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kyofsonder · 1 month
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I might be on Tumblr too much, and in the wrong capacity.
Not just because I'm straying from the original goals I had when making this blog (still working on fixing that), but also because I misread a poll and clicked the wrong option only to say out loud to myself, "Oh. Well. Why don't I just piss on the poor, then?" as a horribly roundabout way of mocking my own reading comprehension, implying that I can't count on myself to read things properly so I should just resign myself to always misreading them.
I even had the immediate urge to make a post about it, which is rare for me. What has this site done to me?
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1-800-kami · 6 months
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4:23 pm | the adventures of dad!gojo
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content: 0.9k words, fem!reader, dad gojo, megumi is your son, silly crack fic
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gojo satoru is a man with very little fears.
in actuality, people are afraid of him. a mere gaze from those cerulean blue eyes of his sends people running off to the opposite direction, so the adjective “intimidating” was quite the understatement to describe him. some might even say that he’s the strongest, so he possesses no fear at all.
despite that, gojo has one thing he’s deathly afraid of: you–his wife, when you’re angry.
“suguru, help me out here!” geto can physically feel his bestfriend’s panic through the phone. gojo explained the situation in a fast ramble–geto could barely understand what he was saying, but he thinks he got the gist of it: you went out to run some errands and entrusted gojo to take care of your two year old child, megumi, while you were out. gojo conjured up the genius idea of keeping megumi entertained by handing him a paper and markers–so that they could surprise you with megumi’s amazing artistic abilities once you came back home.
it had gone “so well”, gojo said earlier, picking up the paper and studying it. “i think this is a drawing of a cat? or a dog, i don’t really know.. still, it’s made by my son, and it’s the peak of art and i think everyone should see it!”
gojo was so busy trying to decipher what megumi had drawn that he didn’t realize that his son still had the markers in his hands. when he peers over to look at megumi again, he just about screamed.
“gumi- no- GUMI!” he shrieks, snatching the markers away from his son’s hold. megumi, not having a paper to draw on anymore, decided to use the wall as his canvas instead—sketching a poorly drawn house with a bright red marker. “you’re not supposed to draw on the wall! aw fuc-ahem, freak… your mom’s gonna kill me…”
“gosh suguru, some advice would help!” satoru’s never been so afraid in all his years of living. you’re coming home pretty soon, and he has no idea what to do. he’s already imagining the look on your face–and it’s pushing satoru to the brink of passing out. gojo satoru–the renowned sorcerer who’s fought the king of curses, been sealed away in a box and has had multiple near death experiences–all of these things have happened to him yet none can compare to the fear of facing his wife when she’s angry.
“hmm? what is it, nanako?” satoru can hear his bestfriend trying not to laugh over the phone. suguru knows an easy solution to his problem, but he thinks that leaving satoru in the dark is funnier. it’s rare to see the strongest sorcerer like this, so geto revels in it with pure amusement. “you’re hungry? okay… let’s see what i can make for you, yeah?”
“you heard her, satoru~ one of the twins are hungry. i’m afraid i have to go… good luck about the markers, yeah?” suguru hangs up before satoru could say a word. he curses under his breath, but feels his heart stop when he hears the door unlock.
you’re home.
“mama!” megumi yells, clapping his hands and slowly crawling over to the front door. you happily greet your son, placing the grocery bags on the table.
you walk over to your husband, kissing him on the cheek before noticing the piece of paper that he’s holding. “oh? what’s this?”
you grab the paper from his hands and satoru regains a little bit of his composure once he hears you coo at your son’s drawing. “thought it would be nice for me and megumi to surprise you while you were gone… it’s a drawing of a cat-”
“horsey!”
“...a horse. yup, that’s what i said!” he sheepishly ignores his son’s glare, mentally preparing himself to tell you about the wall.
“i love it! oh my gosh, megumi, aren’t you just a little artist?” you say, ruffling your son’s hair with a big smile. “this is definitely going on the fridge.”
“...there’s one small problem, though…” satoru refuses to meet your gaze.
“what did you do this time, satoru?”
“hey, it technically wasn’t me!” he says, this time being the one to shoot the glare at his son. “so hypothetically…what if i told you that gumi thought it would be a nicer idea to use the wall as a canvas instead of the paper?”
“...”
satoru perceives your silence as his death sentence. “look, i’m sorry! i was trying to figure out what he drew and i forgot that he still had the markers in his hands-”
“satoru-”
“and the next thing i know, he drew on the wall before i was able to take the markers from him-”
“toru-”
“and suguru wasn’t giving me advice either, but then-”
“satoru!” your final yell finally breaks him from his ramble. he’s surprised to see that no, you don’t have a look of murder on your face. in fact, you’re actually smiling—looking more amused than anything.
“satoru, they’re washable markers.” you take a baby wipe from your purse and walk over to the wall, wiping away the bright red marker strokes easily with a few swipes. you’re trying not to laugh at his dumbfounded expression. “did you not know that?”
now he’s the one stunned into silence. “...”
“no, no… i definitely knew that…!”
“yeah, sure you did.”
being a father is so difficult.
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stevebabey · 9 months
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Eddie is beginning to wonder if he’ll ever reach a point where Steve couldn’t reduce him to this state.
This state being… transfixed. Eddie is sure he must look like a lovesick cartoon. In fact, if he could manage to drag his gaze away, he’d probably find red hearts circling around his head in a halo, popping like little bubbles.
But Eddie can’t move his eyes. Can’t even close his mouth either.
Steve’s talking to him too, which is most definitely worse — he’s totally missing every word. He can see Steve’s lips moving, pink plush lips wrapping around words but fuck, that was a total trap because now Eddie is just looking at his lips. He tries to refocus, to listen. His eyes just wander back to what he was staring back at the first place.
Was Steve like this all the time? Just a walking around looking so damn delectable?
Or is it Eddie, just a starved man who’s been living off stolen glances, for as long as he can remember? For once, he’s learning, he’s allowed to look.
And by God, is he looking.
Steve’s not even doing it on purpose either, which probably makes the whole thing funnier. Eddie knows what his boyfriend (boyfriend! he thinks giddily in his mind) looks like when he’s cleaned up to impress. He can spot the way Steve preens beneath Eddie’s lingering gaze.
This is not that. Today, Steve is just cleaning, a usual Sunday morning ritual.
He’s got some old sport shorts on and he’s clearly grown a bit since he first got them— unless Hawkins has always been giving out slutty little shorts to the basketball team (They haven’t. Eddie would know if they did.)
He’s wearing one of his wife-beater singlets too. It’s a little on the scrappy side though, considering it’s nearly see-through with how worn it is.
Honestly, in Eddie’s humble and gay opinion, it’s stupidly hot. The dark hair dusted across of Steve’s chest is visible beneath it, the shirt showing off the shape of his broad chest. Even better, his happy trail is visible and goddamn, if that doesn’t make Eddie happy, he doesn’t know what will.
But it’s not even that.
Quite frankly, Eddie’s rather embarrassed that he’s basically blue-screening because Steve is pulling out the cord out from the vacuum cleaner.
But… but he’s yanking it up towards his chest, slow and strong repetitive motions— that take enough effort to make his biceps bulge with every tug.
Eddie can’t stop watching. The cord must be several metres long and he’s not sure if he should be cursing it or thanking it for the view he gets; Steve’s tan arms flexing and rippling. Try as he might, Eddie can’t help imagining how they must look when Steve’s got his hand aroun—
“—hello? Are you even listening to me?”
Steve’s voice cuts into Eddie’s dangerously side-tracked thoughts and he pauses his tugging at the same time. It’s the thing that finally allows him to break his lustful stare at Steve’s arms. Oh God, he just got all hot and bothered over his boyfriend doing the vacuuming.
“Hello.” Eddie says back, because that was the first word to register in his brain. “I mean- yes. I’m—”
Eddie decides mid-sentence that he’s not getting away with the lie. He pivots. “Okay, no, I didn’t hear that. Would you please tell me what you just said, oh lovely sweet man of mine?”
Ever the butterer-upper, he was. Thank God it works on Steve. He rolls his eyes a little but there’s an adoring grin on his lips.
“Man of mine,” Steve mutters amusedly under his breath. He drops the vacuum cord on the carpeted floor and leans down the grab the handle of the vacuum. “You just kinda froze when you came in. I was asking if everything was okay? I’m just doing this room then I’ll be done, if you don’t like the noise.”
Eddie adores that Steve’s taken his silence as though he might be afraid of the vacuum cleaner or something. He nearly snorts aloud at how far from the truth it is.
“Uh huh.” Eddie nods, not bothering to correct him. He jerks a thumb behind him, pointing at nothing. “I’m just gonna…”
He spins on his heel and exits left stage, fast as he can while still looking normal (he’s unsuccessful, as he leaves a baffled Steve behind him.) As he enters into the kitchen and decides to fix them both a pot of coffee, Eddie lets himself giggle over the pure absurdity of what just happens.
It’s mortifying. It’s hilarious. He can never tell Steve.
Except, when Steve comes to find him in the kitchen and trades a kiss for some coffee, Eddie can’t help it. All he ever wants to do is make Steve laugh.
He decides it’s worth the embarrassment when Steve laughs so hard coffee comes out his nose.
Steve teasingly promises that he’ll to try be less distracting, then rescinds his words at Eddie’s abject reaction (“Don’t you dare.”) looking far too smug— in a delighted sort of way. Preening, in that way Eddie loves.
Their first kiss, as Eddie slides onto Steve’s lap and loops his arms over his shoulders, fingers dancing on those tasty arms, tastes a little bit like coffee. Their mugs grow cold, untouched.
Eddie doesn’t mind — he’s too busy finding out that the rest of their kisses taste like something between sunlight and Steve.
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jungwnies · 2 years
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⋅ ⎯ ✈︎ hyung line | s. how enhypen’s hyung line acts when they’re jealous seeing you with another guy ! | w. suggestive . light cursing ! | wc. ~1.1k !
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⋅ ⎯ ✈︎ lee heeseung | 이희승
when you asked heeseung if you could bring a friend he was not expecting another guy. honestly even though he said, "yes." he was hoping then you'd change your mind and not bring anyone in general.
heeseung couldn't help but feel a little jealous whenever he saw your friend joke around with you and make you laugh a little more than he did. at least that's what he thought.
to you, there was no one funnier than heeseung, there IS no one funnier and more easy going than the lee heeseung.
"y/n can i talk to you for a second." heeseung whispers as your friend blabbered on unaware heeseung has your attention. you nod and excuse yourself from your friend walking away from your seat in the internet cafe.
"you look bothered what's up?" you ask as heeseung sighed.
heeseung corners you against the wall, dropping his head to just above your shoulder, "did you bring him on purpose?" he asks lowly into your ear.
the tone of his voice, his head being dropped lowly as his hair slightly covered his eyes and the way his arms trapped you. "i brought him because he's my friend heeseung."
"are you sure that's all he is, a friend?"
you nod and bring your hand to his face, "i thought it was obvious who i liked heeseung."
jay didn't want to come off as bothered when you wandered off into the store the moment you saw your friend to say "hi."
though, he grew impatient waiting outside as he watched you laugh and talk to the boy inside through the glass. without hesitation jay walked into the store besides you and smiled to the boy before interlocking his hand with yours.
though, he grew impatient waiting outside as he watched you laugh and talk to the boy inside through the glass. without hesitation jay walked into the store besides you and smiled to the boy before interlocking his hand with yours.
"jay this is my friend, andrew." you introduce smiling.
jay smiles back to the boy and goes down to your ear to whisper something. "we should get going, babe."
"we're not in a rush through are we?" you ask back.
jay sighs and shakes his head before looking at his watch for the time, "i guess we have some time to spare."
"you should go y/n, i think he's getting a little impatient." andrew whispers as jay looked off into the distance. you nod and wave saying good bye to your friend and walk out of the store with jay.
"couldn't you have at least been a little friendlier?" you scoffed.
jay looks at you and stops in his tracks, "why would i be friendly to someone who is flirting with you?"
you purse your lips together then laugh, "jay, baby, you're a funny guy."
jay raises an eyebrow, "what do you mean?"
"babe, andrew's gay." you laugh.
⋅ ⎯ ✈︎ sim jake | 심재윤
this poor baby, he didn't want to be jealous because he trusted you but he couldn't help but feel his heart tug a little bit when he saw how joyful you were with an old friend.
"oh my god babe that's my friend from high school let me go say hi." you say excitedly as you spot an old friend from afar.
you grab jake's hand and walk towards the boy, "oh my god, i haven't seen you in forever."
"y/n! how are you?" the boy asks with a smile on his face.
"i'm good, how are you?" you reply giving both him and jake a smile. you could feel jake's palm start to sweat to squeeze it giving him reassurance.
"i'm good, who is this you have with you?"
you laugh and introduce the two, "this is my boyfriend jake, and jake this is my childhood friend eric."
"it's nice to meet you." jake finally says smiling.
"oh, he has an accent, that's cool." eric says smiling. "i'm glad to see you finally with someone after all the complaining in high school about being single."
you roll your eyes and laugh, "what about you, any girls yet?"
eric shakes his head and sighs, "not yet, but you guys should get going don't let me keep you here i'll see you around."
you go in for a hug and then wave the boy goodbye before walking out the store. "did you have to hug him?" jake finally says quietly.
you laugh and smile at jake, "do you want one too?"
jake shakes his head, "you have eric cooties now."
"so childish, come here." you pull him by the collar placing a kiss on his lips. "better?"
"maybe one more and i'll forgive you." jake cheekily says smiling. you roll your eyes and place another kiss on his lips. "i'm still going to teach you a lesson about interacting with other guys when we get home though." he smugly says grabbing your hand continue to walk.
⋅ ⎯ ✈︎ park sunghoon | 박성훈
sunghoon didn't see the problem with taking you to an old figure skater reunion, at least he didn't see the problem with it until he saw you talking to one of his seniors.
"so i see you've met jun hyung." sunghoon inserts himself in the conversation.
you nod, "yeah, he's really nice did you guys train together?" you ask the boys.
sunghoon nods, "yeah, we did."
"how have you been sunghoon?" jun asks politely.
sunghoon smiles, "i've been good."
"that's good to hear, and you've brought a girl here today which is quite the surprise." jun jokes laughing causing you to laugh as well.
"who would've thought right? the park sunghoon brings a girl to a reunion." you joke along smiling.
sunghoon didn't mind the joking, but seeing you crack jokes with someone who he not only used to train with and compete with unlocked the competitiveness in him he forgot he had.
"actually hyung, we have to go, hopefully i'll see you again sometime." sunghoon says grabbing your hand.
"maybe i'll see you at the next olympics?" jun challenges smiling.
"you just might." sunghoon smiles back but his eyes telling a different story.
the two of you walked out the venue and you grab your hand from sunghoon, "hoon, what was that back there?"
"what was what?"
"that random surge of competitiveness?" you ask scoffing.
"i didn't like the way he was looking at you y/n, and the jokes you two made-"
"so you were jealous?" you ask tilting your head condescendingly.
sunghoon scoffs, "i just don't like seeing other guys interact with what's mine." sunghoon pulls you in by the waist, his eyes challenging yours, "and you're mine." he whispers before placing a kiss on your lips, then your neck. "now let's go home." he says opening the passenger door of his car letting you in.
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epickiya722 · 4 months
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Do you think that when Gojo first heard that Itadori ate a cursed object he was instantly reminded of Geto? Do you think that somewhere in his heart he knew what was going to happen because nothing good came to the person, his Suguru, who ate curses. Do you think that's why Gojo was so insistent on helping out Itadori, because in some cruel way every time he looked at the teen he was reminded of Geto? Of Geto and how he didn't notice his best friend lover spiralling until it was too late already? Do you think--?
I mention a few spoilers later in this answer!
I don't doubt that he did! Satoru did become a teacher to help guide the new generation and to make sure their youth isn't stolen from them.
I'm sure Satoru was reminded of Suguru because Yuji ate a cursed object, but even more so later down the line when he starts interacting with him more.
I do feel like Satoru may have always wondered how Suguru was feeling about swallowing curses, but given how he was at a teenager (a little less sympathetic), he didn't bother to ask. But probably didn't want to trouble Suguru with questions because he wasn't sure how he would react, but at the same time kept close to at least shine some of his silliness into Suguru's life to at least get some smiles out of him. It works given all those scenes we see of Suguru smiling at him.
It's like "I can't do this, but I can at least do this for him".
So, yeah, Satoru probably doesn't intend to repeat the past. With Yuji, he's taking that second chance.
Personally, I don't think Satoru was completely at fault with what happened with Suguru, but Satoru probably feels he is.
When I think about it right at this moment, it's interesting to me how kind of similar Satoru and Suguru interact comparing to how Satoru and Yuji do.
As I said before in other posts, Suguru and Yuji share common traits. Other than the obvious one of swallowing curses, they both cater to helping (weaker) people.
Satoru probably caught that when Yuji says he'll consume Sukuna's fingers if it means less lives are lost. Suguru also consumed curses, doing so to save lives.
Peep also how Suguru and Yuji act towards Satoru compared to everyone else.
They match his energy. While everyone else tends to come back at Satoru in a more annoyed manner, they tend to play along with his antics. Suguru is just more on the line of banter and sass, but still retaining that familiarity of being his best friend. With Yuji, they really are two peas in a pod. Yuji also tends to make remarks towards Satoru that even he sometimes is like "oh". Like when Yuji recalls to how Satoru said he was the strongest. There's that brief silence before Satoru continues on about cursed energy. (Episode 6)
I think back to the Juppon audio dramas (you can find them on YouTube). Yuji is quick to participate in the game whenever Satoru brings it up while everyone else is like "ugh".
What makes this even funnier is that when Yaga was a teacher, he would propose the Juppon game. Satoru actually wasn't for it. Meanwhile, it's Suguru who doesn't mind playing the game. (That audio drama I can't find anymore. I think the poster has to re-upload it.)
There's also Satoru's reactions to anything involving Suguru and Yuji.
When Suguru deflected and Satoru heard about it, Satoru was yelling, getting aggressive, clenching his fists. Man was downright distraught.
The only other time I can recall him having a reaction similar to that is when Yuji first dies by Sukuna's hand.
While he wasn't screaming and just a bit more calmer, he indeed was clenching his fists and visibly just as angry as he was about Suguru the time before. It's telling that as Shoko walks into the room, she comments how Satoru isn't that emotional usually.
Even later in the manga when Satoru returns, Satoru is composed when he faces Sukuna possessing Megumi. Of course, he's still upset, but the way he reacts kinda throws me off whenever I reread that part.
I say that because I would have thought he would have a screaming episode like he did before because it is Megumi, the kid he took care of for years. But I suppose he didn't want to act that way in front of Sukuna, someone I guess he wouldn't want to show a "weakness" in front of anyways.
Although, it still just a little odd to me that when he does meet Sukuna again for their fight, Satoru taunts Sukuna about how did the other expect for him to hold back because he has Megumi's face and notes how he can go all out because it's Megumi, so he'll worry about him after he has killed Sukuna.
It even gotten to the point others questioned if Satoru remembered saving Megumi.
There's even a point during that fight Satoru has a thought of Yuji, vowing he'll bring Sukuna closer to death more than Yuji was back when Sukuna ripped his heart out. Satoru really wanted to not just crush Sukuna's heart. He wanted his liver and lungs, too.
Makes me wonder if Sukuna was still possessing Yuji, would have it been the same? (As in his behavior and words. Of course, the fight would be different.)
Now, I don't think Satoru has a favorite student and I do think he does care about Megumi. With every one of them, he has a different relationship, but equally he cares about them, sees their potential.
When it comes to Yuji, it's like having Suguru around again because who else treats Satoru the way Suguru did? Again, everyone else sees Satoru as "the strongest", an annoyance or even if they're on more friendly terms with him, they don't give back the same vibes.
Yuji does. He treats Satoru as a friend who just also happens to be his teacher. Think of that scene when just before Satoru fights Sukuna, everyone was unsure how to approach, but Yuji comes out and tells him to move his Infinity out the way so he can pat him on the back and Satoru obliges.
Think of it this way! If SatoSugu would have raised a child, Yuji would have been the result. A child that thinks like Suguru but acts like Satoru.
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lixzey · 8 months
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i really like young timmy, can you make an imagine with him? something fluff, the reader could be in the audience watching him do his monologue for the young arts.. feel free do write whatever you'd like 🩷🩷
I really like that video of him on Young Arts, I watch it almost once a week 😶
https://youtu.be/cGh7BG242io?si=MQsKbFZmRa27QCms
A/N: I changed the scene a bit, I hope that's alright.
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Rising Stars
I sat in the front row of the auditorium. Today was the Rising Stars talent show. I was in Drama, but I didn't audition for the talent show.
The lights finally dimmed and the show started. I smiled as I saw my best friend, Kate, perform first. The show went on, every one of them showcased excellent talent.
I was getting a little bored. I stood up getting ready to leave, when a lively beat started to play.
“Timmy! Timmy! Timmy! Timmy! Timmy!”
A boy from the classroom next to mine started to rap. He was wearing a pink shirt, white pants, and a black backpack. He had back up dancers.
“It's Timmy Tim, Lil' Timmy Tim, jump! !” I chuckled at his little stage name. He was good, damn. Suddenly, he looked at me. He sent a smile at me, I felt my cheeks burn.
Then, the music slowed. He danced slowly as he took off his pink shirt, a white top underneath and 'Txt Me' painted in front of it in red and a picture of Nicki Minaj in the back. He smirked at me before continuing his performance. His two back up dancers were wearing purple wigs, then he put on a pink wig which made me laugh.
“Say rah, rah, like a dungeon dragon! Say rah, rah like a dungeon dragon! Is this the thanks that I get for puttin' you bitches on? Is it my fault that all of you bitches gone?” Everyone in the audience was cheering for him as he performed Roman's Revenge.
“I-I-I hear them mumblin', I hear them caklin' I got 'em scared, shook, panickin'. Overseas, church, Vatican. You at a stand, still, mannequin. You wanna sleep on me? Overnight? I'm the motherfuckin' boss, overwrite. And when I pull up, vroom, motorbike. Now all my boys gettin' bucked, overbite. I see them dusty-ass Filas, Levi's Raggedsy-ass, holes in your knee-highs. I call the play, now do you see why? These ladies callin' me Manning Eli.” I giggled as he sang using the curse words instead of using 'friendlier' terms. There were parents watching, so it was funnier.
“Rah, rah, like a dungeon dragon! Rah, rah, like a dungeon dragon! Rah, rah, like a dungeon dragon! Like a dungeon dragon, like a dungeon dragon.” He ended the song. I could see the beads of sweat on his forehead. He looked at me and smiled, before taking off his pink wig and dancing to Party Rock Anthem.
I cheered loudly, clapping as hard as I could. He smiled at the crowd before bowing and walking off the stage.
A while later, I went to find Kate, since we live next door to each other.
“Hey, you're the girl in front, right?” A voice called out from behind me. When I looked back, my eyes met his. It was Lil Timmy Tim, or whatever his real name is.
“Uh, yeah.” I chuckled nervously.
“I'm Timothée, or well, Lil Timmy Tim.” He chuckled, reaching a hand out for me.
“I'm Y/n.” I smiled and shook his hand.
“You were cheering loudly, are you a fan?” Timothée joked.
“You were amazing, the best out of everyone who performed.” I smiled, “Such a rising star.”
“Thanks, I appreciate it.” He chuckled. Then there was an awkward silence between us.
“Wanna get a drink? Coffee, maybe? My treat.” He asked, hopefully.
“Sure,” I giggled, “I'll just tell my friend and then we can go.”
“Take your time, angel.” Timothée smiled. I felt butterflies in my stomach, my cheeks felt like burning. I smiled back at him, before walking away to find my friend.
A while later, I saw him by the school entrance, “You ready, angel?”
I smiled, “Ready.”
We walked to a nearby café, talking and laughing. I never knew being a girl in the crowd could lead to the start of something new.
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calisources · 10 months
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CW'S   SUPERNATURAL   SENTENCE   QUOTES.   all   sentences   have   been   taken   from   mostly   the   kripke   era   (season   1   to   season   5)   of   erik   kripke's   supernatural,   mainly   season   four   and   five.   change   names/pronouns/locations   as   you   see   fit.
SEASON FOUR .
If you're going to shoot, shoot! Don't talk!
Please. Dean, maybe angels can pull you out of Hell but no one can do that.
So, you guys are like Mulder and Scully or something, and the X-Files are real?
It was beauty that killed the beast.
Anna may have sent the angels to the outfield, but sooner or later, they're gonna be back.
I suppose some dumb bastard stood here, felt a jolt of his holy juice and thought 'I'm going to build me a nun factory.' Well, it was the right idea... wrong angel.
Tell me something. Where's God in all this?
I'm not sure if he's my brother any more. If he ever was.
Are you under the impression that family's supposed to make you feel good? Make you an apple pie, maybe? They're supposed to make you miserable! That's why they're family.
If you walk out that door, don't you ever come back.
You don't know me. You never did, and you never will.
Congrats, Sammy. You just bought yourself a benchwarmer seat to the Apocalypse.
I serve Heaven, I don't serve man. And I certainly don't serve you.
Forever. The demons will never stop. You can never be with your family. So, you either get as far away from them as possible. Or you put a bullet in your head, And that's how you keep your family safe.
You know I finally get why you and dad butted heads so much. You two are practically the same person. 
I mean I worshipped the guy, y'know: I dressed like him, I acted like him, I listened to the same music. But you are more like him than I will ever be. I see that now.
Okay, so basically you're saying that every movie monster, every nightmare that I've ever had, that's all real.
He's a Winchester. He's already cursed.
It was too preposterous. Not to mention arrogant! I mean, writing yourself into the story is one thing, but as a prophet? That's like M. Night level douchiness.
Uriel's the funniest angel in the garrison. Ask anyone.
 I'm not a hero, I'm not strong enough.
 I know our fate rests with you.
I couldn't break him, pulled out all the stops, but John, he was made of something unique. The stuff of heroes. 
You need to learn how to manage a damn devil's trap.
Tell me something, geniuses. Even if you do break into the Veil and you find the Reaper. how are you going to save it?
SEASON FIVE.
The only thing you're going to see out there is Michael killing your brother.
I'm gonna rip you apart from the inside out. Do you understand me?
No doubt - endings are hard. But then again... nothing ever really ends, does it?
You try to tie up every loose end, but you never can. 
Dean, even for you, this is a whole new mountain of stupid.
Sorry if it's a bit chilly. Most people think I burn hot. It's actually quite the opposite.
Well, I got to ask. How old are you?
As old as God. Maybe older. Neither of us can remember anymore. Life, death, chicken, egg. Regardless - at the end, I'll reap him, too.
That's the beauty about improv, Sammy. You never know what's gonna come out of your mouth.
You are not the burnt and broken shell of a man that I believed you to be.
World's gonna end, seems silly to get all precious over one little soul.
Why? Because Crowley said so? Because we trust him now?
You think you own the planet? What gives you the right?!?
No one gives us the right. We take it.
You're not my father. And you ain't in my shoes. 
I mean, whatever happened to personal loyalty? How long have I worked for these guys. Five millennia? Six?
 It's funnier in Enochian.
 This creature has the power to take a human's form, read minds. 
And you think you know better than my father? The one unimportant little man. What makes you think you get to choose?
 It's a plan that is playing itself out perfectly. Free will's an illusion, Dean. That's why you're going to say yes.
Think of the million random choices that you make--and yet how each and everyone of them brings you closer to your destiny.
As it is in Heaven, so it must be on Earth. One brother has to kill the other.
Well, call it personal experience. Nobody gets that angry unless they're talking about their own family.
You know why God cast me down? Because I loved him. More than anything.
Now, tell me... does the punishment fit the crime? Especially when I was right? 
 Look at what six billion of you have done to this thing, and how many of you blame me for it?
Honestly, people don't need a reason to kill each other. I mean, you seen the Irish? They're all Irish.
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Some M*A*S*H laugh track thoughts (laugh talk), just because I'm having them.
The News, as it were, is that I’ve managed to push past my initial bounce right off no-laugh-track M*A*S*H, and have been catching some episodes without it as I was confirming my B-sides.
It is still true that I’ll get distracted in spots noticing that a scene is paced to something no longer there. This could, however, be an occupational hazard. It was once my actual job to pay attention to the rhythm of an edit of a TV episode, noting that we needed a bit longer of a beat here, or needed to tighten that cut there. But noticing this sort of thing is now mostly my curse—the rest of you don’t have to live like this.
It is also still true that particularly in those earlier days, where the laughter is almost always just ebbing and flowing around any non-operating scenes, to me it really functions much more like a score than anything. It was just part of the audio texture of the show, something I was just resting on, or kind of wrapped up in like a thick cozy blanket. That first episode I tried to watch without it, I felt like that blanket had been pulled off, leaving me feeling a little stark and cold.
However! It is also true, that some scenes? Do play quite different without a laugh track, play better. And in many different moods! I’ve seen characters reveal themselves in certain moments to have been funnier, needier, cuter, sadder. There was a scene of Radar selling Hawkeye shoes that had hardly registered with me with the laugh track underscoring it, that without it was suddenly so sweet and pathetic and lovable. Also, sometimes, scenes play worse! There it’s almost always that the characters feel more callous (that coldness, again). You also, of course, entirely lose the impact of the moments where the laughter goes away. Coldness in a different way (cold big good).
Toggling between the two sometimes reveals things about the actors’ performances as well, which I find really interesting. I only saw a couple from his era laugh-free, but I’m pretty sure Harry Morgan is funnier when the timing is all up to him. Loretta Swit is a fucking professional and built in so much space in the early days of her just making expressions and humph!-ing that she knew would play great with the track, suddenly making her deliveries feel oddly slow without it. Alan Alda, burlesque baby, is playing Hawkeye Pierce as someone who himself is also always waiting for the laugh, so his character feels entirely consistent across any form, which is fascinating and also makes me helplessly shove my hands into my hair. Silence around William Christopher’s Father Mulcahy feels awkward but it works, just a little differently; laughter version of the show is much fonder toward their chaplain.
Like how I feel about M*A*S*H in other ways, it drives me to distraction a little that I can’t have everything I like at once (later seasons Margaret, formally experimental episodes, Charles; early seasons rampant bisexuality, sharper anti-military sentiment, Henry). Sure I’m talking pie-in-the-sky, ‘give me this scene with the laugh track and then the next one without’ kind of dreams, but honestly mostly I mean on a technical level. The difference in picture quality between the restored & remastered edition on Hulu and the original broadcast version on the DVDs (as far as I can tell, the only source for the laugh-free cuts), can itself be almost laughable. Eye clarity in particular is really sapped by that low resolution, occasionally giving the Hulu version somewhat of an "unlocking the secret shrimp emotions" effect.
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An interesting thing where at times the show can feel more real WITH the laughter in the background, because you can actually see into the faces of the people stuck in this tragicomic purgatory.
Then on the OTHER HAND, there’s really getting to hear the whoooole quality of Alan Alda’s voice in something like, say, this scene. (And oh my God.)
The nearest thing to like, a unified theory I’m probably gonna end up with, is that I wonder if M*A*S*H with laugh track and M*A*S*H without might be like film adaptations of books. This sets laugh-free M*A*S*H as "books," surely deeply pleasing the laugh-free M*A*S*H people who are going, correct, because the book is always better. Meanwhile the movie-first people are also nodding vigorously, with their belief that if you watch the movie first then read the novel after, you can love the movie itself, and then just get MORE and different material with the book later, picking and choosing from each to create your own personal whole of the art piece. And based on just, the very consistent anecdotes I've seen on this issue, I'm getting the feeling that similarly, starting with the laugh track version might be the surest way to love ALL the versions of M*A*S*H, every concurrently running story that this show was telling. Which, with a series this....surprisingly meta-textual, I sure want that.
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franki-lew-yo · 5 months
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inb4 nicer post than my last one:
I saw Chicken Run 2. It's pretty cute. Definitely not as big a letdown or wasted like a Pixar sequel is.
Keep in mind I think I'm one of the few people in existence who's never itching to get sequels and continuations of my fandoms. I never wanted a Finding Nemo sequel and Finding Dory broke my heart in the worst way; by having unlimited potential and squandering it and the characters I love.
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget doesn't do that, happy to say. Mostly it's just underwhelming.
It's weird. I'm definitely not a better writer than these professional writers, I just find myself going "why didn't you have the characters do/say THIS instead? It would still be cinematic and in character". I'd have to rewatch to give you a play-by-play of exactly what I mean. Overall I'd call that a nitpick. Bigger criticisms, especially when this is a sequel to a 20 y old film with fans who've seen in hundreds of times and know the details:
Hated how they retconed the chicks at the end of the original. You Thanos snapped Bunty and Fowler and possibly some of Rocky and Ginger's children. Also, those little 100% chicks were adorable. I'm okay with Molly being Ginger's only chick, but she'd look adorable as one of these:
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Another distracting continuity thing: Rocky gets upset that he can't crow anymore. Even though...he was never a crower. That was Fowler's job. I remember. I get that he's a rooster but my point is that was never a thing Rocky did in the original and that should be been better established as what he does now on the island. Put it among the lines that I think could have very easily been slipped in to make it more digestible; you could have had Rocky say to Ginger, "you gotta let me crow! That's, like, my thing now", implying that he's turned to being the island's crow-er to cope with abandoning his lone-free-ranger lifestyle. See? Small changes of dialogue that can imply so much and give you an idea of all the things you need to know in this newer story.
Even though Fowler did technically do something in the end most of the movie felt annoyed and just there. Really would have liked it if he and Babs were back up and helpful some other way while it was mostly Mac, Bunty, and the rats who went in to save Molly and Rocky. Idk. Maybe it's hard to be the absolute banger of a convenience that is the green aliens and ' the claaaaaw' in Toy Story 3-- needed to utilize him better for the gag and the story is what I'm trying to get at.
Rocky and Ginger's voices were distracting. It's odd because Rocky's is definitely the more noticeably different one that you have to get used to, but I am 100% replacing him considering who was his og voice. I'm mostly mad that in order to free Rocky of the curse they had to take the part away from Julia Sawalha.
This is probably going to controversial here but, um, I really wish Mrs. Tweedy wasn't the Mrs. Tweedy in this. I think it'd be a funnier, more of a "here we go again" gag that they actually find some way to contrive the villain of this movie to be Mrs. Tweedy's relative that just happens to look the same, sound the same AND have the same bloodlust for chickens. Like, the gag is that all of Mrs. Tweedy's family is Officer Jenny/Nurse Joy who are all identical to one another but they're also the Cruella of birds and all have a bumbling husband. Even though it's explained how she got here, it just kind of takes the teeth out of her original defeat and even her one in this film.
I kind of wish Ginger had stayed "colarred" for a longer stretch of time and the rest of the crew had to save her. I feel like Molly being placed in her mother's shoes would have been more dramatic and made the situation all the more dire and dependent on the other characters to think up a plan. Ginger being unable to do anything or "broken" would change it up a bit, provided she still makes the final save in the end.
That pop song during the 'Molly-growing-up' montage was bad and didn't suit the time period and vibe of the movie. It really took me out. Just play that in the end credits.
Mr. Fry never appeared again in his creepy chicken man suit and I kind of really liked the idea of this creeeeeepy farmer basically wanting to be friends with the chickens while dressing as one because he thinks he's more connected to them that way. But no that's just for one scene.
I was also expecting Mr. Fry to turn on Mrs. Tweedy as he noticed her obviously flirting with Reginald. Having the ending twist be that he assists the chickens in their escape or lives among them in a horrific chicken suit with the chickens taking advantage of this would have been right at home.
that's all I got.
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howlingdemon13 · 5 months
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Something that I think we don't talk about enough is Beetlejuice and all the cartoonish sound effects that follow him.
This is rambly, but I'm making this surface-level analysis/speculation/headcanon everyone else's problem. >:3c
Ignoring the cartoon (since that's expected in the soundscape of an animated show aimed at younger audiences), Beetlejuice himself is accompanied by over-the-top sound effects in the film and musical that just aren't really present for other characters (at least not in the same way they are for him). While it's obviously to make his scenes funnier, I love the idea of them being an extension of his magic. Either he finds it funny for his actions to be accompanied by goofy sounds and times them himself for comedic effect, or they're a totally subconscious thing/he doesn't even need to think about doing it.
Especially in the context of moviejuice being more malicious than his counterparts, it's an unsettling dichotomy of this centuries-old conartist/manipulator being accompanied by goofy noises. And, if he chooses to actively magic these sounds into exiestence when he's interacting with the people he's tormenting, it implies that he enjoys the victims' suffering and finds it funny enough to go the extra mile to make it humiliating. They do seem to be tied more to when his magic is being used rather than happening in response to what he's physically doing.
I feel like the idea of intentional sound effects is true of musicaljuice, too. Yeah, he's meant to be more sympathetic while still being manipulative and selfish, so I feel like he does it to make himself goofier since he's so painfully lonely and lacks social skills (literally being invisible will do that). It could also be because of some anxiety, but I don't want to project too hard. I'd even go so far as to say that he thinks the sound effects make him less-intimidating.
There's some evidence to suggest that the sound effects are intentionally done since musicaljuice breaks the fourth wall in multiple instances across slight variations of the show (DC, Broadway, tour). Whether it's putting on a show to intentionally mislead the Maitlands/Deetzs (and by extension the audience), or trying to come off as funny in the hopes that it'll make up for his more obvious flaws, it's anyone's guess. Personally, with how desperate he is for friends and for someone to break his curse (we know he's not above manipulating people), I'm more inclined to believe it's a little bit of both.
That said, I also like the idea of them being a result of how Beetlejuice (musicaljuice specifically) interacts with the material world. He's an anomally (half-ghost-half-demon) at best and an abomination at worst. There's a part of me that wonders if the physical world outside of the Netherworld cannot handle his very existence without an assortment of "glitches" happening as a result of his mere presence (like the stretching sound that happens when he phases through walls and tables for example).
And, to really stick to my wishy washy thoughts on the whole thing, the toony sound effects are a bit of both. A reminder that the world of the living can't really handle his existence, but he's embraced it and made it his own. It's now a part of his shtick. It defines him as different, but he owns it and has as much fun with it as he can, or manipulates the ability when he sees fit.
And you know I will be abusing the toony sound effects thing in anything I end up writing.
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Alucard: Romanian
He’s surprised and pleased—and his intellectual side is a bit turned on, frankly. He didn’t expect this.
Be prepared for him to start using sweet terms for you, and to start peppering his language with more and more Romanian now that he knows he can.
Will help you learn other languages too—and will probably help you review them (in study sessions, but also in bed 😏)
Whispers Romanian terms of affection in your ear all the time. And I mean all the time.
Hector: Latin
I always think of him as a fan of the classics… anyways
He is so happy! He’s a bookish boy, we know this, so expect him to set up reading hangouts.
He will absolutely read to you from classical plays and other works, the more romantic the better.
Call him sweet names in Latin, and he will probably melt. Kisses and blushing cuddles for you after that. 😘
Isaac: Arabic
He won’t show his amazement immediately, just a little widening of his eyes, but he will be very surprised and pleased. He’s stoic and we love him.
He starts casually slipping terms and idioms into his speech that he hasn’t been able to use in a while. It makes him smile more to use his first language who are you and what are you doing to his heart
One night he slips and uses a term of endearment for you. He actually blushes when he realizes.
Please please please tell him you love him in Arabic and kiss his forehead okay
Armin Arlert: German
Armin’s a sweet baby, right? Innocent? Kind always? Wrong
He curses in German (only in German) and he will be so embarrassed if he realizes you understand him.
Low key has road rage and will mutter furious expletives…
He gives his closest friends nicknames in German, and when you give him one he almost faints. You give each other compliments and call each other sweet names all the time.
Eren also speaks German, and he fake gags at your conversations
Reiner Braun: Italian
Yes I know he’s not Italian hear me out
When you speak Italian to Reiner, he’s just struck by how musical it sounds, and he wants to hear more. He’ll ask bashfully for you to tell him what it all means.
He will try to learn it with you. He wants to understand what you’re saying.
When he finds out you’ve been calling him pet names in Italian for weeks, months, or years, he turns bright red and buries his face in your neck so he doesn’t have to look at you directly.
He will learn enough Italian to compliment you and give you pet names back. 🥰
Levi Ackerman: German again
Unsurprisingly, lots of “shit” and “damnit” but in German. The poop jokes are actually funnier…
He doesn’t react visibly when you respond to his grumbling in German with German—but inside he’s pleased and maybe a bit satisfied that you’re on the same page.
He’s going to slowly increase the amount of German he speaks, and one day he barks something truly vulgar at Eren and you just start snickering. He actually smiles. Eren’s horrified
Yes, poop jokes. More of them.
And yes, he does call you pet names in German—he tells people he doesn’t want to know about your relationship that it means brat (it means sweetheart)
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katapotato55 · 1 year
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psychonauts theory/analysis/headcannon: an analogy on neurodivergence?
spoilers for psychonauts, the rhombus of ruin and maybe psychonauts 2 these games are amazing please play at least the first game. the first game is only like 10 USD on steam and it is often on sale for waaay less. it is a very good underrated game. also TW: mentions of childhood abuse and personal experiences. you have been warned.
I will mostly talk about the first game. Yes i am aware i am probably overthinking it. I think we all know the first game isn't the most accurate to mental illnesses. The original game came out 18 years ago and was meant to be a dark comedy game rather than a sensitive depiction of mental health. I am not going to go into that aspect because time have changed since it released and I think it is redundant, but if you want my opinion I thought most of the jokes were hilarious. the first game wasn't meant to be a good depiction, so i take it for what it is and laugh along with it. I think the fact I relate to some of the characters makes it funnier personally.
but no, today I want to bring up a head cannon/theory thing: being a psychonaut is a metaphor for being nerodivergent. bear with me, here is my reasoning.
1- Raz's opening speech in the first game. "you were born with a special gift, but the people around you treat it like a curse. your mother is afraid of you, and your father looks at you with shame in his eyes" "back home your powers make you a loner, an outcast, a circus freak, but in this dojo, in this psychic dojo, they make you a hero." no explanation needed, this speech touched me in a way even if it is a bit corny. This bit here establishes that being psychic is still very taboo in this universe, as if being psychic is seen as something wrong with you rather than just an aspect you were born with. In this point in the games timeline, being psychic is slowly becoming less taboo and more of a valuable asset to society.
2- Raz's family a little bit ago i made a list about how much i hated the interns from the second game and how Agent Forsythe's actions against Raz felt a tad forced. I do not feel the same way about Raz's family. why ? well for one Raz has known them his whole life, and that "psychics are bad" came from SOMEWHERE. It is also implied that a lot of the biggotry came from his mother more than his father oddly enough. i am about to say something that is not for the faint of heart. please be advised. are you ready ? Are you sure you are ready ? meat circus. OK good now take a minute to calm down from your traumatic flashback from reading those words and then continue. The end level of the first game depicted Raz's struggle with his father. Raz was constantly under the impression that he was hated because of how his parents talked about being psychic. then Raz's father told him what he REALLY felt about his son and what was really happening. this hit me hard. some nerodivergent disorders are genetic, like in my case ADHD. and when a genetic disability exists and the family does not know they have it, then often times it is harder to get help due to prejustice. it is the "oh we are normal! i acted just like you when i was your age!" mentality. my whole life i have been told that "you are not [slur for disabled that starts with R]! you just need to get better at school! stop being lazy!", and then later i would learn one of my parents was just like me and hid it for their own safety. i can totally see "fortune teller" as a kind of slur for psychics truth be told. imagine being told as a child you are not a "fortune teller" and that "fortune tellers" are bad, and you being told that makes you feel like something is wrong with you. You feel like no one in your family loves you. It could be that Raz's father hid his psychic abilities from Raz's mother so he wouldent be scrutinized, while also hurting about what happened to his family in the past. It was the "fortune tellers" fault he was like this, so how could he love himself for being one? A headcannon I have was that Raz's mother already had pretty problematic thoughts about psychics, so when Raz's father discovered he was psychic he hid it away due to how it hurt his family and how they could react. It is established that psychics can find out they are psychics way later in life, such as mila's memory of the orphanage burning down and her suddenly being able to hear the voices of the dying children. This is somewhat accurate to adult diagnosis in my opinion.
3- Whispering rock could possibly be a special needs camp note: there is a difference between programs that teach you how to cope with your disability, and programs that basically abuse kids. Fuck autism speaks, fuck ABA programs, and a big fat special middle finger to Judge Rotenberg Educational Centre (don't google it unless you want to be angry). this bit here is a little obvious, but i thought i should point out that in the end of psy 2, agent forsythe mentioned teaching raz's family how to use their abilities safely. as I mentioned, some people find out they are psychic later in life, which is pretty common with nerodivergent disorders. It could be that whispering rock is a way to teach kids how to cope early in life so they don't struggle with it worse later on. this one is a bit of a stretch i will admit, but i got something way stronger next up:
4- Dr Loboto Dr loboto came from an emotionally neglectful home. His parents would remove toys from him and he would use his psychic abilities consistently to act out. this is normal for an emotionally neglected kid. his parents did not want a child, they wanted a perfect "doll" to do as they wanted. they loved the idea of a perfect ideal family and not actually having a child. and so they lobotomized him. Lobotomization was very common in the 50s. It was seen as a cure-all for all mental issues. housewife acting out? being her in to get snipped. child acting out? ice pick procedure. 9 times out of 10 it would end up making existing issues worse, or cause said patient to turn into a vegetable, or even death. If you want a famous case, see president JFK's sister. This hits me hard personally in multiple ways. I can see this as being a reflection of how people would "cure" their autistic kids by getting them lobotomized, or how in the modern day we still try to "cure" kids by abusing them and hurting them. Sometimes it wasn't even nerodivergent kids, just acting out is enough for people to do this! One of the reasons why i was diagnosed as an adult was the fear of doctors and teachers wanting to dope kids up to keep them quiet, god forbid an 8 year old is a little energetic, adhd or not. dr loboto is a traumatized broken man that was forcibly given brain damage because his parents loved the idea of a child rather than the child they made. I am lowkey kinda proud that he became a dentist to spite his father.
overall, i have heard people mention that psychonauts is a metaphor for being LGBT. I can see it, but honestly i feel as though the metaphor for nerodivergence is more strong. truth be told: we have a very similar history of bigotry, gaslighting, and abuse. we are siblings you and I, and our brotherhood will last generations. We are brothers and sisters and neithers in our pain. anyways that is my theory, let me know what yall think! I know i can come off as a little aggro but i genuinely would love to hear your thoughts!
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ruby-red-inky-blue · 1 year
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random notes on naddpod c1 ep 46-69
another confused jumble of personal highlighs, shared here in lieu of chewing my very indifferent friends’ ears off irl. For whom it may concern.
spoiler warning! you will get no context but still
Okay they’re in the feywild and somehow the players manage to get even hornier. I guess I’m impressed?
That libertarian fairy tho. Why are little pixie jerks with trash politics always so funny
(Emily catches on to their opponent being a woman because Murph made a point of referring to the knight with they/them pronouns) “Interesting. My subtle sexism gave me away. I’m a bad guy.”
This lady spent a year with her frozen children in a chest in her living room?! Okay. Sure. Uh huh. Cool story bro 😬
Five Guys Burgers and... Flies
Ngl a little shocked at how decent Murph’s elf voice is
“I know a game! It’s called ‘don’t stab me!’ I give the gnome a knife.” “He magically produces some bread, spreads some butter on it, and casts produce flame. Look! Magical toast!” “NOBODY EAT THAT!!”
“You two haven’t seen each other in a while, and the kids are indisposed, so -“ “Okay. Jesus Christ. I was down for kind of a spicy joke there, but let’s not… the kids aren’t indisposed because they went bowling with their aunt, the kids are frozen with a curse.”
Murph, as a gnome, but barely keeping it together: “In actual recorded episodes, have you guys met any gnomes that are murderers? Really, did they murder someone? Like… what did they do and then what did you do to them…?”
"There's a war coming, and everyone needs to fight. Even old men who don't know how." First of all, this is a banger of a line
but also my degree has officially ruined me for stories because I was immediately and ominously reminded of the last months of WWII on the Axis side what with all the apocalypse rhetoric and poorly armed children and old men sent out to probably die in war. like this is 100 percent unintentional and I realise that but my reaction to this line was "holy shit" and then immediately "... has Alanis also gone fascist"
Murph usually: Oh you want something? You want something to help you out here? Okay how are you gonna pay for that? What are you gonna give up to get that? Murph with Emily: Oh you got attached to your purely decorative fictional earrings? … I would never take those away from you keep them :) have a magical gun on the house :)
“Cool it with the fucking drugs!” “Hardwon, you’re one to talk!!”
Love it when Murph sets up a high DC on something and they get it and all immediately vigorously come for his ass, there is truly nothing funnier than people pretending to take something so personally
Murph keeps saying “she shakes her head yes” which is either an established bit of world building or an odd Murphism they’ve all collectively decided to accept? Both are very endearing but also I was so confused the first five times he did it
Local catholic desperately trying to get his friends to have the biblically correct response to angels (fear)
“Twenty-three damage with an axe???!” in the squeakiest voice possible, and then in the same voice: “What lands first, his body or his head?” “His head!!!!”
Finally someone makes the “Janie’s got a gun” joke, I have no idea why but I’ve waited this entire fight for someone to do that! Thank you Caldwell!
“Can I do a dog whistle?” “You’re gonna say something racist and see if they follow it?”
“Brothers! The Goddess has blessed us! There is milk in this casket!”
Also somehow every joke gets 100 percent funnier once it has managed to break the DM
“I summon Pellor’s four Lieutenants, the Beach Boys.”
Pawpaw as the BOB's legal council is the gift that keeps on giving. I don't even remember how it started but every time Jake goes "a brilliant legal mind" in that reverent voice I lose my shit. Also I adore how at the beginning it was all 'oh it's funny because Hardwon thinks this possum is actually good at law stuff and meanwhile Pawpaw can't fucking read' and now Pawpaw is just. legitimately functioning as their lawyer.
“Balnor, what’s your favourite food?” *audible fuckfuckfuckfuck silence from Murph* “…Chicken.”
So anticlimactic. Holy shit. Murph literally rigging the game so none of the others would give it away only to have that immediately blow up in his face
“Oh, the Goblinity!”
Hardwon getting really into "Chasing Cars"
Murph's cultural knowledge is such a fucking enigma to me every time I'm like "oh that guy wouldn't know anything ab-" and then he just. knows the first song on Snow Patrol's "Eyes Open" off the top of his head. I spent a whole vacation listening exclusively to that CD as a teen and I had to look it up. He was right. He wasn’t even the one who started the Snow Patrol bit.
Anyway thank you everyone that song will be permanently stuck in my head for the next five to eight business days
“You deserve a little emo phase”
“Pawpaw is giving you a pedicure. Meanwhile the king is suffocating in the bag.” “Oh shit!”
“So one thing you know about me is that everything I love dies so, stay away, haha!”
“I have enough queens.”
There have been a bunch of uncomfortable descriptors in this campaign but “like an exotic sunkissed lover” is definitely the worst one so far. Murph. Sir. No.
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Just Murph's weak "okay..." as Emily decides to sniff the two Hardwons' necks to suss out the doppelganger
The verve of Murph’s Moonshine impression compared to his barely-there attempt to do a Jake voice for Hardwon
That one incredibly dumb dude in Shadowfell. Oh my GOD. Like in so many stories there is a “dumb” character, you know, one who will be described with the one brain cell meme but this dude. This dude literally only has the one brain cell. Just enough to be standing, breathing and talking at the same time. Fucking incredible. Murph continues to be way too good at making characters so deeply pathetic
“Go drink too much cough syrup!” “I can’t!” “Why?” “‘cause it tastes bad, man!”
Brennan’s and Murph’s genuine excitement to reverse their usual dynamic veering off into “we’re 69-ing now but he’s been going at me for a long time and I haven’t given him anything.” in less than thirty seconds
Seriously tho you can hear both Brennan and Murph buzzing with delight at a frequency that could shatter glass
“Brennan, you can say ‘my’. You’re playing, dude, you can say ‘my’.” “My hand, me, I’m playing, I’m a person! I’m only one person!” “You’re playing!” “You’re doing it!”
“What about Melv? Remember Melv? He’s dead.”
Brennan has so much knowledge of like historical customs and everyday items and their names and uses but rarely uses it, and meanwhile Murph is trying his damndest to sprinkle stuff in for medieval flavour but has a shaky grasp on what these things actually ARE. Case in point, Brennan immediately knowing how to explain a wimple vs. Murph claiming the peasant was wearing “suspenders over a dirty tunic”. Suspenders?? My guy. What are they holding up? The hem of the tunic? Tunics go OVER the leg garment how would this work. Are you using this as a fancy word for shirt. Also suspenders weren’t a thing until the 19th century. Not saying you can’t mix and match cowboy and medieval peasant aesthetic but it’s gotta logistically work, Murph! It's gotta make sense!
“You hear a woman screaming-“ “No, Murph, we were going shopping 😩” “You never let us do anything fun!”
Brennan’s little love language of absorbing every last bit of his friends’ worlds’ lore like a sponge so he can weave his narrative and/or character into the world like a perfect medieval tapestry!!!!
Every time Emily goes out of her way to back up her every move with rules as written not for the DM but for some idiot in the audience, my heart breaks a bit. Back the fuck off indeed.
That said, Brennan being extra meticulous about HIS finite resources is hilarious and good
“I would say he didn’t have to worry about it but then he was doing sixty points of damage per attack so he does have to worry about it I decided”
#wherewasbalnor
"It's a... I don't want to use the word 'wimple' again"
"Deadeye and Hardwon, you guys just hear this cacophony of idiocy..."
"So my little sister in there and slim with the gift of Pellor, they good at staying on task?" "Um...."
A Kiwi dwarf, fantastic choice. No notes.
“We can crawl through the small false wall?” English is so broken
Pawpaw as Deadeye’s literal right hand! Delightful. Murph’s D20 TA energy come to life in the coolest way
“You bloodsucking bourgeoise pig, you keep your dirty fangs off my sister!”
“You’re the best part of me” Brennan 😭 Emily 😭 brb dissolving into a puddle on the floor for a second
He’s back in the Crick UGH 💔 ah fuck Brennan and Murph tag-teaming on the heartbreak never fails to get me
It's so fascinating how much they play to each other's strengths whenever they're really going for the jugular: on D20, Brennan will hit Murph with just the most quietly awful version of "here's your character's worst (perceived) failure you can never fully make right, and you're faced with an opportunity to try but we both know you won't take it" (cf. Kug's interactions with David or "you can go to the castle where the dogs are or you can go back to your frog pond"), and in return Murph took Deadeye back to the home that was forever lost to him and that he'd missed so much and let him become everything he ever wanted to be. Forgiven despite his shortcomings. They're beating each other at their own game, Murph's stories are so much about consequences and guilt and responsibility and Brennan's are so much about hope and grace and second chances, and that is so present in the stories they tell for each other?? I am upset this is beautiful
The Wimple Warriors
So Murph knew enough about Snow Patrol to not only sing the refrain of You’re All I Have but to know where it was on the album… but not enough to remember the title of Chasing Cars?? How are you the way that you are
JV!! God that *was* a beautiful scene though, such immediate quiet kindness, what a way to go <3
“I went to the Red Fenn and all I got was unceremoniously murdered.”
“He’s saying yes too much, we’re making some kind of mistake…”
Moonshine: "The rapport spores got hacked, everyone! Don't say anything you wouldn't tell the world right now!" Emily, not five minutes before this, on a very popular podcast: "Out of character, [unlike Moonshine] I got some very recently, but..."
The fact that this moment got no audible reaction and is as easily removable as an audio clip can get (no crosstalk, a brief pause before and after it, no impact on what was said afterwards) but it's still left in is so funny knowing who does the editing
Murph introducing a skeletal kitty for thinly veiled emotional manipulation purposes
*delivers upsetting news to Moonshine* "Would it make you feel better if you borrowed my cat?" "...Moonshine bursts into tears."
"Pawpaw looks hurt and betrayed for a second, like he's gonna turn away, but then he can't help it." "Should we go, too, or do you think she needs a familiar touch tonight? Something only Pawpaw can give..." I reiterate, funniest. self-insert. character. ever. Also as ever excellent punnage from Caldwell.
“You are a freak but you’re pretending not to be, which makes you the most boring kind of person.”
“Pawpaw is the only one who has complete plot armour. I will kick him from time to time, but I won’t kill him.” It's so unlike Murph to declare plot armour on anyone, and also so like him to have it be Pawpaw.
Hardwon and Moonshine's relationship, regardless of where it's going, is just lovely. Zero judgement, no expectations, just so much affection and support. They're so corny (affectionate)
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aerodaltonimperial · 1 year
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(A companion to this ficlet, because I am wild and unstoppable.)
“He’s a freak,” Tony Nese says, with the sneer he’s so fond of and his arms crossed over his chest. He’s leaning back against the wall like he doesn’t have a care in the world. “Just look at him. What normal person looks like that?”
“He’s also a menace,” Mark Sterling offers, though it’s hard to believe much with the brace wrapped around his neck. “He’s taken seriously by management when, what, you aren’t? He’s got everything you deserve to have, and he shouldn’t have any of it.”
Hook doesn’t listen to them.
They don’t pay attention to how closely Danhausen watches him, the way that Danhausen’s eyes light up when Hook enters a room. They weren’t the ones to sit backstage with the bag of chips in their hands, staring down at a birthday bow carefully, lovingly tied, one of the strangest, kindest things Hook has had happen to him in awhile. They don’t see the way Danhausen smiles when Hook can’t figure out a response, can’t wrap his tongue around the words—the way he always allows Hook the space to get his thoughts in order.
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“He’s, uh, a little odd,” his dad says, which is probably the nicest way he could think to phrase the actual opinion in his head. He’s got his phone in one hand and a coffee in the other, and an expression like he’s not sure why Hook is doing any of what he’s doing but he’ll grudgingly go along with it anyway. “You know. Just…not really up there, maybe.”
“The cursing is a bit much,” Ricky adds. Tactful; Ricky’s sort of good like that. But it’s still not particularly welcoming, and Ricky shrugs. “I mean, he can do whatever, right? It doesn’t really involve us. You can get out once the match is over, Hook, and you’ll never have to look back.”
Hook doesn’t listen to them.
They don’t see the way Danhausen’s eyes glint right before he lands a move no one expected him to, the thing they tend to forget about because they’re so wrapped up in his antics. They don’t notice the way he watches Hook while they’re training together and factors Hook’s strengths and weaknesses into their sparring, the way he never tries to change how Hook fights, but instead adapts around it. They don’t see the way he smiles, at the ground, at his hands, when Hook compliments the way he moves around the ring, a competitor who knows exactly who he is within the ropes, the way he preens as though Hook’s approval carries more weight than the rest of the world's.
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"He's so weird though," one of the production aides whispers, a stack of papers in her hands. She looks like she's been given the honor of distributing time cues for the show and dislikes the assignment greatly. "I mean, there are a lot of weird people here, but he's…really, really weird?"
The other aide nods; doesn't try to argue. "For sure. I'm always a little afraid he'll try and curse me or something. What do you think he looks like under the paint? Maybe he's even scarier."
Hook doesn't listen to them.
They haven't seen the way Danhausen relaxes after a shower, toweling his hair to keep it from falling across his bare forehead. They don't see the way his whole face crinkles, the way his skin gleams pink after he's scrubbed the paint clean, the way it looks impossibly smooth; the way Hook wants to lean in and run his fingertips across his cheek. They don't hear the way Danhausen’s laugh grows the funnier he finds something, the way he throws his head back with the force of it; they don't see how just hearing it tugs Hook’s mouth into the mirror of a smile.
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"What a loser," Austin grumbles. He's standing next to the vending machine trying to find change in his pockets, and Hook doesn't bother to offer him any. "Ugh. I'm so sick of his stupid jokes and his dumb names. All he does is make our life worse."
"Ought to kick him out of the company for being so useless," Colten says. He finally takes pity on Austin and hands him some quarters. "What's the point of him being here, anyway? He's a joke. No one takes him seriously. No one would miss him if he left."
Hook definitely doesn't listen to them.
They don't see how open and hopeful Danhausen’s face twists when Hook leans against him, setting his head on Danhausen’s shoulder. They can't hear the little gasp he makes, surprised and excited and happy, when Hook kisses him, works his mouth apart slowly, takes his time mapping out the shudder of his breathing as he exhales. They can't understand the way Danhausen’s hands cling to Hook’s shoulders, the way he holds Hook with so much reverence, the way it seems, sometimes, as though he's constantly afraid that Hook will tire of him and leave.
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"You've really wasted some of your time, you know that?" Lee Moriarty tells him, running a hand through the short curls of his hair. "You could have been a lot more if you hadn't spent time running around with a clown."
Big Bill nods. Hook wants to punch his fucking teeth in. "He isn't even worth thinking about."
"Besides, he's so selfish," Lee adds. "All he cares about is money and himself."
Hook doesn't listen to them.
They certainly haven't experienced the way Danhausen kisses trails down Hook’s chest, his palms sliding across Hook’s waist, the bare skin, tracing the curve of his tattoo. They've never felt the way it's overwhelming, absolutely maddening, when Danhausen takes Hook fully in his mouth and settles there, humming just because he knows the vibrations nearly tear Hook apart, rattling all the way down to his toes. They've never heard him groan when Hook fists his hands in Danhausen’s hair in a desperate attempt to stave off his orgasm a little longer, tugging because he loves the way it summons a whine from the back of Danhausen’s throat, just needing to hear him, feel him, drink everything in before release runs him sideways like a gut punch. And they've certainly never seen the way Danhausen slides his fingers along Hook’s face after, as Hook is coming down from the high, tipsy and jelly-legged in his most vulnerable state, an impossibly sweet caress that says I'm here, I've got you.
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"Oh, you have plans?" Jack says. He sounds disappointed, and it's a little unexpected. No one ever really sounds disappointed when Hook turns down invitations. He only ever gets them out of obligation anyway. "I guess I just thought we could, uh, go out and celebrate our win, you know?"
Then he shrugs. "I mean, it's fine. I sort of…well, I sort of get it. He's important to you…right?" It's a question that isn't, because Jack already knows the answer. "You…care about him."
Hook sort of listens to him, but only because he's the first person who seems like he might understand.
But even still, he doesn't know the way Danhausen rolls into Hook’s arms in the middle of the night while he's asleep, unconsciously seeking Hook out like a beacon. He doesn't feel how Danhausen’s kisses linger on Hook’s skin, tiny moments of adoration, seconds where he matters to someone, truly matters. He doesn't hear the way Danhausen whispers against the shell of Hook’s ear as the sun comes up, the sweet nothings that Hook will swear up and down he doesn't need, doesn't like, but prick at the corners of his eyes anyway as he gasps and rolls to give the other more space to continue.
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Hook doesn't really care what anyone else says, when it all shakes down. He's never bothered to change himself for the opinions of others, and the only one he would do it for doesn't ever ask him to be anything else. Still, sometimes he wonders, wrapped around Danhausen’s torso like a starfish. "Why me?"
"Why Hook?" Danhausen repeats. His eyebrows rise in neat arches. "That's a silly question."
"Is it?" Hook doesn't think so; in fact, he's a little desperate to hear the answer. He thinks he might settle something beneath his skin, where doubt still trembles, cords of fear he wishes would fade away. "But you have an answer, right?"
Danhausen turns to face him, his thumb trailing along Hook’s cheek. It's so fucking sappy. Hook loves it, even when it makes his skin heat. "Of course, it's silly. There was never anyone else, only Hook. That's like asking why the moon is in the sky. Danhausen has only ever wanted Hook."
Hook thinks of the way Danhausen sends ridiculous texts with little meaning simply as a way to keep them connected; he thinks about how Danhausen gives all of the sweet treats he's gifted to Hook instead, but secretly, so Hook doesn't ever have to answer questions from curious onlookers; he thinks about how Danhausen always crawls into Hook’s room, no matter how late the filming ends, no matter how many bruises he's sustained, because neither of them want to spend the time apart; he thinks about how Danhausen writes looping messages on the hotel stationary if he leaves earlier, simple platitudes that mean the world.
Hook mouths a kiss against Danhausen’s shoulder, and smiles into his skin.
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onedayimgonnasnap · 2 years
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Ok so I’m gonna give you another request(at this point I’m gonna take up most of them LMAO) but it’s a little less chaotic(you can make it more chaotic though if you want 💀)
If you don’t know MC is actually good with children(it was shown in a event at some point) so can do you a fic where Lance and MC are taking care of Christoph at the academy(so like in the future of after the chaos of her and Christoph being brought to one of Iritium’s hidy places) cuz it’s safer there then whenever Christoph was staying before and Christoph is like “Ya know, I don’t remember my parents but if I had to guess, you two are the closest to them” and MC’s heart just melts cuz that’s the cutest thing she’s ever been told and Lance is like 😦😶🫢😅🥹(cuz istg they’re adorable, like father like son and like brother like brother) and Lance has already had a crush on MC by this point so when he registers what was said about them being a mother and father figure to Christoph he’s like “Ay me and MC having a family doesn’t sound so ba- wait what”
I just find this a really cute idea haha
This is really cute- Awe 😭😭 Ngl this is my first time writing this cute, I’m used to writing chaotic fics more because they’re funnier to me 💀. And I don’t mind how much times you ask lol
Anyways ahem-
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Lance X Reader
~The Cottage Life~
Warning: Just a little bit of cursing (I don’t know what you expect from me 💀) Also gross fluff-
TW: Children
After you and Lance graduated from the academy officially, everyone of the princes and Valets started to fulfill their duties in the kingdom.
You and Lance decided to go run off somewhere with Christoph, Robin and Grusha with the full support of the princes helping you out and keeping where you both are hidden.
That leads you prior to now, you all found a abandoned cottage in the forest near a small village that are out fast leading people to not recognize any of you.
The cottage was rundown, full of dust, cobwebs, pest and such. But it seemed perfect at least, it has three bedrooms which you all split up, two bathrooms, a kitchen and a dusty living room which would sure be troublesome fixing but it could work.
It took you all months to finally renovate the cottage, but in the end it was all worth it. It finally felt like home, you and Lance both got separate jobs around the small village while Christoph would stay home protected by the fierce wolf and cat.
Lance felt at peace finally after many years of his old life, he was finally free of everything around it, he was undoubtedly happy.
He does have his worries sometimes about you though, longing to be something more than friends but to prideful to say anything about it.
Of course he had his moments out of nowhere he would bring animals home using his puppy eyes to keep him while you kicked his ass to the curb outside when he brought in a camel that one time.
Christoph also seems to enjoy this all, he has fun playing games with you and Lance, not worrying about the dangers out in the world.
He never had a real family up until now, he heard you say once that you all were like a family the other day and he felt extremely joyful over it. He cares about you and Lance with all his being.
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You all were sitting in the living room playing a card game while Robin and Gruscha were exploring the forest together.
You were in the lead since you and your parents used to be extremely good at board games in general during family game night.
Lance banged his head in the table clearly frustrated looking at you with his brows furred together.
You teasingly smirked at him, “Aw what’s the matter Lance? You want your baby bottle? You give up already” You smiled teasing him even more
“What ever MC I’ll get it next time it’s just my luck.” He said glaring at you.
“Haha yeah right luck.” You said while giggling and rolling your eyes.
Christoph smiled looking at you both, he was clearly having a good time he then spoke; “Ya know, I don’t remember my parents but if I had them you two would be closest to them.”
You then started coughing trying to hide the blush growing on your face. Lance wasn’t doing anything better he put his head down with his ears showing how flustered he was.
Christoph clearly not clueless looked back and forth at you both smiling, knowing what was happening.
“Christoph don’t say things like that out of nowhere.”MC said looking away with a red face.
Lance looked up suddenly secretly amused at the sight of MC blushing his heart started racing, ‘I mean it wouldn’t be that bad if we were all a- WAIT NO’
Lance soon shook the thought out of his mind.
Christoph watched as you both were having your identity crisis.
“Well I’m gonna go upstairs in my room and take a nap.” Christoph said making a fake big yawn while walking up the stairs in a hurry leaving you and Lance alone.
You looked back down at Lance to take a peek at his reaction to realize how flustered he looked, you then smiled, realizing you have a chance if you play it cool.
“So Lance wanna play the dad of our happy family?” You winked, and cringed secretly at your bad attempt at flirting.
Lance looked up and blushed a little more looking hard into your eyes, you both stared at each other clearly both nervous.
“Well, I think I should go finish my novel in my room.” You said while quickly getting up on your feet running upstairs to avoid the awkwardness of the whole situation.
Lance soon snapping out of his thoughts, watched you book it up the stairs fast before he could say anything to you, he then looked down to his hands all of the sudden disappointment.
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After a few hours passed, it is now night. You were on your bed tucked in reading a good mystery novel.
Robin decided to sleep with Christoph which you didn’t mind because lately Robin has been getting a habit of sleep talking and kicking you in his sleep.
You put the book down all of the sudden with a certain memory of your poor attempt at flirting crossed your mind. Never to let you live it down, you put a pillow to your face rolling around and then hitting your head on the pillow trying to get rid of the embarrassing thought.
… knock knock
Pulled you out of your thoughts. You assumed it was Christoph trying to convince you take backs for Robin.
So you got up and opened the door to see Lance staring down at you with pink tinted cheeks looking away.
“Hello?” You spoke asking him thinking of anything else to hide the blush trying to get on your face.
“… May I come in to speak with you?” He asked still looking at the back of my room avoiding eye contact.
“Sure- I don’t mind at all.” You embarrassingly spoke to quickly.
“Here Lance come on in,”
Lance soon stood in the middle of the room as you took a seat on your bed. He walked towards you and crouched down to you level looking directly at you eyes and whispered in your ear…. “I love you”
You then looked up at him while your heart started beating so fast, you whisper the same affirmation as him as well.
“I love you too Lance”
Lance pulled out a small smile which was rare but everytime you saw it you adored it.
“May I kiss you?” He looked away embarrassed he asked you.
You pulled him down and kissed his lips he then kissed you back passionately.
You both were kissing until-
“MC? Lance?” Christoph came into the room shocked and clearly traumatized at the scene.
Robin and Gruscha were behind him clearly also traumatized at the scene.
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elysianstars · 3 months
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Looking through Emblem bond conversations with the Fell Four, and picking out my favourites because why not?
Marth: You may show bravado, but you’re actually quite kind, aren’t you? Both in and out of battle.
Rafal: What?! That is laughably inaccurate. Though I will admit to making an effort of late.
Love that every time someone calls Rafal kind, his response is 'withdraw those false accusations immediately'.
Celica: Deep down, I know you possess a kind heart. Why do you not show it?
Rafal: What do you mean? My disposition is nothing short of sunny. Surely you agree.
He's figured out a new way to deal with it now.
Edelgard: When all of this is over, what do you plan to do?
Alear: Hmm… I think I’d like to take my time and travel the world. And also read and sleep a lot.
Highly relatable, but YOU HAVE SLEPT ENOUGH.
Celica: It’s no good to eat such acidic food all the time. You should try to round out your nutrition a bit.
Nel: I suppose if someone is going to mother me, it may as well be an ancient and ageless Emblem.
Emblems trying to make dragons stop eating such terrible foods, round one.
Veyle: Roy, look! I’ve never seen food this red before. I bet it’s super spicy and super delicious.
Roy: But, Veyle…the look, the smell, the burning! It does not look like it belongs in anyone’s mouth.
Round two!
Roy: An entire shaker, Nel? I can’t imagine any food needing that much salt.
Nel: It is a pity you will never be able to taste my gift to culinary advancement.
Round three!
Edelgard: I’ll admit, one thing about you does trouble me. The amount of sugar you put in your tea…
Rafal: The sweeter the better, Edelgard. I will brook no disagreement on this point.
Round four! There's a few others too, so I stopped at this point.
Alear: Your battle strategy is always so calm and logical. I should probably try to think that way…
Soren: We each have things we are and are not suited for. Calm rationale may not be yours.
Ouch.
Rafal: Am I cursed to have older sisters eternally fuss over me? Did I not tell you I am no child?
Micaiah: I’m sorry. I heard you were a little brother, and I was thinking you must have been very cute.
Micaiah, the woman who called Rafal cute and lived to tell the tale.
Veyle: Didn’t a Fell Dragon ravage your world? You must hate it when I’m around.
Lucina: Not at all. You look different. You act different. You are your own dragon, Veyle.
Fell Dragons feel awkward around Lucina, part one.
Lucina: Rafal, is it my imagination, or are you avoiding me? I thought we were a team after that battle.
Rafal: Your home was destroyed by a Fell Dragon. I, too, am a destroyer. You should avoid me.
Part two!
Nel: I hear you have a history with Fell Dragons. Do not feel obligated to socialize with me.
Lucina: I don’t feel obligated, Nel. I’d like to get to know you as a person, not just as a Fell Dragon.
Part three!
Lucina: Nel! As a token of our friendship, I’ve designed some clothing for you. Vander’s handiwork!
Nel: A large spicy pepper embroidered on the front. I suppose it does represent my preferences.
The follow-up. Since she mentioned Vander, I'm guessing it's a piece of knitting? Maybe a jumper?
Lyn: You look tired. If there’s something dragging you down, you can tell me. I’m a good listener.
Alear: I still hesitate sometimes in battle because I’m so inexperienced.
Alear: Then I second-guess myself afterward, thinking of all the things I should have done instead.
Lyn: Don’t worry about making mistakes. You have friends─and me─to guide you through them.
*grabs Alear by the shoulders* SWEETIE YOU ARE DOING AMAZING. Even when you're screwing up and getting yourself killed, you're still amazing. He says similar things in other conversations and I just. Can someone corporeal please give him a hug already?
Ike: Well, what do you think? Do I seem strong to you yet?
Rafal: I will admit your aid was helpful. Perhaps, of the two of us, we can say you are second strongest.
This is even funnier in context when you see them standing next to each other.
Rafal: You… You are quite the enigma. You fight so fiercely, yet appear so weak.
Eirika: Should I…take that as a compliment?
I don't think he knows whether it was a compliment either.
Alear: Oh, Professor! Sorry, I know I’m not one of your students. I just wanted to see how it felt.
Byleth: I don’t mind. It’s what most everyone called me, after all.
Alear is being cute and I can't handle it.
Byleth: Whatever you’re eating looks pretty tasty.
Rafal: An ally gave these to me. I was told that they were too sweet, but I find them perfect.
Byleth: Good to hear! Seeing you enjoy those reminds me of an old friend.
Rafal: We are having a conversation here. Reminisce on your own time.
Rafal has now become known as a repository for unwanted sweets. Also...did you not realise Byleth telling you that was part of the conversation. That's what was happening there. Sharpen those social skills, Rafal.
Corrin: I spent most of my youth cooped up in a castle. Everything felt fresh when I got to leave.
Alear: I can relate to that. It sounds like our circumstances aren’t so different.
I mean...if I had to pick the main similarity between you two, it would not be that. I'd probably go for the whole 'amnesia + reunited with my mother and then watched her die + evil dragon dad final boss' chain of events. Maybe that's just me though.
Corrin: I hear you risked your life for the sake of your brother. I did something very similar once.
Nel: Rafal is precious to me. I wanted to protect him. Above all, I wanted him to feel accepted.
I love you Nel.
Edelgard: You charge alone into battle far too frequently. I would urge you to think more of your allies.
Rafal: If you dislike me so intensely, then leave. No one is forcing you to deal with me.
Edelgard: That is not what I said. I am merely imploring you to consider some basic strategy.
Rafal: If my being alone in battle is your concern, then clearly your best course is to accompany me.
Love that Rafal's reaction to being told he's endangering himself is 'okay guess you hate me then'.
Nel: If it is all right with you, Tiki, I would like a hug.
Tiki: Of course! I feel so safe with you. I think the gentle hands had to be yours…
Nel: So you do recall my sending you to slumber. Well, I am glad you are back with us for good.
Wait, Emblems CAN give hugs now?
Tiki: I don’t remember you too much, but I feel like I’m safe with you for some reason!
Rafal: That is the wrong instinct to have. Nevertheless, I will endeavor to be kind to you from now on.
His line delivery is the best part of this. He's so absolutely done. Like, he was the source of the original problem, so he gets no right to complain, but he's still done. AND he'll keep knocking away accusations of kindness, even though he's just owned up to it here.
Veronica: I hear you spent a thousand years looking after your sister. I’m jealous of your relationship.
Rafal: You envy my atonement? My just punishment for crushing my sister’s heart?
Veronica: No, I envy the time you’ve had together. I may never see my brother again.
Rafal: If he left you, it must have been with some goal in mind. Trust in that, or find him and stop him.
Too late, Bruno's dead.
Camilla: You have such lovely hair. If only I was corporeal, I would love to brush it for you.
Alear: Oh, um… That’s very kind of you, but just the thought is enough for me.
Camilla no.
Camilla: You need a confidant, Rafal. Come, rest your head on my shoulder. Tell me everything.
Rafal: Ridiculous. Your shoulder is not even corporeal. Why are you looking at me like that?
Camilla NO.
Camilla: I’ve noticed you keep your friends at arm’s length, no matter how warmly they accept you.
Rafal: I caused my sister’s death. I all but destroyed an entire world. I am irredeemable.
Camilla: That’s not what your friends believe. Don’t you think you owe them a little bit of trust?
Rafal: You…do have a point. Thank you, Camilla. I will try to see the matter from their perspective.
Camilla yes actually, tell him how it is.
General Observations - Veyle asks most of the Emblems if they'll be friends with her, and it's adorable. Nel mentions a few times that she's been speaking too harshly to Alear, despite not meaning to. Rafal and Soren's conversations are a disappointment, the two meanest people in the army and they hardly say anything funny to each other.
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