#the worlds most adorable robot dad

[memento--moray]

First flowers of spring.

[midnightshindig]

Single Mama! Reader with Cecil or Donald headcanons, pretty please. I’ll give you my prized Pokémon book for it.

Donald and Cecil x SingleMom!Reader

oh my god i read this as sigma while scrolling through requests and had an aneurysm I'm so fucking brain rotted

anyways- Cecil and Donal are separate hcs, sorry if these are sort of short!

hcs under the cut!

Cecil

Cecil is ambivalent and distant

he's not against you having a kid, but he doesn't know what to do with it

"Want a beer?" "HES FOUR" type shit

For the most part he treats your kid as cordially as possible.

If they're an elementary schooler, he might try and bribe them into liking him with toys

If they're more like a middle or high schooler, however, he treats them with respect

Cecil over her shaking some fourteen year olds hand like "I promise my intentions with your mother are good, I'm a good man and she's a great woman."

like oh my god just stooooop

but they lowkey kind of love it? Like, he's so aloof and weird, your kid(s) adore him

It's a very parallel-play type of thing

Cecil and you will be watching a movie and your kid will come downstairs and sit on the other side of the couch, casually reading a book or playing their 3ds or something

If your kid is interested in government or safety, Cecil will happily take them under his wing

You come back from the bathroom to find Cecil explaining calculus to your high schooler

or explaining the concept of government to your eight year old, who is happily absorbing it all like a sponge

He keeps it age appropriate

Cecil has a LOT of resources

So when he wants to take you out, you've got your pick of the best babysitters in the world

It's usually Donald ngl

sometimes, though, a teenage superhero will volunteer to babysit for some extra cash

So Eve-- or, more accurately-- Rex and Rae-- come over to babysit.

(ignore season three for these purposes- stfu it's cute)

And Cecil takes you out on the town

being a single mom means you have a hard time getting to be just Y/n, not Y/n the mom

Cecil makes sure you know how special you are

Corny ass man probably takes you swing dancing or something

Red Lobster type mf

I'm kidding he takes you to a very nice dinner

and buys an extra dessert for your kid <3

Donald

BIG nerd

Your kid like pokemon? Oh he's studying up rn to impress them

Because of this Donald's at work reading Warrior Cats and Cecil is like "Donald what the fuck is that?"

"Oh- My girlfriend's kid is really into this serious, I want to make a good impression."

"A grown man having warrior cats knowledge is terrifying, Donald."

psshhh whatever Donald doesn't care.

Tries to win over your kid by showing off his robotic features (once he gets used to it himself)

WILL take your kid to the park with you as a date

I hc Donald probably doesn't have too much in the way of his own family, so he's charmed by yours

Donald likes to take your kid(s) with you on dates

Group family dates if you will

So you all go to the movies, or maybe to dinner every now and again, stuff like that

But he makes time for just you don't you worry.

Type of dude to throw your kids in the air.

he's just casually available and emotionally supportive

ALSO teaches your children stuff, but more like history or lower level math

I have the very specific image in my head of your 3rd/4th grader coming home crying because her school is doing a daddy daughter dance and like.... she doesn't have a dad? What is she going to do?

You offer her to bring her uncle, or maybe she could bring you?

Donald comes back from the store with groceries for dinner and your daughter lights up

"I want Donald to take me!"

"Hm?" he puts the bags down to high five your daughter hello "Take you to what, kid?"

You sighed, leaning awkwardly against the kitchen counter "She's having a daddy daughter dance at school- Honey, why don't you take your uncle?"

Donalds eyes widen and he has to hold back a wobbly smile "No it's okay! I'll take her." Oh fuck it, dude is smiling

Ugh i'm a wreck he's so sweet

He's not trying to replace their dad or anything

like literally "not the step dad he's the dad who stepped up"

[zenithangelic]

Hai could I get fo4 complete reaction to the sole survivor being very big on giving praise? Like they're constantly complementing the companions but not in an overbearing way :) thank uuu

FO4 Companions reacting to the Sole Survivor's praise:

Cait

At first, she’s incredibly suspicious. Compliments? From someone who doesn’t want anything? She’s waiting for the catch.

Once she realises it’s genuine, she gets flustered and awkward, brushing off praise with a “Yeah, yeah, don’t go getting soft on me.” But she starts subtly craving it.

Eventually, she starts preening a bit when she hears it, standing a little taller. “Damn right I’m good at this,” she’ll say, with a small but proud smile.

Codsworth

Absolutely adores it. He lives to serve, and knowing Sole appreciates him fills him with robotic joy.

“Oh, you are too kind! I do try my best, of course!” He starts adding a little flourish when serving them tea, trying to impress them.

Might even get a little smug when others don’t get as much praise. “Ah, not everyone can be as meticulous as yours truly!”

Curie

Delighted and fascinated by Sole’s positivity, especially when directed at her scientific skills.

“Oh! You really think my work is amazing? That is… oh, you make me blush!” She absorbs every word like a sponge, eager to impress them further.

Over time, she starts paying the praise forward, complimenting others in the group in an adorable, awkward way: “Yes, Cait, you… hit that man so well! Such force!”

Paladin Danse

Completely unsure of how to process it at first. Praise was always tied to performance in the Brotherhood, not simple appreciation.

Starts standing up straighter, subtly shifting into parade rest every time he is praised. “That’s… good to hear, soldier.”

He may not say it, but it means something to him. Eventually, he starts seeking approval in small ways, hoping to get an extra “Outstanding work” when he pulls off something impressive.

Deacon

Smug as hell about it at first. “Oh, stop it, you charmer, you’ll make a spy blush.”

But deep down? It gets to him. Compliments aren’t something he gets often—especially not genuine ones.

He starts responding more sincerely over time, quietly muttering, “Y’know, you’re not too bad yourself.” That’s Deacon for I’m touched beyond words.

Dogmeat

Is a dog. Therefore, absolutely loves the praise and thrives on it.

Tail-wagging intensifies with every “Good boy!” until he’s practically vibrating.

Starts bringing the Sole Survivor even more random junk from the wasteland, tail wagging proudly as he receives his due recognition.

Gage

At first? Suspicious as hell. Compliments in Nuka-World usually meant someone wanted something.

Eventually, he starts accepting them at face value, though he plays it cool: “Yeah, well, I am pretty damn good at what I do.”

But if he ever hears a genuine “I trust you,” that’s it. That’s the moment he realises he’s actually loyal to them, no strings attached.

John Hancock

Drinks it up like the finest chems. “Oh, you really do know how to sweet-talk a ghoul.”

Starts playfully fishing for them. “I dunno, was that a badass move or the most badass move?”

But after a while, he stops playing—he just enjoys hearing them say nice things. It reminds him that he’s worth appreciating.

Robert MacCready

At first? Incredibly awkward. “Uh… thanks? I guess?” He’s not used to compliments that aren’t sarcastic.

Eventually, he starts mumbling a quiet “Thanks” and actually appreciating it. He never realised how much he craved validation.

If they ever tell him he’s a great dad? That’s it. He’s done. Might actually tear up.

Nick Valentine

Smirks at first, taking it in stride. “Careful, kid. A fella might start thinkin’ you like having him around.”

But deep down? It means a hell of a lot. People don’t usually appreciate him as more than an old synth detective.

Eventually, he starts throwing it right back. “Well, you’re not half bad yourself, partner.” And from him, that’s high praise.

Piper Wright

Blushes furiously at first, brushing it off. “Pfft, come on, you’re making me sound cooler than I am.”

Eventually, though? She starts believing it. Starts walking with a bit more confidence, feeling like she is as capable as they say she is.

She starts writing about them in a new way—not just as a legend, but as a genuinely good person.

Preston Garvey

Blinks the first time they compliment him, looking genuinely surprised. “You really mean that?”

He’s so used to being the one lifting everyone else up—it takes him a while to accept that someone wants to do the same for him.

Eventually, he starts smiling more. “Thanks, General. That means a lot.” And it really, really does.

Strong

Confused at first. Why is human saying nice things? What is this strange behavior?

Eventually, decides it is a human battle custom and accepts it. “YES. STRONG IS GOOD SMASHER.”

Might even start attempting his own version of praise: “HUMAN… IS GOOD TOO. NOT AS STRONG AS STRONG. BUT GOOD.”

X6-88

Is initially just... silent. He doesn’t know how to react. Compliments aren’t part of his programming.

Eventually, he just nods at them. “Noted.” But his tone softens over time.

He never outright asks for it, but if they ever stop praising him? He might just subtly start working harder for it.

Ada

Initially confused but appreciative. “That is… unexpected. Most humans do not take the time to compliment machines.”

Over time, she begins to recognise it as genuine appreciation and responds in kind. “Your leadership is commendable. I am… grateful to be part of this.”

Though she may not have emotions like a human, her tone becomes just a touch warmer when speaking to Sole, like she’s learning what it means to feel valued.

Automatron

Default programmed response: “Thank you for your feedback.”

But if they keep it up, the bot might start adapting its speech patterns. “Analysis: Positive reinforcement detected. Conclusion: You are… kind.”

If modified with a personality matrix, the bot might get cocky. “Yes, yes, I am the pinnacle of engineering excellence. Carry on, human.”

Old Longfellow

Grumbles about it at first. “Damn fool, ain't no need to butter me up. Just doin’ what I always done.”

But over time, he starts getting used to it. Starts looking forward to Sole’s words, even if he won’t admit it.

The real moment of breakthrough? When he finally mutters, “Heh. Y’ain’t so bad yourself, kid.” That’s Longfellow for I respect the hell outta you.

Porter Gage

At first? Suspicious as hell. Compliments? That ain't how the real world works. “Yeah, yeah, what angle you workin’, boss?”

But once he realises Sole is just… like that, he starts soaking it in. “Damn. Not used to hearin’ that kinda thing. Feels… nice, I guess.”

Eventually, he starts giving them a nod of approval in return. “Gotta say, boss—you got a way of makin’ folks wanna follow ya. Guess I picked the right side after all.”

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[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

Ortho flying with three floating tablets (representing his parents and Idia) behind him is such a MagiCammable moment, according to Cater and his sisters lol

Family means Nobody is Left Behind or Forgotten.

"Oh my gosh! Who's this little cutie patootie?!"

"W-Wah...!" Ortho scarcely had any time to formulate an appropriate reaction before he was accosted from both sides. They had leapt out from the Queen of Hearts' statue, like jaguars pouncing on unsuspecting prey. The three tablets floating beside Ortho were sent spiraling.

"B-Bwah?!" Idia sputtered from his end, eyes bulging at what his video feed was picking up. There was his poor little brother, smothered by a pair of flashy women. "A normie sneak attack!?"

To Idia's horror, he could see painted nails studded with jewelry running all over the boy's face and hair. He leapt out of his gaming chair, seizing his computer monitor with both hands.

"C-Calm down, Ortho! CALM DOWN, DON'T PANIC!! Y-Your big brother will help you out of this pinch... e-except I don't know how to deal with 3D women!! Th-There's no dialogue selection option IRL...!!"

"You're the one panicking the most here, nii-san..."

"Now, Idia--" their father began--cool, level-headed.

"Hold on, dear," his wife interrupted. "Don't you think it's too soon to intervene?"

"... What are you saying?"

"I mean, these girls are only appreciating Or-kun's cuteness, right? I don't think there's anything wrong with acknowledging that! In fact, the world should be more familiar with how adorable both of our sons are...!"

"B-Betrayed by the mom?!"

"Ahahah... Sorry, Shroud fam~" Cater called as he, too, stepped out from his spot behind a statue. He didn't look particularly apologetic, not with that growing grin tugging at his mouth. "It looks like my sisters took an interest in your youngest. I guess it's not every day you see a bot as advanced as Ortho-chan is, but still!"

"J-Just what I needed... Another sparkly extrovert to complicate this scenario!!" Idia moaned, clutching at his forehead.

"You have to get a pic of us together, Cater!" one sister pouted. "This is too cool not to! Be sure to get the tablets in the shot too, okay?"

"Alright, I'll try." He casually produced his phone. "Everybody has to smush together first though, and Idia-kun's kinda out of frame--"

"Are you, like, for reals a robot?" the other sister demanded, ogling Ortho's metallic body. "That's not cosplay, right?"

"Hehe, nope! I'm one hundred percent custom built by my nii-san."

Idia loudly snorted, far less amused than his brother was. "Cosplay? Are you blind? I'm insulted that you'd even suggest such a stupid idea. Check out the rocket boosters in his feet, the complex circuity in his chassis, the artificial intelligence with a limitless capacity to learn. It's all Ortho."

"That's right! Our Idia built Or-kun from scratch all on his own!" Mrs. Shroud chirped. "Ahhh, our sons are our pride and joy! Aren't they, Papa?"

Mr. Shroud drew out a sigh. "... Yes, dear."

Their tablets drew close and snuggled (or attempted to). Idia could only imagine that his parents had embraced one another on the other end of the line. Hot pink and neon blue twinning.

"Oh, bleh." He rolled his eyes. Mom and dad are being gross and mushy in public again.

Suddenly, his video feed jerked down. Idia got a chunk of pavement, then an eyeful of twinkling makeup and nails. The first of the Diamond sisters had seized his tablet, posing with it in front of her.

"Is he, like, in frame now?" she asked Cater, who flashed her a thumbs up.

"Perfect~ Now everyone else can squeeze in!"

At Cater's direction, his other sister rushed over. Ortho was tugged along like a balloon on a string--though he didn't put up any resistance. The Shroud parents allowed their tablets to lower to the appropriate height for the picture. Cater held his phone out, the camera flipped.

All eager for the photograph except for one.

"D-Don't I get a say in this?!" Idia weakly protested.

Cater laughed--and it sounded a little mean to Idia, as light-hearted as it was. "Sure, you get a say in this! I'll let you know what to say: cheese!"

CLICK!

The selfie was taken. The Diamonds and the Shrouds, immortalized in a shared image.

[justhereformyblorbos]

my blorbos… I miss them… so I put them into lumon aka hargreeves hell corporation

spoilers for severance and all seasons of tua under the cut

I guess technically they’re all Helenas if Reginald is Kier huh.

I started drawing before 2x07 dropped and ruined my life but honestly it still works

So they grew up in one of those hargreeves-controlled schools under the slightly culty environment doing missions and training to become the next generations (perhaps competing to be the heir to the “revolving whatever that is)

Five was the most promising but gets lost at an ORTBO and gets taken in by the Commission, perhaps a resistance or rival company that is just as shady (think Reghabi)? Unsure of whether to combine Reginald/Lumon and the Commission or not. For some reason he is still a child, and everyone reacts to him like they do to Miss Huang.

After that, their team isn’t doing so hot. One day Ben “dies” and it fractures their little family for good.

Later in the world, they’re struggling and eventually return to their dad’s company that they once ran away from in various different ways, and each get severed and go through the horrors.

Number 1 (Luther) - I think Milchick’s devotion to Reginald, Mark’s optimism and initial obedience, Irving’s initial love of Lumon texts, and Sloane in another department being his tragic office wife could be juicy… The one who never left the ideals of Reginald without being fully aware of what they were doing, and slowly have his worldviews change and his adoration for Reginald fall apart (but not before doing some rough things under the impression that he is RIGHT). I know the . romance. With Allison is a thing in the show but. for this alternative universe they will simply be close coworkers who support and inspire each other to rebel OKAY? okay. I think having Sloane taken away from him and finding out Ben’s still alive will more than do it to cause him to get on the side of the innies. I think on the outside he’s super isolated and so crushingly lonely without his siblings ): maybe he gets into illegal underground boxing and gets severe brain damage that necessitates severance? also as an innie he never gets to see space but he’s a super nerd about stars. this is a fact Ben tells him about his outie :)

Number 2 (Diego) - Placing him a little later in the timeline, his outie could be a family man who severed to provide for them? Or a former disgraced detective trying to investigate Reginald and expose his shady stuff after his partner Eudora dies under mysterious circumstances all vigilante style? And also blames Reginald for Ben? Laser focused on revenge and super mean but eventually starts to reach out to his siblings as an outie/innie and realizes how much he misses and cares for them. Then he falls in love with Lila along the way, perhaps two times, innie and outie, while she’s unsevered… could be fun. I could see shades of Dylan, Helly, and Mark in him—a rebellious spirit, deeply loving and determined. Or maybe he has kids with Lila later and they marry which. Makes things complicated. So he also has to navigate fatherhood in this wacky world. AHHHHHHH this isn’t even mentioning his relationship with GRACE. oh god Grace. Nightmare Robot manager… or SEVERED REGINALD EX WIFE??

Number 3 (Allison) - I could see her being a star refiner like Dylan before everything changes when she finds out about Claire. On the outside, she’s a popular actor getting severed as a publicity stunt (think Helena), for the money, and also to escape the difficulties of her divorce and custody battle like Petey. I didn’t get to draw it but on the inside I imagine she uses a wig but in the outside she has her natural hair. OR she pulls an Irving and innie Allison and innie Ray are in love before outie Ray is retired and during the OTC innie Allison leads outie Allison to meet outie Ray. Perhaps she remarries with him, and he gets to visit, except he’s loyal and doesn’t cheat like Gretchen does (no shade she’s so sympathetic I just think Ray wouldn’t do that) so innie Allison’s kinda battling with herself since she loves innie Ray and was the reason outie Allison can be Allison Chestnut but she doesn’t get that…hmm..I think she’d be very much on the side of the innies at first, fiercely criticizing the inhumane conditions and making big swings, but the company leverages Claire and Ray and she ends up swaying to them because because being the voice of the Board paralleling with her Rumor ability and in a equally as devastating arc to s3 would be COOL!!!

Number 4 (Klaus) - Literally homeless, struggling with addiction, and also a gay veteran. (like Irving!!) Turns to Reginald because they will pay him if only he severs his brain. His innie version is more happy to lucky but also is suffering the symptoms of withdrawal and/or drug use. Dave is definitely involved, I just don’t know how. He could have died in way, but Reginald Corp took his body, he could be a employee Klaus worked with and fell in love with before disappearing one day and showing up to Klaus’s doorstep with reintegration sickness but also a love and care no one has afforded to him before. Either way he has a lot of feelings about it, and goes through it and acts out, thus leading to a lot of wellness sessions with Ben. I think Klaus gets reintegrated, thus leading him to “see the dead” and have the “clairvoyance” of understanding info from innie and outie… and also has a lot of health close calls because basement brain surgery. Maybe Five does it idk.

Number 5 (Five) - miss Huang core. Knows some of the truth about Lumon, sent in as an undercover intern to stop the mysterious Cold Horror file by any means possible and steal it for the Commission for his last job. However the Commission (The Handler + crew) doesn’t have a moral compass and will do anything to get their way (and cause the apocalypse to happen). So they did a bunch of experiments on him like the comics so he’s good at killing and psychological games. And his coworkers are his siblings who he’s been fighting to get back to all these years. I could see him galvanizing the others to try and escape and having a really bad time in the break room with the Handler. Or maybe actually cutting his hand/arm off to make a point. And also falling in love with Dolores the mannequin. Mr. Penny crumb the GOAT. I think he and Lila would clock each other’s identity but this time they are platonic rivals snarking on each other and playing 4D chess

Number 6 (Ben) - There was no other option, he’s gotta be Miss Casey, by the way they both haunt the narrative and most people spoke positively of Ben after his death. 2x07 was incredible also, and I think there’s a 3rd Ben I haven’t pictured who grew up with the rest of the sibs, is trapped, and is so tired of going through experiments and tests, and really misses his family, and wants to go home. Let him out ):. BUT ALSO what if he was also Mrs. Cobel/Mr. Milchick. Mr. Sparrow. Number 2…. Double dipping wellness director and floor manager. Both the tormented and the tormentors… nature vs nurture and temperament affecting personality…

Number 7 (Viktor) - Nothing remarkable came of him during their childhood days, leaving him isolated from the other kids + severed trans story that. Would be so interesting to explore but I think I’ll leave that to someone thinking deeper than me on the topic. Sissy becomes his Burt that he falls in love with on the inside, but married to Carl on the outside with Harlan but willing to do adultery since the marriage is a little…. Yeah. Also definitely reintegrating bc good parallel to the violin mind sequence, misses his brother a lot and is very depressed for most of the story but very valuable to Reginald and the Commission since he works faster on the files than anyone else. Maybe the files are the apocalypse with a smiley face binder : ) Connects a lot to Mr. Hargreeves / Mr. Umbrella (Ben) and when they realize they’re family it’s ): ): ):

[dyns33]

Only wastelands 4

Annnnnd here's part 4 !! I will be honest, I will need some time to finish this series. I know where I'm going, but I can't find the time or energy to write it.

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It would have been a lie to say that Y/N hadn't prayed that Janey would be a better traveling companion to Lucy. The vaultie was not bad, but far too naive, talkative, not listening to advices.

Maybe she had been heard, or Cooper had been a great father, but the little girl was a true angel.

Obviously very clever for her age, she didn't need long explanations to see that the world had changed, that it was dangerous, and that it was a good idea to follow Y/N without asking too many questions.

Of course Janey still had some questions. This was perfectly normal. But she waited until they were safe, often before sleeping, to look at Y/N with her big, innocent eyes.

“Are we going to see dad soon ?”

"… Yes. He's not far away." the woman said as she checked her pitboy.

If the information was correct, Lucy was only a few days' walk away, and if Coop was still with her, then he would be reunited with his daughter soon. 219 years without seeing her, without any news, no clue on her location, and the almost evaporated hope of finding her still alive.

Of the things Y/N hadn't yet explained to Janey, the time that had passed since her forced separation from her father was one of the most complicated. The child probably thought she would find the man in the picture, smiling and with pink skin.

She nervously repeated that Cooper had been ill, but couldn't elaborate. Each time, Janey responded that her daddy was strong, and that he would get better soon, especially if they helped him.

Impossible to contradict this adorable child.

If she wanted to lie again, Y/N would have said that she wasn't walking as fast as she could because she wasn't sure what would happen when Janey saw her father. That would probably be a shock. Was she going to scream ? Cry ? Be afraid of him ?

It would break Cooper's heart. And she could repeat that she hated him, that she didn't care at all about his fate, Y/N didn't want to hurt him like that. Anyhow, but not like that.

There was also the possibility that he would react badly to seeing her. Vault Tech was so monstrous, they would have been able to clone Janey, or create a robot that looked like her, or even brainwash her at her mother's request.

He could also think that he had become too monstrous to approach such a pure being without harming her.

Maybe he had abandoned Y/N, thinking only of himself, but he would never do that to his own daughter. She couldn't believe it. The problem was that he would want the best for her, and he might think that was keeping his distance.

Y/N had imagined all these possibilities, but in reality, she knew perfectly well that they would just be happy to have each other again. If she was afraid, it was mainly for herself. For them.

She had been running from him for three years. Not that he seemed to be looking for her, but she had promised herself that their paths would never cross again or it would end badly.

She was not thinking of killing him. First because she had no chance against this cowboy, but above all because Y/N may have hated him for what he had done, she still loved him too much to really want his misfortune.

That was probably why everything was still very painful.

When the Pitboy beeped to indicate that they had arrived at their destination, Y/N observed the ruined building, Janey's hand still holding hers, awaiting orders.

Although fear kept one alive in the wastelands, one should never hesitate. Never.

Cautiously, motioning to the little girl not to make any noise, they approached what was obviously Lucy and the Ghoul's hiding place for the night.

With another gesture, Y/N indicated to Janey to stay at the end of the corridor, while she checked the place, until she found what they were looking for. And if necessary, she should flee.

As none of her reactions were normal, the vaultie seemed happy to see her, greeting her with a huge smile.

Sitting in a corner, hand on his rifle, Cooper didn't look so happy. Surprised, yes, nervous too. With a mixture of sadness and anger. Not really open to a reunion.

But he had celebrated their separation, he had no reason to want to see her again.

Y/N stared at his gun, wondering if he was going to shoot. No movement showed he intended to harm her, but he kept his hand on the trigger. Maybe he thought she was going to try something.

Slowly, so as not to rush him, and ignoring Lucy's long tirades about everything that had happened to them in New Vegas where they had not found her father, Y/N made Janey understand that she could come.

The weapon fell to the floor as she walked through the door. The hatred completely disappeared from Cooper Howard's eyes.

He just sat there, petrified by this vision of his past.

The poor kid shook a little, clinging to Y/N, not understanding what they were doing with these people. So Y/N got down on her level.

"This is Lucy, she was in a shelter like you and me. And… Janey. Janey, here's your father." she whispered with an uncertain voice.

The child looked at her, searching for a lie or joke on her face, before turning back to the Ghoul, who still hadn't moved.

It may have been instinct, the call of blood, or the great intelligence of this kid, but then she found her smile again, finally recognizing the man who was standing there.

"Daddy !"

While he had been stuck since their arrival, Cooper didn't hesitate for a second when Janey ran towards him. He opened his arms to welcome her, lifting her to embrace her tenderly, breathing a sigh of relief that he had been hoping for for two centuries.

Lucy didn't understand everything that was happening, but she placed a hand on her heart in front of this scene, knowing that she had to keep quiet for once. Nothing should spoil this moment.

"Janey… My lil cowgirl…" sobbed Cooper. "You're okay. You're here."

"I missed you, dad. Why didn't you come with me in the car ?"

"He… I told you, there was no more room. I was supposed to join you later, but there were problems. I'm sorry, my angel. I wanted to come."

“Mom said you left me.”

"Your mother… Your mother will have had bad information. I would never have left you. I would always come for you."

The sentence echoed in Y/N’s mind. A broken promise. Without really thinking about it, she touched the picture she always kept in her bag. If it had been of value to Cooper, it hadn't been enough for him to come get her.

Now that he had found Janey, that photo was forgotten. It was long forgotten, like Y/N, who no longer had any value.

At least this story would have a nice ending. Their paths had crossed so that she could bring back his little daughter. He had saved her, she had saved them. They were even now.

Still silent, she left the room, then the building, without attracting attention. Lucy was too busy crying, while Coop obviously only had eyes for his child.

By the time they realized she was gone, Y/N would already be far away.

Maybe the vaultie would want to follow her, thinking about using her pitboy, but there was no reason the cowboy would want the same thing. If his daughter wasn't enough, he would continue to search for the old MacLean, for Barbara, all those responsible for the end of the world.

But not Y/N. Even to thank her. He hadn't looked for her in 3 years, he had no reason to start now.

So it was a surprise when something passed around her at lightning speed, stopping her in her tracks as she was about to advance towards the desert.

It had been a long time, but she remembered that damn lasso and the habit of its owner perfectly.

“Leaving so soon, sweetheart ?”

Why wasn't he with Janey ? Why stop her ? Why not be happy to see her go, like last time ? He already had Lucy to annoy him, and even if he loved her, it wouldn't be easy to survive in this world with a child. Why make her suffer like this ? Why make her believe that she was important ?

She could ask him all these questions and finally get real answers, but Y/N was scared.

No sound came out of her mouth as she turned to face Cooper, who had regained his cold gaze. This blur between despair and hatred. As if he had a reason to be angry with her.

“Think we need to talk.” he said in a slow voice. “A real conversation, sugar.”

And from the man who hated idle chatter, long explanations, and really all human interaction, that was something.

[sophaeros]

the strokes at a pub in london, with the robot gifted to them by rip it up's journalists

the strokes for rip it up - new zealand, october/november 2001 / no. 283 — web version print version

The Strokes, us and a robot in a pub...

by The Ballroom Regulars Photos by The Strokes and Ju-ju (unless otherwise noted)

'The coolest band on the planet', the saviours of Rock, featured in Elle Magazine, played on the Catwalks of New York and Paris, hounded, followed and adored - Not since Oasis broke have the British press put all their eggs in so fabulous a basket. Rumours abound - their names are made up, they were put together by the lead singers dad (John Casablancas, founder of The Elite Model Agency), they're constantly fighting with each other, they're constantly fighting with strangers, they drink too much, they're gay, they're straight, they're homophobes. Everybody wants to know everything they can. But one thing is sure, The Strokes are roundly agreed to be the quintessential Rock band, the 'great white hope' of nu-Rock'n'Roll. But they're more than that. They're five guys who hooked up in High School with a shared interest in booze, girls and guitars.

So what are they all about, besides saving us from the glut of pre-masticated pop and soul stifling dance, what are their hopes and ambitions?

Meeting Julian Casablancas is like meeting living proof that rock'n'roll will never die. At 22 he should be embracing the 'Now' culture of many of his peers. He should be scrupulously clean, drug and booze free, heading down to Florida for the summer break with a pretty blond on his arm and Basement Jaxx on his personal MP3 player.

But he's not. He's still in bed, hung over, refusing to get up. He is unwashed, jet lagged and beer crusted. YAY! When he finally does show, 2 hours late for the day's round of fanzine wackiness, he's disheveled and rye. His grin is about as infectious as rabies and he is, frankly, as sexy as fuck. "Hey" notes Ryan Gentles, their Wunderkind Manager, whose been sitting fretting in the hotel lobby for what appears to be half the night and all of the morning. "This is new..." he means Julian's tan La Coste jumper... not the attitude.

When we get our turn at The Strokes info trough the boys are tucking into Thai rice and a round of the amber nectar. It's 1pm. The sun is shining. Handshakes and suitably half-assed 'nice to meet you's' are flung at us and we wade in...

First, an Icebreaker. Giving them a present fresh from Brixton Market - Your All Plastic Friend: Sir Mixalot Prime - hastily re-christened toy Robot of Asian origin, is about as good as ice breaking gets. The mood of the interview is set... they like us, we admire and respect their ability to make Sir Mixalot simulate sexual intercourse with Nicolai Fraiture. "You bought us a present? That's so cool!" they chime satisfyingly. All except Julian who looks mortified, "I had a dream last night and that Robot... a Robot just like that destroyed the world..." Ah...Ok, maybe we should get straight to the questions.

Right, so what makes the world turn for them? Playing music and doing their stuff, by all accounts. Their stuff: a sublime mix of 70's NYC and noughty's savvy. Fashion flash and strep throats, with a smattering of anglophilia to match the op-shop chic. Garage soul sensibilities and themes as diverse as personal disgust and underage lust. They are 'The Kids' too so it seems right to mellow out with a few pop culture questions to gauge their mind sets:

In the movie Warriors, which gang did you relate to most? Fab: Oh wait...I've seen that. Is that like the 70's one where they're in gangs running across New York? Yeah! Nicky: There's the baseball gang, and the “girl gang” Fab: What was the main gang? WARRIORS! Albert: WARRIORS! Fab: Yeah, we're the Warriors!! Totally.

After an hour of this we discover that Julian always roots for the underdog and doesn't "really give a fuck about baseball" and that the last time Albert cried was "as the plane was taking off". For Fab it was when Nicky's girlfriend dumped him (for the cute one from Weezer no less). At this Nicky leaps to his feet to sing Don't Cry For Me Fabrizio! At the top of his lungs.

"The Beatles hated each other, but we love each other", Nicky says. To prove the point they all agree that if they could only take five things to a desert island they would take each other and their Manager. That is until Julian demands that one band member opt out so they can "take something more useful like a girl... or our fucking instruments". In the nick of time Nicky reasons that they can make their instruments out of coconuts and bamboo.

The band are open and unguarded - they want to chat. Chiefly with each other, but it's fine just being around this kind of energy. They even happily answer the question that's been raging through the music press for the last six months: YES! Their names are real. As Nicky puts it "Course they're fucking real," gulp, "what a stupid question."

"You wanna see my passport?" yells an unfazed Fab. Cue enormous Italian passport (he was born in Brazil of Italian parents but grew up in NYC) and suitably hideous soccer mullet teenaged photo, nom de: Fabrizio Moretti. "It looks ridiculous," he sighs, "It looks like I'm out of the Military!"

Julian is also carrying proof, so you know they've had this problem before. Cue credit card sized driver's license and an acute sense of having offended your new friends.

Julian F. Casablancas. Nicolai Fraiture. Fabrizio Moretti. Nicky Valensi. Albert Hammond Jnr. You have to ask. You just have to.

Oblivious to the fact that nearly everyone in England is named John Smith, they are dumbfounded that they get asked this question at all. "I guess we just had cool parents who chose our names," chimes Fab, "My mom was like (mock Italian accent) I think this boy will be a rocking roll star!"

The table then descends into chaos and spilt pints as they 'discuss' the finer moments of Mrs. Moretti's partum experience. "But," adds Fab soberly, "she didn't know I was only going to be a drummer... she was too extravagant."

And what about their collective name? 'The Strokes' brings all manner of vaguely squishy images to mind, not the least of which is that favoured by the British press. "What? You mean like...masturbation?" asks Julian looking all innocent, like he is daring us to say the word. Er...yeah, or is that more indicative of your interviewers mindset?

"Nah, it's got nothing to do with that... well... it has, but, no." Albert takes up the baton, "Actually I was reading something about strokes and it described it like a lightening strike in the brain that changes everything." He passes it to Fab, "It's like our music!" One hit and you're never the same again? "Exactly!"

Evidently no subject is sacred. When we finally get round to asking them the all-important 'Who was better - Wham! Or Duran Duran?' question, they almost all say Wham! (Except Fab who's enjoying singing 'Rio' at the top of his voice...bless) Why not Duran Duran? "They took themselves too seriously." states Nicky emphatically.

Fair cop. But a bit rich coming from a band that refuse to do video's, co-produced their debut album without taking any credit, and toured every little pub town from here to Toad Suck, Arkansas. A band who have yet to release an LP (slated for September) despite appearing on the cover of every self respecting music mag on both sides of the pond. They take themselves seriously, OH YES.

The album, 'Is This It', took them one month to record... one month... thirty days. It is the product of their 'salad days' gigging around Manhattan and Philadelphia.

 "That's why it works so well," says Fab, "we've had a really really long time to perfect the album outside the studio... an album that's like... that's who we are as The Strokes."

Who they are is a piece of carefully crafted art that WILL move you from the groin on out. A record to be cherished for its ability to make you smile and get up. Surely this is the wonder of 'Is This It', it's Rock 'n' Roll that makes ya wanna move.

After experimenting with a different producer, namely Gill Norton of Hüsker Dü fame, the boys went back to their old friend Gordon Raphael who originally produced their 3 song EP 'Modern Age'. They wanted to cut back on production, as Albert says, "To keep it true to the live set." They all agree that Norton was great, but not for them.

"Doing things professionally doesn't fit with our style," the lax and by now pissed voice of Julian crawls across the table, "if we stay...raw it sounds, like...great." RAW?! Talk about understated! On the track 'Take It Or Leave It' you can hear this man's tonsils crying out for mercy, you can smell the blood on Albert's shirt sleeves... This ain't no Radiohead mate.

The band even co-produced the album to maintain a level of control over the sound. The chemistry between them and Raphael worked it's way onto the vinyl.

"When you're working with someone and you know that the two of you are just doing something better than you were doing on your own. That's the best way to work." says Julian of the experience. They're not completely pleased with the Steve Albini School of Sound Engineering however. "I don't think it looks that cool when a band produce themselves," pipes Nicky, "You wanna picture the band going in and playing the songs (not) oh now they're too cerebral. It's like a fun thing." So no credits for the boys. They just wanna rock, and drink. Which has to be admired.

They're also un-phased by the press's insistence on linking them to The Velvet Underground, The Stooges, The Ramones and any number of late 70's NYC Punk they care to mention. 'Is This It' isn't going to shatter anyone's illusions about what these boys want to sound like. This album springs from the head of John Cale fully formed and fighting fit.

"What a cool band to be compared to," admits Julian about The Velvet Underground. He means a band that's beloved and credible, different and weird... not to mention fucking good. "It's sorta a subconscious goal to have music that cool, but actually make it popular... a cool way to make popular music more interesting." Hurrah.

We demand an explanation for so suddenly signing to majorinos RCA then. A chorus of oohs and ahhs goes up around the table before the earnest protestations that RCA are the best of a bad bunch, not so bad, and quite ok really fly. They do look slightly... defensive? Cautious? Albert pipes up: "It's like being a bisexual!" Being with RCA is like being a bisexual? "Yeah, you get the best of both worlds."

The rest of the band agrees. "They just give us money and stay out of our way" says Nicky, flicking his hair out of his eyes.

Are they unrepentant about signing to a major?

"I had the fucking head of RCA on the phone at 4 o'clock in the morning," states Julian, "telling me how much he loved the album." Yes indeed.

So sign to the Rough Trade phoenix for your soul's sake and the Big Money for lig? Why is this not sickening? Why are the credibility censors not in overdrive? Because this is a BAND pure and simple. Mates who saw the spark reflected in each other. And they ain’t that pretty or well dressed. OK they are, but the point is, they just ARE. The Strokes were always going to happen thank Christ. A wake up call for the apathetic. No slouching unless you mean it. More than the sum of their parts, more than The Velvets/Stooges/Television honorists.

"I had this idea to make it (the album) sound like music heard in the future from 30 years ago," says Julian. Fab explains, they were listening to the radio and La Bamba by The Gypsy Kings came on.

"It was terrible and Julian said we should make it (their music) sound like it was the original, by Richie Valens."

Huh? Julian pipes up, "I wanted to make the music sound like it was from 30 years ago, but being heard now. With everything that entails. Do you understand?" If he means pared down and honest to the point of embarrassing, then yes. "Or the other way", he says, "like music from the future heard now..."

True, 'Is This It', sounds a little like it's something you dug out of your Dad's wardrobe where the band on the cover are all wearing winkle pickers, whatever they are. There's more though, an understanding and knowledge that blasts the naïveté of 60's Garage out into space. It's lyrical. 'The Space ships they won't understand'?

"The lyric is 'IN space ships they wont understand'," corrects Julian talking about the bridge to 'Last Night', "and what it means is that in the future, when we're all flying to work in fucking space ships, it'll still be the same old shit. Like, no one will understand why you have to just do it." Fab leaps up to hug Julian, "That's fucking beautiful man!"

Julian's descriptive powers aside, aren't they worried that they'll loose this edge? Money, girls, and power, have wrecked havoc with better men than them.

"But who cares as long as it sounds like we want," mutters a very distracted Nicky, only putting his head up occasionally from his magazine. "I mean, rawness (derisive snort), maybe we will want it more produced if that's what we like."

And here in lies the rub. In a perfect world RCA would not throw money at these kids. RCA would ignore them no matter how good they actually were, no matter how much they want the cotton wool cosseting of the Big League. The band would have to work, creating themselves every step of the way. Paying their dues and becoming in the end a band utterly worthy of the great white hope tag that has been hanging so carelessly on their coat hanger shoulders. They are SO good, but you want them to be great. And Christ you can smell the greatness waiting to get out in every jangled chord of Hard to Explain, on every slinky line of Barely Legal. These things take time. One album does not a legacy make. There has to be more to come, and there is such a thing as too much too soon.

A friend said, they'll get exactly what they wanted. And the sad thing is so will we, the 20-episode Pop Stars fix. Will hype drown the creative spark? The worry is that in 6 months time no ones gonna give a fig about Fab's broken hand, and Julian's Dad, anymore than they'll care about any second album. The backlash that never should have been may have already begun...

A few days later we bump into The Strokes lending moral support to fellow NYC space cadets, the Moldy Peaches, at their first London gig. The boys are high as heaven having come straight from the BBC where they recorded three songs for the legendary Top of The Pops. "Man," wails Julian, resplendent in pink silk tie and shiny grey suit jacket, "It was so fucking cool! It fuckin' rocked!"

Fab is more sedate. "I can't believe we did it, but I fucked it up!" Surely not? "I was so nervous I kept making mistakes. I sucked." But watching their performance on the show later it is easy to see that this is a band still on the rise, perfectionism aside they control the stage, the cameras and above all the hearts and souls of an audience more accustomed to Shaggy and Nelly Furtado. The fact that they're on TOTPs at all (their single Hard to Explain entered the UK charts in the top 20 on a wave of passion and NME hype) speaks volumes about the music buying public's desire for some goddamn GRUNT.

At their epoch marking, celebrity studded, sold out show at Heaven in London, tickets are changing hands for £150! At the after party the place is in a frenzy. The boys can barely move for the cameras clicking, autographs to be signed and girls hanging off every thread of their thrift store suits.

"I've been trying to get to the other side of the room for the last hour," Julian says incredulous and separated from his mates as they are accosted from all sides.

Nicky is posing in a photograph for a fan. Nicolai is signing a CD. Albert is being followed and literally clawed by a young female. It is as if she senses that this is her only chance before he gets blasted into the rock god pantheon. Fabrizio escapes the seething mass, broken hand in a sling (sadly replaced temporarily half way through their UK and Australian tour with Strokes friend Matt Romano), opting to talk to people outside the guest pass zone.

They have made it, with all it entails. Young, talented, beautiful, cool and full of charisma, it seems that the rock and roll glitterati is at their blessed Rock'n'Roll feet. Hype and fashion aside, the music stands for itself. This is what we've been waiting for.

[fawnoverbrawn]

Dumb RE7/RE8 Headcannons

[Mostly RE8 sowwy]

Ethan Winters:

Avoids pet names, after Louisiana he started calling Mia "his miracle" to friends and family, Rosemary was the exception to this however, he constantly called her Rose / Rosey, My little flower, and his darling daughter. Mia is only slightly jealous

Used to have an annotated mushroom forging book, threw it out the second he got home.

CisHet, but an absolute ally. Would punch your homophobic dad in the face

Would've been that dad to somehow have a dozen random kids in his house that he fed and took care of like his own

Quit his office job once he came back and ended up being a stay-at-home dad while Mia picked up a job nearby in Europe

Spent most of Biohazard half asleep because he got around 2 hours due to driving straight there after getting the email [stolen from the diva @crumb-crumblet-s-crumbington ]

Knows how to use guns due to his dad being a cop

Weeb

Absolutely adores his wife. Constantly posts on social media about her. He only posts about Rosemary more

Mia Winters:

Unlike Ethan, almost exclusively uses pet names. Hubby is probably her favorite

Less of a headcannon and more of a fun concept: her maiden name was Wesker

Cis, Biromantic Demisexual. Ethan totally gifts her random pride merch because it reminds him of her

Had a sort of will they / won't they with Zoe before Ethan showed back up, still had a lot of unresolved feelings there when she got kidnapped

Mia was kidnapped around 2 weeks after Rosemary was born, and Miranda used "postpartum struggles" to more easily fit in

With Chris' help as a platonic co-parent, she was able to stay at home with Rose, but she was unable to properly care for her for around two years due to grieving Ethan. Chris ended up seeing a lot of Rose's firsts, and Mia spends all of her time trying to make up for lost time that Rosemary doesn't even remember

Was actually really fond of Evaline before she went berserk, and saw her as almost a little sister

Can absolutely fold a man in half if so desired

Rosemary:

Note: I have not seen the shadow of rose dlc, don't come at me

Occasionally accidently calls Chris 'dad', always profusely apologizes to both him and the photo of Ethan she has in her locket

Which, yes! She both wears his jacket and has a photo of him in her pocket. For some reason the face is worn away...?

Has a weirdly strong obsession with rot and fungi. Once scared her entire class by bringing in moldy food for show and tell

She's lesbian. I don't make the rules. Look at her.

Secretly hordes manga, she found it one day while they were going through old things and she uses it to try and bond with Ethan

Frequently refers to Ethan with his full name, sometimes calling him "her father", but never dad. She wishes she got to know him

OSU player

Somehow got the world record Speedrun for Alan Wake 2

Heisenberg:

Horse girl. I still don't make the rules

Bisexual Trans man [projects onto you like a motherfucker]

Homophobic /j

Miranda walked in on him watching MLP once. They never spoke about it again

Blatantly flirts with the very straight and very confused Ethan Winters

Coos about his horrible human experiment robots like they're his children. He does not take constructive criticism.

Dog person

Bullies Moraeu

Hates seafood [may or may not be related]

Collects Yu-Gi-Oh cards and will throw them at you full force

Less of a headcannon and more of a "I make cannon", his mecha form is a giant horse <3

Loves guns. Loves playing with guns. Once shot a hole in Dimetresc's wall and narrowly avoided getting his head cut off

Read about the French revolution ONCE and decided he wanted to do that, because it's silly!

Clown coded. Again, don't make the rules

Lady Dimetresc:

Shockingly Aroace [I'm sorry folks]

Absolutely adores her daughters, would've been good friends with Ethan under different circumstances

Helped Bela shave her hair

Spends half her time doing her hair. Spends the other half of her time murdering people and drinking their blood

Finds horror movies genuinely hilarious and watches them like comedies

Shortest temper known to MAN. Has thrown Heisenberg through a wall 78 times. But who's counting?

Scared of water

Hates how short all the doorways in her house are but keeps murdering the contractors she hires to fix them. Smh

Donna + Angie:

Donna loves little cakes and cookies! Frequently has tea parties with her dolls + Dimetresc

Pretty childish and reserved

Was genuinely scared of Ethan when he broke into the estate, thus The Infant

Has a fear of childbirth

Probably Aroace?

Angie is a front Donna puts up so the other lords take her seriously, and it's also a way for her to vent out her frustrations

Loves creating her own dolls

Would watch Moonlight Jewel / Dollightful

Spends her time either tending to her dolls or her garden, absolutely adores flowers

Her favorite flowers are Daffodils

[otakween]

Digimon Data Squad (Savers) - Episode 40

Woohoo! 40 episodes 🥳 I see the light at the end of the tunnel now.

Once again, this episode was boring in the first half and then got exciting towards the end. I just kinda zone out during the battle sequences and this was mostly that.

Also, I unfortunately was spoiled for the reveal of Yggdrasil's identity by MAL, but I'm not mad cuz I probably should have figured that one out myself 😅

Notes:

Craniummon totally looks like he was inspired by Skeletor from He-Man crossed with Zurg from Toy Story. I like his cool Q-tip sword

(Are those pig tails?)

Gotsumon is back for comic relief reasons. Honestly, most of the scenes with him weren't that funny but I liked his voice. (I noticed he used the uber polite "watakushi" pronoun)

I laughed like an 8 year old when Masaru confused the Japanese word for "den" with "butt." I think what sold the joke was everyone's understated reaction and correcting him.

There doesn't seem to be any acknowledgment in this version of Digimon that digimon were created by humans. Like the digimon want humans dead and kinda see them as like colonizers or something, but surely "digital monsters" would not even exist if not for humans, the inventors of computers? I'm not saying digimon can't be against their own maker, but it feels like they're acting like the whole digital world is completely organic and unrelated to humans or something. Like, can we get an origins lore dump for the Savers AU please?

Why does Masaru's dad have a robot voice filter in the dub? I guess they wanted him to sound more ~digital~

Wait so...Masaru's dad was Yggdrasil all along? There wasn't a Yggdrasil before he showed up? What about Yggdrasil in the X-Evolution movie? I need answers!

Masaru punching a sword was pretty silly (the fact that it worked so well was even sillier).

Very fun seeing all the royal knights finally assemble. It's kinda like Frontier DLC or something haha. UlforceVeedramon is a new one. I like the colors and the cape but the head design is underwhelming.

I like how we get exactly one (1) memory between little Masaru and his dad before the reveal. That felt kinda weak. I guess they didn't do a lot of planning ahead when writing this show because they could have built this up better with more flashbacks in previous episodes. Betrayals are less devastating when you barely know someone. All that being said, the memory was pretty adorable and so was baby!Masaru's high pitched voice.

Masaru's dad is wearing a weird full body leotard thing. Looks goofy as heck.

What in the deus ex machina was that final scene!? A pretty crazy looking digimon saved them, but it kind of went by too quick for me to absorb the design. I'll wait til next episode to get into it. The out of nowhere of it all was unintentionally funny though.

[toasty-does-blogs]

Hello this is a completely different style of post than Ive ever made ever, but Im giving it a shot!

So hello, my name is Toasty, I will be giving you a little theory for The Prince of Southland by Chris Geroux on webtoon.

Anywho spoilers for the newest episode of The Prince of Southland!

Okay so we’re finally back after just over a month, I bet we’re all pretty happy about that! I sure am! And the chapter quality did not disappoint (it never does) and for that reason I am here to share my analysis so let’s jump into it!

Lets start where I started thinking something was up with Jensen, Episode 139, Jensen obviously is upset, which is extremely understandable (I think we all were because Donnie is a sweetheart and deserves the world.) One thing I noticed is the emphasis on self sacrifice, specifically when he says “Better me than him.” Now Jensen in general isn’t as self sacrificing as many of the other cast members, since his entire life was just trying to survive. A main character trait of his actually is relying on instinct to survive, causing him to act more impulsively and sometimes selfishly, but this was different. Not that I don’t think Jensen wouldn’t do anything to keep Donnie safe, but never once have we seen him think about going back to the witch for any reason, he actively avoids things that may involve the witch even if it puts a strain on him and Donnies relationship. Now he is rushing in head first, at least that is what we’re led to believe, that he has no plan. But what negates this idea that this is no more than another possibly dangerous impulsive decision from Jensen is the fact that he puts on the bullet proof vest before leaving the safe house. At first I thought nothing of it, until the newest chapter. Jensen never once has worn anything like that before, and it’s clear that this was a purposeful decision. But why? Why now? Why didn’t he do that the countless other times where he knowingly put himself in danger, and why didn’t the others do the same?

In our newest episode, episode 142, we finally see our favourite gays reunite. But something is clearly off about Jensen, first thing I really noticed was Jensen saying that he’s sorry to Donnie didn’t seem like a “Im sorry you went through that” kind of sorry, more like a “sorry for what’s about to happen” type of sorry. What lead me to this conclusion is Jensen’s expression in that panel, he doesn’t look sympathetic, but more guilty, more like he’s thinking. Now maybe Im overthinking things, but perhaps he’s really finalizing or reworking whatever plan he has to himself, he looks almost frustrated, maybe Donnies dad being there was somehow interfering with his plan. Now Im not going to negate that Jensen did most definitely get “possessed” or controlled in this episode, seeing as he would never willingly harm Donnie like that, but then he just stops, as if waking up and sprints over to Del. On his way over to Del we don’t see Jensen’s face, not even a side view, which seems almost intentional to me, I think Jensen broke the witches control. When he takes the gun from Del, the kick to the head seemed to be more of a distraction, something to quickly disorient them rather than something to subdue them completely. When Jensen grabs the gun Del is more concerned that Jensen took their gun rather than that he is being controlled, almost as if they were able to notice that Jensen appeared to be perfectly in control and realized that Jensen was clearly up to something. Another thing that caught my attention when Jensen went to attack Del was that he seemed a bit more scatter brained, at least much less methodic and robotic than the last time we saw him being puppeted by the Witch. Now one question you may have is “But toasty how did Jensen escape the Witches control??” and too that I tell you, he was close to Donnie, not just close but literally underneath him! And proximity to Donnie almost always snaps Jensen out of the Witches control (which is adorable), so that gives me a good reason to believe Jensen was able to break free and enact his plan.

Now you might be thinking “Toasty where the FUCK are you going with this?” and I’ll tell you! My theory is, and hear me out, Jensen is planning to shoot the witch, and he does find her, but unfortunately for him, he ends up getting controlled anyways.

Anywho that’s my crazy person ramblings! Have a great day!!

Also everything is just a fun theory and I do not expect it to be canon at all lmfao!

[dozing-composing]

Hello! I hope you're having a nice day!

(Sorry if that sounds weird) but could you make a list of headcanons for Brock as the father of a girl with a genius level of intelligence? (How at one year old he could form small sentences and speak, at two read, and as he grows he only continues to become more intelligent to the level that he takes interest in computing/Robotics and becomes a hacker, and she always goes with brock to infodump or ask HIS view on certain topic(Even if he don't know about it, and her answer is like "I trust dad's judgment"))

Along with Billy as her godfather, since he is the most patient with her since she don't like be baby talked and want to help him with his proyects

Nonsense! This Doesn't Sound Weird At All! This Is Actually SO Adorable, Omg. Billy Being The Godfather Is Such A Nice Touch.. (Sorry This Took Forever To Get Through!)

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✦ It brought a new light to his life when his little girl came into the world. Little did he know that she's just as smart as she is beautiful. ✦ Each milestone brought new surprises. When she was learning to walk, she was also learning to talk! Granted, her words wasn't as clear, but it was above the normal babbling that babies do. During her toddler years, she was able to read through some books like Dick and Jane and some of the Biscuit series. They start getting more complicated as she grows. ✦ And things got a little hectic every time Pete and Billy (mainly Billy) made a visit for whatever reason, because she would go straight for Billy and see what he's working on. It lowkey makes him feel so accomplished knowing that someone is this interested in what he does. (It warms his heart so much!) ⤷With Brock seeing this, he had no choice but to make him the godfather. Billy almost had a falling out. He cried a little, and the next time he saw her, he gave her the biggest hug he could. ✦ She gets more involved in the world of computers and other technical stuff as she grows older. Brock almost choked Rusty out when he gave her blueprints for random stuff and told her to "do whatever." Rusty, of course, thought it was funny and saw no harm in it. ✦ Billy stops by more often to see how she's doing and will tutor her some. She has a peculiar interest for his arm, watching him reprogram it in between breaks. ✦ At one point, Brock thought his little girl was no longer his. They don't really have the same interests. It worried him that he wouldn't have a connection with her... But! All of that is proven wrong every time she talks to him. He really has no clue on what to say on some issues or subjects, but on others, he gives the best advice or opinions he can give her. It really eases his mind knowing that she'll always come to him first when she wants to talk. ✦ He puts in a lot of effort to understand his daughter's interests, but some of it leaves him absolutely dumbfounded. He tries, he really does, but all this coding and mechanics...It gets a little overwhelming. Instead, he stays there and listens and observes what she's up to. The closest thing he's ever gotten to was servicing his car and the X-1 and overlooking some of the equipment from the O.S.I. ✦ Sometimes if there's an issue at the compound/tower, she'll offer to look through the computers and help resolve it. But he refuses her to help out if there's some sort of invasion. God forbid anyone lays a hand on his daughter. ✦ Brock has his hands full with her, but he wouldn't have it any other way. They're the dynamic duo, with one being "tactical smart" and the other being "technical smart." He's actually more than grateful that she turned out the way she did because if she ended up being a mini-him, well...Let's just say he wouldn't be able to stand the thought of her getting into the same situations he did.

[weeb-polls-with-pip]

Morally Questionable Anime Milfs Side B Round 2 Match 1

Propaganda:

Prospera -

[SPOILERS] "She manipulates her daughter, Suletta, into killing people, blackmails Suletta’s fiancée, Miorine, and gaslights her along with Suletta, does everything in her power to get revenge on Miorine’s dad, Delling, for getting her husband killed via his raid on the space station she and him worked on that developed GUND tech for use as Mecha and prosthetics, and she attempts to reactivate Quiet Zero and wipe out most tech all in an attempt to get her daughter, Eri, to be able to exist freely in the world via Quiet Zero’s data storm (Eri is a digitized ghost inside the Gundam Aerial and Suletta is a clone of her by the way). She also has a really cool helmet and is G-Witch’s resident main villain and Char Clone."

Yui -

"Yui Ikari was a brilliant scientist in a brand-new field, with a husband who adored her and a bouncing baby boy. Of course, this was just after the evil conspiracy who employed her blew up Antarctica and destroyed the world by poking a dead god wrong. So she built a giant robot powered by a human soul in order to fight God and/or aliens and be the last monument to humanity, and then got herself absorbed by it. In front of her son and husband, utterly traumatizing them both.

I must stress that this is the good guy plan.

Anyway, now that her son can't successfully connect emotionally to anyone, he has to pilot the giant robot and fight all those alien gods. Her soul is still stuck in there, and she only can do anything when her son is completely overwhelmed, in which case she awakens as a literal berserk murder machine. Meanwhile, her husband has discarded all his morals and integrity to play a complex game against the evil conspiracy that employs him and will set off a process to destroy what's left of the world to resurrect her."

~ propaganda courtesy of @taperwolf

[yanderomantic]

Hey!! 1, 2, 3, 9 & 13 for the ask game? 👀

what got you into proshipping? -- politics. i started educating myself on marxism, dialectical materialism, i realized that pushing towards censorship is a conservative view, that in practice its the most disenfranchised members of society that get censored--people of color, trans women, queers of any flavor. in a world where the definition of pedophilia is getting expanded to include open trans women in florida, im not comfortable equating the exploration of dark fiction with child abuse. theres real world political impacts to this pedojacketing shit that harms the oppressed before the privileged, and im not taking part in it. also--we should normalize discussion of dark topics, in order for victims to feel safe processing their traumas--theres a lot of traumatized people stuck in anti circles who are too afraid of admitting the complicated truths of their trauma because the mere discussion of dark topics is such a deep taboo. theres a lot of social and political benefits to destigmatizing discussion. also i became staunchly pro-kink for about all the same reasons as i mentioned before, and in my mind kink & dark self shipping is basically in the same boat--imaginative play with dark themes & power dynamics.

what got you into selfshipping? -- friends! i mean, i always enjoyed daydreaming about my favorite characters, but i didnt realize there was a community to partake in until my pals got me into it. thank you lav ^_^

who is one of your your first/oldest f/os? -- good question! i mean, theres the characters ive adored since childhood that i spent my time daydreaming about, maybe even making ocs for--flippy from happy tree friends was probably the first character i properly self shipped with before realizing what self shipping even was cuz i was like, 9... but i had made ocs id project onto. the first few characters i decided to call my f/os--when i was first introduced to the self shipping community--will graham & herobrine, though i dont really self ship with herobrine & not sure if i ever truly did, i just liked him ^_^

9. who is a f/o you want more content of? -- not too sure! i have a couple that dont have a lot of content, but im not too pressed about it--mr robot, from mr robot, is a character i really really really like but the fandom doesnt explore him in the ways id like for it to. hilbert from w359 could definitely use some more content that appeals to me, im a little picky about my interpretations of podcast characters though.

(and i got your other ask specifying you meant 14! i assume you meant 14 over 13, so i'll answer 14 instead (: )

14. do you prefer romantic, platonic, or familial f/os? -- my familial f/o's have always meant the most to me & have brought me the most comfort. crowley from supernatural most of all. supernatural as a source has been deeply important to me in many ways. and then theres lucas baker from re7, who hits the sweet spot between romantic & familial both! which is a very very awesome spot for an f/o to be. i need more incestuous f/os in my life i think itd fix me whats kinda funny about platonic f/o's, if i like them enough they either start branching into romantic territory or familial territory eventually. like a few other spn characters, like kevin who i started crushing on, and um. jack. who. um. Well we're kind of incestuous. thematically. It was unavoidable. jack kline parallels me too much and his (biological) dad is grooming me so. It happens. we started having some kind of codependent sibling incest even before i accepted that im proship. it was unpreventable. Love you jack kline forever

(and yknow what just cuz i love talking ill answer 13 too)

13. do you create self inserts to be more like you, or an idealised version of yourself? -- it depends on how im feeling/who im feeling like when i get into the source/make my s/i! or, depends on the source and how it makes me feel. of course my spn self insert is pretty idealized, yet true to myself and my emotional complexes--fallen angel turned demon, but is still pretty bad at being a demon. and my re7 self insert is pretty true to my teenage self while being very much inspired by who i am today at 23. kind of an homage to the teenage self i couldve been if i was less lost in my identity. the self inserts i made for media i got into 2020-2022 are pretty different from the self inserts i make in 2024, because im just a different person. each self insert is kind of a snapshot of a person i once was/used to be/used to want to be. ive got a couple self inserts that are more idealized than others, like an au version of my spn self insert that gains her angel status back--very confident, reclaiming her femininity, revenge against abusers--a type of person i once looked up to, but i dont really idolize her the same way i once needed to. im always ever growing & so are my self inserts--ive got trans men, cis women, butch dykes-- all self inserts are versions of me ive been or can be

[fortpeat]

So rather than writing a typical review I thought I would share my live commentary 😂🤭🤭 but obviously I have a lot of thoughts regarding a lot of scenes but those are gonna be metas !

Mahasamut is so whippeddd AHHHH ... Tongrak acting cute is dangerous is Maha's heart 🤭🤭🤭

My HEARTTT 😭😭 Rak not wanting to waste the food cooked my Mahasamut 😭😭🥹🥹 AHHHH THEY ARE SO FREAKING PRECIOUS 😭😭

That was the most cutest beginning EVERRR 🥹🥹🥹 also I just know we are not at all ready for cutesy lovey dovey MutRak 🥹😍😍🥹

Rak acting like a baby... I mean ... I thought you were the sugar daddy Rak 🤣🤣

Mahasamut wishing the worst for Prin 🤣🤣 (YES BABY SHES THE DEVIL INCARNATE) also I am melting that he wanted to hear the story from Rak and not from anyone else 🥹😭😭😭

Rak's story 😭😭😭 I really want to smash his dad's head !!! 😡😡😡 Also that hug 🥹🥹🥺🥺🥺 AHHHH can I get that hug please.. also Rak complaining about the hug but keeping pulling in Mahasamut 🤭🤭🤭

One hug was all it took for Rak to be obsessed with cuddles 🤭🤭 I feel you Rak I totally feel you !

"Bangkoks record is clean zero" 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I CANTTTT HE IS A MENACE 🤣🤣🤣 Also what is up with Fortpeat charactersl and being horny while sleeping 🤣🤣🤣... OH GOD RAK IS SUCH A TEASEEE 🤣🤣

OH MY LORDDD I NEED AIR... THAT SHIRT TAKE OFF AND THE HAND ABOVE THE HEAD ?!!!! ,😳😳😳🥵🥵🥵🥵

Rak being jealous..... YESSS... my bucket list being fulfilled one by one 😍😍😍

Khom is a cutie I have to say and is it just me but Connor's voice sound like a robot AI version 🤣🤣 it's so weirddd 🤭🤭

HHAHAHAHA TIME FOR MAHASAMUT TO GET JEALOUS 🤣🤣🤣 oh god did I just watch the most ridiculous fight ever 🤣🤣 GOSH I LOVE THESE TWO...

Not Rak sulking at Vie's place 🤭🤭 fanfuckingtastically 🤣🤣🤣 (Rak showing that he's a writer) 🤣🤣🤣

Rak's house having the view of that waterfront 🥹🥹🥹 Mahasamut might be feeling a lot at home in those moments 🥺🥺🥺

AHHHHH meena is here 😍😍 she is so freaking adorable 😍😍😍 also her acting 👌👌 wow 😍🙏

Not them already acting like a married couple 🤭🤭🤭

Rak looking at their hands together while Mahasamut is answering the call 🥺🥺🥺 my emtionssss 😭😭😭

AHHHHH RAK SQUEALING YESS... THATS US... EVERY SINGLE TIME

Meena's question 🤣🤣🤣🤣 yup she is definitely Rak's niece 🤣🤣🤣 not the checklist 🤣🤣

Baby girl please don't read his novels 🤣🤣 you are still too young 🤭🤭

I can't help but focus on Fort doing all the random things in the background 🤣🤣

MutRak : "You can depend on me"

Meena : Rak and Mut sitting on a tree K. I S. S. I. N. G 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Meena honey you don't have to sell Tongrak to him 🤣🤣 that boy is so gone for your uncle 🤭🤭

Fortpeat with Nina ... OMGGGG 🥹🥹🥹😍😍😍 THEY ARE SO PRECIOUS 😍😍😍

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FORTS MOANSSS... 😳😳😳🥵🥵🥵

JESUS CHRIST ON A ROLLERCOASTER...

I WAS SO SO RIGHTT.... FORTS MOANS ARE OUT OF THIS WORLD... NO WONDER WE DONT GET TO HEAR THEM AT ALL... RHNSBFNABRNSH AHHHHHH MY EARSSSS I CAN'T BREATHEEEE... AHHHHHH

The end credits 🥹🥹🥹😭😭

THIS EPISODE... I need a week to recover from all those emotions 🫠🫠 📈 📉 📈 📉 📈 📉 📈 📉 📈 📉 this was my emotions throughout

[cerromoreno]

Starbula Week, Day 5: Alternate Universe and Day 6: Family / Holiday

This weekend has been crazy busy, so I guess I’m just combining the two most recent Starbula Week days for the price of one 😅

Basically, this is just a continuation of my post last year that explored the future daughter (Meredith Quill) that I imagine Peter and Nebula having. I won’t rehash it all here, but basically I picture her looking like Millie Bobby Brown, just blue (like…tell me there isn’t *some* resemblance here)

At the time, I didn’t realize that Millie was actually going to be starring in a movie with Chris Pratt (made by the Russo brothers, no less), called The Electric State, which will be releasing in 2025. And now that promo is starting up for it, my Starbula brain is quite delighted 🤭

So in today’s combo Starbula Week post, I’ll both share my headcanon about how an AU Meredith and Peter could fit into the visuals and plot of The Electric State…and, first, some recent press tour photos that look like Peter hanging out with his young adult daughter and make my heart happy 🥲💗

I’m sorry, this is STUPIDLY CUTE. I’ll also just assume that Peter recently lost a bet and had to shave his beard, since otherwise I can't think of why he'd be without his lovely facial hair from Vol 3 😤

Ok, so now for the Starbula/The Electric State AU!

I will admit, basically the only Starbula element here is the fact that she and Peter are married with an adorable daughter who is now in college on earth 😅

Also, I know nothing about this movie aside from what I've seen in the trailer! Everything here is 100% vibes lmao

So in this AU, somehow Peter and Meredith get stranded in a robot apocalypse and have to work together to save the world/escape/rescue Nebula/etc. I actually think it’s a cute concept in general, because how many father-daughter buddy-adventure films are there? 

Ok, here we go...

Meredith's first semester of college has just ended, and Peter comes to earth to bring her back home to Knowhere for winter break. Nebula can’t make it because an important work trip came up that she couldn’t reschedule, which is why she’s not on this adventure lol 🙃

On the way to Knowhere, the two get intercepted and basically kidnapped/trapped on this planet where robots have taken over. (And this is the only universe where this happens, hence it being an AU.) Maybe Meredith and Peter's ship get captured and brought to the planet via tractor beam, maybe it gets boarded and they're forced on to the robots' ship, idk. But clearly these robots had been looking for them…😱 *cue suspense*

Once Meredith and Peter are on the planet, they realize that they can’t escape or call for help, since this advanced robot tech is jamming all of their own technology. They somehow manage to escape their captors, and are now on the run in this strange planet, without a way to call Nebula or the Guardians to rescue them. They end up here for several weeks (months?), hence Peter’s hair getting shaggy and Meredith having a super 90’s hairstyle. (In reality, I think the movie is just set in an alternate 1990’s lol) 

In the meantime, they learn how to work together as a father/daughter duo. Peter reluctantly teaches Meredith how to use a gun and fight, and, after feeling sheltered and coddled by her parents her whole life, Meredith finally feels like she’s being respected and treated like an equal by her dad.

(Of course, who can blame Peter and Nebula for coddling their daughter and wanting her to have a safe, sheltered life, after the childhoods they had both had?)

Also, since there seem to be some nice robots that they team up with in this movie, I guess during their adventures, they end up gathering a little team of friendly robots who want to overthrow the evil robots who are in charge of the planet.

Eventually, Peter and Meredith learn the backstory of these robots, and why the two of them have been brought here. The robots were originally made on earth, or some earth-like planet, that had decided to scrap the idea of sentient robots entirely and sent them all into space, where they crash-landed on this random planet and eventually took it over.

(Maybe the evil leader robots want to take over the universe – typical 🙃 – in retribution for being cast out by their creators, and the nice robots just want to live in this planet in peace, but are being forced to cooperate with the evil, in-charge robots or be taken apart...)

Meredith and Peter also learn that they’ve been kidnapped and brought here as bait for Nebula, who the robot leaders have been enthralled with ever since they’d learned about her – a being who is both mostly robot and is alive. They'd decided that by holding her family ransom, she’d be forced to give herself up in exchange for their safety. What these robot leaders actually wanted with Nebula, Peter and Meredith still aren't sure.

But once Peter and Meredith are eventually kidnapped, Nebula (who has, along with the rest of Knowhere, been distraught for weeks at the disappearance of her family) is sent a message: Unless she comes to their planet, alone, within 24 hours, her daughter and husband will be killed. 

Nebula's arrival on the planet basically starts the climax of the "movie," where she learns that the robot leaders’ goal is to finish her “upgrades,” making her 100% robotic like them. That way, she can be a sort of god for them as they fulfill their "destiny" of wiping out the universe of non-robotic creatures. (The more I thought about this scenario, the more this actually seemed like an MCU-esque mission/galaxy threat, lol.)

Meredith, who is restrained next to her dad, tries to convince her mom not to go along with the exchange and to escape while she still can. However, when a guard begins torturing Meredith in front of her, Nebula distraught, agrees to all of their terms. Of course she’d do anything to protect her daughter. 

And then, of course, they all somehow get out of it 🤪 Maybe Meredith and Peter's new robot friends, who had always been undervalued by the more advanced robots that took charge of the planet, are able to sneak Meredith a gun and she is able to kill the robots holding her captive and free herself, Peter, and Nebula. Then, once they’re all free, the trio – plus their robot friends – are able to destroy the robot leaders for good and free the rest of the planet from their control. Yayyyy

And in the process, the Meredith and Peter (and Nebula!) of this AU have gotten to grow closer, having survived a robot apocalypse and even saved the galaxy together. 

So there you go! My extremely random Starbula AU...with visuals to go with it! 😉

I really do love that no matter how the movie turns out (even though it sounds like the relationship between Millie and Chris’ characters is central to the plot, which is amazing), it will definitely have some fun visuals and vibes to fuel this AU that I've come up with. Can't wait for March 2025! 🥳

@starbula-week

[sober-stupid-shithead]

1. Ramble about your transformer dudes. Still trying to learn stuff cause apparently I am one of the few here who have no clue what is happening there.

2. Who, of the transformer dudes you like, would be the most edible, and who would be the most pred material?

OMGOMG OKAY

If you want to start learning more on your own or get into the fandom, I suggest starting with Transformers: Prime! It's the best introductory series imo because it explains things very well and doesn't have the same obvious sexist/racist undertones that get randomly thrown at you in G1 (not to say it isn't good, that show is also fantastic and surprisingly inclusive for its time)

AND THE SEQUEL ISNT THAT BAD DONT LET THE MASSES TRICK YOU 😭😭 Robots In Disguise(2015) is one of those shows that is mainly carried by fun characters because the writing is wack, but it's good I promise 😭😭 It has one of the arguably best arcs for Bumblebee I've seen outside of the comics, and Strongarm is hands down my favorite woman in any transformers media.

ON TO THE VORE!! LMFAO!! (I'm gonna choose from RID15 characters because they're my favorite hehe)

Best prey is OBVIOUSLY the minicons because they're small and bite sized, but also because the main minicon characters are simply adorable and I want to protect them so bad. Fixit is one of my favorite characters and I think he deserves some tummy nap time, but Slipstream and Jetstorm give me the most insane cuteness aggression like I need to eat them so bad. Even Fracture's minis, Airazor and Divebomb have very cute adorable prey energy. Baby bastards, they are. (grown ass men btw) (also honorable mention to Clampdown for being hilarious and giving insane prey vibes)

Best pred is a toss up because good lord there are so many ideal pred options in RID15. Grimlock is a massive adorable himbo, Bumblebee is a protective dad, Steeljaw is a weirdly zesty werewolf car... The list goes on. (another honorable mention for Fracture) But I gotta say out of pure bias I think Bumblebee is my favorite because he's my beautiful gorgeous fantastic sexy beautiful wife.

My other universe (technically the same one but shhh) choice is TFP Starscream because he would make the most tryhard stupid cute pred and the wettest most pathetic prey in the world. Thank you for coming to my Ted talk.

Thank you so much for doing that little reverse request thing! This was super fun to answer and I totally started rambling lmao. can u tell im autistic. Fun fact, Grimbee vore was what introduced me to this side of the fandom in the first place! Anyway, have a lovely day and thank you again for the silly questions :3