#why are you doing math OP

[deathricedrawn]

i'm ready to try

[the-witchhunter]

DP x DC ramble: Types of power

Now, in this particular fandom, there’s a tendency to make an OP Danny

That’s a neutral statement, a lot of people just happen to like and post OP Danny

For the most part, not my taste but it can be fun in some contexts, but overpowered Danny isn’t my default

Now, Danny is physically strong. His abilities are combat focused and he can hold his own in a fight. He probably has a little less physical strength than you’d think since he uses gravity nullification to lift heavy things, but it’s impressive regardless. He has a goodly variety of offensive and defensive abilities that make him formidable is a fight

But the strongest characters in DC aren’t necessarily strong in that way

Superman is physically very strong, incredibly powerful, but he’s still nowhere near the level of the actual strongest characters, because their power is a very different type

Like I’m talking reality manipulation, omniscience, abilities that involve power over people’s very souls (and a ghost is a human soul) and where they end up. Psychopomps and some much more. I’m talking about beings that can mold the flesh of humans to remove something like a cancer and repair damage with barely a thought

And they’re mainly held in check by rules, mostly just being polite, sometimes Divine laws

This is a type of power Danny is not equipped to handle

It’s a very different game than Danny is playing. He can physically throw down, he might have an army if it’s Ghost King AU, but this is “can kill you with a literal snap and the snap is just for dramatic effect” territory

Danny is playing high school American football, these characters are playing Professional soccer aka what every other country calls football

It’s a very different game, and if he’s trying to play with them, he’s going to struggle

And that’s fine, he can still be OP and not be playing on the same field as Lucifer, or the Spectre, or various demon lords and so on, because it’s a different kind of power

But just arbitrarily saying he’s more powerful really undersells why they are powerful. Being able to punch good is not the same as a character that can just send him to the afterlife. Someone being able to reshape Danny’s body at their will isn’t going to be concerned about his ecto blasts

A Tuna is a big fish, but the ocean is VAST and DEEP

All this to say you’d have to drastically alter Danny’s actual power set to make him able to compete, otherwise you’re just de-powering the actual strongest characters, which is less impressive since it missed the point of WHY they were strong

Just because you can solve a sheet of math problems doesn’t mean you’re going to be able to ace a three page essay on the poetry of Keats

This has been my thoughts on the matter, be sure to grab a souvenir from the gift shop

Also just going to sneak this in:

Danny should probably be more concerned about magic users

Magic clearly can affect him, just look at the Freak Show incident from season one, that’s not even getting into the reality gauntlet. Now add in the fact that there’s a variety of magic items/artifacts in DC and a slew other of magic uses and occultists that can summon and bind ghosts, spirits, and demons to do their bidding

Danny is firmly in the category of beings that magic specifically deals with, he should probably be a bit more concerned about magic users

[broken-clover]

A bizarre amount of customers ask me what my name is short for and it's gotten really annoying so I've started just giving out random names to fuck with them and watch the gamut of weird expressions it gets.

[the-descolada]

doing genshin theorycrafting/calcing is bonkers bc it is revealing of the degree to which a lot of gamers are seemingly incapable of using critical thinking skills at a basic level

[simplydnp]

just wanted to say that I really enjoyed your math rant on the "dan and phil are like sin x and cos x" post, it was exactly what I was thinking but couldn't articulate haha <33

💞💞💞 math my beloved i love talking about her. especially with parallels because it's like the unmistakable call of the universe. no room left to argue. look at the beauty and structure she holds, and see the truth echoed in existence. dnp have the same wavelength and i think that's beautiful.

[pixiealchemist]

okay so you're correct and everything but what the fuck

wanna see exactly HOW bad tumblr is at math so tell me

[demie90s]

Heyyy!! This is my first time sending a request I’m so excited and I love your work!!!! Maybe like the reader got their wisdom teeth out and shows up to practice and everyone is like 👀 why are you here and reader is just like 👁️👄👁️ and just acting chaotic bc of the meds with whoever either like UConn or DT

I also love anything like DT UConn or Sue but I don’t have any ideas specific ideas

Sedated & Unbothered

UConn WBB x fem!reader

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Summary: Wisdom teeth taken out and somehow still shows up to practice, cheeks swollen, high off meds, and completely chaotic. The team’s like “Why are you even here?”

Warnings: Post-surgery chaos, drugged behavior, team banter, light fluff, harmless delirium

Word count: ~ 0.4k

I walk into practice like I own the place.

Which, to be fair, I kinda do. Even if I am high off gas with gauze in my mouth and the swagger of a sleep-deprived toddler in Jordans. Hoodie half on, laces untied, lips chapped, eyes glassy—fresh out the oral surgeon’s chair like it’s a damn press conference.

The second I stumble in, everything stops.

Paige freezes with a Gatorade half-raised. Azzi tilts her head like I’m a math problem she wasn’t prepared for. Nika looks concerned, which means I probably look bad. And KK—KK is already recording.

“Why are you here?” Caroline asks gently, like I just wandered into the wrong building.

“I’m…” I pause. Blink. “I’m an athlete.”

Aubrey covers her mouth to stop from laughing.

KK’s behind the camera narrating: “Day 1 post-op. She think she in the Final Four.”

Geno comes out of his office at that exact moment, sees me standing there swaying with gauze peeking from my mouth and a crooked smile.

He stares. Hard.

“Why…” he sighs. “Why are you here?”

I sniff dramatically. “Y’all woulda missed me.”

He rubs his face. “You had surgery.”

“I’m healed.”

“You’re drooling.”

“I’m multitasking.”

The team is wheezing at this point. Paige drops her Gatorade. Azzi sits down. Nika turns to Ice and says, “If she falls, I’m not helping.”

“I wanna shoot,” I mumble, voice all muffled and wet.

“No, you wanna sit,” Geno says.

I pout. Legit pout. Lower lip trembling, blinking slow like I’m about to cry. Whether it’s from pain or dramatics, not even I know. It’s all the same at this point.

Geno stares me down for five more seconds while I hiccup. Then turns to Paige.

“Give her a basketball before she starts sobbing.”

KK lets out a full scream.

“GIVE THE BABY THE BALL!” she yells, running over like it’s a parade.

I grab it with both hands like it’s the holy grail. Hug it to my chest.

Then I look up, completely deadpan: “Y’all wanna run 5v5?”

Geno’s already walking away. “Don’t pass her the ball. She’s concussed on accident.”

Nika, mid-shootaround, mutters under her breath, “She’s playing better than me and she’s sedated.”

By the end of practice, I’ve taken five corner threes (made three), hugged Azzi at least four times, told Paige she looked like a golden retriever “but sexy,” asked Geno if I could get my name tattooed on the floor, and cried into KK’s TruFru bag because it tasted “like God kissed it.”

I don’t remember most of it. But apparently? We still ran sprints. And I beat Caroline. Sedated and still elite.

@xxsnowxx213 @draculara-vonvamp @kcannon-1436-blog @zizi-bee-yapping @kaliblazin @perksofbeingatrex @soapyonaropey

[cadaverousdecay]

okay. we get it. the school system chewed you up and spat you out. i’ve been there. but can you do me a huuuuge favor and when you come across a post appreciating a branch of academia, just scroll on by.

it really bums me out when i see a post where someone’s gushing over mathematics or literary criticism or anything that has to do with learning/school related topics, and the comments are filled with “stop op you’re giving me flashbacks” “why are you bringing school to the internet 😭” “god i hate math it makes my head hurt” “goddd literature class was the worstttt”

what does that add to someone’s love for something. shut the fuck up and move on

[fanaticsnail]

Snail important question;

Of any line-up of characters of your choice-

Who do you think is attracted to competency,

Who is attracted to stupidity,

Who can go either way,

And who is attracted to both at the same time (imagine;

Reader: sorry I'm late I had to fight off two different ships

Them: is that how you got that bruise on your face?

Reader: oh... Actually, I wasn't looking and pulled a push door off its' hinges into my face

Them, kicking off their pants: god you're so fucking stupid, sit on my face

)

Also, I feel like there are different versions of competency and stupidity. Street smarts vs social obliviousness. Book smarts vs functionally illiterate. Strategic/battle smarts vs what-do-you-mean-flashing-the-enemy-isn't-a-valid-distraction?

(Zoro is completely math smart and dumb in every other way)

I could imagine Luffy would be attracted to hyper specific competency. If you're really into a specific thing and good at it and it's your dream he would absolutely love it even if it sounds like you're speaking gibberish to him. He wouldn't even think of it as weird - I mean, no more weird than any other dream he doesn't personally understand - he's certainly not the type to judge based on societal norms. You could talk his ear off about the reproductive habits of different animals and he wouldn't get why everyone else doesn't like to hear it when they're eating but hey more food for him.

Snail. Your asks always know how to get the better of me. Have a series of little drabbles, dear.

Competency, Stupidity, Duality

Masterlist here

Word Count: 410+, 510+, 580+

Synopsis: They can't help what attracted them to you. No matter what you did, they simply couldn't get enough of you. Their emotions finally catch up with them, and they confess their adoration for you.

Themes: variety x gn!reader, feelings, injury, mentions of battles, finally giving in, all different 'reader' inserts, confessions of love, kid x reader, zoro x reader, killer x reader, angst, fluff, sweetness.

Notes: I wasn't expecting to write this today, but I've been thinking about the big boys lately and I needed to give them some love. Something about trios lately.

Tag List: @sordidmusings @nerium-lil @feral-artistry @since-im-already-here @writingmysanity @indydonuts @gingernut1314 @i-am-vita @carrotsunshine @mfreedomstuff @daydreamer-in-training

Competency: Eustass Kid

When Eustass Kid noticed how quick and sharp you were to react in life or death circumstances, he was immediately smitten with you. Being a Straw-Hat, your ambitions and dreams were fostered by your playful captain as you sailed aboard the Thousand Sunny. Your ability to interact flawlessly by balancing the combined efforts of the three crews had him intrigued by your charisma. 

Fighting by your side was something he didn’t expect to affect him so much. The way you researched the strengths and weaknesses of all three crews sailing and fighting together was admirable. Asserting yourself by asking Law to push and pull you closer to the fight with the Ope-Ope no Mi ability, while fighting side-by-side with Massacre Soldier Killer in close quarters, had him left wordless.

After the battle finishes, he watched as you hastily aided your crew of their injuries while disregarding your own; putting others first while adding pressure to your hand-gash, hovering it over your head to slow the bleeding. He couldn’t get enough of you. 

He needed you to know how he felt about you, but being in the presence of Luffy and Law always seemed to bring out the more juvenile side of attitude. His simple attraction and infatuation with you had to be revealed to you in due time, but he couldn’t risk sounding like an idiot in front of you. He would have to simply wait until you were alone and unoccupied before he made his move to take care of you after taking care of others. 

Slowly approaching you as you sat down against the tangerine grove aboard the Thousand Sunny, his shadow shrouded your form and prompted you to gaze up into his scarred, sheepish face. Your smile caused his heart to beat harder and his head to swirl with a variety of "what-ifs". Gulping back his insecurities, he knelt down in front of you.

“Let me take care of that for you,” he offered with a soft smirk, “You’ve done so much for others, and I think your hand needs some seeing to.” 

“If you say so, Captain Kid,” you shrug, offering your injured hand delicately to him and listening to his every instruction as he treats you, “I wasn’t aware you had any medical training.” He straps your hand in a bandage, placing down the final ties before holding your injured hand in his.

“I don’t,” he shrugged with a smile atop his painted lips, “But I’ve lost an arm before, and I don’t want to see that happen to you.” 

“You’re-...” he stuttered over his words, gazing at your hand before softly drifting his tired eyes up, “...-You amaze me. Truly, amaze me.” You place your other hand on his, never once removing your eyes from his face as he offers you such kindness. 

“Thank you, sir,” you nod to him with a soft smile, “You amaze me, too.”

Stupidity: Roronoa Zoro

“Why would you do that?” Zoro roared at you, hovering his body over yours and caging your face-down body within a shield of his own. The gashes on your back were deep, your body weeping out the red essence and staining your clothes with it.

“C-Couldn’t risk yours,” you stuttered out with a soft smile, “H’was gonna g-get yours. Didn’t want you to wear the shame.” His eyes widened, filling with a steam of glossy tears that threatened to spill over the moment you stuttered out your confession. “That’s what you said, wasn’t it? Mark on the back is a swordsman’s greatest shame?” 

Drip. 

Drip.

Drip.

One after one, soft tears spilt down his cheeks and mixed with the fluids pooling at your back. He leaned down towards you, the heat of battle dying down with the swift, flaming kick of the blonde cook and giggling chuckles of your captain, Luffy. 

“You’re a fucking idiot,” he sniffed his sobs back as he leaned down to cage you, “Can’t you see? None of that fucking matters without you here.” He softly, tenderly moved you from your position on the floor to not disturb your wounds. He sat you up, cradling you against his broad chest and openly sobbed for you. 

“When you get better,” he growled into your shoulder, “I will repay you for this. I will pay my debt to you.” His sobs got more desperate, not halting in the slightest when Trafalgar D Water-Law approached the two of you in your embrace. 

“Let me get ‘em to the infirmary,” Law offered, gesturing for Bepo to ready the aid kit, “I’ll treat the wounds there-.” 

“-I won’t leave them,” Zoro barked over your shoulder, your soft smile tugging at your cheeks in your hazy daze. “Let me go with you, Traffy. I won’t say a damn word to distract you, on my honor.” Law nods, raising his hand and spreading his fingers and offers the two words to switch positions within the infirmary: “Room, Shambles.” 

As you drifted in and out of consciousness, you laughed each time Zoro chastised you for your stupidity. Echos of: “There were so many other things you could’ve done instead,” and “You stumbled into that blade like a moron and took that hit for me, idiot.” You giggled through the pain, barely feeling it as Law worked to stitch you together again. 

Upon regaining consciousness, you looked to your moss-haired crewmate and offered out your hand to his bicep. His head was bowed, arms crossed over his chest, and was assumed to be napping by your bedside. Feeling your touch, he was roused from his sleep and immediately leaned forward to bring his face beside yours. 

“You’re a fucking moron,” he huffed, smiling in a melancholy grin. You laughed at his insult, squeezing his muscle before retracting your hand. As you nearly drew it away to your side, he caught your hand and brought your palm up to his lips. 

“My fucking moron,” he confirmed, placing a soft kiss to your palm before using it to cup his face. “I love you.”

Duality: Massacre Soldier Killer

Staring up into your face while remaining silent, resting his masked face on the heel of his palm, he listened to your recount of a very specific childhood injury that left you with an interesting scar on your thigh. Killer’s eyes never left your face, his cheeks beginning to glow warm and vibrant beneath the shroud of his mask.

“So, let me get this straight,” Captain Eustass Kid held his hand in front of his face and gave it a gentle wave to halt your words, “That sick-looking scar wasn’t from any time you served with Luffy, but because you set off a fucking harpoon and speared yourself in the leg with it?” 

Killer felt himself swoon at the melody your laugh thrust into the atmosphere. He was ever thankful his blue and white mask disguised how much he was smiling beneath the shroud. 

“Yep,” you popped the ‘P’ afterwards, nodding in confirmation as you sat beside Usopp and drew your tankard up to your lips, “But I learnt from it, and it hasn’t happened since.” Killer sighed, his voice almost coming out in a soft moan to reveal his growing infatuation for you. Kid barked out a harsh gaggle of laughter, clapping you on the shoulder with his right hand and gestured for you to reveal it to them.

“Let me see it again, go on,” he chuckled, removing his hand and sitting back on his seat, “Use Killer’s thigh as a prop so we can see it properly. You don’t mind do you, big guy?” Killer absentmindedly and slowly shook his head, tapping his thigh twice with his hand for you to reveal your injury to the captain of the Victoria Punk, himself and your crewmate beside you. 

“Alright,” you shrugged, standing beside Usopp and Killer and gently placed your foot atop Killer’s thigh and began hiking up your shorts to your hip, “Feast your eyes, Captain.” Sure enough, an interesting looking scar was revealed on your inner thigh, clear as day and sure as the sea is salty. 

“Oh, fucking hells!” Kid gave you a hearty laugh, “You seeing this, big guy?” Kid turned his attention to his first mate, his smile only growing as he noticed the angle of Killer’s mask never left your face. Surprise was immediately thrust into Kid’s eyes, noticing the unwavering resolve in Killer’s posture. 

You turned your attention down to the silent and broody first-mate, your face puzzled and eyes searching his mask for any further thought or action. He slowly drew his hands up to clasp around your ankle and calf, holding it firmly as he leaned forward. 

“You’re perfect,” he offered in a breathy whisper, stroking your leg and gazing lovingly into your face, “Don’t let anyone ever tell you otherwise.” 

Your face flushed with a warmth at his words, eyes widening and looking down at his large hands as they held you so tenderly and delicately within his grasp. Smiling, you leaned forwards and placed your hand over his scarred left forearm with mischief in your eyes, asking him a simple question with a suggestive tone. 

“Like what you see then, big guy?” At your question, Usopp nearly choked on his drink. You had never been this bold before, and this came as a shock to your crew’s skilled sniper. He covered his choking with a soft cough, turning away with a downturned smile and stifling his growing laugh. 

“So much,” Killer confirmed, gently caressing your calf and looking up at you through half-hooded blonde lashes beneath his mask, “So, so much.”

[mrs-monaghan]

https://x.com/gyeolgol/status/1884864333059965307

I used to see a lot of arguments on tl who the eyes in JIMIN’s WHO is. Army arguing it’s V while Jikookers arguing it’s JK. Me being a jikooker wanted it to be Jk but wasn’t seeing any resemblance at all. JK’s are very specific boba eyes and the billboard was nothing like that. So I thought it might be cgi and not any real person’s.

but I think now I’m convinced it is tae’s.. because these both are extremely similar. It’s almost like the same pic. And I don’t think it’s weird when BTS, especially Jimin, praise tae’s visuals.

So I’m team Tae for WHO BB pic 😀👍

It's not weird if Jimin uses any member on that MV. But the member still has to make sense. And with how things are atm i really dont see JM using V I was going to just ignore this really, but the asks keep coming and from Jikookers too so here I am, ig. It's time to stop the madness. I always forget Vminers exist until they pull some shit like this and I'm like

Anygays, idk if you noticed but OP there did not even use the photo that Jimin used in the MV

This is how the pic actually looks like:

Why didn't they use the OG? And why are people just eating this up? 🙄

Anon, who agrees with Vminers. Where are the moles? If Jimin wanted us to know it was V on that Billboard, why would he have V's moles edited out? 🤔 I don't see the moles, I don't see the eyebags, and you know who's got those eyebags?

(Thanks @sweetjikook)

This is the accurate photo we've been going by;

And for me, this looks more like the one on that Billboard way more than V's. 🤷🏾‍♀️

So, we've established there is no moles, no eyebags and again let's not forget about keep going

We still don't have an answer as to what those 2 words mean apart from the fact that they popped up in AYS. A show that Jimin did with JUNGKOOK.

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Anon you're team V and ig that's fine. But when I do my math i still end up with JK. But to each their own ig. 😁

[rahedlinoodles]

my top controversial Zim headcanon is that Zim actually performs absurdly well at skool because

1. he's a perfectionist with a compulsive reaction to ANY system of scoring

2. I 100% believe test scores are this guy's forte because he had to become an Invader SOMEHOW and he sure as hell wasn't passing based on the practical

3. He has hyper-advanced alien AI to do his homework for him. like come on.

meanwhile Dib is really only scraping by on raw intelligence and the inherent educational advantage of having a mad scientist father. He doesn't have TIME to study, there's an evil alien he has to stalk and besides, you know what's better than a high school diploma? The Nobel Peace Prize for proving the existence of extraterrestrial life.

[quill-firefly]

You know, it drives me crazy to know that technically there’s two (at least in terms of prominence cause I think there’s also a TFA one though it doesn’t seem as talked about) canonical Shattered Glass continuities: the one made by FunPub and the IDW reboot.

Cause the thing is, those two comics have vastly different Megatrons and Optimus Primes.

Like we have FunPub Megatron who is a mathematician and Optronix who was a librarian that backstabbed his way to the top.

Then we have the IDW versions where Megatron is a miner/civil activist who keeps getting tossed into jail and Orion Pax who is a senator in this version.

And what fascinates me is that in the FunPub version, Optimus actually lives (though he becomes Nova Prime). Meanwhile, in the IDW version, I think he dies (?) or well his fate is much worse in comparison to FunPub!OP.

Also what’s up with both Megatrons having a fakeout death? FunPub!Megatron does get killed by Cyclonus but he comes back as Galvatron. Meanwhile IDW!Megatron gets defeated by OP and is momentarily thought to be dead (he just went into self-exile).

There’s not actually a lot of difference between the two OPs (cause honestly they both seem insane), though I guess one could interpret FunPub!OP as much more depressing cause the only reason he’s evil is cause he saw life as meaningless unless history remembers you and when he becomes Nova Prime, he’s still a little jerk but he’s tamer so I assume that was his original personality. IDW!OP just wants total power and only initially hides behind a nice facade.

The two Megatrons are vastly different though in my opinion. Cause FunPub!Megatron really was just some guy who predicted civil war and was good enough to want to stop it (this Megatron wasn’t affected by the caste system, he just genuinely saw something wrong was happening and chose to do something about it). IDW!Megatron was someone who was affected by the caste system and was trying his best to bring attention to it. FunPub!Megatron is also very nice (like not overly nice but he’s genuinely such a nice guy and this is why he’s my favorite aside from him being a nerd lmao). IDW!Megatron is a bit more jaded (which is fair cause the caste system is horrible and his “friend” is an asshole).

Even the relationship between OP and Megatron are different in both continuities. I’m pretty sure in FunPub these two never interacted before the war, where OP gets pissed that this random mathematician is opposing him. In IDW, OP and Megatron were “friends” with OP even bailing Megatron out of jail, though their “friendship” was already toxic even before the war cause Megatron seemed to really see through OP’s BS.

All this to say, there should really be a crossover between both continuities.

SGFunPub!Megs and SGIDW!OP meeting would be kinda fun and dangerous, especially if they meet each other before the civil war broke out. Megatron wouldn’t know who OP is while OP would see another version of his Megatron who he could possibly trick. Also this has the added bonus of a hilarious scenario where Megatron predicts OP is the cause of the civil war through math and that pisses off OP cause genuinely tf you mean you computed that through math. This one is more dangerous though as OP genuinely wants power and will not be swayed by whatever Megatron says.

SGIDW!Megs and SGFunPub!OP might honestly end up the happier version ngl. Cause OP clearly has an existential crisis that Megatron can probably fix by convincing him that OP can still be remembered in history by doing the right thing… such as being a civil rights activist. Like… I’m just saying maybe FunPub!OP needs therapy (and unlike IDW!OP, he actually gets a canonical redemption arc so he’s not completely lost).

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Anyway, will I write this? Maybe (I really shouldn’t though cause I have a series and two writing requests to finish lmao). Because I am officially employed now and thus have a fixed schedule unlike the previous weeks where my schedule was erratic (which is not good for my OCD as I need a fixed schedule or I will be very upset sksksksk) as I had nothing to do but read, play video games, and exist lmao

[supremefloof]

Episode 5!!!

spoilers below!! a lot of cool info as always this episode :D

LMAO his mom literally has the dead mom haircut

one braid to the side and everything

Can somebody keep track of the "years after commission" thing? it's probably lore important but I don't like math and i can't be bothered

The Lin Ling lookalike is called Pomelo? what's his name in the cn ver i watched with subtitles

WHY did some shady guy want to kidnap him???

watch the twist be that Xia Qing and Shang Chao are like cousins or something and they're after Pomelo to get to him?

Yang Cheng is actually really talented! he's a good actor, self-taught engineer, pretty athletic too.

like DAYUM he was biking really really fast??? and willing to jump off of overpasses and shit with no regard to his own well-being just to save somebody else

...huh that's probably trauma isn't it...

as somebody who has lived in America I was thinking during the chase scene that yk this is not set in the US because if some random slow ass van hit two cars in an intersection for no reason and then tried to run off at bicycle speed in the USA then Yang Cheng would have had BACKUP

YC's combat prowess as just Some Guy without a single point of Trust Value proves to me that without Nice's powers, Lin Ling has abnormally cooked technique. like sweetie. we love you but what is this. God Eye is up there

Again, the power of Trust Value! it only takes 1 person! but that has me really really thinking about exactly how this works.

my running explanation -> to add a point to someone's Trust Value, you need to be a fan/supporter of that person. Most likely this is not as simple as saying "huh that guy's pretty cool" but instead very intentional.

maybe there's a limit to how many people you can be a fan of?

Yang Cheng has a trauma derived habit of Goobing himself (see below) and also has no parents, who are probably normally someone's easiest source of Trust.

This along with the vicious cycle of people with low Trust being treated worse is why his number is at 0. He isn't hated! He has a role in society and people who like him (and would even invite him out!). But none of his connections are deep enough, and he doesn't believe in himself.

Survivors guilt...

more on Trust- it also seems like although most people have some amount of Trust Value, it really really matters what that Trust is for.

eg. the reason society isn't overflowing with op powers from parents telling their 3 year olds that they have the powers of a god is the importance of quantity?

meanwhile the reason Yang Cheng was able to get powers is because somebody truly, genuinely believed they were E-Soul, not just a "hero" or that they could "do it". probably most people with some amount of Trust have people believing that they are good people or just generally liking them.

it does kind of seem like credit score... wonder if it's harder to sign leases on apartments and that kind of thing depending on Trust

for normal people this actually feels pretty poignant! like heroes have the crazy drawbacks, but if most people just have normal lives along with a handful of Trust Value Points, then this also feels like taking further the concept of "we are the product of the most important people in our life".

How does this guy become the Moon Murderer??

some miscellaneous notes:

can somebody find all the little background details? I didn't spot X in this episode's background because he doesn't exist as X yet! but if he is, then holy shit we have some theory crafting to do.

does the NO 8 refer to a person? can somebody translate the words idk what it says

this city has a pretty robust cleanup system! streets are very clean from what I can see, no littering posters in the alleys, very little graffiti (is that purple one dragon boy related?), GlobalGarbage trashbins for landfill and recycling (distributed by city?)... just show me high-speed rail and maybe the Trust Value System IS worth it!!

[kanekoii]

How do you think Luxiem and Noctyx would react to collabing with the Reader who is a popular indie vtuber and their kamaoshi?

lyra’s notes -> methinks…you should read and find out

pairings -> luxiem, noctyx x gn! indie vtuber! kamioshi! reader

!! since this is intended to be romantic sorta, reader is male in uki’s part !!

genre -> scenario

song -> don’t wake me up - jonas blue & why don’t we

warnings -> they all have a crush on u, food in mysta’s part, joking mention of death in fuglur’s

VOX AKUMA ->

he’s going full adorable fanboy about it, screaming with joy when you agree to collab with him and freaking out over it on his twitter- i mean x. xitter. he will be so stoked about the opportunity to talk to you in person when he usually just lurks in your chat. he’ll take the opportunity to flirt with you and try to show off a little bit, only to fail miserably and be met with a laugh. yet he still made you laugh, so mission accomplished. he was so excited to collaborate with you and make you laugh, and he’s sure to ask to collab in the future.

IKE EVELAND ->

compliments. so many compliments. he’ll straight up tell you how excited he is to work with you and how you’re his kamioshi. ike will be sure to tell you how adorable he thinks you are and just how much he genuinely admires you. he is so absolutely smitten that poor boy can barely handle talking to you without blushing or getting flustered. the more times you collaborate, the more used to it he’ll become and the more he’ll start to hint at his crush on you.

LUCA KANESHIRO ->

he didn’t even believe you’d ask. you’re his literal kamioshi and you asked to collaborate with HIM of all people? he’s absolutely grateful for the opportunity to work with you and be able to talk to you more than just occasional comments in your chat when he’s not streaming. it was an off-collab too, so you’d be seeing him in person to see if he was just as pretty off camera as he was on. someone (me) akasupa’d and asked to give opinions on each other and the revelation that you loved his content just as much as or even more than he loved yours had his heart soaring.

SHU YAMINO ->

he would get SO flustered and nervous before you hop on call together to play the horror game he had chosen. it would likely lead to poor boy getting more scared than usual just because he’s nervous to be talking to someone he admires that much for the first time. he would most definitely try to flex his math skills too as some weird way of trying to gain your attention. every time he makes you even smile with his silly comments, his heart will soar out of pure pride.

MYSTA RIAS ->

he’s keeping it cool. or at the very least, he’s trying to. he knows his personality type doesn’t appeal to everyone and he’s so happy when he finds that you actually enjoy his loud yet introverted personality and his weird antics. the stream you did together was you teaching him how to cook without poisoning everyone. please teach him how to wash rice properly and how to cook it without the starch water. please i’m begging teach him how to cook and he will be so happy, bragging to chat that he learned this recipe from you.

FULGUR OVID ->

hooligan wants to play co-op rage games with you just to see you mald and absolutely lose it. hear me out, what if he invites you to a crab game or among us collab and introduces you to everyone and he gets teased for teaming with you and trying to essentially carry you. instead of die for nari it’s die for you. he will see to it personally that you win every game you play together just as a little chance to impress you and get you to smile. that would make him SO happy.

SONNY BRISKO ->

cutie will be so taken aback to see you in his chats sometimes, so a collaboration would be more than heaven to him. he looks up to you and your content so much that he’s sure he’s dreaming when he has a full conversation with you on stream. your collective chats ship it SO much. imagine all the ship edits when you do a stream together in person as an off-collab.

UKI VIOLETA ->

(male reader for this one) he would definitely do a baking stream! much like the ones he’s done with his fellow nijisanji en members, he gives vague instructions and you try to figure it out from there. while uki is muted, his viewers would be subject to comments about oh my god he’s adorable he’s trying so hard to make me happy. ugh boy is down bad and let’s just say there will be so many more streams like that in the near future <3

ALBAN KNOX ->

he’s SO insanely shy and nervous it’s adorable. though, as the stream with you goes on, he becomes less nervous and goes back to his normal silly self. if he needs to, he’ll break out the mickey voice to make you laugh but that’s a last resort. his personality compliments yours in such a way that it’s just so enjoyable to watch, and he’s such a comforting person to be around as well.

[1000sunnygo]

Hi, I'm the asker with the SJ magazines. I do have those bonus pages! I uploaded them here (tinyurl/3w5ssa3b) & on imgur (/a/EUYFaMt). They're part of a bonus segment included in the volumes - I wrote about it on the wiki (/One_Piece_School#Bartolomeo's_New_Wo_Student_List), but it's pretty short since I can't read it. And no need to force yourself for other chapters! I'm happy for anything OP to be translated, no matter the amount. Similarly, would you want any future Law/School stuff?

😭😭😭😭 THANK YOU!!!!

woah these are some great details??

Longpost ahead, here's a summary of Bartolomeo's New World Middle investigation notes!

SH and friends' favorite school subjects

Luffy and Zoro: Physical education

Nami: Science, Maths, Geography

Sanji: Physical education, Home economics

Usopp: Art

Chopper: Science (Health)

Robin: History, Linguistics

Franky: Chemistry, Engineering

Brook: Music

Vivi: Japanese language and literature

Coby: (Currently improving in) all subjects

(Buggy is mad about not being included ha)

Classroom Layout

The four free seats are for students who randomly join from other grades and classes (ie. Hancock). Upper left features a special corner for Uta to join virtually. (She can also sit beside everyone randomly and make friends, as shown at the bottom)

Yamato is contemplating about where to seat after transferring to NW Middle, Luffy says "come join us ASAP and let's have fun at school!*

Luffy senpai's relationship chart

Other than ones I've previously translated, here are the rest:

Barto -> Luffy: "LU-LU-LU-LU-LUFFY-LUFFYYY SENPAI!!"

Luffy -> Barto: "Do you know me?"

Croc -> Luffy: "I can take you on a great adventure. So come to my side."

Luffy -> Croc: "You come to MY class! (?)"

Kaido -> Luffy: "I'll push you down the pits of hell."

Luffy -> "Try me whenever you want!"

Kaido -> Yamato: "Become Oni Middle's representative!"

Yamato -> Kaido: "I've joined Straw hat Luffy's class!"

Yamato -> Luffy: "I'll stop Oni Middle and then get to your class!"

Luffy -> Yamato: "I'll wait for you in the class!"

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Luffy -> Sabo: "A really kind big brother!"

Sabo -> Luffy: "Take good care of your friends!"

Ace -> Sabo: "You coddle Luffy too much, man!"

Sabo -> Ace: "And you worry about Luffy just as much, don't you?"

Luffy -> Ace: "Ace is strong!"

Ace -> Luffy: "Huff.. what a high maintenance little brother!"

Lucci -> Luffy: Don't violate school rules!

Luffy -> What is 'school rules'?

Smoker -> Luffy: "All you do is stir more trouble!"

Luffy -> Smoker: "I enjoy the school more than anyone!"

Garp -> Luffy: "I trained your ass off to make you a strong teacher!"

Luffy -> Garp: "I don't wanna be a teacher!"

Luffy -> Aokiji: "He's a cool teacher! Probably!"

Aokiji -> Luffy: "Well.. try to get along with everyone, would you.."

Backpack Sneak peek

Doing the entire page for this one.

Uniforms, emblems

NWS has relaxed rulings on uniforms. Boys are allowed to wear whichever shirt they want under their gakuran, girls can choose the color of their scarves. Teachers have their uniform too but Aokiji (probably all teachers) don't really care.

The section below are rejected school emblems proposed by students. Aokiji was lazily okaying all of them but Smoker kept him in line lol

Luffy's Design

Luffy: The meat turned out lookin' really tasty, right?

Coby: Isn't it an assortment of Luffy san's treasures?

Usopp's Design (the Kanji says "New")

Usopp: Well, this is how it'll turn out if it's Me to decide.

Nami: Great drawing but too self-assertive!

Robin's Design (She wrote "New" and drew a world. Perfect)

Chopper: Scary! What's this? Why a face??

Robin: It's cuter like that.

Chatroom photos

Lowkey contemplating about lettering all of them but I think I've kept the ask hanging long enough 🙈 These are adorable!

Lack of source has always been frustrating, but I don't think Law has a lot of extra contents to miss out on 😩 If I find something I'd like to source-check, I'll make sure to knock you, so thanks again! ❤️❤️

[zvtara-was-never-canon]

I saw this post right now and it just felt weird to me. It was about some person counting exactly how many episodes Zuko was actually "terrorizing" the gaang and their conclusion was "only 9 episodes" and I guess they did that because we say "if you think that katara shouldn't forgive aang for a single mistake then why should she be with the guy who terrorized her and her friends for 2/3rds of the show".

I couldn't read all the points because my tumblr refreshed midway but I was counting along op and it became till 10 when weren't even halfway through the list for me?

Anyways all that is besides the point since the whole "number of episodes" thing is stupid the characters aren't counting their life in the show by the number of episodes it's their continuous life for them.

I don't really know how to articulate it properly. But just counting "the number of episodes" and saying "cmon he only was an asshole for 9 episodes that's not bad" is.. kind of a weird way to read the story.

And they concluded it with "that's why he's not comparable to zhao, ozai, azula or even minor douchebags like jet". And I ask... why not? Using op's on logic, if we count the exact number of episodes where these people were explicitly terrorizing the gaang it would be on par with him (maybe even less). Like, Jet wasn't even present for nine episodes!

My fucking God, the cope. Zuko was chasing the heroes around through the entire world for months, including when it put his own life in danger. And even when he wasn't, he sent an assassin after them. The ONE time he actually chilled, it was so out of character it literally made him sick to the point of spending a whole episode hallucinating because NOT being an asshole for five minutes completely broke his perception of himself.

Zuko has got to be one of the most relentless antagonist ever because he's stubborn as fuck. You know what? Fuck it, I'm checking the episode list and doing the math.

Jet terrorized the Gaang for 1 episode out of 61 (and not only did he regret it, he was forgiven by them).

Zhao's evil bastard count is 6 out of 61 (Winter Solstice Part 2, The Blue Spirit, The Deserter, The Northern Air Temple, and Siege Of The North parts 1 & 2). If we REALLY want to push it and include The Library and The Day Of Black Sun Parts 1&2 since his past actions affected caused trouble for the heroes, it brings him to an 9 episode count.

Azula, if we're counting only direct confrontations with the good guys, has her evil bastard count at 10 out of 61 (Return To Omashu, The Chase, The Drill, Appa's Lost Days, Crossroads Of Destiny, The Day Of Black Sun Part 2, Boiling Rock Part 2, Souther Raiders, and 2/4 of the finale). If we include her evil scheming against them/their side, which is fair, it'd add the episodes The Guru, Nightmares and Daydreams and the first part of the series finale to the list, bringing it to 14 out 61. If we want to push it and add the cliffhangers of the episodes Cave of Two Lovers, The Serpent's Pass and The Earth King to the list, she'd be at 17 out of 61.

Even if we take this bullshit "Zuko only terrorized the Gaang for nine episodes" nonsense seriously, that'd still put him in the top 2 of foes that put them through hell, losing to Azula only by four points. Not exactly a saint, to put it mildly.

Now let's look at the ACTUAL number of episodes in which Zuko got in a direct conflict with the Gaang.

The Boy In The Iceberg, The Avatar Returns, Warriors Of Kyoshi, Winter Solstice Part 2, The Waterbending Scroll, The Blue Spirit, Bato Of The Water Tribe, and Siege Of The North Parts 1&2. We're up to the supposed 9 episodes already and it's only season one. Not looking good considering Zuko won't be redeemed for another season and half (and I'm not couting Imprisoned as I'm going with the same no cliffhanger rule for Azula, and I'm also not including part 1 of Winter Solstice or The Storm, as Zuko only considered going after the Gaang, but didn't actually do it).

Once we get to season 2, we have The Chase and Crossroads of Destiny, bringing his evil bastard count to 11, and I'm once again ignoring an episode, this time a much more relvant one as Zuko might have freed Appa in Lake Laogai, but his original intention was to capture him and thus bait Aang. Only 3 more points and he'll have caught up with Azula.

In season 3 we don't see him getting in a direct fight with the Gaang, but he sent combustion man after them, and since we're counting Azula's evil schemes, we gotta do the same here, adding The Beach and The Runaway to the list, bringing him to 13 points (again, no cliffhanger, so no The Headband). I'm not counting Nightmares & Daydreams or The Western Air Temple, even though I easily could, as Zuko took direct action to address the war meeting and tried to stop combustion man.

(If I were to count these, he'd be at 15 out of 61. If we add Lake Laogai it'd be 16, and if we add in the "considered, but didn't do it" it'd be 18. Finally, adding the cliffhangers we reach 20 out 61)

So either Azula just BARELY gets first place against her brother for most insufferable foe the Gaang ever faced, with 14 points while Zuko has 13, or Zuko can beat her by anywhere from 1 to 4 points depending on what rule we're using. Considering Azula wasn't in season one at all and Zuko had very limited resources in book 2 and was redeemed in the second half of book 3, it makes sense, as they both had far more screentime than any other villain.

This, of course, is me deliberately ignoring the Ozai-shaped elephant in the room, as despite only directly confronting one of the heroes in the finale, he's the only villain to get the full 61 evil bastard points, as he's responsible for nearly every bad thing we see happening in the show due to being Fire Lord (well, only living villain, otherwise Azulon and Sozin also get the same numbers).

And acknowledging said bastard shapped elephant in the room leads to yet another thing that proves this "Zuko only terrorized the Gaang for nine episodes" thing is bullshit. One thing that you have pointed out in your ask and that Zuko stans, particularly if they ship Zutara, tend to ignore: Imperialism does harm NON-STOP, and all the Fire Nation villains are guilty of not only supporting it, but of going out of their way to keep it thriving.

Meaning that actually Zhao has 20 points, Azula has 61 (or 41 if we decide to give her a pass for season 1 since she wasn't an active player yet), and Zuko has 49 points, as they're doing harm through their entire time as villains in the show. Again, Zuko is one of the most relentless antagonists ever due to sheer fucking persistance, meaning the Gaang, and Katara, had A LOT to forgive him for.

And the thing is, they did. She did. But she also forgave Aang for his much smaller, much more forgivable mistakes. Can't have that, therefore Zuko's actions CAN'T be that bad, otherwise it makes it harder to demonize Aang. Because if the Ember Island kiss is unforgivable, what word do you use for SUPPORTING AND PARTICIPATING IN IMPERIALISM AND GENOCIDE?

And I gotta wonder: do these Zuko/Zutara stans see characters like Azula, or even Zhao or Jet who had much smaller roles (and again in Jet's case, were also redeemed), as being OH so much more evil than their precious boy ever was just because they ignore Zuko's own vilany or because, on top of doing that, they also see these character's antagonism towards Zuko as antagonism towards the heroes, even though 90% of it happened when he was a villain too? In fact, do they think that being a dick to Zuko, no matter the reason or to what extent, is somehow WORSE than genocide?

I think I know the answer.