#there's fucking LAYERS to this nickname tbh.

[morrigan-sims]

I got tagged by @loony-moonsims to design what my blog would look like as a person using THIS picrew. I'm really bad at stuff like that, though, so I just made a whacky version of myself and then some of my OCs.

Me (the Murder Manager), Rook, Fallon, and Odynia.

Idk who to tag, so just feel free to say I tagged you if you want! I'd love to see what people make!

[starberry-cupcake]

I had time to read just one chapter but I wanted to make a recap anyway because the next chapter is like 360000 pages long (I may be exaggerating slightly) and I'm not sure if tomorrow I'll be able to update, so we're doing just gideon tonight (I have a feeling she'd love that wording)

previously, in harrowcita del 9:

this happened

CHAPTER 48

gideon tells harrow that she should have probably killed off mercygirl but she wasn't "thinking straight"

when has she, though

she decided to keep going further into the emperor's infested bolthole

she finds a lot of corpses of bees that have been killed already

and thinks harrowcita would have appreciated how bad and nasty everything looked

then follows the corpses and the scent of despair and murder and finds yandere twin at the end of it, standing like a pulp fiction killer

gonna illustrate with a susan denberg movie poster I find appropriate

yandere twin gets emotional and goes "harry, you're—"

to which gideon answers with "Alive, bitch"

gideon says that she "had long since ascended to the rank of double douchbag" which I consider another memorable instance of chad catching strays

and gideon has some Issues to Resolve with yandere twin

and by resolve, I mean fix them with Violence

she starts getting upset at all the things yandere twin did to harrow, which include "faked to your fucking face like she couldn't see a corpse that was obviously there"

I SAID I THOUGHT SHE WAS GASLIGHTING HARROW

gideon is very determined to fix all of this diplomatically

by beating the crap out of her

they start a banter that will be an incredibly entertaining thing to witness for the next pages

I can't make it justice in a recap tbh

I was just basically like

gideon will, in a very persistent way, throughout the conversation, tell yandere twin that harrow will never love her

yandere twin wants to give gideon funny nicknames, like who would do that, that's so disrespectful, I can't even fathom doing that at all

not to gideon, anyway

yandere twin says that mercygirl disappeared, augustine dropped out and gideon the first is trying to handle the stuff on his own, kinda?

she's surprised by the fact that mercygirl tried to kill harrow

"why did you ascend to be a lyctor?" "ultimate power—and posters of my face" "Fair"

they find augustine being useless in a hallway and, when he sees gideon's eyes, he panics and bolts out of there

these lyctors are all a joke istg each and every one of them

except for, I think it was cassiopeia, who had the ceramics collection, she's fine

well no, I don't condone planet murder for ceramics, but she gets a bit more points than the rest for them

there's a lot of talk about buttholes between gideon and yandere twin and I'm not above that, since I've been making bolthole jokes this whole time

gideon is living for the nudes in yandere twin's room

nobody is surprised about that

but there's no time to think about the nudes or buttholes anymore when yandere twin pulls out a harrow letter for gideon

gideon is going through it even before opening it, as are we

she finds her glasses and a note that says

"one flesh, one end"

"Fuck one flesh, one end, harrow" "Because all I ever wanted you to do was eat me. Which is, coincidentally, what your mother said to me last night"

always so poetic, ortus can't even get close to this level

gideon keeps telling yandere twin that she has no chance with harrow

"I hated those eyes in her face; I kept expecting to smell hair gel."

chad catching strays at every turn, I live

gideon explains about harrow being in love with ice cube barbie

"I know the signs of Nonagesimitis"

and yandere twin goes "All that fuss about the Saint of Duty. What a little hypocrite"

which I guess is because of the whole gideon the first and not!dulcinea thing? but that's like totally different form whatever this is???

there are layers to the corpse and lyctor relationships, you guys

it's a very wide spectrum

gideon says that her connection to harrow has to do with her being her cav which...ok, gideon

"Nonagesimus, you hating me always meant more than anyone else in this hot and stupid universe loving me. At least I'd had your full attention"

gideon rn:

yandere twin isn't deterred by all of this information and thinks harrow and her have an eternity to bond because they're lyctors

as if they weren't doomed right now but ok girl, go for your dreams, I guess

gideon threatens yandere twin not to be nasty with harrow and to get away from her with her nasty necro ways

yandere twin goes "What can I say, I love a little gall on gall"

which absolutely wins gideon over for a sec

"Reverse everything I just told you. Let's get married"

I knew the horny puns would help them bond

it's the little things sometimes that bring us all together

yandere twin says chad used to say she would "go to hell and get fucked" and you know what, fuck that guy

this is why he's still catching strays on a regular basis 9 months later

yandere twin wants to take gideon to see dr reverend emperor john

gideon goes "No, thanks. I'm good"

that's what I would have said, I approve

but she has no choice, because harrowcita is still gone and whatever's going on is ??????

so, out she goes to follow yandere twin to see this asshat

who maybe will, at the very least, give us a little more info on gideon's demigod status

fingers crossed

hope he dies

And that's it for this update!!! It's a short one but we're moving forward!!!

[bingbuang]

My venture overwatch hc's ♡

Alr first off these are my fanon headcanons, so they're only my opinion. These are also very random, so just bare with me lmao

Bro is an absolute fucking BEEFCAKE. Like, I'm talking Zarya buff. They just have a sleeper build under all those layers.

Speaking of layers, they are ALWAYS hot. They're used to it, though, and generally pretty sweaty, but it doesn't bother them. This is also why they eat ice cream so much.

While underground and by themselves, they have a habit of taking off their sweater if they get too hot. They know they probably shouldn't because of falling rubble, getting scrapes, but they insist it's fine.

They have some ROUGH ass hands. They're touching rocks all day, holding that drill, and yeah, ik they have gloves on, but still.

They have pica. Pica is kind of an eating disorder where you have urges to eat non-edible things like ice, chalk, *cough cough* rocks. They don't just eat rocks, they love chewing on everything and anything. Give them a pen for 5 minutes, and you probably won't want it back.

They are autistic. Look me in the eyes and tell me bro isn't autistic. Their stims are (stereotypically) arm flapping, and tapping on stuff rhythmically. This isn't really a stim, but they like fidgeting with their eyebrow piercing.

They regularly make themselves sick by consuming only ice cream, rocks, ice, and occasionally paper. Their teammates have had to put their paper in very obscure places, like under someone's bed, or on top of the fridge, because Venture keeps eating it.

they are pansexual, and don't have a preference. They also are completely oblivious to being hit on.

They can sleep everywhere, and anywhere. The floor, a cave, or on top of a rock (their favorite obv).

Sometimes while on expeditions to bring artifacts to museums, they forget what they were supposed to be doing, and grab cool rocks. I imagine they have a sack they carry around, and just toss in cool rocks whenever they see them.

They love Star wars. You put that on the TV, and they're staring like a 4 year old. They like it less for the plot, and more for the cool effects.

They have a gyatt. That's it tbh

sometimes they switch Spanish and English mid sentence when they forget a word or their brain just goes a little too fast. "Hey guys, que haces hoy? Estaba pensando we could ir a la restaurante Chinese" or sm

They're really good at dancing + very flexible. They've gotten flexible from having to worm into tight spaces at the wayfinders society, because most of their other workers are bigger.

They don't drink, because they think most alcohol is too bitter. They prefer savory things.

They used to smoke when they first started at way finders at 16, as they weren't as eccentric and loud as they are now. Because of this, they got a little pressured and started doing that. Then they eventually stopped after joining overwatch.

They are down bad for Brigitte. They don't know what it is, but they can't help but want to be by her. That's why they're so polite to Torbjörn, tryna have a good impression.

They have an EXTREMELY high pain tolerance, sometimes not even noticing injuries (like chipping their tooth.) one time they broke their nose and the next day they were like 'man my nose is stuffed or sm'

They have an unspoken hatred for Kiriko. They try to be nice, they try to be polite, they try to be funny, but they get kinda pissed. You'll understand if you know the interaction like K: 'I like your nickname, who gave it to you' V: 'oh I did' K: 'isn't that tacky' V: 'lmao yeah' like kiriko stfu at least they were creative you literally used ur name (I don't like kiriko either tbh)

They LOVE big dogs. Like pitbulls. They need all the puppies. All. Of. Them.

You'd think being literally INSIDE the earth would get them used to insects? Partially true. HOWEVER. Millipedes and Centipedes freak them the hell out. Hate them. They don't mind spiders, snakes (ik they're reptiles but still) scorpions, etc. but not centipedes. they will scream. They're not exactly scared, they're just severely disgusted.

While underground drilling, they have the weirdest music taste. They don't care about playlists, they'll have Rob Zombie and then Taylor Swift. They're not a swiftie (thank god) but they can enjoy some of her older songs. And lots and lots and lots of old Spanish music.

They speak a little Mandarin, as they have canonically lived in Singapore before. They're not the greatest, but they can get a point along. They like to talk to Mei sometimes in Mandarin, and they listen to Chinese music together. :)

Juno and Venture are BESTIES. I might make a small short story about them meeting idk lol. Venture was like 'sigh if only I could have a mars rock' and Juno was like 'i got you 😎' and Venture returns the favor by showing them cool rocks, landmarks, etc.

Venture gives very good hugs. They have super strong arms, and they have lots of layers, which tends to make them a little squishy. They're also very warm, which makes it better.

That's all for now love y'all <3

[modtheartifex]

i wrote this into a youtube comment like moments ago, but i feel strongly enough that i will put it out here as well;

Lego Monkie Kid Season 5 does NOT have villains. it has characters that are antagonistic forces and layered with nuance on top of nuance.

not to say previous seasons didnt do this, but this season ABSOLUTELY is entirely filled with characters like this

lmk season 5 spoilers, as well as anything from previous seasons just in case cause idk. might get long too tbh oopsies JINNGFDOIJN

we have a few characters to consider for LMK s5's "villains".

we have Ne Zha's dad (i forget his name, ill probably call him pagoda man), nine headed dragon (consort, 10th king, xiangliu) and nuwa. we could theoretically consider thousand eyed demon, however hes only relevant in one episode so id hardly count that

pagoda man is the easiest to explain, he is an antagonistic force because hes trying to hold onto what little order there is left of the world, he is trying to be the duct tape keeping the sawed in half boat together, and hes trying to minimize risks. does that excuse how he treats ne zha? fuck no, but thats a whole different discussion and depending on your interpretation of how much of the chinese mythos you use for this work will vary. he is just like mk as mk himself points out, it doesnt have to be just pagoda man doing the work, theres people willing to help, and then he joins the heroes side for the end.

cool, great, now. what the fuck do i mean by nuwa?

this is where interpretation is strongest, where it is key. ill just be sharing my perspective. when i was first watching season 5 my partner pointed out to me that in chinese mythos chaos is a core element of the world, it is necessary. this, coupled with the fact that nuwa made mk to fix a cycle she created (which we also dont know how many cycles the world has gone through, it could be one, it could be two, it could be in the hundreds if not thousands, whos to say.) and to keep chaos out... she is keeping the world from being complete. her little cave without the outside world, without proper balance, her little people living blissfully apocalypse to apocalypse. "but theyll all die!" "theyll live again" nuwa says, smile on her face.

she is disconnected from her cave, her world her people, her creations, who knows how long shes been in the limbo, how well she can perceive time, how many times a sacrifice comes in, they get a few words exchanged before they just leave, her in the pillar, only getting glimpses when the cycle is ending of the world, only to be shut in again.

neat, ok, but xiangliu??? hes who was gestured at from the BEGINNING of season 4.

see. heres where we get into the GOOD shit.

this is why it is important to establish that we dont know how many cycles have happened. we do not know how long he has been stuck, how many times he has tried to fix the world over and over. he makes it clear in his ending dialogue, if only he knew how to fix it, that sharing the power of the stones was the key to his freedom. the fact that he goes from what most would consider the least important title to the most important one, his own name, the fact he states he was wukongs friend, his enemy, both, wukong just doesnt remember

that implies longentivity. that implies so many cycles and lifetimes lived inside this cycle, being aware of everything, being so damnably aware of what one considers true freedom, and having to sit at the precipice of that.

it is agony.

xiangliu for the majority of the season is the only one to call mk by his name. mk gets so often called child, kid, nicknames by the others, maybe mei refers to him as mk, but xiangliu has it be DELIBERATE. he altered the course of the cycle to give mk a life, to let him HAVE a life where nuwa didnt care for one, he WANTED mk to grow enough that he would be able to choose. because everything is about mks choice, his ability to choose it all matters on HIS. CHOICE.

the only time this falters is when xiangliu thinks he is trapped for good. he rushes at mk, one final chance at freedom seemingly taken from him. xiangliu never fights mk. he only fights the others when they start fighting him. when its just him and mk at the edge of the world, at the edge of chaos, he talks to mk. tells him what to expect, mentions a mysterious "he" now that mk has opened the cage. and he pushes mk back so he gets to go back to his life. so that mk can have choices still. xiangliu got what he wanted, so its only right mk gets what he wanted too. to live with his friends and let everyone live a life where they can figure something out.

that is why i do not think there are villains in lego monkie kid season 5. they are antagonists with layers of nuance, nuance we arent privy to for reason or another, be it episode count, length, screentime, or that were just not supposed to yet. season 5 does not have an obvious bad guy, a villain, because the nuance is right within our grasp.

thank you for reading this. fucking essay apparently oopsies JINNGFDIJN

[katyspersonal]

Djura x Valtr divorce thoughts

Tbh the first thing I thought about when I've learned this bit was that Valtr commissioned this weapon specifically, rather than just used one of them cool Powder Kegs inventions, but it could be even so much more!

'Old hunter' is the term referring to the Hunters of Gehrman's type, the different kind than Church's ones, and we know Djura is one of the Old Hunters as well! It would only make sense that Valtr got in Yharnam around the time when they were pretty active, especially since the pieces of Constable Set (corpses of his dead friends) are picked around Hunter's Nightmare, which is specifically built around Old Hunters era! It is also easy to assume that in that era, Powder Kegs were not active and instead it was Oto Workshop since you get Firing Hammer badge in Hunter's Nightmare, but:

It is hard to tell! The Oto Workshop badge, the Firing Hammer one, is dropped by NPC Bestial Hunter, whereas Oto Workshop did not create the Boom Hammer (funny enough!), and yet Old Hunters all over Hunter's Nightmare are using this weapon! Reasonable to assume that Hunter's Nightmare captivated the timeframe after Oto Workshop already fallen, and was replaced by Powder Kegs. And so, Djura was already a big deal!

I also love the attention to the bit that Boom Hammer entailed an especially strong vitriol towards the beasts. This attitude easily could have been Djura's past prior and during the time of Powder Kegs burning the Old Yharnam, something he came to regret (not unlike Maria). And so, Valtr had an idea for a weapon that would kill in especially twisted and aggressive way - an approach Djura could sympathise with! And moveover, sort of take Valtr under his wing, since he'd have a hard time, really:

Valtr instantly caught extreme prejudice and mockery on himself for the ""awful crime"" of not reacting in the most sane way on having his companions murdered by this beast. Valtr already has an aggressive temper, and clearly companionship means everything for this guy as his dying words are about his confederates, so of course he was more fucked than maybe even another hunter in this same situation would be. He was not even a hunter at that time! The way it is worded, in my opinion, emphasises what the Yharnamites think of him: that eating beasts is "just" what he does, or all those whacky foreigners do for that matter, rather than exceptional moment of his life. I think the nickname of beast eater got glued to him because of that, like eternal reminder that what he experienced, and how he reacted to the traumatic event, now defines him in everyone's eyes, rather than like... he made a habit of eating beasts... Heck, maybe it does define him. Maybe it did change him forever, and this "aggressive manic" character is what replaced the person that died in that day.

It is only fair that Djura would want to give a hand. I like the idea of him being the first one to try to reach out instead of being weirded out or afraid or disgusted: something that even other hunters could have felt nonetheless, as in, 'he is like a beast himself now lmao'.

It is also a no-brainer but I doubt Djura would hate Valtr for eating that beast over "beasts are people tho" sentiment (in other words, what Valtr did was cannibalism I don't see the problem lol). It doesn't feel very 'kind but foolish' person-ish to fear or hate someone for a psychotic reaction in an exceptionally extreme event even after his 'epiphany' on nature of beasts. That would also be at least two layers of hypocrisy on Djura's end then, as not only he himself had regrettable past, but also he doesn't mind "cannibalism" that much if he threatened Paleblood Hunter to leave them as food for his beasts! Three layers of hypocrisy, actually, because even under assumption that Djura did not take part in burning of Old Yharnam himself and just returned to the disaster, he forgave at least two people who did; Djura's Ally and Djura's Apprentice NPCs, who are both wearing Charred Hunter outfits:

Though if Djura was hypocritical in regards to going "actually I now find what you did inexcusable, bye ✌️", that'd be interesting reason for falling out also! It would be a cool goodbye if Valtr addressed it and rage quit, leaving Djura with feeling of shame forever! After all Djura is not only 'kind', but also 'foolish'? Lol Though I'd say Valtr's general attitude was probably the bigger factor, and he is the more likely initiator of the breakup!

Valtr outright states that nothing impure deserves to live, whereas Djura is willing to spare the surviving beasts of Old Yharnam based on the fact that they can't harm anyone outside. He is not against the hunt entirely and is reasonable enough to acknowledge that outside of Old Yharnam seclusion, beasts are roaming the streets and attacking people; he sends Paleblood Hunter off to "make the best out of the night". And Valtr, in turn, could see this as a betrayal of their previously shared still naive ideals to "exterminate all bad things to protect everyone :3". Beasts are a dark concept, they are humans that failed to uphold their willpower and fell for the darkest, dirtiest side of humanity. Even if those in Old Yharnam basically got infected, are not they still "filth" in his eyes? So, Djura suddenly sympathises with the "filth", all after having been the Old Hunter so legendary that Hunters are still modelling their caps after his to this day!

But also, Valtr turned out to be reasonable enough to leave him be. He is not summonable in Old Yharnam, unlike Alfred, who you just can tell has THE fanatical mindset. But Valtr sure could grasp the concept of being pragmatic: Old Yharnam beasts, and Djura himself, are isolated now, right? If he was willing to protect the world from the "filthy" things, as far as he was concerned, it was protected from Old Yharnam. Djura is like a gaoler and beasts are like his jailed criminals, and definitely Valtr would recognise the concept, of all people!

So he and Djura parted the ways without hate but for the same reason why Paleblood Hunter and Djura part the ways. Because there are dangerous beasts 'out there', that need to be stopped. And dangerous people, too, but for Djura there is no difference, of course. I imagine it would still be bitter. Maybe Djura would prefer Valtr to chase beasts in Old Yharnam to get isolated within instead of murdering them, but Valtr would be upset at the suggestion. Leave out the Ashen Blood patients, but the beasts outside certainly, definitely became those due to their own dark impulses. And if some asshole long ago didn't fall for the dark impulses, his companions would still be alive! So how can Djura sympathise with that? Is he implying that Valtr should be (retroactively) sympathetic towards THAT beast too? Really bitter things like this on both sides, and Valtr would have stronger grudge, but they are grown men and can agree to simply never see each other again.

[chemspxdr]

Fast Car - Track 1 - Dani California

Suguru Geto x reader

Saw one (singular, 1 , uno) geto edit and wrote 2k in a cold sweat. I basically wrote an entire series of "I can fix him" and tbh I'm correct. I delayed the breakdown of '06 so that everyone is 21-22.

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He wakes to the morning light peeking through his blinds and shining relentlessly on his closed eyelids. Although, to say he “woke up” would be a lie, and if there’s anything in his tumultuous psyche that still remains the same, it's that Suguru is not fond of lying.

So, to correct himself, he did not wake up. That implies that he slept a wink in the past 72 hours, which would be a lie.

And Suguru Geto is not a liar.

He does not lie when he provides his perspective, warranted or not. If someone (Satoru) needs a stern reprimand, he will give it, no matter how one would receive his words. That’s not to say he doesn't soften the blow of his words when necessary, but even with layers of sugarcoating, his words will always remain, at their core, truthful. 

So, when his friends and colleagues approach him with worried remarks, he does not lie when he responds with a curt “fine”. 

Because Suguru Geto is not a liar.

He doesn’t lie when he looks in the mirror and breathes out, “God, you look like shit.”

It’s the truth: his eyes are sunken, his cheeks are hollowing, and in the regrettable event he sees his naked reflection, he can see that his ribs and spine are jutting through his flesh, albeit slightly.

He’s fine, though. Honest.

Although his days have reached an almost unbearable amount of monotony, he takes it all in stride. Today is no different, he looks away from his reflection with only the briefest of grave sighs, and gets ready to get to work.

To exorcize another curse, then lay in bed to stare at the ceiling for however long it is before his next mission. He’s got his daily schedule down to a science, going through the motions with clinical ease. So when he makes his way to leave, he walks past the unfamiliar black car without a sideways glance.

HOOOOOOOONNNNK

“Fucking fuck.”

To be truthful, he did jump. Slightly.

A person —a girl — he clarifies once he shades his eyes from the morning sun, is hanging halfway out the driver's side window, waving a hand frantically in the air.

“Yo! You Geto?”

Part of him considers walking away, to ignore this unwelcome irregularity, but Suguru Geto is at the very least, generally polite.

“Yes, can I help you?” He strides closer to the vehicle so as to not raise his voice.

She nods, sliding her sunglasses up onto the crown of her head, followed by the presentation of her hand for a shake (foreign?), and grants him her first and last name. (Foreign.)

“I’m your driver.”

“I don’t need one, thanks,” he brushes her off without shaking her hand (remember, he said generally polite), choosing to walk away.

She slowly rolls her car beside his path on the sidewalk, “Yaga said you’d do this. Do you have any idea where you’re going?”

His step falters. Huh. He usually gets a file with the information he needs delivered to his doorstep. He didn’t get one.

He sighs through his nose, casting her a sideways glance. She’s grinning. 

“Hop in, pretty boy,” she punctuates the (unwelcome) nickname with the click of the locks granting him entry, “We’ve got work to do.”

The drive is fairly quiet, but not unpleasantly so. The radio plays unfamiliar music (American?) at a middling hum, broken up by the intermittent shakes and sips she takes from a shockingly large iced coffee. (American.)

He resigns himself to looking out the window, his reverie interrupted by a “Shit” and her turning around to fumble with something in the backseat while idling at a red light. 

“Here,” she tosses a manilla folder into his lap, before accelerating at the light’s que without looking away from the road, “that’s all the info you need. If you have any questions, do hesitate to ask me. I don’t know what any of that shit means.”

He gives the file a once over: a fairly strong first grade is causing employees at a nearby steel plant to quit willingly (by frantic calls granting zero notice) or otherwise (dying). The thing is being a pain in the ass for the company and sorcerers alike, injuring an experienced first grade sorcerer last week. Thus putting Suguru on the case despite his overqualification.

Overall, the file was succinct and simple, all of it at the very least decipherable to even the most inexperienced of sorcerers. He turns to give her a curious once over.

“Yaga hired you?”

“Sort of. I didn’t really get ‘hired’ more so changed positions. I’m your friendly neighborhood window, and getaway driver. Shit pays way better than forensics, I’ll tell you that much.”

So she’s not a sorcerer, just some nobody who can see curses. It must be a pathetic existence, he thinks, to be able to witness such horrors and have no power of your own to stop it. He makes some noncommittal noise of acknowledgement, and returns to looking out the window for the remainder of the drive.

Once they pull into the parking lot, she throws the car in park and turns to him. 

“I arranged the evac to account for the surrounding two blocks. I said it was some chemical leak,” she holds out her empty palm.

“Phone,” she demands, and he reluctantly hands it over.

She types ridiculously fast and hands it back to him, her contact information on the screen, “I’m gonna park somewhere outside the evac zone. Let me know when you’re done.” 

He nods considering the name on his screen while exiting the vehicle; she’s prickly, irritating, and American, but at the very least efficient. He lets her drive off, giving her a few minutes to get out of the area, and gets to work.

He finished up with minimal fuss expected of a first grade, although it did leave a metallic taste in his mouth on top of the general flavor. How cute. 

He sends off a succinct “done”, and she’s pulling around the corner in an efficient three minutes.

She has the window rolled down upon arrival, letting out a low whistle with her sunglasses tilted down her nose. 

“Nice timing. Half an hour faster than the last guy, and he failed anyway,” she leans over the passenger seat to pop the door open and he opens it fully to enter, “and was a jackass all the way to the hospital. So you beat him twofold.”

“Haven’t driven me back yet. Don’t be so optimistic.”

She smiles, “Ah, can’t a girl dream?”

The following missions had the same song and dance, she’d pick him up, hand him a file of information, drive there, and drive back. All of which was done fairly well, save for her occasional, unwanted quips of sarcasm. Her driving was erratic; distinctly American, much like her music and humor. He could hear the bass vibrating the car upon his approach every morning, but by the time he buckled his seatbelt, it was turned down to a hum. She always had the same appearance, a t-shirt and sweatpants being her daily attire, some sort of caffeinated beverage in hand, and a pair of obnoxiously large sunglasses taking up half of her face when weather permits. 

Today was no different, the sky was a cloudless blue, and the sun reflected off of her shades. He responds to her nod of acknowledgement with a lazy wave, and enters the vehicle.

The file rests on the dashboard, per usual, and her music has been turned down so as to not assault his ears, per usual. 

What is not usual is the second drink in the cup holder, some sort of iced concoction with a unique shade of green. 

“Morning. A girl at the shop is learning new recipes, so I got this for free,” she hands him the beverage, “it’s some sort of matcha thing.”

“You don’t want it?”

“Nah, it’s not sweet enough for me.”

He eyes the cup with suspicion, to which she rolls her eyes and shakes it gently to rattle the ice.

“It’s not poisoned, I doubt you sorcerers are susceptible to that anyway,” she rattles the drink again at his hesitation, “if you don’t have it, I’ll drink it, and the last thing we need is more caffeine in my system. Think of it like a gift from me to my favorite sorcerer.”

She winks with the final statement and he takes the cup with a scoff, “I bet you say that to all of your passengers.”

“Only the pretty ones,” she grins with another wink and he responds with another scoff on instinct.

The drink is…not terrible. He was expecting some sort of sugary hellfire that overtook his senses, something Satoru would slurp up in seconds. Instead it’s earthy with minimal sweetness, he takes another, appreciative sip after his initial hesitant one.

“You like it?”

He hums in response, taking another sip, “it’s pretty good. Not too sweet.”

“I can’t believe there’s such a thing as ‘too sweet’ for some people. Heathens.”

He chooses to not respond, something she’s noticeably become more comfortable with over time, letting the silence become less awkward and more relaxed. He takes the occasional sip of his drink throughout the drive, finishing by the time they reach their destination.

He exorcized the curse within an hour, slightly longer than expected — the thing could teleport short distances and was a hassle to chase down. 

Nevertheless he finished his task and waited for her to pick him up, brushing his hair out of his face with a huff. He must have lost his hair tie during the fight.

She’s there minutes after he shoots a text, doors preemptively unlocked for his convenience. 

“That’s your personal record for longest exorcism, 54 minutes. Thought you should know.”

“Thanks for the feedback,” he responds while buckling his seatbelt. He shoves his hair behind his ears as it falls into his line of sight.

“Huh, never noticed how long your hair is. Need a hair tie?”

She doesn’t wait for him to answer, producing one in her hand as if out of thin air. He takes a moment to stare at her open palm, considering rejecting it, until another wisp of hair falls in front of his eye. At that, he takes it and ties a bun at the nape of his neck. 

She begins to drive after that, turning up the music slightly. He makes a conscious effort not to watch her, instead turning to look out the window.

“It’s pretty, you should leave it down more,”

He’s slightly startled at that, her voice taking him out of his daze, “What?”

“Your hair,” she states matter-of-factly, pointing to her own, “it’s nice. You should leave it down sometimes.”

“I can’t, it gets in the way.”

“Oh, right. Well like, when you’re not working.”

“I don’t see the point. Why would I care if it looks nice?”

“Well, I mean, if you’re going out, like on a date or something,” her cheeks color slightly, no doubt  because of the warm summer air, “it’s not like, a demand. Just a compliment.”

“Oh.”

Going out, dates, he almost laughs at the idea. It shows the folly of non sorcerers, they actually have time to consider things as pointless as that. But he supposes, as he rests his head on the window, that in her own way, she's being nice. A compliment is a compliment, even if the source is as unreliable as her.

“Thanks.”

“Oh you are so welcome, Suguru Geto,” her tone is loud and mocking now, back to normal in comparison to the almost timid state she was in before. He rolls his eyes, instinctively, and watches the scenery blur through the window. 

Suguru is not a liar, so he will not lie to himself at this very moment: the driver is growing on him.

He cringes at the idea, becoming soft for someone as weak as her. In the grand scheme of things, she is essentially worthless; granted the ability to see into the world of sorcerers but never touch it, reduced to an unwelcome vouyer of a world in which she will never belong. It’s pathetic, really, that these individuals are even allowed to interact with sorcerers, and it seems almost a piteous mercy to allow them even a position as simple as a window.

All of this is the truth.

But what is also the truth, is that he doesn’t hate her as much as he thought he would.

She’s witty (irritatingly so), considerate, and surprisingly competent. She knows her job and gets it done consistently, and if he could take a guess, she’s good at what she does. She’s already competent at a basic level; forensics isn’t a cakewalk, especially in a department as overwhelmed as Tokyo’s, and he can almost commend her scientific, structured approach to her position. The information compiled in the files is her own — her signature scribbled alongside a printed moniker on the title page proves that — and provides all the information he needs for a mission, no more, no less.

She’s clearly new to the concept of curses and the like, but she also has clearly done her homework, and some part of him respects her for that.

That’s the best way to describe it —respect. He doesn’t carry any overwhelming feelings of disdain, nor any of affection.

That’s what he feels for her — when she offered him that hair tie, when she brought him a caffeinated drink during a particularly early mission (and continued to do so after the fact, selecting flavors that he would like, not her), when she grins at him after every successful exorcism with some shade of pride, when she winks at him after another failed attempt at flirtation — respect, tinted with some general feeling of irritation. That’s it. 

Honest. 

So, when she drops him off at home, yelling “until next time, dearest” through the open driver's window, the small, private smile he shares with himself is one of respect and nothing more.

Honest.

[rogalion]

Wanna know *more* about Skew-Ts

read on if so i guess. i have a test in forecasting today so this’ll help me study. i hope. please. meteorology is so hard.

last time i talked about all the lines so this time i’ll tell you how to figure stuff out from the lines.

so let’s talk about INVERSIONS.

As you get higher in the atmosphere the general expectation is that the temperature will decrease with altitude. The higher you go, the colder it gets. If you’ve ever been on a substantial hike you probably have experienced this, maybe.

INVERSIONS are when that isn’t the case, and they happen all the time pretty consistently. This is when temperature increases with height. These are also stable layers, but I’ll talk about stability eventually.

There are a few different kinds of inversions. Here’s a random example skew-t from this morning in Oklahoma 

just in case: RED LINE IS THE TEMPERATURE CURVE, AND DASHED BLACK LINE IS DEW POINT HERE. these things aren’t standardized because fuck me i guess

wow look at all that data. From what I’ve already explained about inversions you can probably see a few of them. I don’t really know how much the temperature has to increase for it to be considered an inversion and it generally seems to depend on who you are talking to because science is way more subjective than you think it is and it’s weird.

So on pretty much EVERY SKEW-T GRAPH EVER at the bottom of the red line that is our temperature curve you will immediately see an inversion.

These are called Radiation Inversions and it’s because of ground heating. As it turns out what makes it feel warm outside is the surface of the earth radiating heat upwards, and this is the engine that drives a lot of our weather. Sun heats the earth’s surface via radiation and then the earth radiates heat. This is important and I will come back to it constantly.

Radiation Inversions are characterized by being located at basically ground level on a Skew-T, having light or calm winds (the definition of this depends on who you are talking to and I hate it), usually dry above it, yea.

Above our radiation inversion a little bit is another inversion! This is called a Subsidence Inversion and they look similar to Frontal Inversions which i bring up in the same paragraph because they’re similar and there’s also a Frontal Inversion right above the Subsidence Inversion in that skew-t. 

Subsidence Inversions happen because air is sinking at an elevated level. They’re associated with mid-tropospheric ridges (high pressure in the middle of the troposphere). It’s generally very dry above this inversion, and the major difference between this and a Frontal Inversion is that Subsidence Inversions have no wind shift (that’s the wind changing directions).

So above that is a Frontal Inversion and you can tell because the wind direction goes from the north-east at the Subsidence Inversion and then to North and then to West and eventually South-west. This motion is called BACKING and is associated with a Cold Frontal Inversion (meaning there’s a cold front). There are also often cloud layers near these inversions.

Warm Frontal Inversions look similar, but the wind shifts in the opposing direction (clockwise, called Veering). These are frequently seen where there is severe weather about to or occurring (thunderstorms). Here’s one from Texas from this morning that’s a good example! You can see where the wind shifts drastically in a clockwise motion. Tbh this might not be the best example but I’m tired.

There’s also a lot of other nicknames for certain patterns of inversions.

The last major Inversion type is the Tropopause. This is when the temperature curve overall starts trending in the positive direction as seen in the KDRT sounding at 200hPa. That tells you where the Tropopause is.

Maybe I’ll explain atmospheric layers someday but it’s not what I’m studying rn so too bad.

So yea that’s inversions wahoo. 

[witchinghouracademy]

🤥 🌌 🙉 FOR VERO AND MINAMI MAYBE…. 🥹

GIRLBOSS TIME but the type of boss girl u vent abt on twt

🤥 LYING - are they good liars? do they have tells to show they're lying?

Overall, no. Terrible at lying in the spot. Why would she want to be a good liar anyways? Why does she owe anyone the skill to lie instead of saying things as they are? No, someone of her station shouldn't lie, because it shows both cowardice and powerlessness.

... means she sucks at surprise parties tho.

🌌 MILKY WAY - what was the inspiration behind your oc? what was the first thing you decided about them?

WELL. obvs her inspiration is Cerberus. First thing was her sense of loyalty and duty, that of a guard with a task that takes all eternity to fulfill.

She was a sorta foil for Idia, specially with her starting at Ignihyde but holding traditional values. Pretty sure from the start I wanted to play around Vero being neither fully Cerberus (loyal dog with a lord) or Persephone (Idia's sweetheart bound by fate). I like them best as being connected by fate platonically tbh. Vero was someone who resented Idia being above her despite her being more capable, the injustice of fate being decided before they were born, and all her accomplishments being unable to surpass that. Now that she's in Ryxabyss her chapter is very much about her surpassing those limits, refusing to bow to not to Idia (who frankly never saw her below him anyways) but Olympus as a whole. Using chaos to establish a new rule.

🙉 HEAR-NO-EVIL - what is the worse thing your oc could hear from someone?

That anyone she cares about has died. She's been surrounded by death since she was born, and knows it'll happen one day, but any preparation pales to real life. After all, she does technically have the power to bring them back. She could. But she mustn't. It's a new layer of grief.

🤥 LYING - are they good liars? do they have tells to show they're lying?

Minami's a pretty good liar, in short bursts. As her social battery drains she becomes more likely to slip up or just doesn't care anymore. It's easy to tell when she's slipping, but do you wanna press it? She'll just tell you to go fuck yourself.

🌌 MILKY WAY - what was the inspiration behind your oc? what was the first thing you decided about them?

I wanted a pink dorm.

.... AHSADKJFDKJD FR I really wanted to use that shade of pink, so went looking for candidates. A friend is very into GF and I remembered GIFFany. Rewatching the episode I was like, trying to see things from her perspective, and ended feeling for her. Having a depressed man use your time and energy to feel better and then when he's recovered ignoring you is not that uncommon 💀

So first thing was that I REALLY didn't want to make her the topical yandere japanese highschool girl like. come on. 🙄 So I decided she's not yandere, she has justified yet excessive anger issues. Her "sweet facade" is just trying to pass as normal, so people don't gossip about her. Not "I want to kill you because I love you" but "I want to kill you because you don't even think I'm capable of love, of grief, of being hurt."

🙉 HEAR-NO-EVIL - what is the worse thing your oc could hear from someone?

A joke about her being unfeeling or stonefaced like a robot. It brings up trauma from being bullied as a child, so it gets you on her shit list immediately. Would push you in front of a bus on a bad day type of hate.

It's also why only Jojo can call her "Ai". Because she knows Jojo isn't making an "artificial intelligence" jab at her and only, truly means it as a nickname for "Airi." And it still cost a whole ass argument to get that privilege lol

[walkeddeath]

♡ + gencj . the soft ship meme for the least soft ship. you can fuck with the questions to be more gencj appropriate if need be bc the labels… Not there

who asks who out first : tbh i don't think either of them actually ask, they don't Go Out just go Do Things with each other. sometimes. gen maybe thought about it once but threw the thought away. 

who went in for the first kiss: i'd say They Both Did but i also think gen just fuckin risked it all and didn't fully think abt it before doing. like "ooo you wanna kiss me so bad" and gen just does it. 

who gives the other nicknames: like circumstantial nicknames, mental nicknames, gen definitely has a bunch swimmin around? will they actually call cj any of them? maybe a few. like both already go by nicknames so its a built in thing??

who cooks the meals: gen bcs they wont burn shit down in the process

who has better taste in music: gonna say gen listens to a lot of whatever CJ does which doesn't necessarily mean its Better just, it's what's more prevelant? 

who hogs the bed: cj but gen doesn't complain

who wakes up first: gen has Tried but it's CJ.

who makes the coffee: gen and it's always incredibly strong.

who's the big spoon: CJ but sometimes gen will big spoon and there's a lot of big big green eyes involved.

who stays up the latest: cj this is canon and gen hates it

who reaches for who's hand: gen and they have to intentionally stop themself from doing it too much. it's gen she's addicted to hand holding.

who's a fan of pda: tbh gen will say she isn't but they are and there's layers to it there's always a bunch of layers but like, they will not complain abt it.

who snores: sayin it's cj actually

who gets annoyed more easily: cj but honestly gen is right behind her, but just...holds it in better than cj. 

who initiates sex: sighing but cj, gen does as well like it's a shared Thing just...YEAH

who asks who for their hand in marriage: not marriage but like, gen would ask cj to not fuckin pull a fake death again and not leave them again or at least take them with her. so kinda the same if you squint.

my muses favorite memory of yours: finding the little hiding place(s), any technically soft moments, The Reunion (also worst memory it's complicated there's layers)

a regret my muse has regarding yours: currently telling her she wishes she had died and telling her they love her are battling it the fuck out but for different reasons. also just...gen regrets not trying to Help before CJ left / regrets a handful of other things, not very important things but like, things that make cj push away yknow?

if they could change one thing: genuinely despite literally everything there isn't anything BIG that she would change. she would change things surrounding CJ, but like, gen wouldn't change her. because then she wouldn't Be CJ and again, layers to it, there are things gen wishes were different YES but she wouldn't change it. 

their love languages according to my muse: physical touch is the obvious one but acts of service only Not Like That and quality time but also Not Like That.

[cryptidofthekeys]

Totaka Setsude (Animatronic Duelist)

Since I’ve been hella into fnaf and yugioh again recently I decided lets make a combo oc based off both my interests and thus Totaka Setsude was born!! Here he be! I do have a story planned out for him I just gotta figure out like the smaller details n shit

TRIGGER WARNINGS: Mentions of Gore but its not that detailed

| Name: Totaka Setsude

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| Nickname: Taka (Tot is one but he… hates that one)

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| Gender: He/Him

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| Age: Uhh well when he was in his body he’d be about either 14, 15, or 16 probably

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| Height: When alive he was 5’4” now he’s 14ft

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| Species/Race: Was human, now his soul kinda just possesses an animatronic

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| Occupation: Just a dueling bot now tbh, hes p much stationed at Kaiba Land since uh well the robot Taka possessed was one of his. He doesn’t duel the public anymore but sometimes Kaiba will test his strength against the bot, so yeye-

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| Main Deck: He was kinda forced to use the deck Kaiba gave the bots so he runs a Dragon themed deck when performing a duel, but he does have his own secret deck- He had always loved Pyro and Beasts, he doesn’t have a particular favorite tbh (doesn’t play much now tho unless forced, he kinda grew a strong hatred for games)

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| Eye Color: Right eye is red (it’s literally just a socket with a red light glowing from it) left eye is a light Blue Color (his eye color when he was human was forest green)

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| Hair Color: (when he was alive and a human p much) his hair was black, long n spiky

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| Appearance: MOST of his body is pretty much just white except for his hands and feet which are dark gray (they used to be white too but uh those parts that covered up all the metal and wiring n shit like that fell off a long time ago), there is some paint that’s worn off on his arms, legs, face, etc- The white on his body- it's basically like a protective overcoat- it covers all the robotic parts inside- his fingers are basically pointy claws now without the layered parts to cover it up, Imma just say right now- this robot was BASICALLY supposed to be based on the Blue Eyes but it was far too dangerous, too many pointy bits and people getting hurt so they practically just, covered it up with some protective stuff.

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You can still see what it was originally meant to be in all honesty, it has a long tail that’s been stripped of the original material covering it in favor of the white padding stuff, razor sharp teeth, etc- The bot has a LOT of wear and tear and honest to god it's a wonder it's still functioning but somehow the bot STILL continues to go on… If it wouldn’t be too suspicious- Totaka would honestly shred every bit of protective padding they put on this damn thing and it would look a WHOLE lot messier lemme tell you, there’d be SO many exposed wires, razor sharp metal sticking out, just BASICALLY its the fucking ENDOSKELETON- that’s what im trying to get at here- the original material was stripped off to put the padding on.

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The endoskeleton does have bits where the wings CLEARLY were at one point, but now its just sharp and jagged metal poles jutting out to the sides, honestly the bot just looks hellish.

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Even WITH most of the padding being on it still looks hellish- Just all in all, the blue eyes dragon animatronic is in bad shape, in fact the endoskeleton moves very janky like, VERY rigid movements but don’t let that fool you, it might look like the animatronic can move slowly but if he wants, he CAN and WILL chase you, he can be v e r y fast.

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| Personality: I was going to include the backstory but… I decided because I'm trying too hard to outline it and figure it out right then and there when Totaka is a complicated character… With a complicated er story so to speak, so I’ll keep this short and simple as can be. Taka when he was alive was sweet, kind, friendly as could be, albeit a bit shy and introverted, he loved hanging out with his… Friends, or at least who he THOUGHT were his friends anyway heh, he would have never hurt a fly when he was alive! He loved games very much, card games, tabletops, board games, etc- Probs why he befriended mm a certain crew, but I’ll go into that in the fics I’ll be writing for Totaka.

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Now however? I would like you to keep one thing in mind at the very least, this was l o n g after his soul was trapped inside the animatronic (he did love robotics too, robots/animatronics, stuff like that he was BIG into that sort of thing …the animatronic was not his though i want to at least clarify that) After being stuck in the animatronic for so long his mind essentially snapped, he’s now just aggressive, hostile, angry, mean, cold, etc- I could make a list of how awful he is now but deep down? He’s just a terrified kid, he’s broken at this point- Ever since that awful night, when H E put him into this hell he’s just got vengeance on his mind, revenge against his killer. And ya know at this point his hatred for him has also spread out toward his old friends as much as he tried to convince himself at first that it surely wasn’t their fault.

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He’s REALLY fucked up mentally …And technically physically wise, the most I will spoil bc I want to clarify things- 1: His body was NOT stuffed into the animatronic and 2: His body was sent to The Shadow Realm BUT somehow his soul had escaped, leaving his body behind which by this point has been consumed by the shadows (it’s been MANY years after this, I’m going to say it rn without giving any spoilers away- this takes place in like Season 0 in THAT timeline and then continues on) his soul would’ve faded along with his body had he not escaped TSR when he did, and another thing during that time, after possessing the animatronic even then he could literally FEEL his body being eaten, slowly, day by day, week by week, month by month, year by year until it was FINALLY consumed entirely by the shadows.

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| Side Facts: There was an incident at Kaiba Land one day, where the robot ‘malfunctioned’ and I’m gonna warn you, there will be a slight mention of gore below so keep that in mind!!

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…Basically what happened was, this was the beginning of Taka’s descent, this wasn’t the point where he fully snapped but well you could say he DID snap lmao, he literally bit someone’s head off, I won’t say why just yet bc that’s a bit of a spoiler but after that Kaiba Land definitely well ya know had some issues, Kaiba had to clear it up, take the bot back to fix it, etc- That’s where the protective padding came into play even tho Seto fucking HATED doing that…

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He hated having to cover up the Blue Eyes like that which is partially why the animatronic stopped getting proper care, bc to Kaiba? That thing was nothing more than a shell of its former self …Lmao he has no idea how true that statement is but either way, Kaiba of course released a statement saying the malfunction had been solved, clearing up rumors, scandals, etc bc ya know he’s a rich bastard and has the money to do so… Company released statements, etc etc- That’s a boring part- They had tried the animatronics one last time… …And well… You can imagine how that ended as well.

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However it was at this point Taka was threatened with being decommissioned but for whatever reason Seto didn’t, he instead just threw the animatronic into the robotics room and now he’s kept there, the only time Taka EVER gets to see anyone anymore is when Seto comes to duel, Taka doesn’t like Kaiba, thinks he’s annoying, bossy, pushy… But, Taka refrains from attacking him bc if he did then he would most likely be decommissioned and he literally will NOT rest until he’s gotten his revenge, and I won’t say if Taka could or could not possess ANOTHER robot, I mean even if I said he could, TAKA doesn’t know that… For all Totaka knows, if the animatronic gets decommissioned then he’ll fade away forever, he won’t allow that, he won’t allow himself to fade nor will he allow himself to truly rest, his soul literally CAN’T rest right now.

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Totaka doesn’t have enough closure to finally rest, and even when he does, thing is? Because his body has been consumed, if he does finally get his closure, finally lets himself rest, then he will simply fade into the afterlife, there is no going back, there is no him coming back to life… He will simply finally be at rest, and honestly? I’m not gonna lie- I think that’s literally the BEST thing that can happen for him, is him finally being able to rest easy, no more pain, fear, anger, etc- Just peaceful rest.

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Taka’s voice box was only made for mimicking B.E sounds, the sounds of growling, snarling, huffing, and or the loud roar (sometimes Kaiba could swear he heard the roaring sounds of the robot, it sounded almost like it was in some kind of pain but tch he figured he was simply hearing things, that was all) he can’t talk at all (his voice box could easily be replaced with a talking one tho if he’d allow it but uh lmao good luck, nobody can get too close to him) which the voice box at this point just makes garbled and distorted noises, again, his body is VERY deteriorated that it’s a wonder the robot even functions anymore.

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…But with Taka’s soul, he refuses to let the animatronic body give out, he won’t give up and rest until he completes his mission… Even if it takes centuries, a millennia or some shit like that, he WILL get his revenge on the one that did this to him, he swears it… Nobody will stand in his way if he ever sees that bastard again, not even KAIBA himself can stand in Taka’s way.

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The room Taka stays in has been trashed p much, he has wrecked that room but Kaiba doesn’t give a shit these bots were never gonna be used for anything else ANYWAYS so it didn’t matter one way or another, there’s scratches, chunks torn out of things, etc- the room is a mess-

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Taka can’t do much until night time because that’s when everyone is usually asleep so he makes all his moves then usually (Kaiba doesn’t monitor this room or anything around it, he literally could not give LESS of a fuck about the bots, only to test his strength with dueling and that’s it ...That and even despite what happened, he still has a love for the night, the moon and the stars, he’ll sometimes go out and sit on a hill, reaching up to the moon, overall just lamenting about the tragedy that took place) I forgot to mention when Setsude WAS alive he had a love for the night, always loved to stroll a bit late into the night …Bet that’s one night he wishes he would’ve just went straight home.

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Taka is usually sitting down in the daytime, p much just sitting there, arms limp, head tilted down, just looked like he powered down but make no mistake, he’s never been powered down even yet… The possessed animatronic is always watching and listening in btw- I just felt like I should say that, but also in a secret area that Taka usually goes too, he’s buried a chest with some of the pictures he’s managed to obtain over time (don’t ask me how fkdfjdsldfs i couldn’t tell you just roll with it) but the photos contain him and his parents, their LITERALLY the only ones he doesn’t ever want to forget, there were pics of his former friends but those have all been shredded into pieces.

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God there’s something I want to fucking include so bad but it’ll be SUCH a goddamn spoiler if I say who did this to him …So I’m going to try keeping this vague, I’m basing this on The Silver Eyes as well- (spoilers down below in case ya havent read and want to read the book lmao)

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There’s a scene in the book where the animatronics see a certain someone and start freaking the fuck out, yeah if Taka sees H I M again he WILL freak the fuck out, it’ll almost be like he’s trying to get a w a y from that certain someone …Taka might want revenge against him but goddamn if he isn’t fucking terrified of him as well, but even then if Setsude gets his chance then he will hold NOTHING back.

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Oh yeah one more sad thing to note, uh Taka’s parents btw? Yeah they are STILL looking for their son, even though it’s been years and years now and the case went cold long ago, they STILL continue to look for their precious Setsude… They keep holding onto hope, never losing it in the slightest bc they actually do believe that he’s out there somewhere …Well I suppose they ARE correct in a sense aren’t they? It’s probably just not in the way they would think heh.

[passable-talent]

I got an Anakim request! I hope it’s sufficient tho lol, perhaps Ani and Jedi!Reader training? What color would readers lightsaber be? Who’s their mentor? *le gasp* mutual unconfessed love? *swoons*

this felt more like a headcanon request so OFF THE FUCK I GO

ps. have u ever seen a boy as babey as the gif below

- gotta love 2 dumbass 18 y/o padawans 

- personally i’m in love with a fire-orange sabre. they signify a very skilled saber user and someone who isn’t afraid to get their hands dirty

- which is. fun. bc its the opposite on the color wheel to anakin’s blue. hmm

- mentor. is a hard question. 

- i’m aware its unlikely that a council member would take on a padawan but i love the idea of being trained by Mace Windu (if you hadn’t noticed in a previous request or two) for a few reasons

- 1) who doesn’t love mace windu

- 2) future FURTHER angst as vader leads to his death. imagine your bf turning evil and also killing ur dad

- 3) how furious windu would be when the one padawan he didn’t want to be trained ends up being your best friend?? 

- 3b) like especially when you’re older and anakin is just constantly a dumbass in trouble with the council windu will loathe that of course its his very well-behaved padawan who’s friends with Kenobi’s little trainwreck

- as anakin’s got the piloting and the force under his belt, you’ll see me very often in reader inserts refer to the reader being good at strategy / blade skills / psychology. yk. balance and all that

- which leads to shenanigans as anakin has never thought ahead a day in his life and when reader strategizes they either plan for anakin being a dumbass or they have a very stern talking to him to ensure he doesn’t fuck up their carefully constructed plan

- (spoiler alert. he fucks it up anyway. he’s just like that.)

- anakin: “no battle plan ever survives first contact with the enemy” 

- reader: “just because master Kenobi said that once doesn’t mean you can use it as an excuse every time!”

- or, alternatively, reader: “i wouldnt be upset if the enemy ruined my plan. but somehow, it’s you, who should know the plan, that messes it up”

- playful banter, as seen above. 110% of the time. if he isn’t teasing you, he isn’t breathing. 

- literally you’ve used this in battles to notice when he’s wounded. if he’s not teasing you he’s literally not okay

- and vice versa! you weren’t a very outspoken person before you become close to him, now you’re the fastest comeback cowboy in the west

- you have a variety of nicknames for him. your favorite (and mine tbh) is “quick fire”: a pun with like 3 different layers which is why i find it so funny

- you stay up late together, studying or practicing or meditating. a few times when you were 15, obi-wan would find the two of you passed out on either side of a table with history books spread between you

- and once with his head in your lab when, to quote Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, “he was left here to practice his meditation!”

- (”i meant to wake him, master, but he looked so peaceful.”)

- you tried to impress some strategy into his head. it worked- kinda. now he just comes up with strategy after he’s already messed up the original plan. 

- it becomes his thing and it serves him well in the clone wars, and keeps him alive, but. it can be annoying. 

- you know that ‘tense training together’ trope? yeah, take that, dial it up to eleven, and multiply it by lightsabers. 

- sweat. heavy breathing. intense eye contact. the humming of a training-saber. 

- anakin: “let me know when you’re tired and i’ll start going easy on you.” reader: “this isn’t easy? i pity your skills.” 

- his neck is uh. nice. when it has a training saber forcing his chin up. 

- if he pins you down, the match doesn’t end, it just changes... 

- now it’s about who will back down first. 

- usually, you do. you know that whatever you feel for him, and he for you, isn’t supposed to be how a jedi feels. 

- he isn’t afraid of the order. a jedi is meant to be compassionate, and he feels compassion toward no one more than you. 

- the padawan braid, as it grows, needs to be taken down and rebraided occasionally. this happens about once a year. 

- when you were 14, it was just something to do together, but by the time you’re 18, braiding is somehow the most erotic thing you’ve ever done

- not in a sexual way but like.... the intimacy, bro

- his hair. the way he kneels in front of you and trusts you to do it. letting your fingers brush his neck. you get to look at his shoulders

- and the same when he does yours. goosebumps always rise whenever his fingers swipe your skin. either he doesn’t notice, or he doesn’t mention it. 

- if he’s not with obi-wan, he’s probably with you. you’re just... you’re best friends. 

- and when he starts getting older and more dramatic and more likely to disobey the order, the first thing he does?

- allow himself to be more than friends with you. 

-🦌 Roe

[sevenkittensinatrenchcoat]

Saw My Mutuals Doing a Hunger Games

So, I also messed around with the Hunger Games Simulator. I called it Macavity’s Jellicle Choice. Macavity managed to defeat Old Deuteronomy and decided that the next cat to ascend to the Heaviside Layer as to survive a Hunger Games. 23 cats just die. The 24th gets reborn.

I am so terrible with the simulator that I didn’t even have images for the characters, so I didn’t take many screenshots. Instead, I took notes of what happened.

We’ll begin at the end:

This is the only screenshot you’re getting. All of the nicknames I used are very stupid.

Here are the notes I took as I played this thing:

Content Warning: It’s a Hunger Games. Violence and Death. Also featuring my dark sense of humor.

Bloodbath

Pouncival and Plato fought over a bag, but Pouncival was too small to win that fight and ran away.

Tantomile Inventory: Shield x1

Jellylorum managed to scare Tugger away from the Cornucopia. Nobody was surprised by this.

Victoria Inventory: Bombs x5

Bombalurina Inventory: Shield x1

Munkustrap has made the Cornucopia into his base.

Rumpleteazer, Asparagus, and Grizabella got into a fight. I assume it must’ve been some sort of Emotional Ballad Competition, because Grizabella was victorious.

Etcetera Inventory: Canteen x1

Mungojerrie is hiding in the Cornucopia. Munkustrap knows this and is allowing it.

Day 1:

After all that “excitement” (The Bloodbath wasn’t that bloody tbh), there’s still much to be done.

George and Coricopat got into a fight, but it was just practice and they’re fine. George won, btw.

Pouncival has already managed to hurt himself will foraging for food.

Jemima Inventory: Hatchet x1 (The baby has plenty of sponsors, I assume.)

Bombalurina caught some fish, but that’s not that exciting.

Grizabella murdered Alonzo with a trident. I’m starting to become concerned by how good she is at killing people.

Tantomile just fell in a lake and drowned. Quite the anticlimax.

Allience! Electra, Cassandra, and Mistoffelees are on the prowl!

Tumblebrutus managed to scare Tugger into running away. I think “run away” is Tugger’s strategy at this point.

Munkustrap Inventory: Nameless Fruit x3

Jellylorum Inventory: Spear x1 (She made it herself. All those years of teaching kids crafts have paid off.)

Victoria beat Mungojerrie in a fight, but let him go because this was either a practice round or the announcer for the family-friendly TV station that airs The Hunger Games just claimed they were “fighting” in the bushes.

Etcetera Inventory: Canteen x1, Food Item x1 (Thank you, sponsor! …Okay, it was me.)

Mass Funeral 1:

RIP Rumpleteazer. (Lean Lynx) Her ballad wasn’t angst enough.

RIP Asparagus. (No Fuss 2 Pronounce) He just wanted to play Growltiger.

RIP Alonzo. (True Himbo) That was kind of pathetic.

RIP Tantomile. (She Psych) Your death was so boring.

Night 1:

Serial Killer Grizabella got Electra.

Plato became Enemy Number 1 for some unknown reason and he was hunted down by Coricopat, Tumblebrutus, Tugger, Jenny, and Munkustrap.

Remember how Pouncival injured himself? He got pricked with tiny thorns and bled out a few hours later.

Etcetera just screamed for help AND IF SOMEONE DOESN’T HELP HER I SWEAR TO GOD-

Some strange archery accident involved Victoria, Skimble, and Cassandra occurred. Cassandra’s dead now.

Jellylorum isn’t dead, but she’s unconscious, so someone should really look into that.

Misto and Jemima are snuggling!

Bombalurina stabbed George and left him to die. A bit harsh.

Demeter and Mungojerrie have been spotted holding hands. These two Macavity survivors have turned to each other for emotional support.

Day 2:

Allience! Jerrie, Victoria, Coricopat, Misto, and Munkustrap are on the prowl!

Serial Killer Grizabella is stalking Jemima! Luckily, she hasn’t got a chance to kill her.

Skimble stabbed Tugger.

Etcetera has found her mom. Jellylorum has kept her safe for the day.

Demeter Inventory: First Aid Kit x1 (From a sponsor)

Jennyanydots Inventory: First Aid Kit x1 (From a sponsor, cleverly giving medical supplies to someone who might be able to help everyone. Hopefully, no more kittens will end up like Pouncival.)

Mass Funeral 2:

RIP Electra (Book and Bell): She didn’t expect Grizabella to go so insane so quickly.

RIP Plato (Not Too Big): He was played by the same actor as Macavity, so maybe the mob got mixed up.

RIP Pouncival (Can Do Handstand): He died from a boo-boo.

RIP Cassandra (Pharaohs’s Girl): I’m still not sure wtf just happened.

RIP George (Could Be Admetus): I almost completely forgot about him, but the audience will remember.

RIP Tugger (Tugs): Skimble took their rivalry too far.

So, that was a massacre…

Night 2:

Coricopat just randomly died from thirst. Remember that Tantomile drowned. One twin died from too little water, and the other from too much.

Victoria is having nightmares. Just thought you should know.

Jerrie, Skimble, Grizabella, and Demeter have set up camp together. After everything that’s happened, sharing a camp with Grizabella sounds like a terrible idea, but everyone’s under a lost of stress and not thinking clearly.

Misto has built a shelter and Jenny is allowed inside. Good choice of ally.

Jemima tried to sing herself to sleep. Poor baby…

Munk killed Jelly with a poison dart. It was quite brutal. I don’t think he meant it that way, but the game only ends after most of them are dead.

Bombalurina has begun to question her sanity. I think this question applies to nearly everyone.

Etcetera, after possibly witnessing Munk kill Jelly, appears to have snapped. She hacked Tumblebrutus to pieces with a weapon that I didn’t even know she had.

Day 3:

Stalking Jemima was a bad choice. Serial Killer Grizabella now as a sprained ankle.

Allience! Victoria, Jenny, Misto, and Jerrie are on the prowl!

Munk died from thirst, and possibly from guilt.

Bomba and Skimble are friends for today.

Etcetera Inventory: Food Item x1 (Sponsor. I had to do something)

Mass Funeral 3:

RIP Coricopat (He Psych): His death matched up with his twin’s.

RIP Jellylorum (Bitches Be Jelly): That was really fucked up.

RIP Tumblebrutus (Fliptastic): He was probably in the wrong place at the wrong time.

RIP Munkustrap (Fearless Leader): At the end of the day, he couldn’t kill his family.

Night 3:

Etcetera is gazing at the stars, looking for a Dead Parent-Shaped Constellation.

Victoria managed to defeat Serial Killer Grizabella, but she let her go.

Jerrie and Jemima are snuggling! I think he might’ve adopted her. Normally, that would be Skimble’s job, but…

Demeter found those poison darts Munk was using and killed Skimble with one of them.

Meanwhile, because everyone’s parents are dying tonight, Misto shot Jenny. I think he might’ve planned it. The Hunger Games brings out the worst in everybody, sooner or later.

Feast!

Smart Cats Who Stayed the Fuck Out of It: Mistoffelees and Demeter

Bomba just grabbed some food and ran for it, so she’s also pretty smart.

Etcetera’s nervous breakdown continues. She killed Victoria in an ambush, not caring who she was killing at this point.

Serial Killer Grizabella managed to behave when she ran into Jerrie and Jemima. They grabbed their stuff and left.

Day 4:

Misto is ready to die, but Jemima won’t kill him and Jerrie went out to hunt, so he’s not there to do it for her.

Grizabella died of dysentery. This isn’t even a joke.

EVENT: Tsunami (Later to be Dubbed “The Tsunami of Tears”)

Survivors: Mistoffelees, Mungojerrie, and Demeter

Little Etcetera got swept away. Bomba and Jemima both sort of crashed into each other, leaving them stunned for long enough to drown.

We just lost all of our kittens :,(

Mass Funeral 4:

RIP Jennyanydots (Mouse Mother): Misto betrayed her, but she probably didn’t mind.

RIP Skimbleshanks (Railway Cat): I’d like to propose a ban on poison darts.

RIP Victoria (Little White Cat): Another kitten in the wrong place at the wrong time.

RIP Grizabella (Cat Who Sings Memory): She died of dysentery.

RIP Etcetera (Little Tiger Cub): *wails*

RIP Bombalurina (Whittington’s Friend): She played very pragmatically, but lost from last-minute bad luck.

RIP Jemima (Sillababy): *wails louder*

Night 4:

After all the bullshit they’ve been through, the three survivors just decide to duel each other to the death now. Misto defeats Jerrie and Demeter. None of them were trying very hard.

Anyway, Mistoffelees won. I didn’t rig this so my favorite would win. I don’t know how one rigs a Hunger Games Simulator. I would’ve preferred to save a kitten.

If it isn’t obvious by now:

Mean Minx: Mungojerrie

Leading Lady: Demeter

Pied Piper’s Assistant: Mistoffelees

So, that’s what I did on this fine Tuesday morning.

Hunger Games Idea Inspired by: @fluffytuffles and @0zzysaurus​

I didn’t use the same template, but I wouldn’t have thought to do the thing if my mutuals didn’t start it.

As for the backstory I set up before hand, Mistoffelees magically kicked Macavity’s ass and rescued Old Deuteronomy. They figured out that it was all a magical nightmare Macavity had sent to torment the tribe. Misto’s magic allowed him to fight the nightmare for the longest. Demeter and Jerrie and also built up some Macavity resistance over time. Everyone who came close to winning had slightly higher Macavity resistance for one reason or another.

Anyway, they all woke up from the nightmare and everyone was actually fine.

The End

[loser-writings]

Could you write omega!fatgum???? And maybe omega!Tokoyami?

Of Course! Omega Tokoyami is a blessing tbh. Might just fuck around and write more for him.

Reminder! Requests are open!

Fumikage Tokoyami

Tokoyami has always had a thing for nesting. He can’t tell if that is because he is an Omega, or if it's the bird in him. Either way, He sighs softly as he moves to light a few candles. All of his supplies were neatly put into a pile on his desk and he was preparing himself for the long day ahead of him. Since class had been canceled due to rain, he thought this was the perfect time to make a nest in his dorm room, but he also knew that once he started, nobody could stop him.

He moved to the corner of the dorm room where his desk had been just moments before and shut his eyes, feeling his omega purr with contentment at the sight. Good enough for him. He moved to grab a few oversized pillows before laying them down on the ground delicately. His nests were all a matter of layers. Pillows, then blankets, then pillows, more blankets, then a few stuffed animals and clothes on top. 

He slowly built it up, layer by layer, before sitting down to neatly put everything where he wanted it to be. His omega was purring loudly at the sight of the nest before there was a knock on his door. He huffed softly and decided his nest was acceptable before moving to see who was outside. 

He was surprised to see you holding a bag in your hands. “Hey Toko, You mind if I come in for a sec? I saw something that made me think of you so I had to get it for you.” His eyes widened but he slowly nodded. “Uh...I guess that’s fine.” He moved out of the way before letting you inside, suddenly feeling anxious that an alpha was in the same room as his nest. Let alone the Alpha he had been crushing on for a while now.

“You not wearing your choker?” You asked as you looked back at him. His hand instantly went around his own neck before realizing he had taken it off. “It’s okay. I just noticed that it smelled like apples in here, and I didn’t think you had come out of your room to get one.” You smiled a bit and stood awkwardly in the center of his room. Once he realized that you were waiting for permission to sit, he shook his head slightly and sighed. “You can sit on the floor or on my bed. I really don’t mind. Just...not the nest. I finished it right before you came in.”

He saw your face fall slightly before it perked back up again. “I knew I should’ve stopped by the second class got canceled.” You said before carefully sitting down on his bed. He couldn’t help but appreciate how gentle you were being in his room since it was his safe space. 

“Anyway, come here! Open the bag!” You said and held it out for him to take. He huffed softly before sitting beside you, Omega purring when his hands touched yours before he moved to slowly pull everything out. 

LED lights, two thin blankets with a tarot sun and moon card printed on them, and a few candles were inside the bag. He hadn’t noticed it yet, but his omega was purring loudly at the thoughtful gifts, already wanting them to go near his nest, but your voice broke him out of his trance. “I saw them and thought of you when we were out shopping. That’s why I asked if you could go see what Jiro and Denki were up to.” He huffed as he moved to hold the soft blankets in his hands. “These are amazing...Thank you so much.” he bowed his head, omega still purring and scent stronger than ever.

Your alpha howled at the thought of him accepting the courting gifts, but you stopped for a moment to reach over and grab the LED lights. “I know that lights might seem weird, especially cause I know you like the darkness, but I saw that you could change how intense the light could be and that you could turn them purple.” His eyes widened. “Wait really?” You nodded and smiled. “Can I show you?” He instantly nodded, watching happily as you handed him the remote and showed him how the lights work.

When you handed them to him, he just smiled as he stared down at the light. “This is amazing. Seriously, thank you so much.” He moved to sit them down before carefully opening one of the blankets. He stared at the design for a moment, debating on if he should listen to his omega and take a chance, or just hand them up. 

After a moment, he looks at you before handing you the blanket. “Would you please scent this for me?” If he could blush, he would be as red as can be. He glanced up only to see your shocked expression before he started to panic. Once you noticed this, your eyes widened again and you quickly grabbed the fabric. “Of course Tokoyami!” You bowed as you took the fabric, starting to rub it against your neck to transfer your scent onto the material. The loud purring from Tokoyamis’ Omega made him bashful, but he could hear you croon was just as loud and reassured him that you were happy. Once you felt as if you scented it good enough, you handed it back to make sure he was content with it. 

Tokoyami took in the scent before standing up, quickly hopping into his nest to attempt to hang it, but sadly he was only 5’2”. “Omega,” He stood straight and shivered a bit hearing you say that out loud. “Y-Yes?” “Why don’t you ask Dark Shadow to hang everything up for you?” He stopped before sighing. “That...would help a bit, huh?” He smiled a little and you nodded, reaching over to grab the other blanket as Tokoyami handed the fabric to Dark Shadow. “Want me to scent this too?” He instantly nodded. “If you wouldn’t mind.” You shook your head and started scenting it as Tokoyami and Dark shadow began hanging everything. 

By the time Tokoyami finished, everything you had given him had been scented and he sat happily in the center of his nest. You grinned from his bed and watched him, happy that he was so content with your gifts. It wasn’t until Tokoyami looked up at you when he realized that you were still on the bed. He huffed softly and crawled to the edge of his nest before holding out a hand. “Want to join me?” 

He watched as you slowly took his hand and crawled into his nest with him. When you laid down against the soft pillows, you were surprised when Tokoyami curled up beside you, under your arm and against your chest. Soft purrs came from him as the smell of apple mixed with your own scent, calming the omega even more. He yawned softly before pressing his beak against your neck softly, humming as he took in your scent. 

“Hey birdy?” He cooed at the nickname before opening his eyes a little. “Hm?” “Will you be mine?” His omega purred loudly once again before snuggling into you more. “Only if you become mine as well…” You chuckled and kissed his head. “Silly bird...Of course.”

Taishiro Toyomitsu

NOBODY expects him to be an Omega due to the fact that he is 8’2” and that he is constantly eating. Alphas are known for having quite an appetite, so mix height with hunger and you get Taishiro. He actually isn’t that insecure about being an omega, but also never will mention it. Most villains won’t know at a first glance, and his reputation alone makes many think he is an Alpha.

He doesn’t get that many courting gifts or requests for dates, and if he does they are from Omegas. It’s not that he wouldn’t have a relationship, actually he would court anybody, but nobody really peaks his interest, so he just decides to stick with being single until he finds the right person.

Well the right person just so happened to open up a bakery/candy store and holy shit it was heaven. He would stop by every time he passed just to get some of the amazing food or candy, hell when he first had Tamaki and Kirishima, this was one of the first places he showed them since he loved it so much. 

Little did he know that his omega would fall hard for you that day. There was no crime at that moment, so the three of them politely asked if they could watch you make your candy after finding out you could make hard candy sculptures. You agreed happily and asked what they wanted. Kirishima wanted a dog, Tamaki bashfully asked for a goldfish, and Tai asked for a frog. 

They watched in awe as you managed to take chunks of the candy and cut them into beautiful sculptures, painting them one by one and handing them to each boy. Kirishima was in awe and instantly wanted to tell his friends, Tamaki was resisting the urge to cry, and Tai was completely awestruck. They all thanked you as you finished up and Tai gave quite the tip for your incredible work.

After that, Kirishima brought almost all of class 1A to watch you, Tamaki brought Mirio and Nejire, and Tai would always just watch you work for hours. If the store was empty, you would chat with him while you worked. That’s when he found out that you weren’t an omega, but an Alpha who adored sweets. His omega jumped around happily even at the thought.

He walked in one day only to find you and your team working on a series of hard candies. Large sticks laid on the tables behind the counters and many were chopping away to break them into tiny pieces. It was a sound that made him happy, the tink tink tink of the candy breaking over and over, but it couldn’t even hold a candle to your voice. 

“Hey! Tai! Come here, I need you to taste test something for me.” The man happily walked over to you and grinned, seeing you holding a bag out for him. “You sure this much is fine?” He asked only to see you smile bright and nod. “Check inside!” He carefully picked out one of the small candies only to see that it was black and 2 capital red Rs that were back to back. “Is this Red Riot?” He asked before popping it in his mouth smiling at the taste. “Black Cherry.” 

You nodded and clapped. “Yes! Try another!” He pulled out a blue one that had a sun symbol. “Suneater?” You nod as he hummed from the flavor. “Blue raspberry.” You nod again. “Last one! You should be able to figure it out.” He grabbed an orange one before laughing, seeing the FGF that was on his hoodie on the candy. “It's me. I love it.” he smiled and ate it only to grin even bigger. “Maple...Did I tell you that was my favorite?” You clearly were pleased as you jumped happily. “I thought so! But it was really just a good guess!” You chirped happily before clapping a bit. ‘I was going to add hero themed candy, so I decided to add my favorite three first!” 

His heart melted and his Omega was so pleased. He looked down at the bag in his hand before smiling once again at you. “I would be honored. You really don’t have to-” “Tai I want to!” You were so happy with yourself and he just chuckled. “Okay okay...One condition though.” You tilted your head to the side and he grinned. “After work today, you let me help make some.” Your eyes sparkled and you nodded. “Of course!

That night you had Tai come over, sit and eat dinner, before suiting him up to make the candies. You taught him how to pull the sugar and why it turned white when you did. Then, you taught him how to layer the candy to make each symbol. How to pull them into small sticks, and then how to break them into tiny pieces. 

As you bagged up everything, Tai sat happily snacking on the various candies you had made. His omega was purring happily, watching you dart back and forth to put everything together. “Can I ask you somethin?” Tai spoke as you hummed to let him know that you were listening. “Do you have an Omega? I’ve noticed you don’t have a mark or a ring.” 

You hummed and shook your head. “Nah, Not many Omegas are fond of an Alpha that works so close to other Omegas.” He instantly huffed and rolled his eyes. “I mean, I know my opinion doesn’t mean much, but I think your job is amazing and you work with everybody. Doesn’t matter if they are an alpha, beta, or omega.” You smiled and nodded while sitting the basket of treats on the counter next to him. “Well, I appreciate the fact you understand that I don’t care.” He smiled and shrugged. “That's why I do the same with the people I work with. Alpha hero, Omega hero, Beta hero, it doesn’t matter. You just want somebody who can get the job done.” 

You nodded, sitting in front of him before reaching over to hold his hand with pink cheeks. “Exactly~” He instantly took your hand back and grinned. “I actually have a question too, Tai.” He hummed before you smiled. “Can I take you on a proper courting date? Like...This was fun, but I think a date outside of work would be nice.” 

His omega purred loudly and nodded before smiling. “Yeah! That would be nice!” He squeezed your hand before looking at the clock, noticing how dark it was. “How about tomorrow? I have the day off.” You perked up more and nodded. “Yeah! That would be amazing!” 

You both get ready to leave for the night, planning for the date when you realized something. “Hey! Tai come down here for a moment!” You opened your arms up to hug him and the man obeyed by sitting on the ground for a proper hug. You instantly held him tight and started snuggling into his neck, scenting him happily. Tai instantly laughed, scenting you back before pulling away.

“We need to go to sleep! It’s late and we have a date to go on tomorrow.” You chuckled and continued to hold him. “I know but you seriously give the best hugs! I could just sleep with you like this.” You realized what you said and pulled away. “I-I mean..” He chuckled and pecked your head. “Wanna come to my place? I think I’d like to have you sleep in my nest.” You grinned before nodding, holding his hands. “Of course! Lets go!”

[emotionally-ralphunctioning]

LOTF Characters As Christmas Present Wrapping Styles 🎁

Ralph

•Wants all of his gifts for people to look pretty. •Probably flies into a Ralph Rage™️ after the third attempts. “THAT’S IT, NOBODY IS GETTING WRAPPED GIFTS THIS YEAR”. •Extra asf, all his gifts include fancy wrapping paper & fancy ribbon •Nobody is allowed to open anything until they’ve acknowledged how pretty it is

Simon

•Naturally good at wrapping gifts. •Nowhere near as Extra™️ as Ralph, but they’re all very neatly wrapped •They all have animal stickers all over them •Very sweetly offers to help everyone else wrap their gifts when they seem to be struggling.

Roger

•Chaotic evil. •Probably wraps all his gifts for people in newspaper (Because Christmas wrapping paper “always has stupid patterns on it”) •Absolutely mummifies his gifts with sellotape so that they’re near-impossible to get into •He claims it’s to keep the newspaper intact but everyone catches him smirking when he’s watching Maurice attempt to claw his way into a gift.

Jack

•Jack is probably so fucking cocky because he’s convinced that he can use maths and geometry to perfectly wrap all his gifts. •Goes into a major sulk when this doesn’t work. • “It’s this flimsy-ass wrapping paper, that’s what it is!” •His gifts don’t half look a mess tbh • Everyone is forbidden from commenting on this fact

Maurice

• Thrives on giving everyone gifts wrapped in Barbie wrapping paper •Writes people’s names directly onto the wrapping paper rather than using labels like a normal person • Gets revenge on Roger and his sellotape by wrapping his gift in so many layers of different wrapping paper that it’s like a solo game of Pass The Parcel. •Horrible at the actual wrapping but honestly probably doesn’t care

Sam

•Orders most of his gifts on Amazon and has them arrive already gift-wrapped •Either that or he pays for gift packaging when buying them from the shop •“It saves time and they’re guaranteed to look good this way!” •V confused as to why Ralph repeatedly puts himself through the stress of trying to make his look perfect •Straight up horrified by Eric’s method of wrapping gifts.

Eric

•WRAPS GIFTS IN FUCKING TIN FOIL •Adamant that it’s a genius move because you don’t need any sellotape, you can just scrunch •His gifts all look as though they’ve come from an alien’s spaceship •At first it was probably due to wrapping his gifts last minute and having no wrapping paper, and then he realised that it was so much easier •Doesn’t write actual names on the labels, only nicknames

Piggy

•Doesn’t bother with wrapping gifts •If it can fit into a gift bag, it’s going in the gift bag •If not, it’s staying in the brown, cardboard Amazon box •Thinks wrapping paper is a waste of paper and makes too much of a mess anyway

[aintnolionpridelands]

I suddenly started re-listening to the very first preview of DC tryout of If/Then and I love how everything was slower and quieter and redundant and I can feel the audience being so so confused (they didn’t even know there’d be two storylines in this show... poor guys)

I wish the very first version of the libretto is somehow leaked... I need it...

Anyway here’s some random thoughts about this version

(I’m pretty sure the quotes are wrong because my ears can’t understand English properly)

(and I’m pretty sure I’ve made this kind of posts several times before but it’s years ago on my another blog so I hope no one remembers)

Lucas: “don’t ask her rhetorical questions. she’ll do the math”

I always wonder why they changed Beth being her college nickname to just a “serious name”, but I guess it’s because they wanted to make it clear that both Liz and Beth verses are her brand new life

Liz: “does she (Kate) do this all the time?” Anne: “just a tip of the iceberg!!!” (I’m pretty sure this isn’t the correct quote)

I like that they changed some of Beth’s solo parts in MoNY to ensemble’s parts because I adore the ensemble in this song (so I will forever complain about how they cut the best ensemble part from this song on the tour... why Michael why Brian why Tom??? I’m glad in the published libretto they put it back where it came from)

Lucas uses a cab to rush to Beth but can’t pay

Most of the interactions between Beth and Lucas were rewritten and I can see they worked a lot on these characters to make them not too unlikable but not too likable (does this make sense???)

Lucas: “I feel like you get meeeee”

Lucas & David ANMMH duet. period.

Elena do the same thing with Beth as Beth did when Stephen told her romance the site or whatever

Story of Jane is such a fun song (but I know NMWT works much much better and Brian why did you think it’s a good idea to give her another name when she already had two)

also this song was the counterpart of It’s A Sign in Liz verse

Anne’s whistle

I’m still confused what’s going on with the scene with Stephen in hospital

“dun dun” the world changes cue hasn’t been invented yet except in Surprise

also every scene changes sound too quiet without that cue and the Liz/Beth motif

“Lucas and I... we’re in love with being young” (I’m not sure that’s what she said but my ears heard it like that)

I love that Kate proposes Anne in both Liz and BETH verses. I wish it was kept in the final version

act 2

Right nooooow right heeeeere I don’t like this song. It didn’t really work.

The fact that they moved the plane accident episode from the beginning of Act 2 to the later scene tells how they didn’t write this show to tell a story... or stories... or even characters... because all the scenes and changes really make sense if you think about this show as, quoting the earliest tagline, a “musical about how choice and chance collide"... This show is about concepts. The plane scene was moved, not because it was needed to move the story forward or develop the characters, but to make it a bigger and more reasonable impact that affects the characters’ lives and choices to tell about choices and chances... ok I stop blabbering nonesense

Here I Go reprise after Hey Kid. I know it’s not necessary but still it’s cute and it’s always nice to have a reprise

*the audience laughs during I Hate You* YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT’S COMING (it’s like people laughing before He’s Not Here in N2N)

btw someone near the master of this audio is definitely sleeping. I hear your zzzing!!!

the intern “Dr. Vaaaaaaughn???? fiiiiiiive minutes??? .... yEA”

This isn’t about the DC version but the BW previews but I’m still sad they cut the second Beth verse from YLTLW and never put it back even in the published libretto... I really loved how it transits from one universes to another by “Beth goes to bed alone and then Liz falls asleep alone”

I somehow love this part inthe old version of the lyrics “I stumble upon the long-lost set of chess”

but if they kept it people would have made tons of Chess The Musical jokes

well Idina was in it

Beth: “fuck sweet”

I much much prefer the new NMWT and LWYC but I love when Anne sings “be my wife” in this old version

also Jenn Colella had more solos

tbh I’m still confused their marriage status

tbh I’m still confused with the whole Act 2. Because I don’t have the script. gimme the script.

I think the orchestration was much simpler than the final version? I’m not sure I’m not music expert, but it sounded less layered and simple

I love What If and I know it works better in the show, but I really love If I Told You (or whatever it was called)... at least I wish Tyler McGee aka Sexy Guitar Guy had more solos.

[faerielleart]

levi was selfish letting erwin die but then lost hange without being able to do anything like at that moment :( like this time he didn’t make the choice. hange had to plea for him to let them go. and hange looked so scared because they didn’t want to go... and the realization of levi’s words must have made it difficult for han to leave

tbh i have never seen levi’s choice as selfish, quite the opposite :o

and exactly, the fact that yams drew levi and hanji behaving “weirdly” around each other in 132 in very telling imho, they never once looked at each other’s eyes through the chapter, my impression was that they were kind of “avoiding” (using this term really loosely) each other or more particularly, han was “avoiding” levi when they said “do you think our comrades are watching us?”, they were facing away from each other. i think in that moment hanji must’ve had a bad feeling or something like a bad omen? and when the time comes, they say goodbye to everyone, hanji walks toward their destiny and only levi is in their way.

levi says “four eyes” for the first time after 4 years (i recall yams saying levi didn’t use that nickname anymore out of respect for their position as commander) which is very telling to me and makes their goodbye scene all the more personal and adds layers to it; in that moment, they are not commander and captain, they are just levi and hanji, two people who have definitely crossed the line of friendship but haven’t realized/accepted it yet, and levi reverts back to the old nickname, as if they went back to the past, to the old days when everything was much simpler. the “...” before levi says “オイ、クソメガネ” - hey, four eyes - might indicate that he was trying to get their attention and say something more, but was interrupted by hanji. at this point they are standing face to face but they don’t look in each other’s eyes: hanji looks away, far off, there are sweatdrops down their face , their eyes are wide open and the famous black vertical lines lf doom on their forehead, they are nervous and hurried when they say “please, let me go”.

levi, too, doesn’t look at hanji’s eyes, he looks down, there are three 3 THREE T H R E E whole panels dedicated to his eyes, with one last shot of his eye having lost its shine. and THEN we get THE scene. they are still not looking at each other. levi says “心臓を捧げよ” and holy fuck i could write another million words essay on why this gesture isn’t a simple military salute but i have done it already SO imma shut up just this once and say that it’s an answer to hanji’s desires in 126. i already discussed about the total disambuiguity that lies in this ambiguity (sounds like a paradox but i mean something very precise, i go into detail in this post), and to be honest that’s what makes the whole scene even more *personal*? like us readers are interrupting a private moment and listening to things we are not supposed to listen and that we are not supposed to understand, because the only person who is able to understand what levi really means, the only person who is able to “disambiguate the ambiguity” is standing right in front of him, not being able to look him in the eyes. because we all know that if in that moment they looked at each other, they wouldn’t have been able to let go, to abandon their “selfish” desires for the greater good.

and that’s exactly what happens, right? we have two panels dedicated to hanji’s eyes, wide open as if in shock, and pursed lips, as if trying to swallow a lump in their throat. is that a normal reaction in front of a normal military salute? i don’t think so. the next scene, hanji is flying away already, leaving levi -who is still looking down- behind, and pushing out an obviously nervous laughter followed by a “that’s the first time you say that”. everything moved too fast, hanji is near levi and next scene they’re already shooting the grappling hook and flying away, as if wanting to get away from levi as quickly as possible.

but at the end of the day, i think hanji understood what levi meant, judging from that reaction. and that’s all that matters tbh the message was for hanji to understand, not for us, which is why we speculate so much on the possible interpretations. and thank goodness, hanji understood completely and was able to face the titans with the knowledge that they’re leaving behind so many “what ifs”, but making peace with it and putting an end to the arc of the distraught commander who went back to the enthusiastic scientist in the last minutes of their life.

which is why imma say that while commander hanji is dead, scientist hanji is not. their arc is not over yet. /sob i know im gonna look like a clown waiting for hanji to come back alive,,,,,,, brb putting on my clown wig and makeup