#such a good trio the dumbest guys

[pup-pee]

@junespriince ITS RM ITS THEMM!!!

Idk how to use tumblr. Here’s some fanart of my second favorite dc trio. (The first is Jesse Chambers, Rick Tyler, and Grant Emerson in case anyone is curious)

[jihyoruri]

❚ ❚ ❚ ❚ ❚ ❚ ❚ ❚ 𓍢 YOU’RE NO GOOD FOR ME (but baby i want you) huh yunjin x reader

↳ warnings idol au/band au, oc band, chaewon is stressed, yunjin doesn’t listen and is down bad, swearing

paranoia has been the name that yunjin and probably everyone else in the world have has been hearing since the band’s teaser photos were dropped.

it’s not everyday that a band makes it big in the kpop scene especially internationally as well, most people don’t pay much attention to them, paranoia sm entertainments first ever band definitely had everyone’s attention.

the band has been on billboards everywhere in korea, their music playing in every store, it’s not everyday you see a band with such various sounds of music get this much attention, but yunjin was loving it.

the band intrigued her, there were three of them two boys one girl, the girl intrigued her the most, how does she survive with living with two boys? how did she deal with the press? how was she so talented? how was she so talented does she like girls?

yeah maybe she has a little crush on the lead singer of paranoia, but it was never gonna happen…

that was until she found out she was chaewon’s childhood friend.

“you’re friends with paranoia’s totally not super hot lead singer?!” yunjin exclaims, “and you didn’t tell me?!”

“her name is yn.” chaewon states as she puts milk into her cereal, “and why is it such a big deal?”

“because she’s cool and you can introduce me to her.” yunjin said in a duh tone. “she’s also hot.”

“nope.”

“what?”

“you stay away from yn.” chaewon says pointing her spoon at yunjin, “and I mean it stay away from her.”

“what,” yunjin whined, “you’re no fun, don’t you want me to be in love to be happy.” she exits the kitchen and walks past sakura, “tell chaewon unnie that I deserve to be in love.”

“what’s that about love?” chaewon turns to see sakura walking into the kitchen rubbing her eyes tiredly.

“yunjin wants me to introduce her to yn.” she sighs, “never gonna happen.”

“why?”

“did you seriously just ask me why?” chaewon asks dramatically, “yunjin doesn’t take relationships seriously and we already know about yn, that’s a disaster waiting to happen.”

sakura nods understandingly, “yeah, they’d destroy each other.”

“exactly and I will do everything in my power to make such they don’t cross paths.”

✮✮

chaewon’s plans definitely did not go as planned.

she tensely watched as yunjin looked at the other side of the room where paranoia stood, yn standing between her two other band members as they listened to their manager give them a lecture about goofing around.

the band and the girl group were invited to a event and the huge difference between their behaviours were very apparent, one group had media and behaviour training the other obviously didn’t.

yunjin couldn’t help but smile as she watched the trio barely pay attention to their manager’s words making him manager even more annoyed, obviously fed up with dumb, dumber and dumbest he walked off and sat with the rest of the managers.

yunjin wonders how it feels to be them, they’re so carefree when it comes to their music and behaviours yet are still so successful and loved, they’re not held up to the standard that her and her group are held up to, if she acted how those three acted she’d definitely be blacklisted.

that would actually be a great conversation starter…

yunjin moves from where she’s standing to make her way to the band, more preferably yn but is stopped by chaewon’s hand, “no.”

“I’m just gonna say hi.” yunjin says brushing off the leaders hand, “I’m not going to do anything bad trust me.” and with that she heads to the trio.

“this girl…” sakura puts her hand on chaewon’s shoulder, “hey, calm down, maybe she really is just saying hi.”

yeah right…

as yunjin makes her way to the band, she can overhear their conversation, which makes sense cause they’re definitely the loudest in the room.

“he’s definitely on his last straw.” one of the guys known as wonbin says laughing, “his face was so red.”

“I actually thought this morning was his last straw, when jay blew up the toilet,” yn says hitting jaehyun’s stomach who shoots her a dirty look.

“in my defence, I swear the people at the restaurant put laxatives in my pasta,”

yunjin scrunch’s up her face in disgust but makes her way closer to the band anyway, she was starting to feel a little nervous but she didn’t want to give chaewon the satisfaction of her turning around.

when she stands in front of them wonbin is the first to look at her, while yn and jaehyun’s had their faces in jaehyun’s phone.

“uh hello?” he says causing the other two to look up.

“hey, I just wanted to say I’m like such a big fan of your music, it’s crazy how popular you guys got in such a short amount of time.” yunjin says her heart racing as yn’s eyes scan her.

“I would say like your music too, but I don’t listen to lesserafim,” jaehyun says shamelessly causing yn to hit his stomach again and wonbin reaches over to hit the back of his head both of them hitting him at the same time.

“ow! what the fuck, you guys so are abusive.” he whines.

“you open your mouth and stupid comes out.” yn shakes her head before giving yunjin a nod of acknowledgement, “what he meant to say is thank you.” she gives yunjin a charming smile which makes yunjin just want to melt into a puddle, “chaewon unnie has mentioned you a couple of times, it’s nice to meet you.”

“no problem, I actually saw your manager chew you guys out, it must be fun to be so carefree.” she says watching as yn adjusts her baggy jeans, the band were the only people at this event not dressed formally which made them stand out.

her eyes focus on the tattoos on yn’s hands and can’t help but open her mouth, “is that real.”

“yeah it’s real.” yn says, “and yeah he’s always on us, it’s honestly like our daily ritual to piss him off.”

yunjin couldn’t help but laugh at the girls words not even paying attention to the two boys who definitely caught on the why yunjin is actually talking to them, giving each other a look above yn’s head.

there’s silence and yunjin is starting to take in how awkward this is getting, “well, it was nice to meet you guys I’m gonna go get a drink, you guys should come.” she says to them but her focus was on yn.

“we’re good.” wonbin says, “but yn was talking about being thirsty so…” he pushes the shorter girl towards yunjin, almost making her trip on her big platforms.

“trying to get rid of me?” yn teases, “don’t go making out when I’m gone.” she says walking away with yunjin who can’t help but giggle like a school girl at every word yn says.

“I like hot chicks!”

“that’s what they all say!”

they walk over to the table with has the drinks, yunjin picks up a water passing yn one as well, she watches as yn leans against the wall beside the table opening the water bottle.

“so…” yunjin trails off, “how’s life of fame treating you? it must be crazy, you debuted what like three months ago and I can’t escape your faces on the streets.” she jokes mentally patting herself on the back when yn laughs at her words.

“it’s been fun honestly,” yn says tucking some of her hair back revealing yet another tattoo on her back which spells out paranoia in hangul, “experiencing having a fanbase is the most fun, it’s crazy seeing that much people love you.”

“lots of fangirls for you huh?”

“boys actually.”

yunjin eyes open in surprise, “that’s a shocker.”

yn adjusts the ring on fingers and looks up at yunjin, “how so?”

instead of answering yn’s question her eyes trail down to the tatted hand and then her neck, “how many tats do you have?”

“only three.” yn says taking a sip of her water.

“where’s the third one?”

“most people find out about it on the third date.” yn responds teasingly raising a brow at yunjin who feels her face heat up slightly.

“oh really?” the taller girl asks, “lucky aren’t they?”

“I like to think so.”

yunjin chuckles, she’s never met someone who can talk to her like how she talks to them, “will I be lucky like them?”

“you’re quite forward aren’t you?”

“I like to talk.” yunjin shrugs.

“let’s see if you can talk when I’m done with you.” yn says before laughing at the look of yunjin’s face, “I’m joking, chaewon unnie told me to stay away from you.”

yunjin opens her mouth to protest, but is cut off by yn patting her shoulder, “thanks for the drink.” and with that she walks back over to band members.

“shit.”

“what?” asks before following chaewon’s eyes that are looking at a breathless yunjin and a yn walking away from her, obviously in a completely different place from where the band was meaning they went off alone with each other.

“oh…”

[theguyinthemathexamples]

Silly idea me and my friend had with sagau, sahsrau and possibly sawuwaau(??)

But like, what if, due to your consciousness essentially merging/being connected to the MC more, sometimes stuff gets a lil funky and you start seeing things you shouldn't

Like yk, ghosts 😇🙏

I recommend strapping in because these are gonna be three flash fictions into one + having lots of talking lol

(more utc‼️)

For example, in a fic style:

"Hey, are you gonna eat your food, Traveler?" Paimon asked, looking worriedly at the distracted visage of her friend. "Something on your mind? You can always tell Paimon what's on your mind!"

They shook their head, eyes looking at the person who stared at them and their companion. Eyes unblinking, appearance overall disheveled and aged.

"That guy's been staring at us the whole time we've been eating," they replied, eyes switching over to Paimon in a barely contained distressed fashion. "It's almost worrying me."

"What guy?"

Paimon silently asked again, "What?" when her friend looked at her so incredulously.

"You don't see him?" they asked again, now worried beyond belief. The last time Paimon saw them like this was when they fought Arlecchino.

"Traveler, I think that's a ghost we're both seeing," the voice inside his mind pointed out, trying to calm their mental state. Right, they forgot the Creator was a part of their mind now.

And as the voice just predicted, one blink and that figure was gone, the Traveler seeing its shadow scurry into a corner of the restaurant.

The door chime rang out and in a cyan and a blue haired boy entered the restaurant, another blue haired girl following right after. Right, Chongyun, Xingqiu and Xiangling.

The ghost must've scurried off when it sensed Chongyun nearby. Well, at least that put an end to their distress.

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LIKE THE AMOUNT OF DISTRESS WHEN THE MCS SEE A GHOST FOR THE FIRST TIME

it'd be so chaotic, especially hsr's mcs bc good god they're already so adhd coded

You could think of them going through it like:

"Woah woah, what's got you all terrified, Trailblazer?" March 7th asked, a worried Dan Heng embracing them when they accidentally bumped into him trying to run away from something.

The Astral Express were quickly informed by them personally that they've been seeing ghosts and all sorts of spiritual apparitions that don't normally appear physically like heliobi, but seemingly living people that were doing normal things or otherwise.

It all started around the time they also figured out that the Creation's consciousness had somehow taken an interest in the Trailblazer, latching onto their body and making the Stellaron inside them a bit restless, unstable.

"It's... I saw Cocolia at the Administrative District," they said, panting from exhaustion. The story sounded so unreal, with how impossible it sounded, but with how broad the Creation works nothing was truly impossible.

"She was looking at Bronya shopping and talking to the people, always un-staring." March patted their back in assurance, joining Dan Heng in sitting them down onto the red couches in the Parlour Car.

"When I came closer to see if she was real, she whipped her head around so fast with the scariest look on her face!—"

"It's okay, Caelus Stelle Trailblazer, she can't reach you here," the choir of voices erupted in their mind, the chirping of birds and clinking machinery in their tone momentarily calming them down by a substantial amount.

"Well, it's a good thing ghosts can't get into the Express because that means she can't hurt you here!" March exclaimed, Dan Heng having to resist rolling his eyes at the obvious but letting her reassure them nonetheless. Dumb, dumber and dumbest— the trio wouldn't be complete with one of them missing.

Then, the cabin's speakers erupted in an all too familiar voice. "Attention, all Astral Express crew members! Dinner is ready, so please hurry over to the kitchen cabin and join me and Welt to eat here!" The Astral Express's Conductor excitedly exclaimed over the mic, never failing to make the three smile from their infectious enthusiasm.

"Well, we were supposed to find you and Himeko for dinner but it looks like Pom Pom beat us to it again," March said, jumping up from her seat with her hands on her hips.

"Last one to reach the kitchen cabin is a rotten egg!"

"Hey, no fair, you got a head start!"

Dan Heng sighed at the two's shenanigans yet again, slowly getting up from his own seat as the two raced over to the cabin. That Aeon truly knew how to control and manipulate the emotions of a being to THEIR liking, and he even felt it wash over him earlier.

He'll need to observe it more before adding another entry into THEIR dedicated part of the Archives.

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This one was a little confusing to make into a scenario but it's what my eepy mind came up with on the spot :p

Now for our dearest Rover, it's a bit difficult to make it make sense, yk? Mostly because Tacet Discords shapeshifting into people is canon (if people actually paid attention to the lore), much less actually fitting the lore of this seemingly interplanetary eldritch being into the world of Wuthering Waves in the first place lmao

Maybe we could be the galaxy eye we see in the first cutscene, as well as the one when Abby (the lil echo that appeared after the Dreamless fight) and Rover being together

But this is all me yapping about a whole other subject— related, but not the one we're diving into right now

Getting back into the subject though, this is how i think it'd go:

It was another bright, sunny day at Panhua's Restaurant, the scent of delicious food wafting through the air as always. Rover, Yangyang, Chixia and Jiyan all sat around a table, with Abby floating around all plump and full.

"Say, Rover, didn't you say you had something to say for us today?" Chixia inquired, stacking and overall making the empty dishes look cleaner and neater.

"Yeah, just a strange sighting I saw near Desorock Highlands," they replied, putting a deft hand on their chin as if to think back on the memory.

"Me, Jiyan and The Black Sun were conversing like usual when we came across groups of people near the Tacet Field where the Thundering Memphis usually dwelled," Rover recounted, unconsciously pulling the leash that was attached to Abby's collar closer. "Some were laughing with eachother, acting as if most groups weren't crying out in agony."

"Aren't those just Tacet Discords that have absorbed lots of human frequencies?"

"No, there was something more... alive to them, besides the fact that the General himself couldn't see them," they replied to Yangyang, letting the leash go as Abby went back in their Tacet Mark with one last burp.

"Even when I went closer to them, they didn't attack me, more or less ignoring me entirely."

"Wait, who's this 'The Black Sun' you're talking about Rover? Is there another echo inside of you?" Chixia jumped up to ask, startling both Jiyan and Rover.

"The Black Sun is what you may have seen when you first found Rover and ventured back to Jinzhou, just as I did so as well," the General explained, waving over to Rover's direction in an attempt to explain this name to both ladies. Yangyang nodded and Chixia let out an "Oh," in understanding.

"I will admit, seeing them not react to us at all looked a lil' unnerving," the voice inside their mind stated in a breathy voice, unclear like a cloud of smoke.

Though the voice had no body and claimed that they weren't an echo like Abby, only really being able to be heard clearly when they're dreaming, it often provided support whenever it could— unlike a certain someone.

"I've already sent the proper human resources over to investigate the matter, the only thing left to do is to wait for results," Jiyan said, already standing up when he saw the bill arriving.

The three simply nodded in thanks to the General, knowing full well he'd insist on it till his last breath. And when he came back to the table the subject had already changed into another, more or less silly one.

Well, at least everyone was enjoying themselves.

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I didn't have much for the last part like i said, and it's more filled with dialogue, but it's better than nothing

Please do tell me if I missed anything or said something totally wrong!!

Now, is this an excuse to push my sahsrau fic more? ... mmmmaayyybbeee 😇

[hey-august]

Buggy thinking reader insert likes Shanks more is for ever and always gonna be one of my favorite things because the angst potential, the comfort potential… delicious.

But also like… ultimate comedy because depending on the dynamic you see him and Shanks having it can also be like: Shanks. Obnoxious wingman.

Buggy fretting over you being in love with Shanks, while not only you aren’t, but also Shanks doing his best combination of „I know all of this guys dumbest moments because we grew up together“ and „WHOOOO!!! BUGGY!!“

He wouldn’t even need to sell you on Buggy but he’s constantly just hyping him up to you anyways, Buggy is so funny. Buggy can juggle with daggers! Shanks is a hot mess in the fashion department, yes, hahah, yeah he knows, if you want to talk to someone who can tell colors apart you should go to BUGGY, now BUGGY is a stylish guy, you need to know your shit to make clown fashion look good.

…. Also speaking of clowns, one time when they were eleven Buggy got stung by a bee on his nose and it took away like fifty percent of his vision because it swelled so- „CAN IT, YOU BASTARD!“

Buggy not only being so blind he mistakes your advances as being intended for Shanks, but also not even realizing Shanks is just constantly trying to get you two closer as well.

aaaAAAHHH Anon, I love the idea of Shanks trying to be Buggy's hype man, and doing that plus more. C'mon, they're not embarrassing stories, they're funny! Endearing! Here, have a 550 word stream of consciousness about this trio's dynamic:

Both men can easily be the center of attention. But maybe Buggy's circle is intimidating. Maybe not. Maybe you're nervous about approaching him just yet.

Grab a drink, chat it up with the easy to talk to guy at the bar, get invested in some childhood story he's telling a crowd, a story full of adventure and danger. Plus some goofy antics that only two best friends could get into.

And when Shanks calls out to the so-called friend for confirmation about a particular detail (what happened first - the swarm of bees that blocked out the sun or falling into that pulsating mud pit ), it's the guy you've had your eye on all night.

And Shanks - the schmoozer, the sweet talker - is too quick to pick up on that subtle shift in your expression. Wide eyed not because of the fantastic story he's telling, but for a different reason. So you two keep chatting, and the circle of conversation shrinks until it's you two and stories about Buggy.

Finally, eventually, why did it take so long, Buggy makes his way over and Shanks introduces you two. Aaaand nothing. Buggy looks you over and scoffs. Shanks can go hook up with whoever and do whatever the fuck he wants - Buggy doesn't need a consolation prize.

That was...rude. It would have been absolutely crushing if it wasn't for Shanks clapping a hand on Buggy's shoulder and shaking sense into him. Chiding him for being so blind - how did Buggy not notice that you have been undressing him all night from across the bar? Or how you'd whip your head around and pretend to be looking anywhere but at the clown when his attention drifted anywhere near you.

It's obvious Buggy isn't going to believe any of that, so you decide to jump in. And, you know, word vomit every thought in your head.

"He's right, I think you're cute and I want to buy you a drink and he said you like hot dogs so we can go get a bite to eat, my treat, if you don't mind, I hope you don't mind, we've been talking about you because I wanted to get to you more because I...think you're cute." You might have blacked out while talking because you hardly remembered what came out of your mouth. It wasn't until the end that you realized both men were silent and staring at you.

Shanks laughed first. Of course he did. Buggy didn't. He turned red. Redder than the nose on his face. You thought it was the nicest shade of vermillion, but wow could it get brighter when this guy had emotions.

You two were talking about him? What did Shanks say?!

Only good things, really! That he's talented with knives. That he's clever with chemicals and science. Oh and one time he accidentally blew off his eyebrows. And that Buggy has the best jokes. In fact, there's one particular joke about a mermaid, a pirate, and a sandwich that no one can tell like Buggy.

And there's the light. The sparkle. The opportunity. All the pieces have been played.

Shanks drowns the rest of his drink while Buggy leans in to tell you the joke. That joke. What you didn't know is it's rather raunchy. Downright filthy. And exactly what you and Buggy needed to start a fun night getting to know each other.

[vancalox]

49-50 for the whole little rook gang? :eyes:

THANK U OWEN <3 <3 <3

49. What will always make them laugh?

honestly at the end of the day its always each other 🥺 no matter how bad they hurt one another or fall out or drift apart, all it takes is forcing them in a room for long enough until one of them (almost always evander but possibly deia) makes the dumbest, most ill timed, inappropriate joke and the whole squad loses their minds. its the great equalizer in the trio. even matthas - who is at his core a hater and a no-fun-allowed kind of guy - ultimately WILL be forced to laugh at some mean comment evander makes about some loser magister and it will make him ANGRY bc he does not WANT to be laughing at his dumbass brother. but he WILL laugh. every time. unfortunately during datv while rebuilding their relationship i do think a lot of the jokes are all at the expense of each other but hey, what are siblings for (she says, as an only child)

individually though - evander is VERY slapstick. LOVES openly laughing at people get hurt especially if theyre figures of authority. but anyone's fair game tbh. very mortifying to deal with him in public lol. matthas has an open love for deadpan/roast humour but a secret more passionate love for puns and dad jokes. he would probably love minion memes also i fear. deia on the other hand gets theatrical. loves pranks a la sera. loves doing silly little characters and bits. she WILL commit to a bit until its dead in the ground and everyone else is uncomfortable but thankfully evander shares this same obnoxious quality albiet to a lesser extent so they can and will get stuck into a good bit of banter for hours if you let them.

essentially these three are very dangerous in a room together under the correct silliness conditions.

50. Are they a mystery, or an open book?

ok kind of went on a yap-fest for this one but the short answer is: i think they are all mysteries to themselves and to each other, while also accusing one another of being shallow and surface-level.

on the surface, evander is an arrogant, impulsive, self-centered, traitorous punk who destroyed his family and ran off, leaving them to pick up the pieces. big solas fan and it shows lol. and i think even HE would agree with that assessment and would not want to (let alone try to) dig any deeper than that to figure out why he is the way he is. but there are reasons. he was the first adopted son of the family, an elven ex-slave who actually remembers those first few childhood years under those conditions. as an elf he doesnt have matthas's privilege of going through life diplomatically and cleanly. he struggled to BE the oldest sibling that his family needed him to be because socially he could barely advocate for his own rights, let alone the rights of his family. and so that fell to matthas. who resented him for it.

and matthas on the other hand, is frequently grim, uncharismatic, obsessive and a bit of a suck-up to anyone he views (and respects) as a superior (this doesnt apply to systemic powers like the magisterium obviously, hes firmly against them). and all of these are true!!! this is OUTWARDLY the exact type of person you would ascribe him to be if you spent 5 minutes in a room with him lol. seeing the reasons why is harder. the constant anxiety of being one-big-brother-down and having to fill that vacancy by assuming the position of eldest. still being stuck in his shadow even so. losing whatever autonomy he'd had by attempting to pick up the slack and lastly (and most importantly), feeling so devoid of purpose because of having to revolve your life around Family that you pick up the first cause that makes you feel Strong and Independent - ie zealously serving the inquisition. i dont think either brothers would pick up on those reasons when arguing with one another. at least not until the events of veilguard anyway.

as for deia, the middle-child-forced-to-be-eldest (they all have three younger siblings who are not fighters and arent involved in the story lol) she's probably the most mysterious of the 3. she adopted the best qualities of both her brothers growing up - evanders passion and good humor and boldness, matthas's selflessness, his responsibility and dedication - but ultimately her personality is hard for an outsider to pin down because its hard for HERSELF to pin down. how does one begin to seperate Rook from The Rookery. engaging with her kind of feels like shes perpetually trying to make up for her OWN absence of personality. or maybe its better described as her trying to force her own personality to submit as she struggles to adjust to the roles shes been forced into. she knows evander and matthas are capable of great and terrible things, so why not be THEM instead of being the riskier and far less capable Her? it makes her into a pushover, kind to the point of complacency. someone who capitulates to the people around her to avoid conflict. none of those things she WANTS to be, but by datv shes essentially the point in which the two mirrors of her brother meet. theres too much going on to seperate the yolk from the white yknow.

[tangydreams]

Hello there and welcome to my first time rambling about my thoughts on Monkie Kid's Season 4 Special. Now if you haven't seen the special then please scoll away. Or don't, I can't stop you.

After hearing the news of MK S4S dubbed, I hopped in and watched it. It was tempting to resist because the Special had already released in Chinese but it was worth the watch. So it's time to show my random thoughts of the special down below.

Again, SPOILERS FOR THE SPECIAL!

{Are you still here? Oh good, I can start rambling~}

{Oh snap, the sky is falling apart. Not good, Azure…}

{Poor Nezha, being the one who's injured the most. I hope we get a relaxing episode of him in the future again. But dang, how Tang and Sandy fixes the scoll is the most dumbest but relatable thing they did together.}

{"Can't believe I'm sticking out for Wukong, again." I can, Macaque.}

{LEGO!}

{IT'S THE MONKEY KING BOYS! HE CHATTERS!}

{Awe! The monkey babies loves Macaque~}

{OH MY GOD THAT OUTFIT! I can't decide if I should cringe in agony or laugh in joy when seeing Wukong trying to communicate with humans!}

{THEY FOUND THE THIRD BABY MONKEY IMMEDIATELY.}

{OH! More backstory!}

{Oh…more backstory…Well, honestly I didn't expect to see Macaque to be able to interact with Wukong.}

{Geez, that whole argument is an intense mess. It's like a lot of their feelings that were build up from before had brought out the worst of what's intended. Wukong seems like he expected a chance of escape and Macaque wanted to console the guy. But of course, of the situation at hand, neither of them get what they wanted from each other.}

{Also, THE FOURTH MONKEY! THEY'RE ALL OKAY!}

{OH! THE OTHER PILGRIMS! It's great to see them again! Although, only for a small moment…}

{We all want to know about them too, MK. But not everything has to be explained. Sometimes the past is sensitive to talk about. Like everything else around him, they're not MK.}

{Man, you look exhausted there, Wukong. Like mentally exhausted.}

{THAT WHOLE MOMENT IS BEAUTIFUL. MK saying words to motivate Wukong and Macaque being there to affirm them. Two people that are important to him just as much to them.}

{THE BROTHERHOOD!}

{Awe, Azure. To see him suffering because of what he has seen has taken him in the deep end. I will agree that the Celestials are powerful but careless beings that only act when they think are needed, but now that we see the Jade Emperor and how much of an impact he has maintaining the world is very prominent. I don't know how complicated he was able to deal with that but seeing how Azure isn't doing it well, it shows.}

{Pfft, monkey class. Of course, they have to be in Wukong's house, but I want to see how they led up to that scene.}

{HA I LOVE WUKONG AND NEZHA'S BANTERS! ALSO, FRICKEN CRAYONS!}

{MACAQUE JUMPSCARE! Anyways, the planning they have for each of the Camel Ridge crew sounds plausible. A bit more explanation on how to deal with them would be nice to know.}

{NEZHA I LOVE YOU BUT PLEASE STOP GETTING HURT!}

{Cool, a training sequence~}

{MK'S TURN TO DRAW! Huh, I should've just kept watching on their planning.}

{LOVE MK'S LITTLE DOODLES! Also, they're getting into details, but I'm guessing there's still more to work out on.}

{Okay, it's sweet that Yellowtusk is worried about Azure's stability and interesting to hear how confident Peng believes in Azure's powers, but for them to fight in a place that reminds me the time they once dine happily together makes me concerned for them all. Of course, Azure comes in.}

{MONKEYS IN ARMOR! SO CUTE!}

{PIGSY AND HIS LITTLE MONKEY BUDDY! AWWWEE!}

{Ooh. A glimpse of Wukong trying to console MK about his origin's powers. It going good until the plot progress itself...}

{WOW THAT'S A COOL SHOT OF THE TRIO!}

{MACAQUE VS PENG! MEI'S THERE TOO!}

{PIGSY, TANG, AND SANDY AGAINST YELLOWTUSK! But it's more therapeutic than a fight.}

{AND NOW WUKONG WITH MK FIGHTING AZURE!}

{Cute, MK hugging Wukong to never let him go again. ONLY TO BE PUT THEM INTO MORE TROUBLE.}

{Inky! And with the images of PIF, DBK, LBD, and Nezha(?) too~}

{"Well, one monkey and one unconfirm, but yeah I'd be embarrass for sure." Oh boy, the writers knows what they're teasing with on that line.}

{Oh dang, that's cool! Wukong holding his staff like a bazooka to expand it and Azure holding it off like a champ. THEN MK WOOSHED UP TO TAKE A STEP FURTHER ON THE STAFF!}

{MONKEY BUDDIES DOING THEIR BEHALF! THEY'RE SO CUTE!}

{AND THERE'S MONKEY MECH!}

{PORTY MK! With Wukong's cardboard!?}

{"I hate monkeys." Azure is such a joker.}

{OH! A flashback to Mei's plans!}

{HAHA! I love how witty Mei explains the stuff. It shows how she's improving from the last time they struggle against with LBD's battle.}

{NO THE MONKEY BABIES! NO MK!}

{Awe, Azure. He's so conflicted when he feels up against Wukong and MK. Especially on Wukong because of how high he used to respect Wukong's words back then until it crumbles after being sealed for over hundreds of years with no one to help him.}

{……Monkey MK.}

{The size and power comparison between Azure and MK during their fights are fun.}

{Azure? Lion baby? You're breaking.}

{Oof, MK giving him the "reasons you suck" speech. Also, MK'S MONKEY MONSTER!? THIS SHOW IS WILD.}

{Ugh, poor Azure. The universe is breaking…}

{A Peng insult. Of course, Peng doesn't want to let that slide, but OH MAN THE SMOKE MONSTER AND MEI'S DRAGON LOOKS SO COOL! I wonder if we would get to see Peng again.}

{Oooh~ Positivity is rubbing off on Yellowtusk. It's sweet to see him returning the weapons to Pigsy, Tang, and Sandy. AND THEY GET TO WEAR THEIR OUTFITS!}

{And the hero team is back. Only to see Azure struggling to keep everything together.}

{"How are you here?" And that's one way how the series foreshadows Seasons 5.}

{Seeing Azure realizing his mistakes really pulls my heartstrings. The guys wants to see everything going well in his own way. He knew his risks but it seems like he didn't think it through. A person blinded by his past has brought him more pain than he ever thought. Just…let me hug the cat please.}

{Azure disintegrating…rest in peace.}

{Oh sweet, Nezha is here. Where was he? Neverminded that, at least he's able to maintain the Emperor's powers. For now…}

{Man, those chains around the world are sooo ominous. It's sweet to see that everyone are doing their best to bring it all together.}

{DADSY! TANGY! SANDY BABY! MEI BUDDY! I love how they check on MK first after fighting the most difficult part of their plan!}

{Nezha being a trooper to deal the other half of the situation. Releasing the beings in the scroll, jailing Yellowtusk, containing the Emperor power, and more…I feel bad for the guy…}

{"So long as we leave the world in better shape than we found it, then it's all good, right?" I wish it is, MK.}

{THE BEACH!}

{It's so cute that they include DBK and his family. Like, they missed the majority of this season but THEY'RE HERE!}

{MK putting on sunscreen is fun, even his chat with Wukong is rather light-hearted.}

{Ah, the part that everyone determines is for fanservice: Shadowpeach in DBZ's outfits.}

{An interesting way to end when this will just remind all the Monkie Kid Fans that the perpetrator is out there.}

{And there he is.}

OVERALL!

{The Special did a great job hyping the ending of the season. I was happy to see Wukong's and Macaque's backstory more, understanding the Brotherhood's concerns for each other, and the heroes trying to clean up the mess as much as they can. This balance well with the intense moments and their fighting scenes. But as much as I love most parts of the episode's, there's some that are off to me. I found some of odd choice of voice recording in the show, like Past Macaque's rejecting Past Wukong's help on his scarf and the intensity of MK's voice when he went Monkey Mode. Of course, there's also some parts that ends in plot holes, like where the heck is Peng going!? Is Monkey MK a good thing or a bad thing!? And who freed Azure Lion!? There's those and my bias on seeing much of the Special on a first impression but I still hope to watch more of that being explained. I might watch it again just to see anything else I might've not caught on. In the end, the Season 4's Special feels deserved and I hope we get a time to watch Season 5.

What do you guys think of this season's Special? Do you enjoy it or was there something you hate about? I would be happy to hear your thoughts and share more about mine as we wait for the next chapter of MK's life.

I'm now off to dream~}

[octonauts16]

If The Octonauts Were Mean Girls. Chapter 1

Hi, My name is Peso. I just moved here from the Antarctic. I have never been to a new school before. So, it was time to say, goodbye to Antarctica and say, hello to High school.

...

"Welcome to Northshore High!" Principal Inkling smiled

Peso wandered the hallways of his new school, a place unlike any he'd known before. Having been homeschooled all his life, the bustling corridors were new to him. He entered his first classroom, where numbers danced and equations solved themselves in his mind – math, his strongest subject. Beside him, Principal Inkling was ready to introduce him to the class, a friendly face in a sea of new beginnings.

"Attention class, we're joined by a newcomer from the Antarctic," announced the octopus teacher with a grin that stretched from tentacle to tentacle.

"Welcome!" greeted the math instructor, addressing the polar bear.

Baffled, the polar bear sporting a snazzy red vest glanced up.

"Actually, I hail from Canada," he clarified.

The room swelled with an awkward silence as Peso, the penguin, perched on his desk. Peso was having second thoughts about this new academic venture; it appeared he was the first penguin these folks had ever laid eyes on.

As lunchtime arrived, Peso faced the challenge of finding a group to sit in the cafeteria, a space dominated by cliques. He had anticipated an easy task, but rejection met him at every turn, with glaring looks accompanying each denial. Left with no alternative, Peso resigned himself to eating alone in the bathroom, feeling isolated and wishing for acceptance from his peers.

A knock on the bathroom stall interrupted his solitude. Peering down, he noticed two distinct pairs of shoes. A voice with a Cockney accent inquired from outside, "You alright in there? You've been in quite a while. Is it explosive diarrhea, or did you ingest something that's causing it?"

Upon opening the stall door, Peso was met by an unlikely duo: a marsh bunny clad in grunge attire and an orange tabby dressed in the style of an e-boy.

"Who are you?" inquired Peso.

"I'm Tweak, and this is Kwazii; he's a bit too adventurous for his own good," she declared.

"I'm Peso Penguin. I'm New," he grinned, "And I—"

"Lost at sea and don't know where to start?" Tweak interjected, "No worries, we're not the usual school of fish, but we'll stick by you."

Together, they shuffled back to the cafeteria, still puzzled about where to begin, yet Peso was eager to dive into the social life of high school.

"You'll navigate this school like it's your own ocean trench in no time," assured Tweak. "Here you've got everyone from Freshmen to ROTC kids, Preppies, J.V. Jocks, Varsity Jocks, Emotional Eaters, Starving Seahorses, Mathletes, Burnouts, Sexual Active Band Geeks, and the greatest creatures you'll ever meet."

Kwazii and Tweak did their handshakes in agreement, pausing only when they spotted two or the trio of students—an otter and a polar bear. Tweak's expression soured, while Peso's face showed a storm of concern.

"Who are they?" Peso said,

"The Plastics," Tweak grumbles,

"The Plastics... who are The Plastics?" Peso inquired.

"They're teen royalty. If Northshore was us, we'd always be undercover," Kwazii explained.

Tweak gestured towards the polar bear donning a cottagecore outfit, who unsuccessfully attempted to sip his soda through his nose using a straw.

"That one there, that's Barnacles Polar Bear. He's one of the dumbest guys you'll ever meet," Tweak elaborated. "Kwazii sat next to him in English last year."

"He asked me how to spell 'orange'!" exclaimed the cat.

Next, Tweak indicated the sea otter with disheveled brown hair, clad in a Dark Academia outfit.

"That tall one, that's Shellington Sea Otter," Tweak described. "He's involved in everyone's business and knows everything about everyone."

"That's why his hair is so big and fluffy; it's full of secrets," Kwazii whispered conspiratorially.

Peso glanced at The Plastics' table, then back at Tweak and Kwazii, and decided to keep his distance, choosing instead to sit with some of the most remarkable creatures he'd ever met.

"May I sit with you guys?" Peso asked.

Kwazii and Tweak exchanged glances before turning to Peso.

"You can sit with us," Kwazii offered.

"Sure," Tweak agreed.

Suddenly, a girl spotted someone intimidating and panicked.

"TAKE COVER!" a girl shouted.

Everyone halted their activities, struck by fear as the person walked through the door.

"What's going on?" Peso queried.

"It's The Queen Bee herself! Don't look at her! Just don't!" Kwazii warned.

"Who?" Peso asked,

"Dashi Dog!" Tweak exclaimed. "DON'T LOOK AT HER!"

Despite the warnings, Peso couldn't resist gazing at the individual who instilled fear in the student body. It was a dachshund with striking red hair, dressed in a baddie outfit. Evil incarnate took the form of Dashi Dog... She might appear to be your typical self-centered, treacherous, doggy bone, but in reality, she was far more than that. She doesn't care who you are, she doesn't care how you feel. 

She was seated with her worker bees when Peso decided to head towards Tweak and Kwazii's table. However, before he could get there, Dashi's voice stopped him.

"Wait, who are you?" Dashi inquired, looking at Peso.

Peso was taken aback. He glanced around, wondering if she was addressing someone else, then pointed at himself, questioning if she meant him. Dashi nodded affirmatively.

"Yeah, come over here," Dashi beckoned with a friendly tone.

As Tweak and Kwazii attempted to persuade Peso to return to them, his curiosity got the better of him, and he sat down with the Plastics.

"Why don't I know you?" she asked with a smile.

"I'm new. I just moved here from the Antarctic," Peso explained.

"What?" Dashi probed further.

"I was homeschooled," Peso added.

"Wait, you've never been to a real school before?" Dashi asked, her smile widening.

Peso nodded slowly, and Dashi's smile grew even broader.

"Shut up... SHUT UP!" she exclaimed, still smiling.

"I didn't say anything," Peso responded, with a slight smile.

"Homeschooled, that's really interesting," Dashi remarked, crossing her arms.

"Thanks," Peso said.

"And you're really handsome," she complimented.

"Thank you," Peso replied, blushing slightly.

"So you agree," she pressed on.

"What?" Peso was confused.

"You think you're really handsome," Dashi smiled, then glanced at his necklace. "Oh my gosh, I love your necklace. Where did you get it?"

"Oh, this?" Peso touched his necklace. "Thanks, my Abuela made it for me."

"It's adorable," Dashi complimented.

"So, 'Fetch'," Shellington interjected.

"What is 'Fetch'?" Dashi turned to the sea otter.

"It's like slang from England," Shellington explained.

Barnacles looked on, confused, as he observed the penguin.

"So if you're from the Antarctic, why are you a bird?" he asked.

"Oh my gosh, Barny, you can't just ask people why they're a bird," Shellington chided.

"Can you give us some privacy for like one second?" Dashi asked,

"Sure thing," Peso responded with a nod.

As the Plastics deliberated, Peso exchanged glances with Tweak and Kwazii, who were puzzled by his new lunch companions. After a brief moment, all eyes were on Peso.

"Just so you're aware, this isn't a regular occurrence, so it's pretty much a big deal," Dashi stated emphatically.

"We'd be thrilled to have you join us for lunch every day for the rest of the week," Shellington announced, his smile wide enough to display the gap in his teeth.

Peso opened his mouth to reply, but—

"Great, see you tomorrow then!" Dashi interjected with a grin.

"On Wednesdays we wear pink," Barnacles added, tossing a casual reminder to the bird.

Chapter 1/Chapter 2

[sparklywatercolors]

ZORI. THIS IS A HOLD UP. TELL ME HOW YOU MET IVAN.

Fun fact I'm actually writing a story on that too but here's some little bits and pieces of said fic explained in the dumbest way possible. Enjoy 😏✨

Blame Alfred (/America)

Literally blame him right now, don't even think about it, just do it.

He decided to host a huge party during the week Zorya had to present their senior thesis.

And no the party wasn't for them it was a hell yeah it's summer time party

What a goof I love Alfred so much ☹️ (fun fact him and Lovino are Zorya's best pals)

Of course Zorya and Lovino and all their friends get dragged along. Zorya's (outside of the trio) friends rejected bc they were like are you insane it's thesis and finals weeks absolutely not 🗿

Zorya would say no but they share an apartment with their best friends and they don't want to be a jerk alright

Anyways party time. Zorya is literally stuck to Lovino like glue. Like holy shit I don't know anyone let me join u and ur other friends

Alfred is being too social for Zorya, he introduced them to like 40 new people in the span of 5 minutes so Zorya went fuck that and found Lovino and went okay YOU ARE STUCK W ME NOW

Zorya would much rather be sleeping but it's fine Lovino's friends are rly nice, and they don't get to meet up with these people that often so it's nice to see some sorta fresh faces but not awkward meeting for the first time conversations

But holy shit there are so many people here

So stressful

Zorya doesn't do parties (I also don't rly do parties unless it's like my closest friends or if I'm at a family party, I have a friend with me or I can sneak out and go draw 🫡)

Zorya decides to excuse themself from the fun banter they've gotten involved in and they go take a walk around and maybe fight off random strangers for some apple juice

Yes Alfred got them to be on board bc he bought them fancy apple juice. Zorya likes striking a deal when they can

Juice

They drink the juice life is great

But NOW THEY CAN'T FIND LOVINO OR ANTONIO OR ANYONE THEY ACTUALLY KNOW OH GOD IT IS THE END OF THE WORLD!!!!!!!

Poor Zorya *sad kazoo noises*

Zorya tries to look like they fit in just smiling at strangers, but it looks more like 😬😬😬😬😬 LMAOOOO they're trying okay don't judge them

Again blame Alfred (just in case you forgot)

But the juice is so worth it

Anyways Zorya is sipping their apple juice, and ready to sneak into their bedroom (that they locked up-yes this is happening at their apartment BTW Alfred is..... I don't even know anymore), and climb out to the fire escape and go get bubble tea 🧋(mmm bubble tea mmm) and just stay away

But they can't get PAST THIS TALL ASS RUSSIAN DUDE

yes it's Ivan but they don't know that

He's talking to some people, some look comfortable some look afraid that he will snap them in half if they don't laugh at his jokes

Zorya is afraid to ask him to move

So Zorya is just awkwardly there gawking at him and these people that he probably already knew cause of course Alfred is so popular that he can get strangers to bring their friends to this chaotic shit

Zorya is over thinking everything as usual ™

Alfred can be heard screaming the cha cha slide in the distance now BTW

Anyways Zorya feels a hand on their shoulder, it's this girl asking if they're alright

They zoned out and was staring at tall Russian man while in the process of zoning out

Good job Zorya we're proud of u

Zorya is like oh no he's hot AND I WAS STARING AT HIM OH GOOD GOD 🧍🧍🧍🧍🧍🧍🧍🧍🧍🧍🧍🧍🧍

Zorya awkwardly waves it off and goes oopsies sorry ah I was looking for my friends there's so many people here ah shit I'm sorry 😅... 🫠

And Russian dude that Zorya doesn't know the name of (it's Ivan) is like I'm pretty tall I can help you look

Zorya is like *NEARLY CHOKES AND DIES * SURE?????

So they go on a fucking hunt to find Lovino and gang

Zorya notices some of Russian guy's friends look low key relieved, Zorya wants to ask but is like nah I don't wanna know I just want to find Lovino

So they're walking around and talking

They exchange names

Hi Ivan

Hello Zoryana (fun fact it takes him months even when they start dating,, to just call them Zorya)

Zorya is genuinely having a great time talking to Ivan

And it seems the same way for Ivan!! 🥺

They're talking for a good hour that's how fucking crowded this party is and they're rly distracted just talking to each other about random shit and making jokes about stupid things happening

Alfred and Lovino are low key watching this btw, Alfred is like Zorya is gonna be simping and Lovino is like oh dear God no not again

Eventually they find Lovino and his gang

Zorya introduces Ivan to them

Seems like everyone knows everyone, Zorya is basically the new guy here 🧍🫡 good job Zorya

Before Zorya could thank Ivan he's getting dragged off

Zorya is BLUSHING BTW and was like damn he was rly cute I'd love to talk to him again.... Maybe ask him to coffee or something

Lovino notices and goes oh here we go again 🧍

Alfred overhears and WINGMAN MODE ACTIVATES

ALFRED IS SO EXCITED TO BE A WINGMAN PLS

HE'S BEEN WANTING THIS HIS WHOLE LIFE TO BE A WINGMAN

Zorya is like no don't 🗿

Fuck you this is America I'll do what I want biatch Alfred yells and disappears into the crowd

Bye Alfred

Zorya and Lovino are face palming 🤦🤦

Anyways

Party goes on until like the last stragglers leave at like 3 am

This party started at noon the previous day btw

Zorya is EXHAUSTED AND LAYING ON THE FLOOR

Lovino is like go the fuck to bed

Zorya is like no I miss my calmer apartment pls 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨

The trio goes to sleep will clean when they wake up bc fuck that

How many fucking people were over anyway holy shit??? 😭

In the afternoon Zorya wakes up and Alfred is swiveling around the barstool and cackling

Lovino is on his 5th cup of coffee and telling Zorya go back to bed

...

So you remember Alfred wanting to be the wingman

Well he

He set up a little date to the zoo for Zorya and Ivan next weekend

Zorya goes back to their room

Closes the door

SCREAMS

... Zorya is both happy and terrified BC HOMIE WHAT WHY

The end 😌

That's basically the whole story but in condensed (...some would beg to differ) notes form!! I hope i have pleased you with this lore 👀

Tldr: blame Alfred.

[moonchild-things]

A Trustworthy Libero: What if Sakura played volleyball?

Summary: So this is a collection of one-shots and stuff that have to do with Red Herring. There are cannon and non-cannon stuff in here, I'll probably differentiate between which is which at the beginning of the chapters. There's also AU stuff in here and I may even take requested scenarios!  

Word Count: 3535

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IF SAKURA COULD THINK OF A TIME where volleyball wasn’t a part of her life, it would be near impossible. After all, her brother has been volleyball obsessed since their junior high school days. And since she never really wanted to be away from her brother, she also got into it. While she hadn’t been inspired by the Tiny Giant like Shōyō, she still tried out for their girl’s volleyball team in junior high. It surprised her that she made the team since she was actually good. Of course, she decided to be a libero since she couldn’t jump that high, but she had pretty quick reflexes. While she wasn’t the greatest out there, she was decent and reliable enough to be considered a good player on the team. It took her a while to get used to actually playing on a team and having people to trust and have people trust her. Though she got used to it eventually with the encouragement from her brother and new bonds she made with her teammates.

So it wasn’t that much of a surprise that when the twins went to Karasuno, Shōyō joined the boy’s team, and Sakura joined the girl’s team. They both adjusted to their new teams pretty well. Actually, Sakura had a much easier time since Shōyō had ended up having to play a game with the king and another boy to prove his spot on the team or whatever. She truly didn’t know how her brother got himself in these types of situations.

Of course, Sakura has met her brother’s team. It was unavoidable since the two had to meet up somewhere after their practices so they could head home together on their bikes. To say that his team is a cast of characters is an understatement. She’s come to be friends with just about all of them, though there were a few who tended to get on her nerves. After practice, they usually ask her to tag along to the convenience store to get meat buns or something since she’s with Shōyō. She’d be crazy to say no to free food. 

Sakura wasn’t exactly happy to hear about The King being at their school as well. Though there wasn’t much she could do about that. After some time she’s come to find that Kageyama… isn’t all that bad. She still thinks that he’s one of the dumbest guys she’s met, but he wasn’t as much of an asshole as she originally thought when she met him that one time in junior high. They’ve come to respect each other as athletes since Shōyō liked to force them to practice as a trio almost all the time. Sakura would go even go as far as to say that they were friends at this point. Though they do tend to butt heads. Not as much as her brother and him, but still quite a bit.

She got to know his team more and eventually became somewhat of an object of obsession for Karasuno’s guardian deity. Nishinoya was in love with her. It was basically on sight. As soon as he learned that she was not only adorable, but a libero, the boy was ready to propose right there. Sure, he’s a simp for Kiyoko, but that didn’t mean he couldn’t find someone else attractive, right? Plus Sakura was just cute when she got flustered by what he said to her. She usually got too embarrassed to ever scold him for calling her cute and such that Nishinoya took that as a sign to keep doing it. Only that furthered her embarrassment. Shōyō seemed to be the only one put off by his attempts at flirting. Usually when that happens, big brother mode is activated in Shōyō. Eventually, Nishinoya has come to learn that an overprotective Shōyō, is a scary Shōyō.

Currently, she was walking with her team captain as they finished practice. Apparently, Michimiya Yui, the girl’s captain, had to talk to the boy’s captain about something. Sakura had to get her bike and meet up with her brother, so the pair decided to walk together. Well, more like Sakura had started to head over and Michimiya had tagged along.

“Are you ready for the game this week?” Michimiya asked her youngest team member as they walked through the halls. The girls had been able to snag a practice game with another Miyagi school that was close by. An opportune time to see how their new players worked on the team against their opponents.

The orange-haired girl shrugged her shoulders while stretching out her arms over her head. “Not really.”

Michimiya smirked, “Confident in the team, huh?”

“I guess so.” Sakura pursed her thin lips, “As long as everyone does the best they can, then we should be fine.” Sakura isn’t necessarily competitive though sometimes she can get invested in a game if it’s challenging. She likes winning as much as the other girls on the team and doesn’t like to lose but it takes a little bit for her to get completely invested in a game. Though you can always tell when she gets into her competitive side. At that point, she completely concentrates on the game and never lets the ball hit the floor.

Still, most of the time, she’s quite the pessimist. Though she would argue that she’s a realist. Sakura wouldn’t bring down her team’s morale by saying that she thinks they would lose, but she argued to them that they have to practice more and work on different strategies. If she sees a weak spot in their team, she will speak up about it and argue that if they don’t do anything about it it’ll just mean they’ll lose in their next game. Though that does get her… some annoyance with the team. While she knows that what she suggests will only benefit the team, most of the team thinks that she’s just being a bit of a bitch. Thankfully, Michamiya knows that she just wants to help. Still doesn’t mean that the rest of the team isn’t put off by Sakura whenever she brings something up that needs fixing, but it helps a bit. 

Michimiya smiled and grabbed the younger girl in a tight embrace, “I always love your spirit, Sakura!”

“Get off!” Sakura coughed out as she fought against Michimiya’s tight grip, “I can’t breathe!”

After a moment of some more hugging, the captain finally let her go with a chuckle, “Sorry! Sorry!”

Sakura coughed a bit and rubbed her sides, “You’re so damn strong, Michimiya-senpai. Like a gorilla.”

As they came towards the entrance of the second gym, the boy’s team was coming out of the building. Michimiya had already walked over to the group of third-years to talk with Daichi which left Sakura to fend for herself. Shōyō and Kageyama were arguing about something or other as Sakura approached them. 

Though Shōyō stopped his argument as he smiled widely at his sister, “Oh, imouto!”

Sakura nodded her head in greeting, “Hey, nii-chan.” She then nodded at Kageyama, “King.” The boy bristled slightly at the nickname but didn’t say anything. He’s already learned that she, much like their other middle blocker, likes to get a rise out of him by calling him that.

Before they could start up a new conversation or Sakura could question what they were talking about earlier, another short player came barreling over. “My flower there you are!” The boy’s libero sang as he just about flew over to Sakura.

The girl herself clicked her tongue at Nishinoya’s appearance but couldn’t help herself but flush a bright pink. She glanced away and tried to hide her embarrassed expression, “leave me alone.”

“You’re just as adorable as usual!” His shout certainly didn’t help her blush. If anything, her face just looked like a strawberry at this point.

She cleared her throat, “I told you to stop saying stuff like that!”

The other libero just smiled brightly with two thumbs up, “Marry me and I’ll stop!”

Shōyō bristled at the declaration, “Nishinoya!” He may find his senpai cool and such, but he usually draws the line whenever Nishnoya declares his love for his sister. He’s a big brother who is supposed to fight off all the boys who even think of trying to date his little sister. So Shōyō tried to chase after him for even trying to flirt or anything with his sister.

Sakura shook her head as the two short high schoolers ran around. She appreciates her brother for this though since she’s always too flustered to respond to Nishinoya’s declarations of love. 

Endo, the blond-hair third year, patted her on the shoulder, “oh, young love, it’s so beautiful isn’t it.” He wiped his eyes dramatically as if weeping at how amazing the love was.

“Shut up,” Sakura gritted out while pushing the older boy's hand off her. She huffed and turned away from him, the last thing she needed was to have the biggest gossip around school using this to tease her. Endo was one of her least favorites on the team. His personality could suck at times and he was always looking for drama. Whether he found it on his own, or made his own drama, it still has the same result. Though there was still one person who was at the bottom of her list.

“Ah, short stack is here.” A snarky voice said as some of the other boys came over to see what was going on.

Sakura narrowed her eyes at the tall blond, “Don’t call me names, lamp post.”

A spark of lightning struck between the two. Tsukishima and Sakura had never gotten along. Since she first saw him putting her brother down, Sakura had grown to dislike the tall blond quite passionately. She knew that her brother does have flaws and needs them to be pointed out in order to help him in a game, but the way Tsukishima might do it is just demeaning. She knows he’s nothing but a bully, in her opinion. And she doesn’t like bullies at all.

Yamaguchi quickly waved at her to stop any sort of discourse between them. No matter what, the two always found some way to argue or get on each other's nerves. So Yamaguchi usually tried to stop it from happening. “Hey, Saku-chan.”

“Tadashi,” Sakura smiled slightly at her friend. Yamaguchi has to be one of the most tolerable on the team for her. He’s a bit of a nervous guy, soft-spoken and extremely nice, so Sakura liked him quite a bit. “How has your practice been going?”

“Pretty good. We’re just preparing for inter-high.”

“Same for us. I think we’re getting somewhere, but overall the team needs more practice.” Sakura shrugged her shoulders. Her team is by no means perfect, and has plenty of flaws, but only practice could help. She rubbed her short hair and sighed, “I am worried about who we’ll play against, from what I’ve heard schools like Niiyama are far beyond us in skill.”

Yamaguchi shrugged his shoulders, “they say the same thing about Aoba Johsai for us, but I think we can at least do our best against them.”

“Yeah, you’re right.”

Shōyō bounced over to the pair and grabbed his sister’s hand, “come on imouto, Daichi said he’d get us meat buns!” He was finally done with chasing Nishinoya around, the libero having evaded him long enough, and was ready to get the treat with everyone.

The girl allowed herself to be dragged away, giving Yamaguchi a small smile, which may or may not have flustered the poor boy. After all, it’s not every day that she smiles so adorably like that. Though it’s not like Sakura noticed as she was pulled towards their bikes.

So the twins collected their bikes and met up with the rest of the boy’s volleyball team. Sakura always felt slightly out of place when she joined them on their hangouts after their practices. She was the only girl joining them since their manager never came with. Not only that but Sakura certainly wasn’t friends with the majority of them. That was obvious from how she never really spoke to anyone besides her brother, Yamaguchi, and occasionally Ennoshita. She wasn’t necessarily shy per say, but she didn’t feel all that sociable when with them. It didn’t help that quite a few boys on the team annoyed her all the time.

They all headed down to Sakanoshita Market at the bottom of the hill. It was so strange for Sakura to see a team like this. After all, her team didn’t ddo anything like this. Or maybe they did and the other girls just didn’t feel like inviting her. Not that she cared, she probably wouldn’t  show up anyway if they had something like that, unless Michimiya dragged her to it.

Even during her time in junior high, she wasn’t that into all the team hangouts after practice. Those girls were nice and all, but Sakura just didn’t feel like she fit in too much. Especially during her time in junior high. Her classmates talked and constantly reminded her that she was a clone to her brother. That was only reinforced when she joined the volleyball team in her third-year just like her brother did. Basically solidifying the fact that she was just her brother’s shadow, doing all the same things as him.

Though it wasn’t that simple. Once upon a time, back in junior high, Sakura tried to be her own person. She had tried to branch out and get introduced to a new hobby. That hobby had been photography. However, after being put down by her peers at the time and her low self-esteem, she had abandoned it. For a while, she was stuck in a limbo of just being her brother’s shadow. It wasn’t until Shōyō suggested that Sakura should try to play volleyball herself that she found another hobby to take up her time. They already practiced together a lot and he saw that she was pretty okay at it. The only obstacle that she would have to face was trying to increase her stamina and work on her technique. After working on it for quite a while, Sakura eventually tried out for the girl's team in their third year and got onto the team. Then it was only natural for her to try out for Karasuno the year after that.

She wasn’t a high jumper like her brother, and by no means could she block, so it was a logical decision for her to try out for libero. She has quick enough reflexes and she has quite the skill for diving, so she’s become quite a skilled player. Once they got into high school and applied for Karasuno, it was a no-brainer for her to join the team. The transition was difficult since Sakura doesn’t warm up to new people that easily, but it worked out eventually. So now here she was a few months into the school year on Karasuno’s team getting ready to compete soon.

Daichi handed out the meat buns to everyone. Some of them instantly started to chomp down on them while the others watched in disgust. Sakura nibbled on the food, grateful to actually get something to eat after a long day. She watched in horror as Shōyō and Kageyama seemed to make a competition out of seeing how fast they could inhale their food. As she watched, she felt a presence slide up next her here.

Nishinoya had seemingly already eaten his meat bun, no doubt inhaled it in one bite, and was rocking back and forth on his heels next to her. While Shōyō was preoccupied with competing with Kageyama, Nishinoya took this moment to get close to his libero love. 

“Sakura,” he said happily, though she noticed that there was a bit of a nervous edge to his mannerisms. 

She raised an eyebrow at him, “yes?”

“Go out with me?!”

Sakura sputtered at the exclamation and stared at him in complete shock. “Wha…” Nishinoya had made it clear that he found her adorable and such, but this was the first time that he had actually asked her out. Whether that was due to not having the nerves or the right time, it had never happened. So why was he doing it now of all times? It seemed to be out of left field and completely unprepared. She was even too stunned to speak as she stared at him in utter disbelief.

He bowed deeply at the waist, “I have loved everything about you and would love to take you on a date this weekend.” Behind him, Tanaka sent him a thumbs up and encouragement for his bro. In the beginning, Tanaka may have seen it as betrayal for Nishinoya to have become infatuated with someone else other than Kiyoko. However, Tanaka noticed just how enslaved Nishinoya had become to her and who was he to stand in the way of his bro’s love. So after talking him up and encouraging him, Tanaka ended up convincing Nishinoya to just go for it. Was it a good idea? …Maybe? Though they are nothing if not impulsive.

Sakura stared at him with wide eyes. Even the other boys were watching it now since Nishinoya wasn’t exactly quiet about it in the slightest. Though he never seems to have the understanding of quiet at all. Her cheeks were starting to grow extremely red, even her ears had changed color in embarrassment. Not only that but she was at a complete loss for words. 

You could hear a pin drop with how quiet the group had grown. Sure, everyone knew that Nishinoya liked her, he always announced his love for her when she was around. Hell, even when she wasn’t around he’d talk about how he admired her skill and thought she was so adorable. Though to think that he was bold enough to actually ask her out? They never would have thought. Ever since he had set eyes on Kiyoko he had nearly vowed himself to worship her, though that nearly completely changed when he learned of Hinata Sakura. It was a different way of infatuation with Sakura than with Kiyoko, and everyone noticed it. Though they didn’t think he’d actually act on it, especially now.

“What did I say,” Endo laughed loudly, finally breaking the silence, “young love!”

The young girl blinked as she tried to come up with something to say. “You-  I-” Even if she was extremely smart and had quite a way with words, she had no idea how to respond. Though she didn’t need to respond as someone else did for her.

“Nishinoya!” Shōyō shouted out for a second time today. “Don’t ask out my baby sister!!” He seemed to turn into a goblin as he was ready to pounce on his upperclassman for this slight against him. Though it wasn’t really against him since it was Nishinoya asking out Sakura, still Shōyō wasn’t going to let that slide. After all, he’s the big brother and he needs to keep her safe, which means approving of her suitors! Sure, he liked Nishinoya but the thought of him actually dating his sister didn’t feel right. That’s just his overprotective brother taking over at the moment. 

“He probably shouldn’t have been all too loud,” Tanaka cringed as he joined Sakura to watch the game of tag the two shortest of the team were playing.

Suga pursed his lips, “Noya could have done it a bit more… privately.”

Sakura blinked as she watched her twin chase around the second-year once again. The fire of protectiveness grew extremely bright as Shōyō fought for his sister. Even though the sight wasn’t completely foreign, Sakura was stuck in her head

Growing fed up with the tom foolery, Daichi stepped in between the pair and grabbed them by the back of their shirts. Like a father scolding his roughty children, he exclaimed, “stop fighting you two! You’re going to wake everyone up!”

Scolding the boys and with everyone finished with their snacks, Daichi dismissed everyone to head home and rest. Everyone parted ways after quite the exciting turn of events. Nishinoya was slightly dejected, but wasn’t completely put out. Perhaps he was thinking of trying again. Though if he’s smart enough he’ll actually do it when they’re in a private setting and not just in front of the whole team along with her brother. 

So the Hinata twins were walking alongside each other and heading home to finally relax. They both had quite the tiring practice and after all that excitement, it was definitely time to rest.

A thought occurred to Sakura as she hummed, “I never answered Nishinoya.”

Shōyō paused in his steps and turned to her with a chuckle, “You’d obviously say no, right?” She glanced at him from the corner of her eyes as they stopped. The silence grew tense, at least on Shōyō’s end, as Sakura climbed onto her bike. She still didn’t acknowledge him which was starting to make him nervous. “Right?” He asked again.

“Who says I would say no?” With that she pedaled away leaving her brother to process that. 

“SAKURA!”

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[13eyond13]

Well. I finished season one of IWTV. Overall I'd say its aight? I had my gripes and nitpicking and my disappointments with stuff, but also I had mostly a decent time. It's not 1000% faithful to the books, but it is also clearly drawing heavily from them and trying to stick pretty close to the overall spirit of them too, and they def had their work cut out for them trying to make book one fit sensibly with books 2+. Idk how it hits for someone who never read the series, if that would be better or worse going into it not to be constantly comparing it to what you've already read? I'd say about half the changes were either good or fine to me, and about half were either bad or wtf to me... Worst would probably be that setting it in the early 1900s just wasn't the aesthetic vibe that I crave, and that some of the changes they made to the main trio's dynamic were lame imo... mostly I didn't like the changes around Claudia's creation (like Claudia's younger years part was pretty lazily written to me, and the alterations they made around Louis draining her and Lestat deciding to turn her are important characterization moments that shouldn't be messed with imo... and Lestat should not to be made to beat the crap out of either of them either, that was like the dumbest OOC shit to have put in there and not necessary at all. And Claudia being made a forever teenager isn't nearly as striking and tragic for her as being a forever child, plus Armand already showed how badly that forever adolescent shit experiment goes centuries ago smh). I also feel like on one hand it's fun that L&L are just a blatant couple in this, but that it also makes it dumber and emotionally inconsistent at times when they're still trying to hit the same story beats from the first book even when that doesn't really fit their updated dynamic all that well. My fave change is actually probably the interview taking place in the 2020s and Daniel being older and more cynical and more withering and hard-hitting with his questions hahaha I think the guy playing him is doing a great job so far, he kinda steals the scenes. I'll watch the next season as well, though so far I'm a bit on the fence about what they're doing with Armand. I guess he's being played with the "tranquil, dreamy" quality that Armand is supposed to usually have alright so far, but he just isn't giving me the hottest most seductive and manipulative thot of them all vibes right now either, which is kind of Armand's whole shtick...

[darkfrost-star]

Oh, I feel you so hard on that. Like just look at her, Leaf has NOTHING. She is the most useless female character and least loved and when we FINALLY get Green whose an awesome canonization for her people argue *squints* "they have a different number of eyelashes and personalities are different" <---- actual repeatedly pushed argument. I hope they put Kris in a hypothetical Let's Go Johto timeline (which may even be based off Crystal like LGPE was for Yellow) so I can make the "but noooo, look at the eyelashes, the clothes, the personality" argument right back at them. God forbid characters be redesigned or be given a "pre-make" bc that's what Lgpe IS it's the old designs! Leaf never had her own, she was just female Red! Green is the most canon she has ever been let me have this I've waited years. She's so clearly a blend of FRLG and the beta design for the Gen 1 female with the black dress. Sometimes I wonder how much even this argument matters if nobody cares about Green either. Curse of being female in a trio where people care about Reguri yaoi more. Her only content is fetishized ship art with Elaine and Leaf is just bubbly, grass loving ditz, or wingwomen. There was a time where Lyra was hated in 2014 but people adore her now, she has tons of appearances and relationships with other characters, even Kris gets more love. (She deserves it tho yay, but the point stands.) That Evolution ep was SUCH a win I tell you. She's quirky, she's silly, she's adventurous, she's a risk-taker and has insane shounen protagonist vibes, she's quick on her feet and improvises, she's brave and determined, she's kind, she loves the world, she has her own insecurities, in the japanese version Trace calls her BIG SIS. She's got cool Pokemon, not just cutesy ones, she's a badass in battle, she's got good sportsmenship and didn't just run off, she returned the favor of getting saved from Zubats. She is SO MUCH MORE than what we get in fan content. Her tumblr tag and ao3 is always dead. It makes me sad.

Tbh yeah, the whole eyelashes thing is probably the dumbest argument for them being different characters, like nevermind how that’s purely a cosmetic thing and people change the look of their eyelashes all the time via mascara and such, and besides that it’s just such a trivial and insignificant difference. You’re seriously telling me that just because Green has one extra eyelash than Leaf, that proves that she’s not her? Give me a break. Remake! Red and Classic! Red literally has completely different hair colors, yet I don’t see anyone arguing that they’re completely different people because of that! To be fair tho, I’ve only ever seen that Leaf fanboy troll guy (you know who I am talking about) use this argument, so I don’t think most people actually use it as a serious counterpoint, at least not from what I have seen. Besides, that doesn’t erase the fact that there’s still a crapton of overlapping design elements between LGPE Green and FRLG Leaf people!

I also never really got the “different personalities” counterpoint either. PMEX Leaf actually has a lot of the same personality traits that LGPE Green has especially if you compare her with her Evolutions counterpart. She has a lot of the same qualities that you described Evolutions Green having, such as being kind, smart, adventurous, brave and determined, being quirky (she likes to smell her mons for crying out loud!), and loves the world! Not to mention, she has similar possessive behavior with her Eevee as LGPE Green has with mewtwo, and is shown to have the same mindset of blurring the lines between humans and mons when she played along with Valerie’s desire in becoming a pokemon! And yeah, it is really disheartening that vast majority of the fanbase uses Leaf as shipping fodder and nothing more, whether it be shipping her LGPE self with Elaine (even though I actually kinda like that ship) or making her the “wingwoman” to Namelessshipping. It just comes off feeling very wrong, especially since female characters are infamously known for being used for romantic subplots and nothing more. It’s 2024 people should really be making more fan content of Leaf that portrays her as being as active and badass as her Evolutions self. 

Also yeah, if we ever get a let’s go Johto, Kris is definitely going to show up I think. The let’s go series is obviously based on the classicverse after all, so it only makes sense that Kris will appear and not Lyra. Not to mention it would give justice for her as she doesn’t have enough game representation either. I hope they make her some kind of knowledgeable senpai/mentor figure to the player, as PMEX has now established that she’s actually like her Pokespe counterpart. I don’t have much to say about Lyra but I’m definitely glad that she’s not as hated and bashed on as she was in the early 2010s fandom. It’s about time that we gave that girl a chance too!

[reubyocs]

Doomsday looks on in frustrated horror as he hears everything falling over in the closet. LJT is also horrified. V, however, folds his arms over, tapping his foot against the ground as he listens to the stuff continue to fall.

"I told you guys that closet was stuffed, but you both told me I was being stupid. I'm not cleaning that up." V quietly mumbles to his companions.

"Avon can do it." Pete mumbles back, listening to more things fall off the shelf. Avon turns to look at the trio, seeing their surprised and horrified expressions in their face. Once she begins to make her way out of the closet, Avon peeks his head in to look at the chaos and destruction caused by her. He too, is not surprised by how messy the closet has become.

"Well, well well! Don't you look great!" V smiles, approaching his new companion to get a better look at her in the outfit. "The security uniform suits you very well! When we get that riot helmet put on you- you'll be a true guard."

When she asks for a coin, Avon digs down into the pocket of his trousers. For some reason, he always ensures he's carrying a coin in case he or anyone needs to use it. He holds out the coin for her to take. Watching her curiously flip it for a result. He thanks her when she returns it to him.

"Alright! Fireman outfits it is!" V speaks, gently patting Thursday on the shoulder as he makes his way back over to the table. "Bring out the maps, Doomsday!" Doomsday looks over at the closet... where the maps were held. They're somewhere in the mess.

"Avon, can you get the maps?" Doomsday yells to him, watching him already begin to analyse the mess for the maps. Fortunately, Avon spots them immediately. He rips the charging cable out from his wrist, before stepping into the chaos to retrieve them. It only takes a minute, but he stumbles out of there with three large maps in his arms.

"Okay, so V will drive our..." LJT stops for a moment, trying his best to control himself. "T-the Gr- The Gruppe..." V starts trying not to giggle about the name either, his face turning red as he bites his lip.

"The Gruppe Sechs van." Doomsday abruptly talks, putting an end to the groups laughter.

"Yes. You'll take the van up to the casino and down into their security entrance which is hidden underneath the race course." LJT then points to the map, tracing the van's path into the security bay.

"The staff inside the Security bay will then check out your registration number, staff ID numbers, and reason you're there. Then you'll be let into the security parking area."

"You'll make your way down the stairs and into B3, or the Vault level. They'll guide you to the mantrap and get you both to swipe your access cards. You have to do it in sync. You get into the vault, grab the goods and then you get out. Now, permitted you didn't trigger the nerve agent. They won't think anything odd about you two." LJT runs his finger over the map, showing the path in and out of the man trap.

"Once you've done that and reached the stairs again, you'll go straight up to the ground floor. Why not take the van? I sense you wanting to ask. Well, you'll need to sneak out because if they work out the vaults been broken into in the time you're making it up the stairs and back to your van, they'll know it's you two and they'll shoot you both on sight."

"Since you're taking the fireman's outfits. You'll have an easier time getting out of there. Head to the laundry, which is on the ground floor- as you can see on the map here." LJT points at the x's on the map. "Your outfits are stashed in there."

"Once you're dressed, you'll head out through the main entrance of the Casino. N.O.O.S.E won't think anything of you. They're looking to stop casino robbers, and the firemen just show up because they've been told to prepare in case the robbers use fire as a means to escape- which would be the dumbest way to get yourself caught." LJT laughs as he sits back in his chair.

"The cars should be placed close by, then you'll head up to the north to deliver the goods to the buyer. We have a change of clothes in the back, just a simple hoodie so you can take off the obnoxious fireman's jacket when you get to the car. Otherwise, it's a long drive, so I made sure you had snacks this time round." V claps excitedly upon hearing this news. The last few times he's had to do the drive up to the Paleto Bay area after pulling off this heist, he's never had any snacks. Heisting is hungry work after all.

"Once you deliver the goods, we'll all have to part ways for a few weeks while the heat settles. When the pay rolls in from our buyers, I'll deposit a little bit into your bank accounts every week. Any questions?" The group all look at each other, no one here seems to have any questions- but Payday may. V looks at her with a warm smile. He's looking like a little puppy, full of excitement to take on this heist with her.

There's a beeping entering the basement, with the Gruppe Sechs van reversing into the basement for V and Payday. Whenever she's ready and finished asking any questions she may have, V will grab his riot helmet from the table and hop into the drivers seat. He leans over the centre console to pop open the passenger side door for her.

Once Thursday is reassured that there won't be any problem with her being more amiable while wearing a Gruppe Sechs uniform, she goes ahead and chooses that one.

The second choice isn't as easy. How can she make sure nobody sees her leaving? She's never been to the place they're going to before! She'll be with V, though, right? And he knows what he's doing. Still. There's also the whole being able to fight and run thing to consider. She's never fought anybody in her life, not in a meaningful way. Wrestled with her brothers a few times, but that's about it. As for running, the most of that she's ever done are the times she had to run to the bathroom while she was pregnant and really needed to pee, and that wasn't very impressive running.

V said dressing as a fireman would possibly be make things easier as far as not getting recognized, Although she's still not quite sure she understands why that is - because in her mind, all personnel on the scene should be looked at equally if they're gonna be looking at any of them, right? - but she has no reason to disbelieve the experts. This is a big decision to make here, one she's not sure she can make. It's choices like these that she gets hung up on and usually consults others on before she ultimately decides.

All this she mulls over while fumbling around in the closet, knocking over anything that's possible to be knocked over and making all the noise to go along with it. By the time she emerges, she's holding the knees of the pants up so she can step over the mess that's now spilling out of the closet and grinning sheepishly. "Sorry about that. You guys got a lotta stuff in there! How'd you fit it all in there? That's pretty impressive actually, hahaha. Like those video games where you have inventory and you can hold like 80 weapons and potions and key items and stuff all right there in your pockets. Amazing how that works."

"Okay, so, anyway, I've decided to let fate decide for us, because both seem like smart choices! They're our... only choices, but barring any serious preferences from V, I'm just gonna do a little coin flippage... Anybody got any coins I can borrow? I'm very poor, why else do you think I'm here robbing a vault when I can't find the broad side of a barn?"

Assuming someone gives her a coin to flip, she establishes that heads will be the N.O.O.S.E. outfits and that tails with be the fireman outfits. It lands on tails.

"Welp, so much for the whole Village People routine," she says with a shrug. "Right! I'm ready to go over the plan!"

[sillylittleguyinatrenchcoat]

i binged csm after forgetting to watch the new episodes consecutively every single week since episode 5, made some sillies as protocol demands

[tiktowafel]

Hey love your headcanons! I was wondering if you have any for Tsuburaba?

yup i have many! i love this boy so much

the majority of the class 1b fandom seems to agree that this dude is a total memelord and i honestly can't look him in those googly eyes and disagree with that

he definitely spams the class group chat with memes, recreates vines with his friends, quotes them all the time, gets mildly upset every time someone doesn't understand a reference and acts like he has memorized every knowyourmeme article in existence

i think he's just class 1-b's main funny guy in general, always joking around, telling wacky stories, pulling pranks and just trying to make everyone laugh :)

speaking of pranks: he loves pulling them because his quirk is perfect for that purpose. he did the "putting walls of solid air in doorways and waiting for someone to bump into them" one so may times it's more annoying than funny at this point, but it's his favorite nonetheless. mainly because he really enjoys watching certain people (usually Awase or Kamakiri, the ones who swear the most) get ridiculously pissed over it lol

he also uses his quirk to make little glass figures. he's not much of an artist so they usually come out really wonky but everyone thinks theyre cute

lung capacity has a lot to do with physical endurance so i guess he does long distance running as a form of quirk training? i feel like hes a pretty sporty person in general considering ball sports are canonically one of his favorite things

as much as he likes his quirk, he has to admit that it can be pretty damn inconvenient sometimes. for example respiratory diseases make it go haywire and it's incredibly annoying because it activates every time he coughs or sneezes

(can you tell i love his quirk and think about it a lot?? because i love his quirk and think about it a lot)

his life motto is probably something like "the more stupid shit you do, the more funny stories you'll have to tell your friends later!" because he always gets himself in trouble in dumbest ways possible and then walks up to people like "hey wanna hear about my latest near death experience"

but he's an amazing storyteller, really. this man's got such a way with words that everyone likes listening to him

he'd actually make a pretty good teacher.... if he wasn't absolutely terrible at almost everything school related

english is his only really strong school subject (90% of his skills comes from watching yt videos and looking at memes in english). he's pretty bad at everything else because his memory sucks and he can't pay attention in class to save his life

Rin is usually the one who helps him with studying. this is the main reason why they're close because Rin has the soul of an old man and doesn't get Tsuburaba's sense of humor at all lmao

the people who definitely do get his sense of humor are Tokage and Fukidashi. they're the meme trio of class 1-b and they have a separate group chat that exists for shitposting purposes only

he's also really good friends with Kaibara and Awase, the other two common sense kings, plus Tetsutetsu and Kamakiri, buuut i'm too lazy to talk about it rn lol

Yanagi on the other hand really doesn't like him. she considers him an annoying pervert and treats him like a sworn rival. he likes messing with her in return despite not really understanding why she hates him so much. the rest of the class thinks their interactions are hilarious

i mean he's canonically pretty dirty minded, but he's no Mineta!

sure he laughs at dirty jokes and often catches himself staring at people but he usually keeps his... thoughts to himself

idk for some reasons he seems like the kind of guy who sleeps naked (obviously he wears a robe when walking around the dorms)

it's a very good way to keep Tetsutetsu out of his room because Tetsu's the kind of guy who likes storming into peoples rooms in the morning like "it's a beautiful day outside bro!! the birds are singing and the sun is shining, get out of bed and go eat a healthy breakfast!!!" and Tsuburaba needs his beauty sleep lmao

(well maybe he wouldn't need it if he didn't stay up till 3am watching meme compilations on youtube every night)

every common sense king knows how to play an instrument and Tsuburaba's no exception. he's an absolute master at playing the kazoo

and also at whistling

fuck canon. this man has freckles

since freckled people don't tan very well, he gets sunburns a lot. it's not his fault he likes going outside and just forgets his sunscreen sumetimes :(

everyone in his family is taller than him and he hates it

speaking of his family, he has two older siblings - a brother and a sister, and i actually have character designs for them and their parents too (i also made up families for a bunch of other students. maybe one day i'll get myself to draw them and write some headcanons?)

that's all for today! i wanted to make this a bit more serious but decided not to because... idk man i didn't feel like it

[tyrantisterror]

Jurassic World: Dominion is the biggest, loudest, dumbest Jurassic World movie yet

Ok not really, but almost!  When I was through the first half of this one I felt pretty confident it would out-stupid Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, but the second half managed to pull it from that brink just slightly, allowing Fallen Kingdom to keep its crown as the dumbest Jurassic franchise film of all time.  But do not fear: Jurassic World: Dominion is still dumb.

So, like, tangent time - a lot of negative reviews about the Jurassic franchise have this stock criticism of “every movie is just people trapped on an island with dinosaurs.”  And I think that’d bad criticism for a couple of reasons.  First, lots of movie series look same-y if you describe them in reductive terms like that, but for some reason monster movies seem to be the only ones that get raked over the coals for it.  I could just as easily and accurately summarize every superhero movie as “people in costumes punch each other,” but that doesn’t stop Hollywood from making fifty of them every month and critics from giving them decent to glowing reviews for bringing a “fresh” take to the genre.

Second, the most recent Jurassic World movies are very much NOT “just” people trapped on an island with dinosaurs - while the second half of each sequel has a setpiece of people trapped in a space with dinosaurs, the first half of them consists of a bunch of stupid shit where the writers desperately try to figure out what to do when people AREN’T trapped with dinosaurs, and that’s where these movies get REALLY dumb.  Maybe “people trapped on dinosaur island” is this series’ lane, and maybe they should be allowed to stay there.

Ok, tangent done.

The writing, editing, and directing is bad in this movie - moreso in the first half, as the second half picks up in all three of those elements, but it’s still never what I’d call good.  There are sporadic moments of quality, mainly carried by the actors and the spectacle, but, like, we gotta stop letting Colin Trevorrow do movies, guys.  He’s not good at it.

Jeff Goldblum, Laura Dern, and Sam Neil are all fantastic actors, and while they’re not good enough to keep you from realizing a lot of their lines are badly written and their scenes abruptly edited in a way that is REALLY distracting (especially in the first half), because no human can work miracles, they are good enough to bring a lot of charm and charisma regardless of the material, and it helps that the clearly remember how these characters were written under Spielberg and bring little touches and subtleties in their performances that Colin Trevorrow wouldn’t have thought to ask for.  Also, like, holy shit these three aged like wine, goddamn, if you’re into milfs and/or dilfs this is your jam, good lord

I think the second half of the movie works because it focuses more on the original JP trio than it does on the odious leads of  the previous two Jurassic World movies, which is good because Claire Dearing is an inconsistently written mess of a character and Owen Grady is... possibly one of my least favorite characters in fiction?  Like damn, “guy who domesticates dinosaurs” is what I wanted to be when I grew up and somehow I hate this character with a passion, good job Colin.

There’s a couple of corporate characters introduced in this movie (sorta - Dodgson technically was in the first film, but he was in it so little and had none of the character traits he does here, so it might as well be his first movie in the franchise) that I actually found pretty compelling.  Dodgson is kind of a relief because he’s not a sneering, over-the-top villain like the previous Jurassic World movie bad guys, but rather a more realistic, awkward “human lives are just statistics in an equation that makes me money” style corporate villain, and the actor playing him does an excellent job selling it.  He’s evil in the vein of Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, and I like that.  His second in command is a really interesting character too, possibly the best written character in the whole movie, and to say more would unfortunately spoil some things, but still, worth noting.

But enough about humans!  Dinosaurs!  That’s what this is all about in the end, after all.  How are the dinosaurs?

Well, much better than in Fallen Kingdom, thank god!  I mean, that’s a low fucking bar to clear, but still.  The carnivores are no longer self-destructively murderous!  They value their lives over committing wanton acts of slaughter!  It’s a small thing, I suppose, but it’s something Fallen Kingdom fucked up royally, so my joy is indescribable!

Even the Giga more or less acts like just a big, territorial predator.  Yes, despite Colin Trevorrow’s inexplicable and utterly bonkers fucking statement about the Giga being Heath Ledger’s The Joker’s Scalysona, the Giganotosaurus is presented as just a big predator who wants food.  Low bar to clear, but we cleared it!

Blue and Rexy, the only likable characters to appear in every Jurassic World movie, have diminished roles in this one, but they get some satisfying emotional moments, and that’s nice.

All that said... I’m lowkey annoyed that this movie’s writing made me kinda dislike tropes I’m normally a slut for.  There’s a big monster fight at the end of this movie, and, like... it was not earned.  The first Jurassic World, for its many faults, properly set up its big monster fight, and that fight was the natural climax of its story.  It was earned.  Here the big monster fight comes after the story is pretty much wrapped up, tacked on as if it was something the studio exec’s demanded at the last minute.  It’s not set up and has no weight, and so it felt... pointless.

And if I, a person who wrote two fucking books where there’s a big monster fight in almost every chapter, think the big monster fight at the end of your movie was unnecessary and unengaging, that’s a bad sign, right?

But it’s fun.  It’s dumb, but it’s enjoyably dumb, like a Friday the 13th movie or an Andrew WK song.  And there’s some lovely spectacle of dinosaurs in the modern world that, to date, you really can’t get anywhere else, and the novelty of that is enough to make my inner child happy.  So, if you’re in the mood for big, dumb fun with dinosaurs, this is for you.

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oh my... that is quite sad indeed. your writing is so good I assumed you'd have some requests. nonetheless let me give you one!! I was thinking, what would monster trio + usopp do with an s/o that sleeps in really awkward positions (like, crazy sleeper) since I myself am one and I'm curious jaja. (and I also hope you have a good day/night 😌✨)

a/n: aww thank you so much for your kind words😭😭😭 you're really thoughtful for sending an ask before requesting (yk, thanks to your ask, one of my friends also sent me a request too so I have 2 requests for the first time ever omg😳) also I read your request and I was like ok this is so me ngl😨 i'm a crazy sleeper too so hehe it's been so fun writing this hc I hope you will like it🤗❤ *send hugs lots of love*

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MONSTER TRIO + USOPP with S/O who sleeps in awkward positions

Monkey D. Luffy

first of all, you guys are two peas in a pod

why that? cause omg, Luffy himself is the craziest sleeper either, even worse than you

whenever you two share the same bed, you guys always find yourselves waking up in the most ridiculous position one can ever imagine

from time to time, you and Luffy even wake up with bruises all over your body, because both of you somehow end up accidentally hitting each other while asleep.

not to mention that there has to be someone falling out of bed, all the time, mostly you

this doesn't help with your back pain either

so no, Luffy is definitely not someone who you can share your bed with, such a cruel fate but you gotta move on if you wanna save your spine, darling.

Roronoa Zoro

he doesn't have a problem with sleeping position, and he doesn't have a problem with your style of sleeping either

you sleep with ur butt higher than ur head? so what it's not his business after all. you sleep with ur legs bent at a 180-degree angle? well, as long as you have a good slumber he couldn't care less.

but when Zoro hears you complain about the back pain you receive from sleeping in awkward positions, he'll try his best to help

at first, he would try to wake up every time he hears you rolling out of bed to pull you back and lay you down properly.

but damn, after three times in a roll he finds it is so tiring

finally end up holding you tight in his arm until morning so that you won't be able to move around and he can have a decent sleep at last

a win-win situation but now you have a problem waking up to Zoro's hot bare chest, (and that's not necessarily good for your heart)

at least your back will be safe then.

Sanji

oh no this man still find you hella cute even though you sleep in the weirdest posture ever

but he does know that it is not good for your body, so he would try to figure out some way to help

at first, he would learn from Zoro ( and no he won't admit that) to hold you when you sleep, but end up he's the one who not getting enough rest cuz he's too excited to have you in his arm the whole night

try to find another way like putting pillows around you? waking up in the middle of the night to correct your posture? nothing really works out sadly

but Sanji will give you a back and shoulder massage every morning, hoping that helps at least

will also massage you whenever you are in pain, he's more than happy to do so, cuz aw isn't Sanji the most thoughtful boyfriend ever?

Usopp

*gasp* I'm gonna tell you a secret but please don't get mad at him, ok?

so this guy here has an album full of pictures taken when you're asleep

no, more than one, he has a whole collection there, capturing you in the most awkward position ever with the dumbest face ever you don't wanna know

he thinks you're cute tho, and a little bit impressive cuz how can you sleep well in that pose? he finds that kinda amazing

his room is full of patches and pillows for you whenever you are in pain

he even invented a medicine once in order to help you relieve back pain but they were all withdrawn by Chopper

pretty chill with all this and even tease you when you wake up, cuz who isn't a crazy sleeper at least one?

but don't worry all your photos are safe with him and he will take them to the grave so yeaaah