#this is absolutely not accurate to the time but I DONT CARE ANYMORE

[ty-the-trainwreck]

thinking about cowgirl!nancy and bartender!robin

(this was the product of me realizing that natalia and maya have photos of them wearing cowboy hats and im just)

( plus a little photo of what i think nancy’s pants would look like in this but if they were white)

robin works at a saloon, and one day nancy comes into town and it's not everyday that a woman comes riding in on a horse with her head held high and felt hat held even higher. robin tunes into the gossip circling around the saloon, even though the men insist that it's not gossip. no, that would be too dainty. too feminine. too queer.

the men say things like, "someone's got to show her what a woman's place is in the world." robin barely knows who this mysterious cowgirl is, but she's tremendously livid at each word that comes out of the crusty lips of those bacteria ridden men. she contemplates spitting in all of their beers, but decides to swap out her saliva for six tablespoons of black pepper. robin relishes in the way every man that had said a sour word wrinkle their nose and cough into their elbow aggressively.

eventually, robin gets to meet the mysterious woman.

she waltz into the saloon with her hands clutching her studded rhinestone belt, her black button up had the two top buttons undone and her white pants were tucked into her light brown cowboy boots.

robin was mesmerized.

the woman walked up towards robin, and she finally got to see her face. the woman had sharp blue eyes and an even sharper jawline. robin felt her knees liquify and she barely kept herself standing.

"you serve anything but rum here?"

oh god.

the woman had a southern accent.

"pardon?"

"i don't see one glas that isn't filled with rum."

"oh, yeah. we do, but nobody that visits this place has actual taste buds." robin tried her best to play it cool and not freak out about how attractive this woman was. "wanna take a seat?" she gestured to one of the barstools and took out a table wipe to start wiping down the bar. "gladly." the cowgirl said, her sentences seemed to be short and clipped, quiet compared to the hooting and hollering around the saloon.

"so, want anything to drink? or do you not have taste buds too?" she teased, stuffing the table wipe into her back pocket. the mysterious woman huffed out a laugh, shaking her head. "whiskey, please. i need some after my ride here."

"ah, so you have only lost a few of your taste buds then."

"bless your heart."

robin rolled her eyes with a smirk, turning around to grab a bottle of whiskey and pour it into a tall glass. she slid it towards the lady and watched as she picked the glass up and take a big swig. robin felt her heart beat a little faster as she witnessed the woman's throat bob and swallow all the whiskey. robin quickly redirected her gaze and stared down at the woman's hands instead, making robin even more pathetic that she already was.

she cleared her throat, blinking rapidly and stumbled on her words before she finally found something to say. "what brings you into town? we don't see cowgirls very often." the lady looked up with a piercing gaze. "you got a problem?" robin shook her head immediately. robin was too gay too have a problem with this fucking goddess.

"no! of course not, it's just nice to see someone that doesn't smell like they dived head first into a riverbank made of mud." the lady laughed, taking a smaller and less urgent sip of her whiskey. she savored the sip, swishing it in her mouth for a moment before swallowing and leaning forward. “care to tell me your name, pretty lady?” robin felt shivers shoot up her spine when she heard that southern drawl.

“robin buckley. what’s yours?”

“nancy. nancy wheeler.”

nancy.

“nancy.”

the name felt so good on her tongue.

“when do you get off work? i want to show you my horse.” the lady- nancy, questioned, her fingers traced the rim of the glass on the counter.

robin looked down at the movement, biting the inside of her cheek before replying. “well, in an hour. but i can leave early.”

jesus christ—

was that flirty?

oh my god she was flirting with this woman.

“you better, buckley.” nancy looked up at robin through her eyelids. the curly haired girl in-front of her fixed her hat, bumping it up a little so she could get a clearer look at robin.

robin gulped, walking backwards before bumping into the cabinets. she let out a string of curses that would make a sailor blush. she was embarrassing herself in front of a hot cowgirl!

she scrambled away and ignored the amused look on nancy’s face as she unbuttoned her black vest and straightened her blouse, making sure it wasn’t wrinkled before fixing her hair in the reflection of the window.

robin came back and nancy was behind the counter, pouring out her whiskey and rinsing it. “y’know you’re not allowed back here, right?” she snickered. nancy looked over at her, taking in the slight adjustments to robin’s outfit. “had to clean my glass.” she held up the glass and tapped it. robin reached for it and placed it one of the top cabinets. and she just now realized that nancy was about a few inches shorter than her.

nancy grabbed robin’s arm, tugging the girl into the direction of the doors to the saloon. they pushed open the wooden doors and robin winced at how bright the sun was. “god, the sun is usually down by the time i get off work.”

“couldn’t say the same for me. i need the sun to work so i can too.” nancy led robin to where a beige mustang with a black mane lapped at some water from a wooden trough.

nancy slid her hand off of robin’s arm and robin instantly missed the touch.

“this is my mare, barb.” robin nodded, watching as the horse lifted her head and bumped her nose into nancy’s chest. nancy hummed, running a hand down the horse’s snout before she turned back to robin. “wanna pet her? promise she don’t bite.”

“i want to..it’s just- i had an accident with a horse a few years ago. so i’m not the most trustworthy of horses.” robin watches the mare brush up against nancy, and she thinks back to her horse.

the horse had white and orange spots on it, robin had often referred to them as ‘freckles.’ since they looked like the ones on robin’s face. robin has rode that horse everywhere, wherever robin went, that horse was there with her. until one day, the horse had gotten spooked and bucked. flinging robin off and sending her straight into the ground.

the horse was taken away, and robin had never seen it again. her best friend, gone.

“that’s alright, she’s patient. she won’t push until you reach out first.” nancy reassured in a comforting voice. robin looked at nancy, the woman was so beautiful, and now robin had to deal with the fact that she was kind?

robin was going to fall in love.

“have you ever fallen off her?”

“a few times, yeah.”

“was it scary?”

“terrifying.”

robin looked at the horse in front of her, it blinked at robin with a strange sort of gentleness. she took a hesitant step forward, flinching a little as the mare let out a sigh. “easy…” nancy whispered, scratching behind the horse’s ear. “it’s alright, she’s giving you permission.” robin nodded, letting out a sigh as well before she left her hand up and her fingers were trembling.

it had been years since she had ever touched a horse. sure, robin was surrounded by horses everyday, but watching a horse shake the ground and witness it’s hooves banging against the ground like the dirt it galloped on was a drum and riding said horse was two different things.

yet, the way nancy soothed robin with her soft southern drawl had given her courage.

robin gently pressed her hand onto the mare’s muzzle. the horse closed it’s eyes, leaning into the touch and robin smiled a little. she was still hesitant as she slid her hand up the mare’s snout.

“you’re doing great.” nancy praised, and robin was thinking some extremely inappropriate thoughts as soon as the words left the woman’s mouth.

“can i ride her?” robin asked, her voice barely there. nancy looked a little surprise. “you sure?”

robin nodded, brushing the little white star on the mare’s forehead. nancy sighed a little. “how about this, i’ll let you hold on to me and i’ll take you somewhere we can watch the sunset.”

“trying to take me out on a date, are you wheeler?” robin teased, and nancy let out a laugh.

“i could be, only way to find out is jumping into the saddle.” nancy hoisted herself up and into the leather saddle, patting the spot behind her. robin placed her foot onto the stirrup and pushed up, taking a deep breath before she pushed up and swung her leg over and sat down on the saddle. “i forgot how hard it was to get onto a horse.” she huffed. “not hard when you adapt to always being in danger.”

“very true.”

nancy picked up the leather reigns, gripping them in her palms before she looked back at robin. “hold on.” robin nodded, taking her hands and placing them on nancy’s waist. she decided to pretend that she was not extremely attracted to this woman as she leaned forward a little and got to smell nancy’s hair.

they began to move, albeit slowly. but they were moving, robin was nervous but she trusted nancy to not kill her (trusting a stranger? that would usually be a death wish in the wild west) so she squeezed nancy’s waist a little.

nancy understood immediately, squeezing her calves and the mare picked up the pace. robin let out a tiny gasp as the horse transitioned into a fast trot. “you okay?” nancy asked, giving robin a concerned look before she quickly returned her gaze to the road ahead. “yeah, just a little nervous.” nancy nodded, and she turned them onto a dirt path.

after a few minutes, robin was more comfortable, and she squeezed nancy’s waist once more to signal that she was ready to pick up the speed. “get ready, when she gets going she gets going.” nancy chuckled, letting out another chuckle as robin wrapped her arms around her waist. “i swear wheeler, i will take the reigns myself if i have to.”

“yeah yeah, i hear you.”

the mare sped up and now they were on the edge of a canter and a gallop. robin let out a tiny scream as she looks down and saw how the ground was a blur under the horse’s hooves. “holy shit holy shit!” robin hollered and nancy let out a boisterous laugh in response. the two laughed as they slowly came to a stop and the scene before them was one of the most beautiful robin had seen in her life.

nancy had brought them to a plateu, the winding rocks were shaded an apricot orange as the sun was slowly making it’s descent down the sky. a creek was below them as well, the water a earthy green color as it flowed on by and into the distance.

robin slowly slid off the horse and stood off to the side, staring at the view and she was completely lost in the moment before nancy walked over and bumped their shoulders together.

“it’s nice, isn’t it?” nancy asked. even her felt hat had orange light rimming it’s edges. robin smiled and nodded. “yeah, it really is.” she wasn’t only talking about the view.

“i agree.”

they stood there in silence before nancy reached up, and adjusted her hat. and robin focused on the interesting pattern on where the rim was lifted a little. it was green and black, and the green looked like a handful of snakes had been let loose them frozen and flattened into the hat. robin wanted to touch it.

yes, robin knew that this could absolutely destroy this little thing her and nancy had going on, but she reached out and lifted the hat off the brunette’s head. nancy raised her eyebrows a little but let robin do so, and she smiled a little as robin placed the hat on her head and adjusted it a little.

“hey.”

“hey.”

silence.

“do i look good?”

“more than good, sweetheart.”

robin melted at the way nancy said her words in a slow voice, her words mixed together in the most perfect way and it was possibly the most alluring southern accent she had ever heard.

“you are aware of what it means when you take a cowboy’s hat, right?”

robin looked a little confused.

“no, i am not aware.”

the corners of nancy’s mouth perked up and she turned to robin completely.

“wear the hat ride the cowboy, buckley.”

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(i am literally from the south but i know no southern sayings and stuff but i was feeling gay at 4 in the morning and wrote this)

[triforce-of-mischief]

For the fantheories, I have a couple I‘m curious about so I‘m just gonna rattle them of 😁

-Four is Wind‘s ancestor (same wooden shield)

-Hylia is the most hated god in the Chain- Especially by Wild and Legend

-Twilight is trying to keep Time alive will be a self-fulfilling prophecy

-The controversial 'Four is a System'

-Malon is pregnant as off the last chapter

-Time knows someone will die

-Warriors knew Time and Wind from before

-Hyrule can‘t JUST transform into a fairy, he has some fae ancestry

I‘m kinda blending Headcanons and Theories together 😅

Though there are some headcanons that where so universal they made as well have been adopted as canon by the fandom

*Side-eyes the older Wild headcanons that hopefully won’t make a return

Wild being so traumatized he would fly off the handle and attack the rest of the chain at the drop of a hat

Wild umm… activating Miphas grace instead of drinking a potion

GOODNESS anon /pos, charts above the cut and explanations below

four is wind's ancestor: very plausible and very fun, but it could simply be jojo keeping it accurate to their games as they do indeed have the same shield

Hylia is the most hated god in the Chain- Especially by Wild and Legend: ive written before how hylia is messed up in wild's context, and i can argue for sky not being sure about her as well. but they're the only ones who know her canonically, and legend and the others know other gods. we do polytheism here, sir, you can have your accuracy and your religious trauma too

twilight and time's prophecy: i havent heard much about this one, nor do i care

four is a system: i dont like to call this one controversial, as the nastiness came exclusively from ableists. this is a good headcanon that youll know i use if you read any of my fics. im glad jojo chose to not portray something she doesnt know, even if she stumbled over the wording

malon is pregnant: you can really see the christian cishet fans shining through in this one. not impossible seeing as its in their future, but time wouldntve reacted like this to that sort of announcement. if anything, time is the one expecting

warriors knew time and wind from before: absolutely not canon, but fun though i dont play with it

time knows someone will die: i dont really care enough to have an opinion

hyrule has fae ancestry: definitely not canon, i could go either way

wild is so traumatized that he might attack the chain at any moment: nope. just nope. this is the boy who ran into the forest and monologued rather than escalating to violence with the colors. hes not as feral as you think, guys

wild activates mipha's grace instead of using a potion: in both canons, wild doesnt have mipha's grace anymore. let the angst happen naturally and let him be responsible for once

[strwberri-milk]

🌼 ~ hellooo!! I was wondering if you could write up a little something! Kaeya with a curly, coily-haired significant other!

Since having that kind of hair texture is uncommon in the canon world of Genshin, I’m curious about how he’d (and any other men that you’d like to talk about) would behave when for instance, the s/o isn’t as ok with Headpats because it ruins their floofy hair.

It would also be neat to see them taking interest in how their s/o looks after her hair and neat little accessories she puts in them too, when she styles it.

i dont have very curly hair so i might not be the most accurate so i just wanted to give that heads up!! also. curly luc agenda is here :)

Coiled hair is definitely not as common. The tightest curls you've ever seen don't even hold a candle to yours, which also means maintaining them can be even more difficult.

Kaeya always seemed a little fascinated with your hair. Whenever the two of you have a moment alone he likes to watch how it moves with you, the way it almost defies gravity and just how fluffy it looked.

He always makes sure not to touch it, worried that he'd ruin whatever intricate style you've done with your hair. However, that doesn't stop him from asking you questions or asking if you're alright with him helping you in whatever way he can.

Kaeya loves being able to pat your head the few times you do let him and wishes he could do it more but most definitely respects your boundary. It's not the end of the world for him but that does mean he's developed a habit instead of cupping your cheek to give you a quick peck whenever he wants to pat your head.

Your hair routine definitely fascinates him too! He loves seeing all the things you pull out and how there's a very strict system that you follow perfectly but he can't figure out what everything is for. He does take note of the products you use to buy you more whenever there's a sale or it seems like you're running low!

Whenever you let him clip things into your hair it sends him over the moon. He does it with such a focus that it makes you laugh, which will make him pout but it's fine because he thinks he's made you look even better than before! If that's somehow possible.

Diluc thought he had curly hair. His hair was prone to be floofy, growing a little more whenever the air was too humid or if he got wet. Kaeya always made fun of him and told him he looked like a drowned rat, but when he saw yours he realised he's got nothing on you.

He knows a little bit about curl maintenance, his coils not nearly as tight but he does take pride in taking care of his appearance as well. This means he has some products you could use in a pinch, or Adelinde might be able to help brush your hair out after the two of you run into the manor after an intense downpour.

With all of this, Diluc is already less inclined to touch your hair. He knows that his hair gets unruly and inexperienced hands touching it can aggravate it but knowing that yours were much tighter than his gave him an appreciation of how annoying your hair could truly be.

Both of you can wake up with the most insane bedhead sometimes and he always gets a nice laugh out of it, glad that he's no longer the only one who wakes up like that in the house anymore. He'll tease you for it sleepily, kissing the little pout off your face off.

When you go all the way into your hair routine he loves to sit off to the side to study it. It seems almost clinical the questions he asks, and you're quick to mess with him and asks if he needs a notepad to take notes with. He just shakes his head, telling you to continue as he observes.

The next time you're out of product you check under the sink, smiling to yourself as you see that Diluc's restocked absolutely everything without hesitation.

[unhingedpolycule]

Demon summoner SoapGhostKönig AU

DemonSummoner!Soap who accidentally summons Wraith!Ghost and Lovecraftian!König instead of the two lowly imps he intended? Both are incredibly powerful entities. They immediately plan to devour him and move on with their newfound freedom, but Johnny is like: „Oops, sorry guys, didn’t mean for this to happen. Please wait a second, I will unbind you in a second…“ and starts flicks through his spellbook. Stressed but not particularly scared. „Was just trying to find help with unbinding this one demon from the magic mirror I found it in, poor soul was trapped for literal ages.“ They look at each other and Ghost asks him in his echoing, hollow voice: „You are trying to do what? Why?!“

And Soap, not a care in the world, still not looking at them just explains: “Oh I studied this field out of interest and usually just summon for research, but I bought this mirror and the poor thing keeps screaming at night, they are clearly not happy possessing an inanimate object, but honestly who would be? Broke my leg a few years ago and not being able to move the way I wanted totally sucked. Oh this reminds me, do you wanna sit down while I find the right page, I have some raw meat, originally for the mirror guy but that's not gonna work out today, so you might as well have it before it spoils, so…“ he keeps rambling on and on, just happy to have someone to talk to.

And König leans towards Ghost and is like: “I don’t wanna eat this one anymore…” and Ghost can just nod, giant, hollow mouth agape, hanging open like the gates of hell.

So out of a mix of pity and being generally intrigued, they decide to walk Soap through the modified steps of binding them to himself so they can stay by his side for a bit. They take out the serve and control part, as well as the one that forbids them to breaking that bond by themselves. They both just decide to leave in the lines of ancient latin which prevents them from harming Soap. They dont wanna do this anyways. Johnny acknowledges all of this and is like: „I get it, consent matters, guys.“ like calling two eldritch horrors from the inner circles of hell „guys“ would be even remotely accurate.

They help him unbind the mirror as well, which turns out to be an imp called Roach, who stays with them out of pure curiosity. Soap summons stronger and more wise entities as time goes on, always with his resident Wraith and his lovecraftian Tentaclemonster close behind him, ready to protect. He takes them sightseeing, breaks into crypts and churches, letting them go search for artifacts to unbind and dispose of safely.

In general, they have a good time together and Soap is the first summoner to act respectful and appreciative around them, treating them not as incredibly strong animals but knowledgeable and interesting equals. One night, when Soap is asleep they are lurking on his balcony, looking at the stars. König always making an excited sound when another airplane comes into view, stating what kinds of thoughts and feelings he can detect from the humans on board. At some point, König leans into Ghost's form and just snuggles up to him.

Ghost indulges him, playing with one of his tentacles, deep in thought.

“I think I am really starting to like our humans. I don't want to go back again.” He whispers into the void that is Ghost and Ghost just nods. “Let's stay then.” He echoes back and pulls König closer. “Gotta take care of him though… pretty boy is too nosy for his own good.” This draws a wet laugh from König, who leans up to kiss Ghost's skull mask gingerly before they both continue to watch the night sky in absolute peace.

Inside, under the open window, Johnny just smiles into his pillow. He had hoped that he would grow on them eventually...

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This was inspired by all the wraith!Ghost and Eldrich!König I keep saying. There will be more.

~Corr

[pinkseas]

on my hands and knees begging u to say your words about xiaolumi… i want to hear them… i’ll pay you back in art i prommy—

WHY WOULD YOU ENABLE ME LIKE THIS no need for art i literally owe you my fucking Life just for that one piece like oh my god. ohhhh my god. the amount of times i have linked that to my friends and waxed poetic and maybe cried a little. ANYWAYS. i am about to be So Silly And So Disorganized

so here's the thing right?? it depends SO heavily on how you interpret lumine. the traveler definitely has their own personality and agenda ingame but there's still SO much wiggle room in terms of what you do with that. if i really wanted to i could probably make it a Lot More Accurate by focusing on the traveler in canon and going from there however i will in fact be completely ignoring that and focusing on my interpretation of lumi specifically light and love <3 <- thats my little disclaimer ANYWAYS

they are So Similar in a lot of ways. young adults who are also centuries old. stubborn bastards who would give their lives protecting those around them even if they got absolutely nothing in return. so quick to throw themselves into the line of fire for the sake of friends and strangers alike. such a strong instinct to protect. not mortal, not by a long shot, but not quite gods either, something uniquely inhuman and in between. a centuries worth of weight on their shoulders. reaching their breaking points and pushing further still, refusing to let themselves crumble. and, even with very close companions, i think they're very lonely. there's no one quite like xiao in teyvat, no one quite like lumine without aether there by her side- maybe no one quite like lumine at all, anymore.

i think its about sharing. i think they'd find it easy to talk with and be around one another, even though they're typically so slow and so careful with trust. i think fighting together comes as easily as breathing, that their urge to protect lines up perfectly with the others and leads to them doing so much for those around them as well as each other. they will not let the other fall. they share the weight on their shoulders, share the centuries of bloodshed and horrors seen and caused alike, share in the unique brand of loneliness that comes with knowing that where someone was once by your side there's no one like you left.

vulnerability does not come easily to any of them. they can always push themselves further, always be a little stronger, always run a little faster. but its exactly that, i think, the recognition of someone so like themselves that makes it easier for them to trust in one another. lumine can call xiao's name when she needs him, xiao can find lumine if he needs her. i think that for all they would shoulder the world on their own and know the other would do the same in a heartbeat, they trust one another to come to them when they need help. it would be so, so easy to ignore it, to press forward, to remain alone. but they made a promise, and they intend to keep it.

i like to imagine that lumine's presence has a purifying effect on xiao. something she could control and channel should she realize, but for now something small, just enough to ease that weight. just enough to make sure he won't succumb.

i think a big part of it is about learning how to live again. they both carry that weight, that stubborn mindset, but wanting to see the other happy helps. knowing the other understands helps. when it hurts they can breathe together, and the type of pain they feel may never truly go away but they dont have to experience it alone.

every snowflake, every sunrise, every flower is just a little bit different from the rest. xiao's favorite quiet places are nicer with her there. they live so very differently but lumine's teapot is always there and xiao is no longer bound by his contract, learning ever so slowly how to let himself go. they have spent so, so long surviving. now, though, they remember to taste the fresh air, learn to indulge in the smallest things. lumine experiments with recipes until her almond tofu is catered to xiao's tastes exactly, the perfect texture. at night in liyue xiao tells her stories of the constellations and she remembers every word, at night in the teapot lumine will lift a hand and the sky will match her memories, her turn to tell stories about stars he's never seen.

they are both so, so tired. and i think that they would trust the other enough to let themselves rest. you can put your strength down. im sitting here with you at the kitchen table. you dont need to say anything. <- that quote is so them for real its shared silences mutual understanding and comfort always having each other's backs its twin moons twin stars two beings caught in each other's orbit and choosing every day to stay. sitting side by side on the mountaintop, hands entwined, lumine's head on his shoulder. breathing. loving. living.

[ohleander]

7.17.23

The past 2 days I've been absolutely strapped emotionally, to the point where I feel the depression slipping back in through the cracks. It always seems to rush in when I'm the most tired, and right after things have been going well. Its almost like I just got tired of holding it all up. Feeling bad for being so grumpy towards dad today. He didnt deserve it at all, but it was all the little things screaming at me inside my head, it made it so hard to stay present. So many tiny little voices talking at once, needing my attention at once and none of it feels important but all of it feels important. I feel like all I've done recently is think of myself and figure out how to take care of myself, it feels fake and selfish when I purposefully switch to taking care of others. Its very hard to put into the right words. Nothing feels quite right and nothing feels accurate or real. I feel like I'm treading water and I'm so tired. I feel like I've done enough damage for the time being and just need to remove myself. I feel bad for needing so much attention and I feel constantly wounded and triggered and am not sure how to come out of it. I dont want to think these things anymore and I dont want to feel these things anymore. I want to put these rough feelings down but I dont know how. I'm tired of being someone who needs so much all the time. I need to break a cycle somewhere, somehow. I need a deep deep very deep cleanse somehow. A really good cry. A good rocking holding kind of cry. My need to go absolutely feral isnt calm or cool at all, its quiet and desperate in the back of my mind at all times and I think it always has been. Something I've been keeping back. Theres a whole lot of me that I'm still keeping back because its hard to be me when I'm with people who need a specific version of me. More than anything these past couple of days I've wanted to be alone. I have needed some seclusion.. about 3 days to my whole self.

LA

[lorisystem]

Wanted to do this meme again... i saw it as a repost just now so i dont have the source but i did it before, if anyone wants the template i can probably find it again later.

Wanted to detail about each one cause i& feel talkative

Legend:

Cross = yeah

Big bar = mostly yeah

Small bar = nuance (very little and/or not as a system thing)

No mark = no

"Who are you again" = Ok this all the time but not a system thing just faceblind.

Host/body trans = Yeagh

Dissociates mid conversation = This all the time but afaik not related to switching just. In our own little world a lot of the time + its hard to keep interest in some conversations. Also its hard to understand things said to us sometimes which makes us lose track a lot

Fictives = Not a fictive heavy sys but we do have some. Two full introjects n several half introjects (at least 2 possibly more)

Amnesia = We only get noticeable amnesia in very specific context (if something is very upsetting). Never full blackouts i think? That being said we have a lot of partial amnesia for certain things or periods of time. Like theres periods of time put behind some sort of curtain etc but we remember the main lines or its emotional amnesia etc.

"Whats a system" = Stopped being a thing around like 14 or 15(?) when we met another system. Before that we knew but didnt have the vocabulary

Chaotic headspace = Never been a thing for us. The brain just doesnt have the capacity to run full conversations in background if the focus is somewhere else. Our processing power is. Poor

Motherly figure as caretaker = None are women but yea Déborah n Jyu n even Avrei(/Shun) to some degree all of which are older/parental figures to several alters especially the younger ones

Fusion/integ = As of yet not really but we did get skill displacements which were starting to understand can be a start (host learning an alters skill and becoming more adapted)

Bad at communicating = We thought we were quite good for very long (and compared to somebody who has none. Yea) but actually. Were learning to get better a lot and discovered theres a lot more to learn. Cannot track switches at all for example n hard to discern passive influence. We just have different struggles. On top of that some alters just arent cooperative

Recovering persecutor protector = Yea love to have at least one system cliché . Franca & Zacharie.

No energy = This one is small bar bc i rlly dont think its system related. Also we still have enough energy to fake functionality and mask etc. But it could be better

"You have good imagination" = I imagine this is meant to fakeclaim and while i dont think somebody told me that to fakeclaim my system weve been told it about other things + it is true that we have a good imagination. We are very selective who we tell but yea decided to put that one as a cross bc it still feels accurate

ND = yea. One or two things going on other than plurality

No headspace = Our base headspace is very very simple but it did exist. We created an actual inner world around early HS i think and kept expanding it since. Some part are spontaneous but most of it was consciously created

Denial = small bar bc it doesnt rlly impact us too much anymore. We dont rlly care for external validation anymore

Not out as a system bc no one believes you = Well mostly yea but not only. Its not that i think absolutely noone would believe me bc if that was the only pb i wouldnt care. I just dont want to get harrassed, i need ppl to show me basic respect and not try to hurt me&.

Been fakeclaimed = Yes! A friend fakeclaimed us early on in learning about dissociative disorders bc we didnt tell them details of childhood trauma/said it wasnt traumatic - it was but we didnt realize at the time)

Co fronting gives headache = Never been a thing for us, at least unable to link headaches with switches (theyre not that frequent anyway)

Memory is shit = We are . Hypermnesic,

Everyone or almost is queer = Oh ya definitely. In some way or other

*Pretends to be host* = Yea. Allergic to ppl knowing who fronts

"When did i get here" = OK when i first read i thought this related to splitting and i put nothing cause we can pinpoint the origin period of most alters etc. But. Rereading i think it related to confusion after switching. Was a thing to a small degree for us until like 5 years ago or so and now we very rarely get this. It was never too big but sometimes we did have moments of confusion like "what am i doing? Where am i? Right, going to work... feels weird and out of place" etc. Not too bad

Traumagenic = yea. Always aware of this. We always knew alters were there to help and that they all had specific roles. I kind of remember the feeling of reading roles and being like woah. Yea yea. We had roles the whole time

Sarrey for long text. N inconsistent pronouns. It will happen again

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First of all I feel the need to acknowledge the “gay” part in your description of Dante being 100% accurate. Like. It’s canon he’s bisexual 😭

(Not my image but it’s from one of the novels; ofc it could just be Dante joking around but I also don’t care bisexual Dante is real TO ME skdjjf)

Oh and there’s also this from the DMC 3 prequel manga which just

Really seals the deal for me here.

Anyway.

Here are my thoughts on devil may cry’s number 1 protagonist, Dante:

Small TW for mentions of suicidal ideation and depression and other mental health stuff

In the case of Dante as a person, I feel he and Nero get their stories and traumas pushed aside the most (Dante in particular, because I feel like he’s ignored by the creators as well in that regard). Dante is often overshadowed by his dudebro fans or by people who view him solely as “wacky woohoo pizza man”.

To me, though, a lot of his personality is a facade he puts on to mask his pain (at least until 5). Another complaint a lot of people make about Dante is the inconsistencies in his story and character, so I’ll try to explain

Prior to 3, he really is an absolutely destroyed and lost young teenager. It’s hinted at in the anime that he, like Vergil, had to survive on his own and raise himself after the death of his mother (in this case on Morris Island; the townspeople speak of Dante and his “mother”, though i dont truly think Dante had any maternal figure watching over him then, and that he just lied to save his skin). Still, he was just a child, and unlike Vergil he hadn’t done away with his humanity. So Dante found kinship in a kid named Ernest, and for a bit things were going well. Dante could be a kid, freely, despite everything that happened. Until, his demon half ruined it for him, and the island was attacked by demons who were hunting down the “blood of Sparda”. The townspeople turned their backs on him, and Dante, still just a child, who despite doing nothing wrong blamed himself for what had happened. Hated himself for what he was. And this is what people seem to forget: Vergil abhors his human side, and Dante despises his demon side. All his life, the demonic blood that runs through his veins has brought him nothing but pain and isolation. So Dante doesn’t even attempt at getting close to people anymore, because he views himself as the ultimate threat. Even with this precaution up, Dante continues to lose people. His demon hunting partner Grue and his gunsmith (who was like a mother to him) Nell, namely, all before he’s even 18. And it is these loses that makes Dante slowly realize no matter what he does, no matter how much he tries to pretend he’ll always be Dante, son of Sparda— a demon.

It’s also important to note that Dante has an OVERWHELMING amount of empathy, mostly deriving from guilt. He views himself responsible for Grue’s (and his daughter, Jessica’s) death, so he sets up a bank account to deposit money in for Grue’s remaining daughters, despite the fact he’s, again, not even 18 and struggling for money as is (given the state of his office). His selflessness verges on self destruction at times, and this is where I start to feel that Dante truly has very little regard for self preservation, I.e. this line from one of the novels:

(Shitty image and it’s also not mine but akwuwmshd u get the idea. Dante hates himself)

Into DMC 3 is where shit starts to get real bad for Dante (as if it wasn’t already). In the DMC 3 manga we can see one of the first and most prominent times Dante uses his goofy “devil may care” attitude as a deflection. When he reunites with Vergil (after believing his brother was long dead), he acts nonchalant, though even then he tries to reach Vergil (who’s already fallen far from a righteous morality). Vergil is all Dante has left. Vergil is the only person Dante knows that hasn’t died because of him. Dante absolutely ADORES his brother, and it is a devastating revelation to him that Vergil (seemingly) wants nothing to do with him aside from take his half of the amulet for the purposes of his own wicked goal. This is also why I think Dante fell so easily to Vergil in their fight. Dante may have started it— in a flash of disbelief and anguish, for how could his beloved brother have turned into a power hungry demon— but he also, really, doesn’t want to hurt Vergil. He just wants him to start thinking clearly, and with the Sparda family that can only come after a nice ol’ beat up. Still, Dante loses, and Vergil… doesn’t retrieve Dante’s half of the amulet. He claims it’s because he can retrieve it at any time, but to me, it’s really because Vergil doesn’t want this to be the last time he sees his brother. As much as he renounces his humanity, Vergil’s human heart clings to Dante, and I feel he doesn’t genuinely want to lose him and still has hope Dante may see his side and join him (it is worth noting Vergil also thought Dante was dead up until recently). And Dante sees this too, which (IMO) gives him hope that his brother’s humanity is still in there, and that he can save him.

Because while Vergil’s internal battle is with the fact he couldn’t save himself, Dante’s is with the fact he couldn’t save others.

Dante traverses the Temen-Ni-Gru with the only thought in his mind being to save Vergil from himself (and Arkham; that son of a bitch manipulator 👹). Since we’ve gotten this far, I’m also gonna touch on Dante’s relationship with Sparda a bit. To me, it seems as though Dante despises his father for “abandoning” his family and damning it to collapse. I wouldn’t be surprised if Dante thought Sparda was just like all the other demons: heartless. In addition, it is also his father who cursed Dante to be a demon (which he hates) and it is Sparda’s image that drives Vergil to horrifying lengths. He detests his father because he detests himself; he wasn’t strong enough to save the people he loved, and neither was Sparda.

Back to DMC 3 though, Dante tries time and time again to get his brother to turn away from the path he has chosen. Dante is so desperate for human connection, which is also why he’s so friendly to Lady (despite her not reciprocating). Another interesting facet about Dante especially apparent in 3 is how much he LOVES fighting. While Vergil strives for absolute perfection in his battle techniques (and accepts nothing less), Dante enjoys the thrill of the fight. I take this as his way of letting out his pent up emotions in the form of gunshots and sword swings, and also something he does to relieve stress. When he’s fighting, he doesn’t fear death (in part because of his suicidal tendencies, but also because he KNOWS he can beat whatever enemy crosses his path), and he doesn’t fear for anyone else either because he’s literally removing the danger. Though an infinitesimal change in the grand scheme of things, the death of a demon by his hand is still one less demon in the universe, and that’s good enough for Dante. So when, by the end of DMC 3, he gets to fight ALONGSIDE his brother, like they’re children again and nothing has ever happened to them, it probably made Dante feel hopeful for the first time in a long time. Hopeful he wasn’t going to lose another loved one. Until, of course, he did.

This page is just gut wrenchingly depressing to me. The look on Dante’s face, the desperation in his eyes, the realization he’s lost yet another loved one. UGH I COULD WRITE AN ESSAY ON THIS SCENE ALONE.

Which brings us to DMC 1

Oh boy.

To start things off strong Mundus literally created a demon in the EXACT appearance of Dante’s mom to purposefully fuck with and manipulate him. It worked of course, because Dante loves his mom (we talk about Vergil being a mama’s boy meanwhile Dante literally has a picture of his mom on his desk at all times and saved a demon lady working with the king of the underworld legitimately only bc she had his mom’s face 💀) and he wants to take down the demon that killed her. Except, instead of killing said demon, he kills his own brother, who was trapped and enslaved by Mundus after a decade of fighting against him (I could go into how long Vergil managed to deflect Mundus’ power and how being Nelo Angelo changed him but that’s a conversation for another day WE’RE DISCUSSING DANTE HERE). Nelo Angelo’s death is probably the saddest one for me and I wish it was more touched upon. Dante expended so much energy to save Vergil, only for Vergil’s demise to come at his own hand. It wasn’t Dante’s fault, just as Vergil becoming Nelo Angelo wasn’t his fault, but Dante still blames himself for it. But he can’t mourn his brother now, not when the real perpetrator is still lurking close by. Dante takes all the self hatred and anger and pain and dumps it onto Mundus. In the case of Dante rescuing Trish, I think this is because he failed not only to save his mother but everyone he’s close to (aside from Lady). Yes, he’s saving a demon, yes he’s saving a servant of Mundus. But he’s also making up, in some small way, for the lives he didn’t save. She’s a demon. But so is he, and even a devil may cry (hahaahahahah), so they surely can’t all be bad. This is also why I feel Trish’s “death” hits Dante so hard— he’s lost so many people, to lose his mother again just like he lost Vergil again would be unbearable.

Trish, I feel, is also Dante’s biggest confidant. Like V unintentionally venting to Trish (bc she looks like his mom), I feel Dante does the same thing, albeit to a lesser degree. Trish, as far as we know of, never met Vergil in person, yet she is the one who talks to Nero about his father (even though Lady is right there, who HAS met Vergil before), which leads me to believe Dante may have spoken to her about Vergil, at least a little bit, in passing.

Regardless, Vergil’s death hits Dante EXTREMELY hard. In the anime we can see he has a drinking problem and is overall less playful than in 3 or even 1. He doesn’t seem to want to take jobs, and when he does he almost always refuses payment (again, Dante is insanely selfless. His issue with money is because he refuses to accept money from victims, and that in and of itself is heartbreaking and a testament to how much Dante hates himself and feels unworthy of everything). Patty is probably the person that saves him the most. Dante is a protector, that’s who he is at his core, and so he throws his entire self into protecting this little girl he’s been given custody of (no matter how much he pretends to be annoyed by her, he really does care for her deeply). Again, I could make a whole other essay on Patty and Dante’s relationship alone, because they are so similar it hurts. Patty is around 8 or 9, the same age Dante was when he lost everything, and I know hearing Patty talk about her mother and her lack of parents strikes a chord within Dante. Because Patty becomes his child, his responsibility, when she refuses the other Patty’s offer to instead stay with Dante.

THIS IS ANOTHER THING THAT MAKES ME REALLY ANGRY. DANTE. IS. NOT. IRRESPONSIBLE. he has little care for himself BUT FOR OTHERS?? Dante literally let’s Patty stay in his place, eat his food, fill his office with toys, run up his bills, EVERYTHING. Because he knows what it’s like to be alone, to lose people, and he’ll be damned if he lets Patty experience the same deprivation he went through. Patty drags him out of his depression and gives him the passion and energy he needs to take care of himself so he can take care of her. THEY MEAN A LOT TO ME OKAY 😭 THE FACT HE LITERALLY WAKES UP FROM HIS COMA BECAUSE PATTY CAME TO BEG HIM TO WAKE UP?? INCREDIBLE. IN TEARS. HE LOVES HER SM.

And when she does return to her biological mom, it’s a bittersweet moment. Dante is happy Patty got to reunite with her mom like he never did, but also sad because he’s going to miss her and to him it’s like he’s lost another loved one. EXCEPT PATTY CONTINUES TO COME BY DEVIL MAY CRY AND SPEND TIME WITH DANTE SO HE DIDNT REALLY LOSE HER AND AKWUWMDHDNSJ PATTY ILYSM BEST GIRL. I really wish she was in DMC 5 more but alas at least we got a cameo 💔

This is also why I personally HC DMC 2 as coming before the anime, just bc it makes more sense in my head for Dante to be so withdrawn and depressed then than after he’s already met Patty and kinda been dragged out of depression hell (which isn’t to say Patty cured his depression, not by a long shot, she’s just a child and I hate the idea of forcing a child to be responsible for her caretaker’s emotional well-being, but I still think Dante was doing better after he met her). But DMC 2 just has a lot of issues I might as well skip over it for the sake of time (this stupid thing is so long already 😭)

By DMC 4 Dante is back to his cocky self, and I think meeting Nero had a HUGE impact on Dante. Again, Dante’s whole thing is that he loves protecting people, and to see this boy who is the spitting image of his brother ? That must’ve made all the difference. In their first fight I 100% believe Dante was just messing with Nero because he was intrigued by the kid (affectionate fighting is a Sparda family staple, after all), and end up dipping 1) bc he has other more important things he needs to do 2) bc he needed time to sort this all out in his mind (it’s not every day you find the bastard child the brother you killed had in a cult dedicated to ur father) and 3) he didn’t want to be forced to seriously wound Nero. Once they reunite I think Dante has had a lot more time to sort it all out, and especially after he sees how the Yamato reacted to Nero does he step up to the uncle mantle.

He still feels remorse for killing Vergil, especially after knowing he effectively orphaned the man’s son, and thus Dante feels the need to ensure Nero’s safety (which is why they have that little scuttle so Nero will calm down and think clearly, something Dante tried and failed to do with Vergil). Dante entrusting Nero with the Yamato is also extremely significant. For me, he does it for two reasons. One, because he knows of the Yamato’s strength and that she will protect his nephew, which is all Dante wants. Two, because Nero is not only Vergil’s son, but a good and righteous fighter, one who will use Yamato not for nefarious deeds like Vergil, but to protect those he cares for. If anyone deserves the Yamato, it’s Nero.

As much as Dante not telling Nero about his parentage and leaving the poor boy confused about what and who he is was DEFINITELY a wrong thing to do, it makes sense. Dante can hardly open up to anyone, let alone when it’s about Vergil. He still feels guilt over what happened on Mallet Island, and in some ways, he doesn’t want to burden Nero with the Sparda family curse of fighting each other till the other dies. He wants Nero to be able to live— to love— freely, and not fall to his demonic ways like Vergil, nor hide his true self away and keep everyone at arms length like Dante. Nero is the best of them, and Dante knows that. He can’t bring himself to tarnish that.

Onto DMC 5, this is probably where Dante is himself the most. He’s in his 40s, he’s grown a lot, and he is finally able to open up a little. And he’s still extremely overprotective of Nero. He calls him deadweight and useless with the hopes of getting him to give up, but he forgets Nero is Vergil’s son, and stubbornness is their middle name. If anything, Dante saying that just makes Nero’s inferiority complex worse, and his need to prove himself stronger. Meanwhile Dante is once again tormented by Vergil, and this panel in Visions of V really shows just how much of a sore spot Vergil still is to Dante.

In some ways, Dante is protective of Vergil too, down to even his name alone.

When he goes to see Urizen for the first time, he even questions if it’s Vergil, and you can really see just how desperately he doesn’t want it to be, and the pain in his eyes when he realizes it is. Even up to their final battle, Dante is still trying to reach for his brother, asking him if he remembers their childhood home. It’s only when Urizen eats the Qlipoth fruit that Dante gives up trying to save him. “That last shred of humanity you had? You just lost it.”

Dante accepts he’s lost his brother forever.

It is for this reason that I think is why he runs to try and stop V from rejoining with Urizen. He’s just finally come to terms with his brother’s death and his role in ending it, so to have to face that all AGAIN is agonizing. Especially now that Nero is here. Still, Dante is nothing if not an endurance runner, and he is fully ready to take down Vergil once again. Also worth mentioning here how he does finally tell Nero about his father, but only when pushed to the brink. He really wants nothing more than to protect Nero, but Nero isn’t a little boy, and he isn’t going to be stopped by Dante’s word alone.

Regardless, I wanna briefly touch upon Dante killing V’s nightmares, and how he seems to genuinely respect the familiars for laying down their lives to end Vergil’s nightmares. Because no matter how much Vergil has destroyed and hurt Dante, Dante loves him and just wants him to be okay. And, again, that’s the crux of Dante’s character. The desire to protect and to save.

And Dante tries for diplomacy, though he knows it’s futile, when he meets with Vergil. He still wants his brother. I also think it’s interesting how Dante never says he’s going to kill Vergil, all he says is that he’s going to have to “give [Vergil] an ass kicking” and that he doesn’t want Nero to kill his father (because he worries in Nero’s hurt and enraged state he will go to that extreme). Dante never intended to kill Vergil, I don’t think. Or at least, he was going to do everything he could to ensure that that wasn’t anything but a last resort. I think Nero unlocking his DT and kicking Vergil’s ass is what truly gets Dante to realize Nero doesn’t need to be smothered anymore— he’s a grown man and he can handle himself. This is also why he feels comfortable entrusting the human world to Nero, and focusing his protective urges on his dumbass brother instead (which is the better call; Vergil’s gotten himself in far more shit than Nero ever had). AND NOW WE GET TO THE BEST PART OF DMC 5 (in terms of Dante’s growth): HE GETS TO RECONNECT WITH VERGIL. I can’t imagine how rejuvenating this must feel for Dante. After all these years, all the times he failed to save his brother, he is fighting alongside him, and this time for good. They have a lot to work through yet, and that’s ignoring the fiasco that is Nero and Vergil’s relationship, but I really do think they’ll be fine in the end.

Anyway, that was a lot, and I’m still just scratching the surface and omitting a lot of other details, but AKSJSJSKA I hope that’ll suffice for now! And hopefully shed more light and Dante’s own personal journey— Vergil and Nero have theirs too, but those I feel are more prominent and spoken about in the fandom. Dante is just as well crafted of a character, and his story and growth is as intricate and important as well. If you’ve read this far, I applaud you! Thank you for your ask, Owl, I apologize for this mess you have to see <3

So I hear tell there's this himbo half-demon gay cowboy that is horrible with money and has to sell the physical incarnation of demons for pizza money and his far superior (but a worse haircut) egomaniacal brother. Thoughts?

SHUT U[ I, GOIMG TTO GP ISNSEN

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ok i KNOW the ask game said specify a character but i think all ur pronoun/sexuality takes on all the mash guys would be very cool :3

M*x im fucking love you thank you for the precious gift youve given me…

ALRIGHT M*A*S*H BOYS NIGHT PRIDE EDITION

Hawkeye- is malewife a gender nah but weirdly enough i think Hawk is a he/him but in a “Harry Styles wearing a skirt and nail polish in 2018 while everyone on the internet collectively lost their shit” way. He is, as if I even had to say it, a disaster bisexual.

Trapper- all around red blooded american man, he/him, not exactly disaster bisexual but bisexual with a sunglasses emoji infusion 😎. he WOULD find it funny/endearing if you used she/her pronouns like yes I am that bitch hello how may I help you.

B.J. HUNNICUT IS THE WHOLE FRUIT SALAD. Idk this is just my hc but I feel like he is definitely in a lavender marriage with Peg like they definitely are best friends and they do love eachother but holy fuck Bea Jay Hunnicut is a funny little mlm he/they I want to see him in pain

Frank Burns- he fucking sucks i dislike talking about him but I really wish they fleshed out the “secret repressed homosexual that hates himself” idea so yeah he/him passably straight on the outside little fruit tart on the inside

Charles Emerson Winchester III- Secret Repressed Homosexual that Hates Himself Prime. I am a gay Charles purist and I can and absolutely will die on this hill. who the fuck is Donna He/Him and sometimes the royal “we” just cause hes my special little guy and he can.

Henry Blake- his pronouns are they/them! actually though? I feel like Henry could pretty solidly slot into the non-binary identity. Is this based on fact? No! Its based entirely on vibes (which is arguably more accurate) unrelated but they would also wear the “Women want me fish fear me” hat without a trace of irony

Sherman Potter- now THERE is a trans man who wouldve fuckin thrown down at stonewall. he/him StraightGuy tm who just loves his wife and his horses Very Much. arent there a lot of stories of AFAB ppl dressing as men to join the army? also i hc all of his buds in Old Soldiers to be trans guys too.

Radar- whats that post that goes like “I think Radar is autistic with massive amounts of t boy swag” its really funny but I would like to tweak the narrative n this one. I think Radars mom has the type of rural homegrown wisdom where she thinks the severity of her morning sickness would determine the babies gender so she assumed Radar would be a girl so everyone got her little dresses and painted the Radars room pink but after Radar was born she just. raised her as a girl anyway? you cant exactly scrap a 1-10 year female wardrobe and buy new in Ottumwa so out of convenience he was raised as a girl but recognized as a boy. so i feel by the time he gets drafted in korea and has spent plenty of time performing as both genders he really doesnt care anymore and only prefers mens clothing because he personally finds it more comfortable. i think he would accept he/she/they pronouns and be demisexual.

Klinger- said you were a lesbian girl me too I really dont know how to explain is but Klinger is both a straight man and a lesbian at the same time. definitely he/they/she and demisexual like Radar… i feel like Klinger is your dads older sibling and Radar is your moms younger sibling. same vibes for sure but different auras.

Father Mulchahy- ive been waiting for this one (and another thank you to M*x for letting me on my soapbox) FATHER! MULCHAHY! IS! NOT! ASEXUAL! HE! TOOK! A VOW! OF! CHASTITY! TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THINGS! Please dont feel like im coming for your neck specifically if this is your hc its totally valid to want ace representation and it would only feel natural to assign it to the character who doesnt have any relationships as a part of their backstory or characterization but I feel like only assigning Mulchahy with this role is not only some pretty upsetting ace tokenism but harmful to the sanctity of his faith and vows he took on as a priest. That being said! I think Mulchahy is bisexual (and would probably think Jesus was too) and I think you could address him with he/they pronouns but has a slight preference towards he.

Sidney Freedman- It seems like almost everyone in my post has come down with a case of the bisexual he/theys 🤒 but yeah besides Hawkeye I think Sidney would be the vocal about his identity? He could run circles around homophobes and transphobes who try to claim gay/transness to be a disease and I think his wife probably knows and supports his identity although they remain monogamous (Sidney is NOT a cheater >:( )

Thanks so much for the ask!! I hope I answered thouroughly enough and if I forgot anyone please let me know so I can hit myself really hard with a cast iron pan

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per your post "every single one of the monsters is autistic and/or adhd" will you elaborate on that?, if you do i will love you forever (not that i wont if you dont do it)

oh boy i would love to!!! unironically nothing brings me more joy than writing long, convoluted character analysis posts

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okay so i’ve written several posts before about why andrew is autistic. his moral code, the roundabout way he communicates, his body language, his stimulation-seeking behavior, his strict adherence to transactional deals, the emphasis on honesty, and a dozen other details. at this point i just take andrew being autistic as fact, not just an interpretation

h o w e v e r  i also hc that andrew is dyslexic, which is also a neurodiverse condition

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similarly, i’ve seen more than one person interpret kevin as autistic, and i absolutely agree that it fits. not just the hyperfocus on exy but mostly the way he communicates. he’s very indirect, especially in his affection but very direct with his opinions. he tries to be helpful in a material way to the people he cares about, even if he comes off as negative. he wants the people he cares about to be safe and successful so he pushes them to work hard and reminds them in measurable ways how to stay healthy. he doesn’t factor in a lot of room for emotions, so instead he focuses on quantifiable things that he can improve. i personally act very similarly. approaching someone emotionally is hard for me, so when the people i care about have problems all i can think to do is try offering solutions, check up on their well-being, etc. practicality instead of conventional sentiment is extremely common with asd

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so now let’s talk about neil. i had to think on this one for a WHILE but ultimately came to the conclusion that neil is adhd, probably hyperactive type. 

like obviously neil is high energy. i would say he probably does the most exercise of anyone on the team. morning run, morning practice, afternoon practice, night practice with kevin and andrew, plus he doesn’t have a car so he runs to class (on a BIG ass campus), and goes for an extra run when he feels stressed. that’s... insane, honestly.

neil reminds me SO MUCH of this post that goes:

“Was just informed by my mom that I do in fact have ADHD and the reason I thought I didn’t was because ever since I was seven whenever I got super energetic my mom would have me go chop wood so now when I’m feeling The ADHD I go chop wood”

(phenomenal post) and that’s neil to a t. tell me this isn’t exactly how neil handles his problems and also exactly what mary would have had to do to keep her unmedicated and very energetic son focused on the task of staying alive

neil also definitely has that ADHD on/off switch with his interest. the obvious being exy which is like the definition of a hyperfixation, but you can see it in other things: the way he runs totally hot or totally cold with people, his complete disinterest in his schoolwork, the way he can’t seem to sit still long enough to follow movies. but then there’s also the hyperfocus. doing the same drill for hours on end. watching exy game after exy game. staring at andrew until time falls away

what’s more, neil on many occasions shows racing thoughts, both in an anxiety way (and anxiety often goes hand-and-hand with adhd) but also as a way to quickly and accurately take in details about people to build a character profile of them. this is what allows him to connect with the foxes, how he manages to get through andrew’s puzzles, and even how he knows what to say in order to knock riko down a peg. his brain just works so fast and it takes in a lot of very specific details and disparate information to make connections.

but also like,, neil has a HUGE problem with time blindness. like the instant he didn’t have his mother around to manage and direct him anymore he lost all sense of time. he stayed in Millport for a YEAR. and what did he keep telling himself during that time? basically “i really need to move on, but not just yet.” for a YEAR! then he gets to palmetto and he’s like “i’ll cut and run in a month or two” then he doesn’t “i’ll be gone by halloween” wrong again “i’ll leave by the raven’s game” nope. like,, the boy just has NO sense of time and he can’t seem to make himself DO anything outside of an externally enforced schedule. and even then,,, HE HAD 48 FUCKING DAYS TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING TO DO TO NOT GET MURDERED! 48 WHOLE DAYS. he didn’t make a plan, he didn’t write down any letters with goodbyes, he didn’t GO TO THE FBI LIKE HE’D INTENDED TO THE WHOLE TIME! nah he just made out with andrew and when he finally got to zero he was just like “ah shit, that was fast. oh well guess i’ll die” and that’s time blindness, babey!

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let’s move on to nicky. 

now i think it would be really easy to say nicky is just adhd because he’s high energy and forgetful but tbh,, i don’t think that’s all of it. like if you really look at nicky’s character and especially at his problems, he has asd problems just as much as he has adhd problems.

so nicky is dual diagnosis asd and adhd. also nicky reminds me a lot of a girl i used to know who was autistic/adhd

so, adhd:

very generally speaking, ppl with adhd will struggle with sitting still, listening to and following instructions, planning/organization, following a schedule, and some social boundaries like “appropriate” times and topics of conversation

i would say you see hints of this with nicky. he’s definitely a rambunctious personality, constantly on the move, constantly stimulation seeking. he’s very tactile. he likes to dance, he likes to party, he complains about it but he’s an elite-level athlete. he’s also decidedly very chatty, and doesn’t seem to really pay attention to what he’s saying. he distracts himself and the people around him have to keep him on track. he has some trouble with boundaries. he’s a little all over the place. he’s almost a bit of an adhd stereotype

also one thing i find interesting is that when neil sees him in the library doing work neil is surprised to see he’s capable of that, especially bc when we see the upperclassmen doing work they generally do it in their dorms or on the bus and/or with other people around. that hyper-social nicky would be alone in a quiet place is weird. but this is like the most common tip for dealing with adhd. don’t do it in a familiar space. have a designated space and time to do work. limit distractions. just a lil detail

so now, asd:

in all honesty, most of nicky’s actual problems in the narrative could be viewed as stemming from asd symptoms. his number one issue being that he has a lot of trouble with nonverbal cues (and tbh, verbal ones too). the twins are mostly quiet. andrew especially (when he’s sober) communicates primarily nonverbally, and nicky seems to have a lot of trouble with this. despite knowing them for the longest on the team, nicky honestly seems to have the least insight into the way either of the twins actually thinks or processes things. he loves them, and he’s very forgiving of them, but he fundamentally doesn’t understand them. 

the twins, andrew especially, put up a LOT of nonverbal boundaries, and nicky sort of inadvertently keeps trampling all over them. he’s touchy in a way they don’t like. he talks a lot about their personal lives to other people. he treats them like they’re joking when they’re serious. etc. and like,,, you kind of get the sense that the upperclassmen feel similarly about him. beyond the homophobia, beyond the fact that he’s loyal to andrew, the upperclassmen still treat him with this sense of,, bafflement, i suppose? it’s clear that they don’t really understand him and he doesn’t really understand them. although, nicky IS curious about the upperclassmen, while the upperclassmen are pretty dismissive of him. it reminds me of when my sweet, floppy dog tries to play with my cat. their body language is different; they’re each receiving different signals than they believe they’re sending out

only,, nicky loves people!! he likes being around them, he likes talking to them. he’s interested in their lives and stories, but it’s very clear that he can’t read between the lines on people. he has an incredibly hard time with people who expect their actions to speak for them, which is most people, but is especially his cousins.

actually this is very much also an issue that i have: things need to be spelled out for me. the way i deal with it is i ask a lot of questions. ‘how do you want me to react to this potential situation?’ ‘what are specific things that make you most comfortable?’ ‘please explain to me exactly how you feel and what has prompted those feelings?’ and i’m always communicating vice versa like that with other people. a lot of specifics in both questions and answers

and the interesting thing is, when i was skimming through the books reviewing dialogue styles for another ask, i noticed that, actually, nicky DOES do this. with neil and the upperclassmen, nicky asks a LOT of quick, clarifying questions. things that ask after tone, that ask after intent. it’s kinda sad that he does this for communicating with acquaintances, but with the twins, the people he’s closest to, he makes a lot more assumptions. and i’m really proud of nicky for having this coping skill, because i can’t imagine it’s something he grew up doing. there’s no way he was raised in an environment that fostered this kind of open communication so it must have been something he learned about much later, probably in germany with the kloses, which would also explain why he’s a lil imperfect about it

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now last but not least, aaron

this is another one i had to think through for a long time before it felt like it fit

much like how i felt that it would be easy to read nicky as simply adhd rather than also asd, i think it would be easy to say aaron is autistic simply because he is quieter, less rambunctious. however, i actually think he’s adhd, likely primarily inattentive type

in all honesty, aaron’s #1 character trait for the first two books is basically that he’s disconnected. detached. separated both from his family and his team. not in the same forcefully apathetic way that andrew is, more,, spaced out. he’s just kind,, there. not really paying attention to what’s going on, tuning in every once in a while only if something really catches his eye/ear then tuning right back out again. just sits in his corner and plays on his phone. and the thing is, from the moments when he does tune in, you can tell that he actually does care. he backs nicky when seth insults him in tfc, and we know he cares deeply about andrew even if he’s become disillusioned with their fraught relationship. he even hangs with his family, doesn’t seem to really try and slip away to other friends besides katelyn, he’s fine spending his leisure time with the monsters. so it’s not totally apathy, he’s just,,, tuned out most of the time

and, yea, that sounds like adhd. it’s not the type that most people are familiar with, and for a lot of people this causes it to slip under the radar. it can make it hard to get help or a dx because it doesn’t fit with how adhd “should” look or how someone “should” act, but difficulty focusing your thoughts and staying in tune with the current moment is absolutely part of adhd

addiction is also a huge problem for people with adhd. a lot of stimulants affect people with adhd very differently than neurotypicals, especially in small doses, and an adhd kid who’s struggled their whole lives with the disorder might try speed or god-forbid meth or fuck even coffee and suddenly find that things are a lot easier for them. they start to self-medicate, they don’t actually know what they’re doing, and then they’re addicted, and everything spirals out of control. we don’t know too many details about aaron’s addiction other than that his mother enabled him, but wouldn’t this fit? it’s also an explanation for aaron still taking drugs at eden’s, given that cracker dust seems to be a mild amphetamine. (aaron talk to betsy about the neurocog and get an actual prescription please)

(total throw away but aaron plays videogames and videogames are like,, adhd culture)

[trashworldblog]

RIGHT?? and since we dont have almost any info on his backstory (how old is he? how long has he been time traveling? how many trips?) theres really no way to guess what can come next. which means we can get REALLY silly with it. i always thought he based his episodes on his travels. so its possible that the puppets that the genie knows about are only the ones that were on the show. or maybe the genie did a Really good job and found ALL the puppets and there really is no puppets left.

yeah i think the items being shelved is interesting because its a good way to represent something happening in the past. especially since its LITERALLY behind ryan. like in his past and physically.

oooh i see. thats really good! maybe ryan had to give something of the professors in order to save him. the satchel really is the only thing i can think of that would be important and irreplaceable to the professor.

another caveat i was thinking of is what if the professor only had a limited time on earth or if ryan / the professor now owe the genie a favor. or if the professor had to promise not to make anymore puppets and is now breaking that promise and the genie is gonna fucking get him again.

yeah i think the hat might be back but he isnt wearing it on his head? and its probably due to logistics puppeteering or with lighting.

also! last season i thought the puppets looking different was just due to madison being ridiculously talented (and she is. i mean LOOK at the meteor!! so cool!) but i thought it was just an artistic choice and not lore relevent, but they ended up all being holograms! and now the most recent puppet has more of that puppet history vibe so 👀 maybe things that seem to just be logistical choices/not lore relevant may be! idk! keep an eye out!

ALSO YEAH time travel shenanigans are always super weird to explain and its absolutely okay if puppet history never goes into that becuase i dont really care about flaws in logic with that stuff and also.... its a puppet show, ive already bought into the world. i dont think anyone is gonna be upset about it. plus every aspect of this show is super good and well done so like... if the time travel logic isnt 100% accurate to ... whatever makes people think time travel logical... thats ok.

yes!! the article definitely means that they did die and death did say he remembered a little blue nerd dying in dino times. THEY DIDNT GO THRU A CANNON EVENT *cue miguel ohara theme* but either way the genie is gonna be PISSED cus not only is the professor isnt dead, hes still causing puppet chaos.

i think he might have a new satchel in the trailer, and i mean, its possible he got a whole new wardrobe becuase he's bigger now. so none of his clothes and accessories fit.

i think s6 will be chill lore breadcrumbs and s7 will have more lore stuff! maybe not the same level as s5 but 👀👀 itd be cool if it did👀👀 id like that 👀👀. i think it just depends on if shane has a good idea planned out and when s7 comes out. he had a year to make a season 5 and that seems like the right amount of time for him to make a BANGER loreful season.

YEAH I HOPE RYAN AND THE PROFESSOR CAN BE FRIENDS FOR A WHILE. I NEED THEM TO BE NICE. i dont see the prof getting revenge on ryan at any point, he seemed genuinely regretful in s5 and genuinely relived and happy to see beef boy. and yeah him and his family looking up at the stars... 😭😭😭 that scene still makes me cry. its just so sweet and sad. <3

thanks for talkin lore!

hey guys im gonna write about lore now because im a little drunk and i have Big Feelings and Ideas about the puppet show. LETS GOO!!

ok so some background: we know the substitute [the hologram professor] was defenestrated by ryan at the end of last season. we also know that defenestration doesnt ALWAYS mean that the person dies. (also can a hologram die? sources say probably not. i mean he can kick and bite but just because he can manipulate matter doesnt mean he can die per say. he can probably recharge.)

we ALSO know that the power box and victory algorithm are outside of watcher hq in the dumpster. this was revealed in 6x01 and DEFINITELY not a mistake. im like 95% sure this plays into what happens next.

so whats my theory???

i do think this season is gonna be pretty chill lore wise. i think after 4 and 5 we deserve this little victory lap and shane is gonna give it to us. im almost positive there wont be any post show lore bits (except for MAYBE the season finale) there might be more breadcrumbs along the way though! and i will be looking out for them

when we DO get into lore times, i think the most likely things to happen is something that threatens both the professor and beef boy or one of them. i think we explored alot of the internal struggles with their friendship and i think their friendship is solid and earned now. (and it feels repetitive to make them not be friends again). ive kinda been waiting for a team up, and im very excited for this to happen!!

so, my #1 theory is its probably gonna be the substitute coming back to get his revenge. probably with a little help to. top suspects are 1) genie, 2) the devil, 3) asmodeus? and 4) secret fourth thing (a character we dont know about yet) i am curious about what the substitute is gonna do with the victory algorithm. in the lore scene where hes watching the machine count, it really does seem to just be a machine that counts points like jokes and puns along with correct answers, and all it does is award a ticket for the winner. i dont see how that can be manipulated into being helpful for him.

we also gotta get those little puppets out of the wondreum arena!!! and the professor doesnt seem to know that they're stuck in there!!!! i think that is also gonna play a role at some point, but i can't quite place where it falls yet. maybe the substitute will mention it and the professor will be like ??? WHAT??? maybe that's first on the professor's priority list??? maybe they'll get them back before the substitute comes back? idk yet. but its definitely a factor and something to keep in mind. i remember the substitute saying that god said that they could send one representative to earth to figure the whole mess out anf they sent the substitute, im just curious how any puppet was supposed to do anything about that??? are they supposed to bring their now unanimated objects to the wondrium arena for the puppet souls to inhabit??? idk but im excited to see how this part gets resolved cus i wanna see the little guys get outta there.

[bakugoukatsuki-rising]

I'm. The new covers, op. The new covers. Gosh. Both of them hold so much symbolism. And technically they both are canon, they are both original ideas that could perfectly be valid. Horikoshi simply found something better. But anyways, I'm going to go ahead and ramble about it because Im- Op, prepare for a long ask! Hope you like it!

So!

On the one where Katsuki's the one in the picture, he's not on his knees like he is in the other two covers. Instead, he has his face down, body forward, one hand on one leg, the other one holding out for something...He's bowing. Bowing in Japanese culture is a pretty big deal. Hes not just tilting his head a bit, his head and body are on full on commitment.

Such a tilted bow means a LOT, specially from THIS guy, Mr dont let anyone walk in front of me. Even more when hes not just bowing, but accepting such an open display of given help, Mr shonen anime lone wolf. Accepting something he always has trouble admitting to. Accepting the past, accepting the wrongs. Accepting Izukus help means so much, and that's what these three covers have in common.

His hand is sctretching out. He's ready to say yes to that hand out in the air.

(Ps. I wonder if he's watching his own reflection on the water in this panel, as well?)

Hes in middle of the picture with those childhood friend at the back, which means audience. It means letting people see what hes done, what he's sorry for. He is being open and exposed and vulnerable. That's no fighting stance.

Remember guys, in case you haven't noticed before, Horikoshi puts lots of metaphorical value in his manga and on his covers. Sometimes you've got to dig in deep and think to get the bigger picture. And in this case, the bigger picture screams regret and wanting to make things right from the start.

This cover occurs in the past, at the moment where everything started, and Katsuki fully remembers this. Katwuki has thought of this, is thinking about this. He's had eye bags for gods sake, he's clearly troubled by all of what it means.

These three covers are the visual explanation of what's going on inside Katsuki's head, because this is clearly focused on him and his perspective.

(Ps. Rivers symbolise the massage of time. If that doesnt add to everything else, I dont know what to tell you.)

So! Next!

Wow, if this isnt one of my favourite things ever. Okay. Christ.

I have two options here. Scratch that, three options. Scream into the void, scream into this post, or actually make a good presentation of my inner turmoil. I'll have to go by the third option. (Haha. Just like horikoshi did. Dont # me, I'm funny in my head.)

This cover melted my insides, froze them all over, and hit me with them like a hammer.

I know they're kids, but let me get this straight-so kids seriously look at their friends with these looks in their eyes and think "ah, yes. This is my very good friend. This gentle smile and kind look I'm giving him as if he was my whole world? Well, hes just a very good friend."

I looked at my childhood crush this way, I dont know what to tell you.

Anyway, let's actually jump to the information at hand.

This panel seems like it's making a reference to what Katsuki wishes could have been. And if that's not absolutely soul-crushing...this cover is Katsuki's feelings, guys. These are probably his very thoughts. This scene has gone through Katsuki's head at some point.

We've got Izuku in his stuck up pose all over again, in just an awkward angle. It's like katsuki isnt looking AT this katsuki right now, but at the spot where the actual past Katsuki, at some point, was. As if this Isuku is frozen in time. Dont believe too much in this paragraph, I still have my doubts about that, but I feel it's a possibility. Izukus eyes seem to be focused on the water, while Katsuki is just the tiniest bit back, reaching for Izukus hand. And gosh.

I dont think I've ever seen older NOR child Katsuki have this look plasted into his face before. He's...sheepish. Kindly, awkwardly sheepish. No hate, no anger, no shame, no nothing. His face is clear and sweet and has this "Whoops. You got me. But thanks." kind of expression on.

The hand behind his head, just the tiniest but embarassed? That little smile? It's all so soft.

Rambling about softness though- I really liked the hand scene in this particular panel. If you close up your view, you realise that theres no effort to pull anyone out of nowhere. In this panel, they are simply holding hands in frozen time for no purpose at all.

Katsuki has his hand around Izuku...simply holding there.

Again, because the angle is awkward, it's kind of messy, but you get the point.

It's all simply beautiful. Horikoshi clean likes give me life.

And lastly. The actual cover.

I screeched so hard when I saw this. My first instinct when seeing this for the first time was to straight up go trigger happy fingers and write about it to my friends. Christ.

Everything is so...SOft. horikoshi made a good decision by mixing both previous drawings in one. We have parts of the two covers in one, which is amazing. In this one, Katsuki isnt alone, as Izuku's there too. But we dont have the audience either. Probably because the main focus on this panel is no one else except them two.

Again, Katsuki looks like he's bowing, but instead of looking all the way down, he's in the middle. Not looking at Izuku nor looking at the ground, like it shows in the previous covers. Instead, Horikoshi found a middle ground. He's looking at his hand. At the gesture.

Hes not holding hands quite yet, but his hand is there. At arms reach. Not close enough but there. Wanting.

Theres so much regret and again, softness.

Again, like you Op said a bit bad, the angle is off here. This is present Katsuki remembering his past. The angle is off because this Izuku isnt holding out for our Katsuki. This is a memory. A wish. Katsuki's wish.

(Ps. Izukus trousers drenched in the rivers water. This detail was so nice. It's a subtle action that describes Izukus characterization so much. Izuku went in the river with Katsuki in mind, not caring if he got his clothes soaked in the process too. For Izuku, only Katsuki was there. And for Katsuki, only Izuku is.

As a plus, I can't believe the cover of this is literally called Bakugou Katsuki rising. They named the entire thing after that one chapter. Actually, I very much, totally believe it. It's the moment so many people have been waiting for, after all. The moment so many scenes have been amounting for, little by little.

*dreamy sigh*

Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed this little thing, I had to get it out of my system and dont want to bother my dear friends anymore than needed.

Have a good day, OP! I'll stay updated!

You kinda just...took my heart and curb stomped it, not gonna lie. Your observations are so beautiful and so accurate. The sketch with little Bakugou taking Izuku’s hand is so...raw, and yeah, that expression is definitely one of love. Those eyes, the way he is HOLDING Izuku’s hand, not TAKING it. He isn’t taking it to stand up, he is literally just...holding it. 

That isn’t the way you take someone’s hand when you’re trying to pull yourself up. It’s an awkward angle and just...wouldn’t work right. No, he is literally just holding his hand, and that’s exactly what Bakugou wishes he did all that time ago. He wishes that he not only took Deku’s hand, but held onto it. Held it as if it were something precious, something to be cared for and protected. 

These are Bakugou’s true feelings expressed in these drawings, and I think Horikoshi released them on purpose, to show us more of what he wanted Bakugou to be feelings through all of this. Since after all, we know that Bakugou expresses himself in action, not so much words. And because Horikoshi is an absolute genius, he thought to give us these other glimpses in how he feels through these actions. 

And the other sketch with him bowing his body to Izuku, and the way the log looks like it’s on his back with his ‘friends’ on top of it. 

The pressure of needing to be the coolest, the strongest, the best. Those kids put that kind of pressure on him, even if they never realized it. They encouraged his behavior and fed his ego, and it never allowed him to see how he was wrong. But now he is realizing it, and he is bowing himself in light of that acknowledgement. He is lowering his head and putting his pride away, so he can get back what he lost all those years ago; the opportunity to take Izuku’s hand.

To take the hand of the only one of those kids that ever loved him unconditionally. Who never pressured him or expected him to be invincible. Who saw all of his flaws and was completely prepared to support him despite all of it. The only one. 

I’m just a mess over all of this, and I am so incredibly thankful to Horikoshi for creating this beautiful relationship. AND IN A SHOUNEN MANGA, NONETHELESS!!  

Thank you friend, for your beautiful thoughts. I think they’re spot on, and I am so emotional all over again because of this. 

[traincat]

if you dont mind i would love to hear your thoughts on how and why peter seems to be more fulfilled by lower paying jobs (i.e photography, teaching) rather than by high paying jobs in STEM

(Sorry for the wait, anon! I did get this first ask, as you can see, it’s just that sometimes I tend to hoard asks that I want to give long in-depth answers to and then they get buried.)

So I think to best answer this the first thing we have to do is look at Peter’s 616 employment history -- what jobs he’s had when and for approximately how long. So here we have a more or less definitive list -- I may have skipped over a few minor jobs that aren’t important in the long run of the character history, but for the most part this is accurate. For the sake of brevity I am not going to count things he’s done as Spider-Man that have earned him money, like a brief bodyguard stint or his occasional time with the Avengers, because this is really more about his identity as Peter Parker and how his civilian employment plays into his life as Spider-Man than about his life as Spider-Man.

Works for the Daily Bugle on and off, through a variety of positions from part time to salaried, from the age of 15 onwards. Primarily a photographer. How good of a photographer Peter actually is varies from writer to writer, but he remains unmatched in his ability to get certain shots ranging from ones of Spider-Man (duh) to particularly high risk environments (different duh). He also briefly worked for rival newspaper the Daily Globe, the Bugle’s main competitor. His position as a full time newspaper photographer is his most well known (and most consistent) job.

A TA in grad school at Empire State University. At this point in time he labeled himself as having “the wrong temperament” for teaching -- and I would personally say I think his stints teaching college are much less engaging than high school.

Published author. His book, Webs, a collection of his Spider-Man photography, was a major bestseller that sent him on a book tour around the country. I hesitated sticking this on here because it’s very tied into his work with the Bugle -- and he was still working for the Bugle when the book was published -- but I figured it was worth including for the novelty of the fact that Peter’s technically a best selling author/artist.

Peter worked as a scientist at Galannan Alternative Research for Immunization Development (GARID) in Portland after his clone Ben Reilly took over the identity of Spider-Man. Although often overlooked in discussions of Peter’s job history, I think his stint at GARID is important in part because it illustrates how much of Peter’s time being Spider-Man took up and how a job with flexible hours was necessary for that balancing act. When he was working at GARID, Peter wasn’t Spider-Man, so it wasn’t difficult for him to keep a position at a laboratory. 

I mean granted the GARID job didn’t last long and there was sort of a whole big mutated monster case going on with it but you know. Anyway he pretty quickly moved back to New York and started working for the Bugle again.

Peter’s next major job at a lab comes in another period where he’s supposed to have quit being Spider-Man. (Which he did, very temporarily, and then he very much didn’t. Anyway, you’re seeing the pattern here.) He briefly worked at Tricorp, a private brain trust. This is a really short-lived position, even as Peter’s science gigs go, because -- Spider-Man.

At this point things get dicey employment-wise as Peter heads into a weird period of canon where Mary Jane was presumed dead. She wasn’t! But everyone thought she was. It was weird. When MJ came back (and promptly left for LA, not that I blame her), Peter exited this period of limbo by becoming a science teacher at his old school, Midtown High. This is the main career, beside news photography, that I think he really shines in.

Civil War/One More Day/Brand New Day hit and completely tank the direction of Spider-Man history. Peter’s marriage is erased by the devil and also he’s not a high school teacher anymore, for some reason, even though nobody remembers he’s Spider-Man anymore which is the reason he initially lost the Midtown High job. Make it make sense. Anyway, in Marvel’s desperate scramble to take Spider-Man back to the unmarried basics, as if they even got new readers that way, Peter returned to photography. When Dexter Bennett bought the Bugle out from under JJJ while JJJ was sick, Peter began working for the newly minted “DB” as a tabloid photographer. It wasn’t great.

He also briefly at some point in here worked at a comic book store for like five minutes. Mostly he complained about people who read comic books and made jokes about how he doesn’t get along with the X-Men. 

Under Slott’s run, Peter began working at Horizon Labs. Slott had a pretty major problem with Peter’s genius not being “recognized enough” and constantly had him inventing new things, showing off, etc. 

Horizon Lab became Parker Industries under Otto Octavius when he bodyjacked Peter during Superior Spider-Man and made himself CEO. When Peter got his body back, he was still CEO. It was bad but Peter did tank the company on purpose so that Otto and also nazis couldn’t get their hands on it, which was sort of fun. 

Peter went back to work for the Bugle, but as their science editor, because Slott was still in charge and there was some weird commentary about photography not being an adult job. Which I think is pretty weird in a medium that’s very dependent on visual art. But okay.

Then Peter got fired because he was busted for plagiarism of Otto Octavius’ work... that Otto did himself... while he was in Peter’s body... and Peter couldn’t reveal this because then he’d have to explain... and maybe I hate comics. 

In MC2 he becomes a forensic scientist! I really like this for him actually. I think it combines his interests and experiences in a very thoughtful way. But I do want to note it’s after a Spider-Man career ending injury, so again there’s not a real conflict there between his work as Spider-Man and a career.

Peter I think is an especially interesting case in how his character ties into his employment history because one of the first things he does in his story is figure out how to make money, and he does this because the Parkers don’t have any. If Ben and May were comfortable -- even comfortable enough that their teenaged nephew was unaware of financial pressures -- Spider-Man’s story would be completely different. But Peter immediately feels he pressure to use his new powers to earn money, at first with brute strength. And what he says he’s going to do with his earnings is that he’s going to take care of Ben and May:

(Amazing Fantasy #15) So the concept of Peter as someone who is very aware of financial pressure and who is pretty explicitly linking money to support is present from the absolute beginning. But at the same time, there’s a kind of selfishness presented in him here -- he’s only going to take care of Ben and May. They’re the only ones he cares about here, because as he’s stated they’re the only ones who have ever “been kind” to him. Peter at the beginning of his story is very rooted in his anger and his bitterness, and it takes him losing Uncle Ben -- because it wasn’t Peter’s “job” to stop the burglar -- to get him to the point where he starts to be able to see beyond that.

Ben’s death also heightens the Parker’s financial pressures -- Ben is the primary earner in the household. (Aunt May in the original context of the early 1960s was most likely a homemaker, and as an older woman especially she wouldn’t be expected to have a job. But even moving the timescale up to a point where she would be expected as a woman to hold down a job, it’s important to note that early in Spider-Man canon Aunt May is depicted as being in very poor physical health.) While it’s not clear in the initial Spider-Man stories what Ben did, it’s clear that with his death whatever income the Parkers had coming in abruptly stops:

(ASM #1) This sets in concrete one of the central conflicts Peter and May have -- both of them lie to protect the other. Peter feigns being an ordinary boy in order to protect May from the stress of his secret life as Spider-Man, worried that she wouldn’t be strong enough to handle the danger he regularly puts himself in. But this is a learned behavior, and here we see that he most likely learned it from May: she doesn’t want him to worry about the very deep financial troubles they’re obviously in, so she pawns her jewelry, and she stresses to him the importance of his education. Again I have to note that there are some pretty significant social differences between the 1960s and today in regards to this story -- Betty Brant, for example, notes that she had to drop out of school and become a secretary because of her own family’s financial problems, something she’s ashamed of. So early Spider-Man is very rooted in money, class, education, and how those things intersect. I think it should be noted that the only early Spider-Man characters who are financially well-off are Liz, Gwen, and Harry. (We don’t know anything about Flash’s financial situation in early Spider-Man comics but retroactively we know his family situation is not well-off.) In high school, Liz’s father is a bigshot who owns a dining club, but later on the Allans experience financial hardship with Liz quite literally being on the streets when Peter reunites with her when he’s in college. Harry’s father is a rich businessman, but from the beginning he’s depicted as emotionally negligent, caring more about money than spending time with his son:

(ASM #40) “After all... I had a business to care of! Money was the most important thing of all! I had to get rich! I needed wealth... for that was the key to power!” So right away you have this link between wealth, corruption, and negligence. Norman’s pursuit of wealth is his given reason for his neglect of Harry. Later on we’d learn that Norman’s father was also abusive and that that abuse formed Norman’s ideas about power and wealth. (Spider-Man! It’s about cycles of abuse!) There’s a very contrast between Norman’s attitudes here and the Parkers loving (but poor) household. Gwen is the only exception here -- she and her father are depicted as comfortable, most likely edging into wealthy, although on nowhere the level the Osborns have been elevated to. But compared to Peter, Flash, and Mary Jane especially -- all from poor households, with MJ and Flash’s fathers both being abusive -- Gwen’s home situation is the picture of stability, both in terms of economic status and in terms of her loving and very present father.

My goal in outlining all of this isn’t to say that Spider-Man’s message is definitively “money is bad” because I don’t think it is. I think as a series Spider-Man is very aware of the comfort that money can provide. But I think there is a frequent message about excess in Spider-Man -- excess power, excess wealth. As Norman says above, in his eyes, money is the key to power. With great power, comes great responsibility. In Norman hoarding and abusing his wealth, he abuses his power. If he provides for Harry, it is solely through money -- there is no love or devotion in Norman’s money-focused world. And I think that’s important when you look at where Peter starts in his story, before Uncle Ben’s death. He’s going to use his powers to make a lot of money and he’s going to provide for Ben and May but he’s not going to care about the world outside of that. I think one of the interesting things about Peter -- and this is where Slott’s run especially fails the character -- is that he’s not interesting in getting rich. He’d like to be comfortable, for sure -- he’d like to have enough money to not have worry about it, to not have the need to hustle impede what he can do as Spider-Man, to be able to take care of his family. (And there’s some machismo stuff linked in here for him too -- in the early days of their marriage the fact that Mary Jane earns much more than him is something he struggles with.) But he doesn’t care about being rich. He doesn’t care about the money; he cares about the support that the money would bring. 

That feels like a simple statement but I think it’s actually a really big distinction, especially when you’re analyzing a character. And I think it’s because Peter understands that value that it makes him so empathetic to others who have financial struggles. One of my favorite short self-contained Spider-Man stories is called Windfall, from Marvel Fanfare #42, where a mixup with a check embroils Peter in the personal affairs of a bank teller, a young single mother who is fired from her job ultimately because she refused the advances of her boss. Peter gets her her job back -- through blackmailing the boss for his other sexual affairs, which some people might think is immoral of him, but I think really speaks to Peter’s understanding of how the greater world works, and what he’s prepared to do to get bigger justice. But more importantly he uses his own money to pay the young woman’s rent, and he does it in a way where she never even knows it’s him. Because he understands her situation, the way someone who had grown up comfortable never could. And that understanding I think puts him a place where it’s more important for him to both keep that understanding and maintain that ability to act relatively freely, in the way that bigger, more prestigious positions in scientific fields might restrict him. There’s a reason he keeps getting fired from these scientific positions and it’s not that he can’t get them, because we can see from his employment history very clearly that he can. It’s because the freedom to act as Spider-Man and what he can do as Spider-Man is ultimately more important to him.

And while high school teacher is my number one favorite profession Peter has ever had, I think that his position as a newspaper photographer is also very important to the character’s history, in part because the Bugle is such a big part of his life and the connections he’s made but also because the Daily Bugle itself is important. I think it’s interesting to note that two of the biggest superheroes of all time from both of the big companies -- Spider-Man from Marvel and Superman from DC -- have had long running journalism jobs, Peter as a photographer and Clark as a reporter. I don’t think I really have to go into a whole thing about how good journalists are so important and why it matters that we have these incredibly famous mythic figures that are positioned in the roll of journalists specifically. But I do think it is important to Peter that he’s put in that position as someone who cares about uncovering the truth. So ultimately I think what I mean when I say Peter is more fulfilled by his jobs as a photojournalist and as a high school teacher than by his comparatively more high paying stints working as a scientist in a lab is that Peter gets the most fulfillment out of careers where he can actively see, day by day, that what he’s doing is helping people, and that it’s a very direct line from him to the people he’s helping. His efforts can’t be twisted, they can’t be used for other purposes the way they can within a larger organization. He has a line of control in what he can do to help other people. It’s like how Spider-Man functions best as a street level hero: what he does best is saving and helping individual people, on a case by case basis. And you can turn around and demonstrate that in his civilian life best in jobs where he gets to directly interact with people. And ultimately to Peter making that difference is more important than a better salary.

(Marvel Knights Spider-Man #9)

[spookyvalentine]

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thanks for the tag @aceghosts !! i always have so much fun doing these. imma snag @irikahkrios @battlemastershepard @vizarding @comefeedtherainn​ @yellingaboutmasseffect​ @zet-sway​ and have at it if ye wish me mateys!

General-

Name: mercy shepard (no middle name)

Alias(es): shep, coach (from sports coach au)

Gender: agender

Age: i haven’t quite figured out how long i hc 3 to be, but by the end of it, maybe thirty four, fiveish? if you count the years their body was on the table. mercy... doesn’t really. at least start of 2, when asked their age usually what fell out of their mouth first was thirty one. (for sports coach au they’ve just turned thirty one)

Birthdate: april 11? 2154. day isn’t really known for sure? they were found several days old

Place of birth: unknown! but they were left at st. bernard parish fire department, louisiana while still a fresh baby

Hometown: their most stable home was around lake martin, when they were taken in by the henrys. around thirteen they went to juvie in new orleans, and that started their urban feral teenager life. eventually they move out to another megacity (havent figured out which one yet lmao) and meets kasumi

Spoken language(s): they’re pretty adept without the translator. mercy is fluent in english and creole, passable french and korean, and readily picks up phrases in other languages. after being reconstructed, a translator was literally built into mercy. they resent its presence sometimes.

Sexual preference: open. they’ve been too damn busy to even think to seek out experiences, but aesthetically admire all sorts

Occupation: spectre and alliance officer. enormous pain in the ass before that

Appearance-

Eye color: gold. not hazel or brown ‘til in the light type thing. when anderson first saw those odd lantern eyes it made him think of the foxes that liked to linger at the edges of his parents garden when he was growing up

Hair color: somewhere between summer wheat and spun gold. darkens a little, when not planetside

Height: 6’2 >:)

Scars: they have some from the thresher maw, some acid scars on the left side of their body like thick webbing that cut through parts of a tattoo. maybe got part of their ear. and one they got as a kid that sliced across their face. and then they were rebuilt, and what was left in their place were those glowing lines. (sports coach au they still have the thresher maw scars)

Favorite-

Color: greens

Hair color: favorite hair color on them??? they’ve never dyed their hair before, only crazy haircuts

Song: its not mercy’s favorite song bc i dont know how i’d even choose right, but the song that i have in my head for them is falcon in the dive from the musical the scarlet pimpernel (which fucks severely, also just do yourself a favor and listen to this too because christine andreas makes my heart stop beating. wow. WOW yes i will push it on everyone)

Food: clementines, satsumas, mandarins—any sweet citrus that peels easily (oranges are more work, but will be eaten if they’re around). persimmons, figs. cotton candy flavored grapes. cherries, peaches. they’re a very big fruit bat, basically. they get hype for an alien produce stand

Drink: day to day? chicory coffee, lapsang souchang, soda water. Sometimes lemonade or apple juice. for booze, theyre down for a beer. really likes a good whiskey. delights trying homebrew moonshine. ‘you made it in your bathtub? you went blind for two minutes? hell yeah i’ll have a glass cheers’

Have They-

Passed university: they went through officer academy and all that n7 training, does that count? 

Had sex: once in a relationship w thane, yeah boiii 

Had sex in public: …maybe? that is um. something to explore 

Gotten pregnant: never, also not possible

Kissed a boy: yes, although for these situations ‘been kissed by’ is maybe more accurate

Kissed a girl: yes, see above

Gotten tattoos: yep! they have two large pieces from before being arrested and negotiated into joining the alliance. they start under the jaw and both sides of the neck, going across the shoulders, along and down the arms, coming to an end on the forearms, and they shelled out for that fancy ink, that’s a little bit holographic/iridescent, where the colors would shift and glint in the light as they moved. obviously they’re gone when miranda rebuilds mercy, but they’re absolutely still around in the sports coach au 

Gotten piercings: had a handful of ear piercings as a teen, but has mostly stopped wearing them, for practical reasons 

Been in love: falling in love for the first time 

Stayed up for more than 24 hours: oh lmao yes for sure 

Are They-

A virgin: not anymore babeyyyyy

A cuddler: with people they are very close to

A kisser: oh yeah, big time. really into it now

Scared easily: nope! if anything, has adrenaline junkie tendencies 

Jealous easily: nah. sometimes when they were a teen growing up on the streets, but not anymore

Dominant: in bed? still figuring things out there. maybe sometimes. in life? they’re not domineering, but will shout people down if it comes to it

Submissive: also still figuring that out in bed ;) absolutely not in other situations tho. if theyre being submissive theyre usually up to something 

In love: learning what its like 

Single: not once mercy realizes what they’re feeling for thane (there was a lot of facepalming from kasumi and frustrated yelling on this one)

Random Questions (tw for self harm/suicide mention)-

Have they harmed themselves: i mean, through some of their harebrained, reckless ideas where the possibility of getting hurt is assured but they don’t care, yes

Thought of suicide: maybe a little, after akuze

Attempted suicide: no

Wanted to kill someone: oh absolutely homie

Have / had a job: yeah, pulling peoples heads outta asses

Have any fears: oh for sure, mind control and zombies, and even though now they know how to kill one down absolutely dead--thresher maws 

Family

Sibling(s): none, but kasumi is basically one

Parent(s): unknown. they had some foster parents (adoption was never approved) that offered mercy some important years of shelter

Children: no biological kids. but they feel powerfully parental feelings for grunt, jack and tali. kolyat and oriana too, eventually. in sports coach au though (more details to follow soon), jack is theirs. after akuze they got on the scent of cerberus early, and therefore busted down pragia while jack was still a lil kid, who pretty much imprinted on mercy

Significant other: thane, and in sports coach au, irikah + thane

Pet(s): their fish. they’ve got names like hand roll, don and chip

[oliviamillss]

Haiiii,I wish you attract kidness and love on every corner you turn today!!🌺🌠 If I could squeeze in my question..😳 What do you think of 1st house aries stellium with sun(pisces),jupiter(aries) and mercury(aries) cause I've read that even if someone has a sun in a soft,watery sign it can get eaten by fire if its prominent in ones chart which in my case it is I also have venus in aries and moon in sagittarius,and the most dominant element in my chart is fire and then air with just one element of earth😩 but I dont feel like it "erased" my sun in pisces,I actually think it enhanced my emotional nature cause my impulsivity that I try to tame comes to the surface and makes me go into a verbal clash or even on verge of psychical conflict(thats maybe mostly from mars in scorpio),I always cry after it cause I cant handle the amonut stress and anxiety it produced,become frustrated that I am magnet for people who want to provoke me without a reason and make me react in a way that makes me need to defend myself.🤧

hi! thankyou so much!

with your stellium, i’ve noticed 1st house stelliums can be the type of person who pretty much is always in control whether in a large group setting, or just in a personal conversation. this is obviously going to be emphasised with 2 of those planets being in aries. but you may also be quite intense to be around, and quite ‘full on’. i’ve noticed when me and my classmates were more immature (typically 11-14 but obviously it depends on the person), people tended to avoid conversation with people with a first house stellium, as they were quite intense, much more mature and very open and talkative, and our younger selves couldn’t take that. but as we all grew up, the people with the first house stellium was more appreciated, and probably more satisfied on their behalf, because people were down to have these complicated, intense, and frankly quite ‘deep’ talks. (i’ve gone on a bit of a waffle there but i hope you understand what i was trying to say lmao). those people were actually quite down to earth and quite fun to be around. 

with jupiter in 1st, you may be in the centre of attention a lot, in a more natural sense than a forced way. you also may have a big ego. but once again, you may be the type of person who brings the optimism, and who is joyful (obviously this can all depend on moon placements etc). 

with mercury in 1st, you’re probably quite open about your opinions and belifes (amplified with jupiter there too) and probably not scared to express how you truly feel about something (the sag moon may change that and i’ll get onto that). you also may be seen by people as a smart and intelligent person.

with sun in 1st, this placement also shows that attention is very natural to you. but also you probably give off quite a loving vibe to those who have spoken to you, but i feel if they haven’t spoken to you then they may be a little scared of you. 

with your pisces sun (which i don’t have much experience with, so i do apologise if its not accurate) i feel like you are loving and a genuinely caring person, but people do see you as a more intense, possibly scary person than you are. 

what i’ve noticed about us sag moons is that we are very emotional people, but we struggle to deal with it at times. i certainly have a reputation of pushing down all feelings and they tend to all come out usually during / after anger (i have a water mars too, but in cancer). i feel like we tend to put on a happy image a lotttt until we can’t take it anymore. idk about you, but i always use alternate realities as an escape technique.

i’ve noticed (also once again, very limited experience with this placement) venus in aries tends to have a lot of ‘crushes’ and find a lot of people attractive. they also love the chase but with your water influence you may end up with the need for them to show affection and more of a ‘love’ than the chase, after a while.

i’m also assuming you have venus in second? if so, you probably spend a fair amount of money on beauty supplies and makeup, probably clothes and things like that. you also may struggle with self-worth, and with venus, probably only feel ‘worthy’ if you feel pretty / beautiful, and this would all explain the buying habits. 

mars in scorpio i have absolutely no experience with, so i can’t really comment on that. but i totally agree with what you said:)

i hope this helped, i’m not sure if this answered your question, and i hope you have an amazing day <3

[dream-of-kpop]

TXT is Normal Like You (sort of)

•ok, i bop to the songs but idk shit about txt. i thought it would be interesting to make a story on a group i know nothing about and see if i'm accurate or not.•

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*Soobin dances in a circle with the guys at a club*

Soobin: *sticks his tongue out while bodyrolling* "Ayeee lean back, aye lean back-"

*Heuningkai tries to grind on him*

Soobin: "HOMESLICE, BACK UP."

DJ: *speaks into the mic* "Are y'all ready for the next one?!?!"

*the crowd screams chaotically "YEAHHHHHH!!!!"*

*21st Century Girl by BTS starts playing*

Soobin: "FUCKKKKKKK THIS IS MY SONGGGGGGGG!!!" *starts jumping up and down*

*Taehyun takes 2 shots at once and starts dancing along to the beat*

Heuningkai: "ISN'T OUR BILL GONNA BE SUPER HIGH??"

Taehyun: "WHO CARES? WE CAN PAY IT!!!"

*the rest of the night is a blur until they get back to their penthouse around 2am*

Yeonjun: *jumps up and down* "HURRY UP I GOTTA PEE-"

Taehyun: "WAIT!" *turns the key and unlocks the door after multiple tries*

*Soobin breaks for the bathroom closest to them, shutting the door behind him*

Yeonjun: *pounds on the door* "OMG I'M GONNA EXPLODE WTF DUDE!!" *runs*

*the others drunkenly head to their rooms to sleep off their hangovers*

*as Soobin vomits into the toilet bowl, suddenly the door bursts open with his mom entering the bathroom*

Soobin's mom: "WHAT THE HELL IS THIS???"

Soobin: *retches into the toilet bowl* "Mom?...What are you doing here?"

Soobin's mom: "I STILL HAVE THE KEY. STAND UP."

*Soobin drowsily tries to bring himself up off of the floor*

*his mom slaps him upside the head, instantly waking him up*

Soobin's mom: "HOW DO YOU SPENT 1.2 MILLION DOLLARS IN 2 MONTHS???"

Soobin: "WHY DID YOU HIT ME???"

Soobin's mom: "ANSWER THE QUESTION."

Soobin: "I DONT KNOW. WE WERE JUST TRYING TO ENJOY THE MONEY WE GOT FROM TXT...YOU KNOW SINCE HYBE(Bighit) WENT BANKRUPT!"

*his mom hits him upside the head 3 more times, repeatedly*

Soobin: "MOM STOP-"

Soobin's mom: "YOU'RE MOVING BACK IN WITH ME. SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR FRIENDS."

Soobin: *gags* "Wait." *gags* "Ok, it went back down- I DON'T WANNA LIVE WITH YOU-"

*his mom cuts her eyes at him*

Soobin: "I mean...because I'm an adult and I can handle my own business..."

Soobin's mom: "YOUR MONEY IS MY BUSINESS NOW. BE PACKED UP BY THE END OF TOMORROW..." *she leaves hastily*

*the next morning the boys are awaken by loud noises of Soobin putting stuff into boxes*

Taehyun: *sleepy* "Woah woah, what's going on?"

Heuningkai: "Aye, are we moving to a bigger space?"

Soobin: "No...my mom is pissed we're spending a lot of money and wants me to move back in with her."

*the boys gasp*

Soobin: "I know."

Taehyun: "We're good on money though."

Soobin: "I mean. I see her point but it's our money you know?"

Yeonjun: "Yeah! So what if we spend like $20k on a shopping haul at Polo? Or $1k at Chipotle so we can be healthy?"

Soobin: "I know right? HYBE is gonna come back eventually...right?"

Yeonjun: "Dunno. I heard Pdnim had to sell his beach house."

*they all gasp yet again*

Beomgyu: "Omg that's awful..."

Heuningkai: "I would literally cry if I had to sell my jet ski...No I would cry if I had to sell my yacht...Wait no..."

Soobin: "Anyways, do you guys mind helping me?"

Yeonjun: "Absolutely not. I almost pissed myself last night because of you."

Soobin: "You should've used the bathroom at the club then."

Yeonjun: "My ass and dick are not touching a public toilet seat or urinal. You can miss me with that..."

*Soobin shakes his head as he puts some books into one of the boxes*

Taehyun: "So, is there really nothing we can do? I mean I can call a moving company for you?"

Beomgyu: "Shouldn't we convince his mom to let him stay?"

Soobin: "There's no point. She's already made up her mind."

Hueningkai: "THIS SUCKS- We already RSVP'd to Blackbear's party next week bruh, so what are we supposed to do??"

*they hear the front door unlock; Soobin's mom enters calmly*

Soobin's mom: "Are you almost done?"

Soobin: "No, I still have a lot of stuff to get through..."

Soobin's mom: "You wouldn't have this much stuff if you didn't spend your money like a maniac..."

*Soobin holds his tongue trying not to backtalk her*

Beomgyu: "Uh, listen here Mrs. Soobin's mom, uh we want to say that you can't control Soobin anymore. It's his money and he can do whatever he wants. You know, respectfully."

Soobin's mom: *scowls at Beomgyu* "Get in the car Soobin."

Soobin: "No. I am grown, with my own money and priorities in life. You cannot control me...Mommy."

Taehyun: "Uh..."

Soobin's mom: "Get. In. The. Car."

Soobin: "No!"

*the vibe of the room turns very tense*

Soobin: "They're like my brothers mom...We want to stay true to our old group name...Tomorrow by Together..."

Soobin's mom: *crosses her arms* "So you're telling me you're gonna live together even in your 40s to stay true to 'TXT'?"

Yeonjun: "I wouldn't mind it."

Heuningkai: "Yeah it's fun getting drunk with them."

Soobin's mom: "Fine, whatever. If you guys want to go broke, do that, but don't come crying to me for a place to live."

Soobin: *jumps up and down and hugs his mom* "DON'T WORRY, I WON'T!!!"

Soobin's mom: *lets go of Soobin* "Alright, I'm leaving..."

Soobin: "LOVE YOU MOM!"

Soobin's mom: "Yeah yeah..." *leaves*

Taehyun: "Ayeee, we gucci?"

Soobin: *beaming* "Hell yeah we are~ So...y'all gonna help me unpack?"

TXT: "..."

Soobin: "Fine then."

[3 months later]

*the 5 dance in a circle on the dance floor at the same nightclub*

Taehyun: "AYEEEEEE!!!!!"

Yeonjun: *hits Tae's arm multiple times to get his attention* "WE GOTTA GO! I NEED TO PEE!"

Taehyun: "TOO BAD- GO TO THE BATHROOM!"

Yeonjun: "YOU KNOW I CAN'T GO IN THERE!!"

*Taehyun ignores him and goes back to dancing*

Yeonjun: "SHIT FORGET IT-" *runs off*

Soobin: "GUYS I'M GOING TO GET DRINKS-"

Heuningkai: "BRING US BACK SOME JELLO SHOTS!"

*Soobin walks up to the overcrowded bar to order drinks*

*after receiving the drinks, Soobin hands the bartender his card*

Bartender: "SORRY DUDE IT'S DECLINING!"

Soobin: "WHAT??" *hands him another card*

*it rejects*

Soobin: "HANG ON A SECOND PLEASE-"

*runs over to Taehyun, Kai, and Beomgyu to beg them for their cards*

Beomgyu: *stops dancing* "IT'S DECLINING??"

Soobin: "YEAH MAYBE IT'S JUST MY CARD ACTING WEIRD!"

*the boys hand Soo their cards and he runs back to the bar*

*all of them declining*

Soobin: "Omg no...No...CAN YOU GIVE ME ONE MORE SECOND PLEASE??"

Bartender: "GO AHEAD!"

*Soobin runs back to his group*

Soobin: "THEY ALL FUCKING DECLINED GUYS WE'RE SCREWED!"

Heuningkai: "WHAT ABOUT YEONJUN??"

Soobin: "SHIT YOU'RE RIGHT. WHERE IS HE??"

Taehyun: "DUNNO, PROBABLY PEEING SOMEWHERE. LET'S GO FIND HIM."

*after running around the club for 10 minutes, there is still no sight of Yeonjun so they go outside*

Soobin: "WHERE IS THIS FOOL AT???"

Yeonjun: *appears beside them* "Hey."

Taehyun: "Where were you???"

Yeonjun: "I gave up. I went across the street to pee at Starbucks."

Heuningkai: "That's very brave of you."

Soobin: "YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, DUDE CAN I USE YOUR CARD?? ALL OF OUR CARDS ARE DECLINING!!"

Yeonjun: "No worries, mine is too. They seriously tried to force me to buy something so I could use the bathroom but my card declined hehe. Whoops."

Beomgyu: "AHHHHHHHHHH SO WE'RE BROKE????"

Yeonjun: "Yeah I checked my account, $10."

Soobin: "Uh, hang on guys I'll be right back..."*walks away from the guys*

*dials his mom's number then starts crying the moment she picks up*

Soobin's mom: "Hey how-"

Soobin: "EOMMAAAAAAAA, MY CARDS DECLINEDDDDDDD!!!!!" *sobs*

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