#would've been a fun running gag

[annoying--moth]

Rewatching ouat and just got to the episode where Cora dies, and her reaction after her heart gets put back in made me think... What if she got her heart put back in but didn't die? She says to Regina "You would have been enough" so could we have gotten a potential Cora redemption arc where she tries to become a better mother? I think she would've been really interesting as a permanent character, especially once Zelena came along. (No idea what would've happened to Rumple, but I feel like he could've found a way to stick around. Or maybe he'd just die idk)

[theheadlessgroom]

@beatingheart-bride

"...so I go looking for the little scamp, and I find him under the bed, looking extremely guilty, and with plenty of whipped cream still smeared on his cheeks," Wilhelm was recounting sometime later, having fallen into family stories, chiefly ones from Randall's childhood (the more endearing, the more embarrassing it was-all the more reason to tell them!), grinning to Emily as he continued, "Of course, he tries to tell me that he didn't eat all the whipped cream his ma just baked-told me it was the Whipped Cream Fairy who came in and ate it all."

"Pa..." Randall groaned, burying his reddened face in his hands at his father's storytelling, at which Wilhelm grinned, "It was cute, lad! Yes, your mother was a little irked in the moment, but she was able to laugh about it pretty quickly!"

"I was," June commented to Emily, resting her head in her chin as Randall continued to hide his face (though she caught a glimpse of a smile between his fingers), leaning back comfortably in her chair, enjoying the relaxed nature of the conversation as she recalled, "I spent all day baking up a banana cream pie, and I'd been so proud of my piping work with the whipped cream...I leave the room for all the more of five seconds, and when I come back, it's like I'd never decorated it at all! He could be very sneaky when he wanted to be, very soft on his feet when he was little, don't ask me how he pulled it off."

[nikamuhlsrealwife777]

After that absolutely masterclass by the one and only Azzi Fudd, I think this means we should get an Azzi fic 👀

Keeping it simple and just her and her gf celebrating her domination in that game and her gf being so freaking proud of her

ALL MY GHOST - A.F.

yet again guys....if it's not good let me know

For our princess, Azzi, cause she cooked today

"UCONN UPSETS SOUTH CAROLINA IN A BLOWOUT GAME," I couldn't believe my ears. UConn really just played like their lives depended on it, and it gain them a win. The shouting, the upsetting groans, it was a thrilling experience I didn't think I was gonna experience...ever.

"Oh my God! We did it!" Azzi pulled me into a hug over the bench she had been sitting. Laughing aloud, I hugged the girl back. The energy radiating off the girl and the team.

"Baby, you need to go celebrate with the team...not me."

She shakes her head, nuzzling it further into my neck, "but I wanna celebrate with you."

I sigh, "Azzi...."

"Yes, my love?" Her eyes meeting mine, playing innocent.

"You know what."

"Fineee...but I wish we could go back to the hotel....cuddle...maybe throw in a movie while I read my book," I laugh as her eyes light up.

"And we'll do that...after you spend some time with Paige," I noticed the blonde making her way towards us, "speaking of the devil."

Paige scrunches her face up in disgust, wrapping an arm around Azzi. Pulling the girl away from me a bit. "First of all, I am an angel...not a devil. Second, why are you holdin' the people's princess back from her team, y/n/n? Like, girl, come on!"

Rolling my eyes, I snap back, "sorry your best friend would rather hang with me....guess I'm just better."

Paige's turn to roll her eyes, Azzi's never leaving mine, "whatever, bruh...can I steal your girlfriend for like two minutes?"

Azzi's eyes plead for me to say no, but that didn't matter to Paige. She would've taken the girl anyway.

"Sure...just don't keep her too long...I wanna have my fun with her too."

The blonde's eyes widened, "aye yo....chill out there."

Blushing, Azzi laughed, "P....get your mind out the gutter. We're just gonna have a movie night."

"Sure....almost 30 point game and watching movies is all you're gonna do....right," The curly haired girl shoved Paige playfully. Sending the blonde back, her raising her hands in surrender before walking back with the team.

"Yeah....I wouldn't wanna wear you out of course," she slapped my shoulder, "ow!"

"I need you to stop being a flirt," she took a quick look before leaning in to place a soft peck to my lips, "You might make Paige jealous."

"Good," a smirk played on my lips, "cause she's missing out."

She rolled her eyes, "wait for me by the exit, okay? Oh, we should totally grab something to eat on the way to the hotel too."

I snicker, "you got it, princess."

She leaned in for another quick kiss, running off into the locker room with the rest of the Huskies.

After about 20 minutes, I get a message, Azzi was on her way out. Waiting by the doors, I watched as the girl made her way through the hallway. Her smile was bright, her laughter was warm, she made me forget about everything else in the world. Everything bad or good. The only thing I knew was Azzi.

"Hey babe," kissing my cheek, I intertwined our hands.

"Hey baby," Paige let out a loud gag before sprinting off, "I don't even have to flirt to make her jealous."

"Whatever...I was thinking...."

"What were you thinking?"

"What if we stopped and got a pizza," I nod, "then, we run to Barnes and Noble."

"And why do we need to go there, Az?" I tilted my head, knowing what the answer was going to be.

"Since I had such an amazing game....maybe you could buy me a book?"

I laughed, "you got it, but that's totally a princess move."

"And I'm proud of it," she held her head up high, soft chuckles falling from both of us.

The car ride was nice. We listened to whatever she wanted to play, we stopped by Barnes and Noble to buy the book she was wanting,.we grabbed drinks from Dunkin, and finally stopped to get pizza before heading back to the hotel. I sat down the box before throwing myself on the bed. A small laugh fell from Azzi's lips.

"I'm so tired," I whined.

"You're tired? Baby, I'm the one who literally played a game," a teasing tone dripped from her voice.

"I get your tiredness... we're just connected or something," a laugh escaped her again.

"What happened to movie and cuddles though," I could hear the pout in her voice, my head snapped to look at her. Her lips out in a pout, her eyes wide.

I jump up, pulling Azzi into me, before falling back in the bed, "then come lay with me!"

"Y/n!"

Without fighting, she just let me hold her. Her arms tighten around me, her head resting on my chest. I knew I loved her, I always had, but something about this moment felt different. It was so easy yet so charged with emotions. I didn't know what to feel.

"I love you, princess," mumbling the words against her hair, placing a soft kiss afterwards.

"I love you too, y/n/n."

[love-belle]

light as a feather !!!

*ੈ✩‧₊˚ in which she writes a song and finds love again while he finds himself facing the consequences of his actions.

or

for when the right person is right around the corner. ˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚

social media au // lando norris x fem!ex!reader // charles leclerc x fem!reader (implied)

sequel - you got me thinking nonsense ⋆·˚ ༘ *

warnings - language, mention of cock once, sex jokes (???)

author's note - might make a part 2 idkk but i hope u like this <3 thank u sm for reading!!!! alsoooo im gonna start a taglist so if ur interested PLEASE let me know <3

taglist - @marsdreamworld @1nt3rnetgf

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popnews y/n y/l/n and lando norris called it quits after almost a year of being together. this news came after y/l/n flew out to see him during the dutch grand prix and left the very next day, not attending the race. "it was very sudden, neither of them saw it coming," sources close to the pair commented. "they were together for a year and it was getting very real and that scared lando. he just felt like the relationship had run its course and wasn't going anywhere." this proved to be kind of confusing and controversial as not even a week after their break up, norris was spotted with a girl out on a "date". for more details, visit the link in our bio.

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yourusername feather out everywhere lol have fun with this one <3

tagged landonorris

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yourusername floatin through the memories like wtv (photo creds to charles_leclerc who annoyed me until i agreed to post these)

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landonorris talking shit ain't gonna do a thing

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[songmingisthighs]

how ateez treats your child

group : ateez

pairing : ateez (individual) × single mom!reader

genre : fluff

wc : 3 k

warning : children. children are walking warning signs.

a/n : this cancelled my sleep so there's that </3

buy me coffee ?

hongjoong

The door of your apartment opened and in comes your son squealing happily for you, almost running inside until Hongjoong stopped him to take his shoes off first. As Hongjoong helped him, he was grinning widely at you who walked over to meet them halfway, "Hi mommy!" He called, finally able to rush to give you a huge hug once his shoes were completely off. "Hiya, bud! How was your day with Hongjoong?" Though you asked him, Hongjoong beat him to answering, "We had a great time! Little buddy here mastered the C, D, G, and A chord on the piano!" He boasted as he wrapped his arms around your waist, pecking your lips gently making your son gag before rushing to put his backpack in his room.

You both separated momentarily and you cupped your boyfriend's face, "Seriously Joongie, thank you so much for picking him up from school, I swear I would've done-" Hongjoong stopped your rambling by planting another soft peck on your lips with a chuckle, "Hey, I told you we had a great time. I finally found someone who wouldn't complain sitting in my studio for hours on end and you can't take that away from me," teased, poking fun at the times you complained about him needing a break from his work.

Just as you were about to shower him with more affection, your son returned to push Hongjoong away with all his might. "My turn to hug mommy!" He said after he managed to unlatch Hongjoong from you. Feeling challenged, Hongjoong pulled him away just as he was about to wrap all four of his limbs around you, "No way, I spent the day with you now I want time with my girlfriend." Hongjoong knew how jealous your son can be because he too is a jealous man. So as expected, your son screeched and began to try to get Hongjoong as far away from you as he could. But of course, Hongjoong retaliated, using your son's socks clad feet to carefully push him just enough so he'd slide away from you while you stood there both confused and amused at their shenanigans.

seonghwa

On Saturdays, you'd usually spend the morning catching up with your friends and knowing this, Seonghwa made sure to sleep over on Fridays as often as he could to help care for your daughter (which is crap because he's always at your place anyways). Unbeknownst to you, he and your daughter had bonded beyond your imagination. Not that you were surprised since Seonghwa had spent years taking care of a group filled with 5 year olds, your own 5 year old must've been easy to take care of.

When you came back from your brunch, you were surprised to find Seonghwa and your daughter by the dining table, your daughter standing on a chair and Seonghwa close to her side, looking absolutely serious. They had their arms crossed, eyebrows furrowed, and lips pursed as they stared at the 10 plates of cake in front of them. It was honestly an adorable sight because for some reason, you saw how they looked so similar.

"Am I interrupting something?" You chuckled as you approached them. Seonghwa welcomed you by wrapping an arm around your hip and kissing the side of your head as youe daughter answered, "Hwahwa and I are food testing again! Today's theme is bakery we can't pronounce!" She grinned widely before returning to glare at the cakes. "Aaaaaand why are you guys only staring at these cakes?" You asked with a raised eyebrow. Seonghwa sighed and shook his head, "We can't decide where to start so we're trying to rank them from the prettiest first before actually sampling them," Seonghwa explained. "And it's such a hard decision!" Your daughter groaned and dramatically leaned on Seonghwa for support. Reciprocating, your boyfriend also faked a cry, turning around to let you go in favour of hugging your daughter, "We are stuck in a dilemma!" "Well, whatever you guys decide to do, better do it fast before the ants tries the cakes first," you sighed before retreating to change, leaving your boyfriend and your daughter to go back to... whatever activity they were doing.

yunho

Babysitting was something Yunho didn't expect to do for his girlfriend. Then again, he didn't expect that he'd be dating a single mom. Luckily, you had the most precious daughter that just melt Yunho's whole being and he loves her so much that he didn't consider babysitting as babysitting anymore.

As he was washing the dishes after eating the food he got for him and your daughter, he heard the soft pitter patter of her tiny feet and then he felt soft tugs on his sweatpants. Without abandoning his task, Yunho looked down at the girl with a gentle smile, "Yes, peanut?" She giggled happily, liking the nickname a lot. "Can you teach me how to dance?" She asked, tilting her head to the side like the most adorable puppy ever. Yunho grinned widely because he had always wanted to impart some of his knowledge to someone and the most imparting he had done was turning his little brother to a gaming nerd. After wiping his hands with a rag, Yunho crouched down to the girl's level (as best he could because even when crouching down, the tiny girl only reached his chin), "Okay then, what dance do you wanna learn?"

Your daughter decided that she wanted to learn Bouncy which wasn't even in the list of dances Yunho offered her as he thought it would be too hard for her. But she was adamant, shaking her head so hard that her pigtails almost came loose. But to Yunho's pleasant surprise, the girl was amazing. She picked up the choreography smoothly in 3 tries. Sure, Yunho had to simplify certain parts but she got most of the choreography down. He couldn't help but takw a video of them dancing together and sending it to his groupmates, parents, and even you, captioning it 'look at me and my peanut ♡'.

yeosang

It was a casual day which was rare for both you and Yeosang. Since your life has been so hectic, you decided to stay in with your son who decided he wanted to use the time he had to finish his homework. Yeosang and he had been friendly with each other but they were not close (yet) as they haven't spent much time together nor have they found anything in common. But you were hopeful.

You and Yeosang were cuddled on the couch as the TV played a drama that you and he wanted to watch while your son sat on the floor with his homework spread open on the portable desk. "I'll be right back sweetie," you told Yeosang, patting him on the thigh before walking away to go to the bathroom. At first, Yeosang only paid attention to the tv but from the corner of his eyes, he could see your son looking around for you every so often, lips pouting and hand scratching his head which indicated that he was stuck on his homework. For some reason, Yeosang found it in him to be the first one to make the move, "Hey there buddy, what homework do you got there?" He asked, catching your son by surprise. For a moment, your son could only look back and forth between the homework and Yeosang, hesitating. Yeosang was about to tell him that he didn't have to share when your son grabbed his book and walked over to Yeosang on his knees and dropped the book on Yeosang's lap, "It's math but I don't know how to do this," he said sadly, gesturing to the opened page. Yeosang grinned widely and his chest puffed with pride, "Well, lucky for you, I'm a math wiz! Come on, let's solve this together."

When you came back, you saw Yeosang had situated himself next to your son on his portable desk, teaching him how to solve the equations that he was stuck on and he was conversing with the boy so well. He allowed the boy to try and solve the equation and gently letting him know where he was wrong. They were so immersed that they hadn't realized you returning to your seat as they took a break to play the multiplication game, evem teasing each other when the other took too long to answer.

san

San loved kids and it showed with how he actually volunteered on babysitting your son as you go on a business trip. At first you were worried because your son had never been away from you to be in a place that's not your home. But San convinced you that it was fine, he was fine with spending time with his best bud and if it wasn't for the great bond they had, you wouldn't have been able to leave your baby to tend to your responsibilities.

"Say bye to mommy!" San urged your son who was sitting on his lap wearing his beanie. "Bye mommy! I miss you!" Your son said as he waved his hands to the camera while San did the same, throwing lots of air kisses your way before hanging up. As soon as the call ended, your son went back to watching San played a game. "Is that uncle Yunho?" He asked, reaching forward to point at a character on the screen. San grinned widely and pat the boy on the head gently, "That's right, bud! You're starting to understand the game, don't you?" They spent another hour like that, San playing the game with Yunho, Yeosang, and Jongho as your son ask him questions and eventually even tried a round (to which he died within 30 seconds and San had to hug and reassure him that he'd teach him how to play better and in time, he might be great).

Without realizing, as it was his habit, San started singing random songs that popped into his head. The crisp sound of keyboard and mouse clicking paired with San's honey voice proved to induce sleep in your son as his eyes drooped low and his eyelids fluttered ever so gently before closing. It took a while for San to realize that your son had been quiet, only leaning on his sturdy chest. When he looked down, San almost squaled at just how adorable your son looked sleeping so comfortably; one of his eyes covered by the beanie that had shifted, his mouth agape, and his body completely relaxed comfortably in San's lap. Carefully, San took a selfie of him and your son, changing the picture to his homescreen before shutting the game and bringing the boy who wrapped his arms tightly around San's neck when San lifted him up to the bed so he could sleep soundly. Even then, your son refused to let go of San, holding onto two of San's fingers as he dozed off to dreamland where San soon followed.

mingi

Kids were something Mingi wanted in the future. He knew he wanted to have his own but he knew that he's going to have to learn and practice before actually having one. Which was a predicament considering he's dating someone with a 3 year old daughter. But she's just the most precious thing ever that Mingi pushed his insecurities away to dote on the princess.

Like now, Mingi found himself unable to peel away from your bed where your daughter was napping. He was mesmerized at how adorable she looked with her tiny tiny snores and absolute relaxed expression. "Mingi, baby, you're going to wake her up if you keep staring at her like that," you said, poking your boyfriend on his shoulder for him to simply wave you off, "No I won't, I promise. I'm just trying to understand how she's so absolutely adorable like a tiny tiny marshmallow," he squeaked in utter adoration. You couldn't help but smile and rolled your eyes at how whipped Mingi was for your daughter but you couldn't blame him. "Well, I'm going to go the convenience store because the little princess is going to want her yogurt when she wakes up and we're out. So you try your best to not eat this tiny tiny marshmallow," you teased him before leaving the room and the apartment.

After a while, Mingi felt a little thirsty so he carefully got off the bed and went to the kitchen. He was just taking his first gulp when he heard soft whimpers and sobs coming from your room. Immediately, he put the glass down and rushed to the little girl who was sitting up on the bed, sniffling because she thought she was left alone. When she heard Mingi came in, she immediately reached both hands towards him, asking to be picked up. "Minnie," she whimpered with trembling bottom lip. Without thinking, Mingi scooped the girl up in his arms and started calming her down while she clung on him for dear life. "Don't worry princess, Minnie's here, Minnie's got you," he repeated, smiling to himself when he heard the girl calming down as she nuzzled her face on his shoulder, finally content.

wooyoung

Initially you hesitated dating Wooyoung because you have a daughter. A 4 year old daughter who is your whole life and the very reason you hesitated being in a relationship. But when you found Wooyoung who absolutely adored your daughter, you knew you made the right choice taking the leap.

Usually, the men you date would make you leave your daughter at your friend's or with a babysitter or even with your parents by guilt-tripping or bluntly stating that they didn't feel comfortable with your kid. Not Wooyoung though, not at all. He's the type to want to take your daughter on your dates, even going as far as planning the date around your daughter. You couldn't forget her face when Wooyoung took her to the fox cafe, seeing them both running around the place and somehow blending in with the animals. That day, Wooyoung came home with 137 nee pictures and videos of your daughter going nuts over the animals. Since then, they were insepparable.

"Hi, I'm here to pick up my daughter," you smiled at the receptionist of the daycare who stared at you in confusion. "I-I'm sorry, but someone already came in for your daughter," she said, causing your eyes to bulge out in panic, "What? Who? Why would you let a stranger take my child?" Your voice was getting louder which scared the poor receptionist. "I-I'm sorry ma'am it-it's just that, your daughter called him papa so I-" "Papa? Who-" just as you were about to continue, your eyes saw a very familiar figure holding your daughter in his arms, happily talking. Wooyoung's eyes met yours and he momentarily paused, realizing that he got caught "kidnapping" your daughter. Just as you were about to call for him, Wooyoung grinned widely and pointed at you which caused your daughter to turn in his arms and beamed. "Now, say bye bye to mama!" He teased but your daughter did as she was told anyways, waving at you happily saying bye bye before Wooyoung whisked her away without any care, casually walking out of the daycare as if you weren't frozen in your spot, looking at them leaving just like that.

jongho

Jongho knew what he got himself into when he agreed to date you, knowing full well that you have a son. He didn't really care about whether or not you have a child but he grew very fond of the boy rather quickly. How can he not? The boy seemed to take a liking to Jongho to the point that he idolized the man. Especially Jongho's strength.

The three of you went out for a picnic because it was such a beautiful day and your son remembered Jongho saying that he should be out when the sun is out. As he was helping you take food out, he noticed the boy was doing the same, even taking glances at how Jongho was doing things. It was absolutely adorable. Suddenly, Jongho stood up and reached for a bag to produce a soccer ball. "Hey, bud," he spun and tossed the ball in his hands and you could see your son getting so hyped up, super excited, "Wanna learn how to play soccer?" Jongho asked. Seeing as your son basically had sparkles in his eyes, you could only roll your eyes playfully and shoo them off to play so you could FINALLY set the food up in peace..

They chose a spot not too far, somewhere you can still keep an eye on your son but still relax in the shady area with your book. Jongho and your son were having a blast being active together. The boy was thrilled to have been given personal coaching from the guy he admired most and Jongho was experiencing the joy of mentoring a child who looked up to him as much. "There you go, buddy! That's it!" Jongho cheered when your son managed to kick the ball with a running start. Unfortunately, once the ball was kicked, he tripped and fell on the grass. Just as you were about to rush to him, you saw Jongho rushing at the boy who had tears brimming in his eyes and a quivering bottom lip, frozen on the ground not knowing what to do. Without hesitation, Jongho pulled the boy up and hugged him tightly in his strong arms, "I'm so proud of you, buddy! That was such a good kick!" Jongho was hoping that by reminding him of his achievement, your son wouldn't focus much on his fall which thankfully happened. When your son pulled away from Jongho's hug, he was giggling while wiping the tears away with his arm, nodding shyly. "Do you think you can do that again after we eat something?" Jongho asked as he adjusted the boy before swooping down to grab the ball on the ground and walking towards where you were. You've never seen your son so excited talking about anything to anyone and frankly, you couldn't be more glad that it was Jongho who made him so.

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[legalandnotease]

Talking about casual ableism - I saw this post on Instagram about Sebastian talking about how he didn't get why the dishwasher scene in Thunderbolts was funny, and 99% of the comments were like '🙄 It is funny though - don't know why he was confused'. Then this one person went 'Yeah he's right it isn't funny it's disrespectful to him' and then they got several replies going 'Wow you need to learn how to take a joke! You're a lame snowflake with no sense of humour!' It really made me sick to my stomach.

With the arm removal scene in tfatws - one of the most common argument I saw was that Ayo was feeling hurt and betrayed and that's why she did. So apparently the hurt feelings of an abled bodied person are more important than a disabled man's bodily autonomy. That and they gave him the arm so he shouldn't have gone against them. I even remember this one post that tried to say the wakandans not telling Bucky about the 'fail-safe' was them being kind to him because they could've told him they didn't trust him but instead they let him think they did. The way people will bend over backwards to defend their fave is insane.

Also it feels gross to me that I've seen a lot of people labelling Bucky as 'violent' even though other mcu characters aren't seen as that. A lot of people confuse mcu Bucky and comics Bucky - who did the dirty work for Steve but that doesn't apply to the mcu. Another thing is the scene where Bucky tries to escape from the cops invading his apartment in civil war. This scene is used to describe how 'brutal and violent' he is . . . while using self defense against people trying to kill him. Not sure what else he was supposed to do in that situation. And I bet had it been Natasha and Clint cornered, they would've shot most of those cops and no one would've batted an eye. Maybe I'm reaching but it just feels weird to me that Bucky is the one labelled 'violent' out of everyone.

Also I did not know about Tony blasting his arm off was meant to be punishment. I knew about them putting him in cryofreeze was punishment cause they didn't want him running around with Steve or whatever. Who knew getting dismembered was the reward for killing someone while drugged and mind controlled. Wow.

Hi and thanks for the ask!

From what I've read I think Sebastian's main problem with that scene wasn't ableism per se but that he felt Bucky could be doing more and better utilized. He felt like it was a waste to have another arm gag- which is legit. I agree with him.

As to the comments- that is sadly typical. Far too many people think that because the MCU is "just fiction" its acceptable to make fun of and mock people in ways that would never be acceptable in real life.

They don't understand art imitates life: ableism can exist in the MCU because it exists in real life. And just like IRL people don't understand these "jokes" are incredibly demeaning and othering for people from certain groups.

With the arm removal scene in tfatws - one of the most common argument I saw was that Ayo was feeling hurt and betrayed and that's why she did. So apparently the hurt feelings of an abled bodied person are more important than a disabled man's bodily autonomy.

Yep, I've seen that many times. Its a messed up of looking at it. I tend to respond by asking them to imagine if someone took away Matt Murdock's sight stick or Dr X wheelchair because they were pissed with them. Would they consider that acceptable too?

That and they gave him the arm so he shouldn't have gone against them

That's the most troubling argument from my point of view. Its not just suggesting that disabled people don't own their prosthetics, its the context in which the arm was given to Bucky and the context in which it was removed. It was given in a fight and taken away in a fight. Like I get why T'Challa gave it to him when Thanos was coming and the world was at stake, I do. I am not blaming him.

Yet the fact still stands that the arm is really a means of weaponizing a part of Bucky's body. Which is exactly what HYDRA did thim. The idea that he had to use it in a certain way only renforces that: those people are saying his arm is a weapon and must only be used in a manner that the people how own him determine.

How is that any different to what HYDRA did to him? I definately prefer to think the Wakandans were happy to allow Bucky to keep the arm and use it for peaceful purposes, not making him use it for fighting all the time.

The last one is just plain silly.

Also it feels gross to me that I've seen a lot of people labelling Bucky as 'violent' even though other mcu characters aren't seen as that.

Yeah that one is just annoying. The Winter Soldier is violent, Bucky isn't. There's a lot of problems with people confusing Comic Bucky with MCU Bucky as well. They're basically two totally different characters.

Another thing is the scene where Bucky tries to escape from the cops invading his apartment in civil war. This scene is used to describe how 'brutal and violent' he is . . . while using self defense against people trying to kill him. Not sure what else he was supposed to do in that situation.

Ugh THIS. I saw a series of stills from that scene and one of those cops was gonna shoot Bucky in the head at point-blank range with a semi-automatic weapon. Its a terrible example to use because... who is gonna let someone put bullets in their skullh? That's right. Nobody.Actually, I don't think there's a single instance of Bucky fighting in anything other than self-defense for that entire movie.

The problem is that they're cops and we're conditioned to believe cops are "good guys". Also its not made clear at that point if Bucky actually did the bombing or not. There's this idea that maybe he deserves it (he doesn't).

You're right though: Bucky was making a conceted effort to not kill anyone, whereas other characters have no such qualms when they are threatened.

And I bet had it been Natasha and Clint cornered, they would've shot most of those cops and no one would've batted an eye

Look I love Natasha to an insane degree, but you are correct. There's a scene in Iron Man 2 where she breaks into Justin Hammer's warehouse and fights gauards. Let's just say she kills a couple of them in a *very* brutal way. She garotes him and leaves his body hanging from the ceiling.

There's also a line in Black Widow which suggests she and Clint had a shoot-out with Hungarian cops when he helped her escape the Red Room. Nobody bats an eyelid at either.

Yet if Bucky did those things.... yeah he'd be condemned.

Also I did not know about Tony blasting his arm off was meant to be punishment. I knew about them putting him in cryofreeze was punishment cause they didn't want him running around with Steve or whatever. Who knew getting dismembered was the reward for killing someone while drugged and mind controlled. Wow.

IKR? The thing that will never stop aggravating me is that no other mind-control victim in the MCU is treated in the way Bucky is. Clint kills like a ton of SHIELD Agents under mind control and they're like "don't you dare blame yourself" and never bring it up again.

Yelena and the other widows who were given a mind-control serum which overrode their free will? Nobody blames them and its never bought up again. Yelena gets "I look at you and don't see your mistakes". Clint gets "I don't judge you by your worse mistake".

Bucky? He has to be "punished" and "make amends" and nobody *ever* tells him to not blame himself or its not his fault. Quite the contrary in fact.

its almost as if some of the MCU writers just really hate Bucky.

[queenofbaws]

suddenly i materialize out of nowhere asking for an ashley and matt fluff fic (can you tell i like bffs that weren’t shown in canon)?)

To her credit, it wasn't like she was trying to look miserable or anything. Really, she thought she'd been doing a pretty solid job of hiding it (she'd taken a beer just like everyone else despite gagging at every sip, she'd tilted her head and smiled every time someone raised their phone into the air, she hadn't said one single thing about the cold, or the dark, or how seriously spooky the Washingtons' lodge was in the middle of the night, so why hadn't they turned on the lights on, again?), but all that flew out the window when the couch cushions dipped beside her.

"What do you think," Matt joked, hunching over with his elbows on his knees so he could murmur conspiratorially with her, "should we bail? I saw a pretty cool snow-covered tree outside where we could go...oh, a snow-covered picnic table too. I thiiiiiiink there was a snow-covered bench, but I'm probably just making that up. Snow-blindness or something. That's a thing, right?"

She laughed, covering her face with her hands when it came out a snort. Instead of answering, she shook her head, hoping and praying that, when she looked back up, Emily and Jess wouldn't be snickering at her embarrassment...or that Chris and Josh wouldn't be doing their best to replicate the sound at the top of their lungs.

"No? It's not a thing? Dang, I swear I heard something about it on the radio..."

Ashley made a sound caught somewhere between a groan and a sigh as she raised her head (no Emily, no Jess, no pointing, no laughing, no Josh, no Chris, no mimicking, no guffawing), bumping her shoulder against his. "It's a thing."

"Then why were you shaking your head?"

"It's...snow-blindness is a thing, Matt, yeah, but no, believe it or not, I'm not really trying to go running out into the snow tonight." To punctuate the thought, she took a sip of her beer...and grimaced. Again. "Hence why I've planted myself in front of the nice, toasty fireplace." She swirled her bottle around, listening to the liquid slosh. There was too much in there - if the others caught her still nursing her first beer, oooh boy. "But I appreciate it."

In a single slick sleight of hand, the beer disappeared from her hand, replaced by a barely-touched root beer. She blinked, surprised, then had no choice but to smile and laugh when Matt clinked their bottles together, the rest of the party none the wiser.

"So what is this?" she asked, taking a glug of soda and trying not to grin like a doofus. "Charity work?"

Matt furrowed his brow, frowning the way he did in math class. "Huh?"

"The...you. Being here - " she gestured towards the couch, " - instead of there - " the kitchen that time, where the others were laughing and heckling each other, the sounds of some drinking game echoing throughout the rest of the lodge. " - which I'm sure is a way more fun locale."

It was his turn to bump her shoulder and shake his head. "Oh yeah, totally, Ash. Charity. Definitely couldn't be me wanting to chill with my friend."

She pursed her lips tight, still trying to fight that doofy smile. "Definitely not."

"Nope."

"Nah."

"That wouldn't even make sense." He shot her a sidelong smirk of his own before chuckling, then nudged her leg with his so she'd scoot enough for him to get at the coffee table. "I've hardly seen you at all tonight - what's up with that?"

Shrugging, she followed his lead, setting her bottle down beside his (after nabbing a couple coasters, obviously). "Oh, you know..." she said vaguely. "Big parties, big crowds...not really my thing."

"Uh huh, sure. Still said yes to the invite."

"Well, I..." Shrugging again, she reached up to futz with her hair, tucking it this way and that before taking her beanie off altogether and repositioning it on her head. "I mean...Josh asked me in-person, so..."

"Oh, then it totally would've been rude to say no."

"Yeah."

"For sure."

"I - " Ashley turned back to him, suspiciously searching his face. "Are you making fun of me? Oh my God, Matt. Rude!"

He held his hands up, the poster child for innocence, but still smiled as he laughed. "Sorry, sorry, you're right. You're absolutely right. I'm being mean. I know, you didn't want to hurt Josh's feelings. It definitely had nothing to do with Chris being here. At all. For sure."

Her face lit up like the fire crackling away in the hearth and, after checking the others were all suitably distracted, she gave him a light warning whap on the shoulder with her too-long sleeve. "Oh my GOD, will you keep your voice d - what did I ever do to you? You don't see me going around pointing at you and going 'Ooooh Matt, I bet you only came here - '"

"...so Em could ignore me all night?" he finished for her, raising his eyebrows when she scrunched her mouth up again. "You could say it, though. You could. You wouldn't be wrong." Leaning back against the cushions, he heaved a sigh of his own, briefly glancing towards the kitchen. "Be real with me: Do you think it's an us thing, or a them thing?"

"Huh?"

Subtly, he nodded towards the kitchen. "Personally? I think it's a them thing. They're the ones losing out on us."

"Oh please," she laughed - snorted, really, and then covered her face again. If her face got any hotter, she thought she'd probably catch fire, herself.

"I'm being so serious, Ash, they're missing out."

"Uh huh, okay, sure. If you say so." She paused, then, realizing what she'd just implied, and immediately sprang back up, her eyes wide with social-outcast horror. "I so didn't mean - "

But Matt just laughed and patted her thigh and, strangely, held his hand out to her, pinky finger extended. "I know what you meant. But I meant what I said too, so here's how serious I am. Pinky promise pact: If Chris doesn't come to his senses by this time next year...or if Em hasn't...I say we forget about them and their bad taste and we go out instead."

Ashley spent a long, long moment staring at his pinky, thinking. "Don't you mean and?" she asked after a beat.

"What?"

"You said if Chris doesn't or if Emily doesn't. So, like, if both of them ignore us, then..."

When he realized what she meant, he laughed. "Nah. This is an all or nothing."

"So...wait, no, you're such a liar," she laughed right back. "You are such a liar! You're telling me that if Emily asked you out tonight, you'd say no because Chris didn't ask me out?"

"No. I'm saying I'd break up with her this time next year and date you instead. What aren't you getting?"

She rolled her eyes - she had to! But the big, doofy grin finally won out. "You're a terrible hypothetical boyfriend, I hope you know that," she teased, wrapping her pinky around his.

"Or," he joked, squeezing hers tight, "the best hypothetical boyfriend. Depends on who you ask. This time next year, I mean."

"Yeah," she smiled, leaning her shoulder against his as they went back to watching the fire, "this time next year."

"It's a date."

[m6cabre]

Post Game Relief

overview: hawkins loses a basketball game and his girlfriend calms him down

warnings: swearing, oral (m receiving), body hair (it's sexy, stfu), descriptive(?), smoking, face fucking

third person, no use of "y/n"—reader will be referred to with female pronouns & terms of endearment

requested by: @youredgygf

first time writing smut, sorry if it's not good, i tried 😭

to say billy was pissed after losing the game would be an understatement. if it hadn't been for her rushing to him after it ended, he probably would've left the school in a police cruiser.

now, he laid in her bed, eyes shut as he smoked his tenth cigarette. most of their clothes had been discarded, leaving both in merely their underwear. she straddled his thighs, caressing his abdomen and tracing the waistband of his boxers.

"y'still upset?" she whispered, looking up at him as she pulled the waistband of his boxers then released, letting it slap against his hip.

"no, baby, i'm peachy," he retorted, exhaling a cloud of smoke.

she rolled her eyes slightly, huffing.

"i could help you call down," she grinned softly, tugging at his waistband.

that made him open his eyes, his eyebrows rising slightly.

"yeah?" he asked rhetorically.

she nodded, rolling her hips against his. he quickly reciprocated, rolling his hips up against hers.

after a few minutes of getting him worked up, she stopped, sliding down his thighs a bit. he groaned, his eyes opening ever so slightly.

"what the fuck?" he snapped.

"calm down, you big baby, i'm getting there," she huffed dramatically, rolling her eyes yet again.

she tugged his boxers down, letting his cock spring out. it stood at full attention, the tip a deep pinkish-red and leaking precum. thick, dark blonde curls surrounded the base, reeking of his cologne that he always sprayed down his pants.

she leaned down, pressing a kiss to his tip. her hands gripped his thighs, pushing them apart slightly. a faint breath escaped him as he sunk further into the mattress, his head tilting back ever so slightly. his eyes fell shut yet again.

she ran her tongue along the underside of his cock, receiving a slight groan from him. she smirked slightly.

"you want more?" she asked.

"don't start fucking talking like this, i could switch this shit up real fast," he snapped.

"okay, jeez, don't even give me a chance to have my fun," she rolled her eyes yet again.

she leaned down yet again, taking his entire length into her mouth with practiced ease. a strangled groan escaped billy as his hips bucked up.

she began slowly bobbing her head, her tongue running over the prominent veins. she watched him through her eyelashes. usually she would've held eye contact with him, but the prick was keeping his eyes shut.

he began thrusting his hips up in time with her head bobbing, drawing a soft moan from her. he groaned yet again, his free hand moving to the back of her head.

as he began fucking her face, she made no move to pull away or stop him, simply allowing him to continue.

groans tore from his throat, his head pushed back into the pillow as he fucked her throat. she felt the tip hit the back of throat, making her gag softly. but she never dared pull away. she had promised to help him calm down.

he gripped her hair, continuing to fuck up into her throat. he held her head down, her nose pressed against the coarse hairs at his pelvis that reeked of his cologne. she moaned softly around him, and that did it.

a groan tore through his throat as he pressed his head back into the pillow. thick ropes of hot cum shot down her throat.

when his hand relaxed in her hair, she swallowed, then pulled off of his cock. as she sat up, he grabbed her chin.

"show me," he instructed. obediently, she opened her mouth, letting him see that she had swallowed.

"good girl," he murmured, smirking softly.

— main masterlist

— billy & eddie masterlist

[cupcakewebkinz]

Some Shelly head canons because I've been playing as her all morning with my sister and I think she's neat as fuck (I love this fossil sm-)

Includes some fluffy handler moments yes indeed. :]

I believe wholeheartedly that Shelly bites- but she isn't a vicious biter, she very carefully and gently nibbles. She's left scars all over Shanon's hands from her nibbling, but Shanon doesn't mind, it doesn't hurt much anymore. Shelly can't control her sharp teeth either...

I like to imagine Shelly to be like a Chihuahua, shivering when she's comfortable and when she's cold. Shanon knows the difference, though it tends to worry Vee since she's still learning how to tell if Shelly is sick and cold or just really comfortable.

Shelly, while liking dinosaurs, has an interest in technology thanks to Vee. She has been taking lessons on fixing Vee behind her back, and Veronica is more than willing to teach her everything she knows to help her with her goal of becoming Vee's main repairwoman

Shelly most definitely has a soft but stern mom voice, and she knows how to use it. She'll make any toon listen to her scolding, even if they don't realize they're there when she starts. She's not usually the one to do it though, unless it's someone she's close to. Vee especially gets this treatment, but that's because she just wants her to be safe, and Vee honestly respects that a lot.

I'd imagine Shelly would have a very pleasant singing voice as well, and would pair well with Vee's, she's just not used to having an audience so she gets really shy when she sings. Vee's addicted to her singing though.

Shelly absolutely would sell sea shells on the sea shore. Just fossilized seashells. Especially if she gets to tell you the history of that fossil before you buy it.

Shelly could honestly care less how often Vee tells her she loves her, she just knows she does by the way she looks and interacts with her, but she never tells Vee that just so she can keep hearing her favorite tv loudly announce that she loves her at any random moment Vee wants to. She genuinely finds it really cute that Vee loves to tell her she loves her so often, and is always happy to say it right back just to see that look in her eyes. She's obsessed with that silly robot who would've guessed-

I feel like Shelly would be a tiny fossil clone of Shanon, I feel like she'd copy a lot of Shanon's behaviors and act like she was her genuine biological child since she wouldn't interact with other people often. The running gag of "handlers being parental figures" is very real here... Shanon is her mom, she will absolutely call her mom, she is her mother and you're not convincing her otherwise.

Shelly absolutely sews up anything anyone gives her to fix - no questions asked. She loves sowing, and she loves sowing plushies just to give them to Vee. She's blissfully unaware that Vee is running out of room for them, because Vee never tells her... Until she opens her closet one day and a bunch of dinosaur stuffies fall out. Vee's favorite is the first one Shelly ever made for her, which is a plush stegosaurus. Only Shelly can touch that one, the rest the handlers can also touch if Vee's watching. Vee takes Shelly's gifts way too seriously...

Shelly has a great bond with the other mains, thanks to Vee. Her second favorite is Astro, mostly because he gives her dreams about riding dinosaurs with Vee. She always dreams about dinosaurs and Vee. Sometimes Shanon's there too.

Shelly loves any fun shaped food, and tends to only eat anything that looks fun to eat, such as dinosaur nuggets and smiley fries. It's purely because they're simple and she knows exactly what it is, she's terrified of new foods and it's one of the few things Vee can't help her with. Unfortunately. She's not picky though, she just has anxiety when it comes to new foods, she tends to love everything she tries.

Shelly would only kill someone for one of four things - stealing a fossil, hurting her family/friends/partner, taking away her dino nuggets and threatening her herself. One shall not take her prized comfort food...

Shelly absolutely is built like a lumberjack, she looks like a chubby, squishable friend but is actually terrifyingly strong. THANKFULLY she knows her strength and never has accidentally killed anyone with a hug, even though she absolutely could. People fear her hugs regardless.

Random note but I feel like her voice would get all high pitched and squeaky when she's either really happy or really mad and I find that adorable, and I'm the same way. I love this autistic fossil...

[sciderman]

Gwen Stacy was 100 gazillion percent not dead before Peter’s web reached her??? What killed her while she fell? THE AIR????

and here begins one of the more hotly debated topics in spider-man comics canon - what killed gwen stacy?

(i could make a video essay about this)

goblin says that the shock of the fall alone is enough to kill her

and honestly, i don't think that sounds fake. like i mean, i've never been thrown off a bridge before but like, the shock of that could probably kill me. i don't think that's fake at all. i'd have a fucking heart attack mid-air. yeah.

but there is the pointed. snap.

so, really, regardless of whether gwen was already dead or not, the snap is a reality. if she was alive or dead, it doesn't matter, so if the shock of the fall didn't kill her, the snap would've.

i kind of don't know why norman would say she was dead before the webbing reached her. it seems more in norman's diabolical brand to double down and tell peter that his webbing IS what killed gwen. but i think maybe this is another case of the writers and artists not being on the same page - same as how it's described as the george washington bridge

but the artists didn't get the memo. that bitch is not the george washington bridge.

that bitch is the brooklyn bridge!!

headcanon that i guess in 616 the brooklyn bridge is called the george washington bridge. sure. why not.

i figure the gwen "snap!" thing is another instance of the writers and artists just being on distinctly different pages. there's this very funny workflow in comics where they kind of give the artist a rough outline of the plot and the final dialogue isn't actually written until the comic is pencilled so there's always, always miscommunications between the writers and artists. where the artist draws the brooklyn bridge but the writer thinks it would be fun if actually it was the george washington bridge after the fact because get it. norman loves money. but in the synopsis it didn't actually matter what bridge it was so the artist just drew whatever the fuck bridge!!

so. i think it's the same with the snap. in the synopsis it probably says "gwen dies in the fall" - artist interprets it as whiplash, and draws it so. writer has the idea that actually, it's the shock that kills her. synopsis says "dies in the fall" and it doesn't actually matter how. point is she dies! however the fuck!

i'm honestly so obsessed with the running gag in spider-man comics where you know the writers and artists are on different pages. in two separate rooms doing two separate things. rereading the comics is so funny when you know that weird workflow and you see a scene where the art is saying one thing and the words are saying another. almost like a 4kids dub.

that's why you get such great moments such as the panel that has caused the most outrage in my activity feed. the brown/blue pants debate.

HIS PANTS ARE BLUE!!

[badwolfwho1]

I remember really enjoying Never Kill A Boy on the First Date the first time I watched it. I'm happy to report that unlike last week with Teacher's Pet this is still the case. It's a pretty unique episode I feel with the focus it has on the whole secret identity aspect of Buffy being the Slayer which honestly doesn't really come up that much I think? At some point in S2 it gets retconned that yeah Sunnydale is just known weird monster land and we all politely ignore it, by the end of s3 it's just an open secret that Buffy's the Slayer Class Protector. But here it really leans into the whole superhero aspect of it all that like I said I don't think often happens, there's the explosion of Joyce finding out in Becoming obviously, there's been a few times so far with Flutie ineffectively inadvertently gets in Buffy's way of her job as a Slayer, but here it's the focus of the whole episode. And I liked it, as I'll say in my notes below Owen here is an interesting test run for Angel which honestly I don't know how fleshed out Angel is into being Angel yet but I feel like it has to be intentional

Anyway this might be my favourite episode so far in the rewatch.

Oh hey is this the first time we've just opened on Buffy fighting a vampire? This is a classic opening scene structure, very noteworthy will be used a lot going forwards. We had it in the Harvest with Luke but that's a two parter so I won't count it.

"I'm Buffy and you're history," strong Buffy one liner I approve of it, similarly classic Giles line here of "I must consult my books,"

I'm quite fond of Giles outfit in this scene, it just looks good.

I honestly forgot this episode was the Annointed One's debut, but yeah obviously it was. I like the bait and switch they do with the whole "The Master's great warrior," thing. I know we're not there yet but I wonder how the original plan would've turned out if not for y'know the realities of child actors growing.

"And the Slayer will not know him, will not stop him, and he will lead her into hell," from my memory of Prophecy Girl this is very accurate.

I really enjoy the way the Master lets the mask of his scripture drop into mockery he really plays both halves well, he's a real treasure.

Now interestingly Darla isn't here, but I guess this is a brotherhood of Aurelius only party. Alternatively evidence for the theory that they hadn't decided if she was dead or not yet.

"She's quite a good poet. For an American," did get me

In today's episode we see Buffy's Slayer side at full strength with her even outresearching Giles, only to be toppled by Girl side with the introduction of Owen

"Solitary, mysterious, he can brood for 40 minutes straight" oh he is just Angel no wonder Buffy's into Owen

"There's some new Vampire sect in town," new. Not the ones that have been here the whole time. This isn't a particularly big bugbear of mine or anything so I'm not gonna harp on it but it does annoy me that the wiki puts everyone associated with the Master into the Order of Aurelius when it's like five guys here

Cordelia hip checking Buffy into oblivion, 1:1 record after being choked by her in Welcome to the Hellmouth will we see the rubber match.

Also I guess between "Cordelia's hips are wider than I thought" and "Does this dress make me look fat?" from earlier we have rapidly moved from the at least lip service Witch made towards the topic of being overweight isn't bad

Buffy just dropping her empty tray on top of Cordelia's is a great gag. Incidentally I notice Cordelia does not have her prescription lunch and is slumming it with everyone else. Poor her. Or a tactical choice to engage Owen

I enjoy Buffy's large beverage. Also fun smash cut to empty graveyard.

"It could put you and all those around you in grave danger," But like could it? It's not like Buffy's identity is secret from the vampires. They knew she was a Slayer from like the Harvest? So they already could target her friends and family, if anything not knowing about the vampires is the more dangerous option for them. Like this isn't groundbreaking stuff I know but it very very clear. One could read it as Watchers wanting to isolate Slayers so they're more controllable. And that is the more interesting way to read it. But I don't think its intentional in that way since well Watchers as they will exist do not yet and even when they do the show barely ever cares about them so eh. Postscript here but even Owen is objectively in danger because he didn't know Buffy was a Slayer if he'd known about vampires maybe he wouldn't have been so gungho about whoa lets go see some dead bodies and get into fights. Maybe he would've been but y'know.

It's sorta interesting unintentional (probably?) foreshadowing of Cordelia and Buffy both pursuing Proto Angel here. Buffy will come out on top today but Cordelia will win the long game. She'll then lose the longer game shortly afterwards but still.

Shout out to "Just a girl who knows no shame," as Cordy is slowdancing with Owen

This Fauxnnointed One is actually pretty charismatic I'm enjoying his fake scripture line reading. He is also part of Fork Guy lineage in being a weirdo miniboss vamp, but he definitely surpasses him, currently the fork champion.

"My Watch broke and we don't have any clocks in my house," classic terrible Buffy lie

Live Xander reaction is strong I gotta say

"There'll be time enough to remember when I rule it," I remember seeing talk about how the Master in The Wish kinda contradicts his goals in S1 but I could honestly read him (here at least maybe later I'll be proven wrong and misremembering) as not the brand of end the world vampire but opening and then getting a handle on the Hellmouth, like using it for whatever you use a Hellmouth for rather than summoning demons to end the world. Granted he's very much not ruling the world in The Wish. But maybe the Mayor has been running interference because he wants to be the one doing big evil stuff.

Girls night with Xander for Buffy's date prep

Xander has lost points from live reacting Buffy courting Owen with slut shaming (well not exactly but still using it) and trying to peep on her, (slowly turning the dial towards Xander should be hunted for sport)

I don't hate Xander, I in fact like Xander (judging based entirely on these five episodes I do not like Xander yet but I do have foreknowledge that I will) but like there are times admittedly where he should be hunted for sport. This hasn't reached there yet. We'll know when the dial gets turned all the way.

"If the apocalypse comes, beep me," iconic

Owen even has Angel's "You're not like most girls" tendencies

"It's like you're two people," The Slayer/Girl subtext is rapidly becoming text.

"Look at you here, all alone," Power Move by Cordelia it must be said. You have to respect it.

Giles soloing two vampires would not even be noteworthy later in the show but here absolutely not

I love Giles terrible attempts to make the barricade better. Yes move a hat rack and jostle a chair that will work. (later on Xander and Willow piling cushions onto their's is also very strong)

"The Sunnydale Funeral home," "I've always wanted to go there," is an incredible line read from Alyson Hannigan

Giles is stronger than I, I could not hide on a morgue slab with a dead body

As I said earlier the Fauxnointed One has a fun charisma to him for my money and it's a fun fight with Buffy here. I approve of him and he's good in the role of monster of the week hiding the larger frame villain being introduced.

The Giles Watcher lore in this episode is a really interesting parallel with the concept of Slayerhood and then I think its never used again

"I don't have an instruction manual," once again Giles is made into a liar by retcons (Slayer Handbook)

I truly love the Annointed One bait and switch its great

Amyway obligatory huh I wonder who else knows the score besides Giles, Xander and Willow (it's Amy) (Amy is known unsuccessful date acquirer so she could have solidarity with Willow and Xander in the peanut gallery)

I did not intend to actually do a one liner about what Amy could contribute to this episode every episode but I guess maybe I could?

[professional-yapper]

Proximity Epilogue

Neteyam x Olangi! Reader

Warnings: none, it is not confirmed whether the reader or Neteyam was pregnant for the sake of gender neutrality x

"Jëytru, come away from there," you called patiently to your oldest son, who was now a long-limbed 11-year-old and more like his uncle Lo'ak than you would've liked.

Jëytru pouted, continuing to swing from the decidedly very thin vines. "No, Sempu said I could!"

You raised your eyes skyward, then gave him a hard look. "And what am I saying now, Jëy?"

Your son paused, considering, then stuck his bottom lip out even further and hopped down, bounding over to you in search of alternate entertainment. He found it with the baby in your lap.

"Iiwìr," he cooed, leaning over you to nudge at his little brother's round cheeks as the baby slept peacefully, having been a much better sleeper than any of his older siblings, much to your relief.

You were content to let Jëytru touch Iiwìr gently. He meant no harm in it, and it wasn't like Iiwìr was waking any time soon.

Instead, you devoted yourself to your carving. A pair of new toys for the twins, since they'd broken some of theirs playing some kind of war game. No doubt imitating what Lo'ak and Neteyam told them of the raids on the sky demon bases.

Not that there was a raid today. No. It was serene, a bubbling river running by the hut, birds singing in the trees, a warm wind ripe with the smell of spring moving through the area.

Neteyam had taken the twins out for a little daddy-daughter time. He'd inherited his father's blatant girl-dad attitude, as much as he tried to deny it, and doted on 8-year-old Obia and Erel.

Not that you minded. You were more than happy to have your sons all to yourself. Speaking of sons...

Jëytru had wandered off to perch on the riverside, and Iiwìr still slept in your lap, blissfully unaware of the carving knife hovering in the air above his head as you searched the clearing.

"Okoro! Kalzi!" you called finally, unable to locate the final members of your little horde. Well, not so little. Your brood was the envy of the tribe, your four sons and two daughters Omaticaya-tall and Olangi-strong, and everything wonderful in between.

And yes, you did take pleasure in watching Lo'ak mock-gag every time he was reminded of the fact that you were sleeping with his older brother. As if he and his own mate, the one from the Tayrangi clan, weren't just as bad.

The bushes rustled once, twice, and Okoro, 9, and Kalzi, 5, came out, tripping over each other in their eagerness to answer your call. "We were just playing over there," Okoro said breathlessly, turning to point into the undergrowth. "In the dirt."

You surveyed your sons, smeared in dirt and dusty blue skin- Kalzi, Okoro and the twins bore your skin but none of your physical features, while iiwìr and Jëytru were the opposite- littered with minor cuts and scraps. All evidence of having fun. "I can tell," you replied finally, voice warm with amusement.

Jëytru glanced at his brothers, then laughed at their dishevelled state. Okoro looked down at himself and laughed too. Kalzi laughed, but it was likely he didn't understand what was funny and only wanted to imitate his older brothers. He was only 5, after all, and you remembered your older brothers had seemed very wise and impressive at that age.

How wrong you had been.

Then came the sound of distant voices. No doubt your mate and the girls returning from their morning romp.

"Sempu!" Kalzi cried and took off in that direction as fast as his fat little legs could take him.

Okoro followed with a whoop, and Jëytru, trying to seem like he didn't care much, brought up the rear at a more lackadaisical pace.

You sighed, setting down the half-formed carvings and your knife. Standing slowly, you made sure Iiwìr was secured in his sling before going to greet the rest of your family.

Neteyam was being swarmed by the children when you caught up, Jëytru having forgotten his airs of superiority and whatnot and was jumping around vying for his father's attention with the rest of them.

Neteyam gave you a wry look, pleading for assistance with his eyes. "How did we get so many?" he asked wonderingly.

You looked at him pointedly, resisting the urge to let your lips curve into a knowing smile. "I can't exactly answer that in front of the children, now, can I?"

Neteyam laughed and freed himself from the swarm, coming forward to kiss you, tall, broad frame blocking out the sun briefly as he pushed your hair back from your face to better access your lips. "There you are," he murmured contentedly, eyes crinkling at the corners before you closed your eyes and took him in as best you could before the kids' gagging and carrying on got the better of you both.

"The boys missed you," you hummed, curling into Neteyam's side later, back home in the sunny warmth of your hut. "You must take them out sometime."

"I don't know if I could handle them as well as you, paskalin," Neteyam replied, watching the children mess around together through the gap in the curtain over the entrance to your room.

You chuckled. "Flatterer. But you will have to. I mean it."

"I know, I know, I'm just like my dad," Neteyam groaned, letting his head drop against yours. "I can't be blamed for it like he can, though. Our sons are so attached to you it's almost sickening."

"Like you can talk," you scoffed, but there wasn't much effort in it. Rolling over onto your side, you laid your head on his chest, listening to the steady rhythm of his heart, which always seemed to be in time with yours nowadays.

There was a brief moment of sweet, comfortable silence before he spoke again. "6 kids," he murmured.

"We could really piss everyone off and go for seven," you muttered against his pec.

Neteyam's chest rumbled with laughter. "You're crazy. Are all Olangi this insatiable?"

"I wouldn't know," you snorted. "I haven't slept with any of them lately," you added just to get a rise out of him.

"Oh, you," Neteyam said lowly, shifting to hover over you, golden eyes gleaming.

"Oh, me," you replied smilingly, folding your hands over your chest comfortably as you looked up at him, shifting onto your back.

He lingered for a moment, then pressed a brief, hungry kiss to your mouth before flopping back down beside you.

Chuckling, you cuddled back into his side and let out a deep sigh.

All was right with the world now. Your mate next to you, your children playing out in the main room, and the beautiful day wrapped around the village.

Then Neteyam's mouth bumped against your ear, breath hot on your skin.

"Behave or it'll be 8."

And so we reach the end of my first multi chapter fic! Much love to everyone who liked, reblogged and just generally supported this fic, you are all appreciated! I'm very proud of myself 😭🙏

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Does actually sicken me to have to finish this so y'all may see more at some point tbh

[honeyspotpie]

A thing I think about A LOT is the fact that when I started getting into dndads and was listening to season one I often doomscrolled the tags and I kept seeing Oakworthy content and didn't fully understand their dynamic/relationship bc I wasn't familiar with the characters so I developed my own mischaracterized interpretation of them based off the absurd amount of out of context fanart and posts I encountered HELP and then was quite disappointed when I reached season two and the canon didn't completely match my version... Current day me has a lot of all over the place feelings on canon Oakworthy tbh but I lowkey still hardcore vibe with my old fanon view on them? Let me explain (and expand now that I have the full picture) as much as I remember:

I knew Hermie was Scam's son and I thought this fact was clear from the get-go in the sense that the audience always knew but our protagonists weren't in the know until they actually met Scam. So I thought Hermie was always this trickster type character who wanted to pull goofs and pranks to impress his father but lacked natural "scamming" talent and SUCKED at doing them and constantly failed - what is a REALLY silly concept tbh imagined it being a running gag or something... I always pictured him as a cartoony over the top theater kid villian cooking up evil Doofenshmirtz level schemes and I still wish he was that :(

Normal was always aware (or at the very least had a sneaking suspicion) Hermie wanted to steal the mascot suit (probably cuz I had this spoiled early on and didn't realize it was a twist) and had kind of an active distain towards Hermie because he knew he was from Chaparral and knew there was a constant chance Hermie would get his grubby little hands on the outfit. So that's right ladies and gentlemen I THOUGHT THEY HAD A SORT OF RIVALS SITUATION I STRAIGHT UP THOUGHT THEY WERE ENEMIES TO LOVERS FOR SOME REASON HELP... Hermie always wanting to steal the suit to the point of obsession, dubbing it as "his greatest scheme yet" only to always be stopped by Normal in some dumb, probably accidental way until Hermie realizes that he in fact was not obsessed with the mascot suit BUT WITH THE PERSON WHO WEARS IT and subconsciously always wanting to steal it was just part of his Joker persona and their romance blossoms from there.... Like imagine how hard hitting all the "we gotta stop meeting like this" and "I knew you liked me" teasing banter would be if they were on the brink enemies

And after Hermie gets involved in all the saving the world stuff, Normal lowers his guard and develops a genuine relationship with him thinking he has changed and genuinely wants to help our heros until BOOM! BETRAYAL! Because "it was nothing personal"

I don't think I understood what happened afterwards BUT I THINK YOU GUYS GET THE VISION YOU UNDERSTAND IT! Like it's not a huge change but this would've been so FUN... if season 2 ever gets adapted into another piece of media like a graphic novel or a tv show (doubt it EVER will but hey I can dream so let me dream) where they have more control over the writing I would love to see them rewrite their dynamic to be something more akin to this...

[lexl52]

Four Genins per team would've worked well.

With a few extra twists.

Team 7's: Sai

Sai could've been on team seven at the start.

Sakura was initially being hinted at becoming a Genjutsu user.

Sai's ink style Ninjutsu would've been a good way to guard her, while she's casting Genjutsu or healing someone if she still became a medic, or protecting their clients like Tazuna.

Sai's Kenjutsu to fall back on if enemies get too close to him and a Genjutsu using Sakura since the two would likely stay close together.

Just being around Naruto helping Sai's character development.

Sai may be a bit socially awkward, but he's always trying to be a good friend and show he cares.

His lack of understanding how to interact with others and his unintentional inappropriate and rude comments are a better running gag than tsundere Sakura assaulting Naruto.

Naruto would have someone on the team who's willing to stick up for him, and call the others out when they mistreat him.

Plus it'd be fun if Naruto was the only teammate Sai addressed by name while the others get unfortunate nicknames.

Team 8's: Yakumo Kurama

Even though she was only a filler character, Yakumo was a very interesting character.

She was Kurenai's apprentice at the same time she had a team.

Having all four of her students together would've made sense.

A Genjutsu specialist with her Genjutsu specialising student separate from her formal team raises questions about what she teaches the team.

Yakumo would find a way to work around or overcome her disability in the field.

Maybe after seeing Kankuro's use of puppets during the Chunin exams, she could start using puppets in addition to her Genjutsu which would be a formidable combination.

That would give her something solid to fall back on when Genjutsu isn't an option, and keep her opponents at a distance since she is physically unable to do Taijutsu.

Successful or not, Tsunade could attempt to find a solution for her which could provide character development either way.

Yakumo's Ido could've played a similar role for her as Hollow Ichigo does for Ichigo Kurosaki.

Team 10's: Kabuto Yakushi.

A more experienced “Genin,” like Kabuto working with team ten as their squad medic.

After a near death experience for her or one of her teammates that Kabuto saves, Ino could ask him to teach her some medical jutsu.

Kabuto's presence on the team led by the Hokage's son could lead to hints of him sneaking around to gather intel, foreshadowing his ninja info cards, while slowly earning everyone's trust.

Him subtly trying to manipulate his new teammates with that silver tongue, and Shikamaru foiling just about every attempt he can.

Kabuto letting the kids think of him as their big brother.

Growth for Ino-Shika-Cho after the revelation Kabuto's not only a traitor, but Orochimaru's right-hand man.

[valle-de-sombra-de-muerte]

Homestuck Reread: Act 3, Part 3/3 (p. 1027-1153)

Read the previous post here. Read the next post here.

At long last, it's time to finish Act 3!

When I first read Homestuck, I had thought PM was a guy until this page. I think it might've been because she was referred to as the "post man" during her rant about the mail.

I dunno it feels like a weird detail that should've been communicated better. It's not like it's a big "twist" or anything.

A lot of these alchemized creations are kinda worthless, but the Remote Ghost Gauntlets might be one of the better ones. I don't think we ever see them get put to much good use, though.

Using a mirror to create a left-handed copy of the gauntlet is a creative detail.

Right, so if Rose's "patron black celebrity" (the term I've invented to describe this incredibly niche running gag) is Charles Barkley, John's is Bill Cosby. This has to be the most poorly aged reference in the whole comic.

For those unaware, this page was uploaded a few days before Christmas. The joke is that all these events are canonically supposed to have taken place within a single day: John's birthday.

Dave returns, evidently no worse for wear after having fallen down the stairs, to finish this final round of the Strider fight. I really like the color composition on this image. If I haven't made it clear enough, these flashes have been the highlight of the Act so far.

The fight ends with Cal destroyed and Dave's shirt permanently scratched, which I'm not sure how that's even possible. Bro's just so precise he's able to do shit like that, I guess.

I'm thinking again of that page where part of John's hair gets sliced by the glass shard. That detail isn't carried over in future pages, but this scratched record is.

Bro gives Dave the Sburb discs because that was never the point of this fight. He never wanted to keep them from Dave in the first place. This whole fight was just for... I dunno, fun I guess. This is just business as usual in the Strider household.

Yeah Hussie, god forbid we extend the Strider fight any longer than necessary. It would've taken precious time away from Jade dicking around in her house!

Rose frames her relationship with John in a similar way to the one with her mother: in a weird, competitive campaign of one-upsmanship. It's a wonder she has any friends at all if she treats them as foes in these mind games where she's the only player.

I know I may sound like I'm knocking on Rose a lot and an anon commented about this, but I actually really like how much of a weirdo she is. She's highfalutin, overconfident, perverse, obsessed with ridiculous things, genuinely does not know how to normally interact with people despite professing an interest in psychoanalysis... all putting her leagues above the likes of John or Jade when it comes to character depth. When she's handled well, she's a fun character. It's only when Hussie uses her as a vehicle for exposition that she becomes a genuine bore.

Kanaya's first appearance! Little known fact, her dialogue can be really entertaining sometimes. Like look at these crazy metaphors she's making. It's easy to forget how funny she can be with how often the fandom portrays her as bland and boring.

Even though she's often portrayed as the "elegant" one, I find Kanaya to be really ungainly and silly, especially in her insults. It helps to read her dialogue as stilted and unnatural, placing emphasis on every word.

With her penchant for using excessive verbiage to get her point across, it's no wonder Rose eventually takes a shine to her. I think it would've been a great idea to have Kanaya be a true intellectual that runs circles around Rose's pretensions, and Rose would've had to struggle to communicate with someone who was actually smart. Alas, that doesn't come to pass.

Much like how Rose was trolled right after opening John's present, the same thing happens to Dave after getting his present.

Oh yeah, Dave's "patron black celebrity" is Snoop Dogg, as seen by his Huggy Bear wallpaper and the rap verse quoted in his "sick heat" passage from Act 2.

I like how both Kanaya and Tavros open with metaphors about people shitting themselves.

Dave using the "ethnic wedding" metaphor Rose previously (or, subsequently, given how this is a flashback) used in her GameFAQs guide. Those two are on the same wavelength.

It's a crying shame that Tavros and Dave don't have many pesterlogs because this one is really good. This sequence of pages establishes very early on that Tavros and Kanaya are parallels in how they communicate with Dave and Rose respectively.

Both trolls initially struggle to communicate with the humans and at first acts as rivals. Kanaya is frustrated with dealing with the "primitive" humans and wages a back and forth "war" of being snarky and condescending toward Rose (something Rose is already familiar with in how she engages with her mother). Tavros wants to prove himself as a competent troll, but is utterly humiliated by Dave. He then later comes back to try and redeem himself and prove himself as a worthy rival in Dave's eyes (something Dave should probably relate to as someone who has lived constantly within Bro's shadow).

But after repeated conversations, eventually both parties learn to crossing that cultural barrier and form a rapport with each other. Except wait, that really only comes to fruition with Kanaya. Tavros's plotline drops off very sharply because Hussie has a weird vendetta against him. Imagine what could've been if Tavros had been allowed to actually develop beyond a walking (or wheeling) punchline. Perhaps DaveTav would've been as big as Rosemary.

AR's big obsession is justice and the law. Though his enforcement of such leads to him often being portrayed as a police officer (and indeed, this was his previous occupation), he really seems to aspire to be a judge. I love his wig made out of bullets.

His second big obsession is guns, even though he's been missing every shot he makes. AR loving guns and being terrible with them despite being a trained officer is a more endearing character trait compared to Jade loving guns and being inexplicably amazing with them.

I love this page.

John says he bought his slime ghost shirt at a "weird Asian store." I don't mean to bring any race discourse here because I honestly don't care about what race anyone headcanons the kids as, but I feel like this would rule out John belonging to any Asian ethnicity.

I'm quite fond of Jack/Slick's trait of delivering one-liners that are more explicitly violent than they are clever.

Nothing to add here except that I love this exchange leading up to the End of Act flash. Dave and Rose making SBaHJ references to each other will never not warm my heart.

And oh boy out of all of these End of Act flashes, [S] Enter is my favorite, hands down. Not only does it have "Sburban Jungle", but it's so action packed. Every time it looks like things are about to wind down, the music picks up again and the action keeps on going. This is what "peak Homestuck" is to me.

Love that Dave is casually drawing some SBaHJ while the game installs. Also shout out to that old MS Paint interface. Oh nostalgia.

It's funny that Rose is now on the receiving end of dealing with a server player's shenanigans. I get that they're on a really tight time limit here, but it makes me wish that we got to see more of her and Dave bickering as he tries to figure out the controls. Dave and Rose navigating Sburb would've been infinitely more entertaining to read than Rose instructing John from Point A to Point B for god knows how many pages.

Kino scene where the raindrops are synced with those weird synth lines in the music.

A leap of faith to grab the bottle

And saved by the very cat she wished to resurrect. This isn't just a top 10 Rose moment, more like a top 10 Homestuck moment entirely.

And oh yeah, John finally makes it to the gate. Jeez, better late than never. If there's one flaw to this flash, it's that it should've ended with Rose smashing the bottle. This whole John part honestly feels so tacked on at the very end and reinforces my belief that the plotline with his gate should've been resolved in the previous Act.

Well that was an incredible way to cap off an otherwise underwhelming Act. This one felt like a big step down compared to Act 2. The highlights included the Strider fight and the insights about Mom Lalonde (even if they're never elaborated on). But everything else was just horsing around with Jade and and the Exiles in the name of establishing convoluted nonsense and "weird plot shit."

You know, it would've been more engaging to just tell a good story instead of trying to pad it out with all this time travel and paradox nonsense. All of this shit could've easily been excised to focus more on the kids' progression in the game, and the plot would've been stronger for it. Hussie is just jangling the keys in front of the reader's face so they don't realize they're being had.

Again, I can't emphasize enough how much better it would've been to see more of Rose and Dave as Sburb partners instead of Jade playing trans-temporal postal carrier.

Man... well now it's time for Act Fo- oh sorry, I mean The Intermission. No skipping here. If you skip the Intermission I'm judging the shit out of you.

[blenselche]

I forgot to turn anon on! Can you answer my ask anonymously? I'm sorry!!

sure, np.

"[...] no one talks about the implications, if it were any other fandom I feel like it would've lost its collective shit at a main male character being a bi disaster."

calling Finn a bi disaster made me laugh, thank you. (he's just a romance disaster in general tbh) That scene is one of my favorites because of what a fumbling idiot he is, I'll be the one to talk about the "even closer" implications forever, dw.

Anyway. It's as valid a reading as any other, the fandom's more platonic HCs shouldn't keep you from making shippy stuff. (if any of your followers have an issue with it I think they're in the wrong fandom to be frank, F&C especially drove that home w/ it continuing the running selfcest gag, not to mention one of the more popular ships being a hot for teacher deal, idk) I wouldn't worry about it. No one's ever been a dick to me over finn/fern stuff. If someone I follow posts a ship or smth I don't like consistently I just add the tag to my filters, it's not hard to avoid junk on here. I suggest doing the same for every 100 new followers I get, so far it's worked.

Bigger picture/zoom out for a second-- we're all just sat crisscross-applesauce on the floor playing make believe with action figures, and if you're not having fun with it then what's the point?

"...going back and taking inventory of things it feels like subtext bitch smacking me."

Colorful way to put it lol. The Narcissus myth only falls short of the Green Knight reference because Fern didn't nail the story to his forehead. I'm always surprised when people go "oooooh" at me, I feel like the retelling is p blatant.

I'm glad you liked my fic, btw :) tysm