#this is like. the highest form of praise from me btw

[horsemeatluvr23]

i headcanon bdubs as having schizophrenia partially because i have schizophrenia but mainly because there is no way that man doesn't have some form of psychosis going on

[twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat]

hi, ari! This is my first time sending u an ask..nervy ⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝ what fantasy creatures would different jujutsu kaisen characters ? Like fae, centaurs etc. Dont be hesitant to unleash ur creativity! (˵ •̀ ᴗ - ˵ ) ✧ could I take 🪄 ?

NICE TO MEET YOU 🪄 ANON that’s a great emoji pick…. i approve of your taste >:3 aaaaa and such a fun question too!!!! i’ve thought of this before but this was a great opportunity to make up my mind on it…. i’m on the fence for a lot of these but. hear me out!!

(i thought it’d be fun to just go for all my favorite characters, but i’d love to hear your own takes on some of these/others i didn’t mention 🪄 anon!!)

you said i was allowed to be creative so!! i decided to twist the assignment a bit…. some of these are fantasy creatures, others are more supernatural or mythological!! :3 i hope that’s okay hehe.

with that being said…….

satoru gojo

i’m on the fence between vampire and fae…… literally any kind of fair, pretty creature with a terrifying nature. vampire makes a lot of sense to me — pale and pretty and far too good at convincing you to let him linger near your neck… but there’s something really good abt fae!gojo too. a cute, charming creature who’s actually really horrific. skilled at tricking people. he invites you into the woods with the promise of a good time and before you know it you’re…. wedded to the fairy king? somehow???? no matter the option gojo is pretty chill tbh. not evil, just… mischievous :3 but he’s more than capable of being terrifying when he wants to be.

suguru geto

ANY KIND OF WATER CREATURE!! the one i always end up going back to is näcken…. a water spirit masquerading as a naked man, dutifully playing his violin by the river…. luring unsuspecting locals close so he can drown them <3 just like satoru he’s beautiful and terrifying. i momentarily considered a centaur too. i think that fits him!! centaurs are usually depicted as teacher figures in mythology and that’s just very suguru to me. and ofc i have to mention ghosts because they’re my favorites + suguru literally haunts the narrative of jjk <33 he’s a pretty sad ghost i think… just can’t let go of his grief. it consumes him and seeps into the air no matter where he goes. if you suddenly wake up to a freezing room and the flickering of your bedroom lights, it’s probably suguru.

shoko ieiri

say it with me: WITCHHHHHHH ‼️‼️‼️‼️ this is the highest form of praise btw i LOVE witches they’re my absolute favs (along w ghosts)... and shoko is obviously a witch!! there’s no other option. she’s charming and crafty and i would let her boil me into soup ANY day <333 definitely has a cat…. for the record i do think she’d be a terrifying witch. morally dubious. almost leaning towards a mad scientist type… but she’s usually kind if you treat her with respect <333 sometimes makes flower crowns with the local children. she’s less cordial with adults, though. (if you hear any screams from her cute little cabin late at night, it’s probably best not to mention them <3)

kenjaku

on that note!! here’s a REAL mad scientist <33 i’m on the fence between witch and a frankenstein-esque creature for kenjaku…… as a witch he’s even MORE horrific than shoko. has no morals whatsoever. might invite you over for a nice cup of tea and a chat, but you better not bore him <3 he’s sick and twisted and i like him very much. but i think frankenstein is too fitting not to mention…. he’s both the doctor AND the monster and i think that’s so sexy of him. dr frankenstein was a coward and a bitch but kenjaku is nothing like him!!! he experiments on himself dr jekyll style as he should.

toji fushiguro

werewolf. enough said. he rips people apart w his teeth and looks good doing it!!

nobara kugisaki

dragon!!!! idk why but. my brain tells me it’s the only good choice and i believe it. she’s a dragon girl!!! fiery and wild and brutal. curious and greedy. sleeps on a pile of gold <333 she’s just so cool and fun and i love her so bad…… has a big ol toothy grin and sharp horns and breathes fire………. kidnaps princesses but only to save them from bad situations bc she’s a #feminist and she treats them so well :((( i can imagine a fairy tale au where everyone talks about the cruel dragon who’s been terrorizing villages and castles….. meanwhile the dragon in question is having a tea party w her favorite princesses <333 she’s so cute!!

megumi fushiguro

like father like son <333 by which i mean i can’t pick between werewolf and vampire. i think he’s probably a hybrid? werewolf by nature, vampire by choice?? idkidk i just think it’d be neat if it tied into his backstory and character…. his choice to leave the zenin clan behind and find his own family…. and either option just makes sense. he’s a stoic, pretty vampire but also a wild werewolf…. probably still a polite boy at heart though. doesn’t even bite!!!

mai zenin

MY LOVEEE MY LIGHTTTTT mai is a siren. that’s all. i don’t even need to explain it just makes too much sense??? her beauty and her connection to the sea….. yeah. she’s 100% a lesbian btw that’s canon to me <33 lures men in with her looks and voice so she can drown them but spares the women. she’s that kinda siren (the best one imo!!)… aughhh i just think she has the loveliest silkiest voice and the most beautiful scales :((( sunbathes on rocks…. flashes her sharp teeth at whoever interrupts her……. yeah.

fumihiko takaba

my silly little guy <333 tbh i think takaba is some kind of alien lmao BUT i’m still gna go with ghost :3 a special priviliege from me to him. i also just think it fits him so well…. he’s a funny ghost. but also a sad ghost. contrary to geto he’s completely harmless, just…. can’t seem to let go of his regrets. haunts comedy stages because he misses performing so bad :((( he just wants someone to talk to!!! likes playing pranks on people but they’re always very silly, not dangerous at all. if you ever slip on a banana peel you’re sure wasn’t there just a second ago, it’s probably takaba’s fault <3

[borisbubbles]

Eurovision 2010s: 45 - 41

45.  Rasmussen - “Higher ground” Denmark 2018

[2018 Review here]

FRIZ DEE YERRO, WINDY YERRRRR

But I’m getting ahead of myself. Remember when Christer rejected “Higher ground” from Melfest and it was the fucking WORST Melfest ever? Remember how Denmark recycled it and let it win DMGP? Well...

OOOOOOOOOOOOOWNED SO HARD!! and not just Sweden to be honest, because “Higher ground” slaps, even a full year after the fact. It’s a paragon of righteous scandi energy, conceived in a mancave over a keg of mead, inspired by a tale of medival pacifism (which actually makes it non-toxicly masculine), imprinted on by Game of Thrones (a wonderful tv series that ended when the White Walkers melted down the ice wall and murdered everybody in Westeros ^__^)

In a nutshell, an absolutely kick ass entry.

Truth be told, it is IMPOSSIBLE to not get up from my chair, pound my chest and march along with the Old Norse (😍) post-chorus chanting. Rasmussen DELIVERS a performance so intense it rips the space/time continuum and creates a portal to the good old Viking days. 100% deserving of being 2018′s KEiiNO and the highest Danish entry on this ranking!

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44. Pasha Parfeny - “Lăutar” Moldova 2012

THIS DRAMPET MAKES U MIME GIRL

Pasha Parfeny looks like this now:

😬 

Years of being awesome clearly took their toll on poor Pasha, but I will cherish him for the fountain of fun he has always been.  “Lăutar”  is such an uninhibited display for Moldovan FOLK, bringing out the dulcimers, horns and “drampets” to bring a much-needed ethic palate cleanser after the musical genocide committed on the Baku Stage. It also features some of the best dance choreography found in this decade, in which Pasha and dancers hop around the stage like overexcited gerbils <3

(btw: the pink dancer SLAYS me every single time.)

Such a frivolous, playful, adorable act that radiates mirth from every pore. 😍 But wait, we aren’t done, because “ Lăutar” also features some of the more memorable, hilarious, iconic butcherings of the English language found in this decade (”You haven’t seen before the looks like drampet. 😍 Butter sound go straight to ur soul”😍). It certainly helps that Pasha is like a male Ruslana, struggling to express himself and resulting some hilarious awkward interview gold (Eurovision.tv: “Pasha, what is your secret for happiness” Pasha: “Make good sex ^__^”  Eurovision.tv: “. . .” 😍)

Naturally, a Pasha write-up cannot be finished without noting how central he is to ‘Moldova in Eurovision’, almost as much as Moldova’s staging is. This little man’s (literally. He’s like 1.65m lol) musical legacy includes:

- writing and performing Lăutar in 2012 - being a former vocalist for Sunstroke Project - being the mentor of Aliona Moon and writing her 2013 song - being the original songwriter for DoReDoS before Kirkorov took over   In other words, he is ~CONNECTED~ to every epic, high-tier Moldovan entry. WHAT AN ICON. Stay Safe Pavel!!

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43. Dino Merlin - “Love in rewind” Bosnia - Herzegovina 2011

Finishing 6th place from the death slot when will ur faves...x Man I do love my narrative entries, and it doesn’t get much better than an old man reflecting back on his life’s had, satisfied with its outcome. It’s such a c00t premise and Dino Merlin plays the part of the adorable grandfather with conviction. 😍 Even manages to transform Maja Sar into a fun hume for once:

“Love in rewind” really is all about the group effort. Dino himself is of course fantastic and makes this performance, but his troupe of ragtag troubadours carry a lot of weight as well, providing a wackadoodle wonderland for Dino to project his nostalgia onto.  

And then there’s the question of “Love in rewind” itself. It is easy to lump it in with all the other frivolous folk, but in reality it’s an experimental avant garde song disguised as folk 😈 (exactly like “Putnici”, in fact!). The song is made into an artform by a few unorthodox, sudden key changes. Key changes hated by the millennial wannabe pitchfork crew, but here at BorisBubbles we don’t support weakness so let’s wave them all goodbye in celebration of what is easily Bosnia’s best Eurovision entry:

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42. JOWST ft. Aleksander Wallman - “Grab the moment”  Norway 2017

[2017 Review here]

As a shameless EDM Hound, I have to admit that I am totally smitten by this piece of electronic undergroundness. A wonderful epileptic seizure of pitch black and lavender, executed to perfection by Aleksander Wallman. “Grab the moment” offers show-stopping visual effects, great vocal execution and an additctive beat. THE TRIPLE THREAT OF LIVE MUSIC!

Fortunately, there’s also a great underlying message. I haven’t really talked about the Mental Health Anthem all that much in this ranking, but that’s mostly because I haven’t ranked most of them yet. Any song that inspires people to believe in themselves, that it is okay to be imperfect and that tackles social issues such as procrastination and neurosis HEAD ON and WITH RESPECT, deserves praise.

Which is exactly what JOWST & Aleksander do, specifically by addressing young heterosexual men. 😍 (ie: the demograph that is the least likely to reach out for a support when they need it). They do this very cleverly, by using teenspeak to discuss the ever-relatable theme crippling anxiety and how to lay it aside and get shit done. 🤜🤛 so let us all 

KILL k177 K!££

~ThEvOiCeInMyHeAd~

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41.  Ruth Lorenzo - “Dancing in the Rain Spain 2014

THE RAIIIIIN THE RAIIIIN THE RAIIIIIN

Ruth. Yo quiero ser Ruth. Because Ruth is emblematic of Spain’s biggest (only) strength in Eurovision: the LOUD OVERDRAMATIC SCREECHING POWERBALLAD 😍 There are so many precedents to Ruth, from “Él” to “Vuelve Conmigo” to “Bailar pegados” to “Quedate conmigo” but “Dancing in the rain” may be my favourite of the lot. In part because Ruth is a GODDESS and I was *invested* in her success the second she won the NF:

Which she then followed up by forming a backstage bitch coven with Conchita and Suzy. 😍 Excuse me for a moment, I have to lay myself down and blow myself with a fan because that alliance contains so much awesomeness it gives me palpitations. 

But I mostly love “Dancing in the rain” because of the performance. It’s a great composition in its own right, providing intense screaminess, well-executed language changes and of course, literal stage rain. 😍 However, Ruth is SO intense in her delivery it becomes a moment of contemplation, of exaltation, and of stupefication as Ruth’s SONIC ENERGY washes over us like a tsunami of sound. DEJA CAER, DEJA LA LLUVIA CAER, THE RAIN THE RAIN THE RAIN

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and since this is the last update for Spain, Bosnia, Moldova and Denmark, I’ll include my overall thoughts below. 

DENMARK

The only people who like Denmark in this decade are those with negative taste and no self-respect and those desperately wanting to be Swedes but never will be Swedes (ie: Danes)

MOLDOVA

Not a ‘perfect’ track record, but still an excellent showing for a country with so few resources. Moldova is one of my favourite countries in ESC and this chart should show you why. 

BOSNIA - HERZEGOVINA

Bosnia - Herzegovina participated four times in this decade and were epic exactly once. Thank you for that... now I normally would add that I miss them but, nah. Bye. 

SPAIN

I am honestly shocked Spain didn’t do worse on my ranking?? I don’t think they’re like.. a ‘TERRIBLE’ esc country the way Ireland and Montenegro are, but jesus fuck out of the cavalcade of incompetent countries that have no idea what the fuck they’re doing, Spain is the giantslewofincompetentcountriesthathavenoideawhatthefuckthey’redoingest. Which is puzzling given that all of their high results come from kickass female-fronted powerballads, ie: the easiest trope to nail. (case in point: Macedonia scored a top 10 with one. Macedonia.) JUST STICK TO THOSE and ditch the wannabe reggaetons. 

[sillyfudgemonkeys]

Persona 5 Problems: “Goro can’t escape Shido” doesn’t make sense

Might be a pt 1. But before I get into it, what I mean here is “Goro can’t escape Shido” doesn’t makes sense in the context of the characters interactions that we see nor the rules or the world we see in Persona 5.” 

I probably could title this as “Atlus doesn’t know how to utilize it’s Metaverse and everything around it is shit pt 1: In relation to Goro” but that’d be too long, and it gives you more insight on what’s in store. 8U

Also this isn’t to rag on Goro, but the failure of the writing with P5. I mean I hate Goro, partially for his writing partially for how I think he’s a jerk and not in a fun way (cause I do like characters who are jerks but he just doesn’t jive with me)....this for full transparency (esp if you are new). 8U That being said I wont’ tag it as Goro cause I’m not a jerk, I’ll tag it as anti I guess but...........yeah in retrospect after typing this I do kinda take a dump on his writing so anti tag it is. 0u0 

Now why arm I talking about this? Well a new chapter of P5MM came up and.....well this picture appeared:

Now I love Saito, the manga is pretty good, so this is nothing against Saito. My issue is.....I guess the over victimization of Goro esp when it 1) makes no sense and 2) is contradictory.

Now do I think an antagonist that is a victim doesn’t make sense? No. What doesn’t make sense is that P5 doesn’t bother to develop it. P5 throws out the bare minimum of hints all while making NO SENSE how that could work. So fans have to fill in the blanks, and that’s either making him more sympathetic or like me who’s either deciding to start master blasting holes everywhere or is ready to throw this suit case out all together.

I know a lot of fans, and adaptations (such as this) kinda lean towards making Goro more sympathetic. I DON’T BLAME THEM. Like I said, there’s a lot of holes to fill in. And one of them is his relationship with Shido, something VERY crucial to the plot and is.....glossed over with like a few min worth of dialogue. 

Anyway what am I getting at? The issue that annoys me a lot, and that was shown in this picture that hair-triggered me into wanting to write this, was the fact “Goro is being controlled by Shido/Goro has no power and Shido has his claws into him/Goro can’t escape Shido.” As seen in the pictured above, you see Goro has hands to his throat and Shido has an overwhelming presence. Goro is trapped by Shido. And a lot of people will agree with this. It’s understandable because the game half assidly will say things like “you know what happens to people who defy me!” and basically threatening Goro’s life. EXCEPT IT’S ALL BULLSHIT!

“Woah that’s a little extreme what do you mean?” I mean it, Goro is not being controlled by Shido. It’s annoying P5 even INSINUATES that possibility in its writing! It makes no sense for Goro to be the powerless one here, not with the game we were given. And it’s amazing this wasn’t caught in the writers room. This is how that scene should’ve gone down given what we know:

Shido: You know what happens to people who oppose me! Goro: Yeah motherfucker, you send me! What do you want me do? Kill myself? What are you a 14 year old troll on the internet? Do you want me to kill you for threatening me-you scrotum looking asshole? 

Just freaking think about it, Shido or his confidants want a breakdown? Send Goro. They want a shutdown or to possibly kill someone? Send Goro. What the fudge is Shido doing threatening the guy who does his dirty work? Is he gonna kill him himself? No. Shido is a gd moron.

“But what about the cleaner guy?” Great question! And here’s my answer! What about him? No seriously what could anyone but the PT or a god do to Goro? Nothing. 

“But how is that nothing?!” Easy, Goro can take him out, breakdown or shutdown, before he could hurt Goro. If Shido sic’d anyone on Goro, Goro could easily take down Shido, the cleaner, and anyone related to either who know they should take Goro down. All thanks to the Metaverse. And because of that “Goro is trapped by Shido because he’s threatening Goro with death” is such a BS excuse by the game. 

“But what about Shido’s knowledge of the Metaverse? Didn’t he say he could utilize it?” Yeah what about it? The game doesn’t showcase HIM using the Metaverse. He always sends Goro. Which is REALLY FREAKING WEIRD considering he still acts this way, knowing full well Goro is missing. Like how are you going to do it Shido???? 1) you need an app first and foremost, 2) you’ll need a Persona or else you’ll get rekt’d! YOUR LOGIC MAKES NO SENSE! And him knowing about how the Meteverse works is just bs plot device so that we can shoo away how he could believe Goro in the first place let’s be honest.

The only people who use the Metaverse that we don’t know how they got there was the SWAT team that busted the MC, and while not explained it’s possible Goro had something to do with it (either giving someone his phone, since multiple people can go in with just one phone). That’s the only thing that makes sense, since only app users (aka PT+Goro) can got to that world. Tho the cut content seem to indicate even the police don’t know:

And it seems that you only get the app if you have a Persona (minus Goro, MC, and Futaba), cause that’s what Yadly wants:

(btw Ryu’s first pic is pre awakening and the 2nd is post awakening, Futaba’s the only one to get her’s before her Persona with the exception of Goro/MC, but Yadly must’ve thought she was useful or some shit judging by his dialogue early on in the game XP)

But yeah, bringing this up because it’s relevant to know who can and who can’t use the Metaverse. Goro CAN. Shido/Shido’s confidants CANNOT. Goro has the advantage. Shido does not. Goro holds all the cards. Shido’s a gd moron.

As for how Goro could end Shido and his Confidants. If for some reason Goro doesn’t know some of Shido’s confidants JUST BY WORKING WITH THEM, then he can find out through Shido’s Palace. Shido’s Palace literally contains every single one of his CoOps in Cognition form. Which means he probably knows their name, and all Goro really needs is a name cause that’s the hard part. Once he interrogates all the Cognitions and Shadow Shido, he takes Shadow Shido out, go after the real CoOps’ shadow, interrogates them (plus cognitions if they have a palace), and work his way down the latter until know one is after him. He can also squat in the Metaverse if for some reason the heat is really on him, and what’s the worse that could happen? They get pulled in with him? Well that’s bad....FOR THEM! Cause Goro has more powers there, his Persona, he’s stronger and more durable. There’s really no losing here.

So again, one last time. “SHIDO’S THREATS ON GORO’S LIFE MAKES NO SENSE BECAUSE GORO HAS THE POWER TO END SHIDO NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND!”

“Well what about his strangle on giving Goro affection?” Ok, ngl....been awhile....but I legit have NO RECOLLECTION of Goro or Shido showing any possible fatherly affection. I feel like I’ve seen more of the fans make this argument then the game. If the game did then it was just....such a throwaway line, and it’s a classic “P5 tell don’t show” move. Coupled with how contradictory the writing is with the way the story is built (like show literally above in how Goro’s life should not be threatened like AT ALL). P5 goes out of its way to show how much Goro HATES Shido and HE CAN’T WAIT TO SEE HIM GO DOWN! That doesn’t seem like someone hesitating cause he wants a hug from daddy. The only reason he waits so long was because he wanted him to be prime minister (or just close to election) and then bring him down from the highest pedestal. THAT’S IT. He has so much more backing that then “I really wanted a daddy figure that gave me pats on the head and told me I was a good boy.” If P5 WAS going for that then they did an even piss poor job than with the issue above. 

And listen, I’m NOT saying that’s not something that couldn’t have happened, I’m saying the writing makes it not really support it or have it make sense. (edit: after typing this I vaguely recalled Shido saying that all Shido had to do was tell Goro he was a good boy and he thought he had him wrapped around his finger-of course this could’ve just been a tumblr post I read that’s how much I remember Shido praising Goro XP, and lkfsd;lakvl;vs this is soooooo batshit all over the place, are you controlling him with fear of death or love???? cause neither are working here bro. Btw at the bottom I go into a route in which this COULD work, but it means dropping the whole fear of death bs argument I made at the very beginning, and even then it’s not Shido actually controlling Goro, it’s him thinking he does.)

And if anyone says “What about destroying his career and social-hood by revealing Goro is a bastard?” And give Goro the platform, the audiences’ full attention for him to be like “YEAH AND GUESS WHO MY DAD IS?! :D” Like, considering Shido figured out Goro was his son, it’d be even more stupid of him to think he could do that when it’d be social suicide for him. As for Goro? That was his plan all along, nothing to lose! Maybe it’s not as high of a fall that he wanted, but he’s still bringing him down!

Now despite this rant, I’m NOT saying Goro isn’t a victim. As a bastard/foster child in Japan, he is a victim for their horrible treatment towards that group. That can’t be argued and in all honesty if it was just that I’d be happy. What I don’t think he is a victim of is Shido, at least beyond the parental abandonment (he is a victim for his dad being horrible and not marrying his mother and stuff like that OBVIOUSLY), by Shido I mean the Conspiracy related stuff. Making it out so that Shido controlled Goro the whole time, that Goro had no agency, that Goro couldn’t oppose him. That’s what I hate. I hate how people make him such a woobie victim when....he very well probably wasn’t. When he made Goro kill, it’d make more sense for Goro to be scared of losing his connection to Shido (aka not being able to monitor him and continue his plan) than be scared Shido might kill him (I mean he had freaking superpowers what the fudge?). But if people looked at it like that then Goro would be more in the wrong no? Choosing to value his goals of revenge over other’s? Maybe he didn’t want to kill but he still CHOSE because his own goals meant more than someone else’s life. But noooooo that would hurt him being a victim right? We need to make it all Shido’s fault! Goro did nothing wrong! Right? So we made it seem like Shido could threaten Goro’s life, make it a kill or be killed situation, even when it made no sense. 

I think Goro could been good, could’ve been complex. A boy who was an abandon bastard son of a politician, mistreated and abused by society until teenhood, suddenly granted the power to get revenge on his father, and going to any lengths, even if it broke his own moral code, because he was that dedicated to bringing down someone? That’s interesting, it’s simple. But “ A boy who was an abandon bastard son of a politician, mistreated and abused by society until teenhood, suddenly granted the power to get revenge on his father, forced to go to any lengths because he ended up in a trap by said father he wants to take down, even if it MIGHT (cause Atlus be chickens and “ambiguous”) be against his own moral code but like he’s being forced by his dad so is it really his fault? That? Fudge that. That’s needlessly confusing, it’s bending itself all out of shape to try to purify this character....and I hate it. 

There’s also the weird contradiction on Shido’s end where it’s like “He’s super paranoid that he kills people, and he doesn’t trust Goro since he plans to kill him, but he trusts him enough for certain things that he doesn’t need to double check on himself even if it poses a threat to him like I dunno checking IF THE GD MC BODY IS DEAD?! >:(” 

I dunno, I just think Goro having the strongest conviction to take down Shido (even killing because he wants to take him down so badly for what he did), with Shido not knowing Goro is his son and actually trusting him (with maybe gaining suspicions later towards the end for plot drama) because he’s so confident he groomed Goro into being his perfect little follower, is just so much more interesting? Goro is still a victim, but he’s not the perfect or “bending the character out of shape” to be perfect victim. He was hurt horribly and chose to deal with it in an....unhealthy way. It also makes the two seem reasonable, Shido thinks he’s in control because he took this starry eyed follower under his wing not because he’s threatening him with violence. Even tho we know Shido isn’t in control, Goro just likes to think he’s in control. 

;tldr: I hate how people (and even Atlus/the game) try to twist Goro into being this perfect victim, all while saying “well he does do bad things but it’s because of Shido!” instead of letting Goro be accountable and have it make logical sense in the game (because the game is a hot garbage mess). 

So yeah this concludes a 5 am rant I started yesterday. 8U 

[amyure]

EPISODE LESCA BOOK 2

Let’s begin the second book of LeSCa. This is the "Kouhen", or “latter half”, of the story. - Esh

Um, I should be able to clear the backlog by 2034 at this rate…? Nah, I got more free time coming up so updates will be picking up. Will be doing much simpler editing on this one in terms of dialogue formatting etc. so apologies for that in advance (prioritising actually getting it done finally D:).- Nab

 The novel begins with Rena in her club room, opening her locker. While doing so, she was reminded of the time she had accompanied Kyouko; Kyouko had put her belongings in a Nanasis locker and there were many empty adjacent lockers, unlike here where Rena had her own locker merely because she’d won a janken game, and others had to share. A clubmate told Rena that she had gotten a call from their advisors, and said that Rena was appointed to represent their school for inter-high school regional high jump competition. Her friend praised her, "Wow! Ace! We expect a lot of you!", and Rena thought, am I even someone to rest expectations on? 

Over at Nanasis, Honoka came to ask Kyouko about her handmade meal, as Honoka felt it wasn’t good. Kyouko: "Well, duh, anyone can see it isn’t, even the salt in the onigiri isn’t mixed well, and as for the tamagoyaki-" and Honoka went Nuooo, but Kyouko said she was happy and thanked her. Kyouko went to serve her tea, Honoka went, “I will help!” but Kyouko was like, no no, this is thanks for the meal! Honoka went, no no I’m thanking you for eating it! Kyouko: "You strange girl, I am the one getting to eat it" Honoka: "Anyway Thank you!!" and Kyouko relented and let her help.

Honoka helped taking some snacks from the top shelves and Kyouko was like, ...you can reach that?

Honoka replied, "Yes, I can…? What's wrong?" Kyouko definitely minded their height difference. [lol 16 cm btw - Esh]

Honoka realized Kyouko had her textbook out on the table and apologized in case she had interrupted her studying. 

Kyouko said, “My test is next week. When are your school's?”

“Tomorrow,” Honoka replied.

“WHAT, WHY ARE YOU HERE THEN.”

“I-I studied but I just wanna know how you think about the cooking a-a-and…”

“Okay, then let’s study together.” 

Shihainin came after dark and offered to help but Kyouko already had to go. Shihainin said to Kyouko, "No training until the test’s over!"

"EH, WHAT?" 

"You overslept today, didn’t you?"

"How did you know?"

"Coney-san opens the gate every morning because she knows you will jog in everyday..." and yet today Kyouko had not. Shihainin continued, "Very late last night, I saw the training room lamp was on, on my way out to the store. I am sure you trained too late."

"But Shihainin!"

“No, you shall not have training."

Pouting, Kyouko relented... "W-wait, then what time did YOU stop working?! Did you sleep? Shihainin!"

Friday later that week, Honoka was slumped at her desk, knowing she'd fail the test, even if she had been studying real hard. She decided to go visit her favorite tonkotsu ramen chain, but didn’t know who to invite because a girl? tonkotsu ramen?! and decided to go on her own. On the way there, Honoka remembered Rena's school was close so she decided to go see her. There, Rena was lying on a mattress beside a high-jump bar, looking at the sky. A clubmate called, "Rena, do you know that girl?" Rena looked over the fence and said, "Nishizono-san?"

"Waa, look at that wave and reaction. Is she your girlfriend?" Rena’s clubmate joked.

"Haha, what are you saying. She's a friend."

Rena came closer and Honoka went, "Waa!! Amazing, Araki-san! I can't even dream of being able to jump that high!!"

"Nishizono-san, why are you here? Isn’t the station in the opposite direction?"

"I wanted to go to a tonkotsu ramen place and this school is on the way."

"Alone?" Rena noted how there was no one accompanying her.

Honoka went, uuu ikr, it's strange eh for a JK to eat tonkotsu ramen alone TAT and Rena went, "Then let me go with you."

"But the club?"

"It's just self training since it's test period next week anyway. No problem. Just wait here, I’ll be there soon."

"Is it really okay?"

"Yeah." As she turned back, Rena whispered to herself, "the wind is strong today, I wouldn’t have been able to jump well anyway..."

~~~And that end chapter 1 of Book 2, [which makes it chapter 5 LOL] "Sourashinshin”

Next chapter, Rena and Honoka both went for Tonkotsu ramen, served by this oji-san chef with a towel wrapped around his head.

"Why tonkotsu Ramen though, did you flunk your test and wanted to take revenge by eating or something?" Rena asked.

Honoka: Σ(゜Д゜) → (´；ω；｀)

"... Don’t mind it."

They talked again, about the performance they’d put on, and about idols. Honoka shared that she was still indecisive, while Rena told her of the upcoming high jump tourney. On their way home, they talked about their past and upcoming decisions. Honoka said that she had came to Tokyo-7, and subsequently Nanasis, to find out what she wanted to do in life, but she was unsure. Unsure if being an idol was really something she wanted, or if it was only another example of her tendency to ‘move with the current’. Honoka would like to know it for sure, she wanted to be so absorbed in the things she did, like anyone doing what they love feels.

Honoka finally said, “It's silly, eh?”

"I don’t think so," Rena replied. "I think how Nishizono-san is facing your own problems headlong is amazing."

"But Araki-san, too, aren't you very absorbed in high jumping? I look up to people like you."

".... Lately, it isn’t like that at all."

Honoka felt something was off but she wasn’t sure what, or how, to ask... It started raining suddenly, so the two girls had to run for shelter. As they ran, Rena got further and further in front of Honoka, as expected from someone from track and field.

"W-wait!" Honoka extended her hand towards that back, and in that moment, somehow it felt as if Rena would slip away, going far away to a place unreachable by her.

Back at her home, Rena took off her earphones and looked out the window; the heavy rain that had been going on since last Friday afternoon, had finally stopped on Sunday night. Her club had no indoor field, so during rain they only did stamina exercises like push ups etc. which got boring.

Rena sighed, "Well that can't be helped." She caught herself right after saying that. Since when had she ever have a ‘that can't be helped’ mentality when it came to the high jump? She used to think, if it was anything about high jump, she'd do it all. But since when, she wondered, did I start to lose that?

Her mother asked Rena to take a bath but she replied that she wanted to study and to let Dad go in first.

Her mom replied, "Eh, are you okay? You're an adult now."

"I don't mind," Rena said, and went back to her desk, picking her English book back up.

Her mom went, "Good luck," and closed the door.

A few days later, Kyouko, all smiles, came to Nanastar to find Shihainin; she’d gotten a super high score for her test. 

Kyouko said to Shihainin, "Of course I did! I can get that high easily. Your banning me from training gave me a bit of more time, of course. But I could have gotten as high without it too, okay!?"

"Sure, of course..."

Later, Honoka arrived just as Shihainin had to leave. Kyouko kept the test result in her bag and asked Honoka why Rena wasn’t with her. Honoka replied that although her tests were finished, Rena still had the inter-high competition so she couldn’t come.

“I see... You wanna watch me train?” Kyouko asked.

“Is it okay?”

“Yeah, Rena did too.”

And Kyouko made better progress than when she trained alone, she learned that now. As they went up the stairs, the girls promised to one day have moments like these again, but with Rena.

 However, one, then two, weeks passed and Rena never came back to Nanasis. Kyouko and Honoka sat in the office with a box of Viva Donuts, mulling over what could have happened. Whenever Honoka had asked her to come, Rena always rejected with half-hearted words, and always replied late at night. As for Rena’s club activities, the inter-high had already passed. Kyouko asked Honoka whether she remembered anything at all. Honoka did remember that time, right before the rain, when she had seen a distant look in Rena’s eyes as she said she was ‘not that into high jump’ anymore.

Kyouko also remembered how Rena used to come, always saying something along the lines of how her club ‘had no advisor, it was self-training,’ etc. From Rena's sun-burnt skin, it was clear she had been out in the sun too much, even in early spring, and it was hard to think everything was alright when considering that. But they were not Rena, and they could not know the answer until Rena said it herself.

Kyouko then stood up and declared, "Let's go."

"E-eh where?"

"To her place, of course!"

"B-but it's already half past 5!" said Honoka; the sun was setting and counting the commute, they would get there well after dark.

"It'll be ok."

 At Rena's school, Rena said to herself, "I'll jump,” like a chant that she repeated over and over every time before a jump. She had the form etched in her head as she ran towards the bar, which was set at the highest height she had ever gotten, and never got past anymore.

The bar clanked as it fell onto the ground. Rena lay on the mattress and looked up at the sky. "It's still no good today, eh..."

"Rena!" her clubmate called her. "It's time!"

"Ah, I'll be here a while more!"

"Aren't you the hard worker. Why don't you lower the bar a bit?"

"It's self-satisfaction,” Rena offered as an explanation. “The coach did say that too."

Her clubmate gave up and left her to it, wishing Rena good luck, and helped set the bar for her, which she thanked her for. And Rena stood up again, saying to herself, "Well, let’s try again, shall we."

...The sky was dark, the bar laid beside Rena again; she’d failed yet again on her last jump. Suddenly, the field spotlight came on, shining on her. 

She sat up, surprised, and a pair of unexpected voices rang out, "What are you doing, training in pitch darkness!" and, "Good evening, Araki-san."

Standing there, with the light behind them, were Honoka and Kyouko. Rena was so surprised she could not say anything, and that shocked expression was the first thing they saw. Apparently, Honoka and Kyouko had asked the security to help light up the spotlight, promising that they would turn it back off after, because Rena was still training by the grounds. Rena broke into a sad smile, thinking the security man must have known that she had been trying and failing for days, over and over.

"Why did you come here?" Rena finally said.

"Of course, because we're worried!" Kyouko replied.

"I already said I'm busy."

"You never gave us a reason, you can't just expect people to accept it when you’ve been gone so long."

Kyouko asked Honoka to gave Rena some drinks. As it turned out, the two girls had bought onigiri and some jelly drinks, suspecting Rena had not had dinner. Rena asked if they had had theirs. Honoka answered that they had enough for everyone; they had bought loads because they ‘didn’t know Rena's tastes’. Rena peeked into the convenience store bag and said, “That is enough...?” while looking at Honoka, who went red and went, "I-I don’t eat that much! I..."

Kyouko sighed and said, "I don’t eat much for dinner, I eat a lot in the morning for that."

Honoka went >_< and Rena chuckled.

Honoka explained, "On the way here we passed the convenience store, and Uesugi-san said we should buy some for you."

Rena looked at kyouko and felt like she had a really good motherly side. She accepted the jelly drink bottle, looking straight at Kyouko while saying, "Thank you." Different from usual, the words had a certain weight to them.

 Rena smiled and drank from the PET bottle, feeling how it was different having them there versus having the club member there. Honoka watched her side profile, noticing a distant expression she had never seen Rena make before, which saddened her. Kyouko asked Rena why she had not come to Nanasis and had not told them why. Rena answered brusquely that she thought it was ‘not that big of a deal’ to talk about.

 With Kyouko and Honoka on each side of her, however, Rena finally started to open up. She told them that she had began high jumping in middle school when she was introduced by a friend to the club. That time, she was still relatively bad at it and just went with her other friends. Being generally good in sports from the start, Rena found that she was beginning to like it, and she began to think that it would be great to just do high jump, and that she would still like it. In a short while, she became the best among her peers and at that time, her interest and source of enjoyment went from ‘just being able to do high jump’ to ‘just how high can I go’ and she began to seriously study and train. She was appointed as the representative of her school. But although Rena was the highest jumper in her school, it was not so in the inter-high. So many other kids could jump higher than her with no sweat, it seemingly did not matter if she had trained day and night. And earlier in the year, she had begun to not be able to jump over her highest record anymore. Is this my limit? Rena had asked herself.

 Then around that time, she had met Honoka. She saw how Honoka ran with all her might to catch a bus, observing how she gave it her all. She also learned how Honoka properly faced her questions and problems, unlike Rena who, at that time, turned her back to her problems. Then, she was scouted. It was not as if she had no genuine interest at all in being an idol, but it would also not be wrong to say she was just running away from what was bothering her, that she thought ‘it might good to just try out being an idol’. But Rena had felt that it was not right, it would be an insult to Kyouko, or Shihainin.

 In these days where idols are practically gone, those people who kept the idea of idols alive must really be putting their heart into it, Rena felt. Halfheartedly going for it, just because she did not want to face her own problems, wasn't what she wanted. And so Rena had decided, if she had the chance to go to Nanasis or be allowed to be there, she would only come once she could get over the height she could not surpass.

"It may be just my selfishness though," Rena wrapped up by saying.

Honoka responded, "Then I am just the same as you." As Honoka had came to Tokyo, leaving her family to look for what she wanted to do. But in the end she had not gotten her answer, even wondering if being an idol was only her ‘going with the current around me’. Unlike Haru, or Kyouko.

 Listening to both of them, Kyouko finally said, "If you ask me, I don't think ill of either of you.”

"Even my reason is nothing big,” Kyouko continued, “Even you, Rena, didn’t you say you tried the high jump because your friend asked you to? Would you find first timers who start having interest in high jumping insulting?"

"... No, I don't think so," Rena said.

"Reasons to begin can be anything. It's the end that counts.”

"You think so?"

"Definitely," Kyouko said.

Rena looked at the clock and said, "Well, time to try once more." Her earlier jump was supposed to be the last, but with Kyouko and Honoka even turning the light on for her and being there, she knew she had to try just one last time. Under the nervous gaze of the two, Rena prepared. Honoka was so nervous she started fidgeting and Kyouko went, “You’re not the one jumping, though.”

 Honoka explained, "But when I thought about how Araki-san isn’t going to come to Nanasis if she can’t jump over it, I..."

And Kyouko, if was to be honest with herself, was nervous too. She had never felt that before; when Shihainin auditioned her for the first time, when she danced in front of Coney the first time, there were many instances where Kyouko had felt extremely nervous, but it was the first time she was nervous for someone else.

As for Rena, seeing their faces made her happy that they were nervous for her sake, and she felt somehow different with them there. She felt that, even if today’s time is over, it would be alright. Tomorrow, or the day after, there are still chances, she could keep trying.

"There are always possibilities," Rena said quietly to herself. The air, that had been still moments before, was now filled with a wind that felt like it gently pushed her from the back.

"I'll jump," Rena said, and started running. This time, it felt like she could take a little bit longer of a stride, take a little higher of a step. With all her might, Araki Rena「flew」.

 [By the way, "Jump" and "Fly" have the same reading in Japanese, "Tobu". However, jump is written 跳ぶ and Fly is 飛ぶ。The original wording, 荒木レナは全力で「飛んだ」, uses the latter of the two. - Esh]

 The stadium lights had been turned off, and everything was dark. Rena was lying faceup on the mattress, and so was honoka. Kyouko came over and said, "I’ve turned off the lights and you guys still haven’t tidied the mattress up?!"

"But we're tired,” Honoka replied.

"Why are you even tired?!"

"I was nervous."

And yet, Kyouko went over to lie on the mattress as well. The three girls looked up into the night sky.

Rena said, "Thank you, for being with me tonight."

"Don't mind it. We came here ourselves anyway," was the reply from the other two.

"And... I thought being with someone else isn't that bad after all,” Rena added.

 Kyouko decided that she would not tell Rena to stop trying to jump over the bar, nor would she go against Honoka on her choices. She could not jump for Rena, nor could she choose for Honoka. Kyouko had always thought that ‘something that one achieves, must be something that one reached out for’. At least, that was why she had been doing things alone for all this time. However, today she could buy something for Rena, or tell Honoka more about idols, and be nervous together for Rena. In turn, in the past Rena had helped her dance training, and Honoka had cooked a meal for her. Same for Shihainin and Coney as well. Something that one wants to do, perhaps must be undertaken by that person themselves. However, it might be possible for others to be understanding and help each other. Surprisingly, Kyouko realized that she was not against that. And she knew the two people beside her also felt the same way.

 As the girls were on their way home, Rena looked up at the sky and said, "Ah, it's finally a clear sky." All three of them looked up at the starry sky in silence, not knowing the names of those stars.

 The next day, Rena and Honoka went to Nanasis, finding Shihainin there. Shihainin looked at Rena and said simply, "I am glad you are fine." And waiting for them were the Viva donuts that had been prepared for when Rena came back to Nanasis.

 Sat across from the two girls, Shihainin began, "Araki-san, Nishizono-san, I would like to ask you two, once again. Would you be interested in being idols?"

 ~~~This is the end of chapter 3, ‘Seikananchuu’.

 In summer, Rena rolled about on the studio floor while going "Aaah, the floor is so cold, feels so nice," spurring Honoka on to do the same. A while later, Kyouko came with their drinks and kind of went seriously, you guys? Rena took the drinks, saying, "Thank you, Kyouko."

"Don't mention it,” Kyouko replied.

Rena took a sip, then looked at Honoka as she passed the bottle, saying "Here, have it... Honoka." She naturally, casually, called her by her first name without a honorific.

Honoka, blushing, answered, "Thank you, A-Ara... R-Rena-chan."

"Well, I am not the one buying though?" Rena pointed out, gesturing at Kyouko, who averted her eyes.

Honoka got nervous, Kyouko got nervous too. And Honoka finally said, "Thank you, K-Kyouko-chan."

Rena just laughed at that and Kyouko went “It's your fault being so nervous for Rena using your first name and now I’m nervous too!”

And so, the girls ended up banning polite talk between themselves.

That night at her school field, Rena had been able to jump over the bar, and at that moment, when she saw Honoka and Kyouko, she had decided that perhaps, by being with them both, she would be able to reach even higher. She just felt that way.

As for Honoka, she could not yet say with certainty that she had found what she wanted to do. When all three of them had looked up at the night sky together though, from the bottom of her heart she had wanted to be with Kyouko and Rena. If being an idol was the way to achieve that, she might not be able to call it ‘what I really wanted to do’, but that was fine.

As the girls were chatting about Honoka's weight, Kyouko's chest, and Rena's slender body, Shihainin came in and told them to go to the office after showering and cleaning up. In the office they found Shihainin, who had been waiting with Coney beside him, munching on donuts. When the three of them sat on the opposite sofa, Coney set the donuts aside on a plate, and they knew instantly it was something serious. Shihainin started by explaining how there was a venue, Karoen park, that Nanasis had registered, with its registration deadline being last night, for 777 sisters.

However, news had came in that morning that another venue Nanasis had booked long before, at a poolside, had a change of schedule and ended up overlapping with the Karoen Park one.

 When Shihainin was done, Kyouko immediately asked, "What do you want us to do?"

Shihainin smiled and said, "As expected of Kyouko. We only need 5 minutes. We have a song that doesn’t quite fit any of the other units, and the lyrics can be made to fit yours. Coney has prepared costumes."

The event was less than a month away. Shihainin went on, "I wanted you three to make a debut."

Both Honoka and Rena went EEEEEE but Kyouko, instead, stood up and said, “Let’s do it.”

Rena and Honoka started protesting, but for Kyouko, she had always been looking at someone's back. She had came into the idol world and looked at Haru's, Musubi's… the whole of 777 sisters’ backs. However, with Rena and Honoka she now had someone to walk beside her, not in front of her. It was not like she had no confidence of herself, but Kyouko had always known she could not fill the shoes of 12 people alone.

 "Rena, aren't you here despite having to balance club and idol responsibilities? Against all odds?" Kyouko began. "Honoka, aren't you here, far away from home, looking for something you want to do? For me, if there is a chance, I want to take it. I want to believe in possibility. I’m only able to want to do this because it's with both of you. With the two of you, I know we can do it." She quickly added, “B-but don’t you get me wrong, I would still have solo debuted eventually, okay!”

 Rena went alright, alright. And they all, together, decided to do it. As if on cue, Coney immediately exclaimed, "TIME TO WORK ON THE COSTUME! GUUUUUTS!" and Shihainin took out his notes. He suddenly stopped though and asked the three girls, "Wait, what will your unit name be?”

 Close to a month later, Honoka woke up late. She hurriedly went to the shower room and would have brushed her teeth sloppily if her aunt had not told her to brush it properly and helped brush her hair. Honoka made several faces throughout the process and went, "Yosh!"

"You done?" Honoka had almost forgotten her aunt was there.

After taking an onigiri bento that her aunt had prepared for her, Honoka ran out the door. Her aunt sighed to herself, “Oh, how much Honoka resembles  her mother now…” and remembered that she too should make sure not to be late. By the bus stop, Rena was waiting as the bus came. It was going to be either missing that bus, or wait for Honoka with a huge possibility of being late. Rena then saw Honoka running frantically from afar while saying, "Waaait!".

Rena stepped onto the bus and said, "Excuse me sir, would you mind waiting for my friend over there?"

Kyouko was waiting near the office and berated them for being late; after all, it was finally their debut day. Shihainin went off to do prepwork. Kyouko announced that her mother, despite her busy schedule, somehow said that she would come. Rena said her parents and clubmate would as well. Honoka said that her aunt would be able to make it too.

Kyouko went, "Do you two know our unit’s name yet?"

"Nope," they answered.

"It's a stylization of ‘Lemon Squash’."

Honoka and Rena went what? They didn’t even drink it that much.

"Refreshing, sweet, with a tinge of sourness,” Kyouko went on, “Shihainin said, ‘it's the image of youth.’"

"I think I like it,” Rena said.

"Me too," Honoka said.

On that note, the three girls’ possibilities and hopes unfolded.

 End of chapter 4 --- Hikouhoukou

 ---’EX Chapter’. Houeikouya

 At the usual Tonkotsu ramen place, Honoka ordered a ‘super big bowl, with extra broth, extra nori, extra topping’.

Kyouko went, “You’re eating all that?!”

"Eeeh, people don’t usually??" Honoka seemed genuinely astonished.

Rena, laughing, said, "One regular for me, please."

"Me too," Kyouko added.

 After their debut, and after watching 777 Sisters perform, the three decided to have a celebratory meal together, but Shihainin had said that they would have it on another time. Honoka really wanted tonkotsu ramen though, so the three of them went there.

On the way, Honoka had said, “Will Tonkotsu + lemon be a good combination?”

The others went like what?

“I meant,” Honoka clarified, “We could have a joint collaboration with the ramen place."

Everyone went, “????? No way it’d taste good!"

"Eeeh but the possibility of a collab... hmm, lemon and tonkotsu ramen..." Honoka seemed enamoured with her idea.

 After having ramen, the three girls were full and content. They left the restaurant as the sun was setting, and the three of them, somehow as one, looked up at the sky and at one particular star in the distance.

After this they would go back, Rena to her home, Honoka to her aunt’s, Kyouko to her dorm. That realization made them feel.. lonely.

"WELL THEN!" Rena suddenly circled her arms around Kyouko and Honoka by her side as she said, "SHALL WE GO FOR DESSERT?"

"E-eh?" Honoka was caught off guard.

"It's the other stomach!" Rena went on.

"I don’t mind, I think,” Kyouko said.

“I want ice cream!" Honoka said.

 With that, they managed to fulfill their wish of being with each other for just a little while more.

 ~~~End of book~~~

Back to summaries

[teethstusks]

Shmath!!!

Ladies and Gentlemen, there’s new poly ship in town!

Okay, but I have lots of feelings for this one…

So, to start…

(Btw it’s probably better to call it sheitt)

Shatt

Shiro and Matt have been going out for ages!

They started going out not long after they met

At this point they’re just the biggest bros/lovers.

People from their class now they’re going out but people from the outside just see two bros doing stupid shit bc that’s the dynamics

Shiro’s the adventurous one that does stupid shit (since they’re quite young at this point?)

Matt is the brain… He also does stupid shit but he makes plan and thinks it through

I can imagine them sneaking out at night or sth

They’re the two bros who argue with teacher over typo for entire lesson

Sheith

Okay, me and @bird-ly​ already have hc for how Keith and Shiro met:

Our Grey A child, Keith, has just enrolled Garrison

He finds himself attracted to Shiro, not really knowing in what way

So what he does is that he challanges him to duel(?) well, just training fight

Altho Shiro wins the first time, invites Keith to spar again

And even tho Shiro’s already have boyfriend, he is the one to start flirting with Keith.

People who don’t know Shiro is dating Matt start thinking that he’s dating Keith, bc of their weird conversations in the middle of corridors, calling each other to private places, sneaking out and stuff….

He does feel guilty about it but. Keith. Is. Just. Too. Cute.

Matt eventually notices. He calls Shiro out on it.

Shiro tells him, he knows and that he’s sorry but while he loves Matt, he likes Keith too.

So Matt, the soft boy, tells Shiro it’s fine (after some arguing and Shiro proving he really does love them both)

He’s hurt but he likes seeing Shiro happy.

Shiro eventually ask keith to date him (and explains he’s with Matt too) Keith isn’t sure about it, but he says they should try

Katt 

So, Matt notices that shiro is most happy when he’s with both of them, so he starts hanging out with keith too

They don’t really talk with each other from the start

until matt starts teasing Keith

He hangs out with both of them while they fight and it starts by him laughing at keith for mostly losing these fights

While he never lets opportunity to say something slip by, he never actually oversteps the boundaries and insulted keith

If Keith ever pouts because of being teased, Matt just musses his hair, grinning and apologizing

“He’s cute” matt tells shiro one day “Actually I might like him too”

He doesn’t tell keith, but he definitely joins in with Shiro’s flirting

“Your not that bad” Keith says one day (Which is like?? the highest praise??)

Pre-Cerberos Sheitt

So yeah, they’re hanging out now.

and going out

Matt actually does tell keith… eventualy…

keith is still unsure tho. So he hasn’t been kissed yet. What he knows is that he enjoys being around those two.

they don’t push keith into anything

Keith doesn’t have many other people who he talks to but he knows being with Shatt feels different and better in a way

It’s just that half of the people think that Shiro is dating keith and the other half thinks Shiro is dating Matt

so keith gets called out for cheating on Shiro with Matt

Which helps him sort out his feelings!

He doesn’t tell the person anything and just leaves them standing there cofused

He rushes to meet Shiro and Matt and tell them

thet he proBABLY LOVES THEM AND HE WASN’T SURE SO HE’S SORRY FOR DRAGGING IT OUT AND IM;;;;;

They’re both super happy! Like Matt jump-hugs him and shiro is like *o*

They become the happy boyfriend trio and tell few people but mainly work on having good time spend together

Shiro and Matt kiss each other and only cuddle with keith, waiting for him to decide if he’s ready

and

Before the Cerberos mission Keith kisses them.

Shiro first and then small peck to Matt

and tHEY MELT

They both want more kisses but Keith’s like “When you return from Cerberos”

EXCEPT THEY DONT HAHAHAHAHAHA

Cerberos Keith

So yeah, when he finds out he storms the headmasters room

asking where are they

yelling at them

blaming them

So he gets kicked out

he harms few officials as they try dragging him out

And lock himself in the shack

Hes trying to find them but eventually… slowly… gives up

staying in the shack alone for so long messes up his brain

he starts seeing things

seeing them

At first he starts catching glimpses

hearing the calling his name

As the time goes he convinces himself they’re both really there

Keith, sitting in the dark cottage, laughing, looking into the void as he whispers their names

(hc goes that hunk helps him kind of get out of this but lets not go in too deep)

When he starts sensing the energy, he legitimately thinks it’s them

Aaaaaand when the ship crashes, the reason why he says shiro slightly surprised is bc he expected matt too

HE IS SO GRATEFUL ANYWAYS he’s happy at least Shiro is there

Post-Cerberos Sheith

Shiro tells keith to stay calm and don’t go looking for matt immidiately. To stay for a bit and get some plan

(which sounds easy but) keith is still quite not happy with Matt missing (he’s furious lol)

what convinces him is when shiro tells him that Pidge is Matt’s sister. He asks him not to because of her. (he tells him, that’s why keith knows when pidge comes out)

That she’s already stressed enough, so that he stops freaking out

Keith starts getting better again.

So, yeah they wait and try to not think of Matt too much

except they both do

they don’t mention him, but it’s not easy to forget him just like that

Post-Season2 Sheitt

We’re getting rebel leader Matt (nobody tells me that we aren’t)

When they meet (maybe rescue?) Matt and his rebel crew Pidge is the first one to rush to him and welcome him back

She roughly tells him what happened when he was gone

He listens and has some quality bonding time with his sister

He then ask her if he could talk to shiro and keith

Turns out he’s been holding back from crying and once he’s alone with both of them he just bursts out crying

he hugs them and tells them how much he’s been missing them

Then keith kisses both of them again

AnywAYS REBEL LEADER TRIO

It’s like star wars - Matt as Leia, Shiro as Han and Keith as Luke

Matt is always the brain. He’s still brave af so it’s always something unexpected and hard to pull off

Keith is the best pilot. Natural talent. Usually end up being the key player in Matts plans.

Shiro is there to stop them from making shit too risky or impossible to pull of. Also, he’s the one who usually speaks to the masses and explains the plan, tells people what to do etc

Hunk and lance already know they’re dating but they dont tell/show it in front of othe people. (not into PDA much :/ )

(They come out to pidge once galra is defeated)

Domestic Sheitt

Okay, listen, altough they’re not into PDA, they love the cuddles

Especially Keith. While it’s something new he really comes to be the most physical person in the household

He’s the little spoon, having shiro form one, Matt from the other side (sandwitch lol)

Shiro is the one who always gets teased. (Especially the 6yo jokes)

Matt is the culprit in 99% of cases

Shiro is the only one that can cook. Imagine keith and matt sitting by table, both smirking as shiro in pink apron cooks

“Woo, look at that but” ofc loud enogh so Shiro can hear it

Also shiro definitely tried to make the “who’s doing what chores” chart at least once. Tried. It didn’t really work out

Okay, okay, this took way too long but here it goes. Man, i’m so deep in this ship… This just needs better name