#though youd be forgiven for thinking so

[goodlucktai]

thank you for pulling me through

one piece pairing: brook & luffy word count: 2k title borrowed from precious love by james morrison smile again au

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[The livestream begins without any introduction, the camera stationed to that side so that the baby grand piano and the bench are both in profile. The Soul King himself is sitting in front of the keys, playing scales idly and humming to himself. He seems to be waiting for something.]

skuuuullj0ke  Anyone know what this is?

gremlin energy✨✨ @ skuuuullj0ke check his pinned

existential dread but make it cute  @ skuuuullj0ke probably an apology

A handful of angry bees @ existential dread but make it cute Apology for what?? 

A handful of angry bees There was a loss in his family

A handful of angry bees Get some perspective maybe??

existential dread but make it cute  @ A handful of angry bees i paid like 200 dollars for my ticket and he canceled a week before the show

👻SOUL PARADE👻 @ existential dread but make it cute Literally his brother died whats wrong with you?

👻SOUL PARADE👻 @ existential dread but make it cute Also his team worked with all the event organizers to get everyone refunded asap so idk why youd choose to cry about money you already got back.

5924874392607 imagine spending 200 usd on soul king tix lmao 

gremlin energy✨✨ @ 5924874392607 i think you’re in the wrong place actually

skuuuullj0ke  Yikes

[A door somewhere out-of-frame opens with a mighty slam, and someone lets out an ‘oof’ as it presumably bounces back off the wall and knocks the wind out of them. Brook turns around on the bench to face the newcomer, an animated smile on his face. “So glad you could join us!” “Sorry, sorry,” a younger voice replies brightly. “Zoro went the wrong way and we ended up at a Mexican diner somehow. The food smelled amazing so we had to get some. And then Barto was there because I think he’s still tracking my phone? But he paid for lunch so that was cool. And I brought you some steak tacos!”  “In that case, all is forgiven!” A teenage boy in a worn straw hat finally scrambles into view. He launches himself at Brook for a full-bodied hug that almost knocks them both onto the floor. Brook catches him easily and hugs him back with equal enthusiasm.]

clankclunk imagine being this extroverted 😭😭

Jen.  I dont know who this child is but I’d die for him

⋆｡°✩lullabyparry⋆｡°✩ OH MY GOD ITS LUFFY!!!!!!!!

gremlin energy✨✨ He looks like hes doing a lot better !

A handful of angry bees Aww we haven't seen Luffy on here in ages 👒💛

Water 7 🔛🔝 Is anyone else worried about the dude apparently stalking his phone?????

clankclunk @ Water 7 🔛🔝 no that’s just bart. he’s weird but harmless.

existential dread but make it cute  @ Water 7 🔛🔝 lbr wed all stalk brooks contacts if we could 💞

skuuuullj0ke  We really really wouldn’t though

stream “1000 sunny days” album now 🔪 @ existential dread but make it cute hey mods come get this weirdo

👻SOUL PARADE👻 @ stream “1000 sunny days” album now 🔪 I wouldnt worry. His sister is the mod today and she wields the block hammer with an iron fist  

⋆｡°✩lullabyparry⋆｡°✩ @ 👻SOUL PARADE👻 lmao our queen is in the room 👑🙇

[“Come sit, Luffy,” Brook says cheerfully. “Ah, but first, throw your bag as hard as you can that way so the food smell doesn’t distract me this entire time,” he adds, pointing off to the left. Gamely, the boy gathers his tote bag together in his hands and flings it with what appears to be all the strength he can muster. It clatters noisily against something off-camera and there’s a deafening bang.  “Perfect!” Brook declares.  “Ah, wait, I forgot that was Sanji’s stuff,” Luffy says.  “He’ll get over it,” an unnamed person replies off-camera.]

Jen. RIP whoever sanji is 🙏

skuuuullj0ke  So much chaotic energy, so little time

clankclunk Luffy’s been here for 1 minute and already something is broken. New record??

[Moderator] Nami 🌊☀️ @ clankclunk Not even close. 

newname92 Woah when he threw the bag and his shirt fell open for a sec

newname92 Did anyone else see that crazy scar????????

A handful of angry bees @ newname92 You know what, I'm not even going to bother explaining why that was an insensitive question, because I’m not actually your kindergarten teacher 

[“My manager as well as the rest of my team have been very forthcoming about my recent absence,” Brook says, seeming to address the thousands of people watching the stream for the first time. “I know that the cancellation of my Sunny Days tour was a disappointment to many of you, and I’m very sorry for that. You know by now how important it is to me to be able to share my music with you all. But I do not regret it, because as much as I love the stage, my heart lives at home, and home is where I was needed.” Luffy leans against him, his head barely making it to Brook’s shoulder. He lays his own fingers on the keys and starts up a stumbling rendition of Binks’ Brew. The musician’s more practiced hands guide him along patiently.  “While there was plenty of anger to be heard from a number of you,” Brook goes on, “mostly your voices poured out to my family in sympathy and support. Your kindness means more to me than I can explain, so I’ll simply say thank you, thank you, thank you.”  “Thank you!” Luffy adds. “I always said Brook’s fans were the best.” “That you did,” Brook confirms cheerfully.]

stream “1000 sunny days” album now 🔪 Not me literally tearing up in the break room rn

👻SOUL PARADE👻 Oh OK cool I’ll just sob horrifically into my pad thai then thanks so much Soul King

clankclunk HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO BE NORMAL WHEN THEY EXIST

⋆｡°✩lullabyparry⋆｡°✩ 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Water 7 🔛🔝 Ive only been a soul king stan for like 2 days but already i would give my life for this family

stream “1000 sunny days” album now 🔪 @ Water 7 🔛🔝 welcome to the crew 🏴☠️

[“So the reason for this livestream is not to apologize,” Brook says. “But rather something more personal. Today marks the very start of a brand new year, and also the birthday of one Ace D. Portgas—the first birthday we find ourselves celebrating without him.” “Ace can’t be here anymore, but he loved a good party,” Luffy pipes up. He’s still smiling, but some of the energy is gone from him now. His hands are in his lap, no longer tripping merrily across the keys. “We’re gonna make sure he hears it from wherever he is. Marco and Thatch and everybody’s gonna be there.” “That’s right! But the party is later. For now, I’d like to play him a song.”  “A birthday song?” Luffy asks.  “His favorite,” Brook confirms.  He begins to play without further ado, accompanying himself as he sings a slow, acoustic version of James Morrison’s “Precious Love.” Luffy watches him with wide, lamplike eyes, expressive face strangely unreadable. Brook’s voice swells and fills the room.    [CAPTIONS] 🎶 I was so lost, didn't know what to do with myself.  I was my own worst enemy, I was lost and oh, I needed help. Then you came along, and saw what state I was in. You picked me up when I was down, showed me how to live again. 🎶   A young man with hair dyed vivid green comes into frame, but only to sit on Luffy’s free side with his back to the piano. His face can’t be seen, and he doesn’t offer any obvious condolence or comfort; but he sticks his elbow out, and Luffy immediately loops their arms together, and that seems to be more than enough.  There is movement from elsewhere in the room. The light shifts as the door opens again, and shadows move across the wall as the three by the piano are joined by an unknown number of other people. Luffy looks up and whoever he sees makes him smile. Brook continues singing, soulful and slow and golden.    [CAPTIONS]  🎶 I say thank you, for pulling me through, I'm a lucky man. I didn't know what life was, but now I understand. 🎶]

Jen. Okay i did some googling. I dont really follow artists personal lives beyond what they share on their own social media bcus its not really any of my business

Jen. But goddamn this is sad 

skuuuullj0ke  @ Jen. Bro I cried so hard when I found out about the accident i had to leave class

stream “1000 sunny days” album now 🔪 @ Jen. No joke. Some of my friends met ace backstage once during brook’s sabaody tour, the second night of the oakland show, but i never got the chance. Still, his entire familys grief was so raw and horrible, i know in my heart he must have been like a really really wonderful guy

gremlin energy✨✨ Ace is in a lot of the older videos on this channel, those are still up 

gremlin energy✨✨ I’m not saying go be super weird about it but if you watch like 2 of them you’ll understand immediately 

Water 7 🔛🔝 @ gremlin energy✨✨ Ace was brooks brother?

A handful of angry bees @ Water 7 🔛🔝 Not biologically, but yeah. 

gremlin energy✨✨ @ Water 7 🔛🔝 They all sort of adopted each other. Even Ace and Luffy aren’t biologically related but that’s so much a non-issue that i cant remember the last time it ever came up 

⋆｡°✩lullabyparry⋆｡°✩ @ Water 7 🔛🔝 they’re family 

clankclunk I didnt know this was ace’s favorite song. I didnt even know this song existed. Adding it to everything as we speak 

👻SOUL PARADE👻 @ clankclunk This cover might be the most beautiful thing Ive ever heard

skuuuullj0ke  @ 👻SOUL PARADE👻 FR like i want to be respectful but i also want this version released on spotify asap 😭

Skeletons on parade  The way they talk about ace like hes just somewhere else is kind of beautiful 

owl be back 🦉 @ Skeletons on parade they’re throwing him a birthday party 😭😭😭

clankclunk @ owl be back 🦉 love isn’t past-tense

[When the last ringing note from the piano fades, Brook looks down at Luffy and says, “What did you think, boss?” Luffy rubs his face with the heel of his hand, which is the only indication he’s been crying. Arms come around him from all sides, half a dozen faces spilling forward to hold him. The green-haired boy beside him gets squashed into the group hug before he sees it coming and no amount of flailing gets him out of it. Brook laughs above it all and flops over to splay his weight on the top of the pile playfully.  The piano keys give a jarring clang when someone’s elbow lands against them. A knee slipping from where it’s braced on the bench is all it takes for the entire group to go down in a tangle of limbs. A woman with long black hair is the only one aside from Brook who remains upright, effortlessly graceful. It’s her arm around Luffy’s shoulders that keeps him from falling, too.  “I loved it,” Luffy declares, in response to Brook’s unanswered question. “Ace would have loved it, too. Can you play it again?” “Until my arms fall off,” Brook agrees at once, already fanning his hands out over the keys, as if there’s not a bunch of people bickering noisily and wrestling with each other on all sides of him, just out of view of the camera.  Luffy grins and says, “Louder this time!”  The music that starts up is boisterous and triumphant and raucous—less of a bittersweet remembrance, more of a call for everyone to join in at the top of their lungs. And that’s exactly what everyone does. Clambering upright to hold onto each other, their voices ringing off the walls. The words of the song are clearly familiar to every one of them. The act of screaming out the chorus together is even more so. This was their brother’s favorite song, and they sing it like they mean it.   [CAPTIONS]  🎶This is precious love, it’s precious love. No, I can't let it go. This is precious love, and it’s teaching me, everything I need to know. 🎶]

skuuuullj0ke  Raise your hand if your singing along 🙋 

gremlin energy✨✨ @ skuuuullj0ke ✋✋

stream “1000 sunny days” album now 🔪 @ skuuuullj0ke My coworkers hate me but ✋

👻SOUL PARADE👻 @ skuuuullj0ke ✋😭

⋆｡°✩lullabyparry⋆｡°✩ @ skuuuullj0ke 👐👐👐

Skeletons on parade  @ skuuuullj0ke 🙋🙋

clankclunk So now im supposed to go to dinner with my friends and act like im not a fundamentally different person after this????

Water 7 🔛🔝 @ clankclunk 🤝 I SEE YOU BESTIE I KNOW YOUR PAIN 🫂🫂 

Jen. They’re laughing and being silly on his birthday. Idk its just rly nice. Its like proof that the good things can outlast the bad 

A handful of angry bees RIP Ace, I hope you had even half an idea of how loved you are

clankclunk @ A handful of angry bees He must have known

clankclunk @ A handful of angry bees Look at how goofy his family is. Theres no way they loved him quietly

skuuuullj0ke  He knew 🧡

[gaysonlyocean]

ok ok I have a few for ogtbh

how is evelin handling everything? I care her so much how is she doing-

chaos on the car #1, the theft, I really REALLY wanna know more about Thatcher and Dave's reaction and how shit goes down after

and uhhhhh what was Adam's first kill like-

(you don't need to answer all of them i just wanted to gives some variety teehee 🥰)

oh yippee mel questions!! EDIT FROM HALFWAY ANSWERING THIS IS GOING UNDER A CUT SOBS UH WARNING FOR DESCRIPTION OF MURDER

evelin would answer being asked if how things are going with "well its going ':]" she stressed out of her mind as it is

shes trying her best to keep things under control and not freak out but nothing seems to be going right and she was already dealing with m.a.d. as it is so shes been having a lot of quiet cries to herself when shes pretty sure no ones looking

evie was also venting to jonah about things at first, but then the ear thing happened and she felt bad putting it on him when hes also stressed so she stopped and has just been internalising it

the bottlecap pendant and the conversation she has with thatcher to get it help alot though!!

god i fucking love the first chaos in the car on their end cause they have a significiantly less chaos in their car but its still so chaotic, we get two for the price of one in that bit

they literally said NOTHING to eachother the entire ride up to that moment other than a "get in" "thanks" when thatcher picked dave up cause this happens literally like. a hour after the divorce phonecall so neither are happy about this

AND THEN SUDDENLY DAVE JUST GOES "is that my car??" AND LOW AND BEHOLD IT IS AND SARAH IS DRIVING IT so dave just winds down the window and you KNOW thatchers car doesnt have electric winders so he has to turn that fucking gear thing and now hes half out the fucking window going "sarah? is that y-" AND SHE FUCKING YELLS OUT A CUSS AND HITS THE GAS SPEEDING OFF

SO NOW THE TWO OF THEM ARE JUST SITTING THERE CONFUSED BEFORE THATCHER STARTS DRIVING AFTER THEM AND THE ENTIRE TIME THEY CAN HEAR EVERYONE SCREAMING IN THE OTHER CAR

AND THEYRE NOT MUCH BETTER CAUSE DAVE KEEPS GOING "WHY DID SARAH STEAL MY CAR???" TO WHICH THATCHER GOES "IDFK THE ONLY INTERACTIONS WITH HER IVE HAD WERE HER SENDING ME DEATH THREATS WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME???"

theres also a lot of unhelpful comments from both of "where did she learn to drive holy shit" cause of sarahs fucking gta approach to it rn

how things go down after is they finally catch up cause unlike sarah thatcher is trying to not accidentally drift and shit and daves car is just abandoned

they go out into the area to try to find them when suddenly both of their phones start going off and then stop ringing the second they go to answer

dave thinks this is weird but thatcher thinks this is Alarming and starts looking extra hard and eventually find bps + evelin trying to sneak away and they just have. so many questions

but before they can ask any dave goes "dammit im gonna be late to the church" which makes adam panic and go "you absolutely cannot go there" and then he just. refuses to elaborate and now his friend are also vaguely going "yeah dont go to church"

obviously this is Weird so they go "right car theft forgiven your all coming with us what the fuck is going on" and they are refusing to give answers while staying at daves house for the next few days

dave doesnt mind and is happy to have people over so hes just trying to play host and having fun while also trying to contact o'brien who strangely is ignoring him

thatcher starts coming over again for the first time in years cause he also wants to know what the fuck is up with these kids and uh

he gets his answer :)

ANYWAY MOVING ON this ones gonna be a doozy ill tell you that >:)

adam killed someone for the first time when he was 15, and what he really remembers of it is the aftermath of six basically going "finally, you became one of us so young yet took so long to do this i thought youd disappoint me again and not do it, im so proud of you" cause yknow the desperation for parental affection weve all been there

it was someone in yonder county, he doesnt remember the details exactly of how the house looked from the outside, but he does remember the interior like the back of his hand

single bedroom bungalow with a really tiny bathroom, no tub, the fridge hummed incredibly loudly and they always turned the stove off at the wall for some reason, they didnt really have room for a living room but they had a nice recliner in the tiny space anyway, and a stack of books beside it, there was a lil storage space inbetween the bathroom and bedroom in which the owner kept a vacuum and cleaning chemicals

adam had let himself into the house a few days prior and had gone unnoticed, keeping himself to the little storage space, moving lil things around the house to make them doubt things

he then cornered them in the kitchen, just like hed been taught to do, and he doesnt remember he had the knife first or if they had it out but he knows he pushed it through their neck until it came out the other end

and then, despite the praise he got for it, after it was done he found himself feeling weird about it, it wasnt quite sadness and it wasnt quite guilt but it was bad whatever it was

[tokyogruel]

Shidou! 1, 2, 5, and 9!

1. favorite song lyrics?

i answered this one here! and kind of glad i did, it got loonngg,,

2. favorite mv moment/frame?

5. favorite voice drama line/moment?

(lines/translation taken from the milgram wiki)

molech:

"Es ...... Even if this is referred to as an interrogation, at this moment in time, I don't plan on using violence. In addition to that, any falsehood or silence from you will be acknowledged."

and later....

"Es Don't you dare… pat my head like that! *Kicks*

Shidou Nnngh...! P-Please hold on for a second...!"

"Es Shut up! Out of all the prisoners thus far, you're the one I can't stand the most. Going all pessimistic like that, running your mouth as if you knew everything, acting as if you're oh-so mature, and never budging from that composed expression of yours—the nerve of you! On top of that, you even went so far as to pat my head. Do you think I'm your child? Do you?! Don't fuck with me!"

these arent even really shidous lines though DXFGCHVJB

aesculapius:

"Es You're a doctor. I've deduced that your murders happened in the context of medical procedures.

Shidou ..."

,,,

"Shidou I need to be punished… but I need to stay alive, or young lives will be lost. I… I don't know what to wish for anymore. I'm starting to think… that I want to live. That I want to be forgiven. Despite being so riddled with sins…!"

9. do you forgive/not forgive their crime on its own?

well, what are we defining as his crime? thats a complicated answer

heres some theories i have, and my feelings on them:

the organ thief theory:

my interpretation of this one is that shidou did not pull the plug on braindead patients, or botch surgeries intentionally. shit like that can be tracked in the medical field- and will be stopped, swiftly. my idea is that shidou may twist his words, or try very very hard to convince families to pull the plug on their loved ones. "there are people who need the organs your family member can provide. youd be doing what's right"

i... dont know. i dont think i really would forgive him for this, depending on how he goes about it. it's important, yes, to tell people that donating organs is worthwhile post-mortem. but the decision to pull the plug on someone you love should not be over-influenced by some jackass who happens to have a degree in fuckery.

the "my wife and kids" theory:

(for clarification, i believe his family is an intricate day-dream of his, rather than his reality, but for this ill be speaking as if his family is real)

my interpretation of this one is that shidou took the heart of one of his children to give to his wife after an accident. i would forgive him for this- if his child is beyond saving but his wife could survive with a transplant, he is well within his right to make that decision on behalf of his family. even if it sucks

the "drunk driver" theory:

ive mentioned this one on my blog before, but havent gone into the details of it just yet. i also need to compile my evidence for it- but im pretty confident in it.

the theory is thus: shidou gets intoxicated, perhaps to celebrate- and decides, in all his adult-brained wisdom- that its fine if he drives afterward. he ends up crashing his car, either into another car or directly into civilians. he kills a child.

i would not forgive him if this is his crime

[rabbitgardens]

grabs you. Ciel 2/3/26, Revyl 30/22?

WAUGH!!! UNHAND ME

✨️ciel✨️

2. plant? Yes he would absolutely do a bunch of research beforehand on the best pots and soil and lighting conditions and fertilizer and keep a diligent journal of what needs how much water and when

pet? Probably?? he dotes on his chocobo and carbuncle a Lot but if he had to like. cat/dogsit for someone he probably wouldnt wanna play with em much and would do the bare minimum of giving them food and water askdj

child? absolutely not do not let this man near your kids he absolutely gets the reaction of :| from kids every time he tries to be funny and would resort to yelling to keep them in line-

3. if youd have asked him this at the beginning of their time journeying together he wouldve said alta was the most insufferable insubordinate arrogant showoff dumbass he had ever had the misfortune of needing to deal with. but where the two of them are now in the story, he knows she's his stalwart companion, effortlessly funny and likeable, and he would put down his life for her the same way she's done countless times. (shes also one of the most attractive people ciel has ever seen he would walk on a bed of broken glass for a woman with broad shoulders as he should-)

26 effort!! he, of course, is immensely gifted and talented and gods perfect specimen but all of his potential would be worthless without the work that goes into his craft

🍃revyl🍃

30. MEAN. MEAN TO ME revyl will not ever accept that it could be forgiven. not without a lot of convincing and a lot of evidence to the contrary. it doesnt let itself think about this a lot, actually. the idea of being welcoked back to the grove, to other sylvari after what it did, of being able to live safely in the company of its people and be cherished for all of the things its done for tyria at large, of finally having its mother's approval, despite all of the blood on its hands hurts too much. it cant go back home, what would it even do there?? the idea of having a life in the grove is so foreign at this point that even if against all odds, it was welcomed back home, it probably wouldnt stay for very long. It would absolutely bring a Lot of peace to revyl if it was forgiven though. its isolation from all but a scant few sylvari is a constant, heavy weight around its neck

22. OH IT ADORES PET NAMES it loves pet names it loves nicknames it will call someone everything But their actual name-

being called by its actual Title of Commander makes it feel quite weird actually!! but itll call its girlfriend irie blossom beloved pookiesmoochies all day even if it embarasses the shit out of him

[kornstreifs-storys]

AoR, Ch. 1, Page 12

Kiara watched Kuro for a while, but then she spoke up. She is not waking up, you think that's normal? Kuro checked on Dune then looked over to Kiara. Probably yes, you said it before this likely takes some time and I don't suppose that coming back from death is an easy task. he looked at Dune again then said, but if we want to be sure I can get my equipment.

With that he got up from his place beside Dune and walked over to his bag. Kiara followed him. Before he had been to devistated to think about these things, but now his focus was back. He opened the bag and retrieved a bunch of technical devices. A heart monitor, a status reader, the old and beat up Pokedex and a few more.

Kiara eyed him with surprise, Ok now I'm even more confused how you're not from the cities. Like I thought the clans had lost all technologie a long time ago, thats at least what my father told me. She looked him directly in the eyes. How come your clan had these and why did they let you take them?

Kuro stared back, You know the bigger question is how a roamer like you would know all of that, I thought you keept to yourselfs. Kiara looked at him with confusion for a while, then she said, Oh I guess I never told you. I actually grew up in a city, so I'm a city mon. Now Kuro was the one eyeing Kiara. Your messing with me right? I mean the nearest city is over in Kanto if I'm not mistaken.

Kiara nodded, as Kuro walked back to Dune, to attach the medical devices he had retireved. As he checkt on his compantion, she said. Yeah, Kanto City, my home. That's where my family lives. Kuro checked the readings of the devices and was relived all seemed fine. Then he asked, Well if you grew up in Kanto City, what are you doing out here in Hisui, thas a pretty long way from home isn't it?

Well I could ask you the same thing, Kiara replied, though I guess this explains your first reaction to me, if you though me a roamer, naturally youd be careful. Kuro chuckled, So you finally got it, huh? Most Pokémon in Hisui are Roamers of course I'd be careful. He paused and looked at the horizon, dawn was apoaching. Though I guess I never did finish the story of how Dune and I got into this situation did I?

Kiara shook her head, No, we where interupted by Dune showing signs of live. Kuro looked back over to Dune and scanned the sreens of his devices, then he said, Well the short of it is, that the clan was attacked by something I'm pretty sure was a hollow and most of us died. Those that survived scattered to become roamers, or left to look for an new clan or even vetured out to get to the cities.

Kuros face darkend as he thought of that night, Dune and I where left behind, as her parents had died in the attack and no one wanted to take an extra Eevee with them. He could feel the anger rise up inside of him but he tried to stay calm. He had never forgiven his former clan mates. The same Mons that had taken him in when he was a helpless orphan abandoned in a forest, would let one of their own orphans behind because they feared shed be a burden.

He refused to think about this any longer and so, he changed the subject. But what about you? How did a city mon end up as a roamer? he asked Kiara. She looked flustered at that question, Well I don't have any tragic story or something like that. She almost looked guilty as she spoke. You see, I was just bored back home and wanted to go on advetures for the longes time. So one day I just kinda left.

She didn't look at Kuro as she continued. I know that must sound pretty bad from your perspective. The safety you always wished you had, i jus left behind out of boredom. She sighed. Kuro looked at her, You say that as if it's a bad thing to want adveture. He got up and walked back over to his back to get an old book. He trew it over to Kiara who caught it in surprise.

She looked down at it and gasped, Is that an old human book? she shouted. It is, Kuro replied, and do you know what kind of stories are written down in it? Kiara shook her head. Kuro smiled, Adventure stories. I read this book almost every night when I was a kid. Dune loved it when I read her the stories, she always said she wanted to be just like that when she grew up.

He walked over to her and put a paw on her shoulder, So don't appologize for your dreams, because one day they might inspire others to follow in you path. He looked down at the book, Just like the people in those stories.

At this exact moment, Dune let out a sudden gasp and Kuros equipment messured a sudden spike in heart activity. Then her whole body began to glow. Kuro and Kiara looked over, then stared at each other in exitement and confusion.

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A reference for the Structure of Pokemon Society in Ages of Ruin as been added.

This time a post without Dunes POV, don't worry we'll get back to her next page but I wanted to give the other main charakters a bit more story time.

Besides this episode contained some intersting world lore, so I thought it nessecary.

Hope you liked it non the less and see you next week.

[geckobrains]

een one week since you looked at me cockex your head to the side and said im angry 5 days since you laughed at me saying get that together come back and see me three days since the living room i realised its all my fault but couldnt tell you yesterday youd forgiven me but itll still be two days till i say im sorry hold it now and watch the hoodwink as i make you stop think you'll think youre looking at aquaman i summon fish to the dish although i like the chalet swiss im like the sushi cause ive never touched a frying pan hot like wasabi when i bust rhymes big like leann rimes because im all about value bert kaemptforts got the mad hits you try to match wits you try to hold me but i bust through gonna make a break and take a fake id like a stinkin aching shake i like vanilla its the finest of the flavours gotta see the show cause then youll know the vertigo is gonna grow cause its so dangerous youll have to sign a waiver how can i help if i think youre funny when you're mad trying hard not to smile though i feel bad im the kinda guy who laughs at a funeral cant understand what i mean well you soon will i have a tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve i have a history of losing my shirt its been one week since you looked at me threw your arms in the air and said youre crazy five days since you tackled me i still have the rug burns on both my knees its been three days since the afternoon where you realised its not my fault not a moment too soon yesterday youd forgiven me and now ill sit back and wait till you say youre sorry chickity china the Chinese chicken you have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin watching x files with no lights on we're da la maison i hope the smoking mans in this one like harrison ford im getting frantic like sting im tantric like snickers guaranteed to satisfy like kurosawa i make mad films kay i dont make films but if i did theyd have a samurai gotta get a set of better clubs gotta find the kind with tiny nubs just so my irons aren't always flying off the back swing gotta get in tune with sailor moon cause that cartoon has got the boom anime babes that make me think the wrong thing how can i help it if i think youre funny when youre mad trying hard not to smile though i feel bad im the kinda guy who laughs at a funeral cant understand what i mean well you soon will i have a tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve i have a history of taking off my shirt its been one week since you looked at me dropped your arms to the side and said im sorry five days since i laughed at you saying you just did just what i thought you were gonna do three days since the living room we realised were both to blame but what could we do yesterday you just smiled at me but itll still be two days till we say were sorry itll still be to days till we say were sorry itll still be two days till we say wasabi birchmont stadium home of the robbie BWEEUUUUAWWHHHHHHHH

it's b

[textsfromninjagoblog]

Misako: A Stupidly Long, Spur-Of-The-Moment Character Study

Ok, so I saw a post on here by @justninjatrash asking if anyone in the fan base likes Misako and I got a ridiculous wave of inspiration to share some of the theories and LOTS of headcanons I had.

The short answer is yes, I do like her.

(Also, this is only going to deal with her as a mom and her relationship with Lloyd. So anyone who wants to bring up the WuSako mess can take it up with the H. Bros 'cause every single shipping issue is their fault.)

Warning: LONG! (And basically all headcanon)

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The first thing that comes to mind whenever somebody talks about Misako is how she abandoned Lloyd at Darkly's, and wondering why she didn't either keep him, find a normal boarding school/orphanage or just leave the kid with Wu.

I've got an explanation for this, but I'm gonna have to give you some context first:

Even with how screwy the timeline of this show is, she definitely had to be pregnant with Lloyd before Garmadon was banished to the Underworld. She saw her husband's descent into madness up close and personal, and now knew that he was fully evil. Being the kind of threat he was, it seemed pretty clear that he was the great darkness that would be defeated by the Green Ninja.

(No one could've saw the Overlord coming.)

Well, she ALWAYS knew that little Lloyd would be saddled with the destiny of being the Green Ninja. (She says so in S2 Ep7 I believe)

So even before he's born, she starts her research on the prophecy, hoping that she can save her family from destruction.

In time, the sweet lil green bean we all love is born. Although she adores him, his birth also fills Misako with panic. This is because she's still no closer to stopping the prophecy, and she's learned all she can from local sources, so she'll need to travel far in order to gain more information.

Now let's be real, the continent of Ninjago is a freakin' death trap. Not exactly ideal for any traveler, let alone a baby!

So, she's left with two options: bring Lloyd with her into unknown and dangerous territory where both of them could easily end up dying (leaving Ninjago mega-screwed!); or find someone to take care of him but have to leave him for who knows how long. (Which sucks, but at least he's ok.)

We all know she decides to leave Lloyd at Darkly's, seeing it as her only feasible choice. But why?

Because the name of Garmadon now has one hell of a bad reputation.

Darkly's was far from her first choice of lodging for Lloyd. However when compared to leaving him at a normal school/orphanage, where he'd definitely be treated as a danger to everyone and ostracized for being 'Lord Garmadon's son', it seemed like a better bet.

She probably figured that those at Darkly's would treat Lloyd like a king due to his parentage!

So they take Lloyd in, always eager for a new student. But with no way to contact his still-banished dad, the staff and other students don't believe he's actually the Dark Lord's kid and well, we know the rest.

But why didn't she save herself the trouble of gambling on a boarding school and just leave Lloyd with Wu?

Because she wanted Lloyd to have a (relatively) normal childhood!

Long before Misako would marry Garmadon, he went off to train at Chen's. But you know what else happened during this time?

Morro.

So imagine being panicked about where your kid is going to live and thinking about dropping him with his uncle. Sounds good, right?

Then you remember that the last kid he cared for ran off and has now mysteriously disappeared, all over the EXACT PROPHECY that you're trying to keep your child away from for as long as possible.

So yeah, Misako decided that Wu was definitely NOT a good caretaker. Also, I can only imagine that she wanted Lloyd to have at least a small part of his life where destiny wasn't bearing down on him and he could just be a kid.

(No one would've expected that to include unleashing the freaking Serpentine, but hey, go big or go home I guess!)

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So that explains why Misako left Lloyd where she did, but what about why she never made contact with him while they were apart?

That's a bit more complicated...

I imagine she'd left letters for Lloyd at the moment she left him that explained everything, with instructions for the staff to save them for Lloyd till he's old enough to read them. However, either by malice or simply forgetfulness, the staff at Darkly's end up never giving them to Lloyd.

She never writes to him or sends packages because she knows how clever Garmadon is, and it's only a matter of time before he returns. She knew that if he somehow found Lloyd's location, it could prove catastrophic, so she leaves no traces that could be followed. This is also why she never visited in-person.

But that wasn't the only reason. She knew that she was risking her life on her journey, and while she loves and misses Lloyd, she didn't want him to become attached to her; only to end up devastated should she meet an early end.

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Here's my take on the events leading up to and after S2 Ep7:

Skipping ahead to the time period right before S1, Misako had fully intended to go back for Lloyd now that he was older and she had completed her field research. However, after calling Darkly's to ask about Lloyd, they said that he ran off and they couldn't find him. So she writes to Wu, reasoning that Lloyd ran to the Monastery.

What she doesn't know, is that the Monastery was burned down and everyone is now living on the Destiny's Bounty. After waiting weeks for a response that would never come, she becomes despondent and throws herself into her work, which is in her mind the only way she can still protect her son despite his unknown whereabouts.

S1 happens, but only the Ninja know who released the Serpentine and we know that story.

Time-skip again to S2. I can only imagine that after she moved onto the Bounty that she explained everything to Lloyd, from the letters she left to the reason she never came by to how much she loves him. Tears are shed and the path to forgiveness begins, but of course we don't see this thanks to the sheer chaos of the show's writing.

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So basically I see Misako as a mom faced with the unthinkable and is trying to do her best even when the situation presents no reasonable options. She's a strategic survivor to me, and is very strong to be able to handle such turmoil and heartbreak without cracking. (If only they did a better job conveying all this....)

And to do it all for the sake of her family? Now that's love!

[heyitsyn]

Manager!Seijoh IWA ROUTE

a/n: uwuwuwuwuwu my mans iwa chan :’)

IM A SIMP FOR IWAIZUMI HAJIME (27) ATHLETE TRAINER

uwu filo!iwa in this :)

and also, listen to lauv while reading this since i wrote this and that song was playing on repeat O_O and also this song

this is my self-request uwu

HES SUCH A POUTY BABIE BLS LOVE ON HIM

onwards we goooo

hihihihihihi yey im so excited for this yall dont even know

ANYWAYS

so,,,,

when iwa first saw you, he thought you were just a cute little thing

your shorter height, your puffy cheeks, and the wide eyes you had whenever you saw someone, or him, do a really cool spiking move

he initially thought of you as a cute little sister hes never had

ehehe that finna change

then the,,,, bullying thing happened

if youd like to read this part, its right here

when he saw you bloodied, all battered,

dear lordie he was finna break some ankles

ONG I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT SANGWOO YET HERE I AM

like that image of you will probably stay in his memory until he dies of the ripe age of 200

ngl it kinda traumatized him a little bit of how tired and pained you look with the tears rolling down your face and the blood that was escaping your body through your wounds

god you didnt deserve any of that

you deserved the world and the universe yet some people dared to take away your worth

ooo he was so mad

miyo was,,,, hurt??

can i say that??

i dont wanna,,,, explain bara arms iwa hurting a girl so youre gonna have to imagine that for yourselves

but at the end when they said slap, he didnt just ✨S L A P ✨ her

he ✨ B R O K E   S O M E   A N K L E S ✨

oiks is actually scared of him after that

like oiks had to peel him off of her and towards the infirmary where you and the team were

‘IWAIZUMI HAJIME, STOP!’

oof the first and last time oikawa tooru ever said that full name

he was breathing heavy and he was so ✨ A N G R Y ✨ with what she did to you yet he hears your soft scoldings, telling him off for hurting a girl

he wanted to see you

like right now

iwa tore himself from oikawa’s grasp and ✨ N Y O O M E D ✨ himself to the nurse’s office

there, you sat on the bed with the others scattered either on other beds or on the floor 

you smiled at the sight of him and he walked towards you and engulfed you in his arms

‘youre okay now. im here’

he whispered and you buried your face into his chest, breathing in his unique scent

lavender mixed with peppermint

he refused to leave your side so he ✨ M A D E ✨ some room on the bed beside you to sit and he wrapped his arm around your waist, holding you close

you held his hand while oikawa talked to you and as you shamefully bowed your head

but you were forgiven and everything was all good until the third years really got into plan

makki and mattsun promised to handle it all as they had family in the justice field while oikawa would go and get the girl suspended

‘but what about me?! i want-’

‘iwaizumi, you literally hit her. it’d be best if you’re not involved right now as you were the only one who physically touched her in a harmful manner like that’

ong when it come to y/n, the meme team is replaced by the assassin team

he tried to fight but in the end, 3 overpowered 1 and he was forced to sit back and opted to comfort you instead

he made sure you were safe to walk home but that day, you were the one who asked him to spend time with him

just you two

like after seeing him seethingly enter back into the room, you reached out and held his hand in yours, eyes trained on your fingers fiddling with his

‘iwa-san,,,, you said you downloaded the new godzilla movie?’

you whispered but he could still hear you and his heart swelled at your meek voice

‘yea, i did. and my mom bought those chips you like’

your eyes flitted up to meet his eyes and a soft smile spread on your lips and there was this thumping in his heart

maybe that was the first time that iwaizumi hajime felt differently towards you

a smile that seemed to be differently perceived than the rest

and it wasnt for the whole team

it was for him

and him alone

the trek to his house was quiet but you would hum nursery rhymes or the songs you heard earlier in the radio while skipping every few steps and tightly holding on to his hand

iwaizumi’s olive eyes watched you still radiate energy despite being so hurt for a long time

they then trailed to your linked hands and he unintentionally squeezed it, only figuring out he did it when you looked up to him and squeezed it back with a smile

he wanted to do something to make you forget of what happened

he didnt want you to think about the cruelty and pain so he was going to make sure you would continue smiling 

thankfully, his parents werent home so he wouldnt have to explain why he has a bandage-covered girl with him 

iwa led you upstairs to where his room was and your eyes widened when you saw what was inside

tiny action figurines of animes like bakugo from boku no hero academia or a tiny pikachu on his desk

there was a large country flag that you didnt recognize and a few godzilla posters and volleyball players decorating beside it

however, besides those normal things you wouldve expected,

there were many polaroids

polaroid pictures that were everywhere with no specific layout pattern and just placed anywhere that had room

iwa watched as you dazedly walked forward and entered the room to move towards the wall by his desk that had the most pictures against it

from pictures of him and oikawa to the third years to him and his parents or just the sunrise and human silhouettes

your fingers reached forward and traced the picture of him and the third years when they were still first years and took a spontaneous trip to the beach

‘mattsun stole his dad’s car and drove us to the beach without a license’

iwaizumi’s voice answered your questions and you looked back, shimmering eyes

this room,,, wasnt just a normal, teenage boy’s room

this was a room that represented iwaizumi hajime

from his natural character description like his love for volleyball evident in the volleyball player posters to the underneath description that was hidden like his love for godzilla and his love of taking pictures of the people he cares about the most

it was all that made up iwaizumi hajime

your feet took you to stand in front of him, still standing at the doorway, and you stood on your toes to try and be eye-level with him

‘youre really cool, iwa-san’

you whispered and his ears turned red, not from the compliment, but by the close distance between you two

iwa clearedhis throat and ruffled your hair roughly, pushing you down slightly back to the balls of your feet

‘i already knew that, brat. now go and sit over there and be comfortable or whatever while i go get the food’

he hurriedly turned to hide his growing red face but you stopped him

‘iwa-san,,, ano,,, can,, i borrow a hoodie?’

you mumbled, nervously thinking he might refuse 

but he grunted a response, not bothering to turn around

‘take your pick’

you smiled and thanked him before bounding over to the wardrobe that was pushed against the wall across his bed that was against the corner by his window

inside had so many hoodies and there were also shirts that were hung up on the other half

they were all graphic tees that either had american bands or anime or game references

opting for a mint green hoodie that says ‘SONIC NYOOM’, you had an undershirt under your button up and as you slipped the bloodied long sleeve off, he swung the door open, eyes focused on the tray of coke filled glasses

then he looked up and almost dropped it at the sight of you,,, like that

‘OH MY GOD SORRY’

he shrieked and carefully but hurriedly backtracked back to the hallway

ofc you were shocked too but you quickly put the hoodie on and went to get him

iwaizumi’s heart was hammering in his chest and he was VERY red with embarrassment 

how could he see you like that?!

a girl who wasnt his shouldnt be seen like that by his eyes!

a touch on his arm reminded him of his position and he was still holding the tray but it was clear from the liquid in the cups that he was shaking slightly

‘iwa-san, its okay. i still had a shirt on so dont misunderstand’

you reasoned and he nodded, still not looking at you

the beginning of the movie was quite awkward as you both were sitting next to each other on the floor, backs against his mattress while the laptop played godzilla in front of yall

but it seems it was just him who was feeling this way bc you were intrigued at this weird monster that was squshing building under its foot and you continued munching on the food

iwa stood up and coughed

‘im going to take a shower’

you paused it and stared up at him, a chip halfway in your mouth

‘oh? you want me to wait for you?’

he agressively shook his head

‘no! its okay i watched it already. just,,,, watch it’

at the end, his words came out jumbled in his hurry to go and calm his heart down

you shrugged and unpaused the movie to continue watching

iwa spent his time in the shower, thinking and trying to think of stupid thoughts like the time oikawa almost choked on a peanut when they were in middle school to distract him of thoughts of how adorable you were

ONG HE WAS JUST SHOWERING AND INNOCENTLY DOING SHOWER THINGS

‘no, i said she was like a sister to me. and a sister she’ll remain’

okay ngl even though theyre not related, im worried yall would be like ‘iNcESt’ but bls a lot of people have tried to sibling-zoned people yet realized they liked them in THAT way

as he wrapped himself with a towel, he then realized

oh my god he didnt bring clothes

LMAO NOOOO IWAAAAA

iwa frantically looked around and he saw his mother’s sakura themed robe and he paused, arguing silently with him if he should wear it

well, it was either that or he went back into the room and showed you,,,,,, this

sucking in a sharp breath, he kept the towel around his waist and slipped his arms through the tight arm holes and he awkwardly tried to keep it tied since he was so much bigger than his tiny mom

what is happening

you saw the door opening and excitedly turned to tell him about this one scene when your voice died down in your throat at the sight of him 

here was iwaizumi hajime, ultra muscle buff man who gets abs with a simple glance of the gym, wearing an all too-tight pink, cherry blossom print robe that was so tight the tie around it was shaking to keep it together

‘dont’

he whispered and that snapped your remaining surprise to double over in laughter

‘its so cute! iwa-san, youre so cute!’

you shrieked and he growled and hurriedly went to to grab grey sweatpants and a shirt before running straight back to the bathroom

when he finally came back out, his face was still red and he was pouting as he sat next to you back to his seat

he could feel you staring at him while looking constipated as you held your laugh in and the second your eyes met, your giggles fell out

iwa rolled his eyes

‘yes yes let it out’

‘hehe, iwa-san, i didnt know you had that style’

‘it isnt! i didnt want to walk in here practically naked with you in the room!’

he growled and you nodded, still not quite believing it

‘hai hai. just say you like pink, i wont tell’

you waved and iwa felt offended

‘what do you mean ‘hai hai’?! its really not!’

your lips pursed to keep more giggles in and iwa growled again before lunging to grab your sides and tickling you 

of course being careful to not touch your wounds

you shrieked at the ticklish feeling and iwa laughed as you made weak attempts to push him off

‘huh? what was that? whatd you say? cant talk anymore, can ya?’

he teased

‘NO!!!! IWA-SAAAAN!!!!!’

you shouted in between your laughter and he finally let up when you squealed out your apologies and promised to never say it again

you breathed air into your lungs and sat back up to recollect yourselves 

iwa saw the strands that escaped your bun and they were scattered everywhere looking messy with your flushed cheeks and teary eyes

oh my god you were beautiful

he was so happy that you still kept that smile despite what happened and he was going to fight to keep it there

forever

it was about nearly the end when you finally realized how different iwaizumi’s hair looked

‘oi, iwa-san, your hair is not naturally spiky?’

he continued eating the chips while still watching the movie

‘what would you expect? even shittykawa’s hair is like this. did ya know that he wakes up extra early to curl it into that shitty mess?’

your jaw dropped

‘EEEHHHH???!!!!!!!’

later, you asked him how he does his hair for school and he blindly reached for the gel that was resting on his desk before tossing it to you

‘here’

you looked at it and flickered over to his hair and then you had the greatest realization

‘GODZILLA-SAMA!’

you pointed and he stopped eating, turning to give you a confused look

‘ha?’

you shrieked in an another round of laughter

‘IWA-SAN LIKES GODZILLA-SAMA SO MUCH HE DOES HIS HAIR AFTER HIM!!!!’

you doubled over to the floor, clutching your stomach and iwaizumi’s flustered expression made you laugh harder

he knew you were smart but,,, not this smart

you figured out his secret

the secret he’s hidden since he was practically a toddler

even his best friend, the guy hes known since he was born, never made the connection

yet here you are, figuring it out not even a year of knowing him

was this part of the many reasons he,, felt his heart beat for you?

oikawa was relieved that you had the bright twinkle in your eyes the next time he saw you and you were actively talking to iwaizumi in that early morning practice

‘oh? y/n-chan, is iwa-chan your best friend now?’

he tried not to sound jealous for his own best friend’s closeness to you and he added a teasing smile for extra measure

okay that hurted me a bit

iwaizumi snarled and blasted the volleyball towards his face before he could even yell or shout

‘iwa-san, dont do that’

you chided softly, small hands wrapping around his muscly arm

but iwa patted your head

‘deserving people deserve things to happen to them’

you rolled your eyes but smiled at him

‘hai hai’

the next week, iwa still kept a close eye on you in case someone else decided to mess with you 

but you told him that you swear youd tell him if someone did and he trusts you so he backed off a little

one day, he was eating lunch with the other third years in their classroom when you busted through the door, excitedly holding your phone

‘iwa-san! i figured out what country your flag was!’

he was halfway of shoving rice in his mouth when iwa looked at you

‘oh? you couldve just asked me though?’

you pouted and went to pull a chair from another desk to sit beside him

‘nooo. i wanted to work for that information. so you’re from the philippines, iwa-san?’

he nodded proudly

‘yep’

your eyes shone with interest

‘really?! you look japanese so it must be one of your parents. hey, iwa-san, which island are you from? i read about them and they have like 7641 islands-’

the others watched as you read through the article in your phone and iwa wasnt even following your words, instead staring at you with a dazed look and a lovesick smile

mattsun, makki, and oikawa exchanged looks of surprise because in all the years theyve known him especially oikawa, iwa was never interested in girls and such

he was a straight forward man with goals and straight sight to get them done with no distractions like relationships or love

yet here he was

slowly falling in love with you without even knowing he is

he continued to fall with the simplest things about you

from the perfume that you wore everyday to the way you would tuck your hair behind your ear when you were talking to someone

little quirks he used to miss was now being noticed even if you were right behind him and not in his line of vision

now, the boys were starting to see the difference of their precious ace

it was as if when he started to like you, they knew immediately by how he was acting

then one day during practice, you were late and they were all looking around for you and when they couldnt find you, they met back in the gym with nervous looks

iwa was already pacing around, a scary aura radiating off of him, and kindaichi, who went with him to look around the school, warned the others of iwaizumi’s worry

‘he was slamming doors open and he was walking so fast i had to run to even keep up with him’

then you busted through the gym door

you were actually picking up food for the team and sweets and you were held up when makki’s puffs were still being cooked

they rallied around you to make sure you werent hurt and you assured them but iwa pulled them away like picked them up and threw them off to the side and took you in his arms

iwa thought you were hurt and he was so worried something happened to you again

the hug was bone-crushing with how hard he was squeezing you but you felt his worry though and you freed your arms to wrap them around his neck

‘im okay, iwa-san’

you whispered in his ear and he nodded

‘let me hold you for a second’

he mumbled and you nodded

‘oi, theres food in the bags so make sure you eat it all. coach paid for it all so dont leave behind anything’

the mention of the food distracted them from you and iwa and they piled on top of each other to reach their food first

iwa was grateful that you distracted the others from seeing him being vulnerable towards you

‘i thought-’

‘shh,,, you have me right here, right now. safe and sound’

you knew how much seeing you all battered messed him up and his attempt of making you forget about it has been

and his worry of you being gone without no sign of where you went will forever be there and he will always have that thought in the back ofhis mind

the next time you came over, you actually met his parents

since you went home early before, you didnt catch his parents when they came home around 10 minutes after you left

but this time, they were already home with his mom cooking dinner while his father was sitting on the dining chair reading a newspaper

iwa walked through the door, shouting he was home, and you did the same thing to be customary

oof his parents were surprised

his mom turned around to share a look of surprise with her husband

sure they havent seen tooru in a while but they were pretty sure his voice wasnt that high pitched

right?

‘hajime, did you hit tooru so much you ruined his-’

then his mother stopped talking at the sight of you holding iwa’s hand tightly when yall stepped around the corner

you sheepishly smiled at them and bowed your head in greeting

oh my

so this was why iwaizumi hajime-san was really really really handsome

his parents were freaking good looking

like his mother was aphrodite with her flawless melanin skin and doe shaped eyes with a mole under her left eye

and his father was like ares, so handsome yet still manly and his appearance was a special type of good-looking with his buffness and ruffed appearance

‘iwa-san, i didnt know your parents were gods’

you mumbled, still staring at them

iwaizumi choked and coughed, flustered

‘oh my!’

his mother placed a hand over her mouth

‘hello’

his father stood up to walk in front of you and held his hand out

‘i’m hajime’s father’

you let go of hajime’s hand to shake his own with both of your hands

‘really nice to meet you! i’m l/n y/n! seijoh volleyball manager! first year!’

you introduced then stepped aside to fully bow 90 degrees

iwaizumi thought it was so cute of how flustered you were at meeting his parents

‘ay nako! nak, i didnt know you had such a beautiful girlfriend!’

she squealed and hurriedly went to stand in front of you and gently grasped your arms to stand you back straight and took a good look at you

‘youre so beautiful, iha. nice skin, pretty eyes, ang ganda!’

even with your research of tagalog, you didnt quite understand what she was saying

iwa noticed your slightly confused expression and he laughed, tucking his hands in his pockets

‘sorry, my nay speaks in taganese when she gets excited’

‘t-taganese?’

‘tagalog and japanese’

you nodded in understanding

it was time to put your basic reserach to test

‘hello po’

you greeted her and nervously took her hand and pressed the back of it to your forehead before slowly lowering it down and letting go

her wide eyes made you think you did something bad or even offensive!

‘i-i’

‘HAY NAKO, HAJIMEE~!’

she shrieked 

‘YUNG-!!! YUNG-!!!’

okay im terrified

iwa noticed his mother’s malfunction and gently wrapped his arm around her shoulder and veered her back to her kitchen

‘sorry about her, l/n-chan. its just,,,, hajime hasnt brought home a girl before. and you doing that mustve done it in for her’

you worriedly watched hajime calm his mom down with a smile and talking to her hushed

in their perspective,,,

‘shes so nice, nak! marry her, okay? shes very pretty and she made an effort to please your nanay, so go and marry her!’

ohmylord im nervous

initially, iwa only wanted to go and hang out with you and watch a movie

not have a full dinner with his family

lmao i shouldve told you that youve been friends for months now

his mother cooked sinigang and adobo and more filipino dishes, adding even more when she saw you were joining them

the dining table was covered with a large plate full of food and you were so fascinated because this was a side of iwa that you wanted to know more about

‘wow!’

you said, not thinking, at the deep-fried fish that still had its eyeballs intact

iwa genuinely thought you would’ve shyed away from it in disgust but your eyes were glistening with genuine interest

‘iwa-san! youre so lucky you get to eat this stuff!’

you told him, looking over at his direction

while mrs iwaizumi was lading in the soup into the big bowl, mr iwaizumi was sitting at the dining table, watching your interaction and hajime telling you what each food was and your noises of surprise

he watched his son laugh when you said the palabok reminded you of the orange boy hinata 

and he also watched his son look at you so lovestruck and exactly like how he looks at his wife

soon, his mother finished and they rounded the table before saying a quick prayer to bless the food and digging in

‘so, what do you want to start with, iha?’

mrs iwaizumi asked and your wide eyes looked around

‘hm, im not sure. whats your favorite iwa-san?’

you looked to your right towards hajime who was busy eating and stopped before pointing his lips towards a direction

‘that one’

‘hah?’

you asked 

mrs iwaizumi laughed at her son’s actions

‘sorry, l/n-chan, my son has adapted my traits. he was pointing to this, adobo. do you want some?’

‘yes please’

the smell made your mouth water and you started to tuck in

maybe it was your managerial instincts, but you used your napkin to wipe hajime’s lips and he was also used to this and turned his head to make it easier for you then he went to grab the water jug and re-fill your glass

once it was done, you both silently went back to eating

his parents watched his exchange and it was like watching a married couple taking care of each other

‘so, l/n-chan, you said you were their manager’

mr iwaizumi started and you nodded, wiping your lips

‘yes. i have been for a while now and please, call me y/n’

‘hajime actually told us he had a new manager for his team and tooru told us too. but we didnt know you were a girl. its just so interesting for hajime to bring you home as he has never really had any female friends’

mrs iwaizumi’s comment made you chuckle and iwa’s eyes widened in embarassment

‘nay! of course ive had female friends! ive had friends from all genders!’

he reasoned but you teasingly smiled at him

‘ah, im not really surprised. iwa-san doesnt exactly have the appearance that girls are brave enough to approach’

he sent you a betrayed glance

‘hah?! what’s that supposed to mean?!’

you shrugged, going back to your food

‘im just saying that you always have this intense look in your eyes and youre always frowning. but its cute so its fine. and besides, i dont think theyve seen you laugh since you dont really smile a lot, iwa-san’

‘but you’ve seen me smile!’

‘eung. but its only to me. if they knew the stuff i knew like you being a godzilla fan or your collection of succelents, theyd see you like oikawa-san’

‘HAH?! YOU SEE ME LIKE SHITTYKAWA?!’

mrs iwaizumi held her husband’s hand on the table as they watched you both bicker and tease each other with a smile

hajime has always been on the rougher side of things and he doesnt really have many close friends other than the team and even then, tooru is the only one he can really be himself around

yet here you are, bringing out the boy hajime really is and making him laugh, a sound his parents dont really hear outside the house

and your eyes

god, your eyes held admiration, life,,,, and you might not know this yet,, but love

her eyes trailed her son who teasingly headbutted you and you faking a surprise and doing the same

then you heard his father’s cough which brought you back to where you were and the situation and the people that were there

you felt embarrassment creeping up inside you and you bowed

‘im sorry for acting like that, iwaizumi-san. i-’

‘no, dont apologize, darling. please, dont’

her soft smile made the nerves in you ease and hajime’s father winked at him and he knew exactly what his father was trying to say

after dinner, you volunteered to wash the plates but they veered you away from there and towards the living room 

‘oh my god, pops! stop her!’

hajime whined because he knows what his mother was going to do

she was going to show him his baby pictures

you sat on the beige couch and watched as she reached under the coffee table and revealed a few albums that had iwaizumi hajime written on the cover

‘now, y/n-chan, hajime wasnt always this pouty. in fact, he used to always have a smile on his face and laughed at the littlest things! like right here! a leaf fell on him and he-’

stories of his childhood was exchanged throughout the night and you were laughing so hard that tears were falling out of your eyes while hajime wrapped your shoulders with his arm and he would squeeze you tightly whenever you made fun of him

‘oh dear! iwa-san! you-!’

you didnt finished as you continued to laugh and he sighed

‘nay, can we go eat dessert now?’

he asked his mother and she was beginning to feel sorry for him so she smiled and nodded

‘okay. hajime, come help me’

‘iwaizumi-san, i can-’

‘no, y/n-chan. dont you worry your pretty little head about anything and just look through more of these pictures’

hajime followed his mother to their kitchen before she stopped and turned around

his mother’s height was around 5′1 so she had to look up to meet his eyes and her hands were clasped around his biceps

she is definitely beautiful and he cursed at how little he got from his mother other than her skin color

mrs iwaizumi married her husband and immigrated to japan to have a family and your polite action from earlier moved her as she hasnt experienced that in nearly 2 decades

‘nay, shes,,,, just a friend’

he reasoned, a wobbly smile to cover up his want for that title to change

yet mothers def knows best and saw right through it

she gave him a firm look with furrowed eyebrows and pursed lips

‘nak, dont lie to yourself. i raised you to never tell a lie and lying to yourself is considered lying to someone. she’s not your KAibigan, shes your kaIBIGan’

now, hajime knew a little bit of tagalog as his mother made sure he was able to at least speak to his relatives back home

so he got a hint of what she was saying yet was confused 

then he realized it

his blush creeped up his neck and he chuckled, ducking his head low to avoid his mother’s eyes

‘nak, listen to me. papunta ka pa lang, pabalik na ako. youre still growing and you may be confused right now, but make sure to think wisely and dont live with regrets. nanay doesnt want you to go through it all by yourself since she knows how hard it was. so please, listen to me and pursue her. shes special, hajime. she makes you so, so happy. i see it in your eyes, her eyes, god has fated you together. i feel it’

now if a filipino mother actually tells their son to go after a girl, thats a pretty big thing as its known that mothers are the hardest to convince and are fiercely protective of their sons, especially if its an only son, but mrs iwaizumi literally tells hajime to go court you because she sees how happy you make him and is willing to let hajime go to you 

definitely his mother’s words stuck to him and as he walked you home, he was busy thinking that he was quiet and you were worried as he would be talking right now

‘iwa-san? you okay?’

you asked and he blinked, taken back to reality from his daydream

‘hm, yea’

he answered to look at you

hes been pining for months now and he slipped his hand into yours, holding it tightly

uwu if you want to see iwa moments with y/n, read through the seijoh manager series as theres a lot of them in there

he wanted you yet, he knew it would be selfish of him to keep you in the future

he would be a college student while you’re in your 2nd year

would you want to be so far away from him?

could you handle it?

‘yanno, iwa-san, your dad told me something interesting’

you suddenly said, squeezing his hand and kicking rocks while looking up at the night sky

‘what was it? something embarrassing?’

he immediately feared that they told you that story when he was still potty training and he fell straight into the toilet 

‘hmm,,, no. he told me that he met your nanay when she was a high school student and he was a in an intern at your lolo’s company’

iwa listened and he had a smile at how you said the tagalog word for grandfather

‘he said she almost ran him over by her bike and she fled but they met again when she visited your lolo. through that, they became friends and then she confessed to him. apparently, he declined because she was younger than him, although just 3 years, and he was leaving for his own country in a few months so he didnt know if she would wait for him’

were,,,, you reading his mind?

iwa knew of his parents story yet with you telling it, it sounded a million times more interesting

‘yet she promised him. thats it, just a promise. that she would remain faithful to him, she would keep herself for him and when she finally graduates, she would go and find him and they could be happy together. he said it was the longest 3 years of his life yet when he saw in the airport, he felt like the wait was worth it. because he gets to hold the embodiment of happiness in his arms for the rest of his life’

you finished and he hummed

‘times have changed, y/n’

‘even you?’

you stopped walking and he naturally stopped too

‘would you wait for me like he did if i promised myself to you? if i promised you that despite the few years of waiting, i would still be yours and remain yours until we’re ready to be together?’

WHAT IS HAPPENING!!!!!!!

iwa’s heart was drumming in his chest and he wanted so desparately to look at you in the eyes but you were making that impossible as your head was bowed and your eyes were fixed on the concrete you both stood on

‘of course, i would’

your head snapped up and e/c clashed with olive eyes 

‘i would wait for you. we may,,, be young right now. and they might think we’re,,, being impulsive. but i dont care. because right now, all that matters, is you and me. we can think about the consequences later, but right now, i just want to kiss you’

he admitted, red ears seen by the moonlight

your body shook

‘do it, no balls’

well,,,, he has the balls

and under the moon, at 8:34 pm, iwaizumi hajime kissed you

OML THIS REMINDS ME OF THAT SEIJOH SHORT WHEN HE WAS TALKING TO OIKAWA AND HIS NEIGHBORS ARE LIKE ‘AH SHITE HERE WE GO AGAIN’

it didnt come as a surprise to the team when yall announced your relationship

well,, you both actually didnt tell them outright until like weeks later

what can you say?

you and iwa are very private people and you dont really like to show off in public

even though yall lit rally are stuck to the hip and he does things that he doesnt even think hes doing but he is totally doing

you were only caught by,,, guess who

mrs iwaizumi

it was weeks when she met up with mrs oikawa bc theyre totally best friends and thats why their sons are best friends

she told her of her son’s girlfriend and how sweet you were and how mrs oikawa should be jealous that her son doesnt have a girlfriend like that and the standards for oikawa’s future girlfriend was raised just by that teasing

oikawa literally came into after school practice after a phone call with his mother, fuming

you were talking to kindaichi and yahaba with iwa beside you, arm around your waist totally not obvious guys

and yall just saw an angry oikawa stomping towards yall

‘y/n-chan, iwa-chan, why the hell did my mom just call me and tell me that im not allowed to bring home a girl if she doesnt have h/c with s/c (skin color) and e/c and h/m (height measurement)?’

you shrugged

‘oikawa-san, i’ve never even met your mom before’

but iwa had a hunch

‘ahh,,,, my mom mustve been bragging to your mom. yanno how they are’

oikawa shot him a disbelieving look

‘IWA-CHAN! ITS BAD ENOUGH THAT YOU GOT A GIRLFRIEND AND I DONT! BUT ITS WORSE THAT YOUR RELATIONSHIP IS AFFECTING MY FUTURE ONE!’

he ranted, completely unaware that he just outed your entire relationship to the team

tbh they werent even surprised

like they were all ‘damn now shes taken. but cant say i didnt see that coming’

they took it pretty well too

they know how iwa is and they literally respect this mans and if anything, out of the whole team, he is the best candidate for your boyfriend

dating iwa is totally normal and yall just have increased touches?? like i dont know how to explain like he’s constantly holding your hand or arm around your waist or shoulder etc

literally nothing changed

you still have dinners at his house and iwa also knows your family and all that

and the most important thing is,

he kept that promise

even when he was literally at the other side of the world,

he still remained yours and you kept your own promise and waited patiently for his return

OOOOO TIMESKIP IWAIZUMI HAJIME (27) ATHLETE TRAINER

a little girl with bouncing dark brown hair was giggling as she maneuvered herself around the tall people

a shout from her parents and little sister was only making her run faster until she crashed into the legs of the person she’s been looking for

his blue jersey was similar to hers and she raised her arms up with a bright smile

‘uncle!’

she yelled and he chuckled before hoisting her up to his arms

‘ah, reyna-chan, didnt mom and dad tell you to wait for them? look! tala-chan is crying because you left her’

she followed his finger to her little sister, who was in her father’s arms, crying and reaching out for her

‘nee-chan!’

she screeched

finally, her parents were there and you were scolding her for running off

‘reyna, just dont do that again’

you said and she nodded, pouting and holding her uncle’s thumb

‘thank you, tooru-san. i dont know what i would do if she got lost’

oikawa grinned then gently patted the hat-covered head of the newborn baby girl that was strapped to your chest

‘hehe, its okay, y/n-chan. after all! uncle is always there to save reyna-chan!’

she shrieked when he held her up and hajime shook his head in his antics

‘where’s the others? i saw them in the stands but-’

he was cut off when he heard the shouts and yells from the other side that could only belong to your boys

‘woooo!!!!’

kindaichi’s voice echoed through the place and mattsuhana were rushing to greet their goddaughters

tala shyly accepted the arms of mattsun while makki was squealing quietly when darna was holding his finger tightly as she slept

‘taka-san, wanna hold her? she’s easier to hold when she’s sleeping’

‘oh can i?’

his eyes held the stars as the 11-month-old raised her fist then lowered it back down, sleep still heavy on her

‘waaa~ darna-chan is growing really quickly’

kunimi whispered, peering over his senpai to look at the baby whos eyes kept fluttering

you chuckled while looking at oikawa and him playfully bouncing reyna

‘tooru-san, congratulations on your win. it seems you’ve beaten hajime this time’

you complimented and the brunette smiled brightly at you, adjusting the little girls in his arms

‘ei, y/n-chan, i’ll beat him next time, and next time and the next time!’

every time he said ‘next’ he gave his goddaughter a kiss on her cheek making her giggle

your husband was pouting at the reminder of japan’s loss and you reached over to wrap your arms around him causing hajime to turn his head away from you

‘aww, my 4th baby is sad now’

you cooed and cupped his face delicately on your hands making him sulk and whine

the others, watching the scene, continue to be surprised at this side of their captain that remains to only be caused by you

‘ugh, nearly a decade later and theyre still sappy’

yahaba gagged and watari slapped his back

‘let them be happy’

‘come on! im in the mood for spaghetti! you like spaghetti, tala-chan?’

‘eung!’

mattsun cheered with kindaichi and she raised her hands to share the same energy

once everyone was situated in a restaurant and ordered, small talks were shared around the table of the past

‘haha, spaghetti is how your baba found out about you, tala-chan’

yahaba’s comment made the walking group laugh at the memory of seeing the video you sent in the seijoh group chat

‘i wanted to be creative with my second child since my firstborn was revealed by this loudmouth’

oikawa winced at the indirect diss at him

‘y/n-chan! i was really excited to find out i was going to be an uncle!’

‘youre already an uncle, bakakawa!’

hajime has toned down the insults to keep it pg for the children

‘but-!’

they started to argue, the oldest daughter looking disinterested as she sees this happening or hearing it whenever her dad and uncle video chat

‘it took me forever to find a ‘prego’ pasta sauce in the grocery store like i dont know why. was there a shortage?’

you complained, remembering the frustration

your fellow first years snickered at you and kindaichi prodded fun at you

‘is that why you just outright told him you were pregnant the day you found out?’

you rolled your eyes and watched makki and mattsun and tala watch the youngest as she wiggled her fists in the air and was awake enough to babble ‘makki’ over and over again

that was her first word and although she is now able to say a few words, she still repeats her first word over and over again

‘we had a fight and it just came out so of course i didnt have time to prepare!’

you defended and hajime finished his antics with oikawa just as you said that

‘what-what was your words again? ‘i really want to push you off the roof right now but i want my baby to meet their bastard father first?’‘

you gasped at that regretful statement and punched him in the arm

‘hajime! stop!’

you whined and covered your face with the sleeves of your his hoodie

‘hehe, y/n, you should do that again’

kyotani teased and you glared at him

‘shut up kyotani’

eyebrows were raised

‘eh? are you more hormonal?’

‘do you realize you already have 3 daughters?’

‘iwaizumi-san really wants to have a volleyball team family’

‘at least wait a year and a half, you animals’

‘so,, like hes that good huh?’

hajime growled and leaned over to intimidate but you snarled and jumped on your feet, being held back by the arms by kindaichi and hajime to stop yourself from leaping across the table to kill yahaba

‘keep talking like shite and i’ll make sure none of you become the godfather of this baby’

okay what

one, did you just curse

and two, this baby?!

‘im big sister again?!’

reyna ruined the surprised silence and then chaos ensued

‘WHAT!’

‘BABY?!’

‘THIS BABY?!’

you just realized what you said and smirked at the chaos you created and sat back down, leaning on the back of the chair and smugly taking a sip of your water

‘oh the power i hold in my hands’

you teased and oikawa pointed at you

‘when! how long!’

you looked at hajime who was so shocked that his eyes glazed over and a passerby wouldve thought he was dead

‘apparently 3 months’

oikawa started counting and his eyes widened at that thought

‘you-! you stayed in argentina! in my house! my house-!’

‘yep. both of them created under your house’

what 

!!!!!

hajime fainted 

oikawa screamed

a/n: okay i admit i got a little too carried away with this one. i just love filo!iwa and this was mostly written in his pov bc cmon we all know we love iwa and fell in love w him the moment we saw him

[everythingsinred]

Hey there, I was happy to find your Gakuen Alice posts. I have always been a fan and Gakuen Alice related analysis have almost dried up these days. You touched on something in your NatsuMikan analysis posts, about the child abuse issues in the manga and I am so glad you brought it up. I feel like the manga in general handled it a bit too lightly, and by lightly I mean the perpetrators get forgiven without much repercussions. I would love to discuss this more with you and hear your opinions on it

thanks for this message! i am always missing ga so its very nice when fellow fans send me messages like this ;-;

i have a billion thoughts on the child abuse in ga. tmi ig but im a victim of child abuse myself so that aspect of the manga was actually one of the things that i related to and felt myself drawn to when i first got into it. when i was younger i felt a lot of kinship with natsume and the other da kids because of what they had to go through. on the other hand, this child abuse was handled pretty sloppily and its very disappointing.

the anime is one thing (the way they handle child abuse in the anime is literally a joke and is enough to make someone puke tbh) but the manga really fumbles it as well. having the da class continue to exist even after the esp loses power, as though the da students are CHOOSING to be in it now instead of being forced is a MESS! i hate it! no child should be going on missions or risking their lives for ANYTHING and any school that permits that is neglecting the safety of children and since the school is acting as a guardian, all sorts of ethical and legal conditions are being failed and alice academy is guilty of child endangerment, child neglect, and child abuse! all at once!

i know some ppl (including ig the mangaka herself) think that because the students are electing to participate that it means no crime is being committed but uhhh children cannot "elect" to do something like that. the contracts of minors are not legally binding and if their guardians (parents or school) sign off on something like that then... again.... child endangerment and abuse.

im also a little salty that natsume's mask pretty much disappeared after a while. it was a really great way of showing the tiny casual ways that natsume is abused every day and considering that it was his "symbol" youd think it would be around way more.

natsume still going on missions, the da class still existing, and persona having a "happily ever after" with a student who he abused are all pretty messy! and the thing is that if the ending had been longer and spent more time wrapping up all the characters' stories theres a chance id be a lot less angry! but unfortunately the end is hasty and rushed and so a lot of the loose ends remain untied and the story as a whole isn't "up in the air". it's just... messy.

[persephoneist]

Hadestown Costuming and Anachronism

 It’s time for my love of fashion history to show because we’re talking about Persephone’s dress and how accurate it is to the time-period, and I wanted to clear up a few misconceptions about who and what is anachronistic and why certain costuming decisions might make sense despite not being 100% accurate to the time period that the show is modeled after. I also think that the cast is pretty put together, and that the color language works very nicely :D Info under the cut

Bway Persephone’s dress absolutely skews thirties in the silhouette, see here. Broad shoulders and long skirt+ cinched waist was the look du jour of the thirties. I’m pretty sure they only loosened up the skirt for mobility reasons, because Persephone has to dance in wdht. Fourties are defined by the starched collar, and narrow/square shoulders. (See that her wing-sleeves were not pulled outta nowhere lol).

I’d argue the outfits are not anachronistic, but rather the reminder of socioeconomic status; their outfits tell us more about their characters. Eurydice is probably wearing a nightgown, lbr she probably fished it out of some dump because it’s all she could afford to throw together to keep warm. And if we take the route that it’s not a nightgown, then looking at the silhouette gives me the same impression as a 1920′s flapper dress, though it’s a bit too short (most flapper dresses were about Persephone’s dress length). Esp when coupled with her dark eye makeup and clothing. While the shape of her dress is anachronistic, it could be forgiven because of the fact that Eurydice is probably not able to keep up with trends lmao

Same goes for Orpheus, all of his clothes are hand-me-downs from Hermes, so nothing is gonna look particularly shiny or interesting. Orpheus has a way less distinct silhouette, but he is slightly anachronistic because of his shirt. There’s not really much  to analyze there, but the loose sleeves and trousers give me very 1920′s leftover zoot-suit pants. I decided to include an analysis bc people give Orpheus’ costume unnecessary hate.

The fates have a similar silhouette to Persephone, so while they lack the shoulders, their waists are cinched in and the skirts aren’t particularly wide, except to facilitate dancing. I have some thoughts about the fates being inspired by Cuban santeras, too if you look at their head-wear and the flowiness of their dresses.This is one of the few pics where you see their sleeves properly, but the trim of their waist and the way their skirts flow are pretty time-accurate.

Hermes also gives me 30′s mens suits. Very shiny, ofc, but that was an intentional choice from the designer; to make the gods shiny and sparkly. Hermes and Orpheus even have the same pants shape (Orpheus also has the loose trousers), but I digress. See how his coat is fashionably long, and how he even has the loose legged pants? it’s just the colors and tassles, but those can be forgiven for the sake of showiness.

I think the one who looks the most weirdly anachronistic is Hades. His trousers are much thinner around the calf, but his coat is around the right shape and length. I think the decision to change his silhouette was to A. make him look more modern because of the industrious quality of his character and B. make him look more serious than Hermes, who has a far more expressive/joyful presence. Slight side-note but the cut of his suit is very 1920′s. It might be because of the prosperous 20′s, but Hades’ silhouette could be modeled after a 1920′s Mobster or just a wealthy 20′s man in general.

Last but not least, the workers: The workers are obviously inspired by 1920′s-30′s Appalachian coal miners, which is where the sexy minion outfit comes from. I refuse to look at the act i ensemble looks because you couldve fooled me if youd just told me they were randos from oregon.

Anyways. that’s my take on the whole thing, sorry for spamming this post with my infodump

[dirt-cup-draco]

Ardeth x Reader

•Pretty please could you do one with Ardeth where it’s set in the first Mummy and during the fiasco with the Medjai trying to stop them from waking Imhotep, read gets shot in the thigh by one of the Medjai on accident and Ardeth helps her get better and Evie and Rick tease her about it?•

Jonathon immediately started sipping at the twelve year old scotch whisky hed found in the satchel from the warden. You took the bottle from him a second later and took a swig of your own, being careful to avoid the broken part of the bottle.

The fire light danced over everyone's features and you couldnt help but notice that Rick seemed tense. He stared into the flame and exhaled heavily.

"Turns out the others had some misfortune of their own, three of their men were melted," he grimaced at the last part and Evy's eyebrows drew to the middle of her forehead.

"Maybe this place really is cursed," Jonathon supplied, taking the bottle back from your grip to help nurse his sudden anxiety. You stuck your tongue out at him.

You'd come along with the Carnahan siblings in their wild journey, Jonathon being one of your most difficult but treasured friends. You loved the both of them but now you felt some small kernel of regret and found yourself wishing at every sign of danger that youd stayed in the comfort of the library.

You realized your mind had gone elsewhere and your gaze set on the flickering flames because when you zoned back in everyone was gone. Your heart restricted with nervous energy and you quickly rose to your feet. You looked over the ruins and believed you heard shouting.

You paced in the sand for a few seconds but knew if something was happening you couldnt stay at your little camp in good conscious. What if your friends were in trouble? You walked down the path quickly but the closer you got to the violence the more you slowed.

You wouldnt be any use to anyone dead you told yourself but you knew you were scared, flinching at every gunshot and shout. The Medjai galloped around cutting down men just as fast as your people shot them off their horses.

With a quick scan of your eyes you found Jonathon ducked behind a slab of stone, gun in hand. You came to sit next to him and he whipped around suddenly, startled by your presence. In his excitement he squeezed the trigger, his shaky hands and loose grip setting the bullet into your shoulder.

It took you a minute to register what was going on. There was a loud noise and some tight pull in your skin and then you were on the ground. You blinked slowly and shook your head but then Jonathon was touching your face and squishing your cheeks and begging you to be alright.

You began to sit up but a sharp ache in that same shoulder stopped you. "I um... sort of shot you, Y/N, sorry about that," with Jonathon's lame apology you finally thought to look at your arm. Blood had seeped into your nice top and you meant to berate Jonathon but instead your eyes rolled back and you were gone.

You woke up some odd hours later, an ache in your limbs and temple. Evy's hand was clasping onto yours and she beamed when you looked her way. "Oh thank god you're awake!" She then got up, asking you to stay put.

You looked around to see you were propped against your bags and blankets with one across your lap. You were in a man's shirt and you assumed it was one of your friends'. A second later she Evy was back with the two men and another you didnt recognize.

He was the first to go to your side, his face was calculating and he sat next to you his fingers going straight to the buttons on your shirt. "H-hey!" You said, smacking his hand away.

His dark eyes rolled and he tucked a lock of hair behind his ear. "I'm checking your wound," his voice was steady and warm, grounding. You pouted because now you'd embarrassed yourself in front of him.

"What in gods name happened?" Jonathon looked to the ground in shame and rubbed the back of his neck but it was Rick who spoke up. "You got shot, Jonathon came to use for help. The Medjai had made their warning clear so they started to leave but Ardeth, with some convincing, agreed to help us out and treat your wound,"

Had Jonathon told them he was the one to do it? Most troublesome friend indeed.

"This does not mean our warning is any less. O'Connell." Ardeth growled and you shivered. "If Imhotep rises you will all be at fault for the destruction and death that follows.

The room went silent with the weight of his words but you cleared your throat. Your cheeks heated as you looked him in his eyes and you were sure you could get lost in them but he went back to prodding at your shoulder. "Thank you," he simply nodded.

Your friends went off but Ardeth got you knew bandages and you talked to him as he made sure you were going to be okay. He rarely spoke back and you felt disheartened.

"Soon enough it will only be a scar. Your friend may have been careless but it went straight through and missed any bone or arteries. Quite lucky Miss Y/N."

You nodded in response and now he looked a little upset. "Dont fret, you are not in any danger from this at least," was he trying to comfort you?

You blushed and sighed "Thank you Ardeth, your words are comforting. I'm more afraid of what is to come though. My friends are stubborn... I dont think your warning will work.

His jaw tensed but he rested his warm palm against your cheek. "You are probably correct. I too have worries over what hell Imhotep will bring with him if he truly does rise," his statement surprised you almost as much as his sign of affection.

You leaned into his warm hand and he brushed his thumb across your cheek. "I think I like you more than your friends, I wish you well. Stay safe miss Y/N and please try not to get shot again.

"I hope I see you again," you admitted.

His lips quirked up. "Hopefully under different circumstances," and then he was gone.

Rick and Evy were the first up. "He feels really bad Y/N, he probably wont come back for a little bit" she said when you asked why her bother wasnt with her. You supposed he had to get over his guilt, youd forgiven him already, it would make a funny story at least.

The two talked amongst themselves and their flirting masked by bickering nearly killed you so you stared at the miles of sand and you wondered where Ardeth might be at this moment. Nearby of course, or at least you hoped.

"She looks like a love sick puppy," Rick commented to Evy but you didnt seem to notice.

[miraculousmumma]

I wish youd write a fic where Marriedrienette faces a problem-- like Chloé/Lila/Clingy Model #35 kisses Adrien and Marinette walks in or Carapace is hit by an akuma and LB has to kiss him or some other mistaken/technical cheating scenario and they have to work out their trust once again.

Sorry this took so long for me to reply!  I was working on two prompts from it!  Have a look at these, hope they’re okay!

Marriedrinette Misunderstanding

Marinette looked on in horror at the scene before her.

Adrien’s shoot was over, she had just overseen the clean up of the clothing he had modelled, and she had gone to find him.  But the scene before her wasn’t something she had expected of her husband.

One of the tall, beautiful, slender models he had been posing with had her arms around his neck, her upper body against his, their lips pressed together in an unmistakable kiss.  Marinette was speechless, her Adrien in the arms of another woman at a shoot for her line.  It was like parading it in front of her.

The model’s eyes darted to the side, spotting Marinette and parted from Adrien slowly, certainly not the rush of someone caught doing what they should be.  She wiped the corner of her lips and patted Adrien’s cheek softly.  ‘Thanks, sweetie.’  She grinned before sashaying towards Marinette.  ‘Mrs Agreste.’

Adrien’s head shot around at the greeting, realising Marinette was standing there, her wide eyes and trembling lip a sure sign she had seen everything.  ‘Marinette, it’s not…’

He didn’t get to finish the sentence.  Marinette spun on her heel and left, Adrien calling out after her as he gave chase.  Reaching the street outside he could see no sign of her and knew she would have taken to the rooftops.  If she didn’t want him to find her, he wouldn’t stand a chance.

Plagg flew out of his suit jacket, bobbing before him with an unimpressed look.  ‘Well, you screwed that up, kid.’

Carabug/Ladypace?

‘You want to explain this?’  Adrien yelled as Marinette detransformed as she entered their home via the balcony.

‘Explain what?’  Marinette frowned as she walked further into the room.

‘This!’  He pointed at the TV which was paused, a still of Ladybug in a passionate embrace with Carapace.

‘Oh that.’  She nodded as she slipped off her shoes.  ‘The kids go to sleep okay?’

‘Kids?  You’re worried about the kids right now?’  Adrien glared at her, even more incensed by the complete lack of fucks she was apparently giving.

‘Yes, I worry about the kid.  Because you yelling like this will wake them up.’  She said slowly, her voice low yet tone no nonsense.

‘You were kissing my best friend!  A lot!’  He hissed as he replayed the footage, rewound it, then played it again, as though he were trying to jog her memory.  ‘I swear to God, Mari…’

‘You swear what?’  Marinette asked, trying to rest her hand on his arm, only to have him jerk it out of her grasp.  ‘Go ahead and finish that sentence, Adrien, because whatever it is you’re about to say it will not end well for you!’

‘You know what?’  Adrien started for the door, grabbing his jacket on the way.  ‘I don’t even need to finish it.’  And with a slam of wood on wood, he was gone.

‘Idiot cat.’  Marinette muttered as she took her phone from her pocket, just in time for two small wails to come from the bedrooms.  She rolled her eyes and put her phone to her ear as she started towards the noise.  She was sure it would take her forever to get the twins back to sleep.

‘Oh my God, do my eyes deceive me?’  Adrien put down the drink he was nursing at the sound of the familiar voice.  It had been years since he heard it last but it was still recognisable.  ‘Adrien Agreste, supermodel and husband extraordinaire, drinking alone at some shitty little bar!’

‘What do you want, Lila?’  Adrien groaned, picking up his drink again and taking a fair slug, enough to burn all the way down and make him flinch.

‘I was just passing, wondering who would frequent such a hovel, when I glanced inside and saw your ever recognisable shock of sunshine.’  She ruffled his hair and he tried to get out from under her hand.  ‘Married life gotcha down?’

‘No.’  Adrien angled his body to face the bar, as far from Lila as he could get without being rude, but she pursued him, leaning bodily on the bar and into his personal space.

‘Really?  Because I saw a certain spotted someone kissing a certain shelled someone on the news tonight and I couldn’t help but think; “hey, isn’t that Adrien’s wife and best friend?”; Was I wrong?’

‘You weren’t wrong.���  Adrien signalled the bartender for another, still refusing to give Lila eye contact despite her hand rested affectionately on his arm.

‘If you want to talk, I’m here for you.’  She said, leaning closer.

‘Thanks, I’m good.’

‘Really?  Because they say talking can help.’  She said encouragingly, her eyes drifting to the window where she could see Marinette walking across the road towards the bar.  ‘As can other things.’  She leant fully against his shoulder with her chin while twirling hair at the back of his head between her fingers.

Adrien opened his mouth to reply, but before he got there he heard the bell above the door ring, signalling the arrival of another patron.  Glancing in the mirror behind the bar he saw his wife, face like thunder.  He spun in his seat in time to see her throw the door open hard enough that it slammed against the wall, the clapper from the bell falling out.  ‘Marinette, wait!’  He jumped off the barstool and threw a wad of notes on the bar before taking chase.

‘Oops.’  Lila smirked to herself as she pushed the notes towards the barman.  ‘I’ll have a bottle of your finest red out of that.’

Adrien took to the rooftops as his alter ego the moment he hit a suitable spot to transform.  He knew that if Marinette wanted to leave him behind, to get out of there fast, it would be as Ladybug.  Sure enough, silhouetted against the Parisian skyline he saw her swinging towards Sacré-Cœur.  He put on a burst of speed, hoping to catch up with her, suspecting the landmark was her destination, but then paused, staggering to a stop on a rooftop.  What was he doing?  He hadn’t done anything wrong.  She was the one caught on camera.

‘What are you doing out here, moggy?’  The acerbic tone had him sigh before turning around.

‘I’m not in the mood right now, Chlo.’  He shook his head.

‘Is this about the whole body swapping love akuma fiasco?  Ridiculous, if you ask me.’  She flipped her ponytail over her shoulder as she leant against the chimney stack behind her.

‘The what?’

She rolled her eyes dramatically.  ‘Oh, come on, don’t play dumb, it doesn’t suit you.  It was all over the news, Chamack pointed out that this was a deliberate attempt to cause people to break up by putting people into the wrong bodies and making them kiss their significant other to break the curse, or whatever you want to call it.’

A second ticked by, during which Chat Noir had a huge moment of realisation.  ‘I gotta go!’  He yelped, throwing himself off the rooftop.

He wasn’t expecting the first thing to get when his feet touched down on Sacré-Cœur was a fist to the face.

‘Stop following me, you mangy, cheating, hypocrite!’

He would recognise that angry voice anywhere as the woman he loved, but right now he could only see stars as he stumbled back, barely catching himself before he fell off the side of the building entirely.  ‘Alright, I jumped to conclusions, I’m sorry!  But what was I supposed to think?’

‘Oh, I don’t know!  Maybe trust me?’

He was glad she had stuck around as he still couldn’t see properly and honestly, had thought she might have left him there.  ‘I should have, I know.’

‘That was Alya in my body, you dumb fuck!’  She kicked him in the shin, making him hop just as his vision cleared.  He didn’t think he had ever seen her this angry.

‘I am a dumb fuck, I admit that freely.’

‘And then you go to a bar and within ten minutes you have Lila of all people draped over you like a cheap suit!’  She threw her arms in the air and he flinched back, expecting her to hit him again, and he really wouldn’t blame her.

‘Exactly, Bug, she was draped over me!  I wasn’t encouraging it, I didn’t ask her to join me.  You know she even now has a hell of a knack of being in the wrong place at the wrong time.’

‘Should have left her as a fricking shellfish.’  Ladybug muttered and he couldn’t help the twitch of his lips in amusement.

‘It was an improvement.’  He shrugged.

‘Don’t you dare be amused!  Wipe that smirk off your face this instant!’  She waved her finger in his face.

‘Smirk gone.’  He straightened his face immediately.  ‘Am I forgiven?’  He asked hopefully.

‘Nope.’  She shook her head once sharply.  ‘You can go sleep on Nino’s couch tonight.  And apologise to him too for thinking the worst of us both!’

His eyes went wide.  ‘You didn’t tell him?’

‘Oh, I told him, and you’d better be glad Alya isn’t there yet because she will skin your flea-bitten hide the minute she sees you!’

‘She’s not there?’

‘Who do you think I got to watch the twins after you did your disappearing act?’

‘Oh boy.’

‘Yeah, oh boy.  You are in deep shit, and not just with me.’  She swung herself off the rooftop, leaving him to sigh.  He had screwed up, badly.  It was going to take some doing to get back in his lady’s good books again.

So it seems Adrien messed up in both of them!  And I don’t know how Lila knew who they are, I didn’t think that far, but it fit so lets leave it as is! :D 

[imagineclaireandjamie]

hi could you please write what happened (or what could have happened) after murtagh turned up at frasers ridge in episode 5 season 4?

This is a great prompt, anon - but I hope you don’t mind that this inspired me to write the aftermath of 04x10 instead...xoxo, Mod Gotham

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Excruciating.

 The bumps in the saddle as the horse stepped over rootsand rocks and fallen tree limbs.

 The worry gnawing in her stomach – over Bree, and hergrandchild, and her capabilities as a mother.

 Ian’s one-sided, conversational chatter as they passedfrom their land to Cherokee land, forded streams, hobbled the horses, set up arudimentary camp.

 Jamie’s silence; how they only spoke for him to ask herfor the bag full of jerky, or where she had packed the saddlebag with his flint.

 He had handed her a blanket, then settled to sleep on theother side of the fire.

 Now, sometime, somewhere in the deep night, she lay flaton her back, staring up at the stars through the screen of the trees. Stomachchurning the squirrel stew Ian had made for dinner. Mind racing, jumping fromthought to thought –

 Hamburgers. Yes, she had heard of Led Zeppelin on theradio one time. The disinfectant of the hospital.

 The way the polished floors had reflected her face atRiver Run. The soft scent of boiling potatoes in Fergus and Marsali’s rooms inWilmington. How one of her bunches of dried chamomile had fallen from the raftersand landed on Jamie’s shoulder, while they ate supper a few evenings before.

 What could she possibly say to him now?

 The wind shifted – and the soft tang of pine wafted fromthe treetops.

 Like the pine boughs with which Mrs. Fitz had so lovinglyadorned their room at Leoch. Memory flashed – one night after making it clearto Jamie that he could not share her bed, she had opened the window for a cool winterbreeze, and watched in the mirror as her curls flew all around her head.

 Then, as now, she wondered how it would be made rightbetween them. That time he had made a catastrophic mistake – but he had grownfrom the experience, and she had forgiven him.

 Now, though – now it was their *daughter* - theirprecious, miraculous daughter – who, like she had been, was hurt and heartsickand alone.

 Would she be as forgiving?

 Claire jerked at the sudden rustle of leaves to her left –

 “Sassenach.”

 She sat up – he crouched with his back to the fire, arespectable twelve or so inches from her left side.

 “What’s wrong? Are you all right?”

 He heaved a deep sigh, and wordlessly sank to the ground.“Will it ever be all right, Claire?”

 She couldn’t see his face – but the fire cast a warm glowbehind him. Starkly outlining the tension in his shoulders.

 “What if we dinna find him? I’ll never forgive myself.And Bree – I’ll have utterly failed as her father.”

 Desperately she yearned to touch him – to feel theroughness of his palm, the wiry hairs of his forearm. To draw him from the pitof self-despair – whose depth and contours she knew all too well.

 “When I was searching for you, after you had been takenby the Watch – I couldn’t even fathom the idea that I’d never find you.”

 She lay her hands on her knees, the silver and gold ofher rings catching the firelight.

 “At the beginning – it was me and Jenny. She told mesomething that I’ve never forgotten. It helped me get through the fog after Iwent back to Frank. It helped me keep my courage when I came back at Craigh NaDun – when I rode the carriage to Edinburgh to find you.”

 He shifted a bit; how she wanted to see his face.

 “She told me that love forces a person to choose. Thatyou’d do things you never imagined you could do before.”

 She watched him for a long while. Knowing he would speakwhen he was ready. Watching the twitch of his shoulders, hearing him scuff hisboots on the leaves.

 “New York isna as far as Scotland, or nineteen hundredand seventy-one. We did find Young Ian across an ocean, though wi’ no smallrisk.”

 An owl hooted somewhere overhead.

 “But I just got her, Claire.” His voice broke. “I dinnawant to lose her.”

 “So we search. If it takes a year – two years – that’s whatwe’ll do. We will send her word, and we will keep looking. And I’ll be withyou.”

 The sole of his boot nudged her knee. Kept touching it.She let him.

 “When ye were taken by the Porpoise – I felt so helpless.Angry at myself, for letting ye go on that ship wi’out me. But at least therewas someone I could blame. The same with the Bruja, and Geillis Duncan.”

 “Blaming yourself gets you nowhere.”

 “I know. But I canna help it. I know it will take timefor – for things to mend between us, Claire. And to mend wi’ Brianna.”

 She nudged closer to him. Lay a hand on his ankle. “So wepress on. We find him. We keep your promise to her.”

 “Aye,” he sighed.

 “And we think about – about our grandchild.”

 He let out a small, startled sound – and crawled over toher. Took her hands. Squeezed them. Full of so much feeling.

[gammija]

The Hollow review/summary/rant/explanation of why i hate the ending I wasn’t sure whether I should post this, but I did enjoy reading others experiences watching this show, so here’s mine under the cut. Edited from a convo with a friend.

(Obviously, spoilers!)

Me: Okay so to properly express my disappointment i gotta take you through the major beats

The show starts with three teens waking up in an almost empty room, finding out they all have amnesia. They quickly solve a puzzle to escape the room, and just as quickly Adam and Mira realize they have superpowers (superstrength/agility and some weird 'speak to animals/know all languages' hybrid, respectively. also she can breathe underwater and swim really fast. its kind of vague)

Kai is already clearly a comic relief, discount Ron (from HP, the movies, no idea about the books) so me and sister correctly predict he'll get jealous of adam and miras relationship (even if there is none), gets pissy and jealous that he has no powers, but then finds out he has powers anyway he does, hes a fire bender. cant say im not bitter about that cause id put my money on invulnerability but eh its alright he has red hair after all hes still fun

Friend: Of course he is

I just feel bad is all aldjs

Me: adam gets a throwaway line of 'maybe were dead' and kai never lets it go

this food might be poisoned but im starving and hey were dead anyway! right, adam

Friend: I love him??

Me: i loved him as soon as he spoke his first dumb words also he puns but basically hes the only interesting char; adam and mira are just cookie cutter 'male lead 1' and 'female lead 1' i mean, he’s cookie cutter ‘jealous 3rd wheel’ but that has more going on than the first two still servicable though

anyway so the jokes are sometimes fun, and superpowers are always my jam. but the REAL reason to keep watching is just, whats going on? ARE they dead? or in some kind of weird gvnmt experiment? some weird magical vampire guide (dont ask) hints they wanted this themselves ooh, intrigue. and the world is very very quirky they start in a gravity falls-y woods and then get teleported to a desert with minotaurs and witches, then get invited for tea by the Grim Reaper and the rest of the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse

tbh Grim is the best part of the show but thats neither here nor there

anyway they have a magic map that updates once theyve been somewhere, and it shows them that the hot dry desert and the swampy wood bunker are like right next to each other

so you start thinking, how are they gonna explain that? this is too weird to be handwaved away. theyve gotta be going somewhere

they visit some other exotic locals, like what appears to be the set of Alien (complete with alien) and an abandoned old fair and a floating island with japanese inspired evildoers on it

the weird magic guide keeps showing up and being vague, dropping hints that there are other kids there etc

at some point Mira says "This is no time for games!" Weirdy: "Thats where youd be wrong~" me and sister: Aha! videogame! that connects all the dots, and also makes the tropes clear: small world with all kinds of different areas, quests, fights, superpowers, an updating map, fast travel Adam, a few eps later: guis i think we might be in a videogame me and sister: [high five]

Anyway in the meantime also the second predictable Kai (discount Ron) plot happens: they meet three other kids (boy boy girl) and they act shady but the girl takes an immediate and obvious interest in Kai so obviously theyre gonna manipulate him and have him betray his friends but in the end he'll see through their facade and kick their ass that more or less happens. The other teens also confirm that this is a game, and theyre trying to win. winning is done by bringing the MacGuffin to a tree fights over macguffin ensue situations are dire but our characters persevere

(also Mira kisses Adam and he acts very weird about it, almost as if hes gay and the only reason they didnt make it canon is censors) (no lingering gaze, just him going 'hehe yeah no thanks, its not you, its me', but in a very... he doesnt seem to be saying it with shall we say burning desire in his soul. hes literally just like 'eh youre a good friend.' Cool move, cartoon that made the two main boys have arguments over nothing cause of course the two main guys have constant dick measuring matches)

this all is not the offensive part btw it was all fun and games, its just a flash cartoon i wasnt expecting Shakespeare

anyway so theyre in a videogame, and apparently thats the answer to all the weirdness. A bit of a cop-out, cause thats a very easy answer, but eh, it works. it wasnt immediately obvious.

also something i hadnt mentioned yet: thisd be ideal for making (self-insert) OCs. Unique powers for each person, there are clearly more characters than shown, the world is your playground

and maybe the video game thing could be interesting on its own in the last few eps the game seems to be glitching out a lot they say its breaking apart so they really gotta hurry now maybe they were beta testers for a vr game gone wrong maybe this is part of it but its like a huge experience that you tell all your friends about anyway there are ways it could be cool, could be expanded to a season 2 despite having solved the mystery

but. last episode. our heroes get the MacGuffin, go to a final stage, and fight the Boss Battle (its a dragon). they enter the Castle....

...and the screen zooms out, into a sudden live action stage, where we see the cartoon (literally what you were just watching) on screen. there are 6 chairs, 3 with our heroes, 3 with the other teens, presumably. theres a host and hes dressed exactly like the weird guy (and that was already kind of a clashy outfit in the cartoon). it was all just a game show. but. the worst part is the live action

you. dont. go. from. animated. to. live. action.

other way around? fine, can work. But now? WHY itd still be dumb and dissapointing but if itd been animated too itd at least have been.... nice to look at but the acting.. oh god they didnt even say anything and it was all wrong clearly theyd just picked the first random teens that vaguely looked like the chars and put them in there cause they had no lines so who needs acting?!

the enemy teams girl had, in the cartoon, pink hair. Purple with pink highlights instead of stylizing that into something more realistic or painting the actual hair, they gave some 30-year old woman a wig and called it a day

keep in mind i binged this show in one go

purposely stayed up late to watch the last ep with my sis even tho we shouldve gone to bed and were disobeying our dad cause we Had to Know

and theres more i said they had no lines but i was lying. Kai did have a line. well, his voice actor did they dubbed him also the line was about him having to pee which is already not the most hilarious in animated version but a live action kid whose supposed to be this character you spent 3 hours with but looks nothing like him saying that in a voice that doesnt belong to his throat, as he stands bashfully in front of a live audience, the only words spoken by your main characters in the last moments...

*its actual hell*

oh oh one more thing at the end the six kids stand in a line and kai is next to other girl they glance at each other and as the eyes of this teen and 30 year old in wig cross, her eye glitches for a moment

dun dun duuun

bUT i dont care anymore, The Hollow. You overestimated your own premise. this wont be forgiven. your most interesting part was the mystery, and the answer  to that was "just a normal game show" (which also doesnt make sense on another level smh) soo if you think that im interested in what these two-dimensional (ha) characters will do now about the glitch in the eye of a bitch then i have news for u

i dont

...if they get a second season ill probably check it out though as long as its animated

Friend: Gammi I'm getting the real sinking suspicious feeling that what you saw isn't the real end but bad on purpose because there's more to it

Me: the show didnt seem good enough to be bad on purpose

and yet im still not done, if youll still hear me out

i mean, im an animation fan so ill still watch but if theyd wanted to be bad on purpose they really shouldve done a better job fleshing out the characters thats what people come back for that was a bit of a sidetrack BUT so i said why the live action itself was just terrible in overal quality

but the resolution that 'oh it was all in a game show' doesnt work on multiple levels

first of all, they show a short flashback of "About 5 hours earlier". The kids stand on the stage and are instructed to take their seats in the vr-chairs, and pick their superpower

2 things i dislike about that

1) there goes all the self-insert/oc potential. they werent teens in over their heads, they werent gvnmt experiments, or just some kids who wanted to play a game -they were in it to win it, from the start. thats very specific and not the most appealing to all kinds of characters (goodbye, all the 'im just an average girl whod never step into the spotlight like that' characters).

Also, all the expansion on lore is gone. maybe there were other games simultaneously? eh, maybe, but theyd be all gameshows. Maybe someone ended uo trapped there for way longer? nah its just a gameshow theyre not gonna let anything actually bad happen. Maybe there are other worlds, other areas, other weird creatures? unlikely, they finished the map and familiarity seemed to be a thing for the audience. Now every new idea has to be put not through a 'whats interesting for a player' but a 'whats interesting for a viewer' lens, and whats a selfinsert if not a player in another universe

2) HOW IS THIS A SUCCESSFUL GAME SHOW

who the hell watches a game show for 5 consecutive hours, some of which mustve been just them walking. also, we zoom out of the screen were watching, so implication is that everything up until then has been what the audience has seen. but... we only followed the one team. there were two? why didnt the audience want to see what they were up to? ~reality tv usually thrives on showinf the worst assholes so realistically they wouldve been the focus~

There are also way too many times *both* teams couldve failed, from early on till late in the game. Not a single game i can think of thats played for an audience is set up like that, and especially not a televised one (okay tbf idk if this was televised, i dont remember if i saw cameras, but. it mustve. monetary reasons.)

What r u gonna do if they all 'died' from the monsters in the first ep? Call it a day? boring for the audience. let them restart from scratch? boring for the audience. the existence of an audience messes with everything

AND THEN ANOTHER THING what do you mean, "5 hours ago?" you never get a time stamp to show how long theyve been in there but there are some cuts, when they travel and such. The actual show is a lil over 3 hours runtime. You mean to tell me you sat through 2 hours of the characters just walking?

okay last thing. so. they were clearly second season teasing with the glitching eye thing. i already said this but. theres nowhere to go from here that isnt worse that the first season. your mystery is dead. you clearly know your live action teens cant act so youd have to go back into the game - but why would they do that? how would that be in any way interesting? you explored all there was to explore.

The other, more out there option, is that as you said the 'real world' was a fake-out and theyre still in a game. but. how would- how would you even make that remotely convincing? if youd just left the 'real world' gameshow as animated too this wouldnt have been a problem. but there is absolutely no conceivable reason to justify, in universe, why another meta-level up is 2D animation again unless they were in a game, in a game, in a game. and thats just dumb. yall aint inception

Friend: HONESTLY if they just kept the whole deal animated it'd probably be okay. Not good, but better,

Me: ye me and my sister came to the same conclusion

i couldve lived with that. at least, i couldve just acknowledged the finales existence but chose to ignore it. now however im full phantom planet levels of denial. in fact i dont even know how the show ended anymore, suddenly

Friend: what finale? what show?

Me: also at least now we know why its called The Hollow

it leaves you feeling empty inside

[forethan21]

18/12/2020

To me love isnt about staying in a relationship or dwelling on a feeling. Love to me is bending but not breaking to compromise. It is the kind where you know when to let go in hopes to trust for the best to come, the kind where you empathise, showing vulnerability and completely surrender. (Remember when Jesus died for us in the cross? Diba he gave his all, his everything just so we can live. That should be a standard in our lives. To choose someone who would do anything to just be with us without questioning our worth. Never settle for someone who gives half of their heart. Its all or nothing.) The kind that is mature. Love is what you do despite of what you feel. The kind that fights for the good of someone else even if they never see the value or sacrifice that you did. (Thats what Jesus did. He never complained when he was on the cross. All the pain and burden he endured bc he loves us. And look at us now not even recognising how amazing he is. We took it this life for granted- some of us are wasting it, choosing people for our own accord and pleasure. Im saying this in general im not hinting it on anyone, but if the shoes fits then..) The kind that demands temporary surrender of security, giving up familiar bad habits and patterns, giving unrewarded works and efforts. The kind that challenges you in so many ways. Love wasnt made to be comfortable. It was made to show change and growth.

Not gonna lie tho i loved you for you and everything youve done. Those memories are dear to me bc i knew you tried no matter how difficult it was to love me in some days. Kaya gusto ko lng magpasalamat dun. Likewise, something i learned recently was that we should never question someone elses love for us regardless if it was inadequate. Bc i realised we should be thankful for the amount of love and care we receive from any person out there. Family, friends, lovers. That itself should be enough. Its not up to us how much love they should give to make us feel satisfied. That wouldn’t be love. The greatest love you could ever receive should come from you and the Lord not from anybody else. So i just wanna tell you that i take back those times i questioned your love. Bc what you gave was already enough.

Im sorry i couldnt wait for you to change. Bc i realised if you knew how to love me the very first time I wouldnt need to tell you anything. I wouldnt feel hurt bc im rest assured that you love me enough to know what to do. It didnt feel mutual to me.

When u came bck with your letter idk it seemed like there was something missing. Committment and plans. Maybe i was hoping that youd take me back but i guess it was the opposite. And maybe that was your answer after all. To tell me that you arent staying. I hope next time you go into a relationship po, you dont assume the worst. You dont jump into conclusions when it gets tough. Bc like anything can change if youre willing to do it. You need to trust the the other side will stay. It was the way your mindset was so fixed on the idea that I will leave. That i was making excuses. Ndi pow. I jst have standards. Oo tao ka lng, you make mistakes but how do i know tht youre not gonna make the same mistake again? Im jst protecting my heart po. I guess i dont wanna experience the same trauma again.

I hope someday na you will learn to see the good in people regardless if they did u wrong pow. (idk lng ha pero I dont think youve moved on sa ex mo pow. I feel like you havent fully forgiven her and accepted what has happened. I know it hurts to know that they betrayed you like that but your worth is not defined by them po. You did your best po and if she did not recognised that then thats her loss. This is partly what keeps u holding bck. Bc u didnt get closure. I hope you reflect on that and find the closure that you need po. Dont tell me you dont need one bc i know deep in your heart that it still hurts. Like bruh the fact na sure na sure ka na sa kanya u were ready to put a ring on her finger. You were hopeful and certain. I think it was meant to happen to test you both in your worst. You had your mistakes. She had hers. Dont you think you should close tht chapter of your life before starting a new one? Or more importantly, dont you think you deserve peace? Ill leave you to think bout tht). I wasnt trying to find something wrong jst to let you go. If i did i wouldnt put myself in a situation where I will lose my friends po.

Ethan i understand you. I understand your fear of giving too much to someone who youre unsure of and thats fine. But you need to accept the consequences of your mistakes. You need to take responsibility of it and what you couldve done to fix it. (Reflection is very important.) Youre not wrong for not knowing that but again you need to reflect in every situation in your life. It doesnt matter if you were right or wrong. Its important to do this bc the next time it will happen to you, you will know what to do. reflecting really helps you to step back and understand yourself, other people and the surroundings. It helps with analysing your own feelings, emotions and as well as understanding the depth of your own thinking. You need to consider other people’s feelings too. Understand their point of view and why they did things that way. 

I told you yesterday that what happened in the past does not define you. You may have done them so wrong but i hope your realise youre not in debt to them. I remember your story about what you did to the girl. Yung trauma mo sa kanya you gotta let it go pow. You dont need to blame yourself every day for something that youve no control of. You did it out of anger. and she threatened you bc she has her personal issues as well. She was showing wat kind of person she was. It does not put a label on u. So far as I know you havent apologised to urself for what had happened and u havent forgiven her for what shes done. Whenever youre mad po dont let your emotions get the best of you. Give space and time. Step back from the situation and reflect. count to ten and reorganise your thoughts and feelings. What happened? what made me feel that way? what can i do to fix this? 

The way i see it lng ha pero it felt like youre pitying yourself. And i want o reassure you that i recognised all you did to keep this relationship. The fights where you communicated with me, the times where you waited for me to explain, the support you give, and how you made me happy each single day. What youve done until this day is enough. I cant emphasise it enough. Ndi ko yun binalewala lahat. I saw your effort. Thats why i fought for u. Bc alam ko ndi ka ganun na tao. Kc alam ko na they have perceived you wrong. I saw the good in you. I saw that youre worthy of change. Everyone does pow. That was the purpose of it all.

But ldr is frickin hard. Being in a relationship is difficult enough let along ldr. Jst thinking about the amount of trust u hav for ur partner dang.. you need to fully invest on trust yo. How to overcome and resolve issues esp if theyre like me haha. Its hard for sure to do tht kc even ako may trust issues but it is possible. But as of now theres many areas in your life that you need to fix alone. Im not saying that im right ha. I could be wrong in so many areas about you that idk of but this is based on knowing you for months. im not saying you have a problem internally cuz we all have problems po What im saying is that there are some things we need to learn from others as well. Its a matter of listening and comprehending what theyre tryna relay and teach u.

Also asking for help isnt a weakness. (Idk but i cud feel you were mad that I reached out to your mother. Bro i know na kaya mo nman maging independent and i know na ayaw mo lng maburden yung parents mo with your problems on top of theirs but its gud that alam din nla ang anak nla is struggling and needs emotional support.) Its realising that we are deserving to feel and be emotionally supported. so dont ever feel bad for reaching out and admitting that youre struggling. after all were only human.

Though i never said anything i lowkey promised that I would not give up on you (sinsabi ko sa sarili ko to) bc i wanted to show you what its like for someone to stay. You told me about your past and struggles and i did everything i can for that not to happen again. You told me what broke your heart and I nver wanted you to feel anything like that in the relationship. More like i ensured that my intentions for you are pure. But somewhere along the way i came to realise that we both need to grow seperately. Not bc i gave up on you but bc i decided to think about myself and what i needed. I dont wanna text you and talk to u bc i respect you that much to know that this isnt the right time for both of us.

Being the way i am right now is for the best. Were both healing and getting the peace we need. God knows what Hes doing with us and i keep you in my prayers at night. Maybe someday down the line well meet again, at the right time. God will decide tht for us but for now ill be supportive of you in the silence. I dont wanna be civil cuz i know itll jst hurt you more esp since you have strong feelings for me. Dont worry my love for you will remain unconditional. But one thing i cant promise tho is that idk if my love for u will stay. We dont know what the future will bring. We may find our happiness in diff places. We may find it together. But all i know is i trust God to dictate my life. Thank you Ethan. Kahit paano i felt your unconditional love din. You can text me anytime if you need anything. Ill be here nman pow.

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From Threatening A Federal Judge To Arresting A Child Over The Pledge, A Lot Of Ridiculous Crap Happened This Weekend

One would think that Roger Stone implying that he’d like someone to assassinate a sitting federal judge and then quickly and ineptly backtracking would be a bigger story today if only because Roger Stone is a hilarious Medieval chaos imp somehow still running amok in contemporary politics.

He’s the most ludicrous person in his own neighborhood and his neighbor is Chad Ochocinco.

Or perhaps that there’d be more to say about the decision to arrest a sixth-grader for not standing up for the pledge of allegiance — the sort of thing that you thought was settled in Gobitis and a story steeped in both the dangerous school-to-prison pipeline mentality and the toxic backlash against the kinds of peaceful protests identified with Colin Kaepernick.

At least you’d suspect more talk about ATL’s 2018 Lawyer of the Year and recent podcast guest Michael Avenatti announcing that he’ll be giving up financial control of his firm amid accusations by a former partner — and, as discussed in the podcast, Avenatti disputes the attorney’s “partnership” status — that the firm has millions in assets that have been hidden from the court.

Frankly, overlooking Avenatti’s news can be forgiven because it’s just another step in the long battle with this guy that we’ve all talked about before.

However, the three-day weekend dumped so much more misery upon us that these stories failed to capture enough bandwidth to be more than a blip on the national consciousness. But with Stone and the story of the student, there is, unfortunately, a common theme that requires a closer examination. A thread that should guide our understanding of our times through the touchstone of these stories.

It’s a stunning indictment of the news cycle that putting crosshairs on Judge Amy Berman Jackson — a move not-too-dissimilar to Sarah Palin’s infamous “crosshairs” ad about then-Rep. Gabby Giffords — is being pushed to the backburner. The Giffords shooter wasn’t acting out Palin’s fantasy, but the ad was one of the many canaries in the mine that America ignored at the polite request of gun manufacturers. The militarization of political difference and the casual introduction of murderous violence into mainstream political discourse probably should have tipped someone off that there was a deeper cancer metastasizing within the conservative movement.

Roger Stone, the aggressive pancreatic tumor at the core of that cancer, has spent decades railing against the “rule of law” in favor of the tinpot dictatorship his hero Dick Nixon always favored and as he finds himself on the wrong end of the criminal justice machine, he’s responding with his usual grace. On Monday, Stone took to Instagram to place an extreme closeup of Amy Berman Jackson next to crosshairs, which I suppose was a nice move since it implied her attacker would miss? Maybe?

In any event, he’s backtracking now:

“Please inform the Court that the photograph and comment today was improper and should not have been posted,” a statement signed by Stone read. “I had no intention of disrespecting the court and humbly apologize to the court for this transgression.”

So far, the relentless stream of partisan attacks on the federal judiciary from questioning their loyalties to calling justices a “disgrace” haven’t whipped someone into a violent frenzy. But it’s only a matter of time. Much like the Giffords target image, no one is going to take a shot at Judge Jackson over Stone’s Instagram stylings. But the fact that someone tied at a senior level to a successful presidential campaign feels comfortable using their social media to imply violence against jurists should worry people. Alas, it’ll just be another dead canary we look back at a year from now when some judge is tragically lost.

Do you recall when we hashed out the constitutional right to not stand and recite the Pledge of Allegiance? In like, 1940? Well, we’re right back to where we were at the 20th-century crossroads before America decided to fight a war against fascism. Over the weekend we learned that a sixth-grader at Lawton Chiles Middle Academy was arrested earlier this month. His crime is officially designated as “disobedience,” but in reality he was arrested for having the audacity to exercise constitutional rights in a way that unsettled white people.

A substitute teacher began the day with the Pledge of Allegiance, a disturbingly “Young Pioneers” tribute that doesn’t worry Americans as much as it should. According to the teacher, a young black student refused to stand for the Pledge. Rather than treat this with a shrug AS SHE’S CONSTITUTIONALLY OBLIGATED TO DO, she asked the student why:

The substitute teacher said in written statement that when she asked the student, who is black, to say the pledge, he “answered that he won’t because the flag of the country is racist. He then started to explain why the national anthem was offensive to black people.” The teacher’s statement made after the incident to the school district, was obtained by CNN affiliate Spectrum Bay News 9.

That official statement, by the way, includes this gem:

In a statement to the district, the substitute teacher reported telling the 11-year-old boy “Why if it was so bad here he did not go to another place to live.” She said he then said, “they brought me here.”

And boom goes the dynamite.

The teacher continued with some nonsense about how she came from Cuba and it was worse which says exactly zilch about the concerns the kid raised. But hats off to the substitute teacher for believing so deeply that they were about to solve hundreds of years of institutional racism with a kid they met 30 seconds beforehand. That’s exactly the sort of condescending tete a tete that they make movies about and then give awards to all the white people involved.

So the school district also doesn’t require students to stand for the flag — not that it legally could — so certainly the school stepped in and told the substitute to apologize and get on with the actual teaching for the day.

Just kidding. No, even though the child has broken no rule let alone any law, the school suspended him for three days and then had him f**king arrested:

A school administrator and the officer asked the student to leave the class, but the 6th grader refused, Lakeland police said. Lakeland police said the student, who left the classroom, created another disturbance, and made threats as he was escorted to the office.

Now I can see at least one apologist out there putting their lips together to explain, “Well, actually he was arrested for his behavior after the flag incident.” Amazingly, these are the same people who throw a temper tantrum when a server miscalculates their tab but feels an 11-year-old needs to show some grace after they’ve been escorted from class by the police for having done nothing wrong. It seems as though the “but for” disruption here was the teacher, but whatever.

This is the danger of turning schools into police states — a move “required” by the rise of school shootings. In this case, maybe it’s a good thing the police were there because there are some out hoping to cut police out of the equation and arm teachers directly and in that world it’s safe to say this kid might well have been killed for having a conscience.

Guns, fascist iconography, unleashing the police state upon people of color — the tale of an affluent conservative gadfly and a young black child may seem to have nothing in common, but beneath the surface, the one strand that connects them both comes into sharp relief:

Both Stone and this kid live in Florida. Florida is America’s least common denominator, people.

From Threatening A Federal Judge To Arresting A Child Over The Pledge, A Lot Of Ridiculous Crap Happened This Weekend republished via Above the Law