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[baylardian-1]

MONTY HUNTY

[ella-se-vuelve-loca]

I Wasn’t Scared! | Christopher Vélez

Hola mis papas fritas! Happy Halloween! 🎃 I decided to put something together last minute for y’all and I hope you enjoy it! I hope you guys are staying safe! 

Masterlist

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“Large pizza?”

“Check.”

“Popcorn?”

“Got it.”

“Enough soda and caffeine products to keep us up well past midnight?”

“Mmhmm.”

“Jumbo King size chocolate bars?”

“Yessir.”

“A family size package of mixed candies?”

“It’s all here.”

“Great, I think we have enough food to feed a small town.” Chris joked. “Did I miss anything?”

“Besides turning off the lights, I think we pretty much have everything.” I smiled as he walked over to the light switch before taking a quick glance outside the window. “The weather looks pretty bad.”

“Does it really?” I asked him as he nodded. “Mhmm.. let’s just hope it clears up.” He walked over to the couch and sat down, grabbing our fluffiest blanket and draping it over himself. He made an opening for me so I could crawl in next to him as he patted the seat with his hand.

“Ven aquí, mi amor.” I smiled and made my way towards him, quickly wishing to be engulfed into his arms. He placed his arm around my shoulders and my hand instinctively reached up to grab his own, intertwining our fingers together. He leaned down and kissed my forehead before turning his attention back to the TV. “What should we watch first?”

Insidious… Paranormal Activity… Creature from the Black Lagoon… Dawn of the Dead… The Wolf Man… The Texas Chainsaw Masacere… Halloween…

“There’s so many to pick from… hmm, how about we just - ”

BANG

My body jolted as I heard the thunder from outside and brought the blanket up to my nose, covering myself as a small child would when they’re scared. I felt his body rumble with laughter as he brought me closer to him, looking down at me.

“Easy, mi amor, it’s just thunder.” I felt my face get hot with embarrassment as he moved a strand of hair away from my face. “I’m here.” I could hear the pitter patter of rain outside as he continued talking.

“I won’t let anything get you. I will protect you, mi reina. Your big, strong man will - ”

CRACK

“Ay! Puta madre!” He exclaimed and covered his face with his hand. I let out a laugh as he chuckled alongside me. “Aww, mi amor, were you scared?”

“Scared? Pfft, no. No, I was.. I’m not scared. I was.. imitating you.”

“Oh, really?” I raised an eyebrow at him and smiled. “Yeah, you jumped and brought the blanket up to your face so I had to show you. Yeah.. that’s exactly what happened.”

“Don’t worry, baby, I’ll protect you.” I cuddled closer to him. “It’s just thunder, it won’t hurt you.”

“You were the one who jumped first!”

“You jumped too!”

“Yeah but I wasn’t scared. I was just.. surprised, that’s all. You on the other hand are still shaking.”

“No I’m not.”

“What do you mean “no”? You totally are! Look!” I chuckled and shook my head, bringing his arm up to both of our faces. “See? Oh… I’m  the one shaking..” He mumbled as he looked at his hand.

“Not scared, my ass.”

“Mi amor, we’ve been over this. It was a big clap of thunder and it surprised me!”

“Oh, yeah, definitely.” I teased and he shook his head. “Alright alright! Let’s just choose what we wanna watch.”

“No no no no no, I’m not letting this go just yet. I’m having way too much fun.”

“Okay, if I admit I got scared, will you stop teasing me?” He turned to look at me, a sheepish smile on his face. “Maybe.”

“Maybe? What do you mean maybe?”

“Oh c’mon! You were trying to act all tough and be my “strong man” and you got frightened by the thunder as well!”

“I think the only frightened one here is you. I mean, especially since that new study showed that thunderstorms make the perfect cover for.. creepy axe murderers.” He turned his head back towards the TV screen as if what he said was no big deal. “What?” I asked him.

“What?” He looked down at me. “Are you pulling my leg? Are you being serious right now?” I asked him and he nodded. “Oh, yes. Didn’t you read it?” I shook my head as he continued on. “Yeah, apparently, they wait for the sound of the thunder to cover the sound of them breaking into houses.”

I felt the small hairs on the back of my neck raise a little as I listened to his story. “And these creepy axe murders only have one motive… ” He leaned in closer to me as I slowly slid back. He trailed his fingertips down my arm. “Only one thing in mind…” His voice became lower and lower as he kept talking.

“They come in and love  to prey upon… ”

“Chris.. what are you - ”

“The ticklish! Muahaha!” He reached down and started tickling my stomach, laughter erupted from both of our ends. “Ch - Chris! S - S - Sto - op!” I kicked and swatted my arms around, trying to push him away from me. He held me close to him as he continued for a few moments before he ceased his tickling.

I caught my breath and quickly switched the roles, straddling his lap as my hands reached his tickle spots. “No no no! Th - The study specifically said.. haha! It doesn’t count if the boyfriends are ticklish t - too!” He laughed and quickly grabbed a hold of my arms, stopping me from tickling him any further. “I haha.. oh my.. argh! Okay! Let’s call a truce! We gotta get through this night, don’t we?” He smiled up at me.

He reached up and moved my hair away from my face. “Okay… maybe I was a little scared, but I’m not anymore.” He placed his hands on my waist as I placed mine on his chest. “I did mean it when I said I would protect you. I wanna keep you safe and I want you to feel that you’re scared, you can come to me.” I smiled down at him and placed a kiss on his lips.

“I won’t judge… even when you jump at thunder.” He laughed as I playful hit him. “Shut up.”

“Ay, even if you mock me for it. That was a bit rude haha!” He looked into my eyes and softly smiled at me. “I promised nothing can hurt you, so long as I’m here.” I leaned down to place my lips onto his while playing with his hair. We pulled away as he ran small circles on my hips.

“So… which movie is first? Or are you too chicken and now prefer to watch a cartoon?”

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[neverdoingmuch]

I’m here for the ‘swords not as pets’ agenda. Swords as cars: solid, get you from place to place, potentially dangerous, customizable, something people name. Wwx losing his license taking the fall for a mistake jc made (idk, dui maybe?) and just choosing to mod the hell out of a self-balancing scooter or segway or something so it goes dangerously fast. Alternatively: spending 3 months inventing the first functional actual levitating hoverboard, with an insane top speed. 3 months in the (1/2)

sawdfert this is delightful!! i saw segway and i immediately started wheezing,, there was no time for laughing i went straight to the wheezing. i think it would make more sense if wwx lost his car and got a motorcycle? like hoverboards and segways are cool but motorcycles have that big reputation of being dangerous and there’s the whole ‘rebellious teen gets a motorcycle and becomes a delinquent’ thing? like motorcycles are fast and if you crash it’s so much worse than if you were in a car and there’s no airbags or anything. but also?? wwx rocking up to school on a segway while playing his flute like the shittiest entrance ever? iconic. but let’s stick with chenqing as a motorcycle/scooter (motorcycle-esque scooter not the ones that try and take out your ankles).

okay so all the major sects are super rich so in a modern au it would make sense for all the sect heirs to get cars. i’m not saying that jc and wwx complain about jzx being stuck-up bc he was given a porsche for his birthday even though they were also given cars for their birthdays,,, but i am. at first it would have been this major point of contention between yzy and jfm bc wwx isn’t even their son so why is he getting a car too but wwx is like ah it’s so i can drive jc and jyl to school! you wouldn’t want their cars being left outside the school all day would you? someone in my maths class had their car get keyed and it was super expensive to fix,, and yzy is like yes wwx may have a car only to protect my children from parking hassles,, also wwx must pay for his own parking. so wwx and jc both get given cars for their bdays.

now wwx gets bored easily,, so you could translate him being a cultivation genius to him being really good at driving. im talking that jc is still getting the hang of switching gears and wwx is out there casually drifting around corners. (this does mean he has to get new tyres really frequently but he’s friends with wen ning, whose family runs the mechanics that wwx likes to go to so he just helps around the shop for a bit and gets a discount (yes its the family discount)). anyway wwx really enjoys driving, also! he just rocks up to wen ning’s place one day and is like dude, i wanna pimp my ride, wanna help and wen ning is like heck yeah. so wwx pays for some upgrades with his own money and he spends hours doing some custom work to make it look cool,,

it’s all going well until wwx and jc go to wen chao’s party one night and jc gets absolutely sloshed,,, like completely hammered. wwx had walked in, grabbed a cup of lemonade or something and was gonna hang with his friends but lwj was there for some reason so he spent the entire night talking to him in the back garden. which means that when jc wanted to leave he saw wwx hanging out with lwj and went ew gross and just decided to drive home himself. he crashes and when wwx comes home the next day jc gets super pissed at him bc he was meant to be the designated driver and if he hadnt been screwing around with lwj jc wouldnt have tried to drive home and now his parents will be super pissed and wwx is like woah chill my grandmother is a mechanic and she can fix this up just give me a couple of days. 

so wwx goes to baoshan sanren mechanics (which is just the back entrance to the wen sibling’s mechanics) and spends the next three days getting rid of all of his customisations and mods so his car looks exactly like jc’s. does he cry when he has to spend like five mins spraying the inside of the car with axe body spray to get the jc stench going on? maybe a little. but he does it and returns the car to jc! and jc is like oh wow my car is fixed, your grandma is a miracle worker and wwx is like haha yeah (:

anyway wwx mysteriously and suddenly discovers a passion for public transport,, it’s a good way to stay humble jiang cheng, he says, also i used all my petrol money buying porn from nhs or whatever. anyway wwx is doing the whole pt to school thing but then one afternoon wen chao and wzh find him and idk maybe the party got too rowdy so the cops came and wc got in trouble with his dad? he assumes wwx called the cops on him so he shoves wwx into his car and drives him out to the middle of no where and dumps him in the burial mounds scrap metal recycling place or whatever. 

the train line isn’t running that day and there’s no phone service either so wwx is stuck there overnight. he gets super bored. so what does he do? he finds an abandoned scooter and starts scavenging for parts. he’s not expecting it to actually work but by the time the sun rises he’s found some actually decent parts and he thinks that he could get it working. tbh he kinda forgets to go back home and just walks into town to buy some food and then goes back and continues fiddling with the scooter. he doesnt live there for the three months but the people in yiling just accept that this random teenager has all but moved into their scrap heap and adopt him anyway. so he goes and visits the burial mounds every day after school so none of his friends or family really see him anymore. 

until! one day he rocks up to school on his scooter. scooters,, are kinda like sad pathetic motorcycles,, but wwx mods his scooter with like a powerful engine and new steering and everything so people see it and go oh! a motorcycle! even though it’s not actually (can you do that with a scooter? idk but suspend your disbelief pls). so lwj is like hnnngg wwx in a leather jacket on a motorcycle but also wei ying, stop riding a motorcycle, *enter statistics about motorcycle crashes here* and wwx is like no! you cant take chenqing away from me. and jc is pissed bc they were meant to be brothers and have matching cars and be able to work on them and give them cool paint jobs together! but now wwx has this bike which has been modded to hell and back and refuses to drive his car bc it’s not as cool as his bike. so we get to have the whole ‘everyone thinks wwx is doing something dumb and dangerous’ bc he has a motorcycle and why isnt he just driving his car anymore? but we also get to keep some of the nuance of the demonic cultivation bc yeah it’s more dangerous than driving in a car but wwx doesnt have a car anymore and scooters are a loottt safer than motorcycles (if my two seconds of research is correct).

so! wwx won’t abandon chenqing and he did most of his work using scrap parts so he goes back to the wens and is like wen ning my best bro check her out and he’s like oooooooh and they start modding chenqing together. wen qing doesnt know why wwx is constantly over at their shop all the time but jc keeps arguing with wwx and wwx grows more distant with his family and friends bc he’s making ~bad decisions~ and a motorcycle is a gateway to idk teen delinquent shenanigans like smoking and doing graffiti so he’s kinda ousted from respectable rich people society and wen qing is like i have two (2) brothers now and they’re adorable not that i’ll ever tell them that. and wwx modding chenqing got him a reputation in yiling like everyone saw him walk in one day and then drive out with this sexy sexy bike so people start coming to him for mods and stuff and wwx earns the title yiling patriarch and wen ning, his trusted best friend and helper, gets called the ghost general bc idk he helps a lot but the customers never meet him. so they become some dynamic duo for car and bike mods!

anyway,, yzy delivers him an ultimatum one day: the car or the bike (or more accurately: the family or the bike) but wwx can’t drive the car anymore so he just gets quietly disowned and drops out of school. (we’ll save jzxuan the suffering in this au he can keep his car). he goes to the wens and theyre like hey whats up? wait no you cant live in a scrap heap,, not even if you buy a tent,,, just live with us please. and then wwx gets adopted by the wens and idk i want them to have a happy ending so wwx and wn go off and do some actual mechanic and modding training with some expert (sqdcfgt imagine if it was the real baoshan sanren who just happened to be in the market for some apprentices and saw wwx and wn’s work and was like them and then later realised it was her grandson). so they get their apprenticeship and they disappear off somewhere for a year or two - when wwx had been disowned he’d deleted everyone’s contacts and was like if they text me i’ll add them back but im not gonna have a contact list cemetery. (no one contacts him). 

eventually the 13 years pass and wwx has been helping the wens raise their little nephew a-yuan who is showing a real aptitude for being a mechanic even though he’s just a kid and just generally enjoying the quiet life of being a mechanic while doing fun mods and lil baby projects. then one day lwj’s car breaks down while he’s driving through the area and he calls up the local mechanic and guess who rocks up? it’s wwx. and then we get to have them dance around each other and wwx being like lwj doesnt trust me, he’s just sitting here and watching me work all day ): and lwj is like dont let him go dont let him go dont let him go,, and eventually they get their romance but this is way too long already so im im gonna end this here

i didnt mean to make this an entire au but i adored your idea so much anon so i kinda had to!!

[tuffdwightwest]

You Are My Best Friend Ch. 1

"Snotlout!" Gobbers voice rang out right before a hooked hand smacked a piece of metal. Startling Snotlout back awake as he cried out in fear, forgetting briefly where he was.

Seeing the familiarity of the forge though, his cry quickly turned into a groan as he crossed his arms meeting Gobbers gaze. "What? Can't a viking get a little shut eye around here?" He complained.

"Not when you are working with me, boyo. Perhaps you would like to work on the next shipment of maces needed instead of the meager, sharpen these axes job I have going for ya." Gobber responded. Turning away from the Jorgenson as he went back to what Snotlout assumed was forging some new maces.

For a months now, Snotlout had taken over Hiccups old job in the forge. Working as a second hand to Gobber. He had been promised the 'Official Weapon Tester Position' but that was clearly not the case. In fact the other Riders had a good laugh as even his father piped in and agreed that it would teach him some humility.

If Snotlout's life was a fable this chapter would be called the dark years. Still mumbling he still went back to work as he focused on sharpening the blade. Trying to ignore Gobbers off-key singing as he silently cursed Hiccup's name. As they were nearing being finished however Gobber piped up with something that actually caught his interest.

"-ading off with her cousin Lars to the Northern Markets. With that Zippleback with her, I bet she'll come back with more gold then she could carry!" Gobber boasted with a laugh.

"Uh who? What's going on?" Snotlout cut in having missed the beginning of whatever Gobber was speaking about.

"Ruffnut. She is trying to become a Trader of all things and for a few weeks she'll be training with her Cousin Lars on the business." He explained. Snotlout blinked in surprise at this. Of course he knew that both the twins were planning on trying different avenues for professions, something that their family had been harping on them about, both had been adamant on saying that they were Dragon Riders and that was what they would stay. Although now apparently it seemed that Ruffnut was going to try being a merchant?

"Uh when did she leave?" He asked.

"Just this morning; well done!" Gobber said before quickly switching into something else as he noticed Snotlout for once actually finish his work. Looking down Snotlout hadn't even noticed he was on the last sword. Grinning he set it aside, feeling mighty pleased with himself as he stood.

"This mean I can go?" He questioned.

"Gah, yes! Get more work done without having to deal with your moping anyway." Gobber complained although he still had a small smirk. Excited Snotlout turned to leave as he practically raced out of the Forge.

It wasn't dusk yet and the sun was still decently in the sky which left him a good four hours to actually have some fun for once. Usually he would go straight to Hookfang and the two would go flying together but today he actually veered off course as he remembered the conversation he was just having with Gobber. He was actually kind of curious about why Ruff chose to do that and he figured Tuffnut would be the best one to ask.

After all, he still was gearing for Ruffnuts love and her suddenly up and leaving was quite a shock for him. He thought they were finally getting somewhere!

With those indignant thoughts he found himself in front of the Nuts house. It was further back on the island and looked like it needed its fair share of repairs. With cracks lining the walls and even a few smashed windows. The chicken coop behind the house actually giving a kind of unpleasant odor. Come to think of it. Snotlout had never really visited the twins at their house and at this moment, he kind of wished he still hadn't.

Just as he was about to knock on the door, a squeal sounded from behind him. Turning he came face to what appeared to be a very angry boar. The animal stomping on the ground as it glared at what it deemed an unwelcome trespasser. "Uh... nice boar." Snotlout mumbled trying to calm the animal as he held out his hands, trying to make himself less threatening. The boar however just stomped the ground again, shaking its burly head as it gave a loud snort.

Then with a roar the animal started to rush Snotlout. Screaming out in terror, Snotlout went to move out of the way but before he could he was suddenly pushed to the side as something shot out from behind him. Not suspecting it he fell back on his ass but at least now he could identify Tuff as the twin rode on the Boars back, laughing and giggling as the beast tried to buck him off.

Just as Snotlout was starting to get concerned, the boar finally started to calm as Tuffnut finally jumped off. "Next time. Lets do that in the boar pit okay Bjorn. Also! Good pig telling us when theres strange men at the house." Tuffnuts voice rang out as he petted the boar behind the ears. The once angry animal just snorted as it sniffed at the twins hair, Tuffnut without a helmet, before it started to trot off.

Standing up Tuffnut brushed himself off before crawling up the steps and standing next to Snotlout. His eyes alight with amusement as he looked down at him. Realizing that Snotlout still hadn't gotten back up, he cursed before scrambling to his feet. "Why is there an angry boar guarding your house?" He scoffed already angry at what just happened.

"Why not?" Tuff responded. The retort Snotlout had was lost in the absurdity of that so instead he just threw his hands up, thinking of many reasons why not to have a boar guarding your house. Visitors being maimed being one of them. Before he could though Tuff beat him too it.

"You need something? Not to cut off your imminent rant but none of you have ever come to our house before. Unless its overhead, on dragon and you are yelling at us to get Barf and Belch cause Svens sheep got out again." Tuff explained, "Although still, its not usually you." He added looking at Snotlout warily.

Ignoring it though Snotlout shrugged, "I heard Ruff left and I just came to find out why. I thought you two weren't gonna go through with your tribes demands?" He said jumping right into it. Tuff looked surprised for a moment before he just shrugged, his whole body moving with the effort. Instead of answering though he just gestured Snotlout to follow him inside. Although Snotlout really didn't want to know what the interior looked like, he still followed.

"We weren't initially but Mom convinced Ruff to trail along with Lars. She said she actually enjoyed it so... yeah she's gonna try to be a Merchant or whatever." Tuff said, voice a little detached when he said it. He didn't exactly sound pleased by his sisters decision but it was obvious he was at least trying to be supportive. "They wouldn't let me go with her either." He added at the end.

Glancing around the surprisingly tidy inside, he listened to Tuffs explanation and couldn't help but feel a little bad for him. He was mostly sad that he wouldn't be able to recite his newest poem to her, while Tuff was upset cause he already missed his sister. "Two weeks?"

"Or more. Depends on how it all goes." Tuff responded with a sigh as he went and sat down in the center of the floor. "What am I even gonna do while she's gone? She took Barf and Belch so I don't even have that." He complained.

Snotlout pursed his lips before going and sitting next to him. Whatever he was planning on saying in comfort though was lost as he actually smelt the twin. Now usually they smelt like a mixture of BO, Zippleback gas and cheese. A disgusting scent but they were always proud of it. Today though, today he smelt like, "Why do you smell like freshly baked sugar cookies?" He asked.

Tuffnut looked surprised as he spared a glance at Snotlout. Snotlout was actually surprised to see the twins face redden as he averted his gaze and mumbled something under his breath. "What?" Snotlout shot back leaning in closer to hear.

"My mom made both Ruffnut and me bathe in this special oil she made. She said she didn't want us smelling like a dead rat so she's making Ruff and me bathe more often. Except it has always been me. Ruff always somehow finds a way to avoid it while I walk right into it." Tuffnut huffed crossing his arms.

Snotlout grinned finding Tuffs distress amusing, "I think its an improvement. Might actually want to hang around you more now that I don't gag everytime I'm downwind."

"Haha..." Came Tuffnuts response as he kicked at Snotlouts boat. "Speaking of hanging out though. Do you wanna hang out?" Tuffnut asked offhandedly.

"I really just wanted to know why Ruff left. Was gonna go take Hookfang for a flight. He's been restless." Snotlout responded, moving to get up as he was reminded of his original goal. He was still looking at Tuff however as he caught a flash of hurt cross over his face before the twin quickly covered it up with a half smile.

"Yeah okay, I get it. Maybe later?" He asked.

Snotlout frowned, Tuffnut sounded almost desperate and what was with the hurt look he gave him. It wasn't like they hanged out all the time so why did he suddenly want too today. Feeling wary he just shrugged, "I'm a busy dude." Was his response as he turned to leave.

If Tuff was trying to pull him into a prank he wasn't falling for it. Tuff didn't say anything as he left the house either so Snotlout just assumed he realized that Snotlout was too good to be tricked.

Now to go flying.

[five-wow]

i’m watching 10.21!!! [insert excited but apprehensive noises]!!!

by the time you’re reading this i’ll be done watching, so as always, thoughts under the cut:

i opened up the episode, steve’s voice said “previously on ha-” and i paused it because i actually need some food before i do anything right now.

food (and coffee that is 90% milk) acquired! the previously on is just the last few seconds of the previous episode, and oof, it reminded me how hilariously evil this micheal claypool sounded with that intense british accent they gave him (surprise twist: the h50 finale is actually the new bond movie), but now he just showed up on steve’s doorstep and he looks like a really kind somewhat older man, gosh.

steve: “please uh, come on in and make yourself at home.” danny, wherever he is right now: “NINE YEARS. I HAD TO WAIT NINE YEARS AND THIS GUY JUST SHOWS UP AND-”

mr. claypool comes in, sits down, hands a still standing steve a letter and then gathers his coat and briefcase and is immediately back out the door, fdjkfd. also, omfg, i don’t like that doris is still causing drama from the grave, but i have to say, it’s impeccably in character, at least.

steve looks a little disbelieving and unhappy about the contents of the letter, which is not great. it couldn’t have been just a nice “hello my son, sorry you’ve had to live without me for these past four months, i wanted to tell you one last time that i love you and hope you’re doing well”, could it? (for that matter, does mary get a letter??? it always feels like mary either got out in time by not going into anything like law enforcement and therefore not getting pulled into her family legacy of dangerous shit all the time, or like she’s just been outright rejected by their parents who keep building all of their mysteries around steve.)

okay so now we’re watching a woman and her son being held hostage by two criminals who probably killed a cop and want her to stitch one of them up, and obviously they’re bad guys, but one of them just said “think bus boy’s got a thing for you” about the dude who just rang the doorbell and hand delivered a toy the kid had forgotten at a diner and yes!!! i agree!!! and it looked super cute so maybe you could just put your guns away and let them fumble around each other for a little before one of them finally asks the other out on a date and then they end up as a really cute little family.

oh SHIT crush guy just burst into the apartment and really, really seems to know his way around a gun and how to hold his own in a fight against armed criminals. oh! ohhhh, this is the new character they were going to introduce that would potentially have become a cast member if the show had continued without steve, isn’t it? ahhh. that makes sense.

while the woman calls the police, crush guy (who heroically saved her and her son and got shot in the process) just. leaves. that’s not suspicious at all!

the intro!!! feelings!!!

we’re at the cemetary where john mcgarrett rests so i expected to be shown steve, but instead we get?? danny rolling up in the camaro to look at steve crouched by the grave? oh my gosh. ten times better.

danny is SO WORRIED. and he is RIGHT because steve is acting very unlike steve.

fdjkfdjk OF COURSE doris’s message is a bunch of symbols. doris!!! you do not write goodbye messages to your son in wingdings!!! be a good mother for maybe once, perhaps, my gosh!!!

!!!!! steve telling danny he just doesn’t think he really cares anymore and wants to be done with doris’s whole thing is !!!!! very good!!!! i am using too many exclamation points and very aware of it but !!!!!!

i just. look. i just. steve has SAD FEELINGS and he TALKS ABOUT THEM with DANNY and this is pretty much a dream come true. YES. not the sad feelings, i’d rather have happy feelings, but after everything these characters have gone through they need to acknowledge that there are sad feelings before happy feelings can be had.

also, omfg, i had a brief heart attack because steve says joe’s name but he says it with an abandoned “and” kind of tacked onto it, a little mumbly, so it sounds like “losing joe’n- and mom” and for a long moment i was like, losing joan?? what?? because that would not be okay, holy shit, no.

on a lighter note, steve: “i’ll drive.” what a suprise!!! truly a shocking turn of events. :p

yes, steve, antagonize the scary-looking dude who is grieving over his dead brother while standing over the dead brother’s body in the morgue. i’m sure that’s a brilliant plan.

wait what, we suddenly see adam and junior who are talking on the phone because junior called adam to give him an update, and then adam goes, right, but the bad guys don’t know the address yet, and we do! and it turns out he is. standing in the apartment both parties are looking for right at that second. uh. communication, adam, dear lord.

there is some team organizing in hq around the case and then they all disperse and danny looks ready to follow steve into his office but then he gets distracted by tani asking to talk to him for a minute, and then they go out onto a BALCONY that i don’t remember ever having seen before? omg. secret headquarters balcony.

tani asks about steve!! she is worried too!! i’m forgetting about the balcony betrayal and having intense feelings again.

fdjkfd danny tells tani that steve has been running non-stop and is getting burned out and tani asks “alright, well, what are we gonna do about it?” and with absolutely zero hesitation danny goes “i’m gonna force the issue.” i don’t even think that’s a bad plan per se! but the quick and determined way he says it has me laughing anyway, like danny’s been daydreaming while the team was talking about their case and thinking, hm, what can i do to help steve? i know! i’m going to push him in a corner and keep him there and make him FEEL his FEELINGS. danny’s solution here is to throw a grenade at steve, but like, one full of love and caring and hopefully pancakes.

danny is telling tani that he’s seriously concerned about steve’s functioning on the job at the moment and meanwhile steve is out with junior interviewing a guy with an axe. fdjkfd.

okay so steve and junior catch the bus boy crush heroic rescuer guy (whose name is cole) and he won’t talk, and then junior arrives back at hq and tani comes out of her office to talk about steve again, ahhh. she is so worried! and junior is extremely uncomfortable because he feels like he has to defend steve and he ends up saying that steve will deal with things in his own way and oh junior, no, sometimes being hurt and pushing it away is not the best thing. even MORE reasons why steve needs to work through this in a healthy way: he’s setting a very destructive example for junior.

meanwhile steve is chilling on the floor of their rendition room “interviewing” cole all on his own, which seems to boil down to psychoanalyzing cole in a way that sounds suspiciously like steve’s pulling apart pieces of his own mind but attributing all of the problems to cole because that’s way safer than admitting that maybe most of these are his own issues, too, that he’s giving voice to for probably the first time ever.

steve to himself cole: “you’ve been here in this hole since [name of place where tragedy happened]. you‘ve put yourself there.” SUBTLE.

fdjkfd i paused at the perfect moment because immediately after that sentence cole goes “you know, something tells me i could say damn near the same thing about you” and uh, yes. thank you for making my point in-universe, cole, gosh.

steve: [gives a hard stare for a second and then switches back to cole’s current situation without addressing cole’s comment at all]

ahhhh there is a shot that starts with lou, tani and quinn around the tech table analyzing a video that shows our Bad Guys of the moment holding the poor diner lady and her kid hostage (again!) and then moves smoothly through steve’s glass door into his office where he and danny are having a heated discussion about the case and twirls around them. that was very cool!

so the bad guys want cole or they won’t release their hostages, cole wants to do it, danny wants him to do it and convinces steve after multiple little scenes of them disagreeing about it, and then military police comes in and takes cole away, preventing them from actually carrying out their plan. oops!

and THEN cole escapes out of a vehicle with three men guarding him, hah. i’m definitely seeing the heavy handed parallels with steve they’re throwing at us, omg.

danny about cole to steve: “i think this guy might be crazier than you.” i kind of love that every time a new intended team member shows up (tani, junior, i'm pretty sure quinn too?), danny has to compare them to steve in some way. it’s a rule. every time anyone says something vaguely snarky steve physically can’t stop himself from saying “ah, did you know you sound just like danny williams?” and every time someone does something ill-advised yet heroic, danny is obligated by the universe and the wiring of his own heart to go “ugh, you remind me of steve.”

cole gets a pass because he did good stuff and is a war hero, steve and cole make friends, and then cole says he noticed the cypher on steve’s desk and we’re back to the thing i thought this episode would focus on way more heavily.

steve HAS been doing research to try to crack it! danny was right about steve not being able to let this go.

cole knows a guy who’s good at cracking codes! i guess that’s a neat way to connect him to steve’s finale plot and move it along at the same time, haha.

steve is still at the office when his phone rings and it’s danny and then steve walks onto his beach where danny is waiting for him in their two chairs with two beers, and i love that, especially because we don’t hear danny’s side of the phone conversation but it was a very short scene so what did he say, exactly? “come home, i’m lonely, i have beer”?

steve: “what’s the face, you got a face on, your face” fdjkfd. eloquent!

SCREAMING. “you think lincoln is my new bff? yo, no one can replace you, you’re my danno!” i am. oh my gosh. this is steve reassuring HIMSELF, not danny, but it is also incredibly sweet and YOU’RE MY DANNO. now THAT’S the kind of content i want. yes. good. holy shit.

danny says to stop doing “that”, by which he means deflecting, and steve just goes “okay” and looks uncomfortable but starts talking anyway and i LOVE THEM. this is a good, healthy friendship.

steve: “i kinda feel like i’ve been protecting everybody except for myself, does that make sense?” YES. YES, STEVE, IT DOES, and i am VERY GLAD you’re saying those words with your own mouth.

i am making very high pitched noises at the moment. a) steve says he can’t take a break “here” because there are too many memories and that SCARES ME because he SHOULD NOT LEAVE THE ISLAND but also really really validates a fic idea i’ve had for ages in a way that i love, b) steve says “i will say this is how i thought it would end for us, couple old guys, sitting on a beach, watching sunsets” and YES oh my gosh, and c) then DANNY GOES, “i mean that sounds great to me, we can still do that” and HELLO YES it is SO GOOD to hear them VOICE these things that they’ve obviously both wanted for literal years and which we’ve been shown through steve’s clinginess when danny wanted to retire and danny’s bringing steve in on the restaurant thing and danny’s literal dream of him and steve sitting on that very beach as old men with steve telling him he loves him. just, my gosh, this is all those things but put into words that they are saying and it is very validating and sweet and necessary and scares me very much about where this is going, but for the moment i adore it.

the episode has two and a half minutes left and i’m kind of feeling like this is enough. let’s just end it here. happy end, guys, let’s all go home! except steve and danny, who are already there, obviously, and should do the opposite of move, ever.

OH. OHHH. steve tells danny he doesn’t know anymore and danny looks sad and then steve continues about how he’s been trying to distract himself with stuff like “a bunch of dating, which was nice, but didn’t help” and the RESTAURANT gets a mention though i’ll admit it’s one that’s very confusing because steve says “when it closed”, which... it didn’t, as far as we had been told until now? isn’t kamekona still running it? i always assumed he’d have turned it into a very successful bussiness venture.

danny looks UNHAPPY ABOUT THINGS STEVE IS SAYING and i relate, while i’m at the same time weirdly very very proud of him for saying these things? i don’t want him to feel this unsure about everything (particularly whether he can stay in hawaii, because it seems that’s what he’s talking about and that’s Bad), but it is a needed breath of fresh air to have stuff that happened and that he’s been bottling up for ages actually impact him emotionally.

okay, fjdksfdjslfs, danny suggests steve should GO TO JERSEY and says that steve has NEVER BEEN and i get that this is mostly kind of a joke but actually YES, STEVE. GO THE FUCK TO JERSEY. that would be perfect! danny can subtly follow you under the guise of an extended visit to family and you can spend time there together exploring danny’s home state instead of steve’s and you can come back home to hawaii when you’re ready and it would be beautiful and a very nice, symbolic way to end the show. we start with danny moving to hawaii to find a home there, and we end with with steve moving to jersey to realize where his home is.

this argument though, it’s giving me life. steve when danny starts suggesting other places, angrily, for no good reason: “now i HAVE to go.” danny, both giving and getting up: “i’m gonna get another beer.” steve, calm again: “okay, i’m gonna go to jersey.” danny: [walks away while steve yells after him about all the recommendations he’ll need for when he’s in jersey]

danny is inside to get the beer, hears a noise, finds a burglar at steve’s desk, fights him, destroy half the living room and is found by steve who also heard noise from the house and suddenly keeps saying “yo” to danny a lot this episode.

of course the burglar was there for the cypher that doris sent steve, because she can never just pop up in steve’s life in a way that isn’t  somehow dangerous to him and everyone around him. it was good, though!!! a very nice cliffhanger.

final thoughts: VERY GOOD, VERY INTENSE EPISODE. i liked cole more than i expected for a character that gets introduced as potential main cast in the last two episodes of a show that’s by now already been cancelled (that could have been problematic, but i think the writers handled it well by brick-to-the-face using him to explore steve’s issues) and i love danny being so worried about steve and tani following his lead and wanting to talk to everyone close to steve about how worried she is, too, and everything steve says has ME worried about how they’re going to end this, but so far, it’s also amazing A+ perfect fanfic fuel, holy effing shit. EMOTIONS. FEELINGS. STEVE HAS THEM. it’s literally that easy to please me, fdjkfd.

and i will say that while i’m worried about him and he’s clearly hurting and there are ways the show could take this that i won’t like (steve leaving the island at the end of the show while danny stays, mainly, which would be kind of horrible in all kinds of ways), i do somewhat love seeing steve deal with the fact that he’s older than he was ten years ago, he’s never really worked through all of the incredibly horrible shit life kept heaping on him, and he’s just getting really damn tired of everything. old, tired steve is a good thing; it’s the start of a new chapter, one where he hopefully doesn’t keep clinging to that endless denial of hurt and his tendency to put the job above everything including his own mental and physical health. i just hope, hope, hope that this last chapter that we actually get to watch play out on screen will be one that ends in a place that feels right, because this could either end perfectly or so, so badly. 🤞

[kkmetal]

hey everyone! after years of waiting, the first trailer for the next main installment of the animal crossing series has finally dropped! i’m a longtime fan of animal crossing, so i figured that i should celebrate this by breaking down what the trailer revealed. i feel like i find something new every time i look at it, so hopefully this will help with keeping track of new (and returning) features. if i miss anything, feel free to let me know!

anyhoo, let’s dive right in, gamers.

so, the trailer opens up with someone making this announcement over a flight intercom. the first thing that comes to mind here is... goodbye, trains, buses and taxis - and hello planes! this was also confirmed in the demo that followed the trailer, via this icon on the town map.

ngl, i was kind of hoping to be able to go on little sea voyages to visit friends with this game, but this is really cool, too. i wonder if kapp’n is also a pilot, now...

sidenote: it was also really shocking to hear an actual human voice speaking in, like, non-animalese here... but i’m sure that’s just for the trailer and not actually in-game, haha!

island life? ISLAND LIFE. as someone who actually lives on an island... this is beyond cool and, tbh, not something i expected at all! in hindsight, it seems almost like an obvious progression for the series, but i’m beyond delighted with the new setting nonetheless. 

can we please appreciate how cute the villager’s (...islander’s?!) shirt is? also...

is this a new type of butterfly? :thinking: 

TENTS RETURN. also, shaking trees to collect pieces of wood is a rad touch. all of the branches, weeds and stones remind me of how your farm looks initially in harvest moon games. i think cleaning up the island is gonna be really rewarding. 

CRAFTING? 

CRAFTING! this is good shit. ‘flimsy axe’ is clearly the lowest tier for the axe tool, which means we can probably make stronger ones with different resources. besides breakability, i wonder if using better-made tools will have certain advantages?

glad that we can still whack the hell out of rocks for stuff. the flimsy axe’s design is also really interesting, haha! definitely way different from the standard animal crossing axe. i’m looking forward to seeing how other tools look. there’s a lot of potential for fun designs there. 

FINALLY... WE CAN PLACE FURNITURE OUTDOORS!!! IT’S ABOUT TIME. public works in acnl were a step in the right direction, but after seeing how happy home designer let us design our yards... i was really hoping for this in ac: switch and the devs sure did deliver. in fact, they surpassed my expectations because i was expecting limited zones for this. 

this frame of the trailer is also mega cute. i love how the villager set up a little area for listening to the radio, complete with their lil drink in a coconut. that stone plateau towards the back is awesome, too.

like i said before... cleaning this place up looks SUPER rewarding. im openly weeping at the lil mug on the log bench. effervescent. 

leaf umbrella confirmed for returning. hell yes.

OKAY GAMERS NOW THIS IS EPIC. L;DSGKSD JOKING ASIDE THO vaulting over rivers is a really cool addition. it definitely helps out with keeping the deserted island vibe consistent - no conveniently placed bridges. im sure we’ll be able to craft them, but sometimes you just gotta leap. 

this is also really convenient for just taking general shortcuts around the map, i think. not sure how limited the places that we can do this in will be, but i’m diggin it. 

IS THAT....... wheat...? it’s prob just some type of weed DKSLGJDGJ BUT REGARDLESS seasonal greenery is an EXTREMELY neat touch - makes me wonder if they have specific items that we’ll be able to craft each season. i spy a mushroom, so... maybe.

olivia is having a little Sitting Session back there, too. she doesn’t need you to put a chair down for her. she’s having a good time with or without your help!

also, related to this screenshot...

...seems like we can dig up WHOLE trees. i’m assuming we can replant them easily, too. neat!!! landscaping in this game seems like it’s been revamped on a lot of levels.

ah, yes. classic winter vibes. the demo of the game after the trailer confirmed that we’ll be able to set hemispheres for our islands, too.

eunice is no longer confined to her scarf - she has a nice warm sweater on. i liked scarves on sheep villagers but some of the patterns got, uh... kind of terrifying. freya is also wearing a sweater, so i think it’s safe to assume that animals aren’t confined to one generic type of clothing style.

also... i think that the house in this picture is rly interesting. in the treehouse demo, we saw that the initial villagers seem to live in tents much like yours:

seems like you might be able to upgrade and design the exterior of their houses, too! and, if that’s the case... i genuinely think we might be able to control villager house placements. not sure if it’ll come true, but... i’ll be keeping an eye out. (edit: it’s been confirmed! we can, in fact, have control over villager house placements!)

anyway, back to the trailer!

like i said, if we can design house exteriors, we can probably give villagers wreathes to put up on their doors (unless that’s an automatic seasonal thing). 

eunice and freya are having a chat... and we can still make snowmen! can’t wait to fill up my island with completely wacky snowmen of all sorts of diff shapes lmfao.

fuchsia’s here! she’s also wearing a dress with strappy sleeves!!! wowza. on the topic of sleeves, our villager protag has some really cool long ones, too. 

i really like the flooring of fuchsia’s home. also - either the lovely series got a recolour / new customizations or we have another heart series on our hands. tbh, this makes me wonder if we can dye everything... after all, we can make furniture ourselves...

the presence of a work table in fuchsia’s home also makes me wonder if that’s cosmetic, or if we can make furniture specifically for placing in our villagers’ houses...? maybe they’ll have specific requests... or maybe they just build stuff themselves.

p.s. if this is the new version of the lovely stereo, i’m def not complaining. the original back in acgc was definitely a classic, though. i mean - look at this thing!! 

this is art. anyway.

OVERALLS!!!!!!!!!! THEY’RE SO CUTE. i need them immediately. this screenshot also shows flowers that are in the process of growing!

friendly landscaping with mr. hamlet himself. i’m EXTREMELY happy for in-game paths - the pattern life was fun but lowkey a struggle, haha. the dirt paths look really gorgeous - i wonder if we’ll have other styles available to craft? even if we don’t, i gotta say that i love the natural look of the dirt, so... no complaints.

looks like we have a new tool specific for making paths, as well!

an interesting touch that i picked up here is that we can pick flowers and their base remains, rather than the whole thing being uprooted like in acnl. (...i don’t know flower anatomy. don’t @ me KLSDJGLSKDGJ.) this has cool implications for gardening, esp regarding growing hybrid flowers. maybe they’ll keep regrowing after we pick them! or maybe they’ll have a chance to spawn after we pick normal flowers. gonna have to keep an eye out. 

the flowering trees also look really gorgeous in the spring!! (edit: we can see a flower wreath on the house’s door, too, so this means it’s not just a winter thing. it seems to be made out of tulips!)

THE FLOWER CROWN IS BEYOND CUTE ;__; again with the tulips... it’ll be nice to see the ways that we can use flowers in crafting. and i adore the house style shown off, here. seems like we’ll get more variation with home exteriors. 

our little villager is wearing a purse, too! i think that it’s likely linked to the new ‘back accessory’ customization slot that pocket camp introduced! glad to see that it made it to new horizons!

(p.s., shoutout to the little garden gnome. lookin’ good, buddy.)

this group shot... it has provided me with so much happiness i feel like im gonna pass out. being able to select different skintones from the get-go has been my #1 request for an animal crossing main game for a VERY long time. it was also confirmed that we can Definitely customize our character like this from the start of the game - huzzah! 

taking a bit of a closer look at these character designs...

our characters now have pupils!!

we also have a blatant example of different dress types. o: reminds me of the different styles available in pocket camp. i think it’s safe to assume that we’ll get long skirts, too.

( edit: i also want to add that the villager character on the left of that image quietly confirmed all of the information we received about the series finally doing away with customization genderlocks. they have eyes typically confined to ‘male’ villager players and also seem to have the ponytail hairstyle [ though the ponytail is up; tfw you wear a hat with it ] which was previously limited to the ‘female’ villagers.

see? note the difference between the eyes which was previously locked by gender. in some main games, we could also work around the genderlock via meeting pointless, annoying requirements in shampoodle, so i think this was a clever little way of hinting at this change! )

more confirmation of back accessories making it to this game! i’m so glad tbh - pocket camp has some adorable ones. it prob won’t be limited to just bags, either... we’ll be able to wear angel wings, fairy wings, guitar cases... the list goes on and on. 

this villager also has their hair in braids! and it doesn’t look like the braid “hat” accessory that we had in previous games. this has me curious about potential new hairstyles!

it was cute to see the ssb villagers chillin out here, too! 

that brings us to this final little scene. ur phone is a Confirmed Nook Product. satisfaction guaranteed, etc. and...... this villager protag has 0 bells. they’re nailing it, y’all.

so... there we have it! a lil analysis of the content featured in the trailer. all in all, this game looks absolutely fantastic. it surpassed my expectations. dare i say, this trailer alone made up for all the salt i experienced during past, ac-less e3 nintendo directs, lmao. the release date got pushed to next year (march 20 2020), but i think that’s fine. i kinda expected it, seeing as we didn’t get any information At All between the ac switch announcement and today - and this gives us more time to bask in the news. the hype period is always the most fun.

in terms of predictions, right now i think that my main one is related to being able to place houses ourselves. i also think that npcs (like reese and cyrus, blathers and celeste, etc) will contact us and ask for us to build stores for them to set up businesses on the island. the deserted island setting has TONS of potential, and i think the early game for this ac title in particular is going to have lots of ambiance as we set up our islands. ( edit: all of these predictions got confirmed basically so... hell yes!!! ;FSGLGS;’DGL THIS TRAILER WAS JUST THAT GOOD, HINTING AT IT ALL... )

idk about y’all but i am HYPE. if you wanna see more info about the game, check out the treehouse live which featured more gameplay!! 

thanks nintendo for my life. 

[murasaki-murasame]

I honestly wasn’t planning to summon for Gala Thor at first, since I want to focus on saving for stuff like the end of year holiday banners, but he ended up looking really strong and also I want to make Tartarus less of a miserable slog to get through with my light units in any way possible, without resorting to ‘haha dark characters go brr :)’, so here we are, lol.

Results under the cut [plus some of my thoughts about the new Tartarus fight]

I started with about 260 summons saved up [which is part of why I wanted to skip it, since I prefer to have at least 300 summons before pulling on a banner], but in just 60 summons I got:

-Ramona dupe [one day I’ll get Gala Elly . . . ]

-Dupe Liger [now at either 1UB or 2UB, I can’t remember which]

-Dupe Pazuzu and Simurgh [they’re both now MUB so that’s nice, even though I don’t use them, lol]

-Ramiel x2 [I don’t really care much about him one way or another since I have other good shadow dragons but it’s nice to have him]

-Gala Thor

At first I was a bit disappointed by Gala Thor, since he gives a base 50% strength and an additional 45% bonus strength based on your energy stacks, which seemed kinda lame compared to Mars, but it turns out that having just one energy stack gives you a bonus 25% strength, with the other stacks giving an extra 5% each, so basically you almost always have 75% strength, which is really nice, and I think at least puts him at par with Daikokuten.

Also apparently his damage mods when shapeshifted, including his dragon skill, are super high, so he works really nicely with someone like Gala Euden, who I’ve basically ended up maining against Tartarus. 

It’ll be a while before the DPS sim updates, but I think Thor’s probably gonna have a pretty big impact on how strong the light roster is, so that’s neat.

Though tbh I think a lot of people are still gonna end up just using shadow units against Tartarus, even if Thor helps bridge the gap between light and shadow units a bit. Which is it’s own whole problem with the game’s balance, lol. I think if they just gave Tartarus poison immunity, that’d probably be enough to actually make everyone use light units in the fight, but I still feel like they need to give endgame bosses way higher off-element damage resistance.

I haven’t managed to get many clears of Tartarus yet, but I have a lot of mixed feelings about the fight. I’m happy to finally have a relevant piece of content to use my light units in, and I like most of the mechanics in the fight, but a lot of it doesn’t really work well in practice, and there’s some really annoying parts of the fight too. Mainly the fact that they decided to keep the enervation mechanic from Void Nidhogg, lol. I quit doing that fight as soon as the shadow Chimera came out specifically because it makes that fight such a goddamn slog, and it continues to be just as awful in Tartarus. And they somehow made it even worse by deciding to give it to you unavoidably at least once in the fight. At least in Void Nidhogg you could dodge everything and never get enervated, but you have to deal with it at least once in this fight.

Also, the whole portal mechanic is extremely cool, and I hope they experiment with more stuff like this in the future, but I feel like every time I go back to the main arena, I have like I have to immediately try and figure out which part of the fight I walked back in on, and usually I have like two seconds to react before one of the screen-wide attacks happens and kills me. It’s really disorienting, lol.

The prison mechanic in general is also kinda hard to wrap my head around, and I feel like it requires maybe a bit more team coordination than is reasonable to expect from a game like this, but really I think it’s just my punishment for never doing High Zodiark, since I think it’s one of the many parts of this fight that are really similar to that fight, and I have absolutely no experience with any of them.

Anyway, now that Tartarus is out it’s making me think back on the Agito bosses as a whole, before we move into the 2nd anniversary where we’ll probably at least get a hint at the next phase of endgame content, and in spite of the various issues I have with them, I think the Agito fights are a huge improvement over the High Dragon fights. You can really tell how Cygames [for better or worse] was trying to shake things up and figure out how to make engaging endgame fights, and for the most part I think it worked out.

The difficulty balance between all the fights [especially counting the Master fights] is kinda all of the place, like how eKai is extremely easy while eAO and eTart are kinda obnoxiously long and difficult if you do them in the intended ways, but I think that at least shows how they kept trying new things. mKai’s also apparently a lot harder than eKai [though I haven’t tried it], so they clearly learnt from the feedback they got from that.

I think Volk and Ciella are probably my favourite of the Agito fights at the moment, for different reasons. Volk feels really well-balanced for the current state of the flame roster, and has mechanics that require a degree of cooperation and coordination without being overly punishing like Tartarus kinda feels at the moment. And on the other hand, I really like Ciella’s fight because it feels like it’s just at the right level of difficulty for me to be able to reliably do by myself. At least on manual. I’ve never really managed to get auto solo to work, but I enjoy doing it manually. Either way, it’s nice to have endgame fights like this that can be comfortably soloed if you have a strong enough team, and I really like how for Ciella you have to build a really tanky, defense-oriented team in order to be able to solo it. I feel like 90% of the game basically punishes you for trying to do anything other than raw damage-dealing, so I really appreciate that Ciella is designed in a way that rewards you for making tanky team comps. It also lets Sylas be genuinely meta for something, which I’m grateful for, and it gave Templar Hope some redemption after he was initially deemed as being kinda worthless after he came out.

I also like how status effects are integrated into the fight mechanics, and [for the most part] both status resistances for each element feel like they have a purpose in their Agito fight. Compared to HDTs where it feels like every element roster is split between ‘units that are good for the fight’ and ‘units that are immediately handicapped’. This is actually one part where I think Tartarus works really well as a boss fight, since unless you can kill him before the poison portals happen, you really need a poison-res character to deal with them.

We still have three more of the Master fights to come out, but either way I really like the Agito fights, and I’m optimistic for whatever the next set of endgame content will be. Personally, I’m still hoping for them to build upon the Imperial Onslaught mode, since that feels like an almost obsolete part of the game, but that sort of wave-based content would be nice to have for endgame co-op.

Also, I still really hope that the Agito bosses end up being DL’s version of the Eternals/Evokers from GBF, where we can eventually get the ability to recruit them as playable characters by doing lots of grinding. They might just get released as gala units instead, but I’d prefer it if they were obtainable through grinding.

On the one hand they’re basically all villains, but on the other hand the recent story chapter made it pretty obvious that they’re probably all being warped and twisted by the masks Nedrick gave them, so it’d be pretty easy to explain how they could eventually be recruited. Also GBF has it’s own share of characters who probably shouldn’t be recruitable for moral reasons but they still are, lol.

Also when you fight them in-game it already looks like they have the same sorts of character model rigs as normal adventurers, and their attack animations all seem at least roughly based on regular weapon types [Volk being a lance unit, Kai Yan being an axe unit, Ciella being a bow unit, Ayaha/Otoha being dagger units, and Tartarus being a blade unit], so I feel like it wouldn’t be hard to make them playable. Ayaha/Otoha would probably be the hardest one to make work unless they get released as two separate characters, but it’s possible that they’d be a unique case where you use them both in combat at the same time, and switch between which one you’re actively controlling. 

It’s probably a bit too early for any of this to happen since the Agito have basically only just gotten introduced in the main story, so it probably won’t be touched upon for the 2nd anniversary, but I still think it’ll happen eventually.

Anyway, all that aside, at the moment I’m basically just gonna keep saving my summons for either a rerun of Gala Elly/Alex, or the holiday banners. In particular I really want to do lots of summons on the New Years banner. I know we’re gonna have Gala Zena or something next month for the anniversary, but if it’s anything like last year we’ll get lots of free summons during her banner, so I’ll at least wait and see how that works out before I spend any resources chasing her.

I also don’t really care much for Nevin and Pinon so even though I didn’t get them, I’m just gonna quit on this banner while I’m ahead, lol

[gdiwes]

Okay I need to talk about this dream I had today that I want to do art for later, and will get to eventually hopefully BUT 

If you love Dragalia and you love Magi, strap in, this one’s for you. 

Basically in my dream, there was a new facility event (logically it was probably one of the crossover events like FE or Megaman, both of which I could not play because my phone is old lol) but it was weird because we got Alibaba as a free 4* unit; he was a fire dagger. There was an accompanying pull, which consisted of Aladdin as a 4* wind wand, Morgiana as a 4* fire lance with specific special animations, and Sinbad as the 5* fire unit. 

Aladdin and Morg acted as normal adventurers, where when you paired them with a dragon they would just transform into it. Aladdin had a shielding skill and even though he was a wand he acted as a healer, and again Morg had special actions where even though she attacked with the same range and force strike as a lance, instead of stabbing she did kicks and punches. Kinda like Veronica I guess? Where she has the book but you still get to choose her weapon but she never holds it lol

Anyway the fun part of the dream was Alibaba and Sinbad. So Alibaba was the free 4*, and he could be equipped with a dragon to get the stats BUT, instead of having the dragon next to him to transform, it was Amon’s face. So when you transformed, he went into his full Djinn Equip, and was roughly the size and model of one of the human-like dragons like Apollo or Marishiten. So SINBAD, being the 5*, was like this but ELEVATED. Because it was a fire event, Sinbad’s base element was fire, but like that other post I made about Daoko, he switched attributes depending on what team he was on. And like Alibaba, he had the same system of “gets stats from dragon but transforms into Djinn.” BUT BECAUSE HE SWAPPED ATTRIBUTES, HE HAD FIVE DIFFERENT TRANSFORMATIONS IT WAS SO COOL. So every time he swapped attributes, the Djinn that showed up in the transformation button next to his face was different akfslf 

In my dream he had Focalor for fire, which I think was just the color similarity, but thinking about this later, Sinbad would be a 5* fire sword and his Djinn in accordance to attribute would be: Focalor for wind, Valefor for Water (cuz ice like Lily and Fiorm), Baal for light (cuz he’s lightning, like Albert), even though he was never shown in the anime Crocell for fire, and then because he has no where else to fit Zepar for dark (although Furfur, similarly not shown, is Actually the Djinn of ‘Rending Darkness’ soooo). Their moves would all summon the eight pointed star when used haha, and For Sure Baal’s attack would be Bararaq Inquerad Saiqa, and Focalor’s would be Cleaving Wind haha. Valefor’s Stagnation would probably just freeze all enemies on map for a second, which is not how he works in the manga/anime BUT it would be good for cheese LOL

While I was telling my gf about this this AM, I was also thinking how good it would be to have the Ren kids too. Like Kouen as a 5* fire blade or sword with Astaroth and his flaming dragon (and maybe his other skills reference his other Djinn, like he has a healing move for Phenex), Hakuryuu as a wind bow with Zagan or a dark lance with Belial, Kouha as a dark axe with Laraje, Kougyoku my GIRL as a water sword with Venea, and Hakuei as a wind wand or sword with Paimon. Maybe like a prt. 2 of the event or something haha

It’ll never happen, but I think this could work as a really cool event. Especially because I think Alibaba and Euden would get along with each other, and Elly/Morg would probably bond over protecting their idiot blonde fire princes haha Clau and Hakuryuu cooking together, and Aladdin/Kouha/Luca/Ranzal hitting it off and playing pranks. Kougyoku and Hakuei would probably enjoy chilling with Elly and Clau over tea; but also considering how much Vanessa and Yachiyo like to fight, Kougyoku would have a great time sparring them so it would just be Hakuei and the other two sitting by and watching while those three go to town on each other LOL And it would be cool to see Euden learning from both Sinbad and Kouen (and maybe in the end deciding that they’re extreme opposite sides of the same coin, and deciding to continue to pursue something in the center even if it’s harder but it’s because as a ruler he believes it’s what’s right for his people. Sinbad could say something like “that’s how a true king could think,” and Kouen could be like “lofty ideal, but admirable” or something haha)

[picrewing]

Hi! I was the one who asked about Ring and Arkan’s relationship a while back. I would like to learn a bit about Frost. (Also, congrats on getting 1,000 followers! 🥳)

Hello! :) Thank you.

Frost has an interesting creation story.

She was actually someone else’s OC to start with - her name was Janie. She was the OC to my best friend at the time and she appeared in my murder/mystery website A Dinner Game. The person and I became close friends and began doing side-roleplays together, the most major of which was a cop/killer AU featuring Janie and my character Yasuhiro. Janie had the curse that Ring does - she was reborn over and over again. At the age 10, she regained all of her old lives. She connected deeply to Yasuhiro, who had a connection to the fourth dimension which allowed him to know all possible timelines for himself.

But we also did another roleplay, a nonary game (from the video game 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors). Yasuhiro was the mastermind behind this game, with Janie serving as the main character. The climax of the roleplay featured Janie having to use her rebirth ability to enter a higher dimension, where she found Yasuhiro’s friend Takehiko stuck. She rescued him and returned back to the nonary game. Yasuhiro rejoiced... but was promptly erased from existence due to angering the time god (Nightmare).

Janie was very hurt by this and decided she wanted to find and save him, so we led into our next roleplay: an AB Game (from Virtue’s Last Reward, a sequel to 999). It featured our characters from the first game several years later, as well as some new faces. I don’t remember this very well, but the ultimate end is that Janie managed to find where Yasuhiro was in the multiverse and traveled there to get him out.

Now. I... can’t really say where he was because I try to keep this blog relatively SFW. Around this time I had discovered a pornographic game that, while yes it had porn, it also had a very compelling plot to me and interesting gameplay. So I just kind of ignored the boobs and played it. So anyway, I joked that Yasuhiro was put in the world of that game, because it was funny to imagine and worked for the lore that he was stuck somewhere. So, he was. Janie arrived at the planet, where she learned Yasuhiro had lost his connection to the fourth dimension but had instead gained a level of rebirth memory (though he couldn’t remember more than a few years, instead of everything). However, Yasuhiro was pretty satisfied with his life and didn’t want to leave, so they spent a long, long time playing cat and mouse. On a side note, my friend was asexual and disinterested in sex, so there wasn’t any of that in the roleplay. We played it completely serious. And honestly? Iconic.

So, anyway. Eventually, Janie and Yasuhiro entered a bet. Yasuhiro was frequently a demon in his lives, while Janie was the opposite. They decided that life to switch - Janie would be a demon, while Yasuhiro was not, and they’d see who’d break first. But during this time, Yasuhiro was vulnerable and naive, and the residing king of the area. Not a good combination. So for drama, I had him be attacked and taken prisoner.

Sounding familiar? Yeah, this was the invention of Arkan, Wortel, and that entire saga, haha. Forbidden lore, Wortel was originally from this weird pornographic world. It... probably still kind of reflects but oh well.

Well, anyway, Janie eventually invaded the castle and rescued Yasuhiro, who had suffered greatly. His body was also changed. Janie tried to talk to him and rekindle a form of connection, but flubbed at one point and caused him to get afraid of her and act submissive and scared. Ashamed of that, she fled, and Yasuhiro vanished into the wild. Janie took up an isolationist life in the woods. She found it pretty healing, actually - she was away from all of the stresses that’d plagued her very, very long life and just spent this time relaxing. About 16 or 17 years later though, a young dragon-humanoid (Umeji) found her hideout and befriended her. This eventually led to her and Yasuhiro meeting again, though Yasuhiro still refused to go home, not wanting to abandon his son. Janie’s own daughter from her home had arrived to the planet as well, and was pressuring Janie to leave. Janie ultimately decided to and left Yasuhiro behind, so long as he promised to come home one day.

It was a bitter goodbye, having to leave her friend (and by this point, love) behind, but it happened. Janie woke up in the AB Game and went with everyone to escape. But upon arriving at the exit door, she found Yasuhiro sitting outside of it, holding a baby Umeji in his arms. They left, and spent the rest of their life together.

... Phew! That was a long long ramble, but I promise it adds context. Also I just wanted to write that up.

So, Frost! Her backstory has changed a lot, but she’s an angel of Xefaa. As of current edition: She was originally born into the Terrakin valley a long time ago. A stranger once came to her town though, who brought with them modern technologies. Frost was very interested and ended up making a lot of expeditions to the city, where she became enraptured by all these advancements they didn’t have back home. So, she decided to bring them there. She became a mechanic and nearly single-handedly brought Terrakin valley to a more modern era. Unfortunately, not everyone was as gung-ho about this all, and also a lot of people didn’t understand it. When she was a young adult, a fire broke out that almost destroyed the entire valley. Frost took lead to evacuate people, as well as rising massive earthen walls to contain the fire. This plus her original decision to modernise the valley caught the attention of Xefaa, who asked her to become an angel. It... took a good while to convince her, but she eventually agreed. She now lives in the northern forest as a bit of a cryptid, maintaining a natural garden and keeping an eye on the demonic activity in the Meletta government. When Arkan seizes power, Frost rescues Ring and leaves him to trusted people to take care of (though he runs away). Umeji eventually finds her in his many expeditions and she teaches him magic.

“That doesn’t sound anything like what you just said.” Because her backstory has changed a lot. She used to have a partial rebirth curse like Yasuhiro had, and was tasked by Nightmare to keep an eye on Ring. Janie as her original self was replaced with my character Misa Takeda - they had similar appearances and personalities, and when my friend and I stopped being friends, I needed to replace Janie. Frost by this point was too integrated into Ring’s story for me to just drop her, so I didn’t just remove her. Misa’s backstory is being part of a traditional mountain village, where Yasuhiro sought her out and showed her city life. She fell in love with it and moved out, working for him instead. Though in original drafts of the story, she was trying to bring modern life to the village.

Frost is now sort of an amalgamation of Misa, Janie, those roleplays, and my own tweaking to fit her with current Wortel lore.

By the way, the name Frost comes from the nonary game. Janie had the number 6, so she chose her nickname to be Frost, because snowflakes have 6 points. Yasuhiro was number 5. He chose the nickname Ring, because of the 5 Olympic rings. Though my friend had thought it was because of “5 golden rings”... Actually, it was also just short of ringmaster and the Olympic rings thing was a panic-induced explanation Yasuhiro gave >:3 Before I decided to fully axe Janie, I called her Frost so it felt less like stealing. Also because I was putting Ring and Frost into a mod of the original game that inspired Wortel (this was dropped, sorry if you wanted to play it).

That was probably nothing of what you asked, but I hope you enjoyed the lore anyway.

[sincerelydayyy]

for @sempaiko, thank you for the help! Hope you enjoy a little teaser for the Sansan fic <3

[Takes place at the same time as The Oath [Braime Bodyguard AU], Sansa is trying to figure out the man who seems to always be there at the right time to help her in and out of her family’s coffee shop]

Sansa had served many types of customers at her family’s coffee shop. Young and old, grouchy and tired, quiet and boisterous. None of which had caught her attention as much as the man who always ordered black coffee and nestled at the far end of the half bar that was near the counter for those who planned to just enjoy their beverage of choice and then dip out.

The man with the dark beanie and heavy coat came in before Sansa’s shift, already perched in his spot. Sometimes she’d see him with a book but often times it was just him and his coffee. At the most, he gestured for a refill, but beyond that, she got nothing from him which was just as well. She didn’t have time to worry about one man when she was always on her feet trying to help everyone else. But, her curiosity was peaked.

It wasn’t long before she began asking the others what they knew about him. Of which, was barely anything. He was an outdoorsman, a few people had spotted him in the mountains with an ax which could have meant just about anything. He came into town a handful of times throughout the week to stock up on groceries, and to grab coffee. That last tidbit was something she had already known since he seemed to favor their homebrew over the more popular establishments.

Sansa wasn’t entirely sure why she was pulled towards him, but she found herself trying to pick up little ticks. She could have been more subtle about it, she thought once Tyrion Lannister had taken her aside the next time he had come in to ask her about it.

“What’s going on with you two?” His eyes shifting between Sansa at the man at the end of the bar. Tyrion was much too inquisitive, but he had always done by right by her when she asked. So why she hadn’t yet was baffling in itself.

“Nothing.” She paused, “Wait do you know him?”

“Of course, San-we went to university together for a little while.” He backtracked as if he was suddenly amused by only giving her as little information as possible. “We’re not particularly close.”

Sansa gave him a nod in acknowledgment. “Interesting. Anyway, how are you Tyrion?” She returned to the normal script of their friendship.

Tyrion had the urge to roll his eyes, instead taking a bite out of his cherry danish. An urge to meddle was making itself known.

Sansa was closing up a few weeks later. She had woken up later this morning, causing her to switch shifts with her brother Robb. She didn’t complain, only apologized for the inconvenience and got herself prepared for a long day.

In truth of all the things that could go wrong, this wasn’t terribly bad. She had just gotten really invested in a romance novel before bed and couldn’t put it down. She still had twenty or so pages of it left to finish reading, she had left it at home to ease the temptation.

All in all the working day hadn’t been the worst. She had gotten low on the change once and started to panic before Mr. Mysterious-in-a-Beanie slammed down a forty dollar bill as a tip before leaving without a word. This had bugged her, and she was pretty sure that she was going to give him a piece of her mind the next time she saw him. He hadn’t even let her thank him. You have to let people thank you, it was the courteous thing to do.

She couldn’t have run after him then, there had been a long line of people, and the team was already working extra hard to try to handle it all in that time. She had filed it, for later.

The keys had a way of getting stuck during lockup at times. She had asked her dad to put an order for either a new lock or a new set of keys altogether. He still hadn’t gotten around to doing either. She would have to do it herself, she knew.

She gave it one more hard turn before turning around and nearly colliding into someone who had to have been there for a while. “You the owner?” She knew a sleazeball when she saw one, greasy hair made it worse with the man who could barely move let alone speak.

She kept the keys in her hand, in a tight fist. She thanked the stars that her brother had given her a course in self-defense for cases like this. It hadn’t been the first time.

“One of them.” She stated, with a forced grin. As she moved to the side, the man followed. She sighed knowing this was going to be a problem. She added another note for the next family meeting that wasn’t for a few days: she wouldn’t mind having a guard around if they could afford it, or at least keep someone around so they creeps would know to back off.

She turned around walking backward intending on verbally ending this debacle if she could, the second obstacle seemed to rear its head. She had hit another wall in the form of a person. They were taller, and as she tilted her head up she realized that it wasn’t just any person. Beanie guy again, she didn’t have time to really have a good look at his face. She knew it was scarred and that he tried to hide his face because of that.

He had his hand on her shoulder for half a second, before carefully moving her to the side and blocking the greasy man’s path. “Go home, old man.” He grunted.

“Oh c’mon. I meant no harm really.” He lied.

Her savior didn’t budge at all. As if to say if the sleazy didn’t get a move on he wasn’t afraid to get his hands dirty, Sansa knew that that was the truth. He looked very capable.

The man must have tried to move closer because next time she heard the sound of a body on the ground.

“Didn’t hit him that hard. Typical.” He peered down at her, “You should get home.”

Sansa nodded but couldn’t take her eyes off the body on the ground. She hoped he wasn’t dead. She would feel bad. Upon closer inspection the man’s breathing was visible.

“Thanks.” She mumbled before starting to head down to the corner on the other side of the street. She paused, turning back around. “Hey, what’s your name?”

He was bending down over the guy he had knocked out and trying to get him into a sitting position against the nearest building. He ignored her.

“Hey!” She tried again.

“Clegane.” He slightly turned towards her, before thinking better of it. “Now, get going.”

Clegane was not his first name. She pursed her lips. “Clegane. Your next cup of coffee is on me,” she called.

Clegane turned to tell her that he didn’t need the charity but she was out of view. He cursed. Damn woman.

this will be a full fic/properly fleshed out, etc, probably after I finish The Oath. It’s nice to start thinking about this one a bit since there will be hints throughout the other fic. I’ll have to figure out a title too haha

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[lovemesomesurveys]

Do you want to get married? No. Do you ever want to have kids? No. Have you ever been arrested? Nope. Do you have a problem with homosexuals? No.  What’s your favorite eye color? Blue and green eyes are gorgeous. I’m envious of anyone who has them.

What do you think of men with facial hair? I don’t like a lot of facial hair, just some scruff. What languages do you speak fluently? English. Have you ever prank called the police? Nooo. Do you get annoyed or irritated easily? Ugh, I get both all the damn time. Do you have Bi-Polar? No. Do you read the newspaper? No. I get the news online for the most part, some on TV. Do you usually understand jokes right off the bat? Usually. Are you lazy? Yes, but I think it’s largely more than just laziness. It’s having no energy or motivation to do much of anything.  Do bugs scare you? YES. Do you like golf? Nah. Do you cuss a lot? No. Do you wear hats? I do. Is your neighborhood loud or quiet? It’s pretty quiet, with the exception of my neighbor’s yappy dogs now and then. It’s gotten a lot better this past year, though. It was a major problem for awhile. What do you think you see when you die? God. Do you have a job? No. Do you think Axe body spray smells good? Ew, no. Do you like white, dark, or milk chocolate better? White chocolate is the best, milk chocolate is good, and dark chocolate is trash. Do you sleep late or wake up early? For most of the year I was getting up around 9 or 10, but for the past month or so I’ve been sleeping in until noon. Are you in love? No. Do you have a favorite number? 8. Is your hair healthy or damaged? It’s pretty healthy despite being dyed and bleached. The lady who does my hair always said how health it still was. I don’t blow dry or straighten it or anything, so maybe that plays a role. Do you correct people when they speak incorrectly? No. Well, unless they’re searching for the right word or ask if they’re saying something right. Are you friendly to people you’ve just met? Yes. Can you roll your tongue? Nope. Do you like British accents? Yeah. What’s your favorite fattening thing to eat? Pizza and boneless wings. Do you like healthy foods like fruits and vegetables? I don’t eat a lot of fruits or veggies, with the exception of spinach. I often have it with my scrambled eggs or sandwiches. Otherwise, that’s been it. I haven’t had any fruit in a very long time...  What do you call cheese that isn’t yours? Nacho cheese. *ba dum tiss* Do you like swimming in public pools? No. I don’t like swimming at all, though. Would you rather go to the lake or Ocean? I love going to the beach and being near the ocean, but I don’t get in it. I just love watching the waves crash in and out and feel/smell the ocean air. It’s very relaxing. I don’t go to any lakes. Do you think wrestling is real? It’s fake, but still entertaining for a lot of people. Not to me, but hey to each their own. Do you like playing video games? I’m not a big gamer, but I do love Mario Bros. What’s your favorite video game platform? Nintendo Switch and PS4. Would you rather go to Hot Topic or Hollister to shop? Hot Topic. Do you drink enough water? No.  Do you like snow? Yes. I wish it snowed here. Do you ever have to do dishes? I rinse off whatever I use. Are you happy with your life at the moment? No. Are your nails long or short? They’re barely there. Do you believe in life on other planets? Sure, but not in the form of aliens.  Have you ever collected seashells? Yeah. What’s your boyfriend/girlfriend’s name? I’m single. Would you rather be single or in a relationship? Single.  Are your parents strict? Not overly so. Do you think you’d be a good parent? I don’t plan on ever being one, so. Definitely not right now. I don’t even take care of myself very well. Have you ever egg’d someone’s house? Noooo. Do you like taking walks? No. Do you ever go to the park? No. That’s not something I enjoy. I’m only an outdoorsy person when at the beach. What are your views on hunting? Not my thing. Do you like sleeping alone or with someone? I’ve only ever slept alone. It’ll definitely be weird at first should that ever change one day. Can you see stars at night where you live? Yeah. Do you think jello has a weird texture? Yes. I don’t like it. Do you sleep naked? No. How old are you? 30. Would you rather be older? No! What age would you like to die? Blah. Do you like rock candy? I did when I was a kid. I haven’t had it since then, so. *shrug* Sour or sweet? Sweet. I don’t like sour stuff. Do you think humans are going to die by their own hand? The world will end one day, but it’ll be by God. Are you competitive? Only in a playful way like when playing board games or something. It’s all in good fun. Are you lonely a lot? I’ve been feeling that way a lot lately. Like, intensely so. What do you think of overalls? I couldn’t believe they came back in fashion, but honestly I kinda want a pair now haha. I wore them a lot as a kid. What are your favorite shoes? My Adidas. Do you often forget that you have things in your pockets? I’m always wearing leggings, none of which have pockets. I never use pockets anyway. Do you ever use your back pocket? -- Do you carry a purse/wallet? I have a purse or mini backpack with a wallet inside. Do you like pants with holes in them? No. Do you like to shop? I like to shop online. How do you feel about the Mall? I like never go to the mall anymore. I’ve only gone a couple times recently for the first time in years. I used to go all the time with friends back when I had a social life. And friends. Are you straight edge? Apparently not because I drink caffeine and take narcotics.  Do you have acne? I get the occasional pimple now and then. When I was a teenager I struggled with acne, really up until like my early to mid 20s. Who have you loved the most in your life? My parents and younger brother. Do you like animals? Yeah. What’s the most dominant color in your wardrobe? Black. Do you have a closet in your room? I have one with sliding doors. Well, there’s curtains hanging in place of the doors now, but yeah. Do you sleep with a nightlight? I sleep with the TV on for my nightlight. And to have some sound. I can’t have it be completely dark and quiet. Have you ever been stung by a bee? No, thankfully. Have you ever broken a bone? Yes. Have you ever gotten a medicure? A medicure? Are your feet ticklish? I have no feeling in my feet, sooo. What are your favorite kind of chips? I like Doritos Nacho Cheese and Cool Ranch. Ruffles with ranch dip is good, too. I haven’t chips in a long time, though. My all time favorite was Hot Cheetos and all the spicy chips, but I can’t eat spicy stuff anymore. D:

[missguomeiyun]

☕ in Korea #10 - Akira Coffee

Took you to Jeonju for the last 2 posts; now let’s head over to Incheon, a city that’s ~1 hr train ride from Seoul.

Story-telling time: For a long time, I didn't know "Incheon Airport" existed

When I was younger, I have only heard of Seoul. It was the only place in Korea that I knew. Also, at the time, I watched some Hong Kong Cantonese travel show(s) where they went to Korea, primarily just in Seoul. I naively thought the international airport was located in Seoul. To me back then, I seemed to think absolutely everything was Seoul-centered. It wasn’t until I was older, maybe grade 12 or 1st-2nd year university that I discovered that the “Incheon airport” was actually not in Seoul but in Incheon, a city close to Seoul; I had thought “Incheon” was the name of the airport the entire time but located in the Seoul capital lol

In any case, I went on a day trip to Incheon, where I hit up Incheon’s Chinatown in the morning & the nearby island called Wolmido for the late afternoon to evening time. I had lunch with a friend named JiYoon in Chinatown, & then she took me to this hidden cafe that was located up one of the many alleys of the largest Chinatown in Korea.

If it weren’t for the sign, I wouldn’t have guessed this was a cafe. .. The entrance looked like a private residence (which it once was).

The courtyard. There was some outdoor seating, but not many. Altogether, probably like 3-5 chairs & that one bench in the center of the photo.

I’m not sure if the cafe-owner is Japanese or what history this physical building contains, but overall, it’s very Japanese-looking.

View from the entrance looking back.

JiYoon waited in line for ordering while I did some exploring. This place does really look like a house.

There were a lot of ppl in that room- probably reserved for a party or something as they even closed the door so they won’t be interrupted.

I didn’t count this as outdoor courtyard seating, but on the side of the secondary house/space (separate from the main coffeeshop where the ordering counter & majority of seating is located), there was this chill-axing area with some mats, if you want a more casual seating option.

Ok, let’s head in.

Again, the location of washrooms & the rooms of seating space resonates with the layout of a house. You’ll feel a great sense of coziness when you enter, & that’s probably my favourite part of this place.

Simplistic merch display. The ones on that middle shelf were my favourite.

No seats available in the indoor space, so we went upstairs. The staircase was very narrow despite the fact that you can’t really tell from this photo. Just trust me! There’s also a lack of railing till you reach the top few steps. ..

The rooftop patio.

It was hot that day, & even if it wasn’t hot, the rooftop wouldn’t have been my choice but hey! I’m glad we came up here bcos it was a new experience for me. There aren’t many instances where I’m on the rooftop of a cafe or restaurant, in general. The atmosphere felt free-er & casual than being indoors.

Iced Siphon coffee x2. Siphon coffee is a special coffee-making method that involves the use of a “vacuum” to create pressure to produce coffee in the apparatus. If you do a quick search for images, you’ll find pictures of what looks like an inorganic chemistry lab set-up haha rather than brewing, strong believers/followers of this siphon coffee trend believe that the best coffee shouldn’t be brewed but be filtered via vapour pressure instead, hence the equipment involved resembles lab equipment :P

Anyway, this coffee was recommended to me by JiYoon- she’s a barista herself & she tried this coffee here in the past, thus she ordered it for me. While “iced Siphon coffee” is the name of the drink on the menu, they have 2 beans you can choose from. JiYoon said they switch it up sometimes so think of it as a seasonal option. When we went, we had Kenya & Guatemala; we ended up with 2 Guatemalan siphon coffees.

I gotta say. .. I don’t know what makes a siphon coffee “good”. When you have good bean to begin with, it’s over half the battle. For me, the flavour was not up to par with my bold, strong coffee preferences. Not that it was bland, but it tasted light overall. Wasn’t full-bodied & the taste wasn’t long lasting in my mouth. The texture, though, was very smooth & outstanding. It had a “pure” texture that made me think of cold brews. I think ppl who don’t normally drink coffee will really like this bcos the entirety of it tasted & felt light & easy.

Lastly, here’s the view from the rooftop, looking onto the courtyard.

Thank you, JiYoon, for taking me here =]

[arkfeather]

hahhahahah self indulgent post abt my edgy ass little misters ocs + wondersona mary sue hahaha

@ego-16 @voidgirl2005 @the-shipping-machine im jumping into the bandwagon lol

refs under the cut:

ok so basically her name is apateon fenris loki wondertainment, shes just straight up a reality bender that was going on a murder spree through mc&d bc, ya know, they suck and she hates them, before breaking into wondertainment headquarters to kick ass. she didnt actually know that by beating the shit out of wondertainment she would become the new wondertainment but she went with it and thats how she got there. her personality can be summed up with these bullet points:

morals? grey.

kinda creepy and shady

her name means trickster in greek that should tell you abt most of her personality

emotional range is “im god” to “im the scum of the earth and everyone hates me”

lowkey power hungry and kind of egotistical

height ranges from 5′1 to like 7 feet

super edgy

chaotic

mood swings

eccentric

kind of mean sometimes, can be either intentional or unintentional, no one can tell which

“yeah im pretty tough” will scream if touched by a bug

hand gestures 100

showing any vulnerability? haha no.

has three pet crows all named bee

uses reality bending powers to shapeshift and does so somewhat often

doesnt really use reality bending powers other than to creep out or intimidate people, she thinks it makes things boring

has to be the best or else she will die

her cane can turn into an axe

also absolutely no one is allowed to know about her past before she got reality bending powers

her mister series are called “the monster series” bc they are funky little monsters and can switch from monster form to gijinka form uwu

ms. abyss

chinese, pretty fucking tall, like 6'7 or something

long, straight black hair + grey iris and white pupil, paleish skin

demigirl, lesbian

black bomber jacket, white shirt underneath, black leggings and combat boots

always carries a scythe around for some reason???

pretty fcuking quiet, doesnt talk much 😔

as mature as a little mister can be

mom friend

hydrokinesis babey!!

monster form is a sea serpent like creature with fins along the back and a spade shaped tail + bioluminescent spots along the sides

her human form shares the fins, gills, tail, and bioluminescent spots

also she has seal teeth

mr. marbles

indian, probably like 5′9 or something

short, well combed hair, pastel pink/purple in color. left eye purple right eye pink. 

agender but goes by he/him, panromantic grey ace

pastel purple + mint three piece suit

has a sweet, smooth voice

charismatic, very convincing, perfect salesman

great deductive skills

wisdom 100 intelligence 0

loves puns with his name but only if he does it

listens to mr brightside

created to do meetings with mc&d bc of everytime apateon tries to do it she gets mad and almost kills them

can put non living things into marbles which he stores in the inside pockets of his suit

monster form is a fox like creature with long ass ears and a bushy tail with lots of eyes, also has a third eye on forehead

has a upside down triangle pattern along his spine

his human form shares the ear and tail. the patterns manifest as tattoos along his black

mr. flare

japenese/chinese, 5'6

short, messy dark red hair. bright orange goat eyes

trans boy, gay

red sweatshirt and dark red jeans

feral, absolute idiot. no brain cells mcgee

no brain bc all the cells went to his heart, this boy is full of love!!

loves to have fun :)

pyrokinesis uwu

monster form is a dragon like creature, chicken like head and front legs. goat hind legs and ears. devil tail. cool zig zag horns

human form shares horns, ears, chicken + goat limbs, and tail

ms. chitin

white, 5'5

short, off white hair. no eyes, she wears a blindfold(blindfold has the same pattern on her monster forms head)

demigirl, lesbian

white sweatshirt, grey sweatpants

jock

also feral, but more than flare

eats trash

shes fast, very fast

good endurance

monster form is this (WARNING: OLD)

human form shares tail and has “exoskeleton” around limbs

mr. cement

indonesian, 5'9

shortish dark grey hair thats swept over to cover his right eye, said eyes are grey

trans boy, pan

light brown vest, grey dress pants, mask that covers his mouth

absolute bastard, bitch boy

the most feral out of all of them

steals your food

will ask if you are going to eat that and eat it before you reply

abandonment issues

loves to pull pranks

can mold cement and similar materials like clay, cement is also almost constantly coming out of his mouth if he doesnt focus on stopping it, this is why he wears the mask

monster form is a grey lizard like creature with leathery skin, in this form he doesnt wear the mask

human form shares the claws + tail

also all of them have black blood with the viscosity of oil and forked tongues hehe

[tuwasduwillst]

Shadowbringers (pt 4/end)

This just has spoilers for everything, basically. :U I finished it and don’t feel like splitting stuff up because I have over 1k screenshots to go through...

Katana-bearing Centurion: Besides, there is but one hand that can make me whole again. My enemy... my friend...

He probably just says “friend” there in Japanese, but I don’t have my whole game switched, so I don’t get to know for sure. Good to know you’re still being weird, Zenos.

Don’t you smirk at me like that, mister.

Here’s Urianger being handsome, as usual

I hated fighting this old dude as Thancred.

1) I still can’t believe he can easily take out the WoL like he did

2) Stop making me be sword dudes!!

3) I get why they wanted people to see the dialogue here, but it was so slooooow and I died once near the end and had to do it all over again and ughhh, just go away

Ryne looks cute with her new hair and eyes, at least. :) Thancred is still a bad dad, but at least he’s doing better now... I guess.

Also, Urianger’s reaction to finding out that Thancred was paying attention to some of his talks about pixies was really good, haha.

...I wanna listen to Urianger give a pixie lecture...

Wow

This was something the game threw together when I asked it to pick recommended gear. It’s... some kind of look.

The Exarch/G’raha Tia is a qt. Y’know, I figured it was probably G’raha Tia, but I didn’t remember him being so short... and the lack of cat ears also made me doubt myself, haha.

I’m really glad I did the Crystal Tower stuff, though, because otherwise I’d... well, I’d still think that G’raha Tia/the Exarch is cute and like him a lot, but it wouldn’t have had the same impact.

I took a bunch of screenshots of Mikh’a. :U

& Emet-Selch, ofc

that one old dude: If you would pass me, you must endure all that I have learned on the battlefield... For I am a weapon forged in the fires of war!

~*oooh, I’m so scared of you and your tiny amount of health left*~

My MP doesn’t even have a dent in it, really. This is why I had such a hard time believing this dude could take out the WoL!! Even the first time we fought, I had tons of MP available to me and could’ve made a full recovery from being brought down to 1 HP. (...well, I have Benediction which is kind of cheating, but still.)

At least this was the last time I had to deal with him. He’s probably the worst thing about the expansion, which I guess I can deal with since the rest of it was so good.

Lots of really pretty screenshot opportunities in this expansion. c:

Mt. Gulg is something I thought was common to a bunch of FF games for some reason, but apparently it was in the original Final Fantasy, FFIX, and some random spin-off games. Weird.

How did Mikh’a hear him talking from that far away??

Emet-Selch has such a good design and you can tell that a lot of work was put into him. The expressions he makes, the way he stands and walks--it’s all unique to him and it makes him stand out a lot.

Even after everything that happened in the expansion, I’m really fond of him. They made the right move in having him kind of forge a more personal relationship with you/the WoL, because if he hadn’t been obnoxious in the background throughout most of the expansion it wouldn’t have been anywhere near as interesting/good as it ended up being.

I obviously chose to say that they were all Alphinaud’s assistants. :P

This little scene was so cute... lali-hos for everyone...

Crystal Exarch: Ugh! I would thank you not to shoot me!

I’m sorryyyyyy ; ~; You were there and I wanted to see what would happen!!!

Crystal Exarch: Ah heh... It may interest you to know that Mikh’a is a great hero in the land whence he hails. Some would say the greatest.

This little venture made me feel like I’d suddenly gotten married and adopted a child

(Which I’d be totally fine with, tbh.)

I loved this thing, actually!! I got to heal G’raha Tia, he healed me, we both healed our new tiny dwarf child, it was great.

c:

I’m still using the Mogrod. I’m never going to stop using it. Give me another thing that has a flower and swirly rainbows all over and maybe I’ll switch weapons, but until then? No.

...unless there’s, like... a really, really pretty plant weapon, especially if it matches Mikh’a’s outfit... but I don’t think there is.

I got to put my bubble on them. :D

He’s so cuuuuuute. And Mikh’a clearly agrees with my thoughts on him, considering the expression on his face when he looks at him.

One of the reasons I keep Mikh’a wearing the WHM gear is because I really like the contrast I get--a lot of the major characters wear black, so it looks nice when they stand next to each other. :D

Katana-bearing Centurion: The whereabouts of my one true friend, however--they interest me greatly. I but hope the beasts of this “First” are providing him proper sport.

Zenos is so funny to me. He just pops up like “did someone mention my friend” while his dad and Elidibus are having a serious conversation.

Innocence has beautiful hair and if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes I’d never believe that he was Vauthry.

You can kind of see @tarifu in this screenshot! :D

You can definitely see her here--wait... why is half the party wearing dwarf beard outfits...

This is probably weird to say, but I genuinely like when characters I play in games like this suffer/are in pain. Not, like... constantly. I just like it when NPCs get to express concern and you aren’t some kind of unbreakable hero 24/7. >_>

Obviously I was going to say his name, who wouldn’t.

This made me cry!! I thought he was dead. :C

But thankfully Emet-Selch didn’t want him dead, so he did not die.

...why’d he even need a gun? Has he always had a gun?

I wish I could just float off into the sky after ruining everything and being a big jerk

sad kitty

I died when I came here with Jack and Mari because I didn’t realize I was being targeted by the boss until it was too late. :,)

I got to practice using my shield, though!! I’m not used to having one so I’m not super great at remembering it exists and using it; the tether thing is a good visual for “this specific person is going to be damaged soon and a shield would be Good”. ...unless everyone’s bunched up and I can’t tell who has it until it’s too late, I guess.

I know I’m level 80 now, but there’s still a lot I haven’t done and I’m still trying to figure out what the best way to do things is sometimes... I still need to mess with my hotbars and stuff, actually. I think I might switch some things around more than I already have, because some useful things aren’t as easy to use as they could/should be and I’ve been wanting to mess around with stuff for a while. The Trust dungeons should be a really good opportunity to test new configurations! Or the squad dungeons, I guess. :/a

I’m still not Ardbert’s biggest fan, but I don’t dislike him.

Poor Urianger, getting stuck with the role of the only other person to know the Exarch’s plans. :(

& then everyone died going to the bottom of the sea and the game ended

I got to help put dwarf helmets on sineaters :U

I also remembered that I have fancy wings now, wheee

I got a nice new outfit after doing my last Healer role quest! :D I like it a lot~ The whites are brighter than the last outfit, and the bit in back accommodates his tail much better than the corset did.

I might play around with mixing and matching some pieces once I get newer stuff, but for now this is what I’ve got! c:

...and I refuse to wear the hat. 100%. I’m not making Mikh’a look like a weird nun. :|

Amaurot was really good, even if being there mostly just made me sad. >_> The not-people were so cute and nice, though...

Big

The WoL hanging out on this giant bench is so cute.

I liked getting to talk to Emet-Selch’s friend. c: Well... kind of, anyway. Since it’s not really his friend...

tiny

Emet-Selch: I have broken bread with you, fought with you, grown ill, grown old! Sired children and yes, welcomed death’s sweet embrace.

I still don’t 100% understand how Ascians work, but I guess it’s canon that Emet-Selch fucks :/a

I regret typing that, I think, but it is apparently true

i think your fireplace has something wrong with it

Really though, this dungeon was excellent.

Alisaie decided that she wanted to LB right as one of the bosses was doing one of those “hide behind a rock Or You Will Die” things so she died & I accidentally walked right off the edge near the end of the last boss fight (oops), but other than that things went okay!

D:

ardbert could you please clean your axe somehow before you point it at me like that. tia

This was a really neat moment :U

I’m not calling Emet-Selch Hades ever. Sorry, Emet-Selch.

I was kind of afraid to do this trial and almost waited until someone would be able to do it with me, but it really wasn’t that bad in the end!

...except for when I died five times to the same attack... orz It was that arm-sweeping one, too, so it’s not like it’s not obvious that it’s coming. My problem was that I kept getting Raised in bad places right before it happened, so he basically just kept smacking me down over and over again.

(Which was partially my fault, because I should’ve waited to accept the Raise until I knew it was safe to be alive, but... I don’t like leaving the other healer alone and I don’t want to just be lying there uselessly if I can avoid it.)

Fortunately(?) the party wiped due to something completely unrelated (a failed mechanic I had nothing to do with) and I didn’t die at all the second time around! So at least there was that.

I liked this bit in the dark. c:

I also liked when I got trapped in the bubble and didn’t have to do anything. Thanks, Emet-Selch!

Genuinely though, it was a nice little chance for me to calm the hell down because my anxiety was getting real bad before/during this fight. >_>

Poor dude. :c Obviously he’s responsible for some absolutely terrible things and I’m not going to try to deny that or anything, but he’s lived for so long and he’s had to deal with the loss of basically everyone he ever cared about for that whole time. He recreated that entire city and all of its people, that’s how much he cared.

Still no excuse for basically trying to kill all of the people he didn’t consider “real”! But also still sad, IMO.

This made me go “awww” out loud and start to tear up, haha...

I didn’t want to leave him ; ~;

Estinien said a full sentence here about how these guards were dead, too (in a way that implied he assumed that’s what they’d find), and the localization translated it as “hmph”. Kind of a weird choice there, but okay.

Zenos basically went Full Yandere since he killed his father just because he could potentially get in the way of his thing with the WoL, so... that’s something that’s going to have to be dealt with at some point.

I’m interested in seeing how things go, but I’m also a wee bit concerned that other people might get caught up in whatever this obsession is. I don’t want anyone to get hurt or killed because of Zenos’s yandere tendencies. :(

Elidibus is being Boring on the moon.

But who cares about that! I got to lead a Girl Scout meeting for my level 80 WHM quest.

Oh! Almost forgot about the story I got to tell the girls: “The tale of a man who crossed time and space to save the world... and me.”

I think the second one is about (original) Minfilia, maybe? :/a I wanted to tell them about G’raha Tia, though.

Aaaand that’s all I’ve done! \o/ I unlocked a new dungeon and I know there’s more than one post-80 dungeon, so I’ll probably check those out when I get a chance... but I finished the main stuff.

Which is kinda weird, because now I’m done again, haha... but I’ve got plenty of stuff to do before the next new stuff comes out. Especially since I discovered that Vamo alla Flamenco is the “dancer’s theme”, apparently. Need to dance ASAP >:O

[kylo-ren-writes]

Pumpkin, Part 2

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6

Pairing: Kylo Ren x Reader

Summary: you take the pumpkin back home to your apartment, but after you get out of your car, you realize that you won’t be able to carry it. You text a certain someone to come help you...

Warnings: none.

Tag List: @beautifulbows924 @celestiaelisia @bluudhavens @just-another-starwars-fangirl

A/N: imma do a part 3 because I’m having too much fun with this little AU. (Gif not mine!)

The drive back to your city is short as you spend most of the time in your head, thinking about the infuriating yet intriguing stranger named Kylo Ren you met only 20 minutes prior.

Your eyes would shift over to the pumpkin sitting on your passenger seat, perfectly orange and round without a single flaw in place. That is how you had met Kylo, fighting over who saw the perfect thing first. You were still surprised with how he just gave it to you, when a man like him could have just taken it for himself easily.

You imagined a man like Kylo could take nearly anything he wanted. The thought sent a shiver down your spine, and you tightened your grip on your steering wheel as you pulled into the parking lot to your tall apartment building.

Taking the keys out of the ignition, you immediately grabbed your phone from where it sat beside the pumpkin and pressed the power button to see no new notifications.

The sight put a frown on your face. It wasn’t that you expected Kylo to text you back right away, you were just somehow hoping, you supposed, that he would.

Maybe he had changed his mind. Or perhaps he was just busy. Or, maybe he didn’t know it was you who had texted him in the first place. After all, you had only sent him a “Hey.”

You unlocked your phone, the screen immediately switching to your text conversation—or rather, lack of one—that you had kept open.

Your single text sat there, unread and untouched. You sighed to yourself and tapped on the space to type, typing out a quick “It’s Y/N, by the way... from the pumpkin patch...”, and hitting send before you could delete it. You closed the app and let your screen go dark as you got out of the car.

Then, remembering the pumpkin sitting on your passenger seat, you went around the car and opened the door. How the hell were you going to take this up to your apartment?

The older building had a functioning elevator, and your small apartment wasn’t a long walk, but you still had to carry it. You couldn’t even manage to barely lift it at the pumpkin patch when you were trying to put your claim on it in the first place.

Right as that thought floated through your head, your phone went off.

You looked down at the illuminated screen and felt your heart rate pick up at the notification. You hadn’t even put a name on the new number in your contacts, but you knew who it was.

“I assumed,” sat underneath of the number on the screen. You stared at it until it went dark. It was such an innocent reply, but you could imagine the sarcasm and smirk that probably lined his face as he sent it.

Lighting the screen back up, you opened the message and tapped on the message box to type. What could you say to him?

Before you could think of anything, however, another message, sent by him, popped up on the screen.

“It’s Kylo, by the way... from the pumpkin patch...”.

You rolled your eyes. “Haha, very funny,” you quickly texted him back. He was still an asshole, that was plain to see. But you also did welcome it in a way, too.

Your gaze settled back onto the pumpkin as you tried to figure out how you were going to move it. You didn’t know anyone in your building and everyone mostly kept to themselves. It wasn’t like you could just ask someone to help you, nor did you really want to ask a stranger to help or be in your apartment...

Could you... would it be crazy...

You glanced back at the messages on your screen. Kylo was still a stranger, but you did, sort of, know him. Well, you didn’t know him, but maybe... just maybe... you could ask him for his help.

Frowning down at your screen, you began typing out the message. “Hey, um... do you think that... you could help me... bring this pumpkin up to my apartment. You totally don’t have to, it’s just... it’s, you know, heavy.”

You cringed at yourself and hit send. You had never been the person that asked anyone for help, much less a man. Not that asking anyone for help was bad, you were just very independent, and Kylo was also a random stranger, really. For all you knew he could be an axe wielding serial killer.

Your phone dinged seconds later with his reply. “What’s your address?”

Was he really going to help you just like that? And were you really just going to send him your address?

You typed out the address of your building and hit send, hoping that it wasn’t the biggest mistake of your life. His reply was immediate.

“Be right there.”

Kylo’s reply made your stomach flip with anxiety. Although, for some reason you trusted him. Deep down you 100% doubted that he was a serial killer.

The weather wasn’t too cold, so, as you waited, you leaned against your car, compulsively checking your phone for any possible messages that he could have sent. But your screen, for the most part, stayed empty. Only a few notifications from Instagram and other game apps popped up.

It also felt like he was taking forever. Although, as you looked at the screen and glanced at the time, only 5 or so minutes had past. You wondered how long he would take to get here.

A whole 10 more minutes passed before another car pulled into the parking lot. You would have completely disregarded it if it weren’t for how much nicer it was compared to the other cars parked here—including yours—and also for the fact that it pulled up right next to you.

You released a breath that you hadn’t even known you had been holding and swallowed.

The car shut off and the door opened, revealing Kylo, looking the same as he had almost an hour ago.

He had a mischievous glint in his eyes as his eyes trailed you over.

You pushed yourself off of your car and stood up straighter as he approached. “You got here quick.”

Kylo lifted a brow as he stood in front of you. “You were keeping track?”

Your eyes widened the slightest then you frowned. “No... I was just waiting.”

Kylo smirked the slightest and nodded. “I didn’t think I would get to see you again so soon.”

You stepped aside to reveal the pumpkin from where he had placed it. “Me either.”

Kylo eyed you then reached down and picked the pumpkin up just as effortlessly as he had before. It almost annoyed you.

He backed away and you closed the passenger door, locking it, and lead him up to the building. “Thank you for doing this, I don’t really know anyone here that could help.”

“It’s not a problem, little wolf.” Kylo looked down at you.

You blushed at the name, having forgotten all about it, and led him over to the elevator. The building was warmer than the outside, so you undid you jacket as you pressed the button to go up.

“I didn’t interrupt anything?” You asked curiously.

Kylo shrugged. “You did, but this was far more important.”

You furrowed your brows at him as the doors to the elevator opened. But before you could say anything, Kylo stepped inside.

“Coming? I don’t know which floor you’re on.”

Stepping inside the old elevator, you gave him a look and pressed the button for the sixth floor. “Maybe this was a mistake.”

Kylo smirked in amusement. “Why do you say that.”

“Because in the span of an hour, I already forgot how irritating you are.” You could feel the elevator lifting the both of you up, ascending to the sixth floor.

Kylo chuckled. “You wound me, little wolf.”

You turned to him. “Why do you call me that?”

“What? Little wolf?” He questioned innocently.

“Yes.”

Kylo smiled. “Because you’re so aggressive for such a little thing.”

You narrowed your eyes at him. “Excuse me? Little? And I’m not aggressive, you’re just hard to be around.” You crossed your arms over your chest.

The doors to the elevator opened up behind you. “And yet, here I am,” Kylo mused as he stepped past you.

Grumbling to yourself, you followed after him before the doors could close on you. “This way,” you mumbled, turning left.

Kylo followed as he let you lead the way, smiling to himself. He enjoyed getting you riled up.

After you led him down the hall a short distance to the door to your apartment, you unlocked it and opened the door, stepping inside. “This is it,” you threw over your shoulder.

Your apartment was small but not incredibly small. You had your own bedroom with a separate bathroom, and the kitchen was decently sized with a smaller living room. The way you decorated the place wasn’t so bad either. You weren’t allowed to change the paint colour on the walls or the type flooring, but you made do with the bland theme of the place anyway. It was home to you regardless.

Kylo stepped inside after you, looking around at the space. It was smaller than his apartment, definitely, but he didn’t mind yours. You seemed to have a sense for decorating. It seemed homey and inviting.

“Where would you like this?”, Kylo asked you as you removed your jacket and hung it up in the small closet beside the door.

“Oh.” You had nearly forgotten. “You can put it over there.” You pointed over to your kitchen table.

Kylo nodded and walked over to the table, setting the pumpkin down in the middle of it. You took the opportunity to observe him while his back was turned. He wore dark jeans and a black jacket. He looked just as big from behind as he did when he faced you.

You walked over to the hulk of a man and went around the table to the other side across from him, reaching out to touch the pumpkin.

“So, should we do this now?” Kylo suddenly asked.

“Huh?” You looked up at him with furrowed brows.

Kylo glanced down at the pumpkin. “Since I’m here. Our agreement, remember?”

You definitely did remember, you just didn’t think that he would hold you to it right now. “Now? Don’t you have... anything else to do today?” You asked.

Kylo shrugged off his jacket, revealing a black T-shirt underneath. Your gaze immediately fell to his arms and how thick they were.

“No,” he responded, smirking at your stare. “I cancelled what I had. For you.”

You blushed as you looked back up at his face. “You didn’t have to do that.”

Kylo shrugged. “I wanted to.” He set his jacket down on the table. “Now, do you have any pumpkin carving tools?”

Picking up his jacket from the table, you went over to that small closet and hung it up next to yours. “No. I have kitchen knives though.” When you turned back around, you were met with a scolding expression.

“Don’t tell me that you use kitchen knives every year to carve your pumpkins. That’s so dangerous, little wolf.” Kylo crossed his arms over his chest, unintentionally flexing them.

You swallowed and ripped your gaze away from them. “They work just fine. It’s not like I do anything intracit anyway,” you defended. You didn’t like to be scolded, especially by him.

Kylo shook his head. “I’ll be doing the carving then.”

Rolling your eyes, you returned back to the table. “Alright, then I’ll take out all the guts and seeds from the inside.”

You picked up today’s newspaper and separated the pages, setting them down around the pumpkin to protect the table. Kylo rummaged through your drawers until he found some knives for the job.

“Could you grab two bowls, please?” You called out to him.

Kylo brought the knives to the table then went back into the kitchen, wordlessly opening cabinet doors until he found two large plastic bowls for what he assumed all the insides of the pumpkin would be going into.

You smiled as he returned and took the bowls from him. Your excitement was beginning to grow. You couldn’t wait to dig inside the pumpkin to take out all the slimy insides and the seeds. It was your favourite part.

“Can we start now, can we?” You asked, giddy like a child. You didn’t even care how childish you probably seemed to him.

Kylo picked up a big enough knife from the table and smiled lightly. He enjoyed seeing you so happy. “Eager, little wolf?” He teased.

You gave him a playful glare. “Just start already!”

Chuckling, Kylo brought the knife to the top of the pumpkin where you had already sketched a black circle around the stem with a sharpie, indicating where he was supposed to cut.

He had a feeling that this was going to be an enjoyable afternoon...

[p5youllneverseeitcoming]

Imagine the Phantom Theives with an S/O who also becomes a Phantom theif...

Omg this is like everyone’s ultimate dream!… I want to be a Phantom Thief T_T

Phantom Thieves with a S/O who becomes a Phantom Thief

Akira Kurusu:

> He always knew there was something special about you

> It’s just he never expected that to be the power to awaken to a Persona

> He watched as you ripped the mask off of your face and then effortlessly defeating the Shadows that surrounded you

> You pant heavily before falling to your knees

> “You okay?” He asks quickly running towards you and offering his gloved hand

> “When did I…” You begin as you take a quick look at your new outfit

> “I’ll explain everything in a bit, let’s just get out of here first okay?”

> You nod as you take his hand

~~~

> You sip your coffee as Akira explains to you the basis of the Metaverse

> “And… That’s pretty much it.”

> “Right…”

> “You sound confused.”

> “Well, not confused more like… Overwhelmed? It’s quite a lot to take in you know.”

> He chuckles

> “Yeah I suppose so… For a newbie.”

> “Oh I see how it is Leader, I’m sorry not everyone is a Phantom Thief as long as you.” You tease.

> “He was as confused as you, don’t worry F/n.” 

> “Gah! Your cat just spoke to me!”

> “Oh yeah, I forgot about that.”

> You tilt your head at Morgana

> “Come to think of it… I did see a fluffy cat-like creature with you.”

> “I’M NOT A CAT!”

> “Ah! My apologies… Mona.” You say as you reach out to pet his head

> Akira smiles at that before shifting his gaze so your eyes meet

> “So, now that you’re up to date about how things work around here… What will your code name be?”

> “Code name?”

> “We don’t know the effects of using our real names in the Metaverse so we all have our code names.” Morgana explains as he rubs his head against your palm “For example, I’m Mona and Akira is Joker.”

> “I see…” You tap your chin with your free hand

> “Ah, I got it! I’d like to be [Insert code name here]!”

> Akira nods at the name

> “I’m looking forward to working with you, [Code name].” He says as he raises his own cup of coffee

> “Likewise, Joker.” You say as you clink your cups together

Ann Takamaki:

> She had a problem

> As in you

> You just looked so perfect all the time

> And your Thief outfit wasn’t exactly helping either

> Why did it have to be skintight?!

> “Hm? Is everything alright Panther?” You ask tilting your head at her

> Stop that. It makes you look adorable.

> “Oh yeah sorry! I was… Daydreaming.”

> “Oh? Was it about me?” You ask, a grin forming on your lips

> She just rolls her eyes as a response which causes you to giggle

> “Anyways, we should probably just head back to the meeting place, it looks like there’s nothing here but dust.” You say, taking one last look around the room you were in

> “Right. Hopefully the others were able to find something.”

> You nod as you turn and walk towards the door

> … Only to spin round to face Panther last second

> “Ack! What the-” Before she can finish you quickly wrap your arms around one of hers

> “Well I wouldn’t want a Shadow to get the jump on you whilst you daydream so I decided that we will stick extra close from now on!” You say as you start to walk and drag Panther out of the room

> “Haha, stop acting like a knight in shining armour.” She says as she quickly falls in step with you

> “Ehh? That’s mean, you know I’d happily die for you!”

> “You better not, we’re out of revival items.”

> “Wh- That’s not what I-”

> This time you’re the one that doesn’t get to finish, mainly because soft lips are now pressed against your own

Ryuji Sakamoto:

> Honestly he was so happy

> It was so fun running through the halls of distorted palaces and fighting Shadows with you

> You two have so much fun in fact, that you often got scolded by Queen for acting rather recklessly

> “Sorry…” You both say in unison, staring at the ground

> “Honestly, you two are such children at times.” Queen says shaking her head

> “Well, I can’t really argue with you, but you have to admit that it’s totally awesome to go to places like pyramids and space stations, I mean… I never even dreamed of seeing places like that up close!” You say excitedly rocking back and forth

> “You’re such a nerd [Code name], haha.” Skull laughs as he pats your shoulder

> “Wh- No I’m not! I just, uh, appreciate… The aesthetic?” You say, voice sounding far from confident

> “Please stop. One Fox is more than enough.” Skull mumbles, looking at Fox

> He is a bit concerned something could happen to you of course

> But that’s exactly why he willingly runs in front of you or pushes you out of the way if he sees a Shadow preparing a powerful attack

> You appreciate that, you really do

> But you still scold him for it whenever you tend to his wounds

> He of course makes it seem like no big deal though

> “Eh I’ll be fine! Hey, how about we go get ramen after we’re done?”

> “Uh, sure but, how can you think of ramen at a time like this?!”

> “Dude, when do I not think of ramen.”

> “… Good point.”

> He laughs happily at that and you can’t help but smile yourself

Makoto Niijima:

> She would be low-key concerned all the time

> But she would do her best not to let it show

> Whenever you suffer a major hit, she would instantly heal you with her strongest healing spell

> “Haha, thank you Queen!” You say cheerfully as you pick yourself up from the ground

> “Are you sure you’re okay? Maybe you should switch with someone?”

> “Nah, it’s just a scratch, no big deal.” You say, wiping dust off of your costume

> “… Okay…” 

> “Hey,” You say walking up to her and taking hold of her gloved hands “Don’t worry about me, you know I’d do anything to protect my Queen.” You add with a wink

> This causes her to laugh quietly

> “It’s just a code name.”

> “I disagree, you’re my one and only Queen.”

> You notice a faint blush forming on her cheeks, barely visible from beneath her mask

> “That’s… Cheesy.”

> You roll your eyes at that before leaning in and giving her cheek a kiss

> “I know.”

> Ever since that encounter she stopped worrying as much and simply admired your strength and determination

> Although she still scolded you occasionally when you missed a chance to deal a critical hit due to silly mistakes

Yusuke Kitagawa:

> You often found him busily sketching something in his art book instead of looking for clues

> “Uh, Fox?” You say tapping him lightly on his shoulder

> “Oh, my apologies, I spaced out again.” He replies still sketching.

> You press your lips together before standing on your toes and peering over his shoulder

> Unsurprisingly, you find your Phantom mask in the middle of the page along with roses climbing on each side of the paper

> “Awww…” You whisper right next to his ear

> “Please stop that [Code name] I’m nowhere near finished, it looks rather bad at the moment.”

> “Fox it looks amazing, and it’s only a sketch!”

> He chuckles as he places the pencil down and turns his face towards you

> “You compliment me too much.”

> “Well of course, your art is amazing.”

> “… The only thing I ever draw is you.”

> “Wh- Um, r-really?… No it’s not… You drew flowers not long ago…”

> “Ah you mean the flowers we saw in the park? Indeed, but only because you said they looked beautiful.”

> “H-Huh? Is that why… You made me that flower crown?”

> He only smiles in response which causes your cheeks to become pink

> “Oi, lovebirds! If you’re done flirting with each other can we just get going?!” Skull shouts.

> Fox sighs before putting his art supplies away

> “Shall we?” He asks, turning to face you and offering his gloved hand

> You nod as you happily take it and make your way towards your team

Futaba Sakura:

> She’d be absolutely thrilled, often pulling you aside just to take a selfie because you just ‘looked so cool’

> But you can bet that she will protect you the most

> “Navi!” Joker shouts

> “Leave it to me!” Navi shouts as she swipes for an attack boost spell

> After the fight is over, you notice the Necronomicon hovering above you

> “Is everyone okay?” She asks

> “Yeah we are, thanks to you.” You say looking up and smiling

> “Actually [Code name] I have one more thing for you!”

> “Hu-”

> “CATCH!”

> Before you can fully comprehend what’s going on, you stick out your arms and second later you found that the thing you caught was Navi herself

> She giggles as she shifts so that she now has her arms wrapped around your neck

> “Um?”

> “Well, I noticed that you got hurt the most during the last fight so I came to heal you!”

> “Don’t you… Need your Persona for that?”

> “Nope!”

> You want to question her more but before you can do that you feel her lips press against yours

> You blink for a second before responding to her until she pulls away with a massive grin on her face

> “This is by far the best healing spell anyone has ever used on me.” You say as a smile forms on your lips

> “Just don’t go around getting hurt on purpose so I can heal you like this all the time.” 

> “Who do you take me for? A noob?”

> “Only sometimes.” She teases 

Haru Okumura:

> She was really glad you were a Phantom Thief too, that way she could spend more time with you!

> Seeing as she joined rather late, she often relied on you to show her how things work

> At first, you’d often have to help her up and heal her after she got knocked down

> “Thank you so much [Code name], you’re so reliable and strong!” She complimented you as you pulled her to her feet

> But of course, as soon as she understood, she was unstoppable

> “N-Noir took out five enemies with a single grenade…” You say, gripping your weapon tightly

> As you say this, Noir quickly spins to face you and jumps up with excitment

> “[Code name]! Joker! Did I do good?” She asked with an innocent smile on her face

> Joker simply nods

> “Of course you did Noir! You’re amazing!” You say

> She giggles at that and holy heck that’s the cutest thing you’ve ever heard

> “I’m really glad! Shall we move on then?” She asks as she adjusts her hat

> Why is your girlfriend so fluffy yet so deadly

> “Yeah, of course.” You answer

> You find that the two of you mostly discuss things such as the best type or tea and coffee but then somehow end up discussing who’s weapon is more deadlier

> Noir of course claims that her axe would win anytime against anyone/anything and you find that this is most likely true considering she keeps reminding Shadows that they ‘shouldn’t annoy a girl with an axe’

> “Okay different question.” You say smiling

> She tilts her head to the side slightly implying you’ve got her attention

> “Who do you love more, me or your axe.”

> “…”

> For a solid minute she taps her finger against her lips, deep in thought

> “W-Wait seriously?”

> She giggles at that

> “Haha, I tricked you [Code name]! You already know the answer…”

> “Aw-”

> “It’s the axe.”

> “Hey!”

> Before you can say anything else she presses a kiss to your cheek and you know she’s just joking

> … You hope.