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[eightyfours]

Thomas Ian Griffith as Terry Silver

in The Karate Kid pt. III, dir. John G. Avildsen (1989)

[happy74827]

Something Wholesome

[Logan Howlett & Teen!Fem!Reader]

Synopsis: In which you can’t help but feel the need to comfort the big grumpy ape.

WC: 2054

Category: Comfort, Slight Fluff, Reader is Vanessa’s Younger Sister, 4th Wall Breaks {TW: Wade Being… Well, Himself.}

Even being the worst Wolverine, I believe he still is 100% a girl dad, and I stand by that statement.

『••✎••』

"I thought you quit?"

Your voice startled him. He jumped and almost dropped the cigar he was holding between his teeth. Logan's eyes fell upon you, standing in the kitchen doorway with your arms folded.

"Jesus, kid. You're gonna give me a heart attack." He shook his head, taking the cigar out of his mouth and holding it between his fingers. It was still unlit. "How'd you get in here, anyway?"

You held up a ring of keys and shook it in the air, the jingling of metal echoing around the room. "It’s called having a brother-in-law who can pick locks." You tossed the keys on the counter and sat down across from him, resting your head in your hands. "Are you having another midlife crisis, Warrior Cat?"

"You're a brat, y’know that?" He rolled his eyes, taking the cigar and tossing it back into his jacket pocket. He ran a hand over his face, sighing.

You watched him closely. The bags under his eyes, the wrinkles, the slight hunch to his shoulders. He looked old… and not the usual, rugged, cool old. You frowned, leaning across the counter.

"You know, with Wade always around, I haven't had much time to check up on my favorite Canadian." You tilted your head to the side.

"Don't let Canuck hear you say that," he snorted. You stuck your tongue out at him, and he rolled his eyes. You could see the corners of his mouth twitching.

"Seriously, Slim Jim," The joke earned a slight scowl from him. You grinned, knowing it annoyed him when you called him that. "You look your age today. What's wrong?"

Logan stared at you, and you could almost see the gears turning in his head. He was probably wondering how much to tell you. If anything, at all.

You were used to it by now. His reluctance to talk about what was bothering him, his unwillingness to rely on anyone. It was his default, and you understood that, but after three months of sharing an apartment with blind meth-headed Trunchbull and Scary Terry, it was getting really tiring.

Finally, he sighed. "I've been thinkin'."

"Oh no." You feigned fear. He shot you a warning glare. One of those 'try me and see what happens' glares. "About what?"

He didn't answer right away. His eyes kept glancing toward the pocket his cigar was stashed in. He was struggling not to light it.

You were about to ask again, but before you could, he finally spoke up.

"I drove past the school a few days ago. It's still standing, y'know. It looks the same as it did 15 years ago." He laughed, though it sounded empty. "Abandoned, sure. But it's there."

Yeah, clearly, Disney spent all their budget on Princess remakes. A shame, really. The mansion was a good place to have movie nights.

"And it just...hit me, I guess. Everything's gone, kid." His voice grew soft, and the expression he was wearing broke your heart. "Everyone I knew, everyone I ever cared about, is dead. All I got left is this shitty apartment, a crap truck, and annoying roommates who drive me crazy."

"To be fair, I haven't had any accidents in three months," Wade called from the living room. Honestly, you weren’t even aware he was home. It was even more of a miracle that he heard Logan. "Saving the world has improved my driving skills. Now, I only hit pedestrians."

"Shut the fuck up, Wilson," Logan barked, his claws popping out of his knuckles with a snikt. "Or I'll shove those swords up your ass and make you eat 'em."

“Slow your roll, Caesar Salad; this is a PG story. Step off with the sexual violence, at least until you have the author's consent to do so." Wade turned the corner into the kitchen, a huge bag of Taco Bell in his hand. "Besides, Vanessa wouldn’t be too happy if she found out I was cheating on her with your foot long. You know how jealous she gets. One time, I tried to-"

"Wade, please," You groaned. He looked at you, then at Logan, and nodded.

"You're right, you're right. I should respect the rating." Wade waved his hand in the air and made his way out of the room, taking a bite out of one of his tacos. "Also, the fact that I’m technically a father figure in this fic, for reasons we can't disclose here. I’d rather not turn this wholesome story into some weird-ass daddy kink porno, even though I wouldn’t mind if it were."

He turned his attention to an empty wall momentarily, a smile creeping on his face. "I have a feeling you guys wouldn't either, judging by the comments on those other ones, and honestly, I don't blame you. My body is a temple, and it should be worshiped. Just ask all those Honda Odyssey rewrites. They'd know all about that, especially the ones that end with me getting-"

"WADE," You and Logan yelled at the same time, his claws still unsheathed. Logan looked ready to jump over the counter and murder him, and while it wasn’t uncommon for Wade to be shredded like string cheese, the two of you had had enough drama to last the rest of the year.

"Ugh, fine." He threw his hands up, his tacos spilling all over the floor. "But just for the record, I totally just stole the focus of this fic. Don't let Logan fool you. He's only the main character because this is his story, but the real star of the show is moi." He pointed a finger to his chest and winked at you. You couldn't help but laugh.

"Get the fuck outta here," Logan said, his claws sliding back into his knuckles. "I swear to god, Wilson, if you ruin my day any more than you already have, I'm gonna shove you into the wood chipper."

"You have a wood chipper?" Wade raised an eyebrow, grinning. "My, oh, my. Who would have thought the lumberjack would make a reappearance?"

"Five. Four. Three. Two. One," You muttered.

"Don't push me, asshole." Logan was growling, his claws once again threatening to slice into the other man.

A normal person would have run away by now, but not Wade. You had known him long enough to understand that he thrived off of conflict. He was the most chaotic son of a bitch you had ever met, and nothing excited him more than pissing people off.

But, again, this wasn’t his story. He was just hijacking it, and the author had had enough. So, without further ado, they did the most logical thing. They made Mary Puppins appear, and suddenly, she was in his arms, and he was out of the kitchen, leaving behind the Taco Bell, his jokes, and his dignity.

You sighed and pinched the bridge of your nose, trying not to laugh. You managed to contain it, but just barely.

You glanced over at Logan, and he still had a look on his face like he was drained and exhausted. Of course, now annoyance and anger were mixed into the cocktail.

With your sister’s boyfriend out of the picture, he slumped down against the counter, running a hand through his hair. Not much of it, given the current length, but enough that he could pull at it.

"I'm sorry," You said. You felt a pang of sympathy for him, and you couldn't imagine the shitstorm that must be going on in his mind. After all, he wasn't like the rest of you. He was a lot older, and his life had been filled with a lot more heartache and pain than you would ever experience. "It sucks."

He didn't say anything, so you continued.

"I mean, I don't know what it's like, obviously, but I can't imagine how it must feel to lose everything like that. Everyone." You paused, thinking about your family. Your own life hadn't exactly been a picnic, but the world hadn't come crashing down around you. Not yet, at least. "I can't imagine the kind of strength you must have to go on."

He grunted, which was pretty much the Logan version of a 'Thank you.'

"I just..." His voice was quiet. "I just want something permanent. That’s not this." He motioned to the room around you, and you couldn't help but notice the look in his eyes.

"I get it."

"I don't think you do, kid," he muttered, staring at his feet.

"Hey, give me a little credit. I might not be ancient like you, but I've seen some shit. Wade is infatuated with Nessie, so I go through that bullshit every other day." You shook your head. "The two of them can be a real handful together."

"No kiddin'." He snorted.

"I mean, sure. The world went to hell, but I think it's pretty safe to say that you deserve something good after all the crap that's happened." You shrugged, looking around the room. "This is that something."

He stared at you for a long moment, and you wondered if you said something wrong. Speaking to him was always a gamble. Sometimes, he would respond, and the two of you could actually hold a conversation. Other times, he would shut down and refuse to talk, or worse, yell at you.

It seemed like luck was on your side today.

"Maybe." His eyes moved to his hands, and his gaze was distant. "It's hard to think that when I'm stuck in this hell hole."

"It's not that bad."

"You’re just saying that so Wilson doesn’t think about moving back in with your sister." He rolled his eyes. "And it is. We all know that."

"Okay, fine, you're right. The apartment is shitty, and so is the neighborhood. The landlord is a bitch, and the neighbors are loud." You took a breath, leaning closer. "But, you have us."

"Oh, don't you start."

"And you've got your truck and your liquor and the crappy TV in the living room. I say, if that isn't permanent, I don't know what is."

Logan opened his mouth, but you held a finger up.

"You might not realize it, but you have a family here." You smiled at him, and he scoffed, turning his face away from you.

"I've had families before. Doesn't work out."

"Well, we're of the more persistent kind," you teased, reaching across the counter and punching him lightly on the shoulder. "We aren't going anywhere. Especially Wade. Man is a tick that refuses to let go."

"God, I wish he would."

"He won't. You're stuck with him. You’ll be the best man at his wedding, and we both know it." You grinned, and he rolled his eyes, though the corner of his lips quirked.

"Great," he muttered.

Secretly, you knew he enjoyed the banter with Wade. He acted annoyed and irritated, but deep down, you were certain he was amused. Might be frustrated, but definitely amused.

You were about to tell him that, but he spoke first.

"Thanks, kid." He reached across the counter and squeezed your arm. "You're a pain in the ass, but you're not so bad."

"Not so bad?" You snorted. "Wow. Is that how the Wolverine slid into the hearts of millions?"

He chuckled and shook his head, a smile spreading across his face. "You know what I mean, you brat."

You stood, walking around the counter. You threw your arms around him and pulled him into a hug. He didn’t hug back for reasons that you understood. Still, you wanted him to know that you were there for him and he could rely on you.

"You know," you started. "I think a lot of people would be surprised by the softy you are under all the grumpiness."

"Yeah, well, don't go around spreadin' that." He pushed you away gently, shaking his head. "I’m not a damn teddy bear, and I'll rip your throat out if you start tellin' people."

"I’m getting the Wade treatment? A threat of death if I speak a word?" You laughed, shaking your head. "I’m honored."

"Sometimes I wonder if he is your sibling instead of your sister."

"Nah, I’m too pretty to be a Wilson." You smirked. "If anything, I'm more related to my cousin."

"The one who tried to kill you last month?"

"That's the one."

"Then you definitely are a Wilson."

[worrynoodle]

Okay. Now that I'm caught up, I would like to put in my two cents on this.

⚠️Warning, if the whole fandom panic thing stresses you out, please go ahead and skip this, but I tried to make it reassuring. There's no need to go worrying yourself over rumors and hearsay. ⚠️

For one thing, there's no amount of asking and pressure that is going to make any of the show creators reveal the ending. That isn't how tv shows work. You wait, you watch, you see. It also isn't fair for those of us who hate spoilers for them to constantly be asked for.

Two. I know that a lot of us on here are neurodivergent and have anxiety, and a HUGE part of that anxiety can be the unknown, especially about things we care very deeply for and identify with. This show and its characters hold a very special place in our hearts, and we fear not knowing the ending, especially with a big bang cliffhanger like s2e6. But please try to sit in that discomfort and allow yourself to feel your feelings without panicking.

Third, this story has been beloved for 30 years, yeah? Of course, OF COURSE, it's not going to be a bad ending! It's obviously something that all of the creators involved have been passionate about. Why on earth would it end badly? And all of them - Neil g, Terry p, the directors, the actors, the cast and crew, set and costume designers, the hair and makeup crew, ALL these wonderful people - put an unfathomable amount of care and thought into every aspect of the story.

Next, please, please, please try to remember the show on its own, right? All the details, all the scenes building Aziraphale and crowleys history individually and as a pair weren't put in there for no reason. Take what we actually see on screen and separate that from metas, theories, fanart, and fanfiction. We all love diving into what each detail could mean, but remember, it's all speculation until it concludes.

The story, what we have so far, is kind of a mostly completed puzzle. There's a lot of missing spaces, that's the season three bits. And right now we can't see the bigger picture but you have to remember that each piece of the puzzle was made by the people who painted the whole picture. Every piece that we have was made to fit with the whole story so once we have all the "season three pieces" they're going to fit right into place as they're supposed to.

And maybe, if you have very very high expectations - like very specific headcanons for how you think a perfect ending would look like - maybe it wouldn't be too bad to lower your expectations and open your mind to new possibilities. Ones that can be just as good!

So please, take a deep breath. Count to ten. Get your hot chocolate, your tartan blankets and comfy chairs, pull up some happy-ending fanfics and remember that it's all going to be alright. It's 2024 and this isn't Sherlock

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All You Want and More

Requested by @allipopgeir28-blog

Pairing: Dominique Luca x fem!reader

Summary: When Luca finds out that you have never celebrated your birthday, he sets out to make your day perfect.

Warnings: very brief angst, lots of fluff

Word Count: 3.1k+ words

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There’s a moment in a relationship where everything stops being sparkly and new. When the normality of spending your life with someone else sets in, when the honeymoon phase ends, and everything becomes slow and easy. For you, that moment is nowhere to be seen. You’re not sure that things will change with Dominique Luca. He’s the most caring, loving, sincere, and loyal man you’ve ever met. The relationship is new; you’ve been dating for a few months, though the days with him pass too quickly. His roommate Jim is out with a girl, so you’ve made yourself comfortable with Luca in his living room. As he asks you about your day, hobbies, and anything else he can think of, you wonder if being with Luca will bring a sense of normalcy or if every day will be a surprise.

“What about you?” you ask with a smile. “How was your day?”

“It was pretty good. We only had two calls, so it was slow. I think we should talk about you, now,” Luca replies.

You groan and lean back, but Luca takes the opportunity to wrap his arm around your upper back and pull you closer. Settled against his side, you feel comfortable, safe, and loved.

“We’ve been talking about me for too long. C’mon, Luca, tell me something about you for once.” Luca shakes his head, so you turn toward him and pout as you add, “Please?”

“Fine. Um, for my birthday last year, my brother-“

“Terry?”

“Yeah. He took me to a Dodgers game, but afterward we went to a classic car show, and we talked about our dream cars. It wasn’t a huge birthday celebration or anything but spending that time with him was great. Especially after everything we’ve been through, you know?”

You nod and lean your head against his shoulder. Luca is your favorite topic, and you are convinced you could listen to him talk about anything, mundane or unbelievable, and never grow tired of him.

“What about you?” Luca asks with a bounce of his shoulder. “What’s your favorite birthday memory?”

“Oh, I don’t have one. Never celebrated birthdays before. Growing up, it never really happened, I guess. As I got older, I started doing things with friends for their birthdays, but… It’s just a day on the calendar for me.”

Luca falls silent upon learning that you’ve never been celebrated. He immediately decides to surprise you, but he has to get more answers without making you suspicious.

“You never wanted a celebration, or just didn’t have someone worth celebrating with?” he inquires.

You take a deep breath as you think. “I don’t know.”

“Well, you can’t possibly be the issue,” Luca adds. “So, I’ll assume it was a poor decision on everyone else’s part not to celebrate you every moment of your life.”

“Is that something you have to say as my new boyfriend?” you whisper against his shoulder.

“No. It’s something that is true, and as your boyfriend, I get the privilege of telling you.”

“You’re my favorite person.”

“And you’re mine.”

A few hours later, you wash the dishes from dinner – despite Luca’s insistence that he could clean up. He takes the opportunity to do some well-meaning intruding. Your bag is at the table, and Luca waits to take your wallet out until your back is turned. As you focus on the task before you, Luca quickly finds your ID, and takes note of your birthday. He holds it in his mind as he puts your wallet back in its rightful place and then types it into his phone, so he doesn’t risk forgetting. Luca isn't always one for big gestures, giving or receiving, but you deserve a celebration worthy of all the birthdays you’ve missed. You are loved and appreciated, so Luca will show you when your birthday comes. After you leave, Luca looks at the date and realizes that your birthday is less than a week away and that you weren’t going to tell him.

✯✯✯✯✯

Someone is whispering as they touch your face. You roll over to escape the unwelcome attention, but it follows you. When you force yourself to blink your eyes open, Luca smiles above you. 

“Happy Birthday,” he says happily. “Breakfast is cooking, and we’re going to be late. I know I should’ve let you sleep in, but I needed to see my birthday girl.”

“How do you know?” you ask, more alert than you should be for someone who was just woken before you wanted to be. “I didn’t tell you it was my birthday.”

Luca shrugs before he walks away from you and into the kitchen. You sit up and rub your eyes, confused yet intrigued. There isn’t a clear explanation about how he knows your birthday, but he seems so excited that you aren’t inclined to ask more questions.

When you enter the kitchen after getting ready, Luca is plating your favorite breakfast meal. He smiles and sets the pan and spatula down to hug you. You laugh as he spins you because you know that one birthday with Luca will spoil you. Birthdays have never been important to you, perhaps because no one gave you a reason to look forward to one. Luca’s excitement alone is the best gift you could receive.

“Okay, breakfast,” Luca says as he steps back. “And there’s a gift on the table. Happy Birthday.”

“This is too much,” you argue quietly. “You didn’t need-“

“I did. I do need to do this for you because I love you. Okay?”

You nod as Luca kisses your forehead. He taps your hip and reminds you that the food is getting cold. It’s not, and you both know it, but your first "real" birthday can quickly turn awkward if you let it. You sit at Luca’s table, and your eyes widen at the gift beside your plate.

“Is that…” you begin, unsure what to expect or ask.

“A gift,” Luca finishes. “You don’t have to open it now if you don’t want to.”

You nod and lift your fork but stop before you can take a bite of the delicious food before you.

“I can leave you alone while you open it,” Luca offers when he notices your eyes drift to the box.

After you shake your head, you set the fork aside again and pull the box toward you. When the lid is raised, you see a tin case inside. You glance at Luca, and his smile widens. The tin case has your name, Luca’s name, and the year printed on the top. You raise the top slowly and see it is filled with papers, photographs, and ticket stubs. Your relationship is new, yet the box is filled like you’ve been together for years. Each photo has a number and a short note on the back about what has been captured in the image, and the tickets have dates and love letters written around the edges. What truly catches your attention, though, is the short note taped to the inside of the lid.

“I’ve known more love in the short months leading up to your birthday than I thought existed. To every birthday with you and all the love we share.”

You want to thank him, hug him, and kiss him, all at the same time. There’s a knot in your throat, so you can’t do the first. When you lurch out of your seat, Luca reacts quickly. Your arms wrap over his shoulders, and Luca pulls you closer by your waist. As you cling to him, you know two things: you are madly in love with Dominique Luca, and you want to spend every day, birthdays included, with him by your side.

“Thank you,” you whisper. You punctuate your gratitude with a kiss to the corner of his mouth.

“Of course. I love you, and I want to show you, especially today,” Luca replies. “Now, seriously, eat.”

You smile as you return to your seat, and your eyes wander to the open tin as you eat the best meal you’ve had in your life. Luca watches you with a smile because he is glad that he is the one who gets to show you what birthdays should be like and love you every step of the way.

After breakfast, Luca tells you to get dressed. The idea of a surprise party never crosses your mind, and Luca hopes it stays that way. He doesn’t want to go overboard today, so he allows your reaction to his quality time-based birthday with Terry to guide his actions.

“Where are we going?” you ask as Luca helps you into his truck.

“Do you really need to know, or can you give me another chance to surprise you for your birthday?” Luca replies. He taps your thigh before shifting into gear.

“Luca,” you begin. “Why is my birthday such a big deal?”

“Because you are a big deal. I love you, and you are important. My life would be… I don’t know what it would be without you, so this is the most important day of the year to me. And the fact that we started dating so close to your birthday isn’t lost on me.”

“I appreciate it. More than you know.”

“Of course. You’re worth all of it, and you deserve every gift you’ve ever wanted. You deserve all you want and more.”

You bite your lip but can’t hide your smile. Luca chuckles as he continues driving, and you watch his profile as he takes you to the next surprise. Each moment with him makes you think his surprises will be endless, no matter how long you’re together. And you hope that is a very, very long time.

When Luca pulls into a parking lot, you gasp. Your favorite bookstore sits before you, and you expect this is another visit to browse for books. Since you told Luca about your love for reading, he brings you here occasionally to look at new releases and spend time with you. As you reach for the door handle, Luca stops you.

“I have to make a call really quick; I’ll meet you inside?” he explains.

“Sure,” you answer.

While you wait, you meander down the aisle of current bestsellers. You pick up one you haven’t heard of and read the blurb on the back. An arm wraps around your waist while you return it to its rightful place, and you quickly identify it as Luca. You lean against him and continue scanning the shelves for other interesting titles.

“Do you want that one?” Luca asks. “The one you were just looking at?”

“No. I hadn’t heard of it, but it doesn’t sound like something I’d like. And you don’t have to buy me a book just because it’s my birthday.”

Luca chuckles and lets you lead the way through the bookstore. You have to turn down several more offers from him to buy a book you touch, and when you’ve been through every aisle, you return to the truck hand-in-hand with Luca. He opens the passenger door and reveals a large bookstore bag in your seat.

“What is that?” you ask.

“I guess someone broke into the truck and left you a birthday present,” Luca answers.

You turn to face him, and Luca starts to panic at the teary look in your eyes. When you hug him, he sighs and pulls you closer. 

“I told you-“

“And I told you,” Luca interjects, “That you are worth being celebrated. I hope you like it.”

You open the bag and inhale sharply at the sight. There’s not one, or even two, books. It is an entire series, a series that you told Luca about during one of your first visits to the bookstore. You’ve been wanting it for a while but couldn’t find it or couldn’t afford it when you did find a bundle. After talking about it – probably too much – you’re not surprised that Luca remembered, but touched that he cared enough to find the exact box set you showed him and buy it. 

You can’t thank him again, so you give him another hug instead. After you murmur that it is the best gift you’ve ever received and the best birthday you’ve ever had, you let Luca help you into the cab and hold the bag tight to your chest.

“One more stop and then we can go back home,” Luca says as he starts the engine.

“I don’t think I can take another surprise,” you say.

Luca simply smiles, and you decide that maybe his surprises are worth it. After driving through Los Angeles traffic, he stops outside a jewelry store but makes no move to exit the truck. A gift bag is hidden under his seat, and Luca pulls it out and hands it to you with a smile.

“Luca,” you say softly. You remove the tissue paper and reach a jewelry box. “I can’t accept this.”

“You didn’t even open it,” Luca argues.

“It’s too expensive.”

“Humor me,” Luca requests as he slides across the bench seat to be closer to you. “And open it. If you still feel that way, I’ll look into returning it.”

The chain inside the box is minimalistic but beautiful. However, you tilt the box, and another slightly thicker chain slides out. You look up at Luca, then at the jewelry store.

“Are these what I think they are?” you ask as you raise the smaller chain. The links look a bit like the letter L, and you hope you’re right about what it’s meant to symbolize.

“They’re forever bracelets. And if you want to say no, I get it.”

“I want it,” you interrupt.

“Good,” Luca replies with a wide smile. “I thought it might be a bit too soon for a ring, but I want you to have something to remember that I am here, that I will love you and be with you today, next year, for every birthday and day between until I die.”

You follow Luca into the jewelry store and hold his hand as you have the chain secured to your wrist. Luca guarantees that he checked, and it won’t be an issue with his position on S.W.A.T., and you fall a bit deeper in love with him.

✯✯✯✯✯

Luca is a liar and makes one more surprise stop at your favorite clothing store. He tells you to find an outfit you love and happily pays for it despite your best efforts to beat him to it. When you return to his house, he asks you to model it, and you reluctantly agree.

“Beautiful,” Luca announces when you exit.

“Thank you. Again,” you reply.

“Oh, the outfit’s nice, too.”

You laugh as Luca pulls you into his arms. He tells you that you deserve better than his cooking for your birthday, and although you disagree, you’d do just about anything he asked right now. So, you get back in his truck and watch him as he drives to an outdoor café.

When you step onto the well-lit patio, you expect a romantic dinner with Luca to end your perfect birthday. However, Luca has been taking advantage of your lack of suspicion since you’re not used to being celebrated and receiving attention and gifts. When 20-David and several of your friends jump out and yell “Surprise,” you immediately turn toward Luca. You are separated as people approach you with gifts and birthday wishes, but you stay aware of where Luca is in the small crowd. It is the first time you are being celebrated by the people you love, and you know that Luca is responsible for all of it. You'll never be able to thank him enough, but you love him, which is what matters.

The surprise party is fun, but the moment it ends, you happily leave with Luca and collapse at his house. Once you are sitting on his couch, in the same position as when the surprise idea came to Luca, you thank him again.

“Stop thanking me,” he says softly. “You are important to me, so your birthday is special. Celebrating you isn’t something I need to be thanked for, I do it because I love you, and I love doing it.”

“You’re being extra romantic today,” you muse.

Luca smiles as you turn against his chest. “It’s the most important day of the year.”

“You can’t go this big every year, I won’t be able to take it. Maybe your gift next year can be a day off or something.”

Luca hums, and you know he’s planning to go even bigger.

“Is there anything you’ve really wanted?” Luca asks. “In the past, was there something you wanted but have never gotten?”

You lean back and hold Luca’s shoulders as you look into his eyes. “Honestly?” Luca nods, so you continue, “I got tired of asking for things that I knew no one cared enough to give. Or there was just no one around to ask. I mean, I never asked for anything big, but eventually even the little stuff is disappointing. One year, I just asked my friends to come over and hang out and they didn’t even do that. So, I guess I’d say having someone spend time with me just because. But you gave me that today.”

Luca frowns as you answer and vows to himself to make every birthday special. He decides to lighten the mood for now, though, and points out, “Your birthday isn’t even over yet. We have, like, two hours to spend together.”

You roll your eyes, completely in love with Luca and excited at the prospect of being with him for the rest of your life. When he pulls you into a sudden kiss, you don’t fight it, but continue enjoying the best gift you’ve ever received: time with Luca, and his affection certainly doesn’t hurt.

“I promise,” Luca whispers between kisses, “to make your birthday wishes come true for many years.”

“I love you,” you reply. It’s short, but the sentiment perfectly conveys to Luca just how much today meant to you. “And if you really want to spend the next two hours with me, you should get comfortable, because I’ve got new books to start.”

Luca holds you against his chest and asks, “What if I told you my birthday wish is more kisses?”

You ponder the question for less than ten seconds before leaning in again. Though your relationship with Luca is still new, there is no chance that things will ever grow boring. As you ring in another year of you with Luca, you begin brainstorming how to make his birthday as special as he made yours.

[chrishoughton]

hi chris its been like 2 years since my big city greens hyperfixation and i decided to go back on tumblr because twitter sucks

I honestly miss the days where I sat there in my room, binge watching the shows again and again, mentioning it to my friends every 2 minutes and always getting excited when i see terry and alexander (cuz being gay and a teen was hard)

seeing your tumblr against was a blast of nostalgia, i would constantly scroll through this page and waiting for more updates...

big city greens had a huge positive impact on my teenage life and i love the show a lot, you and shane are awesome (and thanks for creating alexander and terry)

Aw man, what a sweet message. I haven't been posting on Tumblr as much these days but I'm glad to hear the old posts still have some value. I'm thrilled to hear you've enjoyed BCG- thank you!

[spaghettificationandpretzels]

Hello !!! Can I ask for Terry with this prompt "I'm pretty sure I've discovered a new species of roach, can you come over and kill it for me?" ? With or without a smut, you decide ! Congrats again for yours 1000 followers ❤️❤️

Masterlist

I am Australian, our bugs are made of different stuff.

The Bathroom Roach

Contains: Fluff, cockroaches, smut.

1.7K words

There are approximately 4,000 species of cockroaches in the world, and only about four of them are found in North America.

All you wanted was a long, hot shower after work, but clearly, that was too much to ask for. You saw it the moment you pulled back the shower curtain, a great big cockroach with white stripes down its wings and long spindly antennas.

You didn't scream, there was no reason to, you were much bigger and smarter than the bug and would defeat it and enjoy your shower. Or so you thought because, by the time you had returned from getting bug spray, the thing had moved.

You looked around the bathroom, but the monster roach had found you first and with one wrong move, it was flying at your face.

You did the only thing you could think of and called your boyfriend, hoping he would take mercy on you and leave work early to come and kill it. The phone rang, and Terry answered happily, the sound of traffic filtering behind his voice, "What can I do for you Doll? I'm just in traffic heading home now."

"I'm pretty sure I've discovered a new species of roach, can you come over and kill it for me?" You had never seen anything like it before, not even on the subway after midnight.

He sounded amused, "Sure Doll, give me fifteen minutes and I'll be there."

"Don't laugh Terry, it's the size of a house and flew at me. I'm pretty sure it's an invasive species." You could understand why he was chuckling under his breath, you were always the one to leave the harmless spider in the corner so this was out of character.

He sighed, "It's New York gorgeous, it probably just drunk sewer water."

You sat posed with the can pointed at the door in your hand, "Well hurry, it might eat me if you take too long."

Terry's horn beeped, "I'll be there soon."

****

You heard Terry's key in the door, and then he was kicking off his shoes and running into the bedroom, "Hey y/n." He came closer, bending down to peck your cheek and taking the can from your hand, "Was it so bad that you had to stay in a towel?"

You blinked, "Being butt naked is the last thing on my mind."

He chuckled, "Alright then, I'll go kill this thing then you can have a shower and I'll order takeout. How does that sound?"

You nodded, "Yeah, ok, please hurry." Terry wielded the can like a gun, closing the door so the strong smelling spray stayed in the bathroom. It took a few minutes before you heard Terry let out a string of curses then there was the dull sound of soft thuds.

He came out moments later, his eyes wide and his face pale, "I take it back Doll, that thing was huge."

Your eyes went wide, "Is it dead?"

He nodded, "Very. I'm gonna go get your disinfect and clean up for you, I may have gone a bit overboard trying to bludgeon it with your hand soap and it's gone everywhere."

"Did the spray not…."

Terry shook his head, "Nope, it just made it mad."

You waited while Terry cleaned up, the breeze for the window he must have opened filling the air with the smell of your split soap. He was done in a flash, spinning around on his heel with a smile, "All done gorgeous, the shower is all yours."

You grinned and stepped towards him, "Thank you, my brave knight. As a thank you, I'll even let you get whatever you want, and then maybe later tonight we can.." You raised an eyebrow and let the thought dangle.

"That's fair. Go clean up, you look cold." He could see the gooseflesh on your skin, and his warm hand on your forearm made you realise how cold you were.

You smiled and pecked his cheek, "Thank you Terry, you are wonderful."

He smiled and returned the gesture, his bread scratching your skin, "Anything for you Doll."

****

Terry ordered Pizza for dinner, traditional for you and meat lovers for him. He even got Pana Cota for dessert. You were cuddling on the couch, watching some action movie while Terry stroked your hair. The film wound down and you stood up and stretched out your hand, "It's late my love, shall we take this to the bedroom."

Terry smiled, "I'd like that." He took your hand and followed you to the bedroom, his smile turning to a grin as you locked the door behind him.

You pressed your lips to his neck, and Terry's hand rested on your shoulder as your fingers gripped the hem of his shirt. He helped you pull it over his head, and your lips moved from his neck to his chest, kissing the dusting of hair before your hand slid down his body to cup his half hard cock.

Terry groaned as you made your way lower, stopping to lick his skin ever so often until you were on your knees before him. His hands held your head as you pecked down his happy trail, his pants following his boxers to the floor as his cock sprung free, "If a bug in my bathroom leads to this, I'm happy."

Terry chuckled, "You and me both." You kept eye contact as you licked a stripe from tip to base and back again and his thumb stroked your cheek lovingly. You kitten licked the tip until his breathing picked up and took him into your mouth, focusing on the head as Terry groaned.

"That's is Doll, you're so fucking good at that." His voice was tight and you took that as a sign to take him deeper while one hand went to his hip and the other went to play with his balls.

Terry's jaw clenched and he locked his knees as you rolled his balls in your hand, "Fucking hell, you're going to kill me one day."

You gave him an mmhhh and a quiet fuck slipped through his lips. You pulled back and returned to the kitten licks, Terry chuckling as you looked up at him with mischief in your eyes, "I thought you were thanking me."

You smiled up at him, "I am don't worry." You made him eat his words as you took him down as far as you could and Terry did all he could so stop himself from doubling over.

He felt the edge approach in a growing wave and tapped your cheek to warn you, moaning gratefully when you stayed where you were. It happened from one breath to another, the climax overtaking him in a rush as you held his balls closer to his body.

You pulled back and wiped your mouth with the back of your hand and Terry helped you up with a sleepy grin, "You are amazing Doll."

His nose bumped yours as he kissed you, unfazed by his taste on your lips, "I love you."

He pulled you closer, lust coming over his face again, "I love you too, now can I make you feel good?"

"Yes please." He led you to the bed and ran a hand from your neck to the hem of your shirt, pulling it over your head and taking you in with hooded eyes, "You are the most beautiful woman I've ever seen."

You went to respond but he kissed your words away and slid both hands down your body to pull down your sleep shirt. He stepped towards the bed and your legs bent as the backs of your knees hit the edge, "My mouth or my fingers?"

"Your fingers please." You shuffled up the bed and laid on your side, waiting for Terry to follow you. He threw your leg over his hip and took your face his hand, pulling you in a kiss as his hand slid off your cheek and down your body. He stopped to his brush his thumb over your nipple and swallowed your grasp as he rolled it in his fingers.

His hand moved from your breast to your waist and then your hip and he paused before he reached your centre, "Can I?"

You nodded, "Yes please." He pulled your closer before his fingers slid through your wet slit and Terry grunted when you bucked your hips towards his hand.

"I love you so much y/n." His lips found yours as he slid one then two fingers inside you and his thumb found your clit. He started slow at first, seeking out your G-spot with skilful fingers as his thumb circled in a way he knew would make you see stars.

His voice was soft as he spoke against your lips, "You're so good for me, I love you so much."

"I love you too Terry." He stroked your G-spot and with two more circles of his fingers, you were clenching your him with a moan.

He worked you down slowly, his fingers gradually stopping as you caught your breath. "You good Doll?" You nodded and he pulled his hand away, taking his fingers into his mouth with a groan, "I am one lucky man."

You sighed, "Hey, I'm pretty lucky too." He hopped up and headed to the bathroom, returned with a cloth to clean you up and smiled against your skin as you wove your hands into his hair, still damp from his earlier shower to kiss him, "You ready for bed?"

He shook his head softly, threw the towel in the hamper, and slid into bed next to you, "Move in with me."

You huffed, "We've been over this before Terry, your rich WASPS neighbours are worse than the rats and roaches."

Terry pulled you close and buried his face in your neck, "And not coming home to you is even worse than that. You know you won't regret it."

You sighed, "Alright, it's not like it was going to take much convincing, aside from your neighbours, I do like you place."

Terry grinned, "That's what I wanted to hear." He reached over and switched off the light and darkness filled the room.

You pressed your lips to his, and Terry pulled you as close as you could get, "Goodnight Doll, I love you."

"Goodnight Terry, I love you too."

Fin

[toxicanonymity]

i miss when you used to write mostly for michael 😭 

Aww 🥺 I'm sorry boo 💕. I have to say it's kind of addictive having a blorbo that speaks lol. I could never bear the thought of making Michael Myers talk.

But here's an unconventional, possibly blasphemous scenario for you. Scream 6 got me thinking about what Michael would look like with a big gun. I think it would be hot, even if he didn't shoot it.

500 / Michael Myers x GN reader / canon typical explicit violence, brief noncon. @wolvesandvampires @rebel-blue @ethanhoewke

It's the Prevo auto yard blood bath.  Michael shows up to take his mask back from Corey before the action really gets started.  He forces Corey to his knees and yanks the mask off his head, pulling his hair in the process which only turns Corey on, making him beg to suck Michael's dick.  Michael can't be bothered, though.  Michael puts his mask back on, leaves Corey on his knees, and goes to the Prevo office.  

Meanwhile, you and the band kids are waiting on Terry to get back with help.  Terry and Ronald walk out of the office, each of them holding shotguns.  Michael disarms Terry first, knocks him out with it, then calmly, expertly aims the shotgun at Ronald and fires a warning shot near Ronald's head.  Ronald fires back, sounding Michael in the shoulder, but Michael is unphased.  Before Ronald can reload, Michael grabs his gun as well.  Michael is so imposing and dangerous that Ronald doesn't even try to fight back.  Michael hits Ronald in the throat with the butt of the shotgun and while Ronald is choking, Michael hits him again, crushing Ronald's windpipe. 

Now Michael has two shotguns, one over each shoulder, a finger on each trigger, and when he comes into view he's even huger than people say. Tall asf, plough horse shoulders, biceps like tree trunks. Tight jumpsuit, huge bulge. Your friends run but you stand by the tow truck frozen. He discards one of the guns and slowly walks toward you holding the other long gun.  You cower onto the ground. 

Michael points the gun at you and keeps it aimed at you as he walks by, as though to say "stay put." Then he effortlessly catches up with your friends who are fruitlessly trying to climb the fence.  He throws the gun over the fence then easily  pries your friends off the fence at the same time like a couple of kittens, one in each massive hand. Throws one to the ground while he holds up the otherx takes out his knife and slits their throat. After finishing them both off, Michael returns to you, the blood of your friends dripping off the knife as he slowly approaches.  You're still huddled on the ground against the tow truck.

Michael grabs your shirt and pulls you up to your feet by it.  He doesn't let go of your shirt once you're standing. He holds it taut and uses his other hand to slice it open with his knife. 

Then he uses the point of the knife to pop the button off your jeans.  You're so turned on you move to help take your jeans down but Michael huffs and pins your arms above your head. Fortunately you're aroused by the time he pulls your jeans down, unzips himself and shoves his monster cock into you.  He holds both your wrists up against the truck in one massive hand as he rails you. With his armpit in your face you inhale him the whole time, a scent you'll never forget.  Corey is watching and listening, jacking off out of view.

-

engagement really means a lot to me, i know not all fandoms are as engaged as others but comments can go a long way for motivation

[solaroppositesyaoi]

Hold on ,,, i kinda fell out of the fandom a while ago

Is Tervo canon now?? Like... earnest canon? Not just in that limbo between homophobic jokes and queerbaiting but like... Actual committed, loving relationship that they're both working on and they don't just sometimes kiss for laughs?

Because in that case i might start watching again

(I fell off just before the christmas special)

OH BOY ANON YOU JUST ACTIVATED MY AUTISM

So the short answer is yes though not 100% and I understand if that’s not what you’re looking for but if you have time you can listen to me go off:

So they pretty much do everything except stare directly at the audience and announce that their in a relationship but the show pretty much tells us they’re in relationship

We’ll start with the Christmas Special since you stopped there.

There’s only one “tervo” scene where Terry reveals he’s been practicing punching for Korvo’s Christmas present and they share a kiss which is the best kiss we’ve gotten from them.

It’s very sweet

Now onto s3

I’m linking my own video if you want to watch the scenes yourself but don’t worry I’m gonna break into them: link to video

There’s a lot of little things through out the season the word “husband” is thrown around a lot, in episode 2 Terry refers to Korvo as babe a personal fave of mine. There’s also huge implications they’re having sex with each other which you know helps.

The main episodes with the biggest Tervo moments are episode 3 The Pupas Big Day and episode 8 The Cubic Lattice Crystallizer

The Pupa’s Big Day features jealous Korvo in the best possible way (this is my personally favorite episode in the series by the way)

I don’t want to ruin the episodes for you but Terry is buddy buddy with a new character and it drives Korvo crazy. In the end the episode ends with with this line:

Tervo for the soul

The Cubic Lattice Crystallizer starts well with this:

After the fam goes on vacation and a few shenanigans happens until Terry and Korvo end up a museum of betrayals which features an animatronic of Korvo getting banged by Chris the red goobler

This sets off Terry who shows quite a bit a jealousy from the situation I’m not going to show it cause of tumblr’s nsfw rules but the animatronic says something along the lines

“I’m coming harder than I do with Terry”

The final scene I want to talk about come from the season finale The Fog of Pupa. Ms. Frankie reveals the cunnilingus Korvo gave her in the s2 finale and Terry give him this look:

It’s just screams Terry’s pissed at Korvo for this but why would he be if they weren’t in a relationship??

Outside that we have the Halloween special where it’s revealed Korvo gave Terry bj coupons for Valentines Day

Cute

Also found this excerpt article with Mike McMahan (here’s a link for the entire article)

In the s4 preview (youtube link) Terry pretty much is the sole reason Korvo is British now because it made him horny, he also calls Korvo sweetie in the clip.

We also have a Valentines episode to look forward too which a lot of people are speculating a tervo wedding as “something big” is suppose to happen to two characters hmmm…..

So are they in a relationship? I like to think so but I’m also autistic and a little insane and I eat up all the scraps they give me. Maybe I’m delusional but i feel there’s a ton of evidence here. If you think this is just queerbait material I understand but I think it’s pretty clear they’re in love with each other. Either way I can't wait for s4 and more tervo content for me to tear into and analyze the death.

Anyway thanks for sticking with me here and I hope this answered your question!

[cartoonfanaticmonsterrobotalien]

Solar Opposites in: Solar Monsters (by @avaveevo)

Prologue

20th Century Fox Opening Titles Plays as it fades to black

dramatic title horrifying music plays

Hulu and 20th Century Fox Presents

A Hulu Original Movie

A 20th Century Television Animation Production

Planet Shlorp: 13 Years ago….

Thirteen years ago, on Planet Shlorp, as the sunsets, Terry was walking around Shlorp carrying something underneath a blanket, with a depressed but sleepy look on his face as he looks around the other Shlorpians, who glare at him blanks and whisper some things about him. Terry takes a deep breath and walks away. Then, a little green hand touch his face while a cooing sound of a baby is heard underneath the blanket.

Terry: Hey there, Jesse. There’s my sweet sprout. pulls the blanket to reveal baby Jesse cooing Aren’t you hungry? You want some juices when we get back. ‘Cause I know you would.

Baby Jesse: giggling

But then, a group of colleagues stare at him blankly and death stare at him while whispering some things about Terry.

Purple Male Shlorpian: What a freak.

Blue Male Shlorpian: I know. What a stupid bitch.

Light Green Female Shlorpian: I can tell.

Yellow Female Shlorpian: His sproutling is ugly like him.

Pale Tan Male Shlorpian: What a loser.

Forest Green Male Shlorpian: Fucking idiot.

Light Red Male Shlorpian: I heard Terry broke the quantum defibrillator.

Terry then feels a headache as he starts breathing and out. Then, his eyes starts to flash orange as he heads baby Jesse close to his heartbeat as she coos and his skin begins to shade in shadow black. Terry begin to have a panic attack as Shlorpians began to mock him.

Pink Female Shlorpian: Dumbass motherfucker!

Ocean Blue Male Shlorpian: Goddamn wimp!

Kale Female Shlorpian: Lazy piece of shit.

As more and more hurtful words continue to haunt Terry’s head, he keeps breathing in and out as he sets Jesse down as she started to whimper. But then…

Maroon Male Shlorpian: I bet he’s gonna die on Shlorp when it get blown up someday!

Terry suddenly snarls like an animal as the whole scene goes orange as his fingers suddenly became sharp as it screeches the floor and his eyes glow orange and his voice suddenly becomes deeper.

Terry: Shut up. Shut up! Distorted SHUT UP!

A large shadow appears behind the Shlorpians as a fruit stand was thrown at them as the Shlorpians gasp upon seeing a big shadow and runs away from the creature. It was a monster, a giant horn monster that has been here for years. The monster heads to baby Jesse as she begins to cry. Before the monster could attack, an unknown giant thing pummeled the beast as a roar was heard and the thing’s hand grabs the monster as the monster yowls. Monster fighting and growling sounds were heard as a huge splash of some kind of Gorey mess was spewed as baby Jesse continue crying.

Monsters: roaring and fighting

Baby Jesse: wailing

The sounds ended once the scene grows dark and baby Jesse continues crying. Something starts approach baby Jesse as a huge shadow with monstrous eyes appeared beneath her as she cry louder but then it shrinks down as it shows a pair of green somehow maimed arms and hands appear and picks her up. It was Terry, but in a ruined robe and ruined pair of shoes as he starts soothing baby Jesse.

Terry: Oh no no. Don’t cry. Terry’s here. You’re okay. Shh.

As Terry soothes Jesse, she stops wailing and looks up Terry as she weeps.

Terry: Aw. I know. Shh shh.

Baby Jesse stop crying once Terry looks at her while smiling. Baby Jesse starts giggling as she picks Terry’s finger with her tiny baby hands.

Baby Jesse: happy squeal

Terry: Aw. A little squeeze. Aaah! Wow. Little baby strength. Just like her adult.

Baby Jesse then starts babbling as Terry begins to walk again but then, bumps into a Shlorpian (Korvo) carrying a cooing sproutling (Yumyulack) in a baby carrier on his chest. Despite that; the Shlorpian continue to walk away while looking down his somehow icy aquamarine shaded finger tips as Terry looks on.

Terry: Oof. Oh sorry. Didn’t see you there.

???: It’s alright.

Suddenly, Terry felt something as he looks at the Shlorpian carrying darble fruit while walking away and soothing his sproutling. Inspired by this: https://youtu.be/Z5QnhXbfZaE?si=u1DvpkFuIT7Sia6c

Terry then sees his apartment and heads there while depression dawns on his face. Later, at his apartment, Terry, in his Shlorpian sleep robe, starts rocking baby Jesse to sleep as he smiles at his baby sproutling.

Terry: Alright you adorable little sprout. Bedtime. puts Jesse in her sleeping chamber as he puts her blanket on her as she coos in her sleep Nighty night. kisses her on the forehead

Baby Jesse: sleeping cooing

Baby Jesse begin to suck her thumb as she falls asleep peacefully. But as Terry looks back at his baby sproutling while smiling, his face then saddens as he approaches his bed.

Terry: sighing sadly

He then gets out a journal that is titled, “Things Other Shlorpians Say About Me Today” and writes down in it with a pen. As he writes down some words. That are actually very heartbreaking like, “Terry’s not good enough”, “what a dumbass” and “A fucked up screw up”, tears stream down Terry’s eyes like a waterfall as he weeps silently without a sound. He then closes the journal and puts it on his bedside as he began head to bed and looks at Shlorp’s city on his window in tears.

Terry: quietly Fucking goddamnit!

Terry then looks down sadly with a thought as he began to shut his eyes as he weeps silently with tears streaming down emotionally like this:

As he closes his eyes with a blurry vision, they then reopen to…

13 years later…

Where it shows Korvo, but naked, sleeping while smiling in his sleep. Terry, also naked, rubs Korvo’s head softly as he smiles and looks down at his wedding ring. He looks around the room and looks around at photos of him, his family, their friends, frenemies and honorary family members. Terry then lays down at his pillow side, turns to Korvo and kiss him on the lips as Korvo wakes up as he yawns and sees Terry as he smiles.

Terry: Morning, baby.

Korvo: Mmm, good morning...

The two alien husbands then starts kissing away. Then, Yumyulack, Jesse, Pupa and Sonya barged in here while throwing pillows at each other while shouting and laughing.

Korvo: What the fuck?! Kids?! What is going on?!

Sonya: Prepare to meet your makers Yumyulack!

Yumyulack: In your dreams! Jesse is mine!

Jesse: Fuck you! No way jose!

Pupa: Pillow fight!

The children then start laughing as Korvo and Terry smiled and shook their heads at their kids playing.

Korvo: chuckling Alright alright. That's enough. Time to get ready for school.

Yumyulack, Jesse, Pupa and Sonya: Aaaw. Aw man. No fair. Boo. Aw fuck. This sucks. Screw school!

Korvo: Now now kids. I know you hate this, but it’s part of our lives now. And besides, Terry and are I hanging out at the city today, doing some smooching.

Yumyulack: Aw fuck. Ew. Why?

Jesse and Sonya: Ew. Gross. Why guys? Why?!

Pupa: Eeee.

Yumyulack, Jesse, Sonya and Pupa: We’ll get ready!

As the kids left while laughing, Korvo and Terry smiled at each other and kiss.

Korvo: You sure you can handle golf today?

Terry: Honey, relax. I’m sure I got this all under control. This wrist have been tighten. kisses his wrist Well, better get ready. Today is gonna be busy for the two of us.

Korvo: laughs Okay darling. kisses Terry on the cheek

A few minutes later, Terry has finished getting ready in his normal form after finishing brushing his teeth and putting on his clothe and deodorant while listening to “Once in A Lifetime” from Talking Heads on his phone:

Then, Terry turns into his human form as he smiles and prepares to comb his hair after he takes a deep breath and smiles.

Human Terry: Same as it ever was…

As he combs his hair, the titles plays it shows the titles…

Solar Opposites in:

Solar Monsters

The title the becomes monstrous as it pans out to the bus human Korvo and human Terry are in.

[terrence-silver]

Terry and beloved going to buy a pet snake 🐍

---

A pet.

A pet will do, Terry tells himself.

Yes, he wanted to tie you to himself through something --- someone. Attaching you to himself through the obligation of raising a sentient, living thing, a creature, an animal, a beast, however coldblooded, with him. Key emphasis on the 'with him' part. Terry knew, in fact, he was convinced, that a snake wouldn't begrudge being used as a tactical placeholder, in fact, if a snake had the capacity to understand his plans and his intent, it would support him in its own reptilian way, finding relatability in him being territorial. Claiming what he wanted, in whatever way he could, even through the act of making you responsible for something you adopted with him. What was more natural, after all? More primal? More snake-like, ironically? Than him going out with you and pinning a being on you, convincing you that you and him needed this and that you would raise it, like a team? Like a twosome? Like an unit?

Like a brood?

An interlude of sorts, for far greater things.

An interlude into him endowing you with a progeny of his own.

But, Terry needed hooks to achieve ultimate control. As many hooks as he could fasten into you first. Hooks comprised of various things; Items. Material goods. Promises. Acts of service. His own love. Pets. Whatever else came to mind along the way. Why not? He needed so many tentacles in you until you were a fly in his net, limbs moving according to the tugging on the strings coiled around his fingers. A robot.

-"I don't know. It's a big commitment."-

He remembers to comment strategically, trying to sound like the reasonable everyman while he played with the sapphire on his pinkie finger in a feigned sense of calculation, overlooking the transparent terrarium exhibits, attempting to act like he was the hesitant party here, following your every move, every gaze, every blink of your eye. Yes. It was a big commitment. That's precisely why Terry wanted a snake. Exactly because it was a huge commitment. If you were too busy tending the pet, feeding it, cleaning its habitat, socializing it, caring for it, would you really have time for much else? Except for him, of course? He figured you wouldn't. With the San Fernando Wild Life Center left closed to the public for the hour to allow you and him undisputed space and time to browse, he more or less ushers you towards snake he figured was most high maintenance out of the bunch, although, all the terrarium dwellers were. That was the point here. The agenda. He donated to this center multiple times over the years. The least they could do is obey when his people phoned them explaining precisely which snakes should be brought forward for your viewing pleasure. The curators stand on ready, diligently, when your attention lands on the exact snake Terry knew your attention would land on.

Beautiful colors.

Admirable size.

Apex predator in a glass cage.

Most importantly, required exuberant amounts of care.

Perfect.

Ensuring you'd be well-occupied for...well...for years, undoubtedly.

-"A red tail Coral snake. You like that one, don't you?"-

He interjects, knowingly, standing beside you, recognizing the particular breed on sight. Maintaining this species in captivity is very difficult because it refused to feed, which meant, it would be a task you'd have to take up daily. Every day. It is hard to keep his lips from quirking up into a half smile. Almost on cue, you speak up, amazed; -"Terry. Its so beautiful."- You coo with the uniformed, silent curator with white gloves taking this as a sign to remove the multicolored serpent from its terrarium and carefully hand it to you, letting you hold it. Yeah, it was a sealed deal. You've made your choice, or rather, Terry made it for you. He nods to the assistants surrounding him. Yeah. That one. You've chosen that one. Its highly neurotoxic venom is known to cause seizures in its prey by activating nerve proteins responsible for seizures within it, but this one? This one, with its natural venom removed was perfectly docile and perfectly safe to handle by you. Another thing he made sure was done according to his desires. Regardless, Terry liked to imagine the snake would understand. That the snake would get it. That they got each other, in fact, like two likeminded individuals. That they were in on this together in some weird way, as he watched you handle it, fingers caressing crimson scales, observing the snake's yellow eyes, the flickering of its tongue.

Terry bows his head ever so slightly, smiling.

The curator and the assistants take it as a wordless sign that Mr. Silver would be making this particular purchase of this particular animal, scattering around to quickly prepare the paperwork necessary, operating like a well-tuned machine, and you, taken with the pet...well, you might've thought he was agreeing with your choice. Oh, not that he wasn't. Not at all. You choose a perfectly complicated animal to fill your days with and all the hours between dedicating yourself to him, unknowingly, but that tiny bow --- that was for the snake itself --- a kindred animal; a one of great many invisible hooks fastened into you, holding firmly, attaching you to him, by any means necessary, however minute, miniscule, mundane. The three M's.

Sometimes, a man does bullshit like that when he's in love.

[larabiatasstuff]

Hears a question for you! Out of your favourite characters, what do you think they would buy you for your birthday? X

Thank you so much for your question anon, I'll gladly answer this for you 🖤

Terry is a very observant person and boyfriend. He knows what you like and if you like to celebrate your birthday. I'm a person that doesn't celebrate her birthday so he would prepare a wonderful, romantic dinner at home. Lighting candles and the fireplace. He would definitely buy a huge bouquet of roses and get a present his girlfriend mentioned in past conversations. To show her he listens and cares about her.

That man is over the top when it comes to spoil his girlfriend. He'd make a reservation at a expensive restaurant, would make sure they have the terrace for themselves maybe pays someone to play romantic music while having dinner and of course he'd buy her a ring or some other kind of jewelry. That is his love language.

Max has plans big plans but since he's such an energetic guy not everything goes as planned. When she comes home on her birthday, the kitchen is a chaos and Max is covered in flour. She couldn't be mad at him cause he bought her the sweetest present. Something personal like a necklace with your names and the date you got together and a huge teddy bear along with your favourite chocolates and flowers.

Cash wants to do something special for you on your birthday. A little getaway over the weekend, getting away from the loud city spending some quality time together. He would work overtime and make sure that everything is prepared for your arrival. Your favourite flowers on the table, a nice card where he expresses his love for you and a little present maybe the earrings you talked about the whole time.

Your birthday would be the perfect day for him to show you how much he loves you and how much he wants to be with you. You always argued about his job, how he is never home and you never have a family together if nothing changes. He would prepare a romantic dinner at your favourite place at the beach, under the stars. After dinner you'd go for a lovely walk ad when you least expect it he goes down on one knee and proposes to you. He would put a beautiful ring on your finger and promise that from now on he'd be more present and that he wants to start a family with you.

He's the most romantic man in the whole world. For him age doesn't matter but he knows how important your birthday for you is. You'd have a wonderful evening at his mansion, low music playing in the background, having dinner and dancing slowly. It would be important for him to show you that he belongs to you and you only. He'd gift you a necklace with a bright red stone which contains a little bit of his blood so you have always something of him with you even when he can't be with you himself.

He'd make sure you have the day to yourself away from the other men, having a nice picnic near a river with a waterfall. You're incredibly important and special to him so he would gift you something he made by himself. A dagger with something romantic carved in it's handle for example. And you'd absolutely love it.

[regaliasonata]

How about some Cam/Shane headcanons?

Also for @estel-eruantien @mo-ok @skyland2703

Cam/Shane

🌪☀️Power Wise☀️🌪

-Headcanon wise I picture Cam having the element of Heat in broad sense. Basically he's a resourceful individual who tries to get the job done and being descended from some pretty strong individual I could see this as his powers. With heat it could be associated with warmth, life, solar aspects etc within the universe or even spiritually.

-On some occasions when alone with Shane he'd create miniature sun's around them just for the scenery, sometimes it would get out of hand with Shane tried to use them as dodgeballs against Dustin and Blake.

-Shane's learned to levitate and despite this he actually has a bit of a fear of heights. Bringing Cam around can aid with overcoming this.

-fusing their powers together they can make a rainbow effect with light that can burn literally anything or even affects the weather.

-Due to the their abilities mixing they had to stay away from some of the water oriented areas in the academy as evaporation kept angering said students, including Tori who nearly tried to drown Shane on one occasion.

✏️Headcanon wise✏️

-Cam has come to terms with himself being gay, the academy is very accepting but when feelings developed for Shane he saw how his skater friends were and felt a bit self conscious.

-Shane pretty much sees himself as pansexual, free as the wind and really aligns with anything. He won't mind telling someone off if they decide to be an asshole.

-Cam has...a small thing with wearing Shane's clothes. He likes how big they are on him but also Cyber Cam has influenced him a bit with experimenting in fashion, Blake like the eccentric dude he is got Cam a black sleevless turtleneck which Cam wears under his uniform for flexibility. That with the fingerless arm sleeves is a huge turn on for Shane, especially in civilian fights when Cam decides to get serious in the gear to fight off enemies.

-Cam's never done any extreme hobbies so Cyber Cam helped him get into skateboarding to impress Shane. He fell on his knees making a scene by accident and scraped his leg, Shane decided to help him out and the practice sessions tuned into dates.

-Family wise from his mother's side Cam was brought in a few times after getting the Samurai Amulet and constantly had to tend to duties or keep up a political image to please them. This really made him feel inferior in some ways as Cam thought he wasn't living up to his mother's legacy, one of the uncles on that side of family said something regarding his mother's worth and how Cam was probably the biggest failure to them, this caused Shane and Kanoi on a visit to get into a screaming match with the dude and the red ranger punched Cam's uncle. He was banned from the estate but Cam appreciated the sentiment.

-Not being able to do ninja activities really messed with Cam's self esteem. This has been a lasting effect in his life as he feels useless at times, Shane being the leader and his boyfriend comforts the green ranger when he cries alone at Ninja Ops.

-Despite some of Miko's family, like his mother not everyone thinks the same as Cam has two cousins on his father's side, Terry and Mia Watanabe who he reached out to. The siblings are pretty amazing, Both Mia and Shane have slight competitions on their air related abilities. Terry with the help of his guitar aided Cam in a birthday celebration where he played the Lightning Riff Blaster shamisen for Shane.

-Shane enjoys taking Cam out to the city whenever he can so they can try new food, despite Cam's willingness to whip up something at the base he has to admit some of the desserts Blue Bay Harbor has to offer taste delicious.

-being the sort of second mentor Cam has a few moments of burn out and in their private time he asks Shane to take control. Red is always willing to help out in anyway possible and finds it's cute how Cam can surrender to him.

-Shane finds it funny how Cam is a bit shorter than him, literally he's like an angry cat. Sometimes Cam purrs in his sleep and curls up next to the red ranger, plenty of him to go around.

-Cam is a bit sensitive to loud noises, this might be a side effect to his creation element and perceiving all type applications of the aspect from explosions subatomically etc. Shane took a course on vibration techniques to make their rooms less sound reflective in a sense just to help Cam with such issues...it was a year long course but literally Cam cried when the red ranger revealed this to him, probably the sweetest thing someone's ever done for him.

-Marah and Kapri constantly threaten to hurt Shane if he ever betrays him, of course he'd never do such a thing but Cam literally is always seen as a little brother in their eyes.

-during Watanabe family dinners where Cam brings Shane to the estate the red ranger has to endure the craziness of Marah, Kapri and Kanoi as something always starts up to the point of food getting all over the place. In a scenario where Lothor turned good it just gets even more hectic and Cam just takes Shane upstairs to avoid the nonsense.

-Shane's odd responsibility comes from being raised mainly with his own brother. Their parents aren't really in the picture so both had to step up together, he's pretty selfless but Cam has to remind him not to get ahead of himself.

-During a huge battle Shane got a scar on his chest and awakening a great amount of his powers Cam brought him back from near death. The scar has since been healed and even cemented there relationship a bit more.

✨🪷Fluff and etc🪷✨

-Cam enjoys being carried on Shane's back when he's tired.

-Miko visited Shane in a dream and actually got to know the person that her son's been infatuated with. She sometimes wonders if forbidding him from doing ninja arts was a mistake but in the end It warms her heart that Cam at least is following his heart.

-Miko's family has two legendary rings made from the crystals of a comet, she left a little riddle for Shane and he went out to find them. They were originally used for weddings but were lost to time until she told him, they can change to the respective colors of the wearer's loved one and Shane plans one day to share them with Cam.

-Cam has a thing for praise and compliments, Shane picked up on this during one night of intimacy and it's been a big staple within some of their activities..

-Shane kinda has a thing restricting his own arms, sometimes Cam will be on top to take slight control. They enjoy the switch up every now and then, whereas Cam doesn't like to admit it but being overpowered by the red ranger and giving in really gets him going.

-Biting has also cemented a placement within their interests but things got carried away once Hunter noticed markings on the two during training.(he may have fibbed to Dustin)

-sometimes before sleeping the two will end up talking for an hour, one night Shane brought a bucket of ice cream to eat during their chats and now in the corner of the room there's a little fridge containing frozen desserts for their conversations.

[popculturebuffet]

Pirate Week Finale: The Pirates: In An Adventure with Scientists: The Book: A Rope of Sand (Comission for WeirdKev27)

Hello all ye happy swabs and welcome to the finale of pirate three days in a clump. And I saved something special for it: So last year pirate month, I watched Pirates!:in an adventure with scientists, the aardman cult classic based on GIdeon Defoe's series of novels, specifically the first one with the same name. At least in the uk over here it was band of misfits because Sony Pictures had a case of the stupids back then, also editing out some more adult jokes that kids would not have noticed, come on.

The film was fantastic, a fun film, one of aardman's best and so much better on rewatch. So naturally I was now curious to check out the books, which I didn't even know existed before the review and which Kev was a big fan of. And in his Kev way, he went a tad overboard but in a very kind way: He sent me the ENTIRE series to review at some point, and still is paying to commission them. What a guy. So each pirate month and outside of that when it fits, we'll be looking at this fine series. I also plan to get my hand on Defoe's other books, because I really liked this one.

As i'm not really attempting to hide, Pirates! BOM is a good a book as it is a movie. This isn't a huge suprise as not only did the film had aardman but much like Douglas Adams and Brian Lee O'Malley he kept a close eye on his masterwork by working on the film, doing the screenplay. As a result the film really does keep the tone of this book perfectly, with several scenes directly transplanted: the pirate captain's introduction, the airship joke about it being "used to look down ladies tops" (And the payoff later with the albino pirate proving it's indeed true), the pirates love of ham, it's all there. That being said what I found fascinating is that, much like those authors I mentiond while they worked on the adaptations closesly they also made sure it was a distinct work of it's own. As such while there are similarties in the plot, most notably charles darwin being the featured guest for this adventure, our heroes dressing up as scientests, mr bobo and his unsightly ass, almost everything else is diffrent.. but still prettty dang good. And you can sea what I mean under the cut.

I coudln't find anything on why this book exists and any interviews with defoe I could find were in audio form and this review is behind enough as is. Thankfully it's the last one i'm behind on and hopefully i'll finally have a resonable schedule again this week. What I can tell is he's a very funny man, is still active on twitter (I refuse to use X both because X dosen't belong to them but mutantkind and a certain reploid, and because it's just.. stupid. It's hilariously stupid. ) , and has his heart in the right place.

That said the book itself.. is brilliant. The style is hilarious and it's clear DeFoe was inspired by an idol after my own heart, Terry Pratchett. For those unware of him... Sir Terry was a fantasy juggernaught who wrote the hilarious and heartfelt discworld series, one of my faviorites and one i'm not even close to having read all of. Like DeFoe here sir terry took a genre and made a world that's one giant weird spoof of it while also including bhits of modern life (scaled for the time period) and used footnotes for laughs. In Gideons case he's aware kids are one of his audiences so he includes educational footnotes, some actually helpful, but most hilarious while also usually being helpful in some way, adding history to a work that blatantly laughs at the idea of being historically accurate: the pirate captain uses post its, one of the pirates plays murder she wrote on his acordion, there's no attempt whatosever ot be historically accurate and it's happy that way, while still showing Defoe clearly loves history and still throwing bits of actual history in there.

As for the plot itself the book, like the film it follows the dread and loveable Pirate Captain and his misfit crew who at this point have been on a bunch of adventures we've never seen and never will, love ham and are a jolly and loveable sort despite still running through people and gladly walking members of the plank they've run out of use for. The Pirate Captain is a boisterious sort who knows way less than he thinks he does, has a giant ego and the attention span of a me, but his men do love him and he dearly loves them.

Other notable pirates in this version are the pirate with a scarf, his best friend, first mate and the one who keeps most things running. In a refshing change of pace for this sort of dynamic, Pirate Captain , while trying not to show it too hard, KNOWS he needs pirate with a scarf and treats him accordingly, even giving the man full repsect. He'll cheat the guy at mini golf but goes out of his way to save him because he knows he needs PWAS and clearly loves the guy. There's also the albino pirate from the film if less prominent and pirate iwth an acordion, the only one to really factor into the plot. The rest are just a jolly bunch of weird man children.

The book starts with the group just riffing a bit, debating over what's best about being a pirate (And I have to agree with the captain, the shanties. ) , how to cook ham and just having a lot of fun. There's also a lot of talk of how to get girls, mention of gay pirates that's suprisingly not nearly as bad as you'd expect from a 2000's written farce, and some other nonsense till the plot kicks in. That's really the vibe of this book: while there is a plot, it's just there as a thin spine for nonsense, to move our heroes from one set piece to another. It still has progression but there's a lot of bits we'll get to that don't really advance the plot that much or coudl've been cut out.. but are just too funny NOT to. DeFoe , unlike pratchett, focuses less on comedy through plot and more just rediculous set pieces and clever banter. It's the books charm: it's just a lot of really funny , clever nonsense stacked on top of each other like a bunch of pirate children in a pirate trenchcoat.

So to get to our next set comedy bit, the pirates are invited by their old foe black belamy for a feast. Pirates really like their feasting here. Belamy, like the movie is Pirate Captain's main rival though here he's got a much diffrent vibe: while he's still a scoundrel her prefers to scheme and manipulate for his very short screentime rather than be a bullying dude bro. I mean not being played by Jeremy Piven helps.

At any rate Belamy challenges the pirate captain to cards.. and then looses. Really badly. He only manages to not loose all his money by bartering the location of a ship from the bank of england.. and given the title you can probably guess that it's the beagle, Charles Darwin's ship.

We also get something that was phased out of the aardman version as it just didn't fit their style when the pirates raid Darwin's ship: out and out murder. While the animated film wasn't above dark comedy or the ocasoinal bawdy joke, the book has a LOT more death. Most of it works: we get a love triangle between Darwin and his first mate FitzRoy... only for the object of it to get suddenly cannonballed to death; This itself.. would not be funny and would be kinda gross... if it werne't ofr the fact the two just patch up their feud so casually afterwords. It's so fucked up it works and that's how it works for most gags like this: the pirates later just.. walk a bunch of them off the plank as it's a normal thing they do.

The one time it really, really REALLY dosen't, is with the monkeys. You.. might want to skip to the puffy kitty to avoid reading about this portion. So... the pirates cut open the monkeys thinking their full of treasure. That's it... I'll spare you the gruesome details but it's just.. not funny and just gross and depressing. The joke to it just isn't funny.

Okay we're clear. Shockingly in contast to the film despite this version of Pirate Captain being a tad more ruthless (he's way more willing to threaten with his cutlass).. he's more than happy to help darwin out of the kindness of his heart. Darwin's dillema is diffrent here. Here instad of not really taking off Mr. Bobo, his monkey he's trained with cards to talk, is working well.. too well. The Bishop of Britan wants him to stop it and has kindapped his brother erasamus to try and get Darwin to stop. So with that our heroes set off to london Before arriving though we get some fun hyjinks as Darwin is utterly annoyed at the pirates stopping off for an arcade then pirate themed mini golf. The pirates short attention span and the pirate captain's blatant cheating is just.. gold.

Then in london we get them disgusing themselves as scientests which is a lot of fun before PIrate Captain. .actually has a plan. The bishop recently bought PT Barnum's circus, complete with the Elephant Man. Sadly this did not make it into the greatest showman. So PC sends his number 2 pirate with a scarf and pirate with an accordion because they need more than one to go investgiate while he hits up the local pirate convention.. which shockingly depsite all indications.. isn't a trap. It's a nice swerve, it's really just a modern fan convention but for pirates, with PC's old friend Scruvy Jake setting him up with a booth and PC buying pirate merch and likely running more than a few annoying fans through with a broadsword. Ther'es also your standard con jokes from a 2000's work: it being mostly men, annoying questions, models and such.. all pretty trite for a book that's mostly pretty funny. There's also a joke I HOPE isn't transphobic where Scurvy Jake apologizes for a previous adventure with "I could've sworn those were womeN'

Just.. no Gideon. No. Even for 2004.. no.

While/before all this is going on, order really dosen't matter here, Pirate with Acrodion meets a girl, they have some realy nice times but sadly she's just not into him. She is hliarious though, especially when talking to the elephant man and not getting that no, tha'ts just a cruel nickname he's not elephant related. We also get a SONG from him that's pure gold.

I look like some ex-pe-ri-ment! But please believe me i'm a proper gent! I seem like a monster, but what you don't know is I got a scorching case of neurofibromitosis!

Someone anyone.. please sing that for me. Our heroe snaturally wind up kidnapped.. except pirate with an acordion. While he catches up later he also quickly dies from scurvy. We get another of the best bits in the book when they confront the bishop.. not on turning ladies into soap so he can maintain his youth. I mean that's bad but our heroes are more concerned he's not taking them out to a proper dinner and instead kidnapping them with his creepy circus. Just the way he goes on about how he TRIES to take them out, even gives them his best evil laugh but they never go home with him is so fucking good. We also get some great cutaways of Pirate with a Scarf, Jennifer and Erasmus, who happens to be on the same death trap inside big ben pirate with a scarf's been strapped to playing animal vegetable or mineral. Back with Pirate Captain after meeting with Scruvy Jake, and figuring his first mate's been kidnapped, he comes up with a plan. So I present to you one of the funneist things i've ever experinced: He says the bishop has been spreading rumors of the HOLY GHOST ITSLEF coming to attack darwin for his theories being too blasphemous, figuring Darwin's presentation of mr bobo needs a bit of pagentry and luring the bishop out. He then has scurvy jake, whose implied to have gitantisim, put on a bed sheet, and put Charles Darwin through a table, wrassling style. I also like the foot note here, which not only mentions how dangerous wrestling is for actual professionals but uses Mick Foley as the perfect example. For those not aware of him

Mick is both one of the most decorated wrestlers the WCW, ECW, TNA and especailly WWE has seen, but he also put his body thorugh ABSOLUTE HELL, loosing multiple teeth, getting embeded with tacks and being in regular pain due to the shit he's done. Even Vince McMahon whose neglagance has caused countless tragedies told mick after his utterly brutal hell in a cell match with the undertaker "NEVER DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT AGAIN'. Kindly because mick was half dead at that point, and for vince that says a lot. Especially since years later he'd do the holy ghost thing but for realizes. No really vince mccmahon booked a match with "Me and the product of my semen shane" versus you (born again christan wrestler Shawn Micheals) and your god".

Anyway Mr Bobo wins via folding chair as does science and Darwin decides to spruce up his presetnation in the future william castle style. Before he can though our heroes have to head for the rescue. We get an utterly amazing fight between Pirate Captain and the Bishop, who throws troglodites at him like discus and the two later fight with precious metals and recite their atomic weights.

After Bobo saves PC at the last second our heros commender the airship.. and in a great bit not only have the rest of the crew been wearing dinosaur masks and goofing off in the gift shop but many keep them on during the raid, leading to one of my faviorite lines in anything ever.

"Dino-pirates! It's my worst nightmare!"

I sometimes get burnt out on this job, get exausted. The falling behind, the large amount of for hire work.. but it's lines like this that remind me both why it's worth it and why for hire work is worth it: i likely never would've read this glorious sentence without having been paid to review the movie last year.

Our heroes manage to save the rest of our heroes in time, Pirate Captain hooks up with jennifer, Pirate iwth a scarf is relieved, and our heroes sail off, with the pirate captain having gotten some precious metal in his beard. They also abandon the bishop on an island, though he gets to take 8 records and 8 books of his choice. Just don't do robison curose. it's cliche.

As should be obvious.. this book is fucking fantastic and if you can get a copy, do. It's hilarious from start to finish, creative an da really brisk read at only 130 pages. I look forawrd to whenever I return to this series next. This was really fantastic stuff. Thanks for reading.

[fighterscappreciation]

Guest Characters

[Image credit CptWiggleFuffle on Youtube] Guest Characters have always been an exciting (and sometimes controversial) topic when it comes to fighting games. Seeing a character from a different piece of media make a playable appearance in your favorite fighting game series is always exciting! I wanted to share a few of my personal favorites, as I feel their impact on the fighting game community is still felt to this day. Ryo Sakazaki in Fatal Fury Special

[Image credit SNK] While this doesn't seem so big today, this crossover is what became the flame that started the King of Fighters series! Ryo from Art of Fighting making an appearance as a secret boss character in Fatal Fury Special was the first instance of a crossover guest character, even if the scope here is small compared to what we have today.

SPAWN, Link, and Heihachi Mishima in Soul Calibur II

[Image credit Bandai Namco]Throughout its 3 console releases on the Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, and Sony's PlayStation 2, Soul Calibur II had an exclusive guest character on each version of the game. Image Comics' SPAWN made his way onto the Xbox, Link from The Legend of Zelda on the Gamecube, and Tekken's Heihachi Mishima on the PS2. As cool as this crossover is, it does make re-releases of the game feel lacking, as there's no version of the game with all 3 characters. Funnily enough, these characters are banned competitively due to their console exclusivity.

TEKKEN 7 Guest Characters

[Image credit Bandai Namco] Tekken 7 had 4 guest characters in the form of Akuma from Street Fighter, Geese Howard from Fatal Fury, Noctis from Final Fantasy XV, and (confusingly) Negan from The Walking Dead. Akuma was the first to be revealed and was also made a canonical part of the ongoing story of the series. A lot of Tekken players have some distaste towards Akuma and Geese due to them being "2D" character; characters from 2D fighting games who use conventional moves FROM those games in Tekken's 3D style of game. Regardless, seeing Akuma announced for a Tekken game was huge at the time.

[Gif credit Bandai Namco]

There are so, SO many more examples I could've put here, but these are the ones that I consider the most impactful. Still, guest characters are an exciting trend that I don't ever see stopping. Capcom recently announced Terry Bogard and Mai Shiranui from Fatal Fury will be coming to Street Fighter 6, Arc System Works announced Lucy from Cyberpunk: Edgerunners will be coming to Guilty Gear - Strive, and Bandai Namco has stated that there are plans for guest characters in Tekken 8. Who would you like to see appear as a guest character in your favorite series?

[lookninjas]

Shakespears Sister serves a Special a la Mode with Salt n Pepa (2.9%) -- "Was It Worth It?" Shakespears Sister feat. Terry Hall

Not saying Lin-Manuel owes Eugene a couple bucks, but also not saying he doesn't (4%) -- "Immigraniada (We Comin' Rougher)," Gogol Bordello

Jamiroquai in the age of non-stop productivity (4.6%) -- "Workin' Hard," Fujii Kaze

Controversial opinion: The best Bond theme is Garbage (5.4%) -- "The World is Not Enough," Garbage

Love Theme from House of Leaves (5.8%) -- "Haunted," Poe

Third wave ska meets new wave classic. Nothing not to love (7.9%) -- "Take On Me," Reel Big Fish

A heavy-ass song to lighten your burdens (8.2%) -- "Burden," Helga

We had time to pull out the harpsichord, but still no time to fuck. (8.8%) -- "Paper Bag," Goldfrapp

Tiny metal band. Big metal sound. HUGE METAL ATTITUDE. (9.3%) -- "[NOT] PUBLIC PROPERTY," Voice of Baceprot (warning for flashing lights/images)

It's raining men! They're… not exactly surviving the fall. (11.1%) -- "Deadman Deadman Deadman," Skinny Pelembe (warning for flashing lights/images)

Powering up my "This Song is GAY" playlist (14.4%) -- "Real Power," Gossip (strobe warning)

Like a blues metal version of that whole sea shanty thing, but with Cthulhu (17.5%) -- "Row Row," Zeal & Ardor

And there it is! Tagging: @genrenommer, @ddxcrow, @nonebinary-leftbeef, @barbariandiplomacy, @dawngel, @dovahbeat, @scarletpineapple, @fennyfen10, @syntax-horror, @nightmareglitter, @genreawareness, @determinedapathy, @hussarbynight, @ohmysatan42, @bonemaggots, @emo-bunny-1317, @inplodinggofer616, @swagphilosopherdragon, @ranthaven, @lorienlady, @massivetreewinner, @edenaziraphale, @beannachd, @artemisofmars, @rnanqo. I think that's everyone. (There were a couple of "I'm so curious" or "I can't wait to listen"s in the batch, so I did tag by default; apologize if you weren't actually that interested.)

Also, for those that were particularly interested in the House of Leaves mention, I actually went ahead and wrote a separate post about that one. Because I have been so obsessed with Haunted for like twenty years, and while the general purpose of these polls is "New music can be a fun and whimsical experience! Let's share in the joy of discovery!" thing, that is a record I specifically will rant about endlessly for hours if given the chance. With citations. And footnotes.

And that's it for now! Working on a themed playlist for the next one, but song selection might take a while. I hope you like this playlist, I hope you maybe discover something new to you, and thanks for playing. I had fun. I hope you did too.

Anyway, pick a song based on one of my bad descriptions. You do not need to recognize any of these songs (although there are, as always, band names and random lyrics and breadcrumbs mixed in). Just pick whichever description sounds most appealing, or funniest, or anagrams out to something clever, or however you make your random decisions. At the end of the poll, I will put the songs into a playlist, from the song with the lowest number of votes to the song with the highest number of votes, and share the playlist (plus links to each individual song).

If you would like me to tag you when the playlist is done, leave a comment or put it in your reblog somewhere, and I’ll make sure to tag you. If you desperately want to know what one particular song is and don’t want to wait a week, shoot me an ask and I will answer.

And please reblog! More reblogs = more votes = a more interesting playlist.

[terrence-silver]

How do you think Terry celebrates 4th of July? Privately with Beloved or does he throw a huge party?

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I tend to see Terry Silver as someone who is incredibly patriotic.

His share of personal gripes, baggages, traumas and feelings of jadedness after the Vietnam war aside which we can only speculate on (and I'm sure he has plenty of those too, but that is another subject altogether) he comes off as someone who could be nationalistic to the point of underlining bigotry and downright exceptionalism, once one knows him. Really knows him. Ugly, but true. John 'It is a free country' Kreese affirmably is, for example. And I don't think the snake-apple fell far from the snake-tree in John's and Terry's case. They're likeminded individuals, ultimately. So, of course the 4th of July gets celebrated. Do you even have to ask?

Man's just about as big, glitzy and bombastic as the holiday itself.

Especially in the 70's and 80's, where the political landscape was entirely different.

Nixon and Reagan were in office, after all.

He's undoubtedly at some thematic fundraiser, holding an inspirational speech on how important introducing American youth to the wonders of martial arts is all while generously (oh, so generously) donating training gear and equipment to the underprivileged and beaming when he receives a thunderous applause as the fireworks go off above head. America's the world, after all. Or perhaps, he's at a celebratory ribbon cutting ceremony opening some facility, tactically choosing the 4th of July as the meaningful date to do it, purely to associate himself and all his endeavors with an inherently homegrown holiday, making himself and everything attached to himself as American as can be. Symbols are important. He gets that. He knows how to play public perceptions perfectly. Sure, maybe he hosts a color coded private party for his rich associates where the dress code is either red, either white or blue. Pick one. Tuxes obligatory. He's extravagant about it, he's exuberant about it, he's excessive and he's pretty proud about it too. Yes.

Things change drastically as the new millennia rolls around. In the 2010's

The 20's.

I speak frequently how Terry Silver changes as social norms change.

That he changes depending of what is the new acceptable 'it thing' and as times and generations move along, he moves along with them, like a chameleon, shedding skin, changing faces. Literally the thing he is best at. What was the norm thirty or forty years ago no longer is to the degree it would've been in his past and he switches masks accordingly, adapting to the new way of things to fly under the radar, and perhaps Terry, as an old man, seemingly wouldn't really celebrate the 4th of July. Not openly. It becomes a covert, private thing along with all his actual opinions and worldviews and quite literally his whole past as well.

He's not only an exceptionalist now, he's an isolationist too.

Especially when he maintains a seemingly more Liberal upper crust elite around himself as token company when we're reintroduced to him, because this time around, they're the new acceptable and the new good and he surrounds himself with them as background decoration because they serve a purpose or possibly helping everyone forget that he was that guy who ran Dynatox. You know? That company polluting developing countries for major global profit? Not very egalitarian or mindful of Terrence. Not only does he never mention (hide?) he served in the military, for example (Because I doubt any of them would be tremendously approving it. Emile might burst in and jokingly call him a war criminal.) but a great many of them might see celebrating the 4th of July as tacky. Nationalistic. Backwards. So, whatever Terry does becomes fiercely intimate in his later life in general, even though he might seem like the most open, friendly, rehabilitated person in the world on the surface level. I feel he is still patriotic, but things become tucked away. For his eyes only. Intimate.

4th rolls around and he might crack open some special vintage for himself.

Something priceless he's been saving for actual decades.

Toasting to what he might see as 'the good old days'.