#the transparency on this one is quite funny in my opinion

[i-make-things-snakes]

Can you snake angry autism creature?

get snaked :3

[eddiegettingshot]

AND. what's also really fucking troubling is that a lot of people are attaching this sentiment to meaningless feel-good notions of social justice that aren't actually about interrogating anything but about making sure people arrive at the correct conclusion, in a way that's almost laughably transparent. if the harm is being articulated that's one thing, but to say shit like "it's homophobic to dislike a canon queer ship" "it's homophobic to want a different queer ship" "it's homophobic to dislike this character who's gay" "it's homophobic to ask for [x benign thing]" "it's homophobic to interpret x as y when the show/writers/god-who-came-to-me-in-my-dreams said it's z" "this makes me as [identity category] feel good so when you criticize it i'm sad and that's [form of bigotry]" while clearly doing zero work to actually understand what you're talking about or who you're leveling your inane accusations at, and then to expect to be taken seriously, is as funny as it is concerning. not because of what it means for the show but because it's so obvious that there is no baseline understanding of how structural power/oppression even works or manifests, and because it's reflective of how a lot of people view those things and how to tackle them in general. you quite literally cannot call out oppression in the same breath that you deride people for literally. thinking about stuff too deeply or differently for your liking. that is not how anything works!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and this is not even beginning to get into the stuff external to the show that's arguably more important to be criticizing rigorously. what do you mean i have to get my opinions from tim minear?????

[sugahyeon]

So

My takes on the current candidates and their opinions:

-Cellbit isn't a good candidate. He has really good ideas, strong leadership and is massively trusted. But i think we forget a bit fast that he got kidnapped not so long ago and lost all memories of said kidnapping. We don't know what they did to him. He could be brainwashed. He could get manipulated somehow. I trust q!Cellbit but i don't trust the Federation.

-Forever could be a good candidate but rely a bit much on the Federation? His ideas are great, like the lore museum and he is a major figure of the island (N.I.N.H.O for example). But thinking the Federation will help them is really forgetting what they did in the past imo. Ik he said he'd be against them but in what lengh? If he hopes to obtain their support, he'll have to behave after their rules (he also keeps interrupting other candidates to promote his ideas which makes it seems as if he doesn't listen at anyone imo (i still love him tho))

-Mike is great during debates! Only problem is that he doesn't speak that much, probably because of the language barrier, which is really sad, genuinely, because he has great ideas as well and is overall a good candidate. Outside of the debates tho, he did say multiples times that he wanted to be a dictator sooooo, i'm not so sure KNXKZNFZ

-Felps, sadly, didn't speak much during the first debate (which is fair since it was really chaotic). I don't really have an opinion since i don't know much about his projects so feel free to fill me in!

-Gegg is so based??? He's the only one who pointed out the necessity to start everything from the beginning and to leave behind the system the federation implanted. He also is very engaged towards community, trust, transparency and communication, in order to give everyone a voice and to honor each culture. Problem is, Gegg isn't good at surviving. Voting him might result in a dead end since he could die at any given moment. He also isn't loved by most people on the island and kinda distrusted (+the whole ''we are gegg'' thing kinda sounds like a dictatorship to me for some reason..?)

-Bbh is a great candidate, all for communication, rejection of the federation and constant protection of everyone. My only major problem with him is that i don't see him bringing much change to the island. As he said himself, he wants things to stay as they were prior to the elections, which seems counter productive. Otherwise, the council idea, as well as his desire to help everyone make him one of the best candidate imo.

-Etoiles didn't speak that much sadly, so other than his desire to install more security onto the island, idk much about his program. He could be a good candidate if he allowed himself to speak out more, since he has everyone's trust and has the best gear of the server.

-Baghera is one of the best candidate imo. The council idea is really good and she's really rejective of the federation as a whole. The main difference with Bbh is that she's wants change. She wants more communication, an actual way to allow everyone to realize their project, as a community while not relying on the Federation at all.

-El Quackity is the worst candidate (lore wise). He blew up a building, trying to kill eggs AND candidates, left the debate earlier today for some reasons? And is obviously linked in some way to the Federation. He proved himself to not be trustworthy as he lied to the other characters as well as his public. He wants to reinforce the rules of the Federation, to work with them and is willing to do ANYTHING if it helps the island (which sounds good until you know he gets to decide what is best for the island on HIS OWN)

-Foolish is overall really sus recently and tried multiples times to befriend Cucurucho. He wants to be a dictator of some kind and his main goal is to favorize his family (which is cute but still a dictatorship). He's a really funny candidate tho and some of his ideas are quite good! I think he could actually be a decent candidate if he tried to be one. But he doesn't really care about getting elected soooo-

For now, this is my analysis/opinions on the candidates! Of course i didn't cover everything and i might have misunderstood some points that were made today. Don't hesitate to rectify me or to tell me your opinions!

[EDIT] I thought cellbit's white hair was a stress reaction due to his kidnapping. This got corrected in comments/reblogs

[2n2n]

I was wondering if you’ve heard of the Japanese myth that lovers who committed dual suicide get reincarnated as twins? It feels like the Yugi twins are a warped version of that myth if the incestual undertones ( not even undertones ) have any credence to them, in that Aidalro sensei shows us a kiss or something. I just wanted to see if you felt there was a connection with that myth! I find your thoughts and ramblings very interesting!!!

I'll veer slightly off-topic and quibble a little bit about ancillary stuff, but I don't think there needs to be something like a kiss to lend credence to the Yugi twin's love!! I think they could never, ever kiss within the canon, and we could still have effective 'confessions' in a metaphoric and symbolic sense, which we could all understand plainly & have a hard time denying. I think central, evocative story themes that are understood in a prevailing literary sense to be symbolic of romance, is actually lending all of the credence it needs. (In that case, cultural divides probably would become the factor in not perceiving it...)...

I think an awful lot of people would not have any questions or second-guessing if they got the kinds of images we get for the Yugi twins, for their pairings… and, I think if one replaced the images participants with Hanako and Nene, or , well, Mitsuba and Kou, that it would be transparent. If you had an image of Mitsuba on his back, clutching Kou's lips, Kou looming above him, dressed as his Knight, with imagery of flower petals & torn wings scattered about them, and anyone looked into the symbology of such… there wouldn't be a single question about the intentions of that image. Actually, I think if you tried to fervidly deny the implications, you'd be called homophobic or something, right? I mean this playfully and with good humor, ok.... it's funny!!!

The same can be said about story parallel between Hanako and Nene-chan, and Amane and Tsukasa…. Sumire and Hakubo's story…

Anyway, I would say that, the entire aspect of a murder-suicide does call to mind all sorts of various theater plays, stories, myths, etc, in Japanese culture!! the very word 'shinjuu' contains the 'mind/heart' (心) and 'inside'(中) characters...

isn't it an interesting thing..............

'Shinjuu' are said to grant lovers to be reunited in heaven/the next world together. This is why Amane's decision to perform a shinjuu with Tsukasa is innately suspicious-- it's loaded… What was he hoping to accomplish? There almost isn't a way to depict this negatively or neutrally, in my opinion… the deciding factor (in how familial we perceive it to be) becomes the author's choices regarding imagery, emphasis... the very language of 'bound' reminds one of the dire passion of a shinjuu, the act of lovers binding fates. He is bound-boy Hanako-kun! He binds Nene-chan to him through the mermaid's curse ... binds, binds, binds....

As for this 'lovers reuniting as twins' contingency you specifically bring up... it doesn't seem to actually be a historical mythos quite like the old buddhist beliefs around shinjuu, but more secular, and maybe it seems to be more of a scattered superstition? I'm not very familiar with it, as a result!! It does seem to exist ? but not altogether popularly ?... hmm.. the only research I could easily find on it as well, referred only to twins of different sexes (kind of makes sense-- I don't think most people would want to like, imply or lampshade a same-sex relationship even by a magical proxy like this... I think it would generally be seen as tragic to be lovers reunited to be same-sex LOL... also, this research is dated from the 90s)

the term 'shinjumono' mentioned here, I mostly just see referring to shinjuu-centric kabuki/puppet plays.... no relevance to the superstition here. I can't find much.

I would say it's doubtful as a reference AidaIro-sensei themselves intend to make?

if YOU know of other research or historical accounts, let me know ?! I'm no expert hahaha....

However, I would love to take the chance to reference the mythos of lovers turning into butterflies after dying together, which AidaIro-sensei do borrow imagery from....

AidaIro-sensei love to use the imagery of butterfly's wings… for both the twins, and HanaNene. With Hanako, we'll see his wings as torn, damaged…. this spread coupled with the Severance arc-- an arc which ends with Nene-chan attempting to kill herself to be with Hanako in the far shore.... in the story, a girl mourning the death of her beloved, leaps into his grave to die with him instead of marrying another.

so too, of course, does Nene-chan forsake her future prospects in favor of dying with Hanako, her beloved.

Of course, someone else threw their future prospects away.... but why?

so, tattered butterfly wings scattered around a pair of lovers, gives an interesting impression...

[hackerqueen]

L.E.S.

pairing: Jakexfem!MC

summary: It was supposed to be a normal night in Aurora, but too many drinks, an argument, jealousy and lust changed everything.

warnings: sexual content, light sub!Jake, dom!MC, very possessive MC, lot of cursing

words: 4k

author's note: i don't like it very much, share your opinion in the comment🙏 i was inspired to write by the song les childish gambino, hence the title. enjoy reading!

After many months of continuous and exhausting fight for Jake's freedom, we finally succeeded. Of course, it wasn't perfect, it's rather normal, I knew perfectly well that life with him would not be stable or normal, but I was happy. After many days of destructive storm, there was a clearing up and a few rays of warm sun. We saw a light at the end of our road that I traveled with him. Hand in hand.

Jake agreed to a deal with the FBI. He was one of the best hackers in the world, and they needed someone like him. Especially now that they were chasing a gang of cybercriminals who were also human traffickers. Jake only because of me, for which I was eternally grateful. Finally, I could go to sleep normally and not be afraid if he was still alive or had already been captured and killed for stealing state secrets.

Well, it was even better. We moved in together in Duskwood a few days ago so Jake could catch up with his sisters. I wasn't against it either - after all, I had new friends here. Jessy, Dan, and Lilly have become more important to me than I thought they would become. Hannah and I were just getting to know each other, but I saw a mirror image of Jake in her. They were both rather quiet in the crowd, and it's only when you get to know them better that you see their funny and sociable side. Thomas and Cleo remained a walking mystery to me. During the Hannah investigation, I noticed how Cleo behaved around Thomas. She was always by his side, always wanted to accompany him, always gave him a sweet smile whenever needed. It was quite suspicious, especially since after finding Hannah it was still the same. When Hannah was in the hospital, Cleo was the first to help Thomas with something around the house and so on. I thought it was probably just their habit, after all, she wouldn't betray her best friend? Thomas didn't seem like the type to cheat on his missing girlfriend either, so I always pushed those thoughts as far away as possible.

But the situation changed dramatically. These were no longer just sick guesses during the investigation bout people I only knew on the phone. No. This time we were all together, surrounded by loud music, sitting at one of the tables in Aurora, celebrating the engagement of Hannah and Thomas. And this time my thoughts did not revolve around them, but around the black-haired man sitting across from me.

It started from the moment I entered the club. Cleo greeted Jake - nicer than usual. I didn't pay much attention to it at the time, we were all friends, and I was glad to see Jake opening up to them more and more. That's when I let go of his hand because Jessy was waving at me at the bar, so I whispered to my boyfriend to take our seats at the table and that I'd be right back. I was surprised when I came back together with the redhead, and Jake was sitting quite tense between Cleo and Dan, and two seats were left only with Lilly. But I brushed it aside, because we were all friends, right?

I didn't really shake it up. I promise! I got into an interesting conversation with Jessy, Lilly and Hannah about her engagement ring, forgetting about Cleo's strange greeting. But I got suspicious when she started talking to him at the table where I was also sitting. We never officially announced to them that we are together, but it was clear and transparent? We moved in together in Duskwood - that must have put her on that track.

– Jake, would you pass me that sauce? – she asked, her lips stretched into a sweet smile. No wonder, right? But I was sitting closest to the sauce, so why couldn't she ask me? Jake nodded and handed her the sauce, and was soon talking to Dan about something. From hate to friendship, huh? At this table sat two pieces of evidence that separated them by a fine line: Me and Lilly, and the men just mentioned.

I clenched my jaw all evening and didn't say anything stupid, nothing that would ruin night that belonged to Hannah and Thomas. I ignored all her smiles, winks, and leaning in so that her tits were level with his eyes. But the moment she walked with the glass and her hand accidentally slipped onto his black shirt turned the cup of bitterness.

– Oh God, I'm sorry! I didn't want to stain your shirt. – she stuttered quickly, her hands touching the spots on his chest. They've been there too long. Much too long than just checking how big the stain is.

Maybe I was a little jealous.

Touch him again and you're dead.

I must admit I am a little possessive.

Very possessive.

– Nothing happened. – Jake mumbled quickly, but Cleo was still apologizing to him. – Really, Cleo is nothing. Just a stain, it'll dry soon. – he said grabbing her shoulders to calm her down

I felt my blood start to boil and I wondered if that was what Jake felt when Phil leaned against me?

But she touched him. And he touched her, and apparently he has no problem with it. Then he looked at me and smiled softly, and I realized that I hadn't spoken to him since arriving here. Cleo must have kept him busy.

– Jake, we should wash your shirt to make sure you don't leave a stain. – I heard Cleo's comment, which immediately sobered me up. What the fuck?

– I'll fix it. – I said quickly and gave her the most believable smile. I don't know if I succeeded because I felt it came out more like a grimace. The black-haired hacker nodded and followed me, and I followed the direction known only to myself.

Jake caught up with me and grabbed my hand

– Wait, where are you going? – he asked not knowing what was going on. – These are the bathrooms for the staff.

I smiled enticingly as understanding flooded his body. He opened his eyes wide and I grabbed the collar of his shirt and dragged him into the empty toilet. There was no one in it, so I locked the door, and then without thinking I bit into the hacker's mouth with as much force as I don't think I've ever had before. I was hungry for his touch, and the taste of tequila on his lips made me even thirstier. I pinned him against the wall, deepening the kiss, now tasting the different flavors of the drinks on his tongue. He fought for dominance in the kiss, but quickly gave up feeling my determination. I wanted to remind him who he was in a relationship with and who he belonged to. His hands roamed my back and finally reached my hips, which he squeezed tightly. I moaned right into his lips, undoing the first buttons of his black shirt. All evening I had to keep my mind from tearing his beautiful clothes, which made him look damn good.

– MC, what's come over you? He mumbled between kisses against my swollen lips

– You just look like a Greek God today – I croaked avoiding his gaze, but the boy didn't believe me – Okay, okay! I just don't like it when some other girl.. filrts with you?

Jake's eyes widened in question. I snorted in response.

– Don't pretend you didn't see it either. Cleo has been sticking to you since we got here. – I swallowed hard

Jake raised his eyebrows

– You were jealous of Cleo?

I didn't answer, biting the inside of my cheek. Damn, that's more embarrassing than I thought.

– You are jealous. – His tone made it clear that he was pleased with the state I was in, but there was also a note of surprise in it.

I sighed heavily, then one of my hands moved to his hair, which I lightly tugged, and the other to his throat. I tightened my grip slightly, and my wet lips began to trail kisses down his jaw and the side of his neck. I felt his heart beating faster and his hands tightened on my hips. Soon all that could be heard in the bathroom was muffled club music and his heavy breathing. After a moment, I kissed him deep on the mouth again before breaking the kiss.

– I'm not the jealous type, but what's mine is mine. – I whispered, tightening my hand on his throat a little more. I could feel his rapid pulse under my fingers. At that point, I wasn't surprised why he was always the one taking control of the bed matters. The feeling of domination was damn nice and addictive. Jake was the type of person who had to keep things under control. Every little detail. – It pisses me off when someone tries their luck with my puppy.

I said the last sentence half jokingly, half seriously - I wanted to prove to the hacker that he wasn't the only one who was a master at coming up with nicknames in situations like this. I heard his muffled chuckle, then quickly turned me around, pinning me against the wall. His lips attacked my neck and a soft moan escaped my lips. I felt his erection against my lower belly, and I couldn't help but smile. I was glad that he liked me in a different version than the one he was used to.

I pushed him away a little and he gave me a hazy look and I just smiled at him.

- I want a ride. – I bit my lip and started pushing him towards the toilet so he could sit down

Startled, he sat down and I straddled him, slowly rolling up my dress. He watched me with wet, swollen lips and drooping eyelids.God, I was ready to kill for this view.

– How do you feel about what we're going to do here? In a public restroom where anyone with a key could find us? – I whispered sensually into his ear as I tried to undo his fly

– Like a criminal. – he replied, breathing heavily. – It's more tempting than stealing state secrets.

I laughed darkly and was about to take off his boxers when we heard a loud knock. I jumped off the boy, and he was visibly flushed in the rush to zip up his fly and shirt. Well, he couldn't hide the red spots on his neck from my kisses or my rapid breathing like I did. I hastily smoothed my dress, then opened the door, ready for a reprimand from some employee. To my surprise, none other than Cleo was standing there. I closed my eyes for five seconds, letting out an angry, shaky breath, and she giggled.

– I think you've got the wrong bathroom, MC. – she said, and I looked at her with dubious faith in her intelligence. – And you were gone so long that I thought something had happened.

My patience is over. If she didn't understand any subtle signs, I had to explain it to her face. She went too far and I was able to stand up for myself.

She passed Jake and I saw that she was barely standing. She really was experiencing the engagement more than I thought. I asked my boyfriend to leave because I was going to explain to her how things were.

She smiled at me, but not as charmingly as at the black-haired girl. I smiled back and walked over to the nearby sink to wash my hands.

– It's pretty hot in there, isn't it? – she asked, trying to make some sort of conversation

I could break her nose right now if I wanted to. Or her jaw? Or would her hand be in better shape so that she could no longer touch any taken man?

MC get over yourself!

– Yes, quite. – I replied by turning off the tap and reaching for the paper. – Listen, do you like Jake?

The question came out of my mouth before I even planned to ask it. Damn, do I always have to talk first and think later?

– W-what kind of question is that? - She replied confused, trying to hide her nervousness. I shrugged, tossing the wet paper into the wastebasket.

– You know.. he is devilishly smart, he has exceptional abilities. – I began to exchange innocently, still maintaining a friendly tone of voice. I started to approach her and when I was less than half a meter away I added – And he's so handsome.

Cleo blushed and her eyes widened.

– Come on, Cleo, go ahead. – I gave her a friendly laugh and it was probably one of the most fake smiles in my entire life. I was pissed off that I only enjoyed Jake for a few days, and someone else was already trying their luck. – You weren't as discreet as you thought.

– Um, well he's alright. – she replied avoiding eye contact and my smile disappeared.

– So what the fuck you want from him? You want to fuck him? – I asked, losing my wits and patience. Cleo looked at me, and I saw how her expression was overcome by anger

– Watch your words, MC. – She threatened me and I snorted – You have such big complexes that you are afraid that Jake will cheat on you? Or maybe you see that you are not enough for him?

My lips parted slightly in disbelief at her words. Was it her thoughts for a long time, or was it just the result of her weak head for the drinks she had here? I can't remember the last time I was this fucking furious. She thought she was better for Jake?

– Who the fuck do you think you're talking to? – I asked loudly and with the fury that had been gathering in me since arriving here. – What the fuck you think you're doing? You think you're better because you're hitting on taken men? When one gets engaged to your friend, you go on to the next one? – I let out a mocking, dry laugh. –You know what I can give you. Keep your shitty nose out of other people relationships. Especially mine.

When she didn't answer, I moved even closer and said in her ear, emphasized every word.

– Get your filthy hands from my man.

Then I left it there, walking out and heading towards the table where my friends were sitting.

– We have to go. – I said, feigning a contrite and sad expression on my face, and Jake visibly swallowed, still flushed. – We'll call you and see you soon.

We said goodbye and congratulated Hannah and Thomas one last time on their engagement. Cleo didn't come until we left, which I took as my little victory.

* * *

I smiled at the sight of the hacker lying naked in our bed. He was breathing hard, and all the words he wanted to say to me died in his throat when he saw me in my underwear. Especially for this occasion, I wore a black, lace set for him, which was quite translucent, because it consisted mainly of mesh and a few stripes. I approached the corner of the bed, tilting my head slightly.

– Well.. How do you like it? – I asked, referring to our first conversation, to which he responded with a soft laugh

– I don't know what you mean. – he feigned thought, quoting my first words to him

I clucked in displeasure, then sat down in the armchair next to the bed, still watching him closely.

– You're quite saucy for the adorable puppy that you are. – I said, biting the inside of my cheek as I thought about the punishment for the disobedient boy

– If I am your adorable puppy do I get any puppy privileges? – he sneered, trying to hide his excitement under a mask of laughter, but I could see his body language that almost begged for it

– I do not think so. Only good puppies get privileges, you deserve only punishment. – I replied with a small smirk on my lips. Jake fell silent, still staring straight into my eyes. – Damn, I have so many ideas, but I can't decide on one.

Hacker gave me a questioning look, and I began to speak, modulating my voice slightly to sound more attractive.

– I could get naked and grind on your dick, watching as you squirm underneath me, every inch of dominance leaving you as you fully succumb to me, begging to put you inside of me. – I started slowly, seeing every little reaction from him to my words. His chest began to heave faster and more often, and his cock hardened even more.

– Or – I smiled – I could stay in that chair and make you watch me pleasure myself. You would hear my every moan, and all you could do was beg for mercy, to let me touch you. – I looked down at my red nails as a soft moan escaped his lips

– Or

– N-no – he purred

– Or I could do absolutely nothing but tell you all the dirty things I want to do with you right now. You don't even know how hot you are when you're whimpering and fighting for control over yourself and your desires.

– MC..

– Mm? – I clucked in displeasure at his words. – Where are your manners?

– P-please. – he stuttered, his cock twitching. I continued to stare at him expectantly until he finally understood. – Please m'am.

I licked my lips contentedly, then my hands began to roam my body. His whimpers were incredibly hot. I touched my breasts lightly, finally pushing aside the fabric of my lace panties and touching my wetness. I moaned softly, circling over my clit, feeling his eyes all over my body. He couldn't touch himself, he was doomed to watch me enjoy myself. My movements got faster and faster and my moans got louder. I opened my eyes and saw Jake staring at me with such adoration and reverence that I had never seen in anyone else. I groan at the mere sight of him, and his head tilted back in convulsions of pleasurable pain.

– Please what? – I asked, breathing heavily but slowing my hand movements, regaining control

– Let me touch you. – he whined – God, please let me touch you.

I smiled indulgently, then got up from the chair and approached the desperate man. I climbed on top of him, straddling his hips. I immediately felt his hard erection which made me snarl loudly. I leaned down, placing my hand on the back of his hair to pull his head back hard. He hissed in a slight pain, and I started to plant wet kisses all the way down his throat, sucking on his most sensitive spot, which made a whimper crawl out of his throat. His hands tightened on my hips, which he began to move to get any friction. Our wet lips met again in a hungry, needy, passionate kiss. Our moans mingled to form one common rhythm.

I pulled away from his mouth and started to move my lips lower and lower, kissing his shoulders, collarbones, nicely defined muscles of his stomach. I looked up, making contact with the hacker, who looked so beautiful at that moment that I wanted to cry. I wanted to shout to the whole world that this beautiful and breathtaking man was mine. He was illuminated only by streaks of moon that streamed through the window, enhancing its otherworldly appearance. The young hacker was mesmerizing. His jet-black, now very messy hair, his godly face, his prominent clavicles, slight muscles of his arms and stomach, and the paleness of his skin. God, only you knew how delighted and lost I was in him.

I licked my lips and kissed the tip of his dick without taking my eyes off him. His lips parted and even heavier breaths came out.

– You are so beautiful – I mumbled, sending a vibration along his dick. – My pretty hackerboy.

I saw his cheeks blush, which made my heart beat even faster.

I teased the head of his cock a bit with the tip of my tongue, and as I licked the entire length of it before closing it in my mouth, I heard him curse loudly and groan.

– Oh, fuck.

I started out calmly to tease him a little more, but soon I sped up my movements, experimenting harder and moving my head faster. Jake wasn't afraid to show his pleasure, which made him even more attractive. His loud and desperate moans left me completely soaked. I felt that the boy was close to orgasm, so I stopped what I was doing and lifted my head. He looked at me with slight annoyance that I had ruined his orgasm and I gave him an innocent smirk.

– Doesn't feel so great, does it? – I asked before straddling his hips again. – Open your mouth for me.

Jake complied obediently, opening his mouth and I inserted two fingers, which he eagerly began to suck gently. I hummed contentedly, lifted my hips slightly, and started teasing him with my entrance. A muffled moan escaped his lips, and I slowly, unhurriedly lowered myself to him, feeling his length stretching me out. I groaned in delight, pulling my fingers from his mouth.Jake's eyes rolled to the back of his head.

– Fuck, MC y-you feel so good. – he gasped

– Mmm, like that? – I teased – So, I guess I can continue?

– Yes. – he barely breathed, and my hand grabbed his jaw, forcing him to look at me. –Please MC. – he begged, and I felt the satisfaction of power coursing through my body

I rode him passionately, and waves of pleasure flowed through my body, bringing me closer to fulfillment. His hands were on my hips and assisted my movements, our lips connected in hot kisses every now and then and faded away in moans and the sound of our bodies bouncing. At one point, Jake rose slightly, catching me in a tight hug, his hands landing on my back. I wrapped my thighs tighter around his hips, tugging hard on the ends of his hair.

– Tell me who you belong to. – I breathed heavily into his mouth

– I'm yours and yours only. – he replied immediately, his words bringing me to orgasm, which I accepted with a loud and desperate yelp that was practically a scream. – Oh, fuck! – hacker cried as I tightened on him

– I've got my eyes only on you. – he added in a hoarse whisper prolonging my high.

With those words, I felt that he came, filling me with his cum. His eyes rolled back once more, and from his mouth came the most sinful groan I've ever had the pleasure of hearing.

It took us a few moments to calm down and control the mercilessly fast beating of our hearts. We were still in the same position, I was sitting on him, he was soothingly drawing circles on my back and I was whispering words of praise to him like "you have done very well for me", "you were amazing" and a few others that even I didn't register. Jake was flushed and very flattered by my praise, which melted my heart. This man was so unaccustomed to compliments that I decided I had to change that. Especially now when we started living together in our home.

Finally, exhausted, we lay down, lying on each other's sides so that we could see each other's faces. Jake gently smoothed a strand of my hair. Suddenly I felt the urge to cry. Damn, what if Cleo was right about me not deserving of him?

– Everything's all right? – he asked quietly, and I bit the inside of my cheek. We both agreed that if we wanted to have a healthy relationship, we had to communicate with each other. Shit, I was the one who said it, so I couldn't be a hypocrite now.

– I'm sorry if I ruined your evening. – I whispered. – You probably wanted to stay with Hannah, and I made a jealous scene..

– Stop. – he interrupted me. – Believe me, I much prefer an evening in our bed than in Aurora. And wow, I've never seen you like this.

I chuckled a little and gave him a slightly provocative look.

– Yes? And how did you like it?

– It's terrifying, but... – he leaned in and started kissing my neck. – You've never been hotter. You don't even know how power and demanding suits you.

I exhaled hotly, and his lips traveled to the place under my ear.

– You don't have to worry about Cleo or anyone else. You've got this man wrapped around your finger, MC. – he whispered, and the hoarse tone of his voice filled with love, lust and reverence made my skin crawl – You are the most fascinating person I have ever laid my eyes on. No other woman compare to you, MC. You said I look like a Greek God? Well you are Aphrodite in the flesh.

[the-cryptographer]

I'm maybe 1/3rd of the way through Mass Effect and I guess I'm being normal about it because I'm not emotionally hyped to rip it apart even though it's not very good.

The combat is clunky, but I have a soft spot for third person shooters (though I guess technically this game switches between third and first person shooting). I started out as Vanguard, but then restarted the game as Infiltrator after deciding that fit my style better and absolutely zero regrets on that choice. It's all about pistols and sniper rifles and not having to rely on your companions for decryption and electronics.

The writing could be better, but the characters are likeable enough and the plot serviceable enough and the worldbuilding bad enough I'm not encouraged to take any of it too seriously. Idk, I just can't take any of these fake alien species and their fake politics seriously. Like, the Asari, c'mon? The weird incel breeding obsession they're exploring with the Krogan? Hanar and Elcor being funny speak foreigners? Quarians clearly spoofing China's old one child policy that we were all obsessed with in the aughts? Just the way that male is the default gender for all these aliens unless it's fuckable? Idk, I know that alien species in media are going to be reflections of humanity but... you could have reflected something less transparent than gender existentialism and orientalism, lmao. It's just so fourth wall breaking, it's funny instead of offensive. At least in my opinion.

My favourite part of the game so far is RPing military personnel tbh. I don't feel this fits well with the morality system, but I am absolutely loving playing sole survivor PTSD compassion fatigued Shep - trying her best to be professional and give a good face to humanity and the Alliance. Never failing to be polite to her superiors, but acting out violence and aggression on 'acceptable' targets. Strutting through a world of civilians who have to follow rules that she doesn't, walking into situations and making snap decisions about who are the sheep and who are the wolves - who she is or isn't justified in using force and threats to control. Idk, it's fucking great.

Yeah, but the morality system so far my worst gripe. I think in general the Lawful Good Paragon vs Chaotic Evil Renegade axis is really not in line with the story being told - friend of mine said really the conflict probably more in line with Lawful Evil vs Chaotic Good if you're going to reduce things to this single axis in the first place. And personally I think we need a separate axis for Shep's attitude towards alien races apart from any hastily adapted dnd & star wars morality systems. Ubb- But all of that aside I really don't like having my dialogue choices restricted. I don't mind a pass-fail mechanic where my attempt at intimidation doesn't work if I'm not practiced enough in it, but I feel I should at least be able to say what I want in the situation I want. So yeah, I took advantage of the bug at Noveria to max both scales bc fuck this.

Also annoying DA2 style dialogue wheel where I press an option and watch my character say something wildly different than I would have guessed based on the text I clicked. Doi!

Ashley and Garrus are my current favourites. I appreciate Ash's clear lower class POC military brat background and the way it's influenced her prejudices. (Idk, another thing I like about this game was the super HR approach to dealing with this shit. Like... yeah, rather than 'fixing' everyone involved into having the proper unbiased opinions on these issues, you sort of have to accept that everyone involved has their baggage and convince them its in their best interest to set that aside so we can work together effectively anyhow.) And I appreciate Garrus being a raging hypocrite. Brought him to Noveria and watched him complain about companies moving there to avoid legal and political oversight, like- Bitch. Isn't that what you did when you quit being a cop and decided to stowaway on my ship? So you could shoot people without having to file paperwork about it 🤔

[fluentmoviequoter]

Question because I'm bored:

In which order would you rank 20-squad (your most to least (I hate saying least favorite because I love them all) favorites) and why?

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Oh my gosh, I love this! I could write a dissertation on this, I care way too much. I'm only going to include the original 6 because I quit watching the show very soon after Powell joined.🫢

If you don't want to read all my yapping, it's: Deacon, Street, Luca, Hondo, Tan, Chris. (Hicks is my honorable mention after Luca.) Honestly, Deacon and Street are kind of tied for me; it depends on the day as to who I like more. Same with Victor and Hondo, but theirs depends more on the season!

Deacon Kay

Deacon is the reason I started watching SWAT! Deacon has faith, he cares about his team like family, and he is a protector by nature. He's everything I love to see in characters. I also find it really interesting that he will sacrifice his time and safety for people, but he's not self-sacrificial. He loves his team enough to do anything for them, but he also loves his family so much that he's going to do whatever it takes to get home to them. Deacon is also romantic, which never hurts.

Jim Street

Underdog. Need I say more? I'm going to. I didn't like Street at first, but by season 3, I was eagerly awaiting his scenes. He is, in my opinion, the most dynamic character in the show. Even though he 100% made mistakes and overstepped, he learned from what he did. I think what I like most about Street is that he got to know himself through all the triumphs and letdowns he endured. Street could have easily been a tragedy, doomed by the narrative and his own actions, but he never gave up. That's incredibly admirable. Plus, his driving scenes never fail to impress.

Dominique Luca

Luca's a dreamer, he's dedicated, and he'd do anything for his friends and the family he's made for himself. I love Luca because he faces adversity with a smile, finds the silver lining, but doesn't use that optimism as an excuse to stop where he is. He keeps pushing and fighting and brightening days. Plus, he encourages everyone else. He's a sweetheart who could take anyone in arm wrestling.

Hondo Harrelson

Full transparency, I'm not a Hondo fan. I think my biggest problem with Hondo is how static his character is. He's been in the same mindset, talking about the same issues, since the beginning. He hasn't had any noticeable change; I think he was supposed to become more dynamic when he got with Nichelle, but I couldn't see it. So, he's not my favorite because of the writing and his lack of development, which seems to be a heartbreaking trend with this show. But then there's moments where he says something really funny or acts a bit like Derek Morgan and I'm like, "STAY!" Season 3 is Hondo's best season in my opinion!

Victor Tan

Tan honestly didn't add much to the show for me. He's the one I most likely to forget about unfortunately. Even though he was technically a main character, he felt like more of a secondary character to me at first. Then when he got with Bonnie and had more of a story arc and chance for development, the writers fumbled it (fandom motto). I do, however, love when he and Street go back and forth. He also has some really funny lines, his character was just underserved (fandom motto 2).

Chris Alonso

Chris is my least favorite purely because I feel like her character was used more than it was developed; like she was a messenger for the topics the show tried to deal with in my mind rather than a true character who got to grow or even be established.

[torschlusspanikattack]

Hey Torschluss -- when you reblogged that zionism discourse post and called the comments "a work of art", were you saying you agreed with the final poster (dancinbutterfly), or that you thought they were wrong in an interesting way?

I ask because I get quite frustrated with the sort of hugboxy-pseudointellectualism a lot of Tumblr Leftists engage in, and I feel the problems with dancinbutterfly's responses are severe and obvious:

1) while making an argument that calling people "retarded" is wrong, DB _perfectly_ and transparently recreates the underlying logic behind calling a person retarded -- they list a number of factors outside of their interlocutor's (Mephorash's) immediate control that would limit that person's capacity to engage critically with an idea, then insinuates that this lack of engagement is responsible for Meph's opinions. Maintaining a tone of condescension intended to demarcate Meph as mentally and morally inferior in a "nice" way WITHOUT directly engaging with their arguments;

2) they behave in exactly the way the OP (evilsoup) stated: conflating Zionism with Judeism, and therefore antizionism with antisemitism, by ignoring the existence of non-zionist jews and non-jewish zionists. Reacting with hostility to the statement that antisemitism will increase as zionists do bad things _and conflate antizionism with antisemetism_, then imply that being Jewish clears zionists of moral culpability for their support of Israel's genocide against the Palestinians.

I see a lot of Leftists on this site reinvent racism in a "woke" way, stating that a person's minority status matters more for the legitimacy of their opinions than the ability of those opinions to withstand external scrutiny, or excusing when a minority activist group is on some "blood-and-soil" shit (Black Seperatists come to mind). I understand why -- enough people are bad-faith bigots that reflexively giving minorities the benefit of the doubt or extra room to be platformed seems a good way to start fixing the issue of them being under-represented in society as a whole -- but I would hate to think you were supporting that line of logic in the case of Dancinbutterfly's obvious Zionism. You seem smarter than that, from what I can tell.

I don’t think the parts that make their comments and tags so funny have anything to do with their rightness or wrongness (although I do think they are very wrong).

Basically everything you say is true, but I think the especially notable element to me is the degree of condescension combined with the veneer of compassion. I’ve never seen it be so extremely blatant and comprehensive.

Plus, the specificity and breadth of the condescension really elevates the strength of the attack:

Probably because you didn't pay attention in English Language Arts Class from Ages 10-17.

Doubling down on the idea that people disagree with you (in bigoted ways according to the speaker) bc of lack of a very specific kind of education. The specificity really helps bc it manages to not just centre humanities courses but (presumably American) primary and secondary school basic courses as the source of rightly moral thinking.

It makes me wonder: was your educational development negatively effected by Covid 19? Because if that's the case, I'm sorry.

This one combines the implication of being very young with the specificity of education disruptions caused by a specific world event.

It's not you fault if your ability to understand written language was delayed because of the pandemic.

This one is just very brazen about couching calling someone illiterate (and by implication developmentally delayed/impaired ‘compassionately”.

Also, having 4 or more Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) can greatly increase people's difficulty in school and vulnerability to radicalization and group think, so maybe you've just had a very hard life and that's why you're being like this.

As noted, this one is my favourite; it combines psychology-adjacent jargon (ACEs) with totally dismissal of other perspectives as a ‘vulnerability to radicalisation and groupthink’. The elevation of claims about psychology and claims about the correct viewpoint to objective fact, made even more funny by the specificity of ‘4 or more’. Not only is disagreement the result of objective psychological impairment, this is quantifiable and the quantity is exactly 4 or more ACEs (taken as completely reified and measurable discrete things).

Ending on ‘being like this’ also clearly implies that the form of disagreement (and disagreement broadly) is a specific and defective way of being—this one is harder to explain. Disagreement is transformed into a consequence of being a certain way, not anything else, and the cause and effect relationship to being that way is rendered ironclad. There’s more to it, but I don’t know how I would convey the remaining impact of rhetoric phrase: being like this.

Which really makes your response much more antisemitic. And ableist actually. Cuz of the R word.

Because lashing out antisemitically and ableistically like that at a stranger seems like a sign of really intense distress to me.

There is just something to the craft and arrangement of these sentences. The way antisemitism and ableism are referenced. The way ableism is added, with the actually. The way the sentences are paced. The use of R word. The construction of the words ‘antisemitically and ableistically’.

[link to some form of psychological or social treatment]

The link (which doesn’t work but that’s irrelevant) has all the specificity and condescension of sending someone a link to a suicide hotline with the novelty of not just being that—also implies mental or social deficiency towards target.

#just wishing them healing and peace and the ability to remember that other people on the internet are human beings

The tags are littered with lines like this one that just manage to convey such a total disregard for the person being responded to while apparently promoting self-evident positivity.

The total effect of the post is to, purposefully or not (intent is basically irrelevant), relentlessly attack both the specific poster disagreeing with them and anyone who shares the same views in a particularly dismissive and condescending way, while maintaining the outward trappings of soft compassion.

The ironic pose endemic to online arguments puts an emphasis on boldness and excess that gives the post value as an extreme execution of various postures common in online arguments.

[mimikoolover]

but taekook gang up on jimin as well everyone was complaining about it episode one lol it's quite obvious that taekook together have so much fun and it becomes very transparent that jimin is in fact the hyung of the maknae line when they are all together lol

i think they just all don't know how to be a trio and share the attention equally. they always tend to drift into duos. sometimes it's taekook, sometimes it's jikook and sometimes it's vmin

those are good points but i feel like in this particular instance i was referring more to vmin saying how jungkook will beat them up and stuff like that which idk. jimin may find it funny like 'haha my bf is so strong and buff' (just kidding here lol) but it comes across awkward sometimes, just in my opinion. it's been a running joke for years and years and jungkook enjoys being strong and being praised for it so i don't think he has a problem with it in that way. i. guess tho it's just different when jimin and jungkook play around with each other like that vs when it's the 3 of them there.

i totally agree on the duo vs trio thing, i think bts as a whole do better when it's a duo or 4+ members at the same time.

[studentinpursuitofclouds]

hello !! was wondering if I could request headcanons for magnus x ftm reader? preferably fluff and maybe some light nsfw? (nothing explicit though)

headcanons on pre-relationship, and then when they actually become a thing?

sorry if this it too much btw

Hey, dear anon! Don't worry, it's not too much 😊 Thank you for the ask, I hope you enjoy a couple of random headcanons (a couple more questions like this and I'll start questioning my loyalty to Lance already and switch to Magnus as more than just a platonic relationship 🌝)

I don't know if I should put an NSFW warning here, since that one is just a transparent hint, but let it be. Anyway, enjoy 🫰

Magnus with FTM (female-to-male) Farmer:

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Magnus has the ability to look into Farmer's future, but because it takes a lot of preparation time, strength, and mana, he can't see all the events of Farmer's life. And some of the events there are... quite interesting 👀

At first he had treated Farmer as he did the other inhabitants of the Valley - not too eager to make friends. He's used to incredulous looks and a bit of scepticism, given his line of work.

Later, when Farmer would be recognised for his potential in magic and curiosity about everything in Magnus Tower, Rasmodius would be a little suspicious, but outwardly would not show it. The Wizard has had his fair share of instances where someone has tried to strike up a friendship with him to use his magical assets for their own selfish purposes.

But when Magnus sees that the Farmer is kind and really wants to be friends with him because he thinks he's an interesting person - then a strong friendship bordering on a student/teacher relationship will develop.

A farmer is always welcome in his tower, whether he's here on a mission or just looking for a chat. Magnus may live like a hermit, but even he could use someone to chat with, and it doesn't have to be about magic or adventurism.

Both Farmer and Rasmodius act like besties when it comes to discussing the secrets of growing flowers and vegetables over a cup of tea.

There are times when Magnus will act like a strict teacher if the Farmer hurts himself on an adventure or uses magic incorrectly, nearly maiming himself.

Even if the wizard has already developed romantic feelings for Farmer, still the bouquet of flowers given to him will strike him like lightning. Farmer wants to dedicate his life to him? It's just that, after all the failures and poor choices he made in life, Magnus doesn't think he's a good candidate....

The farmer, however, clearly disagreed with Magnus's opinion of himself, kissing him passionately and when later the entire tower was filled with the sounds of the bed creaking, moaning and declarations of love.

Magnus doesn't usually like to discuss his family affairs with others, considering it very personal to him, however he sometimes finds it hard to contain his own excitement when he talks about Farmer's magical talent to his colleagues. "Just an amazing hidden talent! My boyfriend- er... *ahem*, my apprentice was able to recite the spell on the first try." Camilla would tease him about it all the time.

The first one to comfort his lover if he feels awful, or if some random tourists started to mock Farmer because of his appearance, or if some jerk from Farmer's previous work at Joja started to mispronounce his pronounce on purpose to hit him harder. The Farmer won't see it, but Magnus will be filled with a rage that even Camilla would fear. Let the offenders pray to Yoba, because even though Magnus won't hurt them directly, they'll be sorry they dared to open their filthy mouths and say something bad about his boyfriend.

Given that they both love the forest, many of their events will take place there: walking, gathering ingredients for potions, a date, some... other pleasant activities 🌚

A romantic, sweet and funny wizard with a chaotic, kind and incredible farmer.... ❤️

[kingcunny]

EiHF again. <3

I saw in the tags on one of your posts that people often mistake Viserys' cowardice for stupidity, and I AGREE.

1) It's so funny to me how Viserys openly talks about being afraid of hard conversations with his daughter. I'm sure it's a common joke amongst fathers given the time and place, but Viserys is really not joking. But in reality, when he does take the time to explain his thinking and be transparent with her, she's quite amenable to what he's saying. It's a vicious cycle of hiding things from Rhaenyra, discussing things with everyone BUT Rhaenyra, blindsiding Rhaenyra, and then provoking the very reaction he was trying to prevent. And he literally NEVER gets it!!!! She literally just wants a heads up, especially when it concerns life-altering decisions about her own life. She just wants to be asked for her opinion, even if the answer is no, just ASK.

2) I believe part of his reason (HOTD), in many different ways, for choosing Alicent is cowardice. He feels bullied by Corlys. He feels their offer to join their houses is almost an indictment of his legitimacy. But instead of privately declining the offer, he publicly slights his daughter. That was petty, Viserys.

Also! That "proud men don't like looking up" conversation with Lyonel was Viserys flirting, and you can't tell me Lyonel wasn't picking up the vibe.

3) It's kinda sad to me how most of Viserys' physical affection just...isn't returned. Except for Aemma, it's like 60/40 chance that a gesture is gonna be returned. Thinking mostly of the scene after Joffrey's birth where Viserys has white knuckle grip on Rhaenyra's hand, and she's just kind of holding it there in a limp fist. He even has to shake her arm a little to get her attention back. Also, it took six episodes to get a hug from the two of them???? And I don't think it's a mistake that Viserys is most affectionate with her when she's so explicitly maternal, right down to wearing her mother's Arryn colors.

yeah!! like viserys isnt stupid, he knows that theres some fighting there. i think he just underestimates how bad it is? just assumes its childhood rivalries that theyll grow out of? and thats why he makes his kids and grandkids kids start training together, hoping thatll fix it and doesnt ever address the actual problem that their mothers hate each other. (f&b goes more into this, but its mostly cut from the show… :/)

1. YES. i think its a lot of overthinking on viserys part, like worried that by saying this thing or that thing, hell upset rhaenyra. so he doesnt tell her anything, but THATS the thing that upsets her! you can even see in ep 2? when he talks to her about having to remarry, how grateful she is for him to just open up to her! she just wants to know whats going on dummy!

but then again, when theyre having dinner (in i think the same episode?) he tells her they should be able to be open with each other, say whatevers on their mind and rhaenyra responds by saying hes the king and can say whatever he likes, viserys looks almost… upset by that. and otto in ep3 telling him that rhaenyra will do as he commands, and viserys says he doesnt want to command her. i think the very idea of having an open and honest relationship with your children, especially as a father to daughter, is not.. all that common for that time? even more that hes not just rhaenyras father but also her King, complicates it more. (and this is maybe part of where the emotional incest comes from too?)

2. it definitely feels like viserys is threatened, or atleast intimidated by corlys? i have my own little headcanon that as kids viserys had a crush on rhaenys. he always assumed they would be the ones getting married, until she goes off and married corlys instead and that sorta started the animosity between them. corlys dislikes viserys as well, sees him as this soft, weak man unworthy of the crown AND his wifes usurper. theyre only barely tolerating each other for rhaenys sake. but that aside, i agree i think viserys saw the marriage offer to laena as a slight to him. like as a way to ‘fix’ the ‘mistake’ of the council of 101, saying more about viserys own lack of self esteem than anything else. laena was also like, 12 at that point right? i think seeing her all dressed up like that reminded him of aemma, who he married at 11, and he was hit with a wave of ‘oh gods i cant do this again’ so he ran and tripped and fell in the opposite direction.

2.5 IT WAS ABSOLUTELY FLIRTING YES. im so glad someone else sees the lyonel x viserys agenda. viserys calling lyonel in, alone, telling him to keep sitting. who do u think i should marry 🥺👉👈. he wanted lyonel to say himself… the way he kept pacing around, leaning on the table, over the chair. he was nervous infront of his crush!

3. ive been going through getting screenshots of hotd lately and it absolutely killed me how aemma and viserys were always holding hands, playing with each others fingers… i hadnt noticed it until you pointed it out but yeah… after she dies he doesnt really have that physical affection with anyone else. i think like, its maybe daemon? as the only other person we see him interact with like that? is that really the only time we see viserys and rhaenyra hug im gonna do something crazy….. but ALSO have to agree i dont think its a mistake! he was absolutely seeing the ghost of aemma there

[gardens-dogs-starwars]

So that finale, huh...

Been sorting through my feelings for a bit now, and I think I am ready to articulate them.

At first I was just in shock that CX-2 wasn't Tech or Cody or...anybody really. And also contending with a year's worth of delayed grief. I wasn't sure I liked the finale because of this, despite the remainder of the Batch being safe and growing old together. It's funny, I say my two favorites are Cross and Wrecker but I may also be a Tech fan-all of my text posts are about theories for his return. I don't think I realized how much I liked him until the possibility of him coming back was gone.

With time and thought and reading lots of lots of my fellow Tumblr users' opinions, I have come to accept his death and see it for the beautiful sacrifice for his family that the writers meant for it to be. The scenes from the end of the show of them being free and happy in paradise are a direct result of his death. It's incredibly painful for him not to be there with his family, but that is part of life, beauty and pain coexisting together.

Now, was the choice to kill their only (well, only one that was explicitly discussed anyway) autistic character and deprive him of a happy ending a good one? No. Was there a lot of signalling that CX-2 was Tech? That I'm not sure of, at least not intentional ones. Jen did warn us that CX-2 was a new character and she and Brad say they meant for him to be a foil for Crosshair, which does, in hindsight, clear up some of those signals. But it doesn't change the fact that they acted super weird about the whole thing between the end of season 2 and the beginning of season 3 and they deprived us of the Batch mourning Tech. They 100% could have spared at least 10 minutes to have the Batch hash it out, show Crosshair's reaction to the news, have Hunter and Wrecker say his name, have Wrecker deal with the inevitable guilt...and they chose not to. Having them talk about it would have made processing this infinitely easier. An unfortunate misstep for writers that have usually shown themselves very capable of handling emotional scenes quite well. And I am not trying to persuade anyone to my line of thinking-you are for sure entitled to your feelings. I do hope that maybe my own process of grieving might help others though?

As for the rest of the finale, my only other gripe is Crosshair and Wrecker not having a moment with Omega at the end. I know she and Hunter always had a special bond but Cross and Wreck were just as responsible for raising her as Hunter and just as instrumental to how amazingly she turned out, and they deserved some closure too. Wrecker didn't utter a single word to Omega the whole episode, which sucked. He was very much relegated to the background as a punching bag. And I know Cross isn't exactly a Chatty Kathy, but it would have been so nice to see him at peace. As a major Cross simp and Wrecker's #1 fan, I really wanted more from them in the end.

As for stuff I liked, I actually loved that they left the question of Omega's force sensitivity open. Like...she could be! But she chose to stay with her family and she grew into her own person without the need to know. Love that for her!!

Ventress' appearance was honestly kind of annoying to me, as I believe it was transparently an advertisement for another show, a la Mando appearing in the Book of Boba Fett. Thankfully she didn't railroad the entire show like Mando did to Boba though. I think her appearance is one of the strongest pieces of evidence towards a Clone Wars type show featuring stories from the Clone Rebellion and the Hidden Path like I theorized a couple weeks ago. No shade to the character though, I look forward to seeing her in a spinoff, just felt like it was almost an obligation for the show runners to use her to set up another show in the final season of the show I was actually seated to watch. Her appearance didn't really add much that the epilogue handled pretty well.

Leaving Echo out of the epilogue I think wasn't really a bad sign, just that he can take care of himself or is with lots of other brothers (or maybe a pretty Pantoran senator...😉) who will care for him. I fully believe Echo vacations on Pabu every year ❤️ But I also feel very strongly that they are setting him up to be a main character (perhaps even bigger than Rex!) in a Clone Rebellion/Hidden Path spin-off. Emerie too!

Overall, it was an imperfect but mostly satisfying end to one of the best things Star Wars has ever done, and my personal favorite. This show has meant so much to me for years and I am gutted that it's gone and we won't get to see the Batch as often anymore. I am hoping for some crumbs in future shows, as these are some of my all-time favorite characters and I would love to see them again. ❤️

[impish-crow]

Star Sign -birth- TEAM02 - Release commemoration 🌟 Short Story

A man named Amawashi Arata has a very striking appearance.

With azure eyes and hair so golden it's almost transparent in the light—clearly a "good-looking guy" that anyone's eyes would notice. Moreover,

"I don't mind if you admire, but I won’t allow you to look for free.”

He says things that are funny every time. Thanks to that, I reflexively retort “Do you mean I can look if I pay?” and the priority of the line “The more I look at you, the more handsome you are” is pushed further and further back. Furthermore, his response is like this:

"You're a fool, Nachi. Do you think someone like you can easily put a price on me?"

Someone like you. Easily.

(Does anyone really talk like that in everyday conversation nowadays?)

Team 02 is a team where all the members are less than professional actors. Unlike Team 01, which is full of active members, we don’t know what they bought, or what they saw in us to pass the audition.

It’s not just Arata. Me, too. (What am I?) In the current situation where I’m not doing any work-like work, I have no idea.

“The reason for Arata-san’s audition success? It’s gotta be his face, right!”

A trivial chat that started in the cafeteria space. Yuzuru, who doesn’t hesitate to call himself “the promising newcomer”, expresses his opinion too straightforwardly, and Sana, next to him, mutters “the embodiment of modern lookism” and then continues.

"It's true that having good looks makes it easier to stand at the starting line. However, if you can't act convincingly, you'll eventually become just a plain actor."

"That's harsh."

"Well, having a good face is never a bad thing."

"It carries a different weight when Nachi-san says it."

"Hey."

Just as I was about to hit Yuzuru, who was joking around, Takumi said, “I like Nachi’s face, though. It’s the opposite of the boss's.” and lied. Then he made a good face that could be made into a bromide.

"Opposite, which way?"

"The one with his feet on the ground. If we're talking celestial bodies, more like the Earth than the Moon."

"What's that?"

"Does that mean Arata-san is otherworldly?"

"Something like that. He's quite peculiar, isn't he?"

"Then Nachi-san's appearance is not bad either. It has impact."

"Is that so?"

"There are various types of handsome men. Takumi-san is a stylish, fashionable handsome man. Sana-chan Senpai and Haru-chan Senpai are practically fairies at this point." "I'm a fairy…?" "Can you please use understandable language?" "Isn't your existence like fantasy? Twin handsome actors." "Well, yeah, it's surprising in the sense of 'do they really exist.'"

True. If something like an imaginary creation suddenly appeared in front of you, anyone would be surprised.

I recalled Arata's words again, who said “Don’t look for free” this morning.

"Look at that. The encore of the full moon."

Prompted to look up, I saw a faint waning gibbous moon, almost a perfect circle.

The round moon, which would have risen to the eastern sky as the sun set in the west, was on the verge of disappearing into the bright western horizon.

The moment of the bright azure sparkle. The brilliance of the shining silver surface. Somewhat archaic lines.

(What the heck is this?)

I can't understand. After all, I don't even know my current coordinates, and the distance between me and this moon is about as vast as that between Earth and the moon. To the extent that I might mistake the rocky ground for a calm sea.

"Hey. Didn't I say not to look for free?" "…Your face is the only good thing about you." "Don't just say 'only.'" "I was complimenting you." "Don't lie; I'm deeply wounded. As an apology, go buy some dumplings at the convenience store." "I'm going for a run now. Go on your own." "Don't throw a tantrum." "Who's throwing one?" "Well, can't be helped. I'll accompany you part of the way."

Muttering dramatically, Arata strides ahead.

(Oh well.)

Before I knew it, the moon had long vanished into the sunlight.

"Hey, to the convenience store! Let's go!"

[geminai-ramblez]

𝐍𝐀𝐆𝐀 𝐀𝐔 𝐃𝐘𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐂𝐒 𝐩𝐭.𝟐

SUMMARY: This is part two of my NAGA AU dynamics! However, this time this is Izuku with the adults!!! There will be funny moments in different colours on the text and I hope you enjoy this belated part two! (p.s. happy new year :D)

CONTEXT: My NAGA AU is based on the grounds that Midoriya Izuku is a descendant of All For One. Which means by default Hisashi is also a descendant. Izuku has a quirk on file called 'Serpent,' but if you ask any of the Midoriyas, it's 'Guardian Entity.' Finally, his characterization is very different from his canon. In short, he's rude, snarky, and bitter. This post is about how Izuku views and interacts with the adult characters.

CHARACTERS: Aizawa Shōta, Midoriya Inko, Midoriya Izuku, Yagi Toshinori, and Yamada Hizashi.

PART ONE - This is the previous post where Izuku interacted with/thought of characters in his age group. Characters featured were Asui Tsuyu, Bakugou Katsuki, and Shinsō Hitoshi.

WARNING(S): BAD GRAMMAR, CURSING, AND UNHEALTHY MINDSETS

Aizawa & Izuku

Just making it clear, Izuku doesn't hate Aizawa, Izuku does have some issues against him and a grudge but hate? Yeah, no.

Izuku rarely hates; there's a clear difference between how he dislikes and how he hates:

When Izuku hates, he wants the person dead, he wants them to experience personal hell, and he wants them to feel powerless and inferior when going against him.

When he dislikes someone he doesn't want to be anywhere near them, he doesn't want to see them; he just doesn't want to be around them too much if he can help it. He doesn't want them dead.

For a long period, Izuku will hold a grudge against Aizawa because of Yoshinori's (the adult naga) death. He can't stand being near him because the death could've been prevented if he (Izuku) wasn't so careless.

It's strange how he views Aizawa, he blames him for the death but he also blames himself for the death. It's like he can't make up his mind on who to blame when he knows there isn't really anyone to blame for the death (other than the Nomu.)

Izuku has mixed feelings towards Aizawa and that's partially because of his past and the death of Yoshinori.

After the training camp arc, Izuku starts to show signs of trust towards Aizawa because, during the conference meeting, he felt a connection when Aizawa defended Bakugou from the media's opinion.

At some point, between moving into the dorms and settling in, Izuku reflects on his actions towards Aizawa after viewing the conference meeting and what Aizawa has done in the past.

He feels guilty for how he acted but won't really apologize for it, and after an internal battle, he decides to tolerate (respect) Aizawa.

The internal battle was him realizing his feelings towards Aizawa because he admires how furiously he protects his class. How he takes his students into accountability, and how scary he can be when going to protect his students' lives. It was an emotional hurricane because of the resemblance.

During that time period, he still feels iffy about making his respect transparent so, he shows his approval through small gestures like not showing full dismay when seeing him. Listening to what he has to say and when Izuku catches Aizawa having a bad day, he discretely gives the man some of his favorite food and painkillers (or eye drops) for when the man has used up his quirk too much.

Small things and trinkets like he does for Mic.

Surprisingly, Aizawa doesn't catch on to this and still thinks Izuku 'hates' him.

Fun fact: Hizashi facepalms every time Aizawa says thank you to him rather than to Izuku. Hizashi caught Izuku sneaking a lychee flavor jelly packet when Aizawa wasn't looking and (quite literally) cried tears of joy when Izuku discretely (toward Aizawa) left a cat collectible that he thought Aizawa would like on his table.

Mic's proud of the improvement Aizawa and Izuku have made, but he gets annoyed over the fact Aizawa has not caught on to this. When Aizawa finally realizes Izuku's actions, Hizashi will never let him live it down.

During the war arc, where Aizawa cuts off his leg to prevent Decay from spreading, Izuku straight up admits to Aizawa (it's not directed towards him, but the sentiment is there) how it's their turn to protect Aizawa as he protected them during their time of need.

If it weren't for the high-stress, life-or-death situation, Aizawa would've fucking been celebrating over the fact Izuku trusted him.

"It's our turn to protect him as he has done for us when we needed help!"

*starts to tear up*

"Are you seriously crying right now, Eraser?!"

"Shut the fuck up. Do you know how long I've waited for this moment?!"

Before forgetting, yes, I stan and will forever stan Dadzawa. When I mentioned resemblance earlier, I meant Izuku was starting to see Aizawa in a parental role in his life.

He felt sick and feverish when he made the connection because it felt like he was betraying his father and Yoshinori. He doesn't want to replace them. When he saw the shift in his emotions; when he felt it, he had two options here. It was either embracing that fact or not embracing it.

In the end, he decided to go with tolerance. The father figure stuff would be for the future if he still felt the same. (Newsflash, he still felt the same way.)

Yamada & Izuku

Now, Izuku's favorite teacher, Yamada Hizashi (aka Present Mic), and oh boy- is this one bittersweet and wholesome.

So, to make things clear, Izuku doesn't see Mic as a parental figure or an uncle. Just someone trustworthy and reliable.

Mic was the first teacher that Izuku could say wholeheartedly cared about him and his education without the judgment of quirk discrimination or discrimination in general. Mic gave a shit about him despite Izuku being rude and snappy to him at first.

What made Mic so different from the others who did show kindness to Izuku? Mic was genuine.

I like to believe Mic is one of those teachers who put on an act but are truly well-versed in emotional intelligence and being open-minded. He would try to understand where the person is coming from before starting to help, and if you were having a bad day, Mic would send you to his personal office where you can relax, rewind, and clear your head.

Mic is like the remedy to Izuku's wound. The others are the bandages Izuku wears to help heal from the past.

Izuku found solace with Mic because Mic was genuine with his actions and patient. Izuku desperately needed someone patient in his life to fill the hole in his heart, and Mic fortunately was the one who helped start it all.

Another thing I haven't made clear - at all - is that Izuku first started in the General Education Course before transferring after the Sports Festival.

I like making Mic a homeroom teacher for the General Education Course. It just fits right for him? In a way? Because most students in Gen Ed seemed to have wanted to be in the Hero Course and didn't make the cut. To remedy that, Mic could help soothe that. He could help them continue pursuing Heroics by giving tips or nurturing skills/dreams long forgotten by the wash of Heroics. I don't know. I just find it right - hopefully, I explained myself right.

But either way, the sentiment stands that Yamada was Izuku's first homeroom teacher at UA and one Izuku found comfort in before opening up to the rest of his soon-to-be friends and family again.

Mic: *shows genuine human kindness and is actually a decent teacher, the best teacher Izuku has ever had*

Izuku: *screeches in confusion*

Also Izuku: I will die for you

Mic: Wait what -

Another thing I haven't really mentioned is the Romanji spelling of 'Hizashi' and 'Hisashi.'

It took me longer than it should've to realize that if you write/look at Yamada's and Hisashi's names written in English, you get very similar-looking names.

I can confirm that when Izuku heard that name, he first thought of his father, and he was thoroughly disappointed in himself for thinking that Yamada was his father.

Was Izuku projecting?

Yeah, he tends to do that a lot it seems.

Inko & Izuku

Now Mama Inko! Woop! Woop!

I love good parent Inko vides, okay? I can't bring myself to make her the bad guy because Inko is trying to do her best. I'm just sad we don't get to see her often in the manga or anime.

Anyway, I mentioned a lot of how possessive Izuku can be, especially toward people he cares about, but to make it clear - he is respectful.

The only reason - well the main reason - why he ended up being so possessive was the fact that his father died in front of him/close enough for him to see his bloody end.

It jumpstarted Izuku's worry about his mother and his clutch, but he was kept in check. His mother even suggested therapy once, and yet like the stubborn fool he was, he politely refused.

It was mostly Yoshinari keeping Izuku's possessive streak in check, he made sure Izuku knew that everyone was safe - that he didn't need to do anything.

This did imply that Izuku did do stuff to keep his family safe.

It will take a long time for that possessive streak to go away, to believe that everyone he cares about isn't going away anytime soon (and by that, I mean dead) and that he doesn't have to protect them. He doesn't.

Inko, in a way, influenced Izuku to believe that in order to show your love and care, it was to show your 'best version' and to hide 'your flaws.' Izuku doesn't hide his flaws. He's the polar opposite, he's the show 'your flaws' and hide your 'best self.'

Izuku cares about his mother. He does, but their relationship is fragile. Very, very fragile because keep in mind that Izuku lied to his own mother about his father being alive.

He lied that her husband was in America and that he was working abroad. He continuously lies to protect his mother, and if I'm being honest, Izuku doesn't like seeing his mother sad or unhappy.

It actually scares him. It guilts him and grates against his skin like chalk against a chalkboard.

He deceives his mother about being okay and that there isn't much to worry about, but we all know that's not the case.

It isn't the healthiest relationship, and Izuku will have to learn to let go and trust the adults, his own mother, again because keep in mind that Inko was technically the only person Izuku had. We already know Hisashi left and couldn't be a stable father figure in Izuku's life due to his background and, later on, death, and his teachers and society as a whole hated him for being Quirkless.

And afterwards, Izuku witnessed how people treated him for having his quirk. Either they loved it or hated it. Finally, Inko's own doubtfulness.

Now, I'm not trying to make Inko a saint either because something I've noticed and kept wondering about is Inko's doubtfulness toward Izuku.

We met her first when she said, "I'm so sorry, Izuku," during the first episode, and it kept bugging me.

This shows Inko's own doubts and pity toward Izuku, and because Izuku looked at her for guidance, her own pity broke something inside Izuku's heart.

Inko is a good parent, but her apologizing to Izuku for (again) something out of everyone's control, definitely shaped him into who he is currently.

A snappy, bitter, and rude person with evident - very evident - trust issues.

Izuku has no one to trust. He has no one he can truly rely on. So, he kept up a facade to not only protect his mother but himself as well.

He was taught, subconsciously, that he had no one. He only had himself which caused this toxic and unhealthy mindset to blossom. It only truly came out to be when his father died. It also caused him to mature a little bit too fast.

If Izuku did go to therapy:

"I love you - I do... but I don't... I don't think I've ever trusted you."

"I-... I understand."

"Can I ever earn your trust again?"

"I'm... not sure."

"..."

"..."

"That's okay, Izuku. Thank you for at least telling me this."

Another thing about Inko and Izuku's relationship is the fact that they only had each other. Inko never stopped loving Izuku. Yes, she has shown pity and all that stuff that has affected Izuku, but her motherly love did impact Izuku's character.

One of the few reasons why he kept seeing her in a positive light was her love and care. Izuku knew the statistics, and he was lucky and fortunate enough to have his mother still love and care for him despite the odds during his youth.

Inko only had Izuku because Hisashi was gone "abroad," and she never had the best relationship with her parents. (To be honest, I'm not sure what to do for Inko's backstory, but I'm not worrying about it too much for now.) So, she only had Izuku both literally and physically.

Will Izuku learn how to trust his mother? Most unlikely. Izuku can forgive, but he can never forget. Her apologizing wasn't necessary nor was it the most positive interaction, but he still loves her. Her love reminded Izuku that he wasn't all that alone and that he had a reason to stay here despite the world hating him and his family. She loved both his ugly and beauty.

So, in a way, he could learn to trust her again, but till then. Izuku doesn't really trust his mother just yet.

Yagi & Izuku

FINALLY THIS SECTION! I wanted to ramble about this for so long!!

Now, as my Naga AU established, Izuku never became the ninth user of One for All. He only met All Might/Yagi on a few occasions, and one that stands out is Izuku's longing question, "Can a quirkless person become a hero?"

This took place when Izuku was 10 or 11, a couple of years before the canon event. Another thing to include is that the first battle between All Might and All for One already happened. It has been mentioned that their first battle happened five years ago before the first episode of MHA.

And counting with my fingers, Izuku was nine when it happened.

Which means drama. :D

The canon answer comes up, but let's take it up a notch. Not only did Yagi crush his dreams, but he also did so in a condensing/gentle type of way. Similar to how his mother did when Izuku was younger. However, the difference here is that Izuku felt rage instead.

It was one thing coming from his mother, but All Might? Out of all people? Someone he looked up and wanted to be? It crushed him and further gave fuel to an open fire.

As the saying goes, "Never meet your idols."

A few points, I failed to point out that Izuku was on thin ice when asking All Might this question because Izuku was learning and seeing how people showed their two-face behavior toward him.

It was driving him toward a wall when seeing how people treated him compared to when he was quirkless.

All Might also stopped talking to Sir Nighteye during this timeframe.

Finally, neither of them was up for games, so - while All Might was trying to be gentle in saying 'No,' he also wasn't in the mood to fake a cheer. Which is why his tone was a mixture of condensing and gentle.

And also why Izuku took anger instead of sadness because he didn't want to feel sad about it. He didn't want to cry or burst into tears anymore because if All Might, of all people, could say no to him? A child with losing hope? Who's to say he wouldn't say no to the next?

It made him bitter and snappy toward people entering heroics or just heroics in general, but let's be honest, he's being a fucking hypocrite.

Cause Izuku really wants to be a hero yet, his spite and pride won't let him pursue his dreams until after the Sports Festival.

Another thing I really want to add is One for All and how it correlates to Izuku.

I mentioned during part 3, I believe(?) (I checked it was part three), that Guardian Entity was meant to be symbolic. It was supposed to represent One for All by the number of snakes in total.

This does count Izuku.

A few things that Izuku and One for All share, in common, are the bonds that they create. One for All ties people together. Meanwhile, the Guardian Entity ties a family together. They're supposed to be symbolic, and while Izuku never meets the vestiges, he knows they are there. He feels them - he feels the presence of One for All (and its holders) flourishing whenever he's near All Might or his successor.

However, I'm not sure of who will be the successor of One for All because I want to follow canon (mostly), and the theory of One for All overflowing the cup appeals to me. So, I'm not entirely sure here.

Also, I like the idea of the vestiges' belated realization that All for One has descendants.

Like Yoichi just offhandedly mentions, "Oh, he looks like my brother's kid."

And the other vestiges' saying, "That's sad."

*A couple of belated realizations later.*

"WAIT HE HAD A KID?!"

"Uh, yeah? I'm a great uncle."

"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US SOONER?!"

"You? Never? Asked?"

It's a funny little thought.

Either way, Izuku doesn't like All Might and holds this grudge till he learns to forgive him and to comprehend where he was coming from.

Because, in a way, I get where All Might is coming from since quirks and all are wide and range, yet crushing a little kid's dream isn't the way to go.

There are options, there could be options, and the answer to those questions is unknown to me.

Also, another thing is that for a while Izuku was a brat towards All Might. He repeatedly refused to listen to him and took reluctant orders from Bakugou. And only Bakugou or Aizawa if he was there. Just anyone that was not All Might.

Yagi: "Please, Young Midoriya! It's just a simple training exercise."

Izuku: *turns his head away and crosses his arms.* "Y'all here something?"

Yagi: *sighs* "Young Bakugou, a hand, please?"

Bakugou: *grumbles Stupid nerd, never listens to fucking teachers* "Listen up, Deku."

Izuku: *gives him a side-eye to show he's listening to Bakugou because he's in a decent mood to listen to him*

Bakugou: "Your gonna drop and give me 150 pushups and then run for 20 minutes nonstop till your stupid ass dehydrates itself, bitch."

Yagi: *internally cries when he sees Midoriya listening to Bakugou* "What do I do or need for him to listen to me?"

Bakugou: "Luck"

Vestiges: *who saw everything happening* "Hope"

Aizawa: "A will."

Anyways, that's all I have interaction-wise with Izuku and the MHA characters. This has been sitting on my drafts for so long that I decided to bring it up again. This is my third version of the post because my phone kept posting it till I had enough and deleted the tumble app and redownload again after I calmed down.

I need to do the interactions for the clutch and Izuku, but I'm stumped for a number of reasons. It has been a while since I wrote/thought of the Naga AU so, I'm gonna tweak some things. So, if things don't align, it's probably that, but don't worry I won't change much. Just some things in general.

Have a good time, and thank you for reading this! Till I decide to post again, Gemini, out!

[katabaesis]

This is quite funny since I asked my twitter about it. But one of the things about 'tragedy around characters' and 'tragic stories' is like 'does the tragedy 'resolving' somehow cheapen the emotional journey'.

To be completely transparent I have 3 routes which I feel are narratively satisfying Leona does not need to continue to hang out in hell.

But also to be honest there are several routes in such that 'he never returns' is also satisfying. Especially since TWST has several characters who revolve around loss in different ways. Obviously Diasomnia and Ignihyde are kings of personal loss. Rollo can join the club (ok the real question is why was Azul then there too in that little clusterfuck hey azul do you have something to tell u-). Azul not wanting to lose what he had gained. Leona seeing his life as a constant L (+ratio). etcetc.

Trying to bring some of what TWST does into writing is pretty funny because Yana said it and a lot of the structure of TWST supports it in that it is about people with desires taking from each other. There is one pie and if you take a slice it is denying someone else their slice. Though the game does have a certain softness to it that I am not sure is narratively intended or something ca$h dollar motivated or michael mouse motivated.

One of the other things TWST does is the yoking of characters together. Ruggie-Leona. Jamil-Kalim. Azul-Floyd-Jade. Idia-Ortho. I think we can make cases for Vil-Rook and Malleus-Lilia as well as Lilia-Silver (and in book7 perhaps Silver-Sebek though if we're counting Silver-Sebek probably the Ace-Deuce-Grim-Yuu but both of these sets can be separated far easier than the others). These connected characters feed each others dynamics quite a lot. For better or for worse, in some cases.

So the biggest question with Leona being dead isn't for me 'is it narratively satisfying to bring him back' since him coming back doesn't solve any real problems but 'how much do I want Ruggie Bucchi's life to be really difficult.'

I am interested in seeing people's opinions on character deaths though because negative space is something I love so dearly in writing but both tragedy and un-tragedying your tragedy can feel quite cheap and the entire point of loss-grief for me is bittersweet so cheapening it always feels quite bad.

[thatpiscesfish]

How would you describe me based on my placements? I’m a Pisces sun in the 4th, Libra moon in the 11th, Scorpio rising and Aries Mercury & Venus (both in the 5th)

Pisces sun is artistic and adaptable. They crave harmony just like Libra does and they like things to be peaceful. Prefer to live in their heads and not in reality, can be delicate and soft as well. Underestimated because they aren't noticed easily so usually take people by surprise.

Sun in the 4th will have a big connection to their upbringing or family. It could have shaped who they are massively whether they want to admit that or not. Can also be traditional or naturally caring and nurturing. Has a big interest in cultures and history. Can also love to cook or bake or do any type of domestic hobbies. Naturally intuitive and can be defensive when they or someone they love is threatened.

Libra moon is the ultimate mediator. They can often find themselves being stuck in the middle of arguments, especially at a young age. As a kid, they may have enjoyed this or done this voluntarily to reach peace and they could have been quite proud of themselves for being able to achieve it. But this feeling is often temporary as years of doing this will take a toll on them. Can have issues voicing their opinions or worrying others because they don't want to hurt or upset anyone.

Moon in the 11th can have a lot of skills socialising or networking. They may have been popular as a kid or was just respected or admired by a lot of people. Has an interest in technology and progressive/social ideas. Can prioritise being authentic and expressing themselves honestly. Feels safe when they are truly seen and acknowledged and accepted for who they really are. Could have been the one to stand out or be a little weird.

Scorpio rising can be subtle especially when meeting people for the first time. Most water risings will be quiet and reserved, but Scorpio energy isn't shy or scared of anything really. So if anyone tests them, they will bite back lol. It's actually better if you don't test them because they will hurt you. But they won't do this all the time, but only when they feel like the other person has crossed a line and deserves it. They treat others how they themselves are treated. Prioritise loyalty and honesty. Will accept most things as long as you tell them the truth. Very understanding when given the chance to be.

Aries mercury is opinionated and direct. If asked for their opinion, and even sometimes if not lol, they will tell you exactly what it is and how they feel. They don't believe in sugarcoating or being really sweet. They will tell you the truth and be transparent. Not very strategic but very authentic. Says things in the heat of the moment sometimes and regrets it later. But very funny and charismatic.

Mercury in the 5th is all about self-expression through words. This is a great placement for poets/orators/singers/writers etc. They have a talent and love for anything that is word-based and they can affect and impress a lot of people with it. Very charming and playful and can be very funny as well. Can be flirty and attract a lot of people with their voice. Can be stubborn with their views or think that they are in the right even when they're not.

Aries venus is playful in relationships. Can be almost childlike and pure when they like someone which is very cute. Prone to admiring their partners a lot and almost putting them on a pedestal kind of like Pisces venus. It is hard to keep their attention only because they are distracted easily and need a lot of stimulation but if they choose to stick with you then that's it. Will always be fun to be around and have you going on adventures or doing something competitive.

Venus in the 5th can have high standard for relationships. The types to not settle for just anyone, but when they do find someone worthy they will treat them in the best way. Loyal and takes time to forget someone that really meant something to them, even though this placement is prone to attracting short-term flings or casual dates. Has a lot of artistic hobbies or enjoys art in general. Loves to take care of themselves and wear nice clothes/have nice things.

Overall, a mix of water and fire. Someone who has a sense of purity but also can take care of themselves and be independent. Underestimated but powerful, and likely good with art.