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I love you, Iâm sorry
A letter from reader to Rafe
Content: Angst, like PURE sad, the lamp looks weird, based on the song I love you, Iâm sorry by Gracie Abrams (may or may not be accurate)
A/N: about that cliffhanger and happy ending, I changed my mind⊠also ignore any writing mistakes if thereâs any and this was kinda rushed so I hope it still turns out good
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Rafe,
It is Saturday night. I should be out doing something, partying or whatever to enjoy myself, yet here i am, pen in hand, finding myself writing to you again. I know this letter will never reach you- itâll end up crumpled at the bottom of my drawer or burned to ashes. Still, I canât seem to stop myself.
It has been exactly two august ago since everything fell apart. I remember the way I laid it all out, raw, I wanted to be real, hoping that honesty would mend us. We werenât perfect. Hell, we were far from it. We fought like fire and gasoline, burning everything we touched. Jealousy leads us to mistrust each other but even then, I didnât think it would end the way it did. I never thought that fight would be the last..the final, devastating blow before you ghosted me and blocked me everywhere.
I swear it wasnât my intention to break up with you, I thought by exposing the cracks, we could patch them together. Instead, the truth just ended up pushing you away. When you drove off in your Benz and left me standing at my gate, it felt like everything had stopped. The time, the world, my heartâŠeverything froze. I couldnât breathe. I wanted to scream, I wanted to stop you, beg you to stay, to tell you that we could still save us but you didnât look back, and i was too late.
Now, i watch you from a distance as you become successful, helping your dad doing business, running Cameronâs development like you were born to do it. I heard your name whispered in admiration at the club where I work, how you charm people the way you trained for. And you know what? Iâm so so proud of you Rafe. I always knew you had it in you. Iâll be rooting for you always, even from the shadows.
Maybe two summers from now weâll be talking again at some point, exchange smiles, our lives untangled and weâre cool again. I can picture youâll be in your familyâs jet, travelling, and me, on my boat moving on with our own lives. By then, i hope..im actually ready to move on. I know youâve already moved on- I mean, why wouldnât you? Still, thereâs part of me wish that you wouldnât yet, and maybe, just maybe, you would take me back.
But thatâs just selfish isnât it? I was selfish when we were together too. I made everything about me, i was inconsiderate, I turn something small into raging battles. I didnât listen, didnât see you for who you were. Iâm ashamed of the person I was, of the mistakes I made. After everything i did, Iâm surprised you havenât send someone to kill me yet.
Lately I find myself sitting on the porch, watching sunsets like we used to, with a glass of something strong in my hand. I laugh at myself, at the crash I made, because what else can I do? Itâs a twisted kind of copingâlaughing at my own heartbreak. It doesnât feel real and itâs really hard to let go but i guess thatâs just the way life goes.
I know i was a dick, Rafe. I had too many flaws to count but as sick as it sounds, I loved you first. Youâll always be my first love. You were the best and the worst thing that ever happened to me, a storm that left me shattered but alive. Your love had impact me deeply, it is carved in my soul. No matter where we are, i want you to know that Iâll carry the past and the weight of my mistakes with me. Trust me, it will always, haunt me.
I regret every second for not treating you well, for not being the person you needed. Lastly, i want you to know that I still, truly, deeply, love you, Iâm sorry.
*Ding* you heard the bell rings. You rush downstairs to answer the door.
âPizza deliveryâ, says the delivery boy standing in front of you. You almost forgot you ordered one, an hour ago. You take your prepaid alfredo chicken pizza and thank him. It was Rafeâs favourite pizza, youâre not sure if itâs still his favourite though. After shutting the door, you walk to your kitchen.
Just two seconds later, *ding* the bell rings again. Did the delivery boy forget anything? You thought.
You open the door, âyes-â you pause. You couldnât believe it, standing right in front of you,
âTopper?â
âTopper what are you doing here?â you ask, your voice laced with confusion.
He then steps aside and reveals a man behind him, lying on the steps of your porch- a man whose silhouette youâd recognize anywhere. âRafe,â you whisper.
âShit Iâm sorry to bother you but this dumbass got into an accident for driving while heâs high,â Topper blurts out, panickly.
Your brow furrowing and your confusion deepens. You walk closer to Rafe and spot the blood dripping from his head, âAccident? What? Then why do you bring him here instead of the hospital?â You ask, your voice sharp, slicing through the chaos of the moment.
âHe wonât let me. He insisted I bring him here to see you,â Topper explains.
âY/n,â Rafe speaks up, his voice low and strained.
Your heart skips a beat. Itâs like the universe has stopped spinning again. This is the first time you hear him calling your name after two whole years.
âHey Rafe, youâre bleeding,â you say, your voice mix with feelings.
âIâm fine,â he says, giving a soft, disarming smile while trying to sit up.
You instruct Topper to go find some cloth to stop the bleeding. As he dissapears, you sit on your knees facing to Rafe, âRafe, what happened? Why are you here?â you ask, still have no clue of whatâs going on here.
âI wanted to see you,â he replies, putting on that damn smile again, the one thatâs always managed to unravel you. âI miss you, y/n.â
Your face goes pale, your eyes widens, the words hang in the hair, heavy and unexpected. âRafe, youâre drunk,â you accuse, trying to make sense of whatâs happening right now.
âNo, Iâm not, i swear Iâm very conscious right now,â he insists, his voice firm. Youâre still not sure if heâs telling the truth or not. âI really miss you, y/n,â he continues, his voice low but still clear for you to hear it.
Your heart aches, torn between disbelief and the undeniable pull of his words. âHow hard did you hit your head? God, youâre still bleeding. We need to see a doctor,â you say, trying to stand up, but he grabs your hand, pulling you back down.
âStop it, Iâm fine i swearâŠthis is nothing,â he says waving off the concern. Just then, Topper returns with a towel in his hand. He hands the towel to you and says, âdude, are you sure youâre okay? When i saw your car there were smokes everywhere. Looks like you hit that tree pretty hard,â his voice fill with concern.
âIâm fine Top, just go. I need to talk to y/n,â Rafe says with a dismissive wave. Topper hesitates, he looks at you for confirmation as if youâre the one in charge here. You nod at him, signalling an approval, âsâokay Top i can handle this.â
âOkay, just call me if anything happens,â he says. âThank you,â you mutter softly to Topper as heâs leaving towards his car.
With Topper gone, you shift your focus back to Rafe. You take the towel and start dabbing on the blood on his forehead, âwe still need to get this stitched up,â you say. Rafe then grabs your wrist, his grip firm but not forceful, âlook at me,â he demands.
You look at him straight in the eyes, drowning in his blue eyes. Itâs overwhelming- staring at the man that you love but no longer yours.
âI do mean what i said, i miss you y/n and i wanted to see you,â he says, his tone steady and sure.
âBut why now?â You ask, your voice breaking under the weight of the question.
âSar..Sarah told me tonight that youâve been writing letters about me. She found them stashed under your bed,â he says, hesitantly.
Your stomach drops and you shake your head in disbelief, âGodâŠi knew it there was something wrong. She was acting so weird when she left this morning,â you mutter.
âSo itâs true? Youâve been writing about me?â
Your face is turning red, youâre struggling to find the words. âI- yesâŠIâve been writing letters. Pretending like Iâm gonna send it to you but i never do,â you stutter.
âWhy didnât you just send them?â He presses, his voice low, almost pleading.
âYou know why RafeâŠyouâve moved on. You blocked me few months after we broke up. Youâre thriving now with your job, you got your whole life together, and I- I was the reason why we broke up. I canât just crawl my way back into your life like nothing happened,â you shatter, your voice breaking as youâre struggling to control your tears.
Rafe shakes his head. He brushes his thumb over your knuckles and kisses it. âYouâre wrong y/n, youâre absolutely wrong. Iâve been doing nothing over the past two years except than trying to forget about you. Thatâs why Iâve been doing all these jobs, thinking it could distract me, but no,â he shakes his head again. âNothing could make me stop thinking about you.â
His confession leaves you breathless, your tears streaming down your face as he continues. âAbout the blocking and disappearing, Iâm really sorry, I was a coward. The truth is, that day i came to your house to apologize. Then, as I stood outside, i saw you were laughing with jj through your window. I knew you guys were not together cause after jj left, I may or may not have confronted himâŠâ he then mouthed sorry. âBut then, I remember the way you looked so happy when youâre with him. At that time, I knew I had to let you go cause you deserve someone better and you deserve to be happy so thatâs why I blocked you..as if that makes any difference.â
You idiot,â you scoff. âI never wanted anyone else, only you Rafe, only you. Youâre the only one who could truly make me happy.â
His eyes glisten, his smile soft and hesitant. âPlease forgive me y/n, I swear Iâm a better person now and I love- I love you, so much. I still do.â
You reach up, caress his cheek and pull him in for a kiss. âI love you too Rafe,â you whisper. He cups your face and returns the kiss. The kiss is passionate, slow and tender. His lip is so soft and only god knows how much you miss this. The world fades around you, leaving only the two of you, two broken pieces finding their way back to each other.
You pull away from his face and let out a giggle. âWhy are you laughing?â He asks, canât help but let out a soft giggle too.
âBefore you came I was actually writing another letter for you,â you admit, a shy smile appears on your face.
âOh really? Tell me about it baby,â he smirks. Your smile widens at the sound of the nickname that rolls out from his mouth. âMm I miss that. You, calling me baby. Anyways, itâs in my room, wanna come in?â You ask.
He shakes his head, pulling you closer as he leans back against the stairs railing. âHmm in a bit sweetheart, you can tell me here while we stargaze. I missed your porch- and mostly you, of course,â he replies with a faint smile.
So you do. You talk to him about the letter while your head rest on his shoulder and your fingers intertwined. âLastly I wrote, I love you, Iâm sorry,â you say, explaining the last content of the letter. But then, you realise he has gone quiet. His stillness unsettling. You glance up to him, âRafe?â Heâs not responding. You check his pulse but there is none. Panic sets in as you shake him, calling his name.
âRafeâ
âRafe, wake upâ
âWake up!â
âWake up!â
âY/nâ
âY/nâ
âY/n, wake upâ
You gasp, your heart is pounding like a drum. Youâre sweating all over your body as reality crashes down. It was a nightmare.
âHey..baby you okay?â You turn your head to your right and realise itâs Rafe. Heâs okay, heâs alive and heâs sitting on the bed next to you. Relief floods through you like a tidal wave.
âIs it the nightmare again?â He asks. You nod, signalling him that heâs right.
âItâs okay baby I got you. Here, come back to sleep,â he says, gently pulling you into his arms. You smile and cuddle him, clinging to the illusion of safety his embrace provides. You close your eyes again trying to fall back to sleep till your alarm suddenly rings.
You wake up with a tear running down your cheek. You hit the snooze button and realise that was a dream and this time, itâs the true reality. You look to the other side of your bed, itâs empty. It always has been for quite a while now. The truth is, that night after Rafe collapsed, you called for an ambulance. On the way to the hospital, they try everything to make his heart beat again, but nothing works. It was too late. He had lost too many blood before that you werenât aware of and that same night, Rafe had died in your arms.
Itâs been 3 years since the tragic. You keep having the same dream almost every night. Part of you is grateful that you and Rafe had ended in good terms but another part of you knows that the truth is youâll never get the chance to redeem yourself and be a better partner. Thereâs nothing remaining other than the memories that will haunt you forever.
Rafe, if youâre hearing this, I love you, Iâm sorry.
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window neighbor | suna rintarou x reader
summary: it's hard gaining peace in a big world like this. especially when gaming. (un)fortunately, your insomniac neighbor doesn't keep his windows closed.
author's note: finally filling my haikyuu agenda (Ž Δ ` ) hehehe this took me a bit longer than i expected it to be (i was inspired by this) | masterlist
Itâs 3 a.m. again. Your gaming chair is creaking as you lean back, groaning at your monitor. The match was supposed to be easy. An easy solo queue before bed.
But no. Your team decided to collectively forget how to play, and now youâre stuck babysitting four digital liabilities.
âWho the hell even runs into the enemy ult?â you mutter, smashing the keyboard with enough aggression to scare your poor keys. âWhat the fuck, man?! I swear, if I get matched with them again, Iâm deleting this damn game.â
Your teammate dies (again), and you groan, turning your chair toward the kitchen for a midnight snack. But just as you stand up, you catch a familiar flicker of light from the window across the street.
There he is. Su...Sinu? Sina? Sona?
What was his name again?
He's also in his kitchen right now, of course. Your kitchen and room windows are directly across from each other, and they somehow always manage to be awake at the same ungodly hour as you. It also doesn't help that your neighbor has huge windows.
You squint. Tonight, he's hunched over a laptop, casually eating a bowl of cereal. You try to ignore the man, opening the fridge and grabbing a soda. But as you crack it open, you glance up again, just to check if he's noticed you.
He did.
Suna glances up lazily from their laptop, spoon halfway to their mouth. He meets your gaze, raises an eyebrow, and then smirks.
"Who the hell smirks in this situation?" You muttered to yourself.
You narrow your eyes and point at him accusingly through the window, mouthing, Why are you always awake?
He shrugs, as if to say, Why are you always awake?
The first time you noticed him, he was sitting in the kitchen at 2 a.m., wearing headphones and yelling at their screen.
Someone else raging at online games in the dead of night, just like you.
You thought it was hilarious.
But then you started noticing him every night. And not just gaming, he was always up to something ridiculous. You've even seen him build a gaming setup on the kitchen counter one night.
You werenât proud of how often you found yourself glancing at his window. But in your defense, he started it. He'd catch your eye mid-game, smirk, and go back to the game like nothing happened.
Finally, one night, youâve had enough.
Instead of grabbing your usual notebook for yet another passive-aggressive window message, you decide to try something new. You march into your bedroom, grab a neon sticky note, and write:
âTired of staring? Join the game.â
You slap it onto the window and stepped back, arms crossed. Across the street, he notices immediately. He blinks at the note, squints to read it, and then gives you a thumbs-up.
You wait. You were unsure that he was serious until you see him disappear from his kitchen. A moment later, a notification comes up from your laptop. Itâs a friend request. Finally.
[37/50] SunaRin wants to be friends.
Oh. His name was Suna.
You stare at the screen, heart thumping, before accepting. A message pops up almost instantly:
SunaRin: sup
SunaRin: wow r u a whale
SunaRin: ok lets see if ure as good as you pretend to be
Oh, itâs on.
The first game is chaos.
Heâs reckless, diving headfirst into the 1v1, and somehow always coming out on top. Meanwhile, youâre scrambling to keep up, muttering curses under your breath as he racks up points.
ay4tou: can you like stop for a sec holy shit
SunaRin: lol not when im winning you loser
ay4tou: ???
You groan audibly, but when you glance out the window, you canât help but notice the smug grin he flashes your way.
It just makes your blood boil.
The few days you've been playing with each other has been a roller coaster of anger, victory, and way too much caffeine.
But one day, your neighbor's usual antics suddenly stop.
Youâre mid-game when his usual banter stops. He goes quiet, and his character stands still. You glance out the window to see him leaning back in his chair, staring at the ceiling with a frustrated expression.
ay4tou: whats your deal
SunaRin: im bored
SunaRin: lets do something else
ay4tou: wdym something else
A second later, your phone buzzes. Itâs a message from him.
âIâm tired of staring at your kitchen window. Meet me outside in 10.â
Your first instinct is to ignore it. This is weird. This is out of bounds. But curiosity... and maybe something else you donât want to admit wins out.
Ten minutes later, youâre standing awkwardly in front of your building, wondering if youâve been pranked. But then you see him walking toward you, hands stuffed in his hoodie pockets, looking as weird as ever.
âWow,â he says, stopping in front of you. âYou actually showed up. Didnât think you had it in you.â
You cross your arms. âWhatâs this about? I was about to win that match, by the way.â
âSure you were.â He grins, and for the first time, it doesnât look smug. It looks nice.
âI figured weâve spent so much time trash-talking each other, we might as well do it in person.â
âWhat? You dragged me outside just to insult me face-to-face?â you say, but thereâs no real bite in your tone.
âPretty much,â he replies. âThat, and I figured itâs about time I got to know my favorite neighbor.â
You roll your eyes, but you canât help the smile tugging at your lips. âFine. But donât think this means Iâm buying coffee.â
âOh, youâll be buying it eventually,â he says, already walking toward the cafĂ© down the street. âIâm just giving you a head start before I destroy you in tomorrowâs rematch.â
You follow, shaking your head but laughing under your breath. Turns out, losing a little sleep isnât so bad when a new friend makes it worthwhile.
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Can you write a lyrason fic,they in the grayson's birthday please.
yes sure! I decided to combine this request with this one and also change it a bit (oops!)
(yes I know I did spin the bottle instead of drink or dare) (im sorry that itâs bad)
spin the bottle!
Lyra and Grayson werenât exactly dating, at least not in a way that the definition of the word dating covered. They tiptoed around each-other, sneaking longing glances, and maybe one or two more stolen kisses. Or three.
If Lyra was honest, sheâs a bit tired of the game. Maybe she does just want Grayson, the arrogant asshole he is, to be her actualâŠboyfriend.
Graysonâs birthday party wasnât planned by him, which was obvious if youâd ever met him. His hatred of people would have never allowed something like this. Clearly, his brothers had planned this as some kind of cruel joke on him, and now he had to stand there like a puppet in his thousand dollar suit and greet everyone they invited to the party.
Honestly, Lyra was pretty happy about her invitation. The party was actually fun. Sheâd never been to a rich person party before, and it was certainly something else.
Maybe the most fun part, though, was watching Grayson stand there uncomfortably, his strong shoulders stiff and his back as straight as a ruler. He greeted the weird rich people who walked past him into the surrounding area, full of fairy lights and tables and food. Whoever had designed this backyard pool type party was a genius.
Lyra sat at a table by herself, sipping some weird rich people drink she assumed had alcohol in it but wasnât entirely sure about, and she watched the blonde Hawthorne pretend to be a people person.
Itâs funny how he tries to hide his awkwardness, she thought.
Someone slid into the seat across from her, and it was none other than the Hawthorne heiress, holding a champagne flute. Her brown hair cascaded down her shoulders and she looked dazzling as ever.
âYou should go over and talk to him, you know,â Avery said, looking down into the depths of her drink.
âAnd why would I do that?â Lyra crossed her arms and leaned back in the cushioned outdoor chair. Man, these things are comfortable.
âBecause you like him. And he likes you. And this forced birthday party is a really good chance to make him less uptight.â The heiress took a sip of her champagne and wiggled her manicured eyebrows.
âNo way,â Lyra picked at her nails. ââŠDo you really think so?â
It was no secret that Avery and Jameson and most other Hawthornes and Hawthorne adjacents shipped Grayson and Lyra, but Lyra wanted to hear confirmation from the girl sitting beside her.
âTotally!â Avery leaned forward. âDo you see the way he looks at you?â
Lyra bites her lip. âYeah.â She says, but quiet enough that itâs possible Avery didnât hear.
âJustâŠgive it a shot, Lyra.â Avery stands and walk back towards Jameson, whoâs talking to Xander by the pool.
Lyra takes a deep breath and one more drink of her maybe alcoholic drink and stands to walk towards the stoic blonde.
I can do this. I can do this. Lyra played encouraging messages on a loop in her brain.
âGrayson.â
âLyra.â He turned to her, the barest of smiles on the corners of his lips, but that was often the best you could get out of Grayson Hawthorne.
âI-â Lyra cut herself off, realizing she didnât actually know what she was going to ask.
Her eyes scanned the area around them, landing on a group of younger attendees playing spin the bottle on the grass. Lyra wasnât a particularly crazy party type person, but she did enjoy taking risks from time to time.
A smirk appeared on her face. âCome here, Grayson.â She grabbed his arm and led him over the group.
âCould we join, please?â
âYeah, sure!â A girl in beautiful designer gown that was definitely getting grass stains at the moment said without looking up. When she did, she seemed absolutely shocked at the man standing with Lyra. âAndâŠhim, too?â
Lyra couldnât blame her; no one would expect Grayson Hawthorne to play spin the bottle.
âNo, no.â Grayson backed away shaking his head. âSorry. There must have been a misunderstanding.â He gave Lyra a glare.
âSorry, heâs shy.â Lyra smiled sweetly at them, then turned to Grayson.
âCould you please, please, please, please play?â She put her best puppy dog eyes, the ones she had only ever used on her mom for extra dessert. âFor me?â
She didnât give him a choice or a chance to respond. She simply dragged him to the ground beside her, in the empty space left in the circle and said âWeâre playing.â
If Lyra could have taken a picture of Graysonâs surprised face in that moment, she wouldâve framed it and hung it on her wall.
She gripped onto his hand as tight as she could, her knuckles going white. She would not back down, sheâs gone too far. If she doesnât commit, sheâll be just as much of a coward as she was before Avery convinced her.
Grayson kept trying to pull away, but she refused to give in.
The bottle was spun in the middle of the big circle. It landed on two random people, two more random people, and thenâŠLyra.
Her breathing sped up. I did not think this through, did I?
This might be the day Lyra becomes a devout worshipper, because only God could have given her the luck it required to have the bottle spun again and land on the man beside her;Â Grayson Fucking Hawthorne.
Lyra didnât want to waste time, but she did stall a bit while turning to him. Even though they had kissed before, she was still inexplicably scared.Â
Her courage came in remembering Averyâs words. She liked him and he liked her, and she could make this mean something.
She grabbed his face and kissed him to the sounds of the group cheering them on. He was silent before, but his lips were anything but. Grayson kissed her back fiercely. He kissed her like no one else was there.
When Lyra pulled back, she giggled, and she looked over to see Grayson having that familiar almost-smile on his face.
âBirthday boy!â The boy sitting beside Grayson clapped on the back and laughed. âNice, man!â
Grayson didnât respond to him or any of the others in the group cheering on his sudden break of character, instead just looking intensely at Lyra. All these people here knew him as the stoic business man who takes himself too seriously. So to see Grayson Hawthorne make out with a girl? In front of a crowd?
Well thatâs a once in a lifetime chance. Thatâs something.
And when Lyra led him away and they went behind a wall and kissed again she knew it was something. When they kissed for so long they forgot where they were and her head was spinning and people were looking for Grayson to sing happy birthday, she knew it was something. When Grayson walked out with her, holding her hand and not even telling her to fix her smudged lipstick, she knew it was something.
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If you could pick an Eggman mech for team Rwby to fight what would it be?
Im gonna be basic and say the Egg Dragoon.
Not a bad choice, but I've got a different mech in mind for this fight.
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"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen~!"
"Huh?" Ruby looked to the hulking mech standing at the end of the street. It stood about as tall as some of the buildings, with one "hand" holding a massive shield the size of a bullhead while the other held a gigantic lance that seemed to be glowing with an orange light. The voice seemed to be coming from inside round-bodied machine.
"I've come to make an announcement! I am Dr. Eggman, and having arrived in this strange, new world, I have decided to expand the genius of my Eggman Empire to your world! Oho?" Team RWBY began their charge towards the now cackling man inside the machine. "So, please, do enjoy the show as I make an example of anyone who thinks they can stop me!" With a flick of a switch, missiles began launching towards the girls. "Get a load of this~!"
Blake hopped from one missile to the other before tying her ribbon around one and redirected it towards the machine. In response, it raised its shield to protect itself. With a grin, the madman launched his lance forward towards Blake, only to be knocked off-course by a yellow blur.
"What?!"
"Yang!" Blake called as she tossed her weapon to her partner. The yellow brawler caught it mid-air and used her shot-gauntlet to spin herself. Enough momentum was built to launch Blake closer to the mech.
"Too slow!" The mech leapt away with surprising speed, then swung its lance with a wide slash. Dr. Eggman led out a maniacal chortle as he watched the girl split in half... only to look closer in bewildered confusion as she was fine on the ground and an ice sculpture shattered in two places around her. "Great... Another super-powered animal who thinks they can play hero. I'll just take care of them from the air and- Huh?!" The mech attempted to lift into the air, only to be held fast to the ground by what looked like an iceberg around its leg. "Blasted ice... Full power to the left leg!"
The Egg Emperor took to the sky, ready to unleash another barrage of missiles on these four annoyances. Wait... There were only three on the ground. Where did-
Thoom! Thoom! Thoom! Skritch!
Ruby wasted no time after launch to dig her scythe into the hull of the mech, after firing with a few good shots, of course. Eggman turned the mech around to see the silver-eyed huntress looking at him with a scowling brow mixed with... no... She had that SAME cocky grin his nemesis had. Could he not escape that menace even so far away from home?!
"Curse you!" Backing away, the Egg Emperor launched everything it had at the little, red nuisance; lasers, missiles, its lance, and yet she still pursued in a shower of rose petals. With a spiraling motion, Ruby slipped under Eggman's guard and severed his shield arm. "Big mistake!"
Turning around mid-flight, it fired another barrage at Ruby, this time using homing missiles. As she fled, Weiss helped launch Blake and Yang to the mech. It attempted to swing its lance, but was held in place by some kind of magic... shaped like a snowflake. Blake and Yang began performing a spinning attack with Blake at the center and Yang as the pendulum force, driving deeper and deeper dents into the mechs hull.
Another retreat. He hated to be on the backfoot, but Eggman should have known that conquering a new world like this wouldn't be so easy, Sonic or no Sonic. And unfortunately, this world DID have a Sonic, who was screaming her way towards him... with all his missiles behind her. A classic maneuver, Ruby jumped away to safety, each missile colliding into the Egg Emperor's unprotected chest.
"Did... Did we get him?" Ruby panted, hands on her knees.
"Who was that guy?" Weiss asked.
"He said he wasn't from this world."
"Who cares who he is?" Yang called as she climbed up to the open chest cavity. "All that matters is that he's- WHOA!"
The blonde brawler was sent falling backwards as a bobbing balloon head bounced back and forth before the banded heroes. The balloon in question looked like a ball with half the face as a wicked smile, the other half a bald head, and a sharp, orange mustache and two, small blue glasses atop a pink triangular nose separating the two.
"Is that... him?" Ruby stepped closer, poking the ball with Crescent Rose.
"Did we just get duped?" Yang asked, rubbing her head.
"It's a decoy." Blake looked inside, past the spring. "There's nobody else in here."
"So, it was controlled remotely?" Weiss asked. "Then the controller must have been nearby. And probably long gone by now, too."
"Aw... And you were almost breaking a sweat, too." Yang teased.
"Oh, be quiet, Xiao Long!"
"Guys, let's not fight~!" Ruby whined.
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"I knew I should have used the fully refurbished version." Dr. Eggman grimaced at his console. "I beat even the Egg-Mobile would have been more than enough to handle them." A grin spilt his face. "Of course, this was just a test run. Once I get my lab up and running here, I'll make those little girls regret ever thinking they could stop the brillian genius of Eggman! OHOHOHOHOHOHOHO~!"
#rwby#ruby rose#weiss schnee#blake belladonna#yang xiao long#dr. eggman#sonic the hedgehog#my answer#my answers
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#you can tell i have a favorite lmao#im sorry i think about phoenix at all hours of the day#these are jokes kinda but im also serious about them#phoenix and franziska would be such funny friends#i need to make their relationship chart connect on every point#narumitsu are married franmaya are married miles and maya go to cons that leaves one pair#i also think that they hang out during the 7yg europe trips when edgeworth is busy#they should get into hyjinks and Phoenix should be her weirdgirl while Trucy helps miles in court#what im saying is that they can stand each other#ask me to elaborate on any of these I dare you#i have several ideas on how Phoenix is legally a Fey#he just has like four separate Feys look at him like he's a lost kitten and decide that he's one of them#i tried to keep them somewhat unique like obviously phoenix has adhd and miles is autistic and magic literally exists to an extent#we all know apollo has tboy swag#i think it's late enough in the day to be silly ill let myself have this#ace attorney#pheonix wright#kay faraday#franziska von karma#ryunosuke naruhodo#ryuunosuke naruhodou#andromedas poll hell#lana skye#trans phoenix wright
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me omw to scare mormons out of a wendys!! đđ€đ
ootd from like 2 weeks ago and yes that really happened
#ootd#doodles#art#illustration#fashion#fall#autumn#autumn vibes#cozy vibes#self portrait#artists on tumblr#i havent done an ootd drawing in a while and i just wanted to Make Something#the mormons story: my friend and i stopped at a wendys and there were these two Stock Image Of Mormons dudes sitting at a table#and me and my friend are obvious gay and in different directions. you can tell we are Queers(tm). i look like This and he has#long curly hair and huge earrings. we are the poster children of what mormons prolly show kids and say 'these people are going to hell'#you'd think we had walked in holding signs that say WE LOVE GAY MARRIAGE AND ABORTlON with the way they stopped and started#muttering to each other while looking dead at us in the checkout line. like the entire time. and after a few minutes of whispering to#each other they pick up their food and book it tf out of the restaurant. still looking at us *as they go out the door*#it was so fucking funny. anyway then we stole their table#good! gtfo. i dont want cultists with my fries thanks#im glad my gay autistic aura is strong enough that i scare freaks like that by just Standing There thinking about a crispy chicken BLT#sounds like a 'and then everyone clapped' story but that really did happen to me and ive been laughing at it for 2 weeks now#what Isnt true is that i pulled a whole leaf out of my pocket. that shit was in pieces. and i dont know where it came from
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joel etho single dads au .........
#esp if we go w liml family#etho with scar and bdubs at the park#joel with hermes#their kids meet and become best friends and keep begging for five more minutes until theyre the last ones at the park#so joel and etho inevitably meet and start talking because theyre both hella bored waiting for their kids#and joel lowk kinda cannot stand etho#hes like âigh this guy is sooo pretentious i could sense it from a mile away. who does he think he is with that stupid white hairâ#ânewsflash it doesnt make you look cool it makes you look old as hellâ#(but he doesnt say any of this)#(obviously)#and it works best if etho is totally oblivious#dude is just waiting 2 drop off scar n bdubs back home2 cleo so he can try2 get the Good Nights SleepTM hes been chasing since he was a bab#then they find out their kids go to the same school#and so obviously joel has decided to make it his mission in life to one up everything etho does#at this point etho is fully aware and finds it hilarious#because he is an Expert in these things okay. hes been making brownies for scar's bake sales since before hermes was Born#and joel can try as hard as he can but he just Cannot reach that level.#he can make as many cupcakes as he wants but none of them r gonna beat the gooey deliciousness of ethos chocolate chip triple layer brownie#and that is just soooo infuriating to him. his blood is boilimg at Every Single Parent Led Bake Sale Ever#and its even worse because etho looks like hes about to spontaneously combust at any possible second#his hair is a mess. deepppp eyebags. hes been running on maybe an hour of sleep every night for the past what eight years???#but hes sooo consistently perfect at everything.#joel hates him.#but like they also have to put up with each other at playdates and parties and whatnot because i repeat their kids are Best Friends#aughhh idk theres some potential there. i promise im just not getting it across very well#nya talks#trafficblr#hermitblr#joel smallishbeans
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Looking back at the early seasons of Bridgerton, Anthony gave his family a lot of grace because the amount of stress they put him under....chile, I would've blown my fuse way earlier than he did. Especially with Violet!
#bridgerton#like anthony ain't my fave but ill stand by him when his family starts doing the most#especially violet#& im happy that he has kate bc they def can help each other work through their issues#but i was lowkey nervous bc i didn't want her dealing with the stress that are the bridgertons#like no girl stay on that honeymoon for as long as u want#the only ones who get passes are fran (bc she was hardly there) the youngest two & sometimes benny#they didn't seem to raise anthony's blood pressure all that much#and yeah there are somethings that he def needed to be called out on for sure#but the way his family often pushes aside his sacrifices and what he's done to help them needs to be called out#anthony bridgerton#(one of the few good things i say about this man before i go back to dragging him)
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IM FREEEEEE
#(FROM PROJECTS)#personal#the engineering chronicles#WILL HOPEFULLY NEVER NEED TO SLEEP THREE NIGHTS ON THE FLOOR OF THE ENGINEERING BUILDING AGAIN!!!#one class the final project was to build a karaoke machine which my partner and i had planned on making look like actual speakers and#microphone but we couldnât find the stuff in time and her mom made a joke abt singing into hairbrushes and we decided to take that and#run lol we used a pink sparkly makeup box to store our circuit and cut out holes for the speakers and decorated it with makeup and put the#hairbrush mics inside and it was very fun actually and our class voted us as one of the groups to go to project day which was pretty cool!!#project day did get canceled bc of. asnow day which was unfortunate especially considering we stayed up until 4am the night before#preparing our documents for it and trying to perfect the karaoke machine when we could have been putting that time toward project number#2 đ but whatever we still get our extra credit and i can say i qualified for it so im happy enough#then project 2 was for another class but weâre lab partners in both (+ another guy for this project) and it was digital monster pet so we#made a dragon i was mostly on design so i hand CADed the whole thing which was living hell if i never want to lay eyes on solidworks#again but also he came out very cute after MUCH hasle putting him together with all the wires and components bc our wires from the kit are#so bad theyâre constantly getting disconnected from each other which we didnât know would happen bc the labs we usually do we donât have to#connect them together like that since youâre not routing them thru bodies etc and theyâve worked great until now but anywya.#i did the lcd faces and the light sensor and a couple other things + a lot of the code was copy and paste from past labs and fitting it to#suit the project but for the most part it was a shit ton of hardware on my end while she and the other guy managed the rest of the code#which i really wish i could have been more involved with but oh well. as it is though heâs my baby i birthed him <3 weâre planning on#meeting up over weekends next semester to change some stuff and add other extra features that we missed we got a decent grade 85% but we#all agreed we donât want to leave him like this we want to add the extra features we had come up with and also i think we should switch out#our motors for servos bc the motors we were required to use#instead suck theyâre not strong at all compared to what a servo can do for you. also we want to make it so you can not only pet him which w#already have with light sensors but also wash him with a Hall effect sensor and magnet so like weâd stick the sensor inside and the magnet#inside a little cad brush or sponge is what im envisioning and i have an expression in mind for what weâd do then. also paint him and#redesign the platform he stands on bc itâs rlly cramped and also make a pcb bc we only have him with the microcontroller and breadboards rn#and i might mess with his face piece a bit too im not sure. oh and speakers!!! those were technically a requirement but we didnât get them#done on time but i want to make him play music sooooo bad so definitely that. anyway want to be more involved in the software when we do#all this. pretty excited actually :]
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#cont thoughts of my last rb but. i think ppl are so quick to say that teruko is a badly written character bc of her role in the story??#idk how to explain it but. yeah bsd isnt the best at writing female characters and theres hints of misogyny here and there#but ppl always say teruko's entire character is a product of misogyny and that is just. not true.#prob bc people focus too much on the fact that shes a rare female character idk#yeah shes extremely dedicated to the hunting dogs and fukuchi. her LEADER. i dont think thats misogyny#people dont say that about chuuya being extremely loyal to the mafia đđ#'her having to give the credit to fukuzawa for killing fukuchi is so misogynistic!!!' except youre ignoring what that scene is really about#it's about two kinds of people. how fukuzawa couldnt kill out of love vs how teruko killed because of it#it's about the fact that SHE can do it. shes strong enough to. SHE understands whats necessary. SHE pushed her feelings aside.#which i thought was amazing. it really solidified her role as a SOLDIER which was how she was introduced. shes VICE CAPTAIN of the hd i fee#like people always forget that.#it's also rare to see a female character act on smth that isnt emotional cause it's always male characters pushing aside their grief for th#better. i loved that we were shown how fukuzawa who is stone cold and an ex assassin CLDNT do it while teruko who is explosive and emotiona#could!! it was an interesting side to both their characters#thats not to say teruko isnt a victim of misogyny. cause people do hate her for traits they love in other characters (shes very similar to#ranpo and chuuya and jouno off the top of my head)#but to say that her entire self is a result of misogyny is doing a disservice to her character#and shows that you cant look past her relationships with male characters idk#saying she doesnt have anything outside male characters is so untrue i cant stand that argument. bc SHE DOES. youre the one not seeing it#her role during the skyfall arc was amazing how do we forget that#anyway sorry. to each their own ofc im not defending bsd's occasional bad writing#but teruko get behind me djhfjhd
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What are the psychosexual consequences of the twolves dominance right now
mmm.. i have been Chewing on this...
for quite some time .
so this is a thought i have always had tbh. These playoff results so far have just been bolstering my confidence in it.
Ant and Kat's love is loud love.
The Suns love is no love. Not that they dont have any love At All, because they do. But for each other? Im not so sure. The Suns is Men doing it all for the image of finally being champions so they can prove themselves to the people OUTSIDE their team.
The nuggets is domestic love. It's quiet, it's comfortable, it's won a championship, it's retired love. Retired does Not mean dead, it does not mean completely inactive, it means slower moving, at a personal pace, enjoying what you find to be the thing you wouldn't mind dying doing. Jokic and Jamal don't have to say they're in love 24/7 to let us know they're in love. Jokic doesn't have to talk about horses all the time to reporters for reporters to find out how much he actually does from him always going back to visit them. It's quiet, but it's so strong that it doesn't have to be anything but quiet to know
The mavs is a love built on respect. Wordless, they know they can depend on the other no matter what troubles the other may be dealing with or how much is happening, they Know someone will always be there to get the job done. They KNOW it's not a waste, whatever they're doing .
Kat Needs positive reinforcement, reminisces on it, dreams for it, grows restless and angered without it. Gets real self-conscious and starts faking everything to seem like he has everything so people can start treating him like he's not just some everybody in the world, but a SOMEbody in the world, someone whose opinions, thoughts, actions, and.. possibly most importantly.. WORDS will always be remembered as a meaningful contribution to the world.
Ant is a people pleaser. But he's not the meek, 'let your favorite teacher pronounce your name wrong until the grave' people pleaser where it can be pointed out as a problem, he's a Clever one. He's the kind of people pleaser who can step into a room and spotlight the targets that need the most self-value.. all so He can assure his Own self-value, and protect it. Because, ultimately, the phrase 'everybody loves Anthony edwards' is all about Anthony Edwards, which should be obvious, right? The answer's smack dab in front of your face, but the Confidence. The charisma of it all. Covers it. Conceals it just briefly, just enough for him to get away with it. Ant always knows what to say without even thinking twice. He's such a charmer. Except he's not. He's Always thinking, always brewing up the best ways to become a spectacle. Why even video himself saying that slur shit in the first place? Why not just keep that between him and his friend in the car like probably a good chunk other basketball players do ( because let's be honest. These are probably pretty straight men. They hate people like us. )
He can't. That wouldn't give him the best results in the kind of satisfaction he craves, which is all self based, when boiled down. He HAS to not only impress his one friend in the car with his in power teasing of others who don't even have a clue, he has to try and impress Everyone that he's included in his circle, and he just accidentally included the wrong crowd in that.
Ant and kat together are just two self-conscious people who like being together so they don't feel like they're two self-conscious people who like being together. Love can come in multiple forms, but, in my opinion, love oftentimes needs multiple forms to be at its strongest. When you pour all your love into one bucket, it leaves the others hollow. Love can be quiet, and it can be loud, it can be through words, through actions, through the easy times, AND the hard times, it is love.
I like to call Kat and ant the warped jaren and ja bcs unlike jaren and ja where it can all get spoiled from jaren saying something stupid like 'i love you' when they ARE in love and are just uncomfortable saying it, kat and ant NEED to say they're in love so they can feel like they aren't in it. It being Actual love, deep love that requires more than just pretty words and over-the-top compliments and sayings and comparisons and declarations. Actual love like ant going to kat's house and bringing the rest of the team because he knows kat misses having a stable family, hates the fact that something is missing and he'll never get it back.
Actual love like being awkward with each other
Which they Hate. Terribly. The two of them.
So they'll say how much they're in love with the other, how fondly they think about their memories, how they're so close. They'll tease and laugh and try to instruct the other. And the media laps it up, of course. Especially over the quiet love. It's just so boring in comparison.
Love is thrilling, and it is also boring. Like doing menial activities together like watching the news when you two could actually be the ones on it by doing something crazy together, but you don't, and you aren't, because you both agreed it's going to be a cozy day today where you'll both just be a cute pair of couch potatoes on a sofa watching TV together.
Ant and kat CANT be boring. They CANT just sit in that silence together. They have to say something. They have to know the other doesn't consider them a waste of their time because they don't have that same assurance in themselves.
Love is being scared.
Theyre not scared.
They can't Be scared.
Being down by 2 doesn't mean anything besides we'll bounce back. We're not scared about it. I played well, the shots just weren't falling, but i did good. We are doing good. We love each other. We swear.
We're not scared .
(TV loves confidence)
(Love loves fear)
#love is being terrified. petrified. of losing smthing permanently#whatever u do. it will never be enough to get back what u loved the most#im not saying theyre not in love. or they havent felt it#they are in it. they call each other family now and they have both felt a deep love for people they call family before#and they have both lost people that they love#ant & kat are like the im not like other girls powder puff ( girls football) player tomboy who used to make fun of girls wearing makeup wit#her asshole guy just friends cus im one of the guys friends (even tho the guys would criticize an 'ugly'/nonconventially attractive girl fo#not wearing it ten seconds later) falls for the dopey incredibly kind but thinks she's dumb bcs she's pretty and blond volleyball player#who always tags along with ant at bars so ant can ask guys if they wanna see them make out bcs they find it hot without knowing that kat#finds it hot too#& it turns out ants tomboy obsession with makeup is from her denying love of feminity on others#it's appealing. it's entertaining. it's everything u want to see blossom and grow#but. it takes TIME.#time that places like the ruthlessness of businesses might not always have no matter how captivating#if you are a waste then youre a waste#kat and ant cant stand waste. they cant stand the idea of all this acting like theyre in love (LOVE. love) is all for not#is all for not Actually being in love. just a big elaborate talked up grandiose excuse to say theyre not afraid to be in love#now THATS television!!!!#is it a sturdy relationship though? will something have to change to survive? will SomeBody (or somebodies) have to change? um.#cut the cameras.#deadass.#ted asks#ted longer#ant eds#katman#TY for this ask. i have been munching like a goat. uve probably forgotten abt this.. but i... i never forge-#im like an Elephant <-watched a replay of game 2 & thought it was an entirely different game
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my god. skinny people really just have like. No Idea huh just absolutely not a single clue lmao it's almost funny to watch fr but then id lie if i said i wouldn't fucking kill to be able to be that ignorant
#girl i am SO sorry people react with surprise when you say you're studying to be an opera singer because you're#*checks notes* skinny and attractive. so so sorry that must be literal hell for you huh how will you ever recover :((((#no no please keep talking about how equally bad that is to the brutal fucking fatshaming and ED glorifying#in the industry that me and the only other fat girl in the room were talking about before you interrupted us <3#anyway. we were talking about this one review of a quite famous professional music critic whose only comment about a fat mezzo in the cast#was 'miss xyz.... lose some weight'. not a single word about her singing/acting/whatever. but yeah no you're too sexy for an opera singer#and THAT is the real problem here girl i totally understand yeah <3 thoughts and prayers dearest.#earlier that same day this same girl was standing next to me in her bodycon dress and went#*pointing at her stomach that's so flat its almost concave* 'ughhhh what do i have to do to not look pregnant in this dress đ©đ«'#and i said 'girl' and just looked at her and like the sudden horrified realisation on her face was lowkey hysterical#like omg you really did forget you're not talking to your other skinny friends with whom you can pat each other on the backs#and reassure each other that 'dw girl ur not fat at all ur so so sexy!' huh sjshsjshsjs#but yeah i dont like making people uncomfortable irl so i did reassure her she looks hot and pretty and skinny as all shit#let at least one of us have a nice evening and not feel Absolutely Fucking Disgusting ig <3#and the day before that after i saw our (last ever btw never photographing myself with them ever again <3) picture and had a mini break down#the other even skinnier and smaller and petite-er crouched down next to me with the most guilty fucking expression and quietly asked me#if im alright and do i want her to delete those pictures (that she posted on two separate social media pages) and like#the look of immense fucking pity on her was even worse than seeing those pictures#like i know she meant well and was trying to be nice but my god. this really is how you all see me huh#like looking like me would be fate worse than death for yall#not even gonna mention the thing i just learned this friday that the retired ballerina who leads our ballet classes said about me#trying to cheer up the other fat girl who happened to have a bit of an emotional breakdown in the middle of the class :)))))))#like i am sooooooo so glad and honoured to be an inspiration to you. really. always happy to help. the exemplary Fat Girl Who Fucking Sucks#But Doesnt Let It Bother Her <333333#like on one hand. yeah it really does make me wanna jump off a cliff. but on the other. its just hilarious sjdgsjsgsj#you sure are right miss ma'am. i sure don't let this bother me at all. i am famous for my uncanny ability to Not Be Bothered by all this <33#but shes new. its ok. how could she know about the last two years when i was getting panic attacks and sobbing myself to sleep every tuesday#but yeah no. [lauren cooper voice] am i bovvered? am i bovvered tho? i aint even bovvered!
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ive just had a revelation give me a day to gather some screenshots ill make the best rodimus + prowl + getaway meta post ever. dont hold me to that though
#for some context: boy they sure are similar despite hating each other#specifically that bit in dark cybertron where magnus is going off on prowl. all of his criticisms can also be applied to rod and getaway#âyou keep loading guns and telling other people to fire themâ rodimus ordering swerve to shoot fort max. getaway sending tailgate after meg#âyoure never there to face the consequences of your own actionsâ rodimus letting drift take the blame for overlord. getaway. well. yknow#âyou let people get caught in the crossfireâ YUPPP#the big thing that sets rodimus apart is that he actually feels bad abt it which leads to him eventually changing#after going through a few phases of doing what HE thinks is fixing things while still avoiding taking responsibility#but yeah do you get what im saying.#trio of not taking responsibility for their actions#and they hate eachother#<- well idk abt prowl and getaway bc they never interacted to my knowledge but the point still stands#tf#mtmte#ohhh rodimus my beautiful fire boy who has done so much wrong and cant even see how similar he is to the people he hates the most đ§Ąđ§Ą#rodimus
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I remember someone saying "there's no such thing as a good racism allegory" and it's been bouncing around in my head for a while. I'm someone who typically thinks anything can work if given the right circumstances, but then I really started thinking about it and I believe they're right
Because if you want to talk about racism, you should just talk about racism
(This is unpolished and ramble-y, so strap yourselves in)
Racism is deeply ingrained into our society, no matter where you live. Imperialism and colonialism has ensured that no corner of Earth has been left untouched. Choices from hundreds of years ago are still being felt today. There's practically no end to the discussion of its effects on the world and its people
So, why should anyone feel the need to dress it up in cat ears?
I've consumed a lot of media where writers have consciously echoed in part some aspect of racism in their fantasy story: Bright 2017, Dragon Age, RWBY, the MCU, Harry Potter, Detroit: Become Human, etc. The biggest thing they have in common is that the narrative is told to side with the victims, but it somehow always ends up against them
It always sides with the status quo
It's confusing, maddening even, because the narrative oft goes out of its way to show how horrible the system is and how these folk don't deserve their treatment, so why are we going back to normal as if it's a good thing? Why are the people actively working to improve the system decried as annoying at best and monstrous at worst?
Then you look at the people who write these storylines. The beliefs they hold, the people they vote for, which charities and organizations they give to, and it all makes sense. Centrists (at best) trying to look progressive are the ones who need to dress racism up in cat ears and rainbow freckles. They set aside the long, brutal histories and crushing systemic realities to play pretend that racism is Not That Bad and is only done by Those Bad Individuals
That's why Velvet's ears are tugged instead of culled. That's why the Mantle drunkards say mean things to Blake instead of attempting to assault her. That's why everything surrounding the SDC's labor practices is so vague as to be useless while the biggest evidence of their malice is hand-waved away by a writer who says the victim "had it coming" as if someone can deserve being branded by being too much of a brat
These stories aren't meant to make the audience question why our society works off the bloodied backs of the exploited or demands we take good, hard looks at ourselves and how we've been duped into believing so much garbage about entire swathes of people. They're meant to satisfy the people who only feel bad that these things are happening because they (white folk) look like the bad guys. It's a self-congratulatory wank about how "I'm not like THOSE guys, therefore I'm a good person!"
And then there's the characters meant to convey this story in the first place: always inoffensive, mostly aimless, "not like the other girl" types that pander to that delicate palate. Blake - a conventionally attractive, pale skinned girl in fashionable clothes - used to be passionate about equality but only in the right way, and demonizes anyone who does not conform to this mindset despite having no reasoning to back it up while never once demanding better of the privileged people around her even when they do racially insensitive things
The biggest downfall of these racial allegories, be they about cat girls or orcs or elves or robots, is that they do something that marginalized folk have been forced to endure since the dawn of time: literal dehumanization. There are tangible differences between humans and whatever the allegory is, which undermines the very fundamental fact that black/asian/queer/neurodivergent/disabled/whatever folk are unapologetically, undeniably, exceedingly human. By dressing up their plights in cat ears or spottled blue skin, you're creating theater not for the people who actually live through these struggles as a means of connecting with them and providing them a safe outlet for their feelings, but giving the people who benefit from passively allowing the system to enforce said struggles a pat on the head for not being the grand wizard
I don't really know where I'm going or how to end this, so I'll just sign off with if you're going to talk about racism, just talk about racism
#rwde#like i said this is pretty all over the place bc i know what im Feeling but not how to word it yknow? so hopefully i got it somewhat across#i am whiter than sour cream tho so if i got anything wrong DO NOT HESITATE to blast me like team rocket#this did get me thinking abt star trek specifically the ep w the dudes who are black on one side and white on the other#and they hate each other because the colors are on different sides#that might be an okay allegory since its so on the nose its dancing on your sinuses#but its not my place to say one way or another so who knows#ive only seen people play detroit but holy fuck david cage should be tossed into a pit for that absolute nonsense#this dude had robots standing in the back of busses and quoting mlk jr but had the audacity to claim it wasnt the 60s civil rights allegory#this is just a really weird thing to happen over and over again#can they just not connect w people of color or whatever their target allegory is?#its almost always black folk tho james camerons avatar had LoAdS of fun w that indigenous parody#and theres like. never any sensitivity readers to double check this shit or the target group actually doing the writing#who said 'white people love talking about race as if they got something to say'? bc that should be the slogan for every one of these deals#yeehaw ig :?
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Listen, and I say this as a Rhaenicent fan, but seeing some on Twitter going "Alicent would never hurt Rhaenyra like that," or "But if she were with Alicent..." really has me shaking my head because, really? That's what you thought coming out of this episode?
#house of the dragon#hotd#as rhaenicent fan i will wholeheartedly admit that alicent has hurt rhaenyra like im not going to sugarcoat it#from humiliating her after joffery's birth to literally slicing her arm open to etc#i can still ship them & admit that! it's okay to admit that they both hurt each other bc (unless its some au) ignoring that takes a lot awa#for both of their characters and the ship itself (best friends to strangers to friends to enemies is what makes them interesting! leave it!#and this isn't me ignoring how daemon hurts rhae either bc seeing him act so aggressive towards her & her flinching hurt me so bad#but i also don't think that moment or even the episode where he does choke her is the right time to go advocating for your ship especially#when harm has been present within said ship too#the only ships with rhae where she probably was not harmed by her partners are rhaewin and laenyra#top two (+ laenor platonically) that i can think of#and again i say this as a rhaenicent fan so don't come at me saying im not#there's just a lot of nuance to them that im not going to ignore#alicent hightower#shes messy let her be messy#rhaenrya targaryen#deserves so much better and i will stand by that statement#hotd critical
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i will genuinely never understand my dad!!! and i feel guilty for being confused and angered by him!!!! i don't know what he wants and i doubt i ever will
i guess he's known that he's had cancer for over a month now but never told me. and i dont know if it's because he wanted me to reach out/pay attention to him, as he's done in the past or if he just didn't think to, or if it's some other third mysterious reason that i can't think up
we aren't close since he was rarely in my life but i feel like that's something you tell your kid.
and the only reason i found out is because i went to go check and see why he hadn't replied to my message about asking if he wanted to hang out for the thousandth time without getting a response
#[static]#he tells me 'kid im gonna change i miss you i love you we need to hang out more im sorry that i wasnt around'#and then when we try and make plans it's like pulling teeth to get him to follow through#and sure there's been a couple of times in my life where ive had to back out of plans with him but like .....#we're talking less times than i have fingers on one hand in 30 years lol meanwhile he disappears for years without a word regularly#i thought we got somewhere last year when i decided to reach out after i stopped talking to him#we're both adults and we're busy but i somehow manage to have regular scheduled dnd games with 4 other adults twice a month#and i cant get my biological father who claims to want to know me reply to a message#and i know i know i know he's got his own demons and battles but i s2g it's just Frustrating because i dont know what he wants from me#i dont fuck with indecision and i dont like not knowing where i stand with someone#i know that he wont reach out to people in hopes they 'care enough' about him to do it#but like dude .......... SHOW THAT YOU CARE ABOUT ME TOO WTF#i want to be unendingly compassionate to him since he's gotta figure out what he's gonna do regarding his throat cancer#but like ..... what am i supposed to do with this lmao he saw my message and didn't reply and maybe he's busy#but he also didnt reply to any of my other messages asking to make time to see each other#but then he called me this summer to see if i was in town when he was there (and i wasn't and it was out of the blue)#he also posted a lowkey transphobic comedy sketch on his page which is weird because that's not really his politics but also he's old#and i can just hear exactly what he'd say about it if i tried to even bring it up to him ever#idk what he wants from me but i sometimes think even he doesn't know#i think we missed our time to mend things into something that makes sense#anyways sorry for the vent into the void i just got new information and dealing with stuff about my dad is always difficult#i have rarely felt wanted by him and have never felt seen for who i am either
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