#the mob leader is a loving grandpa

[l-wandering-etranger]

Tbh after watching buddy daddies finale i think it wouldve been hilarious if rei's dad turned out to be extremely supportive of kazurei family.

And this is somewhere near episode 9 and Rei is getting pressured to come back and gramps is like "tf is holding him back" so he goes to investigate and finds out why. And just one day we see grandpa suwa coming in to their house and everyones on edge, Rei especially being threatning and growling whenever he looks at Miri. Kazuki is trying to be polite but equally threatning too (also Kyu is there for some reason i guess babysitting?) and gramps is like "so... i have ice cream. I bought all flavours cause idk what kids like?" And everyone is confused.

Like yknow how asian grandads are? You hear from stories that they were absolute beasts meanwhile they treat you like a prince/ss.

And i can imagine the reasoning being like "oh she isnt my blood heir so no point in wasting my time abusing training her" or like he just wants a granddaughter to spoil.

[reasoningdaily]

GREENWOOD Dist.--Kimberly Jones remembers watching her grandpa build his own home back when white realtors would largely refuse to sell homes to Black people. As a science teacher in Lawton, Oklahoma, Jones taught her students to recreate the self-reliance that birthed Black Wall Street through the construction of 3-D models of the most prosperous Black neighborhood in U.S. history.

As a science teacher for Lawton Public Schools and the Science Department Chair at MacArthur High School, Jones wanted to teach the engineering component of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) in a creative way. So, during the summer of 2022, she and her students went to work.

On Monday, May 22, the teacher will showcase the project at the Greenwood Cultural Center in Tulsa.

“Once it was completed the community loved it, and the kids loved it,” Jones said. “Not only did they talk about the structure and the landscape prior to the massacre, I made them study different individuals. So, the kids held up the posters, and the people could ask about the individuals who owned the businesses.”

Remembering Dr. A.C. Jackson

One of the notable figures the students learned about included Dr. Andrew Chesteen Jackson. Recognized as the most capable Black surgeon at the time, Dr. A.C. Jackson was a specialist in treating infectious diseases and served patients of all races. At 42 years old, as he raised his arms to surrender to the white mob on May 31, 1921, Dr. A.C. Jackson was shot dead in cold blood.

Yet during his short life, he proved the potential for any person to become successful regardless of skin color.

“He was the foremost colored physician in the southwest and was held in high regard not only by members of his own race, but also by many prominent whites,” The Tulsa Daily World wrote days after the massacre, according to archives shared with the National Institutes of Health.

The National Medical Association, which has represented African American physicians since the late 1800s, recognized the huge loss Dr. Jackson’s death represented to the community. The NMA established a Tulsa Doctor’s Relief Fund immediately after the massacre.

Reclaiming the narrative of the brilliance of Black Wall Street

Today, the Greenwood Rising Museum sits on the land that once housed Dr. Jackson’s medical practice on Black Wall Street.

“My family, myself, we take umbrage at the fact that folks who are not related to us are trying to prevent us from protecting the legacy of our great relative,” Dr. Jackson’s great-great nephew John Adams said in March after a court hearing in which lawyers for the museum and the Hille Foundation argued that Adams didn’t have a right to oversee the land.

Determined to show the prowess of Black Wall Street’s leaders, Jones said she’s excited to showcase the project at the Greenwood Cultural Center on Monday.

“It was important to me because, being from Oklahoma, there was so much history that was not in our history books,” Jones told The Black Wall Street Times. With Republicans in Oklahoma and nationwide launching attacks on Black history and diversity programs, Jones thought it was the perfect time.

“It’s a good way to teach our kids from a different perspective. Because to me the courage and wisdom of those who were on Black Wall Street, that needs to be taught to our kids,” Jones said.

Honoring “Magic City”

Moving forward, Jones is working on a screenplay titled “The Doctor’s Letters” about Dr. Jackson and the many Black doctors that were prominent in the state before the massacre.

Photos taken in May 1920 show dozens of Black medical, dental and pharmaceutical professionals at a meeting of the State Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical Association in front of Williams Dreamland Theatre on Black Wall Street.

“The visitors to the State Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical which met in Tulsa last week will not soon forget the generous hospitality extended to them by the citizens of the “Magic City” in the real Tulsa way,” the description on the 1920 photo reads.

[shawnjacksonsbs]

Again . . .with the, umm, open-minded synchronicities.  11-3-22

 “Though it cost you all you have, get understanding.”  Proverbs 4:7

". . . But to succeed in life, you & I must periodically ask ourselves two questions:

    (1) Am I committed to personal growth?  “Wisdom is supreme; therefore, get wisdom.  Though it cost all we have, get understanding.” Keep reading, keep learning, keep asking questions.  A Chinese proverb says, “He who asks is a fool for five minutes; he who doesn’t ask remains a fool forever.”  Some of us are like the little girl who thought she’d exhausted the subject of mathematics once she learned her twelve-times tables. When her grandfather asked with a twinkle, “What’s thirteen times thirteen?” she scoffed, “Don’t be silly, Grandpa, there’s no such thing!”  Our hunger for wisdom and knowledge determines our future.  In order to keep giving out, we must keep taking in.

    (2) Am I enjoying what I do? We’ll never fulfill our destiny by doing something we despise. Passion lies at the core of true success and fulfillment; it’s the spark for our fuse. It energizes us when those around us grow tired. It helps us come up with answers when others cease to have creative ideas and strengthens us when they drop out. It gives us courage to take risks while others crave security. When we lose our passion two things happen: First, you & I fail to pursue excellence. Second, we jeopardize our integrity, because we’re tempted to take shortcuts and compromise by settling for less than. . .

One leader says, “What generates passion in you is a clue to your destiny. What you love is often a clue to something you can achieve.” - My friend, and brother J.D.

 Proverbs 4 :1.5 says to pay attention and gain understanding. Pay attention . . . that's a definite message for me for sure. As for understanding, at large it’s more perceptual, I think, but it’s still there for the taking. Lol no Lol Messages to me can be found scattered in some of the most unusual and rather unexpected places. Jus’ sayin’.

You know one of the reasons I write, is because I read. Generally, the things I read are things that help me see, learn, feel, or reiterate things I've already seen, learnt, felt, etc, etc.

It's also why I borrow so many words from others.

My heart and thoughts were provoked twice over with reading this. I am reminded that, although it's not every time something stands out . . . it is every time I read or write anything, that I know I was supposed to read or write that thing. Otherwise, I wouldn't have read or wrote, right?  

Take the lesson or the blessing, they can be found to be the same sometimes.

Not everything I'm involved with is a thing for me either. Like, the things I do, (reading or writing etc.), maybe they don't stand out to me even though I was supposed to do it, because it was for someone else involved. A lot of the times are absolutely for me though, or for both, or all, but not always.

Anyway, the other thing is being open minded enough to not shut out people for things I'm not always for, because I could miss out on a lot. A lot of lessons and blessings, a lot of friendships, and a whole hell of a lot of love would be missed if I still had that mindset.

My "lack of faith" or my different views on religion are the topic of some heavy conversation and although, my belief, or lack of, is still intact, and not wavering, I can still find fruit on individual trees some times. I like fruit, when it's not rotten or perverted.

I'm still pretty hard-core against organized religious practices. Mob mentality, and one fucked up leader and boom, hate and harm, under the guise of validation because of some twisted way of learning and looking at the people of this world. (Any religion, to include Islam, and Christianity.)

But now I know, from what I've learned, individuals can be different. I have more than one loved one in my life with differing views that are full of love and light for the people in their lives, and in the world. I focus on the positives they have to share, and with a respect for each other we do some pretty cool stuff. Like sharing most of the words found in a social media status from a believer, because they touched my heart.

And it's a double down that someone out there in reader land might be touched too, by his words, or by mine, or maybe they even needed both.

It's that whole, "If you were looking for a sign, here it is" and if you know you know. It will always be with love, kindness, gratitude, and sharing in respect, as to why I do. Without opened mindedness, I. . .or rather We, would lose so much of what's important in this life.

I woke up this morning, after sleeping in, (it’s like 5:30 a.m.), not knowing what I was going to write about and thinking maybe I'd share a little of my worry and stress about my new company, my lack of funds for the Christmas I'd like to provide, and the lack of funds for the upcoming tax season, both because of starting up this company so close to the end of the year . . . .Because, because-winter! Lol no lol

But instead, I've found my way through to something more beautiful and positive for me, and for you from a man with a very different belief system than my own.

And that's more than ok with me.  

I still love my life, and how I am finding my way through it, with a little help from my friends . . .and family of course, even some strangers. Navigating the physical has nothing on navigating the emotional, mental, and even spiritual parts of this life we get to live.

Remember to share your love and your laughter with the world around you. And the attitude of gratitude is the attitude for this season. Giving and grateful receiving coming soon too, right?!

And of course, be kind as always as you can, and civil if you feel you just can't be kind. We are all only human after all.

Happy Holidays! 'Tis the season for this reason and I’d like to close with 2 quotes this week, if ya don’t mind.

Until next week;

1- “If you can’t figure out your purpose, figure out your passion. For your passion will lead you right into your purpose.” – Bishop T.D. Jakes

And

2- “I believe purpose is something for which one is responsible; it’s not just divinely assigned.” – Michael J. Fox

[riverdale-retread]

Riverdale S6B Ep #103 (The Town)

A very normal-length episode recap with completely neutral & fair minded opinions.  Spoiler warning!   I will say, that if this whole bit with the superpowers and the Evil Englishman is somehow still connected to Bunker Rivervale Jughead Narration Creator, then he’s really confronting his unrequited yearning for Archie Andrews in this episode.

When Jughead Jones decides to do something, he always chooses the most difficult possible way of doing it.  When he became a gang leader he decided to be Moses and Jesus and also everyone’s underage father.    When he wanted to be a genre novelist he had the genre happen to him, becoming the dead body that the whodunit was trying to solve. He played dead on a gurney at the morgue and everything.  You can be a hipster writer in New York City without having a drug dealing girlfriend or the mob after you but what would be the fun in  that? So now that he’s decided to a journalist and newspaper runner for his small hometown, Jughead Jones decides he must publish the most incendiary, anti-Riverdale take down submission of all time, and anonymously, at that, taking on the burden of protecting this provocateur himself.  Because of course he does.

In the opening narration, where Tabitha is concerned to be reading this ‘submission’ that Jughead published, Jughead Jones is talking to a “you.” Has he done this before? Break the fourth wall while narrating?  He wants me (and me specifically) to know that he can read thoughts and is still hearing impaired.  Jughead is lying to everyone including his friends that his hearing has returned.  

The question asked is if he’s a bad person for lying to everyone. I say no. “I can read your mind” only makes him sound insane on top of being deaf, for one. People generally don’t react well to magic powers that are this invasive, even in fairytales. It’s not a great choice, sure, but it’s the Jughead Jones way of caring for people he loves - By resisting burdening them with his last possible strand of strength. 

One of the anachronisms I adore about Riverdale is that every person keeps reading a printed hard copy of the paper, obsessively, daily, like smartphones and twitter don’t exist.  Sweet Pea read Alice’s newspaper back in the day, and now Alice reads Jughead’s with … her boyfriend Uncle Fucking Frank. (Shout out to the tumblrina who pointed out that whenever Betty fucks a boy, Alice feels compelled to fuck the boy’s nearest blood relation) (also wondering if this is why Archie refused to date Betty when his dad was alive - he couldn’t do that to Fred).  Reggie and Veronica, and Fangs and Toni all read the paper during their different morning routines.  Veggie haven’t gone to bed yet, and Fangs & Toni are hoping the baby sleeps a bit longer.  Cheryl is very pleased, and the Keller men, because I guess they’re both too macho to cook, are breakfasting at the diner. 

The thing is, Percival is not wrong - there is no performing arts or culture is Riverdale, and when even when it wasn’t quite so blighted it needed to try to recruit teen gang members as deputies to try to clear out the Gargoyles and so forth.  But then the show does a pivot to talk about the “Homeless encampments around every corner.”  Percival is extremely pleased to see his writing in print, so he smiles as he tells Pop Tate he’s very pleased to have moved to Riverdale.  The funny thing is - the writer does not attack the dire stupidity and tokenist representation on the so called counsel, four unelected officials that apparently wield an immense amount of power in the town:  A crazy lady (Alice, you are crazy), a mercenary and petty criminal,  Minnie Mouse gang leader-bar tender who somehow is also given untrammeled access to children, and the girl who has only recently moved to Riverdale to work at her grandpa’s ailing business.   This is intentional, of course.  

The article does not actually mention Archie (He owns - apparently??- a functional business and not in a gang - anymore? - and his sins of violence are not known to Percival - I guess?) but in any case, Archie is pissed.

And that’s what it comes around to, in the end, no?  

Jughead aimed this take-down article at Archie in particular.  Jughead fully knew that its contents amounted to a “razor blade that cut to the very heart of Riverdale,” and published it anyway,  after YEARS of calling Archie Riverdale’s soul, spirit, heart, symbol etc etc. It landed fair and square.  “With no author named, who would take the brunt of blowback but…” is delivered in a long-suffering, irritated way but c’mon Jughead. You wanted to hear Archie think thoughts about you.  You also wanted to take a razor blade to cut into his heart the way he’s done to you since Ep 4.17.  Let’s be real here, ok?   This has to be the most convoluted way of pulling someone’s pigtails to show you ‘like’ them.  You published this article anonymously so that Archie would have NO CHOICE but to talk to YOU.

“Here we go,” Jughead sighs (faux unhappily = happily).   Archie thinks - BACKSTABBER! This constant worry about stabbing Archie in the back and being stabbed in turn is a constant in their relationship. Calling Riverdale the “worst town in America” is a bit harsh, so I give Archie that.  America has like, full on KKK /Nazi towns that POC point out on maps as places to avoid while driving from point A to B. 

Archie asks Jughead: “Why would you publish something like this??” at school (where they’re still coaching and teaching).  Jughead ends up just telling Archie (who doesn’t get it) his true emotional intentions behind publishing this article:  “Let me interview you, and I’ll publish it next week.”  Oh honey.  It’s so desperate, Jughead’s need for Archie’s attention, care and involvement.  Archie probably avoided ‘saying’ anything to Jughead after that initial conversation about his hearing loss, I reckon, because that’s how Archie has been to Jughead post time jump.  And Archie is just a brute - “No screw that!” is his simple concise answer.  Archie doesn’t want to do anything private with Jughead - he wants him to come to the town hall.

Meanwhile at Thornhill, Britta is visiting Grandmistress Rose in her prison. Britta is just such a resilient kiddo - survived homophobic parents, expulsion from her home,  witnessed a demon(?) possession, an exorcism (that Nana Rose called something else), the derangement/ possession of her only guardian, and the trauma of watching an old woman get tossed into a medieval dungeon in the house she lives in. The idea of Cheryl being not quite dissipated into nothing and instead imprisoned in a ‘mental jail’ is the thing that brings this feisty kiddo to some level of alarm.  Nana Rose is the catchall character for all whackadoo magical things.  Sleeping next to someone if they possessed you once is enough to let you inception yourself into their ‘dreamscape.’    The thing is, Britta belongs here because she hears this story and her immediate next reaction is  I COULD DRUG HER TEA. OK but which drugs are these?  Britta has dream-inception drugs that can be dissolved into a tea??  And like all good fairy stories the old witch sets an arbitrary deadline: Britta must ‘emerge’ from the dream faster than Abigail or there will be ‘wrath’(undefined) bear. 

We get a preview of the mental jail that Britta is going to have to brave, literally ‘through a looking glass.’  This next bit was AMAZING.  Riverdale is doing Mommy Dearest!!!.  Penelope Blossom is doing a nightmare parody of Faye Dunaway doing a parody of Joan Crawford as presented by an adopted daughter who absolutely hated her.  They gave the Penelope actress the extremely rigid eyebrows and the big shoulder outfits.  The Blossom twins all their mother, Dearest Mumsy, in unison. 

Jughead is at the town meeting, sitting in the corner, listening in on people’s thoughts.  “Who wrote the article? Probably Alice” is one thought that he hears.  The way this meeting devolves is very interesting.  Alice thinks there is much to ‘dispute’ about the article, but the thing she hates the most is Veronica and Reggie with their casino (but somehow not a gang?).  Veronica tries to makes a case for herself (she brings tourists and employs the locals). Alice says that the true beneficiaries of a casino are its owners. Alice is a moron - this is how capitalism works, babe, not just casinos.  Veronica is sitting right next to Archie but he acts like he doesn’t see her. He only wants to know who wrote the article. 

The writer of the article was Percival.   Toni says Percival’s great great grandfather (on his dad’s side) having led genocide against her ancestors would be a strike against Percival pointing out that Riverdale as a town sucks (and that the Serpents under Toni’s rule kind of suck as is having to deal with on-going gang warfare between weaksauce gangs also sucks).  

Archie ups the ante by daring Percival to come up with ‘real solutions.’   He wasn’t ready for  Percival actually having any, so he instead offers to punch his lights out.   Percival follows the fascist playbook down to the T - he attacks the people on the margins that everyone present has mixed feelings about:  homeless people in Sketch Alley.  Percival  wants to ‘bus-out’ the homeless. What does it mean to HUMANELY bus the homeless out? Bus them where?   Archie counters with a good statement - that you can’t just bus people out of your town - and with a lie “Riverdale takes care of its own.”  But it really doesn’t though.  That’s just not true. They let all those Southside Serpents live a tent village.  Alice Cooper is the prototypical Riverdale resident and she doesn’t even look after her own children.

The homeless are not present to speak for themselves, so the correct things that Archie says (the most destitute are still citizens of the place) rings kind of hollow.

And in any case, when put on the spot, Archie doesn’t have a direct answer for what he would propose instead, and Jughead gets immensely excited: And thus began the battle for Riverdale’s soul, he proclaims.  Which really means, I finally have a project I created for myself and Archie.

Because you know, when Archie creates projects, like his recent Saving Riverdale 1.0 - Avengers Assemble, he only really assigns a tertiary-at-best role for Jughead. Jughead doesn’t bring capital, like Veronica, nor muscle and firepower, like Betty.  If Jughead can control the project, by contrast, he’ll put Archie first, and himself second.   Even better, Betty is out of town while Veronica and Archie act like they’ve never met, so Jughead can really have Archie to himself.  Old habits die really hard.

Abigail comes home to Thornhill where Britta is wearing her long hair in braided devil’s horns. I KNEW THAT HER ELABORATE BRAIDS MEANT SOMETHING!  I love Britta signaling her devilish intentions through her hair. Britta offers to provide handmaid services to Abigail, who accepts them without question.  Britta (like the young Jughead and the young Cheryl) is in a situation that’s hair raisingly terrifying if you stop and think about it too much (her guardian is either demon possessed or completely insane, and the only other adult present has been locked into a dungeon and tells her to drug the guardian OH MY).

Jughead shows up at the Andrews house, where he’s now twice lived in (or attempted to) and twice got kicked (or rather BLOWN UP) out of. The first thing he says is, Don’t punch me in a sardonic, flat way. He tells Archie the obvious, that he himself had been homeless more than once (I mean, if he and Tabitha, god forbid, break up, doesn’t he go right back to being homeless??).    Then come the Riverdale the Show’s statement about the unhoused/homeless/destitute: All of them are without exception good people who deserve resources.   Archie points out that Jughead didn’t say anything at the meeting, but Archie still doesn’t get it.  Jughead needs this 1:1 discussion and buy-in from Archie about their joint project before he’s going to involve himself in this project.  Jughead gives Archie the idea of giving a micro home for everyone in Sketch Alley, and he thought of this in particular because Archie has a construction business.  Of course Archie says yes - this was tailor made for him by a person who’s loved him forever.

Britta with her little devil’s horn hair somehow (Tea + Whooshing sound) invades Abigail/ Cheryl’s dream mindscape where Penelope Blossom is hamming it up to high heaven with an accent that’s vaguely Southern and Mid-Atlantic at the same time.  Cheryl in the dreamscape is in time out, weeping at her own birthday party.  Britta bravely stands up to Penelope on Cheryl’s behalf.  When the dream-inhabitants give Britta a stern look, she escapes the dream, waking up shortly before Abigail.

Reggie and Veronica are in their office with the portrait of Hiram in the space.  Veronica wants to make the casino a clean business because she wants to rehabilitate the Lodge name and contribute to ‘fixing’ Riverdale.  Reggie reminds her that going ‘legit’ is going to be highly expensive, so Veronica gives the go ahead, which is fine enough, but then she does something very peculiar - she wants to hang up a portrait of her dad as a sort of hate-watch, so she can be reminded of who she doesn’t want to be like. This is not how that works.

Percival is buttering up Alice to vote his way at her house.  I don’t know why this scene was necessary - Alice would’ve voted to bury the homeless alive if she thought enough people would go for it. I hope Percival serviced Alice after we pan away (Uhh minors DNI?).

We’re at another town council meeting.  Veronica and Reggie present their proposal for a Riverdale as Atlantic City.   She wants to open an arcade.  Frank says there are too many broken people in Riverdale for a casino to be a ‘good’ option.   So both Frank, who lives off of his nephew that he just described as broken, and Alice, former cult member and child abuser, that the idiotic core four elevated to these unelected super powerful positions and have moreover never launched nor run any sort of successful business are basically naysaying the only person with any sort of entrepreneurial spirit in Riverdale.  Oh boy.  

Next up is Archie, mouthing the things that Jughead told him to say.  Toni likes it, so does Tabitha (who mentions that she’s seen these mini houses in Chicago, which means this was where Jug got this idea from).  Alice says no, because it’s expensive, and Percival points out that his plan is very low cost.   

Archie and Percival have their tete-a-tete, long overdue.  Percival points out the obvious, that Alice (“your neighbors”) would rather the homeless problem disappear.  He basically describes what NIMBY is which Archie describes as warped and cynical.  

Archie  calls on Toni and Tabitha to ask for money ($25K per) to build the microhomes, and both women say yes.  Jughead takes Archie and other irrelevant people to Sketch Alley to let them know they’re going to build them the microhomes.  Doc looks really happy, so you know it’s going to turn to shit, because Doc is tied to Jughead, and Riverdale is a story about taking nice things away from Jughead Jones (If Tabitha dies I will riot).

Reggie meanwhile is giving Veronica a big reality check.  That they can’t go ‘legit’ and ever turn a profit.  And just on the heels of this piece of sobering news they’re told that ‘something bad’ has happened in the ‘private’ gambling room.   A man has committed suicide in there.  These two hard nosed criminals (that’s what they are) talk about what they should do to save their long term business interests right in front of a dangling corpse.  Veronica decides to call the Deus Ex Machina Godson. 

Britta has drugged Abigail a second time to have a go at inception again.  Her hair is back in the demon braids.  I love this hairdo on her, it makes her look like Irish Chun Lee.  She finds Cheryl, but they barely have any time to talk before Penelope Blossom reenacts Mommy Dearest for us all, making her kids  scrub the floors. She even mentions the hanger!  

Next day at Sketch Alley, people are building things without any sort of training somehow and I’m supposed to think this is all good. That is, until Doc wallops Kevin across the head with a hammer. (Who is looking after Baby Anthony right now?)

Alice is all over it at her news channel or whatever that is. What is that?  It’s an opinion channel that commentates on current events?  Tabitha, Toni and Archie are at the diner and very concerned.  Tabitha and Archie are still all in on this very losing endeavor, the microhouses.  I think I’m supposed to think they are good and kind people, but I am not.  I want these two very young women who are struggling running a diner and a bar in a dying town to just look after number one a bit, or at least, their own employees, instead of pursuing this cockamamie plan with Archie.  But that’s because I dislike Archie. 

Reggie has done an interesting thing to actually investigate why the gambler suicided in the private room - he’d been winning huge!  It turns out Percival was literally whispering in his ear.  Okay then.  But they don’t have much time to discuss this because Abuelita’s Godson shows up to ask where the body is.  I love Reggie’s “Jeez, cut to the chase much?”   Reggie like crimes of a financial nature, and Jughead (in Killing Mr Honey) had been very prescient that he would be ill at ease with murder, corpse desecration and other wet work (ooooh I got to say that like I am a tough person).  Geraldo is not amused by his humor.

Britta consults with Grandmistress Rose about Cheryl’s situation.  Is Nana Rose’s character that she’s going through early stages of dementia? Because she goes through lucid phases like this where she’s quite coherent about the underlying family dysfunction (“Penelope has always been Cheryl’s tormentor”) and other times when she’s just gleefully doing batshit insane things without a care in the world.   Poor Britta.  She’s tasked with figuring out the solution to this strange magic/witchcraft/ demon coma problem that the Blossom women have created amongst themselves. 

Percival Pickens knows the power of showing up for people.  He seems to be the only person who actually visited Kevin in the hospital. (Toni, Archie and Tabitha absolutely have not, though they care).   Never underestimate the power of physical presence, friends.  When you want to influence someone, SHOW UP IN PERSON. 

Benjamin Moore donated the paint for future houses, is what Archie says, in front of the finished microhouse. Is this SUBTLE product placement? Or was this Riverdale the Show trying to solicit a sponsorship?  Or are they trying to pressure Benjamin Moore the company to make donations to homeless shelters and microhomes?  …. Youtubers with less than 10K subscribers do a much better job of advertisement for sponsors that Riverdale.  Jabitha and Farchie (Frank and Archie probably fuck, I don’t know, I hate Frank so much) are very happy in the parking lot.

Abuelita’s Godson wants to help Veronica’s business by putting out the word to ‘the wise guys.’  He’s trying to help, so Veronica wants him to investigate Percival Pickens.  The fact that nobody (neither Journalist Alice nor Journalist Jughead) have actually done this is an indictment for both.

Within a single evening, the model microhouses they set up in front of the Diner has been graffitied nastily.  Archie punches the hell out of his car.  Our hero.   Meanwhile, Jughead visits Doc, to ask why he attacked Kevin.  Is this what happens to all of Jughead Jones’s father figures?  They get visits from a very disappointed Jughead while behind bars?   Doc completely takes it as a given that Jughead can read his thoughts. Okay then.

At long last, Jughead has a 1:1 with Percival.  Jughead opens strong by lobbing a Gandhi quote at an Englishman.   I wish the show had let this have a little bit of room to breathe, because that is very, very funny, not just because of Gandhi v Evil Englishman but also because it’s one smug white man doing this to another smug white man.   Jughead gets caught “rooting around inside” Percival’s mind.   Jughead is so scared.

Britta is left handed, with lovely penmanship and knows her way around a fountain pen.  She’s trying to dream inception to rescue Cheryl again.   This time, Cheryl’s hair is all torn up, weeping in a chair in a sailor outfit.  Britta tries to wake Cheryl out of it, but they’re caught by Penelope.  Dream Penelope can tell IMMEDIATELY that Britta is both sapphic and a slut. Awesome Gaydar you got there.  Penelope has to be gay. She has to.   I love the white flowers on Britta’s sweater.  She leaves the note for Cheryl as she gets kicked out of the dream house.   Penelope’s hunched-shoulder flailing around in a rage is EXCEPTIONALLY delicious.  Cheryl, just from this one note from Britta, recovers herself entirely, lipstick, bustier and all. 

Next morning, Jabitha, Frank and Toni are repainting the microhouses.  Just as Jughead is about to convey important information about Percival’s mind bending powers, the man himself shows up to announce that the homeless have been successfully ejected from Riverdale. 

The new fivesome (?) visit the emptied out Sketch Alley that evening (I don’t know why they couldn’t go right away?).  It’s Frank, Toni, Archie in the center, Tabitha and Jughead. I like that there’s more for Tabitha to do than be Girl-Friday for everyone and Toni doesn’t have to try to be some sort of tough which she can’t do, but I HATE THIS LINE UP. The two POC women are still completely subordinate to the whims of Archie Andrews, and they’re the ones taking the biggest risks with their businesses.  

Cheryl is back to herself so she’s visiting Britta in her dreams to say they have to drive Abigail out of Cheryl’s body.

Everyone is applauding Percival for his successfully clearing out Sketch Alley.  Alice is one of the people applauding. I hope once again that she got cunnilingus at least out of this.  Sheriff Keller hires Percival as a deputy and the core four are peeved.  Jughead finally makes a mistake where he assumes that someone he wasn’t looking at said the thought he overheard - Archie gives Jughead a dire look. 

Alice loves exercising all this power over other people. Saying no to people, getting in their way, kicking people out of their own businesses.  Why Alice suddenly despises Veronica (other than Percival’s interference?) seems unsupported to me so I feel the same sort of boredom I feel about any other sort of unmotivated villainy.

As a result, Veronica decides to be her Daddykins’ daughter after all, which is music to Reggie’s ears (he wants to run scams!).  Abuelita’s Iceman says he couldn’t find anything on Percival.  Betty comes back to the Andrews residence, saying she’s lost TBK (what else is new) but she’s acquired an affliction in the form of terrible migraines.  Archie tells Betty that Jughead can read minds, and that Percival Pickens can control people’s minds.   He says the whole town is in trouble. 

I wonder why they didn’t show this very important discussion between Jughead and Archie? Is it because Archie was as indifferent, brutal and irritable as he’d been about Jughead’s deafness?  

In his commonplace book, Percival writes “Jughead Jones ,Mind reader??” but his penmanship is much worse than Britta’s.  He has a murder board set up with Core Four and Uncle Frank. 

[shyrose57]

Shadows over snowchester au ideas?

Animal’s and mobs randomly showing up in the garden/greenhouse.

They never take anything but when they do they leave behind some kind of gifts or Offerings?

Whenever they don’t? Well let's just say the plants grow so quickly due to the extra nutrients:)

Clementine has two Godparents(or more) you decide who they are!

Clementine is a terrifying mixture of Tommy and Purple.

She is observant yet chaotic, though she hides it well, she takes all opportunity's and is willing to do most anything to achieve her goal’s.

Clementine is terrible with most magic.

Tommy planted the plants Ranboo gave him and now endermen are showing up.

Purple is practicing and studying what he can do with his magic and whatnot.

Michael learned to braid with Tubbo who used Tommy or Ranboo’s hair to teach him.

Michael braids Clementine’s hair for her when she's asleep near him, or when she’s talking(?) with the plants and animals.

Some people call Clementine a Disney Princess ( Purple, Punz, Quackity, Techno, Foolish, etc.)

Dream knows Clementine exists...

Dream knows of the marriage.

Connor steals/babysits Clementine for Tommy almost as much as aunt Puffy, Uncle Ponk, or Grandpa Sam.

You can change or add any other ideas you have!

Animals and mobs leave seeds or little plants they picked up. Most creatures understand that Snowchester and all that’s within it are neutral territory. The ones that don’t, well, as you said, the greenhouse gets lots of nutrition. 

Because of the slight danger of never leaving, most creatures don’t stick around. The few that do tend to start...well, mutating. A skeleton missing an arm gained a plant limb, and is overgrown by flora. It stands guard at the greenhouse entrance. A pair of sheep can be found around laying around Snowchester, both abnormally large, with sharp hooves curling horns. The bees of Snowchester have changed quite a bit. Some are green, and bouncy, like a slime. Some have fluffy collars, and have taken on a silvery-white color, thriving in the snow. Some have become more like dragonflies, skimming the top of the sea unharmed, and there’s a few in Foolish’s area that lack stingers, with gem-bright green eyes, and a nurturing touch that makes them favored visitors of Tommy’s greenhouse. 

Clementine’s godparents are Charlie and Jack, while Michael’s godparents are Puffy and Foolish. Jack absolutely isn’t touched, and he definitely doesn’t do his best to be a good god-father. Anyone who says otherwise is definitely lying.

And yes, despite Clementine being incredibly sweet and curious, she does share her fathers’ love for mischief, and the occasional bout of chaos. Nature or nurture, who’s to say? Even after everyone finds out, she’ll never be anyone’s first assumption. She just gives off an air of innocence that she uses shamelessly. 

Tommy has many, many plants. From the Nether, from the End, from the Overworld, and some from places he’s pretty sure shouldn’t be accessible(the afterlife, the aether, maybe some modded worlds? Idk). His greenhouse, having started off as a small little glass pane house, now is a very large, very tall dome, that always seems to be growing. People get lost in it very easily, swearing the paths move and shift, and the plants hide things, but Tommy’s never had any trouble in it. 

Endermen in general are very polite to everyone in Snowchester. Ranboo’s their prince, and he’s married Tubbo, who’s the leader, which means the town technically has an alliance with the End. So, yes, the End sends some items over, and in turn, Snowchester has become an Overworld haven for many of them. 

Purpled was a bit skeptical of his new abilities at first, but he’s pretty chill with it now, and actually enjoys learning and experimenting with new spells and wards. Dogchamp is his familiar, and he might be becoming a bit magic himself.

Dogchamp can shadow-walk. Purpled can not. Why does his dog have cooler abilities than him? 

Michael does know how to braid hair, actually. Tommy likes to let him and Tubbo do it because it feels nice. When Clementine comes into existence, and finds out, she insist one of them braid her hair too. Tubbo does it sometimes, but more often Michael will while Tubbo does up Tommy’s hair close by. 

Clem can kind of get a feel of what plants are feeling, or what they want, but that’s about it. The fact that the majority of the plants and animals around adore her is purely because of her personality.

Dream may know of Clementine and the marriage, but if he’s ever fool enough to try something, not only will he fail horribly, but he’ll also be in a lot of pain afterwards. Snowchester protects their own, and even if they won’t make it official, both Tommy and Purpled are their’s, and Clementine has been since she came into existence. 

Connor is one of the kids’ favorite babysitters. He knows all kinds of interesting stories, and he’s good at keeping them entertained without being as wild as some of the others. 

[thenixkat]

HCs and OCs for a fic

Toyomitsu family: Descended from one of the first giant mutants in Japan. Tend to have monster or animal related transformation quirks in addition to being huge. Own farmland and forested areas all over the Kansai region. The family founded the Devil’s Market yakuza group which has been extremely long-running and focused on buying and selling illicit goods, general goods, and general supplies and labor for larger people. A Toyomitsu has been either the boss or first lieutenant of the Devil’s Market for as long as it’s existed. They had to move out of their Osaka base when All For One set up shop, their current main base of operations is in Esuha city. The family also runs a franchise of butcher shops across most of Japan under the name of Oni Meats which carries a vast selection of animal protein from around the world. Nearly all members of the family have prey drives from their monstrous transformations.

Ma- Manami- (Quirk) Bugbear- transformation quirk. If the user is sufficiently fat then they can transform into a hybrid bear/reptile monster. Has great senses and night vision as well as enhanced strength. Can induce fear by staring someone directly in the eyes. -->Prefers not to be involved with the less legal dealings of the family and Devil’s Market. She’s more than capable of being as much of if not more a terrifying mob boss than her little brother. She just likes farming better. -->Generally doesn’t look people in the eyes unless she doesn’t like them b/c her terror-inducing power stays active regardless of her form. She prefers not to scare folks who don’t deserve it. -->Gets on very well with her sister-in-law, if she wasn’t married she’d steal her brother’s wife. -->Met her husband in a fighting ring. She eviscerated him with her claws and he broke one of her arms and several of her ribs. They started talking while getting patched up. -->Is about 7’10” and built like a well-padded brick house. -->Is the one who judges new recruits into the gang. Tends to have them do farm work for at least a month to get a bead on their personalities.

Pa- Noel ‘Blue Devil’ Diablo nee Toyomitsu- (Quirk) Energy absorption- emitter quirk. Can absorb, temporarily store, and redirect kinetic/thermal/electric energy. Too much energy kept in the body for too long causes reckless and impulsive behavior and hyperactivity. Devil- mutant quirk. Has devil-like horns and a tail. -->Used to be a nomad b4 settling down with his strong beautiful wife. Supported himself on his travels with fighting, gambling, handyman skills, and musical skills. -->Brings nothing to the table in his household other than his good looks, good nature, and knack for fixing things and a broad range of skills. -->Holding in excess energy makes him glow blue, especially his horns. -->Loves his family just so much. Is the goofy dad and great flirty husband. -->Loved to carry his kids until they got waaaay too big for him to pick up. Stands on a char to talk to his kids and wife on their level. B/c they are just so damn tall. -->Is 6 ft tall with a strong build with very little body fat b/c of a side effect of his quirk. He gets cold easily b/c of this and it bothers his joints.

Grandpa- Ryuji ‘The Dragon/ Dread Emperor of Giants’ - (Quirk) Dragon- transformation quirk. Can transform into an eastern dragon or humanoid eastern dragon with the severity of the transformation depending on percentage of body fat. Can also control the weather. -->Controlling the weather means that his farms never have a bad year. He does sell this service on the black market through the Devil’s Market. -->Wanted to be a hero when he was young and stopped when his mom got sent to jail for vigilantism and murder for stopping a serial killer from preying on women in the community -->Retired after a betrayal from some too ambitious underlings lead to a crippling knee injury. Still acts as a source of wisdom for the family and the gang. -->Is the go-to babysitter. -->Prefers to be in his transformed state and hates the anti-public quirk use laws with a passion. -->His full dragon form is as long as a bus and can fly. His humanoid dragon form/human form (sans antlers) is 8’5”

Grandma- Akane- (Quirk) None. -->An ex-mercenary who beat Ryuji in his prime AND in his full dragon form with nothing but some rope and her bare hands. -->Very good with guns and knives -->Takes advantage of the fact that as a plump quirkless woman she tends to get overlooked by people with powers to end fuckers. -->Was the one who got rid of the over-ambitious underlings who attempted a coup against her husband. -->Is about 5’10”, very chubby, wears glasses, and is rather soft-spoken. -->Is an icon to the quirkless members of the Devil’s Market and teaches them how to fight people with powers.

Uncle- Wani ‘The Butcher’- (Quirk) Crocodilian- transformation quirk. Similar to grandpa but crocodile instead of dragon. Has a great sense of smell and hearing as well as night vision. Is bulletproof at full strength. -->A strong proponent of community defense to the point where more people came to him about community issues than go to police or heroes. He gets problems handled permanently. -->Also heavily invested in technology and occult studies to see if there was a way to make life easier for people -->Also prefers to be in his transformed state -->Caught and ate 3 quirk diagnosing doctors in the area who were trafficking children into human experimentation. Managed to rescue most of the kids. -->Was arrested and sent to Tartarus for a string of killing corrupt cops and heroes fucking around in his neighborhood. His family often visits him. -->Fell for his wife when she bet him she could drink him under the table with the loser paying the tab. She won. -->Is about 8 ft tall and at least half as wide b4 going to jail. In prison he rapidly lost weight, the family is planning a jailbreak.

Auntie- Jay ‘Jaybird/Hummingbird’ Johnson nee Toyomitsu- (Quirk) Fast Twitch- emitter quirk. A speedster type. Can move and think at superhuman speeds for a few minutes at a time every hour. Has a very high metabolism and needs to consume large amounts of food in general. -->Was a villain before settling down. Still pulls off a robbery every now and then and has a fondness for gems. -->A Black American who came to Japan to hide from law enforcement after a heist gone wrong. -->Thinks that the way people throw the word villain around to just about any fucker committing any kind of crime while using a quirk really dilutes the word. Thinks that villains need fun costumes and proper themes and intent. -->Her sister-in-law was one of the first women she’s ever met who never criticized her eating habits and she would kill for the other woman. Ride or die friendship. -->Is constantly hungry due to her speedster metabolism and has to eat a lot. -->About 5’8” and leggy with plenty of visible muscle.

Sister- Onini ‘Oni/Gargoyle’- (Quirk) Gargoyle- transformation quirk. Can transform into a stone-skinned gargoyle with the severity of the transformation being dependant on amount of body fat. Heat Sink- emitter quirk. Can absorb, store, and release thermal energy. -->Tried to become a hero but was bullied out of school -->Named after one of her mom’s friends -->Considers cousin Kenji to be effectively one of her brothers -->Became a firefighter and uses her quirks on the job even tho it’s illegal. Not like the people she’s saving are gonna complain. -->Tends to flirt with strong women. -->Actually tends to stay partially transformed b/c she likes having a tail and passes herself off as a mutant -->If she gets too hungry and loses control she can become a heat vampire and freeze things to death while feeding on their body heat. -->Spends a lot of time helping out on the farm and her mother is most likely to pass ownership of the family land to her once she retires. -->The most likely person in her generation of the family to have biological kids. --->Keeps teasing Fatgum about when he’s gonna officially adopt his interns. -->Is about 7’5” and technically is too heavy to fly but she glides pretty well.

Cousin- Kenjiro ‘Kenji/Ken/Shuten’- (Quirk) Fast Oni- transformation quirk. Can transform into an oni with enhanced speed and strength. Transforming causes his metabolism to speed up and he burns fat to stay in oni form. Has a speedster metabolism in regular form, if he doesn’t eat a substantial meal every 5 hours he starts losing weight (fat and muscle) rapidly and is consequently always hungry. -->Would love to stay in his transformed form but can’t due to the timer. -->Is jealous of Taishiro’s height and metabolism so he makes fun of the way Tai’s face looks when he’s transformed. Also jealous of Onini’s ability to not be constantly hungry. -->Is constantly hungry from the day his quirk came in and had to take appetite suppressants during puberty to keep from losing his head and chowing down on anything and anyone in reach during his growth spurts. -->Has been mistaken for Fatgum more than once due to their similar-ish size and clothing choices. It frustrates him to no end b/c he’s way darker than Tai and prefers wearing blue or white. -->Has intentionally eaten people. Most notable example being him ending a war with a rival yakuza group by capturing, butchering, and cooking the rival leader and openly serving him for dinner at the peace treaty/gang merger. -->Strongly supports Fatgum as a hero and the two combine resources to help the community whether that is through funding housing for the homeless or getting a very good tailor the resources to make clothing for specific clientele or sending the other to deal with a situation appropriately. -->Brings a knife to a gunfight b/c he’s a superstrong speedster and a gun ain’t go do shit if you ain’t got no hands. -->Thinks Overhaul is a stupid asshole b/c it’s not that hard to get blood out of a kid or train a kid to be ok with it. -->Is about 7’10” and has heard every short joke under the sun from Tai

Fatgum-Taishiro ‘Tai’- (Quirk) Fat Absorption- Transformation quirk into an uncanny valley cartoony blob man that is as strong as the amount of body fat he has. Can absorb, neutralize, or release kinetic energy. Eyes glow in the dark like a cartoon when his quirk is active. Has a great sense of taste and is incapable of feeling sated/is always hungry. Also has an extremely efficient digestive system that breaks food down in seconds. Can also convert fat into muscle as well as generally having enhanced strength and speed while transformed. -->Was a late bloomer. His quirk didn’t start coming in till he was 8 and it took a while b4 he was fat enough for it to have notable effects. -->Preferred being in his skinnier form during middle and high school due to bullying and self-esteem issues that he didn’t work through until his early twenties. -->Started high school at 5’7” (170 cm) at 14 yrs old and was 8’2 (250 cm) when he graduated at 18 yrs old. Puberty was hell and pants were his enemy. -->Had a friend in hero support who took it as a personal challenge to make him clothing that he couldn’t destroy, that would grow and shrink with him, and that he couldn’t outgrow heightwise either. Ended up inventing ‘indestructible pants’ and making bank. -->Does not have canine teeth due to a mutation related to his quirk. Does have several rows of teeth that can replace themselves like a shark’s due to the same mutation. The fuckery of his mouth is only really noticeable if he’s ‘stretching’/pushing his transformation to its fullest extent or if someone’s feeling around inside of his mouth for whatever reason. -->Does not have a gag reflex -->Has been constantly hungry since his quirk emerged and like Kenji had to take appetite suppressants during his growth spurts to keep control of himself. An asshole classmate once replaced his appetite suppressants with appetite stimulants to see what happens. Several people ended up hospitalized, Taishiro still has nightmares about it and said asshole student actually managed to get expelled. Has a restraining order against said asshole classmate who fucked off to England to be a hero there. -->Is so glad he’s done growing. Went through clothes like water when he was a teen. -->Going several days without getting enough calories in tends to activate his prey drive and he really doesn’t like that b/c heroes shouldn’t murder or maul people. Figured out this aspect when he mauled a bully after his quirk just came in and later during a survival training exercise in hero school in which he ended up eating a live bear after several days of living on trail rations (scared his teammates for life with that one). -->A lot of aspects of his costume with the bright colors and friendly mannerisms is to reduce the intimidation factor/terrifying aspects of his appearance. He is aware that in his transformed state he’s a giant uncanny valley cartoony egg man monster that can fucking absorb people into his body. -->While transformed his limb, mouth, and eye proportions are extremely fluid and change nearly at will. If he wants to his face can be entirely mouth, which he knows is terrifying to other people. His arms and legs can rubber hose it though they aren’t as strong when he does that, does mean he can grab from angles that shouldn’t be possible. -->Was bullied as a kid for being ‘quirkless’ b4 his quirk manifested and then he was bullied for being fat. It did a number on his self-esteem as a teen leading him to prefer using his thinner form as his default. -->His thinner form was considered a heartthrob in school to his frustration. Didn’t mean he didn’t take advantage of the fact people found him hot to make money or flirt a free lunch off of someone. Was in a hot guy calendar made and distributed by one of his classmates. -->It absolutely gets on his nerves when people only find his skinny form attractive. -->After graduation, he lost muscle b/c that starter hero paycheck ain’t shit and the Hero Commission refused to let him write off food costs as business expenses. Had to save his food money for patrols leading to him losing weight. -->Participated in underground fighting rings to both make some money on the side and get better at using his quirk -->Has tried Trigger b4 and carries a small vial of the good version of it just in case he really needs it one day. (Listen, you ain’t finding shit trying to pat down fucking Fatgum) -->While transformed the absorbing things into him thing is automatic, put too much pressure on the flabbier parts of his body and you’ll just sink in. It takes effort to release things and took him a while to learn how to do this as a kid. Before he learned how to release things, he’d just turn off his quirk to get things out of him. -->Was blackmailed into working for the cops after getting caught during a raid of one of the fighting rings he was participating in. Decided to be a double agent and give away info on cases to the Devil’s Market to help them stay ahead of the cops. Also blew a decent chunk of the Osaka police force’s budget on his feeding since they wanted to use him. Ultimately this is what caused the police to break their partnership with him b/c he was too damn expensive to keep on the payroll. -->Once he became decently popular he and the Devil’s Market started funding a superhero trade school to get people who otherwise wouldn’t be able to get into hero schools for various reasons trained up and educated enough to get a hero license. -->As a hero he just doesn’t enforce the dumber laws like anti-public quirk use laws b/c who cares if people use their quirks if they aren’t hurting anyone. Also prefers not to label criminals as villains unless they’ve done some truly heinous shit b/c he knows that villains get harsher punishments in the justice system. Is also a strong proponent for rehabilitation for criminals. -->Once got caught in a scandal where he and a close friend and classmate managed to get a quirkless friend of theirs enrolled in their hero school with the help of a hacker. It took months for the school to catch on, during which said quirkless friend excelled in the hero classes. Fatgum and his friend nearly got expelled when caught. Later he helps that quirkless friend get a provisional hero license to become Japan’s first quirkless hero. -->From his family history, to his accent, to his size, to his ancestry Fatgum got torn apart by the media when he first started making waves. It took years but his image as a fun friendly beloved hero won out over ‘loose canon with criminal ties who’ll probably turn villain any day now’ -->Most of his sidekicks are folks he knew in his underground fighting days or rehabilitated criminals. Sidekicks and interns from actual hero schools are picked based on both potential as well as ‘how well can you bend the law/see in shades of grey instead of black and white?’. Essentially interning with Fatgum is a long process of unlearning propaganda and a practical application of morality on a case by case basis. -->Is aware of the hornier corners of his fandom and doesn’t know how to get them to understand that death via snusnu is not a way they want to go out (“How do you know this?” “...No comment.”) and telling them that they would def either die or require medical attention only makes them hornier. He finds it distressing and tries to avoid these people. -->Only found out that his name and birthday were puns when he was in middle school. He was not pleased. His parents had a blast since they were waiting for him to figure it out. -->When transformed his face, hands, feet, knees, and elbows are the most vulnerable parts of his body. Hence the leg armor (and occasionally arm armor). -->Due to his size, he’s got a few glaring blind spots, the main one being that he simply can’t see past his belly when looking down. He has tripped over short people b4 b/c of this. At least one of his friends from school would take advantage of this when he was in his larger form to sneak up on him.

[chibichibisha]

Why is gilmo so fond of his underclassmen?

Oh this is interesting!!! I think it’s because he looks mature and a bit more older than he is, and his personality is kinda approachable so the first years tend to ask him for stuff and advice. Gilmo doesn’t mind it, really, he really appreciates the eagerness of his underclassmen, their kind of innocence. He has been around in the dorm from before Azul took the dorm leader role so he is able to compare both and he came to love Azul’s Octavinelle, is much more interesting. This doesn’t mean he is harmless, he can be quite ruthless if someone breaks the status quo, or you forget to pay. He definitely has this dangerous tone behind his nice words and eerie charm, that let you know it’s better to keep on his good side. His dark humour is deadly.

He also behaves and calls himself a “grandpa” and tends to praise the first years for their hard work. He jokes a lot about being a “tired old man” and that serves him as an excuse to do little work at the Monstro Loungue and stay at the bar, mostly. Azul makes him work when it’s needed tho. He is also very fond of Azul and jokes calling him his “Grandchild” and calling him a “Good kid” Just like if Gil would be a retired mob boss that passed the family to Azul lol. He also find the Leech brothers very amusing, is genuinely surprised with Jade’s abilities and think Floyd is very cute. He totally enables Floyd’s childish tendencies because of this.

But his favourite are the Cane twins because they have so much potential that it would be a waste for Octavinelle to not train them. Ross is charming and a smooth talker and DeShawn knows how to intimidate, they just need to follow his teachings to be perfected. Gilmo helped them to adjust when they entered the dorm and took them under his wing, since they can be quite problematic. Now those two listen to Gilmo and call him “boss” in an affectionate way.

[finntaur]

(Characters)

Hi I’m new here, so here’s some DSMP Headcanons with no particular topic (could also technically be considered an AU)

Buckle up, this post is a long boi

Gods

For most of them, Gods are not born into power, rather they earn that power.

Characters like Eret, who are canonically related to Herobrine, are born into that power, but characters like Foolish earn that power.

Any creature can become a god, they just gain omnipotence and sentience, but not the ability to speak non-mob languages.

Foolish earned his power when he was an infant, after cultists from the previous race of Man combined his body with that of a totem of undying. The gods at that time (who are now all dead) took pity on him and bestowed him that power.

Eret is the son of Herobrine, the current Top God, which makes them a god in their own right (personally hc demigod with a human mom). They cover their eyes to hide the relation, and to also keep their powers in check.

The guests on the server were killed by Dream, and he turned them into either Gods or ghosts.

Dream is a “burgeoning God”, meaning he was chosen to have the power, but his builds up over time instead of appearing right away. He was granted this power personally by Herobrine, who he promised to return Eret to. With this, he also became the God of the Inbetween.

DreamXD is a God’s Guardian, which means he’s essentially a bodyguard. He was tasked by Dream to watch over the End portal, but also to watch over George. He was also given control over the Other Side by Dream, who initially controlled both the Inbetween and the Other Side.

Dream has power over life and death, and eventually toyed with it enough he managed to grant people the power of a god.

The first person he did this with was Alyssa. She became the guardian and Goddess of the Overworld.

The next was Ninja, who became the God of newcomers and discoveries. DreamXD filled in as his Guardian, against Dream’s orders. He became self-aware, and believes that Dream needs to be taken down.

Next was Andrea, who became the Goddess of love. DreamXD filled in as her Guardian for the same reason he did with Ninja.

After her was Pokimane, who became the Goddess of simps nature and crowned herself guardian of children. She unintentionally became Tommy’s Guardian, not realizing the boy was growing into his own power. She is currently guarded by DreamXD as well.

Next was Corpse, who became the God of song and the End. Before he died, and what we didn’t see on the server, he and Tubbo were close (basically a father-son relationship). He uses his power to use the endermen in the Overworld as proxies, so that he can keep watch over his “son”. He’s technically guarded by DreamXD, but is stuck in the End as of now.

Next was KSI, who became the God of education and war. DreamXD is his guardian as well, when KSI isn’t hanging out with Lady Death (will get to her in a bit).

And finally, the last God Dream created was MrBeast. He became the God of “Hell” (the Nether). DreamXD is his guardian, but he is stuck in the Nether as of now.

Backstories (This is obviously not all the characters)

Eret is Herobrine’s demigod son. They were in line for his position as the Top God, but after seeing their father’s cruelty, ran away with two of his father’s best warriors, aka his bodyguards - Techno and Philza. Before they could make it out, Eret struck their father with a sword, thinking she had killed him. She didn’t know her father survived, and continued to look for her.

Philza is a Man-bird hybrid who was shunned out of the Overworld. He eventually climbed the ranks of Herobrine’s army, and constantly warred with those in the Overworld. Eventually, on one battlefield, he met eyes with Lady Death (Kristen). The two started a romance, which produced their son, Wilbur. A few years after Wilbur was born, Phil ran away with Techno and Eret, reuniting with his son in the Overworld.

Techno was born in the Nether, to a dead father and a dying mother. He was also the only child in his mother’s litter, like her. He was shoved into the Overworld by war, where he was repeatedly discriminated against. When he was a teenager, he managed to get back into the Nether, only to find the others of his race being tormented as well. He managed to climb the ranks from warrior to general, all the while planning a coup. He was appointed Eret’s bodyguard, and Eret found out about his plans. They decided to help him, and he became King of the Piglins. They made their move the night before Eret’s coronation, with help from Phil.

Bad was a regular demon of the Nether. He was also within Herobrine’s ranks, and was skilled and cruel on the battlefield. He became disenfranchised with Herobrine and his time as a king when he noticed the relentless slaughter and atrocities his kind was forced to commit. He happened to escape the same night as Eret, Techno, and Phil, but only because a human in the Overworld (Skeppy) summoned him on accident. While escaping, he found a blaze-human hybrid in the fire, its mother walking away from it. He took the child and ran through the portal before it was broken.

Sam was a regular old human, who was abandoned when he was really young (like a year at the oldest). A pack of creepers found him, and instead of exploding the literal harmless baby, they took him in. He was raised beside a village, where he learned to speak normal Man languages and learned Man manners. Eventually, the creeper that was the leader of the pack died, and he somehow became the king of the creepers.

Puffy was a Captain, like her mother. She sailed around the world, looking for a new home, and for an escape from her curse. She eventually stumbled into the village Phil founded, where she was healed of her wounds. She left years later, after a few of the younger kids had gotten older, looking for the cure to the curse.

Family Dynamics

Sam adopted Quackity and Tommy when they were young, and considered George and Hannah as part of the family when they came along.

Bad is Sapnap’s adoptive father, and Skeppy is the on-again-off-again family friend/husband.

Phil is Wilbur’s biological father, and Tommy is considered part of the family (depending on how Phil is feeling). Techno is a close family friend. Ranboo is also later adopted by Phil.

Puffy is the adoptive mother of Foolish and guardian of Dream (and DreamXD, but she thought they were the same person). She also watched over Tubbo when Corpse couldn’t.

Punz is Purpled’s older brother.

Niki considers Jack like a younger brother.

Wilbur had gotten a shapeshifter, Sally the salmon, pregnant, and they had Fundy.

Tubbo and Ranboo got platonically married and adopted/saved Michael, a baby zombie piglin.

Foolish has a ton of Foolish Jr.’s, making Puffy a grandma/grandpa (for mama puffy or papa puffy)

If people are interested, then I’ll probably write this <3 ✌🏻

[theunvanquishedzims]

Calming my post-election anxiety with sweet sweet logic

So Trump is a wannabe dictator with crazy screaming fans who are headed toward violent armed meltdowns. What’s to stop him from going full dictator and refusing to leave office?

I’m glad you asked!

You see, the major difference between wannabe dictators and actual dictators is ALLIES. Dictators are surrounded with tight security, aided by the military, cheered on by media that they control, and are either helped, encouraged, or just ignored by other countries with the power to stop them.

Trump has charged the Secret Service money for the privilege of protecting him and his family since day one. You remember the first year, when his wife and son refused to move to the White House so the Secret Service had to RENT FLOORS in TRUMP’S BUILDING to be close to them? And how his extended family went globetrotting and the Secret Service had to accompany them? And when Trump himself insisted on hosting people at his golf club, he made the Secret Service RENT GOLF CARTS from TRUMP’S CLUB to follow him while he went golfing?

The end result was that halfway through the first year of his presidency, the Secret Service could not pay their own wages. Because half their yearly budget had gone straight to Trump’s pockets. And that’s just financially. I think we all remember how the White House came down with Covid and Trump still insisted on Secret Service agents driving him around to wave at people. He has not been kind to the people who are sworn to protect him. These people have had a front-row seat to his circus since 2016. When the time comes from Trump to leave the White House and Biden to take over, I doubt they’ll betray the country out of loyalty to Trump. If anything, they’ll be the ones to drag him out.

As for the military, Trump insulted and fired four generals from his administration staff. He said on multiple occasions that soldiers who get captured or killed are suckers and losers. He refused to visit a cemetery to honor the dead because it was raining. He tries to pander to the military by massive increases in defense spending, but that money goes to capitalists who make weapons and war technology, not the soldiers or veterans. (He also hypocritically accused military officials of being in bed with those same companies.) In a poll of 1000 service members 50% said they disliked Trump. Overall, he doesn’t act like a leader, and the way he skirts responsibility (like taking charge during the pandemic) doesn’t appeal to a group that functions on trust in their leadership.

A proper dictator would have spent the last four years cozying up to his generals and making sure they knew the financial and social benefits of answering to him personally, not the office of the President. And while Trump did adhere to the adage “find a foreign foe” to unite people against, he badly misjudged what most US citizens consider “foreign.” He hasn’t found a villain that we would root for the military taking down, and the people he targets (Latinx, Blacks, immigrants, and people in countries our military has already devastated) are not a minority he can turn the majority of the country against, especially with how many of the former two serve in the military themselves. When the time comes for him to leave office, the military might be the first to cut ties with the wannabe Dictator-in-Chief.

Now, the media. They’ve been treating him like a joke candidate since day one, but after he was actually elected and took office they’ve started to take him more seriously. He’s gotten his catchphrase “fake news!” to catch on, but that doesn’t change the fact that under his administration news reporters have been harassed, illegally arrested, and generally poorly treated by Trump, especially if they’re women. He’s trashed talked everyone, with Fox News being the last bastion of semi-legitimate news that openly supports him (and their credibility has taken a big hit over it.)

Despite this support, in recently months Trump has been increasingly dumping on Fox, even throwing the mediator they provided for the debate under the bus, and risking alienating them in the process. If his supporters listen to him and start considering Fox part of Big Fake News, it might possibly be the death of Fox, leaving most of his supporters adrift and isolated from their source of right-wing news, and sending the more extreme fringes into the arms of conspiracy theory websites. (I’m not saying this is bad, being cut off from Fox and its toxic stream of “information” can actually help rehabilitate the right.)

Honestly, I don’t think Trump ever had a shot at controlling the media like a dictator would, mainly because of social media. He’s in love with attention, and Twitter has provided him a nonstop stream of it. No other President has threatened, insulted, promoted, or hinted at war over social media the way Trump has, and he gets so much direct feedback and interaction with the public and the world as a result. He could have leveraged that by buying the company (through a shell corporation, obviously) and setting it up as The One True Source of Information, manipulating public perception of him and his administration by keeping a tight grip on what information he let out.

But he’s just. Not. That. Clever. He blurts out everything that crosses his mind, leaving his administration to play clean-up on his messes, put out fires he keeps pouring gasoline on, and claim he’s joking when everyone knows he’s testing the limits on what he can get away with saying. He took advantage of the direct communication with legions of supporters, but seemed to forget that his detractors had equal access and would absolutely call him out on things he definitely said, it’s right there on his Twitter account, they have the Tweet pulled up on their phone right now. Instead of operating a single state-run media outlet while crushing all free press and limiting internet access like other dictators, he’s mooned the world’s cameras and acted surprised when they put his saggy butt on tv. “Fake news! That’s not my butt! THIS is my butt! [image attached]” he tweets. “Twitter is so biased, they haven’t censored any of Sleepy Joe’s photos!” he later tweets.

And lastly. The key to a dictatorship’s success. To prevent outside intervention, the country a dictator runs must be unimportant and ignored, wealthy and well-connected, or scary and well-armed. Minor warlords are the former, Putin is the latter, Trump might have weaseled his way into being the middle. But at the end of the day, America’s whole thing is new leadership every four years. It was revolutionary to replace a lineage of kings and queens stretching generations with a non-royal elected leader who only held office for four to eight years, but we’ve stuck to that for 200 years and everyone’s used to it by now. It would take a charismatic and powerful person to move the American people towards abolishing such a basic tenant of our democracy, and despite the mob mentality that lead a small portion of his supporters to chant “sixteen more years!” in the heat of the moment, Trump is not that charismatic. He’s not that smart. He’s not that well-connected. He’s not that savvy. He’s not that good at politics. And he’s not that powerful.

(I was going to say something here about him being the laughingstock of the world’s leaders and shouldn’t expect any outsiders to help him stay in power, especially since his tax returns came out and showed he owes people a ton of money that he doesn’t have, but this post is long enough so let’s cut to the chase.)

Trump is a greedy, small-minded man that has clung to power by appealing to the worst in humanity and scraping away at the best. But he hasn’t succeeded. He’s a sad old man who will say anything to be loved, and I don’t think he even knows what love is, so he’ll settle for attention. He doesn’t have money, he doesn’t have an army, and the only allies he has are using him as a political pawn to further their own interests. They will cut him loose the minute he stops being useful.

Now, the bad part: crazy screaming fans. Fringe groups on the internet. Mobs chanting “sixteen more years!” Men with guns and bombs and kidnapping plots, men trying to get into voting centers to destroy the election, men driving trucks with black flags that say FUCK YOUR FEELINGS, TRUMP 2020 (available on Amazon for $11.99, I wish I was joking.) I have no idea how many people in this country genuinely love Trump. It is hopefully significantly less than voted for him. There are some big issues in this country that are make-or-break, and unfortunately by reason of running Republican Trump has aligned himself with some of them.

There are people who hate everything about Trump, but he put a pro-life judge on the Supreme Court so they’re voting for him. There are people who are uncomfortable with Trump, but they’ve forgiven their grandpa for saying worse at Thanksgiving dinner, so they’ll vote for him. There are people who don’t know a single thing about Donald Trump, but they see (Republican) next to his name on the ballot, so they vote for him. None of that means those people will side with him if he tries to make a move towards dictatorship.

Now there are people who love Trump. They’ve heard and seen the vile things he’s said and done, and are genuinely okay with it, because they are full of hate and rage and want to change the world to put themselves on top. I do not know how many of these people there are. I know they exist all over the country, not just in red states. I know some of them have guns and want a reason to use them, because they’ve been talking about it for decades. I don’t know if we can trust the police to side with us over them if fights start breaking out. (And I pray pray PRAY people de-escalate any fights, because monkey see monkey do, and one news report of a MAGA extremist shooting someone can inspire a hundred copycats can lead to full-on civil war like we've never seen.) I know we need to be careful the next few months, to take care of ourselves and watch out for the more vulnerable in our communities.

And above all, I know this: Trump is not going to keep this country. He got it through trickery and deceit and foreign influence and national indifference and people not taking him seriously. We’ve learned. We’ve grown. We’re taking him seriously now, and we will not let him take what we’ve already told him he can’t have. The election is over. He’s a loser. He’d better start packing his bags. Because he’s not staying in office.

[htsdof]

Hi! What do you think the squads jobs would be, if they were adult and not drug dealers? Which au do you think is perfect for Morris/Dan? Do you have some headcanon about how they would get together, in canon and not?

this ask is super old, but have my answer anyway:

dan, because he’s the easiest one for me: 

social worker, that’s it.

i have a huge soft spot for him and i feel like my choice of job kind of expresses that. there are many reasons for my choice, but the main one is his relationship with his father and that whole therapy thing he had going on in s1. esp in s2 we saw that he is actually very caring and always tries to include people and acknowledge their efforts; i really like his relationship with lenny. that’s the reason why i think he’d do great as a social worker: he wants people to grow up feeling loved and supported.

lenny

e-sports commentator, what else? maybe for stuff like dota or smth.

people online discover how he is actually hilarious and he kinda blows up pretty fast. he starts his own twitch and yt channel, where you can regularly witness him mobbing moritz live and on air. sometimes you see dan in the background, but bc dan is an actual grandpa he has no idea what’s going on. lenny uses it to his advantage and makes a series out of dan discovering the internet and being adorably clueless, people love it. 

lisa:

journalist/reporter, kind of in the style of the videos by the y-kollektiv on yt (huge recommendation by me for everyone who speaks german or  is learning it atm)

she wants to discover the world and educate people about it. she wants to disprove the prejudices of the public and create an open space for discussion. her reportages have a very subjective and personal feel to them, reminiscent of the way she talks about drugs and growing up in s1 and s2

moritz, this is a hard one for me:

of course, CEO is the most obvious choice. sure, he get’s off on the admiration and attention, but at the same time it’s hard for me to imagine him being an actual good CEO. he likes being in power and feeling better than everyone else, he doesn’t seem like the charming leader type everyone wants to follow blindly so ...

how about business consultant? orrrr some kind of julian assange type of guy? 

(let’s all ignore that he’s going to jail pls, this is officially an AU)

and milena/kira?

freelance coder. she doesn’t want to follow anyones rules.

[dragonrajafanfiction]

Dragon Dancer III: Hydra

Our three escorts helped us into the tall vehicle. 

“Forgive me for saying so,” said one platinum blond shorter man. “When they said Cassell Elites, I never would have imagined such cute girls.”

Johann tolerated this in silence, donning his sunglasses and a blank expression. I felt like these poor unsuspecting men had a laser sight fixed on each of them. When an eager young man in a dark ponytail tried to get in next to me, he deftly inserted himself between us, prompting him to shoot Johann a glare.

The shorter platinum blond was our driver. “Who’s the leader of the group?”

I enthusiastically raised my hand, scooting all the way over to let Johann in. 

He chuckled, handing me an electronic clipboard and smirking at Johann. “I guess you’re the grandpa?”

Johann gave him a slow head turn followed by a steady stare. 

I giggled looking over the tablet. Thin ice buddy.

Master List

The driver watched me. It was a notice about how our bodies were to be disposed of in the event of our untimely demise. I signed, not really caring at this point and handed it back to him.

He winked at me. “Don’t be nervous. We’ll take good care of you.”

The dark haired flirt sat next to Johann and helped Nono get in. 

“Thanks so much! I feel safer already.” She said.

I felt Johann settle into his seat, sitting up straight and staring ahead as we got on our way. “Seatbelt.” He said. We were going very fast down the road, speeding off the runway and onto a side street.

“Oh right!” I buckled in.

Another blondie, yellow instead of white, turned and looked at me from the front passenger side. “So... ever been to Japan before?”

I lifted my head and looked at him smiling. “Shouldn’t you know that?”

His eyes widened slightly.

A sound like a loud wind interrupted our conversation. The driver lurched the vehicle to one side, pressing me into the door. An explosion tore into the ground where our vehicle had just been.

“What was that?!” I gasped.

The driver snarled. “Great. It’s the law.”

“What?!” I snapped. “Why are the police chasing us?!”

“Because we never went to the terminal, meaning we skipped customs and passport stamps.” The yellow haired man beamed at me. “That means you’re illegal border crossers!”

“For real? Great.” I crossed my arms. 

“The mission is top secret.” The blond pulled a rifle out from under his seat and I cowered away. “Illegal or not, we can’t let you get caught. Let’s just take care of this really quick.”

Nono gasped and then reached under her seat. Her eyes sparkled when she pulled out the biggest gun I’d ever seen. 

“Nono! Is that a really necessary?! Put that back!” I yelped. I didn’t know what it did, but it looked like it shot explosions.

“Cover me!” Nono rolled down the window and hung out of it, giving us all a lovely view of her backside. The man with the shotgun whistled appreciatively before sending a volley of shotgun fire at the pursuing vehicles.

Our driver took the opportunity to point his cell phone camera.

“WATCH THE ROAD!” I yelled.

The car rocked with the recoil. A second later I felt the ground tremble with the blast behind us. 

“Woohoo!” Nono cheered and got back in smelling like gunpowder. 

She looked at the blushing dark haired flirt, putting the gun between her knees. She pulled out her cellphone and held it up, posing with the grenade launcher and throwing her arms around her personal bully target.

Johann let out a long suffering sigh.

“Do they always use such deadly force around here?” I whimpered.

“Doubtful,” said the driver. “These guys probably weren’t regular law enforcement, but those working for Hydra.”

I gasped at the thought of Hydra controlling something like the police. “Is that normal?!”

“Hydra has a lot of influence yeah. They are Yakuza here. The Mafia, the Mob, call it what you will.”

“I thought Hydra used to be part of Cassell College! Since when were they a gang?!”

“Since always!” Our driver chuckled. “They’ve got politicians and municipal services in their pocket too. You really can’t escape them around here.”

I stared up at Johann, incredulous. “How are we supposed to do our job?”

I buried my face in my hands.  “Oh my god...” 

[sometimesrosy]

favorite villains from the 100?

hmmmm. That’s a tough one. Let’s just take it fast and loose with it.

Pike. My fave. I wanted him back on the good guy’s side. I saw his point but he was in the wrong. He’s what Bellamy could have been without Clarke as an influence. Still sorry we didn’t get to see him redeemed. Thanks a lot Octavia.

Diyoza. GREAT villain. Possibly too great. Smart. Just like Clarke. Too likable. Reasonable. Not bad enough, so she doesn’t get the top spot.

Bellamy (s1) he spent the least amount of time on the villain spectrum but he’s my fav so he got bumped to 3. But to be fair, he’s not my favorite because of his stint as a villain but because he overcame it. Alright he stays on the list.

Octavia (s5) She was awful. It was great. Head on into evil tyrant. She sentenced Clarke to death. Made Bellamy fight Indra. Let her people defect JUST so she could execute them. BURNT MONTY’S FLOWERS. EVIL 

Murphy (s1) Boy I hated Murphy. What a jerk. But they were so mean to him! I for sure thought we’d never like him. He peed on a kid! But yeah. Love him now. 

Vinson. He. Was. Awesome. I liked the guy but I KNEW he was going to go at any minute and I was totally waiting for him to eat Kane out of jealousy because he liked Abby and she was his. Talk about a loaded gun. My only surprise was that Kane survived that. Or at least his death was delayed. he was a minor villain that’s why he’s down so far.

McCreary. What a huge dick bag. Just tearing it up as the biggest douche around. What a great end

ALIE. She took away their humanity to save them. creepy.

Kara Cooper. Listen lady. LIST-EN lady. I don’t like you. Plus, you suck at farming. It’s your fault they were going to starve. Monty was there for like 3 days and he fixed your damn farm. 

Dante. Nice grandpa evil vampire

Dr Tsing. Mad scientist evil vampire

Cage Not nice douchebag evil vampire

Lxa. She pissed me off so much. To me, she felt like a poser. She did everything to make herself look good and to gain power and to make other people think she was more powerful. That betrayal was THE WORST and then she kidnapped Clarke to make her a trophy/girlfriend. YIKES.

Jaha ( i don’t know where to put him actually he’s been up and down the hero-anti-hero-villain specturm) His zealot phase was dangerous. I actually thought that in his role as Good Leader he actually caused almost more harm than anyone. Just because he knew how to run a society and get people to follow the rules doesn’t mean he wasn’t still doing evil things. Oh and the classism. He just didn’t think some people counted at all. 

Kane (s1) what a weasel. He was meaner than s1 Bellamy, colder. Self righteous. His redemption worked well, but as a villain? 

 Titus. jerk

Diana Sydney. she sucked the big one. She could have been a good guy but she was just evil about it. Plus i didn’t like the lady’s acting. Stiff. 

Those are the characters. But some villains were not characters.  So I’m putting them separate.

Mount Weather. Best evil society. SUPER creepy. Horrifying. Bleeding the grounders? Making zombies? Kidnapping kids for breeders? Because that’s why they grabbed them. To strengthen the bloodlines. Then they decided to harvest their marrow? They experiemented on their own people? They wanted to take over the surface! thought it was their birthright! EVIL.

The reapers. As a group. SUPER scary. And terrifying that they were torture victims and drug addicts. Monsters made by MW. They add to the MW’s evil, but are terrifying in their own right. AND they’re just trying to get their next fix.

Man’s inhumanity to man. Maybe jasper was right. Maybe none of them (us?) deserve to survive. Maybe WE are the monsters. Always a possibility. 

The grounders. TBH by the end of s4 I was like, really, just lock them all out because they won’t be able to stop killing each other. And in fact. They were not. Octavia used their killer impulses and put them into the pit. Their society was ALWAYS blaming others, attack the delinquents and then blame Clarke for beating them? Nah man. It’s YOUR fault. 

The stupid skycrew mob. Shut up already you morons. 

Praimfaya. That’s just about enough out of you apocalypsapalooza.

Huh. Five of the top ten villains were from s5. GREAT new characters, and one old one. Great villains in s5. But my favorite Big Bad is still Mount Weather, even though I didn’t like the evil characters as much. But like Diyoza? I’d sit down and toss back some tequila with her. Pike? Pike is my man. We’d be friends. Except for the unfortunate decision to kill everyone who wasn’t his people. MANNN PIke, why’d you have to go and be like that? Bellamy, of course is my boo, and I’m glad he didn’t let Pike turn him to the dark side, and came back to be the good guy. 

[sugar-petals]

Hey! I’m love you’re writing!! Can you write about the BTS boys dating a girl wayyy taller than them? I’m 6’4 (193 cm) and I neeed this lol thanks, doll 💕💕

Thank you love. This is our moment!! Tall women squad assemble. We have to be proud of every inch. And small guys are the best best best. 

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

You’re so at the right address hehe. We even have another compatible request for tall!reader by sweet anon, I will write these parts for the maknae line:

ok iknow requests are closed but i wanted to send u this before i forgot about it completely (im very forgetful): tall!reader (6’1) is the leader of a group and is very close with all the maknaes/trainees (spoils/babys them) and jungkook, jimin and taehyung decide to try and show her that theyre not babies anymore 🙄 and then they find out just how much of a “mom” reader can be >:3c. (again SORRY I KNOW UR REQUESTS ARE CLOSED) 

Jimin

Jimin says you shouldn’t have to drive him to practice anymore. He can take the tube instead of stealing your precious time. You can afford the ten-minute ride before going to the gym, it’s not a problem. And conversation’s good, you two get along just fine. Jimin just thinks it looks a bit funny to get chauffeured by the largest woman in town. What is he even saying. You caught him walking around with a damn balloon in his hand. So you insist to continue treating him, stop at the ice cream parlor included because Jimin loves stracciatella. No way you let him get into the subway to get mobbed all the way to work.

Taehyung

Taehyung sure does think he can still fool around while hoping you see him as a sober-minded senior idol. “Hey! I’m basically a grandpa in the industry!” Not that you care about his efforts, he remains a cutie in your eyes and that is set in stone. Only his new sandals have grandpa practically written on them. Yoongi should be here to defend his grandpa title. Taehyung just can’t help visiting you in his breaks at the studio making faces and stealing your ramen. It’s obvious that he’s trying to achieve something with that. Or it’s subconscious. You figure: Time you visit Tae with BTS vice versa and provide them with ramen galore.

Jin

Jin always has some muse for jokes when you invite him over to a garden party or a café. Garden parties in particular, with lots of barbecue activity, nice pastry, tons of cake. He doesn’t have something against you showing him off there, in fact, he was made for it. Namjoon sometimes comes to tease him that he’s used to tall presence meaning him. But Jin is like no no darling, my girlfriend is not tall like you. She’s huge! And then he imitates you and Namjoon in a height face-off making everyone crack up.

Yoongi

He didn’t know how he could overcome the fear of his own body height. But as time passes by, Min Yoongi finds growing confidence next to you. Growing in a metaphorical sense. The only thing that’s really growing is his boner cause you’re one sexy colossus. In the kitchen, he doesn’t have to climb around anymore to get to higher spots. One time he even got free admission, someone thought he was your son. Min “Three Dollars” Yoongi, the money shark of Daegu, certainly doesn’t mind to save some. I’m joking, he’s a lawful man. But you did get offered free admission. He likes to tell that anecdote to pretty much everyone.

Hoseok

Since the first day you showed up, Hoseok has made it his running gag. And as we all know, running gags that he comes up with infect the other members or anyone around him for that matter. He even made a viral tweet about it, aka #MyGirlfriendIsAGiantess #LoveHerSoMuch. So whenever you step into a crowded room with Hobi in the middle, a large “Eomma, eomma” choir starts. Hoseok comes dancing along just to get swept of his feet and you carry him out, nevermind the jealous outcry and cheering from the rest of the boys. 

Namjoon

Who knew. The tallest gets a girlfriend who’s even taller. Everyone who thought you would look for an even more of a tower to look up to was proven tremendously wrong. Because it’s not height that attracts you about Namjoon, it’s how he just is. A charismatic, friendly, and smexy rapper man who likes plushies. Joke’s on him when you’re around, now he’s can’t make any more “When God made Jimin, he forgot height” punchlines. But it’s all well with you. For instance, Namjoon has plenty of comfy spare clothes to share. It’s a good life to be tall together.

Jungkook 

Backstage at the New Year’s variety show, he‘s clowning around. Your gazes and lighthouse height seem to make him self-conscious and a little silent. But you’re just curious what BTS is up to and speak to them. Jungkook in particular, who always has the latest ridiculous shenanigans. Judging by how he lowers his voice, he’s trying to convince you how much of an adolescent he is while using “Noona” in literally every second sentence. He’s a teenager at best. You give the meme boy your strawberry milk to sip on, leaving him flustered while your group prepares to go on air.

[theonceoverthinker]

OUAT 2X07 - Child of the Moon

...Do I seriously have nothing better to do than just sit around writing long ass reviews for a show that already ended?

...Well then, I suppose ANITA LIFE!

Shut up, you love them. Now go under the cut for some actually semi-intelligent thoughts!

Press Release

Ruby’s fear about turning into a wolf during the first curse-free Storybrooke full moon is confirmed when one of the town’s residents is viciously murdered, and Ruby is the prime suspect; Decker - aka King George - threatens to expose David as a shepherd, not a prince, and not fit to run the town as sheriff; and Leroy stumbles upon some treasure in the Storybrooke mine that could help bring Mary Margaret and Emma back into our world. Meanwhile, in the fairytale land that was, Red Riding Hood finds a kindred spirit in Anita (Annabeth Gish), a charismatic and mysterious leader of a pack of humans who, like Red, turn out to be wolves.

General Thoughts - Characters/Stories/Themes and Their Effectiveness

Past

Red’s journey in this episode is so well put together. The insecurities established in “Red-Handed” and then re-established here about her half-wolf identity acts as a great source of conflict. You can see how that sense of fear is decreased as Red spends more time with the wolfpack, and after establishing that bond, gets tested against an equally powerful bond with Snow. This is a great conflict because it’s entirely character based and expands on what we already know about Red.

Present

Not all segments need a message to work, but their needs to be some level of growth, and while it does happen to Ruby, it’s only through being given information and a pep talk that she’s able to reaffirm her control over her wolf form. While I genuinely liked this segment for it’s plot, characters, pacing, and the broader story, I feel like Ruby was somewhat sidelined in her own episode because what is reinforced is never gleamed through her own experiences or anything that she learns about herself. It’s David who investigates the mystery and he and Belle who never give up hope while Ruby largely defaults to regarding the situation as her fault until David gives her the evidence to contradict that. While I commend Ruby for being a realist and very mature about her situation, I wish that there had been a moment where she attempted for her own happiness (Think like a “Let It Go” moment) or if there was a moment that she noticed that called her murder into doubt.

Insights - Stream of Consciousness

-Those mine crystals look so bad! XD

-You better not be driving after drinking that beer, David! You’ve got a kid in the car!

-I’ll take those 38 lasagnas!

-Ruby is so amazingly mature. She understands her capabilities, but takes into account risks as to protect others.

-Snow is one hell of a fighter!

-Also, I can’t help but feel like that’s the first time Snow ever saw her wanted poster (This is before she met David). Look at that amazing frustration and sadness in her eyes as she’s seen how Regina has scarred her reputation. And that’s all before she and Red even converse about it moments later. Great acting, Ginny!

-I can’t get over how great Red’s costume is. It’s perfectly balanced between being something that gels with the classic fairytale while still looking like something a young adult would wear.

-Stranger stalking Red: You might want to get your eyes checked for jaundice! XD

-”Wh-wh-what are you doing here? Where’s David?” Damn, that hurt just watching it. I can’t even imagine how Regina must feel hearing Henry all but reject her comfort. :(

-”He got an emergency call this morning and asked me to look after you.” Good job, David! That was very good pushing aside your hatred of Regina for Henry’s sake!

-I just realized that Ruby is essentially Elsa in this episode! XD

-Ruby is fucking tough as nails! We’ve got to get her into a Street Fighter movie or something!

-I really want to know more about Quinn! The actor played him very well and he has this air to himself of both a vagabound and someone with something a bit deeper to him. Like, he’s an octave down from Killian on the drama-meter.

-”Is this some kind of trick?” Red, don’t follow the man into the scary basement until he answers that very important question! Didn’t Granny teach you stranger danger?!

-I want to live in an underground castle! Holy shit! I’d have all the space I want, stay cool, AND avoid other people! Hell to the fucking yeah!

-”I’m your mother.” My season 4 vibes and her later attitude are compelling me to say “I don’t care.”

-”It’s Billy’s truck.” “Who do you call to tow a tow truck.” It’s my personal headcanon that Billy’s truck is Mater from Cars. XD

-”I certainly never cared what would happen to them after they woke up...until now.” I love that look Henry gives Regina as she says this. It’s such a subtle Regal Believer moment.

-”Sometimes in sleep.” Why do I feel like that line was specifically put there for ass covering?

-”Once one controls something, one no longer need fear it.” Another instance of a villainous character (Though not in this episode!) giving the moral of the episode! That said, I wish it was said to Ruby herself, but I’m not peeved about that. Also, Rumple’s posture is incredibly comforting as he crouches to Henry’s level and gives him the necklace for free, giving some nice pre-confirmed Grandpa Gold feels.

-Charming! Good job calling out your cursed self for his shittiness!

-It may just be the result of my recent foray into the MCU, but I am getting some crazy Ego vibes odd of Anita.

-”That thing. That she-wolf.” George, you are the WORST.

-”Protecting your friend instead of everyone else.” He literally has her locked in a jail cell! It’s not like he’s forcing her to roam free!

-That was a great display of a Gopro camera on a wolf!

-I like how the montage was unclear about the exact amount of time it took between Red’s entrance into the castle and that latest transformation.

-George, you have the tiniest fucking group possible for this rebellion! How successful do you really think you’re going to be?

-I like the visual cue that the wolf gang sleeps like a pack.

-”Of course not.” I love how Snow clearly doesn’t believe that Red’s pack will hurt her, but still wants to be supportive of Red.

-”David see the good in you.” Ummm, what about you, Belle? Girl, you know I love you, but you already know all about Ruby’s goodness! She took you in!

-”I’m sort of an expert when it comes to rehabilitation.” Ummm, I’d say you’re getting there, but expert is a little too much.

-”I need to pay for all I’ve done.” Umm, Ruby. Your old village couldn’t kill you. What makes you this the D-List Storybrooke mob will do any better?

-I don’t know why, but I find it so funny that King George’s cursed name is “Spencer.” I think it just makes me think of iCarly.

-”May you always run free below the moon’s pale light.” This is a really well written line and I wish we could’ve heard it again outside of this episode.

-I like how in the D-List Storybrooke mob, only one person had the common sensibility to bring a fucking flashlight!

-Granny! You could’ve killed someone! That was a big Michael Bay-worthy explosion! I can only hope you sensed that that building was abandoned beforehand otherwise you’d have a body count!

-So someone in the D-List Storybrooke mob calls out “we’re not sheep,” and I’m just laughing because they followed George on a fucking dime!

-So I love how this is more or less David’s arc in “White Out” as well! XD

-George is so fucking confident about that hat, like there aren’t at least a couple of other magical items in this town! XD

-Also, how the hell did he get the hat?

-Red’s monologue in the final leg of the flashback has me thinking: What happened when Red and Granny reunited after the events of this flashback? There must’ve been some serious resentment on Red’s part and I wish we got to see how that resolved itself.

-Ruby, not that that run isn’t well earned, but you owe Belle on hell of an apology!

-Snow, your clothes are so clean right now! Did you find a laundromat in the Enchanted Forest?

Arcs - How are These Storylines Progressing?

Storybrooke getting Snow and Emma back - We gain one method of communicating with the EF and lose a way of getting there. I find that this arc is pretty good so far. The steps feel appropriately paced and I enjoy that the arc actually has a dead end. It makes for opportunities to use more characters (Ruby, King George, and Jefferson) and given them growth while allowing for the plot to feel more like a journey.

Rumple’s Redemption - I pointed this out in “Insights,” but Rumple’s more comforting attitude towards Henry, especially since neither knows they’re related yet, is a good follow-up step to the redemption that Rumple’s attempting for himself that was established in “Broken.”

Favorite Dynamic

Red and Snow - Red and Snow’s friendship has always been this nice delight, and in this episode, there’s a marvelous setup and payoff to it. Snow is beyond supportive to Red, understanding her and yet still fighting for a future where they can be happy and safe together. Like, she risks traveling by Regina’s bloodthirsty men for Red and is willing to give the wolfpack the benefit of the doubt for her! And even whe Red opts to stay with the wolfpack, Snow is nothing but understanding and gives a very in-character reason as to why! Honestly, I’m borderline shipping these two because they’re so good together!

Writer

Last season’s human home runs (Ian and Andrew) are at it again. The writing for this episode is largely great, using very rich dialogue and a good theme of taking control of your own life to deliver two well put together segments.

Rating

10/10. This is a legitimately great episode. It’s entertaining, and our mains are in fine form. The lore of the OUAT world is used well, as it contributes to the story in the past segment and not just the plot (An important distinction). While I take a small issue with a less impactful Ruby in the present, it simply doesn’t take away from the incredible storytelling that goes on elsewhere throughout both segments.

Flip My Ship - Home of All Things “Shippy Goodness”

Billy/Ruby - While I never thought much of them in “The Price of Gold,” their bit of flirting is absolutely heartwarming and Ruby’s grief following Billy’s death is so sad.

Red Beauty - These two! These fucking two! Belle and Ruby are just the two most supportive beans in the world! Also, “think of it as girl’s night.” Am I the only one thinking about how chains and whips can be quite exciting, especially when one’s hungry like the wolf?!

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Sorry if this review was a little simplistic. Sometimes, there’s not a lot to say about an episode other than “this was good,” and I didn’t just want to say that a million times, but next time I’ll make like that episode’s title and see how “Into the Deep” I can go! For now, thank you for reading and to the fine folks at @watchingfairytales for putting this project together and giving my reviews a home on their page!

Season 2 Tally (67/220)

Writer Tally for Season 2:

Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis: (20/60)

Jane Espenson (17/50)

Andrew Chambliss and Ian Goldberg (20/50)

David Goodman (10/30)

Robert Hull (10/30)

Christine Boylan (7/30)

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Operation Rewatch Archives

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Oddly specific ask meme: Catlovershipping with 1, 6, 28, 43, 48

1. How does your muse feel about seafood?

It’s Nanu’s favourite food(with sushis). His dream date is going to a fancy restaurant where hecould eat as musch as he wants delicious and unusual seafood dishes.Giovanni likes seafood but he is more a meat eater. 6. What is a deal-breaker when it comes to dating someone?

Giovanni likes to betreated as Giovanni the man, but he also likes remind his s/o he is apowerful man, a mob boss. You have to know him for a very long timeto allow yourself to be quite familiar with him. Also, being theleader of TR, he has some trust issue. If you betray him, you’repractically a suspended corpse.Nanu is really attached tohis Pokemon, they are family to him. If his s/o don’t like hisMeowth’s horde and his beautiful round-faced Persian, therelationship is dead for him. Despite his appearance, he is a quitereligious person, don’t make fun of that and of his duties as aKahuna (even he doesn’t like having duties).

28. What is the most common lie your muse tells themselves?

Both « I don’t lovehim, I’m not attached at all to this old numbskull, I could totallylive without him. »

They crave each other.They are each other primarly reason to live and go on, but they wouldprefer diying than confess that.

43. Describe the first person your muse remembers losing.

For Giovanni, it was hisdad, leaving the house as he was just a confused toddler. He neversaw him since. Older, Giovanni learned his father discovered his momformer’s job and how she used it to create a powerful mob where shewas called « Madame Boss ». Ironically, Giovanni the dadleft his little 7 y.o. Silver behind when the TR was dismantled by amere kid. History repeats itself…For Nanu, it’s was hisGrandpa. The one who came with his parents from Johto to Ula'Ula. Hewas old, telling Nanu tales of great beast killed in a tower in fireand revived by the Sacred Bird, of some time-travelling fairy livingin deep forests… Then he died, when Nanu was a boy. That was thefirst time he experienced the loss of a precious one, the gried andsorrow to know his Grandpa would never come back.48. Who would your muse sacrifice themselves for, if anybody?

Giovanni would for hisson, Silver. Even they have an odd and distant relationship, Giovannialways watchs over his son, and use of his influence and wealth toensure Silver’s safety. And if he has to sacrifice himself, he woulddo it immediately. Deep inside him, he knows he also be able tosacrifice himself to protect Nanu. Less easily than for Silver, butstill.

Nanu could easily throwhis life away if it’s a mean to save people, especially children orpeople who are needed to take care of children. He states he is oldand cranky and place should be made for young people. He would assureit’s his duty as a Kahuna.

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DecayTale

This AU is not to be confused with UnderDecay, and entirely different Alternate Universe. Also has elements similar to MafiaTale, but is again, an original AU. Message me with any content you want posted here and I'll post it!

The basic concept is DecayTale instead of the underground being flourishing with life, almost all of civilization has decayed, and the main characters are really all that's left of monster life.

There's sort of a sepia tone over all of the existing locations. The waterfall has dried out, the once vibrant town of Snowdin is now a ghost town with all of its buildings collapsed, with the exception of Sans and Papyrus's garage, where the brothers live.

There are very few living monsters in DecayTale. The Ruins are home to about half of life in the Underground. In this AU, Toriel and Asgore never separate, though Asriel does end up dying and becoming Flowey. The Underground is depopulated long before Asgore and Toriel are even born though, and as such, Flowey's ability to reset never let him go far enough back to when the Underground was full of life.

Gaster, father to Sans and Papyrus, remorsefully left his two sons to attempt to find a way to restore life to the underground. He met Alphys, who became his assistant. Together, the two of them managed to capture Flowey (unknown how and when this happened) and extract his ability to reset. Gaster then attempted to reset the world, but instead disappeared (becoming Grillby, more below,) leaving a battered, bitter Flowey in the hands of a morally distraught and borderline suicidal Alphys. Alphys released Flowey, and apologized for everything they did to him.

After losing the ability to reset, Flowey determines that the best way to survive in the desolate, deserted underground is to make himself useful to Muffet, who leads (and extorts) the largest population of surviving monsters. Her spiders act as henchmen to her "mob boss" operation. In the Hotlands/Lab area, the remaining monsters all pay tribute to Muffet and her Spider Mob. She serves as one of the universe's primary antagonists.

Meanwhile, having only each other for company, Sans and Papyrus grew up making puzzles all throughout their deserted, snowy homeland for each other to complete. One day, on the edge of death from malnourishment (or freezing or something?), Sans and Papyrus lay alone in their garage. Feeling as though they could barely move, they resigned that it was simply their time to die.

However, the faint yellow fire in the middle of their garage seemed to somehow sense this and came to life as Grillby, who magically provided them with food and warmth, and began fixing up their garage into a warm home, instead of the beat up shack it had been their entire life. Grillby now serves as a father/butler figure for the two skeletons, and enjoys hearing of the puzzles the two make for each other. Grillby is happy and content staying home and being a busibody in their house.

Grillby has Gaster's soul, and is a manifestation of Gaster resetting himself to be a father figure who can be content with just being a father, not a savior for monsterkind.

Alphys, on the brink of throwing herself off of the dried up waterfall, meets a hermit by the name of Undyne. After escaping Muffet's rule Undyne is fueled by one thing; her undying hatred for Muffet and her Mob. She brings Alphys to live with her and her only friend Gerson, who live in a sparkly cavern and eat luminescent plants to survive. Alphys slowly falls in love with Undyne, and Gerson performs a barely-coherent wedding for the two of them, where he pronounces them "she and shell," whatever that means.

Refilled with a will to live, Alphys creates two small robot children for her and Undyne, Nabstablook and Mettaton, who have interests in music and theatrics respectively, and actually gain monster souls. They adore putting on shows for "grandpa Gerson."

When Frisk falls into the Underground, they are greeted by Flowey, who tries to shake them down for resources for Muffet. Toriel intervenes however, making it clear that none of Muffet's gang is welcome in the "ruins" (though everything is ruins in this AU.)

She brings Frisk through the traps set to deter the mob, and brings them to the house where the refugees live. Asgore and Toriel are the couple that all of the monster refugees look to for protection. Asgore and Toriel are not technically "King and Queen," but are leaders in this capacity.

When Frisk wants to go confront Muffet and Flowey, the pair of goat parents try to dissuade Frisk, but to no avail.

Needless to say, starved for socialization, Sans and Papyrus are elated to show someone new their puzzles.

At this point, the story diverges into the three timelines: Genocide, Neutral, and Pacifist.

Pacifist Route

This route sees the player pass all of Sans and Papyrus's puzzles, and actually help the brothers set up a puzzle for Grillby. They then convince Grillby to come join them for a puzzle, for the first time. He does, and truly enjoyed it.

Both of the brothers will try to stop Frisk from leaving, however, feeling that they are like a trio of siblings. Grillby hears the fighting after a while, and convinces them to let Frisk go.

Upon arrival in waterfall, Frisk meets Monster Kid, who is there searching for the elusive "hermit people" rumored in the big city. Undyne tries to attack and kill Frisk, mistakenly thinking them a threat to her family, but eventually comes around.

Monster Kid ends up joining the family, and Mettaton, Nabstablook, and Alphys take Frisk to train them for a confrontation with Muffet. Nabstablook buffs Mettaton with his music, and Frisk has a massive dance off with the two young robots, ending in Monster Kid revealing that he can spin on his head and breakdance.

Upon proceeding to the hotlands, Frisk has many encounters with spider goons. When they get to the hall of Judgement, Flowey is there as a flower to fight. He uses vine attacks and pellet attacks, and gets faster and faster the more frustrated he gets, but ultimately is resigned. "You want to meet Muffet? Your funeral!"

The Muffet battle is an amped up version of the original, but through talking with Muffet, she eventually can be convinced that what she is doing is wrong, even if she started with the intention to unite the remaining few monsters together. Muffet tells Frisk that she's captured six human SOULs discreetly with the power she's amassed, and wants to break the barrier for the monsters to be free and repopulate the earth.

At the barrier, Grillby and Alphys appear. Grillby reveals that the skeleton brothers wanted to follow Frisk, and when they got to Waterfall, Alphys astonishingly recognized Grillby. They think that they can use Grillby's SOUL to both break the barrier and restore Gaster to life. She's prepared a robot that she's 99.99999% certain will be able to manifest a unique SOUL for Grillby.

Everything goes to plan, Grillby inhabits a robot suit, Gaster is restored, the barrier is broken, everyone is freed, monsters repopulate the earth, and peace and harmony are restored!

Neutral Route

Little about this route differs from the Pacifist Route, up until hotlands. Grillby, regardless of whether or not the skeleton brothers are alive, will follow you to the entrance of the Hotlands, and give you warning depending on how many monsters Frisk has killed. He says he doesn't know what LV is, but he knows it's bad, and can sense it inside of you.

Things proceed as normal, with Flowey and Muffet fighting/talking with you. In the barrier room, however, Grillby approaches you alone, saying that you will not be able to get back if you don't have a monster soul. He doesn't want you to go, either because the skeletons love you and want you here, or because you killed them and deserve to die (and he knows you can Save, so he doesn't hold back.)

Either way, Frisk can get his soul to flee the Underground.

Genocide

When you try to kill Papyrus and Sans, Grillby will step in the way and die. This enrages Sans and Papyrus, and an extended battle with the two of them will commence.

If you manage to kill them, proceeding into Waterfall will greet you with an Undyne the Undying fight upon trying to kill Monster Kid.

Trying to Kill Gerson and Alphys will result in Nabstablook and Mettaton fights respectively.

The game proceed like a Pacifist Route until the barrier, where Gaster confronts you, explaining that his soul returned him to existence when Grillby died. This is the final boss of this run. Upon the second of his death Gaster raises a white hand out of nowhere and hits the reset button, restarting DecayTale to the very beginning, where Frisk has just fallen down.