#why the heck not this will be disastrous

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Chisato has the saddest, wildest, most tragic, and honestly most touching backstory ever so HOW is she not a more important character?????

MERA IS SUCH AN UNDERAPPRECIATED CHARACTER FR she works so hard to support her family suffering from poverty and she's constantly hungry cuz she has nothing to eat but everyone else is just focused on making her stop eating so much???? How does no one feel bad for her??? Also she's fricking JACKED HOLYYYYY

[mrsdarkandyandere7]

❤ Yandere Hater ❤

▶ This is a yandere/dark work and it may contain triggering content so please READ THE WARNINGS before. Do not read if minor.

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Female reader

WARNINGS: Incel vibes; Hate; Noncon (in his imagination cause he's delulu).

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◾ Yandere!Hater who fucking hates your guts. Frankly doesn’t understand all the hype surrounding you.

You’re mediocre, at best. Nothing that special about you so he fails to understand why you’re getting increasingly popular these days.

You're not intelligent. You’re not talented. You’re not funny.

Heck, you’re not even that pretty.

Fuck, you’re actually nothing interesting. 

Just another brainless bimbo on her 5 minutes of fame. 

◾ Yandere!Hater that spends hours scrolling your social media, spamming your posts with countless mean comments, hoping you see them. You deserve them and he hopes you cry reading them. Worthless bitch.

Acting all sweet and delicate in front of cameras, but he knows better. You’re just another stuck-up assed girl.

Probably feeding on attention and money while being a slut to every rich guy that you get a chance to meet. 

◾ Yandere!Hater who runs an online account - dedicated to you, obviously - where he venomously spreads hate against you. It’s his little safe-haven, where he gets to expose your fake ass to the world.

Actively targets and attacks anyone that dares leave those disgustingly cute supportive comments under your posts. Gets involved in so many Discord and Twitter arguments that he’s lost count on how many times his account has been banned.

It’s not his fault that your fans are stupid simps. 

◾ Yandere!Hater who thinks the absolute worst about you. You’re an ugly arrogant bitch.  But that doesn’t stop him from rubbing one off while his eyes are glued to that Instagram photo you recently uploaded - you’re at the beach, a huge smile on your face and your body only covered by the skimpy tiny bikini. 

He furiously touches himself at the sight, imagination drifting towards a scenario where he runs into you at the beach.

You’ve briefly mentioned in an interview about your fear of the ocean, never having learned how to swim. Dumb you. 

So he thinks about your plastic smile quickly disappearing as his hand grabs you by the hair, violently dragging towards the water. You seem pretty weak, especially given he has a strong toned body when compared to yours. 

His cock twitches at the thought of you desperately fighting, begging him with tears shining in your eyes. He’d tame you rather easily, a mean slap or two making you shut up.

He’d pull you into the water, ignoring you as you hyperventilate. Push you to the deepest parts of the sea, the ones where only his feet are able to reach, forcing you to cling on to his shoulders for dear life.

You’d cry and whimper, begging him to take you back to the sand. 

But he’d only smile, slipping your bottom off - uncaring of the fact that the waves take away the thin piece of fabric.

So what if everyone sees you half-naked when you get back on land? You’re a slut and everyone should know that. 

◾ Yandere!Hater who almost cums at the thought of telling you to ride him - right there on the water - or otherwise he’d just drop you in the water.

Your choice.

You can either ride him quietly as he holds your ass with a tight grip or you can find out how to swim for yourself. He closes his eyes, relishing the climax that runs over him, imagining it’s your tight pussy that brought him to his orgasm, his cum dumped deep in your little cunt. 

◾ Yandere!Hater who pretends like this was one rare occasion that won’t happen again but day after day, he finds himself with a hand down his pants, abusing his cock while imagining fucking you in the most degrading ways that exist. 

◾ Yandere!Hater that gets more and more spiteful of you, which leads to a few disastrous encounters with you in public - only possible thanks to his network of connections with paparazzi - finding you as you go out with friends.

Encounters those that end with him being wrestled away from you by the buffy bodyguards that work for you, while you cower behind your friends, who weakly try protecting you from the eyes of the lunatic who just tried to drag you into his car. 

◾ Yandere!Hater that promises himself to do humanity a favor and take you away from the spotlight, maybe a place in his basement is more appropriate for you.

[anonymousewrites]

A Not-So-Disastrous Romance (Book 2) Chapter Two

Saiki Kusuo x Reader

Chapter Two: Saiko's Mansion

Summary: Saiko tries to impress people. It kind of works.

            “Saiki, (L/N), I hate to bother you,” said their teacher as classes ended on a day with, thankfully, much more manageable temperatures. “But could you take these worksheets to Saiko’s house? He’s absent today.”

            (Y/N) frowned. They weren’t a huge fan of Saiko since he’d abused his money and almost gotten their parents sent to remote areas of the globe. And he hadn’t proved he’d grown a little more humble or nicer yet.

            Saiki disliked Saiko for the same reason with the additional issue that Saiko had made (Y/N) cry. No one got away with that.

            But neither could say no to their teacher.

            Yare yare.

            Ah, shoot.

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            So there they were, walking towards Saiko’s house, which would undoubtedly be something like a mansion or palace due to his riches. And, unfortunately, while the original plan was for Saiki to teleport them there to make this ordeal as short as possible, Kuboyasu, Kaidou, and Nendou had tagged along for no particular reason.

            “Unbelievable,” said Kuboyasu. “Why do I have to help that stuck-up nouveau riche kid?”

            “He’s trouble,” said Kaidou.

            “If you’re coming along, you should deliver the worksheets,” said Saiki.

            “Is it true that there’s a good ramen restaurant around here?” asked Nendou.

            “What did you come along for?”

            “Are we almost there?” sighed (Y/N).

            “We’re just turning this corner, and we’re there.” Saiki had been there before.

            Sure enough, they were met with a gleaming white mansion.

            “It’s huge!” exclaimed Kaidou.

            “That is one big ramen restaurant!” said Nendou.

            The gates opened to reveal Saiko. Flanked by a dozen bodyguards, he smirked condescendingly at their reactions.

            “What are you doing here?” said Saiko. “Did you come to borrow money? Poor peons.”

            “Saiko!” said Kaidou.

            “You skipped school, so we came here to deliver these worksheets,” said Kuboyasu. “By the way, weren’t you supposed to be in Dubai?”

            “I just flew back this afternoon on my private jet,” said Saiko.

            “That’s a lot of carbon emissions,” said (Y/N), shaking their head.

            “Oh, this must be that transfer student’s house,” said Nendou (he was a little behind). “This house is awesome! You should let us in.”

            Normally, I wouldn’t let penniless trash like them into my house, but maybe I should make them see just how amazing I am, thought Saiko. Okay, what the heck. It’s the only time you losers will have ever contact with this world.

            “Come on in,” said Saiko with a smirk.

            Yare yare.

            “Awesome!” cried Nendou as soon as they were within the grounds. “The place you live in is awesome!”

            Green grass cut around stone paths interspersed with statues and fountains surrounded the mansion. It was truly impressive, but due to Saiko’s general arrogance, he wasn’t getting much of a reaction from people (yet. Saiki didn’t have much hope for the stoicism of his group).

            “Really, it’s not all that great.” At least Kuboyasu was keeping up disinterest so far. “I mean, sure, it’s big, but the parking garage at the pachinko parlor in our neighborhood is bigger. After seeing that, everything just seems rather small.” I win, little rich boy.

            Actually, you lose. That was a terrible response.

            “Even this statue looks a bit cheap when you look closely,” said Kuboyasu.

            “That’s worth 100 million yen,” said Saiko.

       ��    Kuboyasu jumped back from it. “Oh, god, really?! Right. Got it.” He did not want to break that. “About the same as the number of bacteria on a toothbrush. Not a big deal.”

            “What kind of logic is that?” said Saiki.

            “He’s trying,” said (Y/N), shrugging.

            What an irritating guy. Whatever. Saiko looked at the rest. What about these guys? His jaw dropped open as he saw (Y/N) and Saiki speaking and not paying attention at all. What about—aha! Kaidou was staring in amazement. Saiko grinned. “What’s so impressive that you’re speechless?”

            “Those!” Kaidou pointed at a series of statues with weapons.

            “Ah, those?” Saiko smirked. “My father hired French stonemasons to make—”

            “Where’s the power switch?” said Kaidou excitedly.

            “What?” Saiko faltered.

            “They can move, can’t they?” asked Kaidou, smiling widely.

            “What?” Saiko frowned.

            “At first, you make use think they’re just normal statues, and then when we walk by, the boss attacks!” said Kaidou.

            What? Saiko was rendered silent in the face of Kaidou’s assumptions.

            “Come on, show me how they move!” said Kaidou.

            “They don’t move,” said Saiko.

            “They’re just normal statues?” All of Kaidou’s interest drained from him.

            Saiko stared at the group. The only one impressed is that guy! He looked at Nendou.

            “Let’s go check out the inside,” complained Nendou, bored already.

            I’ve had about enough!

            “It’s a pretty long walk to the lobby,” said Nendou.

            “Must be tough to do every day,” said Kuboyasu.

            Empathizing? Saiko sweat-dropped. He hated that. This is too much. I’ll show you penniless worms the glory of wealth! “Follow me!” he declared, stalking towards the doors.

            “This guy is wretched,” said Saiki to (Y/N).

            “I kind of feel bad for his need to show off,” said (Y/N).

            “Don’t tell him,” said Saiki. Saiko’s ego wouldn’t be able to take the pity.

            “Here!” Saiko threw open the doors of his mansion to reveal a corridor full of artistic masterpieces.

            “Wow, the inside is incredible!” said Nendou.

            “It’s okay,” lied Kuboyasu.

            “What’s with these weird paintings hanging everywhere?”’ said Nendou. “These are expensive too, right?”

            Saiko smirked. “Peons like you don’t understand their value, so I’ll tell you! All of these furnishings together are worth about 700 billion yen.”

            “They are pretty,” whispered (Y/N) to Saiki, not going to admit they were impressed to Saiko. Saiki nodded.

            “By the way, that painting is worth 2.3 billion yen,” said Saiko, pointing at the one Kaidou and Nendou were looking at. Bow down before me, you poor wretches!

            “Seven hundred billion yen?” Kuboyasu was struggling to come up with an insult this time. “Well, compared to Funassyi’s economic effect, it’s not that big of a deal.”

            What? Somehow, Saiko didn’t realize Kuboyasu was struggling and took his “aloofness” seriously.

            “If you rearrange those paintings, a secret door will appear, right?” said Kaidou.

            Oh, no, thought Saiko, realizing Kaidou would be bored when he found it that didn’t happen.

            “Something like this is worth 2.3 billion yen?” said Nendou. He had taken it down from the wall.

            Oh, my! Saiko grabbed it back. “You can’t just go touching whatever you want!”

            “You’re a bit stingy, aren’t you?” said Nendou.

            “Stingy?!” thought Saiko indignantly. You’re calling me stingy?

            “His self-image has shattered,” said Saiki.

            “Yikes, that’s never fun,” said (Y/N) like that was a day-to-day occurrence.

            I’ll give you all a surprise! decided Saiko.

            I’m over this.

            Saiko clapped his hands, and a manservant walked up.

            “Sir?”

            “Bring him in,” ordered Saiko. “Do you idiots have pets? Let me show you mine.” A tiger walked into the room. “This is Hanatora.”

            “Wow! It’s a tiger!” cried Nendou.

            There, that should get their attention! thought Saiko.

            “So cute,” said (Y/N), trying to keep their voice down, but it was just so cute.

            They aren’t scared by a fearsome tiger?! They just think it’s cute?! Saiko stared in confusion at (Y/N).

            “It’s about the same as having a giant housecat,” said Kuboyasu.

            It’s totally different! thought Saiko.

            “I wonder if this tiger is one of those man-eating tigers that killed its trainer?” said Kaidou happily.

            It’s not like that at all! Saiko was surrounded by weirdos.

            “Nice kitty!” Nendou and (Y/N) were rubbing Hanatora’s tummy.

            Oh, now you’re being nice! You usually just growl at me!

            Even your pet doesn’t like you.

            Okay, next! “Look!” Saiko showed them a velvet box. “I bought this diamond at an auction for 3.5 billion!”

            “Oh, what a beautiful marble,” said Nendou.

            “Put it in the eye of one of the statues so when you press it, they open up!” said Kaidou.

            “Okay, what about this?!” Saiko showed them a sculpture that just looked like poop. “This piece of art has even been on display in museums!”

            “Ew,” said (Y/N), still scratching Hanatora between the ears.

            “Well, the world-famous artist—” Saiko needed to defend himself and prove his impressiveness.

            “Oh, look at the time,” said Nendou. “We better get going.”

            “We overstayed our welcome,” agreed Kuboyasu as they headed to the door.

            “I’m feeling hungry,” said (Y/N).

            “Let’s get ramen,” said Nendou.

            “We always get ramen,” complained Kaidou.

            “I want coffee and a biscuit,” said (Y/N).

            “Café Mami.”

            “Hey, wait…” Saiko watched helplessly as they all left.

            So pathetic.

            Saiko fell to his knees as the doors closed. He narrowed his eyes. I’ve never been so humiliated! Next time, I’ll show you idiots something that will leave you dumfounded.

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            “Rejoice, you penniless peons, I’m going to show you around my estate.” Saiko smirked down (literally and figuratively) at Saiki, (Y/N), and the rest of their friends who had visited a few days ago.

            “Who the hell wants to see that?” said Kuboyasu.

            “We were just there, anyways,” said Kaidou.

            “We can’t be bothered with that today,” said Nendou.

            “Let’s go home,” said Saiki.

            (Y/N) nodded and smiled. “I don’t want to spend time with Saiko until he starts to humble himself.”

            “So never.”

            (Y/N) chuckled. Saiki frowned even more than usual as he opened the door to find bodyguards.

            “Sorry, but participation is compulsory,” said Saiko.

            “What the…” Saiki looked back at Saiko, annoyed.

            “You peons don’t have the right to refuse!” Saiko needed to prove himself. “It will only take thirty minutes, so get a move on.”

            “This is how he invites classmates to his house?”

            “Is this kidnapping?” murmured (Y/N).

            “Yes.”

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            A giant question mark appeared beside (Y/N)’s head, and they tilted their head. Saiko’s mansion looked…different.

            “I don’t remember that,” they said.

            “Wait, was there an amusement park here before?” said Nendou, voicing exactly what had changed.

            Saiko’s mansion had become a giant amusement park, of course named “Saiko Land.” It was ostentatious and gaudy (and cheesy).

            “You came here before. This is my house,” said Saiko.        

            “It’s totally different!” exclaimed Kuboyasu.

            “Even you guys remodel your rooms sometimes, right?” said Saiko. “This is the same thing.”

            “It’s not the same at all.”

            “This is bulldozing the room,” remarked (Y/N).

            “You went this far just to impress us?” said Kuboyasu. “What kind of idiot are you? An amusement park? We’re not kids, so that won’t impress us. Right, Shun?”

            Kaidou and Nendou’s eyes sparkled as they looked at Saiko Land.

            “He’s totally excited!” exclaimed Kuboyasu. “Shun, don’t be fooled by his childish ploy! You’re just going to encourage him!”

            “Childish? Give me a break. I’m not into this at all,” lied Kaidou.

            “My father passed away before I was born,” said Nendou. “So nobody ever took me to a place like this. I finally have my chance to play.”

            Not even Kuboyasu could deny that was a good reason to go to the park.

            “Shall we go inside?” said Saiko. I can picture the surprise on your faces the moment you walk inside.

            “Act disinterested, no matter what,” ordered Kuboyasu to the others.

            “Yes,” said Kaidou.

            “I’m not interested so don’t worry,” said Saiki.

            Saiko put his hand on a scanner, and it beeped before the gates opened vertically.

            “Whoa! What a cool futuristic entrance!” Kaidou and Kuboyasu were giant suckers.

            “What happened to acting disinterested?”��said Saiki.

            “Everyone has weak points,” said (Y/N). They knew Saiki’s—sweets.

            This is what you like, isn’t it? Saiko smirked at Kuboyasu and Kaidou’s reactions. Cool tech and cybernetics.

            The doors finished opened, and Kuboyasu and Kaidou’s amazement only grew.

            “A video game arcade in your house!” cried Kaidou.

            “From retro all the way to the latest machines!” said Kuboaysu.

            “And they’re set up so you can play any of them for free!” said Kaidou.

            “That’s not all! There’s a manga café over there,” exclaimed Kuboyasu. “From Naruto to Bungou Stray Dogs, a solid selection! And what everyone’s always wanted, a free drink bar!”

            “I’m tempted to check out the manga,” whispered (Y/N). “I really like Bungou Stray Dogs. There’s a character with telekinesis in it, and she’s so cool. I haven’t found the latest volume yet.”

            “Resist,” said Saiki.

            “I’m trying,” whined (Y/N).

            “This totally feels like a secret base!” Kaidou’s exuberance masked (Y/N)’s slight interest. “Pinball, darts, and a foosball game you see in American movies. And the exposed concrete is super cool!”

            “They’re hopeless,” said Saiki.

            It cost tens of billions, thought Saiko.

            “There’s a hammock!” said Kaidou.

            This house has everything a man could ever dream of! Saiko smirked. He was winning. I wonder if they can leave in thirty minutes?

            “Don’t touch that!” scolded Kuboyasu as Kaidou almost picked up a toy car. “Don’t be tempted!” He was still trying to resist.

            “Sorry, I just…” Kaidou pouted.

            It’s hopeless. Even I will be swept away if I’m not careful, thought Kuboyasu.

            “Hey, you middling peasants, take a look at the garage over there.” Saiko lifted his chin proudly. “Look at all those motorcycles!”

            Kuboyasu’s weakness. It was a solid hit, and he couldn’t help but stare. “Unreal! All my dream bikes in one place!”

            “Bullseye,” said (Y/N).

            “If you like, you can customize them,” said Saiko. “I have all the tools right here.”

            “Wow, even the tools!” said Kuboyasu.

            Aren is completely lost, thought Kaidou. In a situation like this, I’ve got to stay strong. He paused. That statue from before. Weird. He walked towards the exit. “I have to be resolute to make it out of here. There’s no way I’m giving in to temptation.”

            “Good job, Kaidou,” said (Y/N), smiling.

            Creak. The statues turned to watch him go.

            Kaidou’s eyes sparkled. “They moved!”

            “And he’s gone,” said (Y/N), shaking their head with an amused chuckle.

            “Sorry, we can’t be a part of this,” said Saiki, watching the boys lose themselves. “It’s already been thirty minutes. We have to get going.” He turned towards an exit corridor.

            “Watch your step over there,” said Saiko. The lights switched open.

            Here goes Kusuo, thought (Y/N), eyes widening as giant, human sized sweets were revealed.

            “That whole area is made out of sweets, so be careful,” said Saiko. He held out a spoon and fork.

            Saiki grabbed them and dug into the wall.

            “What happened to being disinterested, Kusuo?” teased (Y/N).

            “If we leave now, he’ll just invite us over again,” said Saiki as a “defense.”

            “Uhuh, right,” said (Y/N), sitting down beside him.

            “All of these sweets were made in our in-house bakery,” said Saiko proudly. “Anything you want, they can make.”

            (Y/N) froze. “Bakery?”

            “Of course,” said Saiko. “What do you want—”

            (Y/N) nearly kicked down the door to the bakery, and their eyes sparkled. All the equipment, all the ingredients—it was a confectioner’s dream come true. Accidentally, Saiko had found their weakness.

            “This place is so cool!” said (Y/N).

            Saiko put his hands on his hips and grinned. “Come! There’s so much more to see!”

            After that, it wasn’t hard to take the group from room to room. Saiki ate every snack given to him and even rode a rollercoaster to earn some. Everyone rode the rides at the amusement park, bounced in a bouncy house, and relaxed in an indoor beach-pool. Unfortunately, the time slipped away from them way too easily.

            “Saiko’s house is so much fun!” said Kaidou.

            “I completely forgot this was a house,” said Kuboyasu.

            “I got a cookbook,” said (Y/N), shoving it into their bookbag.

            Saiki nodded. He was still eating ice cream, and he understood why they took the recipes. These sweets were just so delicious.

            “Now, you peons know just how amazing I am,” said Saiko, walking up to the group. “A completely different world—”

            “It’s awesome! We can’t compete,” said Kaidou. “You win for sure.”

            “You went to all this trouble to show us a good time, how could we not have fun?” said Kuboyasu.

            “Thanks for the gift,” said (Y/N), patting their bag. “It’s cool how much trouble you went to, even if it was kind of silly.” Still, they graced Saiko with a smile.

            “Went to all this trouble.” Saiko blinked. Now that I think about it, why did I do all this just to please these guys? I used my time and money and even found out their interests. He furrowed his brow. I did it to make them see how awesome I am. What was I thinking?

            “Thanks. Next time come over to my house,” said Kaidou, smiling. “Even the common people have some pretty fun games.”

            Saiko blinked in surprise at the gesture.

            “Yes! We will take you to the little candy store,” said Kuboyasu.

            Not interested.

            “I can make us all pastries,” said (Y/N).

            What a good idea.

            “Next time, we’ll provide the entertainment,” said Kuboyasu.

            The group turned to the door and started walking. Saiko was still confused by his own reaction to their offers (friendship wasn’t something he understood). Kuboyasu frowned and looked around.

            “Wait a second, where’s Nendou?” said Kuboyasu.

            “Still outside on the rides?” suggested (Y/N).

            “This place is so big he could’ve gotten lost,” said Kuboyasu.

            “That does sound like Nendou,” admitted (Y/N).

            “He’s an idiot.”

            “Now that you mention it, I haven’t seen him in a while,” said Kaidou.

            “Oh, hey there.”

            Everyone stared blankly. Nendou was stuck between the cybernetic doors, hanging there limply.

            “This is not fun at all,” said Nendou.

            “So someone ended up unimpressed,” chuckled (Y/N).

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What’s Project 2025 and Why Is It So Freaking Terrifying?

If you’ve been around any queer⁠, feminist, or politically engaged communities lately, you’ve likely heard people talking about Project 2025, often in a tone usually reserved for asteroids heading for earth, wildfires, and other disastrous scenarios, and for good reason. What the heck is Project 2025? Why should you care? Is there anything that can be done to stop it (hint: there is)? This new guide from Sam Wall is here to help you understand some of what the project is and some of what’s at stake. Project 2025 is a step-by-step plan that outlines exactly how the United States political system can be taken over, gutted and repurposed to reshape society in the most extreme and violent ways. Unlike offensive tweets or hateful campaign speeches, it isn't just opinion or rhetoric, it's something far more dangerous: a clear and detailed plan, backed by rich and powerful groups. The ACLU summed Project 2025 up as “a federal policy agenda and blueprint for a radical restructuring of the executive branch authored and published by former Trump administration officials in partnership with The Heritage Foundation, a longstanding conservative think tank that opposes abortion⁠ and reproductive rights⁠, LGBTQ⁠ rights, immigrants’ rights, and racial equity. Project 2025’s largest publication, “Mandate For Leadership,” is a 900-page manual for reorganizing the entire federal government agency by agency to serve a conservative agenda.” The project is a blueprint that will most certainly be used if Trump wins the election in November, no matter how much the Trump campaign currently claims to be completely ignorant of it. “Mandate for Leadership” is 900+ pages of the most nightmarish policy imaginable if you’re queer, trans, a woman, a person of color, a young person, and/or someone who cares even the tiniest bit about living in a democracy. To find out some of what's in this dystopian nightmare of a plan and what you can do about it, head over to the piece on Scarleteen here:

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Fallout 4: Where is the Lone Wanderer?*

*a vague conspiracy theory which doesn’t actually answer the question at hand. We all have our own ideas of how the lore should go, and I’m sure yours is very canon-compliant and valid, but this is mine and I have support for it. Looooongpost.

First off: What do we know about the canon Wanderer?

We know they activated Project Purity (or had a companion do it) without the FEV and were inducted into the Brotherhood. We know they’ve met with MacCready (you can’t finish the game if you don’t), and he has dialogue indicating they had further contact. They also took the Brotherhood’s side at Adams Air Force Base.

We don’t know what happened with The Replicated Man, but since the canon Wanderer appears to have good karma, and info from 4 implies Zimmer’s disappearance was more recent than ten years ago, it seems likely they took the boring ending, which secures their membership in the Railroad.

Why aren’t they in Fallout 4?

The Doylist answer is that they’re highly customizable, and so they have no canon appearance, personality, gender, etc. But in-universe? Something happened.

“Accepting outsiders like yourself has proven disastrous in the past.” - Kells

“I've seen other soldiers come and go. Some were brave, some were honest... hell, some were even downright heroic.” - Danse

“Every doctor I've talked to was worthless. [] I don't need them... I need someone like you.” - MacCready

When Duncan first got sick, “someone like you” would have meant the Wanderer. This suggests (to me) that they’re not in the Capital Wasteland anymore. But they’re certainly not in the Commonwealth either.

The weird thing is that the Lone Wanderer is all over this game - they’re the namesake for a male hairstyle, a perk, a DCR song, a motorcycle brand… and the codename of Deacon’s mission to save the Railroad from certain destruction by recruiting the Sole Survivor.

Someday We’ll Find It, the Deacon Connection

Oh yeah, I’m going here. Desdemona’s terminal entries confirm it was always Deacon’s plan to get you onboard and use you to destroy the Institute. There are Railroad lookout posts near 111/Sanctuary and Red Rocket, and of course he followed you in Goodneighbor, Diamond City, and Bunker Hill (at least). His court jester vibe hides it a bit, but he’s manipulating you more than he’s manipulating Desdemona in the intro scene. And do you notice he rarely gives you a firm verbal disapproval unless you’re hurting the Railroad?

What could have caused Deacon’s interest in you, unless he’s made the connection between you and the Lone Wanderer? He’ll vouch for you if you haven’t accomplished anything yet, or even if you’re a Brotherhood member. A Pip-Boyed stranger emerges from a vault in the middle of a crisis, gaining friends, skills, items, and special abilities at a suspicious rate? Probably with the same gender and playstyle as the previous one? Heck, when he first heard the rumors, he probably thought you WERE the Lone Wanderer.

There are other indications the Railroad has been in contact with them — Desdemona mentions the Capital Wasteland as their primary destination for synths, and Deacon references Harkness’s recall code. If you refuse to pick a codename, Desdemona even assigns you “Wanderer.”

So what happened, then?

I think the answer lies with the Brotherhood, specifically in Deacon’s hatred of them. Sure, ideology is enough to hate them for, but Deacon sure seems suspiciously happy if you nuke their base of operations. (Some of) his comments on that:

“The Brotherhood... well, I met them on an op in Capital Wasteland a few years back. But now with Elder Maxson... Let's just say, not a fan.”

“That bastard Maxson really screwed them up. The Brotherhood used to be the good guys. Well, goodish.”

[Who’s Elder Maxson?] “He’s a piece of work, is what he is.”

And on his time in the Capital:

“Did I ever tell you about the time I was in Capital Wasteland? Now there's a tale.”

“Capital Wasteland. Exports: purified water, some decent tech, oh, and an insane suicidal cult that worships radiation. Thanks, guys.”

“I miss Capital Wasteland. You can actually drink the water there.”

And a few lines I’ve decided (with no evidence) directly refer to LW:

“Last partner I had wound up going... well, a little insane. I think it was all my show tune medleys.”

[After Maxson orders you to hunt Danse down] “See? This is what the Brotherhood's really about.”

And my favorite: “I’ve been looking forward to kicking the Brotherhood’s teeth in. I owe them.” This line comes before Glory is killed, so he’s not referring to that. The Brotherhood only recently arrived in force in the Commonwealth. He’s talking about something that happened in the Capital Wasteland.

So Here’s What Might Have Happened:

In early 2286, Deacon moves to the Capitol Wasteland for awhile, probably to get a face change and lay low for a bit. He contacts the Lone Wanderer, who has barely heard from the Railroad in nine years. They begin to work together.

(In context, this journal entry looks like he’s somehow gathering intel to predict when Vault 111 will open, but I can’t think of a way for him to get that information or know why it’s important, so I’m not going to believe it just yet.)

The Wanderer is still a knight, maybe a paladin. Maxson has been elder for 2-3 years and is monitoring the Institute. Meanwhile, the Lone Wanderer and Deacon are setting up infrastructure to receive escaped synths.

And then the Brotherhood finds out about one of the safehouses. With their limited understanding, they believe that the Institute is holed up there and attack. The Wanderer intentionally throws the mission — maybe disobeys orders, maybe downs a vertibird or collapses a subway tunnel, or maybe even attacks their brothers to protect the synths.

And, well-

Either they were killed, or they escaped court martial and execution by a hair’s breadth and fled the Capital, leaving Deacon to believe Maxson had them killed.

There you have it. That’s why they aren’t in Brotherhood dialogue or records. Their accomplishments couldn’t be recognized because they’re a traitor. And that’s why it’s personal for Deacon.

[bibibbon]

I think one huge problem (out of many) that MHA has is that Hori tries to have his cake and eat it too when it comes to the ethics of many of UA's decisions.

They face criticism for holding the Sports Festival so soon after the USJ Attack... but it's brushed off and everyone is gung-ho about the festival.

They face even more criticism for how disastrous the Forest Camp Training was and trying to turn UA into a boarding school in the aftermath... but all of the parents (except Inko) are a-okay with placing their kids in the care of a school that just underwent a PR crisis due to their inability to protect their students.

I've seen many fans defend UA and MHA by saying it's stupid to criticize UA for using child soldiers... but Hori himself writes that criticism into the narration. Hell, Aizawa is largely the hypocritical see you next tuesday man he is today because of a student dying during Work Studies. A lot of the UA faculty didn't even WANT to start Work Studies for the first years BECAUSE of how dangerous they could be... but then that gets ignored.

Hi @nutzgunray-lvt 👋

Agreed! One of Mha's problems is the confusing ethics and logic that is sometimes behind aspects of MHA, specifically UA.

I have talked about the outright horrible and even corrupt actions of UA in some of my previous posts here

However, you also bring up a lot of good points. Horikoshi does a lot of tell and don't show.

For example, UA has a big PR crisis after the training camp disaster yet all the parents allow their kids to return to school which is so weird because it genuinely got me thinking if these parents care for their kids.

Like, do these parents know what their kids went through from the usj arc to the war arc. Why did they just watch their kids go to war and not say or do anything to prevent their kids from doing that? Why did no one try to sue UA for what they let happen in the MVA arc? Does everyone's parents in this series suck?!?!

Actually, the media never criticised UA for hosting the Sports festival so soon, and the only reason UA chose to continue with the sports festival was to try and keep up the image that all was well which backfired on them so well and even nedzu comes to acknowledge this fact.

The whole thing of huge work study students being sent and that being approved by UA seemed so weird because a good chunk of those teachers that approved that had experienced their first loss and harsh reality of hero work during their work study so it made no sense for them to willingly accept the hpsc words on a whim without at least arguing back that these kids are too young for a work study.

Heck even the students previous work study aka the overhaul arc was incredibly dangerous and actually in the anime it there is evidence that ot traumatised the kids who took part as they described the fact that they couldn't sleep and stayed up all night some being haunted by sir nighteye's dying body whereas some worrying about their friends and etc. Someone could of and probably should of sued UA for allowing the children to take part. Where were Mirio's parents in all of this? You're son lost his quirk and ended up in the hospital yet you haven't sued?

[daresplaining]

Daredevil vol. 2 #48 by Brian Michael Bendis, Alex Maleev, Matt Hollingsworth, and Cory Petit

I've written about this scene before, but I just keep coming back to it. Matt has just been attacked by Typhoid Mary, approximately thirty seconds into his second date with Milla. With the help of Jessica Jones and Luke Cage, who are bodyguarding for him at the time, Matt manages to fight Typhoid off and get Milla out of harm's way. He brings her back to his apartment, where he can treat his injuries and Milla can get some breathing space to recover. As the evening progresses, they end up in bed together.

There are so many stories— heck, so many Daredevil stories— in which a scene like this would turn sexual. And there isn't anything inherently wrong with that, and there are certainly undertones here for anyone looking for them. But instead, Milla and Matt get into something much more somber: a direct examination of what they've just been through, and what Milla wants to do about it. The bed scene begins with Milla tracing her fingers over the scars on Matt's body while he tells her which villain gave him each one. The conversation slides into the exchange above. This is not long after Karen Page's death (a fact that will pop up in more emphatic ways later in the run). Milla has just been on two disastrous dates, the latest of which put her in direct physical danger. Matt is brutally aware of the kind of target he is putting on her by allowing her to associate with him, and now he knows that Milla knows it too. In previous relationships he might not have brought it up; before Karen's death, before Elektra's, before Glori's, he might have said nothing here, eager for love and brashly confident in his ability to be the hero and keep his girlfriend safe. But no matter how much he likes Milla, and no matter how desperately he might want this relationship— because he's into her, because he needs something pleasant and consistent in his messy life, because the guy rebound dates like it's his damn job— he has the wherewithal, and the honesty, and the fear to tell her that she should take all of this danger seriously and leave. He gives her that choice.

It's easy for us as the readers, with the benefit of hindsight, to say that Milla was foolish to ignore the warnings and to pass up this opportunity to get out of the relationship before it turned ugly. But what I think hits me so hard about this scene is her conviction, and her courage to push all of that aside and offer up the hope that this time, things might be better. Milla has not known Matt for long, other than by reputation, but she has already proven that she is willing to go to great lengths to protect him. She isn't easily frightened, and she likes Matt too much to let him go this easily. Look at the framing and pacing of this moment. Matt makes his long speech about the horror Milla has just been through, and how much he likes her and how little she deserves what she will go through by being around him, and how he can't imagine why she would possibly want to stay. It's a speech full of stutters and pauses; Matt is rattled and frightened. And then there are two panels of silence, in which Milla seems to consider him, and he seems to consider her (it's almost framed as if they are looking at each other, and while obviously that's not what they're literally doing, it does create the sense that an examination is taking place). And then Milla just snuggles in closer and gives her answer: "Because I'm quite fond of you." And there's immense power in such a simple, almost casual response. She has witnessed the danger. She has thought about the danger. She wants to hang out with him anyway because she likes him.

The final panel is beautiful, framing Milla's single line of dialogue. A breeze lifts the curtain on the open window. The walls of the bedroom are transparent, letting in a view of the city and the sky, as if they are lying outdoors, perhaps invoking that feeling of the sounds of New York coming into the room and shattering that illusion of spatial separation. In this moment, neither of them can know what is coming, but with her choice to stay, Milla has conjured a world in which they can both imagine that this kind of peace might be possible.

[avatarcompanion]

It's funny how so many of the factors that make people complain about Korrasami being bad and underdeveloped today is exactly why I still think it holds up as one of the least bland wlw ships that I've ever consumed.

Yes, they could have done more without necessarily hurting their story, I'm not saying no elements of the writing could be critiqued (I myself have some), but overall it worked really well that they let their relationship be overall unmanifested for this particular narrative and character journey.

Korra's journey was served by being concluded with an underplayed, gentle, vulnerable, implicit potential romance with the last person she would originally have considered, after having a disastrous relationship with a dude that forced itself into the forefront of everything and was emotionally explosive, rushed and overplayed.

This narrative and overall character journey implies a contrast and informs the relationship with the kind of mature love that Korra and Asami would share, without needing to spell out everything and forcefeed us all their Complexity. They never needed to make Korra and Asami enemies and constantly at each other's throats to portray them as each other's balancing opposites, because the characters themselves were easily carrying that dynamic.

Yeah, it may not be the forefront of it's story, and yes it builds on top of a love triangle where Korrasami was not originally set up, yes the development between them took a supportive role compared to Korra's individual story, yes the story allowed Korra other significant connections, yes Asami is a much more subtle character compared to Korra, yes they didn't get a ton of toxic Conflict to make them More Dynamic,

but that's also why it's actually an interesting, authentic and relatively unique romance, that at the time it came out, was genuine surprising to watch, and still remains that quality.

Just giving a romance a heck of screentime and ComplexityTM doesn't necessarily make it stand out in a sea of romance stories pumped out by the industry every year. People have written love stories for literal centuries where the main pair gets 100000 scenes together with conflict, development, kissing and sex scenes, etc, and it doesn't mean even 1% become true classics.

So what makes a romance truly special?

I think elements of nuances and context make a romantic story much more unique - it's the scenes around a romantic scene and the character context build into the story that will make it truly intimate, just as much as the actual character interactions. The romance stories that reached my heart when I first watched/read them have never been the ones that necessarily carried their story, or were build upon a redundant amount of scenes, but much more about how they were interwoven into their story and most importantly, portraying truths of genuine intimacy when they actually do get to interact.

Korrasami doesn't suck today because we have had more explicit wlw representation since. On the other hand, it just underlines why we didn't need it just for the sake of representation. Korra holding hands with Asami was, narratively, the best ending, because that's how they loved each other - they were gentle, and patient, and understood the journey they both wanted with each other, so there was no rush for them. They'd grown past the relationship immaturity they demonstrated earlier with Mako, and they never needed to suck face on each other to prove that OMG LESBIANS ARE REAL AND HAPPENING IN OUR SHOW.

[salty-an-disco]

(Explore) OK, but what was that about the end of the world?

You’re a lot more chatty than my previous assignment.

It seems like you can only reply when I give you a prompt, of sorts, though… OK, that’s not too bad, I can work with that.

What was the question, again? Oh, right, the end of the world! So lethal, and disastrous, and yet, so vague it’s a bit difficult to visualize, isn’t it?

Is it a literal and bloody ending, with meteors falling from the sky and everything on fire? Or is it more of a metaphorical end to the world as we know it? Is an ending ever truly an end? When you finish a book—or a game!—and carry with you the memory of its story, did it really reach an end, or is it now being carried with you?

Such a simple question, with no simple answers. Seems like we’ll only know what this ‘end of the world’ entails once we begin the story proper.

Unless, of course, you’d like to keep using your prompts to chat. I don’t mind it all that much, to be honest, I quite like getting the chance to simply talk—my last assigment would often interrupt my monologues, hmph—but I’m also curious to see this story I’ve been dropped in. Aren’t you?

[confused-wanderer]

Cass and Damian go shopping.

The two are an unlikely pair, but Damian’s always felt that there was an unspoken understanding between the two. Cass grew up trained as a fighting machine, not a human and neither did Damian. They were both never taught empathy, only told to lean into apathy and they had to find out for themselves that there was such a thing in them as a heart.

So they’re shopping near Christmas for the family. None of them admit it, but they love their family. The family that chose them over everything. So how else to repay them? Words were horrible, they were meant to either receive or give commands. They’d never heard it be used for love until they saw other families using it, how their targets before dying often prayed their family would be okay in their absence.

They’d all heard of love. The bats showed them they could feel it. But how does one show it?

Damian’s idly sizing up the crowd when his eyes flicker to Cass and sees her staring at a corner. She keeps halting every now and then, fingers twisting and turning before moving away from the source of her interest. So when Damian excuses himself for a few moments to use the restroom, he glances at where she had been looking.

It was a nail salon. Pretty vibrant and frankly disastrous palettes put out for the public. Damian made a face. Even Grayson had better fashion taste than the nail designers. But Cass wanted to try it, he was sure. In fact, he was certain it wasn’t so much as the nails, but the act of normalcy. Of trying out things she was forbidden to. And nails was a big part of them.

Damian had been taught hygiene as one of the most valuable skills a warrior could have. His fingernails were always so short you had to squint to see if they were even there. How else are you supposed to hold weapons like a warrior if you couldn’t maintain yourself like one? He’s sure Cass must have had similar training, and he lets out a frustrated sigh. Even if she wanted it, there was no way Damian could actually give it to her as it would put off her fighting, and he knew she loved being able to fight with all sorts of off weapons. Heck, even his mother, the feared assassin Talia Al-Ghul was a fighter. And she didn’t-

Damian stops, an idea striking him. He huffs out a chuckle, and heads back to Cass. Christmas arrives, taking its time sweet time to Damian’s chagrin. Why couldn’t the days move faster like they were supposed to?

They’re all gathered around the Christmas tree, finding gifts they’d left for each other with no name except the recipients. Guess they weren’t the only one who didn’t know how to show love. The gift givers only held their breath in anticipation as the recipient tore off the cover, and hoped they’d made the right choice.

Damian watches Stephanie call out to Cass, waving a tiny green box and saying it was addressed to her. He watches her take it hesitantly, peering at the cover to try and make sense of it before Steph pleads with her to let her tear it off. And as she unwraps it gently, he holds his breath, crossing his fingers behind his back and trying to act as indifferent as he could while his heart hammered away.

Cass lets put a tiny squeal, bouncing up and down with a grin lighting up her face. She’s so happy and it’s contagious, everyone else watching her with fondness and curiosity. She eventually calms enough to show it off to everyone else. They were black nails, not too long or short, just the right length with razor sharp edges. Each tiny knives that were retractable into normal looking nails.

“Perfect”, she whispers, eyes glistening as the grin only stretches wider. “Perfect, perfect, thank you.”

Damian lets out a quiet sigh of relief, trying to fight off his own smile when he feels he’s being watched. He turns around, sees Jason smiling at him with a look that said he knew everything. Damian scowls at him, and Jason smirks, miming the action of zipping his lips shut before looking back at Cass.

Damian follows his gaze, watches all his family compliment the nails and silently thanks his mother, for both the idea and gifting him a nail collection from her personal favourite collection.

Perhaps mother wasn’t so bad after all.

[marivoid]

Another day in the G.U.I.D.E…

And I have some great news for once! Yesterday was my 17th birthday! Meaning I got to speak to our Admin about my job in the future. There are a lot of jobs to do in the G.U.I.D.E, I know, but I want to do something great! Something good for the people in the G.U.I.D.E! I’ll ask our Admin about becoming his apprentice! Maybe then I’ll be able to make our home even better for the future generations to come!

Yours Truly 

MLW. 

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Another day in the G.U.I.D.E

Coming at you with another update! I got to speak with him the day after I last wrote here and would you believe it! He needs an apprentice to take over when his time passes. And who better than the kid who has been helping around the G.U.I.D.E ever since he was a baby! I start my training tomorrow- Heck! He will even tell me what G.U.I.D.E means! Its not something that is taught during schooling because we need to be at least Green Names, but with this apprenticeship? I’ll be even higher than a Green Name! A purple name! One of the best ranks a G.U.I.D.E member could ever get their hands on! Of course I only want to use this position for good! I want to make this G.U.I.D.E better for everyone! Increase production of food and water, maybe expand our farms to allow for more cattle and slaughter animals- Heck! I may be able to speak to the Watchers themselves! Ask them to help us out! That is what they are meant to do as the founders of the G.U.I.D.Es! 

I’ll update this as soon as I can. 

Yours Truly

MLW

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Another day in the G.U.I.D.E… 

It has been one hell of a busy week! Our admin, TinFoilChef (TFC for short) showed me so many things that I had never thought possible! We have huge computers running the G.U.I.D.E and keeping up the production of our bare necessities- Oh! Right! G.U.I.D.Es! I know what the acronym stands for! It sounds a bit silly (And the way TFC explained it sounded even weirder) but it still is pretty cool!

Government

Units

In Case Of

DIsastrous 

Events. 

It sounds silly, huh? Government Units? What, was there some sort of world outside of the G.U.I.D.Es before my time? Psh, please! They would have taught us those sorts of things! The Watchers would want us to know absolutely everything we possibly could to better the G.U.I.D.Es! I mean, what would be the point in hiding that kind of information? 

Anyways- Back to TFC! He’s absolutely amazing! He reminds me of my own grandfather. Kind heart, big beard, long white hair always pulled back in a bun or braid- He’s also really smart! He’s got this huge office filled to the brim with all these cool books and journals. When I asked him about it, he said I could read them in my free time when I was done with my daily training! 

I’ve also been officially promoted to a Purple Name! I get to go practically anywhere in the G.U.I.D.E! And my friend, Scott, he gets to stick around with me! I think he really likes that I’m including him on my exploration of the G.U.I.D.Es. I mean, why wouldn’t I? He’s been my best friend for years now! I’m not about to leave him behind just because I’m a Purple Name!

That’s enough for one night. I really got to rest up or else I’ll be exhausted tomorrow- Not a good look for TFC’s apprentice to have bags under his eyes!

Yours Truly 

MLW

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Another day in the G.U.I.D.E.

Sorry it's been a month since I’ve last written here. I have been… Learning a lot of stuff. A lot more than what I thought was possible. 

There is a whole world outside of the G.U.I.D.Es. A destroyed, broken, contaminated world that just wants to kill everyone- But a world nonetheless. A world that had people! It had buildings and farms and transportation, things we all have down here, but on a huge scale! 

TFC is happy that I am willing to learn so much! He says he’s never seen a more eager student. But.. He said that I have to be careful with telling people this stuff. That it can overwhelm people in the G.U.I.D.Es and that we have to keep their faith in the Watchers- But surely he does not mean to hide it from Scott! There’s no way he could. I do not want to hide such knowledge from him. He is one of the only people I can truly trust! 

I will have to speak to TFC in the morning about it. I… I need to have my best friend by my side. I don’t know what I’d do without Scott. Hell I don’t think I would be alive without him- Let alone be sane! 

I’ll see what happens tomorrow. 

Yours Truly

MLW

Another day in the G.U.I.D.E

TFC said to not let Scott know. That I have to hide this from him. 

To lie to his face. 

I don’t know what to say. 

MLW

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Another day in the G.U.I.D.E…

No. Fuck that. 

Log 1

It has been exactly three months and twelve days since I have wrote a log. Training to become an Admin is difficult. There are so many things to learn, things that I must keep hidden away and tell nobody. 

Scott noticed within the first week. And yet I cannot tell him the truth. I have to keep quiet. I cannot tell a single soul. 

But his face… He knows I am lying to him. He looks so hurt every time I have to tell him that he can’t visit my quarters. That we cannot hang out because of my training. I… I missed his 17th birthday. I missed him getting assigned his job. I missed everything. What the fuck kind of shit friend misses a 17th birthday? 

Me. I’m the shit friend. 

Tonight I need to get to him. I need to tell him I’m sorry. I need to let him know what is going on. I can’t keep hiding this from Scott. If I am allowed to know about these kinds of things, then he should be allowed to know. Scott’s my best friend. I can’t imagine a world without him by my side and keeping me sane. 

End Log - MLW

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Log 2

He kissed me. 

I don’t know what to think right now. 

He’s sleeping in my bed right now as I write this. He seemed drunk off of something. We don’t have beer or alcohol down in the G.U.I.D.Es so it may just be his emotions? I don’t know.

At first Scott was so happy to see me! I managed to sit down with him, congratulate him on his new job and celebrate the way we were supposed to! We had the music blaring and even made a really shitty cake… And then the next thing I know he’s kissing me. I don’t think he meant it. Not with the way he jumped back and began to apologize over and over again. That was when he got really upset. Started crying and telling me how he missed us being together. Missed our late nights watching horrible G.U.I.D.E films and pretending to chart stars. How he hated seeing me turning my back to him and hiding everything from him.

I can’t say I don’t feel the same. I miss those dumb activities and laughing our asses off until five am… By the Watchers what am I getting myself into? Do I chase this? Let that little moment become more? I wouldn’t… I don’t think I would be entirely against that idea. He’s my best friend! Would allowing us to be more really be all that bad?

What would TFC think? Would he be proud of me? He said to keep this information close to my chest but Scott is close to my chest! He’s got a spot in my heart that I can’t ever get rid of. 

I just have to hope TFC will understand in the morning… But right now, I have a bed to get back to. And a friend I need to be with. 

Maybe something more than a friend. Who knows? 

I’ll update in the morning. 

End Log - MLW

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Log 3

He’s gone.

Scott is missing.

He left. 

TFC won’t look me in the eye. 

What have I done?

End Log - MLW

[catindabag]

TBOSAS on Crack short take (4)

*This is how “The War Assignment” went*

Dr.Gaul: So my dear extra Tributes- I mean, Mentors, tell me what you like about the war?☺️🤭

Livia: How rich my family got!💅

Persephone: The Maid Stew- I mean, the meat stew. It was animal meat, I swear.😐

Lysistrata: The friends we made along the way?

Felix: Affordable health care?

Palmyra: The rabid raccoons!

Arachne: Free sandwiches!

Sejanus: Ask my Pa!😡

Pup: Honor?

Clemensia: Power!

Festus: Loyalty?!

Coryo: The turkey!🦃 Definitely the turkey!

Dr.Gaul: The What?!

Coryo: The turkey I got from the government after my father was killed by the rebels.😀

Lysistrata: Um- Coryo, do you need to see a therapist after this?

Coryo: Lizzie, I’m too poor. I can’t even afford my own groceries without my sugar daddy- I mean, without my boyfriend’s money.

Sejanus: I’m Coryo’s boyfriend by the way-

Juno: We know, Plinth.🙄

Sejanus: Just saying~.

Lysistrata: But-

Felix: Coryo’s right. Our “prestigious” school can’t even afford to hire a professional therapist.

Lysistrata: How come, Class Pres?

Felix: You didn’t hear this from me, but ✨The Academy✨ is currently facing bankruptcy.😔

Lysistrata: Bankruptcy?!

Felix: Yup. And before you ask why, it’s because of the infamous Heavensbee Hall Flooding Incident.

Lysistrata: So it’s our fault?!

Festus: Always has been, always will be.😌💅

Dr.Gaul: Children, I’m still here-

Coryo: Felix, remind me again why we flooded Heavensbee Hall with pink glitter?

Felix: For the extra credit-

Festus: It was actually Breen and Anderson’s bright idea. So-

Androcles: Hilarius Heavensbee was in on it too!

Hilarius: You guys peer pressured me first to join your disastrous escapade!

Gaius: Yeah, we did! But you’re the one who bought the pink glitter from Mama Cardew!

Dr.Gaul: Children, listen-

Hilarius: It was on sale!

Gaius: It wasn’t! We could’ve bought a cheaper version from the Capitol Black Market!

Dennis: True. My shady beautiful mama could’ve easily given us a 50 percent discount if you guys had listened to me.

Dr.Gaul: Children-

Persephone: And buying the pink glitter was my idea!

Juno: Excuse me?! As I recall, I was the one who suggested to use pink glitter in the first place!

Persephone: But Festus and I were the ones who flooded that damn hall for you, Juno!

Juno: How dare you-

Dr.Gaul: Will you f*ckin’ brats shut the f*ck up?!

Everyone:. . .

Dr.Gaul: Why are you like this?!

Coryo: Like what?

Dr.Gaul: Shut your useless mouth, orphan!

Coryo: But-

Dr.Gaul: Who told you to be this stupid?!

Coryo: *leans closer and whispers to Felix* Yo, Class Pres, is she talking about me or all of us?

Felix: Both?

Festus: Doc, to be fair, most of us are already stupid. So-

Dr.Gaul: Get out, Creed.

Festus: Or what?

Vipsania: I can’t believe he just said that.

Coryo: And in front of crazy Gaul.

Felix: Sorrows and prayers to you, Bestie.😔

Festus: Thanks-

Dr.Gaul: You wanna fight, Creed?!

Festus: No-

Dr.Gaul: Another word and I’ll feed you to my snakes!

Sejanus: Dr. Gaul’s angry again!

Felix: Run!

*Highbottom lurking in the shadows*

Casca: What the heck is wrong with those kids?!

Prof.Sickle: Nothing. It’s just that half of them are literally war orphans who lost their marbles a long time ago.

[exo-raskreia]

U being anti IH what if the same thing happens to gjhm and they become canon but don't have as much material as other ship?

I'm not sure if you're asking this with malicious intent or if it's a genuine question from a fellow shipper, but here we go.

(Oncoming lengthy response)

I've actually had this thought before. What if despite his different writing style, the general hate the Bleach ED got, & just how ridiculous it sounds, Gege pulled a Kubo? After all, he's a fanboy of the man (I wonder what he thinks of the Bleach ED? Is he aware of how it was received?).

I would be shocked, conflicted, & worried.

To start with, while neither ship should be compared due to how fundamentally different they are, I will say this. Despite several interactions, IH severely lacked chemistry, trust, & meaningful moments. Meanwhile, GojoHime with less on-screen interactions & a playful dynamic, have shown us a deep trust for each other & have worked together to achieve their shared goals. Despite being a minor side character, Utahime is one of the few people Gojo trusts & one of the three adults he calls by first name with no honorific. This already puts them leagues above IH, who were barely friends at best & acquaintances at worst.

So, I wouldn't want GjHm to somehow get the IH treatment in the end. I wouldn't wish that on any shipper, heck, I even feel sort of bad for the IH's, cuz despite becoming "canon" out of nowhere 7 years ago, they still. don't. have. content (especially from the author himself, who has shown no particular interest in his endgames. They don't even have a family sketch 🫢). Makes you wonder who really lost here (as IchiRuki has still gotten some content over the years post-ED...).

GjHm already gets enough hate for simply existing, despite it being a smaller ship with a smaller fanbase in the JJK fandom (the antis are threatened by the potential it has, not to mention it's the most popular JJK straight ship in Japan), so if Gege were to pull a Kubo, the hate would increase, especially towards Utahime, who of course would amass the most hate from this freakin' fandom that's obsessed with Gojo. It'd be a tough time for us fans of the ship & Utahime.

After dealing with the aftermath of the Naruto Shipping Wars as a soldier in the NaruHina army lol (don't even get me started on why NH is NOT like IH, plus we actually have content 🤪), & then witnessing the disastrous Bleach ED & the general hate it got, I do NOT wish to go thru this again. Whether you win or lose, if it isn't done properly, you'll still deal with criticism left & right... (why can't more battle shounens be like Fairy Tail when it comes to slowly developing the ships throughout the story? There'd be less drama...)

Gege keeps saying the manga will end soon, so that means if he wants to make anyone canon by the end, he'll have to start now. JJK is a battle shounen with no romance, but if despite this, GjHm are to be canon, then their moments leading up to it will have to be quality > quantity. Is there enough room/time to develop them the way we would wish? Doubt it, so we'll need at least a couple flashbacks to further justify them (and boy, we're still waiting for their flashback after Gojo's unsealing, if that ever comes...).

Basically, even if it's a few moments, they need to be impactful enough to make even the casual readers/viewers think, "I could see them ending up together." Subtlety & slow burn are usually the best fit for battle shounens, after all, &/or maybe a little further (once again, like Fairy Tail). With that said, out of all the potential ships in the series, I personally view YutaMaki as the most likely to become canon by the end; their moments, far & few in between, are enough to convince me that they could be endgame (that is, if the capricious Gege so wished 😓).

So far, we've seen nothing of what Gojo & Utahime truly think of each other. To reiterate, they have a silly dynamic but have shown to trust each other implicitly. Why this is, we can only guess. I mean, Utahime has risked her life for Gojo twice already (investigating the mole & buffing him against Sukuna). Where is this supposed "hate" she holds for him? It's stated in the databook that she hates him most of the time, so how does she feel at other times? 🤔 And Gojo, despite his teasing, has shown he cares for her, saved her, & obviously trusted her with the aforementioned important & risky tasks.

Just what is going on with these two? Is it really so impossible that there could be something more here? Whether now or later? Gege would just need to give us a little more... Though at this point, there's only so much we can hope for, considering his writing style & how things have been seemingly going... Gotta keep our expectations low...

(What if—delulu plot twist—GjHm are already together, either secretly this whole time—like some ppl have wondered, as this could further explain the immense trust in each other—or got together during the timeskip, & all we need now is the big reveal with a/some proper flashback(s) to explain it? LOL. Just a silly idea 😜).

Anyway, in general, I wouldn't want GjHm becoming canon at the cost of its beautiful potential. We'd need some more moments to justify it, or else I'd have to put back on my old "army uniform" to defend my ship if need be. So, despite how unlikely it would be, I can only hope Gege does NOT pull a Kubo (well, he's more likely to kill everyone off or something like that 🙄).

I'd rather he pulled a Sorachi (author of Gintama) & left things open-ended, keeping the fandom from turning into utter chaos...

(Maybe only that side might lose it, tho, lol. They get bothered by anything that doesn't adhere to their ship despite them being down here with us in Delulu Land, oop-).

[protagonistpolling]

WHAT THE HECK?!!

Why should you vote for any of these characters?

Why should you vote for Saiki? (2)

"This guy has the powers of a god but mainly uses them to avoid people at school. He teleports, turns invisible, jumps out of windows, changes the weather, and MORE just to avoid talking to people. He'd sell his soul for a single coffee jelly. (and he still insists that he'd be a normal person if not for his psychic powers)"

"He would hate the attention he would get from winning"

Why should you vote for Red? (2)

"nearly all his dialogue in the later games is just "..." how cool is that"

"the ultimate guy..... defeated team rocket and became the pokemon champion of a whole region before fucking off to the top of a mountain..... then shows back up like years later with his boyfriend in the pokemon version of hawaii on vacation ..... king"

Why should you vote for Goku? (1)

"He was born with few neurons"

Why should you vote for MK? (1)

"MK was also born with few neurons! and his voice actor was literally Sokka! Please vote for my boy!"

[kishiskolaash]

Jhin is Actually Kinda Good pt. 1

Now that I caught your attention I thought that I'd make a giant thread about the Zed comic, what I've gleaned - I'm going to talk about Jhin mostly, what may be his main goal and about his character design! It's going to be full of wild guesses but if any is true... Lore and Ionia fans are in for a treat.

Let's start with my Artistic Spirit theory, how Hwei's ability names, Disaster, Serenity and Torment are the three state of artistic mindset. However these names indicate that they went wrong, and I predict that once they were Inspiration, Clarity and Empathy.

Inspiration is tied to acting and theater; Clarity is tied to music and community; Empathy is painting and showing - think of it as in Activity: acting, talking and drawing. But in the big picture, these three are the Ionian version of the media.

I will continue to call them the Media Spirits. Now their names indicate that they got twisted, and we have to think about the why, when and how, and at what event were they twisted/muted - and I think Jhin is trying to show what happened in the comic, in his own fucked up way. 

Each of the three Ionian artists match with these Media spirits, Jhin being Disaster/Inspiration, Sona is Serenity/Clarity and Hwei is Torment/Empathy. One is a psychopath, one is abroad and mute, and one was a shut in with depression... This could indicate the state of Ionians, even before the war started.

And so we should read the Zed comic with this in mind - knowing that Zed is an unreliable narrator, who lies all the time. He lies right on the first page, saying he killed Kusho, who was alive until the end of the comic. Then we have to look at Jhin's "art installations" as indications what Kusho may have done.

Because Master Kusho is the worst thing that could happen to Ionia - he wanted civil war, with the motto of "there is no greater power than the ability to kill". But due to Jhin's machinations, Zed realised his true intention and finally killed him.

About Jhin's machinations. We have to realise that by being the Worst, Jhin is serving the greater good, or the balance - Shen, as he became the Eye, somehow realised this and forbids Zed to kill him. Bc I think if Jhin died, it would be disastrous in some way😂

Let's take a look what Jhin did for the balance. The latest, he inspired Hwei to go out and realise his potential as Empathy, which is a pretty big feat. Before that, Jhin liberated the city of Quayanvi, this is shown by his LoR cards - Jhin did a reenactment of how the Noxians took over the city.

They first did a surveillance, and then came the sweet talk, the mind control and then total control. These four steps are symbolised by the bird, the clawed gauntlet and the two types of flower. Jhin, with this guerilla attack, sacrificing only a priestess, managed to take over.

In the Zed comic, Akali also learns that he stopped the weapon inflow from Zaun to Ionia. With this and Kusho being dead, that's 4 events he directed that made sure Ionia becomes a better place. Which is immense, and may not sound like Jhin at all - and YET these are the things he aimed to do and achieved.

I'd take a look at one of his LoR followers, the Maker - her design is one of my ultimate favorites, because she's this old forest witch but also she looks like a guardian spirit tree. She makes the weapon design but it's Jhin's magic which gives them power. 

And Jhin's using Spirit magic, which is really unique, only Karma and Vastayans that have this sort of magic. The proof here is in the comic; his magic is similar to that kid Zed mentions having Vastayan magic. So Jhin is on the Spirits' side as a human lol

Now how the heck is Jhin using Vastayan magic? I only have a wild guess, and that is that he was made into this. It has to do with the scalpel and spirit sword Zed and Kusho has. What if they did a Demacia, as in splicing human kids with a Vastayan spirits? It would be really interesting lorewise IMHO

Let me talk about shadow magic, which may be corrupted Spirit magic. Much like how the Black Mist came to exist, something horrible must've happened in Ionia, as in a huge amount of human suffering has been released. I think this is what Jhin tries to act out and implements even on his own costume.

Let's take a look at his character design - with his winglike cloak, and birdlike boots, he's dressed like a Vastayan. He wears black, skintight leather that could easily pass as him being covered in shadow ichor. He also wears a porcelain mask that is similar what the Kinkou has worn some time.

So... This makes him look like a weird "chimera" person, who's half Vastaya covered in muck and half a Kinkou student. This is my presumption, but if this is what's implied by his design… oh that would be a great story beat.

By the way, if he's a man with Vastayan magic, he gains the thickest plot armor one can have - the local authorities think him he's demon or Vastaya(so he doesn't get chased down like Yasuo), but then the Kinkou can't kill him because he's just a guy Kekw

Jhin was also called the Golden Demon, but he has no connection to that name whatsoever - Zed very much does, tho. His mask has golden horns, red eyes and a skull motif goming on. And I think this mask was made by Jhin becase it also resembles a dick with that random hole😭😂

[bethanysmiled]

saw your oc lore post.... my time to shine >:3

the big 4! little moon, cupid, permanent hole, and fortune!! what the heck are those sillies!!! do they know each other?

oh my gosh dsfsdfI'm flattered you'd ask hehI'll write in the undercut and try to keep it short.

Before all this tho, I think it's important to understand that my ocs and the world they inhabit dont need to make sense logically. Think of it as a children's book. Roald Dahl's books, for instance, or something like 'The Chocolate Touch' etc All in all, my ocs dont make logical sense. They live in a world where stuff just IS.

So! Fortune and Cupid do know one another, and Fortune loves Cupid very much. If you've ever seen a kid just fawn over an actor (like I did when I was a kid over Leonardo DiCaprio) that's the vibe. Cupid lives in a well, and Fortune visits often to throw in a coin to see him. He's generally nice to her, but a little confused and just rolls with it like 'ok this little dog wants to run around my well and look at me for a few minutes. That's fine.' Fortune on her own is a little wandering dog. She was born from a sentient "blood" puddle, perhaps a puppy fell in and was blessed with sentience as well. Fortune remembers her first moments of life, but has lost her way back to the puddle. She longs to see it again, and she wanders to find it. She may "tell your fortune" if you happen to meet her, however, it may or may not be a reliable reading. Her strongest and most accurate predictions are usually bad omens or looming tragedy. If you're in danger, Fortune will certainly tell you. I draw her in many ways that don't relate to her lore, of course. She is fun to explore with, and often ends up expressing many of my emotions etc! ( People ask me often if the puddle is a SCP inspired thing, but its inspired by the birth of Lurtz in LoTR and Shadowmere who is born from a tar pit lol) Cupid on his own IS a bad omen, perhaps why Fortune is so aware of him, whereas others only glimpse him before disaster strikes. Cupid is not evil, nor is he good. He is indifferent, guided by a nature one cannot relate to. If you see him, you are likely at the finale of your life. If you're lucky enough, Fortune may help you avoid your terrible fate by guiding you to Cupid's well. If you throw down a few coins or something of value, Cupid will spare you by not appearing to you at all, therefore successfully evading your disastrous end. Permanent Hole is more symbolic than Fortune and Cupid. He represents being at your absolute worse. He represents that constant drag that threatens to bring you into the darkest pit of yourself, thats why he is a 'cat' living in a hole. You could be grabbed at any moment, or simply fall in. He will try his hardest to tempt you to come his way because it feels easier to be in a dark hole and let yourself go. He knows you personally, and you him. He remembers you, he will try to bring you back to that hole again. But never fear, his arms can only reach so far and you can avoid him if you can find it in yourself to walk right by. Ideally, someday you can fill that hole and bury him forever. Little Moon is also more symbolic I guess. He brings back your fondest memories, though they can hurt sometimes. You might try to let a memory go, because it has been broken, but he will bring them back to you in dreams and thoughts you have quietly before bed. He can only come to you during the full moon, he crosses the sky for you and slips into you. He can feel what you feel, he knows what you love and what you need to keep. He won't let you forget. (Cats have always been something I relate myself to idk why) Anyway, thank you for asking :~) I hope you like them!