#still. kid gets kidnapped. yike

[olivia-anderson-fanfic]

Faerie the hatchet

Rule number 6: Do not, under any circumstances, make a deal with them. They will ALWAYS get the upper hand.

It was the longest, and therefore likely the most important. The one that you were supposed to listen to. The one that, if nothing else, you should make sure to follow.

This had been defaced.

Or: Fae!Bruce is lonely, but then a newly orphaned boy stumbles into his clearing asking for a deal. It’s Free Son.

Dick Grayson squinted at the rules on the piece of paper that he clutched in careful hands as he made his way through the forest.

They were simple.

2) Do not tell them your name.

3) Do not eat their food.

4) Do not step into any mushroom rings.

5) Do not insult them.

Now, rule number 1 was “Do not go into the forest unless absolutely necessary”, but Dick was disregarding that. It laid at the top of the paper, scratched out so harshly that the paper had ripped under the force of his quill.

And then there was rule number 6: Do not, under any circumstances, make a deal with them. They will ALWAYS get the upper hand.

It was the longest, and therefore likely the most important. The one that you were supposed to listen to. The one that, if nothing else, you should make sure to follow.

This, too, had been defaced.

Tiny feet scrambled along the path, weaving away from stray patches of poison ivy, careful not to trip over any roots or rocks that happened to be there, hesitant to trample any plants.

His eyes caught on a berry bush and almost instantly his mouth began to water. The berries looked juicer than any he had ever seen around town, and god knows he hadn’t eaten in a couple of days. The gnawing sensation in his stomach that had faded out after day three came back with a vengeance. The nausea he had been suffering from since he had been stuffed in a cupboard and forced to stay quiet as his parents were brutally murdered seemed to fade away into nothing but a mere memory. He was nearly bowled over by just how much he wanted them.

It wouldn’t be so bad, would it? A voice murmured in the back of his head. They can wait just a few minutes more. I have time. And I’m just so hungry.

Something crinkled underfoot and he jumped nearly a foot in the air in surprise, looking down at the paper he had accidentally stepped on. He had dropped it at some point. A dirty shoemark now helped marr the paper, making it even harder to read than it had been before.

He swallowed thickly, looking determinedly away from the berries.

Do not eat their food.

He was getting close.

He kept his eyes on the ground as he made his way further along the beaten path. Partially so he wouldn’t be tempted again, partially so he couldn’t stray, but mostly to look out for the dreaded ring that was rumored to lay at the end of it. Maybe, had he been older, been wiser, he would have wondered why there was a path at all. Whether there had been another person (or perhaps even people) like him that had gone this way so often that they had felt that making a path in the dirt was necessary, or whether the forest itself was leading him there.

But alas. Dick Grayson is eight. A smart eight year old, perhaps, but an eight year old nonetheless. And a grieving one at that.

Hence why he is here. Being both grieving and a child is a terrible mix when otherworldly beings that prey on humanity’s collective stupidity and lack of rationality when it comes to emotions are involved, but again: stupidity and lack of rationality when it comes to emotions.

So, he continues to look at the ground. He can’t risk stepping into the circle, not when his soul – or whatever it was the fae wanted from the humans they stole away – was his only bargaining chip here. But he also can’t miss it, because a deal with the fae is his only shot at bringing his parents back to life.

Of course, he couldn’t have missed it if he tried.

For a musical voice chimed: “Over here, little one.”

He jerked to look, his eyes wide in a mix of terror and pure, unadulterated hope. His gaze fell upon the most beautiful man to ever exist.

Though, maybe, calling him a man was the wrong thing to do, for he was certainly not human. A pair of bat wings hung from his back, his skin was just a smidge too pale, and his teeth were sharp enough to shred through a person without dulling in the slightest.

His shoulders sank. “Oh. I was looking for a fae, not a vampire. I apologize for inconveniencing you,” he said carefully. He made a short, aborted motion, because he had been about to bow and then promptly realized that exposing the back of his neck to a vampire was decidedly not a good idea. After a couple of moments of deliberation, every thought shown plainly on his face as if he were attempting to convey it to an audience that did not exist, he opted for pressing his hand to his heart in apology.

The not-human laughed, a pleasant sound that shouldn’t have reminded him of crickets chirping in the night and yet did for some strange reason, wiping an almost definitely fake tear from his eyes.

“I’m a fae,” he informed Dick, and Dick hesitated to give him the mildly dubious look his brain told him he should. If the man really was a fae, that might be seen as impolite. “After all, would a vampire be in one of these?”

And then he motioned to the ground.

Dick cast his eyes downward and found a ring of mushrooms, flowers, and shiny rocks that he swore hadn’t been there before. After all, he would have noticed the way the moonlight seemed to catch on each little pebble, right?

He swallowed thickly, seeing just how close his foot was to the edge of the ring. If the fae moved fast enough, he might just be able to grab Dick and drag him into the ring, and if he did then he would lose.

He wasn’t quite sure what you were supposed to lose. He just knew that, if you did, you weren’t allowed to come back.

“So, little one, what has led you here? To me?” The fae said, leaning closer. It really was too big, towering over the child even when it kneels and leaving him to shiver in his shadow.

It took everything in him to not back away. The rules flickered in his mind’s eyes. He couldn’t be impolite. If you wouldn’t do it to a guest in your home, then you certainly shouldn’t do it to a fae.

“I don’t think I’m that little,” he said carefully. “I think you might just be tall. Cause of all the – uh – fae-ness.” He tacked on a quick “Sir” for good measure.

The man laughed lightly. This one sounded different from the first, more breathless, like water rolling over rocks in a stream. He wondered, idly, which one was the true laugh.

“I suppose we can agree to disagree on that. But, if you don’t want me to keep calling you ‘little one’, then may I have your name instead?”

He opened his mouth, but then forced it closed again. “You may not. You… you can call me Robin, instead,” he decided, even if it hurt a little to say it. His mom had called him that. But it was the only thing he knew he would respond to immediately.

The man’s smile didn’t waver, but something akin to frustration flickered behind his eyes.

“What should I call you?” Dick said after a few moments’ silence, fighting the urge to wring his hands.

The fae blinked at him. Too-blue eyes scrutinized him for a long moment. And then he tipped his head to the side. His neck curved just a little too far to look natural, and certainly seemed uncomfortable, but he didn’t seem to realize. “Most of the humans I meet call me Batman.”

“Seems a little on the nose, don’t you think?” He blurted, only to slap his hands over his mouth.

But the fae just laughed again, and it was the chirpy one. Dick decided this one was the real one. After all, the fae tipped his head back to laugh, so fast that he probably would have fallen over if he were human, but instead he simply hung there in midair, a brilliant smile on his face. He didn’t think that kind of amusement could be faked. Exaggerated, maybe, but not fake.

“Maybe!” He agreed once he was done with his maybe-surprised-maybe-maniacal laughter. “Would you suggest something different?”

Dick blushed. He really couldn’t think of something that wasn’t about the bat wings on his back, actually, now that he thought about it. He hardly knew the guy, he had almost nothing to go off of. He cleared his throat awkwardly to give himself time to think, but all he could come up with in the moment was: “B. I’ll call you B.”

He got a wide grin from the faerie, but there was no malice lurking behind his eyes. “What does the B stand for?”

“I’m afraid that is between me and God,” Dick said solemnly. He didn’t want to admit that he had just cut off the ‘atman’ part of his fake name, even if it was kind of obvious… or was it? Shoot, what if B thought he was actually trying to hide that he was calling him a ‘female dog’? “Wait! It’s nothing bad, though, don’t worry!”

“Oh? It’s not? Then would you like to explain why won’t you tell me?” B said, resting his hands on his hips.

He opened his mouth to explain himself, only to find out that B was teasing him. He snapped his mouth shut so he wouldn’t be tempted to stick his tongue out at the fae. He still crossed his arms over his chest and pouted, though.

This seemed to endlessly amuse B, because he let the silence go without any contest.“Alright. I grant you permission to call me B, then. Now, Robin, you never answered me. What brings you here?”

Dick’s mouth went dry. Probably to make up for the wetness that began to prickle at the corners of his eyes. “I want to make a deal with you.”

The fae’s perfectly-manicured eyebrows shot into his hair. “A deal?” He repeated, cautiously.

And Dick realized he was being given an out.

But he couldn’t. He nodded firmly. “I want my parents back. And I want revenge on the guy that killed them.”

B looked at him for a long moment, considering, before a smile spread across his face. “That’s quite a high ask for such a little bird. What do you offer in return?”

He gnawed his bottom lip nervously. It was interested, that much was clear, but… he didn’t know if that was more of a ‘wow, the gall of this human’ kind of thing or because he was actually considering helping him. It didn’t matter either way, of course, he had already started it, there was no going back, so he steeled his shoulders and forced himself to look the fae in the eyes. “Me.”

The fae hummed consideringly, and the sound buzzed in his ears in a way that made goosebumps rise on his arms.

But it was nothing compared to the way his hair stood on end when the fae smiled down at him and said:

“Two souls for two souls. I can work with that.”

The fae held out a hand to shake. Dick’s eyes caught on the way the tips of his fingers looked like they had been stretched into pointy claws.

Feeling distinctly like he was making a terrible mistake, he reached out a tiny hand.

B smiled a little too wide as their hands clasped.

And then he didn’t let go.

He started backing up, dragging Dick closer to the edge of the circle, step by step.

Dick yelped and dug in his heels, trying to make his stupid shoes gain traction, but the fae was so much stronger than him and the nails were digging into his skin enough to draw blood and it hurt and he could barely think but he knew that everything had gone wrong.

“Waitwaitwait!” He yelped.

Surprisingly, the fae stopped, but he didn’t let go of Dick’s hand. Didn’t allow him to twist his hand from his grip. “Yes?”

“I didn’t mean now!” He said quickly. “I still want to spend time with my parents! What’s the point otherwise?”

The fae snickered quietly and leaned closer. Until their noses were merely an inch apart. “I suppose you should have clarified more before you agreed, then.”

Dick screamed as his feet left the ground.

“But don’t worry, little Robin, I’ll make sure you get your wishes.”

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Pt2

All Fae-n And Games Masterlist

[tizeline]

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

[lovinqmils]

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Warnings: follows avatar twow plot (aka spoils the whole thing) , sfw (don't even try me w anything weird) , some ooc, use of y/n, female reader

can also be found on wattpad: @lovinqmils

THIS IS A STORY (NOT A ONESHOT) SO IT'LL HAVE MULTIPLE PARTS

part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4 | part 5 | part 6

𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍...

you manage to get lost on your way home, you unintentionally get yourself caught in a sketchy science experiment...yikes. you wake up in a foreign land (or shall I say planet) that filled with 8-10ft tall blue...creatures?

read along to find out how this interesting adventure unfolds !

according to google the oldest of the sully kids was 15, so the reader is 14-15yrs. please pretend the reader could get to pandora in a couple months, js for story purposes :))

TW: KIDNAPPING

PART 1: ❝ PANIC ❞ 1.7k words

"this doesn't look familiar..." you muttered, frantically wiping your phone screen dry from the pouring rain, trying to find out where in the world you were. but no matter how hard you swiped and tapped your phone was frozen still , completely ruined from the rain. still in denial , you continued trying to get your phone to cooperate with you , failing to notice the white van pulling up towards you.

after feeling a light splash of the cold rain splash onto your legs, you look up making direct eye contact with a blonde-haired man wearing a white lab coat with the letters 'RDA' sewn onto the left side.

"oh my ! sorry to bother you, but do you know the fastest way to get to xxx station?" you ask, a bit loudly as he still hasn't rolled down the window.

the back door of the van slides open, a fairly muscly man dressed in a black tank top and matching cargo pants steps outside. strolling over towards you, "what'd you need , darling?"

feeling slightly intimidated, you take a step back realising just how dangerous this situation is, "oh, uhm...don't worry about it..thank you for your help though"

"now now, where do you think you're off to?" the muscly man chuckles, roughly grabbing your arm. he leaned in so close you could smell all the smoke and alcohol he consumed.

"let go of me !" you attempt to pull yourself away , but unfortunately his grip only tightened.

panicking, you started to scream and kick anywhere you could , but he managed to wrap one of his arms around you and drag you into the van. you took a last glimpse of the dimly lit street, your phone laying on the wet concrete , broken. the doors to the van slammed shut and sped off to an unknown location. you felt a damp cloth being stuffed into your mouth and in no time everything went black.

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TW: operation?, syringes

your eyelids still too heavy to open , you felt restraints tied around your hands and legs forcing you to lie as stiff as a pencil. your senses seemed to be dulled but you managed to make out a conversation between 2 people who stood on either side of you

"boss..you got fired from the RDA years ago...do you even think she's gonna make it through the transportation?"

"quiet! just because we don't have all the fancy equipment does not mean this project is impossible! now pass me the scalpel."

'...scalpel? are they operating on me!?'

your body immediately tensed, your tried to force your eyes open but they wouldn't budge. so you resulted to jerking your body in any direction possible.

"SHE'S MOVING! HURRY AND PASS ME THE SYRINGE!"

you felt a tiny prick in your arm and once again, everything faded into complete darkness.

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your eyes shot open, you sat up looking around you. you were in a forest, filled to the brim with exotic colourful plants. the trees towered over you , the trunk was at least 50ft tall.

"where am i...?" you muttered. as beautiful as this place was it definitely was not home. you brushed your hair out of your face and stood up, you've got to find a way out of here. after some scavenging, you managed to create a makeshift spear, consisting of a sharp stone that was tied to a sturdy stick with a couple of hair ties.

"anyone!? hello..!! can somebody please help me!?" you started to walk mindlessly deeper into the forest shouting for what you hoped, would be help.

"is anyone there!? pleas-" you were cut off by an extremely tall blue creature landing in front of you, aiming a dagger that would definitely do more damage than your spear directly to your throat.

"w-wait..what are you..." you stumbled back unable to finish your sentence gripping onto your spear for dear life.

you heard the blue creature make some sort of screaming sound, alerting 6 other 8ft tall blue creatures to land on all sides of you. you were surrounded.

hyperventilating, you swung your makeshift spear around, trying to create an opening however they only moved closer. a slim blue fist collided with your left cheek, the force throwing you to the ground. the pain you felt was unbearable , and the stinging sensation in your cheek caused tears to roll down your face. you were picked up by the front of your shirt, and one of the creatures held its dagger against your neck. at this point you were frozen still, were you gonna die..?

unexpectedly, you heard a loud whistle which must've startled whoever whatever was holding you as it let go of your shirt, dropping you to the floor.

as soon as you made contact with the floor, you scrambled over to your 'spear' and held it protectively. the 7 blue creatures that had ambushed you earlier stood in a line listening to a taller blue creature. this 'taller one' looked more mature, and was probably the leader of whatever these things were.

when all 8 of the 8ft+ creatures turned in your direction, you started swinging your spear at the air screaming with every movement you made.

"don't! ugh..come! any! closer!!"

as the tallest one started to approach you, the adrenaline vanished along with any other courage you had. so you threw the spear and took off into a sprint.

it certainly wasn't easy running in a forest where you're the size of an ant so you only made it about 15 meters before you tripped.

you looked up to see all 8 of those creatures directly in front of you, the 7 you saw before looking especially angry.

"w-wait! I'm sorry, p-please...don't kill me!" hot, salty tears raced down your face, as you desperately tried to crawl away.

"stop." the tallest one was now crouched in front of you, "what's your name ,and who sent you?" he asked, his amber eyes staring into your soul.

"...you speak english?" you breathed out, feeling relieved that you weren't as alone as you thought

"answer the question" he repeated, the 7 other creatures reaching for their weapons

"okay..okay ! just don't kill me" you took a deep breath,

"m..my name is, y/n l/n and I wasn't sent by anybody...I was ki..kidnapped by some crazy people and ended up here.." you tried your hardest to speak clearly, but you couldn't help but hiccup every now and then.

"do you know where you are?"

"no..I don't even know... what in the world you are..!" your eyes welled up with tears as you finally grasped your reality. you were stranded, in a foreign land, with people who want to kill you.

"get up. if you won't tell me the truth, I'll force it out of you." the leader stood up, pulling your arm to force you onto your feet.

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awkwardly you sat on a lab table, surrounded by scientists that would not stop taking tests or examining you.

you sighed, "how many times do I have to tell you! my name is y/n l/n, I turn 15 this year and I have NO IDEA how I got here."

"I know this must be stressful, but if you're a human you shouldn't be able to breathe the air here," a female scientist, Florence, explained, rubbing her temples hoping to ease the stress.

you heard a knock at the door, immediately knowing who it was you slipped off the table and hid behind a wall, "DO. NOT. LET. HIM. IN!"

"y/n dear, you cannot keep avoiding Jake, you've been here for a good 3 days now!" Florence groaned, walking over to the door.

"you cannot tell me I'm on PANDORA, the planet that humankind tried to destroy, and expect me not to fear for my life!" you retorted. despite your fear, Florence still unlocked the door and let the visitors inside,

"y/n! come say hi, Jake and his sons have come to check on you!" Florence sweetly called, yet the only thing you heard from the message was that the two people who had previously threatened to kill you, were in the building. Florence chuckled as she heard your footsteps quickly scurry off into your bedroom followed by the loud slam and locking of the door.

"don't mind her, she is still a bit panicky due to the current circumstances." Florence sighed, moving out of the way to let Jake and Neteyam Sully (two familiar faces), followed by Jake's younger son; Lo'ak.

"I understand. have you learned anything about her?..why she's able to breathe without a mask?" Jake asked, putting on a recom breather as he walked further into the lab.

"we managed to get an x-ray of her lungs," Florence said, picking up a remote and turning on a projected image of your lungs. " it looks like a filter of some sort has been placed in the middle of her trachea. as of now we can only guess what it may do , as trying to look at it surgically would put her life in danger."

the room fell into an awkward silence, Florence rested her hand on her chin trying to think of a way to get you to socialise with the Na'vi. "ah!" she exclaimed, "Jake, I don't think we're gonna be getting y/n home any time soon, and your sons are around her age so why don't they teach her the language? it'll help her loosen up around you !"

Jake sighed, "I mean I don't see why not." he turned to his two sons, "I want the two of you here tomorrow 3 hours after dawn. remember to be patient, learning a new language isn't easy"

"yes sir." they both answered, now wishing they never came to the lab in the first place.

"right it's settled! I'll see you two tomorrow!"

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A/N: thank you so much for reading! please comment and lmk who you want to be the main love interest! (as the reader is a child, the love interest will not be any adults.) <333

[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:

[what-even-is-thiss]

D’aulaires’ book of Greek myths is beautifully illustrated but it’s not great on the content. There’s ways to make mythology more kid friendly. Horrible histories, Rick Riordan, and dozens of others have managed it throughout time. But D’aulaires has no respect for children’s intelligence. And they keep some weird stuff in there and take other things out.

Like they keep in the fact that Orpheus was torn to pieces but for some reason Dionysus’ maenads get turned into gentle nature spirits and don’t tear people to pieces? And Oedipus still gouges out his eyes when he finds out he married his mother and killed his father but for some reason the concept of adultery isn’t allowed to exist? And Selene still has 50 kids with a sleeping man she presumably raped and Persephone is unhappy about being the queen of the dead and being kidnapped but for some reason Aphrodite cheating on her husband or Hermes being a thief or Dionysus being a violent god of madness is too far somehow.

And also why is literally everyone blonde? Are these people Greek or not?

Also,

Big yikes.

[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.

[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?

[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."

[sorcerous-somebody]

Rowan 🌕

Race: Half Wood Elf

Class: Circle of the Moon Druid

Pronouns: they/them

Age: 38

Background: Outlander

Romance partner(s): Shadowheart & Halsin

More notes under the cut (contains BG3 spoilers)

My notes:

Rowan is based on a character from a very short-lived D&D campaign. I didn't have much of a story for them until I put them in BG3 and let my mind go wild.

They were raised as a noble in Baldur's Gate. Their father ran away from noble life for a while, had a kid with a wood elf, and decided to return to Baldur's Gate with the kid. Rowan's childhood was spent mostly locked away, their extended noble family was afraid of the social repercussions of having a child born out of wedlock (and the child being being a half-elf).

Once Rowan became of age though, the family changed its tune and began parading Rowan around like some sort of exotic pet to be married off to the best bidder (yikes). Rowan chose to leave the city when an arrangement was made and their family refused to tell them who it even was.

They had been planning to leave ever since discovering a hidden chest full of letters addressed to them over the years from their mother. They set off on an adventure to track her down. While Rowan did not end up finding their mother, they did find a druidic circle that took them in and taught them survival skills. They lived with that circle for many years, up until they got kidnapped by mindflayers.

Rowan actively despises wearing dresses or anything feminine due to their upbringing.

No one can guess their age. In camp one night, everyone is shocked when Rowan says they're 38. Half-elf genes and being a druid definitely contributes to them looking that young.

During the events of BG3, Rowan really connected with Shadowheart, especially when she expressed care for animals. But they did struggle to get past her Sharran tendencies. Rowan became completely smitten though when Shadowheart threw the spear away of her own volition in the Shadowfell.

Rowan also had a small fling with Astarion, but they both decided he would be better off with a friend, not a lover. The little asshole still made a comment about how defeating Cazador would be the "second most satisfying" thing they had done together though. -_-

They have green vine tattoos on their neck and face that fade quickly over time if they are not with their circle. Only druids know how to "refresh" the tattoos. I used the magic mirror to make them look more faded over my playthrough, until their night with Halsin. Rowan came back from that night somehow feeling both refreshed and exhausted ;)

Rowan refused to use the tadpoles at all and was very disgusted by what they saw as the Emperor's attempts at manipulation. Unsuprisingly, Orpheus ended up as the mindflayer again in this playthrough.

They still want to try to find their mother, but they suspect a note from they found in the cursed Shadowlands is from her (the handwriting matched her other letters). She likely died to the shadow curse, unfortunately.

Shadowheart chose to save her parents, and they all live in a cottage together with lots of rescued animals post-game. I like to think the cottage is near the formerly cursed Shadowlands so they can visit Halsin and help with the children sometimes.

I changed their hair each act to show that they were growing it out, pics below.

Starting off strong trying to save their future girlfriend (I reloaded):

Platonic Sad boy hours with Gale:

The main squad for this playthrough:

Shadowheart giving her blessing to climb Mount Halsin:

Forehead smooches from Halsin:

(Shadowheart's kisses are mostly broken for me, unfortunately. I submitted a bug report today.)

Confronting the brain:

That's all I've got on them for now, I may edit to add more as I think of things!

[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.

[valkyrieandstrangeridingaragorn]

Yeah, the best way to make one's bias against Wanda known is to make a video that basically tries to paint Agatha as a good guy while ignoring how she didn't care at all about the people in Westview, took Wanda's kids hostage, and manipulated Wanda every chance she got.

Wow...

I've seen bad takes before but holy shit, that was so bad 😂🤦‍♀️

It doesn't surprise me that OP seems to be pro-Accords with the kind of stuff he says. This line: "Wanda walks away from her crimes instead of submitting herself to human punishment" is so disgusting I can't even. See how OP doesn't call for accountability, they want "punishment". Yikes.

OP says everything Agatha did was for the greater good, to the point of claiming that brainwashing Ralph and Herb is alright because oh she just wanted Wanda to see the truth, and he says that getting in their minds to get info out of Wanda is the same as dressing as someone else to sneak into a lair. Are you for real? Brainwashing someone and wearing a disguise are the same thing? 😂😂

Then he says Sparky wasn't real (even though Agatha herself says she killed it), and he compares her wanting Wanda's power to Stephen saving the Hong Kong Sanctum in DS1 😳😳😳

OP: "Wanda has great power but no responsibility, she cannot be trusted with these abilities, and Agatha is the only one who can stop her". Is it just me or this sounds like Ross? "The enhanced can't control the power they have, they need to give it up or have someone to control it for them". It's the same!

He says there's nothing wrong with Agatha wanting Wanda's power because, and I'm not kidding, he literally says this: Agatha wanting that power is the same as Steve in CW when he says the 'safest hands are still our own'. No, really, he compared those two 😂

But then comes this gem: "Agatha is just like Stark" when he used the sceptre for Ultron. This guy has seen AoU I assume, he knows how that one went, right? He knows what Stark did was wrong? Like, it was pretty obvious it was, he even said so himself? 😂

And this one: "Agatha is trying to protect reality from people like Wanda. She's just an old witch looking out for her reality just like Doctor Strange"

You heard it here first, folks. Brainwashing innocents, kidnapping children, and killing your coven is exactly the same as everything Stephen has been doing since DS1.

I think I lost all my brain cells reading that transcript. Lucky me I didn't have to watch the video... 🤦‍♀️

[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

[ofallthingsnasty]

Your last answer to another anon dropped so much lore!!!! im so invested in your ocs and reader characters(along with how you write Micah haha) its not even funny lol And it honestly made me sit down and try to figure out which of the reader characters( along with their kids) in 'capture kill' and 'through the briar' have it the worst💀 So I thought I would post my findings lmaoo

Bill Pros: Reader is actually allowed to go outside by themselves😱

Can yell at Bill and vent frustrations😂

Have a super sweet mother in law that will help you out as much as she can

Bill actually financially provides for you and your kids

Probably live in a pretty nice house

Cons: Can go outside but not without Bill making sure you smell like him, jealous old man smh -_- so lets hope you can walk afterwords💀

Deadbeat dad that is barely involved with the house work and raising the kids

Will not stop smoking near your kids

Reader is probably never allowed to say no when Bill wants some ass cause he sees her as property🥲

Poisons your sons with a bunch of toxic masculinity bleh

So I would give an 8/10 on how much it would suck to be married to Bill, would still choose him over Evan any day tho ( Evan is scarier in my opinion😭)

Evan Pros: Evan is an actually an involved father

Does love his son and raises him semi-well

Probably also live in a nice house( if you are even allowed out of the basement to see the rest of it)

Is pretty loving to the reader( unbearably so ugh)

Will help out with housework and keeping everything in order

Cons: Reader is never allowed to touch grass ever again

Will lose 'privileges' if she acts out 😬

Your son probably thinks its totally normal that mommy is kept in the basement, and is probably being taught that kidnapping your future partner is completely fine👌

I give an 9/10 on how much it would suck to be married to Evan, honestly being stuck with him sounds awful🥲 You are forever trapped and if you act out, you get punished, badly.

Micah Pros: He leaves reader in peace for extended periods of time so she doesn't have to deal with his bull that often

Reader can better protect her kids(especially her son or sons ugh imagine two or three mini Micahs running around🫠) from Micah's influence since he's gone for a lot of the time

If we are going with the canon, then reader only has to deal with Micah for a couple more years🙃

Cons: Reader and her kids are struggling financially cause Micah probably only gives her 10 bucks and a box of crackers to tie them over for the next month smh

Don't think he ever actually officially marries reader, he probably just pulled the good old 'you're mine now no take backs' move on reader lol

Micah doesn't really have much, if any form of affection for you(definitely doesn't love you💀 he cares more about his guns than you lmao) So don't expect him to treat the reader well just because she's the mother of his children.

Micah will be one of those mfs that demand his husband 'privileges' from you whenever he comes back home ugh

Probably live in the middle of nowhere in some run down cabin that Micah 'removed' the previous occupants from😶

Will poison your son or sons with toxic masculinity and with generally awful life lessons yikes

I give a 10/10 on how much it would suck to be married to Micah. Being stuck with this blonde bastard sounds like hell omg, please shoot him now John lol😭

After thorough research (lmao) In my opinion its a close match of who has it the worst between the reader that is stuck with Evan and the reader from 'through the briar'. So yeah I would choose Bill if I really had no other choice😓 But if you read this ridiculously long list hahaha, who do you think has it the worst?

Holy shit, anon... You SAT DOWN and ANALYZED who has it the worst between these two fics? I am actually speechless, this is such an honor omfg.

(Also lmao you're so funny "If we are going with the canon, then reader only has to deal with Micah for a couple more years🙃" and "Micah probably only gives her 10 bucks and a box of crackers to tie them over for the next month smh" I am cackling)

I think you're spot on, actually. Evan is really easy to underestimate but he's genuinely... not well when it comes to you. I think I mentioned it somewhere in an answer to an ask ages ago, but he actually has no issue with seriously hurting you for what he perceives to be "the greater good". That includes either taking a limb or shattering (and not properly mending) bone. Yes, he'll probably cry while he does it, will swear up and down that he hates doing this (and he does, he does) - but he has to do this. He's not the fun type of yandere. His little thing for you is kinda cute on the surface - until he has his first panic attack over you not answering your phone. (That is, if you two started dating 'the normal way'. Hah.) Personally, I think Micah is the worst out of the three, as well - simply because he has no issue with immediately resorting to violence. (And not with misguided motives like Evan, either.) Once he has you in a remote place and something isn't the way he wants it, I can actually see him getting physically abusive. We saw how he had no issue with shooting Maddy in Strawberry although she (probably) had hardly anything to do with that "unfinished business". I think running with Dutch kept him in check, reined him in. (He had to adhere to the rules of the gang, at least a little bit.) Another clue is Amos' letter to him - Amos being so scared for his family, his daughters, makes me think that Mister Bell is actually way worse than we've seen in the game. He already doesn't love you. You have your uses, yes, you're his - but fucking hell, you're a lot of fucking work, too. He has to keep you fed along with his brats and you're not even a pretty face to look at (to him. Now if we asked Arthur, that man would have married you immediately. But, as you know. Micah happened.) And maybe, that's the crux of this whole thing. There is no love here - there is with Evan and Bill. With them, if you were to completely give up one day, you'd have a (very controlled but) decent life, as far as the circumstances go. With Micah? Oh, you can try and try and try again, it will never be enough.

[mejomonster]

So I started Tomb of the Sea again:

Ok so. I went in fresh instead of "craving" more of a specific dmbj thing and I think it made me much more open to it

I actually love how it opens a ton. Li Cu's life is given to us and it's a hot fucking mess. He and one of his only friends are 2/3 who failed the college entrance exam. His dad is so nightmarish he's got claustrophobia (and learned how to Pick Locks which I'm sure will be useful later). He skips class and is glad his mom ran and I wish he could too ;-;

His "best" friend Su Wan stalks girls with cameras so lmao he Ain't A Good kid, but he is a Rich Kid and puts up with Li Cu since they got a special "wtf are we doing" energy so at least Li Cu's got A friend. Questionable friend. But Su Wan seems open to helping friends and warm despite some Yikes immaturity levels and Yikes choices so li cu can you just run away to live with him?

The girl friend Shen Qiong? I forgot her name sorry you know who I mean. Now with fresh eyes, I really like the 2 bogs "liking her' and the little rivalry about it. That Li Cu seems to like her in the sense of Sincerely caring maybe deeper than Su Wan. But on the other hand Su Wan definitely wants to kiss her more lmao. The 3 of them scream friends since childhood and I picture them as sora riku Kairi now (but who is who I'm not sure). The Little friends with a crush inside the friendgroup plot feels so NICELY like a different genre - like Go Ahead or something that's realism slice of life so parents are potentially abusive or life's fucking Heavy sometimes, but they're still TEENS who care most about avoiding punishment and talking to crushes and being silly alone with friends. It's a taste of what "genre' I guess Li Cu's life would've been if he never intersected the tomb raiders. A dark heavy realism piece like The Bond (starring Bai Yu). But with that human simple joy of friends/found family in the bright spots.

On that note: they paint a picture of how grungy and miserable Li Cu's negative aspects of life are and that works SO WELL. Wu Xies life before tomb raiding? We get the sense Maybe his parents were sometimes absent, and definitely coddled him and picked a life path NOT like the Wu family's and tried to push him. And the whole San Shu abandonment/codependency thing wu xie developed ToT. But overall wu xies family had good money, sent him to a good college, he was perfectly smart, could get his own business, he had friends (although his penchant for tombs means he transitioned to more killer/criminal types over time lol). He had a very nice easygoing civilian life before things went to shit when San shu left him. He craved Excitement, knowledge, danger, curiosity. But he wasn't running from anything and his life would not have been "worse" had he never went into tomb raiding (he'd lack his loved ones who are tomb raiders of course but u know what I mean - he wouldn't know he was missing those friendships). His biggest pain if he'd kept to civilian life (and enjoyed it - but he didnt) would've been his fucking uncle San abandoning him and his pain at not going to look for him. That'd be mostly it though. But LI CU? Even a person kidnapping him is preferable to the 24 hours he goes through in the first ep.

Li Cus apartment window faces a fucking wall, he's got claustrophobia and his dad locks him in, his college prospects are dead in the water, his best friend/crush is going off to college (more on her later), his friends still around keep getting into fights so he's beat up at like 12 midnight with them, his teacher keeps calling his dad increasing the abuse from that, he's broke, his moms gone and he clearly loves her so he's missing her. He IS the kind of protagonist who'd want to leave for any New Life. He loves his friends but if they're taken he'd have NO reason to remain, even with his friends he'd likely leave his dad if given Any decent opportunity like a job with money. Unlike Wu Xie, Li Cu doesn't leave for adventure or trying to find a loved one (San shu), Li Cu is instead trapped and it TAKES absolutely batshit events to "free" him which just put him in a new trap of kidnapping. It's just Very Cool to me to see the contrast.

And to END the ep with Wu Xie saying his name, revealing he's the kidnapper and the spies are his. The stabber who harmed Li Cu was HIS guy. I love the flip from wu xie usually being painted as the shiny kindhearted (somewhere in there) adventurous young man, to this shady cruel (in Li Cu's opinion the source of EVEN WORSE than his ordinary life) man who echoes San shu. It must've been fun to set that up.

The girl. Sheng Qiong?? OK I'm just curious if in another Novel it mentions she ALEEADY went tomb raiding. Or something. It seems Iike she went with wu xie (or other tomb raiders) people while on "vacation travelling" then maybe stole their magic tentacle monster box and. Who the Fuck knows why she gave it to Li Cu... either she hoped to hide it with him, or she intentionally wanted to hurt him (I assume she just wanted to hide it). But yeah she seems to know WAY more about the tomb side of shit. I'm curious if we'll find out more.

TENTACLE MONSTERS WHAT DID I SAY. I still LOVE this shows opening. I love the body horror of the mini version jumping into li cu. I love how genuinely SCARY tomb of the sea is compared to some other dmbj seasons. It looks good, the action looks good, the horror looks good and LANDS <3

The pacing is good so far thank fuck (I'll drift away if pacing tanks tbh)

Ep 1 is Li Cu's no good very bad day THEN when you thought it couldn't get worse it turns out it's just a Normal day for him, and then spies come in so it's Action Adventure now instead of teen slice of life realism, THEN a tentacle monster shows up jumps into him and its HORROR then the guy fucking STABS HIM AND THEN WANG MENG KIDNAPS HIM (go you wang meng you were very intimidating and <3 love u I hope u get paid more. Love the show implying wang meng is so hot he makes doctors forget their oaths). Like... it sure does ESCALATE into a terrifying nightmare esque situation and I love thattttt

[shikai-the-storyteller]

KARMALAND LIVEBLOG (from earlier today because I was at work)

I’m sure absolutely nothing will go wrong and I’m sure Luzu and Quackity will have a nice conversation and everything will be ok! :’) [lying to myself]

Can’t believe I typed this all up at work.

AAAAAA IM AT WORK RN BUT IM STILL LISTENING its snowing so much and I’m the ONLY person who came to the office today so frick it, I'm listening and working.

Alex Quackity please share the name of the music you use for your intros ITS SO GOOD

Aww cute art on the Karmaland page

Ah yes. The daughter he "kidnapped"

Their first meeting since the elections… I'm hoping they can somehow reconcile but, because of the way the story is going, I don't think they can. Not right now

Worse case scenario, Luzu finds out Quackity was responsible for his daughter's death and kills Beni and/or Cochi, thus making it impossible for him and Quackity to ever repair the bond they once shared

Luzu: Maybe we can talk. Maybe Quackity will listen, and he'll be able to see I'm no monster :(((( Luzu…. King you've done some Real Fricked Up stuff recently but I still love you

Luzu: This will be the moment everything changes IT SURE FRICKIN WILL BE

Something about Luzu talking about Karmaland blooming is so….hmm. I'll revisit that line at a later time

U know it's bad when frickin Rubegetta Updates tweets this, BRUH 😭

Pft Luzu's men coming to pick up Quackity, SURELY THERE'S A BETTER WAY TO DO THIS BOYS

Oh man Luzu got a message from Quackity asking him to reflect on everything he's done before they speak. It sounds like they're both willing to talk, but their different ideals and views of what's "just" will ultimately make it impossible for them to end up on the same page

:(

Quackity: Luzu has several options today, and the peaceful option is not among them.

Chat: kiss Luzu Quackity: No, it's too late for that. Look at all the memories we made here together, but, well… it is what it is o(-(

WHY IS THIS SO FUNNY

Uh oh did Luzu's assistant just snitch. Does Luzu know the truth about his daughter

Dono: I just wanted to say these lore streams have me go to the psycologist :'( Quackity: No way, it's not that bad. If I told a psychologist minecraft pixel cubes were making me cry, they’d probably charge me triple because of it PFTTTT

Oh man Luzu found out about Juan yikes

Luzu: Oh no…what will I tell his wife? Can't believe Juan was the only straight man in Karmaland /j

Luzu's so deeply in character meanwhile Quackity is like “HURRY THE FRICK UP OLD MAN”

Luzu: I made a mistake trying to pressure him. Every time I try to make him talk to me, it's like I'm pushing his crazyness further. He never reacts the way I want to, I don't know what to do. Maybe everything is truly lost and there's nothing to do. YES GOOD. CONTINUE THAT

agh but what if Luzu apologizes and then Quackity has to admit he doesn't have the kids and that's the final breaking point for Luzu's sanity

Luzu: This isn't the time to step back or say sorry. It's time to move forward. I'm not weak. I'm able to do what's needed. I'm ready to. NOOOO

Luzu: No time for nerves. If he touches my kids, I'll kill him And if you touch his cousins, he'll kill you

Agh this is so sad because they were THEIR kids

Luzu: He thinks he can do whatever with no consequences. He thinks I won't retaliate because he's Quackity. He thinks I won't use the power I have. We'll see how further you'll push me, we'll see. FRICK!!!!! WHAT HAPPENED TO THE POWER OF LOVE

Wait Quackity only has 5 minutes left on Karmaland? Is he gonna get yeeted in the middle of lore?? LMFAO

Oh no. They're together.

Quackity: This wouldn't have happened if you hadn't arranged the elections. He’s absolutely right!

Quackity: You never took the time to talk to me, you don’t know the true me. The truth is, I am a very vengeful person. OHHHHH SNAP HERE IT COMES

Luzu: No no, this wouldn't have happened if you had talk to me from the very start. AghhhhHHH

FRICK

NOO DONT PULL GUNS OUT

Did they just frickin shoot at each other??? oh my gosh

this is so tense but the fanart is gonna be frickin sick I just know it

Agh they threw Quackity a photo of Cochi and Beni noooo

Luzu: Realease my kids and I will release your cousins, but the way things are going, only one of us is getting out of this alive. There won’t be a happy ending. Quackity: You think I don't know that?

EVEN THEY KNOW…CHARACTERS WHO KNOW THEY’RE DOOMED BY THE NARRATIVE… IM IN FRICKIN AGONY

Quackity: Your problem is you don't know me. I'm vengeful, and those who wrong me I’ll repay tenfold. Oh man I don’t know if it was intentional, but that’s a total callback to Techno’s quote. Man... I like to think in some universe, c!Quackity and c!Techno were able to make amends. But even so, that’s a sick line, I want to draw something for that.

Luzu: Quackity, you think you’re fighting an equal, but in actuality, you’re fighting the biggest mountain you'll ever encounter Quackity: *snorts* They’re both such bastard

I've thought it before but “Who Wants To Live Forever?” by Queen really is the perfect song for Karmaland

He's only giving Quackity 5 minutes what the FRICK is Quackity gonna do 

Luzu: He forced my hand. If he did something to my kids... talking ends here. No more dialogue. Now's the waiting game.

LMFAO QUACKITY DIED

LUZU'S ROASTING HIM IN CHARACTER FOR IT

Quackity said he'd leave the kids at Sapo Peta's house nooooo

Quackity: I want to see blood

Beanieduo updates tweeting "well at least they haven't killed each other yet" PFTTT

Oh my gosh Luzu actually released his cousins

Oh frick is Quackity threatening Luzu by saying he can only get one kid back QUACKITY… NOT A GOOD TIME

Luzu: you talk too much. F**k off and talk to someone over discord, zorra WTF LUZU That caught me so off-guard I gasped at it

Quackity: Watch how you talk to me. YEAH YOU TELL HIM QUACKITY!!!!

I genuinely thought someone was gonna shoot one of the cousins while they were on the bridge

AWH…COCHI'S CRYING

I imagine Cochi's the type of guy who tries to act so tough but the moment he's out of danger he's in tears. Big mood. Eldest sibling vibe

Quackity: Sooner or later, Luzu will realize his kids are never coming back. I need you both to be safe because I might not make it out alive. Put on the hat, and take your guns. Tomorrow there is a sport event, if you don't see me go talk to Rubius and Alex and make outrage and kill him if I can't today. Now go, into the tunnels... I love you both. Oh I am INSTANTLY in tears. Both as a Quackity fan and as someone who’s ride or die for my cousins, this hit close to home

Beni hesitating to leave :(((((

Luzu knows somethings up oh noooo

HE KNOWSSSS

THEYRE GONNA HURT EACH OTHER NO!!!!!

Luzu:  I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS. I- I MADE A HUGE ATTEMPT TO TRY AND FIX THINGS WITH YOU, BUT THAT'S HOW YOU WANT IT? GOOD, LET'S HAVE IT. Gosh I can’t wait to watch Luzu’s POV of this, I only saw the updates about his perspective but I saw the screenshots and they are SCARY

Quackity: THEN LET'S HAVE IT, GO ON WITH THE BEST YOU CAN, PENDEJO

Karmaland Updates: Tomorrow is the Karmaland Olympics! :D NOWS NOT THE TIME KARMALAND UPDATES

AAAA QUACKITY NO

Is Quackity going to die??? He's alone and Luzu has his men with him D:

And Quackity told his cousins to tell Alexby and Rubius to launch an attack on Luzu tomorrow AND he told them he loved them IS HE REALLY GONNA DIE???

oh man did he actually get away?

Quackity: Either kill yourself or I'll do it for you

THAT STUPID MOB SCARED ME WHAT WAS THAT

Luzu: The next time we see each other will be the last time And he's probably right… :(

QUACKITY A HOUSE IS A SMALL PRICE TO PAY IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS

Oh I forgot Rubius gave him that horn, can he call him for help, or at least let Rubius will know he's in danger??

Quackity: This was given to me by Rubius. If I use it, he'll know I'm in danger 😭😭😭

I love the mutual respect and friendship they've developed, I love Luzu but I also wanna see Rubius go feral protecting someone he cares about because they got hurt. Big brother bear vibes. It's just a shame he WONT FRICKIN DO IT FOR VEGETTA

OH FRICK THATS RIGHT IN THE UPSIDE DOWN QUACKITY SAW HIS HOUSE WAS DESTROYED was that a vision of the future????

HE JUST ENDED THERE AAAAA

That was so good but STRESSFUL

Wait Luzu is still going

Luzu: My daughter is dead because of me At least he recognizes that it's his fault they're in this situation, though tbf it IS Quackity's fault in this instance

OK but WILL VEGETTA SUPPORT LUZU??? Is anyone gonna support Luzu, or is he alone?

Luzu: Any revolutionary in the village will have their heads hung up

😰

FOR KARMALAND!!!!

Luzu's always underestimated Quackity, but Quackity just crossed a line and now Luzu will never see him the same way. Man. MANNNNNNNNN. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE POWER OF LOVE HUH

AGH!!!!!!!!!

Oh gosh I just saw the update from Maxo’s (Sapo Peta’s) stream -- he still wants to shove Quackity and Luzu in a box so they can talk things out. SAPO PETA IF YOU DO THAT, THAT HORRIFYINGLY GRIM COMIC THAT PERSON SHARED YESTERDAY WILL COME TRUE

SERIOUSLY, MY MAN MISSED HIS OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT LIKE, WEEKS AGO

Imagine poor Sapo Peta and Illojuan still trying to do the beach bar date idea. Lord

WELP. That was an intense stream, can’t wait to see what the Karmaland Olympics are and how Rubius / Alexby will react to today’s news. I’m also curious to see whether Vegetta will continue to stand by Luzu, or if Rubius will somehow convince him to, at the very least, stay away for his own safety.

In conclusion:

Luzu and Quackity I’ll be sending you my therapy bill