOWEVER. Kaidou has an intense need for attention, making him a perfect candidate to be the equivalent of Tsukasa. Kuusuke as Rui explains itself. I sincerely apologize for having two blank spaces in a unit again, but nobody fully fit.

N25; Saiki(Kanade), Akechi(Mafuyu), Aiura(Ena), and Imu(Mizuki). I feel like I'm vaguely insulting Mizuki by comparing them to Rifuta, but simplifying a character's personality is NOT below me. I think I should start with the weakest connection, that being Akechi as Mafuyu. I chose this over Akechi as Emu, and honestly, I'm not sure that was a good decision. The only reason, and I mean ONLY reason, I chose to compare Akechi to Mafuyu, was because I view Akechi as having had a bad and possibly abusive relationship with his father. It could be me taking a comedy show too seriously, and I won't go too in-depth about the headcanon, because it's not currently important. But anyways, moving on. Saiki as Kanade is very self explanatory, given how they both have wished on multiple occasions to "disappear" or "sleep forever." It's also about Saiki's guilty conscience, relating to Kanade blaming herself for her father's coma. Aiura and Imu as Ena and Mizuki respectively are both very self explanatory.

Please tell me if you have other ideas!!!

[theidiotwhowritesthings]

AAAAAH! I’m so glad he didn’t marry the other sugar baby and even tho there’s still a long story there I feel so much better about everything already lmao

Like him being married to Sarah’s mom isn’t the worst thing bc she’s been gone for so long. Like maybe he just never bothered to find her for a divorce bc he never had someone before reader to make a divorce worth it??? And now he does and I hope he’s been trying to find her to get a divorce and that’s why he’s been holding back with reader 🥺🥺🥺

I just loved everything about this chapter tho. I am an absolute Nima stan, like sometimes in stories the best friends are kinda annoying and pushy but she’s just so awesome. And the Tommy thing aaaah! Nima and Tommy anyone??? Yes!

And the panic and horror when Joel realises what’s been going on since the flight back and him frantically wanting to take care of her I’m just 😭😭😭😭

I love it!!!!! I can’t wait to hear the whole story about everything from Joel and I’m so glad you’re back! And I hope you’re feeling better and don’t ever forget to take care of yourself (or have someone else do it…. Lmao) we love you!!! Thanks for updating!!!! 💕💕💕💕💕💕

I am borderline illiterate because I have been drinking but all of your words make me so happy. i read it twelve times and i'm gonna read it twelve more times when i sober up.

I adore you, you beautiful soul, and I am virtually reaching through the screen to put a little kiss on your forehead.

[mandajiu]

I'll never get over this nonsensical moment of joy between them in TLB tidbits. It's my number one favorite snippet because they are in their own world. That smile on 88 - she is truly gorgeous inside and out. I feel for 30 having to be close to someone so naturally blessed even with virtually no makeup. No one makes 30 smile like 88, no one. No one helps us see the little girl side in the transparent actress like 30, no one. May the flowers be blooming. Birds say that 30 got stuck again yesterday and created a card point that is harmless - now is not the time to show public displays of affection. I suspect all their messages to each other will be veiled in business transactions.

I gathered a few for you: So，30 seems to find the most interesting ways to say "re" 热；therefore, endorsing toothpaste for sensitive teeth with the tagline "Hot and cold, sweet and sour" seems a great way to go around rrrrrre-ing." I did notice in my research that "cold" might be his self-reference. He is Xiao Leng (冷 cold) - the compnay is Leng Suan Ling - and she is Xiao Re. Still in preliminary stages, but it seems to work. He honestly loves cold and hates the heat, but he is always going around in warm clothes sweating and talking about how "hot" it is. lol

88 is pink and 30 is blue.

Red heart= most likely 88 （lately this is her most common symbol in the past little while btw）

88's favorite color this month is Color Key's 55 - 5 for Wu. In the past, she has chosen many lipsticks with special numbers. Will get photo later. It's very cute.

Pekomi spotted this - do you see it?: Wow. She's good. Of course we have the ongoing thread of tying some cloth around the wrist - both shoots for Bazaar too. The anniversary was relatively recent of "Lost in Your Eyes."

Look closely - do you see the cursive R (or B - reminds me of the clothing brand he endorses with the cursive R symobl) either way it fits our 88. Pekomi - you are a true master of CPF! I bow to you!

THE NEWS: WB CRAZY THESE DAYS!

So, the weibosphere for both sides is a hot mess right now. 88 has started the necessary trend of suing paparazzi - YES. The studio of the other lady has sued. This is probably in relation to an article published on CCTV wb referring to a person who didn't know the founding of the CCP (so definitely purple junior) and a few others as "illiterates" but there is also reference to personal life infringement. I have some personal feelings. As a fellow dyscalculic who struggles with dates, times, numbers I get the little purple junior's issue. Dates CAN be really hard for people with dyscalculia and even nearly impossible for a handful; however, if I were given a role and did no research or wrote no notecards about my role so I could learn the information - sorry, that's being lazy. We are good at memorizing information usually even if we don't understand it.

I sent a message to Lei-fan yesterday as I live in Doha about the Sledgehammer broadcast and see the news earlier to warn them of the coming onslaught from the LD broadcast. I also am online more than I should be: Basically a netizen called and said that 30 and a certain purple flower were together. This was on Valentine's Day. LD had previously refuted the CPF as fake. He is most likely being payed to stoke the fire, so although he did not directly say he had evidence, he released the hint of two 95 actors even without evidence based on a random person's conjecture! Whether tea is rubbing or the CPF are just that unruly, it resulted in a bit of mayhem. I wonder if WL's studio will issue a letter soon. His is a family-run business, so spending extra money is not really as easy for him. As for whether the letters will directly refute the CP, it's not good business to lose fans so I don't see it being done that directly. Don't take my word. Check wb yourself.

If you do check weibo, you will see a whole lot of attempts to tear people down using nefarious means. It goes from calm to crazy on 88's weibo - we had a lull, then something will come up. It's just really insane right now.

Whatever is happening, it really looks like 88 might finally be free soon if all these rumors are related to leaving the company! If its just this new role and endorsement she has, then it must be plumb. She has a photoshoot on the 27th. Hopefully we will know by then, but who knows. All is speculation.

What we do know: We know 30 and 88 are the best artists to ship separately or together. They have nothing bad on them and baddies will keep trying to muddy their reputation because they really are good eggs or rub up against them because of their popularity. We don't know if they are together. We hope that is the case, but all CP's are pure imagination until a formal announcement is made and we have to be sensible. Not knowing keeps the business alive; if this is an ongoing business relationship - which I am highly doubtful as it really doesn't have enough capital incentive with the small numbers of Eggs relative to new fandoms - then OK. It's all good. Let's go for a re-match!

[alphaman99]

intellectually sound

Michael Smith

Without revealing their identity, a lifelong friend of mine, someone who lived just across the holler from my old home place in the Magnolia State, mentioned this earlier this morning:

“I just mentioned to someone that a friend of mine was in the Galapagos, and their response was “what’s that?” There seems to be no such thing as a common body of knowledge in our culture anymore—things you can expect everyone with walking around sense to know. Sometimes I feel like my whole life is an episode of Jaywalking with Leno, which I always assumed was staged. Apparently not.”

At the risk of falling into the crevasse of that common body of knowledge, “Jaywalking” was Jay Leno (an ancient late-night talk show host that was funny) doing “man on the street” interviews of random people about current events and personalities in the news. As my friend noted, sometimes the answers were, how shall we say, uninformed.

In my opinion, the lack of a common body of knowledge is not only an aggravation, but also a chasm that prevents common understanding of this world – and if we don’t have a common understanding of the world, there is little we can do because opposition becomes a matter of ignorance rather than principle.

There was a knock-down, drag-out funny video on Twitter this morning, apparently a serious one, in which a lefty social media star called PoliticsGirl who claims she just doesn’t understand why people still vote for Republicans – and as par for the course – continues talking long enough to show you why.

She is completely ignorant. 100% weapons grade dumbass.

She is not ignorant because she doesn’t know stuff, but recalling what President Reagan said about liberals, she is supremely confident about things she “knows” but is entirely (and provably) wrong about. Her entire knowledge base rests on lies, bigotries and bogeymen the media and Democrats have designed and labeled for her to hate. She's a nice little useful idiot, with the emphasis on idiot.

Since I have friends who egg me on to torment you with my thoughts, another friend emailed something to me – a 2019 article titled “Thoughts on Prosperity from a Hipster Coffee Shop”, written by a former college student by the name of Alyssa Ahlgren, who was in grad school pursuing her MBA at the time. Of her generation, she says:

“We are so well off here in the United States that our poverty line begins 31 times above the global average. Thirty. One. Times. Virtually no one in the United States is considered poor by global standards. Yet, in a time where we can order a product off Amazon with one click and have it at our doorstep the next day, we are unappreciative, unsatisfied, and ungrateful.

Our unappreciation is evident as the popularity of socialist policies among my generation continues to grow. Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently said to Newsweek talking about the millennial generation, "An entire generation, which is now becoming one of the largest electorates in America, came of age and never saw American prosperity."

Never saw American prosperity! Let that sink in. When I first read that statement, I thought to myself, that was quite literally the most entitled and factually illiterate thing I've ever heard in my 26 years on this earth… [M]y generation has only seen prosperity. We have no contrast. We didn't live in the great depression, or live through two world wars, the Korean War, The Vietnam War or see the rise and fall of socialism and communism. We don't know what it's like to live without the internet, without cars, without smartphones. We don't have a lack of prosperity problem. We have an entitlement problem, an ungratefulness problem, and it's spreading like a plague."

So, another case of know-nothings, but this time about life.

It is a frame of reference thing. When a certain frame of reference exists for long enough without challenge, people seem to forget what it took to create that framing.

I think that this, beyond wars and natural disasters, is the real root cause (somebody call the Vice President) for the fall of civilizations. We forget so much that we don’t realize we don’t know what we don’t know anymore.

And that is why our young like AOC but neither understand nor oppose the stupidity of Marxism.

I know I have said it before, but the greatest fallacy people believe is that because something as always been a certain way for them, it will always be that way. Humans fight to climb Maslow’s hierarchy one rung at a time, but there are no guarantees they won’t slip and fall all the way to the bottom, and all at once.

So, Michael, what do we do? That is most certainly the inevitable question.

I’m not sure we can do anything until a catastrophe of such Malthusian proportions befalls our civilization (or at least our corner of it) that society in general either remembers history or realizes they must set about relearning it.

This is not something an individual can change; this is a social learning experience, a situation where many, many people say “Oh, sh*t!” at the same time. It must be broad and deep enough to completely reset our references by reframing them, maybe not to zero, but to something that approximates it.

Only then will the important things in life be appreciated enough to study and learn about, thereby rebuilding that common body of knowledge.

As Alanis Morrissette (who was a hipster coffee shop favorite) once sang:

You grieve, you learn

You choke, you learn

You laugh, you learn

You choose, you learn

You pray, you learn

You ask, you learn

You live, you learn.

Oh, yeah. If you don’t know who Alanis Morrissette is, go ask your mom.

[silvermoondarkening]

I don't have many OCS nowadays lol, I gave most of them away to Lea and Charlie, but I do have a few stragglers! And then some non Sonics lol but we don't care abt those

Bloo the Labrador - My Forces OC, he works as a receptionist at a therapist's office alongside Barry the Quokka postgame (only does paperwork and stuff, Barry handles calls), very much a dog (barks instead of talking, likes peanut butter and car rides, etc), a bit empty-headed and social, the type of guy who always knows a guy, very rarely sad or angry

Cinq 'Fiver' the Jackal - Fiver is my Jackal Squad member! She was killed when my version of Eggman was studying Mobians in order to make a virtually indestructible body for himself, he brought her back as a zombie as a wedding present for his wife, she doesn't really have much of a personality due to the amnesia and conditioning on top of it

Lyssa the Gorgonaga - A gorgon/naga hybrid who's spirit was placed into a golden shield after she got a bit too trigger-happy, she's a lot more chill and loves children if they aren't too scared of her, Amy gave her a pair of heart-shaped sunglasses to prevent her from turning people to stone when she was brought back, is still getting used to modern life but is rather curious

Peaches the Sirenhog - Peaches is Blaze's wife from the Sol Dimension, she traded her lionfish tail and voice for a pair of legs and chronic pain that means she can't walk for long and uses a wheelchair, she was illiterate except for her name and after she was reunited with Blaze he taught her how to read and write as a form of communication, she loves music and art (especially piano) and like Lyssa is curious about the new life she lives on the surface

Free/Verse the Rabbit - Free/Verse are Vanilla's brothers, conjoined twins that live in a freakshow back in their hometown of Dandelion Heights, they aren't very talkative and don't really understand kindness since they're basically treated like feral animals, so unless you're their handler they're prone to attacking and often kept in a pit with other freaks or in a cage to be gazed at, they prefer to be referred to as one entity

Barbie the Quokka - Barry's younger sister, she's emotionally intelligent and great at board games, she and Barry both get by with a variety of odd-jobs like customer service and janitorial work (so if you see a purple quokka wandering about it's most likely her)

Kestrelle the Jackafly - The Goddess of Wisdom and Strategy, only she really doesn't look the part! She's a very friendly girl and loves playing games with people, but she's not super competitive (in fact she actually really likes losing! The face a person gets when they beat a wisdom goddess at chess just gets her so tickled), having four arms means giving twice the hugs (and she gives great ones)

I'll shoot the same question to you too lol

We know the chaos puppies, but what other OCs do you have? Can I get a reminder? 👀

Ohhhh there's so many...

Let's hit the important people that aren't next gen. I'm assuming we know Professor Horne and Cornelius via Puppy association and I'm skipping them too. And I'm skipping Opal, it's safe to say we know her too.

Putting under a read more because SO MANY.

Seymour the Polar Bear - Bark's dad! (Neither party knows this yet, Vector figures it out eventually.) Wet paper bag of a man, we love how nerdy and pathetic he is. 💕

Willow the Mouse - Bark's stepmom, sweetheart.

Rosemary the Mouse - Willow's mom, a seamstress that force adopted the Chaotix when they saved her shop from robots once. A scheming nosy old thing that *will* meddle in your love life. (Be afraid, Vector and Espio lmao)

Buttercup the Polar Mouse - Bark's younger half sister, ends up being involved in all the Styx stuff because SOMEONE has to tend to Pebble's wounds and then not blab the secret (And they fall in love, aww!)

Olson the Polar Mouse - Bark's younger half brother, (one of) Charmy's besties, and eventually successfully annoys his away into being Carlisle's lab assistant.

Pebble the Hedgehog/Styx - Carlisle built a super suit (Styx) and convinced his very plain and boring friend (Pebble) to wear it. Superhero shenanigans ensue.

Europa the Siren - An evil siren sealed away in a figurehead Team Cerberus and Rough + Tumble accidentally unleashed. She'll drown you if there's water nearby and bite you if there is no water nearby.

Giermund the Viking - Europa's "husband"... She drowned him and now he's her undead lover and servant... Don't look at me like that, he's into it, it's fine...

Ursa the Polar Bear - Everyone start booing! We hate her. She's Bark's mom, she sucks! She pushed way too hard for Bark to become a snowboarder and now we know why he's selectively mute and ran away from home.

Crystal the Polar Bear - Bark's cousin (they were raised together so she's more like his sister), she's really frustrated because she wants the life Ursa's trying to force onto Bark.

Moss the Polar Bear - Bark's uncle (Ursa's brother). He wants to run his hot spring spa resort in peace but Ursa's a bully.

Veil the Chameleon - Espio's older sister. She's dead. Has been dead since Espio was 6. She haunts him because she doesn't want to go on without him and also he's an idiot.

Feel free to ask again about fankids and others! There's many many others I deemed not big players.

[sirthisisa-wendys]

House of Wishes (Chapter 2): Keizo Arashi x Fem!Reader

synopsis: the long war has come to an end. an even longer exile turns into a call to come home, and when you arrive, more than one person is waiting for you. (black-coded reader, royalty AU, slow. fucking. burn.)

wc: 1.2k

tw: promise this is the last chapter of exposition! We get into the steamy stuff next time :)

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The men around you peer and leer like nosy crows waiting to perch on your carcass. Words have already been exchanged, and your claim to the throne has already been questioned. Through it all, you haven't spoken a word. Not even Lord Keizo, who sits three seats to your right, has spoken up in your defense.

"We have gathered The Council today to legitimize the Princess's claim to the throne, Prince Dominic, not question her father's intentions with his last will and testament."

You place a hand on the document in front of you - a standard piece of paper that names you as the heir to the throne - noting its virtual uselessness to the men seated around you. They still sat debating whether or not you had the capability to lead, which was a question even you weren't fit to answer.

"I see nothing wrong with letting her lead our people," Prince Henri - a lanky, middle-aged blonde, chirps. "She might just be the person to lead the post-war economy into success."

"With no knowledge of our customs and ways?" an older man - Prince Gunter - shouts, slamming his fist on the table in front of him. "Look at her!" Eyes turn to you. "She knows nothing of who or what we stand for. She just so happens to have landed in a position where she has the crown. She's no better than an illiterate commoner!" Shouts begin to erupt in the chamber, and you flinch at the remark, feeling the sting echo in your chest. He wasn't wrong, but what qualities did you have other than your birthright? "We would be better off governing ourselves for the time being!"

"And send the country into chaos?" Prince Bertrand quips, sneering at the man. "You've been angling for this approach for some time now, and I've had enough--"

"Listen here, you upstart! What part of 'unfit to rule' do you not under--" You shrink in your seat as the din grows to chatter and then to a set of shouts that overlap each other.

"I propose a solution," Lord Keizo says, but no one seems to pay attention to him, the chamber volume growing even more as discussions begin anew. "Excuse me, your highnesses, but I--" The men still drown him out with protests. In an instant, Lord Keizo rises from his seat, eyes blazing with anger, and draws his sword, banging the hilt on the round table thrice. The metal sound draws everyone's attention, and you straighten up, watching your advisor sign and place his sword back into his holster.

"I propose a solution to your problem," Keizo begins. "You all have expressed doubts that Princess y/n is unfit to be queen because of her lack of understanding of the people and culture - which, let us be clear, is not her fault. This is the doing of her uncle. Do you think it's right for her to pay for that usurper's sins?" Chatter. Then a soft collection of "no"s.

"Then let us come to some compromise. We have been put in an unfortunate situation with the passing of her father, but let us not forget the gravity an heir apparent to the throne holds over the other kingdoms." A pause. "We should give her a chance."

"And what do you propose we do about the lack of knowledge, Prince Keizo?" Prince? Your head snaps to the man still standing, his lips quirked slightly.

"I propose she has an official advisor by her side. Perhaps this would help strengthen her role as Queen."

"And who do you propose?" Prince Gunter chuckles. "Surely not one of us, your highness."

"I volunteer myself to be her advisor." Everyone erupts into whispers once more. "And to add to that, I would impress upon The Council to look favorably upon her. She now has a choice for herself - the first of many - and our support with this new environment will help her in more ways than one." You continue to stare at Keizo until he looks over to you, nodding. "Soon, she will have to choose a suitor for marriage, as is the law. No ruler can hold the throne for more than three months unwed, and I also would propose myself for this role."

"Prince Keizo," Bertrand speaks once more. "You are obviously making a power grab, here. Many of us have sons who would be happily--"

"Then let her make a choice. Send your best suitors," Keizo encourages them, nodding. "See who she chooses."

"Hear, hear," the chamber of men mutters as the color drains from your face.

"It is wise for you to suggest being an advisor," another Prince answers. "And we will bring our kin to woo the Queen."

"A perfect compromise," Keizo shrugs, taking his seat once more. "all who are in favor vote 'aye'." More "aye"s parrot around the room, and you slump back in your seat, listening to the singular "nay" without responding. What could you even say?

"Sign here." You scrawl your name across a piece of parchment paper, following the finger of Prince Keizo. "Initial here." You do as he says. "And there." Upon the final signature, the man takes the paper from you and hands it to the head of the house, leaving it for him to wrap and close with your new metal seal.

"And with that, you now have all rights to the land in this nation." You roll your wrist around, hissing in pain.

"That was a lot to sign."

"It is a lot to take on," Keizo mutters. "You were very quiet today in the Council meeting."

"Was I?" you turn to Keizo, and he nods his white head. "Everyone decided everything for me. I had nothing to say..."

"You did not even counter my proposal. I had expected you to be upset that I did not tell you I was a prince and rebuke me for it."

"Do you think I should have said something?" If Keizo had brows, you are sure he would raise them by the look he gives you. But instead, he places his hands behind his back and sighs.

"Are you asking because you want to know my opinion, or are you playing a game?"

"I am genuinely curious. I was not taught very much about this place," you admit, shoulders slumping as you stare out of the window that overlooks a portion of the gardens. "My governess was hired by my uncle. He never thought I would return, so I learned the bare minimum I needed to know. I can see the need to have an advisor... despite your omission of the truth."

"I will take that statement for what it is. Your mother was sent with you, was she not?"

"She died early on," you whisper, frowning. "But you knew that."

"I assumed she would have left something from this place for you to look upon. I stand corrected." Silence echoes around the room, and Keizo stands next to you dutifully. "Prin-My Queen, you are more than just an illiterate peasant," he finally replies. "I'm sure these three months I can teach you as much as I can about your new country. Your home. If you'll let me."

You sigh again, placing your chin on your knuckles. "I suppose I have no choice, right?"

"You always have a choice," Keizo answers. "You can say no to me."

"I wouldn't dare," you reply softly. "So far, you're the only good thing that's happened to me."

[secretsofdbz]

So apart from Dragon Ball, what manga and anime do I like?

Here's a little list without any particular order, from very childish to very adult, so pick as you see.

- Samurai Champloo: hip hop in the Edo era, the story is amazing even if each episode can more or less be watched on its own. It's fun, the music is great, the character dynamics are top notch, the animation is bae, and the dub is decent for a change! The manga is just extra storyboard episodes, was made afterwards. Content warning for body injuries. A girl coerces two sword wielding guys to help her find a samurai who smells of sunflowers and they travel through the country trying to survive hunger, enemies, and themselves (as they’re at each others’ throats)

- Cowboy Bebop: if Samurai Champloo is hip hop in the Edo era, Cowboy is Jazz in Space. Same as above applies. Same director too. I’ve not seen a manga of cowboy?

- FLCL. 6 episodes of pure what the fuck. Made by Gainax (the guys who did Evangelion), but they were completely wasted when doing this, there's no other way. Robots coming out of a boy’s forehead, some alien girl with a bass, weird south park refs, the anime has manga scenes panel by panel sometimes, there’s 3D sections too, the music is amazing, the whys and how’s, the charisma of everyone… madness. Two extra seasons were made by toonami more recently, and they’re decent :) but OG is just oof. The manga which was produced later is more experimental.

- Azumanga Daioh. Slice of life of high school girls being high school girls; it's wholesome, cute, the teachers are stupid fun, there's cats and dogs, the comedic timing is excellent. Azumanga's manga form is a Yonkoma (four panel humor manga, same format as Garfield). Each of the girls are so interesting and the stories are both hilarious and moving to tears because it’s so god damn wholesome and cute. Lucky Star also falls in this category, it's good fun too. Azumanga Daioh’s manga is super cute and the anime more or less gives the same comedic “sketches” and story.

- The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi. Basically caused the Anime boom of 2007 (alongside Lucky Star). Imo, one of the few good anime adaptation of a light novels. It's an acquired taste though!

- Death Note. I don't think it needs presenting. The anime is just that good, even with all of the memes it inspired. The anime and manga are virtually identical at the beginning but not for the second part and ending (the manga ending is far more pathetic while the anime is more martyr-like)

- Bakuman ; the manga is better than the anime (wish it was animated by the same guys as Death Note, because same manga authors), but it's decent. It's a manga about kids wanting to make manga and be published in Shonen Jump. shows a lot of inner workings of the manga publishing world. The manga tension and relations are interesting, the humor is key, and the paneling is refined and satisfying.

- Magic Knight Rayeart. A CLAMP fantasy mecha anime, the world is just top notch. I still have a spot in my heart for some CLAMP stories (Chobits, Sakura, Kobato, Angelic Layer), but I recognize the absolute harm of some portrayals. The anime is more tame than the manga tho, the manga goes deeper.

- Escaflowne. A GOOD Isekai anime. Love triangle, fights, culture shocks, beautiful music, weird occult stuff.... it has similarities to Magic Knight Rayeart but this one is more adult if anything? More nuance. The manga is VERY different (not the same names, not the same story, just the general premise).

- Serial Experiments Lain. Ok, SEL is about the internet, artificial intelligences, online personas and social networks, but it aired in 1998. Lain, 14, shy, tech-illiterate, finds out one of her friends who committed suicide emailed her after her death, saying she joined the Wired (aka the internet). It's an anime all about philosophy and secret conspiracies, split personas, reverence, coming of age, and it’s.. well. It’s not an easy watch but it’s an absolute god tier anime.

- Rurouni Kenshin. Ok this one is hard to recommend because the author has issues that are a hard line for many, but it’s still respected and loved in Japan (up to and including a showing of blacksmith who reproduced the weapons of the manga). I prefer the manga, but the anime is decent. It however doesn’t cover the ending of the series, and has a lot of filler. The OAVs (4 for the past of the character, one for a recap of the TV series, one for the last arc of the manga) are stunning. The live actions are also fairly decent. I’m not a fan of the sequel though. Basically a history (Meiji era) battle shonen with politics as a background. Protag is a former assassin.

- Please Save My Earth. Also controversial because of age gaps and a hint of consent, but the manga and the OAVs don’t portray it as wholesome, nor in a positive light. PSME’s OAVs only cover about half the manga but later some music videos were released to “tell” the rest of the story. A bunch of teenagers and one kid start having dreams about their past selves and their relations, and it seems they were some sort of aliens/scientists living on the moon. Insert supernatural and occult mystery as they piece stuff together, and their own destinies being at odds with their past selves. Confusion and horror ensues. The music has Yoko Kanno who SANG, I can’t emphasize the goddess she is, and it’s STUNNING. The animation is beautiful. The manga has 21 tomes so the early drawings are a little rough (and it was a big transition for the author, she really became a better artist over time!). PSME inspired a lot of other Shojo artists (including Takeuchi, the author of Sailor moon)

[youneedasoultraveller]

Is Nicky the only one headcanoned by people as bad with languages or are Nile and Booker seen the same way too (Andy is of course excluded from that due to her age and Joe is universally depicted as skilled with languages) ? I would expect Nile to be seen as bad with languages due to the American education system but it doesn’t seem to be the case.

Hello! Post-response me would like to apologise once again for the length of this post :(

I have personally not found a single fic where either Booker or Nile were depicted bad with languages; at most I found fics where Nile cannot speak languages other than English yet and you have the rest of the Guard routinely teaching her this and that idiom.

So, no, in my experience the only one that I saw people actively headcanon as bad at languages is Nicolò. Even though exactly as you point our if we want to go by stereotypes the one that should have been hc’d as such should have been Nile precisely because the large majority of Anglos are monolingual and the way languages are taught in their educational systems is horrendous to say the least (I will never forget my experiences studying Arabic in a Canadian university).

As it stands, Nile is shown using a couple of words of Pashtu, and if I remember correctly it is mentioned that she speaks Spanish in her presentation card, but if it’s the average American knowledge of Spanish “mi casa es su casa” then I would not call that speaking it. But these are just suppositions :)

So canon doesn’t give us much, that we know. And this is where headcanons come in. Like I was saying, usually people would not write Nile as multilingual but as someone who is in the process of learning several languages.

No one is indicated that she is bad at it, although if you ask pratically anyone in the world they will tell you that Americans and Brits are the worst at both learning and speaking other languages, because in those cultures there is a deep imperialist bias engrained – whether they are aware or not – that everyone in the world speaks English, so they can spare the effort to try to pronounce properly another language, or, God forbid, learn it at all. Nothing indicates us that Nile butchers or not other languages, and no one ever takes it into account.

As for Booker, he is French so normally Anglos would have also made fun of his way of talking if it had not been for Matthias.

And now I reach my point. The main reason why Nicolò is consistently depicted as terrible at languages is because of Luca’s Italian accent, and the fact that you can see he is not as fluent in English as Marwan and Matthias are, who are like him not native speakers. This even though the man speaks five languages.

I am not going into the whole mess with interviews with native English speakers who treated him as if he were dumb just because he could not really understand their accent (I myself often have to slow down and ask for a repeat, because some accents are just not as immediately intelligible as Anglos think), given that it has been discussed at length.

The only thing I want to stress is how this headcanon is extremely imperialistic, condescending and plays once again into the harmful stereotype of the dumb, illiterate Southerner.

Linguistic discrimination is a thing, and it’s a thing everywhere. By linguistic discrimination I don’t just mean that against people who cannot speak a major language (or the “official” language of the country they are in), but it also affects accents.Accents have everything to do with geography and class: it is a marker of where you are from, and plays into prejudices linked to the social standing and the class usually associated to that accent. Now, languages are a natural process, in continuous evolution and adaptation, whereas standardised languages (including a standardised pronunciation) are artificial choices. Just think of British vs American English: they are both theoretically the same language, but they diverge in several instances in terms of both vocabulary and pronunciation.Whip this up to the max when it comes to speaking a language that is not your own. The sounds and grammar structures of your mother tongue have an impact on the way you process a different language. That’s why it’s difficult for Spanish-speakers to pronounce S + consonant at the beginning of a word, or why Slavic languages have a harder H sound (again at the beginning of a word). Even when you have the grammar and pronunciation down to a T and are virtually indistinguishable from a native speaker, it does not mean that people who lose their accents and speak like a BBC tv host are any better at languages than people whose accent is still noticeable, or whose speech flow may be slower.

Having an accent does not qualify the level of fluency in a set language. Not speaking like a dictionary does not qualify the level of your intelligence (and I cannot believe I have to even say that).

And yet having an accent is politicised for classist and racist purposes. If someone does not blend in 100% with the majority, it means that something is lacking in them: usually it means they do not have the same level of education, which means they probably come from a lower class, or that they also are foreigners. So they are less than, just because their speech is deemed as not up to par with that of the majority.

@lucyclairedelune meant this when she brought up the example of Gloria from Modern Family, saying “you don’t know how intelligent I am in Spanish”. I want to make an example that is closer to my heart. Elena Ferrante in her wondrous Neapolitan Quartet described the life of a girl who was trying to escape from the material and psychological misery of the slums of Naples in the 60s. To do so she migrates North to study at one of Italy’s most prestigious university: here, however, she is bullied for her accent that clearly marks her origins and (prejudicially, since people of the South were in general poorer) status, class, and, finally, categorises her as less intelligent. Just because of her accent when speaking standard Italian. As a Southern Italian woman, I have often felt like I had to mask my own accent, both in Italy and abroad, to be taken seriously. This regardless of my academic qualifications or how many languages I speak. 

When people describe Nicolò as bad at languages simply because Luca has an accent and speaks English slower and less fluently than his co-stars, this is the context that this treatment plays in. Subconsciously (or consciously) it adds to the image that a big chunk of the fandom is painting of him as dumb and ignorant. No one else. And the fact that (luckily) no one ever uses Nile’s monolingualism as a marker for being less intelligent is also because being American is still taken as the standard, as well as the fact that unfortunately Nile (like Yusuf) is going through positive discrimination by which she cannot have any complexity or flaws (starting from hardly ever acknowledging the fact that she herself was part of an invader/occupying foreign force which has bombed and killed civilians in Afghanistan, and was in the midst of a military operation exactly in this sense). 

According to that specific discourse, Nicolò is being given every single possible flaw, in order to be opposite to Yusuf. Again, because this fandom, with its Anglocentrism and Puritan incapacity of overcoming black-and-white oppositions, cannot seem to accept that we have a beautiful interracial, interreligious same-sex couple of complex individuals, who can both be smart at the same time. I myself think that Yusuf historically is better at languages than Nicolò, as he was a merchant (and an artist), and I love this difference about them, but conflating intelligence with proficiency in one single language (because it’s only proficiency English that we have been discussing, let’s be honest, if the show had been shot in German we would not be talking about Luca’s issues with the language probably) is an utterly imperialistic, condescending and ridiculous thing to do.

I probably lost the train of my thought (and I had two beers in the meantime, so I am too tired to reread), but what I mainly wanted to highlight is that this mocking attitude towards Nicolò is rooted in both a  wider downgrading trend of his character, and on a general approach towards non-English speakers that Anglos have virtually everywhere.

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[jackedspicer]

a bio for my xiaolinsona! she’s a work in progress so i’m bound to come back and change it. trivia and more in depth information is under the readmore :)

continued trivia:

she’d show up somewhere near the start of season 4

she’s used a LOT for slapstick. in fact she’s mostly a comic relief character

she’s guided mainly by emotions, is right brain oriented, and is a hands-on learner

there is a running gag where she frequently has bandaids on her fingers, hands, arms, or anywhere really

she’s a massive funk junkie. LOVES disco. she’s also a great dancer

when she comes up with xiaolin showdowns, sometimes she’ll base it off of fun recreational activities or things that seem harmlessly mundane, like mini golf..... tic tac toe.....dance-off...... rock paper scissors..... the showdowns themselves obviously end up being high-stakes and lethal as they always are, except they’re based off of goofy premises

she’s probably musically accented by grunge that’s slightly funky

when it’s funny, she occasionally will use huge words or make jarringly philosophical statements, eg patrick star’s “the inner machinations of my mind are an enigma” cut to footage of milk spilling

shes a lot like charlie kelly. in general. any charlie moment is just. Her. she’s a wild card and screams every line and huffs glue and tries to get the honey out of a hornets nest outside of jacks house because she thinks hornets make honey and she likes ghouls and she genocides the rats in his basement and sleeps ass to ass with him and is illiterate

she likes to do arts and crafts but they almost always come out as abominations. she’ll occasionally borrow some of jack’s tools to construct her latest atrocity, and she’ll refer to them by a wrong/made up name while she’s at it. “the hacksaw duey”, “the electric hole puncher,” ”the automatic pizza cutter”, etc. yes the projects and the bandaids have a direct cause and effect relationship. please refer to this video (and this channel in general)

imagine her sitting at a table and just doing this in jack’s lair... this video alone can be used to sum up so much of her. the technique. the bandaids. the blatantly wrong information that’s said with such conviction. the dark turn towards the end of the video. “superfluous protrusion.” the way it ends

continued trivia pt. 2, taken from my instagram

(i’ll get into this more further down the post)

fighting style because this is xiaolin showdown:

she has a very nimble, disorienting style of combat. using pokemon stats as an analogy, her highest would be speed by far, followed by attack, with her lowest stats being defense and special attack. this combined with her unrelenting nature makes her an excellent distraction and a general nuisance, but she doesn’t fare well in prolonged head to head battle.

favorite shen gong wu: 

monkey staff, mikado arms, fancy feet, neptune helmet, hoduko mouse, woozy shooter (on herself), tongue of saiping, longi kite, indigo pyramid (on jack (cause it’s funny))

*the shen gong wu she’s most skilled with in battle are ones that trip up her opponents and cause status ailments. kinda like a prankster

backstory/analysis:

at her core, she’s a jolly, optimistic, humorous person, but her unruly, isolating childhood put a blow on her psyche. much like jack spicer, she’s been virtually alone her entire life - she was rejected by peers and adult figures alike since earliest childhood, and her home life was turbulent at best.

to ease the pain, at some point, she took on resenting and judging those around her as a means to cope. she has a holden caulfield-esque defense mechanism in play where if everybody sucks for this reason, or that reason, or those reasons, then she has justification for detaching herself from others, and she can derive her only source of self esteem from being better than them. this hurts far less than the devastating truth that she cannot connect with people on account of feeling so worthless and estranged from other human beings that she could never have the chance to be cared about by anyone. deep down, she’s in desperate, thrashing need of support and genuine human connection, and she has a warped perception of how she can achieve that.

she’s taken up evil as a hobby because it nurtures her desire to be destructive and, again, just like jack spicer, she engages in it as a way to feel seen. all press is good press, and the best way to make the headline is to cause some damage. what sets her apart from him in this regard, though, is that she takes all of her pain out on her enemies (in this case, the xiaolin monks) because she can’t stand how well off they are - instead, on the basis of their acceptance of one another, she sees them as goody two-shoes phonies who ought to be knocked down a peg. while evil to jack is both a means of getting much needed attention and a convoluted way of spending time with friends, to sid it’s a way to vent frustrations and a way to, well... still garner attention, but also spend time with a friend, except the friend is jack.

the other half of the reason she partakes in petty villainy is that it’s just... fun. she only got wrapped up in all this because she’d been restlessly putzing around somewhere remote, found a neat doohicky she planned on keeping, and when one thing led to another she wound up in a xiaolin showdown against jack. experiencing the chaos unfold revealed a golden opportunity she couldn’t pass up, so she asked jack to let her come with, debuting their partnership (i talk about this in further detail at the end of the post). goofing off and doing evil with him is so much fun to her! it makes her feel alive, a sensation and state of mind she never could fully achieve before.

noteworthy relationships:

jack: 

they have a team rocket thing going on. not in terms of their interpersonal dynamic, but rather their role in the story, how much of a threat they pose as, their schemes, and even their overall attitude are reminiscent of the iconic duo; they’re petty, recurring villains with hearts of gold who aren’t above occasionally siding with the good guys.

even though they both are on the same tier of comic relief and general foolishness, the metaphor i like to draw is that jack is the left brain and sid is the right brain.

their personalities have such chemistry and they’re both so goofy that they effortlessly sync up. everyone thinks it’s REALLY annoying

they’re best friends! they actually care very deeply for one another, even if they might have funny ways of showing it. they may be evil, but they’re mutually the only and closest friend the other has ever had, and with that carries a lot of weight. think of it - the first person you meet who hasn’t been nothing but awful to you likes you and wants to be around you. What a concept

while their relationship is platonic, there are several gags implying a romantic element, even though nothing is ever outright stated. kisses on the cheek, bashfulness, other characters making fun of them (“where’s your DUMB little girlfriend?” “..........she’s not DUMB!!!!!”), domestic references (“am i sleeping on the couch”)..... it’s left ambiguous because it’s hetbait plain and simple. somebody asks them what they even are and they say Partners In Crime wym. jack asks sid What Are We and she fist pumps the flat of her own chest twice, throws a peace sign and says We’re Bros

their nicknames for each other include but are not limited to “jackass, jacky-boy, jack-o-lantern, smarty pants, wiggles, spack jicer, spack, mr spack, spackle”, and “shortstack, pipsqueak, sid the kid, champ, funky monkey, foxy (in a funny way, he’ll say it like Whatcha Up To Foxy ? while she’s like making a mess doing an arts & crafts abomination or just vibing bein her weird lil self....  it comes from a place of playful sarcasm and affection) (champ, funky monkey, and foxy are courtesy of @currentlyfallingthroughspace)

to piggyback off of the left brain vs. right brain metaphor, “heart vs. brain is how they think, right brain vs. left brain is how they act, and two halves of a heart represents their natural dispositions” is how my aforementioned friend put it. they both have a lot of heart and are ooey gooey on the inside, but the difference is that sid can grasp the intricacies of emotional/psychological matters while jack can’t (actually knowing how to EXPRESS this is another topic). it’s in the same way that jack can effectively plan ahead, use logical reasoning, and know where to go and how to get there, but sid is shabby in this department. “one is aware but doesn’t address it until it’s too late, and one can’t see it and doesn’t ask until it’s too late.”  

another feature of potential conflict in all incarnations of them is the juxtaposition of sid actually being more down to earth than jack in the grand scheme of things. jack has the potential to go completely overboard, and whether or not he demonstrates the ability to catch himself on the event horizon will ascertain the outcome.

deep down, neither of them are truly evil, and they bring this out in each other as they ultimately contribute to the redemption of one another. how this actually happens is a lot rockier. sid has the intuition and self awareness to become increasingly cognizant of the fact that she engages in schemes as a way to bond with her friend, and, over time, she’s able to recognize that she’s simply been acting out, and she consequently softens up over time - but jack is much denser in this regard. he doesn’t consciously pick up on the same things she does and still believes that she’s drinking the koolaid as much as he is. the crucial dissonance in what matters most that had been incubating under the weight of things left unsaid emerges in a major falling out that challenges the nature of their entire dynamic and respective moral codes. i had a lot of help from the same friend with the following series of events and it’s really something that ought to be gone into detail on its own post, but a whirlwind brief summary is that jack becomes desperate from losing over and over so he comes up with this sinister plan that’s just too far, sid tells him to stop, they get into a nasty fight, sid leaves and makes it clear she’s not coming back, she goes to the xiaolin dragons for help, jack goes on an evil rampage but also loses his grip and has this mental breakdown because he lost the one person who’s ever cared about him (or so he thought), sid has the same brutal separation pangs but it doesn’t change the fact that jack is still doing what he’s doing, sid gets a firsthand view of a fight breaking out between the monks while she’s working with them and has a moment of clarity when she observes how they resolve it in such a healthy way, as they continue to work together and help her through the whole fiasco she realizes they’re not so bad, an entire excruciating series of events that’s genuinely too large to fit on this post unfolds and it ultimately ends with jack actually having to team UP with the good guys to stop what he started, and it ends with them breaking down, apologizing, and beginning their redemption BUT not without the illustration of several lessons that arose out of the complications of the entire thing...... the overarching lesson that’d been entrenched in their entire dynamic from the start, albeit corny, is that caring and being cared for was all they ever needed, and they learn to cultivate that within each other right under their own noses. it would be fun to have them stay as recurring villains forever, but seeing how much good is in their hearts is enough to make you wonder how they were ever evil.

xiaolin monks:

she thinks she hates them, but she doesn’t really. while her opinion of them is marked by resentment and distaste, she also holds them in high regard. a part of her wishes she could be friends with them, but the mental landscape she’s paved for herself doesn’t reveal that as an option. in her mind, she’s already been rejected by them. so why try?

the way she takes her pain out on them - people who had nothing to do with her traumas - can be summed up by the spinel su quote, “why do i want to hurt you so bad? i’m supposed to be a friend. i just want to be a friend.”

she gets chummier with them upon her redemption. out of the group, she gets along best with clay and dojo :) 

bonus origin episode

this would be the imaginary early season 4 episode i mentioned at the beginning of the post. it’s more of a loose string of ideas tied together with reckless abandon but hey. the episode would open with jack feeling lonely and down on his luck to establish the theme that he kinda needs a friend (”wuya’s gone, chase trained his cats to get surly with me if i show up, my evil dream team won’t answer my calls....”). his sulking is interrupted by a shen gong wu alert and he’s like. whatever. i don’t need them. i’m still gonna do this on my own. even if it’s. ˡᵒⁿᵉˡʸ. fastforward to the scene i described where sid is putzing around with her doohicky (which i’m considering might be the neptune helmet) all by her sad miserable lonesome when suddenly some flying bloke in a trenchcoat who looks like he hasn’t seen the sun in years shows up telling her she’s got something he needs. she of course responds with something along the lines of “you know what? why don’t you try to take it from me since you want it so bad, mr big stuff,” triggering a xiaolin showdown. this is around the time the xiaolin dragons show up too late - but they’re grateful for somebody having been there to fight jack in time, even if they have no idea who they are. she has no clue what’s going on, but whatever it is, she LOVES it. she goes buckwild. she has a time. jack, on the other hand.... well, understanding how badly he needs that wu is certainly throwing a wrench in it, but he can’t help but feel like he’s having a bit of fun too. well, up until he loses. post-showdown, the monks kinda count their chickens before they hatch so to speak and they rush over to this new kid with a shower of praise, thinking they have a friend on their side. instead, she cuts them off, shouts to the guy who’s gathering his bearings (or lack thereof) - “hey! jack was it?” - and playfully tosses her shen gong wu in the air, catching it. “you look like you need this thing way more than i do. tell you what! take me with and i’ll let you borrow it,” is what she follows it up with, implying she wasn’t really that invested and only saw the whole thing as a fun game. jack and the monks are flabbergasted. what’s more bizarre is she did in fact ask to join him, something nobody’s ever done out of their own volition before. she talks about how boooooooooooring it is here and how that was soooooo much fun and to pleeeeeeeease take her with. he’s really iffy about it and doesn’t know if it’s such a good idea. he tries to make himself look cool, telling her “as IF, shortstack..........im afraid The Jack Rides Alone................................................. but-” and ultimately buckling because he can’t deny that it would be nice to have someone around.

[teamatsumu]

Ur pakistani right?? May I ask paki drama suggestions? I've been meaning to watch but idk where to start :( im from canada!!

Pakistani Drama Serial Rec List

Ok i know i went totally overboard with this but im so excited to share smth like this!! I really hope you like all of them and I must say, these are only a very select few from a long, long list. I’ll be happy to rec more in the future, but lets start with these for now!

(under the cut)

These dramas fall into either one of two categories, a love story, or a societal issue discussed within the qualms of a love story/family life. I'll name some of the best I've seen, along with what they are about!

Also, idk why but I resorted to fanfic tropes in order to describe these xD

These are off the top of my head, i’m sure im missing some great ones

Humsafar - On mother’s death bed, girl gets married to someone who’s a virtual stranger to her. A lot of fluff, but also a lot of angst

Zindagi Gulzar Hai - Rich, snobby, asshole guy, and poor, smart, bitter girl. Complete opposites. Enemies to lovers

Pyarey Afzal - Kind of a fake dating AU, but with a thicker story line

Baaghi - An illiterate village woman runs away from her abusive husband to the city in order to pursue a modeling career

Udaari - A story about child rape and pedophilia in small, remote villages.

Cheekh - A girl’s Brother In Law murders her best friend. Even though he confesses to the crime in front of her, he is certain she can’t prove it without tearing her family apart and destroying her own life.

Jhooti - A greedy girl who lies her way through every relationship she has, loses everything to a con artist who is an even bigger liar.

Shehr e zaat - The journey of a materialistic girl who loses everything but finds life’s true purpose.

Haiwaan - Man rapes a little girl and buries her in his backyard. She is found years later, when the victim’s older sister is now married to the rapist’s son.

Meri Gurya - A story about society’s pedophilia, and the making of a child rapist.

Ishq Zahe Naseeb - A rich, handsome CEO secretly struggles with Dissociative Identity Disorder

Khaas - Husband makes misogynistic jokes and belittles his wife, which everyone laughs off as just crude humor. The wife slowly withers away until she meets someone who is the exact opposite

Khamoshi - A girl wants to earn and support her poor family. Her jealous sister and greedy father see her as only a money making machine.

Ranjha Ranjha Kardi - A loud, brash young girl loses everything she has. In order to save face and not be left on the streets, she marries a man with severe mental disability and finds something much sinister going on in his household.

Ghalati - In a fit of rage, man accidentally divorces his wife (by mouth) three times, and still wants to make it work.

Besharam - Model gets into an argument with a politician on live TV. She agrees to marry him on TV in order to prove a point.

I can’t believe I made this list but holy shit, I enjoyed it! if anyone has watched any of these (or has any other great recs that i missed here) feel free to jump into my ask! let’s bring more appreciation to pakistani dramas!!

[treyes-calvo-blog]

Mae Theresse G. Treyes Sarah Jane Calvo 12 - Loyalty Significance of Media and Information Literacy Media and Information Literacy is the basic skill and competency that allows people to effectively communicate with the media and other sources of knowledge, as well as improve critical thinking and life-long learning skills in order to socialize and become active citizens. The use of advanced technology is very common in this century. Now that we have advanced technologies, our lives are simpler and more comfortable. And so, some people continue to misuse media and technology. Social media may be used to spread fake news and misleading facts. People who aren't information literate can quickly believe it and pass it on to their friends. Furthermore, some students become so engrossed in their phones that they forget they still have schoolwork to complete. This pandemic, teachers and students are meeting virtually to discuss about their lessons. Some of these teachers are still very ignorant of how technology works. Despite the fact that technology has existed for many years, there are still people who do not understand how to use it. Being a media and information literate help us conduct more accurate articles. Fake news will stop from spreading like a wild fire if people were wise enough to do a fact check first. Mostly, students now a days, lack this skill. Fake news keeps on spreading through out social media and as a student we should learn that being an information literate is valuable. Misleading facts can actually kill someone. If we are being careful in using social media, we can actually save a person’s life. It is common among us students to post and share some memes without thinking we are already ruining someone’s life. One of this is actually a viral meme about a girl and her family with an edited photo. She looks so pretty in the picture but her daughter and son’s face were edited to look ugly and the caption says, “This is the effect of the parents getting plastic surgery meanwhile the children have the real and natural look.” With this meme spreading across the country, it ruined not just her image but also her family’s. This is one of the reasons why people and students like us should be information and media literate. Lacking information literacy also can affect your grades, misleading information can affect your school work and falsifies your assignments and activities. In this pandemic situation, it is common to us students to use gadgets. Without this knowledge we will be having a hard time in joining our classes. Being a media literate person helps us to communicate freely without being terrified for our safety. It is one of the requirements today to be a media literate as it helps us adapt easily with the pandemic going on. Safety is our priority and with the skill of us students today to manipulate media. It is easier for us, not just in school but also getting information from reliable resources of what is happening in the world right now. Media is also used not just mainly for communication. People, also earn money through social media. A gamer usually streams to gain fans and also money. Being a media literate, it is easy for the gamer to manipulate the media. He/she can post where he/she can earn something, may it be through YouTube, Facebook, or any social media platforms. A blogger needs to be accurate in every information that he/she writes in his/her blog. As misleading information can cause a major chaos. Words are actually powerful than it seems, being an information literate can avoid any turmoil that you may cause when you write a blog. As a media user we are responsible for our acts on social media. Spreading such falsity can also cause health problems. As most people rely on internet as a source of remedy for their health problems. Information illiterate people will mostly be affected. Serious injury or health risk might occur with not credible blogs. Citizens in a democratic country are not an exemption in this issue. As citizens, we should always be more careful of

our words and we should always make sure that the information that we tell to other people are accurate. Since we live in a democratic country, we are free to post whatever we want and say whatever we want. However, as citizens of our nation, we must always consider how our actions will affect our country. And, as individuals, being illiterate has ramifications not just for our country’s economy, but also for ourselves. Being illiterate may lead to poor health. As people, we need to be educated so that we will be able to comprehend anything. Furthermore, those who live in poverty are the most impacted by this problem because they lack the financial means to attend school and receive an education. However, as individuals, we can help our fellow citizens by proposing free education to children whose parents are unable to meet their educational needs and donating books for them to read. Indeed, the media has made our lives simpler. The media has aided us in a variety of ways, including collecting knowledge and communicating with loved ones who are far away. If we just know how to use it, media can be extremely beneficial. We would not have such issues if we were well literate. Since not everything in the media is factual, we must be literate enough to know which sources are reliable and which are not. Before publishing anything on the internet, we, as media users, must be considerate. To avoid being involved in illegal activities, we must consider the consequences of such actions. Being media and information literate is a need. It can help people in various ways, mostly in communication. The society that we live in specially today relies on technology. Media is a virtual reality that is created by human that gives a big impact in our lives.

[lookatmenowseongjun]

What You Do To Me

Summary:

Junhyuk gets everything and everyone loves him. So… How come when one person yells at him in the library does he feel like his whole world has suddenly been turned upside down?

3k+ words

Highschool AU

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Junhyuk had spent his entire life getting virtually everything that he wanted.

It wasn’t necessarily that he was spoiled. Well… He was a little spoiled.

His parents were rich and would buy him anything if he even showed a little interest in it, and they weren’t even neglectful. He spent every night eating dinner with them before retreating into his room- maybe playing a few video games and then finally going to bed.

He was naturally pretty smart. Never really had to study much for tests, he always got perfect grades, and all of his teachers loved him.

And, whether he really acknowledged it himself whenever he looked in the mirror, he was fairly handsome. He was deemed one of the most beautiful guys in school and was very popular with all of his fellow classmates. On Valentine’s day he could hardly count how many candy grams he had gotten.

Well, Minjae had taken the time to count them. It was 215 candy grams in total.

Anyways, he was getting off track. The point was that Junhyuk got everything that he had ever wanted in life, and better even- he had gotten things he had never even asked for before as well. He was sort of just used to the privilege he got. Sometimes that meant he would be a little surprised if he wasn’t given the same sort of attention and care that he was always just gotten from people.

But other then a slightly skewed expectation of how people were going to be treating him, Junhyuk couldn’t say that he wasn’t a good person.

He was caring, tried to remember the name of all the girls who would come by and talk to him at lunch time. He would do anything for any of his friends, and despite the fact he lost class presidency to Lee Seokmin, he made sure not to be a sore loser.

He liked it when he saw someone smile because of him, felt good whenever he heard someone laugh at one of his jokes, and he didn’t mind it when his friends made fun of him because it made them happy, and that made him happy.

So, he thought that maybe it was okay he was spoiled. He thought it was okay that he got whatever he wanted, because he was a good sport about it.

“What does she mean I’m not really her type?” Junhyuk exclaimed as he stared at the lump of mashed potatoes on the plate in front of him. Minjae chuckled, looking up at Junhyuk in amusement.

“Are you really still hooked up on what what’s her name said?” Junhyuk shot Minjae a glare which just made him laugh more.

“Oh, you are.”

Junhyuk couldn’t really see what could possibly be so funny.

Last week, Junhyuk had been reading in the library. He had been surrounded by a group of girls- his bookies, he liked to call them affectionately and some boys had been getting a little bit loud. Junhyuk found it relatively hard to hid frustration most days, and it didn’t help that he liked to let his true emotions show when he was with certain people.

He didn’t like it if people got confused by his actions. He could be unintentionally flirty, and he didn’t want to have to break anyone’s heart by leading them on. So, he was careful.

So, the girls could tell that he was upset without him having to say a word.

“Hey, you guys are bothering Junhyuk, can you keep quiet?” Lena complained loudly. Junhyuk looked up, surprised by the brute words. One of the boys- Hwanwoong laughed nervously, rubbing the back of his neck.

“Hey sorry, we were a bit loud huh?” He turned and smacked his friend- Seoho- in the head. “Keep it down! We’re in a library!”

There was a loud scoff, and everyone turned their attention up to someone that was sitting at one of the tables.

To be completely honest Junhyuk had barely even recognized you. He thought maybe you were in one of his classes? But it was possible you weren’t. He wouldn’t have even known your name if it hadn’t been for the fact that one of the girls whispered it as she rolled her eyes.

He felt bad for not knowing it. He looked at you, watching the way that you shifted your weight from one foot to the other, brushing your hair back over your shoulder. Your cheeks were red… Anger? He wondered why you were mad- but he didn’t really wonder for long.

“Oh, so now you guys will shut up? Just because one of Junhyuk’s cronies told you to?”

Youngjo got to his feet.

“Hey, y/n, we’re sorry,” he mumbled softly, trying to soothe you. But you just got angrier.

“I have an exam tomorrow Youngjo! The library is supposed to be a place that I can come to study!” You exclaimed. You pointed at Junhyuk angrily, ignoring the surprised look that crossed his face.

“I mean why does everyone in this school revolve around Junhyuk like he’s some sort of god?”

“Don’t say things like that about Hyukkie,” Lena blurted. She jumped a little when the nickname left her lips and glanced over at Junhyuk: “Sorry, is it okay if I call you that?”

Junhyuk’s face dissolved into a more relaxed expression as he looked at Lena.

“Of course, it is, you girls can call me whatever you want.”

Even as he said it, he shyly glanced to the side, feeling a little unused to such attention even though he got it every day. The girls around him audibly ‘awed’ at his actions which just made more color rise to his cheeks.

You actually scoffed.

“This is exactly what I’m talking about.”

“What?” Lena blurted. “He’s cute. He’s sensitive. He’s-”

The color just kept rising to Junhyuk’s cheeks, and he honestly couldn’t help it anymore, he stepped forward about to stop whatever she was saying: “Lena-”

But before he could finish you were speaking again. Your eyes locked onto Junhyuk’s, and for some reason, being trapped under your intense gaze only made his cheeks turn darker.

“He’s just not really my type,” you stated coldly.

Then before anyone could say a word in response, you swung your bag over your shoulder and grabbed your books in your arms, leaving before you could say another word.

“I’m everyone’s type,” Junhyuk grumbled in frustration. “I mean, look at me!” When no one did, Junhyuk turned to his right and grabbed Huijun by the cheeks.

“Look at me. What’s the first thing that you think when you look at me?”

“Handsome,” Huijun said without missing a beat. That satisfied Junhyuk enough for the moment. He let his hands drop to his side with a huff, but Seungmin ruined it after not even a moment.

“See normally I’d say dumb, but that’s just me.”

Junhyuk groaned letting his face fall onto the table.

“This is stupid. This is stupid!” He exclaimed. “After all, I mean, tons of girls at this school like me! So, who cares if she does or doesn’t?”

None of the boys really cared about Junhyuk’s mental breakdown, and he understood why. It was final’s week. They were tired. They had a lot on their minds, and they didn’t need to worry about his girl problems. But still, he was wrecked.

“And another thing-”

“Hey.”

Junhyuk froze, his finger poised almost theatrically in the air. Normally, a soft voice speaking to him wouldn’t mean anything at all. He could recognize most people in his class, and he would just adapt his personality to the parts of him that he knew they liked the best.

But hearing your voice. He had no clue what to do. No clue how to change.

He slowly turned his head over his shoulder.

It really was you.

He couldn’t help it. He didn’t understand what was happening.

He felt his heart skip a beat when he looked at you and god he didn’t know why.

You were standing there, looking… Well, less confident then you had the first time that he saw you. Your eyebrows were drawn in, your eyes reluctant to be looking at Junhyuk at all.

Your feet kicked softly at the ground beneath your feet.

Why did just the sight of you make Junhyuk’s heartbeat so hard? How come seeing you look so shy and nervous before him made him want to protect you in a way that he had never wanted to protect any girl before.

“H-Hey,” he murmured softly. You rolled your eyes and shoved your twiddling fingers into your back pockets.

“Look, I just wanted to say…” Your voice trailed off, and you grunted. “I just wanted to say I’m sorry alright?”

Junhyuk’s eyebrows raised at that.

“Sorry?”

God, he felt so dumb. Had he always been so completely and utterly illiterate? Since when had he been unable to find any words other than the ones being supplied by the person in front of him? What was it about you that made Junhyuk so nervous?

“For being rude in the library,” you explained. “I was on like four hours of sleep and according to Youngjo my behavior was entirely too inappropriate especially towards you.”

Junhyuk opened his mouth.

“And before you say it, not because you are the golden boy of this school. It’s because you are too innocent to have malintent. Especially when it was Lena who I should’ve been taking out my anger on.”

“You and Youngjo are friends?”

Junhyuk heard the way that Minjae laughed behind him, and if that wasn’t enough to tell Junhyuk that he hadn’t said the right thing, then the way his heart constricted in his chest probably was. He wanted to hit himself- no he wanted you to hit him. And then he wanted to go home, and never leave his room again.

Ever.

“Hm? Yeah, Youngjo and I go way back,” you replied. You shifted slightly, pushing your backpack strap up on your shoulder. “Okay, I know that I am awful at this but please just say that you accept my apology and let me get out of here.”

Again, Junhyuk didn’t understand it but the thought of you leaving his side? Of not being in your presence? It freaked him out. He didn’t want you to leave. He wanted you to sit down and to talk to you and he didn’t understand why but he knew that he could not let you leave.

“No.”

He heard someone from behind him spit loudly, and he didn’t have to look to know who it had been. You looked surprised as well, and not because of the person choking behind him but because of him. In fact, his abrupt words actually made you look up at him and finally you were actually looking at him.

“What do you mean no?” You blurted. “Are you really that spoiled that-”

“If you want to make it up to me then you have to go out with me,” Junhyuk stated confidently. You stared at him blankly, so he added: “Tonight.” “Are you out of your mind?” You exclaimed.

Yes. He had to be out of his mind. He knew he had to be because there was only one explanation for the way he was feeling. The fact that he couldn’t stop thinking about you. The fact that he didn’t want to let you out of his sight.

He had never had a crush on anyone before and he supposed even if he had, that the relationship would have been handed to him on a silver platter. Most girls would go out of their way in order to go out with him. In order to make him smile or be the reason that he wanted to duck his head in cold water every time he looked at his reflection in the mirror.

But you? You weren’t like that. Dare he say it. You were different.

You weren’t going to just bend over backwards in order to fit what you thought he wanted. Why did he love that so much?

He had never thought about it before, but you were sort of everything that he had ever wanted.

Well, maybe that was dramatic, but you were someone that wasn’t going to pretend to be someone else just to fit in with him.

And someone that Junhyuk didn’t want to change himself for. He wanted you to like him. He wanted it to be genuine. He wanted you to look him in the eyes and to want to spend your life with him- even if only for a sliver of a moment.

“It’s the only way I will forgive you,” Junhyuk insisted. He wasn’t sure where he got the bravery from. He wanted nothing more then to look away from you. He was so nervous and yet… He couldn’t look away. “Please?”

You looked skeptical. Like you weren’t really sure of what his intentions were. But Junhyuk didn’t care. He didn’t care just as long as he got that magical:

“Fine. Whatever. Just… Don’t try anything weird okay?”

You didn’t say another word to him. Instead, you sharply turned over your shoulder and stormed away. The cold behavior didn’t bother him at all. He turned around feeling lost in a daze.

“She said yes,” he murmured in awe.

“She said fine,” Seungmin corrected with a roll of his eyes, but Junhyuk didn’t let that phase him. You had said yes. You had agreed. He was going to do it, he was going on a date with you and he knew- just knew that you were going to love it and love him, just as long as you guys got the chance to get to know one another well enough.

Seongjun reached forward, interrupting Junhyuk’s train of thought. He placed a hand on Junhyuk’s forehead, concern crossing his brow.

“Hey, you’re really really hot,” he mumbled. “And different then usual… Are you okay Junhyuk?”

Junhyuk was more than okay.

Sure, two weeks ago, the idea that just a girl in his class could make him feel this way would have been pure insanity… But now, the pure insanity was that he had ever managed to pass the time without being completely and utterly obsessed with you.

“Seongjun?” Junhyuk asked. Seongjun leaned forward, his eyes wide.

“Yes?”

“Do you think she liked me?”

Seongjun deflated, his hands leaving Junhyuk’s forehead.

“False alarm fellas, I know exactly what’s happening here.”

“What? What’s happening?” Huijun asked, an eyebrow quirking curiously.

“Junhyukkie’s finally growing up,” Seungmin said teasingly. “It’s his first crush.”

The entire table gasped, but Junhyuk couldn’t even hear it.

Because all he could think about was how he was going on a date with you.

Before he even knew it, the school bells were ringing, and he threw his books into his bag.

After lunch he had sent you a message on Instagram, and while you hadn’t accepted his sudden follow request (which most people would have been honored to receive) you had told him where your locker was.

He bounded to the correct hallway, practically bouncing on the balls off his feet when he saw you.

Oh, how you took his breath away.

He couldn’t recall a time when anyone had seemed this interesting to him. He wanted to capture this feeling- somehow, someway, he wanted to remember this forever.

“Hello,” he greeted warmly. You glanced at him once again that look of disdain crossing your face.

“What’s got you so cheery?”

Was it cheesy to respond that you were the reason? It seemed a bit hasty, that was for sure, but then again, the thing that Junhyuk liked so much about you was your blunt honesty. You weren’t afraid to tell him how you felt.

He loved that, and he didn’t want to be afraid either.

“You,” he replied simply. “So where do you want to go today? A diner? Bowling? A-”

“Look, Junhyuk… I don’t know if this was some sort of bet or something but…” You trailed off and sighed. “I mean don’t you have better ways to be spending your time then going out with me? I have homework.”

“Homework can wait an hour,” Junhyuk replied, but he couldn’t help the slight disappointment that shot through his body at your words. “I- I mean obviously you don’t have to go with me or anything.”

And suddenly, he felt like the stupidest person on the planet.

What, just because everyone liked him meant that you would too? Did he really think that he would be able to find a girl that understood him as perfectly as his friends did? Had he really imagined that you would see past the mask that others put on him and the one he put on himself?

He was delusional to believe that you would like him, and honestly maybe you were right to dislike him so? You told him that he wasn’t your type and suddenly he was just obsessed with you? How superficial and egotistic was that? How-

“Hey, w-wait.”

Junhyuk looked up at you, and while he was sure that he wasn’t the best at thinking and listening at the same time prior to this, he knew now that maybe he was even worse at it then he thought.

Because you… You actually looked to be concerned for him.

But that couldn’t be right.

“You actually look like you’re… Disappointed?”

“Well, yeah,” Junhyuk replied. He looked away from you. God he couldn’t keep looking at you. Was this what heartbreak felt like? Sure it had only been a week, and maybe a few hours that he thought that maybe you two had a chance but… God, he felt like he was suffocating.

“I was really excited to go out with you.”

There was a deafening silence that filled the air and those words. Junhyuk didn’t speak, and neither did you. For too many long moments, you both stood there in silence. But then you spoke.

“Okay then. You’re right. Homework can wait.”

Junhyuk’s heart beat once. Then again, and suddenly it was like he had been brought back to life.

“You mean-”

“I’m giving you a chance Bang Junhyuk. Prove to me that you are worth it.”

And if Junhyuk was certain of anything, he was certain that he absolutely was. And that you were worth every single second that he was about to spend making you believe just that.

[meowthpropaganda]

Its my birthday i get to post meowth headcanons

-was basically illiterate when he joined jessie and james but was also too embarrassed to admit it for ages so he would just smile and nod like he understood what was happening whenever he had to read something

-learning how to play guitar helped him make quick progress in learning to use his paws like hands

-his memory of pre-hollywood is thoroughly repressed and he avoids thinking about it ever. He’s never even said he was abandoned out loud before

-he’s an extreme lightweight but he still tries to drink as much as jessie and james to feel included. Passes out within an hour everytime they go drinking

-likes energy drinks

-absolutely NO regard for what he can eat he just sorta shoves whatever human food he comes across in his mouth and if he dies Oh Well. Like he’s lactose intolerant but if you think he isnt gonna have that cheese sandwich you cant finish you are SORELY mistaken. Literally the only thing he ever refuses is chocolate and thats cos jessie and james have hammered it into his head that if they have to hold a funeral for him cos he wanted some fucking chocolate they will resurrect him to kill him again

-as a kitten meowth used to think about what his mother was like a lot and she was virtually an imaginary friend. He cringes thinking about it in the present day

-swears in pokemon under his breath

-has paternal instincts toward and is generally fairly patient with baby pokemon. None of this carries over to human children

-he joined team rocket because he couldnt find a place to go that didnt call him a freak and all he heard about team rocket was that they ‘want rare pokemon’. He barely knew human language, he certainly wasnt going to get the context or the sinister implications of that. He just heard there were people who wanted him

-is very defensive over his accent.

-his hatred of persians is more fuelled by falling out with the gang persian than giovanni’s but he’s never gonna tell anyone that

-meowth will sometimes joke about how the street gang were comically bad as guardians and thats mostly cos meowth didnt really twig cos of how young he was that he was welcomed into a gang not a family- nobody set out to raise him

-meowth is 8 human years old which is 27ish in pokemon years

-can say ‘she sells seas shells by the sea shore’ 100% perfectly (he repeated it for like a week straight after he got it down to anyone who would listen)

-bi as shit

-also has a tinder profile. Has had to put ‘(real inquiries only)’ in his bio

-knows fuck all about how his own species functions in the wild

-no one knows his real birthday so the TRio celebrate it on the day they met

-considers jessie and james his family and sees them as siblings

[loubuggins]

Hey! Do you mind if I ask for some Titans!Gar headcanons of yours? :) Thanks!

Why certainly Anon! I’m always down to talk about my boy! 

- Gar’s favorite jacket is his favorite because Rita made it just for him, by hand. It was Cliff’s idea to add the green paw print. 

- Gar has perfect pitch even though no one knows it. Not even him. He just happens to be really good at playing most instruments and singing. When Jason went out to buy a guitar, he took Gar with him and the boy pick one up and started playing like a natural. He liked the feeling of playing it so much, he bought one too. 

- When Rachel finds out he can play, she gets him to play a song for her. He’s super nervous about it, but as his fingers begin to strum the cords, he finds himself getting lost in the song. Rachel was too busy watching him that she forgot to poke fun at him and instead just sat and listened intently. When he was done, she told him if this hero thing doesn’t work out, he should start a band and she’ll be his manager. 

- Kory reminds Gar of Rita in a lot of ways. Confident, classy, and good at advice. Sometimes when he feels homesick, he’ll try to hang out with her. Kory knows all too well what it’s like to miss home, even if you know you are where you belong. 

- After the incident with Trigon, Dick has been extra nice to Gar. He always makes sure there’s a vegan option in the fridge or when they eat out. He doesn’t get onto him as much as he does the others if he’s late to training or goofing off. And whenever Gar wants to buy something, rather it is a new collectible, new clothes, or video game, it doesn’t take much to convince Dick to pay. Gar doesn’t take advantage of Dick’s kindness, but it’s clear to the others that Dick babies him a bit. 

- Dick eventually breaks down and lets Gar talk to Batman over the phone. Bruce agreed to one minute and not a second more. Best. Birthday. Ever.

- Gar really wants to work on turning into other animals, but his favorite is still the Tiger. 

- Gar has every gaming console one could want, including a vintage Atari. He can’t fit his old pinball and gaming machines in his new room, but at least he has more games to choose from. 

- Gar loves streaming his games and sometimes Rachel with come into his room and watch him. He got her to say hi one time, but then all the guys started asking Gar about “his new girlfriend” and he got flustered and rage quit the stream. Rachel wasn’t too bothered by it, but Gar doesn’t ask her to talk anymore on his streams. 

- Gar played video games with most everyone in the tower. He taught Rachel a few games, but she loses interest quickly and usually just prefers to watch. He and Jason can blow the night on a single game as long as it involves combat of some kind (Jason also introduced him to Grand Theft Auto). Dick found him playing in his room and was curious about what all the fuss was about so he gave it a go. Turns out, Dick really sucks at virtual hand-to-hand combat, but he held his own as an archer. Kory tried playing once too, but she got pissed and ended up melting Gar’s good controller. She gave him a $100 bill and said “Don’t tell Dick.” 

- Gar becomes the official Krypto dogsitter whenever Conner can’t watch him. 

- Dick got Gar a bunch of books about biology and anatomy to help him with his powers but found out through Rachel that Gar doesn’t know how to read. He’s functionally illiterate, which means he knows enough words to get by, but he really struggles with the academic books Dick got him. Realizing it’s not Gar’s fault he isn’t studying, Dick comes up with a new approach. He buys a bunch of nature documentaries, takes Gar to meet with biologists he has connections with, and yes, hires a private tutor to build up his reading skills. 

I could go on all day, but hopefully, these are enough for now. Thanks for asking!