Chapter 4 of body swap au
"Like I said before, you're lonely. Why else would you mess with people's lives so much? You're bored, and want to cause chaos, and no other human gives a shit about you so you want to be the villain in their story so they pay attention to you. You're just a lonely little man-"
"Shut it," Izaya cuts him off, slamming his palms on his table, glaring up at him with dangerous eyes. "You need to shut up before I cut out that pretty tongue of yours, even if it's my own. Ah, you know," he stands up again, "perhaps I could just cut up your body while I'm inside it." He moves to grab the knife he had hidden in the drawer of his desk, flicking it open and pointing it towards Shizuo in a smooth motion. "I know your skin is like a god damned rhino, but maybe I could carve my initials in your chest, or chop off a finger or two."
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I think Gwen calling Miles parents by their first names really show the difference between white and black culture.
Gwendy girl I love you but get your shoes off the bed. Have you lost your goddamn mind
Idk if it's just me, but in a lot of wider (white) culture the idea is that a host must cater to the guest, making sure the place is inviting and the guest is taken care of. It's the hosts responsibly look after their guests
However in a lot of POC cultures, it's the inverse. To us, Guests must cater to the host, because we understand it firstly as their space.
In our culture, we as guests are there as visitors. And it is on us to act appropriate towards the host. Rather than the host acting appropriate to us.
When we walk into a house, we talk off our shoes.
When she comes over she sits cross-legged on Miles bed with her shoes on.
When we enter someones house or space as black kids we're told to go to the adult of the house and introduce yourself, shake their hand.
When Gwen comes to the cookout, Miles parents have to approach her first and ask who she is. And then she calls them their first names!!!!!
We're even told that as guests we have to ask to get water or open the fridge - or the host can get it for us for their privacy.
Gwen comes in and rips open one of Miles' collectables and don't even think about it after.
And Miles is SHOCKED because he's probably never had a friend act like that in his house before.
As POC we see ourselves as guests given the privilege of being in the space. Whereas general culture sees guests as someone to invite in, and that the guests experience - not the hosts' space - is the primary focus
Gwen is probably acting that way because in her culture the idea is that "Oh - I'm at a friend's house. Let me get comfortable."
Whereas for a lot of us its "Oh - I'm at a friend's house and I want their parents to like me enough to let me in their house again lol"
Idk I just found that interesting
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One thing Izaya didn't expect was to dream.
He was somewhere he didn't recognise, a quiet little street with a railroad bell dinging nearby. Someone was beside him walking together with him, though he wasn't sure who right away. He didn't know the street, but one building in particular seemed to radiate comfort and warmth.
He knew this wasn't his own memories, this was Shizuo's. He was witnessing Shizuo's dreams as if watching a movie.
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i'm miles morales. but you...you can call me the prowler.
sometimes my wips don't get translated into paper. sometimes the builds i make get too intricate. sometimes you learn the hard way that finding deep purple cardstock is practically impossible and so you drop the project 🙃
thanks to @drive who convinced me i should post this build even if it never gets to see it's true paper form! miles42 you deserve it 👾
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Tails: "We need to open this locked door. Sonic, give me your credit card."
Sonic: "Here."
Tails, pocketing it: "Thanks. Knuckles, break down the door."
bold of you to assume sonic uses a credit card
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