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"WHAT THE FUCK ARE WE DOING?"

"IDK WE'RE JUST VIBING"

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Don't Touch Me

Kaminari: "Sure, but my old family wasn't much to desire." He stirs his stew around and gazes into it as if watching scenes of his past in it. "Shinso took me in after Sero brought me home with him one night about five or so years ago. I was terrible at controlling my quirk. Couldn't really get close to people or electronics, you know. If I made something short circuit or accidentally shocked someone, I had to go outside. Day or night. Rain or shine. Never really had a set time of how long." He frowns at the stew. "This particular winter I was sick and had an even harder time controlling my quirk, I shocked my mom and dad pretty bad. I got thrown out in the middle of the night. Was told I couldn't come back inside until my quirk was under control."

These words fell from Kaminari's mouth as he spoke to Bakugo. In Kaminari's head he could hear screaming and zapping. The screams grew to shouts and sobbing.

The scene flashed back to those times.

Kaminari: "I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to." Scoots into the corner of the room. He covers his mouth as he coughs. "I...I'm trying to control it." He looks up as foot steps approach him and a hand grabs at his shirt.

Male voice: "You don't care about controlling your power. If you did you would. You like causing trouble and pain everywhere you go."

Kaminari: shakes his head. "No, dad. I don't. Please." He looks at the back door as he's dragged towards it. Tears sting at his eyes as he tries pulling away only to be gripped harder. "Dad! Please! I can do better! Please!"

The door is swung open and a gust of wind blows snow into the house.  The male tosses Kaminari into the snow covering the ground then slams the door.

Male voice: "You can come back in when you can control your quirk."

Kaminari: coughs as he bangs on the door. "Please let me in! I'm sorry. I'm sorry!" He starts coughing again as he sits against the door with the wind whipping around him.  His eyes glance around the small yard. When he sees nothing to take shelter with, he presses against the door more.

As time goes by, laughter from inside the house die out and a television turns off then soon the lights.

Kaminari: jiggles the doorknob from where he was sitting only to find that it hadn't been unlocked. "I'm sorry." He whimpers as he slumps against the door.

???: "The fuck? Hey kid. Shit!" The sound of banging on a door could be heard and the jiggling of a doorknob. "Screw this! You're gonna come with me."

Later

Kaminari: feels a damp cloth wiping his face. Slowly, he opens his eye, but everything was blurry. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry." He coughs harshly. He can make out shooshing in a soft tone before falling back to sleep.

Hours later

???: "Shinso, we can't send him back there. Those people....those fuckin' monsters locked him out."

Shinso: "I'm not going to send him back. He's in terrible shape Sero. I can see that. Anyone can. If we send him back, he'd probably die."

Kaminari: starts sitting up. A damp cloth falls off his head as the looks at the two males talking. He's shocked to see they're around his age.

Sero: "You're awake." The dark hair male kneels down. He picked the cloth up and goes to wipe Kaminari's face.

Kaminari: "Don't....don't touch me." He jerks back. "I...you'll get hurt."

Sero: Looks over his shoulder at Shinso and after getting a small jester, turns back to Kaminari. "Okay. I won't touch ya." He holds the cloth out to Kaminari.

Kaminari: Takes the cloth carefully, small sparks fill the air for a split second. "I...I'm trying not to hurt people."

Shinso: "It's okay. With time you'll be able to control your quirk. We can help you. Do you have a name?"

Kaminari: "Denki Kaminari."

Sero: smiles softly. "That's a nice name. I'm Sero and that's  Shinso."

Kaminari: smiles back.

Shinso: "You can stay with us. You don't have to go back to that place Sero found you."

Kaminari: "R-really."

The other two give a nod.

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I didn’t take many photos this weekend, but you can enjoy this one that made me laugh.

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Shout out to 2021

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Wings of a Crow

   Dave had gone missing when he was sixteen. He'd messaged Dirk that he was on his way home from a party he had been asked to DJ for that night and never made it back. His car was found the next morning in the parking lot of a small grocery store, but no Dave. His phone was stuck between the seats and his right shoe was still on the floor by the drivers side.

   That was seven years ago. Dave remembers most of that night clearly, but it got fuzzy here and there towards the end. He remembered texting Dirk and driving. Why had he stopped again? A figure....they tapped on his window with a bright light in their hand and pointing to something. The memory rushed away as pain shot through his spine and a cry is torn from his lungs.

    He starts thrashing violently. Alarms are going off as his bare feet hit the ground. He looks around seeing machines everywhere and people laying on the ground. He ran to the door, but it was locked. "Fuck!" His eyes look towards the window and before he knew it,  he was jumping out of it. Large, black wings open and he was out of there.

   An hour into the flight, he landed in a park full of trees. He sat on the ground, pulling wires and tubes off of himself. His long claw fingers shocked him at first then a flash of a memory of him looking in a mirror at himself reminder him of how he looked now.

   He had small black feathers on his face and covering his arms. His fingers had become sharp like claws from a bird. Large, black wings were now on his back with a seven foot wing span. His skin was still pale and his eyes were the same red he remembered, but his blonde hair was now black and littered with feathers.

   He remembered how painful everything was. The treatments that caused these transformations had felt like poison under his skin throughout every inch of his body. He literally felt like he was going to die. As the transformations began, he had wished he was dead. He felt like his very being was being torn apart from the inside out. Even breathing had hurt back then.

   A high pitch scream rang out and Dave looked up to see a woman in jogging clothes staring at him.

Oh no.

   "No, no, no. It's okay." He stood up holding his hands out.

   The woman screamed again as she fell as she was backing away. "Help!"

"I'm not going to hurt you." He backed away.

He heard voices growing nearer and when a group of other joggers came into view a mixture of gasps and screams filled the air.

   Dave ran and then took flight.

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Six hours and a burn later, I now give you, this. A dragon guarding his cave.

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The Last Fight Part 2

Reporter: "Moments ago heroes arrived on scene of the burning apartment buildings. Everyone doing what they can to pit out the fire. The building is said to be cleared and-"

The cries of a panicked lady comes from the crowd: "My sons! My children are still in there! Let me go!"

Reporter: turned around watching the scene play out as a lady struggles against a firefighter and a police officer.

Lady: "My babies are still in there!"

Reporter: "Th-this is terrible news. It appears the building is not clear and the flames have engulfed the building already. It may be too late for those poor souls."

From the crowd, a large figure runs into the building.

Reporter: "Who was that? I didn't get a good look." The reporter held their earpiece down. "Ladies and gentlemen, I have reports coming to me now that Red Riot has just ran into the burning building. We don't yet know if he knows where the children are."

Firefighter: "Move back! The building is becoming unstable. Move back now!"

The building started creaking loudly.

Reporter: "The building...it's starting to tilt."

Firefighter: rushing over toward the reporter and the camera man. "You! Move back now!"

"Look!"

The camera man aims the camera up in time to see the large figure of Red Riot jumping out of the building's top floor.

Kirishima: "Dynamight!"

An explosion booms and another hero blasted into to the sky, seemingly out of nowhere. There was a hand off of two small figures.

A mixture of cheers and gasps filled the air. On one hand, the children were saved, but on the other, Red Riot was now falling from the sky at terrifying speeds.

Reporter: turns to the camera. "That won't hurt him, will it?"

The camera shifts.

The building starts clasping.

Screams could be heard and the scene was now jumping around as the camera starts running with the reporter and crowd.

When the camera stops and aims towards where the building was smokes and ash blew around the scene.

Reporter: "The smoke and ash are making it difficult to see anything. Wait. Wait, I see movement."

Two figures start walking from the smoke and ash.

Reporter: "I see Red Riot and who is that with him...." the reports steps closer. "It's Cellophane! The tape hero must have came to help his fellow hero along with Dynamight."

Sero: "Idiot. Just jumping from the top floor. What were you thinking?"

Kirishima: "It was the only way out. The floors were clasping."

Sero: "You're lucky Bakugo was getting ready to blast your way. Those kids could have gotten hurt."

Kirishima: "But they would still be alive."

Bakugo: walks over with a hand on his hip. "Don't you dare scare me like that again."

Kirishima: "You know I can't promise that."

Bakugo: "You weren't stone. You were flesh. I saw that. If Sero didn't fish you out of the air, you could have died!"

Kirishima: "I'm sorry." He leans his forehead against Bakugo's.

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The Last Fight

Kirishima hears shouting all around as he stood at a door with bars. His eyes stare straight forward towards the bars of the door across from him.

A bored voice spoke close to his ear as his muzzle is removed. He didn't have to hear the words to know what he had to do.

As the door opened, a loud bell went off and he dashed into a ring.

The shouts got louder and louder as he fought his opponent.

Then suddenly, everything went silent.

Kirishima looks around and all he can hear is static coming from a doorway that light poured out of.

He slowly walks to the doorway and stops in once he reached it.

He hears his own voice coming from inside the room. He watched as sharp, stone fingers run over the screen.

He froze as he watches himself turn towards him abruptly. He could see the crazy in his eyes. His heart started to pound in his chest as he saw himself leap towards him.

Flashes of Bakugo fly through his mind a mile a minute.

Bakugo: "Eijiro!"

Kirishima snaps his head up.

Instead of seeing Bakugo in front of him, Dabi stood with a smug grin on his face.

Dabi: "I own you."

Laughter fills the air.

Kirishima covers his ears.

Kirishima: "FUCK YOU!"

Bakugo: "Eijiro."

Kirishima shot up in a bed. Sweat rained down his face and neck. His heart was still racing. His eyes darted around in a panic.

Bakugo: "Eijiro, it's okay. You're safe. It was just a dream."

Kirishima looks to Bakugo and feels his heart slowing as he calms down.

Bakugo places a hand on Kirishima's cheek.

Kirishima leans into the touch.

Bakugo: "You had a nightmare."

Kirishima nods.

Kirishima: "Yeah, it was back when I was a kid."

Bakugo: "You had a dream about way back then."

Bakugo tilts his head then pulls Kirishima into an embrace and strokes his long, red locks.

Kirishima: "Dabi, was never captured. None of us heard anything after the truck crash."

Kirishima pulled the other into his lap, now embracing his lover.

Bakugo: "Fuck that guy. Maybe he just dropped dead somewhere."

Kirishima: "Unlikely."

Kirishima smiles softly.

Kirishima: "Thank you baby."

Bakugo: "What for?"

Kirishima: "Believing I could be good. You made me sane."

Bakugo: "You were never insane. You were in survival mood. Doing what you could to survive."

Kirishima kisses Bakugo's forehead.

Kirishima: "You DID make me sane."

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Finished Writing a Book

Okay so... I wrote a book. It's finished. Been working on this thing for, let's say 7 years. Between work, writer's block, and the death of loved ones, getting married, moving twice in two months. It was a slow process. It went through many changes as I wrote it. Scenes added and removed. Character design changes.

Now is the part where I get a copyright. This isn't necessarily a have to, but it's very important. This helps you prove this is your work if someone tries to take what's yours and tries to put it out there as their own.

There is just this one thing...

I have a hard time trusting people. I also have this thing, I imagine parents go through this. I made this baby, the book and the characters in it, and I'm in the process of working up the courage to put it out there for everyone who wishes to read it. It's my baby and I know not everyone is going to like it. Hell, I know there will even be people that will hate it. I don't actually worry about that part. Either way it goes, I enjoyed writing this book and making it what it is.

The first step is done. Writing it. Making corrects. Giving it life.

Getting a copyright is the next big step in my opinion and then publishing it.

Whatever is to follow after that, is out of my hands. To be lover or to be hated. Maybe no one will buy or read it. Maybe it'll flop. I won't regret what I created. It could fly off the shelf or just crumble into dust, but it will still be mine and I will be proud of what I done.

After I get my copyright certificate and more courage, it will be out.

Until then,

PK

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Probably an unpopular opinion

So, I'm not the best at playing games, but when I do play one and actually enjoy the game, I try to be thorough. Also a very annoying thing to me and my friends...mostly my friends, is how well I remember things. Even stupid ass, small details that have caught my eye. I'll be the first to admit, if it doesn't catch my interest, there is a possibility I won't remember it.

Turning a game (or book) into a movie and/or a show... yes I know there will be things that are different. Yes I know they do not have time to make it perfect or make it just like the game or book. Yes I know funding can be a reason for this. I understand that people will change things just because they feel just feel like it or because they believe it will add to the story. I strongly believe that everyone is entitled to their own opinions. Also spoiler alert throughout this post. If you enjoyed the HBO show, you also may not want to read this word vomit of an opinion post.

That being said...

My opinion on The Last of Us show...and I'm very, VERY sorry to say is that it was mediocre at best. God, that fuckin' hurts to say. I wanted to like it. I really did. They had a wonderful case. The special effects were amazing. Those infected were awesome. It was a beautiful world. They did add a very small bit to the story that I personally believe was pretty good.

But...they took so much away from it and did not give enough back to make up for it.

The infected. They looked really cool. They did a fantastic job on them. I enjoyed them when they were there. Where the fuck were they? They created a "zombie" show without many zombies. I'm not saying every single episode needs them. In fact, I'm saying you should not have them in all the episodes. It would have been nice to have more of them though. I felt like this world did not show me the true hardships of survival with infected. It almost felt like an after thought. Again, loved the infected and enjoyed them. They left me wanting more. I mean, 1 bloater? Were these creatures playing on very, very easy so something?

The relationships. I loved the Bill and Frank episode. I found myself tore. I loved that they gave Bill and Frank a better ending. I believe this episode was a good breather so the viewers could get away from the sad, scary (not so scary) world of the Last of Us. They captured Bill to a T and gave new life to Frank. I laughed and cried this episode. It was the best episode. That being said, I was salty. I will admit, my being salty was mostly because we didn't get to see Bill, Joel, and Ellie all together. Ellie and Bill butt heads and all. We missed out on Joel learning to make bombs from Bill's traps, but we can just assume he learned it from other life experiences and chose not to use them. Didn't get to hear the frustration in Bill's voice over Joel saying he owed him a favor and asking for a car.

Joel and Ellie. Tell me again, why did Ellie become attached to this version of Joel? (Sorry Pedro Pascal, we love you and I know you followed the script you were given. You did great!) Joel does start off very cold and distance from Ellie, yes. Joel comes around much faster though in the game. He trusted her with her own gun and she didn't have to hide that she had one. He became a father figure and a close friend. Did I miss where they bonded? When he got to Tommy's community, he was talking about how he was scared of the dangers from my understanding. Did I miss understand the scene? I remember in the game him telling Tommy he didn't want to bring Ellie all the way because he was scared of losing her alone the way. He didn't belive he could go through losing her because he became close to her and he had already lost one daughter. I'm sorry to say, but I don't feel that Ellie would have been that close to show Joel. He was kinda a wet blanket and more of a bodyguard rather than a friend or father figure.

Sam and Henry. Okay, I get it they were brothers. I get the creatures were trying to add to the story and were trying to pull heartstrings. I also understand that I am a huge asshole. Sam being deaf was too much of a risk for do what Henry did. (Again the actor that had played Sam did a very great job. It was the role he was given and the role he was cased for. He did awesome. I do not want to take that from the child.) The Henry in the show was very selfish. Yes, no child deserves to go without medication, but sadly that is life and it happens in a world were there are no zombies. In their world they have zombies and medication is very hard to come by. Henry betrays the bettering of life for this community for the "bettering" of his little brother's life. I say "bettering" because if he did not betray that very good man he brought up in the show, Sam could have lived the rest of his (probably short) life more comfortably or at the least safer. Instead, deaf Sam suffers the same fate as non-deaf Sam does in the game. Spoiler alert, he gets bit, he turns, and Herny has to kill an infected version of his brother. In a world with zombies, keeping a deaf child around just too risky if you don't have people to help keep them safe. I apologize, but as heartless as it sounds Henry should have just let go of Sam sooner and let him die. It would have been less painful and better than getting infected.

Changing or taking shit out. The zombies...in a world destroyed by them, they were not many to be seen.

Bill, killing off Bill cause us to miss the graveyard, going through town, hanging upside down and having to keep Ellie safe like that, the school and the gym with the bloater, pushing the truck, Ellie and Bill's back and forth. So many golden moments that could have made for great episodes. I would say two at least and three or four at the very most.

The mall. This was still an okay episode. Ellie didn't have that dumbass fight and walk off from Riley in the game, but they did have a fight. They left out the fun water gun fight and throwing rocks at those cars for the question game. I'm guessing the died body they found was suppose to be the guy they spoke about in the game where they got the booze and talked about the guy having a horse. A little fuzzy for me is what story Riley and Ellie actually danced in. I want to say it was a clothing store where the water gun fight took place not the Halloween story. Riley was not stationed at the mall and did not make bombs. Ellie was suppose to be pretty sarcastic about asking Riley to not leave and them tell her yeah go. Then ask her not to go similar to the kiss scene they had. 1 infected. They were chased through the whole mall by a flock of infected, not just attacked by 1. I just don't see how believable it would be for two trained individuals to both get bit by 1 infected. Teens or not.

Mask. Not having them wear mask more often. This was a pretty big deal in the same. Asking Ellie how she was breathing the air and then having to put them on in many different buildings. It's a infection that could be caused by breathing and they had 1 episode where they talked about it with Ellie. This is only understandable for the show because they took out most of the really cool scenes they would have had to wear them.

The leaning building. I was excited when they showed that building. They tickled my balls and then did not finish the job. Don't tease me like that and say , "PK you don't get to go inside, and you don't get to climb the outside of that bad ass, leaning building."

The flooded subway. I know this would have been really, really hard for them to shoot. I will be easy on them here. I just wish it could have been possible.

The raiders. The ones they had to jump off the bridge for because of Henry and the ones they ran into because of getting off the high rise. The high rise was not in the show so try could have avoided them better, but sense they didn't go that route good thing for this Ellie and Joel there were only a few. With Henry and Sam, you went through a city with gates and walls and large spot lights. Understanding that they took this out with making Sam deaf and it probably would have sucked to do all that and harder to have them jumping around and then jumping off that bridge. Without the bridge as well Henry didn't have to tell Joel that he knew that Ellie and Joel were strong and would survive.

The sewer. They did an okay job with the sewer, but did not give it as much life. Where was the story and big getting separated scene? I know not everyone cares about the story of the sewer community, but with everything else they been leaving out it would have been nice to see.

Fighting Bloaters, we seen 1 bloater and that was the one that killed the actor that was Tommy's voice actor from the game. We missed the one in the gym because well, Bill. Didn't get to see the ones in the college and the ones in the underground highway. Fun scenes to play for anyone who doesn't know.

When Ellie runs away. We got the scene where she's reading the dairy, but we did not get the whole part where she stole a horse and runs away. Fight raiders to find her and then fighting more once Joel and Tommy found her in that house.

The last stand. They did pretty good in the hospital fight. So good, I wished they showed more of the fighting because they didn't show a lot of it in the show.

Imma just leave this here too, they had 100 million dollars in funding and this is what they gave us. The first season of walking dead gave us better with only 20.4 million dollars. I'm not saying walking dead was perfect. I know their zombies are easier to do, but it was a zombie TV show with zombies.

Maybe I'm wrong for being as picky as I am and i know my thoughts on the last of us show is probably unpopular, but like I said in the beginning, everyone is entitled to their opinion. I know mine as pretty negative towards HBO's last of us and I'm probably the asshole, but with claims saying next big thing and stuff along those lines. A promise was made and it did not deliver.

I apologize again.

PK

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FUN FACT: I’m actually *further* to the left now than I was in my 20s!

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Not a story

Sorry this isn't a story. I also understand if no one reads this. I just wanted to put it out there that I fucking hated leprechaun origins. Of course, once WWE gets their hands on one of the best horror movie series they fucking ruin it. The ones before it were master pieces and so far this last one is turning out to be good. Just wish it had the original actor of the leprechaun. Warwick Davis work was GOLDEN.