#what if there was an old nerd who was also a baby. many people are asking this

[kayvsdoodles]

old nerd doodle i don't think i posted

[intheholler]

the appalachian murder ballad <3 one of the most interesting elements of americana and american folk, imo!

my wife recently gave me A Look when i had one playing in the car and she was like, "why do all of these old folk songs talk about killing people lmao" and i realized i wanted to Talk About It at length.

nerd shit under the cut, and it's long. y'all been warned

so, as y'all probably know, a lot of appalachian folk music grew its roots in scottish folk (and then was heavily influenced by Black folks once it arrived here, but that's a post for another time).

they existed, as most folk music does, to deliver a narrative--to pass on a story orally, especially in communities where literacy was not widespread. their whole purpose was to get the news out there about current events, and everyone loves a good murder mystery!

as an aside, i saw someone liken the murder ballad to a ye olde true crime podcast and tbh, yeah lol.

the "original" murder ballads started back across the pond as news stories printed on broadsheets and penned in such a way that it was easy to put to melody.

they were meant to be passed on and keep the people informed about the goings-on in town. i imagine that because these songs were left up to their original orators to get them going, this would be why we have sooo many variations of old folk songs.

naturally then, almost always, they were based on real events, either sung from an outside perspective, from the killer's perspective and in some cases, from the victim's. of course, like most things from days of yore, they reek of social dogshit. the particular flavor of dogshit of the OG murder ballad was misogyny.

so, the murder ballad came over when the english and scots-irish settlers did. in fact, a lot of the current murder ballads are still telling stories from centuries ago, and, as is the way of folk, getting rewritten and given new names and melodies and evolving into the modern recordings we hear today.

305 such scottish and english ballads were noted and collected into what is famously known as the Child Ballads collected by a professor named francis james child in the 19th century. they have been reshaped and covered and recorded a million and one times, as is the folk way.

while newer ones continued to largely fit the formula of retelling real events and murder trials (such as one of my favorite ones, little sadie, about a murderer getting chased through the carolinas to have justice handed down), they also evolved into sometimes fictional, (often unfortunately misogynistic) cautionary tales.

perhaps the most famous examples of these are omie wise and pretty polly where the woman's death almost feels justified as if it's her fault (big shocker).

but i digress. in this way, the evolution of the murder ballad came to serve a similar purpose as the spooky legends of appalachia did/do now.

(why do we have those urban legends and oral traditions warning yall out of the woods? to keep babies from gettin lost n dying in them. i know it's a fun tiktok trend rn to tell tale of spooky scary woods like there's really more haints out here than there are anywhere else, but that's a rant for another time too ain't it)

so, the aforementioned little sadie (also known as "bad lee brown" in some cases) was first recorded in the 1920s. i'm also plugging my favorite female-vocaist cover of it there because it's superior when a woman does it, sorry.

it is a pretty straightforward murder ballad in its content--in the original version, the guy kills a woman, a stranger or his girlfriend sometimes depending on who is covering it.

but instead of it being a cautionary 'be careful and don't get pregnant or it's your fault' tale like omie wise and pretty polly, the guy doesn't get away with it, and he's not portrayed as sympathetic like the murderer is in so many ballads.

a few decades after, women started saying fuck you and writing their own murder ballads.

in the 40s, the femme fatale trope was in full swing with women flipping the script and killing their male lovers for slights against them instead.

men began to enter the "find out" phase in these songs and paid up for being abusive partners. women regained their agency and humanity by actually giving themselves an active voice instead of just being essentially 'fridged in the ballads of old.

her majesty dolly parton even covered plenty of old ballads herself but then went on to write the bridge, telling the pregnant-woman-in-the-murder-ballad's side of things for once. love her.

as a listener, i realized that i personally prefer these modern covers of appalachian murder ballads sung by women-led acts like dolly and gillian welch and even the super-recent crooked still especially, because there is a sense of reclamation, subverting its roots by giving it a woman's voice instead.

meaning that, like a lot else from the problematic past, the appalachian murder ballad is something to be enjoyed with critical ears. violence against women is an evergreen issue, of course, and you're going to encounter a lot of that in this branch of historical music.

but with folk songs, and especially the murder ballad, being such a foundational element of appalachian history and culture and fitting squarely into the appalachian gothic, i still find them important and so, so interesting

i do feel it's worth mentioning that there are "tamer" ones. with traditional and modern murder ballads alike, some of them are just for "fun," like a murder mystery novel is enjoyable to read; not all have a message or retell a historical trial.

(for instance, i'd even argue ultra-modern, popular americana songs like hell's comin' with me is a contemporary americana murder ballad--being sung by a male vocalist and having evolved from being at the expense of a woman to instead being directed at a harmful and corrupt church. that kind of thing)

in short: it continues to evolve, and i continue to eat that shit up.

anyway, to leave off, lemme share with yall my personal favorite murder ballad which fits squarely into murder mystery/horror novel territory imo.

it's the 10th child ballad and was originally known as "the twa sisters." it's been covered to hell n back and named and renamed.

but! if you listen to any flavor of americana, chances are high you already know it; popular names are "the dreadful wind and rain" and sometimes just "wind and rain."

in it, a jealous older sister pushes her other sister into a river (or stream, or sea, depending on who's covering it) over a dumbass man. the little sister's body floats away and a fiddle maker come upon her and took parts of her body to make a fiddle of his own. the only song the new fiddle plays is the tale about how it came to be, and it is the same song you have been listening to until then.

how's that for genuinely spooky-scary appalachia, y'all?

[is-dracula-daily-today]

may we hear about the stage play?

Ok so disclaimer before I start whining, I recognise that adaptations cannot be perfect 1:1 representations of books because that just won't work.

Also local theatre are doing the best they can, they looked like they had fun, genuinely good for them for putting on a whole play. Dracula, Van Helsing and Renfield were particularly good, and the crew of the Demeter gradually being taken was cool.

But having read Dracula a few times now (and caring about it more than I would have expected, in large part thanks to the Dracula Daily community), here are the changes I wasn't on board with.

Most of Jonathan's time in the castle was cut. He arrived, had one scene about solicitor business when Dracula said to write that he was staying another month, and then that was it until Mina got a letter that he was in a convent hospital. There was a flashback scene in the second act with the three creepy ladies eating the baby and him realising he was about to be eaten himself so he needed to escape. I guess it was for time but we just didn't get any of the build-up of dread.

Arthur's father, Lucy's mother and Mr Hawkins were all cut. Again, I can kind of see why as it streamlines some plotlines etc but it reduces the amount of stress and loss the gang are dealing with on top of Dracula.

Jack and Quincy were individually friends with Arthur but only met each other at the start of the play? And neither of them proposed to Lucy - it was mentioned later that Jack was in love with her but Quincy barely even interacted with her.

None of the modern technology that helps the heroes get the edge over Dracula - shorthand, telegrams, phonographs, trains - were mentioned, so the whole theme of Old vs New was lost. (also so many of the lovely quirks of the characters! no Mina being a massive nerd about railway timetables!)

It was a bit... confusing? Like who was in Whitby and who was in London at which points, what was going in the big final showdown... I could follow but the people I was with who hadn't read it were a bit baffled at times.

Last point going under a readmore, spoiler warning for the epilogue

They changed the epilogue to be a real downer! The frame of the play was Van Helsing telling us the story three years later, at which point: no mention of little Quincy, Mina still wakes screaming and won't tell Jonathan what she dreams about, Jack has buried himself in work, and Arthur has withdrawn from society. Uhhh cool. ok.

[nnicknnelsonn]

The New York Times Review:

The Broadway revival of “Romeo + Juliet” plays to the TikTok crowd. But maybe that’s a good thing.

Source: New York Times Oct 24, 2024 (X)

Mostly positive, which is impressive from the NYT! Hopefully offsets the negative reviews. (X)

Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler and a viral pull-up

…Connor needs no help in keeping and maintaining the emotional temperature, easily enlarging the tenderness and obliviousness of his Nick on “Heartstopper” to fit the stage. When he looks into Juliet’s eyes, you see what he wants and how seriously he wants it; when he walks among his riotous peers, as they hump Teddy bears and sniff out insults, you see how little that means to him now.

Connor is also a very physical actor, or at any rate his recently beefed-up, often tank-topped body is given a workout. Instead of just climbing to Juliet’s balcony — represented by the design collective dots as a flowery bed that descends from the heavens — he does a leaping pull-up from the ground to get there, then lifts himself farther to achieve full face time. This is a lover with lats.

But a manly Romeo and a tiny Juliet — Connor is nearly a foot taller than Zegler — creates, or reinforces, a problem. It’s disturbing enough in the Shakespeare when Lady Capulet tells her 13-year-old daughter that “ladies of esteem” her age are “already made mothers.” With an actor who, despite his baby face, looks much older than his years (Connor is 20) and an actress who looks much younger than hers (Zegler is 23) you’re left in an indeterminate space between ancient and current levels of ick.

It’s wise, then, that despite the supercharged sexuality of the staging otherwise, Gold limits the pair’s lovemaking to gropes and kisses.

…Gold’s staging is perhaps the busiest and funniest I’ve seen, a lot of the humor coming from the dotty nurse, whom Shakespeare designed for that purpose. (She is played with Valley Girl snark by Tommy Dorfman, who also plays Tybalt.) And though there is, of course, violence, it is broadly mimed and deliberately mild. What the production emphasizes instead is unfairness, as teenagers tend to do as well, wanting limits to excuse their whining.

The play is thus less terrifying than teenifying — hence the plus sign instead of the “and” in the title. The lobby, lit like a junior high school prom, offers not just the expected merch and specialty mocktails but a table where ticket holders can learn about registering to vote. The choreography by Sonya Tayeh lands perfectly in the zone between professional movement and what a nerd might do in front of a mirror. Fangirling and fanboying are strongly encouraged. There is nothing unlikable about any of this.

It’s a little slick, though, at least for seen-that adults. The play’s twisty language, expressive of twisty thoughts, is largely untangled but, in the process, flattened. (Gold’s edit brings the running time, not counting intermission, to “the two hours’ traffic of the stage” Shakespeare mentions, but some of that traffic is stop-and-go.) I smiled a lot but never came close to crying.

Is that a reasonable response to aim for when staging the world’s most famous weepie? For me, seeing so many young people engaged, it is. Perhaps, as Shakespeare commands in the play’s closing speech, they will “Go hence, to have more talk of these sad things.” And so what if the production achieves that goal by protecting them from too much unruly feeling, just as the Capulets aimed to protect Juliet? Probably, the Capulets were right.

[ydlmaiki]

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⚠️THIS STORY CONTAINS SEXIST COMMENTS, RACIST SLURS, VULGAR WORDS, SA MENTIONED AND ISN'T RECOMMENDED FOR PEOPLE WHO GETS EASILY OFFENDED⚠️

(hey guys! this is chapter first of my OC Norman lore, and it's about how he ended being an Normie and potential feelings for someone:3)

*beep*, *beep*, *beep*....*"that annoying noise, that annoying noise of my alarm clock that wakes me up every morning Monday till Friday will end out of the window in the pool one day, Ugh fuck this shit."*

Norman opened his eyes and immediately flinched a bit since he still felt tired and completely exhausted from everything, the school, his 'friends', teachers... just everything, finally he tabbed on his alarm with his hand as it went silent, it's loud noise finally quiet, tho he couldn't go back to sleep, he had to stand up, take on clothes and go to school like every fucking day till friday, keeping that repetitive pattern he did since he was 7, great just great, which is what he did, taking on his iconic clothes that he wore everyday until it looked dirty, it was black turtleneck, red sport hoodie which is an merch of the sport club he was part of, some blue jeans he got in a thrift store and sadly had to take contact lenses on his eyes, he would have preferred wearing classes since he looks better in them and without them he feels naked, but he gotta wear them because he would get bullied by his sport "friends" for looking like a nerd, he even decided to go brush his teeth, because he had bit of time before he had to go, the mirror reflection showed the tired 18 year old highschool boy who's ginger curly hair was an mess and it's beautiful baby blue eyes completely tired and pale like the one of a ghost, which Norman didn't paid too much attention to his own appearance as he didn't wanted to impress anyone and didn't cared how he looked like after all because and wasn't trying to impress someone, it's not like he got friends, well he has 'friends' but they're mostly just teammates at sport club because welp, if Norman wanted to play sports, he needed with people, great.

*"Great, can't believe that today I gotta play with those jerks yet again, why am I even with them? I'm anyway getting tired and bored of playing sport slowly and all that those jerks are talking about is how they want to bury their dicks in pussie of the girls at school, ugh great, as if I wasn't suffering enough"*

Norman then finally took on his Adidas backpack and went down the stairs towards the kitchen, noticing his father Ray already there making him school lunch since Norman highschool gives shit ass foods,

"Ah, good morning Norman, how did you slept my little bug?"

said Norman's dad in a warm and deep voice, Norman dad looks a lot different from him, his hair wavy and dark brown woth some grey showing his wise age, the eyes were green and showing lot's of empathy that Ray has, he also has wrinkles on his face, showing how Norman dad is in his 50 and as well as an small beard, he wore an AC!DC shirt that was outworn and some grey sweatpants.

"it's fine dad, just annoyed I have to go there"

*"Why is he asking anyway? like I would somehow feel different in this repetitive annoying ass life, like something magical would happen to change this miserable pathetic life-"*

"I know son, school is an burden to manage, but you're smart and I'm sure you will manage to make it through, even if you're burden out"

*"did my dad just confirmed that school was annoying? I mean, makes sense he has Autism just like me so school is double the hell, I sometimes can't help myself but just tiny bit smile at him, at least dad had some understanding."*

"Yeah thanks dad"

said Norman back to him, taking the basic blue lunchbox from his dad and putting it into his bag pack

Norman then finally got out of his house and walked down the road of the Eltingville, he kinda hated it here, it was small and there weren't many shops that sell some books and the only one that did were miles away and would take him an hour to get there, the only close one to Norman was that Joes Shop that he had heard of which sells comics and not proper literature book's like Kafka or Dostoyevsky or even Shakespeare which Norman was shocked by, since he thought every shop sells Shakespeare's theatre plays, but that doesn't matter now since his main mission is to get to school...

*"Welp, there I'm, back here again in this hellhole of a school between these wanna be popular alpha horny ass jocks and the girls...ugh the girls, they were the worst, some of them were whispering and chuckling about me, talking about my attraction and how strong I'm and sexy while playing basketball, Pleh, absolutely disgusting and horrendous of them to think so dirty of me, like this once an blonde girl with revealing crop top and short skirt asked me out and was even flirting with me! Ugh, I couldn't scream at her or it would ruin my reputation at the school, so I had to sadly kindly decline, tho she was completely furious and annoyed, she luckily left me alone, at least some points for me."*

Norman was walking towards his school in the road, students were around him walking towards their endless suffering of a place called school, luckily there weren't soo many people so Norman was alright with it, but he managed to sometimes get overwhelmed by the people there and the surrounding, luckily Norman make it through the group of people in the hall towards his classroom, sitting down at the complete front desk in the middle since the back was occupied by the sport ass jerks that are his 'friends', preppy girls with huge ass tits that smokes cocks and have face covered in make-up. There were other nerd and normal students, which Norman didn't paid attention to them, since they weren't interesting, expect one group of boys.

*"what do I have as the first class Anyway? oh yeah, the fucking old teacher and biology, I hate how she treats me as this nice gentleman that will be great dad and find an beautiful Wife, well new flash old hag, I'm gay and hates woman, I don't like being around women since I don't know what I should expect from them...will they touch me? drug me and lie? will they lure me and rape me? hah! I won't let that happen like last time with..."*

Norman stopped in his thoughts and sighed, he hated to think of his past when he was vulnerable and abused by the only person he had and yet...."she" broke him, how could he forgave such an gruesome act "she" did to him? he couldn't, and will never forgive for what "she" did to him and so, Norman sight and mentally prepared himself for the class and hoping that the teacher will ignore him

The bell rang as then there could be heard that familiars heels...*clack*, *clack* and *clack* that irritating sound made Norman blood frooze and roll his eyes in pure annoyance, the door opened as the nice looking old lady with glasses, short grey hair and flower dress walked in

"good morning students, I hope y'all won't interrupt this lesson, since I'm having an nice day and a good mood"

said the old teacher with the 'sweet grandma' voice that made Norman just irritated, how can she be this nice but yet still treat him like some straight troublemaker who will get himself wife? ugh, he hated those types of old people....

luckily the class was somehow manageable (it wasn't without feeling bored and annoyed) since the teacher talked about sex system, animals and that we are part of and will expect all of us to have family...expect Norman, he doesn't consider himself as some lower class who will have children and be like average husband/dad, no no, he was MORE then that, he had DREAMS, an REAL DREAMS not wanting to spend the rest of his life focusing on some random girl, fuck her and then have a child and work, no no, he was more.... better then that

making it to another class, and another, and another and another....until it was luckily lunch, an 1 hour break before another one, Norman made his way through the groups of people and sat where he usually sat, by the side with his "friends" can he even call them friends at this point? let's call them rather club members, yeah that's much better, so Norman sat with his club members of 4 boys and 3 girls, which Norman felt uncomfortable by the presence of the girl's, leaning towards the boys like leeches...

*"ugh great, they're leaning onto them like some kind of submissive bitches who are asking for it, great just great!"*

thought Norman to himself and sighed, taking sip of his thermo flask in which he had an warm wild fruit tea, his favourite and his safe drink. Norman pulled out his lunchbox from the bag, opening itbup as there was his safe food, tomato sauce with macaroni and cheese, Norman calls them "Pizza Macaroni" and they're extremely delicious. He loved his dad cooking since he always cooked such an amazing dishes that managed to make Norman happy, meltdown? spicy kung pao, Depressed? an warm cup of tea and simple toasted sandwiches with extra cheese, PTSD attack? simple soft hug and an good old egg chicken rice with spring onion! Ray was just...the best dad ever.

Norman decided to do one of his favourite activities during the lunch break, which was spectating, he doesn't know why but there's something exciting and fascinating watching people talk and just think of how their life works...

*"lets see....ah Emily is talking with her friends as usual, I hear she's talking about food and the trip she was with her parents, what's that? her boyfriend cheated on her? Oh no! how sad, too bad I don't care, let's see someone else hmm, some boys talking about the tournament, some about music bands and fashion..."*

but Norman had noticed by the side on one of the lunch table 4 boy's. Pete with the red hat who was latino-american? Norman doesn't know exactly, Josh the fat ass with glasses and greyish jacket, Jerry the quite "normal" one with an green Jumper and finally....Bill, the nerd with glasses and mustard orange flannel shirt, they're named apparently Comic Book, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Role•Playing club...geez, that's a long ass name for a club, and they don't even have a short nickname! at least Norman dad back then around the same age as them was part of a club, an Czech Metal Punk Music club, and they had an good nickname CZ•PMP, Norman decided to make himself an nickname for them since he doesn't call them by that long ass name,

the CNC aka Cliché Nerd Club, a name he had created for them some time ago

Norman could notice as the four's were talking about the same stuff as alaways, some Comics and Movie reference, to actors and sometimes there was mentioned of porn, but it wasn't as intense as his Club Members, He couldn't help himself but secretly admire them from afar, how do they manage to just talk about it and not care what other things? Norman couldn't do that, he had held this sport player image since he was kid, he held once a joy by playing sports with his friends as some form of escape from reality, but sadly.... with the puppetry that happened, his club members got worse and Norman stayed the same, until his passion for sport just...vanished, now it feels like a chore then-

"Hey Norman, wanna go and mock those four again?"

*"huh what? Oh yeah, the stupid club n*gga member is talking to me again, He always has some kind of sadistic joys bullying the CNC, don't get me wrong, at first it was fun, but then he made it as some kind of repetitive routine which annoys me because like, how can be your life so boring you have to bully nerds? I'm not any better since I'm literally listening to them talking far away, but hey! this isn't about me after all*"

"Seriously Dave? don't you have like- something better to do then bullying those nerds again?"

answered Norman back in a very specific kind of a tone that screams tired and slightly bothered

"What? I mean cmon, look at those tweets, they're literally asking to be bullied"

*"same with those girls who you fucked yesterday for wearing revealing skirt just because she asked for it huh?"*

is what would Norman say if he didn't had filter and didn't thought it through what to say, but since he had reputation to hold and actually good self control of what he says, he simply shrugged his shoulders like it was just an average day and said

"Eh, I guess you have a point, but you do the whole act I will be just behind"

said Norman, great here we go again.... bullying the CNC for the thousands of time coming right up!

Dave decided to drag his other friend Mark along with him as he was white and an athletic cocky boy, he kinda hated those boys, Norman felt like a sore thumb between them, ginger with blue eyes and wearing contact lenses, greaaat, just great, today's date could NOT get any better!

as the three sport boys arrived by lunch table of the 4 nerds, they were arguing, well expect Norman since he said he will be by by the side, which is what he did and sometimes he said bit loudly at his teammates "yeah get him" or "you're right Dave/Mark" which Norman hated, he didn't wanted to be here, he wanted to go home, read some yaoi manga or Agnes and then jerk to magazines of naked men, not here standing by the side of Dave as he was insulting and arguing with the leader of the CNC, Bill Dickey, which Norman absolutely loved, not in a romantic way but funny way, this guy was entertaining, funny and had good insults sometimes (they weren't, but Norman finds them funny anyway), Heck he wasn't even shy saying full on N*gga onto Dave, this was some business, and Norman LOVED it! Bill then said something about Dave and his family in an insulting way, calling him Fatherless wanna be Jerk that secretly sucks his teammate cocks after game and something about him being slave, which Norman could not help, but let out slight snort, shit.

"the fuck you're laughing about Norman?"

said Mark disappointed and serious, shit, Norman was ruined, but luckily he had a plan as always, he can easily just lie his ass through Mark judging stare and pretend to be just like them

"Oh you know Bill will be fucking dead after he said it"

*"nailed it, now Mark will think I'm smiling because Bill will be so dead after what he said to Dave, I should get an Oscar for being an perfect manipulative liar"*

Mark rolled his eyes and nodded, falling for Norman lie as always, but Dave didn't took Bill words lightly as he decided to add some physical actions, obviously winning since he was taller and stronger but they went far as they weren't just pulling hair and punching, no, Dave started to ACTUALLY choke him to death and Bill was trying to kick Dave off, but failing, shit it's getting serious and Mark is not concerned and the other nerds were trying to pull Dave back of, but Mark was pushing them aside! can't Mark see that Dave is choking that little nerd and will probably kill him?! shit, he had to do something, he didn't wanted his favourite nerd to end up in a nursery and worse dead, digged under ground, who then will entertain Norman without his favourite nerd with a funny lastname and insulting people?

Norman decided to take actions into his own hands and help the little nerd and as well Dave from not ending up in some prison for teens, but he does it more for the nerd, he doesn't care if Dave will be in prison or not. He walked to the lunch table and picked up those plastic and iron chairs that you could flip in one and carry it easily and store them, Norman couldn't believe what he was about to do, since this was like straight up from dream's and intrusive thoughts, suddenly the chair was lifted in the sky and...

*BOOM*

Norman hit Dave onto the back and bit head with the chair as Dave shouted

"Aghhh! Fuck! you stupid ginger cunt!"

Dave shouted and immediately let go of Bill and was touching his back, letting out hisses as Mark helped Dave up on his legs up again

*"Holy shit! I can't believe it, I just hit Dave with an chair onto his back! now that's what I call an perfect move, an solid 8.5 from me! wait- I HIT DAVE?! FUCK! I'M SOOO DEAD!"*

Mark looked at Norman confused and threatening as he then scoffed and walked away with Dave back to the lunch table with the others, while Norman was still in the shock and slight fear of hitting Dave with an chair, an folding one to that.

"What the fuck just happened?"

said Josh confused and looked over at Norman who just processed to save Bill from getting choked to death. Norman looked over at the three nerds and blinked, shit he felt suddenly nervous and confused, he never felt like that much when he did something, but this was.... different somehow, suddenly Bill coughed on the floor and tried to stand up on his legs, but his arms were bit shaky to do so as Norman suddenly helped him up

*"Wait Wait... what am I doing? why am I suddenly helping the nerd up on his legs? the fuck is wrong with me? I usually don't care for people laying on the floor almost dying but him? even with few bruises and small mark left by the choking on his neck suddenly makes me wanna help him? what....why?*"

thought Norman to himself as he found this genuinely stupid and confusing, even Pete, Jerry and Josh looked confused at Norman for helping Bill up on his legs

"the fuck you're doing you jock faggot? get off me you arrogant normie"

groaned Bill out and looked at Norman confused as he was obviously beaten up, face covered in bruises and an slight forming black eye as Dave did gave him punches, his hair an mess from pulling as well as his clothes was mess and by the neck tore a bit from Dave pulling it, shit.

"Holy shit Bill...that jerk really got you man"

said Pete and Looked between Bill and Norman, no one said anything much since they all were shocked from what just happened, Norman sighed and looked over at his table at his club members and realised he was FUCKED, now they weren't staring at him like an old pal, they were staring at him like vultures, ready to jump on him and beat him to death, which made Norman just a bit scared and have an horrified expression on him

"Uhhh hey Norman right? thanks for what you did but....why did you do it? thats like....not something normies like you do"

said the meek Jerry as Norman was frozen and didn't answered, still holding Bill shoulders as Bill just gave up trying to move off Norman, No, No No...his reputation, his career his...fame! it's in ruins! now he will be seen as the disappointment of the only thing he was good at, on this school! how did he messed up so badly?! but...why did he felt bit relieved by that?!

"Hey traitor!"

shouted one of the blonde girl's who wore blue jeans and red crop top as she was walking closer to Norman, she then thrown Normans Adidas backpack at the floor, the backpack did an *squish* sound as it fell down on the floor, it was covered in some kind of white yogurt...this was the start of a war, and Norman knew there was no way out of it no matter what he did.

"Maybe next time consider what the fuck you're doing loser! and don't you dare return back between us, you traitor and now..."

the girl reached her hand for Norman to hand over his hoodie

"the hoodie, give it back now"

which Norman slightly frozen at the gesture, damn that was...shit, he was speechless and didn't knew how to react, but then he slowly took off his hoodie and handed it to the girl as she snatched it off his hand

"You're not welcomed with us Norman, go and sit with the nerd loser's now!"

with that, she chuckled and walked away with Norman's red hoodie since it was an merch of the club.... Norman was silent, devastated, terrified and scared, he should feel hate, he should feel fury towards the nerds for helping them but...he didn't, he didn't felt nothing towards them, only to himself, he felt...glad he helped them?

"Whoaw, you really saved yourself there you normie for what? for some pity and praise from us? how pathetic"

murmured Bill at Norman as he didn't answered immediately, instead he turned at Bill and looked... shocked and glad, why? even Norman doesn't know, but one thing is for sure, he doesn't have to hang out with his ex-club members anymore, but now he has to protect himself from potential bullying from his ex-club members

and so, Norman swallowed and said:

"I don't know, I....I genuinely don't know exactly why I just did that"

explained Norman shocked and looked over at Bill who was somehow still standing and breathing bit harshly from the fight

"but.... maybe go to nursery man"

he said bit worried as well as glad sort of tone and looked down at his bag that had yogurt on it, great, that's well, great. Norman then took his bag by the sleeve and raised it up in his arm like an lady carrying her purse carefully not to get dirty by the yogurt and then proceeded to just walk away like it was an average Thursday.

another two classes were over as Norman walked home with the bag dragging it down, Luckily he managed to get rid of the yogurt during an break but it was still bit dirty and smelled badly, so he would have to clean it in a washer or by hand, but Norman was too overwhelmed and didn't had time to clean it by hand and so, as he arrived home he pulled out all the stuff and put the bag in the washer and turned it on, his dad told him how to do dishes and different kind of house chores, so he had an idea how to manage washer easily

*"Ugh, I can't believe I just hit Dave in the back with the chair, what did I thought would have happened huh? that they won't get mad at me and will accept me back with open arms like nothing happened? bullshit, you're not in a fairytale Norman, this is reality and now everyone will be an dickhead towards you*"

are thoughts that ran in Norman head as he cleaned his school notebooks and pencil case in His wardrobe where he stores school stuff

Norman room was bit of a mess and like an dumpster, clothes on the floor, old TV by the bed on a pile of boxes, old wooden drawers, bed, bookcase as well as table as he had an alright computer as well as blue poor punching bag by the corner.

His room wasn't something out of disney shows, more like the room of your average teenage boy who's into sports and classic literature

Norman sat down on the bed and let out sigh, he felt absolutely overwhelmed and devastated, but then someone knocked on his door, and he knew it was only one person:

"Linda, what do you want?"

Linda was Norman older sister by 5 years as she was 23 unemployed woman who still lived with her dad and uncle Because she couldn't find an useful house or apartment that she wanted to live in.

The door opened as the tall woman leaned against the doorframe with a smirk, her dirty blonde hair short in a some sort of short wolfcut and her green eyes glazing in mischief.

She wore an marvel thrift shirt and some black shorts, her legs and arms unshaven since she doesn't care for hygiene and thinks that woman who shave are scared to embrace their feminity

"Well hello there little leach, I noticed you put something in the washing machine, did you got in another fight and ended with dirty boxers?"

she laughed at the joke and Norman sighed

"No I didn't, I just got kicked out of the sport club, so they got my school bag dirty"

Linda was shocked and blinked

"what?! you got kicked out? my little brother who cared about his fame of being the perfect sport guy? that's not the Norman I know"

she said confused, she was right, Norman had an dream of becoming famous sport player, but now...he didn't want it anymore

"why did they kicked you out anyway?"

she asked and walked inside the teenage room and closed the door shut with her leg

"Ugh, none of your business sissy"

answered Norman bit irritated as Linda chuckled

"oh cmon Lil bro, no need to be pissy, just tell me ty kokote/(you dickhead), why your british ginger cunt got kicked out?"

she said and walked over to him with her hands in her shorts and sat down next to him, well, maybe Norman should say the reason why after all, Linda was the only woman he trusted to tell her everything since she's his siste.

"Well....Dave was choking one of the nerds, Bill Dickey, May have heard of him and so....I punched Dave's back with an chair"

said Norman tired as Linda Chuckled at the true reason for him getting kicked out

"Hah! no way, really? for an nerd? I meaaaan, kinda makes sense since you're nerd yourself, but really? Dickey? isn't that the boy you told me was stubborn and ignorant?"

Norman sighed at Linda words and stood up from the bed

"Yes Yes it is him, I know I shouldn't had done it now but- I don't know why I did it back then, I mean, I should have enjoyed him getting choked and I'm sure Dave would have stopped some time and wouldn't had actually choked Bill to death."

said Norman and let out sigh, his hand through his hair

"it's just....I don't know Linda, I don't know what's happening to me, every time I look at him I just, have this weird feeling, like I'm hungry and have an fever and that I would like to know his mindset even more."

he explained confused and looked at Linda as he noticed she was smirking, an smirk that spoke she knew exactly what Norman was going through, which kinda irritated him

"what? tell me Linda, what the fuck is wrong with me since you're making that stupid smirk"

said Norman and crossed his arms around his chest, as his older sister chuckled and stood up

"Norman Goldstein, you my little brother, you are what's called being in LoOooove"

she said and chuckled, walking around the rooom with her arms behind her

*"No that can't be, that can't be possible, am I... really in love with him? that- that's an bullshit! wake up Norman Goldstein! this isn't you, in love with Bill Dickey?, that's absurd and impossible! just because he is entertaining to listen to, has some genuinely good interests, is an huge ignorant asshole, bad but funny curses and is somewhat good looking fella doesn't mean I'm.... oh god*"

Norman suddenly realised it, he is in love with him, maybe not fully but there is slight interest...he realised he always looked at him longer than on the other nerds, always feeling slight interest and wishing to know his psychology and personality more and now, he even imagined kis-

*"No, No and NO! I- I can't be, that's impossible, absolutely impossible, He's an Homophobic asshole, there's no WAY I have some kind of chance with him, we have nothing much in common! well, I did wanted to start reading comics since it's an form of litera- oh shut up you stupid horny ass brain!"*

"Uhhhhh, my ginger rat is having an boy crush~"

teased Linda as Norman was having arguments in his head, he groaned at Linda teasing words and hiw she could read him so

"Oh shut up you stupid blonde cunt! I'm not in love with him, he's- not my type, and he wouldn't liked me even a bit"

said Norman and sighed as Linda just chuckled

"cmon Norman, I'm sure that little Dickey heart got some weakness for a ginger dickhead like you, I mean look at you! who wouldn't love you right? especially another nerd and besides, he is your type, you literally told me you have things for nerds like yourself"

*"fuck she's right, ugh why did that one time when we went camping with dad and uncle, I told her my type!? fuck, she's not entirely wrong tho, Bill Dickey is indeed Norman type in a man, brown hair, nerd, vulgar, funny..."*

"you know what sis? sure I might love him, I might have a crush on him, but what's your idea of asking him out huh? tell me then"

he said teasingly as he expected her to have no idea, which to his suprise, she smirked and began to explain:

"well firstly you boys are so easy to please, just buy an lightsaber or lego and boom! you will be happy for full years, next definitely buy him something he enjoy, something that he loves, you said some Star wars or marvel long time ago right? buy him that, especially action figures, you boys absolutely love that kind of shit, and then just process to speak some handsome words that your British mouth will say and watch that nerd boy jump into your arms and right into your bed"

finished Linda explaining as Norman blinked and swallowed, he didn't expected her to actually give some valid explanation, especially from lesbian huh, maybe they do know how to approach people after all

"okay....I guess that's how it works, but how do I start conversation with him?"

asked Norman as Linda thought of it

"Well that's bit complicated, it depends if he's neurotipical nerd or neurodivergent nerd, even tho they sound similar, there's a big difference between them, tell me Norman, do you think he's moooore normal weird or weird weird?"

*"is she seriously asking me if Bill is neurotipical or neurodivergent? I don't know him that yet to base him off, sure he does has some kind of Antisocial symptoms, but those could be just anger issues and low empathy, but who knows? I can't judge him too well, but if I had to guess then..."*

"I believe in-between, leaning more to neurotipical"

answered Norman confused as he had no idea how that would help in a bit, Linda made an shaken disgusted face, meaning it was really bad

"Uhhhh, that's not good, that's even more harder for you, but I think the best way to start conversation with him is by some accident, accidentally trip over him, be on a comic con like him, somehow a project that will make you two work together, I don't know"

explained Linda and shrugged her shoulders as she had no idea how to help Norman to become closer with Bill and potentially asking him out. Great that's amazing for Norman. He let out groan and pinched his nose bridge

"great, do you seriously think I will somehow do those things by sheer luck or something? because ain't no way one of those will happen to me"

murmured Norman annoyed as Linda just chuckled and brushed her hand through Norman hair

"give it time Norman, hey maybe the world will be kind enough and give you some opportunity to talk to him more, who knows"

which that out of the way, Linda walked out of Norman room and didn't closed after her, which Norman found very annoying of her to do and so, he got the door and closed the door, letting out an tired sigh as he was thinking about it

should he really start talking with Bill Dickey more? does he have a crush on him and could potentially ask him out? who knows, only the world shall tell if Norman will be lucky, or his life will be miserable.

[meltedbrains]

How to separate Joss from BtVS?

This ended up longer than I first thought it would, I hope you enjoy it.

It can be difficult when something you love, that has impacted your life (for better or worse, RIP Tara) is tainted by its creator being a terrible person. And BtVS is Joss' baby, he created it and made it into the success it became and remains to this day (with some caveats). Except it isn't just his baby. BtVS lives on the strength of its cast and crew. Acting like Joss was the sole visionary who managed to create something good despite being bad, ignores the incredible talents and efforts of writers like Jane Espenson, Marti Noxon and actors like James Marsters, Alyson Hannigan, and of course Sarah Michelle Gellar.

Whether anyone can be considered bad or good is a heavier philosophical debate than I'm prepared to have at this point. It should be said that bad people can create good things, people are capable of both good and bad deeds. But this is not the case of an incredibly successful author spewing hatred and funding bigotry. TV shows are collaborative efforts and we should treat them as such.

It may seem obvious but BtVS lives and dies with SMG, her performance brings Buffy to life in every scene she's in, from season 1 she hefted that show on her shoulders and ran with it (not to discredit anyone else, the main cast are all great).

From the big dramatic moments, to the comedic, to the quiet, heartbreaking ones, SMG delivers. "Giles, I'm sixteen years old. I don't wanna die" |"Me!" | "The hardest thing in this world is to live in it" | "you were myth-taken" | *washing the dishes while sobbing, turning up the radio to drown out her mother's 'crazed' ranting* | "I was thinking about shopping" | "Buffy, the vampire slayer, and you are?"

There's a reason the First so often appears as Buffy (nothing to do with saving costs, I'm sure...)

Hannigan, Brendon, and Gellar manage to create convincing characters that should have grown apart but are bonded together through thick and thin, changing from the awkward teenagers they once were into recognisable but unmistakably different young adults. I've already talked about Michelle Trachtenberg and her ability to take the difficult challenge of 'finding out your entire existence is a lie and that the fate of the world relies on your, not really, sister saving you from a relentless hell goddess' and make it believable in another post so I won't dwell on it, but she holds her own against actors that have been portraying their characters for 4 years at this point.

Marsters and Landau elevate at worst, and steal at best, every scene they're in.

We may never know exactly how much writing was Joss's and how much was someone else's but the acting is in front of us, we can see who said what and how they delivered it. There's no amount of good writing that can save a bad actor but a good actor can save bad writing.

Case in point, think of the final confrontation between the First and Buffy "Mommy, this mortal wound is all... itchy" | "I want you... To get out of my face". These are not lines that should work, in a lesser actors hands they probably wouldn't.

I took some screenshots of the IMDb pages for directors and writers, there are others involved but I didn't want to include too many pictures. According to IMDb there are 955 cast members and 805 crew members (the actual number is lower, due to overlap in writing, directing and producing). It may seem that Joss has an outsized influence on the feel and success of the show but he is just one person, one part, compared to so many others.

It may also be tempting to point to BtVS as the starting point for the endless quipping of the MCU, a fallout of Joss' success in the nerd sphere. And that may be true, it's hard to argue that previous career success doesn't lead to future career success. However, we can reframe that thinking, the lack of heartfelt emotional beats in the avengers, or the wide disparities between the Snyder and Whedon edits of the justice league, can be used to prove the abilities of everyone else that worked on BtVS. Joss' status as creator, and bullying personality, have allowed him to coast on the talents of others, to take credit for the success of a TV show that required so many other people to make happen. Maybe, while we push Joss down with one hand, we can raise up the talents of everyone else with the other.

[stuffnthangsss]

I wonder why there’s not many deaged aus in the GF fandom? Especially, baby! dipper & mabel. I feel like that was a big part of fandom back when GF was airing lol. Maybe it was just the marvel fandom?

This made me start to write a Drabble about the mystery twins one day randomly turning into ~toddlers for some supernatural reason or another. And Stan and Ford have to deal with their niece and nephew being way younger than they’re used to lol while trying to find a solution to get them back to being 13. Maybe I’ll do some art of this too 👐.

Stan’s reaction when heading into the mystery shack and seeing two babies who look way too much like the kids…: “Oh no”

I have a headcanon that dipper was a particularly clingy baby. And that Mabel was a bundle of never ending energy hahah.

This also leads to dipper being wary of ford (bc he knew stan for longer and he’s thinking like a much smaller child now) at first unlike Mabel who’s one of those babies who’s ok w everybody. This hurts ford’s feelings :( at first!! But then it gets better

Stan is very confused why his twin bro’s mini nerd isn’t immediately attached to him and Ford rationalizes this and comes to the conclusion that the twins’ brains must be operating at the level of 3-4 yrs olds so all their memory is not there which then leads ford to be like “oh..”

But sadness aside!!:

“FORD, this one’s attached himself to me like those dang ginormous barnacles we found in the Red Sea”

“It was the Arctic Sea, Stanley.”

“STANFORD PINES I SWEAR TO MOSES.”

“Holy moly how did their parents manage to keep Mabel from killing herself, why this kid wants to eat plastic is lost on me.”

“Dip, buddy I gotta put ya down, my old man back is not liking this standing business”

*baby dipper pouting and suddenly having watery eyes*

“Oh Jesus.”

“Seriously, Ford are we sure the pines aren’t descended from a line of strong beasts or sum. These gremlins have crazy grip”

The twins trying to talk:

M: “Gwunka!!”

S: “What’s that, pumpkin?”

D: “‘Tan, ‘tan!!”

S: “Dipper, kid it’s Stan, stuh-an”

“‘Tan!” He replied with a self satisfied expression

“Jesus kid you were always stubborn huh” Stan raised his eyebrow slightly and let out a huff, smiling as he said so

“Gwunka ‘Tan!” Mabel followed her brother

Some random dialogue:

“Jeez, Sixer looks like we’re down 2 people to do our bidding.”

“Stanley.”

“sTanLeY. Seriously do you hear yourself?”

Ford huffed and shook his head explaining how to reverse the spell or whatever

Soos upon seeing the situation:

“Uh dudes, do Mabel and Dipper look a little different to you guys?”

Cue to stan and ford looking at soos with twin “srsly?” faces

Some fluff with Stan seeing the twins struggling in their sleep from nightmares:

“Are there brains even developed enough to have bad dreams??”

“Well I’ve read that-“

“Rhetorical question, Sixer”

[c-m-stuff]

Girls Fight

Spencer Reid x Female!Reader

-Description: You and Spencer are married. You two have a beautiful daughter, but because of a crazy woman, your family is in danger.

-Warnings: Angst, language, fighting, having a child

-Word count: 2687

-Note: (Repost from Wattpad.) An angsty story. I use here the name "Abby", know that I don't have anything against the name, or people with the name. Have fun, guys!

Masterlist

Y/N POV:

'And, how is it going? Does she wants to talk?' I asked Aaron, as he closed the interrogation door.

'No, she says nothing.'

Abby Lim, a hitwomen, who killed many people. We just arrested her. It was a very stressful case for all of us. The thing is, before we arrested her, she was being very flirty towards Spencer.

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Flashback:

'Drop your weapon, Abby.' David ordered, in a serious voice.

Abby was just standing there, gun pointed at us.

'I don't know. I don't want to.'

'Hey you, little nerd. What do you think? How do I look?' she continued, looking straight at Spencer.

As Spencer didn't gave an answer, she gave it.

'I know, I look hot as always. But, you don't look bad either, baby.'

I felt my blood raise, as I tried to concentrate me. I quickly glanced at my husband, who was looking nervously.

'Put your weapon down, now!' Derek yelled, also furious.

'Calm down, muscles. I do, if nerd asks me.'

'Abby, put your weapon down.' Spencer spoke, a little more calmly, trying to win her trust.

It worked. Surprisingly, she trew her weapon away, as the men cuffed her.

'See? Was that now so hard?' she said, before they took her away from us.

Flashback over

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Now, we only needed to know, where she kept her last victim. She kidnapped a woman, who was still missing. It is really important, that we find her as quick as possible. Aaron just questioned her, but she didn't said a word.

'She asked for one thing. If we gave it to her, she swore she will tell us, where the victim is.' Aaron sighed, which I didn't understood, since it's good news we're getting closer.

'That's great! What is it?' I asked, everyone now looking at him.

'It's a date with Reid.'

My eyes went wide, and I'm sure, I wasn't the only one.

'No, no, no.' Spencer said, repeatedly, coming closer to us.

'How-how do we know, she's not lying?' I asked him, biting my lip.

'She would sign a contract. If she lies, she would get more trouble than she already has.'

'Okay. Let's do it.'

'What? But, (Y/N). I don't want to go on a date with her.' Spencer said, still a little in shock, that I accepted it so quickly.

'I know, love. I don't want it, either. But, it's the only way to save another life.'

'We give you two some privacy.' Aaron spoke, as everyone left the room.

'But, it would feel like cheating on you.' he admitted, giving me a sad look.

'Spence, I trust you. I know, this is for saving a life. But, if you don't want to, that's also perfectly fine. We can always try and find another way to let her speak. It's your decision.'

'Okay then. But, I want you and (Y/D/N) home. Far away from her.'

'You got it!' he wrapped me into a soft hug, pressing kisses on my head.

(Y/D/N), is our 4 year old daughter, who we will always protect with our lives.

'Spencer?'

'Yes, love?'

'Be safe, please.'

'Always.'

We slowly ended the comforting hug, and went back to the others.

'I do it.' Spencer confirmed.

They all started arranging things, as I went to Derek.

'Derek? You're going to be there with him, right?' I asked the muscular man, causing him to nod.

'I am.'

'Please, take good care of my husband.'

'I will, pretty girl. I promise.' I smiled at his words, while he returns the smile back.

Not much later, it was time for me to go. Just as Spencer already said, he wants me and (Y/D/N), home. Safe.

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Spencer's POV:

Abby and I, just arrived at the fair, where our "date" was located. Morgan and another agent, were walking behind us, from a little distance.

'I'm so happy, that our first date is at a fair. We can have so much fun!' she exclaimed, but my thoughts where only by (Y/N) and (Y/D/N).

'Babyyy.' she catched my attention, but not in a good way.

'Don't call me that.' I spoke, irritated. The only person who is allowed to call me that, is (Y/N).

'Don't be mad, little nerd. Look where we are, look at the things that we can do.'

'You know, you signed a contract, right? In exchange for this date, you-'

'I have to tell you where the last person is. I know, I know. Stop rambling.'

'Okey, well give me something.'

'Green.'

'Green? Give me something better.'

'Hey, aren't nerds supposed to be smart? Figure it out by yourself.'

'OMG!' she suddenly yelled, causing me to look immediately at her point of view.

'Can we take some pictures in the photo booth? Pleaseee!' she begged me, considering I had not much of a choice, I agreed.

'Yay!' Abby clapped in her hands, as she pulled me inside.

'Smile, lover boy.' she ordered, while I forced a fake smile.

We took a few pictures, as she suddenly pulled me into a kiss. I immediately pushed her off of me, but it was too late, the picture was already taken.

'Abby! Don't ever do that again!' I yelled angry at her, my thoughts by (Y/N), the woman that I love so much. I felt guilty.

'You're so boring, it's not that you're having a relationship or something.' I kept quiet, as she began to scan my nervous behavior.

'Omg! You have a girlfriend!'

'No, I don't!' I lied, although technically I don't have a girlfriend, I have a wife.

She kept quiet, suspicious. But, she stopped talking about it, and changed subject. Just at that moment, the pictures came out. She quickly took them, placing it in her pocket.

'I keep them.' Abby told me, before walking further.

'Babyyy.'

'I already told you to not call me that.' I answered, a little pissed.

'Whatever, I need to use the restroom.' I sighed under my breath, as we walked to a little bar, which was not too far. It was a little crowd, but it could have been worse.

'Okay, an agent is coming with you.'

'Don't you wanna come? We can have a lot of fun in there.'

'I thought, you found me boring? Besides that, I think, that's something you need to do by yourself.' I replied, as she rolled her eyes.

She went to the restroom, an agent following her, and waiting by the door. Morgan came towards me.

'Pretty boy, how is it going?'

'It's terrible, she won't stop calling me "baby", and she even kissed me. I hate this.' I sighed, this time out loud. He patted my shoulder, while giving me an understanding look.

A few minutes passed before realizing that she was there for a while now. A rush of concern, washed over me, as Morgan and I decided to take a look. While we entered the restroom, we saw the other agent on the floor, beaten up. He was still alive, but had bruises and blood everywhere. But, Abby was gone.

'Shit, she escaped.' I cursed, as Morgan and I looked at each other with defeated faces.

I reached for my phone, but found my pants pocket empty. My eyes immediately went wide, and I began to panic.

'NO, NO, NO, NO!'

'What's wrong?' Morgan asked me, as I once more searched for my phone.

'She took my phone! AND MY KEYS!' I panicked, thinking about the many pictures in it, of (Y/N) and (Y/D/N).

'I call Garcia to trace your phone.' Morgan said, as he took his own phone.

'You've reached Penelope Garcia's office, how may I safe your ass today?'

'Baby girl, you're on speaker.'

'Garcia, you have to trace my phone.' I spoke, as I tried to calm myself down.

'On it. But Reid, you sound worried. Everything okay there?'

'No, everything is horrible. Abby escaped, and my phone and keys are gone.'

I could hear her typing quicker, and felt that she was worried too. We all were.

'Oh no.'

'What is it?'

'She's on her way to your house.'

It felt like I was hit by a bullet. My breathing became heavier, as I was already running to the SUV, Morgan right behind me. We both stepped in, while Morgan said his goodbye to Garcia, before hanging up. He drove with fast speed, towards my house.

'Reid, she is going to be fine. They are going to be fine.'

'We have to drive an hour, because I wanted them as far as possible. Abby is already on her way, and she is closer to them.'

I rambled, panicking even more.

'I-I can't lose them. (Y/N) and (Y/D/N), are everything I have. They're my world. I-'

'Then you don't lose them. Spencer, they will survive. Besides that, (Y/N), works also at the BAU. She has the skills, they're not gonna die. Okey?' I nodded slightly my head, trying to ignore my stupid worse scenario's thoughts.

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Y/N POV:

I just finished reading my sleepy daughter a bed time story. I love to read her bed time stories, just as I love Spencer reading them sometimes for me. I kissed (Y/D/N) on her forehead, as I quietly stood up, and closed the door.

I decided to watch my favorite show in the bedroom, laying comfortable under the covers. But, suddenly, I heard something. I heard carefully footsteps. I knew, it couldn't be Spencer, since he would call or text me, if he's heading home. I let the tv play, as I quietly took my hidden gun from my closet. Just in case.

With the gun pointed forwards me, I slowly stepped out of the bedroom. My heart started to sink, as I saw the bedroom door from (Y/D/N) her room open. I took a deep breath, and pushed slightly the door more open.

My eyes were full of fear, as I saw Abby, pointing a gun at the head of my still sleepy daughter. I tried to be confident, not showing any fear.

'Abby, you could have knocked.' she immediately turned her head towards me, a smirk formed on her face.

'And ruin the surprise? Didn't think so.'

'Look, Abby. What do you want?'

'Isn't that obvious? To kill you, of course. But, I could use a little challenge, why don't we fight a little, so I can beat the hell out of you?'

'If that's all you want, let's do it. But, you need to leave my daughter's room. She has nothing to do with this.'

'Fair enough, but no guns.'

'No guns. Let's go first to the living area, shall we?' I lowered my gun, trying to win her trust a little. She did what I said, and left the room.

We both trew our weapons away, as I quickly locked (Y/D/N) her room. I never locked her room, but the last thing I want, is her to witnesses this.

I just wanted to turn around to Abby, as she hit me in the stomach. I winced at the pain.

'I wasn't ready yet!'

'Aww, how sad. But, I just don't care.'

I then found the confidence, and ran into her, both falling on the ground. I was now on top of her, as I punched her repeatedly.

Suddenly, she trew me off of her, causing me to fall next to her. She took her chance, and stood up as quick as she could. I stood up, as well, as I looked panicked around me. There was no Abby.

I walked with high speed, towards the kitchen, as I felt an incredible pain. I clutched my stomach, and noticed the blood on my hands. That bitch just stabbed me, the knife still in her hand.

'You said no weapons.'

'No sweetheart, technically, I said no guns.' Abby said, unfortunately a matter of fact.

'You stupid bitch!'

Trying to ignore the pain, I trew my body on her, causing her to drop the knife. She used her hands to dig into my wound, as I screamed out of the pain. Abby used this into her advantage, getting immediately up, as I still was wincing from the pain.

'You know, (Y/N). I first thought that you were a weak slut. After all, this just proves me right.' she said, the knife again in her hand.

'It's only so sad, that you're daughter and Spencer, never going to see you again. They need to live a life without their mommy. And, the best part is, that Spencer will forever blame himself.'

She walked closer to me, as I looked quickly around me. I spotted my gun, not that far away from me.

She came closer to me, ready to stab me.

It was now or never. Ignoring the heavy pain, I reached for my gun, grabbing it, and just on time, I shoot her, right in her stomach.

She fell on the ground, crying it out from the pain, as she struggles with breathing. I empty my gun, trowing it far away. I tried to stand on my feet, as I groaned at my own pain.

'You know, I have to admit, I didn't excepted this ending.' Abby managed to speak out, causing me to laugh, lightly.

'I did.' I joked, but in reality, I really was scared for all of our lives.

I leaned against the wall, still clutching my stomach, as the front door busted open. The team coming in, followed by paramedics.

'(Y/N)!' Spencer yelled, as they all putted their guns away, sawing what had happened.

'(Y/N)! Are you okay? I was so worried!' he immediately rushed towards me, just like the paramedics.

I shook my head.

'Abby needs more help than I.' them seeing that I won't give up, they went first to Abby.

'I'm okay, Spence. Everything is fine now.' I reassured him, with one hand grabbing his.

I looked around, seeing the whole team being concerned about me. I gave them a soft smile, before calling JJ.

'JJ, can you come, please?' I asked the blonde, as she walked towards us.

'(Y/D/N), was sleeping when all this happened. I bet, she's awake now. Will you please, check up on her? Telling her that everything is alright now?'

'Of course.'

'Keep her there, please. I don't want her to see this.' JJ nodded her head, walking towards the bedroom.

'Are you okey?' Aaron came towards us, as I nodded my head.

'She just confessed the location of the victim. Agents are on their way.'

'That's great.'

I accidentally made an unexpected move, causing me to groan in pain. Spencer immediately supported me, so I won't fall.

'You're so brave, love. I'm so proud of you. I can't imagine what you went through.' he helped me through it, as finally the paramedics came.

Spencer kept holding my hand the whole time, while the paramedics were taking care of my wound. The whole thing, forced Spencer to think about the one person, who brought us in this mess.

'I need to-'

But, I cut him off, holding his hand.

'Spencer, no. I know, she deserves it, but don't. It's all okey now.' I stroke the back of his hand with my thumb. His eyes softened, looking at mine with admiration and love.

'And, that is one of the 1000 reasons, I love you. You're always kind towards others, no matter what you went through.' we both smiled, as our lips connected, for a sweet, loving kiss.

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[janeykath318]

Wolves and Hypos: A Jim Kirk x reader fic

Getting stranded was not your idea of a good time, especially being on a thickly forested planet inhabited by terrifyingly large wolves and nothing but the shuttle to keep you somewhat safe.

“Hopefully this will force Starfleet to see the need to replace their old shuttles,” you sighed, shuddering as a wolf howled outside. “I don’t see a way to jerry rig it to work, Captain. This baby is dead dead.”

Kirk closed the panel he was trying to tinker with and grimaced.

“I’m afraid you’re right, Lieutenant. Don’t think even Scotty himself could resurrect her, much as I hate to say it. He told me she was on her last legs, but I was hoping she’d be good for the quick hop down here and back.”

He pulled out his communicator.

“Kirk to Enterprise. The shuttle is dead. Requesting beam out.”

“Enterprise to Kirk,” Spock’s voice could be heard. “The ship is currently under a level three quarantine due to a sudden outbreak of virulent influenza. We cannot beam you onboard until the Doctor deems it safe.”

Kirk’s brow furrowed.

“We’ve only been gone a day!”

“It is an extremely fast spreading virus,” Spock informed him. “It is running rampant among the ensigns in the lower decks. Are you in danger, Captain?”

“Not at the moment,” Kirk sighed, “But we should probably see about beaming down some extra supplies. No telling how long the epidemic will last.”

You began rummaging through the compartments in the shuttle, taking stock of what you had, while Kirk talked to Spock and then Dr. McCoy.

“What’s the news, Captain?” you asked when he’d put his comm away.

“Looks like we’re gonna be down here at least three more days, probably more. They’re going to beam down more supplies, including medicine in case we come down with this flu. Bones is also sending some hypos to help our immune systems. I need you to tell me if you start feeling off, okay, lieutenant? It’s much easier to treat if we catch it early.”

You nodded somberly.

“I will, Captain. You’ll say something if you feel sick, too, right?”

“Yes, I will,” he assured you. “Bones put the fear of God in me.”

You couldn’t help but giggle a bit. Jim Kirk was well known for hiding his ailments and getting in trouble for it.

“Good. I wouldn’t want to have to fight off terrifying wolves by myself,” you sighed. “They didn’t happen to send down any of those souped up phasers, did they?”

It was Kirk’s turn to chuckle.

“Sorry, Lieutenant. What is it with you and wolves, anyway?”

“They’re huge!” you exclaimed. “They could chomp off our limbs easily. Also, did you know how many fairy tales have wolves as the villain? Little red riding hood, three little pigs, etcetera. I’m not in the mood for becoming wolf chow.”

“I don’t think they’re really that interested in us,” Kirk said, trying to hold back his laughter at your dramatics. “Unfortunately, we’re gonna have to brave the outdoors to pick up the supply drop. It’s about twenty five meters away in the clearing.”

You gulped.

Much to your relief, no wolves menaced you and the Captain as you hauled the supplies back to the shuttle, but you kept your eyes peeled and one hand on your phaser, heaving a sigh of relief as the door shut behind you.

“Not much of an outdoor person?” Kirk asked, digging into one of the bags.

“Nope,” you admitted. “Huge engineering nerd. I was so afraid I wouldn’t pass survival training. It was a big mental block for me. One of the instructors, I think his name was something fish related, gave me a great pep talk that helped me start believing in myself. I’ve never forgotten that.”

You looked up to see Kirk looking at you with a funny expression, holding two hypos.

“I think I know who you’re talking about and he was very good at getting people to believe in themselves,” he said quietly. “I sure needed that myself.”

“You?” you asked skeptically. “You’ve always been so….so…. confident.”

“Not always,” Kirk admitted. “And sometimes, it was all an act. Believe it or not, Captains get scared, too.”

“Like when you have to take a hypo?” you teased him, noting how gingerly he was holding the hypos.

“Ugh. I hate them,” he grumbled. “Especially with how Bones jabs them at me. But I’ve got no choice.”

“I may not be good at outdoor stuff, but my sister is a nurse and she showed me a trick or two. Will you let me give it to you, Captain? I promise I’ll be gentle. I’m not an angry southern doctor.”

Kirk snorted.

“Well, you’ll probably do a better job than I will, so have at it.”

Gulping a bit at getting so up close with the Captain, you carefully administered the hypo as gently as you could, then gave yourself the other one.

“Wow!” Jim remarked. “That was the nicest hypo I’ve ever had. Good job, Lieutenant.”

“Thank you, sir,” you replied, face heating a bit at the praise and the way he was looking at you. “I much prefer them over wolves.”

He burst out laughing and shook his head at you.

“I promise, I will protect you from the wolves, Y/N.”

“I appreciate that,” you said good-naturedly. “No matter what rank we are, we all have our phobias, I guess.”

“Oh, absolutely,” Kirk agreed. “I know of an admiral who is deathly terrified of spiders….”

By the end of the second day, a friendly camaraderie had sprung up between you and you were calling each other by your first names.

You’d worked with Jim to create a makeshift sleeping area on the floor of the shuttle and he’d even rigged up a tarp as a privacy curtain for you.

“That’s very thoughtful, Jim,” you said gratefully. “We won’t have to risk the dire wolves by stepping outside when the other is changing.”

“You’re welcome,” Jim chuckled.

The next two days dragged on slowly, with no good news from the Enterprise and very little to do on the ground. You and Jim ventured out on a short hike each day, which was very scenic and refreshing, but revealed no life signs besides the wildlife in the area.

“Gotta say, this is one of the chillest away missions I’ve been on, despite the dead shuttle and dire wolves,” you commented, enjoying the scenic view from atop the large rock you’d perched on.

Jim laughed. The more you heard his laugh, the more adorable it sounded. If you weren’t careful, you’d end up with a crush on your captain.

“It’s certainly unique,” he agreed. “Should have had two more people with us, but both of the ensigns on the roster had to pull out sick.” His face grew sober. “I don’t envy Bones right now. I sure hope this virus passes quickly.”

“Me too,” you said fervently.

A wolf howled in the distance and you clutched Jim’s arm instinctively with a little shudder.

“I guess that’s the signal to head back to the shuttle,” he said, shooting you a concerned look.

You pulled your hand back in embarrassment.

“Sorry, Captain. I wasn’t trying to be inappropriate,” you apologized.

“It’s alright, Lieutenant,” he replied kindly. “You were startled. Let’s get going.”

When you were tucked back in for the night, you heard Jim talking on his comm. You tried not to listen in, but there was really no way to avoid overhearing.

“Yes, Bones. We’ve been taking our hypos. No symptoms so far………. Are the cases

going down yet?…………That’s good to hear. Tell Scotty I won’t let anything happen to his favorite bright young protege. She’s a delight. I can see why he recommended her……Oh, shut up, Bones. I’m gonna talk to Spock now.”

Your cheeks felt warm at being praised like that.

The Captain thought you were a delight? Wow, that was a shocker. Jim had probably met a lot of people way more interesting than you, but it was nice that he’d say that. Oh, dear. You were definitely crushing now.

You may or may not have dreamed of vivid blue eyes and a crinkly-eyed smile that night.

The following day, you and Jim passed the time by recording data on some of the plant life and collecting a few samples for analysis. You learned more about each other over the course of the day and swapped academy stories and laughter freely. As the planet’s twin suns began to set, you returned to the shuttle and you received a comm from Scotty.

“How’s it going down there? Jim driving you crazy yet?”

“No, not at all,” you chuckled. “He’s been helping me brush up on my survival skills and has had LOTS of interesting stories to tell.”

“Glad to hear he’s behaving himself. Any trouble with the wolves?”

“Thankfully, no,” you reported. “They’ve given us a wide berth. I’m itching to work on something fixable, though. I hope we can come back soon.”

“I hope so, too, lass. Half my staff is out sick and Keenser and I miss you very much.”

“I bet you do,” you laughed. “Take care, Scotty.”

“You, too, Y/N. And tell Jim if he hurts you, I will be extremely unhappy.”

“Why would Jim—I mean, the Captain, hurt me?” you asked in confusion.

Scotty just laughed.

“Better to be safe than sorry, Y/N. Scotty out.”

You closed your comm and pondered on what he’d said. He’d sounded a bit like a protective dad threatening a shovel talk, but that was ridiculous. Jim wasn’t interested in you. Was he?

You shook the thoughts away and concentrated on storing the plant and rock samples away safely in your pack.

“Good news, Y/N!” Jim declared upon his return to the shuttle after a long conversation with Dr. McCoy.”

You perked up. “Are we cleared to go back to the ship?”

“We are, though Bones is going to meet us in the transporter room and give us a check up and probably more hypos.”

He wrinkled his nose and you giggled at the disgruntled expression on his way too cute face. Ugh, you should not be thinking about your captain like that!

“I’ll protect you, Captain,” you promised, with a twinkle in your eye, echoing his words back to him.

“What’s going to happen to the shuttle?” you asked, as you packed up and secured your bag.

“We’ll send a team down to salvage what they can and hide what’s left of it,” he answered. “By the way, Y/N, this type of situation can be very hard morale wise, but you’re pretty fun to be stranded with.”

“I try,” you said proudly.

You beamed back aboard the Enterprise to the sight of a relieved Scotty at the controls and an all business Doctor McCoy approaching you.

He found both of you were in perfect health, but required both of you to get a flu vaccine. You volunteered to go first and were so chill about it, he looked amazed.

“If only a certain captain would be so cooperative,” he sighed. “Way to set a good example, Lieutenant.”

You turned to Jim and gave him an encouraging smile, which transfixed him so much, he didn’t even squirm for his hypo. He was too busy thinking about how cute you were and how he was going to ask you out.

[avastrasposts]

I've been thinking a lot over the last few days about what you said about seeing redheads/ plus sized redheads in media. I think it's an interesting conversation to have. I am also a redhead and I'm midsize, but I live in Scotland. And while I fit a stereotype here, and there are a lot more redheads around than there would be elsewhere, I've still experienced quite a shocking amount of bullying and grief because of it (something I was told over and over again was that people were just 'jealous', but that really only goes so far to explain shitty behaviour - I actually had someone deliberately cut a chunk out of my hair in an art class once). I've also been thrown some sectarian abuse out and about on occasion just because people made an assumption about my religion based on how I looked, which is a whole other conversation, but it is connected. I'm a 90s baby, so by the time I was old enough to really know what was going on, there were a lot more redheads in my sphere of media (Ariel was a BIGGIE for me, as was April O'Neil from TMNT), but I picked up from a younger age than I should have that redheads were overtly sexual- I've dealt with bullying and harassment because of my hair, skin tone and freckles, sure, but I've experienced fetishisation and over-sexualisation WAY more as a curvy redhead than I ever anticipated, and it's happened at home and in different countries across the world. The way people would just casually drop sexual or overly-familiar comments in to every day conversation is completely nuts, and as a young woman I didn't want to make a scene or call people out publicly, so I just laughed along with everyone else when it happened. Now I'm in my 30s I've run out of shits to give, and have absolutely no problem making conversations awkward if people do it, but my heart goes out to younger women, or those who maybe don't feel like they can openly pull people up about their behaviour. It seems redheads are either the butt of the joke or overtly sexual, and it's so hard to exist in neutrality somewhere in the middle and just *be*. I just wanted to send you this to say that I hear you, and while it's nowhere near the same sphere as racism and could never be, it is a lived experience and it's worth talking about.

Reading your message really brought tears to my eyes because we share the experience, and it's very unique to us. I'm so glad you messaged me this ask and shared your side of it too!

It makes me wonder how many other redheads grow up with the same experience but not realising that there are others. After my first post, I got a couple of DMs from people who wished to be anonymous, so I won't name them here, who said the same thing you did. It's been amazing getting these messages about what it's like being a redhead, and how we are portrayed in the media because it's not a discussion I've seen before.

You're so right about the way redheads are either the butt of a joke, or sexualised, and although it's gotten better, it still stings when yet another "ugly" character is portrayed as a redhead with freckles (and often glasses, but at least I can wear contacts). Not sure the overly sexual act is any better, how many "do the drapes match the carpets?" joke do we need to hear? What does it teach little redheaded girls when all they've had to chose between was either ugly nerd/freak, or sexual objects? Thank god that's changed a lot, but the trope still appears far too often.

And like I said in my first post, and I'm glad you mentioned it too, Ariel was a BIG deal, the beautiful mermaid who was also a redhead, a Disney princess as a redhead! And her hair wasn't her personality, it was just her hair. When they cast Halle Bailey as Ariel in the live action, some people were upset and said she should be white, but I know how big of a deal her not being white was to a lot young girls, since it was a big deal for me that she was a redhead in the cartoon (and she's still a redhead in Halle's version so I take that as a win :D).

[sefusneezed]

What was Kat's upbringing like (with having three dads)

Ermm TECHNICALLY one dad and two uncles 🤓🤓🤓🤓

UHHHH probably not the typical admech upbringing experience. She didn't have any like, tiger parent stuff. But its honestly not any typical upbringing experience in general lmfao Von Kuronar is nuts.

She's an orphan and adopted RIP but she doesn't remember her birth parents because she was literally an infant when Von Kuronar took her in. Like five months old. This guy who claims he's ALL logic NO emotion went out and adopted a baby just to spite the ecclesiarchy who was calling her blessed by the Emperor when it was his skitarii blessed by the OMNISSIAH who found her. Then he comes back to the rest of the gang ranting about the hardships of being a single father and Kalanis and Mordekai are just confused as hell.

Problem is this guy had no idea what he was doing. A SUPER old archmagos who's not only disconnected and out of touch, but also unhinged and strange in general to begin with. He's literally the worst guy you could pick for parenting. Dude yells way too much at everyone, he had to get his vocal chords augmented so they can handle the amount of yelling he does. He just seems angry all the time. Literally everything he says can be taken negatively. And he just Cannot Relate to stupid biological child problems so he has no idea what to do when she comes crying over random kid stuff and he ends up saying and doing the stupidest most braindead stuff you can imagine to try and "fix" it. I mean, dude tried his best. He read as many parenting books as possible. Let's her get away with everything (literally bans her from the biologis labs and then conveniently "forgets" the next day) And he spoils tf outta her. So then you get this weird disconnected dynamic that's literally just based off miscommunication where he loves her as his own and thinks her not wanting to be around him is just "grr my dad is old and NOT cool" but then actually she's just scared of him and every interaction is awkward as hell. He will not admit any fault though he did nothing wrong he is the best dad. UHH MORE INFO She was homeschooled. She was so bad at basic admech stuff that she would not has survived in any kinda schola and it got too expensive to keep bribing them. She does not vibe with the machine spirits and tbh didn't have much interest in them anyway. But its ok she makes up for it by being a biologis savant. Literally ten years old and doing open heart surgery sticking augmentations on people messing with clone vats. It's so weird she is so bad at machinery unless that machinery has SOMETHING to do with biology, and then she's a genius. So Kuronar just let her focus on that because mechanics was just painful for everyone involved when she did that. Unfortunately UHH she also had no friends. Literally none besides like, SUPER old people and servitors because like she just simply didn't know anyone else. She was so lonely she harassed anyone who made the mistake of giving her attention RIP to all of Kalanis' offworld diplomat guests.

In general umm it wasn't really good but it wasn't bad either?? I mean, its kind of shit but in the context of 40k childhoods she was soooo lucky. Didn't even have the typical admech rigid structures and schedules and whatever smh smh they just let her do whatever she wanted. Sucks for her though because she's still a big nerd who made HERSELF study biologis stuff and now everyone must suffer for it when the latest Kat Beast escapes containment. They should have just left her with the ecclesiarchy and made them deal with her.

[quitealotofsodapop]

Monkey King: Hero is Back Au/Sequel details:

Old post of ideas and theories - made before I experienced the game.

May name the au and/or fic "Hero Rebound" as a ref to the ship nam eof Dasheng and his LEM.

Mixing some elements found in the video game as the added lore is cool af but a bit messy. Also the old man that raised Liuer deserves recognition.

Putting characters under Read More:

Major Characters:

Dasheng/Sun Wukong/"The Great Sage Equal to Heaven":

Going by the prequel concept poster; Was born/hatched looking like a coconut macaroon.

Secretly a herbalism/medical nerd. In the games he keeps a little guide of the medicinal plants and materials he finds.

Babysat a lot on Huaguo. In the english dub he even seems to default to asking if Liuer needs a babysitter.

Instincts take over a lot. Will pull the kids towards him and groom fur thats not even there.

Is tramatized by his experience in the Trigram Furnace.

Desperately wishes to find Erlang Shen so he can kick his ass.

Tries to play it cool; but Liuer's death actually tramatized him. He fears losing him again.

Don't touch Liuer or Silly Girl. Those are his babies now. He will kill you.

Zhanshi/Six Earred Macaque/Liu er Mihou/"Great Sage Informing Wind":

An oc/JTTW character variation; Was a member of the Brotherhood of Sages during her and Dasheng's youth. The LMK OC Picrew was used to create a rough image of her.

Sweetest ray of bustling sunshine compared to her gloomier mate. Will still kill any being that dares touch one of her subjects.

Severely injured during the Burning on Mount Huaguo - permanetly damaging her right eye and ears. Dasheng had assumed she'd died during the battle after he was tossed into the Furnace.

Honorary grandma to the little monkeys of Mount Huaguo. Helped raise many of them after the Burning while their parents foraged and worked the land.

Finds a weird Stone Egg that crashed down after the solar eclipse. Now everyone seems to want the dang thing. Realised what the egg truly was when she heard the flutters of a heartbeat from within.

First time Liuer accidentally called her "Mama", Zhanshi cried for two hours.

Pls do not touch the baby monkeys. She will bite. And crush.

Jiang Liuer/"Tripitaka"/Current Incarnation of Golden Cicada:

Died during the battle with Hundun - but Dasheng basically smashed down the doors of the Celestial Realm and begged the gods/bodhisattvas to bring his biy back.

Is bedbound and near comatose for 49 days as his body and soul heals.

Dasheng sacrificed his powers, freedom, and some of his dao/life energy for Liuer's revival. Liuer may or may not be part-stone monkey now.

Liuer doesn't know what happened to his parents. He assumed he was abandoned. His time in Diyu-Limbo clears this assumption up - learning that his parents died protecting him from mountain trolls/yao that wanted him for his delicious holy soul.

Can be a feral little guy at times. He was raised by a hermit after all.

Calls Fa Ming "granddad" in the english dub, so it's possible he just assumes Fa Ming is his granddad.

Is desperate for a mother figure.

Sha Ya Tou/"Silly Girl"/"A-nan":

A very cheerful baby despite her situation.

Is not 100% human.

Hundun specifically needed her for the ritual.

First word ends up being "Bima!" (horse) after someone mentioned "Bimawen".

Zhu Bajie/"Uncle Pigsy"/Marshal Canopy:

Lies that he's the reincarnated Pagoda King to scare demons. And because nobody outside of Heaven knows who Marshal Canopy is.

Gets real quiet when people bring up the story of Chang'e for some reason...

Amazing uncle figure. Notices that Liuer is sad during the movie's song sequence and uses his transformation ability to let the little guy experience flying.

Most of the time on the road he lets the kids use his stomach as a pillow.

Sha Wujing/"Sandy":

Another oc/JTTW character variation since no Sandy-equivalent appears in Hero is Back. Also made in the LMK OC Picrew.

She/they

Dresses very masculine but loves accessorising with flowers, shells, bones, pretty rock etcs.

Zhu Bajie shot her a wink and Sha Wujing had to politely explain that she wasn't interested in men in general. The two then bonded over their shared love for women.

Encounters the Seven Spider Sisters and... ohhh mama.

Sifu Fa Ming/"Grandpa":

Just some really cool old human dude.

Has a Diogenes-esque view of life, and does not care for monks and religious officials living in luxury. Self-exiled himself from his Vihara so that he could persue a simpler life.

Raised the baby he found (named "Little River Float/Jiang Liuer" cus thats what the baby was) with whatever he could find. Pretty much all alms he gained were used for food and clothes for his adopted grandchild. And from what the opening credits show, Fa Ming travelled with Liuer on his back through rain, snow, and shine.

Considers finding Liuer a blessing from the Buddha. Something he's somewhat correct on.

Was the first one to introduce Liuer to the legend of the Monkey King - as a cautionary tale to not be covetous. He did not anticipate Liuer thinking the monkey demon was the coolest person in all of Buddhist mythos. Fa Ming sighs, maybe that doll of his influenced that too.

His english va is James Hong, aka Mr Ping from Kung Fu Panda and he gives the best english performance imo. James Hong just be playing ancient chinese men who find and adopt a random baby they find.

Canglong/"The Dragon":

Isn't Ao Lie/Bai Longma... but is one of his dads. Canglong and Ao Run are a thing. Ganglong was once a regular rain dragon who saw that the newly-appointed King Ao Run of the "Western Sea" (in the mythos the older three called dibs on the actual seas around China) trying to build a canal from the Yellow River. Canglong called down a great rain to help make the in-land sea/lake that would become Qinghai Lake. The two dragon bonded over their effort and well... dragon pups occured.

I hc that the Western Sea kingdom is a lot more chill than it's empire-like brothers, so these guys are flying and swimming freely all around the place.

In the film the dragon and Dasheng just sorta team-up off screen. In the game they have Guanyin bring the boys straight to the Western Sea Palace (in the sky) to ask for a dragon assist. Canglong fought Hundun and the other three Perils before alongside "Shunwang" - a human with a sword. "Shunwang" is likely a reference to Emperor Shun of the "Three Soverigns and Five Emperors"-era of Chinese mythos (same era as Nuwa, Fuxi, and Shennong) and predecesor of Yu the Great; who ultimately tamed the waters with Ruyi Jingu Bang (Sun Wukong's future staff). Emperor Shun in mythos beat the stuffing out of the Four Perils - though not the same ones that include Hundun - rather Gonggong who broke the Heavenly Pillar.

Adding on to the lore from the HiB game: Canglong teamed up with humanity during the Great Flood to help curb the flood waters. Here he met Shunwang, who's goal was to kill the Four Perils and God that helped cause the Flood. Canglong thought that was cool af and got all the dragons involved to help. The Four Perils are sadly all concepts and you really can't 100% kill them, so they all ended up sealed away instead. By the time of Dasheng's release; Hundun (blind chaos) got out. Canglong was in the same area as the gang looking for Hundun to apprehend him - when Sun Wukong ran up to him with info on what Hundun had planned, Canglong agreed to help no questions asked.

As in game canon: Helps the gang return the stolen children. I hc through amazing sense of smell. Canglong doesn't hang around for long though, as Ao Run immediately flies over, worried out of his mind for his injured mate, and brings him home. Canglong and Ao Run do however have a cheeky white-scaled dragon pup that likes to pretend to be horse and is obsessed with the legendary Bimawen...

Hundun and the Great Perils:

A squad of four primordial concepts set loose when the destructive water god Gonggong destroyed the Heavenly Pillar. Their goal? Take out the newly-formed humanity.

Among them was (as taken from Chinese mythos):

‣Qiongqi/窮奇/"poor and strange": Deviousness. Said to devour the innocent/noble people, and serve evil ones. Said to either possess the body of a flying tiger or a carnivorous ox. Killed at the hands of Emperor Shun.

‣Taotie/餮/"greedy glutton": Gluttony. Said to have the head of a ding/bronze vessel that consumes all. Has the body of an ungulate, and the voice of a baby. Some believe it to be the reincarnated form of Chi You - the decapitated enemy of the Yellow Emperor.

‣ Taowu/檮杌/"stupid stump": Ignorance. Personifies the stubborness of man, and the refusal to learn. Resembles a sabre-toothed tiger.

‣ Hundun/混沌/"chaotic torrent: Chaos. Like chaos it's true form is blind and directionless. Mythology says that attempts were made to give it holes in which to see, breath, and eat, but it immediately died and reincarnated into "an evil creature".

Nuwa, alongside Shunwang and the dragons, and a bunch of other allies, kicked the Perils butts but couldn't 100% kill them. The compromise was exile/sealing them away indefinitely. Hundun in his original form was attemtped to be rehabitilated, but upon gaining sight and the ability to breathe - died and reincarnated into the human-reptilian avatar we see in the film.

"Hundun" is an extenstion of primordial chaos itself - a thing that isn't inherently evil and was born alongside Pangu when the World Egg hatched. The demon king however, has merely a chunk of the power held by his original life.

Hundun in his current form may have died... but the soul within has move on into something else. Child-like chaos cannot be contained.

[twst-hottest-takes]

I don't know how much of a hot take this is, but it's crazy to me that book 6 had to have all the housewardens in the book because Vil couldn't transition well into book 6.

Every other overbloter could transition well into the next book. Like in book 2, Riddle didn't feel forced in because he's a rule follower who doesn't want others to get hurt. In book 3, Leona was able to help us out with his unique magic. Book 4, Azul is charismatic and knows how to get his way. Book 5, Jamil likes to dance. What does Vil have going into book 6? A big fat nothing. He doesn't have siblings, he isn't secretly a nerd, he isn't apart of the government in anyway, his unique magic is to change objects but never comes in handy, literally the only reason he's there is because the story mandates it.

Now, I'm not saying the housewardens being at Styx was a bad thing, it's just ironic considering Vil's character. Like he had to share his limelight with about 9 different people (housewardens before him+Rook+Epel+Mc+Grim+Malleus), and it honestly made him more like a character who's only there to say "I love my family." I know he turned old for Grim, but it wasn't really a problem until they got on the airplane. Which even then, you're telling me this nepo baby can't get a job even when looking like an old man? Also I honestly thought a medical professional could just turn him back, but that's mainly because the magic system is buns, and I don't understand it.

Idia ftw (ftw=for the win) though, his story was written fantastically even though his overblot was confusing to say the least, but like I said buns magic system, I don't understand.

Vil was kind of just a plot device that round wasn't he?

So, from a writing standpoint, Vil's pressence in the story makes sense and all that but he doesn't really do much. He gets kidnapped with all of the overblotters and Grim, which prompts (just) Rook and Epel to go looking for the STYX facility and bringing the MC with them. Rook's signature spell specifically makes it possible to do this, and then we reunite. That's all. After that point Vil doesn't really do much except turn old in a self sacrificing gesture that he regretted as soon as he saw the consequences. The other overblotters being present makes enough narrative sense when considering the stakes. When you realize Leona was the only one who could solo wield a thunder spear it becomes apparent why it's helpful to have so many powerful mages around. But that did bloat the cast and put Pomefiore into obscurity worse than what happened to Scarabia in Book 5. . . That's not to say that the writing for this chapter is bad. It's coherent and makes sense from start to finish and utilizes the characters involved accordingly, but yeah, Vil kind of got snubbed (and I'm saying that as someone who can't stand the guy). I don't thinm he even used his signature spell which is weied because everyone before him had used theirs in some way against the previous overblotters.

Writing choices, amiright?

Thank you for your take!

[evenmyhivemindisempty]

Hi! Do you have a favorite ship for each Boyd character?

I am sorry this one took me so long!! Couldn’t be helped - I’m such a multi-shipper in general, and it was so tough narrowing these down! (And I still cheated a bit!😅 But here we go!!)

Steve Murphy: Oh man, it’s gotta be Javi. They’re coworkers with baggage!! There’s so many trust issues and the occasional bad blood but it’s clear this is also the most intimate relationship in both of their lives. These are lonely, obsessed workaholics who can only really take solace in each other. Plus, Holbrook staring longingly at Pedro Pascal will never get old. But I gotta give an honorable mention to Steve/Pacho Herrera. I mean - sexy, openly gay narco kidnaps DEA agent, proceeds to greet him soaking wet and shirtless, fresh off a swim. He made him a cocktail! Steve said they were good!!! How long did you stay there after, Steve?? Be honest with us!!

Donald Pierce: I am a HUGE multi-shipper for Pierce. I don’t think I’ve seen a Pierce ship that I don’t like! I like them all! But my all-time favorite has gotta be Gabby/Pierce. There really is an entire story with those two we only get little glimpses of – she calls him her boyfriend (although it’s unclear how honest she’s being in that scene), but more than that, they were *friends*! They were both comic book nerds! She managed to steal 20k in cash from him! They were probably so close at one point, and it implies *so much* about what Pierce is probably like in his private life, with people he trusts, because I cannot see Gabriela Lopez being good friends with somebody who exclusively acts like an overly masc mercenary asshole. Never gonna get over how the original script calls for Pierce to leeringly describe Gabby’s “long legs” and “long hair” to Logan, but Holbrook notably nixes that bit. There’s respect there! There’s love! There’s betrayal! It’s so good!!

Cap Hatfield: Aww so a friend of mine turned me onto Nancy/Cap! It really is interesting how this loyal little murder bunny decides to straight up tackle his beloved uncle for whipping her, and I do adore the idea of them getting together in some capacity later. I bet stone butch, maybe virginal, Cap would have a hell of an interesting time following the commands of a woman who absolutely knows what she wants.

Clement Mansell: Oh, Raylan/Clement for sure. Clement has a massive daddy kink and a need to prove himself to male authority figures in his life! Sweety/Clement has some similar potential, as Clement does really respect Sweety and wants to impress him, but ultimately Sweety is just not capable of handling Clement in the way he needs. Clement’s a brat that secretly yearns for someone to be able to just put him on his back and show him his place, and that’s Raylan!

The Corinthian: Oof, this one is so hard. I wanna ship this pansexual icon with all the characters!! Dream(both Morph and Danny)/Corinthian, Gault/Corinthian and Hob/Corinthian all really intrigue me for different reasons, but for some reason I keep gravitating back to Calliope/Corinthian and Rose/Corinthian, cuz I think Corinthian deserves a better god to worship than Dream!! I honestly can’t decide which one I ship more between those, *but* I’ll probably go with Rose/Corinthian just because of the sexy threesome potential if you add in Carl or the Good Doctor. (Rose and GD both topping Corinthian together?? GD sexily teaching baby dom Rose a thing or two??)

Eli Klaber: Oh Klaber/Voller for sure. Klaber is absolutely unhealthily obsessed with his boss, and there’s so much good fucked up potential there, especially how Holbrook describes Klaber as almost being suckered in by Voller offering him unconditional love for the first time in his life.

Ty Shaw: I’m in two camps here. For the sweet stuff, Sancholo/Ty is the way to go. They’re grieving together! They both played up how much they *totes hate each other*, but Sancholo was in on the whole bit with Ty the entire time! Sancholo probably had a puppy crush on Abby’s older brother when they were younger. It’s cute! Now, that’s all well and good, but god, in the fucked-up and dark column, Abby/Ty??? LOOK, the Shaw’s are welcoming and kind, but that family was also dysfunctional as hell. The mom didn’t really seem like she was parenting much - Ty and Abby seemed like they were almost the “mom and dad” of the household, and I love them developing this intense and unhealthy attachment/codependency.

Quinn McKenna: Nebraska!! No question. All those *looks* Nebraska was shooting his way?? Adoring and soft but hungry at the same time?? Nebraska thought he was cute and precious, and I love that Quinn pretty quickly starts getting attached to him, too. That conversation they had by the pool…! But you know, Predator/Quinn is spicy too 😌

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Boyfriends Webtoon slander compilation (the old compilation + will update)

Color codes:

Pink = Darlen stuff

Purple: Compilations, aesthetic stuff, etc

Orange: Other, such as news, I guess

Everything before "Best and worst fidgets, for when you're watching Boyfriends Slander content" is old and from 2023 or something.

Why I hate them (I can swear to God none of my hate is in a joking way)

Besides the fact that they are stereotypical, awful characters, I knew someone for years who reminded me of Goth (which is why I seem to hate Goth the most), and Prep reminds me why I'm aromantic asexual, whilst also making me feel aroacephobic to myself. The webtoom gives me the same feelings as, and remind me of me, if I was alloromabtic allosexual, and that would include a change of both personality and would also remove my neurodivergence, since I could swear to God I can't separate myself from those identities. The webtoon is the webtoon equivalent of what I feared I would become, the webtoon is the equivalent of when I'm being myself less, etc, and hating on it makes me feel:

A sense of community, pride (also queer pride), general happiness, a sense of being heard and understood (the latter of which I don't seem to feel as often as the average person), a sense of belonging, a sense of being allowed to be me, and many other things. 

Anyways, I obviously also hate Nerd and Jock (in case you don't know, he likes the other back, has a puppy kink, and allegedly also has a cow kink), but I connect Goth and Prep more to things that make me feel like shit, but subconsciously. 

Also, allegedly some people have been rude to the, or at least one of them, and I have a squish (the extreme type, which is usual for me) on whichever character that is, and I'll end up having that character as a special interest, and I'll write a free story or something, to the one who can provide me this info!

Btw, I saw Nerdburningcore being called AND I FINALLY FOUND MY OWN!

OUR Boyfriends headcanons (for everyone who follows specifically this book)

I'll start:

Goth hates Darlen Momentum. 

Jock sweats more than Jebediah 

Nerd is the type of smart kid that most people don't like, but who will turn everyone against you, and hit you, and tell you to do stuff you don't want to, then claim to be your friend

Prep likes Justin Bieber's Baby song. 

🟡Good slander, slander, and YTPs compilation:

Boyfriend slander WITH KISS CENSORING/STOPPING:

youtu.be/MEIB21HqUDI

Second:

youtu.be/CIoBu_ZgBJM

NOT Final:

youtu.be/N-f7HLF3wr4

More:

youtu.be/V2ffrHvU1qM

Even more, flash warning: youtu.be/zyP2HZAiYHg

A good YTP with a good ending:

youtu.be/qZlV8DC-1h0

And slander:

youtu.be/aS7WYx6r8w0

New slander:

youtu.be/xRaTLEY1Zqs

More slander, good intro:

youtu.be/SoFYNudWR_g

More slander by same person:

youtu.be/4C083_ka99Q

Part 1, of more slander

youtu.be/DuSCIzydy8A

Boyfriends slander with censored kisses:

youtu.be/OrXeM7ux3pc

Another good slander, with most of the ads, and stuff: 

youtu.be/lxcJqFAoaaU

Simple/simply slander:

youtu.be/tLGutJH4pWw

Nice short slander

youtu.be/g4MJMPjR5og?si=RXb-wMm98_9imOoC

Good reactions and reviews, video version compilation:

A funny reaction to some of the ads:

youtu.be/ICbEsD3FJqI

An appropriate reaction to the Prep Tiktok ad:

youtube.com/shorts/Qf3KJyCsyQs?feature=share

A public, short, around 3 dollars Boyfriends few official Webtoon images fan dub roast:

youtube.com/shorts/7vi4RKe-Gf0?feature=share

Why a YouTuber doesn't like Boyfriends, but check the comments about clarification about information on Refrainbow, and this is kinda a review thing:

youtu.be/e7DjreUgRqw?si=Zut35OLBWNgUgc2O

Good inspirational videos for when the one you dislike/hate is like one of the characters, and/or a Boyfriends fan compilation:

Sending someone on Discord, the text from the Prep ad:

youtube.com/shorts/laXriYdFov0?feature=share4

Annoy the shit out of Nerd, POV: youtu.be/jWvx6hhRBE8

Inviting Nerd to spend quality time with him (animation meme-like short vid).

Good Boyfriends voice-overs, and dubs compilation:

Boyfriends good voice-over, almost the entire thing is good (that's more than what I can say for over half the slanders)

youtu.be/bcTzm824zZU

Another voice over with good quality:

youtu.be/j9O10JrPruk

And the sequel:

youtu.be/I9-DrKYswxw

Third one:

youtu.be/4681Wr1TLxk

Boyfriends but I don't hate Goth TW for suicide stuff:

youtu.be/r1mJKCephf0

Boyfriends Webtoon everything voice-over, captions included, so that you can understand Goth's 9129380198273 year old smoker voice, like, he is a representation and manifestation of SO many things that I hate, and some of the worst things in my life:

youtu.be/hGe5P8c9UxM

I have NO idea what they're saying, but the voice-acting is great, for this voice-over:

youtu.be/fX4Vl0yt7f8

A good dub, with extra good stuff, such as more Goth slander than most:

youtu.be/1Be-U5nbrao

Boyfriends, but everything is voice-acted:

youtu.be/fZPBDD6PeSc

A good dub, with extra good stuff, such as more Goth slander than most:

youtu.be/1Be-U5nbrao

A voice-over:

youtu.be/8njDkkjIRpE

This is also a voice-over:

youtu.be/HbT0GBAc-Lw

Chapter 1-20, (30 MINUTES OF SLANDER) voice-acting:

youtu.be/LrXEr6DiDNw

Speedpaints and links to art compilation: 🟪

Purple Hoodie Guy speedpaint: 

youtu.be/E1zbgo0UZ2k

Boyfriends first (according to me), commercial thing, cheap animation version, Prep moan warning.

Part 2, Nerd-meeting commercial:

youtu.be/ts81D-m50_0?si=e3VMVgrynkyU59Bg

Part 3, last part, party commercial:

youtu.be/acqhWghYeL0?si=k90ZGSRmHMwgeR_L

Boyfriends slander quotes:

"If I were the *I forgot* of this comic, I would give these two more brain cells." Or something like that. -Squidy. 

" "yAy A bOyS nUmBeR" yeah, whatever." - Four the four. 

"Uhm ... yeeeaaaahhhh, I'm not gonna read the rest of it, because it's just flirting around, like a moron." - Four the four

"The trash touched the trash, how romantic! sO cUtE i'M goNnA mElT! You know what's cute?! YOUR DEAD CORPSE." 

- Four the four

Random Boyfriends webtoon facts (and reasons to hate)

A LOT has happened in my life, but I can be here, to bring you some Boyfriends facts!

The webtoon that fetishizies gay and poly people, is made by a queer (queers can still.be queerphobic and whatnot, and I can use that word, because I'M queer), pro-shipper, who drew fan art of a K-pop singer ... as in, pornographic fan art ... as in, of that singer being a minor ... as in, WHILE that singer was a minor ... also, yes, the creator, was also a minor, at the time, but he still drew and wrote a bunch of porn of IRL people, and shipped the underaged person, sexually, and with the older members of the band. 

Moving on, we have a Jock fact:

He has a puppy kink, and allegedly a cow kink (if you don't know those things are, basically, he finds it sexually attractive, when people act like a stereotypical puppy and/or a stereotypical cow)

Now, a Nerd fact: People find it suspicious that he somewhat and/or sometimes acts like a kid, even though they're all college students (around 20, Lance Gray's age), and is still highly sexualized, and people find it weird that they think he even LOOKS like a kid. Also, he dyes his hair, and since one of the main ways I recognized people and characters is by hair, that confused me a lot. Sounds like stereotypical nerd emoji. 

Prep fact: People think he's like the gay stereotype. He has cringe lines, and he is never a good boy, and he is not a good boy. 

Goth fact: One of the types of people I stay away from, not even goth (is basically an e-boy). Trans man, which we all will accept, but we won't accept HIS PERSONALITY. Also, why does he sound like a smoker, even though, on average, people DON'T sound like smokers, unless they are? Oh, wait ... ANYWAYS, he has those cat headphones, that people cringe at, and for a good reason, because THAT outfit with THOSE headphones?! EW! Anyways, he is a gamer, and people think he's a stereotypical Discord mod, but I'd say, he's the guy to show everyone your fight with him, without consent, make brutal fake fights, spam your server with stuff, because "if you gotta have one, this is what might happen, so get used to it", or something more pathetic, instead of just muting your server or whatever. He's also the type to not care about what you write, and also the type to make sexual jokes, and and the type to send irrelevant GIFs, and when you're trying to be the mature one, he will react like "u hoe ass loser", even though you're the opposite of a hoe, and he sure ain't. He's also the type to self-harm and have mental stuff, and make jokes about it, and when you don't know how to react, and/or react innapropriately (maybe because you're neurodivergent), he gets mad, and doesn't believe people will help him, and doesn't take your advice, so what are you supposed to do?! He's also the type to be quite mean if he's in a fight, and to have them a lot, etc. 

Non-voiced character's voice-claims

Would this be Purple Hoodie Guy? (LISTEN BEYOND THE START, FOR BEST RESULTS LISTEN TOWARDS THE END:) youtu.be/lJPX7FF_bYQ

Every canon Purple Hoodie Guy scene I'm aware of, written and described

Note: He's not hot, and don't ship him (sorry, just my friendly feelings towards him). 

One scene is him kinda from a distance. He is wearing his iconic outfit, consisting of a (bright) pastel purple hoodie, a white cap with, like, THE part, of the cap, being almost black, but appears to just be an extreme dark shade of color, a white shirt, that isn't low-cut nor anything , and his black jeans are technically ripped jeans (at both respective knees). He is walking, and holding what is implied to be a glass of beer, in a beer glass at least, with beer to the brim, and almost completely over-flowing with that one part of beer, that I forgot, except the implied beer, is a light pink. His hair is short, but seems messy, but INTENDED-MESSY, and he has light pancake skin, lightly red lips (lucky, because mine seems to just be too bright, in my opinion, or maybe I'm just thinking it, without that being true), and his hair is also a shade of dark blond, but the shade of blond ACTUALLY looks cool, which is rare for blond people! He is looking, and walking, to the left, from the right, and that is the angle, of which his nose is being seen from. His glass of a chosen drink, is held in his right hand. His mouth is closed.

Every canon Purple Hoodie Guy scene I'm aware of, written and described

Note: He's not hot, and don't ship him (sorry, just my friendly feelings towards him). 

One scene is him kinda from a distance. He is wearing his iconic outfit, consisting of a (bright) pastel purple hoodie, a white cap with, like, THE part, of the cap, being almost black, but appears to just be an extreme dark shade of color, a white shirt, that isn't low-cut nor anything , and his black jeans are technically ripped jeans (at both respective knees). He is walking, and holding what is implied to be a glass of beer, in a beer glass at least, with beer to the brim, and almost completely over-flowing with that one part of beer, that I forgot, except the implied beer, is a light pink. His hair is short, but seems messy, but INTENDED-MESSY, and he has light pancake skin, lightly red lips (lucky, because mine seems to just be too bright, in my opinion, or maybe I'm just thinking it, without that being true), and his hair is also a shade of dark blond, but the shade of blond ACTUALLY looks cool, which is rare for blond people! He is looking, and walking, to the left, from the right, and that is the angle, of which his nose is being seen from. His glass of a chosen drink, is held in his right hand. His mouth is closed.

Another one, is a closer shot, and one learns that the strings of his hoodie are actually a lighter shade, than the hoodie itself, but still pastel purple. His face-shape is more detailed, and he isn't QUITE looking directly at one, but half-way there. He has average ears, that are more pink-ish on the inside, and his drink got audibly, and accidentally, bumped into Jock, which has the expected effect, including PHG himself, looking angry, or at least on his way there. He is clenched his teeth with anger, which reveals his hygienic, and brushed, calcium-made mouth-bones. (If this comes up when searching for him, then we all better HOPE he's not famous/popular anymore, lmao!)

Yet another one, is close to him, and in the same angry as the first one mentioned and all, except it is as detailed as the FIRST one mentioned, and includes him being ready, to, with quite an amount of anger, yell/scream/shout at Jock, as he looks average, and his dark (black, specifically), eyebrows, are more a part of his expression, than ever before. He has taken Jock's white shirt, and is keeping Jock close enough to yell threatingly at, effectively, but it is also visible, that the holding of the garbage bag, is meant in an angry, and aggressive, and generally unhappy way, as the emotions that are allegedly being conveyed here, being that he won't let Jock go, until Jock hears, and gets threatened by, PHG putting him in his place, like the leader bitch he is. His hand's palm doesn't look the same as mine, as he has one line, visibly, which is near the base of his thumb, starting at exactly that weird middle part of the front of the arm that I personally have, starting a bit more to the left, before being a straight-ish line, that otherwise is on its way to the right. He visibly seems to be an average human, having average bones at average places, complete with thinner skin at the usual places one has thinner skin, as shown by the bone near his neck, and the previously-mentioned arm-dip. PHG has anger-lines, as if it's not obvious, that he is angry, like, I may be bad at social stuff, like pure shit, but it's obvious to me that he is angry, which is one of the most obvious examples of conveying emotions, that this only-good-for-PHG-Webtoon has, as far as I am aware of. Meanwhile, Jock is showing "calm down" in his body-language, remaining somewhat calm, with the average speech-bubble saying, written exactly:

"H-HEY, TAKE IT EASY, MAN..."

The last scene, is the same scene, but from a more far away shot, like the first one, and PHG is clenching his fist, and teeth, respectively, with the same negative emotions, as established. He is saying, in an average speech-bubble:

"WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING, FUCKFACE!" spelled exactly that way, all-caps. 

Goth is watching, with a "?", looking like shit as always, eyes not visible.

Nifty quality fanfic/fanfiction compilation + nifty slander books

A forced, exercise-themed challenge, FT. Purple Hoodie Guy:

boyfriends headcanons !! - the boyfriends do the pacer test - Wattpad

The restaurant staff must work together, in order to kill the Boyfriends:

boyfriends headcanons !! - explosions - Wattpad

The day already had a shocking start, but will it at least not be THAT bad, from now on?

Boyfriends fanfic 🖤 - tamariplushies - Wattpad

Has all except Jock, and has mostly about Prep, but is descriptive of how they really are:

the book of slander - boyfriends slander: prep - Wattpad

Premium Boyfriends-hater, defends friend

I don't care that she says she likes that Webtoon, and that she has read enough to make an opinion, as SHE ADMITTED TO NOT READING MUCH, and she has the Webtoon app, so I think maybe her taste is generally shit, plus, I don't think she knows about the NSFW chapters, and Boyfriends gets more cringe, if you read beyond a little bit. 

FACTUAL graphic novel info

Gonna add this, in case this is what you're here for, and you'd be freaking out like how I would: PURPLE HOODIE GUY WILL NOT APPEAR IN THIS, AS HE DOES NOT APPEAR IN EPISODE 55, NOR ANY ONES BEFORE!

The official description is some of the story, and some lies (such as, calling Goth the word "sexy"), and the cover image is of Prep, and chibi versions of the other Boyfriends (this time, Nerd has blue hair), and some yellow stars in various sizes that look like stickers, a planet or two, and some strawberries, and oh my God I don't know exactly why I hate Boyfriends but while most people do not hate stuff that gives me similar/the same feelings, people usually hate Boyfriends. A second book is planned, BUT DON'T BUY THEM, BECAUSE THERE WILL BE FREE REVIEWS ONLINE, AND PICTURES, AND BECAUSE OF THIS FACT:

"Collects episodes 1–55 of the WEBTOON comic Boyfriends." (I deleted the word "delightful"). So, yeah, it's just a scroll-free compilation of the Webtoon episodes, in order ... wait ... there will be physical copies of all of that ... God save us ...

Boyfriends Volume One: A WEBTOON Unscrolled Graphic Novel

by refrainbow

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If you wanna see the cover, the description, and some random details, here, but keep it away from fans: Boyfriends Volume One: A WEBTOON Unscrolled Graphic Novel by refrainbow, Paperback | Barnes & Noble® (barnesandnoble.com)

Boyfriends Volume One: A WEBTOON Unscrolled Graphic Novel (Boyfriends, 1): refrainbow: 9781990259784: Amazon.com: Books

And more stuff is out on the internet, but basically, there is no reason to be afraid, except for having physical versions of otherwise digital trash.

When info comes out about the second one, then I will write that down, and also tell if PHG is there, but there obviously won't be any new images of him, then, and don't buy it, as pics are available online, and the money from the copies, and even from just scrolling on Webtoon, would logically partially go to Refrainbow, at minimum, who can then make more trash, like, at least make captain Darlen Momentum canonically chosen siblings with re-occuring fellow antagonist "Purple Hoodie Guy".

My opinions on Boyfriend ships

Also, for those who will probably say "but don't you hate them?", I'd like to say, that thinking a couple is good together, shipping, etc, does not make my hate any less than it is, as I don't like the people, but it's nice seeing two shits having to deal with each other (and also, yes, I even got a couple to be together, but now I actually want the dude to experience the pain that I got from his lover, due to his cruelty, and I hope they break up).

Prep x Nerd: Honestly, it's entertaining, but at the same time, I wanna destroy this ship thing.

Prep x Jock: I think I actually might only ship them, because they had a crush on each other, before eventually hooking up ...

Nerd x Jock: To be honest, I don't wanna see that.

Jock x Goth:  I hate this.

Prep x Goth: This is not only my favorite ship, but also, I generally just ship this.

Goth x Nerd: I ship this, too, but it's not THAT good, you know?

PHG x Goth: Stop.

PHG x Prep: WHY?! Anyways, I hate it. 

PHG x Jock: The one who is Purple Hoodie Guy, bumped into a guy who spilled his drink unintentionally, and who has a puppy kink, so does anyone really THINK they should be shipped?! ESPECIALLY due to their respective personalities?!

PHG x Nerd: No.

PURPLE HOODIE GUY FAN WEBTOON CONCEPT BY SOMEONE OTHER THAN DARLEN

Purple Hoodie Guy | WEBTOON (webtoons.com)

WAIT ... ROMANCE AS A GENRE?!

Non-platonic PHG fanself-ship stuff, presumably, I don't know, I'M not taking a cool at it

And for reference, Boyfriends extra chapters, refers to 18+ mini-stories (I think, I don't know), that has the Boyfriends, but never Purple Hoodie Guy, only available by payment, or I guess someone else leaking it, I think, which is where their names are ACTUALLY used, and I guess some fans posted about it, because now some of us know, but I honestly don't even care that much, after I heard the names.

Boyfriends extra chapter 1 scribd

msl-training.de

ocigbxury.msl-training.de

... them ( ps: includes selfshipping with Myself x Purple Hoodie Guy. ... If you're looking for a long BL comic with a versatile/switch Boyfriends Extra ...

Here is the link, but also, I could imagine what it is, and I don't like it. Don't know anything about the site, the creator, or anything, and I'm not clicking on that, but if someone could tell me if it IS just someone having sex, as a self-insert ship, then I could just know that, post about it, and move on.

Stuff for those who hate generic anime, and stuff that reminds of generic anime

(Those videos I have linked, are good enough in quality, and make fun of stuff like that).

A bit of generic animes

Generic anime intro made by a meme channel

Part 2

I'm gonna make a QnA, and also, I split up the Boyfriends slander video compilation, in order to have it more sorted

I also have an emoji on the first AND last video compilation, so you can scroll the perfect distance, and I'm also thinking of making a "things Boyfriends fans tend to defend the Webtoon with, and some reasons why I still don't like it" thing.

I have no idea how, months later (aka, since AROUND FEBRUARY, I'M NOT KIDDING), I still have more I can post about, but oh well.

I saw the (now) 1+ month old official Boyfriends return announcement, so you don't have to (and described what you might want, and need to know)

12 June 2023, the description has the link to the Webtoon, the official social media, and credits, but not before a "The boys are back ... soon!" Message. 

The first image is an image I will describe later, with a heavy overlay of purple, and with "the boyfriends are back!" As text, before switching to another image, with the text reading "the moment you've all been waiting for", that gets replaced by "Are you ready?" 

Then there is a quick image of Goth trying to stare into my soul, but as if I'm a disgusting creature, as he still looks like an E-boy, and there is a more zoomed-in image, that is under the purple filter thing unlike the first one mentioned, that is in the background, and he holds up a finger, and between the images, there is the number "1", as what appears to be the start of a countdown, is synced to the music. 

The next part is that, except it's Jock, but Jock doesn't have a resting bitch-face like Goth, and has a blue theme, and is presumably blushing, and has a wide smile that shows his teeth, as well as a wink, and a hand like "✌".

Next is Prep, with one eye close, and open mouth that shows his top front teeth, and dude looks like he's gonna rant about something that isn't good enough, and there is the number "3" in the background, with 3 fingers held up. 

Lastly is Nerd wearing a "cute" sweater outfit, with white glasses and pink hair, a yellow background, and that background image thing, but both of his arms are spread, holding 2 fingers respectively, to the side, as he has a "cute" face with an open mouth. 

Next up, is the text "moving in together?!" With several images in photograph things. 

The first one is Goth doing something I can't see, Jock perhaps being angry at the blond genderbend Boyfriends one (but yes, that exists, but that ain't where my focus is at), with his open mouth, as he holds 3 boxes with Nerd "cutely" on top, while the genderbend one is happily and casually carrying 2+ boxes, that have those shake lines, and Prep looks surprised but in a bad way, to his right, at them all, as he is closest to the "camera". 

The next image is Goth throwing clothes behind him, as the angle makes it so that one can't see what he is taking stuff from (which I guess is a drawer), and based on the style, it's Prep's clothes, and his face is like "><" + "🔺️" for his mouth, as he seems to be in the clothes he sleeps in, and is leaning, seemingly harshly against the closet, with his back, which is where the clothes are being thrown. 

The third one is their chili forms in either casual clothes, or pajamas, as Nerd is on a scooter, and they look down in a box, that they are circled around, on the floor. 

Then, a film-reel style of images, are shown, some repeated. 

The first image is Jock looking behind himself, as he drives a purple vehicle like "🛻" (I forgot what it's called). He is surprised, and there are boxes in the place that can have boxes, and Nerd is "cutely" and happily watching Goth and Prep holding each other, lying down, and kissing, on the van thing, chibi style. 

On another image, God knows what is behind them, but they're in the apartment, and there is a place to sit, and a few boxes, but they are dressed in casual clothes, as pink-haired Nerd seems to nervously walk, with little to no visible of a face, and Prep standing in front of him, back faced, seemingly yelling, while being defensive. 

The next one is happily Prep with an open mouth, standing and staring at us, while the location is presumably his new bedroom. 

The next image is distressed and nervous and/or mad Prep holding a purple goat mask thing, and I don't think Prep has anything other than the white part, in his eye. One can't see Goth's expression in the background, as he is completely facing his back on us, and the same for Jock, except half, and he seems surprised, as they are watching a shelf of vials with liquids, and generally containers, and maybe a few books, and such. 

Then, a feminine and quite pink bedroom, with unhappy animal plushies, is seen, as Jock has wide eyes, and a "😐" expression, staring, being close to us, as a body-pillow is standing up against the window and the bed, of Prep, which looks suggestive, as well as the two on the ground next to each other, of Goth and Jock, respectively, implying they didn't know that Nerd commissioned body-pillows of them, without consent ... and also, they are ALL suggestive ... I hate Nerd even more, now, but also, there is a dramatic zoom-in on that, as if it's a shocking, yet exciting and/or generally happy reveal ... this is literally one of the reasons that people call Nerd a pervert, and generally hate this Webtoon ...

Some gradient background with clouds is then shown, with the text "Reminisce past relationships", as Goth is looking like an E-boy, eyes not visible, frowning with closed and visible teeth, as his face is close to Prep's blushing face, as he is gripping the other guy's wrist, and there is white sparkle effects and white comet effects, and he looks surprised yet neutral-ish. 

Next up, e-boy is sweating, and is facing us, eyes not visible, presumably the pannel afterwards, but from a different POV, with an unhappy but nervous and no longer mad mouth, as he appears now even more, to have sexual and/or romantic feelings, and as if he knows what that comes across. 

Next up, Goth is gripping the wrist of the surprised and wide-eyed, blushing Prep, as his face seems to be in denial, yet without visible eyes, as it appears that Goth kissed him, and lazier drawn Goth that was added in afterwards, holds up a sign over where their mouths would be, that says "SPOILERS AHEAD !!!", and on the sides, it's shown again, but with respective color filter things. 

"And live in the moments of the current ones!" The next text with the next image, says, as part of who I think is Goth, which is near the shoulder, an arm, and a part of the side of his body, that is shown (who cares about how English functions anymore?!), and i think there are pillows, but definitely pajamas - but also, what I assume is sexual liquid, dripping from the mouth of the more visible character, whose eyes are hidden, who has light hair, and appears to be about nervous and a bit enjoying whatever happened, and also maybe the sexual liquid is elsewhere -

And then the color filter of blue, comes off, and there's a big, dramatic zoom up, revealing that the boyfriends are all satisfied, lying down and hugging Jock, while Prep and Jock blush, and Prep snores, and Jock seems surprised and distressed but probably isn't, and Nerd is just salivating. 

The next one is some dotted, gradient background thing, as "cute" and happy Nerd, hugs Prep, lying down, eyes closed, while Prep has invisible eyes, and an otherwise "😖" mouth, and his hand is on Nerd, and his feet are on, or around, Jock and Goth, as Goth sits uncomfortably on top of Jock, hand on him, seemingly horrified, sitting uncomfortably, as the content Jock has his arms wrapped around him. 

Then there is a random background that is no location, and is just the boyfriends chibi heads, looking like (Goth, Nerd, Prep, Jock, respectively):

"😑", "🤓😃", 😠" with an open mouth, and "☺" or something like that. 

There are two Girlfriends Webtoon characters, then amazed Nerd with blue hair, dressed like a Planet Idol Puri character, and Nerd has so dramatic eye-liner or mascara or whatever, that I don't even know if that long thing eventually stops, and transitions flawlessly into a continuation, in hair form, but he looks as usual, but with a pink bag, a lollipop, and the side on OUR left, being a bit different, as half of his shirt and hair, is some kind of light pink. "New self-discoveries!" The text says. 

Then cosplay Nerd is alone, looking distressed and surprised in our direction. 

Then he suddenly looks "cute" and happy, with all of his facial features closed, as he holds his face. 

There is chibi cosplay Nerd, and that's about it, then. 

"Stepping out of comfort zones!" As photograph image things show, where for example Goth suffers while lifting weights, Jock looks seriously somewhere past us while in a batista outfit at a different image, and at another one, there is a wooden spoon in the hands of Prep who had food flying around and something and then "cock" on his apron. He'd tooooootally be trusted in a restaurant. 

Then chibi siluetthe heads, I know that I spelt that wrong but I don't care because I always hated that word, and I am tired. 

Jock is then having tears in his eyes, an open mouth that is frowning with visible front teeth, and text outside the pannel, being like "And despite their ups". 

"and downs..." Goth has wide eyes, shocked, mouth open yet teeth closed. 

Then none of the two mentioned people's eyes are visible, as Jock makes a dramatic run, but as an emotional person, that's not how you're supposed to portray yourself unironically, like, that is not an extreme emotion, that's a goofy ahh run, and he is sad and perhaps a bit angry and Goth is shocked and reaches out with one hand. 

Then some Filmora Go + Capcut vibe camera filter is placed on them, posing, happily holding each other, whatever. 

Purple thing over previous images mentioned, text over, "Bringing smiles to your faces again". I am tired and feeling weak and maybe my eyes hurt, and I spent a long time and I don't think I even know and/or can describe emotions that I see, anymore, and I was also shocked by my housemate coming from behind me out of nowhere, while I was describing the first pannel of Goth toooootally not chrusing on Prep. I hate myself. I just wish ... I don't know, it seems like some people just wanna see me unhappy, right now, btw, and everyone else seems to have succes - and I forgot what else I was gonna write, because I was busy sobbing while venting to a housemate, but, anyways, in a way, this Webtoon DOES make me smile, because the slandering is fun, I love PHG, and it's just pure fuel for more slander, and they are so goofy ahh. 

And I don't remember when, but at some point, with that image "Bringing smiles to your faces again"

Then nothing except some color background whatever, with the previously shown images being in the background, under the filter, with the date of " 06.19.2023", which I guess means it already has more stuff, I don't know, I avoid reading it, and only watch slander dubs, partially because going in there on Webtoon, would give money to the creator.

Other Boyfriends logo. 

Webtoon logo.

"Only On Webtoon". 

Original Boyfriends logo, with an image of generic moving in stuff, and just the boyfriends doing stuff that is not relevant (Jock is looking back at them, while holding a box, Nerd is "✌" while holding a box, looking "cute", and Goth looks like Goth, who holds happy Prep. Under the logo, it says "Moving in together with you!" Which honestly sounds like a threat, but if Refrainbow ever sees this, then I will work with him, as in, just adding me as Purple Hoodie Guy's chosen sibling and best friend, because ... do I need to give a reason? 

Then back screen. 

Don't harass the creator and stuff ... do suggest, but not in a bad way, to add me, and say relevant stuff about me - also, you should probably just vaguely say say I post a lot about Boyfriends, instead of what I specifically post. 

I looked at Refrainbow's Boyfriends social media posts, and this is what I found (which I wish I never did), here's stuff that might be new

Trivia, includes stuff that I wish I never knew, and no PHG stuff.

Disclaimer: Don't harass, doxx, etc, obviously, and also, this is MY slander compilation, so we obviously know not to do it, and we don't do that.

- They regularly attend stuff with Boyfriends stuff

- Goth is the only top - or the only bottom, I don't care nor remember

- Goth is Refrainbow's self-insert, I'm pretty darn sure 

- In case you forgot, Nerd and Prep are pan, Jock is bi, and Goth is a trans asexual guy.

- Something that I can't even describe, because I have no idea how to say it

- Take it as you wanna, but they have bunny ears and tails in one image, and based on Nerd's pose, it's a sex thing.

- Nerd is also ALLEGEDLY a demiboy

- Also, I think Refrainbow has a puppy kink as well, and some other kinks

- I HOPE that Jock expected Nerd to squeeze his "boobs", because otherwise that wasn't consensual, (as in,  Jock is a cis man, but it's the same area or whatever you know what I mean, so he does not technically have boobs)

- Refrainbow sees their ship-dynamics as "puppy bf x tsuntsunt bf" (Jock and Prep), "disaster gay senpai x disaster kouhai" (Prep x Nerd), "bros that kiss sometimes" (Goth x Jock), "beeg himbo x thirsty smoll" of which the himbo is more aware of the thirst than he seems (and does stuff on purpose, according to the image, and also, that is Nerd x Jock), "goth bf x pastel bf" (with the pastel one being much softer, and that is Nerd x Goth), "osananajimi" (with a bonus of the dynamic being swapped during childhood, and we are talking about Prep x Goth), 

- You can commission fan art

- He seems generally so proud and happy about Boyfriends

- There is Boyfriends merch, including stuff for Tamagotchis 

- They have made a blushing face meme, with Goth

- Oui, they make other comics, but are now focusing on working full-time on Boyfriends

- They - especially Nerd, don't know hygiene, when making strawberry-related stuff in the kitchen

- I got to accidentally see them with kink gear on (there's drawings on the Twitter), email me bleach

- "If you look like either of these dm me" spelled exactly like that. Nerd and Jock, respectively, if you wanna know.

- They have cat outfits

- Refrainbow's drawing captioned "commit cringe on main": "Donut hole" (Nerd's social media according to the drawing) made a Twitter post, consisting of him in a cat outfit, and I don't know what's with the feet, and it's called "New photoshoot for my OF" (which stands for "Only Fans", and ask and do not search it if you don't know what that is), with 41230 likes, and comments reading "Ew", "who would pay for that", "SNIFF", and "u do customs?". Goth is looking at it, eyes covered by his e-boy hair, and there are speech bubbles coming from the phone, with dollar signs in them. Goth has a cigarette in hand, and is now lying down, with 1 drop of sweat, and hair covering eyes, and a strained face and a shaking body, as his phone is on Spotify or something, and the other arm is behind his pillow, because Nerd is holding his neck with both hands. Goth asks "Can I have a kiss too?". Next image, hair covered for both, Nerd in his fugly outfit, hearts, "he" is being said twice by Nerd but more as a sound effect, and one hand is against Goth's, and the other is holding Goth's chin or whatever, and Nerd is smiling and is like "Maybe after you brush your teeth *insert that wavy thing* Your breath smells like cigarettes". 

- "Did you really think I was above this? #" (some suggestive pose that is NOT morning stretches so don't even use that excuse because it's not hot like just say what it is, I can't explain myself!)

- Nerd writes what appears to be inappropriate things at what appears to be his work environment

- "Femboy shoto now in my mouth please", not spelled that way.

- Refrainbow either makes a bad joke, or does not appear to know what a moodboard is.

- Just an image of Nerd eating pizza, while the bear on his shirt is in kink gear, and it is allegedly a cropped version of a worse version

- Refrainbow masked face reveal, and drawing. They do not look like Goth, but they're also trans.

- "No bitches? ;(" with Nerd crying.

- Yeah, Boyfriends have been memed by them, and such

- They're giving Goth a tattoo, sometime

- Yes, Jock has a confirmed cow kink

- Please prove that they do not have cat kinks

- Jock with facial hair ... ugly

- I could be 100, and I'd still be too young for Nerd being dressed up sexually and wanting to "feed on" Goth to "show him THE experience" just because Goth doesn't have sex but draws hentai for a living

- Boyfriends had at some point, 20000000 subs on Webtoon 

- Style swap meme

- Goth and other trans character being mad, LMAO

- "No bussy?" - Nerd

- Also, Boyfriends ain't the only thing that is getting these things, just most often. 

- Nerd is trans. 

Just fyi, more Boyfriends book exists, not researching into it

It's basically just the entire thing, in several parts, but as a book, and also separately there appears to be a tutorial book on how to draw the characters (which, realistically, wouldn't have Purple Hoodie Guy in them either). The only Purple Hoodie Guy content guaranteed, is the book version of his non-new appearance. 

Also, yes, am still a slanderer, and should probably start up some content, especially since it used to help that amount on my mental health, at stuff that I now need help for more than before. 

Boyfriends slanderer mood playlist/good songs to slander the Boyfriends Webtoon to

Typisk Norsk: youtu.be/ZDM11qUkr-w?si=Gew758iQmoP9CkO2

 Surveillance (Cruella movie): youtu.be/Tg6qZTyt80U?si=zjPOPinQPhcQ11IH

IDGAF (that She-hulk series song): youtu.be/eUud75tivA0?si=ExSY7UJ40zb43Ej4

Bubblegum Bitch: youtu.be/E7AuHPmvRWk?si=9GpgzZHAAN2I4eec

Cha Cha Cha, Eurovision 2023 (slowed),: youtu.be/lJPX7FF_bYQ?si=zqQFJvfmcTyhOzV8

Emotions Like: youtu.be/yfxTYELfGLg?si=esLtpBDQxFu9AiuO

Best and worst fidgets, for when you're watching Boyfriends Slander content

Best:

This big tangle-function-like fidget toy I have is great, because it's in such good volume in comparison to me hearing the Boyfriends slander, but it can be noisy if one makes it. It's also good for glancing at or whatever, and keeps my hand that isn't holding my phone, occupied. 

A bike chain/flippy chain is a portable and aestehtically good way to have something for your hands/hand while watching the slander. It can be great as something to ignore and keep you focused, and/or to glance at. 

Soft pop-its just exist, but they're good and I have no idea what else to say. 

I guess this is a big pop-it, but it's loud and satisfying, just like Boyfriends slander, and looks good, and you can even hit things. 

Worst:

Pea-poppers are just hard to use when you're watching something like Boyfriends slander, or are already frustrated, so I would NOT recommend. 

Puppycups are too boring, frustrating, distracting, and REALLY don't fit the mood, save yours for later. 

A stressball, would NOT fit the mood either. 

DNA stressballs aren't good for this either, but I forgot why they're bad for this. 

This thing I have, to look at, with little bubbles inside, is just too boring and not stimulating enough when it comes to literal fricking Boyfriends Webtoon slander. 

Mochis are too distracting, too small, too annoying - just not good for this. Don't use mochis for this. 

A pop-it spinner has too much going on, and can't ACTUALLY be used with one hand, plus, it's just frustrating in this case. 

Small pop-tubes seem too fragile and boring. 

There's a Boyfriends Webtoon coloring book.

Source and photo: https://www.tumblr.com/flurry-bace/760465262830108672/what?source=share .

PURPLE HOODIE GUY ID PACK/AESTHETIC COMPILATION, WITH PLAYLIST, FROM ME!

Want more Purple Hoodie Guy? Are you like him, and wanna LOOK more like him? Searching for more labels? Need a compilation of Purple Hoodie Guy inspiration? Well, I have a new WIP going on, with things ranging from what to wear, to colors, and even an included playlist! Grab your pronouns, xenogenders, and alternate versions of songs, because THIS has lots of Purple Hoodie Guy things, and recommended media, perfect for pretty purple hoodie guys, and general Boyfriends slanderers, looking to casually make their life more "aesthetic":

4 best slander videos for showing to your squish as a first time:

Boyfriends slander is really good, but also really misunderstood, and though you may wanna show your precious squish, this fun thing you love, especially so they don't misunderstand your many Boyfriends slander THINGS, it can be hard to choose between many good edits - you have to figure out what to say, and THEN, have to choose between the many great and unique slander videos, for a good first impression - showing the original trailer is just inflicting painful cringe, and maybe that's not how YOU got introduced, and making them laugh means a lot, so things may seem HOPELESS, when you just wanna quickly look through the slanders, of which you might not know what to look for, but still fear making a mistake of - well, I stopped watching each video after I saw one I wouldn't wanna show my squish, and with multiple things open, a need for slander, and a squish I hope will laugh out loud too (whom I also have to meet), I have compiled just a few for you to skim through and pick between, out of the most appropriate for a first meeting - the best for the best, and the least intrusive that you'd still laugh at, in all the situation's glory - OR, as a compilation for you two to watch, filling the day with entertainment and just a bit of first slander session, so they can test out the hobby, and YOU, worry LESS!

Text and a few reaction vids, obvious edits, not distracting, statement of suicide at the end, censored kisses though: youtu.be/OrXeM7ux3pc .

Reaction, text on screen of what the person says (not the boyfriends though), not distracting and even pauses at times: youtu.be/ICbEsD3FJqI .

Voice-over so it's not on script thing, captions included, not loud despite screaming somehow: youtu.be/hGe5P8c9UxM .

Voice-over with captions and distorted audio and nice background music, might be loud: youtu.be/1Be-U5nbrao .

I might make one as well ...

Can't sleep and can't think of any new method that'll work? Don't want Boyfriends slander to end right now but gotta go? Do you need something to not keep your eyes on, but that still is entertaining? Need an auditory stim as you're sensory-seeking, but replaying music, just won't cut it? WELL YOU'RE IN LUCK! With THIS compilation, I fully re-heard ALL the Boyfriends slander (except a few), and noted down as many sensory things as I could, ALL WHILE TALKING TO SOMEONE AND ENDING UP BLOCKED! Get your ears and brain happy and satisfied now, with the detailed and linked rankings of the lovely Boyfriends slander hobby, and cater your experience to your taste and need:

[pale-plasma]

Fuck it, it’s been 200+ years and I have the ‘Dragon Age Veilguard is finally out after 10 years and I am deeply unwell’ disease.

Here’s the DM gang and what faction in Thedas I headcanon them as:

Atem:

Mournwatch

This is genuinely VERY difficult. I landed on Mournwatch because I like the idea of a 1000+ year old spirit somehow coming back in an ancient Nevarran crypt and adjusting as he explores the world of Thedas. Thedas also has many encounters with spirits who have come back into a version of their body but worse, and I think that the Mournwatch would Identify this, but unlike other factions, nurture his spirit and have him return to his actual personality. Plus I think that Necropolis would be the best place for him to find his memories so it makes sense he's poking around there.

Yugi:

Veil Jumpers.

Ridiculously Veil Jumper coded. Please let our favourite punk kid go solve weird elven artefact puzzles in the big spooky forest. Hell, maybe even let him get possessed a little too. Not to be a giant nerd either, but in the Season 0 manga we have Yugi saying that he'd be an elf in DnD and given how Dalish coded this faction is, this feels like less of a headcanon and more of a "well duh". ALSO TRIANGLES AS A DESIGN MOTIF!!! (!!!)

Seto Kaiba:

Grey Warden

I umm-ed and ahh-ed about this or 'Shadow Dragon' for longer than I care to admit. But ultimately, especially given how long it took for his ancient Egyptian self to give a shit about anyone other than himself, this man is not going to work with a secret rebellion to free slaves in a society that believes wealth and magic make you superior. However, a one-off instance that means he has to ascend to a position of nobility and reverence after coming from nothing? Absolutely Kaiba is a Grey Warden. The dragon obsession even works (this dude's lifelong ambition is to slay an archdemon before he succumbs to the calling, hell, he probably thinks he can outsmart The Calling) and this allows him to keep his silver and blue colour theming. This bad boy is absolutely from Tevinter and don't even get me started.

Tea/Anzu:

Shadow Dragons

Pretty popular girl with a heart of gold absolutely wouldn't stand for the oppression in Tevinter and I could see her working with the organisation. Her sense of justice and love for her friends absolutely lends itself well here. I don't think she's high-ranking necessarily, but I think her values align deeply with the faction.

Joey/Jonochi:

Lords of Fortune

Scrappy baby boy who loves found family and dragons? Put this man on a pirate ship with Isabella and let him hunt for treasure. He absolutely strikes me as a Lord who starts with the crew and eventually leaves for a 'higher purpose' (idk like literally fighting god) and returns. He would be sensitive to the cultural parts of the job and I can see him VERY QUICKLY rallying and trying to help others.

Honda/Tristan:

Lords of Fortune

Wherever Joey goes, this man follows him. I think it makes sense that they both start off here and that maybe Honda is more reluctant to leave than Joey is but ultimately succumbs to whatever adventure he goes on. I did briefly consider Shadow Dragon for him because he does come around to sticking up for the little guy, but he has to start somewhere first and his growth is ultimately due to friendship so he is a Lord of Fortune that I could see becoming a Shadow Dragon or working with them later.

Mai Valentine:

Antivan Crows

You're telling ME that the high fashion, beautiful woman who would grift people and has a 'hot bird woman' themed deck WOULDN'T be a high fashion, beautiful assassin with wings and bird theming? Outlandish. We could even tie the weird perfume fake psychic schtick back into this if we wanted to. Give Mai a dagger and poison, let her complete her contracts in style, and have her wearing a fun Harpie Lady outfit while she does it.

Ryou Bakura:

Mournwatch

I MEAN COME ON?!? Sweet little goth guy working in the crypts late at night pursuing the academic study of the dead. Maybe he even finds a deeply cursed amulet that ruins his life forever and means that an old evil god returns to destroy everything. This boy is forever doomed by the narrative and it wouldn't be honest if I didn't do so here as well.