#they are so dear to our hearts

[dragon-business]

saving Nishiki

Phase one of saving Nishiki is Majima annoying him a bit here and there through 10 years Kiryu was away.

He'll be popping in from time to time, offering a fight or a snarky remark, and generally be a nuisance. Trying to get more info about Kiryu sometimes. And that will not be good for Nishiki's mental wellbeing at certain points, but Majima is good at redirecting people's attention when needed.

This thing will not change the general plot of Kiwami, Nishiki will still keep blaming himself for letting Kiryu down (he never stopped caring for him, never thought it’s Kiryu’s fault that things turned out this way). Nishiki will still feel that he has to keep going down this dark path, and will keep pushing himself on it (he feels that he has nowhere else to turn). 

But! He’s a bit more conflicted now. A tiny bit. After all, Majima, of all people, knows a thing or two about waiting for brothers that left you for good (and for bad). 

It’s not that they’ll be talking about for 10 years nonstop, the subject is touchy, after all. Sharp on both ends. But it’s there to allude to, and to be mutually understood while sharing a cigarette late at night.

So, phase two of saving Nishiki is not letting him get shot in the vault. Like, in that last stretch of the game (and in Yakuza games in general) everyone kept standing in front of bullets for eachother, it was almost ridiculous. So why not let Kiryu stand in front of the bullet to shield Nishiki? Why not, hmmm? So yeah, he does that. And now Kiryu and Nishiki are both in the vault with the bomb, and Kiryu is bleeding and can’t move fast enough, and how could Nishiki think about anything but getting him out of there before the whole thing blows up? 

Staying in that safe to die was a split moment decision of a really depressed and suicidal man in extreme duress. So how about we don’t give him time to think it over at all.

Nishiki gets Kiryu’s left hand over his shoulder, and rushes towards the exit with him, and the wave of the explosion hits them near the vault door. Heat and debris hit Nishiki from the left/back, and so this is where most of his scars are. Now and forever the koi will be swimming up from their whirlwind. One particularly bity piece of shrapnel slashes both through Kiryu’s forearm and Nishiki’s face.

(Oh, the power of the shared scar that will forever bind them to this moment. Oh, Nishiki shielding Kiryu from the hit of the explosion.) (Oh, the metaphor and irony of Nishiki looking more like Kashiwagi now.) 

Phase three of the plan is Nishiki getting arrested! Not for his actual crimes, oh no. But for some of the stuff relating to the explosion and mayhem that happened that night. Like, whatever works (c) Kamurocho police, probably. Someone had to be arrested there, and he was breaching some safety regulation protocols or whatever. They pin him for whatever sticks, because there are not a lot of people left there that are both alive and can be put in jail.

So yeah. Nishiki is whisked away to a hospital to get his skin grafts, and then is put in that prison’s hospital wing, and then is slowly let out of it, and then he meets Saejima. And the long journey of healing and self acceptance and love starts. For both of them.

– Oh, we have so much written about it all, just you wait :3 Tigerfish has us by our throats, we’re dying in its chokehold. Best most honorable death ever.

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[mcytegg]

someday ill have to yap abt how manipulative derap is bc it didnt. start w zam like yall dont understand how weirdly he used to treat pangi before he latched onto someone else. even if its not a concious thing, derap has always treated the people around him a bit ???? bc of the combo of his loneliness AND his deep paranoia

[blmpff]

✨ Various Tropes: Straddling (1/?) ✨

TITLES IN ORDER: 1. History 3: Make Our Days Count (2019) 2: Where Your Eyes Linger (2020) 3: Be Loved In House: I Do (2021) 4: Ghost Host Ghost House (2022) 5: Big Dragon (2022) 6: My Tooth Your Love (2022) 7: Chains of Heart (2023) 8: Bed Friend (2023) 9: Kiseki: Dear To Me (2023) 10. Love Class 2 (2023) 11. Playboyy (2023) 12: Time The Series (2024)

[alienglowgarden]

There is no needle and thread that will mend you, so

Don't you break, I will not let you

[nebulathunderwave-art]

Birthday wishes to Zewu-jun from Lanling

(Birthday wishes to Er-Ge from A-Yao)

8.10.2024 | Happy birthday Lan Xichen! 💙☁️

[wavesoutbeingtossed]

I snuck in through the garden gate every night that summer just to seal my fate // My broken bones are mending with all these nights we're spending up on the roof with a school girl crush, drinking beer out of plastic cups // And darling you had turned my bed into a sacred oasis // I'm spilling wine in the bathtub, you kiss my face and we're both drunk // I'm laughing with my lover, making forts under covers // There's glitter on the floor after the party, girls carryin' their shoes down in the lobby, candle wax and Polaroids on the hardwood floor, you and me forevermore // Went home and tried to stalk you on the internet, now I've read all of the books beside your bed // We could leave the Christmas lights up 'til January and this is our place, we make the rules / We could let our friends crash in the living room, this is our place, we make the call // We bless the rains on Cornelia Street, memorize the creaks in the floor / You hold my hand on the street, walk me back to that apartment, years ago we were just inside; Barefoot in the kitchen, sacred new beginnings that became my religion // Light pink sky up on the roof, sun sinks down, no curfew, twenty questions, we tell the truth / Feels like home, stay in bed the whole weekend, it’s nice to have a friend // And he feels like home // Outside they’re pushing and shoving, you're in the kitchen humming, all that you ever wanted from me was sweet nothing // You wouldn't take my word for it if you knew who was talking, if you knew where I was walking to a house, not a home, all alone 'cause nobody's there // Remember looking at this room? We loved it ‘cause of the light, now I just sit in the dark and wonder if it’s time // I left all I knew, you left me at the house by the Heath

TS + home

[theofficialpresidentoftheusa]

Slut. Whore. Hussy. (Affectionate)

[arsenicflame]

every time i think of izzy hands i just have to 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 for a second

[stormxpadme]

Anyone's sent today's Wolverine issue to Brevoort yet? You know since he keeps on yapping how the throuple is lacking evidence especially in recent issues LOL. This is exactly what the starving throuple fans deserved. It's not EVERYTHING of course, because this is still Marvel, but you can read it however you like and they didn't just retcon it from orbit as was at some point rumored. These panels make me mighty emotional, and now I'm ready to write ALL the throuple and scogan things for pride month :D.

[marcmorrigan]

its @wh0rehound 's birthday and since he is the gaymer to my mafia slut obvs i had to draw our boys 🍫💕🎮 everyone say hbd sam!!! 😤🎉🎂

[highmati]

we’re going villain mode team

[johnslittlespoon]

– i'm only really me, when i'm here with you. ⋆｡˚ ✈︎

[hollow-prey]

Me thinking about Jak and Daxter and Keira and Tess and Torn and Ashelin and Sig and how they all mean so much to me and feel like my best friends because I grew up with them and how the J&D series itself means so much to me and I'm so glad I got back into it because I love them all so much and

[halogalopaghost]

Really extra tired of black and white thinking around COVID like can you guys activate your brain and understand that lockdown was NECESSARY to prevent massive economic and social breakdown that would have been induced by our entire population getting infected at once before we figured out how to treat it

Not to mention the whole "young people didn't need to worry about dying they shouldn't have been locked down what about their social lives!!11!!!"

Hi. Hello. I am a youth that was disabled by COVID how are you doing today. Oh, you're not disabled by COVID? Cool shut the fuck up forever.

[ellena-asg]

Shakespearean McDanno in four episodes: 2x20, 2x21, 2x22 and NCIS LA 3x21 Lyrics: Just another day by Jon Secada ♥️

[aquaquadrant]

back from vacation and WOAH y’all seemed to really enjoy the latest HTP chapter 👀 gonna start going thru my backlog of notifs now so hang tight.

ALSO those here for jwcc: i know chaos theory has dropped but i haven’t watched any eps yet NOR seen any spoilers (besides the initial promo stuff and trailer). i’m actually prob gonna hold off on watching it for a little while bc i’ve got a bit of a time limit to get the final chapter of my current project done before clinical year starts. and uh, if the recent surge of activity my jwcc fics have gotten on A03 is any indication, chaos theory was good and i fully expect to be consumed by the brain rot for a hot second. when i do watch it i’m prob gonna do daily episode reaction blogs for funzies if anyone’s interested in that.