#those fr make me want to die so badly. so badly.

[samingtonwilson]

reading well written joel miller fics is so funny in that they make me want to FUCKING KILL MYSELF

[teddybeartoji]

MICKEY YOUR RB ON THAT SMOKER!SUGU POST………. oh i need . lore . so badly

ROOMIE!SUGU BEING A SMOKER MAKES SOOO MUCH SENSE OBVIOUSLY (my heart goes out to depression era sugu and his inherent need for self-destruction 🫡) but i must know …. does he. try to get you to smoke 😳😳 does he … shotgun you……… or does he steal any cigarettes you buy with a teasing grin so you never start………. i need answers so bad misu you are my otp always

(also <3 ily!!! remember to have yourself a nice big meal if you haven’t already!!!!! <33333)

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA deep breaths deep breaths...

you're out to get me fr ari you're insane i love you so much. OKEOKE OKE SO we did have a lil talk abt this already buut yeah in the misu world.. roomie!suguru definitely smokes. we have a little balcony in our apartment too so he doesn't have to like.. smoke out of a window or go down the stairs which is nice. aaand we have two little chairs outside too aand a little table and then we have a few plants too (he takes care of those i am awful with plants..) AAAND this is our regular hangout spot!!!!!!!!!! smoking or not, we like to sit there a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ok now to the actual smoking lmao like i already mentioned i am not a smoker but i am not a Cigarette Virgin either so i don't have a problem if he smokes or not. i think smokers are hot and i'm not gonna lie abt he looks SO fucking good while doing it oh my god my heart is going to give out................................. so yeah i definitely grab one from him every so often bc why the fuck not. but... mostly he just shares the cig with me... sometimes he just holds it to my lips so i wouldn't get the smell on my fingers and he always holds eye-contact while doing that bc he's a fucking asshole aaand when i blow the smoke into his face to get back at him he just . grins at me.. (he's so fucking hot ari i really do think i'm gonna die if i think abt him too hard)

he isn't the biggest smoker ever though, shoko definitely does it more than him. buuuut he does always want at least one after a long day and i think that's more than fine (i am drooling rn). oh aaand whenever we're hanging out with satoru and shoko and they go out for a smoke i mostly stay with satoru lmao this is important ok me and him are very very very good friends in this au i baby him i tease him we get along so well that it makes suguru a little jealous and then shoko gets to tease him abt that😭😭😭

liike suguru's just leaning against the balcony railing while shoko sits on one of the stairs and he's just . looking at me and satoru laughing together inside and shoko thinks it's the funniest thing ever hgashdgghsahdghgsa AAAAAAAAND when they come back inside, he always plops onto the couch right beside me (like awfully close) and then puts his arm behind me on the backrest and he thinks he's. smooth lmao pls everybody INCLUDING ME knows what he's doing😭😭😭

mm i don't carry around any cigs but i do always have a lighter with me and while it is very hot when he lights his own cigs.. he lets me do it a lot too and this is also smth that makes me fucking dizzy bc he leans in so close and then holds onto my hand so it wouldn't shake and AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH i hate him i love him i need to punch him i need to kiss him he's awful he's sexy he's the worst man alive

he definitely smokes weed sometimes too but uh. that's uhh. gulps very fucking nervously. that's when uh. Things happen ok i can't go into detail or i'll pass out.. he gets very touchy LIKE VERY TOUCHY i mean like nuzzling his face into the crook of my neck while toying with the hem of my shirt YEAH YEAH YEA H I NEED TO STOP HERE FUCK .

[evb0]

procrastinating so u guys get my hatchetverse hcs!!! (these are going to be a lot of shit i picked up from random posts that i dont remeber the ops of so sorry if u made one of these hcs and i dont credit you i love you sorry) ethan green

probably like 23? 25?

hes actually bi he told me himself

afab he/they boyflux sue me

lex is his first and only gf. he's probably had like one bf before but he loves lex sm more (simp) (malewife to her girlboss basically)

orphan sorry i dont make the rules

his dad left like immedately and his mom passed of old age when he was like 17 idk

hannah is basically his little sister. he'd die 4 her actually.

ted spankoffski

like late 20s early 30s at the most ithink

so painfully thirsty for anyone he has to be pan

amab he/him but doesnt really give a fuck

has never had a partner thats so sad. he makes up for this by constantly acting like everybody wants him. they dont. (exepct for me i love him)

doesnt really have a CRUSH on anyone speific but mark chastity is his fav to tease (sorry im a baby for holy bastard)

him and petes parents love them but theyre kinda like.. oblivious and absent. like theyre always on trips and leaving pete to live w ted

max jagerman

im not gonna list all of the teens' age theyre all 16-18

im assimilating with this one he/she pronouns amab

hes omni he told me himself pref 2 women

everybody wants him he only wants the nerd (hes just like me fr)

he isnt dead shut up shut up sHUT UP HES FINE OKAY

his dad is not good his mom died in childbirth

stephanie lauter

genderqueer. they/she/he in order of pref. also uses xe/xir idc sue me

pan thats cannon she told me xirself

does tiktok dances but really badly on purpose

the biggest simp on earth to her one guy and nobody ese

will fluster the living hell out of pete in public for fun

hates being the mayors daughter, feels alienated bcs of it

pete spankoffski

he/they afab i dont make the rules

bi if you argue youre homophobic (/J)

actually loves his big bro but acts like he doesnt bcsaude is ted hears him looking up ted he'll never hear the end of it

nickname seymour from ruth (bcause lsoh)

ex-brony

richie whateverhislastnameis

afab he/xe/nya/zap he would have so many cool neos. one of those people whos neo list is longer than the bill of rights

gay mlm yes

undertale enjoyer

nge enjoyer

discord mod in an anime server

owns several body pillows

xem and ruth have been friends since pre-k so they know eachother like the back of their hand

ruth whateverherlastnameis

afab she/they

omni large large large pref to girls. likes a few boys sorta

biggest theatre kid ever but sucks at acting and singing (the curse)

got ensemble ONCE and cried at the cast list

fav show is heathers

heather m kin i dont make the rules

grace chastity

afab she/her

bi

liked a girl once and cried for a week str8 abt going 2 hell

i dont have alot of hcs for her but i think she would like fire a large amount

not even arson wise but like

a firebug

tinky

i already made my hcs for all the LiBs' true forms so go find those if you want

all the libs dont give a fuc about pronouns call them whatever

i do he/him tho

tinky is really just a 13 yr old girl freaking out abt one specific guy (ted) and making fucked up fanfics with him (time bastard nmt)

the "youngest" of the siblings

boy jerry

i beleive that every character jon plays is related. boy jerry is pauls fucked up brother. which means hes also richies uncle

[llamamamarisen92]

Tiny Little Bhaal Spawn

When I play dark urge, I always play drow because in my head it kind of just makes sense. But I often think about how when we ask "What the worst thing we've done is" we are told it is freely giving money to a beggar. This leads me to believe that perhaps our dark urge character started with a gentler life. And perhaps Bhaal took great pleasure in breaking those parts of them until they are his most efficient weapon. Kind of like Shar stealing a child of Selune to prove that anyone can be turned evil.

So this is how I kind of envision the beginning of my dark urge characters start to life:

Kiella walked along her little garden in the underdark. She used her magic to bring up some essence of the world above her. When she married Jurren, they fled to the surface. He was born to a great house of Menzoborranzen, but turned his back to be with her. A dancer in Elistrae's grand temple. Her people had broken away from Lolth centuries ago.

Jurren, inspite of how he was raised, was soft and kind. Drawn to the teachings and path of the Seludrine.

They had come back to the underdark in hopes of reconnecting with the temples and building a humble life. She still practiced her ritual dance, but it was not the same without the presence of her sister priests. Jurren dedicated his life to magic, training to become a mage.

As she pulled weeds out from the ground she heard a baby crying. She ran to the screaming child and found a naked infant placed upon a bare rock. It was a baby girl. Her coloring was that of the drow but she quickly noted why the child was likely abandoned. The girl had brown hair. It was not uncommon for Lolth's children to be born with a variety of coloring, but anything that did not meet their cruel standard was often left out to die. Kiella had thick black hair interwoven with veins of ginger. If she was not blessed to be born to one of Ellistrae's followers, this too would be her fate.

She picked up the child and used the scarf tied along her waiste to cover her. "Shhh, dear one. You are safe now."

She walked back to their small home, softly rocking the infant. Hoping to bring some comfort. "I am so sorry that your life has begun in such a cruel fashion. But fear not love, fate has brought you to tender arms still."

When she walked in, Jurren was hunched over his desk studying one of his scrolls. She tapped on his shoulder, startling him a bit.

He turned and smiled until he saw the child in her arms. He himself had the tell tale coloring of a Lolth-sworn. Snow white hair and deep red eyes. Growing up in Menzoberranzen he knew exactly why she stumbled upon this infant. Fear drove his initial reaction.

He stood up and gasped sharply. "Kiella, my gentle dove. We cannot keep her." He saw her eyes flash in defiance.

"I am not allowing a child to die out there!" She held the infant closer to her, turning as he tried to take it from her arms.

"If they find that we have interfered they will hunt us down and kill us."

"Then we will find a place where we are all safe. Including Shinurah. I will not allow her to suffer for their evil." His pleading eyes searched hers. He knew the war was lost when she uttered a name. He also knew that she wanted a child so badly. And unfortunately it was not something the gods had been willing to bestow upon them naturally.

He sighed and gently removed the child from her arms. She watched him like a hawk. He lifted the little girl so that he could get a better look at her. A piece of his heart shifted inside him. "Well, little Shinurah, it seems your mother has not tired of the blades edge."

Fear still very much clung to him like a wet robe. But he smiled down at their new little daughter. "At least she doesn't bare their features and we may be able to pass her as our own easy enough." He stroked the little tawny tufts atop her head with his thumb, examining her hazel eyes. The infant quieted in his arms and they settled near the hearth.

He drew his wife in with his free arm and settled his chin atop her head as he whispered a prayer of protection on their little family.

[misiahasahardname]

for the character bingo sheet:

- April and Mikey (did I spell that right?-) from TMNT Mutant Mayhem

- Any character from Duck Tales (sorry if I got the name wrong-)

- The Jomies from TMF

:)

MIKEY (mutant mayhem)

one of the mikeys of all time!!!!!

he’s a lot calmer and positive and yet still has this chaotic vibe about him (which is an iconic trait for any mikey to have)

i would so be friends with him if i knew him personally. i mean, how could i not?????? HE’S INTO IMPROV. THEATER KIDS OF THE WORLD UNITE!!!!!!!!!!

i own a plushie of him and it’s so goofy looking. 10/10, great to watch tv with, very strangleable. (should probably have marked the ‘SQUEAK’ square for that… oh well)

i saw theories that he may die or get badly hurt in the series or the next movie which. 1. crazy 2. if that happens i will start crying and never stop. hurt this man and you will have to face my wrath

also his voice acting is very good. him singing ‘hello’ very very quietly will never not be funny to me

APRIL O’NEIL (mutant mayhem)

SHE’S SO PRETTY YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND.

my loveliest lovely she’s so. lovely

i vibe with her soooo hard she’s such a great representation of an awkward teenage girl, i wanna hug her so bad 😭😭

IDK WHAT IT IS ABOUT HER BUT SHE’S MY FAVOURITE APRIL BY A LONG SHOT (though i do have a great appreciation for the glory that is 2003 april)

10/10 one of my favourite characters of all time. i would play minecraft with her. i would

you gave me the choice to talk about any ducktales character so of COURSE it’s gotta be dewey!

gotta get this outta the way. ben schwartz is such a great voice for him. like. this guy. absolutely greatest voice acting in the series, maybe tied with david tennant as scrooge mcduck

he feels a bit like me as a kid tbh. hyperactive, impulsive, needing constant attention, adventure and excitement, and also needing to be loved and respected by others so badly that he would put himself into danger. yep. that’s very me

literally just undiagnosed adhd in duck form i love him and i need like eight more of him to be happy

JAKE (tmf)

he’s such a pathetic little guy, what’s not to love about a pathetic little guy???

he sings, he’s easily flustered, makes life crushing mistakes and he simps for women??? literally me irl!!!!!!!!

i genuinely care so much for jake i could talk about him loads but i cannot find the words 😭😭😭

give him a fat dose of estrogen i think that could fix him

DREW (tmf)

banishing him. 10000 years of therapy for drew.

there’s something about him that’s just..,..,,,,,,, idk. i think he’s very not ok i needs help right now

he is DEFINETLY overrated to me, i do not care about him as much as most other tmf fans do, but those complex analysises of him i absolutely ADORE. yes keep getting under his skin!!!! study him and his brain!!!! figure out what went wrong!!!!

top characters i would use the head of as a pillow (i’d do it cus his hair gives me very soft and plush vibes. i’d also do it to fuck with him. i’m very evil)

LIAM (tmf)

i have little thoughts about him 😔😔😔😔 does give art freak vibes (lol just like me fr).

totally pretends he’s a vampire around gullible children because it’s funny

HENRY (tmf)

PATHETIC LITTLE LETTUCE BOY. LEAVE MY LINE OF SIGHT RIGHT THIS INSTANT!!!! I NEVER WANT TO SEE HIS SMUG ASS EVER AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!! (/j i love you henry!!!!)

look at him. he’s such a bastard. most bullyable character of the series

he’s so funny to me. like. hello????

his one crime is loving lettuce. that shit has the worst texture ever!!!!!!!!! lettuce enjoyers dni (another big fat /j)

would definetly kiss the homies goodnight. he doesn’t know he’s homosexual because he’s so unserious about it

ahem that’s all

[lansangprincess]

I need to ask why does Conrad gets so much love but Jeremiah gets treated so badly? Even in the show he's treated like second class like compared to Conrad his feelings don't matter he's also the last to know things similar to Belly. In the show they gave him too many favors taking qualities of Jere and giving them to him to makes him more likable now if they made him like the book he'd be even worse than he's right now I don't know he would still have the same amount of stans though because in the books they're all ride or die for him I always say they don't care about Belly they care about Conrad. Jelly better get endgame anything else won't make any sense to me.

I firmly believe that the only people that hate Jere are ppl that are obsessed with Conrad that feel the need to villainize him to make Con/B-nrad seem better. Like seriously, even if what they all said about Jere was true why do you have ZERO criticisms for Conrad when his mistreatment is so much more apparent and literally canon with the way other characters have talked about it?

And you know what,,, now that i think about it, the love for Conrad over Belly is kinda true too. in general B-nrad fans love Conrad more than they do Belly and want him to get the "happiness he deserves" (which imo he should but not with Belly). I know there are big Jere fans but in my perspective, most of the Jelly fans aren't just in favor of Belly getting with one particular person, it's also that we want her in a loving and happy relationship that she deserves with a partner that treats her like an equal :C

I think it's dumb that the show gave Conrad some Jere qualities. if u had to transfer those traits to make the main love interest more likeable, why is he endgame at all???? (fr ive asked this question a hundred times)

To the book readers: do we know if they gave show Jere some book Conrad qualities?

[samioli]

Gosh the more I hear about DD the more I’m like I’m so glad I’m still playing Apollo Justice. Uhhhhh oh! Top five or three if your personal NRMT Headcanons and maybe one or two of your HCs for Phoenix and Miles by themselves? I saw a post earlier about like hard and soft HCs, hard being stuff you just need to have about the character for them to make sense to you and soft is less rude or die but something you still enjoy.

I guess one for me is the Bi Phoenix / realizing he’s also attracted to men. It’s not a deal breaker really but if a fic went out of its way to say he was only gay I might squint a little like mmmmm not a fan but you do you

And then a soft one is him having heterochromia. I can flow with his big brown puppy dog eyes but despite recent set him having two blue eyes isn’t Bad. But it’s one of those things I never noticed until someone said it and I saw they changed Maya to have blue eyes too and THAT feels wrong haha (no hate to blue eyed Maya-truthers)

yeah, dont get me wrong, theres still some REALLY GOOD NRMT moments in DD (like if u present phoenix's badge to miles, for instance) but that combined with that one quote i mentioned earlier just. does not make sense to me.

anyways! hmmmm interesting. i guess for NRMT, one HC is like, i dont like when miles is REALLY mean, esp during sex???? thats probably just a me preference but idk, like. a lil degradation is fine but they both should be having fun, yknow?? and sometimes i see miles depicted like he doesnt really care or that phoenix has to fight for his attention during sex, and while kink stuff like that is totally fine, i just don't personally see it for them in particular. these two are so obsessed with each other that it makes other people sick. one hard HC would be that Miles is super supportive of phoenix during the 7yg. they def had some ups and downs during that time, but miles was always there for him. ALSO a side hc, i HATE when people think miles would be disgusted by how phoenix looks?????? NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! are you kidding?? miles wants to touch his stubble SO BADLY and he thinks phoenix looks hot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! end ted talk last hc would be that, even if he says otherwise, miles loooooooooooooooooooooooooooves phoenix's voice and how much he talks. loves it. cannot get enough of it. one time they get into a fight and phoenix doesnt talk to him for like. idk, an hour or two tops and hes just like 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺internally. and god dont get me started about sex!!!!! he esp loves phoenix's voice and talkativeness during sex two headcanons for Miles Edgeworth: that he's nuerodivergent in some way, i guess. im partial to him being autistic, but its all great tbh. and another headcanon for him would be that he actually has the biggest sweet tooth and won't admit it Two headcanons for phoenix: He has BPD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and desperately needs to go to therapy for his issues my god. (i have BPD, been in therapy for a long time, im a whole lot better than what i used to be jsdnsjkd) OH and he also has adhd. hes just like me fr thank you so much for the ask!!! im sorry that i rambled jsaknsdk

[livvyofthelake]

to conclude the mark blackthorn hate tonight. i like him when he talks to his siblings and then like never at any other time. i used to like him back when lady midnight was the only tda book but then lord of shadows ruined everything in regards to him, kieran, and cristina tbh. i can’t stand any of them. ok i love cristina i cannot stay mad at her when all she did was girlboss her way into a throuple with two twinks who are obsessed with her i cannot be mad about that genuinely. i do think she deserves better than them tho just because they do suck but hey if she’s happy i’m happy. if they stay obsessed with her it’s fine. but i cannot stand those men fr it actually reflects so badly on cassie that they’re such flop gay people and flop characters and a flop throuple. anyway this was about mark. i like mark when he talks to ty because that’s literally his baby brother, and i like him when he’s with jules because their whole dynamic makes me feel crazyyyy, but when he’s in a scene with emma i want him to be killed. and it goes without saying that in scenes with kieran i hope they both die. and then his scenes with cristina used to slay but i inevitably soured on them due to the whole flop throuple thing. we never should have called her out for not making tessa will and jem poly so she felt like she had to do poly representation in another book. because it was BAD when she tried. and i hope she never does it again she’s not good at it!!! thank god i don’t have to worry about that in twp because i know there’s no way even love for dru would bring ash and jamie together. and she’s probably not ending up with jamie anyway so who even cares. anyway i’ll shut up now peace and love. i wish tda had a better secondary romance

[nazali]

Hannibal

my favourite female character: chiyoh!!!! my beautiful gorgeous girl who had both the ability and the audacity to shove will graham off of a moving train my favourite male character: will graham, again i will get into this further down three other favourite characters: hannibal lecter (unfortunately he is both funny and fascinating), reba mcclane (she is so good!! so good! she deserves better than all these morally bankrupt men), molly foster-graham (i would not shut up about her if i let myself ramble she is so kind and such a good mom and wife and she Also deserves so much better than these men. i love will to death but FUCK him fr leave molly alone. she was so cool in the scene with dolarhyde she did not need strength and superintelligence to get away from him she used everyday shit that anyone could do and it WORKED) my least favourite character: incidentally francis dolarhyde, when i first watched hannibal i was still very squicked out by nudity and seeing this fuckin guy grunting and flexing his nakedass body every five mins on my screen was A TEST OF MY RESILIENCE that i never got over my otp: hannibal/will. do people ever answer anything else for hannibal. they were my ride or die for what like 4-5 years?? i am devastated that i lost all my ao3 bookmarks for them because when i tell you i read THOUSANDS of hannigram fics. these two going canon was absolutely mind-blowing to me like i could not believe they had the balls to actually go there in this show that at the time was popular enough to be all over tumblr all the time i genuinely can't think of much i'd change about their relationship aside from Maybe being a little more overt at the end, but bryan fuller knows better than i do my notp: i was gonna say will/alana or hannibal/alana because i wasn't vibing with those storylines but then i remember people out there ship abigail with hannibal or will and that feels SO father/daughter to me that it makes me feel Discosting the character i'm most like: will graham. i will not get into the Nitty Gritty about my mental health here because that feels lowkey embarrassing to me but when i got into hannibal i was also struggling with things that had me experiencing chunks of lost time, dissociation, hallucinations, etc. this was partly a downside because hannibal-related hallucinations started to worm their way into my catalog of Shit To See BUT it was also the first time i'd ever connected with a character to the level of feeling almost like i was seeing my own brain broadcasted back to me on a screen, especially with my autism and avpd coming with hyperempathy, social avoidance, struggles with eye contact, etc. i was also, like, 16 at the time, so i hadn't yet learned how to deal with intrusive thoughts and was labouring under the illusion that i was Secretly Evil as a result of them, so will's struggle with his impulses & nature vs. him wanting so badly to be a good person were very relatable to me back then too favourite episode/season: this is cheating but specifically the latter halves of seasons 2 & 3. i'm not so big on the first halves bc they're mostly dealing with will in prison & hannibal/bedelia in italy which aren't the most interesting plotlines to me, but 2b (when will is trying to seduce hannibal & has everything with freddie lounds' 'death' and randall tier) & 3b (where hannibal is locked up and it's working its way to will getting him out) are MWAH chef's kiss to me. favourite episode specifically is the wrath of the lamb because how could it not be saddest character death: beverly katz :( i'm still sore about that every time most attractive character: chiyoh & reba from the women, rrrrghghgh probably will from the men but Specifically that fit he was rockin in the chiyoh episodes with the long black coat and popped collar and gloves that was so evil pirate looking

send me a fandom !

[sqtorux]

🫁 BE SO FR. NEW SATORULUVIES POST AND IT’S SUGURU CENTRIC. be honest was this an early birthday present … did you make this special for me be honest you can tell me i promise i won’t be too smug about it

lord you’re about to see how crazy i am about this man. getou suguru and domestic fluff in one post ?? ok so you want me to keel over and die rn i see how it is. oml i so badly want to pull it apart and tell you my favourite part but there isn’t one. there isn’t one. domestic fluff? my favourite. sleeping together? my favourite. suguru knowing little details about the reader to the point he easily does their skincare for them? my favourite. him going hehe they’re going to shower me with praise after this !! all smug like a little cat? my favourite.

i’m so sorry but words can not describe how excited i was to wake up and see you posted a SUGURU DRABBLE? a non text au. suguru centric. drabble???? ok. happy early birthday to me ig. are those wedding bells in the background i hear? is christmas suddenly at our doorstep??? 

YES i wrote this for You im glad u know ;) omg it's almost your birthday??? happy early birthday?? pop in when it's your actual day i'll wish u again hehe.

honestly i was hesitant to post written stuff bc my audience is more centric on smaus but IM SO GLAD U LIKE IT our wedding bells are ringing im at your door dressed as santa merry christmas ho ho ho!!!

[thepointingghost]

:O your character analyses are brilliant hello hi I hope you don't mind if I add on to them a bit because :OOO

like first of all re: the books being limited as kids books, 100% agree. maaan what could have been. Just one thing I'd've loved to see is the government side of the COLA project: David Chambers suddenly being tasked to help another weird case. Oh btw there's 100 of them now. good luck. I want to see the fear inside the meetings - calling them limitless, worried about what happens next term, etc. I 100% agree with you that they're actually quite dark. There's a horror story in there that I need right now pls.

Ok onto character thoughts now

I love how you've described Lisa's coping mechanisms - she's so resilient out of necessity,,, thinking about in Book 5 when Mia is isolated and made to feel worthless and how much it hurt her. For Lisa to have gone through that so early.,,,, damn. she absolutely deserves a gun (but only if her victims don't haunt her)

(also sidenote imagine if Patrick Wood came back with messages for her.)

I never really "got" the whole Mia/Lisa dynamic (I am pitifully oblivious) and now rereading my heart aches </3 We see in The Burning Beach how Mia senses malaise and pain in the air and to then share a room with someone who is constantly surrounded by ghosts, exhausted and overwhelmed, too scared to reach out for support she desperately needs. Of course she wants to help! Especially when Mia is too selfless at the start! (if you have more thoughts on those two please let me know because I know I'm missing a huge part of the dynamic here. alas)

Her story ends so perfectly imo: slowly realising her 'life-giving, life-taking' duality, then finally when she unleashes (pun intended) she hurts her friends in the process. It's genuinely tragic. I really respect Ali Sparkes for that decision though; sometimes things don't work out!!! Sometimes you go too far and the people you love no longer recognise you!! And it hurts and it's messy but it's for the best..

what I love so much about these books is how human the characters are. of course Mia would get tired of being infantilised/parentified by her friends. of course Lisa leans into her femininity to keep her grounded - whilst also diverging from the wifty-wafty/bratty stereotypes etc. those two </3

the women in these books are just incredible though. Alice is criminally underrated!!!! thank you for mentioning her!!!!! I never actually thought about how badly Gina smothered her daughter, but yeah you're exactly right. Re: barbie are you assuming she wouldn't be starring in it? rude. /j

onto catherine. that girl. I think there's (some) space to analyse her as a victim of the Quorat. She was sent by accident. Nobody loves her. Doomed from the start and of course she's going to make mistakes and hurt people - it's the nature of parasitism. In that sense, she's a great juxtaposition to Mia, who had popularity through the Effect and a power that seems perfectly altruistic. Me-Too-Cathy stoops so low just to try to get an inch of that - over and over, across three countries - but still she's a killer and a torturer and unable to escape her actions. (also sidenote, in F&F when they're describing the danger categories a,b,c, notice how her powers aren't even mentioned. even her legacy is forgotten and man.)

ok this is almost longer than your original post sorry one last person: gideon. this guy!!!! Ironically he's the twin that got Third Wheeled by the end of everything, neither the killer or the kidnapped. He had to go through so many cycles of "we're so back / it's over" only to almost die once again at the Lodge... he's pushed aside and used so many times. He's definitely going to get a girlfriend and realise Some Things about himself. he needs a bf fr. I feel like his arc wasn't explored enough.

ok that was more than expected sorry! I really like the way you describe the interpersonal dynamics, they have such a big impact in these books and I've completely ignored it oops. also gonna have to watch x-men now fr fr

Hello! Your pinned post mentions The Shapeshifter books so 🫵 hi

Tell me about them. Who's your favourite character? What do you like about them?

(feel free to redeem this ask as a way to infodump if you want. license to yap)

omg hi hi!! i love you so much for asking this and im sorry for turning this ask into an infodump. definite spoilers for the shapeshifter below.

ok so my favourite character is lisa probably bc shes iconic and her instincts when something goes wrong is just to attack. either verbally or physically. also her backstory is so sad??? like she predicts someones about to die but she doesnt know thats what her visions mean (bc her visions are very cryptic and she was like 10 at the time) so she only realised when the girl died and then blamed herself?? like what??? these books are so dark for a kids series. i think she deserved a gun and also to say fuck. i really love her relationship with dax also theyre just so cute. like she'll by fully attacking someone and he's like :). isnt she so pretty :). theyre a bi4bi power couple i just know it.

also she fully had a doomed wlw situationship with mia and i fear we dont talk about it enough. mia was fully in love with her both before and after she went evil. like they very much gave cherik for a hot moment there. actually now that i'm thinking about it shapeshifters is very x men coded. so yeah im never getting over lisa and mia but i do love her and dax so im not mad.

MIA OH MY GOD. I LOVE MIA SO MUCH. never before has someone so deserved their villain arc. she's like morgana. i LOVED the subversion of her being the sweet healer-y type and then going batshit insane with her healer powers. like kinda using them for...nefarious purposes shall we say. she's still very sweet she's just very cunty and evil now.

i also love alice especially in the last book bc. shes just a kid. her mother's shit. stepmom neglected dax and smothered alice while never actuallly listening to her wants and needs. and their fathers never there. i wish we had gotten to see alice and dax bond more over their shitty parents. they could have been the best sibling duo. also shes badass and she would have loved wearing pink to see barbie (2023).

gideon for me is one of those characters who is so into women it just wraps around into him being gay. he's like lance mcclain to me. he deserved a boyfriend. also i think he's bi (i think everyone's bi. i don't think there's a single straight character in these books. minus mr grey). i love gideon he's so mecore. he's also traumatised!!! and he has a twin brother and an evil twin sister who's thirteen and ripped out her brother's tongue.

on the subject of gid's evil twin sister she is SUCH an interesting character to me. like obviously i hate catherine but she's so fascinating. her power means she can never stay with someone for too long or she'll end up killing them. she never has her own likes or hobbies or talents- she borrows someone elses because she feels herself isnt good enough. she crucified a man. she's killed three adoptive mothers. sort of on purpose. she just wants to be loved. she drowned an entire school with a massive tidal wave after leeching their powers. she was killed with fire. she was french for a while. she's perpetually thirteen years old.

i love the series as a whole but i think it had so much potential to be more. it was already pretty dark (windmill scene. need i say more) but it was technically a teen fantasy series, and i feel if they committed to a YA age rating and went all out with the horror and the very clear 'fuck the government' theme that was present throughout the whole series it could have been amazing. i have so many ideas for these books and what they could have done (note i love the books so much as they are but god. what we could have had if they weren't technically kids books).

also just realised i forgot to talk abt owen!!! gay father figure of our hearts. he accidentally adopts a bunch of motherless children and then he commits to it for the rest of his life. he canonically faked his death to live in a cave in spain with his superpowered male best friend. he's killed quite a few people.

this is the end of the Yap. in conclusion none of these characters are either normal or know how to function in society. i love these books. theyre like xmen and harry potter combined. but no jk rowling so win

[iruiji]

Part iv.

For the life of me I still can't think of a proper title for this. But yeah this is Part iv of my take on SAGAU/Imposter AU! I am so tempted to give this an embarrassing title like I did with the Fungi one lmfao.

yeah. that's it. that's the whole scene. i think y'all know where this is going. i started this thing with one ending in mind- and it won't take very long because I only planned to write until the Sumeru Arc. ehe. maybe some snippets if someone drops an ask or smth.

For the sake of my sanity I'm going to limit Reader's powers to whatever I mentioned in Part ii and adding the one in this.

'nyways.

The Million Dollar Mora question, can reader Teleport?

Short answer? Yes. Long answer? They can Teleport like in game: whenever and wherever, even in a middle of a fight, they can nyooooom tf outta there, easy. The only difference is that, while doing so, the world, or rather, time doesn't stop. It was both a blessing and a curse - reader can escape from the most enemies but for faster ones?

As a Xiao main, it's becoming more and more scarier for them to imagine meeting them.

Dammit, they can't even enjoy being an Ex-Deus Machina!

The plan after.. kidnapping the inventor of course involve somewhere to hide after: a safehouse, if you will. And after a bit more planning which involved going at Enkanomiya and surveying the area and looting the place with usable weapons (reader got a spear and a short sword) without interacting with any of the ghost, reader made a make shift camp at the little cave underneath a run down stairs somewhere around Mt. Tianheng.

A few more days passed with them hiding and watching from the shadows at some of the buildings to observe the Harbor itself, noting and setting traps at some of the alleyways.

And yeah did reader mentioned they have super strength now? Yeah. One of their daggers got nearly lost when they were training with throwing them, and then was frantically looking at the ground and suddenly noticing they've lifted up a tree to check underneath it's hollow.

"Huh? What.." and proceeds to uproot a whole Sandbearer Tree, just to check. "The actual fuck.." and then throwing that tree towards the lone lawachurl in the area, killing it instantly.

"..."

Yeah but reader still wants that gun. Unfortunately they can't test how durable their body is now, especially when they're going into a literal do-or-die mission and they can't waste their time anymore training this new ability so they just have to make do.

Just their luck that it doesn't activate unless they wanted it to.

Four days after arriving at Liyue Harbor, Reader adjusts their cloak; mask in place and daggers in position underneath their sleeves. Sighing, they jumped off the roof they were hiding to greet their target.

Damn. How badly they wish for their team to be here.

"Hello, Gentry Maocai."

Reader nods, impressed, when the man immediately pulled out a short knife. Honestly, they expected the guards with swords but not the man to have weapon on himself. But hey, must be reader starting to get incompetent; they haven't had proper training in Diplomacy for months.

Raising their hands, Reader tried to show that they're not an enemy.

"Not an enemy?! You must be with that Harbinger who attacked us last night!"

Aw, man. Fucking timing, amiright?

Releasing a defeated sigh after beating his guards to a pulp and realizing the man was gone, Reader nods to themselves as they jumped up the roof and wobbled. Yep, deeefinitely getting rusty.

For a guy whose wearing those long-ass clothes, he's fast. Not as fast as reader though.

"Gentry Maocai? What seems to b-" Aw, shit.

"Get away from me!" yelled the frazzled man, swiping his weapon to the man in front of him. The latter merely dodged to the side, as if facing something inconsequental.

I mean, he's not wrong.

He's the Geo Archon, after all.

Gentry Maocai doesn't know this, of course, so he tried to swipe his knife again in his haste to get away. Another swift dodge and Maocai groan in frustration, before he aimed for the man's chest with a growl.

Vortex Vanquisher appeared right then, shimmering in gold as it parries the metal. Zhongli kicked it off his hands, before reaching for Maocai's clothes.

Annnnnddd that's my cue!

Jumping from the roof they're perched on, Reader activated their ability and swooped down. Predictably, Zhongli noticed in an instant, pushing Maocai on the side and raising his weapon to parry Reader's daggers.

Their weapons clashed with a resounding: 'BOOM!' before the ground Zhongli was standing at caved down and shatters. With the impact's blast, it pushed everything within a five meters or so away -

- including Reader's hood.

A small gasp was heard from the Geo Archon in that split second, before he was flying through several buildings after Reader kicked them away.

Well, oops.

Reader snatched Maocai quickly and ran to an alley where they Teleported to the safehouse in Enkanomiya.

Maocai dug in his meal with a vengeance, sprawled besides the small camp fire Reader made two hours prior. He's still reeling from the events earlier. Dammit, he was supposed to be eating at Xinyue Kiosk right now, not some.. what even is he eating??

"It's fish."

He yelps in surprise, glaring at Reader. Did he say that out loud?

"You did." He didn't, Reader is just guessing, but the man was sputtering in his seat it's hard not to bully him a little. "Look, just take my offer and we're good! I get my guns and you get your money!"

"I need to go home!"

Reader wave their hands frantically. "Old Man, didn't you say a Harbinger just attacked you yesterday? How can you go back there when you're not even sure about your safety?"

Maocai gave Reader a scathing look, "And you think you're better? You kidnapped me!!"

"You're body's probably on its way to Wangsheng Funeral Parlor if I left you there."

"Nonsense!"

"Yes-sense!"

"What???" came the dumbfounded reply.

Reader sighed and placed down their plate at the side. "You know, if you agreed earlier, you could be finished by now!"

The man gave a look of disbelief. "Are you stupid?! You can't finish building a prototype by hours!"

"I'll give you four months."

"Incorrigible!"

"Two months then."

Gentry Maocai finished the prototype within one and a half month.

Part i. Part ii. Part iii.

@noitsgrapejuice @yuumaofc @mentallyunpresent @salor-ilor @shizunxie @jaxielous @imaginewriting @simpaghettits @asteriacos

Sorry if I missed someone y'all. But uhhh. Hope ya like this one. G'night!

[will-byers-needs-a-hug]

I just remembered the van scene and just Will in general

LOOK AT HIM HE LOOKS SO SAD-

AND THE FUCKING LOVE CONFESSION DURING MIKES MONOLOGUE

Daily I'm not okay as a Will Byer's kinnie-

I'M GONNA SCREAM SOMEONE GIVE HIM A HUG GOD DAMN IT

HE LITERALLY I'M GONNA SHAKE SOMEONE AGGRESSIVELY LIKE LOOK AT HIM HOW CAN HE WAS LITERALLY SHAKING

I'm gonna punch a wall fr

Johnathan I appreciate you for this like GHASFKLSDF;SJDAFSDJKL;FDS

I swear to god yes this post is chaos BUT LIKE I SWEAR TO GOD WILL BYERS NEEDS A HUG LIKE YES I DID IN FACT CHANGE MY USER CAUSE I SWEAR TO GOD-

LIKE FIRST HE GETS KIDNAPPED BY THE FUCKING DEMOGORGON

LOOK AT HIM HE'S SO SMALL YOU COULD PUNT HIM ACROSS A LAWN

HE SURVIVES THERE FOR LIKE A FULL WEEK

ONLY TO GET POSSED AND SPIT UP A DEMODOG

WATCH THE PERSON HE WAS IN LOVE WITH FALL FOR SOMEONE ELSE (he thinks he's not a trustable narrator we all know this)

Regretting the fact that I had to look up Mileven to find that gif-

BUT I'M JUST RANTING SO ITS WORTH IT THANK GOD TUMBLR AIN'T LIKE TWITTER-

ANYWAYS

ALL THAT ONLY FOR HIM TO CONTINUIOUSLY GET BRUSHED OFF BY HIS FRIENDS FOR WANTING TO PLAY DND, WHEN HIS ENTIRE CHILDHOOD BASICALLY GOT SNATCHED OUT FROM BENEATH HIM-

THEM CONTINIOUSLY SAYING NO

ONLY TO JOIN A DND CLUB AS SOON AS HE LEAVES LIKE PLEASE?? (I love the entire series don't get me wrong but like jesus- don't really have a point to this rant but like yes)

THIS SCENE WE ALL KNOW IT

Mike Wheeler I'm going to shake you aggressively-

BUT LIKE AFTER THIS FIGHT WHAT DOES HE DO-

DESTROYS HIS SAFE PLACE, LIKE FULL ON DESTROYS IT AND I SWEAR TO ACTUAL GOD-

Mike Wheeler I just wanna talk-

That's all just talk

Worst part is after that he doesn't ask to play again and just pain all I know is pain.

ARARARARA AND AFTER THAT HE MOVES

AND WHAT DOES MICHEAL WHEELER DO HE IGNORES HIM AND ONLY FUCKING TALKS TO EL- GIVES HIM THIS AWKWARD ASS PAT AT THE AIRPORT

LIKE HE WAS FULL ON SHAKING HE WAS SO EXCITED TO SEE HIM I'M GONNA

BLAMES HIM FOR THE DAY GOING BADLY

ALL THAT HIM CONTINIOUSLY PINING PUTTING HIS LITERAL HEART AND SOUL INTO THAT PAINTING LIKE LOOK HOW SOFT HE LOOKS HERE

HE PUT HIS WHOLE HEART AND SOUL INTO THAT ONLY TO USE IT TO BUILD UP MILVEN TO MAKE MIKE AND EL BOTH HAPPY

Anyone who says this boy is selfish is wrong literally so wrong he has never done a bad thing in his life and I will die on this hill-

Yes he's still in love with Mike even though yk his sister and whatnot but like the heart wants what it wants he can't exactly just cut those feelings off man </3

Stg Will Byer's deserves the world and I will die on this hill, thank you for coming to my ted talk.

[jma3m]

wheres the body

TRIGGER WARNING: SUICIDE

Izuku "Deku" Midoriya is missing and Katsuki is going to find him. Little does anyone know he's actually dead.

MONDAY

Izuku:

Sobbing is the only noise to be heard in the forest. It's desolate. Almost like the animals see Deku the same way he and the rest of the world see him. He’s been so tired. So done. He thought about asking for help. Things have been getting worse. But then he remembered that he was quirkless. Then he realized the “help” he would get being quirkless. 

There’s a reason no one wants to help people like me. We’re a cancer to society. I would be doing the world a favor by ending it all now.  

At this thought, his sobs get far louder and heavier. He tugs at his hair but that does nothing to comfort him. He digs the heels of his palms into his eyes as if he can plug his ducts and force himself to stop. He can’t. He hates this. He can only think of one way to make it stop. And it's the very thing that's brought him to his old childhood romp. He thought about doing it Kacchan’s way but knew if he did, Kacchan might get into trouble given the boy's wording earlier that day.

A small but vicious part of him wants to throw himself off a building just so that his childhood friend would be forced to live with it. To acknowledge his part in what he's about to do. He squashes that part of himself quickly though and feels disgusted with himself for ever having such a thought. And besides, he’d really prefer for his body to not traumatize some innocent bystander. Still audibly sobbing he stands up on shaky legs and with shaky hands, he ties the rope. Then with his shaky body, he forces the small stool he brought out from under his feet and dangles and sways with his final shaky breath. 

Katsuki:

“Take a swan dive off the roof and pray you’ll be born with a quirk in your next life!”

 Katsuki faces his ceiling and replays his vile words over and over. He regretted saying it the moment those words fell from his tongue. 

Of course, I don’t actually want Deku to die! It just came out! He knows that. And it's not like he’s ever listened to any of my bullshit anyways. As badly as he wants to take those words back apologizing isn’t an option. The least I can do is back off. And with this thought, he closes his red eyes and sleeps peacefully. 

Inko:

“1-1-0 what’s your emergency?” The operator's calm voice is met with hysterical crying and a frantic response. 

“My *sob* my baby- my son! He is-isn’t home yet *sob* and-and I thought he may b-be out with fr-frie-*sob*-friends but i- he- he’s never gone this long an-*sob*-and he–”

“Okay, ma’am I’m going to ask you to breathe. I am going to file a missing persons report. We’ll find your son.” The green-haired woman stays on the phone and overloads the operator with information on her baby. Once the line is dead she leaves a message to her currently sleeping best friend and leaves the house to search. She thought briefly of staying in case he returned but decided to leave a note. 

“If you see this Izuku call me. I'm worried. Love you, Mama.” She doesn't receive any calls that night. 

TUESDAY

Katsuki:

The next day in class is quiet. Unnervingly quiet in Katsuki’s opinion. There's no incessant mumbling, no pathetic sobs, no taunts, no fighting. Nothing. It's normal. Until it isn’t. Where’s the nerd? He ignores the growing pit in his stomach. The unsettling quiet is disrupted by the annoying ringing that all classroom phones have. 

“Bakugou. Grab your things and head to the office. Your mom’s here.” Huh? Shouldn’t the hag be at work? The fuck is she doing here for? He does as he’s told silently. The quiet has spread from environment to person. The walk to the office feels all too short as he’s wrapped up in the day's oddities.

Everything feels wrong. I guess it's just one of those days. He solidifies a scowl on his features and steels himself for whatever awaits him on the other side of that door. Mom never takes me outta school. Whatever's up is gonna be ugly. Nothing he imagined could have or would have prepared him for what he was faced with. 

“Want ice cream, kiddo?” 

What the hell is going on. She’s taking me out of school for ice cream? And she didn’t yell? Did she just ask nicely? And what’s with kiddo? It’s usually brat! 

“Sure” Mitsuki smiles softly at her boy. This rattles him beyond anything else that’s bothered him today. Something seriously bad must have happened. The pit in his stomach widens. 

Inko:

Crossing the threshold separating home from outside world, the formally bright woman doesn’t bother turning the lights on. Instead, she moves through the darkness and checks her phone. Nothing. She had searched all night long and yet still she turns up empty. 

“Izuku? Are you home, honey?” She’s met with a static silence. Like the quiet is moving, spreading, and infecting. She comes down with it too. No longer are her cries loud and wrenching. She's far too tired to emote so wholeheartedly. Slouching near the couch on the floor, the most she can manage are quiet neverending tears. They are fat and hot as they fall and separate, covering her face. The small home feels all too large. Too quiet, too dark, too hollow, too lonely. She sits in it all until sleep takes its hold. 

Katsuki:

Eyes wide, lungs unbreathing, heart pounding. “What?” He vaguely registers his ice cream melting in its cup as he finally manages a response. His parents give each other a sad look before responding. 

“Izuku’s gone missing. After this we’re going to check on Auntie. We wanted to break the news to you before going over.” His dad places a supportive hand on his shoulder. 

“Take a swan dive…” He wouldn’t. Would he? No way. He would never. Besides someone would have found his body! The useless fucker must have gotten himself lost or kidnapped or something! 

“C’mon. Eat up.” his mother's words are short. To the point. But her voice and her eyes are filled with a softness that he never thought she was capable of. She’s feeling grateful to have her son. 

Inko:

“Inko? Inko, wake up hon.” Mitsuki?  

“How’d you get in?” My throat hurts.  

“We knocked. But when you didn't answer we got worried and let ourselves in. You didn’t lock the door.”

“Oh.”

“Let’s get you up, yeah? The floor can’t be that comfortable. At least on to the couch.” Without responding she lets herself be supported by the married couple. Her dull eyes catch the youngest in the room. He looks a bit pale and his demeanor is far meeker than he’s supposed to be. He’s quiet. 

“Masaru and I are gonna get lunch ready okay? You just relax.” With those words, the pair took to the kitchen. It's only then that she notices the grocery bags. They didn't have to go through all this trouble…  

“Have a seat, Katsuki. You look drained.” The sounds from the kitchen make her feel better. It sounds like life. “Don’t worry. They’ll find him.” He does as he’s told without so much as a nod to the woman. 

“I know you two haven’t always gotten along but that doesn’t mean you can’t care. I know you’re worried. And I know ‘Zuku’ll appreciate you being concerned for him. It’ll be okay.”

It will be okay. Honestly, I don’t think I'm saying this so much for Kat. More for myself. But I feel better. More certain. I can’t give up. The dead in her eyes is suddenly replaced with renewed resolve and fresh tears. She’s able to sob again. Doesn’t sound like an improvement but it makes her feel better. Katsuki awkwardly hugs the woman.

“Auntie. You listen real fucking close okay. I’ll find him. I swear I’m gonna find him and drag his ass back home.”

Inko supposes they’re both feeling determined now. Good. The Bakugous stayed with Inko that night. She appreciated the company. 

WEDNESDAY

Katsuki:

School continues the next day just as quietly but far slower. Granted, he actually has to stay the entire day this time. It’s difficult for Katsuki to concentrate. How can he when his search officially starts today? The missing person flyers in his bag weigh on his mind like a ton of bricks. He looked yesterday with his dad. His mom went with Inko. They looked in pairs until dinner. Their goal for staying with Auntie is to make sure she’s taking care of herself. They think they should leave the looking to the police. 

Once school is let out Katsuki begins to wander. Where would Deku be off to that would get him lost like this? In other words, he has no idea where to begin looking. It’s been so long since the two have had an actual conversation so, of course, he wouldn’t know where to look. There's a faraway crashing sound and a plume of smoke.

Heroes! Of course! If there's one thing I know about the shit nerd it’s his freaky obsession with heros! The jerk probably ran off to be a hero groupy or something! And so Katsuki runs toward the commotion. The scene is chaotic but not in an abnormal-I’m-in-imminent-danger way. Just a large crowd of people all trying to get a glimpse of the action.  He pulls out one of the flyers and starts asking the crowd goers. He’s often met with two different responses. The first, an uninterested shake of the head as the person is in a hurry to get back to the fight and the second response is a pitiful expression and an apology. The former response pisses him off and the latter also pisses him off. He’s trying to find a missing kid. The least these losers can do is pay attention. And as for the others, he doesn't want or need their pity. Pity is for the weak and if there is one thing Katsuki refuses to be it’s weak. 

The fight is over, the villain is captured, the crowd is starting to disperse, and still no sign of Deku. So he takes a big breath in and: “Deku!” No one calls back. Another breath. “Deku!” Nothing. Shit. This Place is gonna completely clear out. If he’s here I need to find him. Another breath. “M-Midoriya!” He pauses, waiting, expecting a small surprised “ Kacchan? ” Instead, he feels a heavy hand on his shoulder. Definitely not that puny green bean. He turns quickly to get the stranger's hand off of him. 

“Heard you looking for a Midoriya?” Katsuki pauses. The man's expression is set like a brick wall. It’s cold, hard, and jagged looking. The gravel in his voice matches.

“Yeah. You seen this kid?” He holds the flyer up. This guy might be weird but if he has information on where he is then Katsuki can endure one conversation. 

“Why ya looking for ‘im?” Ex-fucken-scuse-me that is none of your weird nosey bald business you–

“He’s missing. His mom’s been looking for him for two days. So you got any information on where he might be or not?!”

“Nah. I haven’t seen the kid in a while.” Katsuki has had quite enough of this conversation.

Stupid bastard pulling me along by a string just to be absolutely NO fucking help. Great!  

“But I can help you find him.” Katsuki pauses, having trouble processing what he could possibly mean by that.  “Quit staring and pass me that flyer in yer hand.” His eyes relax into a glare but he does what he’s told. 

“This is mostly good. Get rid ‘a this here then email it to me. Here's my info.” Katsuki’s eyes focus first on where the man was pointing and then on the slip of paper being pushed at him. 

“You always carry around paper with your email on it, old man?” The man in question only chuckles a little at the accusation. Perhaps even sheepishly. “And why the hell should we take that out. He is quirkless. HEY! And how the hell do you know the nerd, anyways?!”

“I’m a cameraman for Channel Four. Ran into him a ton while villain chasing. I only talked to the kid cause he pushed me outta the way of a blast. Had half a mind to yell at ‘im till I saw some of the damage that woulda been me. After that I let him do a few of those bystander reports. He’s a familiar and pleasant face in crowds like these.” Katsuki feels something almost warm in his chest at this. If he didn’t know any better he would think it was awe or respect. But it isn’t. So the idiot managed to help another idiot. Doesn’t mean anything! “Im not the only one either. He’s got a shit ton of support. Among cameramen at least. And as for deleting the quirkless bit, that’s because no one’s gonna take this search seriously if you tell ‘em he’s quirkless. Hell, the bastard cops probably already threw the case in the garbage. Figure he’s already dead in a ditch somewhere. That’s just how our sucky society is right now, kid. A person's worth is measured by something as insignificant as a quirk.” He’s a little taken aback by this. He’ll admit that he is a little bit impressed that the boys managed to make connections with not only this wacko but from the sounds of it most news crews. And yet that loser doesn’t have a single friend at school. Katsuki decides to latch on to the bit about quirkism.

“It’s not insignificant! Look at All Might! He’s got a great quirk and-”

“And All Might is part ‘a that lucky twenty-something-percent that gets to be a hero. The rest are regular people who aren’t even allowed to use their power anyways. But as soon as someone see’s that insignificant status that is required for any official documents it’s over. If you wanna save your friend, delete his quirk status.” He’s silent at this. He knows it’s true but it's difficult to think about. The only reason anyone tolerates him is his quirk. It’s the only reason his dumb extras hang around. He doesn’t care about them, doesn’t even like them. But it makes him uncomfortable knowing that they don’t really like him, that they aren’t really friends.

If that's the case then… Am I actually that much better? That different? Of course, the blonde pushes these thoughts away immediately. I am. And I always have been . 

“Fine. I’ll fix it and send it to you or whatever. Then what? How are you supposed to help?” He snatches the contact information.

“I’m sending it to every local news station thats ran into the kid. That’s pretty much all of them. There’s people behind the scenes that’ll fight to push the story as hard as possible. He’s gonna be a big deal until he’s found.” 

“You… said you villain chase?” His eyebrows raise in response. Katsuki doesn’t need verbal confirmation. “Can I come with you for the rest of today?” He found out in the news van that the man's name is Shin. 

There was someone who was my friend before. Huh. The Nerd, Midoriya, was not at any of the other villain fights.

THURSDAY

Inko:

Turning on the news that morning left Inko with a lot of feelings. Hope, sadness, confusion. Lots of confusion. Why… how is Izuku on the news? Not only on the news but all over it! She glances at the youngest Bakugou. Their family won’t leave her alone. The four are taking turns. They would stay in the Midoriya household for a few days. Then when it was time to go home for showers and to sleep in their own beds, they drag the woman along with them and she stays at their house until it is time to go back and the whole thing starts over again. Once Marsuru and Mitsuki left for work and the house was quiet she brought up the news. Katsuki, who is getting ready for school, stops what he's doing to respond. 

“He… He knew- knows a ton of them. The whoever’s that run things or whatever. I mean news crews. He met them while chasing villains like the danger-seeking idiot he is. But I guess it worked out this time.” And then he’s back to focusing on the day ahead of him and getting ready for school. They ended up leaving the house together. I want to see if the police have any new information.

Katsuki:

He’s still fucking missing. Fuck. Concentrating in class is still difficult but not as bad as yesterday for Katsuki. He sent the email last night with the new poster and sure enough, Izuku’s face was all over the T.V. that morning. Maybe that's why he can concentrate now. Because he has help with his search. He was once again faced with the reality that he was somewhat impressed that his nerd had managed to make such strong connections with various news crews. Because really who the hell else has connections like that? Now that the green-haired boy's face is famous he’s suddenly become the talk of the school. Some classmates would chuckle to themselves and comment something about him being hate-crimed. Others suddenly cared very much for the boy.

Quit your crying you attention whore. Last time you saw him you didn’t even know he had a name that wasn't Deku. He would love to snap at all of them but it would make him hypocritical. He had been an asshole to Midoriya too and now he was leading the search for the boy. Damn. I’m probably the biggest hypocrite here. 

Class ends and he makes his way to the exit. Okay. The fuckin news guys are gonna handle the search at villain fights so… Where should I look now… Where else would he go…  Merch shops! The nerd has a ton of hero merch in his room! Unless he bought it online… Doesn’t matter! Just look!

And off the explosive goes. He starts at the one closest to school. It’s filled to the brim with kids his age. A few times Katsuki thinks he might have found Midoriya but each time he is wrong. After a while he’s sure the boy isn’t here. He makes his way to the register with one of the posters in hand. 

“Hey. You seen this kid?” For some reason, he’s feeling a little sick. He’s scared to get his hopes up.

“No. Sorry.” The nerves deflate a bit but it isn’t satisfying in the least. 

“Can you put this up?” 

“Sure.” and with that, he’s off to the next merch store. The process repeats three more times before he gets an idea. Or maybe more of a thought. He wouldn’t want to be caught by jackass classmates. Somewhere far enough that no one from school would be there but close enough to get there and home before his mom can worry. Would he spend money on the train for this? Or is there somewhere far enough but still within walking distance? For once Katsuki is faced with a terrible case of analysis paralysis. He really doesn't know where to go or what to do from this point. Stop being dumb and do something! He pulls out his phone:

Me: Where’d he get his All Might shit?

Auntie: Language. He likes a store in Naruhata. I’m not sure what specific store though. 

Me: Thanks. 

And with that Katsuki hops onto the first train to Naruhata. He has the monthly pass. Immediately upon getting off the train a shop catches his eye. There. It has to be this one ! He makes his way over to the shop. It’s small looking from the outside and smaller feeling on the inside. The owners seemed to have felt the need to cram as much merchandise as possible into the little building. Because of this Katsuki is having to squeeze between people and racks and displays. He is sure that the place is nearing its capacity if it hasn’t reached it already. How is a place so rinky-dinky and small so damn busy? It doesn’t matter really. No one in the shop or near it is Midoriya so once again he makes his way to the register. 

“You seen him?” To the point as ever. 

“That's Izuku! I usually see him on Mondays and Wednesdays. He didn’t come this week though. I- I saw on the news…” Katsuki Takes in the cashier's appearance. She has light brown hair. It's cut short enough to still be put into a small low ponytail and covering her forehead are bangs. Her eyes are big and chocolate brown. Whatever she has on for bottoms is hidden by the register station. At the mention of Midoriya, purple hyacinths burst from the styled brown. Flower quirk. Yeah. She looks like she'd have a flower quirk. She picks them off her scalp slowly and in thought, she begins to speak.  

“He’s pretty much the only one who gives me any respect, you know?” Of course I know. He’s nothing if not nice and respectful of every damn person he comes across.  

“I mean I work here for a reason! But so many of the people who come in here take one look at me and just know that I don’t belong. A lot of them try to prove it when they get to the register. Not Izuku though. When he comes in and we talk it’s never about him asserting his hero info over mine. He actually wants a conversation! And man does he know a thing or two about heroes! He’s a genius analysis! But I’m sure you know that already! I guess I’m rambling! Sorry…” In a way, the girl reminds Katsuki of Midoriya–

“Wait you call him Izuku? You were really that close?” He can’t help the spark of jealousy in his chest. 

“Yeah- I mean Kind of- I mean he has been coming in and talking to me for the past like… Three years now. I think. It's like roughly three years.” It’s then that Katsuki realizes that while he has known the same boy for far longer, he spent that time creating a rift. And now he is starting to think about it and can’t quite understand why. He knows why he thought he was doing it.

Because the idiot was looking down on me. But then he remembers “Of course I know. He’s nothing if not nice and respectful of every damn person he comes across.” He can feel the conflicting thoughts manifesting in his body. Maybe I was wrong. After I find him I’ll talk to him. If he’s still looking down on me then he’s dead meat. If not then maybe we can be friends again.  

“Can I have that poster? I’ll hang it up here. That way everyone’ll see it.” He hands it to her wordlessly and turns to leave. 

“Wait!” He turns back around. “What's your name?” He pauses for a moment. Ever heard of stranger danger, moron? Then he remembers getting into Shin’s news van. Plus the nerd trusted her and it was fine.  

“Bakugou Katsuki.”

“Call me Hana.” She hands him a freshly grown Daffodil with a small and sympathetic smile. What a lazy name. He takes the flower and leaves the shop with pinkening cheeks. He went to a few other merch shops in the area but the day ended the same as the others. No luck. 

FRIDAY

Katsuki:

Another day has passed and Izuku still hasn’t been found. The determination that's been in Inko’s and Katsuki’s eyes has started to fade. Not fully gone but slowly re-dwindling. Auntie went to the station yesterday and even with his stupid-freckly-dumb-face all over the damn place, no one's seen him! Tough shit! So no one spotted him yet, it doesn't mean I get to just give up. All it means is he’s still out there waiting to be found.

The school day was over in the same quiet blur as always and before he knew what he was doing he found himself at the train station again. This time he rode to the beach. He walked on the sand following the line where land and salty water meet. The place stunk and was littered with junk. Just in front of him, he sees a group of four seagulls fighting over some moldy crust. What a shit-hole. But he continued his walk anyway. Continuing to take the steps he remembers from childhood. And there it is. The small patch of sand is free of debris and seagull fights. It’s a lonely clearing. The wind and cloud coverage serves to further Katsuki’s impression of the empty spot. No green eyes. No little brats either. No one. He sits there for a little while longer before heading back to the station. 

Leaving the clouds behind him, this time he rides to their shared dream school. Here there isn’t a cloud in the sky. It’s huge… He can’t help but marvel at the place. This is where I’m meant to be.  

“Hey, You can’t just loiter around here. Scram.” Why is Present Mic hanging on that hobo?

“I’m not loitering. A) I’m a future student so suck it. B) I’m looking for my fr-friend. He wants to be a hero more than anything so I thought he might’ve disappeared to here. You’ve probably seen him on the news or whatever but take this. He’s obsessed with heroes so if you see him do him a favor and send him home.” Do I get to call him that? Fuck it. He shoves the same stupid flyer at Present Mic. Katsuki's hands are immediately in his pockets and he’s quick to turn away and start for the station only to pause. 

“And maybe tell the other heroes in the area or whatever” He continues his walk to the station again. The sun is just starting to set. 

He passes his house. He passes The Midoriya house. He continues to the playground they used to play at together. A few little kids are running around and horsing around together. On the benches are a few parents. He pauses midstep towards the structure. What am I doing? He isn’t there. And so he maneuvers past the play structure to an all too familiar fence. While the fence is definitely old it's easy to see where the city fixed it after he exploded it when he was a kid. Still old but newer looking. That was the day when things between us really went downhill…  

Katsuki climbs over the fence this time and starts his stroll through his former stomping grounds. He pushes the thick shrubbery away from himself while forcing his way down an overgrown path. He makes it to the river from his childhood, or what was left of it, slowly. The log he and his friends used to cross was broken and lying partially in the dried river bank. In place of the lively water he remembered, was barely a puddle. He continues his trek into the wood. The places that used to be theirs in a sense are the last places he can think to look. It’s why he went to their old beach spot and their shared dream school today as well. Looking at their relationship at the time of the freckled one's disappearance Katsuki fully expects to find absolutely no one here. Why the hell would he go somewhere significant to us when any real friendship between us died like ten fucking years ago? But he goes back to ducking under trees and pushing shrubbery anyways. Then he knocks into something. 

Somethings? Did it feel like two? Katsuki hears the object or objects swaying as a result of him bumping into them. He first takes in the color. Dingy and dusty red shoes were sadly dangling in his eye line. Reluctantly, fearfully, and slowly he brings his gaze further up. He’s faced with a familiar uniform. It’s stretched and ripping like the body it had adorned put on sudden weight, no time to change. Then an almost familiar freckled face. The boy's face is discolored with how bloated it is and shiny as if he was sweaty and there's fluid leaking from his nose and mouth. Finally, his eyes landed on a familiar set of forest-like curls, darkened and smothered by grease and grime as they are. 

There is no denying who this young boy is despite how badly Katsuki wishes he could. Hanging lifelessly in front of him was the very person he had been tirelessly searching for. His mouth opens to scream but as far as he can tell he makes no sound. He’s dead, he’s dead, he’s dead! Oh, fuck-shit-bitch, god dammit, what the fuck! What do I do?! He does the only thing a person can. He calls 1-1-0. 

He mindlessly follows the operator's instructions. 

“Okay. I’m sending officers your way right now. Get to where they can find you. I know this is hard for you but you're going to have to take them to your friend, okay?” He grunts. It's the only acknowledgment he can offer that he’s registered their instructions. The operator tries talking to Bakugou but he hangs up.

I know what I gotta do now so I don't need you to keep blabbering. He makes it to the fence before he breaks. He feels his throat closing up and he covers the sobbing coming from his mouth as his knees give out. I never wanted you to die! How the hell am I Supposed to tell auntie? He gives a particularly harsh cry at the thought of Inko Midoriya. Fuck. No. No time for the emotional bullshit. He does the best he can to get a grip and jumps the fence again to wait for the police on the street. 

Nothing can help Izuku because he’s been dead for what looks like days. He can’t hope anymore. It’s over. He’s gone.

[mrstsung]

The only raidens i accept are

Mk legends raiden

Mk dotr raiden

Mk conquest raiden

And 95 raiden

And the og raiden

Because mk11 raiden?

Horrible,i hate dark raiden(always have,sorry to me its a cop out and a cheap way of writing his darker traits. I hate when a character has to become "evil" to show dark traits. Or worse have an external factor to contribute to said darkness,ugh). I hate hate how raiden sounds. No offense to Richard epcar fans but he doesn't sound like raiden to me. He just sounds like Joseph joestar. (I love him but not for this character. Not rai). I hate how he basically had to do a dbz fusion dance with liu kang to defeat a mediocre villain. Which btw was easier to beat with shang tsung than liu kang. And liu is supposed to be easy in every mk game ive played. Which for the past how many years i have never had any problems playing liu kang,like at all. Legit shang tsung is so damn easy to play.

Raiden is relatively easy and so is kung lao. Sindel is embarrassingly easy to play,oof.

But yeah. Raiden's character consulting every five damn seconds with the elder gods is annoying af. The real raiden wouldn't have a need to unless and absolute crisis. But even then he has faith in his warriors. Thats the difference between the real og raiden,and legit any other raiden before mk9(minus crappy dark raiden,sorry not sorry) and mk11 raiden.

Plus i hate how unemotional they make raiden. That's not how he's supposed to be. In fact. That's quite the opposite of how he is.

Its like NRS is trying to make raidens character unlikable so we should like his younger brother more when thats horrible. Because raiden n fujin go hand n hand and never separated.

Fujin is his equal and brother. And should be treated as such. But he isn't. The only difference between them is one does things in an introverted way and the other extroverted. One is the carefree young bro and the other protective and caring older bro. Thats legit it! Its not the fucking hard to comprehend.

Yet NRS,completely forgot that. And shat on the ogs work and lore.

But then again they wanna be the next hot thing to the *shivers* mcu. Like its disturbing.

Like also not to mention,there was more gameplay in aftermath than the main story. I felt like i was watching a movie instead of playing an actual game.

That's annoying af. Like i absolutely about fell asleep while playing. That's how annoying it was.

Aftermath is clearly the stronger of the two archs. And genuinely ngl. Solely because of shang tsung,fujin and nightwolf. Especially shang tsung. Come fucking on its cary hiroyuki tagawa ffs! How can you not!?

But also fujin and nightwolfs contribution to that arch was amazing too.

Like fr. I wish the whole game was about those three.

It would be way fucking better than whatever crap they were trying to sell before shang came back.

Shang tsung single handedly made mortal kombat interesting.

To get rid of him is not good. But its also bad when this one asshole(i say that lovingly shang darling) is your only one thing keeping you afloat story wise.

How bad does your games storyline gotta be when the dlc og villain is the best thing about your game? Shang tsung legit was the saving grace of mk11.

Yeah i said it. Die mad NRS.

No i won't shut up about how the fucked up raiden badly.

It pisses me off.

Nor will i shut up about how NRS is kinda shooting themselves in the foot with all the bullshit they do in their games.

I wanna hope in mk12 they fix them buuuuut i doubt it.

They are gonna completely rehash the whole mk universe. Practically been doing that.

And honestly if tagawa dont come back as shang. I don't want anything to do with any more mortal kombat games.

Period.

And i mean that.

Sorry this vent was originally about raiden. Then came back to shang. Ha! You should know i cant stay away from shang for long.

But yeah. Raiden. Poor raiden. Always getting the short end. Just like kung lao.

Ugh.

[omegawolverine]

Wanna infodunp bout sumthin? Plz do (respind whenever you wanna dont even worrg bout time here)

this has been sitting in my ask box for like a week now and im so sorry about that but also the last time i posted an info dump (which, for me, means bitching my ever loving heart out about the subject, because i genuinely find it incredibly difficult to speak fondly of things i enjoy without just going "yeah i think its neat!" essentially and then forgetting all the reasons why i like it) somebody came into my replies to break the dni i made in that post, invalidate my trauma and then say i was gaslighting them for stating my own opinion so um. yeah ive been a bit hesitant to say the least, considering hot takes are basically how i show my love for things :)

but, i have now decided to just post my least inflammatory take on one of my hyperfixations in response to this and then just. leave bc i dont wanna get into drama over my dumb little opinions again.

anyways, quick dni: dont even fucking touch this post if you're going to be aggressive with me, you don't use tone tags when making corrections or criticisms or you wanna just trash my opinion. ultimately people can do whatever they want, im just expressing my own annoyances as someone who has been in the IT fandom for awhile and has some complaints as a result (as im sure most other fans do lol)

moving on...rant time:

stan uris and richie tozier are canonically best friends in IT and the erasure of their friendship in favor of appealing to reddie fans is fucking gross and weird, especially bc stan is then chalked up to just some mean jewish kid who likes birds and is annoyed by richie 25/8 instead of having an actual fucking personality in every reddie fic just bc fans want so badly to make reddie best friends to lovers and its just?? yall can make reddie best friends to lovers WITHOUT erasing stan's canonical personality. yall can make them best friends to lovers while still acknowledging that stan and richie are canonically best friends and that stan canonically was an incredibly important person to richie.

this also goes for bill and eddie btw!! its just significantly worse with stan which reads Very Wrong when you take into consideration that fic writers always write bill denbrough as a sweet little white boy who everyone's at least a little bit in love with but then write stan as this rude jewish boy who's always mean and critical of richie for just being himself (and a lot of those "annoying" traits i see people make stan give richie shit about are adhd traits, which also rubs me wrong?? like why are so many NT fic writers so comfortable with calling my ND traits annoying) which isnt even canon?? like. canonically they poke fun at each other, they call each other names and say stupid shit but not to the extent of actually hurting each other because they are best friends and they know each other to the point where they know what boundaries the other has, they arent just making passive aggressive comments at the other and then going "it's a joke bro!" when/if the other gets upset.

also?? the trend of making "fix it" fics for IT chapter 2 where eddie is revived/doesn't die but stan does and is then only brought up in passing? not fucking cute. dont call it a "fix it fic" if the only "fix it" is you reviving a character for your fucking ship, especially when the other dead character is the BEST FRIEND of 1/2 of the ship? like. what. do yall just think richie getting married would somehow fix the fact that he lost the person that he was closest to? because, news flash, the person he was closest to was not eddie. they were very close friends, richie fucking loved the dude /p and /r, but stan was canonically his best friend and was canonically the person richie was closest to like?? what is not clicking omgggg

stanley uris is an incredibly fucking important character in IT and he is especially fucking important to richie goddamn tozier. you dont just get to ignore richie's best friend and write him into this mean jewish man box because his actual personality doesnt serve your ship like for the love of fucking god stan does not need to be there to create angst for your fics, he doesnt need to be there to make your hurt/comfort piece where you make stan borderline abelist just so richie can run and cry into eddie's scrawny little arms like im begging you to just write something where the hurt/comfort doesnt come from stan being a douchebag because canonically he was not one. he was a good fucking friend, he fucking loved richie and they got each others weird asses like nobody else did.

like. idk. ultimately yall can do what you want with ur fics i guess but also it's just fucking weird if you ask me?? and maybe that's just because im a dumbass richie kinnie who absolutely adores stan, but as somebody who loves reddie and reads reddie fics regularly, it is so goddamn annoying to only see my other favorite character written in to be mean, create angst or just be fucking dead time and time again when eddie is revived and then not even written accurately half the time bc he's not a fucking fragile dude who needs help all the time either, he's a shouty little cunt who know's he can be fucking dangerous if he wants to be and he doesn't hesitate to dish out some nasty ass comments if given the chance. just please for the love of god stop writing these characters ooc its killing me fr-

(btw i know most of this shit is just done by accident and its mostly done by movie stans who havent read the book, it's just still annoying to me, ya know? and this whole post is /nm, i just talk like this bc it's what comes naturally to me!! this is how i complain about literally everything, regardless of how big the issue is so dont take this too seriously pls)