#the connection is pretty new but the two of them abuse it tbh

[safyresky]

The Monster Under the Table

Jack had had a particularly quiet day today.

At least, by his standards.

Oh, sure, he could've messed with the heatwave on the west coast. He had thought about it. But he hadn't been feeling it and had better things to do across the world, anyway. One nasty, crop killing blizzard later, he had found himself a mite bit peckish.

Then he had had crepes. Lovely crepes, with a delightful ganache. Then he thought he'd stop by the house, see how the parental units were faring with the little terror. It was, after all, almost dinner time back in Crystal Springs. They'd be passed out on the couch in no time and then, it'd be his turn with said little terror, and you know, today just seemed like the perfect day to mess with a heatwave and blame an actual child.

Bonus because said actual child would enjoy the ever loving snow out of it.

It was a win-win-win, in Jack's books.

Needless to say, when he walked through the door and saw Blaise, frazzled as can be, jacket missing, one suspender down, the other up, shirt unevenly buttoned and hair out and tussled beyond beLIEF, it was...not what he had expected.

"Whatever it was, I didn't do it," he said immediately.

Blaise looked up, startled, and then..relieved? That was sort of new. The man came rushing down the hall towards him, panicked.

"Jack!"

"Dad!"

"I'm in deep soot," he said, grabbing Jack's shoulders and nearly picking the man up off the floor.

"And I would just like to reiterate, that I did not do it. Can you please put me down."

"Right, sorry," Blaise said, placing his son down and rushing off into the front room.

Jack followed behind carefully, watching as Blaise threw blankets and cushions, looking underneath every piece of furniture in the room.

"So, um, what exactly is it?"

"Huh?"

"What's going on? You look bad. I didn't realize you were that grey. Goddess of the Springs! Am I going to go grey instead of white?!"

"Only time will tell," Blaise said, looking behind a bookcase. "We need to focus, Jack," Blaise said, lifting a table up.

"On ah, what?"

Blaise placed the table down, panicking. "I lost your sister."

"You what now?"

"I lost Jacqueline!"

"How?!"

"I don't know! One minute she was giggling on the kitchen counter while I was making dinner," Blaise said, hands out furiously in front of him, "and the next, she was gone!" he said, hands briefly lifting and swinging downwards, landing on his other side. "Did you finally manage to teach her how to keep quiet?" Blaise asked, eyes narrowing.

"I keep TRYING and it does not work. Honestly. I've lost count of how many times we've almost run afoul of an ordibeing—"

"THE STOVE!" Blaise shouted suddenly, rushing back into the kitchen.

Placing his hands in his pockets, Jack glanced around the room. In the kitchen, there was a hiss. The sound of the pan lifting from the stove top, vegetables mixing around. With a sigh, Jack headed towards the kitchen.

"Smells good," he said, looking around the room.

"Oh, good! Good. I thought I'd burnt it," he said.

Jack looked around the kitchen floor. One of Blaise's pant legs was hitched up, the other at a respectable level. Hiding a smirk and swallowing a snort, Jack turned around, eyes scanning the floor underneath the kitchen table. He stopped short, blinking.

Shhhh, he heard in his head.

What are you doing under there? He asked, quirking an eyebrow.

Being q u i e t. YOU said I couldn't! But I can! Daddy can't find me, she replied, and Jack could hear the big old smirk he was sure she was wearing under there.

Whistling as Blaise salvaged dinner, Jack leaned back like, a lot; then he leaned forward like, a lot, looking under the kitchen table.

Yep. Devious grin as she watched Blaise slowly lose his mind from the depths of under the kitchen table.

Jack chuckled. How long have you been under there?

Seven whole weeks!

"How long have you been looking for Jacqueline?" Jack asked, casually, leaning on the island.

"An hour? Half? I've combed the entire floor! She couldn't have made it far, unless she can teleport already." Blaise shot up, panicked. "Lady above, can she already teleport?!"

"Dad. She's not even five hundred yet. Calm down. She can't do sleet."

Jack could feel her getting huffy over their new connection. He smirked in her general direction, sticking out his tongue.

He didn't need to see her to know she had done the exact same thing back.

Blaise breathed a sigh of relief. "Right. Okay. So she definitely couldn't have gotten far."

"Just, just breath, Blaise, alright?" Jack said, patting the man's shoulder gently. He pried the pan out of Blaise's hand. "And fix your shirt Dad, seriously. What is this. What is happening here."

Blaise squinted down at the mismatched buttons, the suspender, and the uneven pant legs. "I don't know how this happened," he said, taking a moment to fix his shirt.

Jack sighed. So what's your game plan, hmm?

My what?

Game plan! You know, what are you going to do? Pop out and scare him? Make him go crazy? What do you want to do?

Ehehehehe. Scare him! Scare him! Scare him!

How?

Um...I'm gonna...GRAB HIS FEETSIES.

How? He's all the way over here, and you're alllllllll the way over there, Jack teased, holding his head in his palm as he stared at her peeping out from under the table, a small smile on his icy face.

Can you help me? Please? Bring daddy over here! Please please please???

She was making such a cute face underneath that table. It could melt the iciest of hearts.

Well. Almost.

But it was convincing enough for him.

Alright, fine, I'll help you. Get back under there! We'll be right over.

She grinned, cackling in his head again as she slid back under the table, disappearing into the darkness.

Popping out from his slouch, Jack watched as Blaise righted his pant leg, glancing around for his jacket. Jack walked over to the backyard door, chillfully, making a big show of surveying the yard. "The back's unlocked," Jack said.

"It's WHAT?"

Blaise was beside him so fast, Jack swore he saw the glint of a steam cloud vaguely shaped like the man by the oven. He slid open the door, glancing around carefully. "If your mother finds out I lost your sister, I'm probably doomed."

"Nah, I'm sure you'll be fine. Anyway, she's not out there," Jack said.

"How would you know?" Blaise said, pulling his head back in and sizing up (down, given the height difference) Jack, in a look that was much more familiar to the Legend.

"Snow's undisturbed," he said, lazily pointing at the fresh blanket on the deck.

"She could've covered her tracks."

"I'd notice. Also, once again, she's four hundred. She's not that smart."

I'm gonna throw melty snow down your back.

I'd like to see you try, little flurry.

I'm gonna! Two whole times!

Jack rolled his eyes. "Dad. Come on. Come over here. Have a seat," he said, pulling a chair out from the side of the table.

"I need to find your sister. I don't have time to have a sit!"

"But you need to!" Jack insisted, as Blaise walked over to the chair, hands on his hips. He surveyed Jack with a frown. "Seriously, Dad. I think you've been looking for her for too long. You just need to, to, sit down and, and, take a moment, you know? Recenter yourself, that sort of thing, and, you know, once you've calmed down a notch," he said, thinking now's your shot, "give it another go! I'll help you," he said.

Blaise dropped his hands. He opened his mouth, ready to reply, when—

"RAWR!"

Out from under the table popped two little hands, grabbing onto his ankles as she roared. Blaise's hair lit UP, hitting some of the highest highs Jack had seen in a while.

Blaise jumped back, fists lighting up as he looked down under the table. "Jacqueline?!"

"Ta-da!" She said, the ground freezing as she slid out from under the table, doing a twirl and sticking her little arms out.

"Found her," Jack said, picking her up with a grin.

"I scared you, daddy!" She said excitedly, nearly falling out of Jack's arms as she threw herself forward, pointing with her whole entire tiny body. "Ehehehehe."

"You scared me so bad," Blaise said, completely extinguishing and grabbing her from Jack, heart racing, voice weary. "Lady of the Springs! The two of you are taking years off of my life," Blaise said, squishing Jacqueline tightly. "And I love you for it."

Jack blinked, taken aback.

"I love you too, daddy!"

"Gross," Jack said. "The both of you."

Blaise and Jacqueline shared a very similar conspiring look.

"Don't. Do not—AH!" Jack yelled, as Blaise grabbed him in a hug too, sandwiching Jacqueline between them. "Disgusting," he said, as something cold and melty went down his shirt.

"I told you so," Jacqueline said with a grin.

Jack smirked, appreciating the squish of her cold little arms around his shoulders. "That you did."

[inkywarden]

This is a long one (fr sorry in advance) but it seems I can't quite put this out of my mind. I've never really listened to One Direction, even if I as a now 32 year old, probably was in the main target audience. I never got the hype, or much more likely, I never attempted to get the hype. I remember seeing them everywhere, and since I do have eyes, I noticed they were good looking boys. I also remember (silently mind you, I was much too edgy for 1D at this point) quickly finding my fav. He looked kind, he had a nice laugh and kind eyes. He was gorgeous, with the kind of smile I fear I will never see again. Tbh I have gone until last week without listening to, or even thinking much about 1d since. I do remember him though, Liam. I've seen him in the news, on social media, and again since I do have eyes, I noticed how the boy with the beautiful smile turned in to a very, very (like extremly??? hello?) handsome man. A man who still had the most genuine, contagious smile. A smile that always spread to his eyes. That was pretty much it for my knowledge of this band, and this man, until last week.

I saw it in the news, and it made no sense to me. How did we go from there to here? I felt.. something, still unsure what exactly. I later saw my old university post a memorial type post about him on facebook. My old university being the University of Wolverhampton, where I graduated as an illustrator in 2015. That's two things, two coincidences that weirdly made me feel more connected to this stranger. The unexplained, undefined feelings I was having suddenly felt heavier. This is when I hyperfixated and consumed just about everything there is to consume about this band, and this man. I'm still not a 1D fan, but I can now, after all these years say I get it. I've seen and read so much about this man and his life now, ups and downs. In the end, tragically, it seemed to be most of the latter in later years.

Most notably, and this actually broke my heart, I noticed how that genuine, beautiful smile that used to spread across his entire face, at some point stopped reaching his eyes. This is sad, it is tragic, and it is infuriating.

The time leading up to, and the aftermath both - the takes i'm seeing out here is wild and lacking in nuance. It feels like everything always is weighed in extremes, and it is neither fair or realistic. I dont know if I feel this way due to my own personal experiences and struggles with mental health, substance and/or alcohol abuse, or if its because this is the field I am soon graduating (career change dw) to work in, and I see many of these issues close up daily. These issues are things I would argue always goes hand in hand, and it is a never a choice one makes. It is a disease. I will never have anything in common with internet people today, and I will never understand this. Whatever the reasons. I will not speculate further. What I choose to believe in and live by is whatever the circumstance, people suffering from these issues deserve some grace. It is hard, constantly, and every day. No one chooses to stay in this illness, and even if they do manage to get out, it is almost impossible to stay out.

Whatever people have done, that is still just an aspect of a whole. A single line on a piece of paper, a small piece of a bigger, much more complex picture. We are more than the worst thing we have ever done. I have to believe this, both for my own sake and for the sake of others. Life is not black and white, it exists in shades of grey.

I am confused about the range of feelings i've experienced over this, and I'm still unsure why I'm affected to this degree but here we are.

I am sad, I am frustrated, I am disappointed and I am angry. Most of all my heart breaks for Liam, who never got the chance to get better, heal, and find his smile again. I also feel actual despair at the thought of this man, that young boy, passing away thinking the world hates him. There's no fixing that now. He is gone. Please, I beg you to be kinder next time. Show some compassion. Give some grace, be kind or at the very least be quiet.

I'm not even sure why I felt the need to post this, as I mentioned before I never had a horse in this race. The only opinion I ever settled on before this last week was that if I, in an alternate universe was a Directioner, I would be a Liam girly. It appears, after all these years, I still am. I dont know what comes when life ends, but I hope you find your smile again. Whatever else, you deserved so much more than this. You were a complex piece, but still so, so beautiful.

You meant so much to so many, and I wish you could have known that in the end.

Rest in peace, Liam. 🎤🎨💙

[kitkatopinions]

Does Whitley have potential or is he an extra Schnee?

I think Whitley had and has a lot of potential, actually!

One of the most interesting things about Weiss is her connection to her family, which I think deserves more focus and exploring, and Whitley is obviously a big part of that. I find it fascinating how the environment Weiss and Whitley were raised in made them react in completely different ways - Whitley with putting up a mask of casual indifference (airing on cheeriness) and leaning into what was expected of him while clearly showing in volume eight that it isn't just how he naturally is, and Weiss with anger and mimicking Winter and desperately trying to get away from it. I think exploring both Weiss and Whitley as abuse victims would really speak to the fact that reactions to abuse takes all sorts of forms and are no less sympathetic.

Exploring Weiss's dynamic with Winter and Whitley more, I think, would help to expand on Weiss's character and give her a stronger arc (since she hasn't seemed to have a personal arc in volumes and even in V7 seemed to not get the attention she deserved.) Going into V10 (if we get a V10) the Schnees are going to be all of a sudden pretty much penniless, with no home, in a kingdom that should by all rights be very hesitant to accept them. If Weiss isn't concerned with helping specifically Whitley (not because he's more important to Weiss or to the narrative than Winter but because he's an auraless untrained teenage civilian) than it'd seem like a bit of a blow against her character tbh. And it could lead to some great conflicts not only surrounding Weiss and Whitley making an effort to understand each other better and get to know each other more after years of icing each other out, but might also create conflicts with the rest of Weiss's team who might perceive Weiss focusing more on her family than on important issues.

On top of that, Whitley could serve very effectively as a demonstration that not everyone needs to be a Hunter or fighter or have a semblance in order to be helpful and good. In V8, Whitley proofed to be smart, kind, and brave. He could be the sort of person to be doing things on computers while talking to Team RWBY and co over comms in their ears. Whitley could be incredibly useful in that way, and it would be so much fun to see the team acclimatizing to a new person more or less being brought in, into a new role they're not used to having around. It'd be a nice change, also something that RWBY could use.

And on top of on top of that is the fact that Oscar and Ruby both having this new friend that's more their age and is super different from both of them but could get along with both of them (and could be shipped with either of them) is a good thing too that could be good and worth exploring. And also on top of both of those things, the classic 'villains use a loved one to threaten their enemies' thing can't be easily done in this show where everybody is basically a superhero, but auraless teenage civilian Whitley provides an excellent opportunity for that.

Basically, Whitley has tons of potential as a character going forward from here, and I do hope that he stays involved and even gets more involved (so long as there's also plenty of proper focus given to the mains obviously.) Do I think that any of this potential will actually be realized? No. I think Whitley will pretty much just be treated like an extra Schnee, and the most we'll see of him if we ever get more RWBY is like two very bit parts of scenes where Willow has like a hand on his shoulder or something and that's it. The show can't have make the mains reach a quarter of their full potential, so there's very little hope for my baby boy Whitley. But I think he could be a great, amazing, involved character.

[the-badger-mole]

What are your thoughts on Azula redemption. Like if it was done properly and she got all the help she needed. Because honestly it's hard to find good Azula redemption takes without them being stans or something

I've talked about this before (here for instance), but I don't really think Azula needs the kind of redemption people seem to want for her. I think a transformative arc would fit her better. Like, yeah, she changes, but she's not necessarily redeemed through it. First of all, I don't think she'd ever be completely sorry about what she did, and I think that's a baseline requirement for a redemption arc.

Second, in my opinion, too many of these "redemption" arcs for Azula focus on her reconciling with everyone, and I just don't think that's realistic. I see her reconciling with Zuko and maybe Iroh, but beyond that, I don't see Ty Lee coming back (I actually like to think that she found her happiness far, far away from Caldera and the messiness of court). I could see Azula not wanting Mai back. Zuko's friends don't owe Azula anything either, so it bothers me a bit when I see stories that start with Azula being best friends with everyone with no explanation or acknowledgement of how odd it is. Especially when the stories are within a year or two after the war ends. The problem here is focusing so much on the trauma Azula went through, there's no focus on the trauma she caused. And she caused a lot.

Like, A LOT.

She contributed to Zuko's years long abuse, she controls Ty Lee through intimidation and forces her into service, she pimps Mai out to get Zuko in line (although, it seemed like Mai was into it, so this might be iffy?). Then there's everything she did to the Gaang. All of this before you dig into what she was like before she joined the hunt for Aang. This is my own personal theory, and not one I necessarily expect to see in fics, but I'm 100% sure Azula did a lot of damage even before she left the Fire Nation. Intentionally or not (and tbh, it probably wasn't intentional), it's pretty heavily implied in the show that Azula has a body count off screen, and those bodies were friendly fire (i.e. Azula has killed and injured people from the Fire Nation). Beyond that, Azula seemed to enjoy what she did. I know she was victim of abuse, but she was also an abuser. Just like a bully being abused at home doesn't automatically absolve them of being a bully, Azula has a lot to answer for. None of the people she harmed are required to welcome her in with open arms.

How I would approach a transformative arc for Azula would be to tell the story over a span of years- well into her adulthood, and probably into middle age. The only one from the original show she would have a firm relationship with is Zuko, and mostly because he insists on seeing her every so often. Katara, who is obviously married to him, would tolerate Azula for Zuko's sake, but things would be cold between them, and Katara would understandably want to keep her children at a distance. Iroh would forgive her, but wouldn't be super inclined to force a connection between him and his niece. He would support Zuko's efforts, though. Azula wouldn't live in Caldera. If she doesn't end up imprisoned after the war, I think she would end up semi-exiled to one of the outer islands of the Fire Nation. There she would build a new life for herself, and rediscover her humanity. She might come to regret more of her actions, but I think ultimately she'd end up absolving herself and not really care about making amends to anyone outside of Zuko (and maybe Iroh. Maybe).

Personally, I'm not super interested in punishing Azula, but I want there to be heavy consequences for her actions. I want the validity of people not wanting her in their lives to be acknowledged. I want to see how she navigates her life post war after losing everyone and everything. I want to see her carving out a place for herself that doesn't have much, if anything, to do with her life in Caldera. If she can make amends to one or two people from her past, that's fine, but it needs to take into consideration that she hurt them, and not just be them accepting her back because she "wasn't herself", because she was herself when she hurt them. I want Azula's redemption arc to be messy and imperfect and incomplete.

Well, either that, or I want to see her go full power trip and try to take power from her brother in an epic and tragic final battle between the siblings, because who doesn't like Shakespearean drama with elemental magic, amirite?

[moonpool-system]

How your discovered that you are system? Did you have doubts? Were you even wrong about systems and thought some stuff was normal, or not a system thing? How you understood that you are polyfrag, and not just a DID system? Alsoooo... Silly question, but, how you understand that you are fictive, or certain fictive? Urge to call yourself with certain name? Memories? Feeling it's not your body?

Hello! Thank you for the questions and the patience!!

> How we discovered we're a system?

Well we actually didn't go through a typical "syscovery" - we started out thinking we were a singlet, and created an intentional headmate via tulpamancy. Turns out our fascination with plurality wasn't just curiosity, and we'd actually been monoconscious for as long as we can remember beforehand! Badeline was probably our very first polyconscious member.

> Did we ever think some stuff was normal and not a system thing when it actually was?

This connects to the last question, yeah we really struggled to figure it out at first due to being monoconscious and median. Our first experience with being aware of our plurality was polyconscious and partitionary, so it took a very long time to realize my/our identity alterations weren't JUST kin shifts, they were very definitely overarching facets that different kintypes are aligned under.

> How did we understand we're polyfrag and not just a DID system?

Honestly it took us a long time to come around to this even though the signs were pretty obvious. We've called ourselves polyplural for a long time, since there was no way to ignore the drastically complicated & layered headspace, the extremely high new member rate/system count, and the very specific/complex system functioning we have. There were two reasons we held off from the term - we didn't think we had "enough" fragments (we'd only identified one or two for a long while, in part due to denial), and we didn't think we'd experienced "enough" trauma. Both of these happened to be coincidentally solved by us introjecting a(nother) subsystem of *entirely* fragments, now due to extreme past life trauma/phoenitrauma. It kinda made us realize... we were gatekeeping our own trauma?? That has drastically affected our functioning and recovery journey??? That was just as intense as (or even more than) our isolation, abuse, autism socialization trauma, and more??? We decided we can't keep doing this to ourselves, and we need to look for help and resources for our fragments. We looked back on our system and there're so many more than we first thought. They deserve healing too and we're not going to let them be cut off from those resources. We're still objectively polyfragmented even though we don't understand the psychology behind it 100%, and that has to be okay. We're fighting feeling unwelcome under the label every single day.

> How to tell you've switched to a fictive identity?

Well personally for me&, it's very much a sort of "shapeshifting" feeling, of "becoming" an identity in a much more drastic and all-encompassing way than a kin shift. My gender, preferred pronouns, likes, dislikes, tastes, and hobbies might shift on a dime to the point I find distaste in those sorts of things that contrast in other facets. I feel like I wish to be looked upon differently and seen as a different variant of myself. It's comforting in some contexts and stressful in others, tbh. But being monoconscious is weird so yea. With our polycon fictives we can usually tell when it's a fictive forming rather than finding a kintype because there's a very distinct *that's not me* feeling

[coconutcows]

Augh Reddit's terrible about that sort of thing, I'm sorry they question your competence over literally any comment... It's very frustrating too how, when you tell them that insult was absolutely unnecessary, they say it's a public forum and they don't NEED to ask for your permission to speak. Even if they're deliberately being an asshole!!! 😒 (That's been my experience, at least.)

Honestly, it doesn't make any sense why people act so put-upon because other people need more explanations- not everyone can glean what the story is trying to say in it's totality; isn't that kinda what fandom's about anyways????

You're not alone either! I didn't know about Anya's sexual assault at Jimmy's hands!! Like yourself, I thought it was domestic violence and the two already had an established romantic relationship, NOT that she was violated and forced to interact with her abuser. Only figured that out after... you guessed it, looking at the comments!

On a more positive note, your posts about Mouthwash made me finally see what all the fuss was about, and it's a very, VERY good game! I've even recommended it to a friend who's very interested in it, and that wouldn't have been possible without your passion! :>

It was very intriguing seeing how the characters interacted and what their thought processes were, all from the perspectives of people who were pretty biased. Anya, Swansea, and Daisuke grew on me the most but all the characters have personality! Speaking of characters, which one(s) are your favorite(s) and why? I'd love to know!

P.S. Congrats on the new lease! May your new home be sturdy and lacking mold!

Ah, I’m sorry to hear people have been so rude to you on Reddit, I don’t know why people are so brazen and self-centred there. Luckily the worst encounter I’ve had was someone calling me “Smoothbrained” for saying men and women aren’t actually that different about a picture of cis female athletes being called men (Don’t go on the facepalm subreddit, it’s a nasty one). Mostly though I just get people asserting their intelligence over mine, even if they’re just like completely wrong. I once commented that Lagoona Blue from Monster High is amphibious like a frog meaning she can breathe on land and in water. Someone replied to me saying “Frogs can’t breathe in water”, which puzzled me so hard I had to google it because I thought I’d missed out on some big frog news since I was in third grade. Nope, they do breathe underwater, I mean how else would they hibernate right??

And yeah, I’ve always thought that’s what fandom is about!!! Sharing thoughts and opinions and appreciation for something with likeminded people. Attitudes like that are what make people scared to become involved with a fandom community. Interesting way to put it also, about a story’s totality, because I’ve actually been thinking about making a post about how little information we actually get in Mouthwashing, and how what we get is tightly connected to the story it tells without branching out. You know, despite my lack of media literacy lol.

But yeah, the first couple watches I just thought maybe they had a casual thing, or a fling, and Anya wound up pregnant with the more common plot line being She wants to Keep It and He wants her to Get Rid of It, willing to kill her to get his way. Which is unfortunately common irl and realistic enough I didn’t question it. With the lock question I thought she was worried about him attacking or killing her, not that she had already been violated y’know? Im not used to rape and sexual assault being taken seriously, least of all in the horror genre where it’s normally used for shock value.

And that’s huge if true!!!! My thoughts and stuff being the reason someone checks something out is super cool, I’d never think something like that’d happen tbh. I’m super self conscious so I hold back a lot on saying things and making posts about stuff. I’m glad you enjoyed it!!! I couldn’t say why, but you know how people will talk about a piece of media fundamentally changing them as a person?? Mouthwashing is that for me. It scratched something in my brain and it will not let go.

I love all the characters!!! Well, except Jimmy, but even admittedly he is a good well written character. There’s purpose behind hating him rather than just someone people find annoying.

Anya is a sweetheart, she’s trying so hard, she wants to help people, and out of everyone on the ship she’s the loneliest. I hate that she kills herself so much but in a bittersweet way it is nice she went out on her own terms rather than at Jimmy’s hands. We also know so so little about her, everything we know is tied to her womanhood rather than her as a person, and I think most people can see her experience growing up, or know someone who did, with her being meek, quiet, and withdrawn.

Swansea I’ve mentioned in the tags of some reblogs but he reminds me a lot of some of my family members, particularly my deceased Great Uncle, who was very gruff and liked to pick and tease and wouldn’t mince words but had a big heart. Plus an older character willing to go apeshit to protect younger/more vulnerable people is always aces in my book (and the developers seem to have a soft spot for him so they’ve done some fun stuff)

Daisuke really is a little angel with a halo made of hibiscus flowers. He’s miserable there but he’s trying so hard. All he wants is to make people proud and in the end it got him killed.

And Curly, I could write a long block of text for him but I’ll try to keep it shortish. I love Curly, he’s been the image of the game forever. My opinion of him did sully when I realized what happened with Anya, but I can’t hate him. Partially I just grew too attached to post crash Curly, but also some people act as though he literally helped Jimmy with the assault when really all the pre crash stuff took place over a week. I don’t think he was going to Help Jimmy, I think he was just trying to figure out what to do and keep Jimmy calm until they could get to some form of authority. If he knew Jimmy was volatile he wouldn’t want to jostle that bomb, which makes sense as to why he got panicky when Anya told Jimmy alone and when Jimmy decided the best course of action was KILLING THEM ALL IN A CRASH TO HIDE HIS CRIME.

I have so many more thoughts since this game has been rotating in my brain for nearly a month now. There’s so much more there and I really look forward to Wrong Organs future endeavours (also really recommend How Fish is Made and it’s DLC, The Last One and Then Another which features Curly post crash if you haven’t already. AlphaBetaGamer has playthroughs of both those as well)

And thank you!!! 😊 it’s a very nice place and definitely mold free lol

[ameliora-j]

show me ii // rw x reader

words: 1.1k

warnings: innocence kink, corruption kink, mean dom!ron, praise kink, slight degradation, throat training, slapping, oral (m!receiving), hair pulling, all acts are consensual safeword is in place!

a/n: idk if i like this one tbh

you’re kneeled on the floor as you stare up at your boyfriend with wide, innocent eyes. “ronnie?” you ask softly.

“yes puppy?” he looks down at you with all the love and adoration in the world.

“what’re we doing?” your head is cocked to the side and your brows are furrowed slightly. you and ron had now been dating for a few weeks, and every time you’re in his room, buried between the sheets, he’s teaching you something new about your body. ever since the first time he made you cum on his tongue and fingers.

“gonna teach you something, angel,” he smiles down at you. “that okay?” you nod and he bends down to kiss your head softly. “alright baby, open y’mouth,” you hesitantly do as he says and he smirks down at you. ron takes his first two fingers and slides them in your mouth untill they’re hitting the back of your throat, making you cough and gag. he leaves them there for a few seconds before pulling them back out.

“relax your throat f’me angel,” he murmurs softly. you nod, taking some more deep breaths before opening your mouth and allowing him to go again. the second attempt produces the same results, your coughing and gagging around his fingers as tears are filling your eyes. “breathe through your nose,” he mumbles, not moving his fingers this time. you’re squirming and whimpering around the obtrusion in your throat as tears cascade down your cheeks, taking your mascara with it. you look up at ron hopelessly and he lets out a disappointed sigh, pulling back his fingers, a trail of saliva connecting them to your mouth. “baby,” he tuts gently.

“‘m sorry ronnie. can’t do it,” you whimper softly.

“if you can’t even take my fingers then however am i gonna get my cock in that pretty little mouth of your’s?” he pouts mockingly.

“ronnie i dunno what that means,” you’re whining is quickly cut off by a slap to your cheek, causing you to whimper and bring your hand up to the afflicted area. “owie…” you whimper softly. though it didn’t truly hurt, and both you and ron knew that. he knew you liked it no matter how much you whined and complained when he did it. he knew that if he were to peel back your little panties, he’d find your cunt slick with arousal, needy and begging to be touched.

“oh shut your mouth that didn’t hurt. don’t be a brat angel,” he glares at you. “quit y’fucking whining. you know i hate it when you whine.” since dating, ron had become quite the hard dominant, and you absolutely loved every single second of it. “gimme your hand,” you timidly reach your right hand up and he takes it, placing it over his covered cock. “you feel that baby?” and you’re nodding. “that’s my cock.”

“‘s big ronnie…” you murmur innocently.

“it is princess, and it’s gonna go in y’mouth, yeah?” he pushes your hair away from your face and wipes at the stray tears.

“‘s not gonna fit,” you shake your head softly.

“that’s why ‘m training your throat angel. gonna make it fit, yeah? now, are you ready to try again?” and you’re nodding, obediently opening your mouth and lulling out your tongue once more, causing him to smirk. he truly has turned you into the perfect little cockslut, and you he hasn’t even given you his cock yet.

“good girl,” he hums before going back in with his fingers. “that’s it princess,” he hums. this time you last a few seconds before you’re gagging and sputtering over the obtrusion in your throat, moving to pull away. ron keeps his hand at the back of your head as he instructs “breathe through your nose like i told you to,” and it’s another minute or so before you’re obeying. breathing through your nose and taking his fingers in your throat like a good cockslut. “fuck,” he mumbles as he slowly starts to thrust his fingers in and out of your mouth. “so perfect angel.”

it’s a few minutes before he’s pulling his fingers out. you’re already completely wrecked. makeup smudged, tears streaming down your cheeks, mouth slick with spit, and drool falling down your chest. “ready to take my cock?” he asks. you’re nodding immediately before he’s even finished his sentence and he smirks at your eagerness, moving to take off his belt. you watch his hands as he unbuckles his pants and frees his cock. when he does, your eyes widen. “you okay puppy?” he asks.

“‘s big…” you wonder aloud in amazement, causing him to chuckle.

“you’ll be okay,” as he pats your head. “c’mon doll, open up.” your tongue is lolling out again as he leads his cock into your mouth. he pushes all the way in untill he’s met with resistance at your throat. “relax f’me angel. c’mon, remember what i taught you.”

you breathe trough your nose and relax the muscles of your throat, allowing ron to fully push into your mouth, causing a protrusion in your throat, and when ron sees it, he groans aloud. “shit princess,” he’s pulling your hair into a makeshift ponytail as he slowly trusts, hitting your uvula each time. the sounds of your gags doing nothing but encouraging him as he picks up his pace.

you’re a complete mess, tears and drool causing stray hairs to stick to your face as your mascara smudges around your eyes while ron completely abuses your throat. “fuckin shit angel so good. such a good little cocksucker,” his moans and groans are only encouraging you to take it like a good girl and you relax even further, swallowing around his length.

immediately, he’s shooting his spend into your mouth, and tugging at your hair harder as he moans louder. “fucking shit. holy fuck,” he grunts loudly as you’re coughing and sputtering over the salty white liquid invading your throat. “oh i know i know, i’m sorry angel. sorry sorry, but be a good girl and swallow it all f’me yeah?” you nod and swallow his seed, still slightly coughing as you look up at him for approval.

“i was good ronnie?” you ask timidly.

“so good angel, made me cum so hard hmm,” he assures as he hooks his hands under your armpits and lifts you up onto his lap. you hum softly and cuddle into his shoulder.

“what was that?” you ask softly.

“that, my love, was a blowie,” he kisses your temple. “and you did so so well angel.”

“thank you ronnie,” you murmur softly.

“let’s go get you cleaned up yeah? then i’ll take care of that pretty little cunt. can feel how wet you are baby, pulsing on my thigh.”

“sorry…” you murmur abashedly.

“no need for sorries angel,” and he’s lifting you up and carrying you into the bathroom so he can wash your face of all the spit and makeup.

“i love you ronnie,” you hum softly as he sets you on the cold countertop.

“i love you too angel,” as he places a gentle kiss to your forehead.

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[makeste]

BnHA Chapter 306: the beginning of the WHAT

Previously on BnHA: Nana and the Gang were all, “hey Deku, we can read your thoughts and feelings so we should already know the answer to this, but for some reason we want to quiz you on whether or not you’d be down to kill Shigaraki Tomura.” Deku was all, “um okay, well tbh, probably not seeing as Saving People has been my entire thing since literally the start of the series.” The Vestiges were all, “yes that makes perfect sense and again we already knew that, but well, good for you buddy and I’m glad we had this talk. Anyway I guess we should ask these two cryptic fuckers in the corner to finally turn around now before we run out of -- ” and then the chapter ended. Because OF COURSE IT DID.

Today on BnHA: Horikoshi is all “YOU DON’T NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT, WOULDN’T IT BE SO MUCH BETTER IF I GAVE YOU A CONFUSING CHAPTER WHERE EVERYONE FINALLY LEARNS ABOUT OFA, AND GOES BACK TO THE DORMS, AND THEN THE CHAPTER ENDS WITH DEPRESSED NOMAD DEKU STANDING ON A PRECIPICE WITH GRAN TORINO’S TATTERED CAPE FLOWING IN THE WIND.” Everyone is all, “???????????” Horikoshi is all, “also the parents are moving to the U.A. campus, and Jeanist’s neck is two and a half feet long, for everyone that was wondering.” Everyone is all, “WHERE ARE KACCHAN AND TODOROKI AND FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, WHO ARE THE SECOND AND THIRD USERS”, and Horikoshi is all, “:)” and fades away into nothingness like the fucking fae he is. Like a fucking imp who’s kept his end of the cursed bargain. What, the, fuck.

okay guys, so after the longest Thursday of my fucking life, during which I was secretly hoping that my spoiler containment net would be somehow be breached, inadvertently exposing me to theta spoiler radiation, so that I could be all “oh no... spoilers... there’s nothing I can do... I have no choice but to look” (which sadly did not happen), it is finally Friday and the chapter is finally out. so I’ve got my clown kit at the ready and other self-deprecating memes on standby, and I’m ready to go. and I should note that I’m also ready for Horikoshi to pull some absolute bullshit and be like, “oh you know what, we haven’t checked in with Rat Principal in a while have we” and spend the entire chapter on nonsense like that. I’M READY FOR FUCKING ANYTHING so bring it

(ETA: it would be nice if this man wouldn’t call my bluff every now and again.)

oh, right, we were due a color page! wow look at this

isn’t this supposed to be the future?? what’s with all of these staticky CRT TVs

anyway, so! is this the first time we’ve seen Tomura’s stylish finger prosthetic glove thingy in color?? because I didn’t expect it to be red. also, at some point you just have to give in and change your pants into cutoffs or something, Tomura. start a new trend of stylish villain capris

meanwhile Deku is dressed like he’s going on a journey into the desert to find a mystical oasis. actually this cape looks a lot like Gran Torino’s. I have to go back and see if Gran’s is all raggedy like this

(ETA: it wasn’t before but APPARENTLY IT IS NOW. I also forgot that Horikoshi had showed it sitting on a side table in the hospital a few chapters ago.)

lastly, AFO looks like someone’s thumb after they’ve been washing dishes for twenty minutes. you are just the ugliest dude in history, and as always, fuck you

HAHAHA SOB I KNEW IT

oh, Twowy McTwoface is finally starting to turn around? better CUT BACK TO DEKU’S HOSPITAL ROOM THEN. wouldn’t want to accidentally ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS or SOLVE ANY MYSTERIES, god forbid

well, whatever. whatever!! anyway so now someone’s knocking at the door. I say “someone” but we all know it’s Hawks

yep

they were actually standing outside the door for a while hoping they’d overhear another juicy plot conversation, but no such luck this time

lmaooo Jeanist wtf

acting all embarrassed, but you’re really just as curious as Hawks is. making him do all the dirty work for you huh

ARE YOU SERIOUS THIS IS AN INJUSTICE

so like two seconds after Katsuki gets dragged away you open the door for the rest of them!! well, fine!! I really want it to be a more private/personal moment between the two of them anyway so let the other kids check in on Deku first then

and in the meantime, time to see Hawks put the thumbscrews to All Might’s resolve lol

I wonder how much of it Hawks has already put together in the last five minutes. One for All is something connected to All for One that Tomura seems to want. Tomura was apparently targeting Deku. that’s more than enough to make a few deductions right there. I wonder how much Hawks knows about Deku’s quirk. he did watch the sports festival, and he ran into the kids interning under Endeavor that one time

okay well maybe he hasn’t put the rest of it together just yet, but Hawks is making a pretty reasonable pitch here to All Might

also this is a pretty spectacular view. is this a hospital or a hotel??

AHLKJLKJLKJ ARE YOU SERIOUSLY GOING TO TELL THEM

OH MY GOD HE IS?!?!

JUST LIKE WE ALL EXPECTED, THE NEXT TWO PEOPLE TO LEARN THE TRUTH ABOUT OFA ARE GOING TO BE HAWKS, AND BEST FUCKING JEANIST

-- LFKLKKLDK ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS. ARE YOU --

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[sitting cross-legged on the ground pulling up little clumps of grass and letting them fall from my fingers one by one] yeah. sure. okay. fine. sure

-- OKAY, NO. NUH-UH. NO

everybody better hold tight cuz I’m about to pick up this whole chapter and yeet it into the ocean like a fucking frisbee lol

HORIKOSHI I DON’T CARE ABOUT THESE PEOPLE SITTING HERE WATCHING TV WTF

-- OH

well okay then. proceed. though lord help me if they’re about to reveal the secret of OFA to the whole fucking world skdkj

oh snap

well, there it is. pretty much what I expected, but it’s good to actually get to see this moment with him taking responsibility

though at the same time, thank you Horikoshi for not forcing us to sit through the rest of that

their fucking faces omg. okay but seriously, what nation doesn’t secretly love a good scandal

the Endeavor Pamphlets, part two. thank you for giving the country something to opine about on twitter in these trying times, Enji

so now they’re asking about Hawks and Jeanist but I cannot even focus on anything all of a sudden because what?!

is Jeanist even a real actual human being you guys?! are we sure he’s not three kids sitting on each other’s shoulders?? are you related to that one guy with the really long neck from the Jedi Council?? are you Orochimaru, bro??

so now Hawks is apologizing for the murder of Twice, and for hiding the connection with his dad

the fact that he has to give this serious formal apology and beg forgiveness for the shameful crime of Having An Abusive Father is really something else, though. just. it’s realistic, but I still hate it

moving on now to the one thing he actually does owe the public an explanation for

not to go all “Hawks did nothing wrong” on you guys yet again, but seriously. 100% facts. fandom can (and no doubt will) debate this until the end of time, but if Twice had gotten away they wouldn’t be having this press conference right now because there wouldn’t be any heroes left to give one. anyways though, I’ve already said more than enough about that in previous posts

so now some severe-looking lady with the weirdest fingers I’ve ever seen is saying that her mother was injured during Machia’s rampage

and she’s basically all “a fuck lot of good ‘I’m sorry’ does us all about now.” true true

wow she’s really getting fired up

and now Enji is basically saying that he understands that an apology isn’t enough, and what they really need now are solutions. okay, well! SO THEN WHAT IS THE PLAN THEN

hmmfsdgh

this eloquent PEZ dispenser makes a good point you guys

wait, hold up

CERTAIN citizens?? um excuse me, what??

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh shit

holy shit. well, this will go over well

okay! so this tells me a number of things, though

basically the minute that Hawks learned about One for All, he realized that anyone connected to Deku (e.g. Inko) would be a target for AFO. AFO wants OFA, meaning AFO wants Deku, and one of the easiest ways to get to Deku would be to target his family

Hawks therefore realized that Inko needed to be placed into protective custody

but the fact that ALL of the hero course students’ families (and is it only the U.A. hero course, or all of the hero course students across the country?) are being given protection tells me that Hawks and co. don’t want to single Deku out as being important. so then it looks like they’re not going to tell everyone about OFA (or at least not the public. which, good). so rather than drawing suspicion by saying “we’ve got to protect everyone connected with this one kid”, they’re making it seem like all the U.A. kids’ families are getting this treatment

but since the heroes are now spread so thin, they can’t just send a protective detail to each and every family, so they’re bringing all of the families to the same place instead to better keep an eye on them

so that’s all well and good, and a very smart move. except that idk how all of this is going to go over with the general public, all of whom are probably feeling unsafe at the moment, and who will probably see this as preferential treatment -- basically just the heroes looking after their own and leaving everyone else to fend for themselves

(ETA: okay so @hanashimas​’ translation clarifies that U.A. is offering their services as an evacuation shelter for everyone who wants it, not just the families of the U.A. students. that’s much more appropriate so I withdraw my previous “wtf” reaction lol.)

anyway though here’s Mitsuki and Inko

can we take this as confirmation that the two of them really are friends? that’s one piece of fanon that I’ve always hoped was true, so I’m gonna go ahead and say it’s confirmed

(ETA: also this means that Hagakure’s parents (or maybe “parents” in quotation marks) will supposedly be moving in as well. sure am curious as to how that’s going to go.)

now someone in the press crowd is asking whether U.A. can provide adequate security, which is honestly the LAST thing I expected these people would be outraged about lol. shows what I know I guess

(ETA: again though, this makes sense if the “certain civilians” thing was just a translation error.)

LMAO DAMMIT ENJI

YOU CAN’T JUST ALWAYS PULL THE “JUST WATCH ME” TRICK AND EXPECT IT TO SHUT DOWN THE CONVERSATION EVERY DAMN TIME YOU ASSHOLE

-- OH MY GOD RED ALERT

TIME TO ANALYZE THIS BECAUSE OMG

WASH CAN’T BELIEVE HIS FAMILY GROUP CHAT IS STILL SENDING HIM FUCKING MEMES AT A TIME LIKE THIS. HE DOESN’T GIVE A FUCK IF THE DABI DANCE IS TRENDING ON TIKTOK, MOM!!

FOR A MINUTE I THOUGHT MT. LADY WAS HOLDING MIDNIGHT’S TORN-UP MASK, AND BY THE TIME I REALIZED THAT’S ACTUALLY HER MASK AND NOT MIDNIGHT’S, I HAD ALREADY CONSTRUCTED AN ELABORATE HEADCANON IN WHICH MT. LADY AND MIDNIGHT WERE SECRETLY DATING BUT HADN’T COME OUT TO ANYONE YET, AND THEN TRAGEDY STRUCK, AND NOW MT. LADY IS GETTING READY TO SET OUT TO SEEK VENGEANCE. AND WELL, NOW THAT THIS HEADCANON EXISTS IN THE WORLD, I’M NOT SURE IF I’M READY TO GET RID OF IT

MIRKO HAS GOTTEN HERSELF A PROSTHETIC (ROBOT??!) ARM, NOTHING ELSE THAT’S HAPPENING IN THIS CHAPTER IS EVEN SLIGHTLY IMPORTANT!!! HELLO!!!!!

AIZAWA WITH THE EYEPATCH GOOD LORD. THE WORLD ISN’T READY. HE LOOKS LIKE HE HASN’T SLEPT IN NINETY-EIGHT YEARS, BUT SOMEHOW HE MAKES IT INTO THE HOTTEST THING EVER AS PER USUAL

WHO THE FUCK IS THIS FUCKING GUY. ARE WE SUPPOSED TO KNOW HIM? IS THIS KAMUI?? WAS THAT THING WHICH I ALWAYS ASSUMED WAS HIS HAIR ACTUALLY A HELMET OR SOMETHING WHAT

LOL AND MEANWHILE

you tell me, Dabi! weren’t you the one who said that wouldn’t be enough to kill him? what even is your endgame here. I’m starting to worry about the villain brain cell supply you guys. I feel like Compress took most of them with him when he left

OH??

“when asked about One for All, Endeavor fucking lied through his teeth.” well, well, well

SLKDFJLSKGDJLKLKGJL THE DORMS

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SLDKJFLKJWLKJLK

WLKDJSLKJFWKELKSDJLKHGLK

HDSMFLKGKL:GDSELK

OCHAKO’S HAND IS SHAKING OH MY GOD

THERE’S YOUR KAMINARI, EVERYONE!!

RHA’S SCANLATION TEAM REALLY THREW DEKU’S HANDWRITING UNDER THE BUS HERE HUH

HE TOLD EVERYONE!?

WHY THE FUCK IS HE WRITING IT AS A LETTER

(ETA: 9. also if he really wrote every kid in his class then that means the U.A. traitor -- or Hagakure as we like to call her around these parts -- also knows about OFA, and knows that Deku has run the fuck off and isn’t at U.A. anymore. so that’s just great!)

OH HELL NO

the hell does that mean, you must leave. leave to go where. son you are not up and leaving to go power up and lead us all into a timeskip. and I swear to GOD, if you left Kacchan too...!!

MY GOD I CAN’T PROPERLY ABSORB ALL OF THESE OCHAKO FEELS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I’M TOO TERRIFIED TO SCROLL TO THE LAST FUCKING PAGE, FUCK

I JUST GOTTA DO IT. I JUST GOTTA SUCK IT UP AND DO IT. FUCK

FUCK

WHAT. THE. FUCK

y’all I’m not even gonna waste your time with more keysmashing, JUST ASSUME THAT I AM DOING IT NONSTOP, FOREVER. and let’s just jump RIGHT IN HERE

okay so here I thought that All Might and co. had taken him away somewhere to train, but that is CLEARLY not what’s going on here. this kid is standing here in his Apocalypse Aesthetic hero costume which has CLEARLY seen better days, with Gran Torino’s cloak (GUESS THAT EXPLAINS THAT, THEN?? SO DID GRAN FUCKING DIE EXCUSE ME WTF), and a fucking backpack. this little green idiot has RUN AWAY FROM HOME. this is the absolute LAST THING ON EARTH I ever expected to happen so PARDON ME WHILE I SCREAM CONFUSEDLY INTO THE VOID

he does not look okay. you guys he doesn’t look okay at ALL. he has NEVER looked like this. this isn’t just a “I’m sad because I’m leaving all my friends behind” kind of look on his face, or even just a “Gran Torino died maybe and I’m still having emotions over it” look. this is an EXHAUSTED, dead look in his eyes. something terrible has happened

WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR ARMS DEKU. THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING DOWN WITH YOUR ARMS GODDAMMIT

love how this random building is just straight up collapsing, like that’s just a normal thing that happens every day now. lovely

APRIL MEANS IT’S NOW FULL ON SCHEDULED ALL-MIGHT-DYING-HOURS, BUT LET’S COMPLETELY IGNORE THAT THOUGH BECAUSE FUCK THAT NOISE

“THE SECOND USER? WHO KNOWS? CERTAINLY NOT ME” HORIKOSHI I SWEAR TO GOD

“BAKUGOU? NEVER HEARD OF HIM!” HORIKOSHI PLEASE

WHERE. IS. KACCHAN

did he go with Deku?? did he get a chance to talk to him before he left?? did he get his own private letter which he read and then promptly blew up in a fit of panicked rage?? is he going to go after him?? DOES HORIKOSHI KNOW WHAT HE’S DOING TO ME RIGHT NOW?? OF COURSE HE DOES, DON’T BOTHER ANSWERING THAT

omg. though actually the fact that we’ve already jumped a few weeks forward makes me hopeful that there won’t actually be another timeskip, or at least not much of one. I’m sure that’ll be the big debate of the week, but I don’t think we can jump too far forward here. for starters because of that All Might prophecy I mentioned. and also because TomurAFO isn’t just going to wait around for months. and also because I’m 100% sure that Deku’s running-away backpack is just filled ENTIRELY WITH NOTEBOOKS and this asshole cannot possibly survive more than 3 days on his own. UNLESS SOMEONE COMES TO HELP HIM THAT IS. OR SOMEONES, EVEN. OMG. omg omg omg. fuck this chapter lmao

[alexanderzeegreat]

Are You Confused About Ageplay/Regression?

(Don’t Worry, So Are Lotsa People)

Hello, friends! I wanted to write a thingy for those new to the world of ageplay/regression; because when I first started to explore it, I quickly realized I had no terminology or understanding of the complications of this world. I hope this gives some degree of clarity to anyone feeling confused.

The first important thing to say is this is a consensual world comprised entirely of legal adults. The definition of a legal, consenting adult depends on national/local laws, but they should govern your interactions 100%. While there are undoubtedly littles/regressors who are minors (I was one once!), those legally defined as minors should not interact with legal adults in ageplay/regression activities (and vice versa, obvz!).

It seems to me there are three basic groups that I can use to describe ageplay/regression; I don’t think these groups are discreet—there is fluidity among each one, so someone who heavily identifies with Group Two, for example, may also find connections with parts of an identity of Group One or Three. These groups cross all boundaries of race, gender, sexuality, etc and are not confined by monoliths or binaries. This is a world of freedom, experimentation, fluidity, and play inside and outside of the self, a place where trans/bi/lesbian/gay/asexual/queer/intersex, etc are welcome.

GROUP ONE: primarily defined by individuals who adopt an age other (usually younger) than their own to play a role. In this role, the ageplay individual may (or may not) experiment with sexual play and all attendant idiosyncrasies and kinks attached to it, such as (but not limited to), dominance/submission, puppy play, diapers, gay/straight sex, discipline, chastity, etc. The differentiating feature of this group is that their ageplay is voluntary, discreet, and often a means to an end (for example, playing out a scene). There is usually no larger connection to the play age other than the taking on of a role. The people in this group are valid and deserve to be treated with respect.

GROUP TWO: those in this group are defined by their voluntary regression (as opposed to the playing of role) in which they creatively and seamlessly embody a younger version of themselves (as opposed to a character—though the regressed self MIGHT carry a different name). Folks in this group have a profound and meaningful connection to their little side, sometimes referred to as an “inner child.” As opposed to those in the first group, their regression is usually (though not always) disconnected from their sexuality and focused instead on nurturing, play, and freedom. Group two littles/middles/regressors sometimes (though not always) have a caregiver who watches over them, and this can sometimes (though not always) take the form of a parental dynamic which might (though not always) include rules, discipline, and (non-sexual) punishments. This is the group I most closely identify with, and thus, the one I feel like I have the best handle on. The people in this group are valid and deserve to be treated with respect.

GROUP THREE: people in this group are usually comprised of those who (mostly) involuntarily regress to a younger age or for whom regression is neither roleplay nor a means of experimentation/play but instead a lived-life reality often connected to trauma, abuse, and abandonment during their chronological childhood. For those in this group, regression can be (though isn’t always) therapeutic, or, at the very least, a coping mechanism for the difficulties associated with recovery. Because those who are in group three have relatively little control over their regression—and because they fully and completely inhabit the mind of a child—they need protection from triggers for trauma and from the dissonances of the adult world that might frighten or (re)traumatize them. This protection comes often in the form of a caregiver but can also include a community of other regressors who create strict content rules and police them from the outside. The people in this group are valid and deserve to be treated with respect.

USEFUL TERMINOLOGY

DNI: Do Not Interact—often used by those in Group Three (or any other individual for whom ageplay/regression is inherently nonsexual) who engage with tumblr and other social media through involuntary regression and who seek to avoid triggers that might (re)traumatize or expose them to material not suitable for their regressed age. If you accidentally repost or respond to a DNI post and you are asked to stop, please apologize and do so.

NSFW: Not Safe For Work—used to indicate material that crosses over into the adult world; think anything PG13 and up. If it is something you’d be embarrassed to share with a coworker or colleague, it is NSFW. More importantly for this world, if it is material you would not show a child (or an adult regressed as a child), it is NSFW.

ABDL: Adult Baby/Diaper Lover—usually not disarticulated, though there are some Adult Babies who do not wear diapers and some Diaper Lovers who identify outside the realms of baby/toddlerhood. These would be individuals who define their little /regressed side as baby-early toddler and for whom the wearing of diapers is integral to their role/regression. The reasons or meaning of the diaper can be radically different depending on the individual and can run the spectrum from sexualized to punitive to comforting to conventional baby attire. Some ABDLs are also individuals who routinely struggle with incontinence either in their play/regressed self or in their adult world.

Little—any individual who identifies their role/inner age roughly between infant and school-aged; this is a pretty broad term, and I have seen it used to describe the ages 0-11, though the sweet spot tends to be 2-6.

Middle—a bit confusing, tbh: I used to think a middle was anyone who did not identity as a baby/toddler, but now it seems to describe ageplay/regression from preteen to teenager, let’s say ages 8-17, though I do think the sweet spot is more 12-14.

CG: Caregiver—any individual whose sole function is to provide care, affection, attention, and love to a little/middle/regressor. This can include the terminology/relationship of family, such as daddy, mommy, uncle, brother, aunt, etc. Or it can be non-defined and amorphous. Sometimes abbreviated “CG,” a caregiver relationship may or may not include discipline/punishment but is mostly non-disciplinary and inherently nonsexual.

DDLB/DDLG & MDLB/MDLG: Daddy (Mommy) Dom/Little Boy (Girl)—used to describe a dynamic whereby the caregiver of a little/middle/regressor mirrors some of the cadences of a Dom/Sub relationship, though this can be as mild as a conventional parental relationship—where there are rules, discipline, and punishments—to something hypersexualized and more in line with hardcore dominance and submission dynamics.

CGLRE: Caregiver Little Regressor—like DD(M)/LB(G) only completely nonsexual, though what that means can be contested. For example, some CGLRE folx see the imposition of any kind of discipline/punishment/rules on a little/regressor as inherently sexual (even parental discipline) and would, therefore, not include that dynamic as part of an authentic CGLRE relationship.

IMPORTANT NOTE: this list is by no means meant to be exhaustive and is only one boy’s understanding of a very vast and intricate dynamic, so friendly amendments, comments, suggestions, and clarifications are very welcome. NOT WELCOME: those who already harbor generalized prejudice or judgmental views about ageplay and regression; claims of any kind of authenticity or authority over what being little or regressed REALLY is/means; vitriol, hate, judgmental/self-righteousness, and other general meanie headedness. Such folx will be immediately and cheerfully blocked. I don’t/won’t listen to any of that noise, mkay?  

The important thing is—no matter where you fit (or don’t) in this list/world, you treat those outside (and inside) your group with compassion, empathy, respect, and kindness. I will close by saying littles/regressors/middles/CGs/daddies/mommies are some of the nicest, sweetest, generous, and loving people I’ve ever met, and I am proud to be a part of this world <3

Please share this with anyone you think might need it!

Love, Zander

[sims2bellaswan]

relationship headcanons | la squadra x reader

an established relationship with Risotto, Prosciutto, Melone, Ghiaccio and Illuso [gender neutral reader]

TW: NSFW, manipulation, mentions of death, mentions of verbal abuse, mentions of cheating, stalking, objectification, breakups bc let’s be real they aren’t boyfriend material

Risotto

Relationships are tough for the big guy

His biggest issue is manipulating his partners, he doesn’t have much of a life outside of Passione so he isn’t very well socialized

Conversations will consist of a lot of double-meanings, punishments for “misbehavior”, and lies of omission

He wouldn’t mesh well with a social butterfly; an introvert who doesn’t mind staying home more often than not would be much more reasonable to him

Expect a lot of your external relationships to be cut off, social media will have to be private and checked by him, a lot goes into being with a capo safely

Sex wise, you’re in for a long night

It doesn’t happen incredibly often, but when it does there’s a lot of pent up emotions being let out (anger/frustration mostly)

Good luck like seriously good luck, because he will not finish until he’s done yelling

You’ll need better luck if you wanna break up

if he’s comfortable around you, you either stay or kick the bucket

Prosciutto

Also a tough one for relationships

He, unlike Risotto, simply cannot connect with people

His superiority complex would really dampen any sparks you’d feel

For him to like you, I feel like you’d either have to have no confidence or the balls to put him in his place

Because he’d either belittle you constantly and you’d have to take it or you’d have to insult him and make him take it

Should it be option b, you may be stuck with him I feel like he’s into that

And should you be stuck with him, you are now expected to shoulder all of his issues. Hes your problem now

The sex is nothing to write home about tbh

You two would have sex an average amount for a couple, it’d be pretty simple, like I said it’s nothing special

A breakup is inevitable. This boat was not built to last.

If the breakup is his fault, he’d probably force you to leave the country so he doesn’t have to deal with putting a hit on you

If you decided to break up with him, you’re fucked. Good luck!

Melone

Ever your favorite man-whore, this relationship is complicated.

First of all, there is a chance you are not the only one

You’re suspicious but he’s done this enough times where you can never find any real evidence

Second of all, you are kept very separate from Passione

La squadra doesn’t know about you, you don’t know about them

Melone is very secretive in general, especially to you, but this is one thing where it’s for the best

Sex is often, sex can be anywhere, as long as you’re around he will be all up in your shit

Your pleasure is often neglected, but what can you do, he’s a dog

Breaking up is easy and almost always initiated by him. you are no longer interesting, next!

He loves the chase and the honeymoon period, it’s fun and exciting, everything after that has nothing new for him to learn. So he gets bored! Sue him!

This is the only breakup where you have a majority chance of surviving! Congrats!

Ghiaccio

Probably the toughest nut to crack, not because he’s necessarily opposed to relationships, but because he’s very prone to driving people away

He can be very hot and cold with people, sometimes he treats you like shit and other times he’s hanging off your every word

It’s not exactly your fault either, it could be something about the way your outfit looked that day or you breathed too audibly, the mans got a hair trigger

If you’re not driven away after the first two dates, you can expect a pretty standard relationship

You two fight more often than average but other than that it’s pretty normal

You’re kept separate from Passione but you’re aware of his ties to the mafia (maybe not his exact position yk)

Breaking up is the issue, it simply will not happen

Anytime you bring up the idea of simply taking a break, you’re met with a rebuttal, then that fight changes topic to something else and you become distracted and forget about what even started the argument

He’s just gotten way too comfortable about the idea of having you around. At the end of the day, he likes having someone to bicker with

Illuso

Oh girl good luck!

Every flag is a red flag

You have a lot of expectations to meet, even from day 1

No, you are never told any of these expectations, but he will demean you for breaking them.

He likes having you around because you boost his ego. He is a lowlife hitman, who snagged a hottie and can keep that hottie hanging around

You’re essentially an accessory to him, he likes taking you out just so you’ll hang off his arm

He also loves spying on you, whether you catch on or not

Showering, going to work, taking your classes, whatever mundane activity you may be filling your time apart with, he loves to watch

It’s less about the fact that he’s worried about you, it’s that he knows you’re perfect and he doesn’t like other people touching his things

You would NEVER guess that, because he treats you like an object but you’re his object 🧔

Good luck because you’re not getting out of this one

[goldengoddess]

hi could you do soulmate!au headcanons where nikolai and the reader meet for the first time also can nikolai proceed to constantly send her flirty notes when theyre in public cos reader gets embarassed and flustered cos ppl around them can see!

nikolai lantsov soulmate!au ♡

a/n: okay tbh i did not proof read this and i wrote it in one sitting oops! but soulmate nikolai <333 what a cheese ball anyways hope u like this love

warnings: couple of suggestive comments bc this is me writing a nikolai fic u know how it is

nikolai was not an artist

a worthy and versatile king capable of creating beautiful inventions, yes

a man with any artistic ability, no

as hard as he tried, he couldn’t accurately express his inventions in art form

that’s why he had you

he’d found you one day sitting on the floor in the halls of the little palace, sketching in your notebook

when he saw your sheer talent he was blown away

and immediately he knew he needed you

“how would you like a job?” he’d asked you, not even bothering to say hello

and from there a mutual work friendship was born

the two of you would sit in his workshop or room for hours

nikolai would wave his hands around in excitement explaining an idea to you

and you would attempt to keep up and draw the idea in your sketch pad

it was inevitable that the two of you became close

and nikolai developed a tiny not so tiny crush on you

how could he not? you were beautiful, you kept up with his quick wit mind, and you brought his ideas into reality

he held a little hope that you were his soulmate

but he’d never seen any drawing appear on his own body or on any visible part of yours

until one day he saw a quick scribble appear on his arm that said ‘go talk to nikolai at noon!!!’

his heart had practically burst out of his chest from excitement

unorganized as he was, he couldn’t remember who he might be meeting with at noon

so he patiently and anxiously waited in his room for the clock to strike 12

two minutes after, you walked in the room

his jaw immediately dropped and he glanced to your own arm and saw your familiar handwriting

he should have known

“hey nikolai i have some new sketches to-oh!”

to your absolute surprise, the king wasted no time grabbing your face and pressing his lips to yours

from there, things were even better for the two of you than before

your bond was more than just the universes making, the two of you got alone beautifully

nikolai was blessed to have someone with your level of talent as his soulmate

for his own amusement, you’d sometimes draw your sketches on your body

a beautiful boat of contraption on your thigh

sometimes even the outline of nikolai’s own face on your wrist

a lot of the time you tried to draw his eyes, though you could never capture their sincere beauty

nikolai loved it, like his own unique tattoos on his body designed by his favorite person

even though they disappeared hours later

he’d always compliment you on them

“oh darling! i loved the little tree you draw on your ankle earlier it gave me this idea, what if we-”

nikolai didn’t hold your same talent in the arts but he did possess absolute mastery in the art of flirtation

and boy did this man know how to make you blush

leave you cute little notes on your arm when he knew you were meeting with important people

“knock them dead my love”

“you’re the smartest one in the room, show them what you always show me”

“you’re so fucking talented”

“come find me when you’re done”

sometimes suggestive comments too

“i bet you look so pretty right now, sharing your beautiful drawings to all those important people”

“you can tell me all about it tonight before i kiss you absolutely senseless”

“cant wait to have you in my bed today, finish quickly”

and you knew he did it on purpose

ofc he did this was the nikolai lantsov, cheeky prince turned king of ravka

he knew that it made you blush

totally abusing your connection as soulmates

but he appreciated the way you’d storm into his room after your meetings, all red in the face and flustered, fake angry at him

“nikolai lantsov i’m going to kill you”

“come give me a kiss first darling, then you can do what you want with me”

the world knew what it was doing when it made nikolai lantsov your soulmate

[ginjointsintheworld]

One thing I really want is for Lauren and Leyla to actually get to communicate if they ever get back together. Everything with them is glossed over or hinted at like Lauren’s addiction is a huge part of her life and other than that one comment where Leyla says she knows Lauren’s an addict, there’s been nothing else. Even while Lauren’s been actively struggling. I get her not wanting to burden Leyla while they were broken up but if they get back together I’d hope it would be brought up. Also I want this deportation thing to be about Leyla in some tiny way like I know it’s about Lauren getting to help Leyla in a way that she wants and knows about to show how Lauren’s grown(which kind of annoys me tbh there are other less tragic storylines and Leyla always being saddled with struggle is odd)but it’s such a huge thing for them to drop on Leyla and not mention anyone else in her life. Even if she’s too proud to tell them, I want her to like. Mention her mom or an old friend or someone you know?

yeah, there's been important conversations from their relationship where the writers did more tell than show. which i guess given that they were developed during s3 with 14 episodes, things had to be trimmed down *sigh* that being said though, i do remind myself that two things can be true, we as an audience didn't see a conversation between characters but canonically it did happen. now is that good writing? lol probably not. lauren's addiction is a huge part of her life and it is something that leyla is aware of ('i'm an addict', 'i know' (3x13)) and lauren communicated ('she knows because i tell her everything' (4x05)). especially given how jeanie brought up lauren's struggle with abusing adderall at work, lauren's unflinching answer means that she told leyla about that time period too. but regardless, i agree, it’d be nice to see them discussing lauren’s struggle with feeling like NA is a big trigger for her addiction. if nothing else, it would help leyla understand that lauren leaving her ED position wasn’t solely for her. 

i totally understand the annoyance with the visa storyline. like when will leyla just be able to do her residency in peace 😩 but on the other hand, given what the writers have focused on when it comes to leyla, i guess visa issues were always going to be a thing coming into play. in fact, i think before we found out 3x14 was about leyla’s washington residency, people were speculating that it would be immigration related. it’s also kind of that balance where, okay well what conflict can be used for lauren and leyla to work on together? it has to be something on leyla’s end because... well... lauren is hiding in plants to stay out of leyla’s hair. but it also has to be something big enough that leyla might reach out for help. so that pretty much removes anything work related. what could possibly pop up there that she couldn’t handle? not to mention lauren getting involved in anything work related again would be a sore spot considering the 5th spot fiasco. ideally with this visa situation, it’ll be lauren providing some resources (lawyer, some non-profit foundation connection, etc) and leyla can take it from there. i’m with you, would love to know that leyla talked to someone about this, even they couldn’t do anything to directly help. but i also wonder, is leyla the type to only disclose good news to her loved ones back home so they don’t worry? did her mom know that she was living in her car in new york? after all, the first time we heard leyla mention her mom was wanting to tell her the good news about the residency spot. even if i think back to roxana’s conversation with lauren regarding leyla, the way she said that she and the other residents were worried leyla was throwing her future way implies that leyla put on a front that she was adamant about being fine with not going back to NA. 

but hey, here’s hoping we get some hefty substance to this storyline in 4x17!

[imnotgrimimjustagrumpyreaper]

Everything you never thought to ask and never wanted to know about my Josépan playlist/history with and opinions of the ship.

Intro:

The journey of this playlist has been a long one, starting on Amazon Music and my old, janky and now defunct Ipad.

STRAP IN, CHILDREN AS I TAKE YOU BACK TO A MAGICAL TIME WHEN NEITHER LEGENDS OF THE THREE CABALLEROS; NOR THEIR CAMEO IN DUCKTALES HAD BEEN ANNOUNCED YET, MY BLOG ON TUMBLR DIDN’T EXIST (THOUGH I WAS LURKING) AND PANCHITO WAS STILL THE LEAST POPULAR CABALLERO, otherwise known as around late 2017.

A word on the origins of the playlist:

The playlist was not initially Ducktales focused because the two didn’t exist in Ducktales yet. I was rather unenthusiastic back in the day about this ship (oh how the times change) but I had stumbled across a song that didn’t fit them and Donald but fit just them very well and wanted to make an animatic of it. So, I cobbled together some songs I thought fit the vibe and made a playlist.

The history behind the story that inspired it:

I’ll spare you from starting at the very beginning. But, when “The Town Where Everyone was Nice” premiered I was already thoroughly and utterly obsessed with the cabs; I remember how beyond ecstatic I was for the episode. My hype for the Ducktales versions of José and Panchito continued far beyond what seems to have been normal for the average cabs fan. I found myself drawn to the ideas put forth by those versions of them. I don’t really remember what the tipping point was for me to break down and make my own college AU but eventually I did. It was affectionately dubbed “The TV Show That Will Never Happen AU.” José and Panchito were enemies to lovers or at least to friends. And it was around that time I began to go CRAZY with the headcanons as I got more active in the fandom. While my ideas for the Ducktales versions of them grew and grew, so too did the time between them appearing in “The Town Where Everyone was Nice” and their alleged next appearance in the show. When fans noticed the distinct lack of José and Panchito in the season two finale of Ducktales, Francisco Angones, @//suspenderofdisbelief on Tumblr answered these two separate asks that I might have engraved on tombstone one day:

I was GONE for the ship after that. I developed another AU for them based around their time in Baia trying to get people to fund their attempts to become famous musicians. Also, slowly falling in love... It was affectionately titled “The Fan-Comic that Will Never Happen” but not yet connected to my college AU. I don’t have much of a timeline for it after this point, but with that AU I really hit my stride for interpretations of the two characters and their dynamic. The version of them I hold dear in my heart and headcanons came to be. Then “Louie’s Eleven” came out and absolutely destroyed a lot of my headcanons (just kidding, just kidding). Since the new canon material didn’t really jive with a lot of the wholesomeness I had built up I was left with a lot of something else: angst. I LOVE angst, but the two’s bitterness and arguing...It was hard to accept at the time. Me and @cartoon-lizard on Tumblr, my IRL best friend, wound up writing a Josépan fic fueled on a bit of that angst and by her grace, a lot of my headcanons. I titled it “My Reverie is Being Haunted by That Ass.” In it Panchito makes an ass (rimshot noises) of himself by running off with a producer he met by chance during a visit in Duckburg to try to become famous. And doing so without so much as a second thought to the person he’s been living with/sort of dating for over a year. It took me a while but eventually I figured it out. These weren’t three separate AUs, these were three separate pieces of the same AU. And so my masterpiece never meant to be made came to be: “The Trilogy: College/Baia/Reverie.”

“The Trilogy” Itself:

The story will never be written for a variety of reasons, personal and practical. But if it ever were to be written it would be three separate fics, aka: College, Baia and Reverie.

College encapsulates their college years (duh).

To set the stage:

Panchito: A friendly, arrogant and easily excitable musician with big dreams, good grades and a whole lot of anxiety and insecurity. He has complicated feelings towards his identity as both trans and pan and how that might affect his dreams of becoming famous, but is overall bright eyed and innocent enough.

José: A lazy (depressed), charming, pessimistic, tbh kind of a douche and deep in the closet gay man. He tends to push forward a very “Manly man” persona to make up for his own deep seated internalized homophobia brought on by a shitty upbringing. He just got away from said shitty upbringing and doesn’t really have any hopes for his future...Maybe to travel a bit?

José and Panchito start as enemies, both fearing losing their one real friend, Donald, to the other. Despite this the three start a band and the two’s rivalry becomes far more friendly. They get particularly close during the trip down to Acapulco for spring break where the general feeling of being disconnected from life and reality leads to several rather romantic moments between the two...They almost become a thing several times but never quite do. However, they are very good friends by the end of college. The three stay in contact for a while after college but eventually lose touch…

Baia timeskips forward 13 years later (I know it's only 10 canonically, I always say 13 for reasons) to a conversation between Panchito and José on the Sunchaser at the end of “The Town Where Everyone Was Nice.”

Panchito: Life hasn’t been kind to Panchito...His need to be famous, to be something in order to be someone has led him to push a lot of people out of his life so he can better focus on “Work.” Or drive them out by constantly asking for their support, financial or otherwise. He has no friends and even his relationships with his loving and supportive family are strained. Currently, he’s working freelance as a performer at childrens’ birthday parties (in his eyes: a clown) and goes home to a sad, empty apartment every night to stare at a notebook full of half written songs and muster enough energy to eat cereal for dinner for the third time in a row. Needless to say, his optimism is wearing thin.

José: A lot of hard work on his part, some good therapy and mmm; drugs have put him in a pretty good place. He’s more or less got his life together now, is way less of a douche and is more of a realist than a pessimist. He’s also pretty much completely comfortable in his identity as a gay man. He’s been trying to explore romantic relationships, but unfortunately (likely due to the loveless marriage between his parents making him strive so hard to believe that love is real that he puts the unrealistic goal of true love above all else) feels incomplete without one and double unfortunately has a tendency to be drawn to toxicity and abusive situations. So other than a string of (short lived) bad relationships, he’s actually doing great!

Panchito has already asked Donald to drop everything and stay with him down in Baia to try to get funding for the band. Donald said no. José has a steady job, a decent apartment and a supportive friend group back home. He's also long since lost interest and hope in their college dreams of being famous...José says yes. The two have a bunch of wild and wacky shenanigans trying to get funding and both dance around their growing feelings for each other until it explodes and overwhelms them. They rush into a romantic relationship head first with no real ground for it to be built on and unrealistic expectations of what the other can give them. Despite all this, things seem quite happy...for a while…

If you've made it this far, <3, CONT. in pt 2.

[jippy-kandi]

Digimon Adventure: 2020 – Episode 43: Clash, The King Of Digimon (Review)

Thoughts on the forty-third episode of the Digimon Adventure reboot series.

This episode was super fun! It was utterly ridiculous - but I loved it a lot! x)

Thanks, narration, for reminding me that this series actually has a plot! But I’m sure the episode will be filler again and make me forget. Remind me again next episode! :)

Tailmon informs us the children are lost. This is very convenient for filler plot shenanigans to happen. What else is new? XD;

I don’t remember Etemon being this fun, lol. And ngl, I dig his music. XD;

And now Etemon has a rival in the form of a YMCA instructor named Volcamon! He’s a lot of fun, too. XD;

OMG Mimi continues to be such a blessing. “Mimigo” is one of my favourite phrases from the series, now. XD;

Everyone needs a friend like Mimi, who doesn’t care about bricking your tablet. She just gets shit done! :D

The dog skidded to a stop and we’re reminded that Taichi actually does have a younger sister and that he actually does care about her! He was holding onto her as they fell. The Yagami siblings’ connection and dynamic is so diluted and almost non-existent in this reboot . . .

Agumon burning Taichi’s hair = ICONIC. Though I don’t know how he didn’t die from it, but hey. It made me laugh! It’s like 99% of the Digimon fandom roasting Taichi in the reboot. :)

LMAO Palmon’s having a bad hair day from Etemon and Volcamon’s music battle. XD; It’s weirdly affecting all the Digimon and it’s HILARIOUS.

Tailmon chasing after one of Gomamon’s marching fishes is also iconic, loool.

FAT BALLOON PATAMON IS BOTH CUTE AND HILARIOUS. <3

Yamato finds Gabumon’s discarded fur, and tries to find his naked partner throughout the rest of the episode, in the background, just searching and calling out his name. Very fun gag! XD

OMG Koushirou’s expression at Tentomon being a useless gangsta, LMAO.

This episode gave us a shot of both Sora and Yamato’s behinds . . . Sorato is happening, guys, 100% confirmed. (If you take this comment seriously, that’s not my problem. :P)

Takeru: “Palmon ate Patamon . . .” LMAO!!!

Mimi is not only pretty, but she’s smart, too! I love her. What a Goddess. uwu

Palmon evolves . . . into Ponchomon! I wasn’t expecting this! I needed Google’s help to understand this evolution, because I know jack shit about the actual Digimon and their evolutions, etc. :D So it’s an armour evolution of Patamon, using the Digi-Egg of Sincerity . . . which I guess the writers of the reboot figured having Palmon “eat” Patamon during a strange music thing was enough to justify this. XD; Well, it didn’t bother me! Ponchomon is just a Mexican Togemon. :P

Mimi: “Mucho amigo jalapeño!” LMAO. I can’t. XD;

Wow that Dim card from last episode was a really helpful and convenient find, wasn’t it!? :P

The episode ends with Etemon and Volcamon having a crush on the plant that beat them up . . . lol. Abusive relationships are fine to promote to kids, I guess? Oh Toei. :P

I think this has to be my favourite filler episode of the reboot! XD;

But on a bit of a serious note, there’s 23 episodes left - and the series just gave Mimi an alternate evolution like Taichi.

One, why did Yamato not get his Mega and CresGarurumon first? Is Mimi the real secondary protagonist of the series? (Yes. She even deserves to be the actual protag over Taichi, tbh.)

Two, does this mean all the kids will get alternate evolutions as well, in addition to their Megas?

That’s one episode per evolution, with two evolutions to do for most of the kids, and . . . 23 episodes left.

Uh.

Toei, you are really rushing the finale here! :3

[darkative2]

I liked Eremika, but this ship has become very toxic and meaningless to me. I would have preferred Erehisu to be a canon than to see all the terrible things they did to Mikasa and Historia. They were wonderful characters, it is so unfair and horrible what the author did with them. It doesn’t make any sense for Ymir Fritz to be in love with that king, he just manipulated her, made her life hell and never cared about her. Ymir never had any reason to love that king. Eren cried so much, blamed Reiner and the other citizens of Marley for the death of his mother, he revolted, and in the end he himself was the one who killed his own mother. And now besides necrophilia it seems that Eremika is zoophilia too? This chapter is so disgusting and sickly that I want to throw up. Historia deserved to be happy with someone who really loved her, Isayama made the poor girl marry someone abusive that she never loved and had no developed relationship. Mikasa never got over the past and apparently will live his entire life in this obsessive addiction for Ereh. These characters deserved a more dignified ending. Even Jean seems to have overcome his feelings for Mikasa and decided to look for a new love. I didn't care about ships anymore, I just wanted amazing characters like Mikasa and Historia to have dignified and respectable endings

same anon, ive like dropped the ships just to find more meaning in this shit of an ending. but ofc as an EH stan, i support that EH makes more sense cuz of a shit ton of evidences, but nooo some readers just shrug it off and for some reason Historia got sidelined and the connections between Eren and Historia went kapoof in mid to almost end of the Rumbling.

anyway, back to the whole thing. Mikasa and Historia are both great characters in their own ways, but Mikasa's development was not that shown meanwhile Historia's was more prominent but was thrown to the side when it was at its peak. these two FMCs deserved so much better.

Eren, on the other hand, was already well-written like Historia. but for some reason in the end, he was degressed back into a whiny bitch with a sudden romantic interest to his adopted sister (to top it all of, made an incel screech that made me show disgust irl). really don't know where that came from but oh well it is what it is.

regarding the necrophilia and zoophilia, i may not be an EM stan but imo that's pretty off from what is really happening on the manga. they're just mere symbolisms: the kissing is like just goodbye kiss for her lover (or in others' eyes as a non EM shipper, the only chance Mikasa can kiss Eren is when he is just a dead person, which is sad) while the bird was a symbol for freedom. and besides, Mikasa never showed romantic interest to a damn bird, so who thought of zoophilia?? please don't degrade them even more with those please

regarding Historia's new "family", we never saw the bastard farmer's face, so he stayed as a damn background all this time. never once was he depicted so close to the Queen like a loving husband. hell, he looked like just a mere caretaker lmao. also, Historia never smiled at him whenever they have a panel together. as long as Historia is happy with her child (whom she'll cherish and shower her love to from now on), that was fine enough for me (though i expected and wanted more tbh this damn additional pregnancy made no sense for the plot in the end).

in the end, a lot of stuff were left unexplained and didn't give enough justice for all characters. hope that everyone realizes that.

[bestworstcase]

Omg I’ve been busy all day but I finally got to relax and read chapter 5 which was an interesting in depth look into the characters aside from all the fantastic world building I’ve throughly enjoyed. (It’s a personal favorite of mine in any media tbh) A little rant on what I’ve loved so far - The body gore is so well detailed and I’m a SUCKER for that shit. The amount of raw gay and badass energy put into Caine is everything and I’m really excited to see how her arc plays out. Especially with all the underlying details of how the murder seems to kinda have affected everyone. I’m also really invested in this Sirin person and their role in this story. Really loved your writing of Varian and his estranged relationship with his father. It allowed you to get into the head of how he feels and his chosen actions due to his father’s poor treatment of trust. I love the relationship between Feldspar and Cass! Especially how you chose to make him Saporian as a foundation of their relationship. The way Cassandra acts to becoming Rapunzel’s lady-in-waiting is valid and almost reminds me of the way she acted in lost lagoon. Rapunzel mirroring some manipulation tactics or otherwise bad toxic habits from Gothel was FANTASTIC and something I really wanted to see expanded on in the show but this was great! And I really love the way you established Cassandra & Rapunzel’s meeting! The class division already evident of the two with Cassandra seeing this assignment as purely her job and task to finally prove herself to her dad but Rapunzel taking the relationship as more of a companionship than anything else, Rapunzel asking if she can call her Cass instead of Cassandra asking her to really pushes the fact she already took this simple act of power away from Cass and really sets in place the power dynamic between the two, and Cassandra setting her boundaries of not wanting to expand on her personal life and her clear discomfort of the consistent hugging and invasion of personal space but allowing the princess to cross them because she’s the “princess” was a perfect cherry on top to how Rapunzel already has this power over Cassandra she doesn’t realize is there. Oh and the way you described how Rapunzel felt in this new life of handed responsibility/power over her newfound subjects and lack of leisure time was perfect. Also I was wondering if the King has truly accepted or pardoned Eugene on his crimes, or did he simply say he pardons Eugene to appease his wife but still needs time adjusting to the fact his returned daughter has a retired but infamous thief as a boyfriend? And on a last note I loved seeing some real bonding between Cass and Raps when they rode together on the beach and how it’s already building on Cass’s feelings towards the princess and wanting this act to be “their” thing not in the company of Eugene. It reminds me of the early days in the show when Cassandra would sneak just the two of them out to experience the world together, it was nice and a sweet touch to their relationship

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i have to confess i had a moment of. you’re on chapter 5 what gore? and then i remembered

oh 

the prologue

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caine’s arc in benighted is just BEING GAY and DOING CRIMES, because auntie neasa raised her right and it’s what she deserves. and also i’m not a coward, DISNEY.

i am glad you like sirin. i remember while i was writing the first, like, 13 chapters of benighted i was just constantly tearing my hair out over how to set her character up so 14 and 15 and like all of the third act would land right

the funny thing about feldspar is my hc that he is saporian predates the episode in s3 that reveals he is fluent in saporian which made lost treasure pretty wild because like. out of all the headcanons to get some textual validation for why was it THAT ONE LMAO. anyway i love one (1) cobbler

rapunzel is conceptually so interesting to me because on the one hand she’s been trained all her life to appease her abuser so she has all these people-pleasing habits but then at the same time her only frame of reference for what ‘normal’ is for eighteen years was gothel so like of course she’d have all these habits and behaviors that she picked up from gothel subconsciously and just doesn’t... have the experience to identify as abnormal? and then she’s immediately shoved into a situation where everyone in her life caters to her desires because she is the princess vfjsdfbsf and then there’s cassandra who is so so conscious of the class divide and the power dynamics at play and how precarious her own position in herzingen is but also really has no recourse beyond increasingly desperate variations on “respect my boundaries please.” these poor kids 

i will say i think bitter snow is a lot softer on fred than a lot of tts fanfic because. well various reasons but the big ones are 1. while fred himself is of course very fallible and responsible for quite a lot of the messes corona is in he is also just one person, the monarchal system that gives him absolute power and surrounds him with people who will carry out all his orders virtually without question is the bigger problem and im interested in unpacking that, and 2. notwithstanding the really egregious and sort of silly decision to literally like imprison rapunzel in her tower, a lot of the overprotective/controlling things fred does in s1 are, like - they’re framed as very bad and irrational and impinging upon rapunzel’s freedom and of course she naturally feels very stifled by them but - realistically speaking yeah of course the princess needs a protection detail and her wandering around the city by herself when theres like a terrorist organization actively plotting a violent coup is a massive security risk vbsdjfk so for benighted i think fred is doing his best to keep rapunzel safe from legitimate threats without stifling her and the conflict comes more from her not really being able to understand that there are legitimate threats + she has all this trauma connected to being trapped inside. anyway this was a bit of a digression but i think fred pardoned eugene for realsies no questions asked as soon as sir peter was like yeah this time it’s really her. he just. i think half assumed that this would be obvious (yeah of course he’s not going to execute his daughter’s rescuer?) and half just plain forgot to mention it because he was caught up in the feelings of meeting her jkfskjf

i’m really very fond of the horse scenes i refuse to write anthropomorphic horses so this is really the only time in benighted that the horses get a real spotlight but. i love them