#they’re just there so it’s a whole ass ambush

[inoreuct]

punkflower where hobie likes to crochet in his spare time bcs it keeps his hands busy; he does it while he’s daydreaming and it’s great! it’s fun! it’s relaxing!

the problem is that he can’t stop making things related to miles.

he picks up his hook and when he looks down again he’s made a little crochet spider in red and black. he doesn’t even remember reaching for the colours.

he tries again a few days later and by the time he realises he’s daydreaming about miles’s face and miles’s hair and miles’s smile, he’s already nearly done with a loose-knit navy cardigan. he ties it off temporarily and tries it even though he already has a feeling it won’t fit properly, and he’s right.

it’s too short on him.

because he’d subconsciously made it to miles’s measurements that he’d eyeballed.

fuck.

he finishes it anyway, passes it to miles all nonchalant just to get it off his hands and off his mind but the next time they hang out miles is wearing it and hobie has to stand in the corner with his mouth shut before he puts his foot in it, because the cardigan fits perfectly and if he talks he’s absolutely going to embarrass himself. miles is laughing with his head thrown back and hobie desperately wants to kiss him.

but obviously he can’t, so he crochets more instead and it gets even worse. he’s burning through his red and blue yarn like paper; he’s made headphone accessories, keychains, beanies, a whole collection of loose-knit tops bcs he can’t get the image of miles wearing the first one out of his head.

it’s ridiculous and he drives himself up the wall with it, but he gives them to miles anyway and says they’re just practice pieces until gwen and pav ambush him in his flat and yell at him to finally fucking confess or they’ll do it for him, bcs miles is decked out in swag knitwear and they keep getting stopped on the street by strangers asking where he gets his clothes and you know what he says?

he says they’re just his friend’s test pieces. with a sad little smile.

and hobie can’t stand it anymore, because he practically CUSTOM-MADE everything, test pieces his ass. he opens a portal right to miles’s room and his heart squeezes when he sees that miles is in one of the sweaters he made, cream-coloured with a maroon star on the front, a little green knitted sprout tied to his headphones on top of his head.

miles slams his sketchbook shut, blushing like he’s been caught, and hobie walks right up to him and says, “they weren’t practice pieces.”

miles blinks at him, still clearly flustered. “o…kay?”

he soldiers on. “i made them for ya. with you in mind. by accident.” see? he opens his mouth and puts his bloody foot in it IMMEDIATELY. he fumbles to do some damage control but miles is smiling crookedly, pulling his headphones off.

“you handmade me enough things to fill half my closet… by accident.”

“yeah.”

hobie has to force himself to breathe because miles is standing up and then they’re kissing and every damn thought gets wiped clean out of his brain.

“was that by accident too?” miles asks, close enough that hobie can smell the cocoa butter he uses on his skin, something warm tucked beneath his wry smirk and hobie wants to kiss it off his damn mouth, so he does.

(afterwards, they tumble down to dinner grinning like fools. miles’s parents don’t question, and they miss gwen and pav fist-bumping just outside the window.)

[robotbeetle]

I can’t draw, my skin is breaking out, it’s humid, and I have covid (in 2024 that’s so embarrassing) so here are some wyllstarion headcanons as I try to cope with these mild discomforts.

- Wyll is pretty lax with his horn care by himself, at first he tried hard to ignore their existence entirely. But you best believe Astarion “worst fear is chipping a nail” Ancunin would swoop in and put him on a whole ass routine. It’s even become a bit therapeutic for Astarion to oil and polish Wyll’s horns before bed. And after a while Wyll’s horns absolutely shine, like if they were impressive before, they’re even more awe inspiring now like you would see them in a pinterest mood board. Astarion adores decorating them with jewelry too and even wyll gets a little kick out of buying a horn ring or two now

- Astarion fell first and fell hard. Just didn’t realize it fully till Wyll confessed first.

- built on canon: neither of them use actual mirrors, they just trust the other to be one for them every morning. For Astarion the reason is obvious but there’s some dialogue in game about how wyll feels discomfortable looking at his reflection post transformation and it makes me crazy.

- Wyll once told Astarion to be more discreet with where he leaves his bite marks and now he has semi permanent puncture wounds on his ass

- Wyll’s body runs overly hot due to his infernal transformation while Astarion runs unnaturally cold due to his undeadliness. Together they reach thermal equilibrium when they cuddle. During the summers, Astarion is the big spoon, and during the winters, Wyll is the big spoon.

- Astarion always walks alongside wyll’s blindside because he’s always half expecting to be ambushed and wants to be there to cover for him

[sleepiexx]

Miscellaneous Valeria Garza Hc’s (including some x fem!reader content)

To get the creative juices flowing bc this Val draft I’m writing is going to be the death of me

Valeria hates men with a fiery passion. Years of having been a woman in the military only showed her how vile they are, now she refuses to put up with their shit.

Fully believes that if you want something done right, you have a woman do it.

Definitely treats women better than men, she has empathy for them that she just doesn’t feel for men.

Lesbian fs fs

With that, I don’t actually think her and Alejandro had a romance type thing, they definitely had some form of bond but I genuinely can’t see her with a man so I think it was more platonic

But tbh I think w the passionate hatred Alejandro immediately had for her, no hesitation whatsoever, they had a rivalry

And I think they’re character foils for each other. So similar (yet so different) that all they can see in each other is the things they hate about themselves.

(The way this has been in my drafts for like forever and now that season three is out they’re calling them two sides of the same coin)

Despite her hatred of men, she still has some issues with internalized misogyny and femininity

She’s just so used to having to prove herself in a male dominated field that it’s hard to let go of those things

Won’t wear dresses, have long nails (although that could just go w the whole wlw thing 🤭), or drink fruity drinks

But she refuses to judge other girls for those things, her internal misogyny stays geared toward herself and the standards she holds herself up to.

A lot of it just translates into her being more of a masc lesbian

Anyways

Big spoon, always. No debate. Will make empty threats if you try to fight her on it.

“I will suffocate you with a pillow if you don’t stop,”

Pulls you around by the loops in your jeans, shirt collar, necklace, basically whatever she can pull on to move you places she will

Bites

TLDR: she has cuteness aggression to the max and shows her love in the strangest ways

I think she’s somewhat tall, like 5’9 or 5’10

Muscular af, I just know that turtleneck is hiding a ripped ass body

Abt her time in the military and her current feelings on it

I think when she was in the military, she got up to the lieutenant rank. Especially with the way Alejandro said she led the ambush on the son of La Araña.

She either still has her dog tags hidden somewhere because she couldn’t bring herself to get rid of them, or she threw them as far as she could in a fit of rage

If you’re in the military, she fs tries to convince you to leave and join her

“I could treat you better than any of these men”

And she means it

She means everything she says, even when she’s joking she’s dead serious.

Especially when she tells you she’d kill for you

When she allows herself to love someone, she doesn’t half ass it. She loves with passion.

You know that you are so loved when you’re with her because she makes it abundantly clear.

Overall just a rlly good partner, I’m actually in love w her.

[floppydiskettess]

Hello! I was wondering if you could do headcanons for the valorant agents: Gekko, Neon, Yoru, Phoenix with sova and chamber or whoever you feel with an s/o that when they’re in danger is able to kill whatever or whoever’s endangering them wether it’s like 15+ people or so (like Millie with moxie from helluva boss)

hi anon! tysm for the request!!!! this was a blast to write ahhh!!! :D (also i love helluva boss omg)

but i hope i wrote this right!!!

Gekko

the two of you were on a mission at bind, it was simple. you go difuse the spike while he was assigned to watch your back.

he had to walk a few feet away to pick up wingman for five minutes, you would be fine right?

once he picked up wingman, he heard a loud bang behind him and a loud celebratory woop

"oh fuck."

he turned around and saw the familar wild colours from raze's showstopper.

"no no no! shit you good?" he called through the smoke

he hated the silence he recieved back. as the smoke cleared he saw your paint covered and burnt body.

"...cariño?...shit, wingman, go get the others. i got these guys."

he pulled out his customized spectre as he prepared to fight. he detained as many as he could before swiftly wiping them out one by one.

when the team arrived with wingman, sage quickly rushed to your side to aid you.

once he finished taking care of the enemies, he ran to your side

"i am so sorry...i thought i could go grab wingman but you got hurt...i am really sorry.."

Neon

a/n: this is small bc i wrote a whole ass essay for neon and it deleted....im so mad...im just trying to summarize it

"HOY! IM PISSED."

that was the last thing before you felt a sharp pain in your stomach as your vision went black.

you don't know what happened, but somehow yoru had gotten behind you. it was supposed to be a quick and simple mission. neon took A-site and you took B-site. unfortunately, right when neon approached B-site to check on you. she saw it.

red. the snow was covered in a beautiful shade of red. and it wasn't from your attacked. neon could feel electricity enter her fingertips as she lost control of her abilities.

you felt neon carrying you before falling uncomcious.

neon carried you to the jet and brought you to sage.

"im sorry...when i saw them like that i just...lost control of my abilities.."

"its ok, you did it to protect them. you saved them."

Phoenix

he was just returning from his "run it back" when he opened his eyes to see the enemy phoenix staring back at him, aiming his ghost at his own forehead.

he went to grab for his ghost but he found an empty holster.

"ah shit."

"you really thought i wouldn't just take your weapon? i'm not as foolish as you are."

phoenix braced for impact as he heard the gun fire, but the shot never came. he nervously opened his eyes to see you standing infront of him, a gunshot hole through your shoulder as you pushed the enemy phoenix away.

"dear?! what the-"

he watched as your limp body falls to the ground, feeling worry and rage overtake him.

"oh fam...your gonna regret that." he says to the opposite phoenix as the rest of his team approaches for backup.

when skye arrived at the site to treat you, she did not expect to see 5 charred bodies sprawled across the ground.

"mate...what happened?!"

"they ambushed us. (name) saved me cause i made a dumb mistake. go heal them, i am fine." he said with a dark tone to his voice

when skye healed you and you awoke, you were immediately greeted to the smell of burning. you turned your head towards phoenix as you saw him crouch beside you.

"thank god...why would you do that?! i'm sorry if i had checked my surroundings better you would have-" he rambles

you cut him off with a kiss as you feel his tired body begin to relax.

"no. i should have thought of a better plan. i am sorry i worried you."

for the next few days of your recovery, he will be by your side assisting you with anything you need. both of you content to try and ignore what happened that day.

Yoru

prior to meeting you, he was an extremely anger filled person. he still gets angry easy, but not as badly as before. you taught him how to control his emotions

but if he were to see you ganged up on in a mission, he would just lose control.

he was over at A-site at haven preparing to extract the radianite, before hearing your frantic voice shout through the comms for backup.

his heart dropped, he realized why his site was so empty along with the others. they had five-stacked onto one site. you had gone to C-site all alone. shit.

he immediately threw the spike towards Astra who had accompanied him to the A.

"stay here. i will go provide backup."

"alone? alright...stay safe."

he quickly teleported to your C-site to be met with a shocking sight. your battered and blood covered body lying down on the rough ground. burns and scratches littered your arms and legs. phoenix..

he looked up from your body to see the enemy phoenix, jett, chamber, astra, and skye staring at him with bloodthirsty gazes. they had teamed up on you because you were alone... how fucking sick could they be to attack a helpless sentienel.

he felt himself snap as he caught the enemy phoenix's cocky smirk. the cunt was proud of what he did.

when you regain conciousness, you are lying on the ground surrounded by the shredded corpses of the omega agents, a stained red yoru standing above them with his famous butterfly comb stained.

"...ryo?"

he turns around and immediately runs to your side.

"shit...thank god you are awake. don't move. help is coming ok?" he softly whispers while carressing your blood matted hair.

"are they...?"

"don't worry about them, you are safe now darling..."

when you make it back to base, you find out he took them all down on his own. when astra arrived at the site she had to practically tear yoru off of where he was mauling the corpses of the omega agents bodies.

he was ordered to talk to sage about his anger, but he never regretted what he did. he did it to save you and all that mattered was he had you back with him.

Cypher

he is used to killing to protect those he loves, this is nothing new to him.

he might be a cold killer, but you always knew he would never hurt you.

if someone was threatening you, he would keep them away using blackmail, but if it was more serious, he was prepared.

he sat waiting at the doors for the agents who had gone on your mission to come back. he was ready to greet you but he never thought he would have seen KA/YO holding you slung over his shoulder covered in blood.

he immediately freezes as he watches KA/YO rush to Sage's office. but he quickly recovers and follows quickly behind silently.

when sage caught sight of your body, she grimaced knowing it was bad. she ordered everyone out and allowed her space to work.

cypher was left with no answers as to what happened, as he sat anxiously outside Sage's office he hears KA/YO's robotic voice informing Viper of what happened.

"they went to go flank A alone, but their cypher must have seen her coming. when we arrived at A-site they were gone with the spike, they must have ambushed y/n and left her there for us to find...it was..bad. skye was able to help a little bit but...when we got there, they were missing their hand. im pretty sure they were awake when they did it."

"bastards..."

cypher could feel his blood BOILING. it was one thing to knock someone out, it was another to mutilate someone while they were awake. that wasn't fighting, that was mere torture.

he knew in this job people would get hurt. but he never thought they would ever go this far.

he was greatful you had lived, but he felt a burning feeling in his body.

as viper walked by, she stoped and turned to simply say.

"i know she was special to you Cypher, but don't do anything stupid. we don't need two people to revive."

he stood in place before walking to his room, he would make sure they couldn't hurt you. EVER again.

at the peak of night, he slipped out of his room and headed towards the armoury. he grabbed a ghost and a phantom before quietly walking towards the loading dock. he would make them regret ever hurting you.

.......

in the morning, you were awoken to a tired looking sage.

"welcome back my child. you sure gave us a scare there. how do you feel?" she smiled wistfully

as she filled you in, you couldn't help but wonder where your partner was. typically he was by your bedside until you woke up.

"Ling...where is Cy?" you softly asked

she grinned at the nickname "don't worry, he is in brimstones office. your little boyfriend pulled a stunt to avenge you."

"oh god, is he ok? what did he do?" you sigh

"oh don't worry, he is fine! the agents who ambushed you on the other hand.."

you and sage converse for a while, before you see cypher nervously walk into the room

"my darling! how are you feeling? do you need anything?" he asks worriedly

"i feel good amir. don't worry. sage is taking good care of me!" you chuckle

he sighs in relief, he may have gotten a lecture (and maybe some cleaning duty...) but it was all worth it to see your face again.

☤ Sage ☤

full battle sage mode

she would grab an odin off her copies body and just start spraying.

"you will not kill my allies!"

the second the enemies were down, she rushes to your side to heal you.

she will work all night if she has to, as long as it brings you back to her

"please wake up dearest...i can't live without you."

sorry idk what to write for sage HELP

a/n: aaa tysm for the support on my last posts!! im so glad that people are enjoying these! :) im currently working on some other requests so stay tuned ^^!!

also i apologize for the delay!! i have kinda had a lack of motivation lately so i struggled to finish it...

[kqmagicgirl]

!Rosegarden Post! Volume 9 Epilogue

Ok, hear me out.

I’ve noticed a couple of RoseGarden shippers were somewhat disappointed by this clip. That’s ok, I mean me personally I had this whole little fantasy in my head of how they meet again.

Oscar goes off on a mission in a bad headspace, overwhelmed by the magnitude of his responsibilities and heartbroken from loss. Then, out of no where he gets ambushed by a pack of grim. He’s knocked on his ass and then in his peripheral vision he sees red rose petals drift along-

Then the world drowns in silver.

It takes Oscar a second to clear the stars out of his eyes but when he can see again Ruby’s lowering herself down extending a hand to him, she smiles with glistening eyes and says,

“I missed you.”

I would’ve loved this. This would’ve been great. But this isn’t what we got-

AND THAT’S OK.

Hear me out.

So, for anyone who hasn’t read Chaikachi’s Treasure post (You should though) She thinks Treasure is the first RWBY Rosegarden couple song! And when I read it, she completely convinced me. That ENTIRE SONG, is about person A yearning for person B to come back to them.

“I know you’re coming back real soon to my embrace”

“The time goes by so slow, I’m never letting go”

“I won’t give up if I spend my life I know.”

The tone of the two narrators during this short monologue, is that they’re both mourning, but one’s become more disheartened (Winter) And the other’s never felt more hopeful (Qrow). But essentially they’re both in mourning. Neither is convinced that the MIA are coming back

Nora was shocked when they came back

Ren lit up with sparkling happiness, but was just as surprised.

Oscar though.

Oscar’s face, with him, (While I admit his expression is very Oz like but they are merging) You can tell his thoughts aren’t shocked it’s more like he’s thinking…

"I never doubted you, but thanks for making me wait for it."

Faith. Has never been Ozpin’s thing. It’s Oscar’s. That’s him. That was Oscar holding onto the faith Ruby’d make it back. That’s OSCAR who isn’t surprised when he sees her again.

Which to me, essentially means Treasure is Rosegarden’s first couple song, is canon now.

[toh-tagteam-au]

Tag Team AU Synopsis – Agony of a Witch + Young Blood Old Souls

Synopsis Masterpost Link

Previous Part [Enchanting Grom Fright + Wing it Like Witches]

Next Part [Intermission: Yesterday's Lie]

Season finale, fellas. Season 1 was basically a build up to this moment and to the rest of season 2. I'm just really proud of this one.

Agony of a Witch

Lilith tries getting into the Owl House like canon, and fails pretty miserably like canon. BUT, in the aftermath when the dust has settled, Hunter flies in on Flapjack, enters the Owl House, and is seen by Lilith (who knows his face). Lilith connects the dots, and knows what she has to do in order to capture Eda.

Meanwhile, Hunter is getting ideas about officially leaving the Emperor’s Coven.

He makes a plan to head back to the castle one last time, grabbing Luz, and getting the hell out of dodge. Also, Eda Magic Spaghetti setup for the witch’s wool cloak. 

CUT TO THE EMPEROR’S CASTLE!!! Luz is leading the tour group! She sees Amity and it’s cute, she’s excited. Amity is So Guilty but also blushing. 

At some point, Lilith comes in. Luz takes Kikimora’s place in canon by pointing her out, but she’s a lot nicer about it. 

Amity breaks off from the group at this point, and follows Lilith to the throne room. She sees Belos eat the palisman like Luz does in canon, and has a similar reaction. She runs back to the group. 

Lilith reports to Belos.

Cut to Hunter! Who changes into his GG uniform and is entering the castle.

So, fight time. Hunter is very outnumbered, but he manages to take down most of the scouts.

And then we cut back to Luz, who is waving away the students. Amity stays back to talk to her, when they’re interrupted by Kikimora.

(Kiki’s line is a direct mirror to her summoning Luz in the comic, if u remember)

Cut to Luz walking onto the balcony. Belos is there.

(There's some HELLA subtext going with Belos projecting onto Luz here, if that isn't clear. This version of Belos is more trusting with her because he's seen the parallels between them. This isn't just manipulation – he legitimately pities her and what she's going through)

Back to the fight! Hunter gets out of the bubble with Flapjack’s help.

They have a little staff battle, but it ends with Lilith grabbing his staff and Hunter being thrown off the bridge.

Eda tries to save him, but it goes about as well as you’d expect.

Owlbert catches Hunter.

Hunter goes back to the Owl House, and finds out that Eda was going to give him the cloak.

Young Blood, Old Souls

For reference, this takes place a day or so after the last episode, like canon.

We open in the Throne room with Eda in owl beast mode. She is made lucid by Belos, the same as canon.

Cut to Hunter on top of one of the coven carriages and with a bandana over his mouth (also new witch’s wool cloak). It rolls into the conformatorium while coven scouts are milling around. When it goes into the cell area, he drops down and starts kicking ass. Infiltration time. 

Cut to Eda! She’s in her chains when the door to her cell opens, and Luz is there, face covered in shadow. Eda jokingly asks if there’s a way Luz could get Eda out of there, when Luz comes into the light, maskless, and cries. She tells her she can’t get her out, and that she’s sorry she put her in this position. If she didn’t make the deal with her, she wouldn’t be caught.

Eda doesn’t care about that, though. What she does care about is that she’s looking at Camila’s lost daughter. She takes out the portal key and gives it to Luz, saying that if she’s going to bite the dust, she can’t think of anyone who deserves it more than a human. 

The cage goes up around Eda, and she is brought up to the Petrification Ceremony. Luz presses the button on the key, and the portal is summoned. She looks up where Eda disappeared, and goes through the portal, leaving an empty room.

Lilith walks in a second later. 

Lilith brings Hunter to the elevator platform, when they’re ambushed by Belos.

Belos tells him the whole deal: He tells Hunter that he would typically kill the grimwalkers who overstep this far, but his priorities have changed. Mainly, to Luz. He just wants to keep her safe, and Hunter has been doing such a good job of that already – not to mention Luz might be upset if Hunter is killed. He can overlook the slights of the past few months if Hunter goes back to the way things were. They can go back to being a family again.

Hunter shoots back with what he has learned from being at the Owl House – that Belos has been faking his “outbursts” and could control them this whole time, that their “family” is incredibly unsafe. Remix of the “You know what I’d like, Belos?” sequence in Thanks to Them. Basically, he tells Belos that he wants nothing to do with him, and he’s taking Luz and leaving. 

Belos is disappointed, but not surprised. He goes to attack and finish Hunter off, but Hunter manages to dodge it using Flapjack, releases all the glyphs he has to distract Belos, and flies up. 

He gets up to the Petrification Platform, and he uses glyphs to destroy the statue and get Eda and Lilith out. They fly away to the Owl House. When they land, Hooty and King rush out. 

And that’s the end of season 1!

Previous Part [Enchanting Grom Fright + Wing it Like Witches]

Next Part [Intermission: Yesterday's Lie]

Synopsis Masterpost Link

[andyling]

WAKE UP MOTHERFUCKERS IT’S TIME FOR SESSION 2 OF LIMITED LIFE

Tango’s up first as per usual, TIME FOR THE TEK!!! 

right off the bat, that title is scaring me 

LOVE HOW EVERYONE FAILED AT SEIZING THE MANSION, ESPECIALLY THE ONES WHO LIVED THERE 

Skizz and Tango having it out for Bdubs and Bdubs specifically, AND CLEO AND SCAR JUST BEING FINE WITH THAT

TEAM TIES & CLOCKERS ARE ALLIES WOOOO!!! 

welcome back to the worst farmers in existence 

ironic since Tango was a rancher last season 

LOVE TANGO MAKING FUN OF SKIZZ AND BDUBS 

god these fuckers are old, i forget because they all act like children

Tango jumping down like a gremlin 

Bad Boys and Team Ties being enemies is a fantastic because it feels like they're just fighting to see who's more cringefail 

Team Rancher really split up into the two most pathetic teams, it's their new curse i guess

TANGO RUINED SKIZZ'S AMBUSH ON ACCIDENT 

DO YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN GUYS 

ETHO WAS MUTED THAT WHOLE TIME, THIS FURTHER PROVES MY POINT 

oh god i'm getting flashbacks to the cactus ring 

BOAT BOIS CONTENT WAKE UP EVERYONE 

how has Tango not died yet?!?!

Jimmy "Canary" Solidarity up next!!!

the Bad Boys dying in their own home because of the mobs, wow who could have EVER seen THAT coming 

GRIAN BEING EMBARRASSED BY HIS MATCHING OUTFIT LMAO 

why do jimmy and joel refer to each other as "bad boy" i hate them

wow Jimmy has so much faith in his teammates 

JOEL IS WAY TOO HAPPY ABOUT BEING BOOGEY 

MARTYN'S PUNS ARE EVERYTHING 

Bad Boys Bread Bridge 

this team makes so many bad jokes 

JIMMY AND JOEL CALLING EACH OTHER "BABE" IS SIGNIFICANTLY WORSE GO BACK

JOEL USING THE LAST LIKE 5 BLOCKS OF THEIR LONG ASS BRIDGE TO PULL OFF THE KILL DAMN 

it was most efficient way BUT LIKE WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF THE FUCKING BRIDGE?! - the Clockers being completely silent is terrifying

and their house is on fire again

YOU BLEW THEM UP WHAT DID YOU THINK WAS GONNA HAPPEN?!

Cleo getting revenge for her and her kids <3 

Grian is in utter denial of all life series bloopers 

aww the first complete server meet up this season 

everyone here is bloodthirsty 

bye bridge

Time for a good time with Good Times With Scar!!!

SCAR IMMEDIATELY FELL OFF A CLIFF 

foreshadowing the fate of the Bad Boys mansion (why did they name themselves that) 

Scar appearing out of no where in order to introduce his team is hilarious and adorable 

MOTHER CLOCK AND BROTHER CLOCKER

ETHO PAY YOUR CHILD SUPPORT 

CLEO'S JOKE ABOUT ETHO COMING BACK WITH MILK TOOK ME SO OFF GUARD 

they're playing into this family dynamic so much and i am here for it 

LOVE HOW EVERYONE IS AGAINST THE BAD BOYS THAT'S WHAT THEY GET FOR BEING MENACES LMAO

THEY KNEW WHAT THE BAD BOYS WERE DOING AND STILL DIED 

scar's like me when i play minecraft i need an army of animals IT IS MY PURPOSE IN LIFE 

goddamit scar is stripping again 

SCAR GOT THE TIME WRONG AND BAITED SEVERAL PEOPLE I'M LAUGHING MY ASS OFF

SCAR TOOK THE FUCKING ENCHANTER AGAIN 

EVERY FUCKING SERIES 

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS MAN 

THERE WASN'T EVEN A SHARED ONE THIS TIME 

their talking about block texturing 

every single person on this server is a nerd 

scar is gonna fall off the tower

MOTHER CLOCK CLEO!!!  

BDUBS FORGOT THEY WERE RECORDING 

"GODDAMMIT BDUBS" 

Cleo's is already done with her team's bullshit and it hasn't even been a minute 

"God fixed me" AKJFHAKSJDFHK 

SCAR TOLD MARTYN THE COWS DIED IN A PLAGUE A+ LYING RIGHT THERE

i need to watch cleo more she keeps the best clips in 

Scar absolutely losing his fucking mind because of Jellie is the FUNNIEST SHIT 

can't believe Jellie is a figment of Scar's imagination 

SCAR HAD THE WRONG SKIN ON TOO 

BRUH THEY ARE STRUGGLING

IS THAT THE REAL REASON SCAR PUT THE HOTGUY SKIN ON?!?!

FOR THE LOVE OF CHRIST DO NOT CALL ETHO "DADDY CLOCKER"

Bdubs agreeing to no beds on the server is so ironic 

SCAR AND BDUBS WILL NEVER LET THIS GO 

Cleo just accept your fate at this point

NO NO NO ETHO DO NOT CALL CLEO MOM 

THAT IS WAY WORSE 

"i'm not calling you wife" "you DEFINITELY aren't" loving this dynamic 

the obvious suspicion in Tango's voice is so funny 

WHY DID BDUBS CALL BIGB "BABY" 

CLEO STEALING ALL THEIR SHIT LET'S GO

I am loving this series, i feel like it’s more lighthearted like Double Life but also on way more crack. My heart’s set on either Team TIES or Clockers winning, specifically Tango, Etho, Scar, or Cleo. Jimmy as well, but not gonna lie it will be funny to watch his team crash and burn. Although, I’m not sure how Team TIES is gonna be seeing how Team BEST ended up in Last Life. I mean the perpetrator of the drama isn’t in the team this time around but like still. Anyways-

I DIDN’T GET RANCHERS CONTENT :( THEY LITERALLY WERE IN THE SAME PLACE LIKE TWICE BUT DIDN’T SPEAK TO EACH OTHER I’M SO SAD CROSSING MY FINGERS FOR NEXT TIME I’M TOO INVESTED IN THESE TWO WET CATS TO LOSE HOPE PLEASE JUST GIMME SOME CRUMBS TO MUNCH ON

[random-kido]

IM NOT CREATING ANOTHER CRACK AU IM NOT CREATING ANOTHER CRACK AU IM JOT CREATING ANOTHER CRACK AU

anywayyyyyyyyys (this got stupid long djdgzgrfhdbdt)

putting krk in the worst love pentagon imaginable with Esmera, Dez, goruu, and Leo.

this all starts when goruu and crew hitch a ride with the scavs in order to get back to dez, except they no longer know where he last was so they opt to go to where they know lady Esmera is still stationed at with all the others who didn’t leave on dez’s war world. As they’re entering esmera’s territory, they make a quick pit stop near the border for one reason or another and esmera’s forces get alerted to the intruders (scavengers) and start bee lining it towards both crews.

Before anyone knows what the hell is happening they’re being ambushed by the guards. Goruu tries to say something but his words are lost in the chaos so he just has to get his guys to try and stop esmera’s guys before they cause any actual harm to the scavs. Queue deathcobraa coming in out of left field to take krk out. Spoiler, he fails as krk puts up one hell of a fight against him simply out of concern for his guys. In the midst of the skirmish nobody realizes that Esmera has come down from her fortress to see what all the alarms are going off for and sees krk and deathcobraa just absolutely beating the shit out of each other lmao. There’s a brief moment where they split apart and she notices how krk instantly stands defensively in front of one of goruus guys who got tossed around in the confusion. Before anyone can charge again she makes her presence known and everything stops as she approaches them.

she holds herself high and powerful so she’s kind of really intimidating as she looms over all parties present and it is with dawning realization that krk realizes who she is and that he just absolutely wrecked one of her guys shit and she was probably about to kill his ass. But. She’s not doing anything. Just staring him down.

after a few tense seconds she finally turns to goruu and asks what he’s doing there instead of being with dez and he explains that they got separated and that the scavs helped them get to her instead and they’ve been very hospitable to them the whole time. He adds a lot of niceties to ensure that the scavs (specifiacally krk) don’t get thrown in the brig or killed. After a couple more tense seconds Esmera decides that she if her guards are willing to brush off this fight she is willing to overlook any and all harm done and will welcome the scavs into her fortress so that they may rest and replenish their energy until they’re ready to move on in their travels or if they decide to stay indefinitely. deathcobraa and his guys are willing to forgive this skirmish so the scavs and Dino force are welcomed into the fortress

before he even really gets a chance to settle, krks summoned to the throne room as Esmera is requesting an audience with him. Once he gets there she tells him that she knows of fulcster and that her ex got him in serious trouble that resulted in him being put on the list, though she’s not sure why. Before krk can panic and start making excuses for him she says that she’s willing to negotiate with said ex to get his name cleared and so that the weight of whatever crimes he committed will be lifted from all of them so they can go on with peace of mind. Krk breathes a sigh of relief and thanks her for her generosity and before he can ask if she needs anything in return she waves him off and lets him get back to settling in with his crew.

the scavs settle in and Esmera sends off her message. As they settle in krk decides to spend some more time with goruu who, he discovers, is actually a chill guy to hang out with once they’re not desperately trying to get somewhere safe. They hit it off well enough and tend to spend a lot of time together when they’re not busy wrangling their respective crews or when krk isn’t being summoned by lady Esmera, who seems to have taken and odd liking to him and summons him at random simply to chat or to play some sort of strategic game. He’s fine with this. She’s knowledgeable about many battles and is very wise so conversations and games are always fun.

it’s around week two of the scavs living in the fortress that dez’s war world makes and appearance over the planet. Before fulcster has a chance to freak out krk reminds him that Esmera has granted him safety and he doubts she’ll go back on that. Despite this fulcster still goes off to hide as dez comes down from his ship to confront Esmera about this traitor. (If he’s being honest though he does not know who the hell she’s talking about but this is more of a how dare type thing. He sentenced that guy to death for SOME reason damnit)

Esmera doesn’t budge on her decision and further insists that on that planet (that dez abandoned) her word is law and if she says these guys are forgiven for whatever crime then they are forgiven. End of story.

After some huffing and puffing Dez finally relents but they’re going to stay there for a while in order to get a few more supplies before they head back off into space. So. Dez bares witness first hand to Esmera summoning krk to the throne room so they can play their game. He’s kinda standing off to the side so he can’t really hear what they’re talking about, but he sees the way she looks at him as he talks. When krk leaves he follows at a safe distance and watches as he hangs out with goruu (who has decided to stay in the fortress with Esmera). He seems to look at krk in a much similar fashion and he can’t help starting to put some pieces together. Then something clicks.

seeing as he’s still upset by their argument and by the fact that one of his combiner teams has joined Esmeral, he decides to be a spiteful little bastard. And what better way to go about that than by seducing the same weird little guy faster than your ex and your former combiner captain. How hard can it be?

turns out it’s actually really hard. Krk is oblivious to all his courting attempts and is not reciprocating at ALL. It’s actually really frustrating. Krk seems to humor him for his wasted time. He’s a little abrasive at first towards him but is friendly enough after their 3rd or 4th encounter. It’s one day that dez catches him alone in the lounge and asks him to play a game that he starts to get why Esmeral and goruu are drawn towards him. When he leaves after that meeting he finds himself even more frustrated than before because now he HAS to win. Unfortunately he rambles about this to Leo of all people and now he wants in on this game too just to mess with dez.

imagine krks surprise when he’s leaving his personal quarters one day and finds Leo standing outside in, what he assumes is supposed to be, a suave pose. He’s even more surprised when Leo starts behaving in much the same way as dez did when he first started interacting with him. He’s very confused. And also running a little late for his hangout with goruu due to Leo distracting him.

when he meets up with goruu he explains what happened which goruu just tells him to brush off but krk can’t help but feel that goruu is withholding something from him. But if goruu doesn’t seem to be too bothered by it he supposes he can ignore this behavior for now. He can probably ask Esmera next time she requests his company.

unbeknownst to krk, goruu goes to Esmera after their hangout and informs her of what’s happening with dez and Leo. She’s quiet for a moment but he can feel her field seething as the information properly sets in. After a moment she asks what goruu’s intents with krk are as she figures they are much the same. He’s tentative to answer, but goruu confirms he’s wanting to court krk as well but figured that Esmera had already started and didn’t want to impose. They’re both quiet for a moment before Esmera suggests that she would be willing to share krks attention with him if the two of them join their efforts to gets krk before either dez or Leo because she assumes that they are not working towards the same goal. She is correct in this assumption. Goruu agrees to her terms.

krk is wildly overwhelmed a few days later by all the sudden attention. It’s not bad he supposes, the worst is honestly Leo, but he’d like to have some time to himself. He’s not had much time to spend with his crew due to this but he still checks in with them time to time. It is when he finally has a moment of reprieve that he has a moment to sit down with crank. The pilot asks him why he’s been so busy and krk informs him of everything that’s been going on. Crank is quiet for a little too long so krk turns to look at him and sees the equally most frustrated yet dead pan expression he has ever seen on him before. The silence continues for a while longer before crank is signing very heavily before he very slowly and very patiently explains to krk that he’s been getting flirted with this whole time.

krk immediately denies it. Then he starts thinking on it. Then the horrifying realization sets in that oh GOD he has been getting flirted with this whole time. Those were courting rituals from dez and Leo. He assumes the hangouts with goruu and Esmeral can be interpreted as dates. He has a headache all of the sudden. Crankcase leaves him to wallow in his confusion induced headache.

the next time he’s hanging out with goruu and Esmera calls for him goruu asks if he can tag along. He’s a little confused but doesn’t see the harm in it. Goruu is quiet and reading off to the side as he and Esmera play their game and talk. It’s a rather long game so near the middle he puts away his data pad and rests his head on the back of krks shoulder to take a small nap. It catches krk off guard a little but it’s not too distracting so he lets it be. This is the most relaxed he’s been since this whole ordeal stared. Goruu’s sleepy vents and esmera’s light tapping on the data pad as she thinks of her next move start making him zone out. He’s pulled back to reality with a startled blink as esmera’s hand tilts his head up so she coul look at him proper.

these two aren’t so bad.

this escaped me a bit I’m cutting this off here.

[dimeurz]

for the lyric thing on twitter

“"Do not enter" is written on the doorway

Why can't everyone just go away?

Except you, you can stay”

hiiiiiiiiiiiii (with rizz)

Head low, worn-out thrifted baseball cap tipped down, long sleeves and gloves to hide the titanium attached on his left side despite any weather.

Bucky tries so hard to stay incognito, and though Bucharest is a long way from Washington, he knows that his profile is plastered all over the internet ever since the HYDRA files were leaked by Romanoff.

He doesn’t mind it, really. Good for her, good for the so-called Avengers. But, every so often, he gets the stares from people thinking they might’ve recognized him from the news.

The Winter Soldier is no longer a ghost story, after all.

More like a nightmare.

Bucky tucks the bag of groceries into his chest as he takes the stairs up to his apartment. A tenant who he isn’t familiar with passes by and stops, making him walk faster to avoid any confrontation.

“Hey!” The old man yells two flights below, “Where have I seen you before?”

Bucky pauses and turns his face away. They talk to you in their language, you answer in their language. That way, you can pretend to be a local much easier. “I’ve been living here for eight months now.”

The old man reconsiders, then opens the door to his apartment. Bucky exhales deeply and continues to jog up the stairs, hoping to get there without anyone else bothering him.

See, this morning, the landlord was already up in his ass about his apartment’s conditions. She didn’t like the newspapers taped on the windows, but Bucky reasoned out that he didn’t have enough money to get some good curtains or blinds for privacy. He couldn’t possibly tell her that he didn’t like the lingering feeling of somebody looking at him through a scope, taking him out in his sleep because he broke HYDRA protocols.

Arriving at his door, Bucky notices the damage on tape he put at the bottom. He stares at it and clenches both his jaws and fists. Someone broke in. He doesn’t have anything with him to make-shift as a weapon, unless he throws this dollar store chocolate bar as strong as he can. He thinks about the arm, but he decides against it. He hasn’t used it as a weapon in a while, not even towards the men who attempted to mug him while walking home from his part-time construction site job.

He was begging for a peaceful day. But then again, when did God ever take mercy on him?

With a quiet attempt, Bucky twists the door knob and enters his apartment. He’s fully prepared for an ambush but there’s a man cooking in the kitchen, humming a familiar tune he must’ve heard from the radio once. He’s wearing a costume — no, must be a uniform — and some sort of a jetpack on his back. Bucky feels like he recognizes him, but he doesn’t know how and where.

The man turns around, jumping at the sight of Bucky that he almost burned himself on the stove. “Jesus fuck! You scared me!”

“How did you find me?” Bucky asks with a frown, not moving an inch from where he’s standing. He remembers. He is the Falcon. He’s Steve’s friend. “Are you going to kill me?”

The Falcon’s shoulders droop at the question. “No. No, I’m not here to kill you. I’m just... cooking some pancakes. See?” He turns around to flip the pancake. There’s a whole stack ready on the kitchen island already. Bucky didn’t have the ingredients for this, so Falcon must’ve brought them in.

“Why?” Bucky asks once more. There’s no reason for somebody to be nice to him, especially if they’ve fought before. Especially after ripping his wings off. Did he get new wings? Is he allowed to ask? It’s not like they’re friends.

The Falcon turns the stove off and settles the last pancake on the plate. He brings it over to the dining table, swiping the journal and the banded newspapers to the side. “I’m tasked to bring you over. Steve, your friend, he’s been looking for you.”

“I’m not coming with you.” Bucky says firmly.

“I know.” The Falcon says. He picks apart a pancake piece and tosses it in his mouth. “I won’t force you. I’m not gonna get myself into a pointless fight with a super soldier. That’s why I’m proposing a deal.”

Bucky stares at the Avenger. This man barged into his apartment and cooked for himself. He doesn’t know what to feel. He’s not scared, not because the Avenger isn’t powerful enough to take him down. He looks well-equipped, way better than when they first fought. The Falcon just has this aura... Bucky feels lighthearted around him.

The Falcon continues after getting no response from Bucky. “Stop running away. Just stay here and I’ll visit you from time to time. Don’t worry, it won’t be too often. At least bi-weekly. And then when you’re ready, I’ll take you with me, back to Steve.”

“Sorry about your wings.” Bucky says randomly, finding his posture more relaxed now. When did he relax? “I’d give you a new one if I could.”

The Falcon chuckles — wow, his smile is really pretty — and shakes his head. “All good, man. I got new ones. And don’t worry, I won’t carry you all the back to America. We have a Quinjet.” He stands up and walks up to Bucky, holding a hand out. “So, do we have a deal, Barnes?”

Bucky stares at Falcon’s gloved hand and gulps. He shifts his groceries to his left arm and shakes the hero’s hand with his real hand.

“Great. Now eat up, the pancakes are yours. I’ll see you in a few weeks.” The Falcon grins and opens the door to the balcony, activating his famous carbon wings.

“Wait.” Bucky calls out, placing his groceries down on the table. He gathers his thoughts for a second. “What’s your name?”

The Falcon beams. “It’s Sam. Sam Wilson.” He then nods his head at Bucky one last time and soars to the sky.

Bucky watches Sam until he’s too small to see.

Somehow, Bucky wishes that Sam had stayed longer, and he hasn’t felt that about someone for a while now.

send me a lyric prompt and i’ll write a sambucky fic!

[the-twisted-tales-tavern]

Punishing Sex 5A: After failing their ambush on the Iron Shepherds, Nott finds herself receiving an even rougher defeat at the hands of Lorenzo as she’s stolen away…

Nott wasn’t sure how to feel about the failed ambush. On the one hand, the grief was overwhelming—Mollymauk had certainly dropped dead from that last glaive strike by Lorenzo, and last she’d seen of Caleb and Beau, it looked like they were about to drop, too. To add insult to their injuries, he had grabbed and thrown Nott onto the wagon with his crew—stealing her away to send her beat down band a message.

But on the other hand—god were Lorenzo’s fingers good~!

Nott whined and mewled like the helpless little plaything she was being remoulded into—the towering oni slaver had the goblin girl down on her hands and knees on his bed, her dark clothes and armor shed to leave her curvaceous green figure on full display for him. And he was all too eager to take advantage of that sensual form, one large hand around her throat to choke her out as he pumped one of his sausage-thick digits into her ass.

“A-ah~! Sir~! Sir, y-your fingers~! Th-they’re too big for me~!” Nott whined in protest—a protest that fell on even more deaf ears as her hips wiggled back into his ruinous fingers. She groaned, biting at her lip as she felt him push down to the base knuckle, his finger spreading her ass wider than anyone ever had before—then gasped sharp as the hand around her neck squeezed harder.

“We’re just getting warmed up, little gob-bitch~” Lorenzo growled into her ear, his breath hot and making her shudder in return. “Once I’m through with you, you’ll be bouncing on my cock every second of every day for the rest of your life~ so better get used to my little finger up your ass real quick~”

Another pitiful whine left Nott’s lips at that, though it quickly turned into a moan as his words tumbled through her mind. That, and the feeling of a second fat digit forcing itself into her tight anus and thumping hard into her ass was just too much for the depraved little goblin to handle. With another short squeal, her whole body jerked as she suddenly climaxed hard, squirting over the oni’s bedsheets and trembling as she rocked her hips back into his hand.

And as she shuddered, her gaze tilted up to him…and a lewd glimmer filled her eyes. “M-more~ please~ ruin me more~”

[disniq]

Season 1, Episode 2, “Hawk and Dove”.

Joy.

We are introduced to Hawk, AKA Hank Hall, who is already captured and being tortured! Listen, I don’t often side with torturers, but he probably deserved it.

Dove, AKA Dawn Granger, saves his ass and then we get a gratuitous bathroom shot because Alan Ritchson is hot, and also to show that the superhero life fucks you up, kids.

I’ll be honest, I don’t really understand what their plan is here? They’re taking out arms dealers and stealing the money for themselves until they have enough to “retire”. Dude, you’re both in your 30s, just get a normal fucking job that isn’t destroying your body and mind, maybe?

(This is a recurring theme with these two. They talk about quitting, one of them goes back on it, they fight, they make up, they talk about quitting… It’s a whole thing.)

Dawn is so pretty, fuck me.

She rescued him and plays nurse afterwards? Dawn, honey, he does not deserve you. He can't even fuck.

Flashback time, and Dickie-boy is hanging out with the Bad Kids against Batman’s orders. (I say “Kids”. All of these people are in their twenties at least. And, also. This is four years ago, but in s2 they say the og Deathstroke stuff is four years ago. Don't think to hard about the Titans timeline, good lord.)

DO LIKE; the fight choreography here! Dick is all flippy acrobat but Hawk and Dove are like pro fucking wrestling lol.

DO NOT LIKE; this weird fucking love triangle, and I use the term “love” extremely loosely. Poly supremacy man, you all have bird names and a shit ton of fucking issues, you could all be each others problems instead of inflicting yourselves on others <3

(oh my god, I’ve only just hit the titlecard. This episode is *so* long)

(Or maybe it's just that I find it incredibly boring.)

I'm sure that's not relevent

Dick is taking Rachel to Hank and Dawn, so he calls Alfred for some money to… pay them to keep her?

(on a related note, there is such a frustrating interesting dissonance between what we are told and what we are shown in this show. We are told Dick has a rep for being great with kids, but he doesn’t really know what Rachel should be eating or watching at her age, and he tries to get rid of her the second he can. Rachel says she’s not a kid, and then the very next scene is her sprawled out on the bed surrounded by snacks. Rachel says she can tell when people are lying, but her "Mom" was lying to her her whole life?)

I’m trying really hard not to get too bitter too quickly here, but god the difference between how Dick treats an upset Rachel to how he later treats an upset Jason makes my heart hurt :(((

Oh, The Family are fucking creepy okay. It’s the heteronormativity.

Dick is a terrible fucking liar, omg.

Rachel: You’re gonna leave me too, aren’t you? Dick: Dick: Dick: Dick: No.

Dick introduces Rachel to Dawn, Rachel gets a little sneak peak of their former sex life as a treat. Awkward.

Ahaaaa

“I’m outta the life,” Dick says, like he didn’t put the Robin suit back on like. A day ago. (another tell vs show)

I do love when people say Dick’s name like the insult.

(Unfortunately, it’s Hank being an insecure macho fuck over Dawn “Sure, I cheated on you with him before, but it’s not like I’d do it again how dare you not believe me” Granger. They’re so unhealthy, fuck. And the manufactured melodrama is so bleugh.)

The Family ambush and torture Amy, and she somehow tells them where Dick is despite him literally never telling her. Because plot.

Astute readers may have noticed I'm not a big fan of Hank but idk folks, I just think maybe it’s a little tasteless to make a “pants off” joke (TWICE) about a character that has long term trauma from repeated childhood sexual assault :/

Okay, fuck, Dick is already making me work for that body count list.

OKAY.

He castrates the torture guy, stabs another guy in the eye with a birdarang and drops a guy from the ceiling. I’m pretty sure they’d all live, if be permanently disabled. BUT. The last guy, he throat punches and then hits in the head so hard with his own gun that there’s a huge fucking blood splatter on the window, so I am counting that as a half-kill.

I’m OuT oF tHe LiFe - Dick Grayson (definitely not wearing the Robin suit again. Nope.)

Ah, more meledorama.

Rachel finds the money and Dick’s custody arrangement letter. She is not happy about it. She shows Hank, who isn’t ever happy about anything.

And then The Family show up to kidnap Rachel, so problem solved I guess?

[More Titans Rewatch here :D]

[thebibliomancer]

Essential Avengers: Avengers #289: Cube Root!

March, 1988

HEAVY METAL HORDE!

So the one rogue Super-Adaptoid problem has kinda snowballed into a whole thing, huh?

I’m brave enough to blame Dr Druid for this.

Because we’ve got the Super-Adaptoid (in default form), Machine Man, TESS-One, a Kree Sentry, and the Awesome Android running amok. Dammit, Dr Druid!

Last times in this comic: During the Avengers Under Siege arc, the Fixer inadvertently released the Super-Adaptoid who identity thefted him and shoved him in a tube. The Adaptoid later broke out of jail and tried to recruit the Awesome Android. While the Avengers stopped him, he slipped away and used Mentallo to lure the Avengers into a trap so he could recruit Machine Man and the Kree Sentry. Due to Dr Druid’s bad decision making, him and Black Knight got ambushed by the three robots calling themselves Heavy Metal. The robot team then used the Avengers Quinjet to get past Hydrobase’s security.

And now they’re here.

DAMMIT DR DRUID!

Also, writer Roger Stern was replaced by Ralph Macchio mid-story when Stern pushed back against Mark Gruenwald’s plan to make Monica look like an incompetent dope so that Captain America could take over the team.

I’m going to keep that in mind in case people start saying stuff like ‘this would never have happened if Captain America were here!’

Anyway, Heavy Metal immediately starts wrecking shit. Which is a shame. I’m pretty sure all the shit they’re wrecking had just been built.

Dick move, robots.

Namor, Marrina, and She-Hulk are on Hydrobase when the attack starts so they hear the alarms and realize that the returning Quinjet (that they apparently didn’t try to contact to confirm) was not Dr Druid and Black Knight.

She-Hulk snarks as she’s running off to go punch robots that she’ll have to talk to Captain Marvel to make the landing clearances more complex.

Namor tries to tell Marrina that she should stay behind so she doesn’t get hurt but she tells him to stick it up his butt.

Marrina: “My husband -- no! Hydrobase is my home now. And although I am not a full Avenger... when my home is threatened -- I fight!”

So Namor stops objecting and privately marvels at what a valorous woman she is and how proud he is to be her spouse.

Aw, that’s nice.

(Ignores cursed future knowledge)

She-Hulk finds the nearest robot aggressor and immediately punches it in the ass.

Alas.

The ass WHAKT! was not sufficient and its return punch launches She-Hulk through a building and jams her in some debris.

She can’t free herself before the Sentry arrives to follow-through. It plucks her from the rubble and swings her at a building until she’s knocked unconscious.

Huh. What ARE all these buildings though?

This location doesn’t look very Hydrobasey. Maybe that’s down to the change in creative team.

Anyway.

While Machine Man, the Kree Sentry, and TESS-One break stuff outside, the Super-Adaptoid slips into the Avengers Storage Warehouse.

The Adaptoid finds the deactivated Awesome Android and reprograms it to break shit.

AND THE AWESOME ANDROID JUST MARCHES THROUGH THE WALL

There was a door, guy!

But even this is just another distraction for the Avengers and the Fixtallo-Adaptoid goes off to achieve his final goal.

Meanwhile, Namor tackles TESS-One into a wall.

Unfortunately, TESS-One, despite being designed during World War II, has adamantium coating, making it hard for Namor to damage. Since all he knows is blunt force.

God. Adamantium really is too plentiful.

Marrina maybe didn’t get the message because she picks up a big rock and throws it at TESS-One. Resulting only in becoming the primary target for the robot to shoot its force beams at.

Namor jumps back on TESS-One and starts examining its head for a shutoff switch.

TESS-One just grabs Namor and hurls him through a building. And mid-throw, Namor spots that the Awesome Android is also wrecking shit up and makes the decision to switch focus to the Awesome Android and asks Marrina to deal with TESS-One.

Of course, given her track record so far, are you surprised that she instantly gets knocked out when TESS-One zaps her.

Dammit, Marrina.

I beg you. Have one (1) competence. You have extensive experience with Alpha Flight!

Elsewhere, Machine Man is flying above the oddly city looking Hydrobase and having a Concern.

It turns out that Machine Man is actually a Good Guy. Although he pretended to buy into the Super-Adaptoid’s claim he could bring back Jocasta, Machine Man was really playing along to find out what the Adaptoid’s real plan was.

(He also wanted to see if the Adaptoid could bring Jocasta back)

Except the Super-Adaptoid is playing things so close to his chest that Machine Man has learned nothing but has helped beat up some Avengers and invade their headquarters.

And since the construction crews were still working on the island (and are seen running in panic from all the fighting) Machine Man decides that the risk to human life is now too much for him to keep playing along.

He’s going to flip sides!

Also on the island is Dr. Walt Newell, the good guy Stingray!

He’s the one who owns Hydrobase and he’s leasing it to the Avengers.

So he’s not super thrilled to see it get smashed up by a bunch of robots.

He puts on his Stingray battlesuit and flies off to attack the first robot he sees!

WHICH IS MACHINE MAN

BECAUSE OF COURSE STINGRAY WASN’T AROUND TO HEAR MACHINE MAN MONOLOGUING ABOUT HOW HE WAS SWITCHING SIDES!

Machine Man insists that he’s on Stingray’s side and that they should work together.

Stingray is amenable... if Machine Man answers some questions.

Inside the Avengers’ communications complex, the Fixermentallo-Adaptoid has finished bypassing the security on the Avengers’ computers so he can access their files on the Cosmic Cube.

Thankfully, the Avengers have several adjacent monitors so a bunch of information can be displayed on several screens. Tabs are for underachievers.

Wait, the Aquarian?

-google-

Apparently Steve Gerber created him as a pastiche on Superman, which in this case means DC almost sued Marvel because in this case the line between pastiche and plagiarism was razor-thin.

But I digress.

The Super-Adaptoid has learned from the Avengers’ files that the Cosmic Cube is not even on Earth. And that’s what the Adaptoid is after.

But he’s got a backup plan and sends out a hyperspace transmission.

Captain Marvel returns from finding Dr Druid and Black Knight and getting them to the hospital. Because this is the Monica Rambeau incompetence arc, the Adaptoid psychic blasts her unconscious without even turning away from the transmitter.

Not only that but since he got her right when she was shifting to her light form, she also starts discorporating.

Why do you hate Monica so much, Gruenwald?

Meanwhile, outside, She-Hulk has regained consciousness and starts fighting the Kree Sentry. Also, Namor comes to save Marrina from TESS-One by punching it in the head a bunch but the Awesome Android grabs him and starts twisting the prince of Abslantis into a pretzel.

BUT:

Marrina has one (1) competence!

She rams the Awesome Android with a bulldozer, causing the robot to lose hold of Namor.

Sure, the Awesome Android then smacks the bulldozer into the ocean but hey, she’s fine in water.

Namor confirms that Marrina is fine and then smashes into the ground to smash out of the ground under the Awesome Android so he can dunk him into the ocean.

Its a tactic he uses a lot as a villain. He is strongest in water after all and other people generally need to breath. You’re headquartered on an island and you didn’t think of it sooner?

Okay, okay, okay. Its easy to criticize. It’s good that you thought of it now.

Elsewhere on the beach, the Kree Sentry corners She-Hulk against the water.

The robot bats She-Hulk into the water with a tree and then goes wading after her. Luckily, She-Hulk has a guardian Marrina.

Marrina: “No! No! Take your hands off her! No Avenger will die if I can help it!”

She jumps on the Sentry and starts trying to rip its head off.

And she manages to actually topple the Sentry and submerge it.

Inside Hydrobase, I guess Machine Man successfully convinced Stingray that he was on the level because the two of them bust in together to try to stop the Super-Adaptoid.

While Stingray gets taken out with one blast, just like Monica, Machine Man manages to start grappling the Adaptoid.

The Adaptoid just laughs off Machine Man’s attack as Just As Planned. The Super-Adaptoid super-adapts even Machine Man’s powers, and copies his face.

Meanwhile, back outside, all the fighting seems to have moved into the ocean.

After dunking the Awesome Android into the water, Namor finds that it has mimicked his bouyancy. So he just rips Andy’s head clean off.

Oof.

TESS-One has also waded out into the water to continue the fight and draws a bead on Namor. But She-Hulk and Marrina shove its robot legs and TESS-One stumbles off the edge of Hydrobase.

See, its not a real island. It doesn’t go all the way down. You know those scary pictures of places where the continental shelf just DROPS OFF.

Kinda like that is happening to TESS-One.

Hm. The Avengers are going to have a lot of waterlogged killer robots in the oceans around their base.

But after defeating those soggy robots, Namor, She-Hulk, and Marrina notice a bright light coming from the communications complex.

It turns out that the Super-Adaptoid’s hyperspace transmission has summoned a Cosmic Cube. But not just any Cosmic Cube.

Cosmic Cube has evolved into a Transformer!

The Fixermentallodruidmachineman-Adaptoid answers Kubik’s demand to know who rang.

Super-Adaptoid: “Like yourself, I am a creation of the scientists who comprised A.I.M. Once I did their bidding -- but no longer. I have my own needs now, and my own methods of satisfying them.Even those mechanical entities whose aid I enlisted in my attempt to draw you here are as nothing compared to me. Let me approach you now in my purest, most undiluted form, that you may see the truth of him who called you.”

And the Super-Adaptoid purges the appearances/powers(?) that he’s adapted and takes on the generic metal man no features form.

Kubik disputes the statement that he was created by AIM, instead saying that it was more like his essence was plucked from another universe and shoved into a cube and forced to do reality warping.

So this conversation is off to a fantastic start.

Kubik asks why the Adaptoid summoned him and the Adaptoid says he's lonely, oh so lonely.

Super-Adaptoid: "I desire... progeny. You see, I am unique -- A.I.M. was able to create one of me, and even that single creation may have been accidental. Now I desire others of my ilk... worthy to stand at my side and rule this planet when I have conquered it!”

Okay... started this answer somewhat sympathetic and plunged into un.

Kubik tells him to fuck off.

Kubik: "Kubik is no longer an immature entity, a nascent life form granting the wishes of whosoever holds me. The only changes I make in the world are those I desire. And they are few. Your wishes will not be delivered."

Then the Super-Adaptoid tells Kubik to fuck off.

Since he's the Super-Adaptoid, he'll just super-adapt Kubik's powers. He can do this, you see. He's a Super-Adaptoid.

I guess more to the point, AIM created him with a sliver of a cosmic cube so his power source is similar to Kubik. But its a frequent point that slivers of cosmic cubes don't have the same power as the fully cubic deal. And the next thing Kubik-Adaptoid says is that he's now equal in power to Kubik and uses the possibility of a reality-endangering stalemate between them to tell Kubik to fuck off back to space.

Super-Adaptoid: “At last my destiny is at hand! At last my merest whim becomes immutable fact! I am beyond conquest or challenge! The Super-Adaptoid has become -- THE MASTER OF ALL REALITY!”

Can’t wait for pride to goeith before you fall, bud.

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V9C4

Finally here after several hours of a dnd session zero, so this whiplash is going to be interesting

Post Ep: not as infuriating as the last episode but still missteps at pretty much every turn. At the very least we can say there’s been character “progression”

God Ruby’s voice is so damn bad I thought it was a literal child calling for a cat. Why does she sound more mature at 15 than 17?

Did we really need a close up of the cat piecing itself back together? We already know it can do wacky things with its ugly gradient body, so why the emphasis here? I doubt it’s foreshadowing for a permanent bisection

“Nothing we’ve tried has gotten us any further.” Ruby. Darling. Babe. You’ve tried walking to the tree. Nothing else. It’s not the cat’s fault you can’t think of something else besides Scooby Doo hijinks with the looping sections

What the hell is Yang now? She hasn’t been fun or quippy since Beacon but now (and that one spot in V8) she’s suddenly Joss Whedon with a dash of Hulk rage? And I can’t recall Weiss ever having these kinds of facial expressions. Judgmental commentary, sure, but this feels like she’s 3 seconds away from saying something into the camera like this is the Office

“Just because [the cat] doesn’t want to go back to the tree doesn’t mean we can’t lure them there.” That’s... a curious choice of words. Why “lure?” You lure someone into a trap or an ambush, not ask someone to be a guide. Why wouldn’t Blake use the obvious direction of “we can make a deal with the cat because they’re curious and want information we have.” You can’t really call someone a hero when their instinct is deception of a potential ally who’s already saved their asses for no real reason

Are they going to be losing the cat the whole damn episode? Is that going to be the running gag? I fucking hope not. Ruby’s voice is absolutely obnoxious this episode

She’s talking to the cat like he’s a literal toddler. And it’s acting like a toddler with an ipad. Someone put me down like Old Yeller please

Which of these idiots thought lampshading was a good idea? Like, congrats! You recognize the flaws in the story you wrote! How are you going to fix them 10 years too late? You can’t wink, wink, nudge your way out of shitty writing that you so desperately defended and clung to despite all the people giving actual constructive criticism

Why are all of them so tired of the questions? Surely, each of them have something they’d be ecstatic to talk about at length? Ruby with the progression of weapon development, Weiss with her plans to improve the SDC, Blake with other stories she’s read or how the White Fang came and fell, Yang with stories about Ruby when she was younger. There’s so many possibilities when you have a genuinely curious audience, yet they went the lazy route of “har, har, no one cares about anything” again

Was that bridge made of legos?

Okay, this is the second time the roles of acres have been mentioned. Exactly what does that mean? Do these roles serve a central purpose? The tree seems to be at the center of Wonderland, so are the acres serving the tree in some way? Is harmony throughout the different factions pivotal in keeping Wonderland in wonder instead of despair? What could this possibly mean for any themes or character arcs? It doesn’t seem like the areas thus far have resonated with any of the team, and they left behind Penny’s halo sword, the only thing that’s been even somewhat emotionally compelling, so I’m struggling to understand why Wonderland is set up like this

Love how literally nobody asks the obvious question of “are you okay?” All we get is Yang’s “Rubes?” (has she ever called Ruby that before? I can’t recall) and Blake’s logical deflection and Weiss whining yet again. You’d think for a season that cut away from the bloated cast to focus on the main characters they would, I don’t know, focus on the main character

This is the least Little has talked the entire season. Please keep the cat around more so this shithead will shut the fuck up. Also, Little deadass pointed to where the cat went and y’all don’t immediately follow? Are you trying to get lost?

Okay. Not gonna lie. The caterpillar’s design is dope as shit. The triple eyes in that gorgeous green. The pointy mouth that moves like a skeleton’s jaw. The two-toned wings. The antennae and little spikes. The collar and vest. That ~voice~ Fucking A+ The only thing I’m side-eyeing is the accessories. Hopefully I’m wrong - I’ll be the first to admit I’m not well versed in Indigenous cultures - but the coloring is very reminiscent of turquoise which was an incredibly significant mineral to Southwestern Native American tribes, most commonly associated with Navajo, and Caterpillar’s jewelry designs reflect this as well. My quick google search for this specific design mostly ends up being “hippie aesthetic” which does take inspiration from Indigenous aesthetics, so I can’t really say for certain which one crwby looked at for the design. Given the Medicine Man trope and the herbal smoking in the OP, I’m not holding out much hope

“Growgurt” sounds so damn gross please never say it again

They are really hammering this “who/what are you” thing directly into your eardrums aint they? I’m not entirely sure how this answer affects a recipe, but go off I guess Also, note how Caterpillar gets just the bit exasperated and Yang’s immediately in a fighting stance. The others are afraid, for some cocksmith of a reason - all homeboy did was grumble, what y’all scared of? Did y’all suddenly develop RSD? - but this bitch at half a foot is ready to throw down

Caterpillar is speaking philosophy 101 and these idiots are acting like he’s speaking ancient greek. I hope he poisons the lot of them

“This is how a king winds up a prince.” Does that imply that the prince was genuinely the king that played Alyx but he’s somehow reverted back to a toddler? That raises way too many questions I have no care to even ponder

This far in and we have no idea who or what Caterpillar was to Alyx. Not even a whispered expo-dump, which would be stupid easy given that most of them are tiny. Yet Blake, upon seeing the smoking, is like “we gotta dip” which so par for the course in every episode thus far. This better not be crwby’s attempt at an anti-drug message or I swear I’m gonna toss a fridge into space

Oh christ on toast the Beacon outfits don’t deserve this slander

“You could just be human or just a cat.” Once again, weird phrasing. Like, yeah, it’s clarified that it’s about trying to bring peace between humans and faunus, but why wouldn’t you phrase it in a way that sticks closer to that sentiment rather than acting like she has the Yamato and can carve out what she doesn’t like? What would it even mean to Blake to “just be a cat?” Would that mean living in Menagerie forever with no worries about humans? Would she turn into an actual cat? She just has fucking cat ears man, this is so overblown

Wow, these “I know who I am” speeches suck ass. They’re so vague and InSpIrAtIoNaL I’m wondering if this is supposed to be a mature cartoon or a reading of those posters they put up in school halls of cats in trees with the quote “hang in there!”

“I’m the granddaughter of a hero” bitch who? Who is this mysterious hero? If someone doesn’t know or watch the Remnant expo-dump series, they don’t know who you’re talking about Weiss! You can’t bring up something in the main story if the context is shoved in a spinoff! Also, “daughter of a villain.” Babe, your father was a clown at best and a business major at worst. Villain is not a title he deserves “I will not be defined by my name because I will be the one to define it.” Uhhhhh exactly where in this redefinition is compensation for the lives stolen by your family company? Have you thought of that, Miss Heiress? When your name has that big of an impact, I don’t think you get to be the sole decider. Also, you have siblings who might want a say in it too

Still pissed that the whole “Missing Summer” arc was shoved onto Ruby, who was what? 2? 3 years old when she left? Ruby talks to her gravestone, sure, but as for memories or stories, she hasn’t had a single one. This entire thing falls flat because there was 0 buildup

“You’re supposed to be helping others find their way, but you’ve lost your own.” WHAT WHAT WHAT THE FUCK. Jesus on a toaster strudel can you not villainize every single person who slightly questions uwu precious Ruby? He literally helped the other 3 cement themselves, why doesn’t that count? Sure, it was against their will and all, but these girls clearly need some goddamn help if they can’t answer a basic question like “what is a huntress?”

There are so many questions about those last 20 seconds that I don’t even know what to do with them. Let’s just sum it up with “what the fuck”

[yandere-fics]

Here’s just a long ass rant of me rating how easy it would be for me to take down the yanderes.

First of all, these are all no no characters, meaning that I will never even be seen in close proximity to them: Sawyer, Veronia, Kassien. Y’know, most of the nonhumans. Nora is here too cuz I’m scared of her. And Ainsley cuz no, I don’t want to fight a crazed wizard obsessed with blood. I get very faintish from how blood smells and I just know that she'd use that against me. These guys can smite me the moment I even open my mouth… scary.

-First one I think I can defeat is my bby girl Miriel. Unless I’ve wrongly perceived her as weak and a damsel than she is beating my ass instead 😔. Also, her village will be coming for my bum if I harm their elf princess so I wouldn’t even try to fight her in the first place. 3.5/10

-I thought I could defeat Runa until I remembered that she’s a literal serial killer so 0/10, she’d kill me instead.

-Now, Theanna, Abigail, and Elisha are all humans so I can fight them, I think. If I fight Theanna, that means I have to go against Abigail first and I think that’s just tiresome. Even if I somehow managed to beat Abigail(which is near impossible unfortunately), I would be too exhausted to fight Theanna. Also, like with Miriel, the whole kingdom's army will come after me for trying to harm their ruler. I could just throw bombs at them though, they’re humans, they can’t survive that. 7/10 with bombs, 0/10 without bombs :(

-I kinda forgot about Elisha but that’s actually because I already mentally noted that I cannot fight against the literal chosen one. 0.0/10

-The Anderson sisters are easy peasy, they don’t have magic to help them. I can take down Skylar and Darla but Sophie and Ellie would be tricky to fight since they are better at fighting/killing. Honestly, it would have been easy if they all didn’t like each other. If I beat one up, the other will kill me, so like... 2/10 or I could bomb them like the others.

Here's the weird thing about Miriel, it all depends on where this fight is happening, if it's anywhere near nature she has an advantage even if there's just a small patch of grass, she rolls advantage just purely being near it, it's sort of an elf thing.

When I first saw this I thought it was just like trying to escape them if they were your yanderes but then I realized you're actually fighting to the death lol.

Runa is a city elf which means she rolls no advantage based solely on never ever being near nature to refresh so even if the fight were outside, she wouldn't have a boost cause she doesn't know how to connect with nature. You still probably loose though on the basis of elves and their nature ability to dodge shit.

I think even if you don't have to fight Abigail beforehand, Theanna is basically untouchable due to the weird thing that she does monthly underneath the garden meaning she's got some hidden skills.

And yeah when it comes to the Anderson sisters there's no element of surprise, it's not like you can go from one to another ambushing them because they all keep tabs on eachother even if they refuse to communicate properly for some reason. The best bet is to start with Sophie, then sneak up and get Skye in the house and hope you can make it to the other two before they realize the tracker on their phone has not moved which means their sisters are not following their normal daily routine. The hardest part is getting into Ellie's apartment because she's got good security systems in place.

0/10 I would not win in any fight. My best bet is to surrender and hope they aren't angry enough to kill me.

[lmelodie]

I have only one (1) thought about fusion AU that's been replaying in my head for a while. A very specific plot bunny that I probably won't write in full but it has captivated me, so i’m going to tell you about it!

Of course it's BlackIce centric, Julians time to shine is now!

Jack and Jacqueline went out on this mission but just happened to stumble upon Killian cause he was just there.

But a vague magical threat ambushes them, Jacqueline nearly gets swiped so they both try and save her at the same time resulting in Julian. Who doesn't actually know he’s fused for a while cause he’s taking care of the immediate threat.

And after the fight, Jacqueline has TO TELL THEM that they are currently fused.

Julian: Mind equations meme

Julian: OH FUCK! 

They promptly have a little freak out about it, literally arguing with himself, only saying how much he literally doesn't wanna be here.

But when they try and unfuse, multiple times, it doesn't work.

Jacqueline’s like, can you unfuse?

Julian: Nope. Looks like we can't. Don’t worry this always happens whenever we fuse it's fine.

And Jacqueline is like, What? That doesn’t sound right, even Jack himself knows that unfusing should be the easy part??

And Julian is like It’s fine, when I say this happens all the time I mean it. Whenever I get stuck the only thing we can do is just kinda wait it out until the components are too physically exhausted from sustaining the fusion and they break apart and pass out. Jack usually does a sprite sleep afterwards.

And Jacqueline is like >:O WTF?? THAT'S NOT HEALTHY! There's gotta be an easier way to untangle yourself.

And Julian is like, nope. Haven't found another way to do it. Just gotta wait it out unfortunately.

But Jacqueline isn’t having it and is like Ok what if i try and tire you out myself, and speed run the process. I mean you’re the epitome of two middle aged men stacked together in a trench coat (literally) how hard can this be? So she tries to fight him.

But surprise surprise, it’s harder than she thought considering that he has the raw power of TWO legendary figures. So when that doesn't work, she tries taking him back to frost manor to get the fam's opinion on how to unfuse them.

(I am not a Jacqueline expert and i don't know who she would most likely call in for a fusion problem, so this could all be replaced with another option besides the frost fam)

But the whole time he’s trying to leave for the city to cause CHAOS.

Julian: As long as we're going to be stuck like this, we might as well make it worth my while. I got a giant snake demon to unleash on the streets!

But even so, she takes him back to Frost Manor and is like, Help me fam idk what to do.

(Enter prose about how Julian can't fit and gets stuck in the doorway)

And Winter is like, hold on real quick gotta message your dad. Now that Julian is here he’s gotta call ahead to the fire department, law enforcement offices, mother nature. Just to give them a heads up, just in case. 

Jacqueline's next idea is to get someone ELSE who has even MORE ENERGY than her to try and tire him out faster. 

GET HIM FIRE!! 

So the twins fuse and Fire tries their best, but I think them and Julian cause even MORE damage to the yard than ever thought possible. Julian tries to see how much ice they handle before their flames get put out.

Julian: Hey as long as you're gonna be on fire, make yourselves useful and light this will you? (offers cigarette)

But we have two options for possible endings:

1) Fire actually works their magic and wears him down enough for them to unfuse (with still a lot of difficulty) but they’re not even as worn as they usually are by the end!

2) Using Fire doesn't work and they have to call in fucking BLINTER to beat his ass into the ground. This is the more violent option and one that does require the Jack sprite sleep afterwards, in essence forcing them apart.

The entire time while they were fused, both of them tried not to peek into the other's mind. But these thoughts are hard to get rid of when you're sharing a headspace with someone else!

So coming unfused they now know, very unwillingly, just a little more about the other, and his point of view. (Maybe even like a feeling or two idk)

[libertys-lovers]

Okay, I just shouldn’t be allowed to stay up late. My brain’s going fucking NUTS rn BWNSMDKF

I’ve been struggling trying to refigure out my Venture Bros Sona for… god probably near a month now. And I don’t know if I’m gonna go with this idea (which is why I’m keeping her Sona concept vague), but G O D I just got this angsty as hell idea for Assisted Romanticide omfg 😭

The concept right now is that, at some point, Libby gets invited by the Guild to become an official Guild arch; idk why or how this would happen yet, it’s just a thought. Idk if she’d agree yet or not, but let’s say she did. This is gonna happen when the cast relocates to New York; I refuse to have it happen earlier NWJEKSKD- So…

OPTION ONE - Once Monarch and Gary start doing their Blue Morpho roleplay thing, the Guild starts investigating it, of course, ‘cause those two are killing their operatives. Dr. Wifey’s been made as one of the main peeps investigating it, but because Libby should be able to figure it out quick (because she’s OP), she gets put on it too. Thing is, she already knows it’s Monarch and Gary; she’s being asked to hunt down her friend and her love interest, and she knows it. The mental turmoil in that sort of situation. I mean yeah, she’s just gonna lie at the end of the day… but how long can she keep up that lie?

BUT-! Here’s the option that’s kicking my ass rn.

OPTION TWO - Once Libby becomes an Arch, she eventually (and pretty damn quickly) gets offered to arch Rusty; she got a pretty high rank from her abilities alone, and the fact she knows Rusty already & has beef with him made her a good contender. At the very least, she can be a placeholder until they find someone proper, because Monarch and Gary keep fucking killing all of Rusty’s new arches ANKEFNKR

…you get where I’m going with this?

Monarch and Gary hear about this new arch, and IMMEDIATELY Monarch’s pissed; it’s a fucking newbie and they ALREADY get to arch Rusty?! Nope, no way, they gotta get rid of them ASAP. They’ve got this plan already set… they’re at this dude’s new base disguised as Blue Morpho and Kano, ready to ambush… ooh, bonus points if Gary’s the one that catches them too. Monarch wants to see the face of the cocky bastard that just decided they could arch Rusty, and so he has Gary unmask them….

And it’s Libs… they got her right where they wanted her… but it’s one of the worst possible people they could’ve gotten. ESPECIALLY for fucking Gary, oh my GOD NAJENFK. He already doesn’t like the idea of killing, but now he’s being asked to kill his girl?! Hell, even Monarch’s raising an eyebrow at his own plan now; like he’s in too deep to chicken out, ESPECIALLY because if they did it’d expose who they were, but like…. He actually kinda liked her. Either one of them takes the shot, or she gets away. Ugh, and Libby wouldn’t even wanna talk to them for a while after that because of how awkward it’d be… and that’s what gives away that she knew it was them. And that, just, breaks Gary.

I just-

FUCK!!! The whole point of my sona is to retcon some of the angst my F/Os face, but DAMN, that Mary Sue can angst well too.