#still. kid gets kidnapped. yike

[devildomwriter]

You Go To See A Christmas Carol Part I

Going to see a Christmas Carol in the Human World with Diavolo and the brothers takes a turn when the brothers forget what’s normal for them is not normal for everyone else.

You shuffled out from the middle seat of the packed car and hopped onto the icy pavement. You blew into your gloves to warm your face and looked around as the brothers climbed out of the cars around you.

Mammon: “So, this is the fancy theatre place, huh?”

Satan: “It’s a performing arts center.”

Mammon: “That’s the same damn thing!”

Lucifer: “Quiet! We’re late enough as it is! I won’t have you all bickering in the parking lot and wasting more time. You should be thankful Diavolo even invited you to this play to begin with.”

Leviathan: “What is this play about again?”

MC: “It’s called A Christmas Carol.”

Belphegor: “Ugh, we don’t have to listen to carolers do we?”

Beelzebub: “It’ll be okay Belphie.”

Belphegor: “No it won’t. Remember what satan did last time?”

Satan: “I was being slandered, those kids had it coming!”

Lucifer: “That’s enough! Let’s go! Start walking!”

MC: “Yes, father.”

Belphegor: “Pft!”

Lucifer: “What was that?”

MC: “I didn’t say anything.”

Lucifer: “That’s what I thought. Now does everyone have their human identities?”

Mammon: “Ugh, not this again.”

Lucifer: “This it’s important. Our names are well known up here, gathered all in one place like this it could scare someone.”

Belphegor: “That sounds like fun.”

Lucifer: “It won’t be when Michael hears about it. Now, tell me your names again.”

Mammon: “Matthew…boring ass name—“

Asmodeus: “Guuuuuys! I can see my breath! Look!”

Asmodeus: “Huuuuuuuh.”

Mammon: “Oh yeah! Neat!”

Lucifer: “Stop that. Honestly, you aren’t children.”

Lucifer ushered you to the growing lines as everyone excitedly waited to get through security and into the grand hall for the long-awaited performance.

Security Officer: “Lines that way.”

Lucifer: “Thank you.”

Satan: “We have tickets already.”

Security Officer: “Still that way.”

Satan: “Fine.”

MC: “Excuse me, we’re looking for a friend.”

Mammon: “Why would he know Diavolo, there’s like a million people here?”

MC: “He’s a real eccentric guy, red hair?”

Security Officer: “You mean that guy waving on the balcony?”

MC: “Yeah, that’s the one.”

Security Officer: “Been there about three hours now.”

Lucifer: “How many?”

Security Officer: “Staff was making a real big fuss about him too. You know him?”

MC: “Yeah, he kidnapped me a while back.”

Security Officer: “Excuse me?”

MC: “So the lines that way, yeah? Thanks.”

Security Officer: “Kidnapped?”

You chose not to answer him and ran to catch up with the brothers who’d quickly followed Lucifer lest they provoke his seasonally intense wrath.

Satan: “Lucifer you don’t need to call him you can see him from here just fine.”

Mammon: “I think he’s shoutin’ somethin’?”

Leviathan: “He’s saying…uh…”

Beelzebub: “I…can… see… my…. Breath.”

Lucifer: “…”

Lucifer: *sigh*

Asmodeus: “Isn’t it cool!!!”

Mammon: “Yikes! My ears Asmo!”

Lucifer: “That’s enough, where’d MC go?”

Leviathan: “Hey that officer guy looks kind of nervous now…he’s really staring at us?”

Lucifer: “He probably heard Mammon refer to Asmo by his name.”

Mammon: “You just referred to me by my name too!”

MC: “Hey guys, what’d I miss?”

Lucifer: “Nothing of significance.”

Beelzebub: “Lord Diavolo says he can see his breath.”

MC: “That’s adorable, I expect nothing less.”

Lucifer: “Please don’t encourage him MC.”

MC: “No promises.”

Lucifer: *sigh* “Does everyone have their tickets?”

Satan: “No.”

Lucifer: “What do you mean, no!?”

Satan: “You took them because you didn’t trust us to hold them!”

Lucifer: “Clearly I was right.”

Satan: “What?”

Lucifer: “Mammon this is yours. Your name is now Matthew Morningstar.”

Mammon: “I know, you made me go over it a million times. I don’t think anyone’s gonna even ask right?”

Lucifer: “They will in an interrogation.”

Asmodeus: “What? Are we being interrogated?”

Lucifer: “Hopefully not.”

MC: “The night’s still young.”

Lucifer: “Stop it, MC.”

Lucifer: “Levi, congratulations you get to keep your name.”

Leviathan: “Thank goodness.”

Lucifer: “Satan you’re going as Stanford Morningstar.”

Satan: “That’s a stupid last name.”

Lucifer: “Ignoring that, Belphegor your name is Todd.”

MC: “Why’d you choose Todd?”

Belphegor: “It means death in German.”

MC: “Yup, okay…”

Lucifer: “Beelzebub, you’re name is Benjamin, you can go by Ben if you want to— do not eat this ticket.”

Beelzebub: “…”

Lucifer: “Todd, you’re holding onto his ticket.”

Mammon: “Who the fuck is Todd?”

MC: “Belphegor, pay attention.”

Belphegor: “I am paying attention.”

MC: “I was talking to Matthew.”

Beelzebub: “Matthew?”

Lucifer: “Change of plan, we only call each other by our human names in front of other humans.”

MC: “I’m a human.”

Lucifer: “You don’t count.”

MC: “Shucks.”

Lucifer: *sigh* “Asmodeus you’re name is Amadeus, that’s an easy one, don’t forget it.”

Asmodeus: “Okie!”

Lucifer: “I’m going as Lucious, I believe that’s everyone.”

Asmodeus: “I’ll go first and show you all how it’s done!”

Leviathan: “Why do I have a bad feeling about this?”

Satan: “Because you should.”

Guard: “Ticket.”

Asmodeus: “Right here sweetie!”

Guard: “Amadeus?”

Asmodeus: “That’s right!”

Guard: “That’s a cool name. Seeing the Christmas Carol?”

Asmodeus: “I sure am!”

Guard: “Haven’t seen it in a bit, hope ya have fun. I’ll have to take my wife and kids when I get a chance, maybe next year. Alright, raise your arms for me.”

Asmodeus: “Oh no, did I mess up already?”

Guard: “Already?”

Leviathan: “Asmo, just T-Pose.”

Asmodeus: “Ew, why in the Devildom would I do that? That’s so not tending right now!”

Lucifer: “He has to use the metal detector, lift your arms.”

Asmodeus: “Ooooh, okay!”

Mammon: “Real master if I ever saw one…”

Asmodeus: “Shut up Mammon! I’d like to see you do better!”

Guard: “Any weapons on you, sir?”

Asmodeus: “Oooh, just in my pants!”

Guard: “I’ll need you to take it out for me.”

Asmodeus: “What? How bold! Right here in front of all these people?”

Guard: “…?”

Lucifer: “That’s it. I’m sorry sir, my brother was making a stupid dirty joke, none of us have any weapons. Lift your arms Asmo before I do it for you.”

Asmodeus: “That sounds like fun.”

Lucifer: “It won’t be once we’re home if you don’t hurry it up.”

Asmodeus: “Yikes! Okay, okay!”

Guard: “Okay…just gonna pat you down real quick….”

Asmodeus: “Pat me anywhere you want pal— ow! Lucifer that hurt!”

Lucifer: “Be. Quiet.”

Guard: “Lucifer…u-um…Amadeus, you’re all good.”

Lucifer: “Don’t you dare go anywhere, wait right there until Mam—Matthew goes through.”

Mammon: “Y’know on second thought why don’t I watch Satan first?”

Satan: “Ow! Don’t shove me what’s wrong with you?”

Lucifer: “Someone just go.”

Satan: “Very well”

Guard: “So…that’s you’re umm…brother?”

Satan: “Unfortunately.”

Guard: “Stanford Morningstar?”

Satan: “Stupid surname, I’m aware.”

Guard: “I think it’s quite unique actually, has a nice ring to it.”

Satan: “That’s your opinion.”

Guard: “Uh, lift your arms please…no weapons I presume?”

Satan: “None.”

Guard: “You’re all good, please proceed.”

Leviathan: “Mammon don’t push me what’s up with you!?”

Guard: “Are you next?”

Leviathan: “H-Hello, fellow human! Sir!”

Guard: “Haha! You guys are a pretty fun bunch aren’t ya?”

Leviathan: “We met at a convent.”

Guard: “What?”

Lucifer: “What?”

Leviathan: “I-I, um…it just came out.”

MC: “This is beautiful.”

Lucifer: “MC, you’re next. Please take them up to Lord Diavolo after this.”

Guard: “Alright, no weapons, you’re good.”

Leviathan: “Thank you, goodbye!”

Mammon: “…”

Guard: “So one big family trip today huh?”

MC: “No, I was kidnapped.”

Guard: “What?”

MC: “I forgave them though. Stockholm syndrome is a hell of a drug.”

Guard: “You guys really are pretty funny. You a comedy group or somethin’?”

MC: “We might as well be given my daily life.”

Guard: “Any weapons?”

MC: “Only spiritual.”

Guard: “Good on you. Me too. Catholic, what about you?”

MC: “I don’t even know at this point. I’m just here for Diavolo.”

Guard: “Well I hope you figure it out, have a good time.”

MC: “God willing.”

You looked at Lucifer as you said that and he glared at you while you gave Mammon, who was sweating bullets, a curious look. Something was definitely wrong with him.

Leviathan: “You think they’ll be okay in line without us?”

MC: “It’s just Beel, Belphie, and Mammon, it’ll be fine.”

Satan: “Okay. Let’s go up to see Lord Diavolo and brief him.”

MC: “Someone go buy some popcorn so Beel doesn’t have a breakdown in line.”

Asmodeus: “Leave it to me!”

MC: “No charming anyone, they’ll get fired.”

Asmodeus: “Ugh, fine.”

Mammon: “Hey uh…Belphie you mind going ahead.”

Belphegor: “What, why?”

Mammon: “I uh…may have forgotten somethin’…”

Belphegor: “…what did you do?”

Mammon: “Nothin’.”

Lucifer: “Mammon.”

Mammon: “I uh…forgot that weapons were kinda a big deal in the human world…maybe.”

Lucifer: “…”

Lucifer: “Beelzebub, Belphegor, don’t cause trouble, go right to MC they’re waiting at the door.”

Mammon: “Hey that’s my collar, hey! Where are ya takin’ me? Lucifer!”

Guard: “…”

Belphegor: “Just ignore them, it’s better not to question it.”

Guard: “Right…so umm, Todd, is it?”

Belphegor: “It means death in German.”

Guard: “Okay….arms up, please….You’re good….right along…”

Beelzebub: “Belphie, my ticket.”

Belphegor: “Oh yeah, here.”

Guard: “I’ll take that, thank you. Benjamin?”

Beelzebub: “What? No, it’s Beelzebub.”

Guard: “What?”

Beelzebub: “Who’s Benjamin?”

Guard: “This ticket is assigned to a Benjamin Morningstar.”

Beelzebub: “Oh yeah…that’s me.”

Guard: *mumbling to himself* “He’s the last one…you can do this…”

Beelzebub: “Is something wrong?”

Guard: “Arms up please…quick pat down…go ahead.”

Next

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Hello ooohs! I just wanted to say that I adore your AU and just can't get enough of the change in dynamics for Rise!!

Your designs are incredible (( especially Leo's!! He is so adorable <3 )) and I get so excited each time you post!

So I have a question I want to ask: I have a huge soft spot a mile wide for Leo/Splinter family bond dynamic. I just turn to mush every time their familial bond is portrayed in comics/fanart/ and fanfiction.

Anyway! My question is: do Leo and Splinter develop a close relationship with each other later in the AU after meeting for the first time? I mean it has been shown how much of a fan boy Leo is for Splinter XD. Can your provide more insight into it and what Splinter thinks of the other three kids?

I also wanted to bring up a small error in The Cell part 3 that I noticed

For Donnie: "that's " was it supposed to be "that" ?

If not then I'm sorry for nitpicking your work. I just figured I'd help but my apologies <3 I still want to stress that I adore this AU so much and in extension; platonically adore you!! Keep being the best that you can be and take care!

Love,

🌹

Thank you!

And skfskbdwlskdisj yessss I love Splinter's and Leo's dynamic you're so real for that. And yeah, out of the of the Drax Bros, Leo is the one who ends up growing the closest to Splinter, both because he's been a secret Lou Jitsu fanboy for years at this point, but also because Leo was the first to change his mind on the evil world domination plan. Leo freed Donnie from imprisonment and tried to help him stop The Foot and The Shredder in the season 1 finale, and I imagine Splinter would be quite appreciative of that.

Not to mention, after Leo technically betrayed his family (even if it was for good reasons) Leo's and Draxum's relationship is a bit tense to say the least. And we see in the show that Leo has a tendency to seek out extra father figures, so in the AU Leo would be quite enthusiastic to recieve any positive attention from Splinter.

Splinter I imagine would feel rather guilty about not being able to rescue any of the turtles aside from Donnie when he fled Draxum's lair. He'd wanted to prevent Draxum from raising them as soldiers, so in failing to do that Splinter would continue to worry about how they were doing even years after the incident. After encountering the Drax Trio again years later, he'd be relieved that they don't seem to be TOO traumatized or anything, but they ARE still child soldiers, so that's a yikes.

That being said, while Splinter would've liked to find a way to get the other turtles away from Draxum, his priorities very much lie with Donnie. Considering how powerful Draxum is, and how Big Mama would also be looking for him, Splinter couldn't risk going back to the Hidden City to try to get Donnie's brothers without risking both his own and Donnie's safety. So he decided to cut his losses and play it safe by laying low in NYC and putting as much effort as he could into only protecting Donnie. This stays the same even after Donnie runs into his brothers as a teen, Splinter feels no ill will towards the other three turtles, but they WERE raised by Draxum so he does not trust them. Leo gains his trust after helping Donnie in the season 1 finale, but it takes some more time for him to start fully trusting Raph and Mikey because he wants to be sure that they're not gonna switch back to being evil or something and try to kidnap Donnie again.

Splinter's relationship with Draxum is the same as in the show, Splinter hates Draxum, Draxum hates Splinter, and there is NO underlying homoerotic tension between the two of them WHATSOEVER!

... Anyway, with that concluded, that IS a typo goddamit. I do appreciate people pointing out spelling and grammar mistakes in the comics I make, so thanks for that. But also it's a small enough mistake that I'm probably just gonna leave it be, I'm to lazy to fix it XD

[sunnysaystuff]

How does pandors join jilypad

(ask is frm this post)

soo recap pandora & her dad moved away from her hometown where she was awfully bullied by mary & co for being a lesbian. except mary followed her like a weirdo and three days after pandora moved into her new house she found mary outside her door. obviously she rejected mary bc a) her mum just died & b) pandora isn't into her bully sorryyyy. mary drowns herself and pandora is hella traumatized because she finds mary's body sopping wet in the lake just a five minute walk away. yikes ! 

anyways, pandora starts at a new school. she's still a weirdo because she's pandora with all her strange interests and wild hair and mismatched clothes. but when she slides into her seat on her first day in chem, she sits next to sirius black (who wears all black, sharp eyeliner and fishnets btw. emo sirius my beloved).

pandora hates chem. there are too many little rules too many little disorganized facts that just don't make any sort of picture for her. sirius hates chem so much that she (you read that right they're all girls) didn’t take it in sophomore year like pandora because she wanted to take bio instead. and now she's here, making conversation with the weirdo blonde next to her.

so sirius and pandora hit it OFF because they're both gay weirdos with trauma. they spend most of chem writing murder plans and passing notes under the table. they're friends but not close, they don't meet outside of chem and they don't sit together at lunch (psndora sits alone rip).

it gets to the point where pandora is like actually failing chem (😬😬 yikes) because she's not devoting any time to a subject that doesn't interest her she has better things to do ! so sirius says, “i can get you a tutor !! my best friend !! lily !!” gasp !!!

pandora meets lily and immediately falls in love with her—her intelligence her hair her purity. lily, for her part, is fascinated & wants to study pandora & put her in a petri dish. the chemistry (haha) between them grows until pandora (who's NOT a pussy) kisses her (she knows that lily's not homophobic because sirius is pretty openly gay). lily's like nOoOoOo😨😨😨☹️☹️☹️ because she's wayy too repressed for this and she hard rejects pandora. 

pandora gets pissed and cuts lily's tires so the next day on her way to school lily gets into an accident and now shes hospitalized yikes !!!!!! look pandora is an angry teen it's not her fault guys😓😓😓 

so now sirius is completely lost without her best friend, so she starts to spend more time with pandora. one thing leads to another & they…kidnap a homophobe. haha you thought they'd kiss didn't you??? no they're UNHINGED lol. they kidnap a homophobe and stab him murder style and he dies. look…i didn’t MEAN for this to happen.

cut to james !! she's a problem child to say the least. she causes trouble like everywhere she goes 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️ it's not her fault she's just a baby ! (pulls fire alarms on purpose. jumps out of moving cars. has lots of friends. she manipulates them into disliking all their other friends but her. she uses social media. not in a good way !!! james inadvertently causes a suicide at her school!! oops!!! look it's not her fa) so now effie & fleamont are worried that they're raising a psychpath. can't blame them.

they see online that sirius/pandora/lily's school has a LOT of crazy shit going on (dead kids, hospital incidents) and think. well. we've tried everything but putting james in the middle of a place that already has problems. sooo james enrolls!!

james & sirius fit together like literally no one else ever because duh! they are the perfectest best friends they are everything they cause trouble together. james has moral dilemmas about being mean and she yaps about them so often that sirius also gains a moral compass. aw man. pandora feels left out (duh, she has no compass).

so she locks sirius & james in their school's locker room sauna (they're rich okay that's why they have a sauna)(this is based on something that happened to 2 of my friends irl) and pandora turns the heat all the way up until they're begging to be let out and then she finally opens the door. they have no clue it was her. james & sirius start trying to find out who it was. they relent when they can't figure it out & ask pandora for help and she's just glad to be involved. she leads them to the wrong person because…!!

AND THEN lily comes back to school !!!!! she's had a lot of time to think so she apologizes to pandora. pandora soaks up the love. they start dating in secret because lily is repressed homophobic sister blah blah blah.

james falls in love with lily VERY homo (cannot blame her lily is fine af). sirius is hella jealous bc a) james is hers !!! b) pandora is hers !!! c) lily is hers !!! so sirius seduces pandora (yikes girl don't cheat on ur gf)…except prongsfoot are always in sync so at the same time james is seducing lily (trying to anyways). prongsfoot succeeds because they're prongsfoot and their rizz is inescapable. pandalily cheats on one another (oops!)

this goes on for a while until james confesses because she feels guilty and then sirius confesses cuz she does everything james does and then yikes it's all out !! lily suggests they all just date because she's the only one of them with a braincell and also petunia has  graduated. that works out !!! sort of !!!

except pandora and lily have very different ideas of what kind of crimes are acceptable! and so do sirius and james! and it comes out that pandora is the one who cut lily's tires! lily does NOT think that was coquette of her and dumps pandora! since james is a simp she also dumps pandora! since sirius is a simp she also dumps pandora!

except sirius is weak so it takes like three days before she and pandora are at it in secret again. then james comes back because she misses pandora (she's just a baby guys💔💔) and lily comes back reluctantly (it takes a WHILE for her to properly forgive pandora).

pandora & sirius go back to committing crimes and james gets fomo so she joins in and lily is chewing her nails off because she's SURE that theyre so dead so she joins in to help with planning (they need it). sawr jilypadmoon turns to a life of crime

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Dark Blue Moon and the Suffering Sun chapter 37

Hey guys! I'm so sorry I haven't been updating the series on tumblr. If you want to see all my fics, i always update them on ao3. That said, I hope you enjoy this! leave a comment and reblog if u do qwq

Here's the ao3 link if you prefer to read it over there!

And here's the masterpost <3

Or keep reading to read the chapter here <3

It had been a week since Damian was taken by Skulker, since Danny had to flee for his life from Amity Island, and since precious secrets were blown wide open by Bruce freaking Wayne and the Fenton parents.

Now Tucker’s parents and Sam’s knew about their illicit aquatic activities after school (and during school if he was gonna be honest), and had put them under house arrest for the time being. Tucker cursed the himbo billionaire under his breath, careful not to alert his mother and draw agro (she’d taken to personally driving him to school during his grounding).

He admired the man! Sam admired him! And then he went and did them dirty, all because he believed the same baseless propaganda Danny’s parents and the GiW were peddling. That all sirens were ruthless evil killers blah blah blah etc etc insert more blahing here.

Just when you think there might be one decent billionaire in the world, huh?

And yeah, he realises that he could’ve avoided all this suspicion and drama from his parents if he’d just decided to stay further back and not be so active helping Danny, but seriously? Abandon his BFF in times of need? Tucker was many things, but he was not some traitor. He saw the way Val’s friends jumped ship the moment she lost her job, and he would never, ever do Danny the way they did Val.

It could be worse. Mr Wayne could’ve spilled the beans to the whole town, or even the GiW, and then the whole trio would get to be dissected together, joy, but he didn’t. He had to give the man credit for not being as completely awful as he could’ve been (Tucker still hated the man, though).

And, of course, Danny’s secret could’ve been outed. For all he beat himself up over the last week, Tucker took solace in one fact, that at least he and Sam had managed to prevent the biggest secret of their lives from leaking, even if some smaller ones got out.

When Danny got home, he was so gonna celebrate with a million Nasty Burgers.

As for the situation in Amity Island, well.

The ground rocked from an explosion. Tucker gripped his seat. Outside the car, two GiW trucks rushed in after a trio of hydropuses. An agent leaned out from the window of the leading truck, firing wild shots that left craters in the pavement, and none of which that hit the hydropuses.

Even though the bigger names seemed to have abandoned ship (hehe) for the time being, there were still the occasional small fry, namely generic oceanic monsters that would’ve taken Danny (or Sam, or hell, even Tuck with a wrist ray) seconds to beat back.

He didn’t miss the way his mother’s grip tightened ever so slightly on the steering wheel. Yikes. Despite being a whole week, his parents had not cooled down in the slightest.

Part of it hurt. It was like there was one flick of a switch and suddenly his own parents thought he was in cahoots with a supervillain. They never had any strong opinions on Phantom before! Why now? The past week had left him with a much more intimate understanding of Sam’s rebellion.

They drove past the Gastons in White and continued up to school without much more ado, the car ride silent as it had been for the last week. Once they arrived at Caspian High, Tucker shuffled out of the car, with the unreadable stare of his mother going down on his back and ignored to the best of his ability.

If home was tense, school was a mine field that only grew more treacherous. Day after day, he and Sam watched sides form and solidify in the school hallways and in the teacher’s lounges. Was Phantom a hero? Did Phantom kidnap and/or kill the D kids?

Was Danny his accomplice, or his sidekick?

Neither of them could stand back. Sam practically threw herself into passionately defending both of Danny’s names. If they couldn’t fight the sea monsters, then they’d fight the tides of public opinion.

Seemed Sam had gotten a head start today.

“You’re just jealous your loser crush is gay for Phantom instead of you.”

That statement made Tucker feel a lot of things, and comfortable was not one of them. A crowd had gathered around Dash and Sam, two people who were together in the ‘Phantom is not evil’ crowd but clashed about as often as if they weren’t thanks to their very different opinions on Danny Fenton.

“There is so much wrong with that statement you couldn’t be more wrong than Chamberlain. Firstly, that’s disgusting. Danny was kidnapped. Secondly, YOU HAVE A SHRINE TO PHANTOM IN YOUR ROOM.”

Seemed like Dash couldn’t lay off the bullying even as kids were beginning to wonder if Danny was straight up dead. Like, wow. Sure the first 48 hours is the best chance to find a missing person, but there was literally no reason to think Danny would have kicked the bucket right now.

If you ignore the fact that, without knowing what he and Sam knew, there was a 99% chance that some siren did it, even if it wasn’t Phantom. And the fact that he was the son of siren hunters. And the fact that most people believed sirens were bloodthirsty maneaters.

Well, when put that way, sure he and Sam looked like grief-ridden lunatics grasping at straws, but you know what? Tucker was never, ever one to care about his public image (that was a complete lie).

“It’s not a shrine, it’s a dedication, and it’s manly as fuck. The heroic spirit, the manly vibes, the body of an Olympic swimmer, no, god!” Dash swooned.

Tucker pushed his way through the crowd in time to see Sam doubling over and gagging like she had a stone in her throat, and he was right there with her.

For one, Danny definitely did not have the body of an Olympic anything. That shit was reserved for guys like Superman who didn’t get shot by the government on a daily basis. 99% of what Danny ate just went into healing what little muscle he had on him.

“I’m sure Phantom’s heroic spirit would really appreciate you badmouthing Danny while he’s literally missing.” Oh boy, that was 10% more venom than Sam’s normal. Time to pull out and fast.

“Phantom wouldn’t care for a twink like Danny, who’s way below his league, and I bet Fentina knew it too. Hell, I’d bet Fentina did a Fentumble into the water once he realised how hopeless his life was.”

Oh shit. Tucker sprinted.

Due to some sorcerery-related mumbo jumbo he half-got, a good punch from Sam would literally turn Dash’s nose into a pan cake and send the jock spinning like a ballerina, and as satisfying as that would be in the moment, they really didn’t need to give their parents any more reason to be angry.

Tucker jumped in front of Sam’s advancing fist, which was one of the most terrifying things he had ever laid eyes on, only for the crystalised death to halt a millimeter from his face.

“Get out of the way, Tucker.” Sam’s face contorted something fierce.

“Y-yeah! Get out of the way, Foley. A real man can fight his own battles, thank you very much.”

“Shut up, Dash!” Both she and Tucker shouted.

Tucker gave Sam a look. Sam glanced to the side, and the fighting stance shifted into casual dismissal. “Whatever. Who needs to punch a ticking time bomb when it’ll destroy itself in time?”

“I have no idea what that means, Manson, but you wanna say that again to my face?” Dash shouted, which Tucker found hilarious, seeing as Sam literally just did that.

The duo retreated from the crowd and into the school, with Sam’s glare keeping anyone from following them. The thing, or person, that Tucker saw? Valerie Gray, who’d been on sick leave for the last week, and still looking objectively terrible.

With attacks still happening, the GiW causing more problems than they solve, and the daunting tides of public opinion, there was still a lot to do for Tucker Foley and Sam Manson back at home.

“Alright, just click, like this.” Danny let out a bat-like click from the back of his mouth. The echoed far and wide and reverberated across the water. Miliseconds later, the sound returned in loose, uneven patches in between more delayed and smooth echoes. “The earlier they come back, the closer the object is. The first bit was for the whale pod. The second part tells us the terrain is flat. Now you do it.”

Damian closed his eyes underneath his blindfold, and produced the same sound. The echo tickled his outstretched ear fins, dozens of nuggets of information packed to within the span of a millisecond. “I can see it, almost. Or hear it.”

“Ok, then. What’s in front of us?”

The younger boy stilled in his seated position atop his folded tail. He focused on the way his scales tingled with sensitive touch upon the mother whale’s skin, how the gentle current tickled his fins, and how his ear fins latched onto each and every sound. Danny had also taken the liberty of wrapping him up tight with cloth in order to block off his lateral line, and prevent him from relying on that. Damian called out three times, and three times did the sound return to him. Without sight, his ears picked out something that felt distinct and rigid, sharp even. There was also the slightest variation in one of the pitches across the three echoes. He turned his head to the direction of that shape, and called again.

“One of the calves is in front of us. From their size and speed, I think it is Runt.”

“Bingo!” Danny clapped. “You’re getting good at this.”

Damian beamed with pride so much that even his fins puffed up. “I was born to excel.”

“You rich kids and your egos.” Danny sighed with fondness. “Right, let’s try some harder targets. How many fingers am holding up?”

The smaller siren noted the stronger scent from Danny from his outstretched hand. “You call that difficult?” Damian chirped a low note. “Easy. Four.”

“Uhh… No. Try bobbing your head side to side.”

Damian’s cheeks heated, and he shook his head strongly. “That sounds ridiculous and juvenile. Laughable, even.”

“I mean it! Helps you get perspective and stuff. Ever heard of the parallax effect? It’s like, one of the most important navigational tools ever.”

“I am well aware, however, I do not need such a crutch.”

“Uh uh, and how many fingers am I holding up?”

Damian clicked, and answered. “Six!”

“Nope.”

Chirp. “Five.”

Another call. “Guess again.”

“Nine?”

“Dude, that was not even close. You sure you’re actually hearing my fingers, and not my ear fins?”

Damian pouted. “Of course not!” He said, while also focusing closer on where he believed Danny’s hands were held up. His next call resounded sharply off the ridges of a membrane, what he hoped was his friend’s hand webbing and not his fin membranes. A soft echo returned, then a slightly louder one. “Is it two this time?”

“Yayyy! You did great!” Then came the sound of clapping. Damian hissed and snapped his teeth on whatever was in front of him. He did not catch them, judging by the empty feeling in his mouth and the whooshing of water.

“Do not patronise me.”

“I wasn’t! Just a pointer. Try a higher note. It’ll help get the smaller details, thanks to a shorter wavelength.”

The younger boy tutted, although inwardly he berated himself for not thinking of such an idea sooner. When everything about your body is new, the minutiae of optimal behaviour tend to slip away from you.

“I knew that…”

“Yeah yeah, how many fingers?”

This time, Damian focused his voice into a piercing note an octave above his previous attempts. The feedback resulted in something akin to image, but which was felt, not seen. He could tell that it was definitely more than two fingers, but the shape was blurry to him.

So he sighed, and privately admitted defeat. This echolocation practice had been going for a good hour, and he was itching to make proper progress. With a resigned slump, Damian shifted his head to the right, and clicked again. The returning echo gave him another look on the hand, a wide shape suggesting a fully fanned webbed hand, but it was narrow, as if the thumb was down.

“Four,” he decided.

“Told you so,” Danny said with a snicker.

Damian swiped his hand at Danny, and smirked when his claws caught a couple scales, much to the other boy’s shrieking surprise.

On the deck of the SAV, Jack Fenton hammered in the last adjustment to the Fenton Siren Spy Drone. The spy drone’s design was Maddie’s stroke of genius. He’d been trying to perfect a compact and light design that caused minimal disturbance to the local environment, but just couldn’t get the thing to be silent. Then Maddie proposed a whole new propulsion system, and suddenly it was as quiet as a mouse! Then Brucie came in and suggested some ideas from Wayne E’s RD department for a more aerodynamic frame

And that was a good thing, because the less their targets knew about their observation, the better. This last week had shoved in their face just how little they understood about sirens in general, and the one they were pursuing.

He couldn’t get the image of Danny out of his mind, his boy being trapped and alone. Brucie had hit up his contacts in Panama seeing if they could help with the search on land, but there was no news yet. He wondered if what Mads saw was just a trick by another suffering sirenito; even she was beginning to doubt it.

As Jack stepped back from the spy drone, and tested its controls, he had to wonder just how long will it take to find their boys.

[oneatlatime]

Zuko Alone

I'm hoping for some Appa this episode. It's been too long since he's gotten any good sight gags.

Zuko is cosplaying Clint Eastwood. He's also back to being stupid pale this episode.

You know it's a good thing that Zuko's not in the Fire Nation anymore because he really would have sucked at being Fire Nation. Robbing pregnant women is probably kindergarden level stuff for them.

How is Zuko in such bad shape? Last time we saw him he had a cave full of spoils robbed from rich people. Did he not bother to pack at least some of that stuff? Actually, not thinking far enough ahead to pack would be pretty in character.

Oof that would rub me the wrong way. Not enough money for a meal, but sure, let's use totally edible eggs as ammo.

Where'd the egg go?

Who is the scarred up hat wearing vampire and what happened to the real Zuko? Imposter Zuko just elected to not be provoked into a fight. Real Zuko would already be setting things on fire.

Just a bunch of thugs. Yep. It's consistently awesome how many of the facets of war this show can cover.

Imposter Zuko and Song's horse bird just got kidnapped. Did not see that coming.

Zuko kind of has arm bandages like Sokka has this episode. Also love the character detail that the boy has scraped knees.

Is the kid's dad the same guy as the man at the store? Or maybe this is a one haircut town?

So the guy who was near to fainting off his horse bird this morning is now turning down freely offered food? Could Zuko please shelve his pride for five minutes? Kudos to the mom for accurately reading his distaste for charity and turning it into a request for aid though. Although covering for the boy's egg trick is worth at least a meal.

Tangent!

I don't get Zuko. How can he still have so much pride when he's wearing rags and starving himself to feed Song's horse bird? I'm quite shameless when it comes to accepting help and I've never, ever been able to understand the whole 'too proud to accept charity' mindset. I'm always up for some charity. I have enough manners to offer to do the dishes after, but if you're offering free food I'm eating it. And I've never been in a situation as desperate as Zuko's. So I don't get this.

ok tangent over.

Peak rich kid behaviour. I hope those nails aren't expensive otherwise Zuko doing work for food might end up with this family out of pocket.

Is the wood grain on this ladder an actual photograph of wood grain?

Zuko has more patience this episode than he had for all of season 1 combined. He's also never gone this long without yelling. Either proximity to young children activates Zuko's otherwise mostly slumbering decency, or to fit him into a Fistful of Dollars homage the writers had to make him out of character.

If I had been in this situation when I was a kid, if I had been a) this visibly bored, and b) this nosy around guests, I would have been given a hammer and a bag of nails in three seconds flat. Also, nice to see a Sokka face from Zuko.

I get that 'a man without a past' is a staple of the cowboy genre, but the boy's father bringing up the privacy of the past twice in like two minutes makes me think he's done stuff he doesn't want to talk about. Seems both the parents have read Zuko right though.

Finally! Some pretty! I have been suffering! This may be the first really good pretty all season!

Bad news for the Appa decor on my blog. He may have been supplanted in my affections.

Two things: first, Zuko is a carbon copy of his mom. Second, That is way too much forehead.

Having Zuko's mom introduce herself by talking about the lengths mothers will go to for their children is not giving me foreshadowing anxiety at all.

Azula's been a bitch since birth. Noted.

Sir, your eyebrows. Also, yeah, I wouldn't want to play with her either.

Yikes this is making my teeth itch and my skin crawl. Calling it now, she's rotten to the core.

Zuko and Azula's dad has some weak ass genes. BOTH of his children are carbon copies of their mom.

Also, I was not expecting Zuko's very stupid ponytail to be a pre-scar thing. It is much better with a full head of hair.

If I had spent my childhood hanging out with an untouchable princess who set things on my head on fire for fun whenever I involuntarily displayed emotion, I'd be gloomy and apathetic in self defense too.

Sokka in this episode in spirit, if not in person.

Seriously that's the same face three times over!

Um, no? If Iroh doesn't make it back from the front, doesn't his son become next in line to be Firelord?

Can you hear all the unspoken "father thinks that" and "father says that" in front of every one of Azula's opinions in this whole scene? I stand by my assertion that she's awful anyways, but she's also obviously drunk much too much of her dad's koolaid, if you know what I mean.

This kid is going to get into so much trouble one of these days. Provoking the soldiers, nagging the mysterious stranger with the mysterious past, and now taking his weapons? Kid's sweet but he really needs to learn when to stop pushing his luck.

Stabbing dead, dried wood sounds like a great way to utterly annihilate the edge on those. Hope Zuko packed a whetstone.

Where is this patience coming from? I don't understand and it's BUGGING me.

Hold on. Technical problems.

My very basic DVD player sometimes has difficulty with these disks. Whatever happened between the above two screenshots, I've missed it. So picking back up from the one on the right...

Either these soldiers are impressively cowardly (which, yeah) or Zuko's really been working on his death glare, because they've got him outnumbered and out-armoured and they still back off.

OH it's parallels! Zuko's cousin and the boy's older brother. Got it. Kind of a false parallel though. Grandson of the Firelord does not equal earth kingdom conscript.

Give the demonstrably impulsive and nosy child a knife. That'll work out just fine I'm sure. Pretty sad the kid glommed on to Zuko so quickly, but it's also yet another realistic representation of the consequences of war. This show's good.

*shudders* theatre kids.

She's tiny! Do you know how darkly humourous it is to watch a two foot tall baby spout her father's murderous nonsense? Once again, in this whole scene, not a word out of Azula's mouth is actually Azula's.

"What is wrong with that child?" Apart from budding homicidal and psychopathic tendencies? Her dad. Her dad is what's wrong with that child.

Their dad has no subtlety at all. And also no brain? You think a day after the firelord finds out one of his family died is the right time to very boorishly make a play for the crown with you daughter as a prop? Could you possibly come up with a better demonstration of why this guy shouldn't be in charge?

How did this asshole land such a nice wife?

Yep. Siding with the old firelord on this one.

Does flashback Zuko sleep in his day clothes? Because that's not ok.

I like that their mom sees straight through Azula's lying here. She knows her daughter.

In a move that should surprise no one, everything Zuko touches turns to shit, as usual.

It's the Mexico filter!

Absolute truth from Zuko in that monologue. He's got them pegged. Too bad it fell on deaf ears. It's Zuko's curse, that whenever he approaches being remotely reasonable, he happens to be surrounded by people who will react in such a way that Zuko learns to equate being reasonable with failure.

An earthbender. The bare feet should have clued me in.

Last season Zuko and Iroh laid waste to like ten of these guys. And Iroh didn't even have pants. So what gives? Is he that starved?

Ursa pulling a Mufasa.

Don't answer don't answer don't answer

And he does.

Zuko is so very good at completely misinterpreting the point.

So we can add thief to the list of things that make Azula awful. Also that delivery of "who's going to make me? Mom?" is chilling. Zuko's lost his only defender inside this atrocious family and she knows it, he knows it, hell the turtleducks probably know it.

His dying wish? You guys buying that?

Ozai. That's his name. I'd forgotten that.

So... something something dead firelord something something missing mom something something maybe Azula wasn't actually lying this time?

Final Thoughts

The title wasn't kidding. Let's rename the show 'Avatar: the Guy who's Really Bad at Capturing Him' while we're at it.

There is now no way whatsoever that Zuko is not going to be redeemed. No writing team would invest that much energy and a whole episode into a character we're not ultimately supposed to root for. So somehow he's going to end up joining the Gaang. Don't know how he'll pull that one off. He's done some pretty not great stuff. And it's not like the Gaang watched this episode and unlocked his tragic backstory.

Speaking of, what prompted these reflections? I could understand if Zuko started to contemplate his cousin and the events surrounding his loss in the war after he learned about the family's older brother, but he was having flashbacks before he even got to town. Usually when there are backstory bits, there's a good reason to show them at that time, like how the Storm prompts Aang to think about the last storm he was in, or seeing a boat from his father's fleet prompts Sokka to remember what his dad told him. So what caused Zuko's memories to give him situationally appropriate flashbacks?

Pretty funny that he found the Nice Earth Kingdom Family that Azula predicted for him. And they are really nice! Either Zuko is an open book or the parents' social intelligence is off the charts because they're giving him exactly what he needs to feel at ease after barely a single conversation.

Speaking of Azula, I'm not surprised to find that she's always had deeply awful tendencies, even as a child of (I'm guessing) less than ten. But it cannot be ignored that, from the moment her father took a liking to her (as a tool to boost his own greatness, if not as a person), she didn't stand a chance. You can tell by the number of times that the stuff coming out of her mouth is a thinly veiled repetition of her father's unfiltered opinions, that she's been spending lots of time listening to him, probably while he puts down her mom and brother and talks about how she's the special one. You know what I'm getting at. Azula never stood a chance once her father got involved, and her mom lost the ability to influence her once her father started giving Azula praise for objectively wrong behaviour. That being said, Azula is awful even when she doesn't need to be awful for her father's approval, like when she's with her friends, so it's not all her father's doing. She's not a good person but she also had plenty of help to become that.

I guess Zuko and his mom are Fire Nation anomalies? And maybe Iroh has become that since his son died and he lost the war?

How on earth did Zuko survive as long as he did in the palace without his mom to protect him? What a no-win situation to be in. The only person in a whole nation with empathy.

This episode does makes Season 1 Zuko make more sense. He's been larping his dad as a defense mechanism for surviving the Fire Nation/probably a very futile effort to earn his approval. Although Zuko doesn't seem to care much for his dad if the tone he takes with him by the turtleduck pond is any indication.

Being banished was the best thing that ever happened to Zuko. The more distance between him and his remaining non-uncle family, the better. Between prioritizing his crew over capturing the avatar in the Storm, releasing the Avatar in the Blue Spirit, and now defending a random earth kingdom child this episode, it's hilarious how much Zuko HASN'T learned the lesson that Ozai banished him for not knowing. Don't get me wrong; that's a good thing. This episode plainly shows that behaviour that pleases Ozai is behaviour that should be unlearned as quickly as possible.

Zuko completely missing the point of his mom's last instruction is delightfully on the nose. But it also makes sense, which I may talk more about later.

How did Zuko hold on to his temper (and his volume) for a whole episode?

How did a show named after the main character get away with an episode that doesn't feature him at all? As a concept, this is such a strange episode. The writers were like "how can we kick start the woobification of Zuko? I know! A Spaghetti Western!" and it worked. Who comes up with that?

I now want at least as much, if not more, of Sokka and Katara's childhood via flashbacks. And more Gyatso please. If they can devote a whole episode to the childhood of a guy who isn't even a team member yet, they can show me some Sokka childhood shenanigans as a palette cleanser.

I really don't know what conclusion to draw about this episode. The writers have given me a massive backstory/trauma dump and I'm honestly like:

[autistic-crypt1d]

X-Files Live Blogging:

Season 1

Ok so I'm like 90% sure I've tried to watch the first episode before and bailed but I'm gonna try again. I see so much stuff about this show on here and I wanna be a part of it so you're gonna join me in experiencing it for the first time!

Updates:

- ok so far this is not at all what I remembered so high hopes

- Scully!!

- I've seen these two in so many drawingssss

- man this show is old old

- they're both so pretty

- why is bro so mad, if he's so confident he didn't miss anything why is he mad they're taking a second look? Not a good look my guy

- OOP

- oh wowie that is grossss

- ok this is cool I like this show

- why is it always POURING in old ass shows. Like it's dumping BUCKETS.

- ah man not a damn shower scene

- oh ok, valid reason

- THEY'RE SO CUTE

- THE HUG

- ooooo backstory timeeee

- this is getting good oh wow

- yikes, Scully don't call people vegetables

- I really hope this show doesn't have tooo much yikes stuff. I know it's old but still some shows are a bajillion times worse than others.

- holy shit that subconscious movement towards her???? AHHHHH

- the produce section???? Good fucking god people

- if he knew it was Billy why wouldn't he cuff him to the bed or have him in a secure room or some shit???

- wtf just happened

- alright wtf is up with tall lanky man he's weirding me out

- yoooo they have more of those implant things!!

- ok I still don't understand some things about the case. Why were all the other kids killed when Billy brought them to the woods but not the last girl? Why was she spared and both her and Billy's marks removed?

- Deep Throat, hate that title omfg

- pffft those MIP outfits look ridiculous, and so are their momements omfg

- long ass intro geez

- pffft the way Mulder just drags her out of the car

- that little smile!!!

- it's so weird seeing seatbelts attached to car doors

- is that Colonel Makepeace from Stargate???

- Mulderrrr don't go without Scully you dumb dumb!!

- please don't step on a landmine

- oh shit alien ship

- see this is why you need Scully, who's gonna verify what you saw now

- ah yes, run along the road where the cars can follow you, definitely not back into the grass where it would be difficult to follow

- Scully is gonna kick your asses for kidnapping him

- OH SHIT

- GET HIS ASS SCULLY

- HERE SHE COMES, PREPARE TO BE WHOOPED

- aw Mulder :(

- she's trying so hard to protect him

- damn I really like this show

- Squeeze

- oh wow hate that, creepy eyeballs in a sewer

- I recognize that business guy, he's been in another show I've watched, Psych maybe?

- not the ketchup blood XD

- sorry I gotta skip the into, that shit is so long

- that's where the "spooky? Do you think I'm spooky?" audio came from?????

- boy howdy vent guy is creepy

- the necklace grab??? HELLO????

- YEEESH those damn eyes dude

- oh boy he stretchin

- YOU TELL HIM DANA

- woah they just mentioned 2023 as the distant future that's wild to hear in 2024 haha

- that brown pantsuit Scully is wearing??? WOW

- hey now, don't be grabbing Scully you slithery fuck

- Colton you suck

- DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT SLITHERY BASTARD

- LEAVE THE HOUSE SCULLY WHAT'RE YOU DOING

- nice work team

- aww the retired guy finally got closure 😭

- THE SOFT ARM TOUCH

- uhhhhh idk that that cell is good enough y'all

- I don't like that grin he's got, he's gonna escape isn't he

- Conduit

- sleeping outside with no tent??? Girl what about snakes and ants and things???

- she put her children out there while she slept in there camper??? Wtf???

- THE LEAN INNNN

- man that lake is gorgeous

- did the sherriff really just scratch his damn chin with evidence

- intense Mulder, oof!

- wooooaaaah that code page thing of Ruby is so cool

- ahhhh I love Mulder lore

- that tackleeee, nice moves Mulder

- why is she doing CPR if she's just unconscious??

- AHHHH dude the way Mulder gently directs Scully with a soft touch, BRO

- I can't get over the fact that his first name is Fox

- Dana has looked fantastic in literally every outfit so far, she's so cool

- geez y'all the tape is so sad wtf

- "I want to believe" OW OW OW OW OW

- Jersey Devil

- oh wow I haven't heard Bingo in a long ass time

- is that Bill Lee from Stargate??

- oop, Bill Lee hath been taken

- y'all, the way these two look at eachother??? And how close they get?? CONSTANTLY?? BRUH

- aha! She thinks he's cute!

- oh hey it's that asshole scientist from Eureka

- I recognize the guy who plays the homeless man helping Mulder but idk where from

- Mulder. Mulder please why do you always do these things alone

- I'm sorry I cannot take you seriously handing that guy that goofy ass drawing

- good god dude it's a first date why are you talking about her meeting your kids

- not the bigfoot with tits picture 😂

- ya know, I really appreciate the ranger being on their side in this

- ah it's those damn MIP guys again

- Anthropologist dude rules for not selling them out

- damn he really just leapt out that window

- oh she did too damn!

- run!!

- OOP

- so they're just cannibals? Nothing supernatural?

- THE GRAB AS SHE LAYS HIM BACK OMFG

- oh boy it's gettin wild now!

- that poor actress having to climb all over rocks while naked

- aw man :(

- I would've expected long nails considering she's been clawing into people

- the red plaid suit??? Hello??? GORGEOUS

- why would that Rob dude ask her to get her friend's kid to go hang out with him and his kid???? Bro is weird

- uhhhh that's the dude from the beginning, didn't his leg get chewed off my the male?? I'm confused because that was most definitely the guy from the beginning.

- Shadows

- the woman packing up the office looks really familiar too

- ooo, ghost??

- there's no ads on this episode, weird

- eew I do noooooot like the twitching

- why tf are they all blank facing them

- the way he leans in to speak to her heeeeeellllpppp

- ok so the woman who got attacked is alive

- AHHHHHHH CREEPY CREEPY CREEPY

- hell yeah ghost, stop that creepy perv!!

- did Mulder just look at her ass when she sat down?? He did a whole ass lean and everything!

- awww Mulder wanting to go to the liberty bell with Scully 😭

- Ghost in the Machine

- Brad dude is from Eureka!! Funnily enough the company is called Eurisko, really close

- Mulder. Buddy. You did not just call and elevator politically correct for being accessible to the visually impaired. That's just accessibility, nothing political about that (or at least there shouldn't be).

- Lamana, you suck

- yeah Mulder you tell him!!

- noooo don't back down :(

- is that Harrison Well's house from The Flash???? Am I imagining this??

- oh my god no I just googled images of it, that's the same house!!!

- uh oh, he's gonna die isn't he

- ah crap Mulder thinks Brian did it doesn't he

- he doesn't!!! Phew

- GEKDJDJS I THOUGHT THAT WAS GONNA BE SO MUCH WORSE OMFG

- secret agents Scully and Mulder let's goooo

- uh oh

- why tf is there debris in the vent system. Whose receipts are those???

- OH NO

- MULDER DO SOMETHING

- BRUH

- LET'S GO SCULLY

- biiiiiiiitch nooooooooo

- Ice

- why does bro have 2 identical boob cuts, 1 on each. They also look very unrealistic.

- what in the fresh hell is happening

- the duo is goin to Alaska!

- there's some funky virus in the ice isn't there. Reminds me of that one Eureka episode

- GET HIM SCULLY

- he is so not gonna be ok

- EEW

- oh yeah he dead

- nooooo sports guy 😭

- man I hate Scully and Mulder being on opposing sides :(

- AHHHHH NOOOOOO

- this isn't gonna be the end of it is it

- this show really doesn't do closure closure does it, every episode is just like, welp it could 1000% come back

- Space

- ooooo spaceeeee

- I recognize the ex astronaut security guy from something

- MAYBOURNE??? YUCK. Hopefully he's not a jackass in this show

- again with the damn buckets of water on the windshield

- wtf was that????

- aaaaand it's magically not raining anymore. It's not even wet!!!!

- yeeesh him looking in the mirror like that was so creepy

- oh what in the fresh hell is happening to his face

- y'all this is intense!!!

- HELL YEAH

- I don't really understand why the space thing wanted to kill the astronauts

- Fallen Angel

- Mulder in a leather jacket???

- Mulder hiding under a truck and sneaking around a military base like a secret agent while wearing a leather jacket???

- see this is what happens when you go investigating without Scully

- I'm sorry I cannot take Mulder seriously as mr tough guy, he's just so baby

- ah here comes Scully to rescue his ass

- uhhhh is that an invisibility thing

- ow I hate those flashing lights

- ok immune to laser fence thing

- "it won't get away" already did my guy

- or maybe it didn't?

- the face that soldier Jackson is making is rage inducing, please stop

- welp, the entity made my wish come true I guess

- Mulder is so sweet 😭

- y'all the lenses they're using as the pov for the entity is making me sick

- Scully is so sick of this shit XD

- wtf is it doing to him??

- seems like a lot of trouble to go through just to take one human, I wonder why they're doing it

- I wish we got more insight into Scully's thoughts through all this. She's been seeing a loooot of stuff since she got paired with Mulder and given her skepticism, I'd just really like to know what's going through her head in all this.

- Eve

- ooooo, vampire??

- CLONES???

- well, I'm a little confused as to why they're killing them by draining their blood still

- ah ok so the little girls DID do it

- why tf would she try again knowing what the other Eves were like. Why are people obsessed with making perfect humans, what's the point of life if not to learn and grow?

- man they are playing them like a damn fiddle!!

- uh oh

- WHY WOULD YOU LICK IT

- hey now, that better not be who I think it is

- god damn it, it is

- yeesh what an episode

- this show is nothing but cliff hangers wtf!!!

- Fire

- OH

- who tf is that and why is she smooching Mulder

- yes she does hate you, your smooching her weirdo

- where tf do I know her from?

- is that Crowley????

- I couldn't tell with the facial hair before I thought he just looked similar, but without it yeah!

- ahhhhhh I don't like these zoom inssss

- ah yes smoke a cigarette when you have a cough, that'll help

- interesting

- you tell him Michael!!!

- seriously? They can't drive themselves even once??

- I REMEMBER WHERE I KNOW HER FROM. She played the woman that chief Vick set Henry Spencer up with in Psych!!

- BRUH, DO NOT HOOK UP WITH HER

- Scully came anyway 😭

- maybe if y'all weren't MAKING OUT AT WORK, you would've noticed!!!

- you got this Mulder come on

- come on Mulder!!!!

- damn it dude

- so she's been hitting on Mulder the entire time while having an affair with the husband???

- man this guy really gets typecasted huh, first this pyrokinetic serial killer, then the king of hell!

- yes Mulder!! Face your fears!!!

- welp, looks like his cockiness killed him. Do we finally get an actual ending???

- nope he's alive, great

- a hyperbaric chamber?? You mean the thing filled with a fuck ton of oxygen??? So smart, definitely not INCREDIBLY FLAMMABLE.

- Beyond the Sea

- GENERAL HAMMOND????

- Scully's dad is General fuckin Hammond????

- he died :(

- THE FACE TOUCH

- oh shit, is the death of her father gonna be the thing that gets her to believe?

- "he was your father" that really does not answer her question

- I feel like I recognize Boggs from somewhere

- how tf is a prisoner allowed to have earrings. Also, he only had 1 in the first couple shots but now he has 2.

- now he has 1 again? Maybe they just had that one shot flipped so it looked like the other ear

- OOOO MULDER YOU SLY DOG

- OH FUCK

- Scully please don't go in there alooooone what is with these two!!!

- OH FUUUUCK

- dude the guy playing Boggs can fucking ACT like DAMN

- BERNIE, the dude that plays Boggs also played Bernie in Psych!!!

- HELL YEAH SCULLY

- it's so compelling to see what Mulders limits are in his belief, that he can blind himself to things he would ordinarily fight for others to see because of his history with the person

- she didn't go??

- he's trying to convince her to believe now? He's been denying it the whole episode!!!

- weird episode

- Genderbender

- uhhh I'm a bit scared of what this is gonna be about by that title, fingers crossed it's not transphobic shit and just a shapeshifter 🤞

- ok so yes a shapeshifter, and like, a succubus?

- uh oh

- so I'm guessing these people adopted this way of life to prevent hurting people? And this other one that's killing people has gone rogue?

- ah yes Mulder, crumple the map up instead of trying to find a land mark and reorient yourself

- what in the fresh hell

- AHHHHH I HATE THE GOOPY STUFF

- NO NO NO YOU LEAVE SCULLY ALONE

- YOU BASTARD HOW COULD YOU SHE WAS NICE TO YOU

- ok so they each have a male and female form?

- hope that damn farm boy perishes painfully for trying to do that shit

- ah yep, there's the transphobic comment ok.

- SHOOT HIS ASS

- damn it

- rapist aliens, hate it. I'll be skipping this one if I rewatch the series in the future

- Lazarus

- yeesh, I wonder if Scully will end up believing that the guy who came back isn't him anymore

- man they really fell into that pink blood trap from old shows didn't they

- idk how she could deny that that isn't him after this

- damn, that was dark

- Mulder not lushing her to believe either way ahhhhh ouchyyy

- Young at Heart

- uhhhh, what is a prisoner doing roaming around

- UHHHHH WTF

- y'all, Scully is so little 😭 I know Mulder is like super tall but even compared to other women she's little, much less when standing in a room of Mulder height people XD

- oof more Mulder lore, man cannot catch a break

- damn, seeing old fashioned hand writing analysis be done is so cool, even in NCIS, a fairly old crime show, they still use tech for it. Hearing her talk about the markers and indicators is so so neat

- BITCH YOU BETTER NOT HURT SCULLY

- I recognize Dr. Ridley from something...

- it's the time loop guy from Stargate SG-1!!!

- the way young Barnette speaks is rage inducing

- E.B.E.

- oh wow that's quite a ship

- what's with the blue light thing?

- "Mulder you're the only one I trust" BROOOOOOO

- oh hey it's the woman who plays the tech on the Daedalus in Stargate who works with Hermiod!!

- HIS CODENAME IS DEEP THROAT????

- LET HIM LOOK ANYWAYYYY

- of course it's gone

- Miracle Man

- ah man a religious episode

- who tf subjects a child to that

- ughhhhhh

- yeah that's not creepy at all!!!

- gross gross gross I hate it

- the burned guy is the problem right? He's like channeling the boy and taking the lives of those that die? And maybe he's super against the autopsies because "desecrating" the body will undo it or something? Idk I'm guessing here cuz I'm confused

- oh shit Scully is doing the autopsy? Intense, aw man and Mulder is trying his best to be there

- oh ok so that's not what's happening

- uh oh

- ok it was the burned guy I was right!! He just wasn't doing it supernaturally

- oh wow

- Shapes

- oooo cryptid??

- ok so if you get scratched you get infected. It went from Joe to Lyle

- I wonder what triggers a new one once it's killed, cuz there was a distance between the killings in the past

- oh, so it's dormant until a night after the person gets too blood lusty?

- damn it, why is Scully always being left alone with the monsters or bad guys and Mulder is always chasing them alone

- how is she not hearing the loud ass growling sounds

- also, why is there a random ass cougar in a cage

- "something" jumped you?? Really Scully?? There was only one thing in that bathroom

- Darkness Falls

- wow those woods are gorgeous

- I'm very intrigued

- wtf was that shit

- oh my god Scully in that neon coat 😭 she's pretty in everything!!!

- I recognize the sherriff from somewhere

- Castle! He's in Castle

- oh boy, that creepy

- I recognize the Doug guy too

- holy crap it's THAT guy! Man he's like big time now

- ah so they got themselves killed by chopping down an ancient tree, karma

- Steve is the worst, hope he gets taken by bugs

- oh yeah he's done for

- OH HELL

- Tooms

- not the lizard bitch again

- AUGH THE EYESSSS

- who tf left his slot open!! Fools!!!

- Colonel Caldwell?!?!?

- do not release this mf

- Mulder, I hate to say it but that was never gonna fly

- welp, someone is gonna die now

- THAT MUCH SLURPING AND LICKING WAS SO UNNECESSARY AHHHHH

- nice work sheriff, nice work

- OH HELL NO

- bro is not about to come out of a toilet come on

- ok he didn't but he is disgusting anyway

- "Mulder, I wouldn't put myself on the line for anyone but you" BROOOOO "if there's an ice tea in that bag, could be love" "must be fate, Mulder. Root beer" THEY'RE SO IN LOVE OMFG

- black car, red interior, so cool

- Mulder's turn to be attacked by lizard guy

- wtf is he doing

- oh

- YEESH

- OH

- oh that is gross, but hey he's finally dead

- Born Again

- psychic kid?

- ok so dead guy is involved? Girl is a medium then? Like ghost whisperer?

- I recognize the Tony guy from something

- oh shit they murdered that dude

- I looked him up, he's been in a lot of stuff I've seen apparently, NCIS, Supernatural, Psych, SG-1, and I haven't seen Law and Order really but I think I recognize him from trailers and stuff

- maybe the girl witnessed the first dude's murder or was nearby? And she could see his spirit or something? Or maybe he just latched onto her?

- oh reincarnation, that makes more sense

- bro really helped murder his partner and then got with his wife

- wtf is that

- honestly this episode is really uninteresting to me

- interesting we got a report by Mulder instead of Scully at the end though

- Roland

- well fuck you ableist scientist dude

- he killed the not mean one :(

- I recognize Roland from something, probably Stargate

- alright well the era is showing here. They're talking about Autistic people like they're inherently stupid, that savants are human calculators who can't even understand what they're doing. I hope everyone who reads this and has or plans to watch this show understands that that is severely false. Autism is a spectrum and being autistic doesn't make you stupid, "unusual" speech and movement aren't indicative of intelligence. And having high support needs isn't indicative of intelligence either!

- poor guy, he doesn't wanna hurt anyone :(

- good riddance Arthur, some brother, taking him over and making him murder people

- He gave her his stars 😭 guysssss

- Erlenmeyer Flask

- wow that is quite a title

- the chase scene and the dude being semi invisible reminds me so much of the Replicator on Earth episode from SGA

- some sort of superhuman project maybe?

- god DAMN Mulder leapt that fence like it was nothing!!

- oooooo Scully is reaching the point of belief!!!!

- yeah a sort of superhuman project! Alien human hybrids

- oh shit they killed the doctor who helped them :(

- ah yes Mulder, go into the darm attic without a flashlight

- OOP

- oh god his face, poor Mulder 😭

- help him Scullyyyyy

- CONFIDENCE SCULLY, CONFIDENCE

- Dana, responsible, rule following, FBI agent Scully breaking a billion laws all for Fox Spooky Mulder

- how tf did she sneak that out of there

- are they gonna shoot him

- YEP

- Scully is never gonna be the same after this, at least she got Mulder back though

- you can't seperate the duo!!!! No!!!

Holy crap Season one was amazing, I'm gonna start season 2 immediately and I'll link it here once it's posted!

Season 2

[allysartstuff]

About a year ago, I decided to reboot the Upsy Daisy verse a little and post on my socials. Finally, I’m posting it here!

This is part one, part two will be coming soon! Individual character info below the cut! Enjoy! :)

Chic “Chuck” Magnifique, 30

-Loud. Very loud

-Talks in old timey English accent eg. ‘What ho!’ ‘Good show!’ ‘Absolutely spiffing!’

-Total Himbo. Dumb as a rock. But is knowledgeable in certain areas like engineering and Southern Equestrian cultures

-Likely autistic

-Loves adventure, so much so he rarely comes home

-Loves Rarity and his stepmother Fleur

-Hates Fancy

-He mainly returns lost treasures to many cultures and tribes in Southern Equestria so he has earned a lot of respect from them

-Though this has made him develop a bit of a ‘white saviour’ type complex

-Very good of heart but his lack of common sense gets him into trouble

-Knows how to fly and build planes but is always crashing them

-He always sends the repair bills to Fancy

-Crashes (not literally this time) at Orin and Snowballs place frequently in Manehatten

-This eventually results in a on/off relationship with Orin

Iron Chad, 29

-Can be scary and intimidating but is actually a really chill dude which makes him an excellent bodyguard

-Is just a great drinking buddy

-Looks like dude bro but is full of chill and wise vibes, like a muscle-bound jock hippie

-So it’s no surprise that he likes surfing on his days off

-Hard of hearing and has a deaf mother so he knows the sign language of his people

-Which is what made Daisy hire him since she uses Minotaur Sign Language (and not because he’s hot)

-Bodyguard and boyfriend to Upsy Daisy

-Technically, his relationship with Daisy isn’t allowed so shh!

-Super close to his mother (a old school but awesome heavy metal singer)

-Relationship with Iron Will is ehhhhhhhhh?

-Had to unlearn a lot of toxic masculinity

-It used to be really bad, like yikes!

-When he started working hard to become better as a person, that’s when his relationship with his father turned sour

-Different values, bro

-Daisy likes his muscles and he knows it

Bramble, 26

-Has a broader collie called Skye

-Lazy bum. Hates chores and farming

-Unless it has to do with baking, making jams and foraging

-Is closer with Sugar Belle than Big Mac

-Simply put, Big Mac is a hard worker, Bramble is (mostly) not

-It kinda makes Big Mac sad that Bramble doesn’t seem to want to be close to him (like he was with Bright Mac) but he would never admit it

-Has absolutely no chill when showing affection with his boyfriend Ace

-Was originally the only gay in Sweet Apple Acres until his cousins came out. He was not amused by that development

-Despite being a unicorn, he feels more like an earth pony and rarely uses his magic, even for levitation

-Like his sister (the canon SugerMac kid) and mother, he loves baking and making jams

-He knows the Zapp Apple Jam recipe off by heart and makes it every year but feels like he just can’t get it the same as Great Granny Smith’s

-Grew up close to Daisy, besties for life

-This is due to Bramble being three days older than Daisy and their fathers being good friends

-Used to wrestle with her as kids but when Daisy became a professional, he never stood a chance

-does not like Fancy Pants but pretends to be nice to him since Ace asked

Upsy-Daisy, 26

-Is one of the four Draconequi in existence (the others being her dad and younger brothers)

-Mute, communicates with Minotaur Sign Language,

-Was kidnapped at a young age and has PTSD as a result

-Despite her trauma, she is playful and down to earth but it took a lot of (still ongoing) therapy to get to a healthy mindset

-Still has trouble with sleep so often has visits from Luna in her dreams

-Was born with magic but asked for it to be removed after the kidnapping since her flashbacks caused her to lash out and almost kill Fluttershy

-This broke Discord’s heart since she was the only other creature to have the same magic as him at the time but granted her wish (though he still keeps her magic safe in a jar tucked away in another dimension. Just in case)

-Loves bunnies and has a emotional support rabbit called Demon (no relation to Angel)

-Loves wrestling. Is a major wrestling star

-Kinda feels like wrestling is her outlet and way of taking control for what happened to her

-Despite no longer having magic and being mute, she can somehow make animal noises based on her emtoions

-Cutie mark hidden under her fur on her chest

-She didn’t know it was there until she got gum stuck on her chest and had that patch of fur shaved off

-Best friends with Bramble, can totally kick his ass and hates his PDA with Ace

-Non binary, uses any and all pronouns

-Thought she was asexual for a long time until she met Iron Chad

Ace Dandy, 26

-Has a ball python called Monty

-Talks posh Canterlot but is very much a Ponyville boy

-Has a tricky relationship with Fancy, who tried to train him into an elite when he was a foal. Rarity and Chuck did not like that

-Still really wants to impress him and live up to his stupid high standards

-Learned hoofball from his grandfather as a way to cope with his parents divorce

-Blamed himself for the divorce for a long time as a kid but even though he now knows it wasn’t, it still affects him

-Used to play for the Canterlot team as that what he thought his dad wanted but now plays for the Ponyville team

-Enjoys Buckball but prefers playing the Earth pony part since holding a bucket is boring. He loves a good challenge

-Super close with his brother Chuck, even more so they they both came out

-Do they go all out during Pride? Hell yeah!

-Has a younger half-sister Opalite. He can listen to her talk about rocks for hours, even though he hasn’t the foggiest what she’s talking about

-Would stomp on her crummy ex boyfriends if given the chance

-Like his siblings, Ace speaks Prench (French) but, much to his embarrassment, can’t read it very well

Bright Eyes, 25

-Has a sowy owl called Patience

-Gummy is a now a full grown alligator and is not allowed anywhere near Patience after he tried to eat her

-Technically an Alicorn with very underdeveloped wings

-Bad at magic for a time but learned to use it properly when it was discovered that she’s an Alicorn

-While they are friends, she butts head with Bramble a lot

-Especially about baking

-Bramble bakes to perfection, Bright Eyes just burns

-Hates this because everything she does is very high maintenance

-Has no desire to be a princess so is greatly annoyed when everyone calls her that

-Girlfriend of Tornado Rush

-Had an emo phase as a teen with lots of piercings. She regrets all the holes still on her face

-Mad about maths

-Like, gets ridiculously excited about numbers and how they can apply to day to day life

-Is a bingo queen

-Discovered she loved teaching and is working as a teaching assistant so to climb up to become a maths professor

-Can be overly confident, which has lead her to trouble more times than she can count (and she can count excellently, thank you very much!)

Pale Umber, 25

-Strong girl

-Big girl

-No surprise given her parents on both sides

-In fact, she was so big that she stunted her brother’s growth in the womb (and squashed AJ’s kidneys, rip)

-Very hardworking but literally the sunniest and friendliest pony you will meet

-‘Y’all come back now, y’hear?’

-Gets homesick very easily so not a fan of travel

-No interest in apples. Broke mama Jackie’s heart

-She did have the Apple Family’s hardworking and honest viewpoint, which often butts with Flim and Flam’s ‘neice’ Jammie Dodger’s not so honest lifestyle

-Learned lumber and wood work from Burnt Oak. Took over his business when he retired.

-Has a small herd of Guinea pigs that live in the barn. Has argued with Daisy about how much better they are than bunnies

-No matter how big she gets, she will always be Rockhoof’s ‘wee lamb’

-Not fazed by insects but terrified of snakes

-In fact, she never visits her cousin’s place since Bramble’s partner Ace has a pet snake

-Poor Monty was hurt by that

-Dropped out of high school early to peruse her lumber career but also because she hated school due to crappy teachers not being accommodating to her dyslexia

-Umber is still self conscious about not being able to read so great, despite reassurances from her friends and family

-Misses Orin terribly. He was the one who made her the flannel jacket

Orin, 25

-Grumpy and a Mr Sassy Pants

-Serious anger issues, will fight you

-Only his sister and dad can calm him down (and eventually, Snowball and Chuck too)

-Has an orange cat called Tiger

-Stunted growth since Umber took up most of the room in the womb

-Also has asthma as a result so isn’t really supposed to do too much exercise

-Still pretty strong due to Apple genes and some of Rockhoof’s magic so he will still fight you

-AJ used to be super overprotective of him when he was small, which may be where his anger issues stemmed

-Rockhoof trained him to fight at Orin’s request but don’t tell mum!

-Despite this, he loves his family and WILL FIGHT YOU IF YOU DARE SAY ANYTHING-

-Was super close to Great Granny Smith when she was still around, who taught him how to crochet

-Besides textiles, Orin is super interested in family histories, which he talks in great length with his younger cousin, Forelle

-Currently lives in Manehatten to study Fine Art Textiles and works part time in a Woollen Mill

-Has the typical Apple accent which confuses a lot of creatures since it doesn’t match his city hipster look

-Does not understand why he’s attracted to Chuck so much since he’s a idiot but mostly doesn’t complain

-Besties with Snowball, they like to go out clubbing

-Also no interest in apples

Tornado Rush, 25

-Takes care of Tank the Tortoise

-Knows Spitfire’s ‘drinking through a straw’ speech off by heart

-Works in the Cloudsdale weather factory specialising in strong storms and tornados

-She’s also one of her department’s Team Leads and is very stressed about it

-Very skilled flyer thanks to her mums but had interest in being a Wonderbolt

-However, she can be competitive

-Even more so than Rainbow Dash

-Whatever you do, don’t play chess with her

-Still lives with her parents. Mostly because it’s cheaper but also to give Rainbow Dash a hand caring for Spitfire (who became a paraplegic after a flying accident in this AU)

-Had to deal with a lot of body dysphoria and anxiety growing up

-Didn’t start her transition until late teens and is now very happy where she is

-Never changed her name

-Rainbow and Spitfire were super supportive of her transition. Sometimes embarrassingly so

-Girlfriend to Bright Eyes

-They are both giant nerdy bi love birdies

-Absolutely the responsible sibling, butts heads with her brash adopted brother Lickety-Split

Snowball Surprise, 24

-Grew up in Starlight’s Village with their three parents

-Non binary, strictly uses they/them

-The ‘surprise’ part of their name comes from the fact that they were born pretty early and ‘snowball’ because it was in the middle of a snowstorm

-Because of this, Double Diamond, Party Favor and Night Glider were super ultra helicopter parents

-Though sometimes they had good reason as Snowball is pretty impulsive

-Snowboarding is cooler than skiing, dad!

-Loves winter, always builds snow forts and has snowball fights even as an adult

-Even stole snow clouds just to make it snow earlier which they got into a lot of trouble for

-Very sheltered so living in Manehatten, they went a bit wild

-Parties all the time, probably does a lot of….adult activities that her parents most defiantly don’t know about

-Given their party pony side, lots of creatures are surprised they love knitting, which they specialise in for their studies

-Thinks Starlight is a creep, can’t really figure out why, just a funny feeling

-Has a bit of bat pony from Night Glider’s side of the family

-Met Orin in college, they became besties and roommates

-No, really, just roommates. No romantic going ons here, thank you

-They both bonded over their woes of having overprotective parents, talk about textiles and gab on all the local dirt on their fellow students

[narrators-journal]

Yandere!Ryomina x reader

I need to stop accidentally posting to the art blog lol

So, I can’t get this scenario out of my head, so I’ve translated it into an x reader! It will be split into two gendered sections because I think that would affect the dynamic p importantly lol.

CW: implied spoilers for the games, dark, dark implications as well. Pregnancy is also brought up. It’s yandere, so...morals are a bit eh. Self indulgence like hellllll.

Male

A male Darling who gets the attention of yandere!Ryomina would be so very fucked.

Admittedly, any gendered darling would be screwed, considering Ryoji. But a male one would have a particularly yikes time. Because you not only have Ryoji as a yandere, but Minato too, since I think he’s gay.

So! It’s a BOGO deal lol. But for Yandere lovers.

Ryoji’s at least not a harmful yandere. He has no real need to hurt you when you legit just. Can’t escape him. He’ll chain you up, keep you under the guard of Minato or himself, stuff like that, but he won’t break your leg if you run.

Minato’s a lil different. He probably willbreak your leg.

Minato’s a bit more unhinged when it comes to the violence it takes to contain his darling.

Since he doesn’t have the power Ryoji has, he makes up for it that way. Which means a male darling has almost no chance to escape.

You can outrun Minato, but Ryoji willcatch you, and Minato willpunish you viciously for trying to leave him.

But hey, Ryoji will comfort you afterwards.

Also, these two are inevitably going to kidnap their darling. It might take a while, since Ryoji likes the hunt, but it will happen without a doubt.

Female

A female darling would not actually have it any easier than a male, honestly.

In fact, I think in some ways, a female darling would have it worse. Considering a male darling would be picked up out of a mutual desire from both Ryoji and Minato. But a female would only really be chosen for a purpose.

And, that purpose would be to try and bring a child into the world for Ryomina.

So, while you only really get one Yandere, that yandere would be Ryoji. Arguably the worst of the two by a long shot.

But hey, Minato wouldn’t really care too much for you beyond a platonic liking. I view him as gay, so he has no real strong feelings for a female darling.

That’s not saying he’d let you go.

No, if Ryomina decides to have a child in this fashion, Ryoji’s possessive side will be worsened, and Minato won’t be any help to curb it since he’d, y’know, want a kid from you.

On the bright side, I don’t think they’d go so far as to just. Forcibly knock you up like true scumbags. It’d be moreso ‘hey, we have an open relationship, so hook up with Ryoji’. And then once you get pregnant, then they become yandere.

It’s still calculated and scummy, but not asbad at least. Small victories.

Once again, though, you won’t be able to run, even if Minato lets you try. Especially not as far as a male darling could get if they tried.

Ryoji’s gonna be protective, so you’ll be lucky to be free an hour before he snatches you back up.

He won’t be an ass to you or anything, or really show any anger for fear of stressing you out, but you will probably be chained up and monitored constantly.

At least the basement you’ll be kept in will be furnished into a nice little apartment for you to stay in between pregnancies?

[solma]

(I need to clean up the drawing and color butttttt-)

(I’m not gonna write a fic probably but wanted to get the idea out of my head and on something) (This is so long wth I hope it’s coherent cause I’m not rereading this)

STORY IDEA

Chrome discovers the record hidden in Byakua’s gravestone pre Senku depetrifying and gets it in his head that he needs to find this Senku kid to save Ruri. **He’s not wrong but also yikes this messes some things around. Anyways he gets Kohaku onboard of trying to find this guy despite them both being pretty sure he’s dead or at least not around- however this means that when Senku does wake up and starts that first fire, Kohaku is immediately on his shit. He barely gets Taiju into the miracle cave and has hardly even drafted the formula for revival fluid when he gets kidnapped to Ishigami village.

When Taiju finally breaks free he follows the path Senku left for him and he manages to find the camp but the green haired legend is no where to be found and there are heavy signs of a struggle (maybe like two pots knocked over cause Senku is akin to a water flea). Taiju finds the draft for the miracle fluid and does his best to create it and by a stroke of luck he barely managed to create a working bottle of it though he realistically knows he wouldn’t be able to replicate the result.

Some differences that are important to mention: I want Tsukasa to have a happy life so he gets to have friends this time meaning he gets to live out his parasocial reality as part of the prepetrificarion group

Back to the draft; Taiju decides to revive Tsukasa first despite him really wanting to confess to Yuzuriha for the sole reason of him knowing Tsukasa might be able to track down Senku/figure out the right proportions for the miracle fluid. So Tsukasa still builds his empire but instead of the the bodies of broken statues it’s on the hope of locating the remains of this friend.

Gen is brought on to help track Senku and figure out where he might have gone/gotten taken to and finds Ishigami village. Senku is knees deep in making antibiotics and knows that if his friends know where he is all he’ll will break lose and he really doesn’t have the time for that. The soda deals still takes place and Gen still gets his shit rocked by Magma but that gives Senku time to get married and divorced before Hyoga and Homura come to town.

Hyoga is still his perfect world self and doesn’t want Senku to reunite with “the idealists of the Sukasa Empire” and Senku doesn’t want Hyoga in general. Stone wars in this timeline is Senku trying to talk to the Tsukasa Empire without alerting Hyoga of his telephone.

Tsukasa avoids being stabbed/risking Mirai because they are aware of the shit hyoga wants to make the world into and know he’s extremely volatile. The miracle cave isn’t lost as Senku had no reason to make dynamight but they still intend to depetrify  the world so they know they need more access to nitric acid (?? I think that’s the stuff) so they set sail for treasure island for platinum and what not just this time with Tsukasa. Most events here play out very similarly as Tsukasa would still get petrified on the ship with everyone else.

They still have the one *very close range* use of the petra-beam left that they can hold on to yipppeee (they use it on Senku in America cause 🦅). From there on I don’t think there’s be much cannon deviation other then fluffy friendship moments because everyone has been friends for longer and there has been less tension other then rebuilding society itself.

Anyways this was a lot of word vomit if you want any clarification I can probably give it.

Uhhhhh ships wise they are all in a very committed QPR and will cry if separated (ship whoever you want they’re all friends at the very least in this universe)

[icharchivist]

im still a newbie to gbf, so in your opinion, are there any "bad" zodiac characters? i've seen very of little of them excluding vikala and post rabbit year, but a lot of people don't like/care for them (this is excluding the tigers because i saw one screenshot of their dialogue on twt and have avoided since)

oh hi! first of all, welcome there then <3 Glad to see you here!

And oof. Yeah. Yeah...

I didn't look super closely into the Zodiac because they always gave me the yikes tbh (young girls wearing skimpy outfit is not exactly what i look for in my medias).

But I really like Vikala, i think her angst about trying so hard to be someone else to overcompensate on how she believes she's not worth it, is really compelling (and tbh i really hate the new event saying she was always meant to be a zodiac because of her blood ties all along, since her whole thing was that she didn't understand why she was worthy to be a Zodiac).

I do enjoy Vajra and Andira to an extend but it's also because i've been using their units a lot that they just grew on me.

But in terms of "bad" zodiacs..... I really hate Catura. To me it's the biggest misfire.

Like, are the twins bad? yes. Totally. Like 100%. But at the start of their run it was Bai the problem. Huang was always supposed to shut Bai up and Huang herself was pretty cute, which meant at least there was one salvable thing in this mess. On paper, twins that are so opposed they drive each other mad is a cute dynamic, but the fact they made it all rest on "because Bai (12yo) is obsessed with Hentai and believes every situations means it will happen to them eventually and she looks forward to it" just destroys the whole dynamic. But i remember really liking a Huang only scene with Sandalphon in an event a while back. The 5* uncap of the Tigers and the newest event however get Bai to have her ways more easily and even Huang rolls with it (being obsessed about an aphrodisiac for instance), and i gave up. I can't stand those kids anymore. Huang had possible redeeming qualities that were squandered when Bai became the full draw.

That said, Catura is a character that was basically dead on arrival for me. There's nothing redeemable about this character in my eyes.

Her whole thing is that she's in love with Danchou. That's it. Everyone else at least have personality outside of the eventual fanservice, but not Catura. She talks about marrying Danchou all the damn time. this 15yo has her boobs completely on display, with a fully transparent outfit, and her obsession in life are to deliver milk, to become a good housewife, and to get Danchou's attention. This is infuriating to me and it makes it impossible to care for her. It slaps the fanservice over my screen and ask me to care without giving me anything to care about.

The only redeemable part of Catura is that she helped Meg figure out Mari was her "love interest" in the Zombie event a few years ago. Because Catura is obsessed with romance and wonders when it will be her turn, she was able to advice Meg when Meg realized she was stuck in a "all tropes will become true" curse where she could notice people saying Red Flags that would make them victims to the Zombie Apocalypse. As such when Mari was kidnapped specifically, Catura was able to tell Meg "it's because the Love Interest always gets kidnapped" and it helped Meg figure out her feelings for Mari.

... this is legit the only redeem point i can give Catura because even the rest of the event had her be unbearable constantly derailing the convo about how to make it about marrying Danchou.

So yeah to me Catura and Bai were the major misfire, and Huang suffers of it by extention.

But the rest is fine. It's fine. Like we've seen worse i mean.

Hope you liked reading this ^^

take care!!

[tortoisetales]

Knightfall Part Two:

I keep looking away from this cover, looking back, and laughing. I can see JPV Batman is already working out.

Amazingly, the mobsters are arguing for peace against Bane. They carved up the city and don’t need to fight! But Bane wants it all. That’s right, it’s yet another gang war.

Wow, losing to Bane is Batman’s first failure supposedly? With some caveats, but I think that’s impressive.

Doc Kinsolving gives him a kiss … no, that way lies death! Don’t become a love interest! Which is a shame, because I like her. She immediately points out their bullshit, but sees the positive in it.

Tim wants to go to Nightwing, but Batman isn’t done making bad decisions.

LOL, Bruce is like “I need to to tell her that I’m Batman to recover, I’ve connected it.” Alfred: “You didn’t connect shit.”

Poor Tim, from one obstinate Batman to the next one.

And Bruce has already moved on from “might die” to “knocking out goons while still in a wheelchair”, worried that Bane knows Tim’s secret.

Doc Kinsolving is getting kidnapped because of course she is! I told you not to kiss him!

“Bruce has enough problems for now.” He sure does. But you could tell Nightwing! It’s kind of weird that Dick has barely been around Tim given I know how close they are later, but they haven’t gotten there. Still, Tim’s a fan, he wanted to bring him in earlier … go back to your roots and bother Dick about it!

Awww, Tim.

Yikes, JPV wants to use this guy to find Bane even though Bane has his children. But fuck that guy’s kids!

Now we’re … wandering off to read about Scarecrow, I guess.

Huh, Tim says he’s afraid FOR JPV. I would be afraid of him by now. The key point in “he’s going to get us both killed” is him getting YOU killed, Tim.

Oh hey, Lonnie escaped. And his transformation to Anarchy is so quick I thought that was a different person. He just has this whole getup and equipment stashed and ready?

I laughed. The Batbooks keep throwing tonally-dissonant silly stuff into the grim stories, and I always appreciate it.

Anarchy believes that Batman existed before Gotham and the Rogues exist in response to him. …no?

Scarecrow’s mindbreaking people into becoming scarecrows thing is kind of interesting. I want the kid to kill him, but of course he won’t. Scarecrow’s really well done here, and I’m enjoying the art, but I’m just not feeling it. I want to know what’s going on with Dr. Kinsolving and Jack, and I’m sick of the Rogues right now.

JPV at least protects Bullock and the rest of the cops, he’s not that far gone. (Baby me really liked Bullock’s character in B:TAS for some reason. Can’t say that’s still true.)

Delightful. They have a little logo!

Anarky talks well, but all the property damage … not that anyone cares about property damage.

I’m sorry, Anarky can de-hypnotize people? I thought he was a hacker!

*muttering to myself* Forget logistics … it’s a comic … forget logistics … it’s a comic …

JPV’s struggling between his duty to protect Gotham’s innocents and his desire to just go murder a dude. All I really know is that he will choke Tim, so I’m not sure how far he’s going to fall.

JPV figures things out because he personally went to college with this kid’s dad. Who needs detective skills? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Oh my god. This is the funniest way an attempt to murder Batman could’ve gone.

It’s interesting that JPV resents not being able to feel fear like a normal person. This sequence is some good foreshadowing.

JPV doesn’t save the kid because he’d rather punch Scarecrow. Good thing Anarky is there. I like how, despite trying to murder Batman, Lonnie’s still a naive kid who is outraged that Batman would let a kid die.

And this definitely won’t convince the kid he was right that Batman needs to die. But fuck them kids. I’m just glad we’re done with this story and can return to the main plot. Which starts up exactly as if the Scarecrow plot hadn’t happened.

It’s pretty galling to me that Nightwing just isn’t in this anywhere. He didn’t hear about the Arkham breakout? No one told him his dad’s back was broken and he’s in a coma? I can ignore them not calling Superman ever for the sake of the story but Nightwing?

I’m not sure why Tim doesn’t change out of the Robin costume before going home, instead of throwing his civvie clothes on over it. It sure would’ve helped him not get found out as Robin by his dad. Also, is he seriously sleeping with two sets of clothing on, one of which is made of kevlar?

Babs has already built a reputation! Her debut of Oracle is one of those issues I missed.

“Mine” is a trigger word that causes JPV to draw nasty gauntlets. That’s specific. Harold has gotten the hell out of dodge. And they call Tim the smart one.

I’m just gonna ignore all of Catwoman’s stuff. She’s shown up acting weirdly before, and I just don’t feel like acknowledging it.

You couldn’t have told JPV to tell him? You went out of your way to go to Tim’s home and leave a note instead?

*Picking this up again several days later* OK where was I?

Once more I have seen the count go out in his lizard fashion.

JPV hates detective work, which is how you know he’s a bad Batman. He also has terrible fashion choices. I know I keep saying it, but he really does look like an action figure.

Tim is lying to Mrs. McIlvaine about his dad going to some hot springs, which just makes me wonder what he’s going to tell his dad once he’s home. “No, I didn’t call the police or tell anyone you were missing--uh, why? Batman said he’d handle it.” Also this is going to make twice Batman saved Jack Drake’s life, and he’s still going to hate him later.

JPV knows about the venom but just lets Bane roid up. Even the narration boxes are calling him out for this. (Nice touch: The narration boxes switch between being in third person and being in first person, but without the word “I” used anywhere. This man is divorced from his own POV!)

The pouches … the barrel chests … the lack of feet … but no, it’s Kelley Jones.

With real shooting action!!

WHY IS EVERYONE HOT FOR THIS BOY?! I mean, I love him, but you shouldn’t.

Tim’s being sensible? For now?

Ace growls at JPV, which is how you know he’s gone too far. … is anyone feeding this dog? … Harold, you were just hiding further in the cave! Glad someone remembered the dog. Again, Harold is beating out most Batman characters in being sensible.

Dick very nicely does not ream Tim a new one here. I think Tim should’ve called him, but I can understand that he doesn’t want to muck about in Dick and Bruce’s relationship. They’re father and son, and he’s an outsider. If Bruce told him not to tell Dick, he’s not going to tell Dick. Still … Dick knew Bruce was in danger, but no one told him he was out of danger until Babs did? Tim.

Nightwing did make a point about no longer being a Robin. But not wanting to force him into the Batman suit is not the same as not keeping him updated.

LOL at Tim’s ninja-esque design. It’s cool, he saw it on TMNT.

Noooo, listen to Nightwing!

That was also my reaction to the costume, Tim. The artist does a really good job of trying to make it look good which fails entirely.

Another climatic showdown! Problem: I don’t care about Bane OR JPV. Ah well.

The police in comics are so hesitant to shoot people. That’s how you can tell it’s fiction.

JPV Batman’s chest symbol lights up. They really are designing action figures and then incorporating them in the comics. As if I didn’t care too little about this guy already.

Bane tells the passengers to leave the train car (strangely nice) only to murder the conductor (rude, mean).

Bat-explosives. =D =D =D

And it’s a good thing Tim cares about bystanders, or they’d all be dead. JPV doesn’t kill Bane, weirdly. Tim tries positive reinforcement by telling JPV that he’s Batman after all. I’m pretty sure JPV is going to go “MINE” and get worse.

The tone of this last issue feels to me like an editor walked into the room, plopped an action figure down on someone’s desk, and said, “We need to sell these stupid things. Make him look cool.”

Anyway, this is Knightfall a third done. Next … presumably Jack Drake and Doc Kinsolving and Tim getting choked?

[avionvadion]

Man, I knew Black Butler was weird and a little messed up from when I watched it in like middle to early high school (kinda glad I didn’t understand the nun scene back then because I understand what Bassy was doing now and yikes. Thankfully it’s non a canon scene) but I just finished rewatching Book of Circus (which is canon) last night and while I remembered certain things (like the big prosthetic reveal and the true reason why Ciel hired the trio) I did not remember just how fucked up it really was.

Like… that entire bit with the kids and the manor just kinda had me staring at the screen in horror, and then there was everyone being (unsurprisingly) killed. Joker had the saddest death of the entire circus troupe, me thinks. That or the most pathetic. Honestly all of their deaths were sad. I actually really liked Beast.

And then the reveal that everything they were fighting to protect in the first place had stopped existing long ago, so their deaths were essentially pointless???

They were traumatized and abused and blackmailed, and they all wanted out of the situation they were in but were afraid that their “siblings” would be punished and/or would lose the support of what’s-his-face, their “father”, so they kidnapped more children and killed any witnesses and Joker had to watch as many of those children they kidnapped died because their “father” wanted entertainment and he felt too powerless to stop it and could only stand there and flinch and look away as children dragged the dead children’s bodies away, and continue on with the “show”.

And everyone just. Died. Not ever learning they were lied to, that their “siblings” were already dead, with Joker being the only one to learn that their prosthetics were made of human bone from the deceased children, and he literally died crying, horrified and disgusted and helpless, realizing what a fucked up situation this all was and that he had walked right into it, and that his found family had been sent to their deaths.

Like what the fuuuuuckkkkkkkkkk.

And then they had a little girl with braids at the end that was selling fruit look like the girl you saw get kidnapped at the beginning (a little girl with braids selling flowers) who you then watched get stabbed to death, which is maybe why Ciel tells Sebastian to buy a fruit from her.

What the fuck. What is this show.

I’m still gonna watch it but like what the fuck.

Also, I see you camera. I see what you doing with Ciel and Daddy Phantomhive and the camera angles. I know the spoilers. I see you. Tricky, tricky, but you can’t fool me! He’s on the left, now he’s on the right? He’s super extroverted and bubbly and sweet but now he’s super shy and can’t talk? I see you.

[fallenrocket]

#OurFlagMeansDeadloch Watch Party - Episode 8

(crossposted from my Twitter)

Before I start, I really hope we don't get a last-minute twist where James is the killer. Can you imagine if he was just pretending to be incompetent to sabotage the investigation? His villainsplaining would be *insufferable*.

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Second, I'm manifesting Abby suckerpunching James in the finale and then exclaiming, "Ma'ams, did you see that? I did a punch!"

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"Go color-code your Birkenstocks or some shit"--'cause it's not enough to just take Dulcie off the case. Gotta throw in some "clever" homophobia too.

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Okay, "emotional truffle pig" is a great descriptor for Cath. Props to Nadiyah!

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"Where would I have the time to murder? If I had free time, I would take my kid to the pool, not kill her fucking dad." Go, Sharelle!

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"Darlings, I'll get you out of here, I won't rest until it happens!" says Margaret as her scurries out the door.

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When the convenience store owner stops to help a customer while Dulcie and Eddie are getting to get information on the bus, you can actually see Eddie's soul leaving her body.

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"He's taken them up into the hills."

"Like The Sound of Music."

"Yeah, sure."

lol, I love it!

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"Ugh, I muscle-memory drove myself back to Deadloch! Sorry, guys." omg, Sven, I've been there!

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I like that this show takes the OFMD approach of, "It's okay when racists/colonizers die."

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And there's the big twist! Yikes, poor Eddie--you think she had issues getting close to people *before*???

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"James, I'm talking to Skye. Let women have the floor, mate!" omg, I can't with this guy's ultra-considerate "let's unpack toxic masculinity" spiel when he's kidnapped a bunch of dudes to murder them. He's evil, but he's hilarious!

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"I don't have to do all this murder!"

"Yeah, everyone knows that, mate! Everyone knows that except for fucking you!"

lol, these two are taking me *out*!

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I like that we're shown how killing predatory men is still a product of his misogyny, that notion that women are so helpless and brainwashed by the patriarchy that they "need" a man to step in and do what needs to be done to liberate them.

It has a thematic ring with Miranda asking why Margaret gets to decide who "deserves" what in an earlier episode, which is very fitting.

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"Attention all units: the men are not on the bus. Repeat, the men are *not* on the bus." lol, that timing is just *chef's kiss*.

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"So Collins, were you always into women, or was it something you had to work on, like a muscle?" hee!

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Ah, bless Abby, walking down the street with her new bangs, eating a sandwich, off to meet up with her forensic Edward Teach a.k.a. Kate. Lovely ending for her!

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lol, and we end on one final mixed-up name from Eddie! It reminds me of when the Kraken crew were telling Stede that Ed retired and Archie just mumbled, "Yeah, got tired."

[lastoneout]

Hey there! Sorry it's kind of late, but I just remembered I said I'd send you a follow up ask about your dislike for the monster mom from Undertale when you had more time. But if you still don't have the time or just aren't feeling up to it, absolutely no worries! Hope you have a nice Friday!

I FORGOT ABOUT THIS

But yeah I really don't like her at all and it's maybe bcs I'm projecting some baggage onto her or smthn, but basically I went into Undertale completely blind bcs my friend told me I should experience it as fresh as possible, the only hint I got was "try not to kill anyone", so from my perspective here's what the beginning of the game was like(also forgive me if anything is out of order plot wise, I've only played the game once and it was seven years ago):

- Okay, the main character I'm playing as has clearly fallen into some sort of fantasy world, alright, games probably gonna be about us finding our way home then, cool!

- Oh, there's a goat lady?? Who's....acting like she's my mom??? Weird, I don't know her at all, and I super don't trust her bcs in fantasy stories like this you gotta watch out for characters who seem super nice but secretly want to keep you trapped "for your own good". It's a classic trope, so I'm :/ about her.

- Oh god she's being so overbearing and way too nice ugh I already don't like pushy tutorial npcs and she's def giving me bad vibes now, she's probably going to try to trap me here. All of this nice stuff feels culty and dangerous and weird, and there's this creeping dread, eugh...

- I hate butterscotch. I told her I preferred cinnamon bcs I don't like butterscotch, but now I have to eat it anyway, so she's not listening to me. So she's acting like my mom while creating an environment where my desires and preferences are not prioritized. This sucks.

- There were other kids down here maybe? What happened to them? Hmmm I think I'm in Danger.

- Eh, her house is nice but it's so empty...I don't like it here. She's refusing to talk to me about where I am or tell me how to leave, and she's kinda like demanding I just give up and live here with her and absolutely acting like she's my mom now, so yeah def trying to trap me here, I guess I'm a kidnapping victim. We gotta figure out a way to get the fuck out of here this place is culty and weird and too happy and I hate it.

- And she's trying to stop us! I knew it.

- And now she's kinda guilt tripping me! Wow yeah we REALLY need to leave.

- Fight time, but I'm not supposed to kill so I guess we just push forward? Eugh she's trying to make me feel bad for her but I don't. I just want to leave!

- Oh okay the fight is over? And she's telling me...that I can never come back?? This lady full on kidnapped me and started acting like my mom and now she's ditching me?? Bcs SHE'S too sad?? Oh my god, that's so fucking mean! I'm not even allowed to call her? Not that I wanted to, but she's just full on cutting me off?? Listen you either want to be my mom or you don't, if you're gonna commit, then fucking commit! You don't get to just act like you love me and then rip it all away! Jesus, this sucks. Okay, well fuck you too lady, I'm leaving, see ya never I hope!

And then I got really emotionally invested in everyone else and especially Asgore bcs I love a tragic king who is trying to do what's right even if it involves horrible things and losing every thing and everyone he loves, but hey at least he's being up front about it! And not lying to me or anything! I appreciate the honesty.

But then she showed up at the end of the game and I was just like oh god she's back fucking yikes. And she's acting like she's better than Asgore?? And he's listening?? Damn also she's totally okay with murder since she just told him he could have taken one human soul and crossed the barrier, so she doesn't even have the moral high ground on that, so she's a coward and so fake wtf, oh god now she's acting like my mom again, fucking great. I'm running as soon as the credits roll.

So yeah....I was VERY surprised when I went online and saw how everyone loved her so much, cuz to me she's just a rude weird control freak lady who tried to trap me in purgatory alone with her forever and then acted like I was the bad guy for asking to leave before Completely Abandoning me. And maybe it's due to some trauma I've been through or smthn, I think it probably is tbh, but I just cannot bring myself to see her as anything but a weirdo who pretended to love me and then abandoned me the second I asserted a single boundary.

And that's why I don't like Toriel.

[saltysplayt00ns]

Heights heights and snider-sauce

I did this one a long time ago, figured I show it here especially that the heights are being changed to accommodate characters the author is favoriting.

It has not changed since then and the Akiulfrs are getting more smaller and more Jaro looking then a "wolf" even animals such as the felines are looking more Jaro and unfortunately certain creatures that are just...creatures with canine traits. how is anyone surviving in only Nova meat. The bears are not eaten and neither are the bulls and others. we seen one time with a boar and another with flying hares and one with cats eating dogs, but other then that everyone just seems to eat only nova or pre-cut meat.

Heights changed from before and now after

For the record I do not like Rome for many reasons but more so as the story progresses. He is LITERALLY replacing Thakir a mediator priest and a rabbit who was supposed to replace Thakir as Jahla's confidant but is now pushed back as well. BOTH being nothing more then fodder and comedy relief when their was much more then that, Thakir's personality went a 360 the moment he got kicked out and dealing with a hostile land.

Rome's traits as of now

Rome is basically a "yes man" which is someone who kiss ass, Simps is also a thing too. The dog is unhinged along with the other dogs, he is not adventurous, nor humble, nor any flirty traits he is however reckless, impulsive, gullible, inconsiderate and a 'know it all'. Rome could have saved all the hassle if he just went to the capitol to state the ambassador was kidnapped, why the bloody amazon he sent a BEACON if he knew the tribe was not friendly, to lure in members?? what if it was a female?? or they're into innocents males instead?? it's literally meteor but still in development, he was not in distress and could easily left the tribe and went to another one. He also seems to know stuff aka: godmodlling' then what he should know along with others. It just doesn't make sense.

If you want them to be in a relationship, make it make sense If someone agrees to everything including murdering and stuff?? I would call for help or a warrant on them that's dangerous blind loyalty Rogio and Ranach had.

Edit: wanted to get images for visual purposes and to make sure I am remembering it correctly ( this is an 800+ page with no volume )

REMEMBER Jahla left cause Rhov was concerned involving trust on aliens that left them in a hostile planet ( I believe after Zilas got killed) and stated she wanted to stay, and now Jahla is agreeing on the same thing Rhov stated but in monologue delusions and saying it with a BIG yikes all for it to get cut off by Rome to just frolic around or he just agrees to it and be Romeo to his Juliet.

Cutting a serious topic to just frolic, just like Jahla frolic with the rabbit after a serious situation of a family needing help, and its not just Jahla, roamer had done it ( went swimming when Ronja was in peril & when making out with Rogio in front of kids) , Rhov and Feaf had done it, Axiylah the serious one on a very tight deadline did it playing snowball fights, and majority of the dogs did. Forget that we're starving and possibly trapped by a beast who doesn't jump over barrier because plot armor, lets frolic, sit around, sex and dance about.

[nonstandardrepertoire]

i think for me the scene that really defines the failure of season 3 of Picard is the scene where Picard and Crusher have Vadic in custody and have i guess finished interrogating her and then go off to the side a little bit and are like "so do we just kill her now? i think we just kill her now?" and at first you're like "haha this is a tactic to get inside Vadic's head and shake some more information out, right?" but then no they are actually just deciding to summarily execute a prisoner of war that they have in captivity and uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh has anyone writing this show watched a single episode of a single Star Trek at any point? oh no they only watched "Tuvix" didn't they, i guess that explains it

anyway, further thoughts:

but seriously, folks, one of Picard's defining character traits is that he sticks to principle even when it is morally questionable to do so. an asteroid is on a collision course with a pre-warp society? Prime Directive means there's nothing we can do, we just gotta stand by and watch them perish. a treaty requires forcibly relocating a bunch of space!Native Americans? gosh, that's rough, he hopes they can convince them to leave voluntarily, but he's not just going to Not abide by a treaty

Crusher, likewise, is very strongly committed to preserving life. she gets kidnapped by terrorists at one point and is like "yes, sure, they have blown up a bunch of civilians but also, consider, they need medical attention, so i'm going to give it to them"

so to have?? these two specifically be like "time to execute a prisoner without trial!" is???????? i do not believe it of them. these are not the characters i care about from The Next Generation. they simply?? are not????? and this scene doesn't play as a like, "holy shit this is fucked up can you believe this war crime these people are about to commit what the fuck what the fuck what the fuck something has gone Wrong here Yikes", instead it feels like it's treated as more of a "haha, yeah, Star Trek is gritty and edgy now B)", which. why any of this. what are we doing here. i would like to be somewhere else

In General, tho, it feels like basically every other TNG character except for Worf and Data and Geordi sometimes is just. wildly off the mark? i simply Do Not Believe that Riker is that terrible a father and family man? S3 feels like it has given up any pretense of doing anything original and collapsed entirely into TNG nostalgia, but then it also insists on mangling every single legacy character it brings back, so like, again, what are we doing here. why any of this

further on the collapse into nostalgia and giving up on any premise of original ideas: what the heck happened to literally anything set up in the season 2 finale. we have an entirely new kind of Borg petitioning for entry into the Federation. we have a Big Mysterious Portal that shoots Destruction Beams just. floating in/near Federation space. none of this is ever mentioned again! i guess Jurati is still just. vibing

this is like, the fourth or fifth Definitely Final End To The Borg For Real This Time we've had, and like. i get that they are iconic TNG villains, but also bringing them back like this continues to feel So stale. please i am begging you: have a single new idea it has been 30 years

adding to the sense of Giving Up, thematically this season feels all over the fucking map. like, on the one hand: Vadic was a prisoner of war tortured in a black site by Federation scientists and now out for revenge. this has a lot of potential for a plot that is about chickens coming home to roost. the Federation made some really questionable choices during the Dominion War, and now they have to deal with the consequences of their own cruelty and destructiveness. that's an interesting set of themes! it doevetails kind of nicely with Picard having a kid he didn't know about with Crusher, and now they both have to Deal With That since fate has pushed them back together. but then it . . . switches to being a plot about The Borg Trying To Assimilate The Federation Again, which isn't at all about consequences of bad choices and is instead about "there's an evil sneaky outside force trying to destroy us because they're eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeevil and we have to be Strong and Vigilant against them". what are we doing here!!!!!!!

similarly, the alliance between the Borg and the Dominion (? or just the sect of rogue Changelings? the geopolitics of this is a little unclear to me, ngl) is strategically unclear to me. why do the Changelings need the Borg for this plan? it doesn't seem like they have a shortage of operatives, and it's hard for me to believe that the Borg would . . . share power? and not just try to assimilate or destroy the Changelings once the Federation is out of the way (and i don't get the sense that the Changelings are naive enough to not know that). again, what are we doing here

when Section 31 is introduced in DS9, it's clearly a shadowy operation that almost no one knows about, and even fewer will acknowledge. now, it seems like literally everyone not just knows what Section 31 is, but is also like "oh, their secret base? yeah totally, it's right over there, i have the schematics and a good understanding of the security system". are they a secret unit that calls into question the entire moral foundation of the Federation, or are they a known branch that everybody just accepts? these are different things!!!!!!!!!!

what the fuck is going on with Raffi Musiker. the show seems to want her both to be an unstable drug addict with a checkered past and a fraught relationship with Starfleet Command (cool, great, love this for the most prominent Black woman in the cast /SARCASM) but also a highly decorated officer in good standing entrusted with sensitive and delicate missions who has done no wrong. she is both paranoid and delusional and also right about every single conspiracy she imagines. it doesn't feel like she's doing well in her career despite considerable mental health challenges, it just feels like her standing flip flops wildly depending on the needs of the plot in a given scene

also like, idk, but i feel like finding out that the family member who abandoned all of their obligations to you for years and years and years in pursuit of a conspiracy theory was right about that conspiracy theory doesn't like? immediately and miraculously make up for the . . . abandonment? i just struggle with turning from "quite frankly we never want to hear from you again because we are so hurt by how you treated us vs your obsessions" to "wow wait you're decorated because your obsessions were correct? that's so cool, please come be our Cool Relative now" on a dime

why is Picard still blanket recommending Starfleet this place clearly has severe organizational and philosophical issues what are we doing why are we doing this

this is really not limited to this show, but it just Grates on me that in the first episode we see an entire large city building destroyed and while we're told that it's a great tragedy, we never really? get to feel the weight of it. like, all of those people died, and their deaths literally do not matter on an emotional level. we are not asked to sit with the grief of this destruction. it is solely there to inspire Raffi's guilt and prove that the Big Bad means business. just a very callous approach to life that i am noticing more and more in media — you see it also in Crusher just straight-up killing a guy in the opening scene — and that always makes me think about that Le Guin quote where she talks about heroes using exactly the same methods as villains and that being something that should perhaps trouble us morally more than it often does

i just don't understand how you can do an arc involving the Borg Queen and not?? address the New Borg Queen you made in the past season with her New Borg Collective. has Jurati always been The Borg Queen in this new timeline, or has she just been . . . secretly out there doing Borg stuff entirely unrelated to the main collective? how do any of these pieces fit together oh wait they don't this show hates itself and does not want you to have watched it

i'm sure that's not Actually everything but im Tired and i have Covid im going to Bed goodBYE