#theres a blur tool i use that it came with i think?? i sure as hell didnt make it HA

[toxooz]

DO YOU USE FIREALPACA!?!?!?!? HOW DO YOU GET THAT PROGRAM T LISTEN TO YOU!?!?

Your blur and coloring is insane!!! Lineart is about the only thing that I don't have to fight with! What r ur secrets???

I I I DON T KNOW

ig just years of using it and finding out different perks by asking the ol "whats this button do??'' sksskksk

[gamefaq]

your gifs are amazing oh my gosh!! do you have a tutorial or anything on how you make them??? <3

thank you so much!! i don't have a tutorial per say but i can go through my process which is kind of like a tutorial? i'll be going through how to make this:

RECORDING:

for recording i use NVIDIA GeForce which came with my pc i'm not sure if it's something you can just download? otherwise i use OBS but it's rare that i do, it's only really for when i have a game that isn't supported by NVIDIA but it's not bad to use by all means. i just personally think NVIDIA is a bit easier to get to grips with and if i'm using a youtube video then i use y2mate.com

for my more recent gifsets i've been using a lot of console commands to get rid of the HUD and also to no clip for example to get closer to something you wouldn't normally be able to in game or just to have some more fun camera angles. pretty much every game to my knowledge has console commands and the commands stay very consistent. i won't go into it too much since it's not really the main focus of the ask but there's a lot of information online about it and it's very simple to set up

(i’d say if you’re going to use console commands then wait until you’ve beaten the game if possible because console commands negate getting achievements)

MAKING:

to actually get started i use a perfectly legal version of photoshop that i'd be happy to provide so that you don't waste money on the rip off subscription adobe has

and the very first step is to go to file > import > video frames to layers to load up your recording. a window will pop up with your video and here you can crop to a specific section by using the sliders highlighted or put the entire thing into a file (though it's noted theres a 500 frame limit, you'll never need that many frames)

once you've imported your video it should look like this. if you don't have the timeline bar at the bottom then not to worry! go to window > timeline and make sure it's a timeline animation

here is where you'll size down your gif to suit tumblr's post sizing. i think everyone does this part a little different but what i do first if necessary to your project is cropping. cropping is entirely up to you and how you want your gif to look. for this particular example i won't do too much aside from crop some of the floor out but sometimes i adjust the canvas size (image > canvas size) so that the cropping's more even because it's hard to judge by eye

(edit while i’m going through this: sometimes i make a new file in the size i want my gif to be and overlay that white default layer onto my gif so i can get a good look at where exactly my gif will be cropped. i hope that makes sense? but it’s just a visual aid rather than a requirement so don’t worry if it doesn’t omg)

now to actually resize it with image > image size and here's probably my biggest advice. so i'm going to resize it so that the height is 300 and then crop the sides to 540 afterwards. but what i'm actually going to type is 302 and hit ok

due to the fact photoshop works with pixels, resizing leaves this weird transparent border that just doesn't really look that nice as a gif (or in general for that matter)

so to get rid of this and also change our width to 540 (tumblr's post dimension) i'm using canvas size

so great! now your gif is cropped, resized and ready to be edited! to prep it for editing, go to what looks like a stack of lines on top of each other on the timeline bar and convert to video timeline

EDITING:

your timeline now looks like a bit of a mess, but it's okay we're going to fix that. select all of your frames in the layers on the right hand size and go to filter > convert to smart filter. this will flatten out your frames into one singular layer which both neatens up the place and makes it so that anything you do to these frames now will happen across all of them instead of just one! if that makes sense? if not hopefully it will as we continue on

the next step is sharpening, to do this go to filter > sharpen > smart sharpen and these are my settings. sometimes i switch in between 0.3 and 0.4 depending on what i'm giffing so experiment with both and see what looks better!

i then duplicate the frames (right click, duplicate layer) and going to filter > blur > gaussian blur. this isn't necessary by all means and not everybody likes to do this, i just personally do and these are my settings

by double clicking on what looks like two lines with two triangles next to where it says "gaussian blur" on the layer, i change the blur opacity to 60 and the overall opacity of the layer to 40%. this is something you can also experiment with for example i used to use 85 and 60%

COLOURING:

the final step is colouring and there's two ways of going about this really, you can either use psds where there's plenty to find on tumblr which imo is perfectly fine to use and have done it myself, sometimes i'm not in the mood to colour. or you can colour from scratch which for the sake of this explanation i will

all of these adjustments are now your best friend. what i'd say really is go a bit hog wild and experiment and see what all these different things do but i would recommend at least using curves and levels.

i don't really know how to explain this other than "move the sliders around like wheee until you think it looks nice"

i'm not going to do too many adjustments just to save some time but here's what i've ended up with (i also would just suggest putting all your layers into a folder to declutter your layers a little). i usually use a lot more layers but there’s also nothing wrong with only having 4 adjustment layers either, sometimes simple is better

(another edit: that layer 501 is just some brush tool to erase some of the ground because it looked weird, it’s not an actual adjustment layer. just in case that caused some confusion!)

and i'll just show the difference between no colouring and with colouring and why it's an important step:

(without colouring)

(with colouring)

an optional final step before we go onto exporting, if you didn't trim the clip you wanted when you first loaded in your frames you can do that step now with the video timeline. just simply drag the work area bar to where you want it (and you can zoom into your timeline bar by using the slider in the bottom left for more accurate cropping) you might also need to use this regardless if your gif ends up being too beefy in mb which we'll get into in a second

so it's time to export after the more realistic hours of recording, cropping, colouring and what have you! go to file > save for web (NOT save as or export) and a big boy window will come up. it might look a little daunting but we're really only paying attention to a few things.

it's been a bit iffy on what the actual gif limit is on tumblr at the minute but the safest bet is to aim around 3mb (but it's okay to go over, i think the max i've done is 6mb) and if it's incredibly large such as 20mb it could be your colouring or your frame count. maybe adjust a couple of things. i think white and blue can make gifs particularly beefy? but i'm not sure. and black makes gifs less beefy which is why my example is only 1mb.

then you want to click save instead of done and save it to wherever you like it to be, and you're basically done! if you want to do an extra step however which is something i've only recently started to do myself, is load up the gif file you just saved by simply going to file > open

you'll notice it's automatically switched back to a frame timeline which is fine for us, select all the frames with selecting those stack of lines again > select all frames. without accidentally clicking off the selecting click on any of the triangles in the frames in the bottom right and then other to manually change the delay of which the frames will play

for whatever reason gifs will save a little slower than what the original video was so sometimes it just makes things look a little smoother. don't change it too much though, just going from 0.3 to 0.2 is enough!

just to show, here’s the difference between 0.03 and 0.02

(0.03)

(0.02)

export just like you had before by saving for web and that’s it! you’re done! you’ve made a gif! i hope this was a good enough run through of the process because i feel like i definitely didn’t explain some things the best or i maybe skipped over some things, so if there’s any confusion please don’t hesitate to message me! i hoped you enjoyed reading either way :)

[shadedrose01]

Tony the Teddy

Ship: None. Platonic (parental/paternal) relationship between Peter Parker and Tony Stark

Summary: Peter loses his teddy bear, and gains something more.

Tags: Febufluff, Day 10, Teddy Bears, Peter Has a Teddy Bear, His name is Tony, But Tony and Tony Stark are not the same thing/person, Post-Spider-Man: Homecoming, Aunt May is a good aunt whos just trying her best, Mentions of uncle ben - Freeform, Light Angst, Peter is a sad boy for a bit in this, But Tony Stark makes it better, Fluff, Tony Stark Acting as Peter Parker's Parental Figure, Peter Parker Needs a Hug, Peter Parker Gets a Hug, Tony Stark is a Good Dad, Tony Stark Has A Heart

Day ten of Febufluff: "Teddy Bear"! (From the platonic list)

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There was one constant in Peter's life growing up. When everything around him was swirled into chaos at the age of 7, when his parents got onto a plane and never came home, his uncle ben knelt down in front of him, told him the heartbreaking news, and gave him something.

A stuffie. A plush teddy bear with soft fabric in the shape of Iron Man's armour, apparently a gift his mother had planned to give him for his birthday but never got the chance to. Ben had given it to him, and had reassured him that he was so strong, as strong as a real life superhero, as strong as Iron Man, and that they'd get through this, the pain, the grief, the loss, together.

And Peter had held onto it tight, tears in his eyes and running down his cheeks, and had promised to his parents, to his uncle Ben and his Aunt May, and to himself that he would never let it go, no matter what. Later that month, Peter would be sat in front of the tv, eyes glued to the screen and holding the teddy close as Tony Stark announced that he was Iron Man. From that point on, the bear was named Tony.

Tony stayed by his side throughout his roller coaster of a life. Dragged behind him during the few childhood years he had left, as a shoulder to cry on whenever the bullies got too much and a buddy to talk to while he had no friends. Then, when he found Ned and grew out of the age where bringing around a Teddy bear was acceptable, Tony stayed home, but he was always on Peter's bed, always there, a constant presence and reminder of warmth, comfort and love, of security and safety, and home.

Then Ben died, right in front of his eyes, in his arms, and Peter's life was flipped upside down again, but still, Tony was there. He remembers coming home from the hospital, still coated in dried up blood, his uncles blood, blood that was split because of him, it was all because of him, all his fault-, and grabbing the bear as soon as he hits his bed, burying his face into it and sobbing loudly, his river of tears soaking into the matted fur. But he had remembered his uncle's words, "With great power comes great responsibility", had remembered that he was strong, that he had to be strong for his aunt and had pulled himself together, and had pushed forward, even as he longed to give up.

Everything after that was a blur, becoming Spider-Man on a whim, meeting the real Tony Stark, fighting in Germany, the 'internship', the vulture, homecoming, the real internship. It all happened so fast, and yet, there Tony was, still sat on his bed like all those years ago, looking worn and torn from good use, but still there, still kicking, still around.

But now, Peter couldnt find him. He couldnt find him, and he was freaking out.

Peter was searching his room, practically tearing it apart trying to find the precious stuffie. Where could he be? He was on the bed this morning, Peter knows, he remembers him being in his normal spot before he left for school, but now hes not there, hes not anywhere, and he knows Happy is going to be there soon, and he cant find Tony-

"Peter? Are you ready?" His aunt calls out from the living room, and Peter shakes his head violently, anxiously, still checking under his bed and around his drawers for any sign of the Iron Man plushie.

"I can't find Tony." He calls back, his actions getting more frantic as he searches places hes already checked again and again, his chest tighten and stomach dropping more and more as time goes on. He needs to find him, he has to-

"Tony?" Aunt May sounds amused but her show show her concern as he rounds the corner to his room, not even flinching at the scattered mess of it. "Isn't he who you're going to see?"

Peter groans, stopping momentarily to run his hands through his hair. "No! I mean, yes, but not the same one!" At his aunt's puzzled look, Peter expands on his explanation. "You know, the teddy bear? Iron man costume, kinda- kinda frizzy looking?"

His aunt's eyes brighten with recognition, but also with confusion, and a hint of guilt. "Ohhh, that guy? I thought you weren't into stuffies anymore, so I gave him away."

Peter chokes on his spit, his heart breaking, eyes widening. "You- you did?! May! Uncle Ben gave him to me, and he was from my parents!" His voice is high pitched, shaky and loud as tears burning his eyes, feeling ripples of loss rushing through his body. It feels like losing his parents, losing Ben all over again.

Aunt May makes a noise of sympathy and her face scrunches up with guilt, a downward tilt to her lips. She reaches forward and places a hand onto his cheek, rubbing her thumb back and forth soothingly. "Oh, baby, I'm so sorry, I thought it would be fine, I didn't think it would hurt you-"

"It-its okay." He sniffles, blinking back his tears and forcing a smile on to his face as he stands, swallowing back the lump in his through. "You're right, I should be over it by now."

His aunt's face scrunches even more, her face turning even more gut wrenchingly guilty. "No, baby, that's not-"

Peter feels his phone vibrate in his pocket, and, knowing it was from Happy, takes his escape as soon as physically possible. "I think Happy's here, I gotta go." He hears Aunt May call after him as he pushes past her and out the door, getting into the awaiting convertible quickly.

He isn't mad at his aunt, or blame her for getting rid of the teddy, she didnt know any better. She didnt know how important he was to Peter, but it still hurts, even though Peter knows it shouldn't. Its just a teddy bear, but he still finds himself wiping away stubborn tears the entire drive to the compound, feeling one small inconvenience away from sobbing his heart out.

He says a small thank you to Happy once they finally arrive, not noticing the man's worries stare as he takes a deep breath and makes his way to his mentor's lab, the doors opening immediately for him.

As soon as he walks into the room, Mr. Stark is already on his case, looking up from his project with a concerned frown, eyebrows furrowed. "Hey kid, everything alright? Happy said you were quiet on the way over."

Peter shakes his head and reinforces the fake smile on his face, hating the way his cheeks twitch with the effort. "Yeah, yeah I'm okay." His voice is quiet, subdued even to his own ears as he walks to his station, picking up a pair of tweezers even if he has no plan to use them.

Mr. Stark snorts at him, giving him a look. "Yeeeeah, you see, Happy also told me that you were crying the entire way up here too, and that little act you're trying to pull isn't sitting so well with me right now, bud." Peter just stares down at his table and shrugs, watching as the tools get blurrier and blurrier as wetness fills his eyes again. Mr. Starks tone softens significantly as he places a hand on to Peter's shoulder. "Come on, Pete, what's going on in the head of yours, hm?"

Peter sniffs and wipes his eyes with his sleeve, mumbling. "It's stupid."

Mr. Stark rubs a thumb against his shoulder reassuringly. "If its upsetting you, it isn't stupid, kid."

"It is. It's just a teddy bear." Even as hard as he tries to keep his composure, his voice cracks at the end of his sentence, his eyes fill up again and he breaks as soon as the words are out of his mouth, placing a hand up to his lips as the first loud sobs echoes in the room.

Mr. Stark makes a small noise, before pulling him into his chest, holding him tightly as Peter sobs, soaking his old, ratty tshirt with his tears, hand curled into the fabric as he spills everything, how his uncle gave him the bear when it was little, how it came from his parents, all they've been through together, and mostly how much it meant to him. It takes a few minutes for Peter to calm back down again, and as much as he hates to admit it, he feels quite a bit better now that the tightness in his chest has ceased, the grip on his lungs loosening slightly as he got everything off his chest.

"See?" Peter chuckles wetly, sniffling. "Stupid."

"Look at me, bud." Mr. Stark pulls away, and thumbs away the wetness still littering his cheeks, tilting his head up to make sure he's looking him in the eye. "Just because it's a stuffed teddy bear doesnt mean it didnt mean a lot to you," Peter goes to rebuttal, but Mr. Stark blows over him. "And just because you know your aunt didn't mean to, its allowed to hurt. You're allowed to feel this way, Pete, it shows that you care." He smiles gently at the boy, who smiles back shakily.

"Yeah, I-I guess so."

"I know so." Mr. Stark states like it's a fact, patting Peter's cheeks and causing him to giggle, the sound making Mr. Starks entire face soften. "Feel better now?"

Peter nods firmly, smiling easily now. "Yeah, think so... thank you, Tony."

"Of course." The older man gives his shoulders one last squeeze before letting go completely and stepping back, walking back towards his project, a teasing glint in his eyes. "Now that we're done with all that emotional shit, wanna help me on this?"

Peter just grins back at him. "Hell yeah."

A few days later, when Peter comes back for his internship again, a stuffed Iron Man teddy bear is sat at his station. Theres no note or anything attached to it, and Mr. Stark never brings it up, but Peter knows it's from him. And, as he watches the man working in the corner of his eye, he smiles softly down at the teddy bear, his heart warm. He may have lost Tony the teddy, and one of his last connections to his parents and his uncle, but maybe, just maybe, he can make some new memories with this little guy by his side. New memories with his friends, with his new father figure, and his new family as a whole.

[parkjinwoo]

hi! idk if you've already answered smth like this, but would you ever make a gif-making tutorial? i dont know where to start with gif-making >< but if not, it's totally cool! would you happen to know where i can learn how to make gifs like you? thank you!

sure! i absolutely would!! i’ll just do it under this ask haha 

so for making gifs i use photoshop ( i run cc 2017 bc it was th only free version i cld get ldsfkhsdf) and vapoursynth!

first things first: getting the video you want to gif. obviously the better the quality of the video the better the quality of gif, so when im downloading from youtube i usually use a 4k video downloader

if its  vlive i use soshistagram !!!

next step after youve downloaded your gif is to get the frame layers from the specific section that you want to gif. thats where vapousynth comes into play.

if you drag the video you downloaded into vapousynth, you choose the part within the video you want to gif, so say im remaking my last gifset id drag the video into vapoursynth put in like 00:05:40 (the starting time in the video where i wish to gif) and then like 00:00:03 (how many seconds of the video after the start i want vapoursynth to render) and then it’ll open up a tab that looks like this 

from here this is where i usually do my cropping, sharpening and denoising – i use to use topaz labs but that shit hurt my computer like it would take so long for my computer to render it it wasnt even worth it. but i mean topaz labs is pretty good so if your computer is strong enough i definitely suggest looking into it. i just cant lmao. 

okay after you choose the settings that you want (honestly the way i found my preferred settings was just by playing around w them!!), you copy and paste the coding in the white box in the right corner into the app that will open on your computer once you run vapoursynth it looks like this 

you paste the code into the section that says ‘paste here what you copied from resizer’

and if the section of the video runs longer than you wanted (like the screen changes n u just want to cut it out) you can trim it in this app as well if you go to Script > Preview and find the first frame and last frame that you want in the gif. honestly i dont usually do this, i just delete frames in photoshop bc im lazy but then it obviously takes longer to render but . again. lazy.

ANYWAYS once you’re ready to render your video, you go to Script > Encode video and another screen will pop up. make sure you change the header section from ‘no header’ to ‘Y4M’ or it wont work. n then just press start and it’ll do its thing. on my computer it saves the video to my ‘output’ folder and its always titled ‘output.mov’ so it shouldnt be hard 2 find !!

ok !!!!!! hardest part is out of the way!!!!!!! wee!!!!!

now its time for photoshop *crowd boos*

once you’ve opened photoshop, you go to File > Import > Video Frames to Layers and find the video that you got from vapousynth ! once you do that this will come up 

here you can cut down the video / limit the frames for its import. i usually limit frames only by 2 or i find it gets a lil weird, this helps a lot if your video is long and you want 2 get it all in the gif without missing parts while also staying under tumblrs gif limits (which i know have been made a lot bigger but i still try to keep mine around 3 MB). then once all thats Done just press OK n it’ll look like this !!

ok lets break this down

TIMELINE 

timeline is basically where u go to adjust the speed of your gif. if you press on the three lines on the right side and press Select All Frames then you can click on the time (in the screenshot its 0.02) and adjust it. i usually go with 0.05-0.06. but it depends. again its all up to your preferences. you can also delete frames n stuff, thats usually what i do to trim down a gif.

LAYERS SECTION OR WHATEVER ITS CALLED 

ok so these are all ur layers !!! usually i select them all and group them so its easier to manage. but this is where you’d add your colouring PSDs or text PSDs to spice up ur gif. 

at the top where it says ‘Add an adjustment’ is where you can edit the colour of your gif, you can obviously mess around and make your own psd or even go Crazy and make a new psd for every gifset. but personally, out of laziness, i just searched tumblr for gif PSDs and used the one i liked the most, and through that i adjust it depend on what i think looks best for the gif im working with. psds make the gif tbh

like the difference... the spice.... the vibrance... its beautiful. 

sometimes i use the sharpening action and in order to use the filters in photoshop you have to change it into a video timeline (see timeline section, at the left bottom corner theres that icon thingy beside where it says forever. just click that) then you select all your layers at the side and go to Filters > Convert for Smart Filters.

then you can go Sharpening and i usually use Smart Sharpen. and its again messing around until your satisfied with how the gif looks. this is my preset for it!

also through this you can blur out words in the gif (which obv u dont have to do its another preference thing i just personally prefer to do it) and once your gifs been converted for smart filters you can use the marquee tool to section off the part you want to blur and then go to Filter > Blur > Gaussain Blur and adjust the strength of the blur !

anyways. thats basically it???????? after your finished and you’re happy with how it came out go to File > Export > Save for Web (Legacy) and this will pop up 

here you can see how many MB’s your gif is to ensure you dont go over. also adjust the presets on the side, thats just how i have mine obviously you can adjust yours to however you want them !

and make sure where it says “Looping Options” it says forever, or else your gif wont loop and you’ll want 2 rip ur hair out once u realize it.

n then boom 

gif ! 

i hope this helped ???? n wasnt too confusing im rly bad at explaining things.. i also hope i didnt miss anything .. but i dont think i did. if you have any questions pls feel free to message me ill b happy 2 explain anything else im able to ^________^ !

[we-are-all-obsessed-here]

What You Decide

(Not my Gif)

Summary: Sequel to ‘What You Want’

Pairing: Poe Dameron x Reader

Masterlist

Poe stood there in the centre of the hangar for a long while after you’d disappeared from sight. A constant whirring made him look down to see BB-8 watching him. Once the droid had Poe’s attention it began a series of hurried beeps, a moment later a metal appendage shot of from it’s body. The pilot crouched down before handing the little droid the small datapad. BB-8’s head moved slightly as it scanned the message Poe left behind for you. Poe jumped backwards as BB-8 tossed the datapad at the pilot’s legs, a series of angry beeps, whistles and whirs emitting from the small droid as several other metal appendages shot out from its body and started to prod and poke at Poe’s legs. Poe let out a surprised cry as an electric shock shot up his leg. “Woah buddy! Calm down!” Poe tried shuffling away from the droid but BB-8 kept following after him. It was only until Poe had perched himself on one of the higher rungs of his X-wing’s steps, away from his droid’s reach, that BB-8 seemed to calm down. The metal appendages disappeared but the angry noises it was emitting didn’t cease. “Hey, watch your language! Yes I know I was a complete tool to leave her a message.” Poe called down to his droid. BB-8 let out a sad noise. “Yeah buddy, you really liked her I know.” Poe answered quietly. “I don’t know.” Poe shook his head as he replied to another string of sad noises emitted by BB-8. “Of course I love her Beebee. I just don’t know if- hey where are you going? Buddy!” Poe called out as his friend picked up the small datapad, stored it inside itself and rolled away. Once again, Poe was left watching as another thing he loved disappeared from sight. He let out a sigh before hopping down from his X-wing, his thoughts turning to the relationship he’d just ended.

A couple days passed and Poe was still nowhere close to deciding what he wanted. One moment he was sure that ending things was the right thing to do, that it would be the best for the both of you, he loved you too much for his feelings of boredom and routine to cause fights, he couldn’t bare to see you hurt. Though it was the sense of loving you too much that made him want to fix things, that made him want to try every single thing either of you could think of to try and get your relationship to work. “Excuse me commander.” A voice called. Poe crouched down and shuffled out from the underneath of his X-wing, a swipe of oil across his cheek from the tinkering he was doing. “Threepio.” Poe greeted. “The General wishes to see you immediately, though I must say you should probably clean up first.” Threepio announced. “I’ll be right there.” Poe replied. “I was told to make sure commander, that you looked presentable.” Threepio stated. With a sigh Poe left the hangar and found the nearest bathroom, Threepio trailing behind him. After scrubbing his face clean with warm water and soap, Poe looked over his shoulder at the protocol droid. “I suppose that will have to do.” Threepio spoke. The droid turned and begun stepping through the long corridor, the moment they passed the command centre Poe cocked a brow at Threepio. “Where are you taking me?” Poe questioned. “The General wished to see you in the cantina.” “Right…” Poe replied sceptically.

As Poe entered the cantina, he was surprised to see the room dark, the only light being the lights from several droids scattered around a table, and the light of two candles which sat on said table. “Hi.” You said quietly, drawing Poe to where you stood by BB-8’s side. “D-did you do this?” Poe questioned, he took several steps to gaze at the set table. “Don’t look at me, BB-8 just brought me here.” You told him, holding your hands up. “Beebee, what’s going on pal?” Poe asked his droid. BB-8 made a dismissive noise before nudging you towards the table. You sat down at the table and watched as the small droid did the same to Poe. Finally you were sat opposite one another. BB-8 then began to emit a series of whistles and beeps. “A second, first date.” Both you and Poe smiled softly down at the droid. A moment of silence passed before the remaining droids in the room filed out, leaving the three of you alone. “Beebee that’s really sweet of you… but… you really shouldn’t have.” You looked up at Poe and started to stand to leave. Poe reached out and grasped your hand. “Stay… we could just talk…” Poe said hesitantly. With a sigh you looked down at BB-8 and heard the hopeful beep the droid emitted. “Okay.” You returned to sit at the bench. “It looks like someone wants us to work out.” Poe smiled down at his droid. “Its not about what Beebee wants, as sweet as the sentiment is. It’s about what you want Poe. I want what makes you happy, and if us staying together would make you miserable, then I don’t want to put you through that. I want whats best for you, even if that means us being apart.” You couldn’t help how your eyes teared up as you spoke. “And you want us to stay together?” Poe asked quietly. “Of course I want us to stay together Poe! I told you that I still love you and I’m certain we can find a way to fix us. But if you’re unhappy being with me, I won’t push or beg you to stay.”

“I hoped that maybe… not hearing from you for the past couple days, that you might’ve been struggling making a decision. That maybe you somehow thought theres still a chance for us,” you reached out and took Poe’s hand in your grasp, squeezing his hand encouragingly. “Tell me what you’ve been thinking Poe, let me try and help.” “I don’t want to see you get upset.” Poe told you, squeezing your hand. “Please Poe.” You pleaded. With a sigh Poe nodded reluctantly. “I told you that I love you. That hasn’t changed a bit. I’m still madly in love with you. Like I told you, I just feel as if we’ve become boring. I enjoyed the rush I used to get when we were first together, it feels like we’ve lost that.” “Can we find it again?” You gently asked. Poe’s fingers drifted up to brush and caress the inside of your wrist. “Maybe.” “I suppose thats better than ‘I don’t know’” You let out a breathy laugh. Poe let out his own quiet chuckle in response. An almost cheerful beep came from BB-8, catching both of your attention. A moment later a droid approached the table grasping two plates, it placed them in front of you and Poe. You thanked the droid and picked up your cutlery. Near silence fell as you and Poe started to eat your meal. “Remember our first date?” Poe asked. “Of course I do. You were all cocksure and tried showing off. I ended up in the medbay with one hell of a headache.” “I was sure that you would never go on a second date. I thought I blew it.” Poe laughed. “Yeah well I was just a crazy fool falling in love wasn’t I?” You smiled in fond memory.

The meal ended in comfortable silence. Poe stood and stepped to your side of the table then offered his hand. Gladly you took it and allowed him to pull you to his feet. BB-8 followed closely behind as you walked steadily through the base, quiet conversation passing the two of you easily. It could almost be forgotten that your relationship was on thin ice with how both of you smiled and joked and laughed. It gave you a sliver of hope that things could still turn out well between the two of you. Eventually you reached the door to your quarters. “At least our second, first date didn’t end with me in the medbay.” You mused. Poe chuckled in response. “I suppose I’ll see you sometime soon.” You said in almost a whisper. “I’m being shipped out tomorrow morning. It will be a while until we see each other again.” Poe admitted. “Stay safe yeah? No being a hero.” You warned him. “You got it.” He smiled at you. “Goodnight Poe.” You told him before taking a step towards your door. “Goodnight.” Poe replied. You hesitated before turning around, leaning up then pressing your lips against Poe’s cheek. As you pulled away, Poe cupped your cheek then pressed his lips against your forehead. With a smile on your face you gave Poe a final farewell before stepping inside your quarters. Poe whispered your name after the door closed, wishing you pleasant dreams. Poe peered down at the droid by his feet, he quickly crouched down and patted BB-8’s dome head. “Thanks buddy.” Poe smiled softly before turning on his feet and heading towards his quarters.

You were busy directing communication officers and retransmitting signals while trying to shift around the ever busy command centre. Your day couldn’t be any more hectic, you were requested to the command centre in the early hours of the morning. It was now late evening. You were running on fumes and wanted nothing more than for someone to dismiss you so you could finally rest. The past few weeks had been but a blur, one day flowing into the next. You hadn’t heard a word from Poe, though mainly because another communications officer was dealing with his transmissions. Originally it was you who was dealing with them, though you thought he might need some space to deal with everything happening personally. You wanted him to keep his head in the game and not be distracted by personal problems. With the constant noise in the command centre a headache formed across your forehead. In no time the pain had blossomed to behind your eyes, the pain quickly evolving into a migraine. “Let today end.” You begged. A sudden wave of nausea had you rushing up the steps and out of the command centre. You only just made it outside, you doubled over retching but with nothing at all in your stomach there was nothing to throw up. The cool night air was almost soothing, drawing away the feelings of nausea but leaving you feeling exhausted and ill. You sat yourself down on a supplies crate then rested your head on the metal beam beside you. Just five minutes, you told yourself, certain you’d be recovered enough to return to your duties.

A gentle rubbing of your back made you open your eyes slowly and peer behind you to see who had joined you. “Hey.” You whispered, wincing at the pain that lanced through your head. “Migraine?” “Yeah.” “I heard you’ve been working for almost eighteen hours. No breaks. No rest. No food.” You heard the crate creak as it supported another body of weight. Your name was whispered softly, tenderly as a hand gently took yours. “You can’t push yourself like that. I told you that last time.” “I know Poe.” You rested your head on the pilot’s shoulder, a small whine escaping your lips at the small movement. After a brief amount of time had passed, Poe leaned down a little, you heard him give thanks to his droid. “Here.” Poe slipped two pills into your hand. You popped them into your mouth. Poe handed you a small cup of water and you washed the pills down. “Thanks.” You murmured. In a slow movement Poe shifted slightly, the next thing you felt was his hands massaging your neck and the area at the base of your skull. “I’ve missed this.” You whispered. “I’ve missed you.” Poe confessed. You hummed, wincing once again as the pain in your head tripled before calming. Poe took your hand in his and gave it a reassuring squeeze. “Just listen okay?” Poe squeezed your hand again, this time you returned it. “I love you, always have, and if we can fight the First Order then damn it we can fight to make us work. I was a complete tool when I sent that message, I didn’t have the balls to come and talk to you and just bailed instead. Having time to clear my head let me realise that we’re perfect together, I’ve never loved someone the way I love you, and thinking of the possibility of never being able to wake up to you being at my side, well it isn’t something I’m prepared to face. I’ve fought against the First Order and more besides, and I’ve fought hard to win, and I’m damned if I don’t do the same here. I promise you we’ll fix this. Together.” You couldn’t help the smile that found its way onto your face as you listened to Poe’s declaration. With a tight squeeze of his hand, you rested your head against his shoulder. “Promise.” You murmured in response. “Lets get you to bed. I’ll get us something to eat and you can get some rest.” “Duties.” You weakly protested. “The General has dismissed you. C’mon, bed.” Poe helped you to your feet, supporting you as you wobbled a little on shaky legs. He let you lean against him as he stepped slowly towards the habitation area, with the sole plan of taking care of you. You giggled as you leaned too far against him, nearly toppling the two of you over. Poe chuckled and pressed a soft kiss to the top of your head. BB-8 followed cheerfully behind, glad to see its two favourite humans back together again.

[pinksweatergettingbetter]

//what the fuuuuuuuuck??

i feel like i just walked into a different game

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‘a foreigner’

well 

like

maya is the direct descendant of freakin Mystic Ami 

man i really hate Kooraheen

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“I wonder if Maya has matured any since the last time I saw her?”

oh they tried, phoenix

they tried

but that shit doesnt fly 

...apparently growing an inch well after you've naturally stopped growing does, though. oh well whatever

MAYAAAAA

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“its on top of a mountain and its freezing”

“i think i can handle it”

bullshit phoenix youu fucking liar exercise and cold are your least favourite things

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ahlbi: dont go in there that river is full of souls

phoenix: lol but what if i did

jesus phoenix 

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all this stuff about prayer has got to be taking the piss

i cant tell if this game is against religion or just... i have no idea

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“it’s been many a day”

yeah like i dunno just a DECADE 

many a day??????? what the fuck is this

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“you have to train in Kooraheen because this is where the technique originated”

oh yes, totally not in Kurain, the place Mystic Ami, the founder of the Kurain Channeling Technique, founded. No way. 

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“all i learnt was to look like a nun”

yeah because youre iN THE WRONG PLACE MAYA

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“seat-of-you-pants, come-from-behind wins”

UM

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“ok so it wasnt my finest hour. sue me.”

id marry this man 

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“yep! completed the full two years!”

wow so i guess the Incredible, Amazing-Special and Highly Spiritual Kooraheeneese training regimen is the equivalent of an associate degree. 

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“the high priest practically begged me to do it!”

mayas going to jail and he's the killer isn't he. 

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i love that theyre like “lady keera isn't like the deities we think of from back home; she was a really real person!!”

and its like 

ah

awkward for jesus.

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I WANT PICTURES OF LADY KEERA! (slams table)

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“sightings of her go back 2 years!”

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 

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“you think some regular cosplayer could take on a bunch of guys in costume alone????”

well i mean essentially every super hero is just that so

“thats why she's real!!”

ok, wearing a cloak and kicking a rebel in the balls now makes you a god. you heard it here first guys

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something about all of this just makes me rly uncomfortable and i cant put my finger on it

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“can we leave my hair out of this?”

once again phoenix worries more about his hair than... well, being called edgeless i guess 

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maya’s wearing a robe and she punched a lawyer in the face... i’d say that gets her canonized at least.

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♫ he's got spurs, that jingle jangle jingle (jingle jangle) ♫

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“Look! Its Acolyte Zeh’lot!”

me, wincing from the pain of the pun but also yelling: ITS FUCKIN AANG HLY SHIT

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phoenix wright’s new fun personality gimmicks include: destroying foreign monarchies and having Unexplained Broken Spine Syndrome 

I’d like to think capcom beat him with a gold club while reminding him that most of the oldest living attractive-enough-to-be-a-protagonist people in Ace Attorney are like 40

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i dont know why but the image of a few brightly coloured monks hauling phoenix’s unconscious ass down a mountain is making me wheeze like nobodys business 

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ahlbi: miss mayas been arrested!

phoenix: (completely unshocked) what

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(brutal murder has just occurred)

praying man: do you think we should get up??

praying man #2: nah were just part of the background.

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ema failed the forensics exam because she continually took fingerprints without consent. confirmed

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phoenix: i never thought id have to do another trial where the defence was unwelcome

you'd have to quit to achieve that kind of peace, phoenix 

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“he's calm and kind and almost always has a smile on his face”

correction; he’s haughty, condescending and almost always has a holier-than-thou smirk on his face.

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theres so much cursing and exploding into flames in Kooraheen.

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‘iii guess thiiiiis is what its like to live in a deeeeeeply religious society, huuuuuh’

oi

i dont know how to feel about this

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poor baby faces his least fav things; cold and high

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oh crap not figure skater princess

oh dear god. this is ominous as fuck. phoenix is just like “that looks like...” and then its just. one huge EXAMINE button followed by her being the only choice.

I'm feeling deeply uncomfortable 

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“we know the killer is one of your own!”

HER ANCESTOR INVENTED–– AGGHHHNNN never mind

“in my country suspects are innocent until proven guilty”

we’ve all said it once and i’ll say it again

bullshit, capcom

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“phony baloney” 

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“tweedledum and tweedledee did a number on her impression of foreigners”

what the fuck does that mean

who the fuck is he referring to

this is the tuna boat all over again

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“who taught you to demonize a whole group of people anyway”

just sounds really stupid when the “people” in question are lawyers.

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...is this the kooraheen version of (positive adjective) people

its marginally better than the regular SOJ (positive adjective) people  

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oh lady Kee’ra is katniss everdeen. she's even got the mockingjay and everything!

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this reminds me a lot of Bridge

even figure skater princess is a bit like assistant!Franziska. but less amusing.

she’s rather helpful though, to a disgusting scum sucking lawyer like me.

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idk Kurain village felt a lot more atmospheric than Kooraheen does. I’m not quite sure why... Might’ve been the music (which was awesomely spine-tingling)

but also something about just... the general feel? Like the strict rules of Kurain village felt more claustrophobic and stifling than the almost cartoonish seeming Super Prayer Aesthetic of Kooraheen. (who knows; maybe there are countries that spend 15 hours straight in prayer but idk them) 

maybe Kurain village felt more realistic in that a single town housing nothing but mediums seems within the boundaries of reality, but an entire country completely based upon it does not. 

Kurain felt like a small part of a bigger picture, whereas i feel like Kooraheen is a big picture with nothing much in it.

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when is a medium-based case not a locked-room mystery???

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cleared away snow... a broken lantern... gosh!!! THAT... REMIND ME OF SOMETHING

also phoenix taking more pictures is [100 emoji]

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“almost... boggles the mind...”

he didnt seem scared but his vision did blur

maybe he got 

high

haha h ah hah hah ha

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a full body poncho is a great fighting outfit

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i wonder if spider-kee’ra is a fella in disguise 

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“I wonder if he has amnesia”

either youre sherlock fucking holmes or that was rly forced. he said like 2 words to you.

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characters who look like theyre gonna shoot u thus far: 

-Precious bobby

-dirty hobo eating lizards

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mind reading lizard eating hobo

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hes a power ranger!!!

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you ask this man, phoenix wright, to move on???

you fool

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“all my tools were confiscated at the airport”

oh except this HUGE SPRAY BOTTLE OF LIQUID

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ema: (backhandedly mentions klavier)

me: (clenching fist with a tear in my eye) someday 

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“Who’d have thought you’d get caught up in something like this? And so far from home?”

phoenix pls

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“Besides, I thought you’d be used to being the usual suspect by now!”

[wheezes] that was like 3 lines before this unholy contradiction 

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(cries) the bars are so wide he can hold his pwecious bffs hand thru them

like. if he wanted to.

also the music is surprisingly nice and atmospheric. very subtle and gentle and not an atonal mess like the investigation theme.

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oh fuck i forgot you were here rayfa

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maya just called herself a foreigner. fuck you capcom.

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“ive never eaten anything better in my life”

MAYA HOW COULD YOU FORSAKE BURGERS

NOOOOO

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fucking fuck rayfa 

she's 

the master

of the kurain

technique 

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oh i see. she's been keeping her talent a ‘secret’

cant FUCKING WAIT to find out what the bullshit excuse plot twist is!!!

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“I found this”

and why do you,,,,, still have it maya,,,, while ur in jail

kurain guards suck ass 

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why did she... bring up the ladder argument 

it came right the heck out of nowhere after she says she's gonna ‘keep it real’ from now on. is she saying that was stupid and frivolous?? damnit fuckin fuck SOJ dont mock the most precious running gag in the series thats poor fuccking taste

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priest is a rebel isn't he

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“We’re not in Kansas anymore...” 

could’ve fooled me, y’all

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“All Abord the Phoenix Freedom Express”

that omnibus sure came a long way...

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rayfa doesn't speak japanifornian very well, only khumerican.

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yikes, another ‘examine person’ scenario.

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“are you she”

..........................phoenix

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everyone’s so shocked that a woman is communicating with the dead in a country wHICH REVOLVES AROUND COMMUNICATING WITH THE DEADKJ HKFH; GHHL /

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Wait, Datz isn’t kooraheenese?

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three hole??????? three hole????? duhhh.... three hole.......... i dont know huhuhuhuuh

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“theres an unusual custom”

not depicting a religious figures is an unusual custom????? they have got to be taking the piss

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“I think its stunning!!” so stunning that i will steal the poster hahahaha

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HSHFGSJK AAAHHH THE PLUMED PUNISHER

KILL IT 

KILL IT WITH FIRE

(weeps in relief)

thank you for.... dousing the pain with the original.... my soul is cleansed.

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so what if she called herself lovely

she is lovely

let a gal have some confidence in herself, phoenix. 

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eyyyyy psyche locks and their badass 2013 theme. I'm down for this 

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a three pronged arrow is such a stupid fucking idea. they do know that the shape of an arrow is designed to go in easily and be difficult to pull out, right?? 

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 Rayfa knows words like “Meritorious” in English, but not the implicit meaning of Freedom Express. 

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youve gOT BALLS FOR A LAWYER

THIS GAME CAN GET AWAY WITH “YOUVE GOT BALLS” BUT APOLLO CANT SAY ‘FUCK’????

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Inga’s like Redd White but less funny. amusing in that he calls phoenix ‘white’. 

also what kind of cigar is he smoking that has wax on the end??? that cant be healthy