#woopsy! well she’s real TO ME!!!!!!

[gulava]

Going on the FE femslash Tumblr to search for Hapibert content only to remember…

[outlawssweetheart]

Sorry I'm only reacting now to your OC post ! 😩 I'm glad you managed to get the draft back haha ! Hoping this one doesn't disappear as well ! 🤞

I'm always weak for the thought of dad Erron being scared of fatherhood at first and suddenly realizing how much he loves his baby. Holding Lizzie for the first time must have been such a strong revelation for him. Makes me wonder if he was the one who brought up the thought of a second child? 👀 Like, Lizzie was pretty much unplanned from what I understand but Lana ? 🧐 I think Skarlet would be torn between being overjoyed at the prospect of having a second child and being surprised that it was Erron who brought up the idea ! 💖

Honestly I'd love to learn more about their family dynamic, especially Lizzie because I find it sooo funny how she'd be like- the only "normal" person in this family of murderous adrenaline junkies. 😂 Her parents being weird in front of her friends would probably embarrass her as well !

Also I'm curious about how Skarlet would develop as a person in your story because I remember you saying you weren't really up for a redemption arc for her canonically. Yet, she finds herself being a mom and leaving a rather "normal-ish" family life in Earthrealm. What do you think would bring her to this point in her life in your story ?

Finally, I'm curious because you often mention your stories/books/fanfics and I've been wondering if you have ever posted any of them? Like, I remember seeing snippets of your original stories but do you have any of them or any fanfics published?

(Sending you my support for your writing projects btw ✨)

I've never actually thought about it, when they decided to have a 2nd kid. Like I honestly never thought about it, or if she was planned or another accident, but I LOVE the idea that Erron suggested having another! Lizzie is 7 years older than Lana, so that's quite some years between kids. I suppose that after her, they figured she'd be an only child, but then years later they caught the Baby Fever and just wanted another one.

I think he was shook holding Lizzie for the first time. He probably cried a bit, but he would never admit to it. (Skarlet knows. He denies it, but she saw it.) Not only realizing that he loves his child but also feeling the weight of his own familial trauma... all at once. Maybe that's why she let him be the one to name her? 🥺

I think Elizabeth is a bit of a Sad Girl™. (I have "Ow (Intro)" by Pom Pom Squad and "Human" by Christina Perri on her Pinterest board section for my original story, so I must've been cooking a bit for her.) Which makes sense; one of the children is bound to get Skarlet's and Erron's melancholy, and it ain't Lana! 🤷🏽‍♀️ (Sidenote: I remembered that they're both low-key named after Lana Del Rey because her real name is Elizabeth! 😭 I mean, she is my Skarron queen! 🫶🏽)

As for Skarlet: That's my CONTRARIAN ASS because I love Skarlet as a villain, but I also love the idea of her and Erron just living a domestic life together. *sighs* So in The Bubblegum Project (the story I mentioned because I have another one that I'm supposed to be writing rn), Lana's mother is a vampire, her father is a 185-year-old witch, and they settle down in Texas, acting normal. (He uses witchcraft to secure a job as a history professor, and she has a job as a showgirl at a fancy burlesque club.) However, he's a hitman on the side, and she's still killing people for blood even though there is a medication to fill the need for blood. (I reblogged this gif-set to my writing/story inspo blog for them, and I just love the idea of Erron & Skarlet having that kind of dynamic, due to the way Erron still shows signs of his humanity. *chef's kiss* TOP-TIER ship dynamic for me! 🤌🏽)

I think they got to that point because she got pregnant, WOOPSIES, and they wanted to give their child the best life they could. Idk exactly where my OCs were living, but they knew their lifestyles (which would've been similar to Skarron's) weren't good for a child to grow up in. And Skarlet and Erron would know that Outworld is not a good place for a child to grow up in. Skarlet knows that firsthand. And it's most definitely not safe because they've both likely made enemies there.

And unfortunately, no, I have anything written or published yet. I have 2 old Marvel fanfics, and I started writing a Scream fanfic over 2 years ago, but my attention span is garbage, along with the fact that I hate my own writing. 😩 And I have bits and pieces of original stories written, just the beginning of a chapter here and there, but nothing really yet. But THANK YOU! 🫶🏽

[verothexeno]

I have some more thoughts after finishing Baldur's Gate 3 a second time. I must indulge - warning for potential spoilers under cut because idk how the post will go.

Halsin's romance, oh my dear LORD.

Never thought I'd giggle so much like a highschooler having a crush. What also made this playthrough really special was that Halsin's character is a lot like my partner's current D&D character: A wood elf (although a Fighter, not a Druid) that has people's well-being at heart and actually carves wooden ducks as well (when I say that I laughed so freakin' loud when Halsin mentionned that in-game, Mat and I couldn't breathe). Bear in mind, we've had our Descent into Avernus game running for 3 years now!! And so to have Kara, also my current D&D character, romance him sort of solidified the actual dynamic we have in our real-life sessions.

And the tenderness, the open expressions of love, the wanting to see a greater good in this world - that is also something that reflects the relationship I have with Mat. So that made me appreciate that romance even more.

And to say that I first wanted to romance Gale, but then got locked out of his romance because of a weird bug.... Then again, now I have no regrets - Kara belongs with him - and I will definitely revisit Halsin's romance when time allows. He's easily become a character I love, especially due to his warmth and sincerity. .... Man, I love all the characters in this fuckin' game, I swear... (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

-CRIES FOREVER-

My next romances to finish are Karlach, Astarion, and Wyll (I'm especially looking forward to Wyll's !! He's among my top favorite characters now!). Shadowheart and Halsin are completed, dunno when I'll get to (retry) Gale and also do Lae'zel. It's a lot of time to invest :')

Also I was surprised about the Emperor... I see how manipulative he can be on many instances, but I think there are genuine moments where you see how he truly wants to be free and be his own "person" again - even if in the end it's to look out for his own gains. I enjoyed his character. For most of my playthroughs now I've been rejecting a lot of the Illithid's "potentials", but I may try to go down that path deeper at some point. Who knows... Also yeah, Kara did fuck with him also, woopsie HEHEEHEHE. She's had ... quite the interesting body count in that playthrough LOL.

ANYWAY, gotta stop rambling for now. I'm just really grateful that such a game exists. It's been so long since I had such experiences...

[soul-wanderer]

06x16//Dirty Laundy - weekly recap

oopsie woopsie, we’re late to the game again, so let’s make this a quick-ish affair

.- Maya and Vic friendship! This is not a drill! Gosh, I’ve missed this, and it’s about time they brought back their friendship. And the lost remote situation was pretty darn funny as well

- Travis patting down Jack(’s butt) - completely irrelevant to the storyline or this recap, but it needed to be said

- Kate being cringe and still slightly unlikeable, but at least we got a fun team moment out of that (and we got Vic being annoyed at her, which was great, too)

- Andy telling Sullivan what a jerk he is being and calling him out on what he is doing and realizing what he did to her and yeah, thank you, finally, but more about that here because that deserved an in depth post of its own

- don’t put your feet up while driving in a car, kids, because your insides will end up looking like this, and you don’t want that, trust me

- Andy talking to Ross. Andy and Ross talking to each other. My goodness, I cannot believe we really got this gem. We need women supporting women and I really hope we can keep this going. And I loved Ross being real about how fucking hard it is to be a woman in her position and to constantly be attacked and judged for every little “mistake” she makes. And Ross being soft for Andy in the end, that was great too

- They remembered Andy’s trauma - also finally!

- Maya apologizing to Ross. It is such a small but powerful moment, and I don’t think it took anything more than that for now, because Maya’s actions towards Ross have already showed that she wants to be on her side, but the apology was right nonetheless

- Maya’s monologue was on point, as usual and the visual with the rain was perfect

- Ross trying to comfort the mum. But more importantly: The scene with the backpack. So simple, so powerful. Loved that cinematic/storytelling decision

- The montage was on point as well, because they finally found an appropriate way to balance life/death

- Sullivan. Man, I really don’t want to give that man more than one line. But that man seriously cannot expect to be captain, if he lashes out like a toddler while they’re still on the job, just because some random dudes made their jokes about Ross (which was inappropriate, but still). The fact that it took like three people to hold him back is not a good sign, at all.

- Travis and Jack hug - slightly awkward, but I’m here for that level of awkwardness

- Andy’s “Who are you?” with the side-eye at Beckett, yeah that was great

- look, I might hate Sullivan and Ross together, but her crying at the end still broke my heart. She does not deserve to feel this heartbreak over such an awful person

- there’s already enough speculations about Beckett out there. I think it’s gonna be a close call, but Vic is probably gonna talk to him or find him last minute or something. Also, Theo was not wrong about the “not everything is a psych test”. Sure, he might be wrong about his judgment of the situation, but it’s not uncommon for psych students to read too much into a situation. But I digress. Let’s see how this plays out tonight

[ifyouarefictionaliwillpunchyou]

Idk happened to you guys my journey was easy

I'm a professional Woman and I'm in maine, for reference and we're a liberal state so that probably made it easier. I was going to college and fucking STRUGGLED. I couldn't figure out what was going on and it took a lot of talking before I had the guts to admit something was wrong. I talked to my free college therapist and described my problems and he told me right quick it was probably ADHD and told me I should take medication. I said I wanted to try and figure it out without medication. I couldn't figure it out and my grades kept dropping and dropping over the months to the point I was on academic probation and About To Unironically Drop Out so I tried a week long trial. That went well and I got the best grades I had in a while best grades in a really long time and it was an eye opener. So when I went home for the summer I told my doctor straight up during a regular check-up (as I had been meaning to schedule a specific appointmentfor months but never got around to it) "I think I have adhd can you screen me" and told her about my experience at college and how it was badly effecting my life. She essentially said "ah, ok let's get you on trial medication" I said Pog that was significantly easier than expected. And then was told to call three days in advance before picking my first meds up. I. Didn't Do That because I thought it was like call three days before I go to the store and like three weeks went by before they were like "go pick up your medication wtf are you doing?" And I was like "Oh Shit fuck woopsies" and went to the pharmacy where I proceeded to be unable to figure out how my insurance worked and then paid for it myself. INSTANT FUCKING GAME CHANGER BROTHER HOLY FUCK. I got so much Money, College, Cleaning, keeping up with friends and family, Emails, I STARTED DOING MORNING STETCHES shit that had been piling up for months ALL DONE. INCREDIBLE. and I used my new superpower to set up a SHEDULE!

Now I was probably lucky or something but for me getting my medication was a matter of getting a notification on my phone that I needed to go to my yearly checkup and was like "oh shit I didn't schedule that ADHD doctors appointment" and just bringing it up to my doctor on the spot like hey I know this is a check up but can you screen me bc I forgot to schedule a doctor thing. So that's my story so don't give up your doctor probably just sucks! I also described to my doctor that my ADHD was affecting me in my money pockets and that really important stuff that I needed to do involving money and major life descisions was not getting done for months and months because the ADHD. I also think my doctor clocked me as Neurodivergent fairly quickly because I went wearing what I normally wear and I guess maybe I looked like it?? Also most of the time I was like "I don't want to be a hypochondriac so can you double check idk if college therapist counts as real diagnosis" and she said yeah that counts if your free college therapist says you have it and put you on a week long trial. So now I have medication so yay for maine 👍

[abluescarfonwaston]

Anyway Meet the Robinsons with 9 year old Phoenix (Filler last name here) the day before the class Trial. Trucy Woopsies back in time using a magic pocket watch for reasons. For conflict reasons they end up jumping Forward in time to the Edgeworth-Wright mansion. The pocket watch breaks and she frantically attempts to fix it.

When Pearl comes in and sees Phoenix. (Cue panicked screaming) 

She manages to shush Pearl and shove a beanie over Phoenix’s hair (the only way anyone can in canon recognize him).

“You going to have to go by Feenie for now. Don’t you dare tell anyone your real name or else- TIME TROUBLES. And keep that hat on. Also no lying. Everyone will Instantly know.”

“O-Okay?”

We have this huge house full of strange people who are all family??? And Love each other??? There’s Ema and her science experiments that cause a huge explosion. They end up in Trucy’s magic room. Kalvier’s guitar filled guest room. Kay’s Ninja (thief) room. Gumshoe and Maggie and their rugrats are running around setting up for something. Apollo is video calling in from a robot. There are two older women called the Wright’s constantly making puns and laughing. Maya is in the kitchen and offers Feenie some food. You remind me of my brother.

Just so. Much. Family. 

And at the heart of it all is this calm and serious grey hair man. And maybe he should be scary but honestly he looks like a dad. Phoenix isn’t well versed in what Dad’s look like. But he is. That man is Dad shaped. 

Anyway we get that conflict scene where Phoenix enters a room only to find something of value is shattered on the floor. Immediately someone enters the room after him and he’s terrified he’ll get accused again.

“A CRIME! INVESTIGATION TIME! :D!” 

And theirs just this whole Team of Family sweeping the crime scene for evidence. Ema, Kay, Gumshoe. Who broke Papa’s Defense trophy? Trucy trying to keep them from questioning Phoenix too hard. Athena pulling up her mood matrix and Apollo on the robotic skype machine with his bracelet like ‘okay tell us what happened.’

Phoenix gets nervous because it looks like he’s going to be accused again because he was found at the crime scene and then-

“Hm. Kay do you have any evidence that supports a verdict.”

“Not much I’m afraid.”

“Then I suppose since the Defense is out we shall have to rely on the prosecutors code. As it stands-”

“Wait!” His voice halted them. They turned to stare. “W-What if the reason I didn’t see the person who broke it was because...” Uh... “They weren’t a person?”

An eyebrow raised.

“L-Like a mouse? If it was small then I wouldn’t have seen it but it could have fallen off the shelf for ‘no reason!’”  

“... An interesting theory. Detectives?”

“...!”

“SQUIREL!” 

(Queue chaos involving a squirrel and Pess.)

(Squirrel is escorted off premises.) 

“Haha, well i suppose it’s time for the verdict. Not guilty.”

“You know Mr. Wright would really like you!” “Yeah, you were a little turnabout terror just now! Be careful or he’ll be asking you to intern for him!”

“Good job.” And a pat on the head from Edgeworth.

Well that’s the most positive affection Feenie’s had from an adult in years. Excuse him while he starts crying. Edgeworth is immediately concerned- as is everyone else.

“I’m sorry! I just! I wish I had a family like this!”

Edgeworth Immediately with the adoption papers. ‘Ah this will make a far better birthday gift than those absurd t-shirts. Wright loves adopting children’

The entire Family banding around Feenie like WE’RE YOUR FAMILY NOW NO TAKE BACKS. YOUR STUCK WITH US

Trucy and Pearl panicking in the background like ‘no no no no’

Trucy yanking Phoenix’s beanie off to reveal his hair. 

The gasp.

The pull away.

‘okay so i’m not from this time but- but no one cares about me back there so it’s fine! I can just stay here.’

“Oh Phoenix. I’m so sorry. But you have to go home.” 

“NO!”

Larry - the ‘villian’ of this story ‘helping’ Phoenix. (he’s being manipulated by Kristoph (maybe Dahlia? Hm) Phoenix seeing a world in anarchy because he ran away from the class trial that day. Because Phoenix wasn’t there to be saved by Edgeworth. To save Edgeworth. To save Maya. To meet Trucy. 

Them setting the time line right. 

Feenie getting to say goodbye - no not goodbye, see you later - to his future. Phoenix coming home from work to have that sweet moment at the end of the movie of ‘you keep fighting, you keep trying and loving and trusting and promise. It’ll get better.’ 

Feenie seeing Edgeworth and Wright holding hands. Matching rings around their fingers. Surrounded by family that loved them so much. Trucy - the light of his world - taking him home. Her hugging her Daddy to be goodbye. 

Larry reconnecting with the friends he’d thought abandoned him. Edgeworth stepping up and Defending Phoenix in the class trial. Gregory meeting Phoenix and being like ‘oh actually I know a couple that was looking into adoption. I could help them push it through.’ (The Wright’s. Two lovely women who adore Phoenix.)

Just keep moving forward.

[hesbuckcompton-baby]

Hi, it´s me again woopsies. I´d love a commentary on this scene ´cause it made me like, implode. Especially Val leaving with the cig is the boss level I aspire to be. Love this fic sm!!

But a voice rose behind them that startled the whole group. “It’s a good thing I’m the one who reported him then, isn’t it?” Speirs said.

She looked up at this, propping her elbow on the back of the sofa as she watched him walk in. “Really?”

Ron shrugged, and she thought she saw a flicker of a smile on his lips. Val let out a sighing laugh, a grin spreading across her face. “Thank you, Ron.” She said sincerely.

At that moment he fancied himself quite smug, an emotion he didn’t often feel - but her thanks had meant a lot more than he’d expected. It had made him feel good. Glancing behind her, he noticed Lipton and Grant retreating from the room, and resisted the smug threatening to tug at his features. “Well, I told the men to watch out for you. He was in violation of a direct order, it wouldn’t be in my duties to let it slide,”

Valerie bit her lip slightly, pushing herself up off the sofa by her knee. “Yes, about that,” She said, hands tucked behind her back as she stepped closer to him. Ron’s brow furrowed slightly as she came close, the second flicker of panic that very morning crossing his mind as she stepped forward so that their chests were almost touching. Val’s head tipped upwards to look at him with a devilish smirk. “I don’t need your boys’ protection, Captain,” She breathed. Reaching up swiftly, she plucked a cigarette from his breast pocket, lifting it to rest between her lips as she brushed past him.

Ron was stood startled for a moment, but when he turned she was sauntering out of the room, grinning to herself, his unlit cigarette hanging from her mouth.

As soon as he was alone, he couldn’t help but chuckle.

Oh yes, this was certainly a welcomed change.

Thank you!! I loooove this scene, I was grinning the whole time I was writing it, it's so much fun, so let's talk about it!

Ok, first things first, Ron reporting the private on Valerie's behalf. I knew the whole time writing this chapter that I wanted it to be Ron who took it upon himself to get the private dismissed, but I didn't want it to appear as a romantic gesture, just that he's doing what any good man in his position would. He's spent time with Val and he knows enough about her to know that the position she's in is one where she can't really make any real waves (to quote Val, 'You don’t get discharged on the word of a dead chick'), so taking it upon himself to get the private discharged is more an act of duty than anything else - he does what's right because he knows she wouldn't be able to.

It's for this reason that I didn't want him to appear smug or like he's bragging when he confesses to sending the private away. He doesn't drag it out, he just tells her straight up what he's done because he doesn't see it as special, just something any man in his position would do. It's only when he sees the effect his actions have had on Val that he becomes pleased with himself. Ron's been through a hell of a lot at this point - he's relatively fresh out of Foy, only days after the catastrophic patrol that left the whole company shaken, and he's finally met someone who doesn't know about his reputation, someone who he can make smile. I think it's a very ongoing theme with Ron in this fic, but with regards to Valerie he really just wants her to feel safe, because even though he doesn't know about her past he's already figured that it wasn't good, and the way he behaves around her is really all about putting her at ease. In a way, I wanted to show that through trying to make her feel comfortable, he's becoming comfortable enough with himself to shed his harsh exterior, if only for one person.

When Val confronts Speirs about having told his men to look out for her, I wanted her to appear very flirtatious, even though it's quite out of character for what we know of her so far. I wanted to show her playing into the mens' idea that she is something that requires protection as if she's just some fragile little girl that can't fend for herself. Valerie knows that Ron is fully aware she can protect herself, which is why she teases him so openly here - she's mocking him because she sees that he's given in to the idea that women need protecting by men, an idea that she knows Ron is above. I think Val is a natural tease in and of itself as well, and she liked being able to make such a stoic man panic and squirm, but also I think it shows her growing confidence and how she's already at ease enough with Speirs to mess around - it's a milestone really in terms of her growing back into the person she was before the war, because Ron has given her a safe place to do so.

Stealing his cigarette was just an idea that made me chuckle. We've established that Valerie comes from a wealthy family, and I try to sprinkle elements to call back to her life before the war throughout the story. I liked the idea of showing that, even in a dingy town dressed in grubby army clothes, she's still a high-born socialite at heart, and the confidence that comes with that really shows in this scene. Val spends a lot of time questioning herself and who she has become in this story, but I like showing that the girl she was before the war is still very much there, even if she doesn't always notice.

[coppercatwrites]

Save Me - Sherlock x Reader

Chapter 8: Talk to Me

Pairing: Sherlock x reader synop: some relax time for the rest of the night Taglist:  @reveluvspecial​ @ravencatart​ @germansarechill​  @sassy-potato-yall​ @melanoms​ @middleearthmama​ @fullmoonshadowwrites​ 

A/N: this took a little longer to write! woopsies!

With a heavy sigh, you lay Henry onto the couch with a blanket. “You should get some rest, sweetheart. You’ve been through so much today.” 

Silence. 

“Would you like anything to drink?” 

He rolls over, head facing the back of the couch. 

Sherlock walks out of the kitchen with a glass of water and gingerly sets it on the table. With hands on his hips, he turns to go sit at one of his experiments in the kitchen.

You run your fingers through your hair as you look for a laptop. You feel his eyes follow you around the flat until you give up looking. When you make eye contact, he looks to the left of you.

“Thanks.” 

The ghost of a smirk forms your lips when you see it sticking out of his chair cushions. When you open it, the blinking cursor for the password halts your tracks. 

Looking up from the laptop you see the corner of Sherlock’s lips twitch. From a good distance, you get lost searching his eyes for the magic words. 

“Letmein”

His eyebrows raise as the screen to his computer lights up your face exposing your sad, amused smile. 

“Henry, Would you like to watch something?” 

“No.” 

You snap the lid shut and set it onto the table. “Okay. well, at least let me know if you need anything…” 

Silence

Shaking your head, you quietly make your way to the door. “I’ll be back.” 

At the bottom of the stairs, you hesitate with your hand on the door. With a sigh, you take off your coat and hang it on the rack. Your shoes follow underneath. Sitting on the stairs, you rest your elbows on your knees and your head on the railing. Your eyes practically burn holes through the door locks. 

The sound of footsteps do nothing to bring you back to the present. Although when the figure sits beside you, your eyebrows furrow.  

“Hey.” 

Sherlock hums and glances at his phone. 

You pull out a bullet from your pocket and toss it in your hands. Your thumb rubbing across the engravement on the side. 

“A bullet? You don’t even own a gun.” 

You pause and press the tip into your middle finger. “It’s my father's ashes. When he died, I had him made into a live round.”

Silence

“Oh come on, not you too. John told me you never stop talking.”

He rolls his eyes and scoffs. “What is the point of carrying around a dead person's ashes?” 

You clench your jaw and turn your gaze to the ground. “If he passed away normally it would be one thing, but he was murdered. Sentiment, Sherlock.” 

He sits quietly for what felt like minutes before he takes an audible breath.

“He was murdered by a gun, I presume. what kind?” 

“Sniper round. I looked around the outside of the house but I didn't see anybody.” 

He hums. “You wouldn't have seen anyone. What was the scenery like there? I’m assuming somewhere with a tree and some brush, did you look near those?”

Your eyebrows furrow. “Yeah. I found a smeared footprint but even when the police took evidence, it got them nowhere.” 

“You’re… American. I presumed it happened there? No wonder why they didn’t solve anything. You said they were smeared, were there any broken branches nearby?”

You close your eyes and lie back onto the stairs. “I think… there were a few, yes.” 

  “You think or you know? They could have fallen from the tree and broke their leg or they could have tried to cover tr—”

You cover your face with your elbow. “I didn't ask for you to solve his murder, I asked for you to help me get rid of the hit men's clients that have been tailing me.” 

Before Sherlock can reply, John walks through the door carrying a few bags that looked to be carrying food. He paused after the door closed and quizzically looked at you on the stairs. 

"What are you- never mind." 

He reaches into one of the bags and digs inside for a second. After he finds what he's looking for, he tosses the brown paper tube at you. “I told Sherlock to ask you what you wanted to eat but he never got back to me.” 

You smirk as you look at the package. “Well, he never asked me.”

“You never stopped talking.” 

“You were asking me questions.” 

“And none of them were about supper.” John cuts in. 

Sherlock sighs as you chuckle to yourself. John calmly squeezes past you both up the stairs to 221b. 

Sherlock stands and turns around. “where’s my food?” 

John smirks. “You didn't answer my message.”

Sherlock’s mouth hangs open in offense. Before he can respond however, John has already welcomed himself home. 

You look up to see his eyes burning holes through the door. Laughing, you break your sandwich in half and toss it at him. 

“I can't eat that much. I’m too used to light meals. Please, have it.” 

He turns it over in his hands and nods at you. Halfway up the stairs, you get up to follow after him. Once inside, your attention is drawn to the sound of a kids tv show. Looking from the Scooby Doo episode to the couch, you find John and Henry involved in the show. With eyebrows raised, you glance to sherlock. 

Sandwich between his hands, he brings his fingertips up to his chin. “It’s actually impossible for them to deduce that outcome with the evidence provided. It’s entirely by chance.” 

Henry sits up. “Actually, Mr. Holmes, it’s not impossible. You just have to search for the right clues.” 

John hides his smile as he looks to the wide eyed Sherlock. “Yeah, what he said.” 

You shake your head as you make your way to the kitchen to eat. “You blog almost every day and your only additional comment is, ‘what he said’?” 

John lets loose his smile as he turns his focus back to the telly. “Yep.” 

Sherlock follows you into the kitchen. “Don't touch any of my experiments.” 

You chuckle. “Calm down tiger, just looking for some paper towels” 

“No, you’re not. What is it that you really need?” 

You cross your arms and lean into the counter, your eyes fixed onto the blood filled slide under the microscope. “Why did you block me from Nick at the warehouse?”

“The kitchen roll is in the cabinet on your left.” 

You smirk “Oh no you don’t. You are not avoiding this. You asked what I needed, and I’m telling you.” 

“Some things are best left unsaid.” 

Your eyes snap to his. “You wouldn’t have done that if… if he was going to…”

“You and your son wouldn’t have been harmed in any of the scenarios that I planned out.” 

You open your mouth to speak, but nothing comes out. Your body shifts as you lean onto the counter. With arms crossed, you study his notepad on the table. 

He clears his throat. “I know. You’re welcome.” 

After a bite of your sandwich, Sherlock leans on the counter next to you and starts to eat his. The corners of his lips tug into a smile as he watches Henry and John discuss their favorite characters from the children's cartoon. 

“We are putting you both in danger by being here.” 

Sherlock scoffs. “Nonsense. I’m in my own danger by living here.” 

Rolling your eyes you laugh. “I think the only dangerous person here is John.” 

He shakes his head. Before he can reply, you turn to him. “You know, you’re pretty cute when you think you're a badass. I mean, you are. But when you’re being showy, it's cute.” 

He coughs on the bite of his sandwich. “Pardon?”

Smirking, you push away from the counter. “I think it's about time for bed. Goodnight, Sherlock Holmes.” 

As Sherlock retreats to his bed, you smirk at John, Henry, and the cartoon on the telly. “Alright, kids. I think it's time we go to bed.” 

Henry wines and falls back onto the couch, his eyes on the ceiling. “But mom, just one more?” 

John stands up and stretches. “I think she’s right. It’s getting late.” 

Henry sighs and marches away to the bathroom. While he’s gone, John and yourself start to make the couch look like a bed. 

“You know,” you sigh. “How did you change his attitude?” 

When John straightens up, he sets his hands on his hips. “All I did was talk to him.” 

Your eyebrows furrow. “What did you say to him?” 

He smiles and shakes his head. “That's something you need to find out on your own.” 

You tilt your head back and groan. “Another relationship I need to sort out. How fun.” 

“Another?” 

Glancing from Sherlock's door to John, you shrug. “Did I say another?” 

He chuckles to himself and shakes his head. “I’ve been watching you both. He’s quite satisfied around you. I’ve seen the way you look at him when he’s not looking. I may not be as intelligent when it comes to deductions and such, but I do have a better understanding of human feelings than he does.” 

As you open your mouth to respond, Henry walks past you and gives John a hug. “Night.” 

Henry briefly hugs you before he takes up the couch. After a few moments, the flat falls quiet. Sitting on the floor leaning onto the couch, you sigh and lean your head back. 

Maybe you could get some real sleep. Even if you could only get a few solid hours.

Next chapter: coming soon! 

[jedi-order-apologist]

Hello its me again! Following up on that last spiel about o 66. Gods some people have the worst takes, i swear. Its very clear that some people take balance in the most literal sense. When its more like that the sith specifically are one of the biggest factors of messing up stuff in the galaxy. Like you said balance isnt about equality in light in dark. The sith actively want to abuse and use the force for their own gain. I could probably rant for hours (pt 1)

(Pt 2) on how that while the dark side is very much real and does play a part in the force itself most sith actively just use it for their own gain. Thats part of what i like about the new canon in that its trying to show that part of balance. Can someone be equally light and dark? Absolutely we see that with bendu and probably a few others. Can someone who mainly uses dark side still have some good? Sometimes. We see it with nightsister merrin and to some extent ventress in her novel.             

(Pt3) sorry for spamming btw its just i feel like people get so wrapped up in it and like have worst takes. I swear people play kotor2 once and misunderstand kreia and be like woopsie time to say order 66 was good actually

Oh I definitely blame KOTOR II/Kreia for a good portion of the “Order 66 brought balance” nonsense, since it came out a few months before Episode III and would’ve been fresh on the fandom’s minds. It’s a good game and I like it a lot but man has it led to some bad takes.

The thing is at least Kreia’s position, even though she’s wrong, has more consistency to it - she’s a hardcore miso/maltheist, she views the Force as a detriment to the Galaxy, so when she claims that balance led to so many deaths, she’s not claiming that to be a good thing. And yeah, if you legitimately hold the belief that genocide is encouraged by the will of the Force...then the only tenable position resulting from that is misotheism. But the fandom doesn’t usually take that part, and instead claims that genocide was, if not good, then necessary and a net positive. And that I just can’t - can’t - express how absolutely abhorrent that idea is to me, though I’ve tried. I know that the people saying this sort of thing aren’t thinking about it in those terms, and it’s not that I believe that they’re bad people who would legitimately support genocide in reality; they’re just not recognizing what happened to the Jedi as a genocide in the first place. But it absolutely was a genocide, there is no way around it.

As for “being both light and dark”, on that, I don’t agree. In fact, I don’t really agree that people are really light or dark at all - more on that here, but tl;dr: “light” and “dark” are not inherent qualities to one’s character - the dark exists, it will always exist because selfishness and greed and cruelty and suffering will always exist, and people either resist it or they give into it.

And the Sith? The Sith jump right down through giving into it and right on into actively making it worse for not just themselves, but the whole galaxy as well.

[thinkinboutkiribaku]

part I,

part II

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"So, Bakugo-kun~~ my golden child, prodigy amongst my mistakes, missed you so much ; could you sign here, here and here. Use your cutest handwriting, it's gotta looks precious." Ashido blinked too much.

"The fuck are you talkin' about ?" Katsuki frowned his brows, expecting the sneakiest with her. "Wh-", when he noticed that what she had spread on the desk were shirtless picture taken (stolen) from their last sleepover ; his vein popped.

"Well, because I already accepted the money and sold these to the girls‎ ―that would be a fraud Bakugou. Ah! Did I forget to mention it ? " She bopped her finger playfully against Katsuki's nose, smiling. "Woopsie~~ ".  The sigh of her tongue sticking out aggravated his reaction so much. Only the affection-needy hold of Kaminari's arms around his shoulders prevented him from throwing fists.

"Whaaah, Bakubrooo, my man ! I missed you y'know ? Without you there's a never ending hole in the gang !" he exaggeratedly whined, holding onto tighter.

"He especially missed you 'cause he has no brain and you're the squad's brain ; Kaminari always goes dunce when you go."

"But I named you substitution brain."

"Dude !! You were out for a whole month, how do you expect me to weight the gang's dumb chaotic energy over my shoulders ?? For, I am only a mortal man," Sero opened his trembling hands in front of his face, surely prone to disastrous flashback. "Kaminari's a whole mess but even Kiri's started losing it these last few days ! Bro, please tell me you're staying for good this time !"

"He's stuck with us now, can't go back!" Kirishima leaped over Kaminari's shoulders, his weight forcing Katsuki to bend even more with his friend's burden.

"Bastards, you heavy shit-"

"The only way to get a man to stay, I see…" Sero mumbled, letting himself fall over him, alongside the others.

Following the vibes he's been giving off, Katsuki was never one to appreciate people's warmth permeating his precious personal space. But this didn't feel that much like intrusion, rather it felt just like coming home ; being enveloped by that kind of affection, he kinda missed it.

Still, Katsuki was never one to appreciate having his precious personal space ridiculed.

Thus he gave them extra time to savor and laugh their fucker's ass off before exploding and sending them flying. He was back after all, and that was how their dynamic always worked.

"So ? Finally regretting coming back ?"

"Definitely ! How can someone have that much stamina and shout non-stop for hours ? Mic-sensei ?? I can't !" Kaminari whined, spreading his arms all over his desk, empty paper sheets falling on the ground.

"I wasn't talking to you", Sero elbowed him. "And don't whine, you slept for half the hour, you coward."

"I kinda like Mic's lessons, they're easier to follow because of his voice. I don't get how you can sleep through it." Kirishima frowned.

"My sweet diligent child", Mina cuddled up behind the red hair, tightening her arms around his shoulders. "Always making mama proud."

"I thought Katsuki was your favorite child ?"

"He's too rebellious, I can't pamper him too much.", she tried ruffling Katsuki's hair, but even with his eyes closed he flicked her hand, "My best and yet worst creation... At least I can sell his ass whenever."

"Don't you dare bitc-!"

"Kirishima-kun, there's your twin waiting for you !" An extra classmate called from the door. She was next to a stranger that looked nothing special, waving dumbly from the corridor. Glaring at his face, he appeared as uninteresting and dim-witted as possible in Katsuki's eyes.

Yet, he noticed how eagerly Kirishima ran over towards that stranger fucker.

"Wait so we're all your children then ? And Sero's the daddy ? That's kinky."

"You're all my hard labor family and Sero wakes up from time to time to raise you…", she elbowed him. "Hey daddy~ pay more attention would you."

" Nopeee, I'm orphaning all of you asap now that Katsuki's back…" He whined, face against his desk." I'd still tap that though," he added with a smirk, soon joined with Mina's laugh and an elbow's soft poke.

"Eww, don't do that in front of me, i'm baby."

"Who's that fucker Kirishima just left us for," Katsuki paid no attention to his friends banters as his eyes were still fixated onto something ugly. Why was their stupid handshake that long. And why was Kirishima seeming to have fun in every part of it.

"Oh ! Right you didn't see that !"

"What."

"That dude's Kiri's lost twin, I'll tell you ! So we had PE against class B once and they got paired up and then― ! Hit it off like real bro ! Like, they both have that weird old school obsession with being manly and those old heroes movies references, hey― they even share their birthdate. I bet 5$ they're really long lost brother or something."

"Why only 5$ ?" Sero judged.

"Bro I'm broke. Anyway, since that time in PE they started hanging out together sometimes. "

"Kiri is so dazzling, he even get attention from outside our classroom. Sure is my favorite baby."

This shouldn't grip so hard, Kirishima had always been an affection magnet. Only a question of time before others got infatuated too. But Katsuki could feel an ugly emotion growling in his ribcage nonetheless. But he didn't come back for that shit.

"Katsuki ?"

"I'm going out for a bit, –-hungry."

"Hey, bring me something !"

"You can choke on this."

In need of some fresh air, Katsuki exited by the back door to wander in the corridor. Full of loud students packed together while he was walking alone. Fuckers were taking all the fresh air, Katsuki felt annoyed even more. He took a turn opposed to the cafeteria where students were usually attracted by, and hoped for some peace of mind at least.

Too bad,  going for the vending machine, he came onto Kirishima and his fake brother. They were exchanging money to buy each other stuff, and ―surprise― they craved the same candy. Acting on his reflex, Katsuki went back on his step, pressing his back against the opposite wall. It wasn't like he was hiding (of course not). He just didn't want to see the disgusting scene of Kirishima having so much fun with someone else.

He didn't go away immediately though. For some reason, their (really loud) conversation halted him.

"He was a giant, I swear I could see my life flash before my eyes !" the guy used mimics that made Kirishima laugh and Katsuki scowl harder. "I really thought we were done for."

"That sound really exciting though, feeling a life or death situation kinda !"

"It's all about that adrenaline rush."

"Sounds manly !"

"You should really join the team, it'd be fun. We'd make the perfect duo, just like in PE !" the fucker bumped shoulders with Kirishima, and what had been weighing down in Katsuki's stomach burned at the mention duo.

For he had no way to convey this ugly grip around his ribcage that was sinking deeper and deeper, all Katsuki did was kick the wall before leaving with angry steps.

He was feeling sick now.

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Awoken for a little while now, thanks to the light rain tapping on the window, Katsuki still didn't felt like moving. He already felt pretty lame for actually skipping classes to rest in the infirmary, but that … feeling back there, had been too much.

Now that he was all alone with his thoughts and the reminiscence of these feelings, he had a hard time fighting them from resurfacing. Of course Kirishima was going to be loved by other and that he would make new friends ; he wasn't the best friend of the infamous Bakugou Katsuki for nothing. Katsuki knew all that, but still…

It wouldn't hurt that much if his feeling weren't going overboard for him. They'd been friends since they were five and nothing could ever come between them on <i>that</i> level, that was promise. And right now they were surely the shiniest thing in each other eyes… But feeling like these made Katsuki apprehend the day someone would dazzle Kirishima's heart away. He knew he was the shit, but nobody could control their feeling…

He would know.

And as the rain was hitting lighter and lighter, announcing he could soon leave school dry, Katsuki decided to leave those feeling behind as well. It felt bittersweet as hell but there was nothing he could do about them in that state. He'll think of a plan after having tasted something, because after sleeping for 3 hours straight he felt damn hungry.

Thinking about what he could get on the way home, Katsuki turned in the infirmary bed, and to his surprise― came facing a red hair, siting roughly on a chair opposed to the bed, gaze consumed by his phone.

He'd be lying if he said he didn't feel at the very least happy Kirishima knew where he was and waited for him, even though school might have ended since a little while now. But that was bittersweet feeling as well, because now he was reminded how precious Kirishima was and how other people might be entranced by it too. Katsuki responded to that by watching how the sun, resurfacing from the clouds, reflected its light other Kirishima's crimson face. It became even more mesmerizing when Kirishima raised his head, offering a cute smile.

"You came back to play hooky huh…"

"Shut up", Katsuki grumbled as he put himself in seating position. "You.. Did classes end long time ago ?"

"Around half an  hour… And for your notice, I was planning on waking you up in another 15 minutes or so ! Don't think I'd forget you.", his last word hitting Katsuki's heart smoother than he could know.

"Don't think I'd forget you" came clashing right against the awful "We'd make the perfect duo" line from earlier. Katsuki turned his face towards the window just next to his, and as he expected, he could see the club training in the schoolyard.

"Hey… are you going to join a club ?"

"Huh ? Why you ask ?"

"Cause you seem the type that would like that type of shit."

"It does seems nice and all, but it goes on for hours right after school… I don't really like coming home late and… I wouldn't be able to go home with you. Or to go see you on set !"

Katsuki could feel through his skin that his cheeks were slowly blushing. That was so stupid and of course Kirishima would say something like that, but damn it felt good. Especially right now… Katsuki needed indulgence.

"I don't need you coming though… Can go home on my own.", he grumbled, reaching.

"I know that," Kirishima smiled, and the vision of the sun reflecting golden hour over his face made the air around Katsuki feel sweeter and his heart beating.

In front of such feeling, he needed a moment ; thus he put his face against his knee for a while, brutally inhaling whatever. When he dropped a bit from his airy feeling, he still felt high somewhat.

"Hey, let's go, to that taco place you talked about… Or whatever, I'm fucking hungry, shit."

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part I, part III

[maergo]

😌 ALL OF THE KISSES

Send ❤️ for a romantic kiss. Over three months well into the relationship, Minho decided that it was his time to take the other out on a date as he had been saving up some money just for that purpose. The date was just a simple dinner date in a more fancy, but not too fancy restaurant that he normally wouldn’t go to (because ‘why pay ten bucks extra for certain side dishes if you can also get them for free somewhere else’ - also, with both of them being big eaters it wasn’t gonna stay at just ten bucks extra). However, every once in a while he did want to be a little less of a cheapskate in front of the other, both because he cared a lot about him and wanted him to feel special and because they both were complete opposites with their view on money. Minho had to learn that it was okay to be a little more reckless with it, so a more expensive date wasn’t too bad to begin with.Having finished their meals, now left with their wine to finish, Minho couldn’t help but lean over the table, reaching out to pull the other closer by his tie for a soft, sweet yet prolonged kiss. ‘‘I love you.’’

Send 💝 for a plationic kiss. Spending a day differently than usual, they had decided to go to the fair and waste some money on going on rides and winning stuffed animals. Though they were mostly joking around when ‘fighting’ for the toys, once Z had managed to win the huge tiger that Minho secretly held an eye on ever since he first saw it, the younger of the two jumped around in excitement once the stuffed animal was pushed in his arms and kissed his cheek multiple times while yelling ‘thank you’ a few times.Send 💞 for a awkward kiss. ‘‘I don’t thi-’’ Minho wasn’t given the chance to finish his sentence, Hyunsik immediately jumping in with a whiny voice. ‘‘You two never kiss if we’re around! It’s always just a peck but never a real kiss!’’ Both Minho and Zsadist let out a soft groan, there was no way they’d get away with any excuse as to why they shouldn’t share a kiss so they both just leaned in for what they hoped would be a proper kiss in the eyes of the twins, it being a little awkward as their kisses usually came natural instead without anyone telling them to kiss.Send 💓 for a heated kiss. The day couldn’t have gone by any slower, Minho had forced himself to take a day off work completely since he was getting a little too exhausted and he had quickly decided not to ever take a full day off anymore. And, since Zsadist had made sure there was no way Minho could secretly work anyway by locking up the studyroom with all his items in there, as a revenge Minho had been bothering him all day long by sending sexual texts (”I used to have a dildo as big as the cucumber in the fridge, maybe I should get one of those again since I always get worked up while you’re gone. It’s a shame you can’t come home early”) or even some teasing pictures. Not once did he get an actual response, but he knew they were all seen and he knew it frustrated the other.Around the time that Z would come back home, Minho was back in bed, just barely covered by the sheets knowing that they would disappear quickly anyway. And just like he expected, the other appeared perfectly on time in front of him, the lust clearly to be seen in his eyes before he ripped away the sheets, mentioned something about how rude Minho was for doing what he did (but then in a very frustrating manner) and not even two seconds later their lips were roughly planted together, it being one of the sloppiest but heated kisses while both their hands wandered over each other’s bodies.Send 💟 for a delicate kiss. Minho’s parents had surprised the two with a visit. As his mother was recently informed about their relationship, she felt the need that she and her husband would come over to celebrate the holidays together (and also for Zsadist to meet Minho’s father), so for a few days there weren’t many moments in which the two lovers had some time to spend with just the two of them. Going into the new year with all of them together, wishing each other the best wishes and a happy new year, Minho eventually pulled Z away so they could have a little moment together to enjoy the fireworks. Though he normally was one who enjoyed being held more than to be the one who held someone else, now he just felt the urge to position himself behind the other, his arms wrapped around his waist as he placed a bunch of tender kisses in the back of Z’s neck, whispering how much he loved him and how excited he was to spend the new year together with him.Send 💔 for a interrupted kiss.Something Minho loved when it happened in the moment but hated afterwards was his clothes being torn apart. He already didn’t have too many clothes, and the ones he did have were so comfortable that he was very careful with them, but sometimes things got so heated that neither of them had the patience to wait until all clothes were taken off in the way it’s usually done, so more often than not they went out shopping for a new set of clothes again. For some reason it always ended up in Minho asking whether or not his ass looked good in that jeans, followed by them going back and forth with flirtatious remarks… It had become a habit that would eventually be extinguished by some laughter, up until Minho decided that laughing about it shouldn’t be the end of it every single time, so he pulled Zsadist with him into the changing room wrapping his arms around his neck with a grin. ‘‘Don’t think a laugh is gonna end it now.’’ He didn’t mean to take it to the level of public intercourse, all he wanted was a simple kiss and that was exactly what he was getting then until someone knocked on the door, causing them to break the kiss and look over at it. ‘‘Excuse me, it is not allowed for two people to be in the same changing room. Please open the door and come out again.’’ And so, it all ended with a laughter anyway, a last peck on the lips being placed before Minho shoo-ed Z out again.Send 💘 for a static shock kiss. Having rolled over the carpet playing around with the cats, Minho was completely static although he hadn’t noticed it himself yet. Getting up again when he heard the front door being opened, he walked over to his boyfriend to greet him with a smile and a kiss, only to give him a shock which left them both stare at each other for a split second in confusion. It was then that Minho realized where the shock came from, grinning while the other started to look more offended than anything else. ‘‘Woopsie daisy.’’Send 💗 for a repetitive lip peck kiss.Zsadist had recently discovered that it was just roses that Minho was allergic for instead of every single flower, so when Minho came home from a meeting one day he was surprised to see the house filled with different types of flowers, making the place more colorful which he absolutely loved. Slowly making his way to the kitchen, hearing the stove was on so he figured that’s where Zsadist would be, he sped up when he actually saw him there and jumped onto his back, forcing the other to turn his head a little so he could kiss his cheek repetitively.Send 🖤 for a forced/harsh/firm kiss. Money argument #3000 had started, Minho again was fired up by the reckless behavior Zsadist had when it was about money and despite that Minho still needed to get used to the fact that there was no way the other would run out of money, he couldn’t help but still hate the the numbers that were on some bills. ‘‘Who the fuck pays so much money for a carpet?!’’ The never ending arguing about their different views on money had become enough for Z by now, so instead of continuing the argument, Minho was surprised by a rough kiss. ‘‘Shut the hell up, mango.’’Send 💚 for an eskimo kiss.It was cold, it was snowing and the tip of Minho’s nose was cold and red. He still wasn’t sure why Zsadist insisted on them going out for a walk while knowing how much Minho disliked the snow, but one way or another he managed to get the younger to come along anyway and as his actual body was warm, his nose felt like it could freeze and break off any minute. ‘‘Babe, I really can’t hold it out here any longer. My nose is gonna freeze!’’ As overdramatic as he sometimes was, he held his nose covered by his hand to hopefully keep it somewhat warm, but even after a few minutes it still had no effect. ‘‘Don’t be so dramatic and come here.’’ Being pulled in closer, his hand was pushed away and while he expected to receive a normal kiss, his brows were raised in surprise when he felt the other rub his nose against his own, his entire face scrunching up at the cute action.Send 💙 for a spiderman kiss.Seated on the chair with a book in his hands, it was a first for Minho not to join Zsadist on a trip to the grocery store. The book he was reading was a little too interesting and he ‘needed’ to read it all in one go. He was so much into it that he even refused to stand up and give a kiss, so instead he leaned his head back against the chair and motioned the other to come down for the kiss, chuckling lightly at it being an upside down one.Send 💜 for a quick kiss.‘‘Fuck, fuck, fuck. I gotta hurry, I thought the meeting was at ten but apparently it starts in ten minutes. I’ll be back uh.. at some point, I don’t know.’’ Rushing to get his coat on, he hurried over to his boyfriend and was extremely fast giving him a kiss that was more on his chin than on his lips.Send 💛 for an air kiss.For some reason Minho felt it was a good idea to pull his boyfriend along to one of his business meetings. He was once asked how those meetings go and for some reaosn Minho couldn’t find the right words to describe it, so he had offered to take him along sometime and have him experience it for himself. They were opposite of each other at the table, and as someone was explaining a thing or two about what they were looking for in certain songs, Minho couldn’t help but look over at the other side of the table every now and then only to meet some his Zsadist’s flirtatious faces. Rolling his eyes with a quiet chuckle, Minho then narrowed his eyes a little, giving him an airkiss.

Send 💕for good night/morning kiss.‘‘Can you just.. not go to work for like an entire year or something?’’ As usual, Minho had a problem letting go of the other, refusing to let him to go to work peacefully. He hated having to watch him go to work every morning, especially if he didn’t have anything to do in the morning himself which allowed him to stay in bed longer. There was no fun in staying in bed longer only to be left alone there by your lover. With a sigh, Minho leaned in for a kiss anyway when he was offered one, pouting a little afterwards. Send ❣️ for a kiss to a specific spot. location: spine>Even though Minho wasn’t told, he had noticed something was stressing Zsadist out but for the sake of not wanting to be pushy or annoying he refused to ask what it was about and if he there even was anything at all. He would find out one way or another, but for now he simply wanted to make sure the other would come home and feel at least somewhat relaxed. So, by the time he got home he was immediately pulled to the bedroom and pushed onto the bed, back facing upwards, to be given a simple but hopefully relaxing massage by the writer. After a little while Minho felt his back muscles relax somewhat, he smiled at the small accomplishment and figured that it’d be good enough like this. That… up until he got the idea to tease him a little purely for his own giggles, and so he leaned down to place his lips on the bottom of the elder’s spine, placing multiple kisses to make his way up towards his neck being extremely slow in any way possible.Send 💑 for a first kiss. Their first kiss was… not quite what anyone else’s first kiss is like. Some events had happened days prior which caused Minho’s mood to not be too good, he was cranky, not in for jokes and ready to snap at anyone who’d bother him - which was exactly what he did. Both Zsadist and Ash were given short lectures, and surprisingly enough Zsadist was more understanding about it than Ash - after being told what actually had happened beforehand (something with a breakup, as Minho would describe). Ash had stormed out and ordered them to leave, but instead Zsadist lifted Minho up and brought him to the bedroom for them to cuddle. It was then that Minho decided he may have been a little too rude with his lectures, and though internally he told himself not to do it, he ended up leaning in for a kiss anyway, partly because he generally loved kissing and partly because he just wanted this specific kiss-up to happen anyway. ‘‘There, now we had our kiss-up.’’Send 😍 for a surprise kiss.Multiple times Zsadist had offered to bring Minho along to his work, and although they once did actually meet there (even if it was for completely different purposes than learning about the job or anything like that) Minho was curious to find out what he actually did while on the duty, so he had figured out a way to get in contact with someone else who would help him come over and walk around there while the elder wouldn’t notice anything. For the first half of the day Minho was able to observe peacefully, but by the time they had their lunchbreak he couldn’t wait any longer to surprise him and motioned to the guy who helped him all morning long to blindfold Z. He knew ahead that Z would be suspicious at first but would work along anyway, so by the time the blindfold was on Minho received the hint that he could do what he wanted to do and so he quickly ran over, pulled the other’s head down and places a kiss on his lips. Send 💋 for a random kiss. a warehouse kiss>So, their bed broke down. Maybe it was because it was just unstable in the first place, but it also could be because sometimes they’d get a little too rough and would just ignore the state their bed was in. Whatever the reason behind it was: They needed a new bed and so they were stranded in Ikea. They had picked out a new bed again, or it was more one that should be able to hold on for a while again, and as they were trying to find the huge package in the warehouse of the store, Minho found a little corner that he sneaked into to wait for Z to pass by. Once he did, Minho grabbed onto his arm and pulled him into the corner as well, grinning somewhat as he kissed him. ‘‘What’s this good for, huh?’’ - ‘‘I don’t know, I just felt the sudden urge for a sneaky kiss.’’

[steve0discusses]

Yugioh S1 Ep 40 PART 1/2: So Much Random Stuff Happens That It Requires Two Parts

Most of the time, Yugioh’s plot is delivered in nice, bizarre, bite-sized segments, offset by duels that I skip. But then, in this episode they decided “Hey, we should drop some plot. Like a lot of REALLY WACKY plot.”

And thus we have an episode with over 80 caps. So, this’ll be a two-parter! The other part will show up later. Like...when we finish it.

Also, despite the fact that this is probably one of the more important episodes of the season, it has quite some damage on the recording on Netflix. You’ll see that it isn’t really cropped right on the sides, and in some parts it’s got motion blur I couldn’t avoid. One day, Yugioh will get it’s Sailor Moon remaster, but this is not the day. Also, if they redubbed Yugioh, it would be an absolute tragedy, but that’s a different story.

TL;DR Forgive the massive amount of text in the upcoming recaps. There’s just so much they did and I uh...didn’t want this to end up being over 100 caps this episode alone.

So, lets get into it: The Yugi crew is looking for Pegasus.

For some reason, Tea suddenly remembers what went down the night before and decides “I bet Pegasus is hiding in that spooky tower we don’t actually know how to get into because we climbed it with a grappling hook.”

(Sometimes I get used to Yugi’s eyeliner and then they throw a shot like this at me and it’s like DAMN, Yugi, when did you have time to apply that stiletto heel to your face? Like most of the time I’m just put off by the awful hair and then the rest of the time I’m just really jealous of this emo boy’s wings.)

With that they suddenly remembered...the other stuff.

(read more under the cut)

I like how Joey is just so incredibly fed up with magic at this point. Out of all of them, he seems to hate magic the very most although his best friend is a walking dark magic portal. Joey is just completely done, but unfortunately for Joey it turns out all the magic up to this point hasn’t even remotely been the amount of magic that this show is going to throw at us, because this entire episode is a bunch of wizards just screwing with each other.

I’ve mentioned before that it feels like the power players of Yugioh are kinda like Greek Gods where they just really can’t be bothered about 95% of the time--but when they are FINALLY bothered enough to move their own ass, they just kinda sweep the floor clean and leave me utterly baffled.

Anyways, Pegasus actually is in the spooky tower, to my disbelief, at this non-euclidean desk that doesn’t seem to exist in time and space.

And then Kaiba wakes up in a cabbage-patch lookin jail cell. I would love to see more of his reaction to that but alas, this episode is not about Seto Kaiba.

Pegasus decided to make good on his word, mostly because Yugi is a cursed Pharaoh and he doesn’t want to see what happens if he doesn’t make his end of the bargain. To be quite honest, getting your mind scrambled would have probably been better than what did eventually happen to him in this episode.

Seriously, did this guy ever sell a painting that wasn’t a card? His portfolio would just be one person. And they do say that you shouldn’t make your portfolio too many styles but, damn, you can’t just do one person, unless your going to work for one specific type of video game, in which case sure just draw that one space punk chick over and over it seems to work for you.

Bakura decides to show up, and he’s very Bakura about it, introducing a new Bakura mechanic that I didn’t at all predict would ever be a thing.

Bless this storyboarder.

After showing off his weird tarot ability for no other good reason than to mess with Pegasus for a little bit, he decides to make me regret ever saying this necklace looked like it has five dicks.

I am so sorry, I had no idea! I had no idea it would be shooting lasers! What the hell, show?? What genre am I even watching anymore??

Also this whole concept that at any point these items can just shoot anime lasers and start a...whatever this trope is called, is so bizarre to me. They CAN do this...but they prefer to use cards.

They CAN do this, at any point, but they prefer to trap the souls of you and your friends in a card so you must play even more cards.

Or they can shoot you with a laser and solve their problems that way.

But why would they? They can like...play cards and do tarot and read minds and make card monsters real so who would ever want to shoot freakin lasers!

I do appreciate that Pegasus’ laser is pink like the salmon I chose for his font.

My bro argues that Pegasus probably sees just fine with the golden eyeball, but I feel like it can’t be the same, like a Spike Spiegal situation. It’s not like they ever tell us, anyway.

Him being alive for centuries is just never brought up for the rest of the episode. It comes up here and then Bakura’s like “Woopsie! Change the subject!”

Kid’s show!

As a kid an episode of the Rugrats freaked me the hell out--you know the one where Reptar becomes alive? I couldn’t take that one, it was terrifying. So maybe I’m not one to judge, because I was not a normal kid when it came to anxiety (in fact a legit phobia of dogs gave me pretty severe panic attacks on a weekly basis) but, it seems like Yugioh is a lot like brother’s Grimm because they are SO READY to cut off body parts, revive corpses, and overall gross me out, just to make a point.

Is it necessary? Eh.

But is it bizarre body horror we can stuff in this kid’s story? YES LETS DO IT.

With the way they set this up it looked as if they were just going to have them show up in the nick of time or something, but instead the show was like “lol, these kids? You’re kidding, right?”

He’s literally missing an eye and Croquet’s exact line was something like “he’s fallen ill.”

Also, I’m glad we got a cameo from Double-Spike Mohawk Mullet Man in this episode, giving Pegasus a fireman carry like a trooper.

So, because they can’t not, and because Pegasus’ security is only effective at random times of the day (they must have a lot of smoke breaks or something) the four decide to raid Pegasus’ bedroom. Why would you ever want to do this to the guy who was ritually sacrificing people the night before!?

Joey’s weird crushes on blondes that are...not in High School. Joey. Stop this. You are a child.

Anyways, Tea goes straight for the juicy stuff, because if there’s anything in this world that I would never ever want to read is a grown man’s journal filled with all his unfiltered thoughts.

Then we’re welcomed into a Pegasus Flashback, because why not make a tragic past even more tragic? Anyways, it’s OK because anime food lives here.

Bro called them gravity melons. I want to point out the party cups drawn from the side sitting on the round table we see from the top. Love it. Also realllllly love that guy with the mustache and glasses in the bottom right corner. There’s some good stuff here in this vaguely 80′s flashback.

Anyway, she totally dies. The flashback goes through things we’ve been over before--they get married, she gets sick, she turns into a rose and then becomes a grave in a really poorly kept graveyard.

And so Pegasus turns to religion. Yes, you read that right, He decides, he wants to find a religion that will explain afterlife to him, and he’s like I might as well start with the oldest and work up, so he goes to Egypt.

Uh...OK. I mean if you’re just looking for a religion with an afterlife you could have chosen...almost any of them. You could have stayed in America and like gone to...anywhere but, the guy was like “Mummies, youknow?” and went to Egypt although Cecelia is already dead and buried so it’s not like he can do the mummy trick to her now. It’s a little LATE?

My brother and I were so entranced by this bizarre hat, that we wanted to see if it’s ever been made real. AND IT HAS.

MARVEL AT IT:

IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE.

LOOK AT THAT DUMB HAT!

We checked Amazon for cheaper listings, but only found trucker hats with the Square Mason symbol on it, and Illuminati trucker hats like this one.

My brother wrote this note to them. I hope they read it and take it to heart.

Anyways, our newly found joy, held aloft by the discovery of perfect square brimmed hats was quickly sullied.

His hat is a transformer. But a round to square kind.

So in walks this guy. His name is Shadi. I’m telling you that right now because I want you to pay attention to how long it takes before we find out his name is Shadi. He is going to tell us his name at some point, and it’s very weird when it happens.

Pegasus doesn’t seem to realize it is not at all normal for a guy in modern Egypt to be walking around with this massive ankh on his chest (eh...you can’t see it in these pictures, but there’s a HUGE ankh just hanging around his neck) with earrings and pharaoh makeup. Pegasus is just that type of sheltered American. He’s like...well you look like someone from a movie so it must be legit. And that is how Pegasus decides to follow a guy who is clearly an ancient spooky wizard into an ancient death dungeon crypt.

I feel like Pegasus could have easily avoided this whole situation he got himself into.

Shadi has a whole speech about how the eyeball has a lot of power, and that he’s got to protect it all yada yada--but at the same time Shadi is like “BUT I gotta make sure some people use it so a lot of terrible things happen. You’d think I’d just...leave this stuff in this crypt so it’ll never be a problem and the world will never be cursed with terrible dark magic that was sealed away for thousands of years, but...I’m gonna make it happen anyway...and it’s not my fault...”

How many times has Shadi done this? It’s suggested that Pegasus is not the first.

It’s pretty gross, and while it’s done in shadow (which was a nice visual allusion to Shadow Magic), it’s still pretty gruesome for a kids show. To happen twice in one episode of this kid’s show, haha.

She calls him by his full name “Maxamillion” which made me realize he’s probably never shortened his name to “Max” in his entire life.

I’m glad Pegasus making out with a ghost happened on screen. This is now the most romance we’ve seen in all of Yugioh. Good.

So did Pegasus actually write the part where he made out with a vision, though?

I’m curious about how that process works. But, I don’t think we’ll ever find out.

Anyways, next time, on this very same episode of Yugioh:

Will Bakura stick this eyeball in he own eye or will he back out last minute and just hang it from his necklace and pretend it was there the whole time? Will Tea next read Pegasus’ food diary only to discover, in horror, that he drank upwards 60 liters of grape juice and far exceeded his daily calorie intake? Will security even realize these children have been snooping in all of Pegasus’ personal stuff for the past 30 minutes?

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The Apprentice - Loki Imagine [PART 8]

[PART 1] [PART 2] [PART 3] [PART 4] [PART 5] [PART 6] [PART 7] [PART 8]  [PART 9]

Warning; Angst, Thanos

Loki’s P.O.V.

The second I saw Y/N’s hand go through mine, only leaving a cold feeling on my skin, my heart dropped to my stomach. Our eyes met and I could tell she was just as terrified as me. She was surrounded by a purple light that came from the spaceship and it began to make her transparent. As I could see through her, I knew I had to do something.

‘‘Y/N I’m going to help you’‘ I promised her but it was too late. I had barely enough time to say her name as she disappeared. The purple light vanished and within a second, Nebula, Y/N and the spaceship were gone. A gush of wind hit my face as the spaceship left, leaving without a trace.

This blue lunatic took Y/N.

My thoughts were getting a hold of me, mixing with my anger, burning rage and pain. What was I supposed to do? We didn’t have a ship we could use to chase them! So I stood there, frozen by shock as I tried to let the truth sink into my mind. The world around me didn’t matter because all I could think about was Y/N, whom I supposed to protect! I shouldn’t have let her come this early...I should’ve told her to stay on Asgard! This was all my fault...

‘‘Loki’‘ Thor was the first one to speak. It triggered my rage as I turned around to face him. I noticed how everyone were uptight, baffled by what had happened but they were also scared for my reaction. There was this feeling of somebody clawing my heart, making my chest tight and aching. ‘‘We have to..to go after them. We must leave now!’‘ I tried to sound demanding but I failed. Tears stung my eyes as I fell into a void of disappointment.

I had let her down.

‘‘What are we waiting for?!’‘ I yelled loudly, that causing my tears to escape my eyes, rolling down my face, making me look pathetic but I couldn’t possibly be strong now. Some space criminal just abducted the woman I had given my heart to! Who knew where they were now? Or what Nebula was going to do to her. I wasn’t even sure if I wanted to know because it would make me sick.

The silence they gave me was honestly painful. Soon, I collapsed on my knees and buried my face into my palms, sick of myself because there was nothing I could do. I yanked my own hair as I tried to drown my sobs of heartbreak, ashamed they were all there to see me like this. ‘’Heimdall, take us home’’ Hogun decided it was about time for us to leave. I didn’t bug as the portal opened and it dragged us away from the surface of Midgard, straight to the Bifrost.

My body was tense as I was on the rainbow bridge, my eyes staring at the large view of the universe. I scanned all the stars, my heart going into a knot as I realized Y/N could be anywhere. ‘’Can you see her?’’ I asked Heimdall, still not getting up. It’s like my body had gone limp, failing to carry me. I was just hoping dearly Heimdall had found her and he’d send me right to her. There was nothing else I wanted to do more than save her.

I blinked my tears away as I turned to face the man with the yellow eyes. He seemed to search for her, looking here and there and as time passed, I felt hopeless. After a while, he sighed and faced the floor. We were all waiting for good news but I had a bad gut feeling. So I stood up, putting on a tough face although I was standing in my world that was shattering around me.

‘‘I can’t, I’m sorry’‘ Heimdall finally revealed the truth. His words felt like a stab straight in my heart, my gut, my head and legs. If Heimdall couldn’t see her, how were we supposed to find her? 

‘‘Come on brother, I’ll help you inside’‘ Thor walked over to me, placing his big hand on my shoulder. On the inside, I was so mad that nobody had managed to stop this from happening. I wanted to blame everyone, my soul desired to yell at them to get blow some heat off. But I didn’t. I just faced Thor who gave me an apologetic look. For once, he wasn’t going to bloat nor make some dumb jokes. It’s like he wanted to comfort me, for real.

‘‘She’s gone and it’s all my fault’‘ I whispered, and realization hit me. ‘‘It’s not your fault, we’ll find her. Okay?’‘ Thor was quick to answer my words. I wasn’t sure if we could find her but I wouldn’t stop trying. I simply nodded and then let him walk me away from the Bifrost. I was just silenced, left alone in this burning sorrow as I kept hearing for Y/N’s life. It killed me that I couldn’t help her now. Who knew what she was going through as I was on Asgard? It felt so..unfair.

Your P.O.V.

‘‘Wake up. It’s time to move’‘ I heard an angry voice, causing me to open my eyes. For a split second, I thought I was safely in Asgard and some servant was trying to get me up. But as I took in my surroundings, fear crawled back underneath my skin as I remembered. Nebula was standing in front of me, arms crossed as she waited for me to get up. I couldn’t remember falling asleep so I just assumed I had passed out from fear and exhaustion.

Since I was so slow, she grabbed my arm harshly and began to drag me with her. Scared for my life, I followed her. If I’d disobey, I could very well just get killed. The doors opened and the spaceship made a small bridge for us to get out of. Nebula tugged me out of the ship and I noticed a rather terrifying place around us. We had landed on a space rock, which was big but it had nothing on it. All I could see was the dark space around us, stars, loads of dust on the surface of this dark rock. It was cold and I was terrified. This was like a nightmare!

Nebula took me towards something that looked like a throne. Someone was sitting on there and I feared it was her father. As we got closer, I could see the man well. Just laying my eyes on him was enough to make me physically sick. He was bald, completely purple, wrinkly yet strong and he was huge. The man was wearing some weird armour as he sat on his throne, eyeing him with a disgusting grin on his face. That’s when I saw someone else sitting on a rock beside him. It was a green woman with dark red hair. Her legs were crossed and she eyed me like I was going to get killed. She had a sorry look on his face she desperately tried to hide. Of course, that made me even more horrified of the situation. Who was this man? What did he want from me?

‘‘What have you brought to me, daughter?’‘ He spoke, and his voice alone made me cringe. He was the real lunatic here. I tried to look around for an escape but I saw nothing. We were in the middle of nowhere and I was afraid Heimdall couldn’t see us. If he did, I’d be sure Loki would already be here. I felt so damn scared I wanted to disappear. Why was this happening to me?

‘‘A sister - as you wished’‘ Nebula answered the man and pushed me forward. I almost stumbled as she did tho but I was lucky enough to stay on my feet. Suddenly the purple man stood up from his throne, walking towards me. Tears that I had grown so familiar with stung my eyes as I held my breath, trying to keep them in. It was undeniable that I was quivering. I wasn’t even sure what to think.

‘‘What is your name, little woman?’‘ The man asked me, standing right in front of me. He was so tall I had to look up to face him. He cast a shadow on me which made me feel even smaller. A part of me told me to fight but I already knew I had no chance of surviving if I’d attack him. His two daughters would definitely break my neck if I tried anything.

So I had no choice but to play along with this sick and twisted game of theirs. ‘’I-I’m Y/N’’ I stuttered, surprised I found my voice. I flinched as his hand neared my face and he touched my hair as if he was examining me. It disgusted me as I stood there, letting him explore my features like I was a toy. ‘’Y/N...I am Thanos. These are your sisters, Nebula who you’ve already met and Gamora, my favourite daughter’’ He introduced me to this craziness. I was a bit mad he called the other daughter his favourite for Nebula to hear. As I looked at the blue woman, I could tell the comment irked her.

‘‘Can I go? I’m not..what you’re looking for, please’‘ I suddenly sobbed, feeling so desperate to leave I would beg. This was clearly the wrong thing to do. Thanos clenched his jaw and yanked my hair up so I was standing on my feet, my hands holding onto his as I tried to get free. The pain alone was enough to trigger my tears but so was the fear. My heart jumped to my throat and I regretted what I said immediately. 

‘‘You are home now. You’re not going anywhere’‘ Thanos told me lowly, right in front of my face. His voice was so threatening I was convinced he would squish me like a bug if I wouldn’t listen. How the Hel would I survive this? Would I ever get back to Loki?

That’s when I realized how much I already missed him. I felt so guilty for disappointing him. Now he was probably angry and sad, all because of me..

[PART 9]

Author’s Note: Woopsie. Will Loki find you? Or are you stuck there with Thanos and his cruelty?

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Callie Reviews: TMNT 2012 Season One (Part One)

Ever since 1984, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise has gone form a cult-status indie comic to a massive mass market. There have been various comics, movies, video games, merchandise, and of course cartoons. And it’s easy to see why. TMNT’s concept, a group of mutated teen turtles fighting evil in New York, is both incredibly bizarre and incredibly appealing to a mass audience. You have action, science fiction, martial arts, and of course plenty of mutant ideas to make toys out of. The fact that this Fall will be releasing the fourth animated TMNT series and that a new movie series is in production shows that even over 30 years later, this is a franchise that is far from losing it’s power.

As a kid, I of course knew that Turtles as a thing and I even watch parts of 2k3. But I was never really a fan until the day I stumbled upon the 2012 show. I fell in love with it and, since it started when I was just starting this blog, it was a huge focus for me for several years. I have since moved on and while I’m going to check out the 2018 show, I don’t think I’m going to be as crazy as I was with this show (but never say never). Back in 2012, I was someone who... lets say ignored the flaws and defended the show far too passive aggressively to the point that looking at my older stuff makes me want to blow up by blog. 

Nowadays, while some of my opinions hold true (like the ‘Donnie is a stalker’ accusations are still bullshit), I am more willing to admit the shows problems, especially now that I can take the show in fully. I also like to believe that I’ve become a better reviewer since I was 19 years old, plus it had been far too long since I went back over the show form the very beginning. So does the show still hold up? Will 25 year old Callie feel differently than 19 year old Callie did? Well we’re about to find out. This is the TMNT 2012 Season One Review!

The Premiere (Episodes 1-2)

Our story begins with a training sequence that introduces us to the titular Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, and Michelangelo. Along with some minor character establishment, like Mikey being the funny one and Raph the violent one, the biggest thing here is one of the shows strengths: the choreography. It’s best exhibited in Leo and Raph’s duel. The movements are very fluid and well-paced. It’s fast, but not too fast, it’s enough to move things along but still let you take in all the impacts. It’s very well done. Raph ends up winning and we are introduce to the boys mentor and father, Master Splinter. Aka, the best written character int he show, but we’ll get to that later.

After the opening theme, we cut to the boys 15th Mutation Day where we get our backstory. Borrowing from the 80′s show origin, Splinter was once a young man named Hamato Yoshi. He had just bought four pet turtles when he stumbled across a shady dealing. Being a ninja master, he was able to fight back, but he ended up getting splattered with a strange green substance. This turned him into a rat, as one brushed his ankle while the baby Turtles become anthropomorphic. Yoshi, taking on the name Splinter, fled to the sewers and raised the four turtles as his own as well as taught them ninjutsu. It’s a simple, but still solid telling of the origin that pays tribute to previous origins, leaves some mystery about the substance and who was dealing it, and is told with use of comic-style panels reminiscent of the original comics.

The Turtles, having lived in the sewers since their mutation, are hoping to convince Splinter to let them finally go to the surface. After some begging, Splinter reluctantly agrees. We then cut to Leo watching a Star Trek: The Animated Series parody where we learn of his desire to become a great hero and leader. This is interesting for several reasons. One, it establishes that Leo isn’t the leader of the group yet, a departure form normal as he’s normally put into that role automatically. And second, ti does a great job at character establishment. In previous versions, Leo is often seen as the boring, overly leader type. Not a bad character mind you, but he lacks the quirkiness that the tough Raph, genius Donnie, and wild child Mikey present. Here? Leo is shown to be an idealistic, naive, but good-intention kid who aspires to be a great hero like he sees on TV as well as give shim some dorky characteristics, like quoting cheesy one-liners to sound more heroic. It helps make him more relateable, funny, and sets up a character arc for when he does inevitably become the leader. Very well done.

The boys finally go to the surface, and are in awe of what they see. They even discover their trademark favorite food, pizza. Given that they only ever ate worms and algae until this point, it makes their love of it all the more understandable. But not all goes well as they soon witness a group of business men kidnapping a red-haired teenager and her father. They attempt to help, but end up only beating each other up and the bad guys get away with their captives. Mikey ends up beating up one and discovers... a brain with tentacles... yipe... he tries to tell the other three, but they don’t believe him. A common trend in the show.

Upon returning home, the boys try to blame each other for the failure before Splinter accepts it for not giving them proper training as a team. While he considers keeping them down below for another year, Donnie convinces him to let them go help the girl due to seeing how terrified she was and how they failed to help her... and because of the crush he developed in a record five seconds. Splinter agrees, but first assigns Leo as the official leader, much to the ire of Raph. They’re eventually able to find the kidnappers vehicle and wreck it, capturing the driver named Snake and they discover a vat of a glowing green substance. A vat that they recognize as the same one that caused their original mutation.

Snake, after Raph threatens to mutate him, leads the boys to the facility where the captives are... and uses the boys bickering as a chance to escape. Leo uses this to trick the crook into thinking that they’re going to plow his van into the place as he conducts a plan to sneak in. All while Roah is an asshole who refuses to listen and outright undermines Leo’s orders. Yeah, Raph is a real jerk during this season. FYI. When Leo shows hesitance about his plan, Splinter tells him of his final confrontation against his rival Oroku Saki, aka The Shredder. It ended in his wife being killed, his house burning down, and his infant daughter nowhere to be found. Well, that won’t be important in any way, shape, or form later! The point being that he lost everything, but gained the boys, easing Leo’s worries about how much is riding on the plan.

So yeah the boys crash the van, Snake gets mutated, the boys break in, fight some guards, and Mikey proves that he isn’t crazy about the aliens.. and then trips an alarm. Smooth Mikey, smooth. They find the captives, that being this version of April O’Neil and her scientist father. Now in most versions, April is an adult woman. Here? She is aged down and is around sixteen years old. We’ll talk more about that later. The bad guys, aka The Kraang, take the captives away and as the boys give chase,t hey are confronted by the mutant Snake... who is a weed monster. Hey, that’s breaking supervillain rules writers! If you have an evil sounding name, that’s what you turn into! Donnie is sent to rescue the O’Neil’s as the other three face Snakeweed... Mikey’s idea, not mine.

The boys eventually defeat Snake via Leo’s direction and mass electrocution while Donnie is able to rescue April, but her father is taken away. April plans to find him however, no matter what it takes with the boys promising to help in whatever way they can. Once home, Leo finds out the complex reasoning for why he was named the leader over everyone else... because he asked. Ming-boggling, right? Well there is actually another reason, but we’ll talk about this in S4. The boys also made the news as their shruriken got found, but come on, what could one tiny news story do that would be bad? Well... being seen by your master’s worst enemy and re-igniting his lust for vengeance might count! Woopsie!

Overall, a solid two parter. It establishes the characters well, has fun fight scenes, the animation is a little dated now but still pretty good, the dialogue is funny, and it does a good job setting up future plotlines while fulfilling it’s own plot. It started 2k12 off on the right foot and was still enjoyable over five years since it’s initial premiere.

The Beginning (Episodes 3-8)

The episodes following the premiere create a steady flow of creating the status quo. You have episodes like Turtle Temper, Metalhead, and Monkey Brains (kinda) that have the boys dealing with the Kraang’s Plan of the Week as they continue their mutagen experiments. It helps with character development and some minor plot progression, such as Raph learning how dangerous his anger can be and Donnie learning to rely on his instincts rather than on his mind 100% of the time. Some are going to want me to comment on the shipping stuff, But I’m gonna save that for later. The biggest issue with these episodes, aside from Monkey Brains, is the Kraang. They are not interesting as villains at all. As great a VA as Nolan North is, the Kraang’s way of talking just gets... annoying. It doesn't help that the threat ultimately becomes either an accidental mutant or Donnie’s robot... well okay a Kraang possessed the later, but it shows that those are more interesting villains than the Kraang themselves and they exist mroe to just have an excuse for a plot. It’s really irking after awhile.

As far as plot goes, it’s mostly your usual ‘Monster of the Week’ stuff. But it has some small things that have a larger impact later. For one, in Monkey Brains, April begins to tap into what looks like some strong emphatic abilities. More on this next season. But due to this, Splinter decides to take April on as a student and train her to be a kunoichi (a female ninja). This will be the largest part of her character for the remainder of the series. April herself... is not utilized as well as she could have been in these early episodes. She’s described as the boys guide to the outside world, and she does serve that in some respects. For example, introducing Mikey to social media in New Friend, Old Enemy to let him make friends without exposing his mutant identity. And in Never Say Xever she takes them to a blind man’s shop so that they can actually experience life topside for once. The issue is we never see April establish bonds with the boys or Splinter after her introduction. In New Friend, Old Enemy she just acts like she’s been friends with the guys for awhile and after showing Mikey the net, doesn’t appear or is even mentioned in the episode again. She disappears after her importance in Metalhead as well, but she is given mroe to work with there at least. I glossed over this when I was watching the show and April does get mroe time with the guys, her relationship with Splinter being one of my favorites. Still, they didn’t do a lot with having April become part of the group or really act on her role as their ‘guide’ and I feel they just wanted to ignore it to get to the other stuff. Which is just a bummer.

So you’re probably wondering about Shredder stuff, right? Well thankfully the Foot Episodes are also the most plot relevant episodes. It starts with New Friend, Old Enemy where Shredder arrives in New York and assigns one of his lieutenants, a famous martial artist named Chris Bradford, to find out about Splinter. The Foot end up encountering the Turtles, with Bradford later using this to manipulate Mikey after accidentally becoming online friends with him. He captures him and use shim as bait to lure out the other three and then follow them to where Splinter is hiding. It fails with the boys using their knowledge of the sewers to literally wash Bradford and his partner, Xever, away. Along with the dangers of meeting people you don’t really know on social media, the episode presents a very unique lesson. In a fight for your life, screw fairness, You fight by any means necessary to stay alive, including fighting dirty. Most shows emphasize on being fair, but this one actually acknowledges that if your life is on the line, you do what it takes to get out alive. It’s a unique message for a kids show and one that I really appreciate.

Next is Never Say Xever where Xever gets to lead the charge. After the boys track down the two and get beat up, Xever receives inlet from the Purple Dragons, who int his version are pretty much a trio of teen thugs. The Turtles fought them off earlier at the shop April took them to, with Leo sparing the leader as an act of mercy. Something that Raph takes umbridge with... as he does with most anything that Leo does in the first half of the series. It’s no surprise that Leo and Raph butt heads, as they do in most series, and it follows their respective arcs. Leo having to deal with being leader as well as realizing that it’s much more pressuring and unforgiving than he thought, while Raph act son his jealousy that Leo got the position even though he’s the better fighter and therefore questioning Leo’s orders or outright just being an asshole for no good reason. But after the shop owner is kidnapped to lure the Turtles out, Leo’s act of mercy ends up saving them as the lead Dragon repays the favor by throwing him back his discarded sword. Which Leo uses to break a water tower to wash the bad guys away again. Angered, The Shredder decides to handle the Turtles himself.

The episodes do a good job in establishing a solid status quo. Bad guy does a thing, one character has their B-Plot to deal with, there’s a clash, the plots intertwine, bad guy gets defeated, and the lesson of the day is learned. A simple routine, but it works here. Plus we get plenty of character establishment and moments which makes you care about them. For example even though Raph is a massive jerk, the end of New Friend, Old Enemy has his comfort Mikey after the deceit and have him see that he’s a good kid who simply got duped as anyone else would. With this being after Raph mocked him wanting to make friends throughout the episode, it helped show that he does have a caring side. Leo frequently has issues with being a leader, such as dealing with Raph and moments like in ITHNiBS where the guys outright refuse to listen to him when he tries to remind them that they’re grounded. Even Splinter has a lot of moments, being a stern but fair parental figure and wise mentor, but is also snarky as Hell. We also see hints to how much the past has affected him, like after April agrees to undergo kunoichi training and leaves the dojo, there’s just a brief moment where he looks down with a forlorn expression. As though wishing that he was telling this to his own MIA daughter. It’s so subtle, but it speaks volumes about his emotional state. 

The characters are ultimately what makes these episodes works and what I would say is the strongest part of the series. You are likely going to relate to or like someone from this show and their progression. But now that we have a fully formed status quo, it’s time to shake it up a little bit and have the Turtles experience their first hard dose of reality.

The Escalation (Epsidoes 9-13)

Episode 9 begins as a typical ‘Mutant of the Week’ plot with the guys trying to catch a pigeon mutant that was after April. But when they do, they discover that he was simply trying to deliver a message... from her father. The message warns her to get out of the city due to a mutagen bomb, but she refuses to leave without him. As such,t he Turtles... somehow... find where Mr. O’Neil is and try to save him. While they get him out of the cell and get the location of the bomb, Mr. O’Neil sacrifices himself when the Kraang outnumber them so that the boys can protect April. All while poor April can only watch, helpless to do anything. Ouch...

The Turtles can only go to where the bomb is to disarm it, but things get further complicated when Bradford and Xever attack, wanting payback from before. Fortunately Donnie disarms the bomb and the four corner the two, but Bradford refuse sot go down quietly and stabs the bomb, but all it does is mutate himself and Xever. But ti also washes them away.... again. I should also point out that this point,t he Turtles have gotten incredibly over-confident since they’ve beaten every bad guy so far, feeling unstoppable. So then... Shredder arrives. Yep. And he kicks their shells HARD. Liek he holds no punches, he easily over-powers all four of them and almost stabs Leo int he head. The only reason that they escape is Shredder getting distracted by his now mutated lieutenants. But the boys retreat, badly beaten up and completely demoralized.

The next episode focuses on the fallout. The four are mostly feeling better, but their fears are being escalated by, of all people, Splinter. This is due to the boys nearly getting killed by his long-time rival re-igniting his own trauma and having nightmares over losing them, causing him to again keep them in the sewers and be far more harsh with his training. The only one doing moderately well is April, who gets intel about the Foot planning to destroy the sewers. The Turtles try to stop it, but get pounded by Bradford, who is now a giant dog mutant named Dogpound. This forces April to get the inlet herself, but she gets caught an captured by the Foot. This further brings Leo down, but to his surprise Raph actually encourages him to pull himself together and lead the team. The Turtles manage to both save April and stop the Foot from destroying the sewers with Splinter apologizing for allowing his fears to affect both himself and his sons. Overall, a solid pair of episodes that bring the boys down a bit, finally has all the plots meet somewhere, and deliver a strong message about not letting fear control you or the others around you.

After a filler episode where the only importance is Shredder forcibly recruiting Stockman to his forces, we get some more Kraang stuff with Episode 12. Where we actually show them being dangerous. Shocker, right?! It also introduces us to long-time supporting character within the franchise  Leatherhead. Here he is an alligator mutant who the Kraang experimented on and it causes him to have violent fits of rage if he so much as hears the word ‘Kraang’. The Turtles end up saving him when the Kraang try to re-capture him, but find his angry bursts, well... dangerous. But Mikey is able to befriend him and it becomes more clear that LH is actually a rather intelligent, good-hearted mutant who has been put through Hell. He gets run off by Splinter though when one of his trauma-induced bursts causes him to attack the boys, forcing the rat master to intervene. Mikey, and by proxy the other three, give chase to an old subway car where LH reveals how the Kraang took him to their home, Dimension X, and experimented on him. He escaped and also took their Power Cell, cutting them off form Dimension X, in hopes of saving humanity from them. The Kraang want it back and act like a zombie swarm as they break through the car. LH fights them off, leaving the Power Cell in the Turtles care.

While Episode 11 sucks (to put it simply Leo and Raph are overbearing assholes while Donnie and Mikey are just made to be as weak as possible), the other three do a good job at making the villains more solid threats. Shredder was built up as intimidating and powerful, and boy did he deliver. The Turtles face their first major loss and have to deal with the fallout, Leo especially dealing with his first real failure as a leader. Even the Kraang come off as a scarier hivemind and we get mroe stuff on them, like Dimension X and their plans to mutate the Earth. Add that with a strong supporting character like Leatherhead, who is understandably traumatized but is an intelligent being who is trying to prevent others form suffering like him. and it helps make some strong episodes.

The first half of the season concludes with the 13th episodes... that aired as the 14th for some reason. But I’m going in order of my DVD’s and this was after Episode 12, so it’s what I’m going with. It both concludes a lot and opens up a lot for the future. The episode I am talking about is, of course New Girl in Town.

TBC in Part Two....

[real-retail-stories]

My boss thinks I have an attitude??

I should clarify before all of this: I am pretty sure I have anxiety. Or at least anxiety issues. Or a specific type of anxiety. All through my life I’ve been terrified of getting in trouble with authority figures (teachers, employers, etc) which results in me being extremely polite and respectful to everyone, especially authority figures and such. As well as this, I like being respectful, feels good and stuff. All through school I was told “Oh X is very quiet but he works really well and is very nice to teach” and other variations of that at parents evenings. Not once has any teacher kicked off about me having attitude. Or anyone I’ve worked with. Be it at other work places, educational places, or whatever. I’m a pretty pleasant human IF i do say so myself because I absolutely want to be on everyone’s good sides. Anyway:

So yesterday I was at work, doing my usual stuff. Absolutely nothing out of the ordinary. It was very very busy and I was just doing what I could.

I was stood next to my manager, looking at an item, trying to figure out where it should rightfully go, I didn’t know because it was an item I’d never handled before, so I asked my manager, who was working on his computer just to my right (that very same morning, the same manager told me I hadn’t been taking enough care whilst filing stuff away, which, fair enough, i hadn’t, so i wanted to be sure where this item went). He tells me to ask my supervisor. He say’s it in a very “I shouldn’t have to tell you this” way, even though I literally did not know what I should do because no one fucking told me (my training for this job was an hour in a storage room where a guy read a booklet to us assuming we’d remember it forever). Almost at exactly the same time as I ask him, my supervisor calls me over about, coincidentally, the same item. She calls before the manager answers. I turn my head to look at her. And at the same time, they both talk to me. So you can imagine, I just had two people fire a jumble of information at me at exactly the same moment, so I’m pretty confused right?

My manager repeats himself, sounding even more annoyed, which was totally fucking unnecessary because I didn’t ask him to at all. My supervisor calls again because I think she thought I didn’t hear her or something? idk. But at this point i make a critical move. I make this weird and kinda silly noise like “aahh” in a sorta “ahh i’m so confused hahaha funny lol get it guys” way just bc i’m awkward, I didn’t think anything of it though.

I take the item and give it to my supervisor at the other end of the store.

I go back to where I was stood before and my manager tells me to follow him. I follow him thinking he’s gonna bring something up like “oh you rang up an item wrong earlier” or something, something trivial. How wrong I was.

The conversation went a little like this:

Manager: “Okay, so you just tutted at me twice in the last 5 minutes.”

I’m visibly confused again, not even sure how serious he’s being. I didn’t even know what he meant by “tutted”. I guess he might have meant like a stereotypical teenager groan?? Like an “ughh” type thing? I still don’t know. I’d always assume a tut was like a “woopsie silly me” kind of thing? like if you dropped something and you were like *tut* i’m such a doof or something?

He then goes to imply that it was disrespectful

Immediately I start to feel all freaked out and bad because its been so long since i’ve been addressed like that and go into ultimate apology mode. Not actually something i’ve done since I was very young.

Me: “Honest to god man, I didn’t intend or even realise I’d done that i meant no disrespect at all-”

He cuts me off. At this point I had my hands raised in front of me in a “this is a big misunderstanding” type of way.

Manager: “Don’t start with the hands man. Do you think you can talk to me like that? I’m your store manager”

at this point i’m just baffled that he thought i was actually trying to be disrespectful to someone like him

Me: “no..”

Manager: “How old are you?”

Me: “I’m 19”

Manager: “You’ve got way too much attitude for a 19 year old”

At this point I’m trying to keep myself together. I could feel my eyes welling up for some reason, which is weird because I genuinely did not feel like I was going to cry. As a 19 year old male that’d look bad as well (because heaven for-fend a man has emotions). I just have weirdly sensitive tear ducts or something lol

Manager: “Is this how you were at school? I know this is a casual work place but you can’t be pissing around like this”

I can’t remember exactly what happened here because the fact that he’d imply i fucked around at school and was disrespectful made my blood boil. I went from shocked and worried to straight pissed in a second flat. Of course I didn’t show it but it was there. I had the worst anxiety of my life at school. I was scared of everyone. And i hated it when people fucked around at school and were rude to teachers. I thought those kids were idiots so it just made me even madder.

Me: “No.”

There’s not much else to it really. I basically took the heat for it even though I literally did not do anything to him at fucking all. I had no idea how he got offended at my actions. It just makes me think that he’s been misreading me for my entire time at this place and this was the thing that put him over the edge. Before he was finished he reminded me how I’m still in my probation period and how I still haven’t technically got a job there. I’m quitting after Christmas either way. That’s when my probation should end but I know its only going to get extended. I’m not gonna carry on with it because I don’t enjoy any aspects of the job. I thought i’d love it but everyone there talks down to me and honestly doesn’t match the respect I give out.

I mentioned it to my mum when I got home that night, and she agreed. I don’t have any attitude problems at all, and she’s proud of how polite I am and stuff. She said that obviously I’m too old for her to intervene and say something (wouldn’t have let her anyway) but had this been at school and if he was a teacher then it would absolutely have been worth intervening.

The weirdest bit is I spoke to him at the end of the day and he was totally fine. Like nothing had happened. Totally smiley and normal. Like what the fuck. This was maybe an hour after he just tore into me over something that didn’t happen and he was talking to me like he’d never been mad in the first place. I swear to god the guy’s a psychopath of some sort. I walked past him outside after I left and he said bye in a real cheery voice.

tldr; boss man do wrong shouty for no reason make me sad and amgry

[cochinitasdance]

10.25.20th_SEXXXY_Dancelist

Well it’s probably been too long since my last romp but I know I’ve had quite a few chances with humans and passed them over for a more independent life because as soon as you start engaging physically with someone on a regular basis, forget autonomy. Not allowing myself autonomy for most of my adult life, 25 years of non stop relationships, has made me crave this more than romance. While the occasional hook up has never worked out for me in real life, I can still honor my non waning sex drive through occasionally rubbing one out and/or shaking my butt to the beat, till I’m exhausted. 

Olivia Newton-John - Physical

This video is just hilarious. Olivia’s facial expressions are on point with every line and the surprise ending is the icing that seals the deal. Videos like this is what made my childhood livable. Catchy song, campy images: Olivia knew her fan base. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWz9VN40nCA

Prince - Erotic City

I think this might be the sexiest song Prince ever wrote and part of it is due to Sheila E.’s voice. I couldn’t find proper live footage of Prince playing this and I’m shocked that there’s literally no official video buuut I found a fan video of clips from the movie House Party paired up with the song, so I included that instead.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JfyVZxeqe8

!! EDIT !! 11/28/20 !! EDIT : Turns out that was a cover and not the original recording woopsy! although I’ve decided this version is pretty nifty so no harm. I’m including the original AND Sheila E. live version..

so take yer pick cow pokes!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yzLiluzvEY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY4gnToCXa4

Berlin - Sex (I’m a Man)

How many times can you declare that you’re a man, without it getting old? Berlin has that sexy answer. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luMoGdwixTM

T'Pau - Heart And Soul 

When you really wanna hook back up with that special someone but its all sooo elusive. Were those previous times an accident, fluke or a dream?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwrYMWoqg5w

Sylvia Robinson - Pillow Talk

Whos got the best pillow talk? Sylvia that’s who! She can woo me with her high pitched airy, jazzy rasp of a voice anyday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQn68_n2U0U

Ginuwine - Pony

Normally songs like these are just plain corny but somehow, I enjoy this one completely, even in a somewhat facetious way. It’s also perfect for a cool down jam.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbnoG2dsUk0