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buginateacup · 6 months ago

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MASSIVE SPOILERS FOR TEA WITH TOPSY AHEAD!!!!

I had a shower ramble about the past, present and future of all the little satellite plots Topsy has swirling around to try and work out who and what and why is happening next

Hokay so!

In the beginning there were random fires cropping up around Metro City. This was because the Mayor had been paying someone to pay kids and randoms in firecrackers to set fire to hedges and post boxes in the hopes of driving down property prices. This was because he had hatched a plan with his old frat buddy Charles Mclaren and his company Dexcore to buy up dodgy properties and convert them into gentrified homes for young professionals (working class who? never heard of them). He has plans for this city, big plans.

One day way back in chapter 4 (ish?), Metro Man hurled some bombs Megamind had planted around the city into the lake. This knocked loose some of the plastic wrapped cubes Megamind held down there for people he waanted permanently out of the way but didn't want to directly kill for whatever reason (mostly for punishment reasons, also probably an alien thing, bones of your enemies laid in the deep etc etc).

One of those cubes was The Conductor.

The Conductor, thanks to several years as a cube, had some funky shit happning with his powers now and teamed up with the Mayor while he was still half out of it. The Mayor now has a pocket pyro for his gentrification plan and The Conductor is figuring out his brand new fire powers hile imagining Megamind burning under his hands. Y'know, normal response.

The Mayor is surprisingly fine with this.

That's because the Mayor's plans also extend to getting some of that sweet, sweet Defender's Council money that the MetroMegaRox combination has locked him out of. Naturally he considers Roxanne the thin edge of the wedge, if they can just get rid of her, Metro City can have a brand new Defender's Council Approved Damsel, complete with sponsorship deals and merchandise. If the Coductor manages to knock off Megamind as well, even better! A supervillain in his pocket and a new damsel on the ropes and surely at that point Metro Man will agree to some of the Defender's Council merchandising deals.

The Mayor spends a lot of time dreaming in dollar signs.

So plan one, blow Megamind and Roxanne up, that doesn't go as planned, oh well, onto the next one. Calling up another of his old frat buddies in the form of Jonathan Chisolm. Max gets promoted and here's the new boss, much worse than the old boss.

Jonathan has one job, find a reason to fire Roxanne Ritchi (he's probably also getting property tips).

Unfortunately for him, Roxanne is EXCEEDINGLY good at her job, and thanks to her status as an unofficial damsel, he can't really rely on uprofessional behaviour as an excuse.

Roxanne gets Charles McLaren arrested. She's also mid panic attack over realisng her feelings for Megamind so this takes something of a back seat.

A short while later she gets Delic arrested as well.

Delic and Mclaren wind up in the same cellblock. Mclaren thinks he's found a friend. Delic knows he's found a meal ticket. (Delic is also very carefully considering his next move seeing as Megamind can't actually touch him while he's in jail, he's being very smug about that).

While Delic and Mclaren are being cell block buddies, The Conductor is also starting to make a plan of his own. He's not interested in gentrification or money, he just wants to make sure Megamind and he has ever built or cared for burns to ash. And it turns out all those dexcore buildings burn so easily, and there are so many of them in the city, what a wonderful opportunity this will be.

Mayor Hank doesn't quite know when he stopped being in charge but he's definitely no longer the boss he thought he was. He does get Delic out of prison (always handy to have an extra villain also keen on destroying your enemies) and sets him and the Conductor up in the fanciest penthouse suite the city has on offer.

Delic wants revenge, sure. But he's way more interested in riding this gravy train for as long as he can. Apparently old Chuckie is in rehab, ah well, he can sit tight until his buddy old pal reappears and they can start having themseslves a REAL good time.

The Mayor however, is starting to get really mad that not only is Roxanne Ritchi not fired, she's making him look like an idiot as well. He's got a damsel right there and waiting! Why can't she just disappear already?!

**FUTURE SPOILERS FROM HERE**

The Opera is the last straw. If Jonathan isn't going to fix things, he'll do it himself. The Conductor gets an address for one Roxanne Ritchi and a direct order to burn her place to the ground.

The Conductor does not take well to being told what to do. He takes quite significant offence in fact and burns down one of Roxanne's coworker's building instead.

This does get Roxanne out of her building and into the Lair for 10 days. Megamind is QUITE delighted!

Shortly after, so is the Mayor, he may not have a new damsel, but Metro Man just offered to buy the destroyed building at pre fire value! This is brilliant! He's going to tell the Conductor the good news immediately, oh they are going to make so much money...

The Conductor is not impressed by this.

Delic takes the opportunity to avoid mummy and daddy fighting to sneak downstairs and finds where Charles has been hiding.

Or at least what's left of him.

Delic has some THOUGHTS about this.

To be continued tomorrow....

#tea with topsy #tea with topsy spoilers #spoilers #memo to me to come back and finish what comes next later #for now I must sleep #Megamind

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raven-at-the-writing-desk · 4 years ago

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Letter 20: 🌹 Rose Tinted 🌹

A letter arrives in the mail. Heartslabyul’s dormitory logo sits at the top of the message, and the borders are littered with small roses, the handwriting business-like and letters rightly bound together. The paper itself smells faintly of flowers and tea, which makes you wonder if the sender had been seated in a garden and having snacks while writing it.

A ribbon arrives, too. It is half crimson, half black-and-white checkerboard pattern. It would look pretty in place of Grim’s usual striped ribbon, or perhaps as an accessory for yourself, if you so desired—maybe in your hair, or in place of a belt.

*** Spoilers for Chapters 1, 2, 4, and 5!***

Dear Ramshackle Prefect,

It was a pleasure hosting you for last week’s Unbirthday party. I hope that you enjoyed yourself as well—that the food and drink was to your liking, and that the conversation and games were found to be amusing. After all, we arranged that celebration to thank you for playing your part in... my Overblot incident. This letter, too, is meant to express that gratitude to you.

“How curious”, you must be thinking, to be thanked by the raging monster you once quelled. The very same raging monster that, blinded by unbridled rage, set the rose garden ablaze and collared my students. I, too, find this situation to be curious. I never once thought that my mother’s ways would ever lead me astray.

I do not hail from nobility, but the Rosehearts are considered to be well-off. They are a talented line of magicians in my home country of the Rose Kingdom. All my life... I’ve been told that following rules is the path that will lead me to happiness, no matter how little sense the world around me makes. I wholeheartedly believed that philosophy and strove to be a good son—because mother knows best.

Even the most minor of infractions were met with swift punishment. The young, naive me snuck out against mother’s wishes and met with neighborhood children to play and eat tarts instead of study and practice magic. Che’nya and Trey were my first friends, pulled right away from me by mother. She said it would make me happy—and I still believed her, even though my chest ached.

No matter how hard I worked, I never felt trult fulfilled. There was a hollowness in my heart that, try as I might, I could not fill in. What was I missing all along? Where was my promised happiness? I did not know. All I knew was that, surely, if I imposed the rules, I would get results—perhaps even the results I sought to feel whole again.

That was but a fool’s wish, viewed through the lenses of a child’s rose-tinted lenses.

By no means am I completely blaming my actions on my mother. No, I accept personal responsibility for what occured. It may have been her ideaology which guided me, but ultimately, it was I that raised my magical pen against my peers. I bear this burden—and no one else.

Heartslabyul has slowly been recovering from the scars left behind on that day. The roses are growing back. The tea parties have resumed. That is proof that positive change is possible. That we can move on from the shackles of the past. If Heartslabyul can... then so, too, can I as an individual.

No longer can I afford to be the ignorant child that shuns worldviews that challenge my own.

The world can be topsy-turvy and unpredictable. Not everyone will agree with your directives. But that’s alright—because it is those differences that make life all the more colorful. Rather than demand the world change to fit me and my rigid expectations, I should change to be flexible and ready adapt to the world. In this manner, I can lead Heartslabyul to greatness alongside my dear friends. That is where my happiness lies.

Thank you for helping me realize that.

You’ve helped with more than just that. You located the culprit responsible for injuring Trey as well. I usually try to keep my nose out of others’ business, but... In that case, I was happy to lend a hand. My students’ safety was on the line, as was Malleus’s. Together, we protected them.

I heard you also helped manage the team for VDC, correct? Your performance did not disappoint, so I shall not be beheading anyone, not even Ace. It was a joy watching the show with Trey, Cater, and the others. I even caught Che’nya in the crowd, and we all got snacks and caught up with one another after VDC.

It was... nice.

With each passing day, I feel as though my bonds with others are growing stronger. The hole in my heart is filling. I can smile and laugh and enjoy myself once more, no ponger bound by my own staunch mindset—that of my mother.

I attempted to express this to her over winter break. I... I will spare you the details on how that conversation went, but needless to say, it did not go well. She is still deadset on her ways. Still looking through the rose-tinted lenses. I suspect it will be a long while before she considers change. Until then... I shall do my best to convince her that she may paint the white roses whatever color she wishes: red or no.

The path that mother had laid out for me is no longer mine. I shall forge my own path and walk along it, with all the agency and independence in Twisted Wonderland.

And... every so often, perhaps I shall stop to smell the roses on the way.

Warm regards,

🌹 Riddle Rosehearts 🌹

Heartslabyul Dorm Leader

Horseback Riding Club Member

Second Year NRC Student

#twst anni #twisted wonderland anni #Riddle Rosehearts #twst #twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland anniversary #twst anniversary #disney twisted wonderland #magic mystery letters #spoilers

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liara-shadowsong · 2 years ago

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So I have about a thousand terrible fanfic ideas, most of which will probably never see the light of day. I have one for Naruto that visually appears to go AU between the "Search for Tsunade" and "Sasuke Recovery Mission" arcs, but once you actually get into the meat of it, actually diverged from canon during the Third War. Various spoilers for canon below!!!

Basically, the whole "Sasuke leaving the village" plotline gets derailed before it can even properly get momentum (to clarify: he never leaves because Things Happen) going because practically as soon as Tsunade becomes Hokage, maybe during a modified version of "Land of Tea Escort Mission", two nominally-civilian-ish chakra users from a family that hails from Whirlpool Country show up requesting asylum, offering to enlist as Konoha shinobi in order to earn their keep, and things just sort of go topsy turvy.

One is named Umino Akira, and she is the younger sister of Iruka-sensei's father (she's about forty). She has been desperately trying to get reunited with her nephew for years, but because she was one of the ringleaders of a mass exodus of bloodlimit clans and other people in Kiri who were in danger of execution over fifteen years before, and as such was listed as a missing-nin for years until they gave up / assumed she was dead / Mei became Mizukage, her request was repeatedly denied even though the civilian members of the clan were allowed to move to the Fire Country capital in exchange for Iruka's parents serving as Konoha shinobi. She's a medic nin, but keeping a few other secrets (most of which are highly unlikely to bite anyone in Konoha in the butt, so Tsunade says yes to letting her in when Iruka vouches for her and the other member of her party).

The other person traveling with her is her vaguely-mid-twenties adoptive son, who she found nearly dead on a battlefield during the war, took in as her apprentice after saving his life, and later adopted after it became clear that even though the brain injury he incurred healed well enough that he has little to no loss of overall function... he has a degree of retrograde amnesia and he is unlikely to remember enough of his childhood to go back to his previous life (because he doesn't even know for sure what country he's from originally). He is a seal specialist, and his name is Umino Tobi. Yes, that Tobi. Iruka's Auntie got to him before Madara in this universe. :) And then, you know, Shenanigans Happen.

Also, this world's Naruto was raised by a series of ANBU nannies, and then moved in with Iruka and Anko after graduating (yes I ship Iruka and Anko, shut up they're cute). And after the Uchiha Massacre, Sasuke was taken in by a civilian friend of his parents who runs an omurice stand near the Hokage's office (she actually served as a genin until she quit/retired at sixteen to take an apprenticeship as a cook, and she's secretly Fugaku's bastard half sister... Fugaku's parents were an arranged marriage that happened after she was already born, and Fugaku's and Kaori's mothers were close friends with no bad blood between them).

Also also, Rin survived in this universe, but she works exclusively in the hospital and doesn't take out-of-village missions any more and doesn't appear in Bingo books as a result, so everyone in Kiri thinks she's dead even though she isn't. She's still a Jinchuriki, but hardly anyone knows because Kiri doesn't want to admit they misplaced an entire Biju. She was Naruto's pediatrician because he's Sensei's kid.

And as you can probably tell, anytime what I want contradicts canon, I just go "uh huh, that's the official propaganda story, here's what's really going on". So yeah, Thinky Thoughts that probably won't get turned into a real fic, but maybe they will.

#fanfic ideas #naruto

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teaplease1717 · 4 years ago

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TodoMomo Fic Recs

Okay! I've wanted to do this for a while now, so I’m excited that I finally got around to doing it - here is a list of my favorite fics! But, to do a spin on it, I'm only naming lesser known fics with kudos count below 200.

In order by rating and word count, because I’m finicky like that. Also, all are complete unless noted otherwise.

EDIT: Updated 7/11/2021

G Rated Fics:

1. Shouto Todoroki is Fond of the New Recovery Girl by llmm

Genre: Canon / Fluff / Comedy

Rated: G

Word Count: 715

Summary: Short and super cute. Momo has her quirked switched with Recovery Girl, and now that she is in charge of nurse duty it seems Todo has become a frequent visitor.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/26260573

2. Water and Late Night Snack by LuceCannon21

Genre: Canon / Fluff / Comedy

Rating: G

Word Count: 1,112

Summary: Sweet and fluffy. Todo can’t sleep and goes down to the kitchen where he finds Momo passed out on the couch. He wakes her to go back to bed when some cute fluff ensues.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/15987584

3. Five Golden Rings by Mickey_Bay

Genre: Canon / Fluffy

Rating: G

Word Count: 1,222

Summary: Super sweet and fluffy. Shouto is looking for the perfect ring for Momo and needs some help.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/28173669

4. Straight ahead to the Morning Light by Milktea_S

Genre: Canon / Fluff

Rating: G

Word Count: 1,372

Summary: TodoMomo have their first date and it doesn’t go quite as planned. But is well that ends well, especially with how sweet Todo is.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/28332045

5. i hate the things that are sweet by kuyashii

Genre: Canon divergence / Falling in love

Rating: G

Word Count: 1,850

Summary: Loved this "what if" scenario! I'm always a fan of early-roki and him falling for Momo regardless is so cute. Excellent execution and beautiful writing.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/22025641

6. Cold Hands and Hot Cocoa by Purple_Umbrella

Genre: Canon / Fluff / Slice of Life

Rating: G

Word Count: 1,859

Summary: It's Christmas Eve, and Todoroki and Yaoyorozu go out for hot chocolate. So adorable, melted my heart.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/21690295

7. Topsy Turvy by Purple_Umbrella

Genre: Canon / Fluff / Slice of Life

Rating: G

Word Count: 2,011

Summary: Such a light and feel good piece. It totally threw me back to my first days of college, when kids tried to learn to wash their clothes by themselves. Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/22801825

8. Bottled Tea by Taq

Genre: Canon / Fluff / Slice of Life

Rating: G

Word Count: 2,177

Summary: Todoroki gets a little competitive with the guys who keep asking Momo out. Very cute. I love how oblivious Todoroki is to his feelings. TodoMomo are very in character.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/25468132

9. Call Me, Beep Me by Voidstuff (Schadenfreudah)

Genre: Canon / Aged-Up / Falling in Love

Rated: G

Word Count: 4,138

Summary: Aged up characters. Todoroki and Momo are still bad with feelings which provides a tiny bit of angst but I love how smitten Todoroki is with Momo and how hard he tries.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/29447463

10. Lucky Shot by Poteto

Genre: Fluff / Slice of Life

Rating: Alternate Universe / Fluff / No quirks

Word Count: 5,892

Summary: Todoroki falls in love with the girl at his local coffee shop, while also developing feelings for a mysterious girl he had texted by accident. Cute & wonderfully written.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/24794683

11. Uhm, a scandal? by lapeace

Genre: Romance / Pining / Fluff

Rated: G

Word Count: 8,613 (Incomplete)

Summary: Due to events, Shouto and Momo are caught in a compromising position. Now Shouto is losing his mind as he waits for the scandal to die on its own. He hadn't seen Yaoyorozu in person for 36 days now. Yes, he counted. Not only was Yaoyorozu present in various news and social media outlets, she is also present in Shouto's head most of the time.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/28706769/chapters/70382067#workskin

12. half sugar, less ice by milktea_s

Genre: Alternate Universe / Fluff / Slice of Life

Rated: G

Word Count: 12,590

Summary: A super sweet AU fic revolving around bubble tea. It's so fluffy and sweet and I love the slow development between TodoMomo.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/25235563

13. Softly i entered (into your arms) by wanderinglilly

Genre: Alternate Universe / Romance / Touch Your Heart crossover (Ongoing)

Rating: G

Word Count: 27,800

Summary: Super cute! Momo is an aspiring actress and for an upcoming role agrees to intern under Lawyer Todoroki for experience. Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/24818620/chapters/60028774

14. Would You Be My Little Quarantine by Revaliciousness

Genre: Canon / Angst / Fluff

Rating: G

Word Count: 28,197

Summary: So adorable and relatable! Momo is having a hard time dealing with quarantine and Todo just wants to be a good bf. Wonderfully written w/ a fantastic use of action tags.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/25069909/chapters/60724162

T Rated Fics:

1. Why’d you only call me when you’re high by slutpjms

Genre: Alternate Universe / Romance / Drug use / Slight OOC

Rating: T

Word Count: 974

Summary: Todoroki is a pothead, who comes to hangout in Momo’s room one night. Slight ooc TodoMomo but I loved the feeling of this. The kiss was hot.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/13559442

2. I’ve loved you here, in the curve of your jaw by Dewthreads

Genre: Alternate Universe / Romance / Slice of Life / No Quirks

Rating: T

Word Count: 1,406

Summary: So soft with fantastic banter! The author does a fantastic job capturing the love and adoration in TodoMomo’s relationship.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/28329918

3. Totally Definitely Legit Leaked BNHA Valentine’s Day Light Novel Spoilers by DrowClericofPelor

Genre: Canon / Comedy / Falling in Love (Warning: Slight BakuKiri)

Rating: T

Word Count: 1,957

Summary: A fake take on a valentine’s day BNHA special. It really captures the slice of life and comedy atmosphere of the BNHA light novels. Really enjoyed this quick read.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/28667124

4. Steep by aaillemac

Genre: Canon / Fluff / Comfort

Rating: T

Word Count: 2,365

Summary: Set after chapter 192 Todo meets Momo in the library and she comforts him. Very cute and wholesome.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17437871

5. Long Enough by CrazyElf2018

Genre: Canon / Romance

Rated: T

Word Count: 2,453

Summary: Momo may be angry when Todo overreacts to minor injuries she receives on the job, but I love how protective and stubborn he is when it comes to her. And the understanding between them melts my heart.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/21653461

6. Exposure by flourchildwrites

Genre: Alternate Universe / Romance / No Quirks

Rated: T

Word Count: 2,785

Summary: Beautiful AU in which Todo is a photographer and Momo is a model. The author has some beautiful lines and the obvious attraction between TodoMomo is so good.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/21695194

7. Room of Requirement by Yanmi

Genre: Alternate Universe / Romance / HP crossover

Rating: T

Word Count: 3,163

Summary: This was absolutely breathtaking. The writing is beautiful, and really captures the magic of HP and of falling in love while keeping TodoMomo in character.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/16694782

8. Secret by H4sb33n

Genre: Canon / Romance / Slight Angst

Rated: T+

Word Count: 3,653

Summary: Very hot. It never goes NSFW, but I love the slow buildup and the desire that grows between them. Todo's internal conflict about taking it further is amazing.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/14951660

9. Say You Won't Let Go by KiyWinchester

Genre: Canon / Aged-Up / Angst

Rated: T

Word Count: 4,878

Summary: Aged up characters. In which Shouto & Momo reunite after two years of avoidance & try to reconcile in order to salvage their "friendship". Beautifully written and very heart wrenching. Shouto is just so madly in love with Momo.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/21664882

10. On the Ninth Day by Huixin

Genre: Alternate Universe / Hurt / Comfort / Apocalypse

Rating: T

Word Count: 4,980

Summary: This isn’t exactly a straight TodoMomo romance, but you can feel the bond between the two is so strong. Beautiful imagery and fantastic world building.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/24570979

11. I might as well confess (i love you) by ionica01

Genre: Canon / Marriage / Fluff

Rating: T

Word Count: 7,028

Summary: Super sweet and fluffy. I love how organic TodoMomo's relationship feels.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/27575102

12. Making Tea in a Winter Storm by TheThirdHeart

Genre: Alternate Universe / Romance / Quirkless Momo AU

Rating: T

Word Count: 9,083

Summary: AU in which Momo is born quirkless and falls in love with Pro Hero Shouto. This was beautifully written with wonderful pacing and characterization.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/23477068

13. Take all my time by taq

Genre: Canon / Hurt / Comfort / Angst / Pining

Rating: T

Word Count: 9,495

Summary: Beautiful and painful. The angst and suspense is so good. And the mutual pining isn't over the top, it fits them so well.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/26881591

14. August slipped away (into a moment in time) by hollandroden

Genre: Alternate Universe / No Quirks / Modern / Angst / Romance

Rating: T

Word Count: 9,797

Summary: Momo's entire life has been planned out for her, she'll be married to a man she might love one day because her parents demand it. But then she meets Shoto Todoroki and the path laid out for her is no longer clear. I love Momo’s break out from expectations.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/31832749

15. She Likes Flowers by ShipSeekingShippers

Genre: Alternate Universe / Fluff / AU Modern

Rating: T

Word Count: 10,322

Summary: Todoroki falls in love with the flower shop girl. Beautiful writing and the fluff just pulled at all my heart strings.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/25204930

16. A Promise of Always by Purple Umbrella

Genre: Alternate Universe / Fantasy / Royalty / Romance / Bitter Sweet Ending

Rating: T

Word Count: 12,494

Summary: A cursed prince locked in a tower. A beautiful knight with a bounty on her head. Together, they escape into the thicket of the forest.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/25141480/chapters/60917506

M & E Rated Fics:

1. Fantasies by Nemuritai

Genre: Canon / Smut / Self-pleasure / Dom/Sub Undertones

Rating: E

Word Count: 955

Summary: Short but super hot take on Momo’s dirty fantasies.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/26926033

2. Play with Fire by Alexisoak

Genre: Alternate Universe / Smut / Dom/Sub Undertones / Mafia

Rating: E

Word Count: 2,644

Summary: Todoroki is the top hitman for the Yaoyorozu mafia clan, and the princess of the clan has her sights on him. Hot! Hot! Hot! The smut in this was just fantastic.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/23922898

3. Dark Reflection by EmeraldWaves

Genre: Canon Divergence / Traitor Todoroki / Angst / Hurt / Dark / No Smut

Rating: M

Word Count: 2,825

Summary: Haunting. This is absolutely beautiful and the descriptions are so vivid.

Note: this is dark. Also, this is the only fic here that isn’t really TodoMomo.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/27687971

4. Good Vibes Good Times by FrenchK

Genre: Alternate Universe / Romance / Smut

Rating: E

Word Count: 3,735

Summary: Momo is dared to wear vibrating underwear to the club and chaos ensues.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/29522220

5. All’s Fair by Flourchildwrites

Genre: Alternate Universe / Smut / Quirkless Au / Mutual Pining

Rating: E

Word Count: 8,277

Summary: Momo is a star being stocked and Todoroki is her live in bodyguard. Lockdown during covid temptation flairs and someone has to give. Very nicely written.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/29545503

6. Half Loved by ZEROxxx

Genre: Alternate Universe / Fantasy / Royalty / Romance / Enemies to Lovers / Contract Marriage

Rating: M

Word Count 12,272 (Incomplete)

Summary: Momo is a princess tasked with guarding the creation stones. In order to protect those she loves and the cores, she enters a political, loveless marriage with Prince Shoto.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/23589946/chapters/56602531

7. More Wonders Are Yet to Come by Earthquake_Priestess

Genre: Canon / Romance / Family Bonding

Rating: M

Word Count: 57,754

Summary: This is adorable and really well written. I'm not usually into family fics (like at all) but this one does a really good job and isn't cheesy.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/27091252/chapters/66150892#workskin

8. The Cursed of the Fallen by Reverly in the Dark

Genre: Alternate Universe / Fantasy / Action / Adventure / No Smut

Rating: M

Word Count: 240,755 (Incomplete)

Summary: This is an action adventure story. Shouto is a mage destined to defeat the Archdemon summoned to bring down the kingdom. Momo, Midoriya and the others are all from different walks of life who come together to help Shouto defeat the threat to the kingdom.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/22748893/chapters/54358150

#todoroki shoto #todoroki shouto #Yaoyorozu Momo #todomomo #todomomo fanfiction #todoroki x yaoyorozu #my recs #fic recs

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buginateacup · 4 years ago

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Tea with Topsy, I'm half-expecting Roxanne to be chatting with Megamind and offhandedly mention that she's single and feels some kind of way about it, during a longer rant/vent about her family and/or coworkers... And Megamind just being like . What. Back up to the part about you being single; why have I not heard about the breakup yet??

Ahahaha! Elf...darling, beloved, precious Elf would you like spoilers? Because I can give you snippets and spoilers...

#tea with topsy #megamind #please say you want spoilers #elf its gonna be a CHAPTER #friend i love your asks

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buginateacup · 3 years ago

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Some additional thoughts about Tea with Topsy

Continuing on from a Post I made a very long time ago (back in the single chapter days) I thought it was time to do a bit of a revisit and talk about some of the arcs we’ve been through before we dive into the next part of the story.

Who’d have thought it would take 51 chapters for them to get together?

So, my big thing about this fic has always been that its a story set where there is no big catalyst. Metro Man hasn’t faked his death, Megamind hasn’t disappeared, there’s no new big bad in town to cause a team up. Just a very long slow slide into Roxanne Ritchi, Mistress of Evil through a series of events that keep building on the things that came before. My other big thing has always been that I need to give my story the time to breathe. There is no event that any of the characters go through where there is not some kind of fallout that they have to deal with before they keep going. I’ve described some parts of the story as arcs or turning a corner. What it really feels like is a lit fuse set out in a spiral, circling closer and closer to the comically large pile of TNT in the centre (and yes. We have in fact now reached the centre. I hope you enjoyed the slow because now we’ve hit the burn).

The closest thing we DO get to a catalyst is Megamind giving Roxanne a phone, which is really where our story starts, the moment these two have an interaction away from the Supervillain/Damsel roles and a way to communicate outside of them as well. I’m putting the rest of this under a read more for spoilers but uh...spoilers for stuff up to chapter 51.

Our first chunk of chapters (1-3) are what I consider the Prologue. Our characters already know one another, but they have no reason to change their interactions yet. Roxanne is solely focused on making sure she can get the week of her sister’s wedding off and Megamind is begrudgingly impressed enough to allow it when he realises the way she manipulated events to get Tea with Topsy happening. While we never see an evil plot prior to the events of Topsy (honestly just picture the opening scene from the movie) their roles haven’t really shifted. Megamind also still thinks she’s dating Metro Man. Roxanne thinks he knows she isn’t.

The first act (4-7) begins with Roxanne getting the phone. And this is where it all really kicks off. She now has a way to contact them. Something she’s never had before and she uses it immediately. Love that for her. The first act continues, setting up the beginning of the post kidnapping calls, setting up expectations and dynamics (Metro Man worrying about Roxanne, Roxanne’s complete disregard for her own safety plus the reticence of the people around her to want to spend time with someone who gets kidnapped on the regular, Megamind being aware of the responsibility he has for his city) that will continue until we hit...

The Bank Arc (8-11) Ah the Bank Arc, one of the things I was most excited for early on and almost entirely inspired my the phrase “accidental limb entanglement” and the urge to shove Roxanne and Megamind into a tiny space. This is the first time we see Megamind actually acting as Overlord of his city and just how quick and dangerous he can be. Its also the first time we see Roxanne and Megamind being forced to work together towards a common goal, each bringing their respective strengths to the table. Megamind handling the underbelly, Roxanne manipulating the news.

Now a few very important things come from this arc. Because they’ve started speaking outside of the kidnappings and because of what happened in the bank, Roxanne subconsciously starts to trust Megamind. Megamind, for his part, starts dealing her information (the set up for the Hell Arc) and appreciating just what she can do when given free reign over information.

Then we have a lull (12-15) (remember what I said about letting the story breathe), where we see more of the world they live in and the expectations put on Roxanne and how isolated she can be and why its so natural that she would gravitate to enjoying antagonising Megamind because she doesn’t have to pretend to be nice. We start getting the idea that Roxanne is very much an outlier in the Damsel community, and even her social life is mostly spent on Wayne’s arm, not on her own amusement. We also really start looking into Megamind’s infatuation AND see the first evidence that Roxanne (subconsciously) cares probably a little more than she should. She starts touching him (emphasis Megamind).

Chapter 16 gets its own shoutout because its a very good example of Roxanne being on and how much being Wayne’s girlfriend can wreak havoc in her life and also the tension on her balcony is still one of my favourite things I’ve ever written.

17-20 is the active trust. Megamind lets Roxanne dig glass splinters out of his hands. Roxanne has a small moment of wait what? on realising he might actually trust her which feeds directly into her acting on instinct to call him when she has that ant infestation induced panic attack. And Megamind definitely wouldn’t have admitted his feelings (behind his sneaky use of multilingal skills) without that open expression of trust.

None of these characters decide to fall in love or trust or anything else involving emotions.. It starts unconsciously, then builds to action and recognition.

That trust is important because what do we have next? Oh just the open secret that Roxanne hasn’t actually been dating Metro Man and has assumed Megamind knew she was single all that time. Because THAT wasn’t burning a hole in my pocket the whole time I was waiting to get to that reveal.

21-25 is our duo trying to regain their equilibrium in various ways. Its also the start of something bubbling away in Megamind’s subconscious because up until now. It doesn’t matter how incredibly excessively head over heels he is for her, she’s with Metro Man and nothing is going to change that. But all of a sudden, that’s turned on its head. He knows she’s single. He still thinks he has 0% chance with her but jealously is a cruel thing and with the doubling down of the flirting, PLUS the trust of things like taking a nap together and Roxanne’s reaction to the fact he was dissected (a total over reaction, he’s fine). Well...

It’s one thing to be a pathetic little alien hopelessly in love and bowing to Roxanne’s every whim when you know there’s no chance of anything ever happening and you’d do anything for the chance at another moment with her. Its another to be the same and realising that she could have been taking this seriously but she’s just using him for information instead.

So then we hit the Hell Arc (26-29). By this point, we’ve established Roxanne actively knows she trusts him. Megamind knows she’s single, and they have something approaching a friendship that is skating dangerously close to a very self destructive relationship had they continued without things coming to a head.

All the trust and fun they’d been having in the last 25 chapters makes the sting of betrayal hurt all the more. Megamind feels like he’s being taken advantage of and doesn’t know how to have a mature conversation about it because if it was an underling pulling this shit he’d stomp them out of town. If it was another villain he would take them down. But its Roxanne. She’s in a class all her own AND he’s still in love with her. Megamind hates everything about this and most of all himself.

Roxanne thinks she’s justified demanding things from him for having her life disrupted for seven years, but she also doesn’t realise the extent to which she’s stepping on his toes but she’s also justified in she was wanting to do something fun with him, miscommunication is a bitch and so is Roxanne. She’s got issues of her own and neither of them know how to stop and it takes an intervention from BOTH Minion and Metro Man to both of them for them to stop self destructing and sort this shit out. It was very important to me that they were both doing wrong at this point, because they both had to learn to do better and respect one another’s boundaries.

Again, the story needs to breathe. This is not an easy thing to do or go through which is why we have a couple of chapters (30-31/2ish) of them hesitantly working out how to be friends again (how close were we to Roxanne not letting Megamind back to Topsy sessions? So close).

Its all building blocks. Step by step. Over thirty odd chapters we’ve established subconscious trust, active trust then on to acknowledged trust. Mutual antagonism to low key friendship to actively acknowledged friendship. NOW we finally get to add mutual respect to the mix.

I consider this the end of Act 2 and I’ll be back later with the chapters 32-51!

#Megamind #Tea with Topsy #story meta #the fanfic that keeps growing #the slowest of burns #the importance of friendship and respect in a relationship #god how did this get away from me so much?

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buginateacup · 4 years ago

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Do you ever write something without realising it only to go back and go “Oh so that’s your motivation”

*Spoilers for Tea With Topsy kind of*

"You actually love this city, don’t you?" Roxanne said surprised. "Miss Ritchi" he spread his hands, "Do you have any idea how infinitesimally small the chances were of my pod even landing? let alone safely on a planet with an atmosphere I could survive on? A lifetime of villainy doesn't mean I could offer it anything less than my best efforts." He hesitated, "Its not love, but its a kind of loyalty. The people that raised me are here. They were criminals and prison guards and they kept me safe, gave me a home as best they could. I owe it to them to return the favour." Roxanne stared, "Every time" she murmured with a soft laugh. "What?" he demanded defensively. "No its," she smiled at him "Every time I think I have a handle on you you surprise me again." she jumped up and held out her hands to him, "Come on Vetinari," "Where are we going" he asked, allowing her to pull him to his feet "I heard an icecream van, my treat." "Lead the way Miss Crisplock"

#tea with topsy #bug is writing a thing #megamind #roxanne ritchi #discworld references

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buginateacup · 4 years ago

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I have an idea for another chapter of Tea with Topsy and its gonna be a mess and I don’t know if its going to entirely throw the entire dynamic off too early but hmu if you want eventual spoilers I guess because I think I need to write out what might happen before I commit to vomiting up this many words

but there’s fake dating to hide the other fake dating and accidentally dating an entirely different villain due to assumptions of disguise watch shenanigans and everything is great no everything is terrible no everything is too much and it hurts and I wish I could draw the outfits for this chapter because sewing them is an entirely unreasonable action

#tea with topsy #bug is writing a thing #megamind #fandom halp #I can sew anything #I cannot draw to save my life

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buginateacup · 6 months ago

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On to more spoilers!

So where we last left our villains of the story...

The Conductor and the Mayor are arguing about the Mayor's bright new plan to burn more of the city so he can get Metro Man to buy the damaged properties at fire sale prices.

Jonathan is failing to contain Roxanne at work.

Hal is being Hal.

And Delic has just discovered the body of his former meal ticket.

Now Delic isn't stupid. Oh he's not the brightest when it comes to anything other than immediate satisfaction but when faced by incontrevertible proof that Charles isn't just dead but very deliberately out of the way dead, he gets to thinking [EDITED FROM LAST NIGHT BECAUSE I HAD A SHOWER AND REMEMBERED MY OTHER THOUGHTS] that maybe this is a prime opportunity to blackmail a little of that Metro Man money out of dear old Mr Mayor. He's also slihtly aware he WASN'T told Charles was dead and figures he doesn't want to give The Conductor a reason to hunt him down. So he sneaks back upstairs and drapes himself over the couch, planning to give himself time to think.

He times it just right because the Mayor goes scurrying out and Delic has just enough time to confirm that he is NOT meant to know Charles is dead and imply if the Mayor wants his help, well he doesn't work for free. But hey, the Conductor seems pretty satisfied with himself so Delic is just going to keep his head down and his ears open so he can make sure number one is taken care of.

Now lets circle back to Hal for a second. He hasn't been on this list yet for a couple of reasons. Firstly, he's not actively involved in a malicious plot, and secondly, because up until a few months before Topsy started, he was way waaaaaaaaay down on Roxanne's list of problems. He's an incel and a creep and Roxanne is definitely more aware of how she'd like to avoid him, but between kidnappings with no schedule and her previous bearding for Metro Man, his ick factor has been more of an "this is just what I have to put up with" than an actively frustrating problem.

Hal is now becoming an actively frustrating problem.

And Roxanne is not about to take that lying down.

Is it satisfying when she threatens him after he tries to steal her phone to sign them up to a walking challenge that tracks her movements? Oh certainly.

Is it even more satisfying when, on the day she returns to her apartment (Roxanne having loaned it to her coworker who's apartment burned down) Hal tries to show up again with pizza and finds Megamind and Roxanne already there and they both threaten to throw him off the balcony? Most definitely.

But that doesn't come cose to the satisfaction she gets out of getting him fired when she reports it to HR the next day and Hal has a screaming fit in the middle of the office that she's not dating a supervillain, which lets Roxanne use the line "There are no words for what we are to one another." (which I am very fond of)

Now Jonathan is having a really hard time getting rid of her.

More to come tomorrow!

MASSIVE SPOILERS FOR TEA WITH TOPSY AHEAD!!!!

I had a shower ramble about the past, present and future of all the little satellite plots Topsy has swirling around to try and work out who and what and why is happening next

Hokay so!

One of those cubes was The Conductor.

The Mayor is surprisingly fine with this.

The Mayor spends a lot of time dreaming in dollar signs.

Jonathan has one job, find a reason to fire Roxanne Ritchi (he's probably also getting property tips).

Unfortunately for him, Roxanne is EXCEEDINGLY good at her job, and thanks to her status as an unofficial damsel, he can't really rely on uprofessional behaviour as an excuse.

Roxanne gets Charles McLaren arrested. She's also mid panic attack over realisng her feelings for Megamind so this takes something of a back seat.

A short while later she gets Delic arrested as well.

**FUTURE SPOILERS FROM HERE**

The Opera is the last straw. If Jonathan isn't going to fix things, he'll do it himself. The Conductor gets an address for one Roxanne Ritchi and a direct order to burn her place to the ground.

The Conductor does not take well to being told what to do. He takes quite significant offence in fact and burns down one of Roxanne's coworker's building instead.

This does get Roxanne out of her building and into the Lair for 10 days. Megamind is QUITE delighted!

The Conductor is not impressed by this.

Delic takes the opportunity to avoid mummy and daddy fighting to sneak downstairs and finds where Charles has been hiding.

Or at least what's left of him.

Delic has some THOUGHTS about this.

To be continued tomorrow....

#tea with topsy spoilers #spoilers #more to come

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buginateacup · 6 months ago

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Even more spoilers! (and edits from this morning in the previous bit above)

So while all of this has been going on with our least favourite bad guys, Roxanne has finally been starting to come into her own, even going so far as to claim her title as Mistress of Evil, she's adopting her own henchmen, she's getting playdates with Georgie, there's even an emotionally charged moment where Megamind finally works through some of his secrecy issues and gives her a key to the Lair. And best of all she has a plan for dealing with Metro Man and Megamind's endless battles in a way that will hopefully let both of them rest without the Defender's Council or any other villain getting involved.

Naturally this plays to her reporterly strengths and sneaky wiles and our girl is having the TIME OF HER GODDAMN LIFE.

Megamind has never been more in love.

Unfortunately, Hal getting fired has meant he's popped up like a bad smell at Channel 8 so while Roxanne doesn't have to share a van with him anymore, he's still getting in her face at press conferences and post kidnapping rescue publicity. He's also getting a lot more sneaky at taking photos of Roxanne when she's not looking.

Jonathan is DELIGHTED by what Hal presents him with. He can finally get rid of that pesky Ritchi once and for all.

I'll let you decide how well you think THAT is going to go. It may involve an interview, a cloaked Megamind and Roxanne smiling oh so professionally at the camera while she watches her lover hold a degun to her boss's throat. It's fucking glorious.

Hal may or may not get cubed and posted to Utah.

Alas what goes up, must come down, and as a result of Roxanne's grand Cycle Breaking Plan, she discovers Delic is NOT in Defender Council custody as previously assumed.

This is a Problem. The plan right now hinges on making sure everything in Metrocity stays perfectly balanced and they cannot afford this kind of uncertainty.

But they're already committed so full steam ahead!

Does this also result in some kind of emotional soul baring between Megamind and Roxanne about how commited they are to one another and why it's so important she can do this for him? Oh probably. There's messy public sex about it regardless.

Things all come to a head when Wayne flies off to the Defender's Council to enact his part of Roxanne's plan and the city is left undefended.

The Conductor and Mayor meanwhile, have been delighted by the news Roxanne has been carefully leaking about Wayne's reasons for meeting with the Council and decide now is the perfect time to enact their final plan!

Well, the conductor decides. The Mayor is realising hard and fast that he has no way of controlling his pocket pyro but he doesn't really mean to destroy the entire city, des he? Who would possibly want to give up that much money?

Delic hears "burn down the city" and his self preservation instincts kick in again, he makes a break for it and shows up at Megamind's Lair intending to spill the beans and beg for mercy only to come face to face with Roxanne.

Roxanne who has her own degun.

Roxanne who FUCKING LOVES her own degun.

Roxanne who leaves a neat little cube on Megamind's desk and heads off to work with a spring in her step. Where she is asked to attend an onsite interview at a partially constructed building with the Mayor.

It's like the universe WANTS her to have a good day.

Right up until she comes face to face with the Conductor and the Mayor and gets knocked out and tied up, dumped in some unknown corner of a random construction site.

Megamind has no idea this has happened until he finally gets around to misting Roxanne's present and oh fuck it's Delic.

What do you mean The Conductor's back?

What do you mean he wants to burn the city?

What do you mean he's working with the Mayor?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN ROXANNE IS MISSING?!

Roxanne is not having the best day at this point. She knows she's here as bait, she knows she can't call for Wayne becuase he's across the country and it will put the whole Plan in jepoardy.

But she's used to being tied up. And she knows how to work her audience. All she needs is the chance to grab her bag and she can call for help...

The Conductor has fried her phone. And he broke her compact. Some things are unforgiveable.

Roxanne's feral instincts once again rear their heads and instead of just escaping like a normal person, she digs out her in case of emergencies purse and pulls out a certain cube.

Those bastards aren't going to know what hit them.

MASSIVE SPOILERS FOR TEA WITH TOPSY AHEAD!!!!

I had a shower ramble about the past, present and future of all the little satellite plots Topsy has swirling around to try and work out who and what and why is happening next

Hokay so!

One of those cubes was The Conductor.

The Mayor is surprisingly fine with this.

The Mayor spends a lot of time dreaming in dollar signs.

Jonathan has one job, find a reason to fire Roxanne Ritchi (he's probably also getting property tips).

Unfortunately for him, Roxanne is EXCEEDINGLY good at her job, and thanks to her status as an unofficial damsel, he can't really rely on uprofessional behaviour as an excuse.

Roxanne gets Charles McLaren arrested. She's also mid panic attack over realisng her feelings for Megamind so this takes something of a back seat.

A short while later she gets Delic arrested as well.

**FUTURE SPOILERS FROM HERE**

The Opera is the last straw. If Jonathan isn't going to fix things, he'll do it himself. The Conductor gets an address for one Roxanne Ritchi and a direct order to burn her place to the ground.

The Conductor does not take well to being told what to do. He takes quite significant offence in fact and burns down one of Roxanne's coworker's building instead.

This does get Roxanne out of her building and into the Lair for 10 days. Megamind is QUITE delighted!

The Conductor is not impressed by this.

Delic takes the opportunity to avoid mummy and daddy fighting to sneak downstairs and finds where Charles has been hiding.

Or at least what's left of him.

Delic has some THOUGHTS about this.

To be continued tomorrow....

#tea with topsy spoilers #spoilers #from there its mostly the last big fight and Megamind crashing in halfway through at the perfect moment #the less than supervillain evil is defeated #and everyone celebrates with We Survived! sex #then end and the epilogue

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buginateacup · 4 years ago

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Oh goody *rubs hands delightedly*

How does Megamind find out Roxanne is single? By finding out Metro Man isn’t...

Metro Man drops his hand and cracks his neck "Ugh fine" and Megamind stared the red bitemark on his throat.

Megamind knows how hard Metro Man's skin is, he has spent hours trying to get so much as a scratch on the bastard. Concussive bruises heal in minutes.

For Metro Man to still be wearing a mark like that, when he's had Miss Ritchi tied up here for the last hour...something is very wrong.

Megamind was suddenly incandescent with rage. He slammed off the cameras and stalked towards his nemesis, shaking in fury "You- you- what is wrong with you!" he snaps a hand out to point in Roxanne's direction "Your girlfriend is tied up in mortal peril, facing certain death! And you're off screwing some bimbo? How dare you!"

Metro Man is looking really confused now "What?"

"Your neck you-" he trails off into dissonant trills and shit he hasn't lost his words like that in a long time. They've been playing this game for years but suddenly Megamind is fifteen years old again and wants nothing more than to rip Wayne Scott's head from his stupid fucking neck.

Metro Man actually looks sort of alarmed at that, he holds up his hands "Okay wait a minute little buddy, just hang on-"

"Golden child of Metrocity- given every opportunity- how could you do that to Miss Ritchi!"

Oh this really bad. She is going to be devastated, she's never going to want to talk to him again after she finds out about this "She deserves better" he hissed.

"Whoah, wait" there is a blur and Roxanne is suddenly out of the chair and standing beside them "I think we need to resolve something here"

Megamind turns to Roxanne who is flicking her eyes between the two of them, evidently puzzled.

"Miss Ritchi I am so sorry," Megamind babbles, "I had no idea this would- you didn’t-"

Roxanne tilted her head and grinned suddenly at Metro Man "Wayne Scott" she said in a voice like she's just been handed the keys to her own hoverbike "Is that a hickey on your neck?"

Okay excellent question but the tone is all wrong and now Metro Mahn was gazing sheepishly at her "Maybe? You guys sort of interrupted our lunch date"

Roxanne was laughing "Lunch, huh?" she waggles her eyebrows at him and Megamind officially has no idea what is happening.

Ahahaha! Elf...darling, beloved, precious Elf would you like spoilers? Because I can give you snippets and spoilers...

#Tea with Topsy #Spoilers #snippets

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