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I love Afterglow so much! But would you care to indulge my curiosity? Do you imagine reader to be slightly older than Mark? I imagine to be in her mid- to early twenties bc of her expansive career in the medical field, though I'm only going by the impression that she only started working after graduating; unless she's been working for some time already? Idk how careers work ajkdshfldf

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Mark Grayson x Med!Reader♡ྀི
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AHHH first of all—thank you so much for the love on ”Afterglow”!! This is such a fun ask, and I’m honestly so happy someone’s curious enough about something to dive into it with me.
You’re feeding my writer ego. I hope you’re proud of yourself.
So! Let’s talk canon real quick (I’m letting out my inner nerd rn):
In the comics, Mark starts out at 17 years old, but he ages pretty fast—and by the midpoint (around where ”Afterglow” would be happening, give or take), he’s roughly 19–20 , depending on how closely you track the arcs.
He’s been through it (emotionally unwell, physically worse), and is already working full-time with Cecil, so we’re definitely not dealing with “freshman bio class” energy anymore.
The man is seasoned. In trauma.
If we were going by the animated series, though—it’s a little fuzzier.
Season two makes it clear he’s just recently turned 18, so if you’re seeing ”Afterglow” through a show-only lens, Reader might come off as a bit older. But that’s kind of the fun of it, right?
Different interpretations work depending on what canon you’re leaning into. Especially since she’s employed, competent, and not trying to flirt while holding a scalpel backwards.
(Unlike a certain someone in goggles.)
Also! In ”Afterglow”, Mark is still wearing that iconic yellow-blue disaster suit, which firmly locks the timeline into late Season 2-ish // early Season 3 vibes if we were following the showverse.
As for Reader? Yes—I do personally imagine her to be a bit older. Not by decades or anything, but enough to feel the difference. Maybe 21–23ish, depending on how chaotic and accelerated you want her backstory to be.
Either she’s a prodigy who skipped grades and sprinted into the trauma field, or she’s just a few years older with a no-nonsense attitude and a résumé that could legally intimidate a superhero.
She’s sharp, capable, and absolutely not here to babysit—which just makes Mark being utterly down bad for her even funnier.
Regardless, I love the dynamic of “older, exhausted professional woman” × “younger, slightly feral man with devotion issues.”
BUT! While ”Afterglow” is loosely grounded in comic canon (especially in tone and timeline), it’s very much doing its own thing.
The plot, pacing, and character dynamics all live in their own little sandbox. Nothing’s rigid. It’s vibes first, logic second. As it should be.
Hope that answers the curiosity!! And seriously—thank you again for caring about this chaotic little universe enough to ask.
I’m legally required to write more now.
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⋆ ˚。⋆୨୧˚𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐖𝐄 𝐊𝐄𝐄𝐏 𝐈𝐓?˚୨୧⋆。˚ ⋆



Pov: you saved a stray cat and want to keep it(*´▽`)ノ tagging: @shintaru @scareeemonstaah dividers: @dollywons
Wooin:
He knew you loved animals, so much. You'd probably choose some stray dog over him but gosh, he thought it was clear that he doesn't want to take care any animal.
Guess he was wrong to think that.
You just came back home, calling his name happily and he rushed to see you too but the furry ball in your hands caught his attention immediately. It was a cat. Kitten, to be more specific. It had orange grey furr and big green eyes, comfortably resting in your hands.
"What is that?" He asked with a sigh, already knowing the answer you'd give him.
"A kitten! Isn't he so cute? So adorable?" You said, petting the kitten gently like it could break under smallest pressure.
"I can see what is that. But why did you bring it here?" He questioned you again and before you could answer, he continued. "If you wanted a cat, I could have just bought it. Why would you bring dirty stray cat?"
"Don't say that." You said in scolding tone, bringing the kitten to your chest like it was your own child. "His leg was stuck so I helped him and brought it with me because I didn't have any food nor money on me." You walked past Wooin, who looked like stressed out mom, and went in the kitchen. "I'll feed him here."
"And then let him go, right?" He asked with fake smile, but it immediately dropped when you just looked at him and smiled back without saying anything. He couldn't hold back a groan that came out of his throat - you are going to keep him and he knows he's going to be the one paying for whatever it will need.
Less to say, Wooin wasn't pleased by that cat. Heck, he even called it biohazard which resulted in him getting smacked by you. Despite that, he gave you money you needed to take your beloved cat to vet and got him vaccinated.
To be entirely honest, Wooin didn't complain much. It kind of surprised you. Oh well, if we exclude the times when the kitten pissed on his hoodie that he picked out to wear, which frustrated Wooin to no end. It got worse when the kitten pissed in his car and hence, poor furry ball wasn't allowed in his Mustang anymore.
Ofc you bought sand for your kitten and teached him where his bathroom was. You were so passionate about rising him, always feeding him right on time, cleaning his sand, buying him toys and no matter what he did, you were patient with him. Most of all, you looked happy.
Seeing that, Wooin couldn't bring it in himself to neglect the kitten himself. He wasn't doing anything major honestly, just letting the kitten sleep in his lap and sometimes playing with him if Wooin was in the mood.
"You love him too, don't you?" You asked Wooin one day, pointing at the kitten in your arms while giving Wooin your brightest smile.
Wooin looked up from his phone, stared at you for a few seconds then glanced to kitten and sighed. "No, I just don't mind him that much."
"So you love him~" You sing-songed, purposely getting on your boyfriend's nerves.
"Y/n--"
"Yes you do! You even let him sleep with you." You protested, recalling the sight of Wooin sleeping with cute grey cat snuggling in his neck. "So this kitten is yours too now."
He didn't complain anymore, just letting out small "fine" but you definitely heard it. Not like it wasn't already his considering you bought everything with HIS money for some stupid kitten, but yeah no reason to complain now. Maybe, yeah, he didn't want anything else added to his responsibilities but surely he could handle two cats (one you and second the kitten). But still, there was a line he wouldn't cross. "I'm not cleaning his shit though."
"Oh..." You exhaled. "So you don't like to clean his shit...." His eye twitched slightly, knowing whatever was gonna come out of your mouth was something he wouldn't like. "But you clean up after Joker's butt-"
"That's it."
In the end, you kept a kitten but I'm not sure about your ability to walk...
Joker/Hajun:
On warm sunny day, which was supposed to be comforting, your lovely boyfriend rushed outside from his house, leaving his brothers with tons of questions but he would apologize to them later. Now, he was bisy running as fast as he could to the location you shared with him.
Why did she just share her location without saying anything else? Was she attacked? Kidnapped? Is she asking for help? She must be. This is Hajun's thought process right now.
And as he took the turn, he finally saw you - kneeling down, your head down as you were looking at something. His eyes immediately scanned for any suspicious person close to you, highly alerted and waiting for an attack but---
"Hajun, you're here! Look who I found!" You beamed at him happily, showing him the cute white kitten you just found.
Hajun stopped in his track, panting and scanning you with his eyes, then looking at you like you grew four heads when he realized that you were just fine but soon his brain processed that you shared your location because of a kitten.
"Did it scratch you?" He asked.
Your happy expression immediately dropped into confused one. "No?"
"Then did it bite you?"
"No, what-why are you even asking that?! Does she look evil to you?!" You questioned him, checking him up and down with bombastic side eye like he personally offended you.
"Then you aren't hurt, right?" He asked, mostly to reassure himself.
"No Hajun, I'm fine." You sighed. "I just shared my location because this cutie," you turned your attention to the kitten in your hands. "was stuck and I couldn't get her out. But I managed to before you came here."
Hajun stared at you then at the kitten, it had two different eye colors - right was green and left was blue - she kinda reminded him of Vinny, with heterochromia and paleness.
"Is her injury bad?" He asked. "We could take her to vet."
"Nah, she's thankfully fine. But yeah it's better to visit the vet just in case!" You spoke before slyly looking up at Hajun. "So...This means we're keeping her, right?"
Hajun hesitated for a moment. He doesn't have anything against kitten but...Can he take care of her, puppy, his brothers and you at the same time? But, my god, all the worrying thoughts disappeared once you looked at him with those eyes, those cute pleading eyes that he'd gladly start wars for.
"...Yeah." He answered, watching how your face immediately lit up in joy. Gosh, how could he even think of saying no to you?!
Guess his youngest brother will get the cat he wanted! And Hajun?....He'll manage somehow. For you.
Hyuk:
Such a lovely rainy day, the sound of rain droplets hitting the surface was so amazingly calming to the point that Hyuk thought he'd get good nap in your shared bed. But you...had other ideas.
Hearing the unstoppable banging on the door as if someone was getting murdered, Hyuk immediately got up and walked towards the door rather calmly, thinking it was probably that annoying old woman you two had unfortunate luck to have as a neighbor but no, it was you, soaked and holding black furry ball - kitten, in your arms as if to shield it.
"Gosh, it's raining so heavily!!" You exhaled, immediately taking your heels off and throwing your bag god knows where, you were just glad it was finally off your shoulders.
"A kitten?" Hyuk tilted his head to the side to get a better look. The kitten had black furr, scared black eyes, breathing unevenly. It immediately hid its face in your arms after seeing Hyuk. Gosh he really should brush his hair after he gets out of bed...
"Yup! I found him on the streets. He was freezing in the rain, Hyuk." You spoke while hugging the poor kitten, who was still trembling from the merciless cold outside.
"I see.." He hummed, leaning in to get the better look but the kitten kept avoiding making eye contact with him. "Seems like he hates me already."
You shook your head with a chuckle. "Nooo, he's just not used to you yet. In this state, he would be scared of anyone." You put your slippers on and put the kitten down on the floor. He took his time sniffing everything, carefully observing rooms, processing his sudden change of location. Or maybe poor kitten went in another room because Hyuk was watching it like it was some kind of laboratory subject yet to be analyzed.
"You're keeping him? Or are you gonna let him go outside later?" Hyuk turned to face you but you were too busy trying to hold back your laughter at his messy appearance.
"Um...Ke-keep him of-pft-" You couldn't even finish the sentence as you burst out laughing. While Hyuk stared at you like confused child.
His hair looked like it went through hurricane, tornado and electrocution at the same time, his drool was still on his cheek and his eyebrows were so messy. Heck, he even looked like he still hasn't mentally woken up.
"No wonder kitten was scared. You look like you escaped asylum." You snorted, giggling at his frown. "Go back to bed and I'll come back too. I have to go to bathroom first to remove my makeup." You spoke up again, walking towards the bathroom doors.
"Mhm, okey." Hyuk rubbed his left eye before taking steps towards the bedroom again and when he entered, he saw the kitten, looking at him with wide scaredy eyes while Hyuk was equally as shocked.
....
This stupid cat pissed on his bed.
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Gabby and Laura and Logan (and Wade) (he barged his way in I couldn’t stop him)
I have no real clue where I am going with this but I’m enjoying writing it -
Logan and the girls settled in and for the first few weeks you saw them regularly in the street, always a cheerful hello from you to them and back again. The girls started school and your leaving for work would sometimes coincide with them reluctantly dragging themselves into their father’s truck to be dropped off.
‘Not fans of school, huh?’ You called across one morning.
The weary look Logan gave you indicated that no, no they were not fans of school, backed up by Gabby’s shout of
‘Because it’s boooooring’ then pulling a face that indicated that yes actually she would rather be dead than have to sit through algebra thank you very much.
Of the two, Gabby was the more lively, often skipping across the road to say a bright ‘hi!!’ if she was in the yard and saw you. Laura, though always polite when you spoke to her, held back. She was watchful, constantly alert for something that you couldn’t quite determine. You assumed she was just protective of her sister, filling the gap left by the loss of their mother. You found yourself feeling for this quiet, guarded young girl. You hoped she was okay. She clearly loved and was loved by her father and sister but still you worried.
Speaking of their father, despite Angela’s sneers that he was raising two feral animals, Logan appeared, to your eyes at least, to be handling single parenthood with a brisk efficiency. The girls clearly adored him, and he them, despite frequent battles of wills between them all. But they were all navigating a loss, both together and separately, no one would be able to remain all rainbows and sunshine all the time.
After the first night you often saw Logan standing outside the front door, cigar in hand, just enjoying the peace that lasted for as long as it took him to smoke it. You never felt it was your place to intrude, to interrupt this moment but you knew that he was aware of you. A nod of the head, a raised hand if he saw you at the window, if you were outside at the time another brief ‘good night’ might be uttered. A moment of connection across that twilight street that was yours and his alone.
Your mind often wandered back to that…feeling you felt the first day you met. When he laughed and you felt something inside you melt. Logan was handsome, no one could deny that, and he was well built, kind and considerate as well, a quiet intelligent man who cared deeply for his daughters. Discovering you like to read he’d invited you in one afternoon to see if there was anything of his you’d like to borrow, and your heart had skipped a little to see the wall of bookshelves in the lounge stuffed full of books, some orderly, others just pushed in where there was space. You’d thanked him and told yourself that any attraction you felt was merely because of his library. And absolutely nothing else you repeatedly told yourself.
One afternoon, later than usual, you pulled into your drive, tired from another long day. Eyes sore from staring at a computer screen for hours while your boss had a meltdown over something that he should have dealt with days ago but forgot about then blamed everyone else for. You turned off the engine and just sat in your car, eyes closed, to enjoy the quiet for one second.
Tap tap. Taptaptaptap. Your eyes jerked open and you jumped to see a man stooped next to the car, tap tap tapping on the window. He smiled when he saw you look at him and in a very forward moment opened the car door and held out his hand. You were too shocked to do anything but take it and step out of the car
‘H…hello?’ You stammered.
‘Hi!’ The man beamed. His face was scarred, all of it, from the top of his bald head, down his neck and under his shirt. His…pink unicorn shirt….? Also his hands, similarly scarred. For a man who had clearly gone through a massive amount of trauma at some point in his life he was surprisingly chipper.
‘Wade Wilson,’ he smiled, shaking your hand. You hadn’t realised he was still holding it.
‘What…can I help you with anything Mr Wilson?’ You asked
‘Oh god Wade please,’ he chided, ‘we’re basically neighbours’
Your eyebrows shot up
‘We are??’
‘Well I mean technically no but you do live across the street from my bestie and I am going to be visiting as much as I can because this place is ADORABLE. I do miss my Peanut and his little Peanuts,’ he stared across at Logan’s house.
You’d followed his gaze. A rather beaten up Honda Odyssey was parked at a very skewed angle across the drive way and a small, very odd looking dog was snuffling around on the front lawn, occasionally peeing on anything that it found interesting.
That interest was intensified when Logan’s truck pulled up, only just stopping in time so as not ram into the back of Wade’s car. The girls jumped from the truck and ran to the dog, Laura scooping it up in her arms and both she and Gabby showering the odd creature with hugs and kisses.
‘Uncle WAAAAAAADE!!!’ Gabby shrieked as she spotted him and bolted across the street, launching herself onto the man and hugging him so tightly you could swear you heard his bones crack
‘Well hello my little honey badger,’ he smiled, squeezing her back.
Laura followed, the dog still in her arms and gave Wade a more restrained but no less meaningful hug. Logan, you noticed, had not as yet joined the welcome.
You watched him get slowly out of the truck and glare over at the love fest for this strange man and his dog, a look of resignation on his face. He slammed the door with rather more force than necessary and stalked over. He stopped and briefly fluffed the little hair the dog had.
‘Girls, take Mary and go inside,’ his tone brooked no disagreement and they immediately complied.
You found yourself standing awkwardly between the two men, one grinning from ear to ear, one looking like he was ready to wipe not just the smile off his face but his head from his body.
‘What the fuck are you doing here?’ Logan growled.
Oh.
Yes he had actually growled.
‘Just wanted to come and see you, Peanut,’ Wade said brightly.
‘You should have called first,’ Logan muttered, ‘you’re not staying to dinner’ and turned on his heel to head into the house.
You watched him go, mouth open a little.
‘Yes I know,’ Wade said, ‘it’s sight to behold isn’t it?’
‘What is?’
Wade nodded to where Logan had slammed the door shut.
‘Canada’s ass,’ he sighed.
Before you knew what was happening you had been swept into a hug.
‘SO good to meet you finally. Logie Bear has told me so much about you,’ you rocked back as Wade planted you back on the ground, and he sprinted across the street. You watched as he tried to open the door only to discover Logan had locked it. As Wade started hammering on the door and yelling to be let in you thought it best to leave them to their…wherever the hell it was.
It wasn’t until later that Wade’s words came back to you
‘Logie Bear has told me so much about you’
First you wondered if Wade ever called Logan that to his face and how well that went. Second…Logan had been talking about you? To the point where his very odd friend decided he want to meet you? Wade didn’t say that Logan had been talking to him about the new house or the girls’ new school or even the neighbourhood. You. Just you. As you sat at the kitchen table a plate of spaghetti slowing congealing on the table in front of you, you weren’t sure what to make of it all.
It was clear that this Wade guy was a family friend, the girls certainly seemed to adore him. Logan’s attitude was…semi murderous if you were honest. He definitely growled didn’t he? That was a growl. But however much Logan apparently wanted to kill him Wade seemed entirely unbothered by this, to the point of obliviousness.
Your reverie was broken by a knock at the door. You were surprised to see Logan standing on the other side of it.
‘Hi,’ you said, ‘everything okay?’
‘Yeah everything’s fine,’ he said quietly, ‘just wanted to apologise for earlier. Wade…Wade is a lot and I didn’t know he was coming over so I couldn’t warn you. He shouldn't have bothered you like he did.’
‘Oh. Well you didn’t need to do that’
‘Fairs fair,’ he said, ‘you warned me about that old bit…Mrs Morton,’ he corrected himself.
You smiled at him
‘Honestly I’d rather deal with five Wades than one Angela Morton’
Logan went a little pale and wide eyed. Clearly the thought of five Wades was too much for him to bear.
‘I mean he seems nice,’ you shrugged, ‘quite exuberant’
Logan nodded slowly
‘Yes he is definitely that…’
Your curiosity was getting the better of you. Should you ask Logan about him talking to Wade about you? How do you even ask that question - oh hey so I heard you’ve been talking about me all good I hope hahahahaha also why have you been talking about me so much. No. No you couldn’t say that.
‘So how do you guys know each other?’ You asked instead
Logan took a long time to reply. Too long if you were honest.
‘We worked together. Long time ago’
‘Oh. Well the girls obviously think he’s pretty great,’ you said smiling.
‘Yeah well…kids don’t know any better. I’ll see you, sorry again’
And with that he abruptly turned and headed off back to his house. Well now you were even more confused. And even more curious. Before you really knew whet you were doing you called after him
‘Logan!’
He stopped and turned
‘What?’ He didn’t look pleased but, well, screw your courage to the sticking point and all that
‘Um well it was just Wade said you’d talked to him about me?’
Logan stared at you for longer then felt comfortable
‘Fuckin’ shit stirring…’ you heard him mutter though you weren’t sure you were supposed to, ‘it was nothing'
'Long way for someone to come for nothing,' you pushed
Logan looked at you then away again.
'Just...don't pay attention to him, he talks a lot of crap and loves drama. I told him about everyone here so,' he waved his hand indicating the whole street, 'it was nothing special'
And with that he turned again and was back inside before you had a chance to ask anything else. His front door slammed and that was the end of the discussion.
As you lay in bed later that night you couldn't stop thinking about his words. Nothing special. Story of your life.
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Thoughts on the live-action adaptation of The Murderbot Diaries, Episodes 1: FreeCommerce and 2: Eye Contact:
I enjoyed them well enough. I have criticisms but I'm gonna keep watching. It was funny and entertaining. If you haven't read the books and are at all interested in the series based on the show, I would highly recommend reading them (also the first novella, which the show is based on, is super cheap, and as it's a novella, short). They are much better and funnier. Spoilers below for the books and show
From the get-go: after the first teaser was released, I reread All Systems Red in one sitting, and a good chunk of Artificial Condition. Yes, the story is being massively changed, kind of like they disassembled a puzzle, reassembled the pieces in ways that mostly fit but aren't intended, and then painted over a lot of it so it largely looks right, while the paint is dripping. The core plot is there, particularly at least the major plot beats. Although two cast members have been removed and one added (the latter of which will presumably be in a future episode), and a number of character relationships have been modified as a result, the cast is generally the same. So it's not like "this is entirely different" but rewrites have occurred, which changes a lot, even if, at its heart, it is still very much the same narrative. Anyone who is insisting they haven't changed much or it's basically the story, is not being honest and/or has not reread the books in a while. That's not to say all the changes are bad because they are changes, but the changes exist. A lot of how that works out in the end is subjective.
I like the opening animation. I think it's a cute. I have a soft spot for animated toy openings.
It's a choice but also makes sense to make things more chronological, starting with Murderbot disabling its governor module, while also demonstrating just how much humans abuse it and why it would want to do that. I still think the human hitting it and bouncing off of it is very funny. And I like the armor design. A lot of changes were made to better explain things to an audience that works better for live-action television than books. That's fine as a concept. Again, how it ends up working out for an audience is largely subjective.
The problem with me talking about this show is that I never was able to track who was who among the human cast while reading, except for Mensah lol I care most about Murderbot, ART, and Mensah, so that was kind of it on my list. Humans were just Other. Thus, remembering who is who while learning who is who on the show is EXCITING! But I shall do my best.
I'm not the happiest with describing PreservationAux as "hippies". That's not a term I could find in the books anywhere, so this seems to be a show thing. From a writing angle to a new audience angle, I get why someone might have used it, but it makes no sense for Murderbot to use it (hypothetically it might know what a hippie is, but as a narrative framing reference, it's so far beyond the concept of hippies that it seems weird to use it as a descriptor) and the general narrative step away from treating Murderbot's company as Massive Capitalism Evil Metaphor combined with "Murderbot's new clients are hippies" is not really something I'm into. They might just be slow-building it, and it's not like they weren't upfront with "what's happening with Murderbot is a form of slavery" and also "what's happening with Murderbot is generally horrifying and this is a person they could just murder for parts as desired", but... I don't know. There's a vibe to it I'm not thrilled about, and "hippie" combined with the painting and the singing and the dancing and whatnot is just... hmm. The show seems more focused on how weird PreservationAux is rather than Capitalism Evil, and I'm less trusting of that shift, given, you know, Apple.
The contract scene was very weird in the sense that they were trying to very awkwardly infodump during a contract negotiation and as a result it was perhaps one of the oddest contract negotiations I've seen, even incorporating the science fiction elements. But it's fine for what it is, I suppose.
Volescu has seemingly been removed from the story, at least for this season. In the initial rescue sequence, Arada takes his place. Overse was also for some reason deleted from the story. I would be less averse to shrinking the cast for simplicity if I didn't know, from the trailer, that they're going to add a ComfortUnit somewhere, presumably from DeltFall. As someone who's still having trouble recalling who's who - though writing this and watching the show are helping me stick names to faces - shrinking the cast is again not necessarily an issue. But it's a different story.
I was truly not expecting Clark Gregg looking like he just walked off a production of The Wizard of Oz. I know his bit is in the first trailer, but for some reason, I guess because I was distracted by everything else, I didn't process that it was him lol He was funny for all he was not in there long. The Sanctuary Moon bits were, as expected, great. Also loved John Cho, as expected. Great stuff.
I'm still not a fan of how Murderbot is carrying Bharadwaj wrong. It specifically carries her in a bridal carry in the book to keep her alive (or at least that sounds like that's how it's carrying her), and there's a lot we learn about its competence for doing that. Carrying her like a potato sack so her organs and fluids fall everywhere as she bounces on its shoulder indicates a carelessness that just isn't there. Murderbot can be careless, but not like this.
Ratthi's hot. Just gonna say.
Not into how the team is so excited to sexually harass Murderbot from the get-go. From the trailer I'm guessing this is going to be Ratthi's growth from fuckboi to respectful (well slightly less of a fuckboi I guess), but um... Hmm. Also again, maybe part of the whole "hippie" thing? Yes, PreservationAux is proudly queer and full of polyamorous folks who are happy to fuck, but also... hmm.
I really like Mensah. She's great, as always. I also like Bharadwaj. And poor Pin-Lee, trying to support her wife (probably one of the funnier moments in the show was when she sees Arada jump Ratthi and is like "uh, I have to get involved in this somehow" and it's so relatable when writing orgies). Honestly, the whole cast is really great. We were all worried it wouldn't stay queer, given the state of live-action television these days. Yes, it's very queer. That's lovely.
I'm not the biggest fan of focusing on MurderKen. There sure were a lot of shots of that. I get that it's Skarsgard, they're basically obligated to show his nude body at least once cause Hollywood Sexyman, but... mm.
I think it's funny they made me hate Gurathin for largely different reasons than the books make you hate Gurathin lol Like yes, he's a paranoid asshole and a massive dick to Murderbot. In this... he's also extremely weird and asks incredibly bizarre questions (because he's being used to infodump) and Murderbot is... a bit warier than it probably should be of him based on what it knows. Maybe people think he's just Gurathin being Gurathin but he felt weird in a way entirely different from how he is at least in All Systems Red. It still reads as him. Just... different. Maybe if I really shipped Murderbot and Gurathin I'd have enjoyed it more, I don't know. I'm happy for those shippers, though!
I did enjoy the end bit in Episode 2 where Gurathin talks to Mensah. That was nice. The show demonstrates that he's a dick but he truly does care about his companions.
There were a lot of moments that had me genuinely laughing, like Mensah dropping the f-bomb, Mensah and Bharadawaj's chats (especially the one where they're getting prideful about their scientific specializations, very realistic), Gurathin trying to turn a chair that's not on wheels in a way that's not silly, etc. That kept me in a positive mood that still isn't fully pushed aside by the incredibly bad interrogation.
From a visual perspective, I also really liked the "Murderbot turns its head to face Gurathin" moment. It was a little awkward (as Murderbot always is), but it was also fun.
I was however generally more frustrated with how the story made Murderbot seem less competent than it is. Not just the carrying Bharadwaj, but also its detachment from the issue with the maps (it's supposed to be more involved in that), and its not pointing out as much how dangerous the company is. In the book, it's clear Murderbot knows more than the crew, but is keeping quiet out of self-preservation, but because those thoughts aren't being shown somehow, it looks more like Murderbot is following the humans' lead, even if Murderbot is clearly more aware of at least some threats, namely leaving the hub without a SecUnit and how dangerous SecUnits are.
The story is a lot more focused on the humans, and that's understandable and honestly expected, but frustrating. I care a lot more about Murderbot (and the criticism of capitalism), not the human dynamics, no matter how much I understand someone jumping Ratthi's bones.
I hope we get more of Murderbot's obsession with drones and how cool they are. We saw the one, which was nice, but that wasn't even one of Murderbot's drones.
I also appreciated we got its insistence on viewing scenes through cameras rather than its eyes. Murderbot is awkward and has anxiety, and although they don't explain why (that it's part of the unintended side effects of Murderbot's design), I enjoyed seeing how it was all executed on-screen, by and large. Murderbot sitting down in the chair was good.
Also yes, while we've argued over this ever since the announcement was made, I do think it is still a missed opportunity - at best - that the main character is played by a cis white man rather than a queer person of color, particularly someone who's non-binary or agender. I think Skarsgard does fine in the role, like I imagined he might. But they could have done a lot more with it. There's a moment where Gurathin looks at Murderbot and says like, "I just look at you and think there's something wrong" and my thought was "yeah, it's that "white men are dangerous" vibe".
Looking forward to Episode 3!
If you haven't read the books, again, consider checking them out! Kobo sells DRM-free copies, too.
#the murderbot diaries#fallfthoughts#I enjoyed it I just have some criticisms#murderbot#gurathin#ayda mensah#ratthi#bharadwaj
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Heyo there!!
Could I get a SFW Transformers: Animated Blitzwing Alphabet here? I'd love to see your ideas for headcanons with him!!
Yes, yes you can
God I am so sorry this took AAAAAGES
But yes, here is your headcanon alphabet for this maniac(/aff)
Warnings: Blitzy has serious issues, mentions of murder
Affection- (how affectionate are they? How do they show it?)
Blitzwing's method and level of affection depends on how he's feeling. Sometimes, he's more than content to cuddle with you and make fun of some random movie, and others, all he wants to do is go blow something up with you and cackle maniacally while you both dance on the ashes.
He will (gently) smush you against his face. He will lick you. He will snarl at anyone who gets close to you. He will do all sorts of weird things that he views as loving. He'll bring you someone's head as a token of his affection.
Best friend- (How would they be as a best friend? How would it start?)
...I'm gonna be so honest, unless you're a fellow Decepticon, you probably got kidnapped. Or used as a hostage. He thinks you're weird for not freaking out, especially when he swaps faces, and he likes weird. Weird is good. Weird is fun.
He eventually seeks you out again for a proper conversation, and you two actually hit it off. (Well, as much as you can hit it off with an alien war criminal with a laundry list of issues.) So he comes back again. And then again. And before you know it, you have his comm code in your phone and a selfie of you two as your lockscreen.
Over time, it'll develop into a proper friendship, and he'd do pretty much anything for you. Janice in accounting pissing you off? He'll squish her. Ex-partner stalking you? Squished. On your period, or just had a shitty day in general? Here's an entire gas station's worth of snacks. He cares so much, and he's terrible as saying it, but he tries to show you anyway.
Cuddles- (Do they like to cuddle? How do they cuddle?)
Ah, yes. The age-old question of "do Decepticons like to cuddle?". The answer is yes. This mech is so touch starved, it's not even funny. It takes him a while to trust you with that vulnerability, though, and that's doubled if you're Cybertronian. You have a much higher ability to hurt him, and he really, truly, does not want to get hurt anymore.
But when he does trust you enough for cuddles? Oh boy is he clingy. No matter what mood he's in, he adores holding you, snuggling you, walking around with you cupped in his palms (or holding his hand, which is almost better), and a whole myriad of other things. He is a level 10 clingy bitch.
Domestic- (Do they want to settle down? How are they at cooking and cleaning?)
If he's feeling more melancholic, he might wonder what your life together might have looked like if the war didn't happen. Would you have a house? An apartment? Would you live in Vos or Kaon or somewhere else? Would you have kids? All these and more torment his fractured processor and leave him unable to sleep.
And if you're human...yikes. He can get even angstier if he's feeling low enough. Does he really deserve you? Wouldn't you be happier with a fellow human? He can't even hold you properly, why do you stay? He's a madmech, he could so easily hurt you so badly, why on earth do you trust him so much?
Of course, you're there to reassure him and remind him that you love him. That he's not getting rid of you, ever.
...I think it goes without saying that this mech should not be allowed in the kitchen. "Servo salad" yeah no thanks babe I'd rather stick to lettuce-
Cleaning is a mixed bag. You have to be very wary when you hand him that feather duster, because his mood can change at the drop of the hat. He will get angry at the dust. And unless you distract him, he will try to eat something. Put some music on and make it more of a game, that works pretty well.
That said, he does do a good job. He's very thorough.
Emotion- (Is it easy for them to express emotion in front of you?)
Short answer? No.
Long answer? It depends.
Some days he finds himself able to let the words flow like water, sweet nothings falling off his tongue easily. And other days his jaw is locked shut, the fear of losing you too strong to bear. Those are the days where he chooses instead to hold you close, to reassure himself that you're okay, that you're here beside him with no plan or intention of leaving him.
Fiancé- (How do they feel about commitment? How quickly would they want to get married?)
It'd take years for him to really, seriously consider it. But you're human, and your lifespan is so much shorter. He wants to give you the entire universe, but if that's not possible, then getting married is the next best thing.
If you're Cybertronian, then it takes even longer. He wants to court you, to do this right. He wants to take you out on dates and dance with you and show you things you've never seen. He wants to conjunx you properly, with a real ceremony, not on a backwater dirtball with too much water.
Either way, though, he's in it for the long haul. Past a certain point, he stops expecting you to leave and starts trusting that you won't.
Gentle- (how gentle are they, both physically and emotionally?)
He tries his best, but you still end up with accidental bumps and bruises. Each one makes his gut twist with an unpleasant feeling, another reminder that you shouldn't tolerate him, let alone love him. But love him you do, and so the bruises get ice and the scrapes get bandaids, and Blitzwing gets a kiss for being your brave hero. Which he, naturally, enjoys.
Emotionally, he's much worse. He's blunt and cold on some occasions, and manic and wild on others. But he tries. For you. He'll never tease you for crying, or mock you for your interests, or make fun of anything about you. He'll threaten anyone that does, in any way, shape, or form, and god help them if they make you cry.
Hugs- (Do they like hugs? How often do they give them? What are their hugs like?)
Like many things, it depends on his mood. While he does like it, it's not all the time he wants one, and he won't ever ask for one. He'll just hover near you like an aloof cat that totally doesn't want pet until you get the hint and hug him.
And it's so worth it when you do. He's warm and gentle, and the thrumming of his spark is audible. Sometimes he'll pick you up and spin you around, giggling, others he'll grab you possessively. But he's always careful with you.
I love you- (How fast do they say the L-word?)
It takes him months, if not years. It's not for lack of wanting- he wants to, desperately, but he can't, won't, give the universe another person to take from him. He can't lose you. He can't bring himself to announce to the universe that you're something else to be taken from him.
It makes him feel awful when you say it and he can't bring himself to say it back, can't tell you how he feels. So he finds other ways. He brings you things, he holds you close, and he murmurs soft things to you when you're asleep. He adores you so, so much, and it's killing him not to say it.
You end up talking about it, asking why he hasn't responded- not complaining, but worried that he might be feeling pressured- and he tells you. Tells you that he's terrified to lose you, and you've never seen him so quiet. So instead of saying it, you come up with a system. Three taps, one for each word.
He does that so often, his fingertips start to wear down a little.
Jealousy- (How jealous do they get? What do they do when they're jealous?)
Oh, he doesn't just get jealous. He seethes with envy. Depending on his mood- and how flirty they're being- they might, might escape with their life.
He'll loom beside you possessively, glaring down at them stonily, and he'll pull you in by the waist and haul you into a rough, possessive kiss, snarling his engines and venting steam until they get the message. If whoever it is doesn't get the message, he'll beat them bloody.
Kisses- (What are their kisses like? Where do they kiss you? Where do they like to be kissed?)
His kisses, like all else, depend on his mood. Sometimes they'll be soft, slow, filled with so much love you could burst. Other times they're rough, aggressive, hands pulling you against him and his engines roaring. And sometimes he just fucking licks you and calls it good.
Little ones- (How are they with kids? Do they want any?
He did want kids, before the war. Before he became what he is now, he wanted so badly to be a sire. But now, he's terrified of hurting them, of doing irreparable damage, of failing them.
He's fantastic with kids, though. He's calm and gentle and passionate and silly and defensive above all else. He'd be a great parent if he ever got his head around it.
Morning- (How are mornings spent with them?)
Mornings with Blitzwing are slow. They have to be, because he refuses to let you up until you absolutely have to get up. He's a cuddlebug when he's tired, and he's almost certainly stronger then you are. Not that you really try to get up, either, he's warm and outside is cold. A few more minutes can't do any harm.
Night- (How are nights spent with them?)
Nights with him tend to be late ones. Staying up until the wee hours of the morning talking, laughing, joking. You're always the first to fall asleep; the soft purr of his engines and the thrumming of his spark are the sweetest lullaby you've ever heard.
Open- (When will they start revealing things about themselves? Do they say everything at once or wait awhile to reveal things slowly?)
It takes ages to crack him open. The key is patience- revealing things about himself will take a lot of trust, and prying will get you nowhere. He'll tell you when he tells you, and no sooner. He'll drop little things here and there, and then drop it all at once when he breaks down after a particularly bad nightmare.
Patience- (How easily angered are they?)
It's Blitzwing. His temper is shorter than Bumblebee.
But jokes aside, he doesn't really get angry at you. Not really. He gets annoyed, he yells, he stomps around in a huff, but he doesn't get angry. He will not hesitate to squish a bitch if they hurt you though, his limited amount of patience is reserved for you and you alone. He'd fight Megatron for you if he had to.
Quizzes- (How much would they remember about you? Do they remember every little detail you mention in passing, or do they kind of forget everything?)
He doesn't remember every little detail, but you won't catch him forgetting important shit. Birthday? Down pat. Anniversary? In the calendar. He keeps track of things. He writes things down. He doesn't want to forget.
Remember- (What is their favourite moment in the relationship?)
The first time you dragged him out to see the stars. You had to go miles out to avoid light pollution, but it was more than worth it. The stars were gorgeous, and your excitement was even better.
Security- (How protective are they? How do they protect you? How would they like to be protected?)
He is so protective. He can't, won't, lose you, not after everything else, and he needs to protect you. Be that from a collapsing building or a spider, he is there.
He'll take hit after hit if it means keeping you safe, he'd rip every single Autobot limb from fucking limb, he'd do anything to keep you safe. If you were ever hurt, badly hurt, he'd rip whoever did it into shreds and then blow the shreds to smithereens and then stomp the smithereens into tiny little bitty pieces.
He'd panic bad if you ever got hurt in a way he can't do something about- if a building collapsed on you or is you got in a wreck or you're just plain sick. He can't fix this with violence. He can't fix this, period.
He'd be touched and impressed if you stood up for him- especially because he was half-expecting you to do the opposite. Expecting the worst.
Even if you can't protect him physically, he'll love you even more if you yell at someone for his sake. I mean, he thinks it's hot when you yell either way, but especially when it's for him. Optimus Prime quakes in fear at the memory of your scolding.
Try- (How much effort would they put into dates, anniversaries, gifts, everyday tasks?)
He does genuinely try. He puts his all into everything he does- loving you included. He'll take you out flying, wherever you want to go. He would give you the moon and stars, all you have to do is ask. He adores you with everything he is, was, and will ever be.
Flight dates are common even if you're human, but they happen often if you've got a flight alt. Racing through clouds, spiralling lazily around one another, feeling the wind rushing over your wings. It's one of his favorite things, and he loves sharing it with you. Especially considering you're his favorite person.
Ugly- (What are some of their bad habits?)
He's very overprotective. He'll jump in even if you're nowhere needing help, and he tends to do things for you even if you're capable.
He's also got a bad habit of not letting something lie. If you ended on a disagreement, he'll keep poking at it until you either yell at him to stop or indulge him. Both things can be resolved with a stern discussion, but the overprotectiveness is just going to tone down, never disappear.
Vanity- (How concerned are they with their looks?
He truly could not care less. He makes sure he's clean enough and that's about it.
He will make sure to scrub down thoroughly if he's come into contact with something that could hurt you, though.
Whole- (Would they feel incomplete without you?)
Oh, absolutely. If you ever died, or left him, or even got separated from him for more than 24 consecutive hours, he'd be miserable. You're his life, his light, his everything. He needs you to survive. He can't imagine living without you anymore.
Xtra- (An extra headcanon about them)
This seems to be unpopular consensus, but I don't think Blitzwing is three personalities in one body or whatever. My personal hc is that since his processor split, each "face" has only been able to express a certain subset of emotions. Before the split, he was a manic, aggressive, snarky sonuvabitch and he's still that bot, just a little crazier. But the faces aren't separate bots. It's all Blitzwing up there.
Yuck- (What are some things they wouldn't like, either in general or in a partner?)
He doesn't like sweet things. Makes him sick.
Zzz- (What is a sleep habit of theirs?)
He tends to sprawl out like he's been shot, unless he's cuddling you, then you are not escaping until he decides to let you go.
He snores. Loudly. It's awful.
His engine fluctuates as he sleeps, like it breathes with him. It revs on inhale, and idles on exhale.
He wakes up incredibly dehydrated all the damn time due to the aforementioned snoring.
Masterlist
#leo writes#leo answers#transformers animated#tfa blitzwing#x reader#tfa blitzwing x reader#transformers animated blitzwing#tfa#tfa x reader#sfw alphabet
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Hello! I just read that Deadpool Reader you wrote and I love it♥️♥️♥️♥️
Could you write more about them? I have this ideas but Idk if it's good..
So first I was wondering, does Deadpool Reader has the same skin and mental condition as Deadpool himself? Like do they have the same backstory?? Are they older than the Class since you said they are like an idol for them, Could you tell us more?(•‿•)
I was thinking Deadpool Reader did some Voice acting for animations and maybe acted a movie or two but with mask on obviously, What's prohero 1-A class reaction? I feel like there's a lot of Deadpool edit on the internet (like Deadpool dance from Deadpool & Wolverine)
Could you also write about What was Deadpool Reader role at the end battle with All for one and Shigaraki?? What they did or anything you feel to add? If you don't write about this one is no problem!
Thank you!
Yandere class 1a x Deadpool reader's headcanons!
Jeez I didn't think anyone would be this interested in my Deadpool reader oneshot but here we go!
Tw: scientists subjects, mentioned of skin conditions, mentions of body mutilation, yandere behavior, reader, and more please risk at your own risk

Yes I feel like Deadpool reader would still have the skin condition most likely (if you don't want them to thats up to you) now backstory would be a bit different since this is a mha universal I think their backstory would be this considering this is the mha universal : readers parents were on the run by a bunch of evil scientists and agents due to them having a certain quirk, when they found out they had a baby they decided to abandon the original goal and to get the baby, later that night the scientist broke in and killed the parents and recruited the baby reader for testing
during that time a scientist was assigned to be readers caretaker at 1st they didnt want to due to them having a dislike against children and babies but the more they bond the more love and care the scientist grew for reader which soon made the scientist wanting to rebel against their plans and ideas, in hoped for reader to have a happy normal childhood
but when the scientist discovered that the other scientists planned to do a certain experiment to turn reader into an horrifying disfigured mindlesss nomu/creature the scientist helped reader escaped from the lab when reader was just 10 years old and faked their identity and decided to live another country to begin a new life and raise reader there, and that country was japan!
Overtime reader sec wanted to become a hero but the scientist was nervous considering readers behavior or being a bit nutty and not taking everything seriously (which made them the odds one out in the end of elementary and middle school)
Now here's the part where yall get to choose how they meet yandere class 1a
A. They managed to enter ua and class 1a which is pretty much ordinary
B. They went to another hero school and they met class 1a through exams and stayed in touch and hang out with them (bonus points if they go to the same school as shindo if you want them to be the same age as class 1a)
Now is reader older class 1a..? Ding ding ding! They could be probably around 3-5 years older then them if you prefer older readers! Or if they're the same age they can be a very popular reader maybe not in the top 10 but they're popular for their nutty comedic personality and also for their badass hero fights with villians making funny and unhinged jokes and pissing them off
Now if reader was VAing in a any show? Oh bitch they'll be screaming on the top of their lungs even some will go feral if they ever heard your voice in a movie character or they found out you do the character you voiced with, if you voice that certain character? That's their favorite character now no matter how boring or poorly written they are it's their favorite character and will defend that character for life some people like Mina, denki, sero, and Kirishima would repeat your lines and catchphrase everyday making you a bit embrassed by it
Momo, ochako, izuku, and bakugo (secretly) would buy some all of reader deadpools merchandise and put that shit in their shrine or collection they have stored away for only them to see and cherish their nutty darling!
Bonus: jirou tokoyami, tsuyu, and denki would repost and like all of deadpool readers fan edits!
#yandere bnha#yandere ua#tw yandere#yandere x reader#yandere mha#yandere class 1a#yandere blog#yandere fanfiction#yandere older class 1a#yandere harem#deadpool x mha#deadpool reader#deadpool
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Most trans people have incredible and interesting transition goals. My goblin brain has decided it wants me to be a basic ass autistic white man (Yes I know Columbo is Italian but he is a pseudo outlier here).




Like why. I love it tho. Default settings of a man. I just want to be a kept and predictably dressed guy. Dear goodness the autism is strong here but still. I’m a white passing Latino but my brain says well you kinda look like that so white man it is.
#getting a haircut to achieve my side part goals but still#trans#transgender#ftm#transition goals#yes two of these are animated I do not care#I was and continue to be obsessed with cartoons#Columbo#green lantern#hal jordan#prince phillip#dale cooper
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re last reblog I do see fanfic culture pushing/replicating a certain model of "what trauma looks like," "how trauma works"
this is a problem across all areas of society obviously, but transformative works are, well, transformative. they're about crafting and modifying narratives where the fan-creator sees a flaw or a lack -- often for the better! don't get me wrong, I've done my fair share of "I take a hammer and I fix the canon," it's the main thing that gets my creative gears spinning -- but what happens when that "flaw" is simply a narrative not conforming to popular expectations?
some people just don't get PTSD from events that sound obviously traumatic. they're not masking, and they're not coping; they just straight-up didn't get the permanently-locked stress-response that defines PTSD. they walk away from a horrible experience going "well, that sucked, but it's over now." some people do get PTSD from events most people wouldn't find traumatic. we don't really know why some people get PTSD and others don't. but fandom has an idea of events that must be traumatizing, of a "correct" way to portray trauma. you see the problems with this lack of understanding in e.g. fans pressuring the devs of Baldur's Gate 3 to add dialogue where the player character badgers Halsin about his own feelings on his abuse -- because he must be traumatized, and his trauma must fit a certain mold and presentation of sexual trauma, under the mistaken impression that anything outside that narrow window is somehow "wrong" and disrespectful or even harmful to survivors.
take, for another example, the very common trope of a traumatized character who hates touch or sex "learning" to like touch or sex as a part of their healing process. certainly that can be healing for some people; other people will never like, or want, touch or sex, because of trauma or because they just don't. the assumption that someone who doesn't want sex or doesn't like to be touched must be traumatized, must be suffering from this perceived lack, is seriously harmful -- to asexual people, to people with sensory issues around touch, and to people for whom healing from trauma means freedom to refuse sex or touch.
and there's a secondary trope, one that's slightly more thoughtful but ultimately repeats the problem -- that once someone has learned that their boundaries will be respected, they'll feel it's safe to soften those boundaries. once they feel safe refusing touch or sex, they'll feel comfortable allowing it on their own terms. but many people don't, and many people won't! many people will simply never want to be touched, and never want sex, and they are not suffering or broken or lacking because of it. the idea that proving you'll respect someone's boundaries entitles you to test those boundaries -- the paradox is obvious, and yet this is something i've seen hurt (re-traumatize) people i care for.
people are imperfect victims. people don't heal in the ways you expect. many people have positive memories of their abuse, of their abusers. many people hurt others in the course of their trauma, in ways that can't easily be unpacked in a 5k oneshot. very few narratives of trauma and recovery actually fit the ones put forward by popular children's media and romance novels -- which are the ones I most see replicated in fandom spaces, because they provide the clearest narrative and easiest catharsis, and so they're easy and soothing to reach for.
that's not necessarily a bad thing! i am not immune to goopy romance tropes. i am not immune to teary catharsis. not every fic has to grapple with ugly realities. but there's a problem when these narratives become predominant, when people think they're accurate and realistic depictions of trauma, when the truth of trauma is unpleasant and uncomfortable, and doesn't fit any single narrative, let alone one of comforting catharsis
#bird original#see also: the murderbot diaries#murderbot does not like to be touched. murderbot does not like touching other people#physical contact is an unpleasant necessity in emergencies or to feign being human (something murderbot also hates)#at one point murderbot uncomfortably offers a hug to someone it cares for because she's upset and needs one --#and she refuses. because she knows it doesn't really want to; she won't ask it to do something it hates for her benefit#& yet murderbot fic often has it learning that touch ~isn't so bad~ and maybe there are a COUPLE people it likes to cuddle with.#the differences between vash in the original trigun anime and trigun stampede --#tristamp!vash is your woobie who hides his sad and traumatized heart under goofy behavior;#who copes and avoids through silly indulgences#2011!vash ... is not that#2011!vash isn't coping or masking. he feels immense grief yes; he also feels immense joy; the two are inseparable#he pursues joy moment to moment because he knows how fleeting each moment is#he loves people so intensely because he knows that he'll lose them -- so he has no time to waste with them#his grief is real and profound; so is his joy#i find that much more compelling and i feel like that's not a character i'd see in today's media environment#anyway#fandom#trauma#fanfic#throwing a golden apple into the tags with this but fuck it we ball
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The Friendship of Edward VI and Barnaby Fitzpatrick
The friendship between these two young boys is quite an interesting one on the account that it can appear to be an unexpected one. Edward was the heir to the English throne, later King in his own right, while Barnaby was the eldest son of an Irish Baron, send over to England as a show of loyalty from his father. One would imagine that two boys from such differing backgrounds and sets of expectations would hardly gravitated towards each other, yet they did. One has to wonder what brought them together.
#edward vi#barnaby fitzpatrick#edward and barnaby#web weaving#be nice this is my first time doing this#this isn't my usual#but I just had to do it for my interest that no one else cares about#I just had to give my interpretation of these two's friendship#especially since I'm currently writing like two fics which focuses on the dynamic between the two#also I had to share my faceclaim for teen barnaby#he's a french actor named Jean-Stan Du Pac#I just found these pictures on pinterest while looking for faceclaims for barnaby a while ago#ah the joy of being into a historical figure that doesn't even have a depiction in media#or a contemporary depiction actually#anywho these two are very dear to me and I can't wait to go more into their relationship#I have to feed myself content after all#tudor history#tudor era#becoming elizabeth#mostly because I used images of edward from the show#the quality on some of the images aren't great#I tried my best to fix them up but there wasn't much to be done in the end#also I wrote that last bit I'm not quoting anything 😅#yes the specific flowers and the animals have meaning#the deer and the fox are very specific to me and only makes sense if I explain it#which I won't in this post#but I will do it#[tui amantissimus]
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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Kingdom Come: Deliverance (Video Games) Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Hans Capon/Henry Characters: Hans Capon, Mutt (Kingdom Come: Deliverance), Father Godwin (Kingdom Come: Deliverance) Additional Tags: Post The Scene™, Emotional Hurt, Hans Capon Needs a Hug, Feelings, Feelings Realization, Starvation, Vomiting, Angst, Desperation, Period-Typical Sexism, Non-Explicit Sex, Drinking, Alcohol, Blood and Injury, Mutt comforting Hans, No beta we die like Oats Series: Part 1 of Frozen in Your Everglow Summary:
Henry was going to die. And there was nothing Hans could do about it.
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An exploration of what Hans might have been going through emotionally after Henry left to get help, with a little added drama and a whole lot more Mutt.
#kingdom come deliverance#kingdom come 2#kingdom come deliverance 2#kcd#kcd2#hansry#henry of skalitz#hans capon#ownwriting#ao3#if i had a nickel for everytime i've written about an emotional distressed young man who vomits i would have two nickels#which isn't a lot but it's weird it happened twice#ANYWAY I WROTE THIS IN LIKE TWO DAYS WHEN I REALLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN SLEEPING LET'S GOOOO#i really wanted to do my own take on the scene(tm) but so many ppl had already done that so i thought#why not explore the scene but from a slightly difference perspective#oh hans must have felt like absolute shit after henry left him there ;-;#also hans and mutt bonding???? yes#hans caring about henry's animals??? yessss
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Grojband, but as a band from an early 2000s shoujo manga
#I was literally just going about my day and then this idea hit me like a truck and I couldn't do anything else until I drew this#I'm apparently still on the nostalgia train and have no real intention of getting off anytime soon lol#next stop?#Who knows!#I pulled up so many reference images for this only to use like three of them T-T#you bet i made a bunch of sketches of them to make up for it!#you can probably tell which two mangas I referenced for this this#also this style is so hard???#artists just draw like this all the time???#just drawing laney nearly drained away all my sanity#also yes they are aged up because there is no way that they could look this dramatic and angsty at their actual ages XD#have i mentioned how much i love tumblr#I get to rant as much as i want down here and no one cares lol#grojband#corey riffin#laney penn#kin kujira#kon kujira#anime and manga#artists on tumblr#digital art#fanart#grojband fanart#shoujo manga#artist on tumblr#my art
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Adam, Eve, and Lilith. they’re my ocs now more lore in tags

#the lore:#they’re in an on off throuple#lilith is ofc adams first wive#from before adam (human) was split into two adam (man) and eve (woman)#so lilith is ‘whole’; in modern understanding she’s intersex &transfeminine#lilith and eve had an affair in the garden of eden#in which lilith tempted eve to eat the fruit; while yes persuaded eve wasn’t deceived to do this she made the choice for herself#then she gets sexy w adam and feeds him the apple.#not fully a free choice on his behalf moreso eve choosing what’s best (free will&the enlightenment from the fruit) for them as a unit#adam in a lapse of judgement blames eve. bad choice buddy your wife is always right#so when they’re kicked out they split for a little bit#adam rebounds with lilith and she provides for him and it’s comfortable but he misses eve#they’re together about half a year#meanwhile eve is praying and atoning and has been cultivating plants along a river#adam tries to see eve a couple times during this but she’s mad at him still#after 7months she’s ready to fotgive him provided he helps and hunts animals for them#while they are separated eve is approached by an ‘angel’ who is lilith in disguise. she cares for her and then they go to adam.#adam is like why do you try harming us what have i ever done to you and lilith is upset that he left her and that she was kicked from eden#they get away from her etc#they set up a permanent shelter and as a reward for reuiniting and pushing back ‘satan’ (lilith) he blesses them with a child —Cain#then they later conceive Abel on their own about 2years later#they have other children etc#after abel is killed by cain adam and eve get in a fight and things are tense and there’s another brief affair with lilith#it’s a three way thing to kind of act as catharsis#later later they have seth and that brings them back together#that’s most of it#my art#adam eve and lilith#adam and eve#artistic nudity
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karma's gotta come for all of us
i just hope she comes for you first
#the ignacio varga and lalo salamanca thesis. yes i will be taking questions at this time#they make me sick!!!#bcs#nacho varga#ignacio varga#lalo salamanca#better call saul#edit#my edits#te vas a morir. i like it when you're pissed off fucked up in the head it makes me feel a little less crazy. don't think i don't see you.#i see you. i do. everyone is bad. so why are you a pacifist? to sleep. and those who need it. to sleep. i'm living in a horror film.#i'm gonna break you down. slow like mold in the vents in the walls. ignacio varga. eres un chingon. just like a stray animal.#you keep feeding me scraps. nachito come over here eh don't be shy! ignacio it's your call. everyone is a bad guy.#do you want me to take care of it? i'm at the foot of your bed. waiting for you to throw a fist. to sleep. te vas a morir.#they've been making me sick for TWO YEARS.
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More about Magical-Girl Junas (+ Bhima)
#since harjunadanw mod already posted the happy shower i thought i might as well posted these too!#fgo#fgo fanart#fgo arjuna#arjuna alter#fgo bhima#ttls gallery#specifically drew first twos for them and then my senpai. i was just thinking about them doing heart hands and uh-#that was so silly but cute so why not ahaha#just wanted to draw bhima as the supportive brother he is!#he has the vibe that he wouldnt care if his little brother is the famous magical heroine he saw on tv tbh. like.#'juna remember to take 3 meals a day before you go fight those monsters! and i make you some light snacks too! and-'#and he doesnt actually know furball junao is actually his brother but in different timeline but yes he also doesnt care#if this little animal can talk. 'he looks polite enough so i adopt and feed and care for him like i do for my brother'. yeah#just my thoughts. oopsie i started ramblingsjsj.....
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breaking news!!!! garp isn't happy how Dadan is raising HIS grandchildren!!!! WELL I HAVE AN IDEA GARP!!!
#garp has fought more in this episode than in all of marineford.....#i really didnt expect all this flashbacks episodes RIGHT NOW#i mean its like a balm over marineford EXCEPT IF YOU THING LIKE TWO SECONDS ABOUT IT#AND EVERYTHING ACE SAYS MAKES YOU CRY#them all sleeping together 🥺🥺#they are trusting luffy too much.... build a base??? he gets dressed in the morning by pure chance#the asl flag.....#see how luffy was wearing the yellow vest in marineford bc red is aces color and sabo is blue..... i was right....#he was back to being a little kid#dadan cares and she is going to learn not to do it again xd#omg 100 tonnes hammer appearance#talking tag#watching one piece#episode 497#that was fun but now what happened with sabo#the comments saying heroic garp bested three of the best 😭😭😭#another comment saying he had a team like that but they ended up doing drugs except him being the only sane one bc of anime lmao#luffy being so happy at having brothers 😭😭#luffy saying he would save them 😭😭 yes 😭😭#luffy getting scared is such a new thing#i mean before sabaody#is ace mad that sabo and luffy arent giving him attention and are amazed by the old man??? interesting#see now they talk about roger and he just bails. probs doesnt even want to hear more shit about roger (and therefore himself)#roger is aces dad but don't say anything about this luffy... random old man is olay i guess...#sabo saying not every kid gets alomg with their parents but ace didn't even met him 😭😭#i am still mad that he hated him still when he died. like that's not right for sure#watch out ace can still get murderous...#oh they kept the little things they drank sake out of to become brothers....#the tenryubitos again..#episode 498
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listened to thad lacinak's interview on the roach show and that's all good and informative until my youtube recommended is now flooded with videos like "the DOWNFALL of seaworld😱" "is seaworld still KILLING orcas?????" and they all have dawn slapped on thumbnails. because how else are you going to get views if not by exploiting a woman's death?
#and said woman would not stand for like. any of that. just btw#sometimes I think we should just let her rest you know. it's been over a decade can we please leave her and her family alone#it's just like#idk I love how anyone on the internet can talk about any subject they want but I also don't#lilly talks#and also of course the people making those videos don't do any research past watching blackfish#which like- the average person doesn't need to do a deep dive#but one thing I'll say over and over again about seaworld or animal captivity or whatever is there are two sides of the aisle#of course if you only consume content about blackfish and how all of these animals are abused and psychotic#you're gonna believe that#but then maybe take a second to think about how john hargrove was fired and left seaworld in disgrace#and some of the trainers featured in blackfish spoke out about how their quotes were misused and skewed#and think about how ric obarry was denied a job at drc and now he often uses footage of their facilities in his videos#or ric's MANY failed releases#and how ingrid visser let an orca calf die because she thought that was better than living in human care#the list goes ON#yes seaworld is controlled by corporate greed and they have a shady past and have made bad decisions#I won't go to war for seaworld but I will defend cetacean captivity as a whole especially because of how far the general#public has been mislead. especially when we look at the people they're being mislead by#animal welfare#catch-all animal welfare tag#seaworld#zoos and aquariums#cetacean captivity#blackfish
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