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littlehollyleaf · 5 years ago

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Name ten favourite characters from ten different things (books, tv, film, etc.)

Then tag ten people

Tagged (ages ago, whoops!) by @castiel-saved-me-from-myself

(I’m sorry, I got distracted!)

1.Supernatural. Castiel.

Obviously. I may be out of the fandom now, but I’ve never loved a character as much as Cas, and probably never will.

2. Good Omens. Aziraphale.

Thought I’d put both my darling angels at the top :) I suspect that without Zira there to pave the way Castiel may not even have existed, so I love him double - for himself and for Cas as well :p

While really quite different when it comes to their personalities (just think how Zira would SHUDDER at Cas’ trenchcoat), they share a lot of character traits and tropes (mini-series!Zira anyway, maybe less so in the book, or less obviously anyway), so, no surprise that I should adore them both. I’ve also said before, and I stand by it, that Aziraphale is sort of a combination of my favourite aspects of both Cas and Dean in one, with Cas’ struggle with Heaven/god and trying to be a good angel and finding he loves humanity/earth more, plus Dean’s whole ‘performing Dean’ thing and repression of queer feelings he is scared to admit to (out loud) because he believes they are somehow ‘wrong.’

...just to give a little insight into my feelings about these two that was neither needed nor asked for...

4. Hellblazer. NBC Constantine. Legends of Tomorrow. John Constantine.

Aaaand the other guy I love twice because Cas, and indeed spn in general, kinda owe their existence to him. Though in turn his fabulous live action portrayal by Matt Ryan probably owes its existence to spn and Castiel’s popularity. So... there’s a weird ouroboros situation happening with my favs here that makes my head spin whenever I think about it, but I love it - stories within stories built on stories feeding off stories, which connects to wider themes of story and storytelling being vital and intrinsic to life and stuff.

Anyway, despite his wardrobe, Johnny is NOTHING LIKE CAS. He is, in fact, a lot like Dean. But I like him more. Maybe because he’s British :p He has the whole ‘repressing his feelings’ things, a bit like Zira, but it’s not because he thinks they are wrong, it’s more of a coping mechanism to deal with the constant tragedy/trauma his life/lifestyle/fate causes him to suffer. But whatever the reason, I like my characters facing that struggle :) (actually the British element is probably way more significant to my enjoyment of him than I’ve been fully aware of... that’s probably why I loved Zira so fast as well... obviously they are both a completely different class of British, literally, but the fact they ARE British is INTRINSIC to both their characters, and I guess a little, vaguely patriotic part of me is excited by that... :p)

4. Gotham. Edward Nygma.

Since I’ve started giving explanations - I love Eddie because he’s also got the whole ‘emotionally repressed’ / out of touch with (his) emotions thing going on (as seen in Zira and Cas), but with the addition of various geeky / ‘tech guy’ character traits that I also love.

5. Doctor Who (Classic). Vislor Turlough.

I waxed poetic once about how I liked Gotham’s Edward Nygma because he reminded me a bit of Turlough. That was early on in my Gotham days though and given how Eddie developed I don’t see as many similarities now. Turlough shares some of Eddie’s ‘dark’ traits however - self-centered, often lacking in empathy for others and nonplussed (sometimes even happy) to see them get into trouble or hurt. But ultimately his attempts to be self-serving and cowardly end up thwarted by him developing feelings for specific individuals despite his best efforts, which is what I enjoy about him (and actually that’s a lot like Eddie still, huh... their endgame’s are opposing though ofc - while Eddie goes on to embrace being a villain, Turlough gives up on villainy and even becomes a bit of a hero, now and then). Plus, Turlough is the ONLY Companion (IIRC?) to have joined the Doctor specifically in order to MURDER him and... idk, I just think that’s cool :P

6. Doctor Who (New). Donna Noble.

(I’m trying not to double up on fandoms/shows so I can cover more, but New and Classic Who count as different things, kinda, right...?)

Donna doesn’t really fit any of the character traits I’ve talked about above, though I guess her low self-esteem is something that all my other favs share in various ways (though it’s not such an EXPLICIT aspect of their characters and story arcs as it was for Donna I’d say). What I first loved about her was that after YEARS of New companions (and other randoms) being literally in love with the Doctor, she had a strictly platonic relationship with him. Yeah, I think maybe the show was a bit heavy-handed about it, but even so it came as a huge breath of fresh air and frankly a RELIEF to me. Not that I’m opposed to the Doctor having romantic/sexual relationships, it was just that... coming from a childhood love of the Classic series where that just... didn’t happen (save a fleeting kiss in the TV Movie - which I actually enjoyed fyi!), it just... idk, was starting to stretch my credulity that EVERYONE seemed to be falling for him maybe? Or at least for me it was growing tiresome. So the fact she didn’t have that element to her character/story was a plus. Then I just adore how loud and brash she is when calling anyone, including the Doctor, out on their shit (I envy her that maybe). Plus I like the way she isn’t... traditional TV pretty, you know? (ie. young and slim, like a lot of other companions).

...or maybe I just like redheads *shrug emoji*

7. Spartacus. Naevia.

(she has two actresses okay? and they both deserve kudos!)

Truth is I love FUCKING EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE IN THIS SHOW. Spartacus is like... my PERFECT SHOW. There isn’t a single moment, a single plotline, a single character that I don’t enjoy. I have never even CONSIDERED looking up or writing fic because the finished product is completely satisfying exactly as it is. God. But I wanted it represented in this list so I had to pick someone!

Considering the time period there couldn’t really BE a ‘geeky, emotionally repressed with low self-esteem’ character :p BUT nearly ALL of the characters have the whole ‘struggle to understand/discover who they are’ thing and the ‘who I am and want to be is counter to who I’ve been told I am / should be’ arc, on account of the main cast being rebelling slaves (though the other characters are equally complex and compelling and I love them too - Lucy Lawless in particular is incredible!). Anyone who’s seen me blog about the show before might have thought I’d pick either Agron or Nasir as my favs, since I do like to squee over their romance. But whenever I think about the show it’s usually Naevia who I remember first, because her character arc/development just BLEW ME AWAY. She went from someone I’d kinda dismissed at first as a typical het love interest to a WARRIOR GODDESS and you SEE all the key moments of that growth, you FEEL it, it makes ALL THE SENSE. And her romance with Crixus, which again I was initially a bit dismissive of as a typical, sudden, weak het romance, grows into, imo, one of the deepest, most developed, most believable love stories in the show. So yeah. Naevia. Amazing.

8. Due South. Ray Vecchio.

(he’s the guy not the dog - gifs were limited! ...also the dog is actually a wolf, it’s a whole thing... that doesn’t need exploring at this juncture)

Ray was my first TV crush :P He had a bit of a sidekick vibe to him I guess, which I like (lead characters tend not to interest me as much). He wasn’t ‘geeky’ exactly, but he def had the ‘trying to look/act cooler than I am’ thing going on... also an obsessive attachment to his vintage car... meanwhile his partner Benny was the stoic, ‘British, stiff upper lip, keep emotions in check’ one who was always trying to live up to the ideal persona dictated by his people/employers, in this case the Royal Canadian Mounted Police... HUH, so... it’s actually SUPER WEIRD that I ended up loving Cas and Zira over Dean and Crowley when it seems pretty clear suddenly that my first big fictional fav was CLEARLY the Dean-Crowley to Benny’s Cas-Zira......?? Ray was FUNNY in a way Dean and Crowley aren’t though, I think? He def filled a ‘comic relief’ slot on the regular and I liked that a lot (it also made his serious, angsty moments EXTRA serious and angsty, and extra angst is something I always love!)

9. The Librarians. Eve Baird.

Remember this little show? It was... is... sorta ridiculous. Not amazing. Based on some... very cheap, very OBVIOUS Indiana Jones rip-off films, that were also ridiculous and... not... great (the third one is the best, with an awesome performance by Stana Katic aka Kate Beckett as a vampire, but I digress). But... idek, I am EXTREMELY FOND of the series for some reason :p

There are a WHOLE BUNCH of characters that fit my ‘type’ more than Eve tbh... in fact... probably every.single.other.main.cast.member (save perhaps Jenkins?) shares the traits above that typically make a character my fav. But... EVE! I just... think she’s neat! ...maybe it’s BECAUSE all the others are main/lead characters that makes me gravitate towards her? In a cast where ‘geeky, socially awkward, struggles with emotions’ is the norm, Eve being the no-nonsense, socially competent, badass soldier type therefore becomes different and thus more interesting to me? Also, much like with Donna, I appreciate that she’s an older woman who gets to have a full character and plot of her own. There’s also something about her romance with Flynn that... makes me feel warm and fuzzy.

10. Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Jonathan Levinson.

(tumblr gif search failed me so I had to grab from elsewhere...)

Listen. Look. Okay. Buffy is pretty old school these days so, for anyone not in the know, as a character, originally, Jonathan... he wasn’t even a side character, he wasn’t even REOCCURRING, he was barely a background character. For several episodes he didn’t have a name and it wasn’t until several seasons after he became ‘Jonathan’ that he actually got a surname. Danny Strong was just an actor who happened to be occasionally on-hand when the script called for a random to have a line, until eventually that happened often enough for Joss to think ‘hey, you know what, let’s make this guy an actual part of the show...’

He got a couple of episodes focused on him in S03 and S04 respectively, but didn’t become a regular until S06 (and wasn’t in S05 AT ALL). Other than that he had a HANDFUL of ‘blink and you’ll miss it’ moments here and there, not even full scenes for the most part, usually lasting no longer than the above gif.

I tell you all this so that when I say childhood me (well... somewhere between 12 and 14 years anyway) was OBSESSED with this character in the show, and I mean O B S E S S E D (to the point of spending hours painstakingly making VHS recordings purely of the episodes he was in), you understand how UTTERLY BIZARRE that was. Because this obsession pre-dated S06. Was, in fact, in full swing during the airing of his S04 episode - which was, like, a fucking DREAM COME TRUE for freakily obsessed me fyi, because the whole episode was constructed with him as the LEAD CHARACTER, because he’d performed a spell to make him super awesome. They even changed the title sequence to read ‘Jonathan’ instead of Buffy! And while other fans were no doubt just lol-ing at the random I was bouncing about on my sofa all ‘MY TIME HAS COME!’ and fucking SWOONING over seeing MY CHARACTER suddenly in the spotlight and getting to do crazy fun OOC shit like this -

Then when S06 rolled around and HE WAS A LEGIT REGULAR, omg, I was in HEAVEN! First TV boxset I ever bought that - Buffy S06 :P

So... yeah. A bit of a fav. Geeky. Outcast. Slowly grows more morally grey, what with that spell I mentioned and also the fact he was teamed with the ANTAGONISTS in S06. I guess you could say he was the beginning of a lot of my fav fictional character traits/tropes (though looking back - I think his ‘villainous’ teammates in S06, Andrew and Warren, are more my ‘type’ these days, and I did end up loving Andrew especially a whole damn lot, but at the time I’d been a Jonathan fangirl for so.fucking.long. there was just no chance anyone else in the show was ever gonna come close to my heart!)

THE END.

Sorry not sorry for the tmi. I got a bit too into this one.

Actually sorry I have so few women on the list :( Internalised misogyny/sexism is a real thing and I spent a lot of my life being... somewhat unfairly dismissive of female characters or at least prioritising male ones over them. I’m working on it.

Ten people is SO.MANY. to tag. But I might as well do this right this time, since I’ve come so far. But if you’d rather not play, no worries! <3

@enchantersnight @momecat @bold-sartorial-statement @vampirebillionaire @edwardnashtons @miss-olivia-cellophane @knightinpinkunderwear @supes9 @leaper182 @hamburgergod

Honourable mentions (because I CAN):

Gotham. Lucius Fox.

Gotham. Fish Mooney.

Gotham. Tabitha Galavan.

Doctor Who. The Doctor.

Doctor Who. The Master/Missy.

Supernatural. Hannah.

Supernatural. Naomi.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Andrew Wells.

#about me #a true but boring story #well this was a fun nostalgia fest for me!#apologies to the rest of you.............

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ain-t-bovvered · 6 years ago

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14x14 Commentary

Special episode where a bunch of tired and caffeinated Europeans ( plus a sleepy American) scream together, and then die and try to get on with their day ( lol AS IF)

Hello and welcome:

@purpleskiesandcherrypies (Nat)

@dean-winchesters-bacon (Kat) good night babe

@waywardbaby (Zee)

@ain-t-bovvered (Giulia)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Giulia: Splash

14x14 Ouroboros

Zee: Can’t relive this. With Jack

Nat: I cry

Zee&Giu: I believe in us

Nat: Fuck this

Giulia: Ok sam

Zee: I do believe in us

Giulia: I ain’t got enough coffee in my blood

Zee: The end?? How dare he?

AAAND HERE WE ARE

[ Retro French pop music plays ] IS THIS A THING NOW?

Nat: Uhh...Mexico, Ellaaaa

Zee: Giuls, thoughts??

I see no wrongdoing here. The pasta is being dump into the water while it’s boiling. Garlic! YUM. That looks like too much sauce for that much pa- let’s be honest here, once can never be have too much sauce who cares. Ok I see olive oil, yellow bell pepper ( which is the best one ok) , garlic, onions, zucchini, and I think there’s parmigian cheese and *disgusted sound* cilantro, and a body....

Nat: Well, isn't that tasty

Giulia: ...I’M HUNGRY

Zee: Strike that

Nat: Fresh liver

Giulia: THE CILANTRO GUYS ! YUCK

[SIZZLES]

Nat: NO

Oh he’s making like fried liver, that was not cheese but grated bread ok ok I see you THAT LOOKS TASTY( you forgot the flour tho ok)

Nat: I'm more grossed out by the liver than the snake

Zee: Excuse me while I barf

Theeeey’re HEEEEEERE

Nat: Ohhh... babes

Zee: Shut. The. Fuck. Up

Giulia: those look tasty too

Creepy motherfucker , who is weirdly making me tingling with his cooking skill, : time to go Felix.

Giulia&Nat: A SNACK FOR LATER

Giulia: I WISH

Nat: NO How about no, He just left his meal cooking. Could burn the house down

Giulia: yeah real rude. Killing people and burning houses down

Nat: Mmmhh...snack

Giulia: Omg Jack’s plaid coat. Jack has amazing coats game y’all.

Nat: snacks

Zee: Three of them

oh...now they are all 4 of them ?

Nat: all of them, well, no except one

Zee: Jack is a baby

Dean has a surprisingly soft steps.

C: Oh no

I know Cass baby, that bitch fucked up a perfectly good pasta that’s what he did.

Giulia: Dean is us

D: Yeah who just let themselves be eaten?

Giulia: I’d let myself be eaten by you

D: My money is on witchcraft.

R: Och, you, always blaming witches

D: Cause a lot of times is witches

Rowena basically : I was minding my glorious business when you whiny bitches called to beg for my help

D: Well we’ve been chasing this guy for weeks. What’s your point

Nat: Awww...Deano calm yo tits

Nat: Dean tossing things is my kink

Zee: Kinks again Nat?

Nat: Can you blame me? I'm FINE

Giulia: Hello castiel

R: Not enough Pantera posters for one.

Dean looking almost amused

Giulia: Coughing jack is my (1) fear

Jack: I’m fINe , I’M NoT dYinG .

Nat: yeah, right, Jack

Nat: Dean..please!

R: Darling boy, everything means something.

Giulia: Be a dear and bring the snakeskin

Sam and Rowena research date night

R: You say [high pitched voice] ‘oh it’s just some magic and you think I’d leave it at that?’

Nat: Ahh..Sam puffing his chest

R: I’m more curious about how your brother is managing to keep an archangel locked away inside his mind.

S: Because....he’s Dean [read this as Batman]

Giulia&Zee: Dean is dean

Zee&Giulia: He’s fine

Nat: DEAN IS NOT FINE

Zee: Giuls. Shut up

Giulia: Zee 🖕🏻

DATE NIGHT!!

Look at them HAAAAANDS cradling the mug.

D: You know, I got to say, I got a pretty good feeling about bringing Rowena in on this one. I think her and Sam have a chance of cracking it.

me: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

C: They do have many books.

D: Yes, they do.

Zee: Worried husband

C: Hey Dean...

D: I’m fine....

ok ok ok ...I ADORE this shot! you’ll see this often in my feed , just fyi

C: What you're doing, even just sitting here and having a cup of coffee, is a Herculean feat. I can't imagine the willpower

Giulia: hey dean. Oh how I adore how he talks

WHAT IS THAT LOOK DEAN

[Jack dying in the bathroom]

Giulia: JACK STOP FUCKING COUGHING

[Jack spitting blood]

me : *stares in the distance, lost in my ptsd vietnam episode*

Zee: Are you really fine?

Nat: NO OF COURSE HE ISN'T

Cas is like.... DONT U LIE TO ME, i have no right to tell you this because of a recent stupid thing I did but DON’T LIE TO MY FACE

WHAT IS THIS LOOOOOOOOOOOOOK

Zee: That’s what I’m supposed to say

D: ...That’s what we all say

Dean’s like.... yeah ok he can read right through me.

[ starting operation ‘ let’s lower our walls’ in 3....]

[....2......]

[......1...]

Giulia: Still even more convinced that they will use michael grace on jack

Giulia: Those eye lines are ruining me

D: There's this pounding in my head. It never stops.

Castiel’s face:

D: Michael's in there, and he is fighting hard to get out.

D: And I can't let my guard down... not for a second.

Me: I’ll cheer to that bro

C: Well, that is not sustainable.

Giulia: THIS SHOW IS NOT SUSTAINABLE

D: ....It's on me.

Nat: IT'S NOT FUCKING ON YOU

C: We are here to help you.

me: *SOBS*

D: I know that, and I appreciate that. I do.

[JACK STILL DYING IN THE BATHROOM]

Nat: fuck this

Zee: That kid is gonna die in the fucking bathroom

Giulia: U FUCKER STOP

Nat: IF... IF.... IF

D: If you don’t ....

THIS LOOKS ARE KILLING ME

D: We still have plan B

Nat: Fuck plan B

Giulia: NO ONE LIKES PLAN B

Zee: Coffin Ocean Done

Nat: NOT even plan B likes Plan B

Jack’s like : yo you finished with the eye fucking and feelings sharing so I don’t feel embarrassed by you two in public?

Castiel’s like : I’m out with two problematic kids who don’t tell me nothing

Nat: EVERYBODY'S FINE

Dean:

Giulia: We are fiNe

C: Okay, um...these killings -- it seems like there's a ritualistic quality to the crime scenes, right? It's almost liturgical.

Zee: Greek there for ya

Giulia: thank you Mr.Portokalos

D: Ah yeah. See that one I knew.

Dean...you cute fucker I swear

J: Anyone who could do this is a monster...I mean, even if they're human.

D: Looks like Sam and Rowena have something

Nat: Sam and Rowena have something wink wink

THEY DOOOOO ? (͠≖ ͜ʖ͠≖)

D: This is like an A.V. Club presentation.

Giulia: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH

J: What's an A.V. Club?

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH

C: It's a special group for people who do not play sports.

Giulia: I love the av club, where do I sign in?

Dean points at Cas “He’s the av club” [insert Oprah gif]

Giulia: IM DEAD

also how does Cas knows that? was that included in Metatron’s pop culture packet?

Nat: Of course he'll know

Zee: Jack is precious

R: Excuse me, boys, but this is a bit more pressing than your hilarious banter.

Excuse me Rowena , nothing is more pressing than their hilarious banter

CAS WHAT ARE U DOING , CONTROL YOUR EYEBROW

Giulia: clash of the titans. (Not gonna lie, I almost wrote clash of the tits). Just fyi

Zee&Nat: Of course you did

R: You know about Medusa?.

I’m sorry but....everyone knows about Medusa. Ok ok this was mainly for the giggles and all because, you bet your ass that Dean would know who the fuck Medusa was, STOP MAKING DEAN THIS DUMB WHEN IT’S NOT REALISTIC.

Giulia: How caffeine is working

Nat: Because why else should the writers write this episode

Nat: Definitely...anything you want. Get on your knee. lol

Giulia: ...ooooh i can smell all the meta from here

Nat: They all gay for dick

Well Nat I guess….I mean... ...well that’s...that’s the goal

Giulia: U would all be gay for them

Nat: you not wrong

Giulia: MMMMMM

Nat: UHHHH FBI FBI

Zee: Fucking hell

Giulia: FBI FBI FBI

Nat&Giula: IS THIS AMUSING TO YOU?

Now turned on and scared Guy : No SIR

Cas:

yeah that’s right call me Sir

Nat: Psycho penpal

Y’all my psycho text pals tho

Nat: you're not his type

Giulia: BITCH IM EVERYBODY’s TYPE

R:For the record, I don't love being included on his little hit list.

S: Apparently he can’t see angels

J: I’m not an angel

D: Close enough

C: So, if Jack and I approach Noah on our own, we -- we may surprise him.

Giulia: ABORT I DON T LIKE THAT PLAN

Zee: Happily surprised moose

Giulia: i’d get sloppy....( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Zee: I’m here for Sam’s short shirt

I’m here for them short of clothes

R: I HAVE A PLAN

Giulia: WEE DOGGIE

Nat: OMG

Giulia: IS THAT JACK

Nat: THAT DOG IS SO SMALL IN SAM'S ARM

S: We -- We think he might have eaten something.

R: "We think"? "We think"? He means that it's my fault for not keeping an eye on the poor dear. He thinks that everything is my fault.

S: Can we not fight in front of the vet?

S: I mean, I guess it's not entirely your fault that you looked away!

R: He blames me for everything! I let his mother ride the Jet Ski one time!

WHAT IS THIS? AM I DEAD AND IN FANFIC TROPES PARADISE?

Nat: Wee Jackie Boy

Giulia: I CAN T

Zee: Sam got a dog and it’s his “son”

S: What are you doing?

R: Oh, I mean, I realize it's not...[Deep voice ]...pretending to be the FBI. [Normal voice] But there are other ways of doing things, Samuel. Plus...I thought my performance was quite magnificent.

Giulia: I NEED THOSE TWO TO FUCK

Zee: The thermometer

Giulia: i bet he liked being a dog

Giulia: *seeing just now Zee’s thermometer text* THIS IS HORRIBLE TIMING

Nat: Did Jack just get something in his ass for this

Nat: YES

Zee: SO YES

J: Just wish I could've got it before she took my temperature.

Giulia: ...he took one for the team.

R: Oh, uh, a moment, Samuel. What did you do to that boy?

R: It's volatile magic, powerful, and it's stitched to him like some kind of parasite.I was curious before, but now I am worried, so I'll ask you again, Sam What did you do?

I can’t believe Rowena is lecturing Sam, and being right too

R: using dangerous, mysterious magic, regardless of the cost, that's a very on-brand me thing to do.

Nat: She's still so much shorter than him standing on the curb

Zee: Everyone is shorter than him

R: Of course, Samuel. Until very recently, I was the villain.

So I ordered this SamWitch extra spicy I guess.

Giulia: I REALLY NEED THOSE TWO TO GET IT OUT OF THEIR SYSTEM

Meanwhile scarred Jack :

Nat: That guy is creepy

Giulia: He’s so flamboyant loves every minute of it

Zee: That gorgon is a total bitch

Noah: "Helpless men" -- that's rich. No, I do eat ladies, too, but women have become so cautious lately. Must be all that finally waking up from centuries of misogynistic oppression. Good for them. Bad for you.

Nat: Ok but I like that

D: But if we cut off their head, then is more creatures gonna crawl out?

Ok but ...hey...legit question

....sam...

SAM

WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS?

knock first , kick doors later

Zee: Enter the angel of the lord

Noah a bit turned on and scared

Nat: does he do anything else

Nat: NO fair

Noah : demi-god actually

Zee: I’m a lover not a fighter

Nat: THEN LOVE HIM

Giulia: I DON'T LIKE THIS STORY

Nat: Slapping

Zee: Oh he didn’t

Nat: NO cas

#mood #same

Nat: wHAT

Giulia: NO , WHAT

Zee: Real pleasure

Giulia: OH SAMMY IS HANGRY

Zee: Why is he kicking their asses?

Giulia: Stop making him bump his head

Nat: MICHAEL CAN GET OUT

Zee: Fuck yeah

Giulia: YAS JACK BABY

Zee: My baby is hurt

Giulia: ALL MY BABIES ARE HURT

Zee: Swallow Cas

Zee dON’T BE NASTY

Giulia: OH CAS KNOWS

Nat: I can't even see

this is painful

Zee: Look how precious jack is

Nat: Dean's still too tall for the bed

Giulia: IM ANXIOUS . CAS IS ANGRY

Nat: POOR JACK THO?

Sam asking Rowena what to do is making me weak.

JESUS

Giulia: GOD DAMN IT. I CHOKED . that was scary

Nat: that's what she said

Nat: Cas wants to make up for it

Giulia: THERE ARE TOO MANY THINGS HAPPENING

[VIDEO] because I’m a sucker for these moments and you need to appreciate them more.

Giulia: We do too Jack

Zee: Special humans

Nat: sometimes we forget that too

Zee: Humans burn bright

Giulia: They are still human

Giulia: For a very brief time

Zee: He have to carry on

Nat: WE WILL NOT CARRY ON

Giulia: DAMN CAS

Nat: wHAT'S THE POINT

Nat: Jack has it right

Giulia: JACK IS RIGHT

Zee: It will hurt

Nat: Stop talking like that CAs

This scene is one of the best one , I can’t

Nat: CASSSSSSSSS

Zee: Can Cas shut up already?

Giulia: IM CRYING

Giulia: MY GOD CAS

Nat: Jack calm yo tits

Giulia: JACK STOP SPIRALLING

Giulia: He s keeping the snake . LUCIFER SON IS KEEPING THE SNAKE. I DON T LIKE IT

OH....SOMEONE IS AWAKE

Nat: NO . WHAT STOP

Giulia: what is th

Zee: He woke up alright

I KNOW WHERE I AM

Giulia: The screaming

Zee: He out

Nat: He's gone?

Giulia: OH NO. I DON T TRUST IT

Nat: NO

Giulia: DEAN DON’T PANIC

Giulia: OH SHIT

Nat: WHAT IS GOING ON

Giulia: OH FUCK

Nat: WELP MAGGIE IS GONE

Giulia: FUCK

Nat: WHAT THE FUCK

Giulia: DEAN BREATHE

Zee: Shut the fuck up

Nat: SHIT

Giulia: OH SHIT

Nat: DO YOU STILL WANT THEM TO BONE?

Nat: Michael!Rowena x Sam

Giulia: NOT NOW NAT!

Nat: SHUT UP NAT

Giulia: SHUT UP NAT .i can t watch this

Nat: Always taunting him. "come on sam, you can go harder than that, boy" .OH GOD SHUT UP NAT

Nat: FUCK YOU MICHAEL I HATE HIM SO MUCH

Zee: I fucking love him

M: It didn’t work out. It was him, not me.

Michael making promises.....DOESN’T WORK.

R: I’ll live either way

Zee: Sam is gonna off me

R: ..which makes dinner a little awkard

Giulia: GUYS I CAN T WATCH THIS

Nat: Fuck this

Nat: I'M HURT

Giulia: IM HURTING

Nat: how can americans watch it with commercial breaks?

M: Burning off your soul? You'll run out soon enough.

Giulia: i have no idea what to do

Giulia: How dare u

M: I am the commander of the host! I am the cleanser of worlds! I will not be challenged by a child!

You are a drama queen , that’s what you are

Nat: Of course

J: I'm not a child! I'm the son of Lucifer. I'm a Hunter. I am a Winchester!

Giulia: JACK

Zee&Nat: I am a Winchester

Nat: OH did he just swallowed Michael's grace

nat doN’T BE NASTY

Giulia: JACK IS GOING IN THAT BOX JACK IS SO GOING IN THAT BOX

J: Michael is dead

I don’t trust it

Nat: OH WINGS

Nat: I'm confused

Giulia: I DON T LIKE THIS

[after credits comments]

Giulia: PROMO. NOW

Giulia: AHAHAHA

Zee: What??!!

Giulia: NEXT EP IS GONNA BE FUN

Nat: I'm confused

Nat: Someone hold me

Zee: There there pats your back

Giulia: WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT EP. IT JUST HURT ALL THE TIME .i’m sweating

Nat: I have no idea and I didn't like it

Zee: Hello. Are you new to SPN ?

Nat: What Michael is dead? Are we supposed to believe that?

Zee: No

Giulia: Jack worries me tho. And ya know the last ep of the season is called “Jack in the box”

Zee: Don’t go there

Giulia: How I cannot

Zee: Don’t know. Just don’t

Giulia: FUCK EVERYTHING THAT WAS A ROLLERCOASTER AND IM STILL ON IT

Zee: You’ll never get off

Giulia: That what he said

Zee: Stop it

Giulia: Fuck u all

And fuck spn

And dean

And sam

And cas

And fucking jack

I can t

*throw tables out the window*

If you want to get tagged in the future ones send an ask HERE or to @waywardbaby or a smoke signal, idk whatever I’m tired af.

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scharfkugel · 5 years ago

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if ur still doing the character meme id wanna know ur hot takes on hazama

Everyone’s favourite least favourite character, Hazama!

First impression: I honestly could not take Hazama seriously at all when I first saw him. This was back in the day when the whole “fedora-wearing neckbeard” meme was at its peak, and I couldn’t separate that meme from Hazama. Me and my brother even gave him the nickname of “Brony Friend-zoney” and made repeated jokes about him being a ‘nice guy’ who gets friendzoned by everyone.

Impression now: I now take Hazama more seriously these days sfjklds. His design is really cool, especially his ouroboros, and his playstyle is really cool as well. I think he’s an absolute bastard and one of my favourite video game villains!

Favorite moment: His battle with Ragna at Mu’s altar in Continuum Shift. The climax of what I think was the best Blazblue game: Ragna and his nemesis battling each other at full power to save Noel and the world. Awesome background, awesome soundtrack, and awesome fight. Getting to see Jin cooperate with Ragna to take down Mu afterwards was really cool as well.

Idea for a story: Every gag reel with Hazama was hilarious, so I’d love to see a story that is able to capture this energy. Maybe the cast going onto a cooking show and having to work in pairs to compete and make the best cake! Hazama gets paired up with Ragna and the two have the most uncooperative cooking session imaginable. Bonuses include Hibiki dragging a drunk Kagura onto the set and then trying to stop him from eating their cake, and Noel making her cake with Tsubaki while constantly managing to screw up even the most simple cooking processes in the most bizarre ways possible.

Unpopular opinion: This is a such a common theme in this section of the asks, but god they really didn’t do much him at all in CF huh? Hazama’s story is amazing in CT and CS, pretty good in CP, and then he kinda just becomes irrelevant in CF when Terumi severs himself from Hazama. Having him just jump into the boundary and peace out after Ragna finds him is just lazy as heck.

Favorite relationship: I mentioned this in an ask about Relius, but Hazama and Relius! Hazama wears the dunce cap in this house, and his bantering and teasing of Relius is always great to watch. Relius being the most serious and deadpan character in Blazblue combined with the smuggest bastard of the whole series makes for some hilarious interactions.

Favorite headcanon: Being a vessel created by Relius, Hazama likes to further tease Relius by calling him ‘father’ jokingly. Also while the whole ��boiling his eggs in a bathtub’ thing was a joke from his gag reel, Hazama does actually put his eggs inside the kettle and then later make tea from the same water because he’s just an idiot like that.

#blazblue #hazama #asks #thank you for the ask anon!

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aweebwrites · 6 years ago

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Inverse Destinies

(This turned out a lot longer than I expected but here you go anon!)

"I want to see once and for all who is the greatest hero. Is it the Samurai, or Ninja?" Pythor spoke loudly to the crowds of serpentine watching them eagerly. "Only the victor will be allowed to leave!" He yelled and they all cheered.

"Stay together." Nya says, all of them on the defence as they stared the Samurai down.

She was their acting leader as well as the master of fire.

"Perhaps he can join our team to fight our way out?" Zane suggested to the rest of the team. "After all, he hates the Serpentine too." He pointed out but then the Samurai attacked, launching a large circular shuriken at them they quickly dodged.

They all watched as it returned to the Samurai X mech with wide eyes.

"Scratch that. He is not in our team!" Cole yelled before dodging the mechanical fist tossed at them by jumping over and landing behind it, regrouping as the Samurai recovered.

The Samurai tossed another shuriken but Jay ducked, dodging it.

"Ha! Missed me!" He yelled but then the shuriken returned, hitting him in the back of the head before reattaching to the mech.

"Tornado of Creation?" Zane queried as Jay rubbed the back of his head and they all nodded.

"Earth!" Cole yelled, starting up his Spinjitzu.

"Fire!" Nya yelled, following up.

"Ice!" "Lightning!"

"Ninja go!" They all yelled as they came together, creating one ultra massive Tornado of Creation.

The tornado sucked in several weapons and debris- even a Serpentine's treat. Once the tornado vanished, the ninja were left standing next to a massive slingshot with a large spiked ball inside.

"Chew on this." Nya smirked before they drew back the ball and the band then let it fly, the ball knocking the Samurai back all the way in front of Pythor and Sales.

They then yelled as they charged at both serpentine but Pythor pulled a lever that made spikes jut up all around the fighting ring, preventing them from getting to Pythor.

"Argh!" Why can't anyone play fair?!" Jay yelled and Pythor smirked before pulling another lever.

"Look alive boys!" Nya yelled as the fighting ring tilted, making them all fall across it, holding onto the spikes to prevent themselves from falling in the hole below.

"Can this get any worse?!" Cole yelled as the Samurai hung in next to them.

"We have to continue to make it appear that we are fighting for real." Samurai X says as they looked at him surprised.

"Huh, we're not fighting for real?" Jay asked, looking across at the mech.

"Keep up the charade and hold on to my exo-suit." The Samurai told them and they did as he said, hopping into his suit.

The Samurai then turned on the rocket boosters on the mech and they all launched up into the air, their ascent soon stopping completely, the suit unable to go higher.

"There's too much weight!" Nya yelled as they all hung in tight.

Before they could think of a solution, Samurai X jumped out of the mech, allowing the suit to fly away with them from Ouroboros.

"I can't believe he just saved us!" Cole yelled over the the rush of the wind, angry.

"He stole our thunder again!" Nya growled, looking back.

"Argh! I hate that Samurai!" Jay yelled in his rage.

"Go Ninja! Go!" Harumi yelled from her cell, glad they got away.

The Samurai however, landed on his feet in the righted arena, punching two serpentine who came up behind him before running straight for Pythor. Pythor growled before pulling Harumi out of the cage and held her before him threateningly as she squirmed and struggled against him.

"Get him!" Pythor yelled and the serpentine rushed at him from all angles.

"Magnetizer activated." Samurai X spoke before using the magnetizer from his wrist to snatch the golden weapons, catching them in a banner he stole.

He then threw his blade, using it to tilt the arena again to make all the serpentine slide off as he activated the jetpack he wore and flew off. He landed on the head of the Great Devourer statue and bowed before flying off again, leaving Pythor fuming.

'I didn't want to leave the squirt behind but what other choice did I have?' Samurai X thought as he flew on.

His eyes widened once his jetpack stalled, sending him spiraling down before crashing into the sand.

"Ugh." The Samurai grunted as he sat up.

He then stood and dusted himself iff before testing his equipment.

"Testing, testing? One, two." The Samurai says, testing his equipment.

He gave an irritating huff and took off his helmet, revealing his true identity as Kai, younger brother of the fire ninja, Nya.

"Kai?" He went rigid, quickly putting the helmet back on.

"Steer clear Ninja!" He yelled, the voice modulator distorting his voice. "Don't look..." He slumped, knowing it was pointless now and took off the helmet again.

"At me..." Kai finished, looking at his older sister sheepishly.

"I... I don't understand... You're the Samurai?!" Nya asked, bewildered.

"Well, it was always the chosen ninja club." Kai says with a shrug. "You and the others never let me even try to help. So, I found my own way to be a hero... Are you mad?" He asked quietly, looking a little guilty.

"Mad?" Nya repeated, awesteuck. "Of course not! I've been trying to protect you all this time and you never needed it. You're amazing!" She told him wirh a wide smile.

"Kai power." Kai grinned then looked at her hopefully. "You're not going to tell the others, are you?" Nya frowned.

"Well you see, we had this bet. We agreed whoever caught the Samurai would be the green-" Nya cut herself off at the disappointed and sad look Kai wore.

She sighed then smiled.

"Of course I won't say anything Kai." She says, giving him a hug he happily returned.

"But I've gotta ask: how'd you make all this stuff?" Nya asked, looking him over.

"You'd be surprised how much spare time I have you waiting for you guys to come back from missions." Kai says drily. "You better head back before anyone gets suspicious. We'll have to rescue Harumi another day." He told her, taking the golden weapons off his back and handing them to her, still wrapped up in the banner.

"Kai..." She says after accepting the weapons. "When I get in trouble, the other three always have my back. But you...? Just promise to be careful." She says softly.

"I promise." Kai says with a smile.

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"Come on!" Nya grunted aboard the bounty, shaking her hand while wearing the green ninja gi. "Fire! Unlock fire! Uh, uh, fire go!" She yelled but nothing was unlocking her full potential.

"Shoot flames! Oh, come on!" She growled in frustration, glaring at her right hand. "Everyone else can do it! I can too! Bring heat!" She yelled, holding both hands out but the only thing that happened was the sound of laughter filling rhe room.

She whirled around, mortified to see Cole, Zane and Jay laughing at her.

"Very creative." Zane says, amused as Nya blushed in embarrassment.

"Hehe... How- how long have you guys been... You know... Standing there?" She asked, doing an awkward stretch to seem casual.

"Long enough." Cole says with a smirk as Jay rushed over for a closer view.

"The green ninja suit! It's so awesome!" Jay says excitedly and Nya did a full spin.

"Isn't it? I was looking for some clue from Sensei when I found it." She shrugged.

"Nya, you know only the one who is foretold to face Lord Garmadon is destined to be green ninja, and only they should wear the green ninja outfit. So Sensei would most likely be very-"

"I know, I know." Nya sighed, cutting Zane off.

"But... I thought if I just tied it on, it might help me see a way to unlock ny true potential." She says, hanging her head before crossing her arms with a frown. "It's not fair you guys have already unlocked your cool powers and I haven't. Besides, Sensei's gone and we don't know when he's coming back-" She was cut off by a door squeaking open some distance away.

"Hello? I'm home." Sensei Wu called, sending Nya into a panic as the others rushed to meet him.

She quickly changed back into her own gi and put the green ninja gi back before rushing out to not look suspicious.

"... of us except for Nya have discovered our true potential." She heard Zane tell Sensei Wu as she climbed the ladder to the upper deck.

"Jeeze. Could have said it in a less depression way." Nya huffed.

"Have you now? Where is Nya?" Wu asked, looking around.

"Right here!" She grinned, popping up behind her younger brother Mr. Samurai X himself. "So glad you're safe." She says with a smile that quickly fell once she noticed four black arms from behind Sensei Wu before she spotted Garmadon himself.

"Aaah! Sensei, behind you!" Nya yelled then jumped forward, pulling out her fire sword mid air, landing before Garmadon.

Zane jumped before Sensei Wu as she swung the glowing gold sword at Garmadon who bent back to dodge.

"He's gotten four arms!" She yelled as she jumped on him, pressing the gold sword towards Garmadon's face as he used all four hands to push against her.

"So, we meet again!" Garmadon grunted out, glaring at Nya who returned it before looking to Sensei Wu.

"He must have followed you Sensei!" She says, pushing against him even more as Sensei Wu ran over.

"Nya, stop!" He yelled, confusing her. "He is the reason I left. For as long as Pythor has Harumi, he will be our guest." He explained amd Just looked down at Garmadon bewildered before getting off him.

"We have to live with this guy?!" Cole yelled, stepping forward.

"But sensei, he has four arms!" Zane protested.

"Uh, must I remind you ever since he turned evil, he's been trying to get our golden weapons?" Jay pointed out but he only served to anger Wu.

"Enough!" He snapped.

"Yes Sensei." They all sais, backing up.

"This isn't about the weapons, it's about my daughter." Garmadon insisted, on his feet now.

"From here on out, you will obey me and you will respect my brother." Wu told them as Garmadon crossed his upper arms.

"Yes Sensei." All the ninja and Kai says, bowing their heads.

"Now, to the bridge. We must put our attention to more pressing matters." Wu says, heading there with Garmadon following behind.

Said villain pausing before looking back at Nya with a smirk.

She glared at him as he continued on, the rest of them following soon after. She didn't care what Sensei Wu said, she was keeping an eye on him.

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Harumi sighed from her place stuck inside the portable prison Pythor stuck her in. She shouldn't have went off on her own but she saw her chance to help the ninja and couldn't walk away from it. Now, she was being lugged around by stupid snakes as an advantage over the ninja. Not like they needed it really. They had all but one of the fang blades after all. But it's not like she could escape either. The stupid cage was well built.

She grunted once the cage was picked up, rubbing her elbow she hit from their lack of care as she glared at the Constrictai carrying her.

"Don't look so glum." He spoke mockingly. "Very soon, we won't have any need for you. It's time to collect the third fangblade!" He yelled then laughed as Harumi looked at him horrified.

Oh no...

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"What are you two doing out here?" Kai asked as he opened the door to see Nya and Garmadon glaring each other down.

"Perhaps you should be asking Ms. Snoopy Pants that question." Garmadon says, gesturing to a wide eyed Nya with both right arms.

"What? No way! I was- um... Keeping watch!" Nya thought up quickly, crossing her arms. "So, are you really the green ninja?" She asked her younger bother timidly.

"What? No way." Kai says with a smirk, shaking his head and Nya sighed, relieved.

"So the weapons didn't tell you? That means I still have a chance." She says with a determined grin as Kai smiled at her.

"Truthfully, he never wanted to know." Wu says as he stepped out behind Kai.

"Well, at first, all I wanted was to be like you and the guys but after seeing how obsessed you all got over the green ninja title, it gave me an appreciation of not being one of you and what I could do on my own as a Samurai." Kai admitted to his older sister who frowned.

"So then... Who's the green ninja?" Nya asked Sensei Wu, puzzled.

"Perhaps we will never know." Wu's wise answer.

"Nya! You were supposed to be in the bridge! Zane's Falcon spotted them!" Jay called from the bridge and she gasped, rushing up there with the others.

On the computer screen, it showed the group of serpentine being led by Pythor towards the Temple of Fire. The Falcon zoomed in on Harumi being carried in the cage as well.

"Looks like Pythor is at the Temple of Fire." Kai says once they were all gathered, looking up at the screens.

"Then that means the Fangblade is there." Nya says with narrowed eyes.

"And my daughter." Garmadon added.

"That's the same Fire Temple where Nya and Lord Garmadon first faced off..." Jay pointing out, recognising it.

"If my memory serves me correct, I'd says one of us cheated back when we last fought." Nya says, tossing a glare back at Garmadon.

"And I remember someone needing their Sensei to save them." Garmadon shot back.

"Guys! For the sake of the Fangblade and Harumi, can we please just get along?" Cole asked as he steered the Bounty towards the Fire Temple.

"Since the last time we've been there, the volcano has grown unstable. The place is a powder keg just waiting to blow up. The environment will be highly combustible." Kai warned, going over the data for the Temple.

"Oh, great. Just what I like. Fighting armed and deadly snakes in a highly combustible environment about to blow up!" Jay yelled at the absurdity of it all.

"We will do what we must." Wu told them, eyes on the screen.

It will be a dangerous mission but a necessary one.

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"The volcano is on the verge of eruption guys. All recent indicators say that this place is becoming increasingly fragile. Even the smallest rupture can make the whole thing go off." Kai warned them, staying on the Bounty but using the Falcon as communication.

"Then we must not use our weapons." Wu says, walking along the path into the temple with Garmadon before him and the ninja behind.

With that declaration, all the ninja put their weapons away, Nya keeping a keen eye out from behind incase they planned a surprise attack.

"There." Wu says, pointing out a tunnel from inside the Fire Temple. "The Serpentine must be inside the inner core. From here on out, we travel by shadows." He told them as they took off in a run.

"It's the only way I know how." Garmadon says, keeping a vigilant eye.

Once they came for the end of the tunnel, they saw the Serpentine on the rocks raised out of the magma.

"There's Rumi!" Jay whispered and they all zoned in on Harumi from where she was in the cage still, looking miserable.

"Harumi." Garmadon gasped.

The Venomari serpent who was digging into the core of the volcano hit something and Pythor jolts from where he was, looking at the map and planning his next steps.

"Huh? Out of my way, fool!" He says, batting the other snake aside, unaware of the Ninja, Wu and Garmadon closing in. "The the third Fangblade is ours!" He yelled, taking up the blade and they cheered.

Pythor inspected the blade but then he spotted the Ninja in the Blade's reflection.

"Ninja? Attack!" He yelled and the Serpentine charged at them.

"Light as a leaf. Attack like there is no tomorrow." Wu says before charging forward, knocking the Serpentine in his way on the small path off.

Jay punched and kicked a few Serpentine as a large jet of magma spewed up.

"Ice!" Zane yelled, creating a new path and sliding down it, kicking serpentine off as they approached.

Nya on the other hand was surrounded by Serpentine. She wasn't sure if she could take them all on. She hesitated before pulling her weapon, making the magma glow bright as she took down the Serpentine surround him.

"Nya, the weapon is compromising our safety." Kai warned over the comms.

"Sorry!" She says then put it away then rushed further into the frey.

Meanwhile, Pythor and the other Serpentine were making their escape.

"Let's get out of here! But not before we leave them with a parting gift." He says with a smirk. "Boys?" He says and the Constrictai dug several holes throughout the vol another, letting more magma seep through.

"They're making the volcano unstable." Zane says as they regrouped.

"Any minute this place is gonna blow. We have to get out of here." Jay says as the place began to crumble.

"Not without my daughter." Garmadon says, spotting her being carried away.

"Dad!" Harumi yelled and Garmadon launched forward, cutting his way through the Serpentine sent to stop him.

"Argh, lose the girl!" Pythor hissed, near the entrance and they set the cage down on a few rocks, near the rising magma.

"Dad!" Harumi yelled out, terrified to see the magma rising.

"Harumi!" Garmadon yelled then continued to cut though the Serpentine, lava rising still.

He pushed them out of the way, running up the path. He flipped over the rest of the serpentine rushing at him and quickly grabbed the handle of the cage, lifting it and Harumi hanging out the melted off bottom up and to safety.

"Dad." Harumi says relieved, hugging him as the Serpentine retreated.

"Daughter." He says in relief, hugging him back.

"We have to get the Fangblade!" Nya yelled, dashing past them.

"Come back. It's too dangerous. The whole place is going to explode!" Cole yelled as the volcano destabilized further, Garmadon retreating with Harumi in arms

"Then I better be quick!" Nya yelled before throwing her sword, lodging it and the fangblade in the wall.

"Hurry, we must leave here at once." Skales says as Pythor attempts to pull the blade out.

He left with a scream once a jet of magma shot up too close for comfort, the tunnel closing over behind him.

"Leave it, Nya! It's not worth your life!" Jay yelled as Nya continued to dash to where the sword and the fangblade was.

"Not without that Fangblade!" She yelled as he finally got there, tugging at his sword that was lodged in the volcano wall tight.

This was their chance to get a one up on Pythor! They had to have it!

"We must leave." Wu says as they stood by the cave leading to the exit.

"But what about Nya?" Harumi asked, standing before her father wide eyed. "Nya!" She yelled, trying to get the master of fire to come back.

Suddenly, the ground under her broke off and she fell with a scream, faster than they could catch her. The chunk of land dropped in the lava and Harumi on it.

"No! Harumi!" Garmadon yelled, being held back by the others to prevent him from jumping in after him.

"Dad! Dad! I'm sinking!" Harumi yelled, looking up at them with panic.

"It, unh, won't budge!" Nya yelled as she kept tugging at her sword holding the fangblade there.

It finally slipped free but the Fangblade dropped further down into the volcano on a rock.

Nya hopped down then on another rock and tried to reach out for it.

"We have to get out of here, or else none of us will get out of here." Wu says as the volcano began to quake even more violently, making all of them step back.

"But my daughter!" Garmadon protested, being tugged back just in time to miss being crushed by a collapse of the cave before then, forcing them all to run of the temple, his anguished yell echoing along the way.

"Come on, why won't my power unlock?!" Nya asked, frustrated as she tried to reach for the blade again.

"Nya! Help me!" Harumi yelled as her sinking piece of land floated towards him.

Nya gasped, seeing her there, looking terrified then glanced back at the fangblade that started to hiss as magma touched the tip. There was no need for hesitation.

"Come on. Let's get out of here." Nya says as he jumped across to the sinking slab of rock Harumi was floating in, holding her close.

"But the Fangblade..." Harumi says, looking across at it.

"Forget it. This place is coming apart. Ninja, go!" Nya yelled, using her Spinjitzu to hop across on anther pieces of stone with Harumi.

Looking up, Nya realised the exit was sealed off. A spray of magma then blocked the view them surrounded them, trapping them.

"Harumi! Harumi!!!" Garmadon yelled brokenly as they ran from the temple and quickly hopped on the Bounty.

Kai quickly flies them to a safe distance as the volcano suddenly exploded, shooting hot ash and lava everywhere.

"Nya." Kai whispered, heartbroken the same time Garmadon had whispered 'Harumi'.

A large ball of fire shot out of the volcano, heading towards them. Before they could panic, they spotted someone inside the fireball.

"It's Nya! She's found her True Potential!" Jay says with a wide grin.

They landed on the Bounty with Nya still glowing, even as the sphere of energy disappeared. She flipped her hood back, smiling widely as fire billowed behind her. Sensei Wu nodded at her proudly and she smiled wider, passing out after her glow disappeared. Wu took to the wheel of the Bounty and set a course away from the volcano.

Moments later, inside the Bounty with everyone, Garmadon looked Harumi over for any injuries, glad when he didn't find more than a bruise or two.

"Dad? Is it really you?" Harumi asked, looking up at her father.

"It is, daughter." Garmadon says, relieved as they hugged.

"Dad? Why do you have four arms?" Harumi asked but not minding too much.

Four arms are better at hugging than two.

"She's gonna be okay." Cole says and they cheered.

"Thank you, Nya." Garmadon says as his glow vanished and Nya just nodded with a smile.

"But how do you survive? How did you find the key to unlock your true potential?" Zane asked Nya, other others listening in.

"I knew when I had to make a choice. I wanted the Fangblade so badly, to prove I was good enough to become the Green Ninja. But then I figured it out. All of my training to become the best Ninja wasn't in preparation to become the Green Ninja. It was..." She turned to Harumi. "To protect her." She says and everyone looked at Harumi too in awe.

"What? What is everybody looking at me for?" Harumi asked, puzzled.

"That means..." Kai says and they brought the golden weapons over and they reacted, casting a glowing green glow around her.

"Harumi is the Green Ninja." Wu says in surprise. "I had thought it would be one of you, but it was her the whole time. It all makes sense. Not only have you four been chosen to protect the Golden Weapons, but also to protect the Chosen One." He says as he looked around at them.

"That means..." Garmadon says, smile falling and Wu looked to him.

"The battle lines have been drawn, brother. Sadly, our family has only become more divided. Brother versus brother, and now, daughter versus father." Wu says as Harumi looked up at her father with a frown.

She had to... Defeat him? She was the green ninja?

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The time for Harumi to defeat her father may not be here but another evil sure is! She and the ninja looked down from a building at thr Great Devourer just below, biting it's own tail.

"Now, where's Garmadon? He's not gonna hold on for much longer." Cole says as they looked down at it.

"Look! Dad!" Harumi yelled, pointing him out atop the skyscraper the Devourer bit his tail before.

He was holding all four weapons as the sky turned dark and over casted, casting a low purple glow over everything. Garmadon looked down at the Devourer below and the glowing weak spot it had. The Devourer noticed him and manages to look up with its tail in it's mouth.

"You are the reason evil runs through my blood." He says, activating the weapons and a low magenta glow came from them with purple wispy smoke.

A light blue explosion of power went off from the weapons over the overcast sky of the city.

"You bit me once. Now feel what it's like to be bitten back!" Garmadon yelled as he jumped off the building.

"Go get him, Dad." Harumi says, watching him from the safety of the other building.

"Vengeance will be mine!" He yelled before sing into the Devourer's weak spot and it roars as green electricity washed over it before it explodes, sending green goo all across the entire city in a massive flood.

Everyone cheered then, glad that the Devourer was no more.

"He did it." Jay whispered.

"No, we did it!" Cole says with a smile.

They all cheered, the crisis averted...

Or so they thought. Not too far away, a small boy with platinum blond hair in a bowl cut sat in the back of an ambulance, staring ahead in in silence as two paramedics looked him over.

"Hmm. So much for the Ninja." The paramedic to his left says as the second sighed.

"Did you see that thing? Lord Garmadon single-handedly destroyed it. He's the real hero." The second paramedic says to the first.

"Brave little boy you are. Where are your parent, child?" The first paramedic asked but Lloyd didn't respond. "Do you have a name?" Still no answer.

"Well, aren't you the quiet one..."

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"I present to you the exalted Emperor and Empress of Ninjago, and their son, the Jade Prince, Prince Lloyd." Hutchins introduced as the Ninja all walked forward to them.

All five ninja bowed but Harumi had to nudge Kai, their fellow water ninja into bowing as well.

"We are honored by your presence." The Emperor says as the royal family bowed as well.

"The honor is all ours." Harumi says as they straightened.

"I have read much about you." Lloyd says as he walked sown the steps to greet them more personally, his white and green cape just barely touching the ground as his gold crown glimmered in the light. "Your heroics will surely become legend. Nya, the warm hearted ninja who is fiercely protective her team." He says, stopping before her and she bowed.

"Cole, the rock and foundation of the team." He says, moving on and Cole bowed as well.

"Jay, the joker whose mouth is as fast as lightning." He says to Jay who was looking around in awe before paying attention long enough to bow.

"Zane, the cold and calculating android." Lloyd says to him, looking him over.

"Nindroid, your highness." Zane corrected, his human disguise dropping to reveal his titanium self.

"And Kai, the newer addition to the team." Lloyd says and Kai looked disappointed as he bowed. "The Samurai I've wanted to be ever since I first heard about him. With his mastery of Water and his skill that could rival any master." He says and Kai grinned.

"I like him." He says to Zane then bowed again.

"And Master Harumi, the Green Ninja. The youngest but most powerful protector." He says, approaching her, both of them bowing. "The chosen one. I too have lost my parents..." He says sadly.

"Uh, heh?" Jay says, confused.

"... But we're both without family, hm?" Lloyd says with a wistful smile.

"We adopted Lloyd and raised him as our own." The Empress explained, gaining their attention.

"When his parents passed away." The Emperor added.

"Thank you for inviting us into your home." Harumi says with a bow.

"It wasn't us. It was our son." The Emperor clarified.

"And he would like you to stay with us, until the threat to our throne is over." The Empress added.

"These are troubling times, and as long as we have an Oni Mask, we fear our lives are in jeopardy." The Emperor explained, fearfully.

"The masks must never be reunited. Please say yes." Lloyd pleaded to the ninja, looking worried.

All the ninja looked to their leader, Harumi who bowed to them.

"Then you have our help." Harumi told them and Lloyd smiled, relieved.

'Indeed we do...'

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Part 2

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(This is part one! Call it the introductory phase, just to give you a feel of things. I really had to struggle with Tumblr and this but it's up!)

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nellie-elizabeth · 6 years ago

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Supernatural: Ouroboros (14x14)

Well, that was just great!

Cons:

This is an odd thing to comment on, but sometimes I feel like the acting in the pain reactions is sort of... off. Like there's this big moment towards the end of the episode where Jack is doing his cool power surge thing on Michael, and Sam, Dean, and Cas all cringe because of a high ringing noise. Their reactions were not simultaneous - Dean did his a beat after Sam and Cas, and I feel like I could almost hear someone off-camera cuing them when to react to the sound that was added in post. It's actually not the first time I've noticed something like that in Supernatural. Just thought I'd mention it here.

If that's the end of Michael, then I've got to say... he was not nearly as cool of a villain as I was hoping for. The final showdown being between Jack and Michael didn't feel earned, since Dean is the one who has been struggling with him all this time. On a similar note, why did all of the hunters have to die? We didn't spend enough time developing them to make their deaths have impact. I feel like some very, very, slight scriptural changes could have been made to justify keeping this larger ensemble in the wings... we almost had the perfect system! Just a throw-away line about Sam calling in to check on various hunts, or someone mentioning that a few of the hunters have moved to different cities to set up their own headquarters... that's all I would have needed. Why undo the idea of Sam as the new Bobby, running a network of hunters? That was a great concept that was thrown away because the extra people were somewhat inconvenient to explain away.

Pros:

But for the most part? This episode was amazing! Let's start with the case-of-the-week aspect. The Gorgon was actually properly sinister, and the imagery was really gory. It was kind of old-school Supernatural in a way I appreciated, even though it put me off a little bit to see the Gorgon reach into his victim's chest cavity. I also liked how creative the case was, with the bad guy able to stay one step ahead by eating his victim's eyes and seeing the future. I like starting cases in medias res. We know that the Winchester crew has been on this guy's trail for a while now, which only heightens the danger and tension when they finally start to catch up. The Gorgon's performance was just the right amount of actually scary and totally camp. I appreciated that he was going after male victims because recently women have started to be too cautious about strangers.

Rowena was an unexpected delight this week. I love her banter with Sam, the fact that she's not-so-secretly worried about Jack, her willingness to let Michael in so she can protect her friends... it was all excellent. I'm also pleasantly surprised that she survived the hour. The moment she was possessed by Michael, I thought Sam was going to be able to kill Michael by killing Rowena, thus fulfilling Rowena's prophesied death. That would have been pretty brutal, but also predictable, and I'm really glad we didn't go that route.

The scene where Rowena and Sam pretend to be concerned dog owners was hilarious, and the punchline of the dog actually being Jack worked great. I love that Rowena plays up the camp of it all, and although Sam is a bit exasperated, he plays along and pretends that they really are a couple. Rowena's right - pretending to be FBI agents isn't the only way to get things done when working a case!

Everybody knows about Supernatural's famous "power creep" problem, and it's also common among fans to make fun of the way the boys are always tossed around during fights with monsters without ever seeming to suffer any lasting harm. Some of my favorite C-plot episodes are ones that break this pattern. This wasn't exactly a C-plot, of course, but it had a basic monster-of-the-week setup for a lot of it, and then suddenly Dean gets a head injury and nobody can wake him up. I loved this, because it reminded everyone of the mortality of these characters. More specifically, the fact that they don't know they're on a TV show, and are never going to die going after a one-episode monster. Sam's worry for Dean was enormously touching. He asks Rowena desperately what he should do. It's all so... mundane. Obviously everyone's worried about Michael trapped in Dean's head, but more than that, it's just the same worry anyone would have when dealing with a serious head injury. I loved how simple it was, while still tying in to the A-plot.

Let's talk about Cas. This was a great episode for him. Seeing him on the hunt with the rest of the team was obviously a lot of fun, especially since he does a good job and seems to be a competent hunter. The scene with Cas and Dean at the restaurant is obviously one that people are going to be talking a lot about. Dean is always so careful with Cas, sort of gentle with him like he doesn't want to upset him, but also doesn't want to accidentally fall into the trap of Cas' concern, because he's afraid it'll break him. I love that Cas can see through Dean's nonchalance, and I especially love that Cas tells Dean how impressive he's being by keeping Michael at bay. Obviously there's not a lot Cas can do in the moment to help Dean, but I do think it's important for Dean to understand his own strength, and know that his family believes in him.

And then there's the delightful Destiel angst - the look on Cas' face when he woke up and realized that Dean was in trouble, the crack in his voice when he told Sam he couldn't heal him... just murder me now. In particular, the conversation between Jack and Cas was just so precious and important. Whatever happens in the future of this show, I will always maintain that Cas is in love with Dean - Misha seems to be playing to that specifically. And yet he lives with a great burden: Dean and Sam, his family, are mortal. Even if they keep defying the odds and live to an old age, Cas will likely lose them before they lose him. Jack is still so new to the world, and he's still learning that loving mortals is a curse as well as a gift. I liked having a conversation between these two immortal beings, to contextualize the journey of these characters in a new way.

So... Jack. I'm of two minds about what happens at the end of this episode. Is it really as easy as that? Is Jack fully back to power, restored, and no longer using his soul to keep himself going? Did we just kill two birds with one stone, and clear the slate for different problems moving forward? Or... does Jack have his powers back, but at the expense of a piece of his humanity? I like not knowing. I'm pretty okay with anything that lets Jack stick around, honestly. And that moment? Calling himself a Winchester? My heart grew three sizes, I swear. I love that kid.

I think that's where I'll stop for now. There was a lot of stuff that I really, really enjoyed in this episode. It made me stop thinking about the shape of the season, or what's going to happen next, or how all of the pieces will fit together. While I was watching it, I was totally engrossed, and I can't wait for next week!

9/10

#review #supernatural #supernatural review #spn #spn 14x14 #spn review

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sweatersexual · 6 years ago

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Hearts Keep Racing

Starting a new relationship right now can't be a good idea. But then, Ed always did have the worst timing.

Written for @edweenweek Day 5: AU

It really wasn't much of a coincidence that Winry should run into one of her clients in the Ouroboros Clinic's waiting room. It was one of the best used providers in their network, after all. And it was nice to see Ed again.

Winry had long since lost contact with her grade-school pal, only to reconnect when she’d fitted him with a new prosthetic about a year ago. They'd friended each other on Facebook since then and commented on each other's posts a few times, though Ed wasn't on Facebook all that much. Still, he was just as bold and brainy as Winry had remembered him.

Winry waved him over as he walked into the waiting room. Ed waved back with a casted right arm. Winry was sure the story behind that cast would be entertaining.

“Hey Winry,” he greeted her, with a glance to Winry's baby bump. “Wow, I guess congratulations are in order?”

At six months pregnant, Winry was starting to get tired of that being the first thing people brought up. Still, she tried to be gracious about it. “Thanks, Ed.”

“Is it weird if I touch your belly?” Ed asked as he took the seat next to her. “I mean, if it's okay with you . . .”

“Yeah, here.” She took his uncasted hand and laid it just above her belly button. “It's sweet of you to ask. Most people just grab me.”

“Ugh, people are jerks.” And then, as the baby kicked, “Wow, there's really a baby in there!”

Winry laughed. “You don't say?”

“Sorry, I'm not trying to be a complete dweeb. I just think the whole pregnancy-new-life thing is really cool. Like, there's a whole other person inside you. That you made. It's fucking incredible.”

“Aw.” Winry hadn't been expecting this behavior from Ed of all people. It was refreshing to see such a brash personality gush over the miracle of life. “You’re terrible at convincing me you're not a dweeb.”

Ed rolled his eyes. “Whatever. You got any names for this tiny fucking miracle?”

“I'm still mulling over my options.”

“You should call it something kickass, like Puma or Diesel.”

“Oh god. Promise me you'll never have children, Ed.”

“Never say never.”

“So what's with the cast?” asked Winry.

“Oh yeah. Would you believe I broke my wrist fighting a dragon?”

“What?”

“Yeah, you know those Chinese costumes with like ten people inside it? I thought my brother was hiding in there.”

“So you tried to beat up the whole dragon?”

“Nah, I tried to tackle what I thought were his legs. Which was really kind of stupid, but my impulse control sucks sometimes. So I tripped up the dragon and one of the guys fell on my arm. As far as wrist-breaking stories go, there are definitely more embarrassing ones.”

“I guess so.”

“I'd ask you to sign my cast, but I came here to get it off, so I guess there's not much point.”

It didn't look like there was any room left on the cast to sign it, covered as it was with red and black signatures, doodles, and even a few chemical equations. “Eh,” said Winry. “I already signed your leg anyway.”

“True, true,” Ed said with a laugh.

Winry's doctor was ready to see her before Ed's was to see him. When her checkup was finished, she briefly took a seat to check her email. She had just finished writing a reply to Garfiel when Ed sat next to her.

"Yech," he said. "I hate how gross your skin feels after a cast comes off." He rubbed his right arm.

"Don't pick at it," said Winry. "You'll irritate the skin."

"I'm not. I'm just trying to relax these muscles. It's so stiff."

"Your doctor showed you wrist exercises to build up your strength, right?"

"Yeah. They hurt, though."

She shrugged. "They'll hurt less the more you do them."

He snorted. "You know, for a healthcare provider, you're pretty indifferent to my pain."

"What do I get for kissing every little boo boo?" Winry asked with a smirk. She and Ed both knew that he only liked to whine about the little things. If he were really hurt, he'd pretend he was completely fine. "You're not my client right now."

"You're such a mercenary," Ed grumbled. "So how'd the checkup go?"

"Good," said Winry. "We're both healthy and hitting all the milestones. Doctor Briggs just prescribed me some folic acid."

"Nice," Ed said. "Hey, you wanna get lunch or something? I've got some time to kill before Al comes to pick me up. Doctor Knox says I'm still not good to drive for a few more days."

"You haven't been allowed to drive?" asked Winry. "You must be hating that." He was such an independent person, it had to be driving him crazy.

"You have no idea," Ed groaned. "Public transportation sucks and Al won't let me bend the rules. He hid my car keys!"

Winry laughed. "Sounds like Al."

They ended up going to the Applebee's around the corner. Winry had been eating there more since she got pregnant than she had in her entire life. She'd been craving ribs and Applebee's had a good deal on them.

"Doesn't baby daddy know how to work a grill?" asked Ed. "That's the best way to eat ribs."

Winry shook her head. "Baby daddy's not in the picture."

"Oh. Sorry. That sucks."

She shrugged. "It is what it is."

"I don't need to knock some sense into him, do I?"

"What? No! He's not around because I don't want him to be. I don't need him, and I don't need you to stick your nose where it doesn't belong."

Ed raised his palms apologetically. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to - I know you can take care of yourself, Winry. I guess I'm just projecting. You know, since my dad walked out on me."

Winry didn't know the entire situation with Ed's father, but Ed had complained about him so many times over the years that Winry could read between the lines. "Yeah, okay," she said. "Thanks for apologizing."

"Of course. I know I can shoot off my mouth sometimes. That's why I hang around people who call me out on my shit."

And then, because Winry's mind was still on the subject, and it was nice to have another listening ear, she kept talking about her baby's father. "His name's Russell. The dad. We were never serious. When I got pregnant, I figured I was in a good enough place, financially, to keep it. And I always wanted to be a mom. But I didn't want Russell to be a permanent part of my life. He probably would've stepped up if I'd told him about the baby, but I just didn't want to coparent with him. So I broke up with him. He doesn't know about the baby, and I want to keep it that way."

Ed nodded. "I guess that makes sense."

But she could tell he was holding something back. "Whatever it is you're thinking, you should say it."

"You probably don't want to hear it."

"Ed, come on."

"Fine. I'm not saying you have to do things my way, but . . . if it were me, I'd at least want him to know he had a kid."

"I get why you'd say that," said Winry. "I just think it's more trouble than it's worth."

"I guess. Hey, you want to see this picture of Al at Pet Barn?"

Winry welcomed the subject change, and the rest of their lunch passed with little incident. Ed had tried to cut his food himself, only to wince as the muscles in his right hand spasmed. She teased him as she took his knife and fork. "Guess I better get used to doing this now," she said.

"Yeah, yeah. Hey, you don't have to make the pieces that tiny. I'm not gonna choke."

It had been nice to catch up with her old friend. They'd only kept in touch peripherally since he'd become her client, and it was nice to confirm that he was still the rough-and-tumble personality she remembered. She also couldn't deny that puberty had been kind to Edward Elric. She tried not to think about that too much, though. Her second trimester was a horrible time to start a new relationship, let alone with a client.

However, they were in touch much more than peripherally now. Ed had started messaging her regularly. He liked taunting her with pictures of well-cooked ribs. She teased him back with reminders that he couldn't drive, and she quickly found more material once he was allowed behind the wheel again.

They'd been messaging for about a week and a half when Ed invited her over for dinner at his place. Winry said yes because she knew Al would be there, so it wouldn't be a date exactly, and anyway she couldn't say no to free ribs. So she knocked on Ed's door that evening with a fresh-baked apple pie in hand.

He opened the door wearing a bright red apron with his hair up in a messy bun. Winry couldn't tell if he was seriously rocking the barbecue chef look or she was just hormonal, but damn did he look good.

"Hey!" he greeted her brightly. "Um, Al had to bail. His girlfriend surprised him with concert tickets."

Double damn. This was starting to turn into an actual date. No, she couldn't read into it more than there was. They were just doing this as friends. He probably didn't find pregnant women attractive anyway. She tried to forget how much he gushed over how cool he thought pregnancy was.

Ed invited her out to the patio, where the grill was. "You should probably keep your distance though," he told her. "I don't think the fumes are good for the baby."

"It's sweet of you to worry," said Winry. She noticed how well he handled the spatula and tongs and said, "Your wrist's looking a lot better."

"Thanks," said Ed. "It still gets sore easy, but at least I can use it." He shut the grill. "Sorry, these are taking longer to cook than I thought. How hungry are you?"

Pretty hungry. Pregnancy had a way of kicking a girl's appetite into gear. "Why don't we switch it up and do dessert first?" Winry suggested, holding up her apple pie.

"You don't have to tell me twice," Ed approved. "That thing smells amazing."

They didn't even bother with plates, just split the pie down the middle and ate right out of the tin. Ed groaned when he took the first bite.

"Holy shit, Winry, that's fantastic. Why didn't you tell me you could bake like this?"

"I'm a woman of many talents," said Winry.

"I'm pretty sure pie isn't allowed to taste this good. Did you make a deal with the devil or something?"

"The only devil I've seen lately is you." The remark was out of her mouth before she could think.

His grin widened. "You think I'm the devil? You haven't even seen my naughty side yet."

Shit, shit, they were totally flirting! She had to deescalate the situation. "I don't think it gets much naughtier than the pillbug incident back in third grade."

Ed laughed. "I totally forgot about that! And you put those bugs down my shirt, too!"

"You looked like you were having a seizure," Winry said, chortling.

Their conversation after that was more friendly than flirtatious. By the time the pie had been reduced to mere crumbs, the meat was finally ready. Ed had always had a large appetite and Winry was not ashamed to match him. They both had room for a couple racks of ribs along with potato salad and coleslaw. When they were done, Winry insisted on helping with the dishes. After a few protests, Ed finally relented.

So far, doing that chore together had been the quietest part of the evening. That is, until Ed cried out and dropped the pie tin back in the sink. "Hand cramp," he explained.

"Lemme see." Winry took his hand and started massaging it. She felt along his wrist for strained muscle and rubbed it too. After a moment she started feeling Ed's eyes on her.

She looked up to see him standing closer than he had before, his flushed face closer to hers than it had ever been. Winry's heart picked up, and so did the baby's kicking. But she didn't notice that so much as she noticed his eyes on her mouth.

Ed leaned in first, and Winry closed the gap. She couldn't remember the last time she'd had a kiss like this, soft yet unyielding. Ed's left hand wrapped around her back, drawing circles down her spine. Winry traced her own hand up Ed's right arm and clutched his bicep. When the kiss finished, it took Winry a minute to remember that this was not how she had wanted this dinner to turn out.

Intellectually, anyway. Physically, it was clear her libido had other priorities.

Winry shook her head. She said, "Ed, this is crazy."

Ed's fingers drummed on her back. "Is it?" he asked.

"Yes, Ed, I'm about to have a baby."

"I noticed," he said, his left hand tracing around her waist and resting on her belly.

"Ed!"

"Come on, Winry, babies are awesome. I want to get to know the baby too."

Winry supposed that was a good way to put it. It was far too early for Ed to even consider being a father to the baby. On the other hand, impending motherhood was Winry's main focus and anyone she dated would need to be on board with that. Ed had accepted that he'd be spending time with both her and the baby. But still . . . "You're my client."

"What was it you said? When you didn't care about my pain? I'm not your client right now?"

He wasn't wrong. It had been a year since she'd treated him, so it wasn't an offense she could lose her license over. Still, they were cutting it close.

"If we do this," she said, "and your leg breaks in the next year, you wouldn't be able to go to me. You'd have to go to someone else."

"You said it would last me three years, right? Don't you trust your own work?"

He was such a smart alleck. She wanted to smack him. His smirk was obnoxious and alluring at the same time. She wanted to make out with him. He had such a tender look in his eyes. She wanted to hold him tight and never let go.

Winry said, "You're going to be the death of me, Edward Elric."

Ed said, "Yeah, I get that a lot." Then he kissed her again. This one was more fervid than before. Hands wandered down backsides and lips caressed the most sensitive spots of their faces and necks. Winry was pressed close enough to Ed that she was sure he could feel the baby kicking too.

"I think the dishes just need to soak for awhile," Winry murmured in Ed's ear.

"Hell yeah," he agreed. Then he picked Winry up and carried her to the couch, where they could sink into the supportive cushions and feel as close to each other as they possibly could.

They stayed on the couch for a very long time.

#edward elric #winry rockbell #edween2018 #modern au #fluff #2500 words #fanfic #dorktp #it's not spoopy but it fits the prompt so

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astroellipse · 2 years ago

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long post time again. spoilers ahead, not naming names or tagging tags outside the cut ‘cause i realize i don’t want it actually showin up in a tag :p

i started writing one yesterday but got distracted many times and ended up not writing for long patches and come midnight i was too tired to try to add onto it so i just deleted it lol. really wish i hadn’t, some bits are already getting hazy and i know a lot of crazy stuff happened that i would have liked to remember my initial reactions to.

the last one i made i left off at right at the beginning of the game, with the homecoming performed by woman-that-is-probably-melia. since then the full aprty has been formed and they’ve all become ouroboros, curiously sometimes the group is referred to singularly as ouroboros, like explicitly like they’re one thing, which is interesting because whenever a consul becomes one of those monsters they’re called moebius, always referred to as the same moebius even if they look different and are obviously different people.

speaking of the consuls, uhhhh they’re fuckin weird! i love them, and that they’re all so theatrical. there was a bit at the colony where you smash your first flame clock where the guy in his moebius form does a silly little walk waving his hands (again while turned into a hulking very solid looking monster) and it was the funniest thing i’ve seen so far. i think it’s interesting that there are so many, and while they mostly seem to have similar personalities they do also seem to have their quirks, but not to the point that i could differentiate between them, and i think that’s supposed to be the point. they’re all very similar in design and wear those closed helmets and all. oh their designs are also interesting, they don’t look like they’re made to look very cool or visually striking, which is interesting considering how flamboyant their personalities are. again though there are so many of them...

also related, i think it’s interesting that nobody yet has questioned or discussed why they were set on filling flame clocks int he first place if they aren’t really crucial to their survival. i think the answer is apparent that the consuls or perhaps someone they serve are actually the ones surviving off of the lifeforce of the fallen, and the flameclocks are just there for collection purposes, mimicking zanza’s plan in xb1 but much, much more gradual

plot is very good so far, relatively straight forward. there’s obviously more to it than we can see right now. we haven’t been introduced to the queens, or noah-but-evil, or purple shadowy man, and we don’t know why the consuls are old, or why most people are born in tubes and die after 10 terms, or what’s up with swordmarch, or why the hell there’s a bunch of xcx concepts here please oh my god actually tie it in don’t make these simply references.

combat is good, looks like they took the best bits out of all 3 games. i do still wish there are more specific descriptions for buffs in terms of effect and duration, but that’s like my one complaint. there are so many classes and i am going to level them all on EVERYONE i will be playing this game forever and i look forward to it. the classes are definitely super simplistic, which really encourages you to play around with different ones. i wonder if anyone’s actually taken issue with that, people that just want to stick to the one class...

and then, the exploration in this game is really fun, so are all of the sidequests. they’re all really good. every single sidequest actually contributes to the characters or story, so much content, like fully voiced lengthy scenarios, seem to be completely optional, which is amazing. and besides that there’s just so many places to explore... i do wish there was a sprint button or somethin it can get a little tedious sometimes just cause these areas are so big. and i won’t lie, none of these areas have really impressed me visually yet.

but that’s just an issue with the game overall, being made on the switch and all. i enjoy how the characters look, don’t so much enjoy the environments. maybe it just comes with them trying to tone down the colors for this one, making everything look less fantasy which i’m now realizing very much worked in xb2′s favor, so far i actually think i like how that game looked environment-wise more than this one.

and then the last thing i think i have for this little reflection section is that i love love love the main cast they’re all so fun and i look forward to getting to see some of them more fleshed out, definitely need more on the agnus members. especially mio, even if she’s gotten the most spotlight out of any of them so far. issue there is she’s mostly just been a reflection of noah? idk. i think taion’s my favorite so far. his character archetype there is always my favorite. at one point someone said to him somethin like “woah, you were right!” and he said “naturally” and pushed on his glasses dramatically and i fuckin giggled like a schoolgirl it was terrible. and the worst thing is he’s not even my fictional crush for this game it’s fucking LANZ! i don’t know i guess i just like taion an abnormal amount.

and nowww to continue the game, there’s more i could say about the characters but i don’t feel like it rn

alright. on a sidequest to pick up the hero teach and smash his colony’s flame clock. this dude’s putting his arms behind his back and part of his sleeve is clipping clear through another part i hate that. and ok, he did bring us here to kill us. i was right. i thought that in the beginning then he started like, lecturing the group so i thought ok maybe he’s just testing them? actually maybe he still is???

aw this is a bullshit encounter. was barely into what was gonna be a really good chain attack, and the second he gets below half health (not even halfway through my chain attack >:T) it’s “We can’t take him down and he’s just one guy?” like yes we coulda dumbass! the game’s just being silly. i may also be overleveled because i’ve done probably more sidecontent than i should have by now but shhh

oh, it was a trial. this consul g has the dumbest helmet i’ve seen so far. oh this moebius is purple! that’s fun. i wonder when we’ll get to see mr. wild ride again. he fucking slam-dunk insta-killed me lmfao!!!! what!!!!! was it because i tore aggro?????? this dual-weilder class seems to be very good at that but still the man fucking grabbed me and slammed me into the ground that was hilarious. nvm he did it to taion too i guess he just Does that

man along with a bunch of other systems and elements this gasme also appears to have inherited xcx’s way-too-loud music sometimes i have a hard time hearing wtf they’re trying to say in these cutcsenes

hehe there was a decently long quiz section and i got everything right! i mean i should, most of it was just game mechanics that have been around forever, but still!

okay it’s been a bit. i’ve spent. entirely too long exploring this desert. finally found the cave leading to the place i’ve been trying to get to forever. i saw someone mention a puzzle cave earlier, i suppose this is it. it appears to be mimicking an annihilation event??? who the hell put this hear. oh also earlier during that quiz i found out annihilation events are explicitly caused by black fog? i guess i missed that before but still wtf

oh. nopons. the door talks similarly to a nopon and it’s got the marking on it. never mind then! but still, why did nopons build these and based on annihilation vents?? e_e

also i am getting to be so overleveled goodness gracious. i’m at like, 6 levels? over where i’m supposed to be which in this game is quite a bit of difference i think. 7 now T_T

alright now current events they’re asking about why they never considered other creatures age? the ECLIPSE? what do you MEAN? why are you watching them like this!!!!!! huh, they think it’s an effect of becoming an ouroboros. that was an interesting beat. probably would have been nice if i hadn’t taken like a 7 hour break between the last one and that one lol

taiyon time!!! very cute him having his little emotional moment while in the already brooding full metal jaguar gear lol the class unironically fits him very well, he kicks ass with it too just constantly tearing aggro, pairs well with the skill from his base class that boosts ether damage i think. also fits him thematically bein all broody and serious like that, maybe not to the extent that gray is but still

lolol the corpse has her same name? they are clones then, not just created in test tubes? or maybe they’re reborn as blades are, were they in tubes in torna? was that i thing? i can’t remember. i shoulda finished replaying that one. but anyways that’s fucked and this is a little bit more interesting now.

“so it was revenge? commander, you did it” now what in the world do you mean taion. oh my god i love these characters so much, eunie you don’t gotta keep it to yourself! just bring the matter to your friends, or hell just ask her taion you saw her hands shaking hhhhh T_T

hey didn’t... someone hesitate to say they hadn’t seen moebius before? was that eunie?? this is one i haven’t seen before... or is it? i can’t remember. why’d it come up and poke her eyeball. i can only assume that was it killing her, but how dramatic

“urayan mountains” kept the whole name huh, fun. ah! he helped to calm her down, how cute. daww, he thinks she’s just havin normal anxiety, and now a taion and lanz moment... these characters are so goooood i love them sm

and nowwwwww finally moving onto a new region!! ohhhh, inside of uraya’s corpse? interesting... and they seem fused with the mines in xb1... and this music is reminiscent of bionis interior? very very cool. i am also 13 levels higher than the area enemies which is decidedly less cool there is 0 challenge here =\

good god man! what is wrong with you! “ruin you to your very core” wtf do you think taion did??? oh. oh his plan got her killed, because he was put in an impossible situation. isurd didn’t seem to blame him though? i suppose that’s the consul’s meddling

wait we’re fighting that ENTIRE FERRONIS?? how in the. ok. yeah whatever. yeah that was fine. they introduced aoes and telegraphs which is fun, hope they’re actually interesting in further fights since this was just their introduction

dawwwww he’s gettin his ouroboros!!! yayyyyyy!!! taion time!!! god his looks so cool. and he’s made copies of himself? also fun, like his flying paper dolls... god these cutscenes are cool. ohhh he’s an illusionist then hell yeah. oh they’re all gettin theirs! hey isn’t it funny how them combining looks similar to annihilation events. lolol she knocked the whole thing over... the dumbass is killing his own this is hilarious. aw damn i was so busy thinking i missed mio’s ouroboros

whhhhhhhhat. he was fake then?? it was the stupid little jester?? i see now. wait. wait wait wait what? huh?? what??? what the fuck?????? is he another clone? oh he’s got a little knife, how fun. oh, what, so those were isurd’s real thoughts? dude what the FUCK

god. god the moebius chain attack thing is sick. that was so sick. this is also insane wtf is happening. god they show you his blood even, just so you don’t go thinkin he survived all that... the consuls are really just playin games here?

ah, and now a calm area intro. you know i’m realizing now that some of these also look a lot like t-elos and kos-mos? especially mio’s

“ugh humans”, they’re human? what? what?????? HUH?? that was a blade why are they called human now. oh. oh are we seeing from human noah now? he has a big ol x on his chest, also like the ares, fun

and now, chapter 4. i wonder how many there are. my guess is 7

ohh, flame man! he reminds me of ga jiarg a LOT. dude’s ferronis is a proper mech... god this is cooooooolllllll i don’t even mind that this game is kind of a movie all the cutscenes are phenomenal i love love love this, i think this game is gonna beat 1 for me, not x though. x has more cool robots and general gameplay i like better. hey why’s evil-noah there. he’s gonna make friends with ga jiarg there? hehe, ga jiarg means red spear

“Oh, nice! Legend.” god i love these localizers, this dialogue feels very modern while still feeling appropriate for the setting, these characters do all very much feel like young adults.

aw cool i can play again. the game set taion as the playable character at one point and i think i’ll just stick with it. it hadn’t occured to me to switch who i was playing as before but i think i’ll probably have more fun just playing whoever has the most interesting class at a given moment, and currently that definitely isn’t noah i fuckin hate the paladin class so much

oh god my game crashed, too much flipping between interlink menues lol. this thing had auto saves right? i hope mine isn’t too far back, i don’t save as much as i should. ohhhhhhhhh i have to redo the robot fight in isurd’s quest i really don’t wanna do that. you know what i’m gonna just not. i’m gonna go back and do other sidequests for a while instead.

went back to fight iota, it’s all actually at level! that was fun. oh this lady is adorable

aaand i think that’s enough for today, sleepy... there are many quests i gotta do yet, tomorrow i should go back for isurd’s. i’m a clear like, 3 levels higher than when i did it the first time around? so it should be even easier this time. good god am i over leveled. current quests and monsters are like level 27-29 and my party’s level 42. anyways that was a lot

edit: noting now that at this point i’ve played for 36 hours. for future reference

#collecting my thoughts #it is actually very very long this time #there were randos that liked my last post which felt odd so no more tag time for these #these are for my eyes. and nosy followers' eyes

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asoulofatlantis · 1 year ago

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Those Enforcers really have far too much free time on their hands XD

I feel like we should seriously add the "god of copper" and the "holder of Titan" or something, just to make that sound even more hillarius. (BTW... that reminds me that my boy Rean better came up with a name for himself by now.)

We are Spriggangs, guys! Sometimes we get treated worse than the Bracers when it comes to the kind of missions that no one askes us to do but force us to do instead. I mean, what right does Marduk even have to ask us to do they job with only Kasim by our side? And what if we do not want Kasim with us? He is such a nuisance sometimes!

Excuse me? It took me only one S-Craft attack to get you and your man to bow down to me, you really think I am scared of you after this weak display?

Seriously? She is worse than Ouroboros, always showing up when you least expect her... and just like Cao she is never on the one side you would assume her to be. Annyoing people living in Calvard I tell you...

I hate to admit it (for obvious reasons) but I love that Tachi. Its so darn pretty. I want Rean to have one of these too!

I just came to the realization that I need Shizuna to live until Rean had the chance to face her again. So no matter how much she pushes my buttons or goes on my nerves with her questionable attitude as a divine blade... I need her to stay alive.

I think I could say we give Cao far too much credit here, given how Shizuna just complimented how amazing he organized all that stuff without revealing his identity to anyone... BUT that is exactly how good Cao truly is.

To be fair... despite what I wrote before... her personality also makes it really hard to actually dislike her despite the circumstances... She is a bit like some of those annoying Enforcers. You want to hat them, you really should hate them and you sure as hell started out no liking them much... but somewhere along the way you have gone from "Urg! Campanella!" to "Campanella! ♥" and you have no idea when and how that happened ^^' I mean, look at Shirley... when did that happen? How did it happen? I have no idea! But at this point NO ONE touches my girl! And for some odd reason Shizuna fits that description too. She is not so high on my list... but she is not getting any lower either... (Maybe it was wrong of me to rule her out as an Enforcer...)

Lets make this sound even more ridiculous then before, shall we? With us right now, is a 13 year old child that is part of a Jeager-Corp, a guy they called the "Prodigidy" who actually is passed by a demon-spirit, a maid from Marduk whos body is not human, a jeager princess that is also a diving blade, an enforcer from Ouroboros who formerly belonged to the organisation that was responsible for little Renne getting raped through her childhood and OH I almost forgot the guy who is passed by one of the strongest devils of Gehenna. We had weird lineups in Trails-Games before but this one takes the cake AND eats it. (Fun fact, technically speaking we could add to the mix two Dominions one former Dominion (currently on leave) a former Enforcer, the daughter of Calvards President AND also Granddaughter of no other but Epstein himself, two former Assasins who usually travel with a dead man and a living puppet, a Bracer that has an A-Rank an (SPOILER!) Angel that is both male and female and could (and will) annihilate us all and to finish it off, also an Actress that is secretly some sort of Robin Hood in leather with big boobies XD So... not even Class7 could beat that up and they have two former Jeagers that have turned into bracers, just to mention to of that ridiculous lineup XD

To be fair... if you fall in love with Cao then you have to be prepared to be betrayed eventually... just... you know... to be saved by him a bit later on eventually... and then he might betray you again some day. This is, after all, the kind of man he is ^^' Seriously, if she is ever going to marry this man, ever god of Zemeua be with her, because she will need their aide to survive a live with this traitor...

Cao this is seriously getting old... its almost as ridiculous as fighting Gilbert at this point... not that I can compare you two in any way, but fighting you has really become a shore. Well... I guess I have to beat your damn ass a few more times then. Looking forward to it!

He is still the traitor... but... he is so damn good at it.

My ass!

#kurocs mona version

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bluerosesburnblue · 6 years ago

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Liz Liveblogs Bravely Second: Chapter 5, Part 1/2

The final stretch is here. Welcome to Chapter 5: This is Our Coup de Gravy!

I’m splitting Chapter 5 into two parts due to length. This part features an amazing climax boss, and is then followed up by the Sidequest Roundup, which ended up longer than I expected! We’ll resume with the plot next go around. I understand if anyone wants to skip this one, since it is mostly sidequests, but at least read the beginning because reveals abound and the plot starts to really kick into gear. No more messing around this time!

No introduction is needed. It’s time to end this before it begins. Let’s make sure the Kaiser rests in oblivion

“I deny you all” you know, Oblivion. Buddy. Synonyms exist. Try them sometime

Between the start of the scene and actually attempting the fight I started drinking some hard cider. So if the team members are siblings, I’m the tipsy extradimensional aunt at the reunion. Let’s punch Kaiser’s blond chinstrap beard in

Aw, damn. They switched Magnolia’s and Edea’s positions in my party. Muscle memory is gonna smack me down in this fight

Edea took out about half of Kaiser’s health in one full BP volley. Not so tough now, huh? Really should be buffing your defense, instead of the attack power of everyone on the field

Oh no. The magical domino mask that everyone seems to think hides your identity but really, REALLY doesn’t fell off

Kaiser is Yew’s missing big brother. I’ll... get into why that doesn’t surprise me in a minute

...that’s not the pronunciation I expected. Denys Geneolgia. I read the name as “Dennis.” Yew just pronounced it “Denny.” It’s... uhh... I can see why he went with “Oblivion,” even if it does make him sound like an edgy 13-year-old trying too hard

So. Yeah. One of the few things I was spoiled on was that Kaiser’s real name was “Denys Geneolgia,” and after Yōko’s prank with the Danzaburō illusion and the zoom-in on Kaiser’s prosthetic hand... I kinda figured he had to be Yew’s brother. I’m sure there was probably some foreshadowing that I missed, but I feel like I caught a fair amount of it

Fuck, I can’t believe Yew’s brother is the restaurant chain Denny’s

I can’t believe Denny just got arrested before he could give us exposition. That’s totally unexpected for a JRPG. Wow.

GOOD NEWS THOUGH. Tiz and Agnès are finally in the same room as each other. I... perhaps should not have made him a ghost knight for this reunion, but she’s seen him wear worse. It’s fine

AAAAAAHHHHHH that hug was so cute. “...You came for me!” HE SURE DID. ACROSS TIME. All for you, Agnès! Tiz will never let you down!

And from her perspective, Tiz is still in a coma. It’s like he came back to life miraculously just because she needed him

AND EDEA’S MADE IT A GROUP HUG. AHHHHHH. WHERE’S RINGABEL GET HIM IN HERE FOR THIS

Nevermind, Magnolia and Yew are joining in and that’s cuter. But still. We’re missing our sixth teammate, Ringabel~

Time to give Alternis, Braev, and Agnès the low down on the end layer, and how we sent player with the Bravely Second

Agnès can actually remember parts of it because she’s also synced up to the hourglass, but since she didn’t travel through time with the party, it’s more of a dreamlike recollection

One last job. Kaiser’s in jail, but his soldiers aren’t. We need to take them down and extract or destroy the Ba’al locked in Skyhold. But this time, we complete the ceremony and join the Orthodoxy and Duchy. Two forces once at war with each other, now at each other’s backs to save the world

Ag... Agnès maybe don’t base your speech on events that now no longer happen because I changed the past?

Apparently there was quite a bit of time looping for her. She was whisked away to the edge of time “over and over” again? Was that the result of being in a timeless space, or is she referring to various new games on the cartridge, of which there are none because I only have the one (now two due to New Game+), so...

This speech almost doesn’t work because they don’t make the player go through several meaningless loops this time, so even from a meta perspective, she was only kidnapped once. So unless Agnès has lived through save files I never made, I don’t know what she’s going on about

Didn’t take the Empire long to bust Denny out of prison

Altair didn’t even help with Anne’s bestiary entry! Why couldn’t it have been written without him?!

...glad the chest key for blue chests was just sitting out on the floor of the church there

Yeah, of course it was Janne and Nikolai who broke him out. We can’t have pancake night without Denny’s!

“Does the name Jerome Balestra mean anything to you!?” Janne... Janne you fucking idiot. Mook #4 didn’t kill your dad. None of these guys know what you’re talking about. But no, kill them. Fine. You useless brat

I DON’T THINK THESE GUYS, SPECIFICALLY, KILLED YOUR DAD, JANNE! They all look the same! How can you tell?!?!?!?

You. Are. SUCH a child. Get over yourself

Nikolai should not be that acrobatic

Oh good. Bella and Cú are back. Hey, Bella, is it awkward that Yew’s rocking your getup right now? It is, right?

Denys, why are you enabling the use of “coup de gravy”? No self respecting older sibling would let him get away without some serious teasing for something so cringey. I’m an oldest sibling. I’m speaking from experience here

After Bella’s speech, I can’t tell if the Empire is just Denys accidentally adopting people who need help, or a cult

Bella mentions crimes against “her sister.” She’s a “Dark Vestal” with black hair and seems to give prophecies of doom. Is Sylvie her sister? Did Bella do something to make her mute? Sylvie was one of the big mysteries from last “arc” that never got answered, so I’m hoping for payoff here in some fashion

Not even a moment to breathe (or save). Time to battle Bella and Cú once more!

Okay, so Bella’s sister was killed on the night Eternia was founded, by the “witch” who began the Plague, mentioned in the last game. Seems that may have been started by the Crystalguard

She tried to revive her sister, much as Geist tried to revive his son. But all she made were monsters. And Cú, whose resurrection she messed up. But none of them were Donna. (So, not Sylvie. Should’ve just given her a minute to monologue). She named her doll after her sister

Cú wasn’t even technically resurrected. He’s just a statue that she managed to animate

My Spirit Magic is so much stronger than Bella’s at this point it’s comical

Cú. You’re using up Edea’s special. Hurry this monologue up

Dammit Cú. I had Critical up by 300%. Thanks for wasting that

We spared them. Of course we did! This is the Best Timeline™, guys! No one dies, no one gets to economically ruin a nation!

Yew’s determined to show Denys’s people that the word can change so long as people are willing to work for it. Stop living in the past and wishing you could undo mistakes. Time to start working for a better future. And I can’t think of anyone better to show them than Agnès

“We can’t risk her Holiness...!” Othar, Agnès killed Ouroboros, the Devourer of Worlds. I think she can handle Sad Bella and her horse man without her useless bodyguards

I like Cú. He’s a man... horse of honor

And Agnès let Bella keep Donna, her doll. So sweet

Oh just let me save the game already!

We called in Braev, Alternis, Norzen, Kamiizumi, Goodman, and Lotus to hear our story. Lotus... has no idea who we are, unless we either called him from Sagitta and told him offscreen, or he somehow also had his memories hooked up to the Second

At least Norzen won’t arbitrarily attempt to kill us this timeline

Eisen and Eternia are teaming up to make sure Agnès can’t be kidnapped to use to awaken the Crystals

Magnolia’s got a plan to take the Skyhold. “Lord Arima and Sakura remember you well. Together, we’ve been preparing for this day.” Is this Kingdom Hearts logic, where all memories are connected, so as long as we remember the last timeline, so does everyone we befriended? Who, exactly, was memory synced to the hourglass?

...is it me? It uses the player’s SP, so as long as I remember the events of the story, so do they? Lucky for you guys I’ve been doing a liveblog, huh?

...that’s actually gonna suck if the sidequests remember Bad Timeline events, because now it’s a betrayal

Agnès has given everyone pendant pieces, so we’ve got a group call with the team now

“Take back the compass”? I don’t believe they’ve stolen it yet, Magnolia

Thank GOD. I can finally save and take a break

Denny’s got the team together to recoup after having his little brother time travel just to punch his face in. Understandable

He does genuinely seem to care about his underlings, so I’m pretty sure “savior of the lost” is the kind of person we’re dealing with here

“They went down fighting for the cause.” Janne, stop. They’re not dead. Best Timeline™

So Denys, Nikolai, and Janne all remember the past timeline, too. Who... who does and does not remember? Someone needs to get me a comprehensive list. Alternis may or may not get super pissed that I intend to “betray” the orphans this go around if he remembers

I like the fact that the villains in this game are as perceptive as they are. “If we remember, then I’m sure they do, too. No element of surprise with our plans, so we need a change of course”

“My friend...” Denys is the same as Yew. He adopts people. The empire is to him what the party has become to his brother: a second family to make up for the one they botched

They’re sending Geist to claim the compass instead of Minette this time. If the catsassin ain’t a secret, may as well go with our strongest operatives

New Game+ means both New Enemies+ and all sidequests from past chapters are open, so let’s go clear out some Catmancy skills, then fix the mess I made of the last timeline and see if I like the quests any better when I like the ending. We’re leaving the Bestiary until I get the Yōkai job’s Obliterate skill to make it easier on me

I’m gonna take the quests in order of appearance, so first up is Jackal vs. deRosa, where we side with Jackal instead of letting deRosa maybe accidentally start a Cold War for the sake of making some kid happy about his thesis project

Okay, they did exactly what I was hoping they would when I realized that everyone retained their memories. Event scenes are heavily abridged, but it seems like only the party remembers everything. So they go “hey, is this what’s happening? Okay, we can help let us fix this.” instead of having the situation explained. That’ll make it easy to collect the rest of the jobs

deRosa may remember. He knew everyone’s noodle orders, but doesn’t seem like he remembers anything about the Wellspring Gem. So... I dunno

Also, WHY DID YOU TELL HIM. You know it just causes a fight with Jackal!

“For every five years our research is delayed, the world suffers a decade of sorrow...” Okay, kid. Stop being dramatic. Your thesis project is not some high-end deal and not worth destroying at least one, maybe several towns over. He isn’t even a high ranking Al-Khampis student. Sorry, dumbass, I’m not letting you make a fantasy nuke

At least he’s got his heart in the right place. He’s gonna find a solution that doesn’t need the Gem, so that everyone benefits and they don’t have to destroy a city to do it. G... good job? You should’ve considered that from the start

Hey, I’ve got an idea. Let’s find Gho Gettar and slyly whisper to him that there MAY be an owl-man hanging out in the Northeast of Eternia that MAY have what he’s looking for ;)

Weird that the Gho sidequest starts up with meeting him and Mephilia in the woods to deliver Kamiizumi’s letter when the event we got the letter from didn’t happen in this timeline. Maybe he handed it off to us during the big peace talks in Gathelatio?

I’ve been listening to Critical Role too much, because when I heard the voiceover for Kamiizumi’s letter, I couldn’t picture the character, just Liam O’Brien’s goofy smile

Follow your dreams, Gho. I promise, Amaterasu is just a (very long) boat ride away

Kamiizumi thinks we’re being naive, because being a low-ranking worker isn’t anything shameful, and we’re encouraging Gho to be a quitter. And I agree, yeah, there’s nothing wrong with being a labor worker. BUT! It’s also not for everyone. Some people are AMAZING at those kinds of jobs, and some people shine in other areas. I don’t see Gho shining as a factory worker. I just see it crushing his spirit. And his sense of dedication is not an issue, because he is putting in just as much effort into summoning Amaterasu as he did working in that factory, but the summoning work makes him happier. He’s no less a hard worker for focusing his efforts on a strenuous process that makes him happy than one he doesn’t care about

“You counsel a guileless youth, still ignorant of the world, to throw up his hands at the first hint of hardship.” But we aren’t, though. You think there are no hardships on the path to his dream? That it won’t be difficult? No, we just refocused his efforts on something he cares about. He’ll struggle through just as many hardships, but with this he’ll want to go through them, want to make it through because they’ll be for something he’s passionate about. He’ll actually have the motivation to get through those hardships, and he’ll be more pleased with the results. Sorry, Kamiizumi. Just because it’s not for a job you particularly find tasteful doesn’t mean he’s not working just as hard. Maybe even harder, since he’ll be more excited to do it

The Kamiizumi fight is much easier once you remember that your Hawkeye has the Condor ability that can pierce default

And this is what I’m talking about. Gho is getting frustrated that he still can’t summon Amaterasu, he’s putting in so much effort, but now it’s for something he’s passionate about. It might not be as fast as he accomplished something of note as he did in the vs. Mephilia ending, but he’s accomplishing just as much, and I’m proud of him. Sometimes it takes just a little longer to do something truly great, as opposed to just something good

Oh, wow, I forgot about Sage Yulyana. Not his existence, but the fact that he hasn’t been relevant to this game. We still haven’t been to the Yulyana region

According to Mephilia he fought a Ba’al about a year ago, told her about Amaterasu and one other summon (Susano-o, the one she was searching for last game, or Charybdis, the other new one from this game?) and then either left this world to hunt down the Ba’al... or just died. Honestly, either would be pretty in-keeping with the good old sage. Just as well we probably won’t be seeing him, though; I only ever used Conjurer for Obliterate

Yeah, I’m happier having Gho follow his dreams than slave away at a job he hates, even if he managed to make that job more efficient. I’ve got faith he can do just as much, if not more good like this

Well, on to the next... oh. Oh god no not Holly vs. Profiteur again oh good lord come on, let’s try to stop this economic disaster before a child gets lost in the freaking mines again

Huh. This timeline they’re all just... talking it over like mature, responsible adults. And while Profiteur is going to make sure his economic argument is sound, Holly is... going to gorge herself in Heartschild. Great. Just go to Barras in Florem and leave the rest of us alone, you loon

And even the girl is more sympathetic. She still wants to stay, but she’s scared of her granddad having to go out and fish on the open water every day if they do stay there. And, kid, I got wrecked by a Monoceros out there and this party is TRAINED to fight, that is a very good fear to have

Oh thank GOD it’s not making me chase Profiteur down again

Greater good! GREATER. GOOD!

Oh, cool, Holly’s fucking drunk. Really making a good argument for yourself there, hon

Profiteur’s plans will “only help the few?” How so? Seems to me a flourishing economy benefits EVERYONE. Besides, I’d rather side with someone taking the situation seriously than one drunk madwoman

I’m almost happy that they made Holly so unsympathetic this go-around

But... now the kid’s back to being a brat. She’s throwing a tantrum because she doesn’t want the house sold. Too fucking bad? How many kids do you think would end up homeless if they didn’t sell? I don’t think an eight-year-old should be making the financial decisions in this family. They’re not good big-picture thinkers

Also, no need to be so hostile to Profiteur, Edea! Holly’s feelings aren’t the benchmark of morality, either!

I still have so many problems with the way this quest is written, as though the conflict is modest-but-happy lifestyle vs. lavish-but-empty lifestyle, when it’s really a needs of the many vs. needs of the few scenario. As though someone being sad is a decent argument for a large decision like this. As though kids are good at making rational decisions. Sometimes families move, sometimes things change, and it’s hard and sad and difficult to adapt to, but you need to. And this opens up so many possibilities for her that she can’t even see yet. Better schooling, a better home, good jobs, heck, she’ll be able to spend even more time with her grandpa if he doesn’t have to work all the time to get her food!

The one thing this quest has going for it is that I totally buy Profiteur’s redemption from the last game. He’s still a moneygrubber, but he’s a moneygrubber who’s genuinely looking to open up some honest jobs and help a country out

“You can trust in Erutus Profiteur! If you think I am taking too long [making this country a better place], you may come to blast me away at anytime!” God speed, good sir. He sounds so excited to make this work, and I’m glad to make it happen

Sidequest still wan’t great, but much more bearable than the first time. A kid didn’t even have to almost die this time around!

Well, now it’s time to go get stuck in Grapp Keep. If we were smart, we’d tell everyone to get out before the place collapsed, but then we wouldn’t have a conflict? Oh well. Let’s go kick Ominas and his baby dragon’s asses

I don’t foresee that fight being a problem, since I have Magnolia as an Astrologian with Elemental Barrier

...at least Edea tried to avoid slamming into that guy this time

The saga of Magnolia’s cooking continues. Seems she’s gotten to be a much better chef

Oh god it just hit me. The Edea punching the wall scene happened again. We caused the damn cave-in

And they tried to warn them of the cave-in, but we still got trapped. But of course

And Artemia and Ominas definitely don’t remember the last timeline. This time, though, we’ve told Risotto’s father to form a rescue party in advance. No worry about a search party not showing up. Now we have even less reason to side with Ominas! Food for everyone! Femto Flare later, when not under threat of hunger

Ominas, dude, just learn Femto Flare when we get out of here. World isn’t screwed because a tiny dragon didn’t learn it this second. Besides, the way this is going, it ain’t gonna matter much this timeline, anyway

Man, that is such a nothing quest. No real stakes, no real emotional involvement. Nothing. Cool. Moving on

...why does the Bestiary make it sound like Bahamut is dead when the actual epilogue says he’s fine?

Kikyo vs. Heinkel was enjoyable. Let’s hope it is again, yeah?

I like the premise of “oh we already know who did it, let’s set up a trap to catch the culprit”

And they aren’t even pretending it wasn’t Whitson. Hell, Edea’s blatantly guilting him, without actually saying his name

Let’s get Sholmes in on the police force. He needs to learn a little temperance. His big problem is jumping the gun with his intuitive responses. Putting him in a position that encourages him to think more logically and put together better evidence for his reasoning can only benefit him. Intuition is best used when you understand why you’re having that gut reaction in the first place, and it’s not the only thing that makes a good investigator

Kikyo’s still an annoying fight what with her constant evading and Transience skill, but Ninja was one of my top classes last game so it’s good to have it back

Yes, yes, we know what the truth of this incident was. I don’t need to hear it again, game

And you know, I’m liking this new, mature Sholmes. Good. I’m glad he’s finally wising up

Still a decent quest, I just almost wish the stakes were higher. ...then again, this game has proven that higher stakes in these quests tends to lead to higher stupidity from Edea, so maybe it’s for the best this stays low-scale

Who feels like opening up the first co-ed school in Florem. I do! Equality of the sexes!

Straight to the fight! This one was pretty straightforward

A co-ed school with optional enrollment is moving too fast? Really Einheria? Shut the fuck up. Both of your sisters are smarter than you right now, and one’s a psycho summoner and the other grew up in the woods

I just Summoned a Friend. He named his attack “Shot thru the <3″ and had Yew’s finishing line be “You’re to blame.” What a freaking legend

Oh no Rhea’s crying. What a shame

Einheria can’t even remember her name while proclaiming her loyalty to her. God, how could you forget a name like Rhea Veeling

And Swetti’s crush is still a thing. Great

Barras has licenses to teach various forms of martial arts and 22 fields of medicine? Dude, hey, go down to Eisen, find your drunk girlfriend, and go settle down yeah? Keep her out of trouble because you’re clearly the responsible one in this relationship

Eugh. Rhea’s Bestiary entry says she only joined the Bloodrose Legion after they ruined Florem, and her whole “making up for the sins of the past” shtick was an act to get the teaching job. Wow. Fuck her, glad this is Best Timeline ending

“Regardless, she is probably the most rational of the three Venus sister...” Not in this scenario, Tiz. Not at all

Back to Florem to respect the wishes of a deceased artist. Arca Pellar’s song will see the light of day. And then eventually Praline can remix it, but I don’t think she’s gonna have the patience to, honestly

So Pellar... remembers the last timeline? But Praline and Barbarossa don’t? What... why??? What are the rules for cross-timeline memory!?

At least it doesn’t seem like we have to trek through the Witherwood again. Good

And our plan is scream our answer into a microphone so that Praline and Barbarossa hear it and the loser challenges us to a fight. We’re just provoking the boss at this point! Why???

*mic voice* FUCK PRALINE. SHE AIN’T SHIT

I still can’t hear her over her background music

“Why not recreate that song as something people today will be able to enjoy?” Why not make your own freaking song!? There’s market for both genres! It’s not like the freaking Beatles are any less popular because their stuff’s old, you know?

Praline I am far too cynical to fall for false tears. I didn’t even cave to a child’s real tears. You think that’s gonna stop me?

Oh lord her awful song’s the boss music. You know, I like Jpop every once in a while. It’s a decent genre! This... this is not a good song

See? Barbarossa just handed Praline a commission to do a song for them. It... was for Arca’s song, though, invalidating everything I’ve done. At least this time the sailors are working with her to keep true to the original spirit of the song

Well, that totally invalidated my entire choice, but at least everyone’s happy?

The Bestiary has a few interesting tidbits. Rabbits are sacred on the moon (because this game was made in Japan, of course they are), Praline has been lying about being 17 for a long freaking time, and Nikolai was apparently a fan. I... Nikolai, buddy, really? Never would’ve thought

Time for one last diversion: solving the economic crisis of Grandship. Alternis may have his heart in the right place, but his clouded judgement will wreck Grandship in the long run. Let make the Best Timeline one worth living in, where everyone’s happy

It just occurred to me that there’s over 30 Jobs. That’s nuts

Just heading straight to the council meeting, huh? Just as well, we already know who we’re here to support. Though I wouldn’t have objected to hanging out with Datz, Zatz, Alternis, and the Proprietress for lunch again

(Also, side note: The salted caramel tea I’m drinking right now is ~amaaaaaazing~. I’m not even really a salted caramel person. Bigelow teas are a gift to this earth. Alternis is gonna get a beating while I sip tea dramatically)

Shoot. The elevator’s still locked. Guess I’m dungeon running with encounters off again. Teeeeediuuuuum~

(I get the point is probably new encounters but: I don’t have Obliterate yet and I’m still overleveled. So!)

We aren’t abandoning the orphans, you overdramatic dork!

Wow. That might be the first boss I’ve lost to.

Alternis, you’re proposing now!? In the middle of combat over the economic security of orphans!? Learn some tact, doofus!

Minus Strike is complete bullshit when Alternis has 100x the max health we do. That’s just an instant kill

And Khamer seems really devoted to helping the poor despite all this. “Maybe we can have our cake and eat it, too.” Yeah, I like it!

Oh, sure, cut to starving orphans to make me feel bad

Oh, I love the Proprietress. Now that people have money to spend, they’re spending it on helping the poor! And the kids are being offered an apprenticeship and schooling! Exactly how it should be. I was worried they were gonna vilify my choice for a second there

I forgot Edea was only 18. These kids really are all younger than me

Ah, that’s cute. Magnolia wonders how terrifying Alternis’s face must be in the Bestiary and Edea can only reply with “...” Yeah, mmmhmm. Good response to the pretty-boy pompadour guy

Thank God those are over. I love this game, but that was basically an hours-long boss rush. Most of those were a bit more tolerable than the Bad Timeline runs, but I still don’t think they were written well. The flaw is in the fundamental conflict setup... but I think I’ve talked enough about my problems with them in previous entries, so let’s make like a New Timeline and cut the chit chat because we already know what’s up

I’ve finally escaped Morality Sidequest Hell. Now, there’s at least two more sidequests in the game, but I have high hopes for them. Mostly because they won’t be confined to the Choice structure that all of the others have been stuck in which means: 1. no moralizing (probably) and 2. development for party members other than Edea, because the Tiz, Yew, and Magnolia might as well have not been there at all for all they contributed to these quests

Wow, that ended up being way longer than expected. I was hoping to get right into the story this liveblog, but I guess that’s not gonna happen. Well, check back next time when I go race Geist to the spacetime compass. He... unfortunately has a good headstart considering I just did eight sidequests, but now the whole party’s level 60 and ready to go! He doesn’t stand a... geist of a chance

#bravely default #bravely second #liz liveblogs bravely second #woooooooo that was a long string of fights #but with that out of the way part 2 should be a breeze #i want to beat this game this month #so let's shoot for a halloween finale

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