#there were many options here really and all of them deserved it. get his ass stephanie

[maemil]

I did a Spoiler flipping off the camera doodle and decided that Bruce pissing her off was the funniest option.

[ID: A fake tiktok that consists of Stephanie Brown in her Spoiler costume flipping off the camera. The text onscreen reads "pov: you're batman" and the caption says "#banned from the batcave again #screw that guy" then "time 2 see if batwoman's hiring"]

[klovesyall]

Oh my. My brain is full of ideas, but I can't write.

Spencer, but it's his first time showering with his gf? Either she casually invites him to join her, or maybe she's also a member of the BAU and was injured and needs some assistance?

AN: oh absolutely hun. I wasn’t sure if you wanted nsfw or fluff so I went with fluff for a safe option. Also I’m so sorry if this lowkey sucks. This is definitely my first rodeo with writing and I know it’s not perfect but I hope you kinda like it?

OK MORE RECENT AN: im sooooooooooooooooooooooo sorry this took so long. I don’t even have an excuse. And I’m so sorry because this is ASS. But I feel bad not giving you anything so here you go

Warnings: Fluff, swearing? , talk of nakedness and stuff idk

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Spencer had been extra protective of you ever since you got hurt. He didn’t want you to lift a single finger, even though you were perfectly capable. He made you food , carried your bags, hell- he even offered to carry you if your crutches got too annoying. All of this to say , he was willing to do anything to make you comfortable.

“Spence, I’m gonna take a shower.” You say with your back turned as you grab some pajamas out of the dresser drawer.

“What?” His voice was filled with concern, as it often was. When you turned around toward him he had the same amount of concern written on his face

“I have to shower Spencer, my hair is so dirty it looks wet.” You haven’t washed your hair in a few days, relying on dry shampoo and braided hair to get you by.

Spencer was thinking for a moment , you could tell by the way his brow furrowed slightly. He finally answers “Let me help you.”

You were slightly taken aback by his response. Spencer wasn’t usually confident enough to initiate or out right suggest anything intimate. And taking a shower together was definitely intimate. Not to say you were opposed to the idea though

“Are You Sure Spence? You do know I shower naked right?” Your tone was some what joking but also kind of not. Regardless you hear the little chuckle you love so much

“Yes I know. I dont want you to fall and get hurt any more than you already are. If you don’t want me to thats fine I just-“

You cut him off

“That would be really helpful, thank you.”

You see Spencer’s worry ease from his face and it’s replaced with a little curve of his lip

You give him a little smile before returning to grabbing your pajamas and walking to the bathroom. Spencer graciously follows you inside, locking the door behind him. When you turn to the counter , Spencer is quick to slip past you, turning on the shower for you.

“Do you take your showers warm or hot.” Spencer asks as if it’s so incredibly normal

“Uh hot I guess? It’s ok I can-“

He stops you when you begin to walk over

“Let me Take Care of you. Please.”

You sigh “you know I can do it myself.”

Spencer takes a step toward you, placing his hands on either side of your shoulders

“I know, but I don’t want to risk anything. You do so much for me and you deserve to be helped as well, especially when your injured. So please let me do this for you.” His voice is soft but you can tell how strongly he feels about this

“Ok, I’ll let you handle it.” I say

He smiles “can I take your clothes off?”

I Nod “You don’t have to ask.” You said that a lot, and it didn’t matter how many times you did. Spencer always asked

He grabbed the bottom of your shirt and you raised your arms. He pulls the shirt off your body and folds it before placing it on the counter. He does the same with your pants. Your standing only in your underwear now

“Do you want me to do the rest?” You ask

He shakes his head “turn around for me.”

You turn so your back is facing him and he unclasps your bra, sliding it down your arms until it hits the floor. He hooks a finger under your underwear on either side of you, pulling them down and helping you step out of them. He smiles when he meets your eyes again

“See something you like pretty boy?” You raise an eye brow in a teasing manner.

“Always.” He replies before walking you over to the shower. Holding his hand, you slowly take a step inside until your under the water. Once inside , Spencer takes a step back and sheds his clothes as well before joining you in the shower.

Spencer had ensured that you had a shower bench installed into the bathroom you shared when you moved in together. He said it was for safety reasons but, you still wondered if it might be for other things.

“Sit.” Spencer says, leading you to the bench.

When you sit down he detaches the shower head and wets your hair. When it’s what he considers wet enough, he lathers shampoo into his hands and begins to massage it into your scalp.

This man has very capable hands, many uses. And washing your hair just got added to the list of them. You close your eyes from a moment letting out a contended sigh

“Feel good sweetheart?” Spencer asks gently

“Mhm, definitely.” You reply, barely opening your eyes.

Spencer rinses out the shampoo and conditions your hair. He helps you wash off and when you finally stand , you wrap your arms around his neck. His hands lace around your waist

“Thank you Spencer, you’re an angel.” You say pressing little kisses to his jaw. You can see the blush creeping on Spencer’s face.

“You’re welcome, I’m always happy to help you.” He says peering down at you.

The two of you exit the shower. Wrapping towels around your selves and getting dressed- well Spencer refuses to let you dress your self so he helps you. He even blow drys your hair for you because he knows you don’t like going to bed with it wet.

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You lay in bed on your side facing him as he looks back at you. You reach out and brush a strand of his hair out of his eyes.

“You should stay home tomorrow.” Spencer says breaking the silence.

“Absolutely not. I’m perfectly capable of going into work. Plus Hotch would have my head if I didn’t go.” You say and Spencer sighs

“I don’t like the idea of you out on the field” he says once again with concern

“You’ll be with me. I’ll be fine.”

He sits up “I don’t want you to be fine I want you to be healthy.”

You sit up and scoot close to him “Spencer I’m going to work. If it makes you feel better I’ll stay back with Penelope and help her.”

Spencer relaxes a little “yea. Ok that makes me feel better. But don’t go doing anything stupid. That means no trying to entertain Penelope with” Spencer throws up air quotes “crutch tricks”

You groan and lay back down “whatever you say.”

You can hear Spencer’s little laugh as he turns off the lamp.

[gremlingottoosilly]

"If you need to be mean"

Konig just got his promotion to colonel. It also came with deployment in a terrorist-ridden country, but at least he would get an adorable, civilian you as a prize. TW: Konig being a huge pervert, Canon-Typical violence, Dub-Con, Innocence kink, Age difference(Konig in his yearly 40, Reader in young 20)

Pairing: Konig x fem!Reader Tags: Fluff, Power Imbalance, Hurt/Comfort, Size Kink, Possessive Konig, Yandere Konig, Creepy scary stalker Konig, written mostly from Konig perspective Word count: 5213 My AO3

Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5

König hates this fucking country.

Shithole in the middle of nowhere, with literally nothing going on – some border quarrels with some terrorists that are desperately trying to settle into the big war on terror that won’t achieve a thing and would be meaningless anyway. No one wanted to actually station here – this is why they promoted him so quickly, just so they could send him away like a pack of garbage they can’t give two shit about throwing out. 

He never even wanted this promotion. Too much work, too many people, never enough time to relax. Payment is sweet, of course – if he only had time to use any of this. He is too old for new titles, you can’t teach old dog new tricks – and, quite frankly, he does feel terribly old while doing nothing but pushing papers and listening to some useless fucking recruits with their reports. 

Job is simple – stay on the base, make sure that the locals won’t become too villifed to the soldiers that are supposed to protect them, even though he already knows how people would feel about the PMC stationed in their city. Fights with occasional resistance from the outsider force that decided “Hey, let’s just annex our neighbor, what could possibly happen?”. He doesn’t know a lot about this country – but if they have enough money to hire KorTac to help the local forces, he might be quite interested. If he only had energy for that anymore – between relentless paperwork and occasional yelling at his stupid fucking nonsense of rookie – seriously, it feels like they hired a bunch of edgy 12 year olds instead of normal soldiers. 

Job is simple and he finds himself bored to death because this isn’t what he enlisted for. He wanted to fight, to kill, to burden this urge to hurt people who once wronged him with someone who is – probably, maybe, somehow – deserve it. Not really a noble cause, but he stopped playing knight in shining armor once they used him as an infiltration weapon instead of what he actually wanted. All hopes and goals in his life were buried deep with his first sniper rifle – and rude comments about his inability to sit still, even though he is still as good at being a killing machine as a human being possibly can. 

— Sir! We, uh, have a problem to report. 

Gut. 

A problem – this sounds as exciting as it can be. Last time his brigade got a problem, it was about some new recruits falling down with stomach ache because of the forged alcohol they were drinking. Also that one time someone tried to burst their way into the base – not fun, since officers took care of him, but it was at least something to do except for reading and scrolling through various housing options like he actually has a use of buying something with more than one bedroom. Like someone would look at him and love him – enough to pass through some easy fling and start living with him. No one would do that – even his parents couldn’t. 

Still, the problem sounds exciting. Maybe, he could actually go on a mission instead of feeling useless. They promoted him just to pin on the wall like a trophy.

— Repost immediately, soldier. What is it? 

— A civilian, well…a civillina woman…lady, broke the curfew. 

And here it is. Not an unexpected attack from his enemies, not even a drunken fight that someone from his subordinates decided to join and ended up getting their asses kicked. Is this what years of service come to? Watching over some stupid club girls broking the easiest fucking rule to follow, like getting home at midnight is a completely alien experience for them. One of the things he hates about his rank – he is used like a public figure, giving speeches, trying so hard to come up with something other than “Ja, we will kick asses of everyone who tries to infiltrate your country, don’t worry” and then he has to act like he knows what he is doing. Which he obviously doesn’t. If there was a way to just give up his rank and become a shadow again, a monster under a terrorist’s bed, he would do it. Without even a second to think. 

— Send her to the police. We aren’t supposed to deal with…

Then comes the second guy – he doesn’t even remember his name, fuck this, he is supposed to be a father to his troops, or big brother at least, but he couldn’t give less of a fuck to someone weaker – inferior, smaller, someone who will die within a week or so in his first battle because apparently, higher-ups just love recruiting spineless teenagers now. 

Second guy comes to the room, holding someone very firmly by their hand – and König isn’t religious, he isn’t even sure when was the last time he was at any church, the little prayers his grandma used to sing is long forgotten for him, but he sees your face and almost believes in angels. 

König is too old for this shit, again, he hates this country, his team, his rank – then he looks at your face, the way it twists with fear and nervousness because of course, one of his dumb subordinates is holding you too tight and the softness of your flesh – why in the world you are wearing such light clothes, it’s night outside, you will catch a cold and he would give you his jacket, but that would drown you under the weight of it, and he don’t want you to smell the alcohol he has on his clothes, terrible coping mechanism with boredom, and he might just give you something else, maybe, like his shirt or a…

Wait a minute. 

He doesn’t even know your name, even though he is sure this is something gorgeous and would look perfect next to his last name, but he looks at your face and all the years of his military training is suddenly washed away because he can’t even muster a thing out of his mouth. Thank god no one is forcing him to stop wearing his hood – he wouldn’t be able to survive otherwise, not with how hot his face feels right now. You are nervous, this is obvious, since you broke the curfew and went on the streets past 11 pm. He should just bring you to the police, he isn’t even sure why his soldiers would bring some random civilian to the base. He immediately wants to give this private a raise – for bringing him a goddess walking on Earth. Angel, succubus, all of the fancy names and…it feels like he is going crazy. And he should compose himself. Be a good example of a rotten mercenary commander. 

— Why were you breaking the curfew, miss..?

He hates how squeaky his voice sounds, even after all the years in service he can’t get rid of that boyish tone and nervousness every time he is talking to women. All the fear is immediately washed away after you tell him your name – and it’s gorgeous, perfect, feels like something he can devour, something he can moan in the depth of the night while using his hand as a poor substitute for the warmth of your body. 

The pause lingers too much and he already suggests just…taking you. To further investigation. to see if you are really just an innocent person caught up in breaking the rules or an enemy spy – which would give him the perfect opportunity to interrogate you and hold you for a bit longer. He wants you to be a problem, actually – that would give him the authority to hold you here, to think about you in a way that won’t immediately make him a bad person. 

— Went to the pharmacy. Forgot about the time, I’m…I’m sorry. 

You look guilty and weak and nervous obviously – a good girl caught up in the reality of her home country now implementing new rules just so it won’t get annexed by their neighbor. He wants to protect you – or give you the real reason to be scared of him. He wants to be good, but you look too cold in those clothes and he wants to give you something more. Or warm you up in a different way – which makes him feel horrible, his skin crawls and hands are fidgeting again even though he is almost sure he forgot about that habit after a few trigger-happy moments with the enemies. 

— Pharmacies should be closed by this time. Why were you here so late? 

Soldier that brought you here left you with König – colonel, you saw him in the newspapers and on TV, some public speeches while concealing his face in various ways. You don’t trust him, don’t trust the mercenaries – how can you believe that they are going to save you if they don’t even dare to show their faces? He is even scarier in person – big, hulking, too muscular to feel safe, with something like a sack thrown over his head. You want to forget about the medicine you bought and just run away, but that would only mean outright saying that you are guilty. 

You brace yourself and try not to feel too small, but König just wants to wrap his hands around you and throw that weak body of yours on his shoulder. Not letting you go away. Ever.

— I…got lost. Sorry, I know what this looks like, but I just changed the apartment and…look, this is a bog misunderstanding. I have my documents, I’m local! Not some spy or anything, I promise. 

Too bad – you would have the opportunity to escape if you were an enemy. Some evil and wicked femme fattal that is here to seduce him and get the important information out of him – but if you are telling the truth and nothing, but a civilian, he isn’t sure that he could save you from…falling to his hands. It’s stupid, he should really just find someone to fuck, he is getting desperate over the first cute and gentle girl he saw in this place – but really, do he has a chance with a soldier if just a helpless weakling like you can make him kneel? He needs to compose himself. 

— You really shouldn’t be out so late. There is a reason the curfew is upheld. It saves you from the danger. 

— For now the only danger after midnight is your soldiers, apparently. 

Your breath hitches as you understand what you just said – god, who was holding your tongue and making you blurt this in front of the fucking commander? You might have had the chance of just escaping before, you weren’t doing anything wrong, you know that some of your friends were breaking the curfew after a party or late visits, but they were never held to the police or martial law – soldiers are understanding of the situation, no one from the young people actually wants to stay in their houses no matter the threats war can bring. You might have the chance of going out with nothing but some harsh words about those stupid younglings ignoring the rules – but now you insulted his men and this will probably bring you to jail for the night at least or something even more…

He laughs. And the sound of it makes your cheeks warm. 

— Ja, I can understand why you would say that. But you shouldn’t break the curfew. 

You feel like winning a lottery, but the prize isn’t money – it’s the chance of getting out of this creepy building and going home to your warm sheets and slight smells of devastation and loneliness. 

— I’m really sorry, sir, I won’t do this again. Promise. 

You look guilty, and König loves this expression. The softness of your face, the way your eyes are filled with tears when you think he would actually make you goto jail or do something even worse. He relishes in this power over you – even though he doesn’t mingle with civilians, always keeps a safe distance with women around him, never dares to even give them a careful look. He wants to take you away – protect from the world around you, from this fucking place, from all the dangers. The only thing that is dangerous to you seems like him – because he is the only one with power here, the only one who can decide whether he wants to behave like an asshole and lock you away or…

— I can’t just let you go. Let me…I can escort you to your residence so I can make sure you actually went home. And not somewhere else.

He looks at your pharmacy bag – it's a shitty plastic one, transparent and see-through. He understands immediately why you would decide to run to the pharmacy so abruptly even within the vicinity of the curfew – and the fact your bag contains pads and pain medicine only makes him want to scoop you in his arms and get you to his quarters. Government gave them a pretty nice location for the base and he, as the commander, got a bedroom that won’t even make you think about the military. Perks of quartering outside of base, even the barracks are nicer than the ones at home – and he would love to introduce your sore body to the comforts of warm sheets. 

You look at him, surprised and nervous, your adorable lips twists in a pout as you think about your options. You can’t really say no, this can make him angry and resentful – and these aren't emotions you want the local military personnel to feel about you. He is also scary, and stares too much – you don’t want him to look at you like this, both surprised and depraved, but something in his figure still makes you trust him. Maybe it’s that weird propaganda about them protecting your country – he is a public figure, he can’t be evil, right? Maybe it’s just the way his hands fidgets as if he is nervous about your answer – or little cracks in his voice that makes you blush just a little every time you hear it. Or you are simply too tired to not comply. 

— I, um…are you sure? You must have some other things to do. I don’t want to be a bother, really. 

— I want to protect you from harm. Nights are dangerous. 

You want to say that it’s okay, you spend more time in this country than he is – and you know every little corner of the city by this point, no matter the military outposts and destruction. You also want to say that this is creepy as fuck and you don’t want a random guy to just know where you live – but you can’t say that, you are already almost buried yourself with that long tongue of yours, and the only thing you want to do right now is just drink your ibuprofen in peace and get teleported to your bed. 

You want to say no, but it almost feels like something romantic and even though he isn’t showing his face, the view of his muscles, bursting out his clothes and body armor, enough to make you agree. You can regret that decisions later – but with the way his eyes light up like he is a puppy, you probably won’t. 

— Okay. I…I mean, if that’s okay with you, sir. 

— I live to serve. Und ich diene gerne jemanden, dir so bezaubernd ist wie du.

— Sorry?

It sounds like German, and the way he pronounces it makes you feel like it’s something important – but you don’t want to ask for translation, he mutters it under his breath, Maybe some curses about stupid girls getting caught by his soldiers and how he needs to escort them to make sure they are not enemy spies ready to put their knives in his back.

— Just show the way. 

He is awkward, he doesn’t know what to do with his hands, he looks at you and fights the urge to just squish you with his hands. You are pouting, your hands are trembling, and you are shaking – maybe from the cold or just from fear. König hates himself for not understanding whether he wants you to be scared of him or not. There is something dark, predatory almost, in having someone as adorable as you shaking like a leaf – but he also wants to just scoop you in his hands and make sure you will never be afraid of him. 

He is awkward, silent, he goes on the open side of the sideroad like protecting you from any vehicles that may cross the road at this hour – even though the only ones who are allowed to move at this time of day are hospital workers and his soldiers. His hand looms over your side, like he is not sure whether he wants to just grab you by your shoulder or allow you to lead in a more simple way. You feel protected in a way – you can’t even read his expressions because of that weird mask he is wearing, but his eyes are strangely warm every time he looks at you and thinks you are not looking at him. 

König wants to talk, but he isn’t sure what he even can say to you. The weather is nice? It’s the night, a cold one, and he doesn’t want you to catch some weird illness, but he also doesn’t want to seem like a creep by giving you his jacket. He would do so in a blink of an eye, he would die seeing your smaller body wrapped in his clothes like a nice little gift – but he knows who he is. Monster, giant, always too much and never enough, zero experience with someone who is one his one night stand in some lousy pub when he hates himself a bit less than usual. And you smell clean, civilian, sweet almost, he feels like a dog by just looking at the way your cheeks are blushing from the cold weather. 

He wants to initiate the conversation, know what you like and dislike, maybe learn your opinion about the situation – many locals dislike military presence, he understands this, KorTac isn’t known for being the best guys around here, but they get the job done, however bloody this might be. He would give away anything to just be able to talk – to speak like a normal person, without scaring you or making you think that he is weird. It’s borderline embarrassing, over the many years of his life he was thinking that he would outgrow his anxiety somehow – and here he is, fidgeting with the stupid anti stress toy in his pocket that his therapist gave him, not knowing how to talk to a girl in his grown up years. 

— You’re local.

It doesn’t even sound like a genuine question, it’s more like a threatening statement and he doesn’t like the way it sounds. He can’t gave it back now, it would be even weirder, he just wants to calm down and breathe, but even this is fucking impossible when every time he looks at you, it seems like you are only getting prettier.

— Lived here all my life, sir. 

You’re nervous, and he at least finds some comfort in this – he is not the only one who is scared here, even though he understands that you will surely be more scared than him. But it still comforts him just a little, knowing that you are in roughly the same boat – he can smile under his hood and attempt to at least pretend to be normal. Even if this would be literally impossible for someone like him. 

— Where do you work? 

It sounds like an interrogation and you are not sure if you want to answer truthfully – he isn't trying to force you right now, he isn’t even touching you no matter how closely you are walking, but you are smart enough to understand why telling a random man you just met where you live and work is a bad idea. Even if the man itself is a prominent figure in protecting – or not – your country and literally walks you home because you got lucky to not be sent to the police for breaking the curfew. You would just lie to him about where you work and, hopefully, never see him again – but it’s not just a random guy you met on Tinder. He probably has the resources to check if you really work in said place and if you didn’t and just lied to him then, well…he isn’t threatening you, but your overthinking is enough to make you scared. 

— Just a waitress. Cafe I work at isn’t very far from my apartment. 

You even tell him the address, all while praying he won’t visit you at work. He has the right, of course, especially if he would leave a good tip, but military personnel staying at your cafe probably won’t be good for business. Clients may go away, and that would mean leaving you without tips – and then you can kiss your shitty apartment goodbye. He probably won’t visit you, he is just asking this to fill the awkward silence and check whether you are a spy or not – how confident your answers are, if your story checks out or not. He is a colonel, he must have a lot of other stuff to do instead of chasing over some rule breakers. 

— Hm. 

König already knows where he will be eating every day from now on. But…hell, can he do this, really? It would probably be very awkward for both of you, and you may think that is stalking you, which he definitely is, but doesn’t want to show it yet. He can give you a nice tip every time, he sure as hell has money for it, but then you would think that he is trying to buy you, which he would of course try to if you would be fine with it because honestly, girl as adorable as you should get all the nicest thing she wants to, and he can provide for it, but his damned awkwardness would never let him outright say this, which would lead to a very uncomfortable situation and…

— We might need someone local to help with operations. 

Nailed it. Right? 

— Wh…what do you mean, sir? 

You look scared, nervous, he doesn’t want you to be scared, you’re supposed to feel safe around him! He might hate higher ups for giving him this rank and sending him to this fucking country, but he will protect you no matter what. He wants to be useful, for people to stop being scared of him – to start liking him instead, even if some cold, dismissive way of just stopping bothering him with stupid stuff. He would allow you to bother him all the time, he would protect you and make sure you are alright – you just have to let him, that would be really easy and…

— We’re strangers here. Lots of operations crossed because locals refuse to cooperate. We might need a guide out here. 

He sounds nonchalant, like he doesn’t really care about your answer, but the grip of his hands is stating otherwise. He throws you nervous looks, cold eyes flickering with anxiety as you take your time to answer, secretly hoping that you would get home before you’d had to state this. It doesn’t feel like a genuine question, more like a statement again. More like you don’t really have an option to say no, since he still has the power over you. Since he still looks and sounds like someone who can and will throw you over his shoulder and use it as a cannon folder. 

— I…I’m not sure, sir. I have to work at my actual job. 

Can he blow up your cafe? That would greatly diminish the chances of bumping into you on a romantic Sunday morning, ordering coffee just the way you secretly like it, and then leaving you a very generous tip that would immediately show you what a sophisticated and loaded gentleman he is. He can say that enemies did it, and then he would execute those poor people for ever messing with civilians. He can also get some people from the government to close it, so you wouldn’t have any place to work and then you would be simply forced to work with him – and help him get out of this country as soon as possible. He would pay you well, of course, and being your boss would be a very…interesting experience for him. 

— Are you sure?

You bite your lips and it's proven to be a horrible idea in such terrible weather – your skin breaks easily and you feel the blood in your mouth. Nice – now you would have to invest in lip balms again even though you are sure as hell that even yesterday the weather was nice. Colonel – König, you remember his callsign, no names of course, some twisted secret identity over protecting people who can literally kill you and won’t have consequences – look at you and you can swear to god that his eyes are narrowed, studying your features a bit more. Is he going to kill you for refusing the…job offer? Demand of working with mercenaries to protect your country? 

— Sorry, I…I really need to think about this. And get at least two weeks notice from my job. 

He is too focused on the way blood is glistening on your lips. He wants to lift the lower half of his hood and lick every little drop lingering in your mouth. Kiss this little wound until you would turn into a moaning, crying mess under him. Hold you so tight, he would leave bruises in places his fingers were – all while you are allowing him to. He isn’t delusional enough to think you like him the way he adores you already, but he is delusional enough to imagine you would comply with him mostly – he is a great person. Except for almost everything, of course. 

The road to your home is lonely, no one around, obviously. People aren’t breaking the curfew on the main streets – except for you, apparently, they are tending to do stuff in the shadows if they need something to go out at night. He looks at every street light with suspicion, almost wanting for someone to try and attack you – that would allow him to be your hero, protector, to put out all of his pent-up aggression on someone else while being praised for it. He wants someone to try and kill him just to feel a bit more alive – but then you stop in front of the house, and it only takes one look for him to decide that no, he isn’t going to let you go that easily. He may not be a good or even decent person, but he is not allowing an adorable little thing like you to live in that fucking rathole. 

— You live here? 

— Yes. Thank you for, well, looking after me. I know that I broke rules, I won’t…won’t do that again. Sorry. 

— No. 

— What do you mean “No”?

Is he going to inspect your apartment? You are pretty sure that you left your bed in a very chaotic state and there is more than one pair of panties lying on the couch. Not even speaking about how horrible your living conditions are – tiny apartments, barely enough space for one person fitting in 20 square feet with all of their stuff inside, and an overwhelming desire to blow something up each morning when one of your neighbors is fighting again. 

You don’t have anything to hide, but you are getting pretty tired of people who just think that because they sold their bodies to the military, they can do what they want. 

— It’s a horrible place for a girl to live. 

Hey! You might hate your place, but even that rathole of an apartment doesn't deserve something like this. 

— Well, it’s not a castle, but…I manage. 

— Don’t you have another place to sleep? 

He is fighting with the urge to invite you to the base instead. Far greater place for a little goddess like you, much nicer than…this. He has to physically restrain himself from throwing a hand on your shoulder. He just stared, hoping that you would pull a prank on him and actually has some better living conditions – he can’t bear thinking about you in that kind of life instead. 

— It’s a nice one, really! At least I don’t have to live with roommates. 

He can be your roommate. No, not even like this. He can buy you a freaking house if you would want, just pick a place, preferably in Austria, and that would be easy. He would love to just provide for you, to get to live with someone as adorable – as in need of protection as you. He understands that being this delusional is off brand even to him and his wild fantasies, but he spends too much time hating his work lately, and he needs some outlets, breathing room to just drown himself in fantasies about a nice girl who can actually like him. Who can be his everything, a cure to fix him even though his therapist says such expectations from your partner are toxic and codependent. 

He knows that he can’t say anything to you right now. If anything, you would dismiss any of his worries and just call him a psycho – would be right, probably, he doesn’t even know why he is so obsessed with your safety all of a sudden. He is only self-reflective enough to understand that he can’t act right now, no matter how much he would want to. He can only sigh and let the situation go, for now. He can always just show up at the place you work at. Totally not creepy at all, definitely, completely. 

— Be safe, hase. This time is very dangerous for a girl like you. 

— It’s…okay, really. You don’t have to worry about me, sir. 

Oh, but he wants to. 

Oh, but you want to run up the stairs and close the door behind you as fast as you possibly can. And maybe, just maybe, give him your number – definitely for consultation about the safety and how you can forfeit from breaking the curfew later in life. 

He puts a hand on your shoulder, large fingers tracing over your thin shirt, and goosebumps that are running on your skin aren’t from just the cold weather. You feel ashamed for kinda liking the situation – you are creeped out by him, you are curious about him, and you kinda want him to do something else. But he squeezes the soft flesh of your shoulders, rolling a bit lower, to your back – and then lets go. You breath hitches as he takes a step back, clenching his hand as if fighting the urge to do something else. 

— We’ll meet again. 

You just nod, not sure if you want it or not. König makes a point to determine which apartment is yours based on the window placement and pay you a visit in his leave time. 

[rantaroamamifuturegf]

can i get a fuckin uhhh kokichi x f!reader where most people think reader is so sweet and quiet but she's one of those people who is secretly a menace when you get to know them? pls and thankies

A/N: Took a while to get out but here, sorry if he might seem a bit OOC I’m still trying to get used to writing to for him. And of course spelling errors

Plot: Kokichi crushing n dating a menace but sweet in public reader

!!Female reader!!

Character(s) being used: Kokichi Ouma

Crushing n finding out you is a menace

Honestly when bro first met you he thought you were boring as hell, like you’re just some regular quiet sweetheart who everyone likes

He also thought you were definitely hiding something because no way someone is this genuinely nice unless they got something to cover up

He tried to not make it obvious he was following you but it was pretty obvious, bro was literally or was already in every location you were in 😭

People just told him to stop being creepy and leave you alone as he just told them they were getting the wrong idea, he didn’t actually took what they said to him that seriously but did get a bit annoyed but acted it off

He had a feeling you weren’t actually hiding anything and got even more annoyed and felt like he just totally wasted his time on someone as boring as you and went to go bother someone else

That was until he stumbled upon setting you setting up a prank on Miu, tbh bro was surprised he purposely exaggerated over it though

Even since that day he wouldn’t leave you alone and kept tell you how you should join D.I.C.E. even if you decline it, he’ll keep the option opened for you

Would definitely help with your pranks and would make them purposely backfire on you and would tell you it was an accident the 5th accident in a row

Would ask why don’t you just show everyone how you’re the one behind all the pranks and shenanigans as you would tell him it’s to keep your innocent look

He didn’t buy it for shit and tried to tell everyone how you were behind it all, they all either ignored him or even annoyed at the fact he would even blame it on you some of them even said he was the one behind the pranks and was just trying to frame you

Honestly he was quite impressed how you really had everyone fooled won't tell ya tho and now every time you both talk he does mention about D.I.C.E. and how you should join it

Even if he knows it’s annoying you he gotta tell ya. He never been so invested into knowing someone since he been here

Literally follows you everywhere and everyone is confused and concerned on why he keeps bothering you

Doesn’t take him long to realize that he’s gaining feelings for you but at the time would push those feelings away, it’s not just because he knows you won’t feel the same but it’s because he doesn’t want to seem vulnerable with anyone

Not to mention he hasn’t even seen your vulnerable side either

Sooner or later you ended up confessing your feelings, bro fr thought you were bullshitting him but no you actually felt something for him of course he teased you about it but then told you he felt the same way

Dating you n loving your menace ass

It’s like you were the angel and he was the devil, so many people were confused on how and why and when did you both got together

Every time they asked Kokichi, he’ll just tell them a bunch of lies and would even add stuff that isn’t even relevant to the topic

If they asked you, you would just tell them you loved him in a certain way some people wouldn’t understand. They all lowkey thought he didn’t deserve you if only they knew the truth

Doing pranks together oml, the amount of times you both laid pranks on the others is just humorous and the only person they'll blame is him since you’re a walking sweetheart

If you finally gave in a joined D.I.C.E. no words would be able to describe how happy this man is but would play it off cool

The most people you both pranked were Miu and Kaito, seeing their stupid reactions and how they would run around looking for Kokichi to yell at him was just funny

He does gets sometimes annoyed by you acting all innocent and letting him take the blame on every prank or shenanigans you both did together and would fake pout and acts annoyed while you just brushed it off

He once tried to mimic your actions by acting all sweet and stuff but everyone was either weirded out or just ignored him and he just realized it was pointless since they all already know what he's like

He would sometimes try to pull pranks on you but it's either you already know and completely dodge his prank or he actually got you

it's like a 50/50 for both, but regardless he loved you won't tell you that often but you tease you about it, but you know he does love you and honestly every time he feels like flirting it's just him teasing but hey y'all cute so lol

Hoped you enjoyed - Manji

[soft-mafia]

I like to imagine Anime Buggy (Opal as well but anime most DEFINETLY) would be the type to fall for someone he intended to use to only further his own goals because he’s a fucking bastard like that and I love that. You have power or skill or money or are just in the right place at the right time and he’s like “I can use that.” And then let’s you tag along while fully intending to ditch you at one point, sayonara you fool! My regards to the marines!

And then Buggy keeps failing upwards like he always does and he just can NOT get rid of you due to circumstances. He comes close several times but then has to grab you because he realizes if he doesn’t he’s gonna go belly up in five minutes flat. There are so many times where he intends to screw you over and then everything gets in the way. So many times where he is being a cowardly shit and HAS to come back for you because fleeing is tempting but not an option.

May as well get to know you tough. The more weaknesses he can get on you the better. No this wont bite him in the ass what do you mean? No he wont open up too much because he’s got a mind of iron and steel and is so not easily swayed by witty remarks and pretty eyes don’t be RIDICULOUS.

And then it culminates in a situation we’re he gets you out of a predicament that almost would have killed you, essentially saving your life. “Thanks for coming back for me Buggy… I really thought you would leave me there.” And Buggy just nods and says nothing but when you turn around his face contorts into a grimace like he just ate a fistful of sand because … yeah why did he do that? This would have been the perfect moment to dispose of you, there were no repercussions what was he THINKING?! Did coming after you become such second nature to him he just did it without realizing? To be fair you would have died if he left you and you don’t deserve-oh fuck. Realization hits. Pulls an even dumber face. Starts laughing hysterically, then sobbing, then laughing again until he’s sobbing again because WELL ISNT THAT JUST HIS LUCK?! I want the clown to fall in love in the most horrific way possible. Like I’m sicko at the window over here like “YES HAHAHA YES!” Fall in love and SUFFER you bitch of a clown!!

(This could both work for “Reader has no fucking clue Buggy would throw them towards the nearest monster if he has the chance” as well as “reader knows full and well that Buggy is a scumbag but they have reasons that prevent them from leaving” depends on the flavor of relationship you want. Dumbasses to lovers or enemies to lovers? The choice is all yours!)

OH MY GOD THIS IS SO CUTTTEEEE

and it’s such a Buggy thing to do omgg😭this is adorable I love this.

[sga-owns-my-soul]

i’m having Thoughts about rodney and jennifer so here’s some rambles

i am forever salty about the romance between rodney and jennifer. it felt so forced and so weird to me, neither of them actually seemed to like the other.

it felt so much like rodney went for her bc she was the Young Hot Smart doctor and it was just another status symbol to him. it felt like rodney viewed and treated her as a trophy to parade around and show off (looking at you brain storm) and jennifer deserved better than that, she deserved to be with someone who genuinely understood her and got her as a person and saw the strengths AND flaws to her and still loved and wanted her (like oh idk ronon perhaps?????)

and it definitely felt forced on jennifer’s side too, she kept trying to change him and make him into someone he’s not. the whole ‘i fell for the new rodney mckay’ in shrine really makes it feel like that, bc the whole thing was rodney was losing himself and that’s when they try to establish they’re falling for each other. and rodney deserves better than that too. yeah he’s brash and arrogant and whatever but he has so many strengths too and he deserves someone who will love him because of his flaws, not try to change them (like oh idk john perhaps??????)

and my ronon/jennifer and mcshep hearts aside, the potential of rodney and jennifer to have the best, most chaotic friendship was RIGHT THERE!! they would’ve caused so much trouble oh my god!!! they’re both so sassy and stubborn and strong willed. they both excel so strongly in their specific field but get so flustered outside their expertise (even tho they still kick ass bc they’re super strong and smart) could u imagine them getting together after whatever disaster and just absolutely bitching about how unfair all this is and how this is absolutely not what we signed up for and we don’t not get paid enough but also you can pry this job from our cold dead hands

just

there were so many better options for all the characters than the path they took with rodney and jennifer

[fireemblems24]

Scarlet Blaze Ch 9

Going to admit up front that I'm incredibly unmotivated to play this, but here we go.

STORY

Ok, so calling it now. Edelgard realizes she's a dumbass for thinking her single-supply line 10/10 army strategies couldn't smash all of Fodlan under her fist at the same time. So she's going back to look at options.

Given what the story's said so far, write it down - Edelgard will call a temp truce with Claude to focus on the Kingdom. Then she'll later plan on fighting the Alliance or doing exactly what she accuses Rhea of doing and ruling the Alliance with her soft-power.

Lysithea showing up? Does she if you don't recruit her? She doesn't really add anything to the scene.

Hubert thinks TWSITD wants to recruit Shez. He's getting interrogated by his own allies. Yikes. Deserved. That's what you get for fighting for the Imperialist land-hungry country.

Oh, no side-battles this time, like in GW in ch 8. Good. Means it'll go fast.

MAP/SIDE BATTLES

I keep remembering that Ingrid's dead in this storyline. If Sylvain or Felix are recruitable after this, that's straight-up character assassination.

Monica adds nothing of value. Her personality is literally just "Edelgard."

"Whatever part of me that was a knight is dead." - Ashe 😭 It's like CF!Felix all over again. He's just miserable. At least someone here gives a fuck about Ingrid.

Lysithea not trusting the Empire saga continues.

Least self-aware Imperial soldier "Why, what would happen if instead the Empire itself were suddenly invaded?"

Glad to see Mercedes expressing regrets.

Ok. Who wrote this? "I believe the Church of Serios ought to be protecting the people of Adrestia even now." 🤣

SHEZ & MONICA B SUPPORT

I'm sure this will be a deep, nuanced conversation. 👌

Monica is jealous of Shez because Edelgard is impressed with him. And is in denial.

She claims her relationship with Edelgard is deeper and Shez is just her servant.

Monica literally counts how many times Edelgard says people's names.

Much deep. Such character.

EDELGARD & BALTHUS B SUPPORT

Their final support.

Hubert told Edelgard Balthus was a womanizer. Hubert is really over the top in this game, lamo.

Edelgard isn't Balthus' type. Taste.

"I'm not compassionate - merely hopelessly committed to my ideals." - Some self-awareness this time. Nice.

"I've set out to unite all of Fodlan. I've started a war over it." - Edelgard.

I've seen people say the fandom say we shouldn't assume Hubert's thoughts are Edelgard, fair. But, like, it's right there. Out of her own mouth. Again.

She promises to protect anyone who serves her and her ideals. Tell that to Houses!Bernedetta or Houses!Monica.

In the end she invites him to a war council.

MANUELA & JERITZA B SUPPORT

Their final support.

Manuela notices that Jeritza is getting along better with the soldiers. He compliments her for being perceptive.

Manuela tells him that all he's missing is a smile. Not going to lie, I thought she was going to say "wife" instead.

She's really pulling a "you should smile." She and Claude need to get put in a corner for that. Albeit, Manuela is acting as his teacher, Claude's just being a sexist ass.

Jertiza smiles and seems to like Manuela, but not the way she wants.

HUBERT, PETRA, & JERITZA PARALOGUE

I see Lorenz is in two paralogues available here, so I guess characters sometimes are in more than one?

Anyways, plan is to use Hubert and/or Petra while Jeritza gets carried around.

I think I pissed Hubert off and made Jeritza happy.

They debate how tough the group is. Game is being somewhat self-aware by having people be like "move on already."

Soooo . . . this paralogue is about stopping the Church of Serios from assassinating Count Varley. Fuck that.

So in this paralogue we're rescuing an abusive father who's using faith as propaganda from the people trying to get rid of corrupt leaders in the location of the home we chased them out of on threat of murder if they return. Great.

Man, we had to fight Shamir and Catherine duo :(

Catherine asked if we were really willing to die for Varley. You know it's bad when Catherine is the smartest one in the room.

SHEZ & JERITZA B SUPPORT

Jeritza is looking for someone. He saw them and he ran away.

Shez described Jeritza as having a "murdery aura," accurate.

He says he'll never "capture her." Man, Shez, not sure it's a good idea to help him here.

He denies getting help.

LORENZ, FERDINAND, & CONSTANCE PARALOGUE

They're all having tea together and discussing it and trying to "out noble" each other and kissing each other's ass.

Constance feels inferior to their nobility. It's her sun thing, right?

Constance asks them which one is the most noble. Ferdinand says it's not noble to rank things like that. Constance calls them cowards essentially.

Now they're having a competition and asks Shez to judge. Shez suggests a training battle.

I hope Ferdinand gets a second paralogue that's most interesting than this. The dialogue wasn't even that funny outside the the first part.

It was an extremely mid plot, but fun to play with the time limit on killing all the generals.

If Ferdinand was MVP, does that mean he won?

Shez won. Is that automatic then? I jumped back and forth between Shez and Ferdinand the whole time.

Now they're going to have a tea party.

MAIN BATTLE/STORY

Monica is soooo boring.

People are trying to assassinate Edelgard. Hubert suspects Shez.

Shez, Monica, and Hubert rescue Edelgard from Shamir in a cut scene. Hubert also blasted at Shamir and Monica was in the way of his magic. Monica gets mad. No one told her what happened in Houses lamo.

Edelgard just stands there the whole time during the cut scene lol.

Oh, Edelgard's a green unit this time. Weird. Like it made sense for Dimitri but the moment we busted him out, he was playable. Edelgard isn't under threat of Cornelia or anything. Oh well, she's not one of my best units.

Oh, fuck, I can't use Hubert either. That actually does sting.

It's ok. I still have Ferdinand and Shez, Manuela is good too.

Persuade Shamir is an option. Makes sense I guess.

I have to protect Edelgard from getting routed. But what if I just . . . don't? Kinda weird how she's just . . . standing there. Like there's no in-game reason for why she's not fighting and just sitting around letting everyone else save her.

Edelgard left the throne room for like a minute and needed to get warp rescued back lamo.

OMG, Shamir only defects to save Catherine's life. 😭😭😭😭😭 Girlfriends.

I feel so much like the villain right now. After that stuff with Catherine and Shamir.

Ferdinand's father escaped. Hubert's taking it out on Ferdinand.

I think Hubert will use this escape as an excuse to kill Aegir.

They used a secret passage. Rhea probably helped build it lol.

Hubert is apologizing for suspecting Shez.

Wow, Shez only got promoted so Hubert could investigate him. So Edelgard only promoted a commoner because she suspected him of being a spy.

Yikes, poor Shez. Claude leaves him with no work (and not much pay) for years and Edelgard suspect Shez is with the enemy nearly the entire game.

I get to make Shez pissed off though. He's actually calling them out for being two-faced too.

"The great war Edelgard instigated" - narration. Claude, Dimitri - neither of you started this.

Part 1 Fin. Like with GW. I suspect AG will get that after Ch 9 too and GW is just one chapter ahead time-wise than the others right now.

xxxx

[phoenix-before-the-flame]

this isn't about natsu on his own but more of a natsu and lucy theory (or hc(?? since ik it won't be true) and the importance of their relationship and status as -both- mcs had mashima done things with a little more thought

basically it roots from anna's 400 year plan and the reason she decided to send the kids to that specific time to kill acnologia and it was because lucy is alive in this time

I don't believe for a second that anna was "the most powerful celestial wizard to ever have existed", not with lucy in the picture -and having seen literally not a single instance of anna using her powers- my hc starts with anna seeing through the eclipse gate and discovering one of her ascenders will hold an inmense ammount of power and unique relationship with the celestial keys when she grows up and that's when she makes up her mind, she will send the kids to a timeline where her most powerful family/clan(? member will be alive and be able to help them

and now onto the natsu part sorry this is getting long ndhsjf

I think zeref creating natsu was ultimately what made him lose his final straws of sanity tho I can't remember if this was canonically implied

but I also think he was sane enough to realize making so many demons as tests to revive natsu made him completely unable to raise his brother and in his last moment of conciousness he decided that anna and the dragons were far better options, even if it meant natsu was deliberately being used as a war pawn, so he used whatever remained of his power to make natsu more powerful to be able to survive this war and hopefully being able to kill him as his way for atoning for not being the brother natsu deserved to have

and there you have it, pretty much natsu and lucy's relationship was threaded by fate and the plan was for the dragons slayers to kill acnologia under the support of the actual most powerful celestial wizard that has existed or will ever exist

you can think of little moments under this pretext, like why was lucy's father set up on bringing his daughter back after finding out she's part of fairy tail, or how natsu and lucy together was the catalyst a handful of characters needed to surpass their traumas

idk I like them both a lot be it platonically or romantically, mashima could've expanded their relationship so much more 🤧 but anyways hope you liked my derrangedness

I know u sayin a lot right now but i have to let u know in the midst of your paragraphs i zoomed tf in on this point specifically

Cause i sorta wrote a whole ass essay some time ago bout that and it activated my neurons.

Anyways! Onto your actual ask!

Honestly we share a pretty similarish school of thought on the situation there as a whole. With regards to how the heartfilia's got thrown into the mix (and Anna. I have, mixed thoughts on how she was used in the final arc and just her being there in the present the whole time. Home girl would've been a much more interesting character if her role stayed in the past and her connection to the dragons expanded on but! Gettin off track!)

I think the only part here where we may differ majorly is around where you said this-

but I also think he was sane enough to realize making so many demons as tests to revive natsu made him completely unable to raise his brother and in his last moment of conciousness he decided that anna and the dragons were far better options

It's just in my head I always found it so hard to wrap my head around the idea of Zeref doin all that to just give away Natsu. It always felt so hard to believe that mans literally undid the fabric of death to give away his hard work.

(Note this is not a jab at you for using it! It's just me disliking it in canon lol, I personally don't like using that reasoning. Plus with my mental characterization of Zeref he doesn't feel like the type to atone or fix his wrongs to me so can't really see him doing certain things willingly. Forgive me i'm sittin on a whole ass different characterizations and plot beats that im holdin onto for the thing i'm writing that i dont wanna rlly let loose yet)

But like, you're right! Natsu n Lucy work as a neat package deal of MCs! Two weirdos! Blah blah the demon and the star child, blah blah the writer and the guy who's a book. Daddy issues but in opposite directions! It's fun that they're linked with each other! Wish it was used more :)

[tobiasdrake]

Okay, reasonably sure there is no peril here except for the tremendous peril threatening to doom us all. Back to town.

The developers killed all of their Kickstarter subscribers and buried them on an uninhabited island so nobody would ever know. How are things going here? Has anyone built a statue of me yet?

I haven't. Asked anyone to do that. I was just hoping. Of their own volition, maybe....

I also tested the fishing pond. Three different kinds of fish and a shellfish. Most ponds have three types of critter but y'all get four. This place is a paradise.

Oh shit, I forgot to vote for 'Vill-ere' seven hundred times. Dammit, Zale, you were supposed to remind me!

Someone must have stuffed the ballots. What a cheating--

I mean, congratulations, Garl! You deserve it. Hehe heh heh....

No, really, you do. You were organizing the entire town construction while I was off bopping rocks with my staff. I just wanted it because of egotism. Sincerely, this is your moment, man.

I love it! The town of Mirth. The antidote to Woe and Strife. A metaphorical representation of human resilience against the malevolent forces arrayed against life itself.

It's beautiful. Honestly.

Just. Maybe. As the town gets bigger and we start needing to name individual districts, don't forget about me?

We stay any longer and they might elect Garl mayor. They can't have him. He's mine.

I appreciate the tone but if you're here to announce election results, there will be blood. I can be extremely feral when I'm possessive.

Tell him we've gone away to begin our training and won't be able to see him for the next ten goddamned y--

*deep breath* Dweller of Strife. Spite is a luxury that we don't have the budget for right now.

Okay. Calm. Fake smile. Pleasantry.

Thank you, Headmaster. It's so lovely to see you again. I hope you're in good spirits and that this day finds you well.

Oh, you can turn your jolly ass around and leave, then. Bad news is forbidden in Mirth. Or it's going to be as soon as Garl... becomes mayor and....

...shit. Fine. Go on. Ruin my day.

That's it? We knew that a week ago. You've spent a week researching this problem only to reiterate what we already knew?

Uh. Yeah. The three of us are not dozens and dozens of people. Instead of banging your head against that brick wall, maybe you should have been looking for other options. We can't win inside the box so what can we do outside of it?

When you can't untie the knot, you find a knife.

Cool, it's not in the library. Did you try asking the Elder Mist to prophesize something? Talk to the Molekin about the logistics of waking up the Sleeper and Let Them Fighting it with the Dweller? Studied the effects of Roro's soulstones against the Dweller's curses? Just off the top of my head.

Yoyo's out there somewhere. She foresaw Momo's victory against the Dweller of Strife last time. Maybe she can tell us something.

There's plenty of ideas besides reading and rereading the same stuffy tomes from the sky library. I've been out in the world for like two weeks and I already have four. Come on, man.

T_T I'm furious and crying at the same time what the hell

FINE. We don't have the numbers to do this square so I guess we don't need you anyway. T_T Go ahead and abandon me. You're just an old man with no guardrails!

A philosophical surrender to the clash of beliefs with Erlina. I. Have. So many complicated feelings right now.

This is about Momo. I know it's about Momo. I knew it was about Momo from the moment he said it. I realize Moraine is grieving. That he has been grieving, but his ironclad discipline and insistence on upholding duty has prevented him from ever truly processing his feelings. I get that.

But it still hurts that he's springing this on us. I can understand where he's coming from and also feel betrayed about it at the same time.

The ironic thing is, I didn't even want him to come with us. I wanted us to keep doing our thing and trying to solve this problem. But not like this. This hurts.

Y'eet. Ours is Y'eet. That's amazing.

But if you're set on retiring from overwhelming despair and grief that this hellish lifestyle inflicts on everyone who carries it ABANDONING ME then I guess that's my problem to figure out, huh?

T_T

[mako-and-tails-and-stuff]

Femslash Feb Day 5 Mystery

This is the second one I have posted today

Day 5 Mystery Carly/Evie, 711 words, Rated T

There were never any secrets between them, never any mystery about each other’s lives. They grew up like sisters, went to the same schools, same high school. When Evie’s mum died, Carly was right there for every horrible, painful night when Evie could do nothing but cry until she physically could not cry anymore. 

They had sleepovers the whole time, “camping” in the garden or making pillow forts, pooling together every spare coin then shopping for midnight snacks themselves. Staying up far too late watching movies or binge watching the DVD’s they had of “The Sleepover Club.”

Evie had always had Zac as well as Carly, then there was Cam and then David. Evie and Carly though were always right in it together, best friends through it all. It was no surprise to anyone when Evie and Zac started dating, least of all Carly but it still gave her a weird feeling, like she shouldn’t be sharing her Evie. 

Carly hadn’t dated anyone yet. She liked David and his curls and his sweet, kind nature but she didn’t know there was something holding her back from him. 

It was just a few months later those weird girls showed up and Zac started acting weird. Carly was there for Evie through it all, everytime Zac and that Lyla girl sat discussing secret things in the cafe or Zac disappeared off with Lyla. Like at that party. Evie worked so hard to throw that surprise party just to make Zac feel better and the asshole snuck off with Lyla. 

He didn’t deserve Evie, he was treating her like garbage right now. How Evie still clung on was beyond Carly. Still Carly did her duty as best friend and tried to cheer her up. 

They threw an old school Evie and Carly sleepover. Snacks, hot chocolates, the  Aquamarine movie and a couple episodes of “The Sleepover Club” on Youtube just for old times sake. 

“I don’t know what to do anymore Carly. He’s just so different now. He’s not the Zac I know.”

“Honestly Evie - drop him. He’s being an ass right now and it’s not just to you. Him and Cam have fallen out too.”

It took a couple months but Evie and Zac seemed to be back to normal. Lyla left and Zac seemed like Zac again with the exception of pretending Cam didn’t exist. 

Then all of a sudden Evie changed. All of a sudden Evie had secrets and was acting weird. For the first time Evie had a cloud of mystery over her. Continuously ditching Carly for those new girls. 

Carly felt … heartbroken. It was the same crushing feeling when she realised David was never going to be an option. Their next Evie and Carly Sleepover even got gatecrashed by Mimmi and Ondina and Evie was acting so damn weird. It felt like she’d lost her Evie, that Evie and Carly would be no more. 

Things just didn’t really get better. Evie was shrouded in mystery now, always running off with those other girls and Zac. Zac who treated Evie so poorly she was reduced to tears in Carly’s arms after he humiliated her in front of everyone at the party Evie threw for him. Evie was that type of person to do anything for those she loved. Didn’t seem like Carly was part of that anymore. 

Carly twigged what her feelings were and then spent days listening to Hayley Kiyoko on repeat. At a time it almost seemed like her and Evie were going down that route, best friends to girlfriends. They were so close and there had been so many moments she’d felt that gay panic but blamed it on something else. David was just a protection, she had to like a guy right, so she crushed hard on David to make herself seem perfectly normal. 

She just wanted her Evie back before all this mystery and secrets and lying. 

You wanna be friends forever? I can think of something better I'm just feeling low, feeling low

Sleeping here right next to me but will you ever mess with me? No

But at least I got you in my head, oh yeah 

At least I got you in my head, in my head, sleepovers in my bed

[alexwatchesshows]

Black Sails I (S1E1) review

Spoilers for up to and including E1.

What an introduction. I definitely have some problems with this first episode but I still have to admit that it's pretty great.

I have so much to say and don't really know how to structure it so this will be a bit all over the place.

We start with the cold open, which immediately seems to very much be playing into our ideas of what pirates are like and what we'd expect from a pirate show-- they're viscious, dangerous, wild, nobody survives the-- and, at the peak of this fear, Captain Flint's name is first mentioned. He is the one who, for the merchants, embodies this reputation, and this is the first impression we get of him. We also meet John Silver for the first time and he is... slippery. Whether or not the audience is sold on Silver yet I'm not sure (I was, but I know many people weren't), but he, like us, is the newcomer to this situation. It's made very clear from the start that all he wants to do is survive, by whatever means necessary. Anything else is more or less optional. He's also smart and scrappy, with good intuition-- he recognises the importance of the page almost immediately and picks up on the cook's ideas of making himself valuable and uses them to his advantage.

Then, after the theme and credits (which are brilliant, by the way), we get an entirely different view of the pirates. Whereas before they were highly feared, painted as monsters who couldn't be beaten, we see them as men who are just going about their jobs. Immediately, they are humanised. The pirate (we later learn his name is Joshua) who caused so much fear with his pointed teeth is now portrayed as joking and a little immature, a beloved "brother" of the crew. Fear is just another weapon that the pirates use to get what they want with as little resistance as possible, not something most of them genuinely embody in their day to day lives. We also get an insight into the politics of piracy, in Singleton's speech to the merchants. Pirates stand for indepence, equality, taking what they're owed, in comparisson to the merchants who were frequently underpaid and exploited. They aren't monsters who raid ships for the joy of killing, they're men who want to earn what they deserve. Through Flint and Gates's conversation, we also learn that the power structure among crews is much more democratic-- a captain can be voted in or out by the crew. This, for Flint, is a problem. Even the merchant captain can tell that he can't control his crew, that his reputation among them is slipping, and that he desperately needs the win that the stolen schedule will provide to keep them on board. In this whole situation, I have to say I love Gates's reaction the most. He's officially Done With Flint's Bullshit (TM) and Too Old For This Shit (TM) as he begs Flint to just fucking tell the truth (nobody ever does in this show but still, it is a good idea).

You know who else is lying his ass off? Silver. He's putting Randall out of a job and somehow still avoiding suspicion. I don't have much to say about his interaction with Billy other than that Billy's comment of "here, every man is equal" is a very good summary of what we've seen of the pirates so far, especially in comparison to the lives of the merchants.

Look, I hate the Blackbeard scene. I just hate it. I don't have much to say about it other than that it's unnecessary and in poor taste and also undermines the whole pirate reputation thing. What I do want to talk about, however, is Max and Silver as a duo. We've already established that Silver is scrappy, but he's met his match in Max. Honestly, the two of them together should be unstoppable. It looks like they have the same goals-- personal profit, survival, and getting the hell away from Nassau-- and between the two of them, they sure as hell have the smarts to do it. Or at least they would, if it wasn't for that damn feather.

Meanwhile, Flint is making poor life choices, and Billy ("who's Billy?") is very quickly joining Gates in the Done With Flint's Bullshit (TM) group but, for Flint, this is apparently a great moment to win him over. Or so he thinks. Flint is apparently not aware of how deep the distrust of him runs. His whole "unlucky" vs. "too weak" conversation with Billy is giving "my worst trait is perfectionism"-- the man cannot see how badly he is fucking up. Similarly, he believes his stories will win Richard Guthrie over (I mean, he's a great storyteller, but he has better moments) and that Billy will join him in endangering the crew's future profits. Billy, on the other hand, is proving himself to be more than just Gates's right hand man/son. That move with the gun pointed at Flint-- showing Flint that he won't follow him blindly, but not undermining him in front of RG (who would only have heard the click of the pistol, not see who it was pointed at-- was honestly boardering on genius. Billy's good with people, not in the same was as Flint and Silver, but he's still good.

Then we get a brief British empire cameo, just so we can see who we're fighting against I guess. The whole "gossip is what holds society together. It reinforces shame," thing is a decent way of introducing the enemy, but it does feel a tad forced into the broader plot. It does give Flint a good basis for his speech to Billy. This is one of his better speeches, even if his "I am your king" moment entirely undermines the democracy that he claims he's fighting for and, as we later see, it does succeed in winning Billy over. He also explicitly states a number of the themes we've already been introduced to-- the portrayal of pirates as monsters (so the empire can discriminate against them blindly) and the battle against civilisation. More on this in later episodes, I guess.

Back on Nassau, we get more Eleanor. We got a little Eleanor earlier, but the whole barging in and swearing at people doesn't really do very much. Whether it's a misguided attempt at portraying a "strong" female character, or a flaw in the acting, I don't know, but she does come off as a little 2D. Punching Vane is a bold move though, although Vane is clearly willing to give as good as he gets (and I have to admit that I respect him for it) and calls her out on her bullshit, exposing (in a slightly backstory-dump way) their whole complicated history. Then we get a little Eleanor and Max. It's hard to tell what exactly the nature of their relationship is right now (i.e. is it romantic or just sexual, etc.) but the whole thing does seem a little male-gazey (I promise it does get better). We get a little bit of Jack and Anne (my beloved blorbos), and the whole Mosiah thing, but I don't have much to say about that.

Then, we have the ending scene. We start with Flint's spectacular emotional processing skills (throwing furniture) and the Feather of Plot Convenience (TM) (like, seriously, how does one feather tell him that someone's broken in, especially after he just threw a bunch of furniture around?). Flint finally decides to tell the crew some of the truth, but can't help interspercing it with his trademark Complete Lies. Admittedly, he's great at spinning things to his advantage. Politicians would love him. All of this to get a fight. Singleton and Flint, at least to start with, have very different fighting styles. Flint seems much more poised, taking on specific positions and making less broad sweeping moves than Singleton. This does more or less deteriorate over the course of the fight as he does lose control a little bit. In some ways, he reminds me of stories of Viking beserkers-- essentially just seeing red and going overboard. The crew stops cheering the more he beats the shit out of the already unconscious and probably dead Singleton. It's just not a good look. That glare with the blood-soaked face though, that is a good look, or at least a compelling look. To further cement his power, he brings Billy over to his side by getting him to lie about the page. Poor Billy, we've already seen that he stands for honesty and fairness and now Flint's getting to him too. Then, as a final touch, we get that brilliant "princes of the new world" speech. For someone who's steadfastly anti-monarchy, he sure does love comparing himself to the monarchy, but still, I think it speaks more broadly to the idea of seizing power, riches, and indepence. Something about this blood-soaked pirate compels me.

This is a great first episode. It tells enough of its own story to feel somewhat satisfying on its own, but leaves enough hooks of broader plot points to drag you in. This is only the beginning, it says.

[gunsli-01]

People complaining about the verdict of certain prisoners switching and votes not mattering have really selective memories. So, let me remind you Haruka was at 50/50 several times during his second trial then people voted him guilty in mass during the last couple days and Yuno was voted Innocent two trials in a row.

Resulting in this

TL;DR: If a character you like is Guilty now that's not the result of a more diverse or robust fandom. Not everyone is going to agree on how to vote but everyone deserves to be able to vote. Regardless of anyone in this fandoms individual opinion.

The votes aren't changing because the fandom is larger or more diverse. This is the same crap that's been going on since trial one. Things are only changing because people are learning more information, and recognizing their previous favorable assumptions were wrong.

That's kind of what happens when you idolize real or fictional people. The only options left to them is to disappoint or live up to the image people imagined. Something impossible because no one is a mind reader and even though the characters can cononically hear what we think no one owes it to anybody to behave in a manner they don't wish to.

I can be upset about Haruka's verdict, but I can't objectively state that I don't understand why some people would want him to be Guilty. I can't even say wanting that verdict for him for malicious reasons is objectively bad. Everyone in Milgram has done messed up things. It's understandable that for just as many people that, like a certain character, there will be folks that hate that character.

No one is universally likable. However, I've literally seen people discussing wishing Milgram voting was region locked to Japan. Which is such a ridiculous wish... Like man, let's just create the Electoral College real quick just because the verdict Mu is getting here is not the one I want and certain votes should and do matter than others. This is like when they were discussing raising the voting age in the states because Gen Z appeared to be more liberal and progressive.

Everyone was real quick to tie Yuno's situation to politics, but now that Mu's case is clearly about classism and racial bias, people have gotten a bit quiet. People are literally saying certain people don't deserve to vote because of where they live. Hm, I wonder what that sounds like. I wonder what specific countries they don't want to have the ability to vote? Or would it be specific areas in certain countries that would be given that right outside of Japan based on some unknown standard?

Man that doesn't sound familiar at all... Everyone likes majority voting systems when they're a part of the majority. Yet, when the tides change, we need systemic reform. Fucking wild. The entitlement being displayed during Mu's trial should be documented as a point of shame in this fandoms history and studied in media classes as an example of the type of shit white passing characters and people can get away with. Like the younger generation is better my ass seems like a lot of these generations are just like their parents.

Can't believe I have to see some of these takes with my own eyes.

[bisluthq]

The point was that if a person in a much more extreme situation can’t realize how fucked up the situation is, someone in a much less serious but still problematic situation won’t. Just because Beyoncé and Aaron can’t see the problem, doesn’t mean it isn’t one. A 40 year old person dating an 18 year old, no matter the circumstances, is a creep and deserves to be called out even if people don’t know them personally. She was also the director, not a fellow actor, so there was a power imbalance. I think less people know about the age difference between Beyoncé and Jay Z because she’s always looked older than she is. Not because she’s aged badly but because she has a more mature face, kind of like Margot Robbie.

I also don’t know Woody Allen and I’m going to call him out for marrying his step daughter even if it was a completely legal thing to do

I actually think that’s a complete false equivalence and kinda naive - I think a person in a much more fucked up situation (because as I say it’s REALLY not comparable to say a sixth grader being raped by his teacher is the same as someone legal but young getting involved with an older person) is far LESS likely to figure out something is not right because that’s what they’ve grown up with. Back to a discussion we’ve been having a lot here re religious fundamentalism - a lot of people who grow up in proper fundamentalist households of all religions and denominations tend not to realize how fucked a lot of it is and many defend it into adulthood because those are really intense situations to be in and the people involved often don’t know better/different (not in a patronizing way, but in a “if you have weird shit happen to you like you think that’s the norm” kinda way). Whereas those of us who grow up in environments that give us more options and open us to new experiences tend to actually be fussier about what we will tolerate or find normal idk. Vili was a dad at like 12/13 - that shaped his life dude. His baby mama was his grade school teacher-a maternal figure. Obviously he couldn’t figure out it was wrong and obviously he was gonna stay and obviously he cared.

Aaron and Beyonce were working professionals with their own money and jobs and networks and connections. It’s weird af but they were down with what happened. They both have continued to grow and establish their own careers and have their own support systems and could fucking leave whenever lol? They both have obviously heard people say it’s weird? They aren’t an abused child, they’re just people who got into a weird thing and seem happy with it??? Also Jay had a similar power imbalance - he was a TOP producer/record exec by then and she was still starting out and he met her when she was younger than Aaron was even but as far as one can tell nothing happened until she was a bit older, they were just friends idk. Directors date, and even marry, their actors (actresses really) all the time. Producers/execs marry artists. It’s not great but it’s also not some cardinal sin. We can’t always find situations that are totally equal in every sphere of our lives.

idk dude I’m not defending her. I think she’s a weird ass lady lol. But I think comparing her to Mary Kay or Woody (PS the worst thing he did wasn’t the stepdaughter marrying thing, which is also super super super fucked because again she was his stepdaughter - not the same as his star, not the same as another 18 year old he met, she was his wife’s daughter - it was the Dylan stuff because Dylan was seven) is really uncalled for?

Sam’s whole deal is super fucking weird lol. I’m not pro what went on. But I think we should leave them tf alone because there are two underage kids involved, he seems happy as larry, it’s not like he doesn’t have plenty of ways to leave/get therapy, so like??? No it really isn’t your/my/our business? Then we’re just passing judgments and moralizing per our own personal ideas of what’s right and what’s not? What YOU can do is not consume their content. You can also hope Woody does actually go to trial for the Dylan stuff. But beyond that like all you can do is say “eh this person really isn’t my cup of tea” 🤷🏻‍♀️ Which is fine bc Aaron isn’t asking you lol.

[thepoetsvortex]

Yeah, you are acting like a fake ass Christian. Sitting here preaching about pro-life. Stop trying to do God's job!! A fetus only has the right to life if God says they have the right to life!!! If a fetus was made from rape aka the devils work why on Earth would God want the mom, who is more than likely underage to be forced to give birth to a devil baby? Unless of course the mom wanted to keep it, then they have a special place in heaven for that strength. But that's the thing, the mom should get to choose! If God doesn't want her to have an abortion he will make it so that she can't get one by other means aka no appointments available or here is a thought any child who is needed from God will be placed in a loving home by parents who want kids. God is about free will and he wouldn't have had the option available if he didn't will it. 😡 plenty of babies died in the flood. Why? Because they were just going to be raised to be sinners anyway so stop worrying about stuff that is ultimately up to God :/ (Talking about early abortions only btw) have a blessed day /srs 💜 also thank you for reading all of that :D

So I wanted to put together a thorough response to this, I think that it deserves to be responded to because to me this represents a large problem with mainstream Christianity nowadays. I'm not apologizing for this being long, because I will take the time to be diligent and say what needs to be said.

Stop trying to do God's job!!

It is God's job to be the ultimate arbiter of justice because only He is really just, and only He is righteous and good. This does not, by any imagining, mean that He does not call His people to care about injustice, because He absolutely does. How many times in the Bible does God instruct His people to care about the defenseless, the poor, the orphan, and the widow? (Deut. 24: 19-22; James 1:27; Galatians 2:10; and soooo many more?) There are entire books of the Bible, including Psalms, Job, Habakkuk, Jeremiah, Isaiah, and Lamentations, to name just a few, who are concerned with God's justice not merely in heaven but the way His people carry out this justice in the world today.

God did not call His people to ignore injustice on this earth because it is His job alone to care about it. He calls His people to act justly. He especially calls us to protect the most vulnerable classes of society- particularly, children. We know how Jesus talks about little children- He loves them, and pronounces a harsh sentence on those who would lead them astray (Matthew 19:14, Matthew 18:6). We are not called to ignore the murder of little children because God is more just than we are. Of course God is more just than we are. That is why we are called to act like Jesus.

A fetus only has the right to life if God says they have the right to life!!!

What does God say about a fetus's right to life?

"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart" (Jeremiah 1:5).

"My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be" (Psalm 139: 15-16).

As even Paul notes: "But when God, who set me apart from my mother's womb and called me by His grace..." (Galatians 1:15).

Now, a question. Why would God set us all apart- for indeed, these are not just applicable to major prophets, kings, and apostles, but to each and every one of us- why would that God, not believe that we have a right to life when He already at that early point in time (early for us, not for Him), has every single plan and calling for our lives ALREADY in place even then? Would He truly be fine with the death of someone who He is still has great plans for? Which is true of every child in the womb?

If a fetus was made from rape aka the devils work why on Earth would God want the mom, who is more than likely underage to be forced to give birth to a devil baby

This is sad to me, anon, because it shows me that you do not believe that God is good enough to bring beautiful things out of tragedy and horrific circumstances. The case of a young girl raped is absolutely tragic and horrific, and God will bring justice on her abuser. But He is so good that even in her startling pain, He can still bring good out of that! She is perfectly able to give up the child for adoption if she is not of age or financially or emotionally able to take care of it. It is still very possible for that child to have an enriching, fulfilling life.

In addition, "He will not die for his father's sin; he will surely live. But his father will die for his own sin" (Ezekiel 18:17-18). God does not call on us to punish others for heinous crimes their parents have committed.

Also, it is not a devil baby because the father committed an act of the devil.

Unless of course the mom wanted to keep it, then they have a special place in heaven for that strength

Here you fall into the logical pitfall of many pro-choicers. You see, anon, our value and our worth in God's sight is never determined by whether other people, including our own parents, want us or not. Plenty of His most beloved and cherished servants were rejected by absolutely everyone around them, including their parents and the world at large. They still have worth to God because they are made in His image, and because Jesus died for them. That doesn't change by any human being's rejection of us, whatever their basis for it. Why is it not a devil baby anymore just because it's wanted? If conception in rape makes someone of the devil, then that doesn't change because their mother wants them. Also, plenty of people are conceived in rape who are Godly, loving people and they certainly don't belong to Satan!

The mom should get to choose!

We are all free to choose sin, but this does not mean that we should.

If God doesn't want her to have an abortion he will make it so that she can't get one by other means aka no appointments available or here is a thought any child who is needed from God will be placed in a loving home by parents who want kids

If this were true, no evil things would happen in the world at all because God would prevent them. You say "God is all about free will," but then expect Him to intervene and actually violate free will to go prevent evil. That just isn't how it works. God is against rape, that is very much a sin, but obviously that is a tragedy that still happens in the world. God doesn't take away your ability to do bad things to stop you from doing them.

Also, God doesn't "need" any of us; He wants us! 8 billion people and He still thought the universe was incomplete without you! And without me, and all of our loved ones, and that unborn child conceived in rape as well. I am not comfortable, nor do I have the moral authority to say to anyone conceived in rape that they aren't wanted or valued by God. It would be a lie because they are!

God is about free will and he wouldn't have had the option available if he didn't will it.

This contradicts your previous statement, as I already got into, so I'll just say that God cares about free will, but part of free will is having the ability to choose evil. You can't say "he wouldn't have had the option available" because the option to do evil is ALWAYS available to humans. We are sinful, selfish beings! The option to murder, to exploit, to plunder, to do drugs; the option to do all these sinful things is always available. We still have laws against those things because they go against the moral order. Abortion goes against the moral order, but it is the only issue you argue we shouldn't regulate because it goes against free will and God cares about free will. Well, it is an exercise of free will to murder, but the Ten Commandments still says not to!

Freedom is not the freedom to do whatever we want as people. It is the freedom to do what we ought to do and what is right and just to do. Not to do things which it is unjust to do. "Do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh" (Galatians 5:13). God, and secular law, all regulate things which go "against" bodily autonomy because those things infringe on the rights of others, in the case of abortion, on the baby's right to life. It is only with abortion, though, that you say it shouldn't be regulated because of "free will." Free will is why we need law! We need law to regulate the human propensity to sin! (I highly recommend Federalist 51 for better arguments about this).

plenty of babies died in the flood. Why? Because they were just going to be raised to be sinners anyway so stop worrying about stuff that is ultimately up to God :/

It is up to God to met out justice in the last days. This is not an excuse to turn a blind eye to injustice happening now. In fact, it's the opposite! God will call us all to account for not helping the vulnerable. That includes orphans, and the poor, and the sick, and it also includes unborn children having their most fundamental and sacred right violated. (See Jesus's parable of the sheep and goats in Matthew 25).

Also, we all have the propensity to sin, children born from rape are not unique in that regard. But they also have the ability to choose God! If they are raised in sin, that doesn’t mean you have the right to kill them before they sin and it doesn’t mean they have to be stuck in sin as adults. They can get out. It isn’t hopeless!

God gave those babies life from conception. Why are you playing God by arguing that you have the right to take it away from them?

Christians cannot stay quiet about moral issues because it's up to God. It is up to God, and He very much involves us in His work! I encourage you to speak out against oppression and help those in need you are able, including the most vulnerable among us, the unborn. God gave them life, no matter how, and He loves them as He loves you!

And since you said you are only talking about early abortion, my question is this. When does it become a life? Because both science and the Scriptures say that life begins at conception. There is no arbitrary timeframe in the womb where somebody becomes alive. When an egg is fertilized, it is an entirely unique set of DNA that will never exist again. That doesn't happen several weeks down the line.

Thank you for reading all this anon and I hope you truly have a blessed day as well! You are deeply loved by Christ and I hope you experience His presence today! Please let me know if anything needs clarification or if this made sense. God bless.

[sipping-ambrosia-wine]

okay i did a LOT more running around and i LOVE the stable quests and how they give us a little glimpse into zelda's life post-botw. like yeah she WAS working on a botanical garden (with MAGDA no less). she WOULD help make a new sheep feed she WOULD take an interest in a rare new type of animal. i love all of these she's a princess and that means taking care of her people, rebuilding and also doing so specifically by supporting and contributing to scientific development.

also HELL YEAH FROGGY ARMOR

AND kaneli is alive he just retired to teach thank goodness.

the stable trotters are really cute ^_^ their names being puns too, and i appreciate their dedication to the fairies.

(but also miss maam i thibk i preferred when yall were asking for lumps sums i only have so many rupees)

finally went to find impa and ngl i'm kinda surprised that purah didnt share her age rune with her... or robbie for that matter. im glad though, it may have been useful for her but i think neither wouldve taken the offer, if for wildly different reasons.

SELMIE QUEEN OF THE DUNES

more geoglyphs- the second i found was the demon king in north hebra (the third was the dagger which is actually back-to-back chronologically but in the other direction lmao but i didnt hit that until later).

the golden horse quest... that one gave me pause. most of these are resolved by weird rumors but this one is ominous and doesnt really leave us with a real answer.

but anyway i registered the horse its name is Tacky :P

!!! okay yona is gorgeous. i love character designs that break the mold and her little headpiece is so pretty. i wonder what her powers are? tulin and revali were pretty similar but there are other ways to do water powers than healing... but i do want some kind of healing ability from SOMEONE... that she's from another domain kicks off SO MANY other questions... there are other zora domains??? like in other countries??? or is it a freshwater vs oceanic evolutionary schism (that would explain why one of mipha's champion trials is just swimming fast)? do the zora have active political ties outside hyrule? does muzu have heritage from yona's domain as well since theyre both stingray zora?

...wait shes sidon's fiance?? LMAO

hmm she IS a healer... i hope we get more from her than Replacement MiphaTM she deserves better.

i love the healing cave i always figured it would be a missed opportunity to not make the mountains surrounding the domain like, hollow in places and have a whole second city layer there. they couldve added a diving function but i guess totk is already pretty heavy on the new game functions.

speaking of i think i might be warming up to the fuse function a bit. its still meh though- i actually LOVED weapons durability but its way more tedious now that i have to make them. but the gemstone magic function is cool.

king dorephan was injured by the muck-like which... yeah i think retirement is the best option for you there. relatively its the size of a rotisserie chicken to you. it cant even REACH your gills. but it looks like SIDON is the zora game representative which is massively disappointing. i didnt even use his ability i had an opal rod i stole from a bokoblin.

good on yona for getting sidon off his ass but like... why is she here... his thing is he's holding back because he's scared that taking action will make him lose someone he cares about. yeah thats a decent continuation from what we know of him from botw. what happened to his sister was horrible and she was avenged eventually but this is a whole new threat. but if he needs someone he cares about in danger... he already has that.

his people are sick his father is dying of it. make it so he's scared to leave his father in case he dies while sidon is away. yona isnt really necessary and i hate it. she deserves better we went from teba to tulin i thought we were getting more new adventuring buddies. if teba is too busy as chief then sidon should focus on purifying the water and being a prince while link and yona kick ass.

sorry to sidon fans but he continues to be largely useless pretty much throughout the whole temple- including the boss fight.

i LOVE the muckrock- it was a super fun boss and i love the sharky bit but after colgera... muckrock has more personality but it feels like a silly early game boss from other games and it kind of tips a bias toward the zora as the easy starter town. colgera had me in awe but the pattern to it was dead easy- but that might be on me for fighting it first so the combat meter hadnt amped up yet.

hmm i hope they dont give us the imprisoning war rundown every time. i kind of. dont really care. we dont get to know the sages of old like we did the champions and we arent supposed to. we dont see their faces or learn their names all we know is that they made the modern hyrule alliance of rito-zora-goron-gerudo-hylian. and rauru. oh and that theyre ancestors to the new champions which. eh.

it makes sense with the royalty and even to some degree ~people with strong magical abilities~ but i dont like it for the rito. i never digged teba being a blood relation of revali- i figured rito village is more communally-minded, inheritance of a legacy being tied less to blood and more willingness and ability to take it on. that was what teba was all about. he admired revali and appreciated his legacy but he didnt care about chosen heroes or goddess quests he was doing what needed to be done. all of the other calamity champions were related to or ancestors of the new ones so that makes sense- but also given teba's own efforts toward revali's gale and the wind sage's similar appearance to him why wasnt he able to?

(the answer is that the line of inheritance actually came throught saki and teba is the chief and she's their current historian and spiritual leader)

lmao two in one coronation and wedding has the end result of really feeling like neither i guess. i could treat you better girl. leave the prince, you dont need him.

i think if they made yona the new zora representative then she would risk sliding even further into being Spunky Mipha but i dunno at least that way she would be doing so in a way that gives her the spotlight thats she deserves as a new profile character. it would even give sidon a legit reason to hesitate to take action if it were about her actually doing stuff rather than her... leaving the house. its just a huge missed opportunity. also if im being petty looking at our current gender ratio... its just riju. one woman allowed :/

this feels a bit more negative so i'll leave off with after the zora i ran to lurelin and!!! the besties DDD: !!! i stealthed the monster raid- its really an interesting new combat mode but very stressful for me but i did it! and then immediately gave bolson twelve palm trunks when he wanted normal trees. and then we rebuilt lurelin together overnight ^_^

it was so good to see kiana and her family again- she was the first npc to personally teach me a real recipe so im pretty fond of her and it was nice to see that lurelin wasnt left behind in the realm of hylian development

Totk thoughts so far

this atmosphere is NUTS and the murals....

this tutorial is too damn long. ppl said the same about the botw tutorial and frankly that was bullshit but. the sky island is four times the size of the great plateau AND you cant track a full circle around it. rauru is cool though he seems too... normal for a ghost.

FOETUS ZELDA?!?!?

oh wow its so nice to see hyrule rebuilding. the emergency hideout is also very fun.

wait noooooo whats happening to rito village not the besties

20s!purah is too pretty, but links little alarm at the guardian arms gave me some kind of feelings.

oh cute purah and robbie have an unhinged little science protege

first course of action i heard your botw horses carry over so im heading to the stable by the great plateau.

[theantiproduct]

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