#suing for damages thanks op

[ravensmadreads]

Youre giving me life rn the tags are so funny. Thank you!

Shut up your fic has me in a chokehold???? It's so funny and soft and hot and amazing and I can totally see future heartbreak but I'm still gonna finish it and okay im gonna shut up now

IT'S KILLING ME

P.S Anita Moreno is a badass and I love her.

[spotsscat]

HOW DARE YOU BREAK MY HEART LIKE THAT!

“Hey!” Donnie stomped his foot on the ramp. “I don’t know what kind of prank this is, but it isn’t funny.”

“This isn’t a prank, Dee,” said Leo, his voice nonchalant. “We took a vote, and you’re out.”

“That isn’t how this works!” Donnie took a step toward them. He could feel his muscles tensing, like he was bracing for impact. “You can’t just throw me out with a vote.”

“Well then, how about this,” Raph said, and Donnie shrank back as he stepped up.

In all his life, Raph had never made him feel so small.

“You’re out, Donnie. Leader’s orders.”

His brothers think they don't need him anymore? Well, fine. He doesn't need them either.

The old Donatello is gone. He'll build a new one. One that will make them regret they ever threw him aside.

Building things is what he's good at, after all.

...

MY FIC FOR THE GRAB A SLICE BANG IS LIVE!! please give it a read and check out the awesome artists I worked with!!!

@shroomlingy and @felsicveins

also shoutout to @kiaxet for beta reading!

[feelingsaturated]

happy opening, everyone! jia (21+, s/h) here, presenting (a)eternal pain in the ass, JEON JAEYI, who’s more concerned about saving (and serving!) face than the people of eden, she's the very worst of aeternals. more under the cut, and if you can stomach her, please like to plot!

tldr of her bg: aeternal + aeternal = 2aeternal. powers r affected by her mood, so instead of being good parents and sending her to cognitive behavioural therapy to figure out wtf sort of mental illness they've given her, they tell her to suck it up. thank u xanax and nepotism for getting her thru the academy!

when people in positions of power and privilege get to do whatever they want with close to no consequences, of course you get bitches like jaeyi! very much inspired by the seven in the boys, she's kinda human garbage. basically a white man in congress.

really honestly only ends up an aeternal because it's good for optics & she's got a cute power. who doesn't love a family of aeternals + someone who drops by a gender reveal and makes sure the skies are clear for whatever confetti pop you wanna do, right? she's not under any delusions she's gonna singlehandedly eradicate all crime in eden. sometimes we just need the pretty bitches for photo ops!

a building of people ends up collateral damage, and it's covered up well enough. jaeyi blames the late evacuation notice, but the damage is done. she's not losing much sleep over it, because their families get their bereavement payout. unfortunately for her, her psychiatric clinic was in that building, and no other sane doctor would be on board with her medication regimen. the next doctor she sees ends up changing her meds and suggesting she go to therapy.

unfortunately, rawdogging mental health is nawt it for someone whose emotions affect her power. she ends up doing too much/little at the worst times, and decides to take a little step back. not a proper hiatus, but she's not being assigned to missions (not like she was doing much of those anyw...) and focusing on her little brand deals, which is where 2cc comes in! no better way to put her money where her mouth is than to actually live in silver line, right?

comes off really fucking artificial cause. well. she fuckin is! look at her for a second too long and she's whipping out a headshot like 'do u want a photo or an autograph????' something uncanny and fake as hell about that smile she's giving...

not j-lo levels of 'don't look me in the eye', but she's also actively avoiding having to interact with other tenants unless it's good for her public image. she's got nothin in common with anyone, and she doesn't want to have to smile and make small talk anymore than is necessary.

currently being sued for the building damage thing, but it's being taken care of by the task force. like can we pleaseeeeee move on omg they're already dead. wtf's she supposed to do about it...??? she can't raise the dead. they're barking up the wrong tree.

as evidenced by the above, yeah. has basically never had to deal with the consequences of her actions, and the kind of person who can't even fathom why SHE shouldn't be top priority. you can tell she's grown up privileged which makes her extremely removed from others' realities.

mommy and daddy issues mean she's always in need of external validation because she's absolutely unable to be kind to and regulate herself... inner child screaming crying wailing etc etc. positive attention only, plz!!!! she can only like herself if others like her, but that's real tough considering.... would lie if she feels left out and wants to fit in.

anyways!!! i'm much more into seeing how our muses would mesh personality-wise and coming up with a dynamic organically, so let's just get yapping about our charas!

[escapism-from-the-real-world]

Part 2

Tori Hanson

Background/story

Is an only child with very strict, traditional parents

Fights with parents a lot and doesn’t like staying at home

Is either at the beach, Storm Chargers, Ninja Ops, or with the boys during her free time

Family wants her to be classically feminine and only let her go into surfing after lots and lots of begging

Hates the stereotyping she gets at home and hates it when the boys do it because it makes her feel like she’s back at home and like she can’t do anything and she has issues ok?

Met Shane and Dustin at Storm Chargers after getting lost and they bonded over their powers at first before really becoming friends

They were her first real friends and she is very protective over them

They helped her get out of her shell and be more confident in herself

They’re idiots, but they’re her idiots 

Is very close with Kelly since there are no other girls on the team and they spill tea on the boys sometimes (Cam joins when he’s extra annoyed)

Technically doesn’t work at Storm Chargers, but knows how to run the shop, helps with customers, and runs some errands for Kelly now and again

She may as well be working there

She likes spending time with Cam since he’s the most reasonable and most likely to understand her problems outside of Kelly (Dustin and Shane are great and do their best but sometimes she needs someone with a brain cell that isn’t shared between multiple people) (She says as she also shares said braincell)

Is the most protective of Dustin and Cam for similar reasons (They are littlest brother)

Cam: Still older than you, Tori: Only technically

She is very supportive of him (as they all are) and was the first to pinpoint that the new green ranger was Cam

Thought Blake was cute when they first met and that almost completely overwrote over all the sus that was there (almost)

The more they talked the more besotted she got even though she knew something was up

Was very upset when she found out he was evil and then very pissed when he threatened Cam

Had a talk with Blake before he and Hunter left (an apology for everything that happened and letting her know they’re going away for a bit)

Missed him a lot while he was gone but went a little stubborn when he pointed it out (she hasn’t dated a lot and most of the guys she’s dated turned out to be pretty misogynistic) (part of why Shane turns guys down for her since he can see that shit from a mile away)

Knew something was wrong when Blake and Hunter turned on them again and continually fought for them while they were brainwashed

Slowly started to fall for him for real after that whole mess

Hunter is basically the brother she never had 

Like, when people see them together they think they’re twins or something

Her, Shane, and Hunter have a classic sibling rivalry with each other and are always bickering or wrestling around

She thinks their rivalry is stupid even though she’ll do the exact same thing if someone doubts or challenges her

Personality/headcanons/arcs

She is usually the voice of reason up until someone doubts or challenges her, then all cards are off the table

Kind of temperamental (effects of having bad parents) and is working on regulating her emotions

Dustin pointed out her powers are related to her emotions sometimes

“Your emotions are like the tide or the waves during a storm. Seemingly harmless, but able to cause a lot of damage when you’re not careful”

She is like Dustin in the way that he is kind and compassionate but not nearly as trusting

Not a tomboy, just athletic (there is a difference) 

Kind of feminine and hates it because it plays into her parents expectations of her

Lots of blue flannel and crop tops

when she becomes friends with Hunter, she gets a bunch of emo/punk stuff to scare her parents with (it’s not really her style, but the jewelry is nice tho)

Learned to be confident in her style thanks to Shane and Dustin not giving a shit about her clothes (as long as she can move and play with them) and Kelly showing her how to be stylish with functionality

Is scary when mad, and kind of mean 

The boys tend to avoid making her mad because of how terrifying she can be

Start sweating when she gives them “The Glare”™ 

The most technical with her powers (can be very specific with how water moves)

Feels the most at home with her powers and uses every excuse to be at the beach/in the water

Her ‘dolphin’ affinity gives her a command ability like a siren

Had an easy time adjusting to martial arts since her parents had her take ballet when she was young (she wanted to do hip hop and instead learned how to dance how she wanted from youtube videos)

Specialized in scythes (her weapon looks like a dolphin/whale tail) 

Can also use nunchucks and a bo

The reason she was so upset over Shane missing her birthday was because they have never missed a birthday for any of them and this is the first time he’s missing out

Her parents stopped celebrating it after she stopped spending time at home so she this is the only time she can celebrate

She tries not to be salty about it and she understands why he has to do what he has to do but her birthday turns out less than ideal (not because of Shane, Lothor is being a prick on her birthday)

Tori ends up going to UCLA after the show (because of course she does)

She’s going into something that’ll help at Storm Chargers because she and Kelly are going to be running it now that the boys no longer work there

It always had a special place in her heart and she wants to see it thrive

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[fujimiiiya]

Oemgee, so it's just about those screenshots? Iirc aren't they old posts? Weird that anon brought it up now while seems like they are indeed one of your followers. Tbh, I won't be able to follow twitter I feel miffed about, sending those kinds of asks while still scrolling through yours. That's quite an M...ngl

There are many accounts I follow also do that actually, they ss accounts and show them to their followers to DNI, and I frequently see the comments under that thanking them for sharing the info so they can block them as well. I think last anon probally lives in such a safe space, i dunno, if they never saw that. Or he's just too sensitive maybe, as long as you're not directly attacking them when they never interact with you, i think it's still normal? Not overboard. You're definitely not the only one doing it so i dunno why anon is so harsh to you when they keep seeing your updates here...it's really weird to me...

those info you shared actually helpful to me coz I also wanna block people that I may come across and feel annoyed about. Might as well nip them in the bud. I don't really wanna support my NOTP or antis of my OTP too, even if we do like the same characters, even if we never interacted before. I saw those posts of yours got some likes which meant those who felt the same might feel the information shared to DNi with those twitter accounts helpful. I think you should just ignore this anon...it seems pointless to keep engaging with that anon when they can't actually show anything...

Lmfaaoo yeah, it's just funny to me that they just disclose through those asks they have been stalking account they dislike. Idk why people can do that.

I'm glad if my info can be helpful to like-minded peeps.

Yeah, I wanted to share information and I agree, I see many ppl doing them worse than I did. That's how the things are when posted, people see it from different perspectives but if they misinterpreted the sentences and be disturbed, it's not the OP's responsibility to damage control what they felt...I cannot take them seriously when their 1st accusation was already because they misread my post? I suspect anon is probs one of those twt accounts I blocked in the past and made another alt/priv account to keep seeing my contents and even now crossing to here bcs they can be anon. If they were that heroic, they will comment under my posts back then, not bringing up now after months and hid behind anonimity. I only recently link my blog here to there and now I got these asks, which means they came from twt and is too afraid to get blocked by me it's why keep being anon. But they tried to dodge it and said they being anon out of respect not to disturb those people they referred, which is contradictory since they were the ones bringing it up again after a long time. That anon also seems very sus and I can sense a bit hypocrisy in them too, but whatever they wanna say.

[kudosmyhero]

Transformers: Infiltration #6

Read Date: February 19, 2023 Cover Date: June 2006 ● Writer: Simon Furman ● Art: E.J. Su ● Colorist: John Rauch (with Simon Bork, Mark Englert, Aaron Myers, Sunder Raj, and Kevin Senft) ● Letterer: Robbie Robbins ● Editor: Chris Ryall ◦ Dan Taylor ●

**HERE BE SPOILERS: Skip ahead to the fan art/podcast to avoid spoilers

Reactions As I Read: ● heheh, my guess is Starscream is juicing to prep for Megatron's arrival ● that's Astrotrain aaaand…. Runabout. Yay for helpful headshots inside the cover! ● Starscream, you look fabulous, dah-ling ● Ratchet, in beat-up ambulance form, is heading eastbound to The Ark with Jimmy, Verity, and Hunter because Prowl wants them out of harm's way. ● Verity isn't happy about this, but Hunter and Jimmy recognize they are lucky to be alive ● GAH A WHOLE ROW OF CREEPY HOLOMATTER SMILES

● the guy on the far right is Prowl but I'm not familiar enough with the others yet to know their vehicle modes off the top of my head ● ok, the cute little Porsche-looking one, white with a thick blue stripe down the center, is Jazz ● Bumblebee radios to Prowl that Megatron has just arrived at the Oregon bunker ● Starscream is in trouble…

● Runabout, Runamuck, Thundercracker, and Astrotrain come out first. Megatron warns them to stand down, that if they fight, they will die ● they stand down

● juiced-up Starscream comes out, calling them cowards ● Ore-13 is what Starscream is souped-up on ● Megatron is… strong ● aww, Astrotrain, Thundercracker, Runamok, and Runabout are trembling as they watch the battle ● the Autobots arrive and they all agree to just watch the battle ● Starscream is starting to realize his mistake ● oof… ● oh yeah, I forgot The Ark was under Lake Michigan ● some Spcial Ops types witnessed the Autobots jumping into the lake. "The Machination wants one of these 'Transformers.' Let's go get 'em one!" ● Prowl admits Ratchet was right and it's time to call in Optimus Prime ● Hunter points out, though, that he's already here ● "Phase 1 Concluded" ● 👏👏👏👏👏

Synopsis: In the Decepticon Command Bunker in Oregon, Starscream is on the receiving end of a mega-cycle long "hit" of Ore-13. As they wait, Astrotrain and Runabout worry about what they've just heard regarding Megatron recently arriving on Earth and dispatching both Blitzwing and Skywarp in a fight. But when Starscream finally emerges from the energon chamber, he tells them both that, thanks to the Ore-13, they'll be more than ready to take him on when he comes.

Over in Iowa, Ratchet is busy taking Hunter O'Nion, Jimmy Pink, and Verity Carlo back to Ark-19 after their traumatic scouting mission in the abandoned Nebraska Decepticon Bunker. Verity is angry at not being able to help the Autobots investigate the information they brought back, but Hunter and Jimmy tell her that they are more than happy to stay out of it. Verity eventually relents at their words and gives in to joining the post-traumatic stressing out.

Meanwhile, the other Autobots, who are busy investigating, are speeding their way towards the Oregon Decepticon bunker. Bumblebee is already there, quietly monitoring the area, though nothing is happening… yet. Eventually, though, he sees Megatron bounce in just outside the bunker and call for Starscream.

It is Astrotrain, the Battlechargers, and Thundercracker who come out to greet him first, however. Megatron warns them that if they fight him they will die, and gives them the choice of standing down instead, which they accept. Starscream flies out of the bunker at that point, declares them all "strutless cowards", and lays into Megatron with his now super-powered weaponry.

Bumblebee ends up getting tossed around by the backwash and flung off to the side. Prowl tells him to hang on, as his squad is almost there, but Bumblebee tries to warn them off, saying he thinks they'll be bystanders at best, collateral damage at worst.

Megatron retaliates with his fusion cannon, clipping Starscream's wings and causing him to decide to transform and continue his attack in robot mode. He divebombs straight onto Megatron, throws him into the side of a cliff, and opens fire with everything he's got. Starscream starts crowing about how long he's been wanting to defeat Megatron… then reacts in horror as Megatron emerges from the cliff, very much not as deactivated as he was expecting.

Bumblebee finally gets spotted by the other Decepticons who have been watching the fight, but the other Autobots arrive just in the nick of time to bail him out of an attack. Prowl tells everyone they should all stand down and be content to watch the duel play itself out.

And play out it does, as Megatron berates Starscream for his actions and blows a hole straight through him using his fusion cannon. He tells the gathered Decepticons to take Starscream's remains inside, and answers Runamuck's question about what to do about the Autobots present with two words: "Phase… Two."

Dramatic entrances are the right of all sentient beings. Sunstreaker asks Prowl if they're just going to let the Decepticons get away with going back into the bunker. Prowl says, "Yep," and Sunstreaker reacts with relief. They all head back to Lake Michigan and down into the water to return to Ark-19… where it turns out that they're being watched by Machination agents, who are ready to enact the plan to kidnap one of the Autobots now that they've confirmed their location.

As they get inside, Prowl states that he thinks it's finally time to contact Optimus Prime… but as he says so, Hunter points to the door: Prime has already arrived!

(https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Infiltration_issue_6)

Fan Art: Megatron vs Starscream by davidnery

[cybertronianglup]

Can you do some sfw and nsfw hc for Op, Ratch and UM?

Thank you :) :)

Well lets start

ok let's start

Headcanons SFW/Nsfw Adultery

Ratchet

Ratchet might seem like he's not interested in you but in reality every time you fall he feels like you're going to do the biggest damage in the world

He is very aware of anything about you, he may seem absorbed in his work, but he is really paying attention to everything you say or talk about you.

As a couple he is too protective but he is willing to give you your space

He feels comfortable with your company, the talks are very comforting for him

Hot Things!! :

This doctor has a fetish with risky sex (Having relationships in public places or where they can be discovered)

He likes bondage, sometimes he finds it exciting that your limbs are trapped in a rope

Old? No honey has more energy than you and that size ….!!

Medical games and nurse cosplay will make you very hot

Optimus It is quite Subtle, it will always be very cordial Although it is not constant, the pampering will be present in your relationship Behind his warm smile there is pain. Try to talk to him to calm him down. The times you accompany him on missions they have long talks Hot Things..!!: Bring out your wild side in bed he likes to hit butt but all with his consent moans are music to your ears and aftercare gets kinda hot

Ultra Magnus The king of rules has no solution, however he could break a few for you if you climb on his shoulder he will be scared because think about the amount of risks that there are try to be careful In private he is a gentleman but he will give you all the love you need He is like an old lover from the last century with letters, poems etc. Hot Things!!: He loves the fetish of blows (Bdsm) You want me to go faster, well, if you don't call him sir, he won't do anything.

Okey Comenzemos

Headcanons SFW/Nsfw adultrio

Ratchet

Ratchet podría parecer que no le interesas pero en realidad cada vez que caes siente como si te fueras a hacer el daño mas grande del mundo

Se encuentra muy pendiente de cualquier cosa sobre ti puede parecer ensimismado en su trabajo pero en verdad esta poniendo atención a cada cosa que dices o que se habla de ti

Como pareja es demasiado protector pero esta dispuesto a darte tu espacio

Se siente a gusto con tu compañía las charlas son muy reconfortantes para el

Hot Things!! :

Este doctor tiene un fetiche con el sexo riesgoso (Tener relaciones en lugares públicos o donde puedan ser descubiertos)

Le gusta el bondaje aveces le parece excitante que tus extremidades se encuentren atrapadas en una cuerda

¿Viejo? No cariño tiene mas energia que tu y ese tamaño ....!!

Los juegos medicos y cosplay de enfermera lo calentaran mucho

Optimus

Es bastante Sutil siempre sera muy cordial

aunque no sea constante los mimos estaran presentes en su relacion

Detras de su calida sonrisa hay dolor trata de conversar con el le calmara

Las veces que lo acompañas a misiones tienen largas charlas

Hot Things..!!:

Saca su lado salvaje en la cama

le gusta golpear trasero pero todo con su consentimiento

los gemidos son musica para sus oidos

y el cuidado posterior se vuelve algo caliente

Ultra Magnus

El rey de las reglas no tiene solucion, sin embargo podria romper unas cuantas por ti

si te subes en su hombro se asustara pues piensa en la cantidad de riesgos que hay trata de tener precacucion

En privado es todo un caballero pero te dara todo el amor que necesites

Es como un viejo amante del siglo pasado con cartas, poemas etc

Hot Things!!:

Le encanta el fetiche de golpes (Bdsm)

Quieres que valla mas rapido pues bueno si no lo llamas como señor el no hará nada

[homohtunut]

Hello dear. I hope you are doing well. I have heard that Depp lost his case in UK and that proves he is the abuser. I saw JD fans say losing to The Sun doesn't mean anything. Do you know whether it's important and how it affects the current case? Thank you

There are a few reasons why UK trial ended the way it did. Firstly, because the case was against the Sun and not Heard, Heard was treated as a witness and not an opposing party, which may have made her statements more credible to the court. Then there were also rumors that the judge's son was working in the Sun, hence the ruling, but I don't know if that's actually true. Then also, some of the audio tapes where Heard admits the abuse came only after this trial.

So it's very likely that the UK trial came to the conclusion it did purely based on Heard's statements. Because she was a witness and not the one getting sued, her claims were probably more credible to the court. Now, when she's the one getting sued she has to actually start finding proof to back up her claims and so far we have not seen any credible proof for those statements.

So in the court of public opinion? The Sun trial doesn't matter that much because now people can see that the ruling was made without that much of a proof

Legally, I don't think the Sun trial's result itself is that big of a deal to the jury, because they can probably see that there is no other proof that Heard's claims

What the UK trial will affect though is the part where Depp's team has to prove that Heard's op-ed (written in 2018) was the one piece that destroyed Depp's reputation. Heard's team has brought up the possibility that it wasn't the op-ed that ruined Depp's reputation but the Sun trial (which happened already in 2016). And I think this is the thing that might ruin Depp's case if anything because it will be very hard to tell which caused more damage to his reputation (Depp's team has a few expert witnesses saying that the true damage was done by op-ed but you'll never know if jury thinks these are credible witnesses)

[nellievances]

The social media/google analytics dude wanted to prove that the Oped increased the searches for Johnny Depp but in the cross examination they ended up proving that the increase searches and results were actually from the UK Trial loss and the press around the case.

That actually the searches were lower when she released the Oped.

Even his fans admit that today's witnesses got destroyed in the cross examination. They are now saying that the Oped was actually damaging only in Hollywood circles even if people didn't know about it 💀

Basically today can be summarised by saying that the UK Trial had more impact than Ambers Op-ed (which most people didn't even really knew she had written till he sued her for it)

anon blessing me with this knowledge... thank you!!! i did see some whispers about his data being discredited but i couldn't quite piece out what everything meant! i appreciate it.

[chaos-event-horizon]

hey friend u should rly take a second look at the baeddel-txt blog u reblogged from because they r very um... bigoted, in a word. I don't think tumblr will let me put the link in an ask but @/nothorses made a post about why baeddelism is bullshit.

Hoping this is in good faith, so a few points here:

1) I didn't reblog from them. I reblogged from someone else who put it on my dash, who for all I know reblogged from a chain 20 people wide, and I happened to agree with the post as it was presented. Which to my knowledge had nothing to do with baeddelism and also is not a crime.

2) I literally had to look up what the fuck baeddelism is, because I do not care to keep up on all the isms. I am too tired. Respectfully as possible since you called me a friend. But like I really have no clue what the hell half these random isms mean that get thrown at me constantly and I do not plan to dedicate any brain space to them because I don't have much left to spare with all this shit I know about space.

3) you sent this on anon with no proof, real context, or any clue what you mean by "bigoted". That word means a lot of things on this webbed site. I've been called bigoted for saying I donate money to AO3. I recognize that you (hopefully) think you're being informative and helpful, but this is not informative or helpful.

4) I'm gently putting my foot down here. Because lemme tell yeah. I do not have the time, spoons, attention span, or critical Between The Line ability to sus things out to search the OP of every single thing I reblog. Even after you sent this, I didn't search OP's blog. This is because, and again I'm trying to be as gentle about this as possible which if you follow me you know is very hard for me to do, 9/10 times when I get these messages it's all absolute horse shit. Respectfully. Not saying you're full of it, it just seems to be a theme. Just like a few years ago when people were messaging my mutuals and friends telling them "uhm, idk if u Kno, but Rian is a p3do and you can tell by the characters he likes. U should probably kick him out of your groups". Like that shit is very damaging. It's a manipulation tactic that ruins lives and mental health. Personally, it cost me a lot of friends that to this day still thoroughly believe I'm a predator because I ship with All Might. Despite any goodwill that is hopefully involved here, receiving anon messages like this does not sit well with me even remotely because it encourages the kind of behavior that I hate more than anything about antis.

So... Thank you, but since I literally do not follow that blog and didn't even reblog directly from them, I'm gonna just like...... Idk, not ignore this but just really not do anything about it??? Cause there isn't much I can do here. I'm a very tiny blog and most of my followers have basic common sense, so this shouldn't be an issue.

[anon-e-miss]

Intransigence 8... Maybe?

They drove to Jazz’s habsuite in silence. Though he could have lived on base, and in nice quarters due to his rank, Jazz preferred living in a space that was entirely his where he could come and go without question or surveillance.  He lived alone, and had since he and Blaster had concluded they were better suited as friends than lovers. There were no hard feelings there; they were still friends. Since then, however Jazz had taken lovers as it had suited him but it had never been anything serious, they had never been mechanisms he had trusted enough to take them into his private space. Since become Head of Spec Ops, Jazz had stepped back from serial monogamy in favour of focusing on building a slick and strong department. The Autobots had catching up to do.

When they arrived at his building, Smokescreen silently followed him up the stairs into the lobby and over to the lift. It had been a long fragging mega-cycle for Smokescreen. He had gotten glyph that his origin had been injured late in the dark-cycle and then had waited for news in the medbay’s waiting room for joors. Somehow they had missed the fact that Prowl’s next of kin was waiting. They had missed that he had next of kin at all. Who knows how long Smokescreen would have been waiting news, slowly losing his processor as the worst case scenarios took hold in his processor, if Jazz had not turned up, the check up on Prowl as he had promised. He had not expected to find Smokescreen sitting, waiting with anxiety so strong Jazz had tasted it. Since his rookie had been beside himself, Jazz had taken on the task of finding out what the frag was happening. It had taken some badgering to get First Aid to “interrupt” Ratchet.

He had been horrified to learn the extent of Prowl’s damage. Shorts were not automatically serious, a mechanism’s self repair systems could handle most. But Prowl’s had been beyond extensive, they had spread throughout his circuitry, effecting his motor control, effecting his sensory grid. Those shorts had started forming the very moment Barricade had jammed that shock stick into his side. Despite the disabling shorts that had been spreading through his systems, and the blaster wound to his leg, Prowl had evaded capture. Pinned by a considerably bigger mech, Prowl had used his processor and his training and had gotten free and taken that fragger out. His survival protocols were excellent. That was probably where Smokescreen had gotten his from, them had his talent for evasion.

“Have a seat, Smokey,” Jazz said as he led Smokescreen into his habsuite located on the top floor of the building. Another operative might have been concerned about the difficulty escaping if cornered in his home, on the fortieth floor. But most mechanisms, including ops, did not have his magnets. “I’ll pour us some engex.”

“Thanks. Do you really think Garboil’ll come to our habsuite?”

“There’s a good chance,” Jazz replied as he pour two digits of Old Corroder in a pair of low cubes. “Drink it slowly, it’s got some kick.”

“Thanks. I know you don’t usually have mechanisms over.”

“Smokey, even if I wasn’t worried ‘bout Garboil turnin’ up at yer place I wouldn’t’ve let ya just go home alone. Yer shook up.”

“Yeah,” Smokescreen rested the drink on his knee as he wiped tears from his optics. “Since he got transferred to the dark-cycle shift I’ve been having memory purges. I don’t know why, but I couldn’t stop thinking that something was going to happen to him.”

“‘M sorry he got hurt,” Jazz replied. “I wasn’t expectin’ this.”

“I’m so glad you gave him that dataslug. If you hadn’t gotten the alert. If you hadn’t been there...”

“Yer origin already had that fragger down without me. There mighta been some scrap wit internal affairs but he handled himself. I plugged in to the surveillance grid, ‘n had a look. Yer origin’s got some moves.”

“Yeah. The streets taught him, and circuit su refined him.”

“When ya set gutters I thought ya meant the rough side o’ town.”

“There was some o’ that too. He ran away from the group home he was assigned to and lived on the streets.”

“How’d he get into the Academy?”

“Even when he was living under the bridge, Origin went to school. He got a scholarship. It came with a housing allowance. He only got a roof over his helm again when he started his classes the next semester.”

“Yer origin’s a pretty impressive mech to ‘o earned a full ride ‘chargin’ rough.”

“He’s my hero.”

“Mine too,”Jazz replied and Smokescreen snickered. “Ain’t kiddin’ Smokey. Yer origin’s an impressive mech.”

“He is. I’m proud to be his creation.”

“I bet he’s proud o’ ya too.”

“I thought he’d be mad when I decided to enlist,” Smokescreen revealed after drinking a little more of his engex. “He tried, you know. But that glitch, they decided it made him ineligible. He was so mad. I didn’t tell him I was even thinking of it until I got accepted. I was fragging scarred to tell him because I didn’t want him to be mad, or disappointed.”

“Was he?”

“No, he pulled me into his lap like he did when I was a youngling and he told me he never wanted me to put my dreams aside because of him. That he was proud of me. I cried like a bitlet.”

“I think the recruitment officers were wrong to reject ‘m,” Jazz said. “We shouldn’t turn away talent ‘cause their systems are a bit unconventional.”

“I don’t know if he’d accept an invitation now, even if one was offered,” Smokescreen chuckled. “Origin never forgets, remember. So he holds some long aft grudges.”

“Why do ya think he didn’t report that mnemosurgeon?” Jazz ask. “That seems like something worthy o’ a grudge.”

“It’s complicated. They were seeing each other. They had worked together in the enforcers for a while. I don’t know if they were seeing each other when they were partners or if that came after. Origin never brought him home. I’ve never actually met the fragger.”

“That weird to you?”

“No. Origin told me once that he was never going to bond again. I really doubt mourning my progenitor has anything to do with it. But he would go out sometimes, after work. He dated, you know he never told me the details. I didn’t want to know the details. No creation wants to think about their origin’s interface life.”

“But ya knew ‘bout the surgery.”

“The attack,” Smokescreen corrected him. “Origin came home. I’d just gotten back from hanging with some friends at Maccadam’s. I startled him. I don’t think he expected to see me. He was stumbling. He told me he was just a little overcharged. For a nanoklik I believed him then he turned for his berthroom and I saw the energon covering his neck.” “Frag.”

“I wanted to call the enforcers but he forbade it. I wanted to take him to the medicentre but he refused. It was enough of a fight just to convince him to let me patch him up. I crawled into berth with him when he laid down. I stayed up all dark-cycle watching him. I was afraid something might happen to him in the dark-cycle.”

“When’d it happen?”

“Three vorns ago.”

“If the fragger did any lingering damage, Ratchet’ll have taken care of it. He ever tell ya what happened?”

“I don’t think Origin remembers.”

“Scary thought, given his memory banks.”

“He told me they both behaved badly,” Smokescreen explained. “That’s all he ever says but I can see him thinking, like he’s searching for a memory.”

“But it got cut out,” Jazz said.

“I wish he’d let me take him to a medicentre. I... I wonder if maybe he doesn’t want to remember, or he’s afraid to. I’m afraid what else that fragger did to him.”

“That’s heavy, Smokey.”

“Maybe you’ll be able to talk some sense into him.”

“I don’t know ‘bout that, Smokey ‘but I’ll see what I can do. A rogue mnemosurgeon isn’t someone I want scamperin’ ‘round Iacon. I don’t suppose ya know the fragger’s designation?”

“No. Origin never told me.”

“I’ll talk wit ‘m. Right now? Ya outta get some recharge. Come on. I’ll show ya the guest room.”

“You... have a guest room. But you don’t like guests.”

“Usually, it’s for Raj or Hound when I get myself scrapped. I heal better in my own space.”

“I think Origin feels the same way.”

“Ratchet’s in for a real treat, ain’t he?”

“Oh yeah. If Ratchet’s got a match for snark, it’s Origin.”

Jazz woke early enough that he was up and stalking the datanet when Smokescreen came out of the guestroom. Neither of the

m had had a ton of recharge, but Jazz was used to taking catnaps. He rarely got more that a few joors of recharge in a row, the nature of the job, he supposed. Smokescreen was eager to see his origin. The fact that Ratchet had not commed him in the dark-cycle was not enough to soothe his anxiety. Out of curiosity, Jazz kept Smokescreen company as he brewed the energon he had called Rocket Fuel. As it dripped from the press it came out a deep blue. It looked to Jazz like it would be a good sub for Syk. But Smokescreen was not done. He set it to simmer. It thickened, and it thickened. By the time Smokescreen poured it into a resealable cube, the fuel was a thick like an oil shake and an even inkier black.

“That looks toxic,” Jazz observed.

“It probably is to most mechanisms,” Smokescreen replied. “I only ever tasted it once and I’m pretty sure I didn’t stop bouncing off the balls for a quartex.”

“But it don’t do that to ‘m?”

“Nope.” Smokescreen tested the seal. “The last thing that goes offline when Origin goes into stasis is the ATS. The first thing that powers up is the ATS. It’s the same thing with recharge but the ATS doesn’t shut down during recharge it keeps on humming along. Origin wakes up with a bunch of static and junk clogging his thought processes. The moment he wakes up it wants to GO but getting going to takes some serious energy. This Rocket Fuel gives him the kick to burn off that static and slag and go. If he has to go without he’s stuck with a helmache that just gets worse throughout the cycle.”

“Just don’t show it to Ratchet. I don’t think he’ll approve.”

[sleepysnk]

Same thoughts on the anon abt the age gap thing. Im more comfortable with the author tagging it with the cw/tw age gap rather than just letting the reader find out on their own. Thinking about it, ive read a lot of those fanfics as a 13/14 yr old (not a good decision really. Really. Really. Bad Decision) and i feel like those may have messed me up in a way?? Bc now I’m weirdly sensitive about age gaps/power dynamics and all that. now that Im more mature, i realize how damaging they potentially can be?

Its the reason why I just iffy by a lot of levi x reader fics now bc a lot of them start off the reader in the 104 cadet corps and imply they’re about eren’s age or smthg. Its fine if they say that the reader’s older but the way the reader is written in the fic, it’s hard to just imagine the reader as someone older and it puts a bad taste in my mouth. Its why i don’t really read those fics as much now.

I dont think there’s something inherently wrong abt age gaps as long as they’re handled properly and the any problems regarding it are addressed (bc there are couples who have an age gap that have a healthy relationship exists, it really just depends with each couple). I just hope more people realize that stuff should be tagged.

For the ppl who say that they’ve been fantasizing abt a minor for years (or just solely focus on a minor version of a character despite there being an already aged-up version of the character in canon but still choose to fantasize on the minor version) is soooo sketchy, fr. I get that what we read/what kinks we have isnt indicative of how we act/value in real life but,,,, it does sows seeds of doubt if someone actively tries to defend that morally dubious thing, like how that person blocked the OP (?) saying that 30 yr olds shouldn’t have inappropriate thoughts of a minor, like thats so sus ☠️☠️

Sorry for going off there,,,,, I know it’s a whole new can of worms to open and you might not feel up to opening it so feel free to delete this ask, just sharing my thoughts skdjjdjekdnek

TW: AGE GAPS

no omg me too, i remember i used to read those kinds of fics as a 12/13 year old and now i have a very bad bad idea of a lot of shit. huge mistake on my part, but that's besides the point. i do agree that most authors should tag age gaps especially if it's like a 7+ year age gap, because some people are sensitive to that kind of stuff.

i also find it VERY sketchy about that person though.. saying they fantasize about minors when being an adult. i get some people have weird thoughts and of course it's not my business, but when that other person was BLOCKED for saying that 30 year olds shouldn't think about minors, that shit freaked me out and it was surprising. that's just weird..

i also am fine with age gaps as well, AS LONG AS THE PERSON IS OVER THE AGE OF 18. i would never encourage a minor to go after someone way older than them. i believe people can have age gaps and have a normal healthy relationship.

but thank you for this! ♡ your explanation was surely appreciated <3.

[blushing-titan]

Eren as a father and Ymir as a mother motives theory never made sense. They were represented as emotionally stunned children in paths doing the Rumbling, not as adults. Ymir never cared about her children, she doomed them to suffer after her VERY SHITTY AND SELFISH CHOICE TO DIE because her abuser didn't return her "love". That was clear before Eren revealed it. She saved him and abandoned her children. She never gave a single fuck about them. She was always looking at HIM. (1)

For his part, Eren reverted to a child, talked about the sights with Armin which foreshadowed his motivation was mixed with his mental fuckery and timeless perspective. Dina and bird twist were foreshadowed via memory shards earlier. Krueger went on a rant about protecting Armin and Mikasa (and the "others") to Grisha. We've always known who Eren prioritized above all. Last chapter offered no twists, only confirmations. The story was always about EMA, Historia never had a place in the climax.

Hi! Thank you very much for writing 😀 I put my reply under the cut, so people who scroll down while searching tags don’t have problems with my long post (...because I feel like, unfortunetely, it’s gonna be another stream of conciousness from me, sorry about that 😅)

I really like your take on the "emotionally stunned children in paths" imaginery - I fully agree that it's a nicely-done symbolism!

To me, the whole Ymir sacrificed herself because of her unrequited love was not at all as clear and obvious as you say - especially before Eren revealed it. I still have a lot of problems with this plot twist, and how Ymir's feelings towards Fritz were portrayed in the end.

With the amount of abuse and mistreatment the king put her through, many fans tried to come up with different theories as to why Ymir kept on serving him. The way I interpreted it, after seeing her tortured expression over and over in many panels, was that she stayed by his side because of fear and emotional damages. With the way she was living, I was not surprised that she sacrificed herself, too - I thought that she honestly had enough, which added to the tradgedy of how she still couldn't find peace after that, and kept on being enslaved in paths.

I saw many takes and theories on her motives, but I don't think I've ever seen anyone betting on she was actually in love before ch. 139. I probably didn't search good enough, but again - with what I saw in the manga, I would have never bet on that either. My point is - before ch. 139 (...and after it too, in my opinion) Ymir was a walking mystery with unclear motives, so there were a lot of theories. Therefore, I disagree that the "parents" theory could never work - it obviously doesn’t work now, after ch. 139, but before that, her motivation could be anything really. I still wish it was something else, because what we got was too vague and problematic, in my opinion. 

I simply dislike Ymir's conclusion. I feel like there was so much potential in her backstory and motives + a few different ways to tie it back with different plotpoints and characters in the end to make it more meaningful, but what we got was a brief: She was in love with the person who abused her, I know it sounds unbelievable but I couldn't look deeper into her heart, so we have to take it as it is.

In general - I can't brush it off, but to me it feels like Ymir's end goal was rushed, not explored properly, and almost pulled out of nowhere. Unfortunately, I feel the same about Mikasa's involvement in lifting the titan's curse. Don't get me wrong - I'm not at all against her becoming the hero. Quite the opposite, I was rooting for her since the beginning, and hoped to see her develop and have a big moment, but this...this honestly also felt pulled out of nowhere and, in my eyes, didn't do Mikasa justice at all. I wish there was more proper build-up and foreshadowing done so I (...and, from what I've seen, a huge portion of fans) wouldn't feel that way, but here we are.

As for the Eren/Armin conversation, I like how they got to "see" the world together, even though just as a visualisation in the paths. My problem is the [...] Eren reverted to a child, talked about the sights with Armin which foreshadowed his motivation was mixed with his mental fuckery and timeless perspective part. Again, this should have been forshadowed (...and developed in general!) much sooner - not in the final chapter, right before we learn about this controversial motivation of his.

Instead, for many chapters, we were lead to believe that Eren was acting with his original goals and personal motivations in mind; that he had some character developement which caused him to start thinking his actions through, stop acting so impulsively - and finally, that he had a plan in mind, or at least was acting out of his own free will.

If you've never seen him in this light and his motivation/behaviour seemed in character in the last chapter to you - that's fine, all power to you! But if such a big portion of the fanbase felt otherwise (me included), then it means that there were some writing issues that led to this.

The Dina situation should have been explored more, as well. It's a huuuge plot twist, which puts our MC's motovations in an entirely new light, and creates quite a few additional plot-related questions. The way we're shown the situation: Berthold couldn't die just yet, so Eren directed Dina somewhere else, which ended up being his house.

...why not anywhere else? He could literally send her back outside the wall. On top of that - did he seriously sacrifice his mother in favour of his friends? I'd really like more information on this, but the topic is cut basically as soon as it appears. I find it especially unnatural, considering the way further dialogue goes:

Eren tells Armin about how he caused his mother's demise. Armin makes a terrified face, but drops the topic, smiles and casually proceeds with: "Let's go, Eren" - like his friend didn't just reveal one of the most controversial plot twist in the series. No, who'd want to hear an elaboration on that - better talk about Mikasa, so instead we get the entire (in my eyes - really forced) Eremika-themed talk. The priorities...

About the bird thing...if I remember correctly, there were three shards revolving around this theme. Two of them just show birds flying, one of them shows Falco from bird’s perpective. Sure, now that we know that some random bird in the end pecked on Mikasa's scarf, we can kiiiiiind of connect it to the Falco's shard...but honestly, why was Eren's soul transferred into some random bird after his death? On top of that, a bird that was already existing in the world while he was still alive, as a human...did that bird’s conciousness just go poof! one day, for Eren to take the vacant spot? Should we also look for other deceased titan shifters in barns or birdhouses? 😅 I can’t believe I’m overthinking it this hard...😆

That's some three-eyed-parasitic-jeager stuff, for sure.

Jokes aside, I guess what I'm trying to say is that foreshadowing is fun and great, but it should go hand in hand with proper developement - and, in my opinion, the examples above kinda lack it (...ok, I'd let the "bird Eren" thing slide because whatever, I don't feel the need to be that serious about it, it could stay ambigous in my opinion - but I'd definitely want some more closure as for the Dina situation or Ymir’s motivations and inner thoughts)

I've always said that Armin and Mikasa were two of Eren's closest friends - or, even more, the only people he considered family. I've also never believed that he would ever willingly sacrifice them, as some people theorized (...though guess what, now that I know what happened to his mother, I have to rethink my reasoning). I understand that EMA are the main characters, and was expecting that the story's conclusion will be tied to them somehow, but definitely not at the expense of logical character and story developement (...and sorry - to me the ending just felt that way).

As for Historia: if she was never supposed to be important in the end, then, in my eyes, it's a very poorly guided plotline that only led to unecessary drama in the fanbase. Why make her situation look sus with things such us:

Incorrect conception date,

The emphasis on how she didn't marry the father of her baby (...only to reveal in ch. 139 that she, in fact, did that),

The mysterious, cloaked figure observing her talking to the farmer,

The whole talk with Eren in ch. 130, and Eren thinking back to it while talking with Zeke.

All the Historia/Ymir parallels.

Seriously, what was the point? It would be so easy to simply make the situation clear. Why not just make Historia admit to Eren in ch. 131: "yes, I'm already pregnant with the farmer's baby - I did it to save myself."? Why not cut the bs with the "she didn't marry him" - because, in all honesty, what did that information bring into the story, aside from confusion and "misunderstanding" - and just make them married, instead? Even better - why not have at least one panel showing Historia and farmer being at least somehow affectionate with each other? Why not let go of all this retconned stuff and use these panels for shelling out other plotpoints?

The theories didn't come out of nowhere - they were based on what was shown in the manga. People wouldn't be disappointed with Historia's conclusion if it was never implied that she was still somehow important. We may argue about it back and forth, but the truth is - when so many people collectively "misunderstand" a certain plotline to this extent, then it means there had to be some storytelling issues that led them to this - simple as that.

To sum it up, I'm happy that you enjoyed the chapter and found it logical and satisfying. I absolutely don't want to take that away from you, or make you change your mind, but I also can't help the fact that I don't see it in the same light as you. You say that the final chapter offered no twists, only confirmations - to me, it was pretty much the opposite. Still, I wanted to thank you for taking the time to write your thoughts, and sorry it took me so long to reply! Hope you're having a nice day 😄

[audoldends]

King’s Avatar is amazing

SO if you’ve followed along with my screaming for the past couple days first, thanks that must’ve been really annoying, second, I’ve decided to condense and organize my thoughts on The King’s Avatar because I realized about half way that I’ve been thinking of everyone in terms of dogs and screaming so....

FIRST story, A+ amazing incredible. Found family out the wazoo with a solid and surprisingly believable esports plot. Like I was seriously impressed by the amount of detail put into the game itself and not just in terms of the cgi, cool down times, icons, hp bars, there are so many little details on the set of the game I’m blown away by that alone. The plot is solid with some really great pacing. Even when nothing is technically happening progress is always being made at least on a character level. Everything always felt super grounded. Like apart from the ridiculously large buildings for esports training nothing felt insanely implausible. Ye Xiu was strong but not OP ridiculous you are already dead strong which just made everything even better because I could definitely see something like this happening is Overwatch or League.

SECOND music and cinematography. My god was this amazing!!! There’s this really specific track that plays during battles and that I just can’t fucking get enough of! Everything is integrated so well and the shots are just so fucking nice to look at!! They also fully took advantage of the cgi to create some really great shots in game while still making it feel like a video game. 10/10

THIRD AND THE BEST PART characters. The characters are the heart and SOUL of this series and my god are they done well. Everyone and I mean EVERYONE is given some sort of empathetic pull. Everyone feels so real and human. There’s no weird unnecessary hatred between the top players it’s all mutual respect and friendship. People who have known each other for years FEEL LIKE THEYVE KNOWN EACHOTHER FOR YEARS!!! There empathy and sympathy and everyone makes choices for a reason and those reasons are always so grounded you can believe every single one of them.

Earlier I said I’d ended up think of the characters as dogs because I just kept going “he’s like a puppy!” Every time someone new was introduced. With a few NOTABLE exceptions, behold the dogs of King’s avatar.

Ye Xiu: scheming puppy useless outside of video games

Qiao Yifan: PUPPY BABY BEST BOY!!!

Tang Ruo: sulky puppy who thinks it’s bigger than it is but is still pretty big. Definitely a lesbian

Chen Guo: an excitable puppy who can’t always remember what to do but goddamn is she willing to try. Tang Ruo’s girlfriend

Bao Zi: not a single brain cell in sight. The dumbest dog you’ve ever seen, the kind that runs into walls because he can’t figure out how to stop when chasing a ball

Luo Ji: the smartest puppy. Math puppy who is the softest lil bean. Needs love always.

Wei Chen: old dog that barks way to loud but knows how to play super well, even if he does need to take super long naps afterwards

An Wenyi: a puppy who just needs love to turn into a pile of happy goo. Occasionally lashes out but always comes back looking for friends.

Wu Chen: a good boy even if he does occasionally break stuff. Always ready to be a good boy, a helpful boy, soft dad dog

Mo Fan: a cat who wandered into a house of dogs

Haung Shaotian: yippy loud barking puppy whom a love with my whole ENTIRE HEART AND SOUL

Yu Wenzhou: scary smiling boy

Han Wenqing: big scary boy

Zhang Xinjie: schemey boy who is not afraid of the big scary boy

Su Mucheng: the smartest, prettiest girl

Chen Yehui: rat bastard boy

Tao Xuan: rat bastard man

Sun Xiang: chihuahua who barks a lot and thinks it’s a big dog. Toll angry who experiences SO MUCH GROWTH

Qiu Fei: a puppy who keeps tripping on his own two feet as he runs to be a vicious attack dog. Smoll angry who accidentally befriended a toll angry and doesn’t know what to do with it

Qiao Shiqin: a respectful schemey boy who somehow adopted a toll angry boy and is a proud dad of his growth

Blue river: dumb baby who keeps getting lead in circles

Gao Yingjie: definitely in love with Yifan

Wang Jiexie: not a bastard as originally thought

Little moon moon: the og fan whom we must support otherwise the dumb dog would fall down the stairs in an attempt to bark at the door

Ye Qiu: gullible boy who just wants his id back and for his brother to let their parents bother HIM for a change.

I know I’m probably forgetting people but these are the big ones. I could scream about them individually and maybe I will but not here.

Tl:dr Kong’s Avatar is an amazing show and @weilongfu should expect my letter from courts for compensation for emotional damage soon.

[imhereforbvcky]

Bad Things

Summary: Steve’s question mark of a relationship is full of surprises. (wow could this be more vague?)

Prompt: Bad Things by Meiko

Warnings: Probably swearing, a lil pg-13 implied steaminess

Word Count: 1465

Author’s Note: JFC this took me forever and so many attempts. @redgillan I’m so sorry!! I can’t be trusted with limitless challenges. I’m so slow I can’t find the OP anymore and I don’t know how I was supposed to tag this or what the rules were... Thank you for being an actual angel and putting up with me.

Steve lay across the bed, head swimming in the bittersweet taste of “after.” The cool air drifted over his skin now like a soft kiss, cooling the traces of sweat that lingered there.

A feather light touch dusted over his eyelashes, pulling a smile to his lips, nearly even a laugh.

“What are you doing?” he chuckled.

“You have the most beautiful eyelashes,” she hummed, sweeping over them again.

This time he did laugh. “Not one of the things people usually notice about me.”

“Then I pity them.”

His smile lingered along with that sense of contentment that always seemed to settle over him when he shared moments like this with her. Or when he woke with her curled against his side. Or when he heard her slightly off-tune humming from the shower.

If it were up to him they'd stay like this all day. For days.

“I should go,” she whispered. Her lips soothed their mutual disappointment with slow, roving kisses against his heated skin.

“Mmmm. You could stay.”

He knew it was futile. His life didn't allow for more than stolen moments and hidden liaisons. Neither did hers.

The tickle of her hair drifting over his shoulder as she moved away from him was answer enough. She tried to placate him anyway. She hated that wounded look behind his lazy grin.

“You know I can’t,” she explained while she deftly hooked her bra behind her back. “I have a deposition, remember?”

He hadn't remembered but it hardly mattered. There was always something. Or nothing but the threat of something. And in Steve's world, that was reason enough.

Without further protest he savored the minutes they had left. He breathed in the smell of lavender still clinging to the sheets from her soap. His eyes followed delicate silk strings and buttery lace gliding over her skin as she dressed.

He thought of the way his hands moved over that skin. Of how her warm and yielding form molded in perfect contrast against his own rigid plains of muscle.

She stood as a beacon made just for him. Just to wake him from a world of work and duty and sacrifice. Just to jolt him back into the land of the living, only to leave as quickly as she came into it. Just to torture him with want; with hope.

Now padding to the entry of his apartment, she slid into a pair of sharp polished heels before turning back to her lover for a reluctant goodbye.

Steve pulled the dress shirt over his shoulders and gave it a firm shake to adjust its fit against his neck.

“You sure I can't convince you to come with me to Sam's barbeque?” Steve asked for the second time since Friday night. “It'll be casual. No pressure. Sam's starting to doubt you actually exist.”

She smiled, taking the edges of his button down into her hands and giving a swift tug.

“I like you. A lot.” She looked up at him with clear eyes and an honest smile. Her fingers worked to slowly button his shirt. “But it's not a good idea. I'm at the office more than I'm home and you drop everything and everyone when that phone rings.”

He hated that she was right. Clear blue eyes dropped to his hands curling around her waist as a sigh rolled through his lips.

“I love what we have here. I really like being with you.” Her eyes skimmed over his features, searching. “But neither of us are in a position to be sacrificing for love. So lets… enjoy this, whatever it is, without complicating it. Okay?”

He took another deep breath, measuring his response before speaking.

With the final button closed, her hands swept across his chest and down his shoulders. She took a reluctant but necessary step back.

“I really like you, Steve. If this arrangement still works for you, I’m here.” She leaned up on her toes to kiss his cheek. Her chest tightened around her lungs and she lingered for a moment, withholding her goodbye. Fearing it.

His hands curled around the back of her neck and held her there with an equal measure of apprehension.

“‘Til next time, then,” she murdered as she pulled away. The decision of when that next time would be now lay in Steve's hands.

“‘Til next time,” he repeated after her. It was a promise that at least, there would be one.

When Steve finally turned up at the compound two hours late for his standing morning jog with Sam, his friend had given him more than an earful. Truly exhausted from the teasing and the physical exertion he’d metered out in an effort to focus on anything but her, Steve collapsed on the couch in an empty great room with a deep sigh.

He rubbed the crease above his nose as he paged through the channels on the television. While his eyes lay on the screen, his mind was elsewhere, firmly stuck on the woman who held him so close and yet firmly at an arm’s length.

“You’d better pick something good. I have had one hell of a day.”

Tony crashed onto the other end of the couch with as little ceremony as possible. Steve peeled his eyes open at the sharp crack and hiss of a freshly unsealed beer.

“You look like it,” he smirked, crooked and jovial.

Tony nodded as he swallowed a long sip of beer and handed a can to Steve.

“Yeah, well. I spent the last 12 hours locked in a room with New York’s richest human tapeworm, five attorneys and a stenographer. What’s your excuse?”

“Lawsuit’s not going well?”

“Understatement of the century. Of course it would come from the resident centenarian,” Tony took another sip. “Their lead attorney is some… disaster relief specialist. Absolutely killing me with PR. This girl is kicking my ass. Is it in unethical to double her salary to switch teams and lead my defense?”

“How is that possible? You’re not responsible for damages caused by aliens,” Steve scoffed. He turned his attention back to the TV, passing channel after channel. Twenty-four hour news networks should be blocked in this compound. Nobody can relax when work is streaming into your living room in life sized high definition.

“That’s her!” Tony shouted, pointing at the TV with his beer. “How do I make her play nice?”

Steve laughed, searching for the unmute button. His heart stopped before his eyes even flicked back up to the screen. He knew that voice. Focusing on the face before him only made it drop into his gut.

He watched with a flagging chin as the reporter withdrew his microphone to lob another question her way.

“Is it true you’re suing The Avengers?? How does your client feel about going after what many would call heroes?”

“No, that’s an inaccurate claim. Our client is seeking reparations from multiple parties including Stark Industries for damage to their home and business – their livelihood – resulting from the incident involving the Avengers on May 4th of 2012.”

“Does your client blame the Avengers?” the reporter persisted, incredulous.

“Thank you!” Tony rolled his eyes, falling back into the couch.

Steve sat slack-jawed staring at her face on the screen. She looked so different than she had this morning.

This morning she was soft, warm. Comfort. She had been everything Steve had come to know of her, everything he wanted.

“That’s for a judge to decide.”

The woman on the screen before him had transformed into her exact opposite.

She was a statue of unshakable impassivity. Sharp features, determined eyes, her lips were drawn into a firm line. She stood resolute in the face of the barrage of questions.

Steve watched in awe, as the woman on the screen pushed through the sea of reporters, trying to make her way down the stairs of the sleek modern building. A shocked huff punched from his lungs when he realized he was sitting inside that very building. She was just downstairs and had never said a word.

“That was Y/F/N Y/L/N, an attorney for Bradford, Hale, & Associates leaving the Avenger’s compound. No doubt here hoping to work out a settlement for the law firm’s long-time client Oscorp, who claims their labs, and as we’ve just learned the owner’s residence, suffered significant damage following the events in New York City…”

Steve shoved himself up off of the couch with a sharp scowl hardening his features and moved quickly toward the wall of windows at the front of the building. From above, behind the safety of the darkened glass, his gaze followed the curling wave of reporters as they chased her to her car. For the second time that day he watched her slip away. The closest stranger.

Will reblog with tags shortly

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So I’ve started watching the P5 crit video, only about 18 min in tho (probably gonna take a break I was sick and just watching it while I eat). 

There is one thing I disagree on, or I guess I should say....it’s something I never saw come up in discussions I’ve seen over the past few years. It’s in terms of the combat and who is the most ideal party. He says “Ryuji/Yusuke/Mona” but over the years I’ve seen the meta community (aka I’mma be a parrot from remembering the stuff I read from that community) go through tier ranks of each character and they apparently found the most ideal team being “Ryuji/Anne/Makoto.” Tho I dunno if the meta community ever considered “Phys, phys, and phys” (and tbh, Makoto is probably still a better alternative to Mona for the reasons below).

So like when it comes to late game they’re like “doesn’t matter tbh, everything is OP” and “if you like a character or your party you can still use it! but Ryu/Anne/Makoto is still the most ideal, not saying you HAVE to use it but those are just cold hard facts we’ve looked at.” (personally I run Ryu/Anne/Mona then Ryu/Anne/Haru but I’ll still stand by what the Meta community says, so yeah it don’t take their talk as a personal attack they just speaking facts 8U)

So before I go into why those three are the most ideal, this is roughly what their tier rank (from Sish tier to like Dish tier) is Ryuji/Makoto>Anne>Haru/Mona>Yusuke>Goro

Mona’s been moved around a bit due to reconsidering his lucky punch and his healing, he’s a good alternative to Makoto (but Makoto is still better). Haru is versatile (but Heat Riser is bad, I think they said if she was the one with deliberate it’d be better) and a good alternative to Anne (but Anne is still better for reasons I’ll get to). Yusuke isn’t good cause his Su-spells are only a 50% CHANCE rather than an set 50% increase/decrease like the atk/def spells. Goro is just not that great? (been awhile for Goro tbh). Another thing is that people on the higher end have more enemies weaker to their skills, rather than Ice/Wind (iirc there are a lot less enemies with that weakness than Nuke/Fire/Elec).

Now, the reason people choose Ryuji over Yusuke is because......he out damages Yusuke. They’ve done tests, even with Ryuji missing sometimes he’s still better than Yusuke. Again, iirc, there’s more enemies with Elc weakness than Ice, Ryuji just outputs more damage (thanks to charge and certain other spells), and his bad beat/swift strike multi hit help decrease him hitting less. Ryuji’s Atk increase skill is ALWAYS a 50% increase, and Yusuke’s Speed is only a 50% CHANCE (so it doesn’t always work). 

The reason Makoto is better than Mona. She out damages in the physical department (tho he does have the crits). Her spells are more viable, tho Mona’s Salvation is technically better than her two healing spells she’s still more viable. 1) There’s A LOT more enemies with Nuke weakness than Wind (Wind I think has the least), 2) Her defense buff makes it so she doesn’t have to heal as often (thus why it’s a good trade off for her not having Salvation but having  Mediarahan and Energy Shower separate) and tbh this is a biiiiiiig reason for the meta community choosing this as their ideal team (less time healing means more time attacking). 4) The fact she synergizes well with Anne

Which leads to Anne. Like, Haru is a GREAT alternative (both do great damage tbh), but Anne just.....works the best. Her attack down spell works amazing with Makoto, it makes it so that there’s even LESS time you need to spend time on healing. Fire is also a very common weakness too. And Anne has spot healing just in case of emergencies.

But yeah the Meta community basically strives for “Less time healing when you could be attacking and/or taking a turn away from Joker attacking” and Ryu/Anne/Mako is the best team to make that happen.

But it’s interesting why that guys is saying Ryu/Yusuke/Mona when......Makoto is just a better alternative to Mona. She can heal just as well, hell Ryu/Yusuke will take less damage cause of her. And she can deal out a decent enough damage herself (again it might not be Mona’s crit, but if we’re just looking at heavy damage output then yeah she’s the better call). But I’m not sure how they’d feel about Ryu/Yusuke/Mako team up vs a Ryu/Anne/Mako team up (tbh they probably talked about it and I forgot I’ll have to dig up those posts again). Cause they agree phys is crazy OP in P5, and Ryu/Yusuke team up seems like a match made in heaven, but.....I have a feeling they’ll say “I guess it’s fine for dungeon crawling, but for mini boss/boss fights you should run Ryu/Anne/Mako cause that matches up better with a longer fight.”