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Love these colorful Empyrean Dragon Breed Guides!
Disclaimer: I did not make these. These guides were created by @larita.reads on Instagram
#the empyrean#empyrean series#empyrean book series#fourth wing#iron flame#onyx storm#dragon breeds#empyrean dragon breeds#professor kaori#colonel kaori#red dragons#orange dragons#green dragons#brown dragons#blue dragons#black dragons#iridescent dragons#dragon guides#field guide to dragonkind
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i love that red queen puts family as the chief unit of love even above true romantic love like that for some reason is SO overrated in ya media. i dont think of the characters within friendship or romantic groups first, i unconsciously catergorise them into their family.
cal loves mare but cal will put maven first always and he loves his dad and his image so much he’s willing to sacrifice his character and relationship with her to fulfil the expectations set by his family and its not until realising what his MOTHER wanted for him that he lets go. and mare loves cal but she will always put her siblings and parents first which is why everything started with gisa and shade’s loss and it ended with her sister and the loss of her brother too. maven loves mare but he loves elara more even if she twisted him and elara loves maven more than the entire kingdom and thats why she twisted him. and elara couldn’t enact her plan to make maven king without getting rid of his love for cal first!! when shade gets killed mare HAS to kill elara because that is the only way she can make sure her pain is even with at least one person.
cameron does everything for her brother’s safety, she was willing to abandon her morals and dehumanise anyone standing in her way if thats what needed to happen. and after morrey was safe she quit— nothing was worth losing herself over except him. farley and shade’s love was so pure that it brought life and family to the farleys who were already broken with the grief of being halved. their love brought a daughter named after the death of the woman that destroyed the family, and it was so healing.
and that is what KILLS me about the samos family!!! that compared to all this unconditional loyalty— the samos family is a continuous act of playing at love and loyalty, when in reality volos and larentia could not care less about their children because they dont know how to. silver society never showcases this love and so then you have so many parents fucking up their kid in so many ways but doing it out of love because thats how they see it— all except volo and larentia.
so the samos family is an exception. i cant think of evangeline without thinking of elane and ptolemus and i cant think of ptolemus without thinking of evangeline and wren. thats their family. and at least evangeline and ptolemus experienced real love with each other, even if they were never taught it (evangeline’s fear over shade’s death was proof that she could imagine a world without him and it was one of the few times she was genuinely scared in the series).
#even the cygnets- for as minor as they were- showed themselves as a unit. iris mourning her father and raging at his loss.her being homesick#mare is one of the few ya protags to have both parents be living in the series and im so grateful for it#family as an explored concept and theme is such a weak spot for me and i genuinely believe thats why i-#-hyperfixated so much on the series#red queen#red queen series#war storm#glass sword#kings cage#maven calore#mare barrow#elane haven#ptolemus samos#evangeline samos#cameron cole#morrey cole#diana farley#clara farley#clara farley-barrow#shade barrow#willis farley#gisa barrow#elara merandus#tiberias calore vii#cal calore#tiberias calore vi#coriane jacos#larentia viper#volo samos#rewriting
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Controversial take here but: the horrible and horrific things Maven had done wouldn’t have been overlooked or forgiven by the fandom if Maven wasn’t attractive.
#maven calore#red queen#tiberias vii calore#mare barrow#glass sword#kings cage#war storm#elara merandus#evangeline samos#kilorn warren#tuberías vi calore#victoria aveyard#red queen series
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mare barrow fanart in 2024
love ur work @vaveyard
#mare barrow#mare#red queen#glass sword#kings cage#war storm#broken throne#red queen series#mare barrow fanart#red queen series fanart#red queen fanart#mare fanart#fanart#artists on tumblr#booklr#book fanart#red queen book#red queen book fanart
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE BESTEST BOY,
CAL!!!!
Im so sad I wasnt able to finish the piece I was drawing for this day, alas I was fighting for my life
so have this old drawing I never uploaded of the birthday boy
#cal calore#tiberias vii calore#red queen series#red queen#glass sword#kings cage#war storm#my art#i didn’t like how this one came out so I didn’t upload it initially#its grown on me tho#still might redraw it at a later date#cause I love the concept but I don’t think it fully captures what I was going for#also realized i forgot to signature it#such a bad habit of mine it seems lol#anyways enjoy!!#and happy birthday to the boy!!
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*Cal's inner monologue after Mare leaves him at the end of War Storm*
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Season 4!!! Of X-Men: TAS!! This season was FUN. I've been taking notes while watching, that's probably apparent, it leads to more bullet points.
Episode 1: The Juggernaut Returns
SCOTT AND LOGAN WERE VISITING MORPH!!!!! <3333
“We’re saving Juggernaut’s sorry life. And don’t bother telling me you don’t like it.” “I don’t like it >:((.”
Charles trying to dig through Cain’s trauma, getting his own trauma instead and wondering “dog, why do I let this mf live, he sucks”
Chuck: “Don’t tell me to forgive my brother.” Storm: “I was literally just telling you to let him die, man.”
Cain literally knows why his father neglected him, he knows his father was a piece of shit after nothing but money… but he still scapegoats his brother. Dog. At least he doesn't beat Chuck's ass after the man saves his life. I guess.
Episode 2: A Deal With The Devil
Me: “Who’s the Devil in this scenario? Omega Red or whoever’s thawing him?” The people thawing him: *have American accents* Me: “Ah. Them.”
Dog… how you gonna be this stupid. FIRST OFF the Russian government just THREW HIM IN THE SNOW??? WhAT?? You had him in a locked up facility before!! And then the dumbass American government is like “not even the Soviet Union could handle Omega Red… get me my ice pick we’re diggin him up”.
Omega Red: *makes fun of Wolverine’s PTSD* Me: “oh no a new problematic fav”
“I’ve been promised my humanity, Wolverine, something you above all others should be able to appreciate.” This hoe is so petty, I.. uhhhh...
Wolverine: *starting shit* Storm: “You dumbass, I’m about to have a panic attack.”
“Well, whattaya know, they oughta use this tub in one of those battery ads with the rabbit.”
The Way Omega Red Pronounces Colonel.
“What was I saying about not needing these lungs?”
Wolverine’s lines in this episode are only matched by Omega’s. Speaking of—
“My country created many great weapons but never had the will to use them! Is it not a great sadness, Storm? To be created, never to be used?” “Weapons do not have feelings.” “Oh, if only that were true.” WHY ARE YOU MAKING ME FEEL THINGS ABOUT OMEGA RED.
And now he’s just. Down there. He’ll come back. Some other idiot country will fish him up and say “you gotta do this for us, but don’t you betray us, okay?”
Episode 3 & 4: Sanctuary
The US delegate blaming the Russians for the disappearances of engineers in space and the Russian delegate asking “DID WE STEAL OUR ENGINEERS TOO?? DICKHEAD??”
“The mutant race will no longer be managed, Mr. Delegate.” YASS QUEEEN tell him Magnus, tell him.
Magneto HAS RECEIPTS. Uh wait… girl where did you get all this footage. Hahah using video of the X-Men like “LOOK AT ALL THEY HAVE DONE! MY STEP-CHILDREN!”
Apocalypse watching the broadcast on television. SINISTER WATCHING THE BROADCAST ON TELEVISION. Oh hey Mjnari, nice to see you.
Like okay dog, we can say Magneto is right about a lot of things, but KIDNAPPING MUTANT WORKERS and taking them to a centralized location where they will obviously be targeted even more harshly because there are no non mutants present? That’s bad. Like yeah a good lot of mutants went willingly but before that, many… didn’t… and were kept there.
The haters protesting Asteroid M: “go home, muties, get out of here” …uh yeah dipshit. That’s literally what they’re doing.
“You coming back, Cajun?” “Promise, chere.”
Cortez is sus.
Amelia: “How dare you not want to live your entire life closeted? How dare you fight for the rights of the oppressed? You’re making good, unobtrusive mutants look bad!!”
“So then Gambit become the first X-Man in orbit.”
ROGUE TEARING APART THE SHIP TO FIND GAMBIT!!!
I wanna put a bullet in Cortez’s head, he’s annoying… nah fr, he’s a fucking op. He’s a plant, there is no explanation for his stupidity other than that he wants to ensure the genocide of mutantkind himself.
“He wouldn’t have wanted a memorial, so I will keep this brief.” That explains why he didn’t have a funeral in ’97.
“The Earth’s magnetic field has healed me as a mother nourishes her son.” Dog that line is wiiiiild y'all driving me mad.
“Gambit!? COME IN YOU LOWLIFE SWAMP RAT!!” “Chére, it almost sound like you miss me.” “Remy! When I get my hands on you…” Romy fans are EATING with this one.
Off topic... but we literally have an acknowledgment that Magneto wouldn't want a funeral but we're shown them having one. WHY WERE WE NEVER SHOWN MORpH'S FUNERAL??
Episode 5: Xavier Remembers
I love when I call shit. The attack at the start of the episode seemed suspicious and I was like “hmm, maybe this isn’t real. Maybe this is trauma.” And then the Sentinel head blew off and showed Evil Xavier’s face and I was like I KNEW IT.
Chuck: “Mother! I never thought I’d ever see you again! Though, I don’t recall you being in bluescale...”
Is the void a harsh punishment for stealing? Sure. But that’s what the Shadow King gets for messing around with children.
Love that Jean and Xavier beat his ass with the power of teamwork. Xavier literally saves Jean from being trapped in the Astral Plane with a hug.
Jean’s consciousness returns to her body and Scott is holding her bridal style, lol babygirl how long were you standing with her in your arms? Cute.
Episode 6: Courage
“Eight hundred million on robots and the phones don’t work.” I hear ya.
A factory gets robbed by Sentinels and the report is that they think mutants did it. THEY’RE FUCKING COVERING IT UP. THAT’S THE ONLY EXPLANATION I WILL TOLERATE. Like, you’re telling me none of the witnesses mentioned the giant purple and red robots? Well, I say they did and their testimonies never got to news outlets because the government killed them to cover it up. And they aren’t even in charge of the Sentinels at this point! They’ve gone rogue! “We’re investigating, we think a mutant did it” with the fucking SENTINeL TRACKS??? It’s obviously like… they want to cover up how badly the government failed for even considering the Sentinel project by blaming the mutants who inevitably gotta clean up this whole mess.
MORPH!!!! :DDD ALWAYS WITH THE JOKES!!! They soothe me, their presence heals me, I love them, I wanna kiss their forehead.
So Morph and Wolverine go to investigate and on the way they’re just glancing at each other like “would it be bad to make out on Morph's first mission back”
Logan wanting to evacuate as soon as possible because of sentinels :,0
“I-I froze, Logan.” “Oh, Morph.” OOOOH MORPH
GyrICK and TRASH are gay married (derogatory). This episode… this just reaffirms me asking what the FUCK about Trask and Gyrich reviving their Sentinels. What were they fucking thinking?
OMEGA RED, SASQUATCH, MIMIC, LONGSHOT, Morph really likes turning into Omega Red, huh? Morph is the MVP here, I love them.
NOOO MORPH!!! NOOOOOOOOO DON’T GOOOO
Episode 7: Secrets, Not Long Buried
I love it when Scott gets to be a cunt to people. He’s really super fun when he gets snippy.
My biggest frustration here was really just that the villains were soooo childish. They behaved like playground bullies. But I guess that could be a parallel to the bullies at the start of the episode. Scott is just infinitely bulliable.
I appreciate that the town didn’t actually fall for Solarr’s nonsense, they were just waiting for the right moment to strike. It would have felt so stupid if they actually believed the guy and would have been too reminiscent of the bullshit with Cortez.
Episode 8: Nightcrawler
“Man doesn’t break a sweat against Apocalypse or Magneto. So- so what nails him? A pine tree.”
I really love how Nightcrawler is written. It would be so easy to depict him just as blindly faithful, but he has layers. He has flaws he acknowledges that make him more sympathetic to those who wrong him, but his sympathy does not prevent him from feeling anger or bitterness, it just makes it easier for him to overcome those negative emotions.
Logan taking Kurt's words to heart :,0
I like that like Kurt's faith is treated with respect and so is Logan and Remy's lack of faith. It's totally understandable why they don't believe in God. Logan can't believe that there's a God that loves unconditionally with all the terrible shit he's witnessed and been put through. And Remy believes in chance, not some divine plan... but moreso Remy struggles with the idea of redemption.
Do we really never get an explanation for why that one monk tried to murder Gambit? Like roll back roll back WHY.
Episode 9 & 10: One Man’s Worth
Seeing the Age of Apocalypse crew was real fun. Also MORPH MORPH MORPH ONSCREEN CAMEO.
LOGAN AND ORORO ARE MARRIED <3333 I hate that the show tries to enforce the idea that they can only be together in the AoA timeline. Bullshit. They’re literally on a date in present day, don’t TEASE ME.
I really like that they acknowledge that Logan doesn’t want to carry through with it for fear he and Storm will never be together, but it doesn’t make him betray the team, he continues on for the good of the future :,0.
Does anyone else notice that they blatantly whitewashed Shard in the reboot?? Like they didn’t just lighten her already fairly light skin, they made her look like a white woman in '97, it’s so fucking weird. I wish I could say it was just weird lighting, but they whitewash so many other characters in the new series, it honestly puts me off.
Episode 11 & 12: Proteus
Kevin’s innocence :,0 this, folks, is why you don’t hide from your kids that their father isn’t worth shit. Explain as early as you can in terms they can understand that their father is a no-good, deadbeat son of a bitch.
Rogue feels for Kevin because her father was an ass too.
Logan freezing up!!! AHHHHH. Rip that he was able to accept and account for Morph having trauma that caused them to freeze, but he won’t give himself that same grace.
The ending, for Proteus, doesn't really feel satisfactory bc you know Joe is just gonna go right back to being a shitty deadbeat after this. I would have liked it better if the lesson Kevin learned was that blood ties aren't guaranteed, that sometimes you choose your family.
Episode 13: Family Ties
Xavier not reacting when finding out that Magneto harmed Wolverine to get past security. And then sending Wolverine to play bodyguard for Magneto.
Magneto: "I gotta go do this thing. Do NOT interfere." Xavier: "Why did you break into my house if you didn't want me to interfere??? You inconsistent hoe."
The reference to Dr. Moreau was stellar.
The conflict in this episode really pales in comparison to just the reveal of Pietro and Wanda’s parentage. Like I don’t care about this Moreau guy at all and I was paying so little attention I didn’t even catch how they defeated him.
Episode 14: Bloodlines
YOOOOO You got me acting crazy here. World’s most awkward family reunion.
Kurt is just. So good. I like that they don’t have him say a line like “I’ve already forgiven you” nah, he’ll pray for the strength to forgive.
Mystique laments how being a shapeshifter means she is an outcast even among mutants because no one can trust who she is, which is a potent moment but… well telepaths are a thing… and you’ve literally hooked up with Sabretooth, who can sniff you out. I think people mostly distrust you because you are a liar and backstabber.
I appreciate that the FoH won’t take Graydon back, he’s a little shit, and I think they should isolate him so hard that he give in to accepting his roots.
THEY DROP HIM OFF AT SABRETOOTH’S HOUSE. Look, I do not condone corporal punishment… but in this case, I am soooo for Sabretooth beating up his son.
Episode 15: Lotus and the Steel
Awww Jubilee going after Logan <333 I’m happy that she wasn’t like taken hostage or anything, wasn’t forced to be a burden on the plot
I’m pissed that Logan had to kiss that woman. Let this man meet a woman without having a romantic entanglement with her for fucks sake.
Episode 16: Weapon X, Lies, and Video Tape
THEY MANUFACTURED THEIR TRAUMA??? DOG. That’s motherfucking wild, but I suppose you could say it was foreshadowed. They switch between showing Sabretooth in and out of costume attacking Silver Fox and Wolverine. I thought it was just the first was a dreams reinterpretation and the second was the real deal, but then they played the memory again and Sabretooth was costumed again.
Also it’s wild that the majority of the memories that the team were given were to create distrust in Sabretooth, they fuckin used him as a scapegoat. AND THEY GAVE HIM DADDY ISSUES. Some absolutely wild shit, this was a ride.
I thought at first that Silverfox and Maverick wanted revenge on these two for leaving them behind and I was groaning a bit at that, but then it wasn’t that, it went five layers deeper, and it was revealed that that didn’t even happen.
THEIR NAMES CARVED INTO THE TREE.
Episode 17: Have Yourself A Morlock Little Christmas
Everyone’s giving Storm shit for not prioritizing the Morlocks when they could literally just call. They’ve established that there’s an emergency line they could call.
Making a big deal of Storm relinquishing responsibility to Callisto… you already did that in the episode you became the Morlocks’ leader, you declared her the de facto leader. Also it’s not much of an honour to be told “these people are your responsibility” when you were already taking care of them.
Jubilee shows amazing older sister potential giving attention to Mariana when all this is going down.
Jean and Gambit fighting over cooking was wiiiild. Jean was gonna kill him for wanting to season the meat.
Episode 18, 19, 20, 21: Beyond Good and Evil
“I’m not malevolent. I simply am.” I mean… nah you’re pretty evil, Apocalypse. It’s honestly really petty.
I love that all it takes is Cable telling him that they’ll keep fighting to throw Apocalypse into a midlife crisis.
I finally figured out why Sinister kidnaps only Jean anymore, Scott’s beams fucking fry him.
I suspected that this would probably be the weakest part of the season since it’s a 4-parter… the Shi’ar showed up and I was like “there goes my enjoyment”… and then they had no bearing on the plot and all was well!
Mystique, as Shard: "LOOK OUT PSYLOCKE THAT'S MYSTIQUE! a SHAPESHIFTER!!!" Logan, who smells her, Psylocke, a telepath, and Shard, herself: "Do I look stupid to you?"
“How nice to see you, Logan, all tied up and nowhere to go.” Homosexual? Gay? Gambit, that's queer?
“Too bad we lost Sabretooth” I was like “y’all don’t care about him” but then I remembered he is Mystique’s baby daddy. I need the backstory on that big time.
Poor Bishop, forced to be useless until the very end of the episode.
ALL THE TELEPATHS WRECKING APOCALYPSE'S SHIT!!
I love every time Scott and Jean reunite they share a kiss <333
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#x men the animated series#x men#scott summers#cyclops#james logan howlett#wolverine#charles xavier#professor x#cain marko#juggernaut#erik magnus lehnsherr#magneto#ororo munroe#storm#arkady rossovich#omega red#kevin sydney#xmen morph#kurt wagner#nightcrawler#gambit#remy lebeau#rogue#anna marie lebeau#kevin mactaggert#proteus#I'm gonna stop with the character tag y'all get the point
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Favorite Maven lines?
ugh I have to read the books again but:
"The punishment she deserves. Really. Are my parties that bad?"
"I don't use my spies to track your emotions, Mare. No, my darling. I just know you better than anyone else."
"But yours is coming up, isn't it? I have no doubt we'll spend it together."
I forget the exact wording but something in his letters in Glass Sword about how Cal wasn't going to escape Mare's leash
"But if you'd like to return, and pretend you're doing it to save some nameless soldiers, then I'm happy to welcome you back."
"But I do so miss our conversations. You keep me sane, Mare."
"Jon said he couldn't see them, the dead futures. An easy lie. It let him manipulate me in a way even Samson couldn't. And when he led me to you, well, I didn't argue. How was I to know what a poison you'd be?"
"I like your hair."
"I tried, Mare."
The entirety of the bathtub scene
And that's all I can remember off the top of my head
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Elane my love 🌹
if you like my work and wanna support me visit my kofi
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Chaol: I can excuse slavery, but I draw the line at assassinations!
Literally Everyone: You can excuse slavery!?
#I'm sorry#but him asking what she did to *deserve* a whipping#red flag#source: community#throne of glass#the assassin’s blade#crown of midnight#heir of fire#queen of shadows#empire of storms#tower of dawn#kingdom of ash#celaena sardothien#aelin galathynius#aelin ashryver galathynius#chaol westfall#chaolaena#tog fandom#tog incorrect quotes#tog memes#tog series#sjm books#sjmaas#sarah j maas#sjm#maasverse#incorrect quotes#aelin of the wildfire#aelin fireheart
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random happy ending pilot trailer shots that are gonna be living rent free in my head for the foreseeable future
#THE YELLOW AND BLUE#THE BLACK AND WHITE#THE RED ACCENTS#ALL THE CIRCLES AND EYE SHAPED OBJECTS#THE MIRRORS#THE BACK SHOTS#IM TREMBLING LIKE A CHIHUAHUA IN A SNOW STORM#i wonder if it's a sort of dr jekyll and mr hyde situation with damon and anawin because there's just too much mirroring happening here#GOD I NEED THIS RIGHT NOW IMMEDIATELY#happy ending the series#m: txt
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If there's one thing I really hate in the newests Power Rangers series and in the comics is their insistence in want fit a stereotypes in every color.
Like "Blue Rangers are the techboys, the mechanical geniuses, expert in every high tech stuff" well, what's truth for almost all the teams except for:
Zeo, since Billy was out of the team and Rocky continued with the charisma of... Well, a rock
In Space, where all Rangers had the same knowledge of the Astro Megaship systems, except for Andros, who was the one to teach them everything
Lost Galaxy, where 3 out of 5 Rangers were enoughly qualified people to be part of Terraventure's crew, and the Green Ranger was the one among these three to be most fit to this description
Lightspeed Rescue, where all the tech stuff was made by someone out of the team
Ninja Storm, where all tech stuff was made by someone out of the team
Dino Thunder, where all the tech stuff was made by someone out of the team
SPD, where *gasp* all the tech stuff was made by someone out of the team
RPM, where the geniuses in team were Gem and Gemma, the Gold and Silver Rangers
Samurai, where the genius in the team was Antonio, the Gold Ranger
Wow, it seems a lot of exceptions, too much Ranger Teams going against the the universal laws hm...
It just is not worse than their insistence in bring Zordon back, but I'm not getting in this yet
#i'm not even approaching to the Rangers Academy 'color spectrum' bullshit#in SPD the colors are like military ranks... the blue and red are the highest... and the ranger may be promoted...#Tommy gone from Green to White to twice Red to finish in Black#I just don't bring more teams because I don't recall well and so need to rewatch#or are series I haven't watched at all...#Power Rangers#Mighty Morphin Power Rangers#zeo power rangers#power rangers in space#power rangers lost Galaxy#Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue#power Rangers dino thunder#Power Rangers Ninja Storm#Power Rangers SPD#Power Rangers RPM#Power Rangers samurai#Ranger Academy
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red queen book 1 is just “daughter-in-law goes head to head with the ultimate boy mum”
#not elara making her whole life about her son 😹😹😹 CRINGEEE ‼️‼️#but yknow what elara is like. the only boy mum i will defend. probs bcuz she gets blamed for everything maven does#which is only a half-valid criticism!! 60% at most!! 😔#elara merandus#mare barrow#red queen#maven calore#red queen series#war storm#glass sword#kings cage
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the recipes for... | track 3 ― chocolate ganache
Translation: en Proofreading: aca, dimi, kimi, myun, jay, jelly
Content Warning: fire and fire-related injuries
Years ago, when I was still a child... There was a time where I 'loved' everything the world had to offer.
Years ago, when I was still a child… There was a time where I 'loved' everything the world had to offer.
I still remember the kitchen of the house I lived in as a kid. That day, while my mother was making curry, I ran into the kitchen and jumped on her back while she was hunched over the stove. Putting on a pleading face, I made myself look as if I was on the verge of tears.
"Mama~! Big Sis is bullying me!" "Hm?" My mother turned around, a perplexed smile on her face. "That won't do. You've got to be a good sister and not bully your little brother."
At the entrance of the kitchen, my sister's mouth sharpened into a pout as she started to complain. "But Ushio wants my sweets! He should eat his share! These are mine!" "Mamaaaa~ Big Sis is a bullyyyy!" "Oh, don't cry, Ushio! How about this? I'll buy cookies for you later." "Really!?"
"Ugh, Mom, you spoil Ushio too much. If you just give him what he wants every time he cries, he won't grow up into a proper adult!" "Mamaaaa, Sis is being meaaaaaaaan!" "Now, don't talk like that to your brother."
I wouldn’t say all of it, but if I had to guess, I'd say at least part of my personality was inherited from my sister. She was always strong-willed and overflowing with sarcasm, and she would always bully me, but…
"Oi, Ushio. Come here." "Why…?" "I'll give you a little. Just a little, okay? 'Cause it's annoying when you're crying like that."
―Because I loved my sister, who actually was kind underneath her words, I guess I did end up a little bit similar to her.
"Making dinner this early?"
At that point, my father entered the kitchen, craning his head towards the pot on the stove. He must've been enticed by the fragrance of the curry.
"I have archery practice today, so once I've finished cooking, I'll take Ushio to the dojo with me." "Alright. But is it super spicy again today? Papa's stomach hasn't been great recently…" "Well, if it's not spicy, then is it really curry?"
Hearing that, my father burst into laughter, and my mother's laughter soon joined his. I loved my carefree, kind father, and his constant laughter, too.
"Alright, it's done. Let's get going, Ushio! While Mom is practicing, you can play with Muneuji-kun!"
The archery dojo that my mother had taken me to since I was a baby ― that too, was something I loved.
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Once a week, the archery dojo Muu-chan's family ran would hold a class for the general public. My mother had been one of the students of that class, and she had almost reached a level where she could participate in tournaments. The teacher of the class was Muu-chan's mother, and so, as mothers of around the same age, even I could tell that they were good friends.
"Good afternoon! Let's have a good lesson today!" "Welcome, Kurama-san. Let's have a good lesson, shall we?" "Here, this is for you! We're having super spicy curry again today, but I made too much as usual, so do take some…" "Oh my, thank you~! You don't know how much I love your super spicy curry. Next time we make it, you should take some of our extra-sweet stew home with you." "Really? You're too kind!" "Fufu. Now then, shall we begin?"
The sound of the arrows hitting the target was always so cool, so I loved waiting for my mother's practice to finish.
"Uu-chan." "Ah! Hi, Muu-chan!" "Good afternoon. Let's play wrestling again today?" "Yeah, let's!"
Wrestling with Muu-chan while we waited was fun, so I loved that, too. But what I loved the most was―
"Sorry I made you wait so long, Ushio! I'm done now, so let's go home." "Mama!" "Ahaha, if you squeeze me so tightly I'll forget how to breathe, you know? There, there."
―Getting tightly hugged and squeezed by my mother and burying myself into her soft, marshmallow-like body.
"See you, Uu-chan." "See you, Muu-chan!"
―Shaking hands with Muu-chan and promising to come back and play next time.
"Good practice today, Kurama-san. See you later, Ushio-kun."
―Having my head patted.
―Being touched. Touching. All of it.
Even though I loved it so much…
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That very night… I couldn't sleep. I couldn't breathe. It was so hot. When I opened my eyes, all I could see around me were flames.
I called for my mother and my father and my sister, but they didn't reply at all.
And, just as my consciousness was fading away, I was found by rescuers.
"I have a young boy of about 5 years old with me! He has burns sustained to his whole body, consciousness level 2…! Requesting emergency transport!"
They were making fun of the pain I was in. It felt like every inch of my body was being burned to a crisp.
"How awful… he'll need a full-body skin transplant."
Faintly, I heard the faraway voices of the rescuers speaking.
"How are his parents and sister looking!?"
I wanted to see them. Dad, Mom, Sis…
"Unfortunately… we couldn't save them."
In that moment, I realised that I would never see them again.
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