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bixels · 9 months
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Everyone in Ponyville knows these two have a thing going on, except for these two.
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ssadumba55 · 1 year
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Special Gift (Andy Davis x Reader)
Request: Hi!! Could I maybe request Husband Andy x reader. They are married and have children on their own and they play with Andy's old toys? Hope you have  a nice Day! :)
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The past few days had been rough on the whole family, but you were feeling the effects the hardest. 
You, your husband Andy and your three children had just moved into a new house. It was a giant leap for everyone and you hadn’t expected it to be smooth sailing but you hadn’t expected it to be this hard either.
The children had been excited about the new adventure at first but now that they were here, they were starting to show their reservations. They missed their friends, especially your eldest daughter who was the only one old enough to attend real school yet. She was nervous about starting a school somewhere where she knew absolutltely no one. To make matters worse for the children, the house was a serious fixer upper.
Andy had bought the house because it was a four bedroom, but two of the bedrooms were full of major hazards for the kids and it would take a while before you could get them ready. So in the meantime, they all had to sleep in one bedroom. To lighten the blow a little, you had let the two oldest pick out a bunk bed to sleep in, but it was still obvious how much they missed their own rooms back home.
Andy was barely at home, school was starting in a few weeks and as a new teacher, he had to attend meetings, get to know the staff, create lesson plans. So all the work adjusting the children fell squarely on your shoulders. It was exhausting, most nights you crawled into bed wishing you’d never moved in the first place but the move had been necessary.
Not only did you and the kids need a change of scenery, this house was much closer to Andy’s childhood home. His little sister, Molly, had finally moved out for good and his mother was lonely more often than not. Being at a good distance to visit would make both her and Andy happy, not to mention this meant the kids could see their grandmother more often. Still, if you had known this was going to be so much effort before hand, you may have had second thoughts.
It was past dinner time now, the children were in the living room watching tv. Andy almost always came home late the past few weeks. He promised as soon as he had the free time he’d take you out somewhere special, but that was easier said than done.
You absently scrubbed dishes, trying to scrub away these thoughts with it. With any big change, their were bound to be bumps in the road. Soon, everything would be back to the way it was before.
“Dad’s home!” Ellie, the eldest of the three, shouted from her spot on the couch. The shout snapped you out of your dish daze, head whipping to get a look at the clock. It was much earlier than Andy was usually home, the kids were normally tucked away by the time he got home, fast asleep.
The sound of little feet running could be heard as they raced each other to meet their father, each one wanting to be the first to greet him at the door. Sure enough, the sound of the keys in the lock and the door opening could be heard. You grabbed a towel to dry your hands, coming out to see what all the commotion was about. 
Andy was trying to enter the house and take his stuff off, but he was also holding a large box. Being bombarded with children while trying to carry something was not easy.
“Alright,” you entered the fray, scooping up your youngest, two year old AJ. “Go get your PJs on. Let dad have a second to breathe before you knock him over.”
There were pouts, but they knew better than to disobey your orders. They raced up the stairs wanting to come back down as soon as possible. Andy placed the box he was carrying down, untying his shoes and slipping his jacket off.
“You’re home early.” You noted and he grinned over his shoulder as he hung up his jacket.
“I would’ve been home much earlier but I had to make a pit stop,” he gestured at the box. You raised your eyebrows in silent questioning. “Something real special for the kids. Thought it might help ease the transition.”
You eyed the box doubtfully as he came over to greet you properly, kissing you softly. From atop the stairs, Ellie and Charlie groaned and gagged, still too young to understand stuff like romance and marriage. In fact, they were still at the age where they thought the other gender had cooties.
Andy laughed, using his head to gesture to the next room and walking away to pick the box up. You followed the kids into the room, sitting on the couch while your husband took the floor to be closer to them. Slowly, he opened the box and began divvying it’s contents between his three children.
The box was filled with toys, not really modern toys. They were definitely all older, they looked like they had received a lot of love over the years but they were in no means in bad shape. A plastic green dinosaur and some little green aliens for baby AJ, a slinky dog and some potato heads for Charlie and a ragdoll horse and piggy bank for Ellie. 
Andy took the time as he handed them out to explain that they weren’t just any toys, they were his toys from when he was a little boy. What was left of them anyway, he explained that when he was younger he had had to move from his home too and that these toys had helped make it a little more bearable.
You sat back and watched as the kids connected with their father over the toys. When he held the toys and talked with his kids, he looked ages younger, almost like he had way before Ellie was born when the two of you were a young couple just starting to try things out.
The last three toys he had in the box were the winners of the whole thing though. It was like Andy had known these would be the winners and as such, had saved the best for last.
To match her horse, Ellie was given a beautiful ragdoll cowgirl. She had actual yarn for hair and on her back, a pullstring. When you first noticed the pullstring, you chuckled to yourself. Such an old doll, there was no way that thing still worked. Ellie pulled on it though and the cowgirl yodelled.
For Charlie, a Buzz Lightyear action figure, you recognized this one from your own youth. You had had one much the same. He must’ve had his batteries routinely replaced because everything about him still worked, from the retractable helmet to the buttons that made him speak to his karate chop action. There was something so nostalgic about watching your son zoom around the room with a toy you used to spend hours with, pretending he too was a spaceman in uncharted space.
And for AJ, a ragdoll cowboy in much the same fashion as the cowgirl. Instead of yodelling when you pulled his string though, he spoke different phrases. When Andy pulled it to get the attention of his youngest son, the cowboy cheerily claimed, “You’re my favourite deputy!”
Andy helped each of the kids write their names on the bottom of their new toys feet, something he said he had done when he was younger. When the special moment was over, you reached down to pick up one of the now forgotten original toys he’d given them from the box.
“I think Slinky Dog is injured who could’ve done this!”
And just like that, Jessie, Woody and Buzz were on the case. You and Andy took turns playing the rest of the characters, creating villains and other side characters to aid and impede the heroes as they went about their mission. Andy so easily got into character, it was almost second nature to him. You couldn’t even remember a time the five of you had sat and played like this before, the sound of laughter and tinny toy voice box phrases filled the air as you all ran around chasing each other.
Playtime that night went on way past bedtime, and ended with all five of you passed out on the couch.
“I’m not as young as I used to be.” Andy groaned, when the two of you woke up from your doze. You made a noise of agreement, playing like that had been so easy when you were as young as your kids were now, but decades later the muscles in your body ached slightly from the strain.
Gently, he picked up the boys and you grabbed your girl, carrying them up to the steps to their room.
While Andy tucked them in, you went back downstairs to collect the remaining toys the kids hadn’t fallen asleep with and leave them in the room for when they woke up. By the time you entered, the kids were dozing in their respective beds, blankets tucked up to their chins, Woody, Buzz and Jessie tucked safely in their new owners arms.
“Ready for bed, Evil Doctor Porkchop?” You joked as the two of you shut the bedroom door. Andy flushed, laughing awkwardly.
“It’s just a silly thing I made up as a kid.”
“I thought it was cute, I like when you play the villain.” You winked and he laughed, trying to stifle them so as not to wake the kids.
“You weren’t so bad yourself as the horse.”
“I was a horse kid I have lots of practice…”
Unbeknownst to either of you, as your voices drifted into the distance from the kids bedroom, the toys jumped to life.
“Yeehaw!” Jessie whisper yelled from the top bunk, managing for a brief moment to sneak out from under her kids arm to lean over and look at her friends. “Did you get a load of Andy?”
Woody gave her a pointed look from across the room from baby AJ’s crib, a look she could just barely see in the dim light of the nightlight. From the bottom bunk, Buzz’s whispered voice spoke; “It sure is nice to be back where we belong.”
None of the other toys could disagree. Bonnie was a nice little girl but she’d grown up too fast. Soon, they were once more sitting on the shelf collecting dust, craving playtime once more. None of them in a million years would have guessed they’d end up back in the Davis household.
Woody didn’t say anything from his spot but he had to agree. When it came to kids, none compared to the Davis kids. Andy had given him a new purpose in life, to watch this little guy grow and he couldn’t wait to do it by his old owners side. In the dim light, he gazed at the new scrawl on his foot poor little AJ was too young to actually write on his own but his dad had helped him; the cowboys fingers grazed over the words Andy Jr. on his foot. It felt like coming home.
Back in your room, you had already fallen back to sleep. Andy lay watching your breath come in and out in even huffs. Today had proven he’d picked the right person to be his life partner. In the future, he had a sneaking suspicion he was going to have to paint two roundup themed rooms and a Buzz Lightyear themed one. But for now, all he cared about was the fun they’d had as a family. This move really was going to be okay, he decided, pulling you close. For all of you.
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raspberrydraws · 2 months
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pls pls tell me about your hcs for the first members of the crew fitting the elements of harmony, i very much wanna hear 👀👀👀
Thanks for asking I love u very much allow me to bring a chair so you can sit down and read all my rambling 🪑
some notes about this absolute madness:
I feel like they fit the element but also some traits of the mlp characters too so I will add that when it's necessary
When I talk about the mugiwara's dreams I assume they've already reached them bc the story is not finished yet like mlp and I KNOW THEY WILL ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS anyways
Please don't have high expectations ahhh I don't wanna end up feeling like I thought something cool and it ended up being lame, I'm not used to writing or explaining stuff this way (and in english tho oof double brain work)
I'll put a everything under a read more bc it ended up being long and also uhh CW: spoilers for both series yeah
✦ Magic: First of all and obvious reason, main character lol.
Character who gathered the group in the first place
Royalty !!! King of the Pirates!!! Princess of Friendship!!! besides the fact that Luffy's dream is becoming the king and Twilight just had to do it etc etc
Very powerful mentor who's far away but encouraged them to start their journey and find their friends
They're not similar in personality at all I get it lmao
✦ Kindness: oof do I need to say anything
Sanji is kind, that's like one of the traits that made him one of my fav characters (more than his totally badass habilities).
and of course that's one of his most important traits
His mother sacrificed everything and celebrated everytime he showed his kindness, he was a sweet child, he's soft with children and helps anyone who's in need.
He's so full of emotion and can go from the softest to the meanest in a second if he needs to (flashbacks to fluttershy literally confronting a bigass dragon, making him cry and leave bc he was mean to her friends)
Also both characters are certified Friends of the Little Critters ™ and can't fly very well
Special mention to Pinkie Pie here, since she shares the "Third child who stands out like a sore thumb from his other siblings because she's weird to her family standards" backstory with Sanji
✦ Loyalty: That's like one of Zoro's main character traits right? He's in the air before Luffy says jump
Cool, they're just cool and probably the most liked characters + the ones who sell more merch for sure lol
Both have a childhood dream, becoming the best swordsman/wonderbolt, but that doesn't push them to leave their friends to achieve it alone + having friends actually helps them reach their goals
hot headed kids + dumbass sometimes
✦ Honesty: The group's voice of reason
Character that pretends to be okay but hell naw she's not ok (AJ harvesting sweet apple acres and almost dying / Nami Pretending to be Arlong's little trustworthy human so she can save her village) until their friends help them to be honest and ask for help
Also they have similar lifes cultivating apples/tangerines with their families and I thought that was cute hehe
✦ Generosity: SCREAMS Chopper my little chop chop I love u my sweet child
The way that Rarity shows her element is usually by giving away something important to her (her time, her talent with fashion, HER FRIGGIN' TAIL) so she can help other people (creatures?) feel better, and there's no signs of repentance after that, she does it with her heart (and sometimes to show that she can make things fabulous)
This brings me to Chopper looking for the mushroom to cure Dr. Hiriluk's illness and showing up at his door all hurt but he's like heyy I got the thing. I understand that's another kind of "sacrifice" The way he showed his thankfulness to his mentor by risking his life looking for the mushroom and trying to prove that he's a good doctor too (even tho uhh we know how that ended)
This was a little bit more difficult to connect with his element and that's why I was in between choosing kindness and generosity for him, but
kindness had to be sanji's element for suree
Dr Kureha specifically told him that "kindness wasn't enough to save lives" and I won't contradict her she scares me so much
AND I feel like Chopper's generosity it's shown all along the show just by treating all those injured pirates over and over again for free lmao
My overall feeling when giving him the element was "He's a little doctor, of course he's generous, doctors are generous enough to learn how to save lives! so we don't like.. die! next question"
✦ Laughter:
This one was pretty simple too, I love Usopp bc he makes me laugh a lot, he's such a comedic relief for the story and also: my best friend in the whole wide world, yes *gives him a lil kiss*
Of course he's not just a comedic relief, he tries to make things easier trying to solve conflicts (sometimes) or joining the sillyness (most of times)
Also they like to tell stories! I feel like that's a cute trait that makes both characters more interesting, even when someone's stories are lies *eyes emoji* I like storyteller characters a lot !!
they're good with kids + tell them stories too !!
also the whole.. alter ego thing, yeah
AND THE PUFFY HAIR ♥
AIGHT
Hope you enjoyed my TED talk, thaks for giving me the strenght to be a little unhinged, I don't talk too much here but this whole mlp au has people coming and encouraging me to talk/write and I have a problem, once I start talking about something I like I can't shut up
And I like MLP since I was 12 years old, i started drawing because of it and I'm currently rewatching the whole series with my bf so if I see anything else I'll come back and add stuff for sure ♥
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kennysboxergf · 9 months
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the boys love languages pls❤️
Love Languages ~ Beta Squad (+ others)
So this topic always confuses me because I don’t know if it’s like what makes the person feel loved or how they show love to other people?
So I’m gonna do both for each guy, which may make it shorter (sorry 🫶)
And this isn’t really focused on x reader, just in general but it could totally be applied to x reader as well ❤️
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Kenny:
Starting off with Mr. Obvious! He shows his love for others through physical touch, it is always prevalent in the videos. He’s always hugging people when he’s excited, he does the ‘reaching for people and squeezing them’ thing when he’s laughing and he’s always finding ways to be close to people when they’re standing or sitting down, (hand on their body, leaning on them, head on their shoulder, etc.)
I think he feels most loved when the other person lets him touch them as much as he wants, I think it’s physical touch back as well. Also when the other person initiates contact with him first, he would be so happy and lean into the touch more 😭🫶
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Chunkz:
He’s a very Giving Gifts and Quality Time man 🫶 he loves just hanging out with people and if he specifically goes out of his way to make sure that happens, they are deffo rly special to him. He’s also loadeddd, and he loves spending it on his loved ones as he doesn’t have too much use for it.
He would probably feel most loved with Quality Time as well, when the other person goes out of their way to make time for him so they can hang out even if they aren’t doing anything particularly exciting? He’s melting. He loves even just sitting in the same room, watching a movie or listening to something or talking in hushed tones, it assures him that the other person is there through all of it, even the slow and boring days 🫶
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AJ:
Shows his love through insults and fights 😭 nah I’m joking, if I had to choose from one of the Love Languages I would say Acts of Service. He uses them as an indirect way to say ‘I love you’ because when he opens his mouth to say it all that comes out is violations. He’ll grab water for the people he loves, ask them what they want for lunch so he can order it, share his food with them, do their chores, the ones they don’t wanna do. He’ll complain but then the other person wakes up the next morning with the chore done.
He probably appreciates Words of Affirmation, his inability to say what he feels leads to him craving it from the other person. This may come out in a weird (rat) way, like “oh you know you love me!” After the other person is mad at him. If the other person responds with, “yeah, I do” he immediately smiles at the response before putting his facade back on.
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Sharky:
Physical Touch and Acts of Service ‼️ he touches people when he can and it’s always his top priority to make sure the people around him are well and functioning. He’ll hug people from behind, pat their backs, hold their hands. He’ll help them out wherever he can. “Let me do that for you!” Fixes their clothes, cooks (orders) food, etc.
He appreciates Quality Time, when he’s one on one with the other person. Talking about anything and everything, he loves when people tell him things they may be scared to tell everyone else. Compatible Music Tastes make him so happy, but it’s not a requirement if the other person is spending time with him (or listening to songs with him anyway, even if it’s not their type of music).
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Niko:
Words of Affirmation ‼️ the first of the guys so far that I think would have no problem expressing what he feels verbally. And he would prefer it too, he needs to know that you know how much he loves you. Daily compliments and constant I love you’s even if the other guys bully him for it, (they love the compliments but Niko doesn’t have to know). He’s also Acts of Service, he would do everything for the other person so they aren’t burdened.
He deffo appreciates Receiving Gifts. Do you remember how happy he got at the cat? He feels so special of the other person brings him something, it hits him then that this person is thinking of him even when they aren’t together 🫶 someone gets him something ugly asf and says “it reminded me of you” and he melts even if it’s a grinch stuffy.
+ BONUS (because they’re so underrated omg)
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Filly:
He’s so Physical Touch and Words of Affirmation, he would tell the other person everything he loves about them while draped over them in one way or another. 😭🫶 (i need a filly this is literally what I crave)
And he would LOVE physical touch back, a hug or a squeeze and that's when he knows the other person truly loves him too. 
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Darkest: 
He’s always violating but he’s very Acts of Service. The other person asks him to do something and he replies with a crisp ‘no’ before immediately doing the thing. Like
“can u pass me xx?” 
“Nah” *passes xx over as the words leave his mouth* 
And he loves Words of Affirmation to know that his Acts of Service Are being appreciated on the other end. A simple thank you would suffice, he passes the water and the other person thanks him and he’s satisfied ☺️
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This was so cute to write omg i realised my love languages on the way 😭🫶
(it’s words of affirmation and physical touch so keep sending nice messages I cry to everyone of them ❤️)
anyways requests are being worked on and as always requests are open and please come by and say hi <3
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kennysimp101 · 1 month
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i’m begging for an Aj imagine where he dates a (female) f1 driver for red bull and in the beginning his friends don’t believe that they are dating cause of how pretty she is 🙏🙏🙏
btw love your work 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼
"No chance": Aj x reader ☁
A/N: Hello Anon!! Im not a big Aj girly but I love f1 so ofc I loved this idea. I tried my best but it's like I forgot how to write 😭
Also, thanks Love <33, appreciate all of yall, and sorry for the very late update
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You and Aj have been dating for 5 months. It's been amazing. You are a racer and this year you got signed with the leading team in F1, Redbull. You were overjoyed and had your first race in a week. You invited Aj and told him to get his friends along as well. 
A week later
The first GP was in Baku, and you had just reached. You went to your hotel and were planning to have lunch with Aj and his friends. You had never met them but you had watched a few of their videos when Aj showed you their channel, and you thought they were hilarious. Aj texts you to come downstairs. You go to the reception and you see Aj standing. “AJ!!” You shout and run over to hug him. You hadn't met in a week since you were so busy with practice. “Y/N, I missed you soo muchh” He says hugging you back. “Are we ready to go?” You ask about the lunch. “I just need to go to my room and wait for the guys to get ready too” He replies “Okayy, im just gonna go get ready as well” You both go into the elevator, Aj gets off on the 3rd floor, where u see his friends, wave slightly before the elevator goes to your floor.
Aj goes to his friends. “Your telling me you pulled her??” Kenny asks. “NO CHANCE MAN BROS LYING” Chunkz shouts louder than expected. “Yeah??” Aj replies confused to all the commotion. “Aj, you know your my friend right? Like we live together and im so close to you, but i call bullshit” niko says. “Aint no way shes your girlfriend, shes too pretty” sharky added on. “I cant believe this man. HOW DO YOU LOT NOT BELIEVE ME?” Aj gets upset. “Nice one bro, its gonna be a great video for you” Chunkz laughs and the rest join in. “I dont even care, just go get ready in 10 minutes for lunch” Aj says as he shakes his head and goes to his room.
10 mins later
All the guys meet up downstairs and are waiting for y/n. “Sooooo your “girlfriend” isn't here yet huh aj?” Niko says, air-quoting girlfriend. “She's coming omg guys believe me she's my girlfriend,” Aj says getting sick of his friends. “Right right we totally believe you bro,” Sharky says sarcastically. Then y/n comes out of the elevator “AJ!! Here!” you shout at him. “Y/N!!” He says back as you walk towards him and his friends. “Guys this is y/n my girlfriend, and y/n this is Niko, Chunkz, Sharky, and Kenny,” He said pointing at each one. “Hey guys, im glad I can finally meet you all!” you say while smiling. All the guys stand with their jaws dropped. “SEE I TOLD YOU!” Aj shouted at them. “What?” you say confused. One of them, you remember as Chunkz says “We saw you in the elevator before, and since youre soo pretty, we just assumed Aj was making this whole thing up as a prank, and we didn't believe him at all… Clearly we were wrong”. You laugh while Aj stands there pouting. “But why?” Kenny asks. “Cause y/n is beautiful, kind and ambitious af?” Aj says like it's the most obvious thing. “No I get that, i was wondering why she would choose you, she's literally a goddess-looking F1 driver, and you're a rat,” He says and all the boys laugh. “Awww, he may be a triangle, but he's a cute triangle” You reply which gets then laughing even more. Aj smacks your arm as you giggle. “She's funny too?? Damn Aj you got nothing over her” Niko says as all of you walk out to go to lunch.
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Kinda short so sorry about that, finals approaching BUT IM TRYING TO START POSTING AGAIN SOOO YAYY. Also I went off the story so many times lmaoo (Thats y the ending is shit sorry). Im gonna try and finish up all the requests I have soon, then I was probably gonna put some f1 fics (Open to requests too)
Anyways love yall <33
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bourbonificould · 3 months
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why do u think so many ppl hate louis :(
Simple answer: Because of Episode 2 and because of Clouis shippers. And the same goes for Violentine shippers and Episode 3.
Long answer: I think Louis hate from the gaming standpoint stems from a few things - His unseriousness, which can also be seen as a good thing for some players - Voting AJ and Clem out, which is probably justified. While you could argue that Marlon was a huge threat to the group, he's still Lou's best friend. Counterpoint tho, Violet does the same with Minerva. Let's not act like you haven't been in scenarios like that before, its normal human instinct to feel devastated or to feel abandoned. - And from the fanbase standpoint, I think it's obvious. Some people are... very weird about people disagreeing with their opinion. If I say I like Violet, it doesnt mean I hate Louis. 😭
All in all, I do think the whole hate for Louis or Vi is ridiculous, and it's only done because the two fanbases are toxic as hell. You can like a character and also like another one, it's not that hard.
In the end, we all know canonically Louis and Violet are close friends, so most likely, them two and Clementine become the three close friends after the events of S4, regardless of who gets kidnapped and who gets romanced/befriended.
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fox-from-fairytale · 22 days
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Some of my personal considerations regarding Lilly in The Final Season.
⚠️ Warning: this is a long post ⚠️
Before going on I want to say that, while it's obvious that the teams working on the series must have changed for every season (or even in the middle of them), I have absolutely no idea if there are some people that were there for Season 1 as well as The Final Season. Each game feels different from the previous, and so I'm going to treat the writer teams accordingly.
While replaying these four games I was torn about Lilly's return. I did miss her through the other seasons, and I actually couldn't wait to see her again, even if I was aware already that the way she was written in the last one wasn't... the best, to say the least. This annoys me a lot because, as we see with what they have done with Clementine, AJ, their relationship and the new characters, Lilly's poor writing then clearly isn't due to the writers being incompetent, since they aren't.
Now I've completed the whole series, and while I do prefer the concept of The Final Season to Season 2 and The New Frontier (this is simply because of personal preference, of course; I do like all four games), it's also the one that disappoint me the most, and mostly because of what they have done with Lilly.
Long story short: not only I believe that the writers didn't understand Lilly's character, but that they didn't even try to.
First of all, I think they made her come back not because there is more to tell about her character (and there is more to tell about her; her arc didn't feel finished when she leaves/is abandoned in Season 1, and for what they have done with her, it remains incomplete), but because they needed someone who is still alive from The Season With Lee, so that they could make as many references as possible. I know that Christa was the other option for filling that role, and I don't know if they stated why they decided to go with Lilly in the end, but I wouldn't be surprised if they based their choice just on how much Lilly is (unrightfully) hated among the players and considered "crazy" by them; people can't deny that they must have easily put her in the antagonist's role since players already think she's one.
Honestly, what I hate isn't even the fact that she's the antagonist of this season (even if it does annoy me that this is the way they made her return, and maybe I'm "okay" with it simply because I'm used to her being treated like one). What these games have always shown with all their characters, Clementine especially, is that while this apocalyptic world can bring the best out of people, it can also (and more often) bring out the worst. Because of this, every single character of this game is morally grey, but while the male characters are often praised and in some cases their actions are even justified, what happens with the female characters is the opposite, Lilly included.
The players love to pretend that Lilly is some sort of "crazy evil bitch", but she isn't. In Season 1 she is a tough and strict leader of the motor inn's group, and she doesn't take any bullshit lightly, but why should she? They're in a deathly situation, and even a small mistake can cost their life. She's also the only one who took the responsibility to distribute food, but just because she doesn't want more mouths to feed it doesn't mean she'd survive at the expense of other people: she doesn't like that Kenny/and Lee uses a girl screaming in pain to keep the walkers at bay, and she doesn't want to take the stranger's supplies. Moreover, just because her father says or do something, it doesn't automatically mean that she is on his side, like she explains far from Larry. Speaking of which, regardless if her relationship with her father is idyllic or awful, losing him in such a brutal way, and when she firmly believes she can actually save his life, can traumatise anyone. She is left with nothing, the only family she had is gone, and then she loses the only other thing she is trying to defend so desperately, and again because of someone within her own group. I'm not saying that killing Carley/attempting to kill Ben was a good thing to do, but you can't seriously consider her an "evil bitch" solely for a single action, which she has done as a result of a mental breakdown. From her point of view she has been betrayed two times from the same people she actively tried to help doing one of the most stressful tasks, and none of these same persons seems to care about what happened both times.
After that she's abandoned/leaves the group, and apparently she remains alone for years, until she finds the Delta. It shouldn't be too unbelievable for Lilly to be willing to do anything to defend her home, especially considering what happened the first time and what she must go through before joining the Delta; a solitary life in that type of world can make anyone become ruthless, and again, we see it with Clementine especially, and apparently her new community is at risk because of a group "worse than hers". However, while Clementine does have a "turning point" from this path (killing Helen at the ranch), Lilly clearly doesn't.
So it's not exactly what she does, but the way she behaves while doing it that I don't like. They wrote Lilly too over the top: certain lines she can say are even childish, while her actions in the third episode are vicious. That's not her anymore.
My problem with the way she was written doesn't start immediately. In Suffer The Children (second episode) there are moments where it feels like the Lilly from Season 1 is there. We don't have much time with her though, just a few phrases about the past and then we run to move the plot forward. I don't think she was well written here either, considering what she says about Lee with whom she could have had a good relationship and even possibly cared only about him and Clementine by the third episode (as stated by other characters), it's simply better than the other episode.
The first time I've played Suffer The Children I was hopeful for the way they could have handled things with Lilly in the next ones though, only to be disappointed. Based on the interactions in this one (remembering her or not/taking her hand or not/telling her we were family once or whatever the other two options says) I expected two paths: one where she becomes fully the antagonist of the season and a "redemption arc". This seemed to me what Telltale was going for, and maybe it was the original intention, and because of what happened to the studio it's already a miracle if they completed the game at all, but this doesn’t make me feel any less disappointed in the final result to be honest.
Broken Toys (third episode) is the one I have most issues with. Not only there isn't a single moment where she resembles the Lilly from the first season, but here she doesn't even remind me of the Lilly from the previous episode. They switched her character with a cartoonish type of villain basically; if she seems to have depth and layers it's because she's supposed to be a character that already has depth and layers, not because the writers of this season gave them to her, nor because they were able to use what the writers of Season 1 created.
With this episode the writers fully embraced the distorted version of Lilly players created, the "monster" who is "crazy since the beginning" that killed Carley/Doug simply because things didn't go the way she wanted. They removed from her every bit of humanity she had, and catered to the crowd that claims she's evil. The way she talks about Minerva and Sophie specifically, and how pleased she looks when Minerva reveals that she killed her own sister, is something that actually makes me hate the writers; they turned Lilly from someone who do what she does solely for her community's survival to this manipulative bastard who takes pleasure into others' suffering. Honestly? What they did it's vile; turning her into that and making her treat kids like that was vile.
If you spare Lilly you can have a miserable little conversation that gives nothing to the player. Her whole presence in this game, in the end, gives us nothing: we learn nothing more about her (other than the fact that it's confirmed that Larry was an abusive father, and they've done it in the worst way possible, making it sound like the stupidest thing), and her being in this season only ruins her character.
I wish they didn't ruin Lilly. I wish they actually cared about her character. In a possible redemption arc scenario she could have helped Clementine, who could have been her "turning point", making her realise what she was doing, what she was becoming.
With this I'm not saying I wish they created a flawless version of her, but that they maintained her flaws instead of creating more and more until she became someone else entirely, going from morally grey to a villain, even. Also, like they made sure you could have a good relationship with Kenny in Season 2 (where regardless of everything you do and say they force the characters to be in good terms), they could have given us the same possibility with Lilly in the last season (where regardless of everything you do and say they force the characters to despise each other).
I wanted Lilly's return not only because, along with Clem, she's my favourite, but also because she has much more to give. Instead they took such a complex character just to strip her of all her humanity and depth so that they could have a flat villain everyone already hate.
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Chapter Twelve
You lay down on the bed for a moment, a headache from all that's going on squeezing your brain. You're glad to be alone right now. To process. Matthew is probably the most confusing man, no, person in the world.
You had changed into an FBI hoodie you'd gotten when you joined the show, some cozy shorts, and fuzzy socks, forcing yourself into some comfort.
AJ and Adam come in your room to check on you. "Hey Y/n, you want to do something with us?"
"I'm not really in the mood,” you tell them, not looking up.
"You okay?" Adam asks, his head tilting.
"Just in a shitty mood."
"Yeah so is Matthew. What's up with him?" AJ asks.
"Something must've bit his dick harder than usual today. He's an ass.”
"I'm sorry, Y/n,” she says softer. It’s been pretty obvious to everyone that things have worsened between us.
"It's fine. I love being hated, ya know?" You laugh playfully.
She puts her hand on your knee. "I can talk to him?"
"No need. Y'all go have fun. I'll join you guys tonight."
They nod their heads and leave with sympathetic looks.
This weekend was supposed to be fun. But of course, Matthew had to ruin it. You should've known better than to believe he could actually be decent for a few days. You came here worried it would go wrong, and it somehow ended up worse than you could've imagined.
He'd literally told you your existence pissed him off. And then said he was attracted to you. In a rude tone. And a stupid rude look on his face.
Fuck him. Fuck this whole thing. You don't need him to ruin your weekend. You get up, slipping in your white sneakers, and head outside to meet the rest of the cast. Matthew is no where to be seen.
The 7 of you talk and walk outside for a while. The sun setting, leaving the sky in an orange, pink, and blue glow. Normally, you'd take a picture of the glowing sun reflecting off the lake, but you want to enjoy the moment. Plus, Joe locked your phones in a drawer.
"Ooh we should make s'mores!!" You suggest with excitement.
"Ooh yes!" Paget responds.
"I'll go get the stuff,” Daniel says.
You volunteer to go with. You, Daniel, and Adam head to the small grocery store a few miles from the lake house.
"Ya know?" Adam starts while he's driving. "I've never seen Matthew act this way."
"I don't want to talk about Matthew," you say from the front seat.
"I don't know what's gotten into him."
"Hatred for me,” you huff out.
"More like sexual frustration," Daniel says quietly from the back.
"What?"
"Nothing,” he brushes his mumbling off.
The three of you head to the store and grab chocolate, marshmallows, and graham crackers. You pick out some random metal pokey thingies to roast the marshmallows on.
You guys check out and head back into the car. You put on some music, even though it's only seven minutes of driving, because you don't want the boys to bring up Matthew again.
When you guys get back, you set up chairs around a little fire place outside the house and Joe starts the flames up. You go inside to get the booze. You down a whole glass of wine before bringing the rest of the booze out to your friends.
"Alcohol and fire. That's one hell of a mix," Daniel says.
You shrug, taking a drink of whatever concoction Joe had made this morning. You sit down beside Adam and Paget and jab a marshmallow on your metal stick. You stick it right in the fire, letting it catch aflame. You blow it out after a bit, then make your s'more. "What?" you say to everyone looking at you, "You gotta burn the bitch."
The seven of you hang out for a while until Matthew comes out to see what everyone is doing. He sits down. "Glad you joined us, Gube," Joe says with a smile, handing him a marshmallow.
You avoid his gaze, only talking to or looking at the others. Then, you decide to be a complete bitch for a moment. You catch his eye, stare him down with eye contact, and suck the marshmallow right off the stick. You smirk. Luckily for you, everyone else was way too busy laughing and joking to see this.
He looks away, not sure what to do. You suppose the alcohol clouded your judgment for a bit, or maybe just the fact that he fucking frustrates you.
"Hey Adam, can I have a drink of that?" you say, indicating to the drink he's sipping on. This was just another thing you wanted to piss Matthew off with. Maybe it'll work, maybe it won't.
"Uh sure," he hands it to you.
You take a drink of it, on the same side he was drinking from. When you're done you give it back to him, winking at Matthew. His nostrils flare. Finally, he's had enough. "I'm going to get a drink." He says, stands up, then disappears into the lake house.
You can't help but have a smug look on your face when you get up to follow him inside. You wouldn't do that if you didn't actually need to pee. You pass him in the kitchen, going upstairs to the restroom. When you come out, you see Matthew walking up the stairs.
"What the fuck was that?"
"Oh that back there? That was me knowing that my existence pisses you off, so I might as well have fun with it." You cross your arms.
"I didn't mean that," he sighs.
"Didn't mean what? That you can't stand me? That you can't even look at me?"
"I didn't say that. I said that looking at you makes me want to..."
"Want to what? 'Cause actually you never finished that sentence,” you say, tone of voice pushing him.
Before you know it, he's rushing at you. His lips connect with yours, hands on the side of your face. You're kissing him back. You're standing in the hallway between your rooms, kissing the guy you can't stand. His tongue winds up in your mouth and yours in his. He opens his bedroom door behind your back without parting your mouths.
You're in his lap, hands in his hair, tugging. Matthew's hands are on the back of your thighs as you straddle him. "You're such a fucking brat, Y/n,” he says, pulling back for air. You shut him up again with your mouth on his. You take his lip between your teeth, and he groans. In that moment, you forget everything. Everything but the two of you is gone-
"Jordan," you breathe, standing up.
"Yeah that's not my name,” Matthew says, looking up at you.
"Fuck. Jordan." You remember, you run your hands through your hair. "Fuck fuck fuck." You storm out of his room and into yours. He stops your door from slamming.
"Y/n,” Matthew says gently.
"No. Shut up. I have a boyfriend."
"C'mon,” he starts.
"No. Stop,” you're trying to slow your breathing down. "Ya know what? That didn't happen." You gesture with your hand between the two of you.
"Your swollen lips say otherwise,” he remarks.
He's such a bitch.
"No. It didn't. It was a spur of the moment idiotic thing from alcohol and frustration...Why did you kiss me?"
"Why'd you kiss me back?" he retorts.
"No. None of that shit." You say, gesturing his smirking face.
"You can't tell me you didn't feel that,” Matthew says.
"Actually I can. Because I didn't feel whatever the fuck you felt unless it was anger."
"Y/n..."
"Just go,” you tell him, running a hand through your hair.
He opens his mouth to protest, but doesn't. The first good decision he's made in a long time.
You plop back down on the bed, burying your head into the pillow. You scream into it, the sound only coming out as a muffled groan. You stay like this until Aisha comes up to your room around midnight.
"Hey girl, what's up?"
"Just annoyed,” you tell her, but you don’t entirely mean at Matthew this time.
"Ah, sorry,” she nods.
"It's fine," you sit up against the headboard. "I'm fine. I just need a shower." Yes that's it. A shower will help you feel better. Maybe.
You let the water hit you as you try to wash away the whole thing that just occurred with Matthew. You wash off his taste on your mouth. You don't know why the hell you did what you did. You could've pushed him away, but you didn't. You lost control. You never lose control. You don't even see him like that. All he is to you is a stupid castmate that loves pissing you off. That's all.
You wake up earlier than everyone else. You barge into Matthew's room, waking him up.
"You here for another makeout shesh?" He asks, gloating.
"No. I'm here to tell you that last night was obviously a mistake, and I'm sorry I kissed you back. It was stupid,” you say to him.
He nods his head, agreeing. “I’m sorry I kissed you.” There's something in his voice you can’t detect.
"I think it'd be best if we didn't talk to each other other than when filming,” you suggest, your head down.
"Oh,” he says. "What about the bonding?"
"Shit." You can't lose your job over this. You need this job. You love this job. "Fine. Bonding. But when we're together we're Delilah and Spencer. That's it."
"Right. Delilah and Spencer,” Matthew nods.
chapter thirteen
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bbygirlky18 · 8 months
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Can you do an AJ Lee request where the reader fills in for Tamina and AJ Falls head over her. Name her whatever you want.
Sharing the ring with a legend! AJ Lee
AJ Lee x Tara Graves
Warnings: None!!
Word Count: 328
A/N: This is the first AJ Lee fanfic. This was requested by @bbygirlnessa18 so let's get into it.
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When Stephanie McMahon announced that the Divas of the WWE were getting a chance to share the ring for the first time ever with an all-female pay-per-view coming up, AJ Lee had to make sure she was going to make the most of this special opportunity. She requested Tamina Snuka to be her tag team partner, figuring the two could show the world what powerful female wrestling was all about.
Unfortunately, right before the show, Tamina was injured and could not compete. AJ was distraught, not wanting to let her fan base down. But then a mysterious fan stepped forward to fill in for Tamina, and her name was Tara Graves.
At first AJ was skeptical. Could this fan really step in to one of the most high-profile matches of all time and make it past her opponents? But after a few moments she realized how passionate and determined Tara was. Impressed by Tara's enthusiasm, AJ decided to let her tag with her.
Little did AJ know, this decision would make all the difference. During the wrestling match, it was obvious that AJ and Tara had a natural chemistry that had the crowd going wild. After the match, AJ couldn't contain her shock at the amount of energy flowing between them.
Before she knew it, AJ was head over heels for Tara. She couldn't explain it, but it didn't matter. AJ and Tara had a connection that couldn't be explained, and that was all that mattered.
To the surprise of both of them, AJ and Tara are now a well-known wrestling couple. They have been partners ever since that fateful night, and their chances of dominating the ring together are higher than ever.
So, if you are ever in the ring and you see AJ Lee, you’ll know why she was willing to take a chance on an unknown fan that day. Her connection with Tara goes far beyond the ring, and it’s a connection that won’t ever die.
-I hope you guys enjoyed this! I had fun writing it. I love you guys so so so so so so so so much. <33333
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Good Omens Fic Rec: Dreaming of You
AJ Crowley likes helping people discover and heal the neglected parts of themselves. Even if that's only for their scheduled session. He likes being a sex worker, although he's started to dream of some genuine intimacy. Aziraphale Fell knows he isn't deserving of romance. As much as he might like the idea, a lifetime of neglect has left him insecure and afraid to reach for what he wants. He still dreams that one day he might be brave enough to take a chance.
Length: 36,112 words
AO3 Rating: Explicit/ Spice Level 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Best for: At Home, After Dark, Romance, Slow Burn
Triggers: Disordered Eating
Read it here, fic by TawnyOwl95
*Minor Spoilers* I'm a very big fan of this authors works! This story is part of a series of sex worker stories I've been hopping around in, and this one is so delightfully tender and romantic. What I love about all the ones in the series, but this especially, is that it treats sex work so respectfully. It's not portrayed as something that needs to stop in order to have a healthy relationship. Here Aziraphale and Crowley meet through Anathema, and Crowley falls immediately. He is so patient and lovely as he attempts to woo Aziraphale. Slow and steady, paying attention to Aziraphale's needs and desires in a non sexual way. Keeping the pace exactly where it needs to be. Aziraphale is defensive and self conscious. Afraid to fall in love because he feels undeserving of a partner. Crowley is just the same, so desperate for love but knows his job comes with a lot of baggage. Luckily he has an excellent family in Newt and Anathema who understand exactly what he's going through. They are integral to this story, especially Anathema who is able to get through to Aziraphale in a way that only she can. Newt is also a sex worker in this story, so she knows exactly the trust it takes to have a partner in this work and why it's worth it.
You will see a major plot point coming, it looms over the story from the beginning so I was expecting a huge fallout. We get some of what I expected, but still the story does not just go with the most obvious choices. Aziraphale does not lash out in hurt or anger, and never puts Crowley down for his line of work. Honestly I expected it to go much worse and I'm so thankful we got this more compassionate version of events.
After dark read, but this is more romance than porn. This is more about slowly trusting and finding comfort.
Read it here, fic by TawnyOwl95
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your-local-uwu-artist · 3 months
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Mlp video essays I will make someday
-main six background analysis! Basically analyzing the main six based on their family, cultural, social, etc, backgrounds, like talking about how rainbowdash and fluttershy's identities as pegasi foil each other, how growing up in canterlot likely impacting Twilight, so a lot of speculation and deeo diving into equestrian culture, but also discussing stuff like the main sixes relationships with their family
-'is twilight a bad mom' actually this one will be my magnum oppus i think
-giant discord character analysis that I will have to break into multiple parts because I have so many thoughts
-angel bunny is like fluttershy's pokemon partner actually (aka angel bunny analysis)
-'yes perfect pear is really that good' I know this is by no means a hot take but like bro really frs this is not just some heterosexual tm Romeo and Juliet bs, and honestly I just can't get over it. to Me the pear and apple family feud functions as a stand in for any two groups that hate each other, Like please take a moment to rewatch perfect pear and imagine the pears and apples as being from differing religons, or different ethnic backgrounds. Please take a moment to really consider the aspect of older generations changing/reforming their ways, not just grand pear who FUCKING NEVER SAW HIS DAUGHTER AGAIN, but Granny Smith too, the way at the beginning of the episode when big Mac and aj say the topic upsets her. Please take a moment to think about how Pear Butter apparently was pretending her cutie mark wasn't what it was: Take a moment to consider how cutie marks represent one's identity and livelyhood and then reconsider that first part. AND MY GOD DID THE VOICE ACTOR FOR GRANDPEAR DO GOOD, listen to this old man tearing up and try not to tear up challenge IMPOSSIBLE. Most of all I like how it is both very positive while there is still the truth of the matter, like while it's ultimately about reconciling and reconnecting Pear Butter was still disowned and estranged when she passed. And for how incredibly family oriented the apple family and earth pony culture is it's just so anhfkanfhjax.
-is equestria sexist? I know this sounds insane but here me out. Obviously the actually reason for all of this is simply because it was marketed towards girls, but my widdle brain can't help but consider the in universe implications, aside from the obvious stuff like onky having princesses think of the stallions that carry carriages, of course I also think it's worth considering overlap between groups. Like generally speaking when a mare is treated as a horse horse with reigns and all it's displayed as demeaning (yes I know its for comedy thats aside the point, I dont care id its not made to take seriously it's fun to take seriously) however this goes a lot less so if the mare is a pegasus, so i think there's defintky a distinctikn and an overlap between what are observations about how stalians are thought of and treated and what pegasi are thought og and treated etc etc. And how stuff that in our world may have a masculine or femine interpretation doesn't have the same meaning in equestrisia. Like in our world physichak strength and prowess is associated with masculinity, in equestria physical strength is associated with earth ponies and physical prowess like sports with pegasi. this is why I like stuff that hcs big Mac as a transmare: Because it's perfect for exploring pony gender roles and how they overlap with the pony species roles sense big Mac is both a very 'typical' stallion and a very 'typical' earth pony
-mlp dragon lore my beloved
-changlings, the beloved love bugs, and the real vampire ponies. Aka I'm so fucking obsessed with changlings
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vrisrezis · 11 months
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Aj the furry we are kissing /joking
. Reader is a furry animal like rocket . From the same place he was from too
Cw for like . Reader with internalized transphobia (kinda?) reader comes out to all the guardians individually so this kinda long
You had come to realize something, about yourself. Something you had never considered, something as to which you were unsure how to handle. Something you weren’t exactly familiar with, and you weren’t sure was exactly normal. Gender had been a topic you weren’t always the most comfortable with discussing, at least when it came to you. There was a point in time, you had considered yourself to be male, and another time you had considered yourself to be female. But as you’ve come to realize you do not find yourself comfortable with either label. You’re not sure what it could’ve been, as you find yourself comfortable with masculine compliments, feminine compliments too. However being referred to as a boy, a girl, specifically, felt uncomfortable. Rockets boyfriend, rockets girlfriend. This was something you forced yourself to shrug off, assuming this strange feeling must be related to your lack of self esteem in general. Of course you had an issue with how to presented yourself, you didn’t like yourself much at all generally speaking. You had been created by somebody else, your existence was not your own will. It’s only natural there are things you do not like about yourself, as certain things that make you… well… you, are not your choice. You were raised to be a weapon, a shield, a fighter, and yet despite all of that, despite all the power and strength you are granted it is not what you desire for yourself. Your personality shows who you truly are inside, a kind and happy soul. Not a cold heartless killing machine. Because there’s so much you do not like about yourself, this just feels like another thing about you that you wish you could change. Perhaps it has something to do with feeling like your own person, having your own will, rather than being nothing more than a pawn to someone else, rather than just some science experiment. You had built that for yourself, with the newfound family you have made. Because even with all that strength, they love you for who you are rather than for how competent you are.
On an evening where you were extremely drunk and emotional you had talked to gamora about this issue you were having, and gamora had came to a simple conclusion. “Maybe you’re neither, then. Or perhaps both.” she shrugged, “I wouldn’t say you’re agender, maybe you’re non binary.” as to which you stared at your friend blankly. “Those words aren’t in the Bible.” “Shut up and listen to me for once. Also, the hell is a Bible?” You shrug, “not sure! Pete mentioned it.”
Ever since your long conversation, you’ve come to the conclusion you’d like to be referred to as they, instead of she or he. And upon gamora using those pronouns for you, as well as gender neutral language when discussing you, you’ve found yourself significantly more comfortable in who you are. This took some time for you to adjust to but you found yourself loving it a lot. However the first step to allowing others to accept you, is accepting yourself first. Realizing that just because this way of gender expression is something you yourself never heard about, doesn’t mean it’s not a very real identity that makes people comfortable. You have had to realize the way you feel doesn’t make you weird, or a freak. There’s many people in the galaxy, it is preposterous to think there will only be two gender identities throughout the course of the universe.
“There’s… nothing wrong with me… is there..?” you ask, looking up at your best friend. She shakes her head, “No. Of course not.” She says, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. “I should hit you, for even thinking like that.” and that’s all you needed. Gamora was unyielding in terms of her support of you and who you are.
Next stage, which took a very long time for you to be ready for, was telling everyone about your feelings, about how you identify and how you’d like to be referred. Admittedly, you were scared. You were terrified of rejection, but you knew gamora would be right behind you and kick anyones ass that disrespected you. Especially any of the guardians.
You went to groot first, as you feared him the least. Groot was just a innocent baby, and you know he not only would accept you but he wouldn’t even question it. And upon telling him, you were correct. You explained to groot as delicately and as clear as possible that you don’t think you’re a boy, nor a girl, completely. From your understanding, despite the fact groot clearly uses pronouns like he and him to refer to himself, he doesn’t actually have a gender. He does not hold to traditional gender values that you and the other guardians may, so because of this fact groot is completely understanding. In fact for him, it’s common knowledge. It’s clear he doesn’t understand why you’re telling him this, because it should be as obvious as night and day, but regardless he shows his support and you’re thankful for the little tree.
You make him promise not to say anything yet, as you want to tell them first. Especially rocket! And the little guy agrees, albeit a bit confused as to why it’s being made such a big deal.
Next, was Mantis. Mantis is such a sweetheart, you could only hope she would also be supportive of you. If she isn’t, then you know how you feel cannot be possibly right. You feared that, if even Mantis didn’t support you there was truly something wrong with you. After all, Mantis is the one in tune with emotions. She’s the one always encouraging others to be more open about their feelings and being more vulnerable. That no feelings are bad, so long as you don’t act upon them in a negative way. You second guess yourself, as Mantis notices how much your sweating. Typically, when people like you and rocket sweat it is not noticeable, so the fact Mantis is able to notice simply by looking at you, means you’re sweating an unhealthy amount.
However, once you finally come out haha and say it, she seems relieved. “Why do you look so relieved?” you say, finally catching your breath, since you’ve been holding in so much all at once. You look so tired, just from that. Which lets gamora know that this coming out process might take more than just a day. This is something you really have to work towards. “oh, well…” mantis trails off, looking to the side before looking back at you, “I’m just relieved it wasn’t anything serious, that’s all.” her statement makes you feel even more tired. “It was serious!” “Oh…? Really? Well… I am very happy for you y/n! You have finally discovered who you truly are inside, and I’m very proud of you for opening up to me.” she says, and for a moment you forget how scared you are to tell the others. “I love you, you’re a dear friend. You’re family. But…” Mantis trails off again, and you’re almost scared for a moment. “I kinda already knew.” she says, as a matter a factly. “When I touch you, I feel your emotions, as I’ve told you many times.” she starts to explain, “one time I touched you and felt… confusion about gender expression and identity, you see. So I’ve known for quite some time.”
You sigh, “would’ve been great to know that sooner, mantis.” “I’m sorry. I didn’t want to ruin your … yknow… confession thing. It was very appreciated, I’m glad you trust me with this. I won’t tell the others, if that’s what you’re worried about.”
Next on your list was quill, because for as big of an idiot that guy is, gender expression seems to be a huge thing for terrans as far as you know. They even had a whole month dedicated to people like you, and not only that, parades. “Clearly they are people that are celebrated” Gamora states, giving you more reason to open up to her boyfriend about such a matter. While you were a bit nervous, given that you told two other people, your nerves had calmed a bit in comparison to before. But seeing your friend in person, confronting him about these feelings you’ve felt for so long, you curled right back in at yourself. This was such a vulnerable position, and you could possibly be ruining the guardians as a group due to wanting to open up about feelings that can be kept to yourself. This was selfish of you to ruin something for everyone-
Gamora nudges you with her foot, given the height difference between you both she would’ve been unable to do so with her elbow. You shake your head, snapping back into reality. There was no turning back now that you’ve already began the process. You look up at your friend, who was probably expecting the worst given your nervous demeanor. You see the shock on his face as you come forth with what you’ve been wanting to say, and he shakes his head. You almost panic, before you see a smile etch Quills features. “That’s it?!” he asks, “you know I don’t care about stuff like that, y/n.” he says before patting you on the head. “Glad you came and told me though.”
Next, was the lovely drax the destroyer. To be honest, he’s one of the last people you wanted to tell simply because of his big mouth. His opinion was not one you found yourself fearing, and given how accepting everyone’s been so far you found yourself mostly at ease. However you did have to remind yourself of the people you haven’t opened up to yet.
Opening up to him proved to be less difficult, for you’ve known drax to be accepting of his family for all of their weirdness. He has never been overly judgmental. However, he seems to raise a brow at you for this information, making you regret your decision for a brief moment. “Why are you telling me this?” he asks, genuinely. “What do you mean?” you ask in turn, and he continues “has somebody been addressing you any differently?” he asks a second question, “I thought it was simply common knowledge you are not male nor female. Who shall I smash for disrespecting you?” ah, now you understand.
And finally, your boyfriend. The one you were the most nervous about. If this affected any of your relationships with the guardians at all, this was the relationship that would affected the most. Once again, you find yourself extremely nervous. And as gamora noticed, much more nervous than anyone else you’ve had to confront.
“You’ll be fine.” She reassured you. “I’ll be right outside the door” she says, wanting to respect your privacy with your boyfriend. You nod, thanking her before walking in your shared room with rocket. Groot lived in this room too, but he was out and about with quill currently.
As you strike a normal conversation with your boyfriend, he assumes things are as normal. He’s tinkering with something and you’ve come to bother him as per usual. However, something in your demeanor is off to him. He wonders if you’ve done something to possibly upset him, and are trying to break the news to him. Whenever you accidentally broke something of his, you did this. You spoke in that nervous tone and started pacing as you tried to talk about random things with him. It always ended the same. He pretended not to notice and then you’d be ridden with guilt and you’d say “rocket I have something to tell you!”
But he did not expect such urgency in your voice. The way you said it, sounded like it was much more serious. In the past, it sounded more shameful or embarrassed, this time it sounded much more than that. Like the shame and embarrassment was much deeper, stronger, and like you were genuinely afraid to tell him what it was. At that alone, he stands up, now done tinkering with a new potential bomb for him to randomly set up. He looks you in the eyes and nods for you to continue. You take a deep breathe, preparing what you were gonna say to him. You said these exact words to everyone else, it should not be any different with him.
“Rocket. Im non binary.” you simply say, as a matter a factly. “And I understand if that bothers you, but I cannot hide this part of myself any longer.”
In all honestly? He’s never seen you so serious. He can’t help but laugh, and your ears flop down for a moment at the thought of him not only rejecting you, but laughing at you. He shakes his head, “I’m laughing at you for a totally different reason hun.” he says, “I just can’t believe you seemed so scared to tell me something like this.” he laughs a bit more before grabbing your hand. “Listen, I don’t care what you identify as. Be who you are, me and you are surrounded by misfits and you think I’d care about something like this?” he asks, and suddenly you feel stupid. “I love you, as you are. And I always will. Flaws or not. Not that being non binary is even a bad thing anyway.”
You sigh, giving him a genuine smile. “Thanks rocket.”
“Anytime.”
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sketchfanda · 8 months
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Chestnut Stud Across the Multiverse: Friendship with Benefits is Magic!!
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18 sat on the couch amused as she sipped her coffee, watching the scene happening across from her. Sitting the sofa opposite from her were a pair of local Satan City girls she’d become well acquainted with known by their names Dash and AJ, the latter often called Rainbow due to her eye catching skittle coloured hair hairstyle which was among her most eyecatching qualities especially when compared to her more Southern Belle sounding companion. Whereas Dash was a tanned, toned athletic tomboy, AJ was a thicc,powerful brick house woman mountain. Standing close to 7 foot plus yet having the kind of qualities and curves that not only made it clear she was a woman, but a damn fine hot piece of ass of one at that. Dash was a freelance jack of all trades athlete who especially excelled at the kind of events that called for speed and agility while AJ did a lot of heavylifting and manual labour working and helping out at her family's apple farm. Now if you were to ask 18, she could swear you'd think these 2 were possibly lovers or pending to be because the sexual tension between them was clearly so obvious. She could feel it even as she looked on with bemusement at how the tomboy and farm girl glared at each other trying to lazerburn holes through one another's skulls. Putting her coffee cup down on the table as she caught their attention, a sly grin on her face. "Just remind me, what exactly are you two arguing about?” She enquired, intrigued to wonder what brought them her way this fine day.
Dash simply huffed and pouted,crossing her arms under her toned perky tits as AJ cleared her throat a bit, a little miffed herself as she began to speak with that distinct drawl of hers. It was such a sensual and distinct voice in its own particular way. “Well a certain somebody,I won’t name names…” the suntanned freckled blonde quipped,rolling her eyes as did Dash because of course they knew who she was referring to. But god forbid they get into another argument rather than not get to the point. “…..said that she could do better than me at satisfying a guy and out last me and him and still have enough energy to run a marathon, if you can believe thst kind of hogwash…” it was clear AJ most certainly did not, that was for sure. 18 amused as she caught Dash giving the farm girl a dirty glare. Oh if looks could kill, as the skittles haired tomboy retorted. AJ rolling her eyes no doubt expecting some words while 18 relished the comedy gold like the cheeky minx she was.
“Puh-lease, it’s so obvious when you think about it. Sure farm girl and me can handle win lose or draw at any games or sports,I can handle that. But when it comes to sex? I could not only handle the biggest stud BUT make empty him out and still be the last girl standing.” She sounded so damn confident, everything about her radiated it with absolute certainty. To such AJ responded by giving her the most deadpan look imaginable, much to 18’s constant amusement. Seeing that the tomboy and farm girl were looking set to have another verbal spar, 18 cleared her throat as she got their attention. Drinking her coffee down to the last drop as she placed her cup down with a sense of finality as the deadly beauty made sure they were focused on her, she grinned a mysterious smile that those who knew her meant she was most certaimly,absolutely up to no good what so ever. She had an idea, an awful idea, a wonderful idea. An awfully wonderful, wonderfully awful idea and oh what perfect timing, here was her husband just coming back in from his recent shift at the department. The blonde feeling her spine tingle, god how hot he looked in that uniform and his arrival could only be such a case of right man,at the right place and the right time.
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“Well ladies it seems to me there is only one real way to settle this debate of yours.” 18 spoke with a cool,calm manner as Dash and AJ looked at her,curious and puzzled as to what she had in mind. Krillin none the wiser as he hummed and whistled a little tune before she reached out and gently but firmly grabbed him by the shoulder, pulling him close to her. Her hubby looking so adorable with that confused, puzzled expression on his face as she resumed her quip. "And my man here will be the perfect judge for you..." A sensual tease to her tone as she reached down with her free hand to grab and squeeze his junk, making him clench his teeth and widen his eyes, while AJ and Dash blushed, clearly catching onto what 18 was implying. Krillin of course recovered from his bout of shock and confusion to give his cyborg wife the most look imaginable. To which 18 simply purred snd grinned as she kissed the side of his face, a side glance shot to Dash and AJ as she undid her man’s buckle and fly, the sound of the zipper keeping their attention before their eyes soon beheld the exposed sight of Krillin’s length and girth. Faces blushing as they clenched and rubbed their thighs together while seeing that cock begin to stir and rise. Stiffening to a point that it seemed like he could hammer nails into wood, nevermind what it would do to their mouths and their pussies. That’s when 18 knew she had them hook, line and sinker.
The floor of the chestnut family’s living room was soon littered with the scattered clothing of the 3 women and one very lucky little man, as 18 hugged her husband from behind, grinning as she kissed along his neck and shoulders. His moans music to her ears as she locked Icey blue eyes on Dash and AJ, naked the day they were born as they knelt on the ground, eyes glowing with lust. Competing for dominance as they assaulted her short king’s cock with licks and kisses. At times even making out with the tip between them as their tongues soaked his length and girth with saliva, not even leaving his balls untouched. But oh their attempts to outdo one another at seeing how much of so his shaft they could take was delicious, it was no surprise this being their first time with him they couldn’t deepthroat right off the bat. But seeing them try was such a turn on, especially their shock and surprise whenever he’d buck his hips out of reflex. At some point it got into the pair’s heads thst their competition became blurred between trying to see who could outlast the other to whether or not they could make her man blow his load just from oral. 18 would usually charge most other women quite the fee when it came to her Krillin but what was about to happen to these two was just as sweet as money. And how sweet it is!!
Indeed Aj and Dash struggled as they were determined outdo one another in performing fellation for this prime price if fuckmeat the cyborg deadly beauty had so generously provided to be their judge. Assaulting it with licks and kisses as they sought to suck and blow on it. Often kissing and making out with each other by chance, which only added to the opinions of some that the two had some deep primal lust for each other and seeing one another be lewd like this. Their thoughts on pause as Krillin reached out with his hands to smack and massage their asses, their bubble butts jiggling before they found their slits being probed, thighs becoming soaked with their arousal as the shirt king showed he wasn’t just very well hung but also quite good with his hands. Feeling their pulses race as pleasure flowed their veins,spines tingling with pleasure as their brains tapped into those deep seated dormant primal portions. Feeling less like horny women and more like sexual bitches in heat courting this virile alpha male into mating with them to breed them with delicious, potent seed.
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AJ wasn’t sure when or how they had suddenly changed up positions but she wasn’t complaining that was for sure. As Krillin laid in the smooth wooden floor of the living room as she,fittingly enough,rode him cowgirl style. Her dark sun kissed tanned amazonian body glistening with sweat that smelt quite like sweet apple juice as she plunged her herself on his cock. Hearts flowing in her eyes,tits bouncing and bubble butt jiggling as Dash sat across from her,the dark skinned skittles coloured haired tomboy rode his face, feeling his tongue penetrate her as he ate her out. 18 looking in with little to no shame as she played width herself squeezing a tit in one hand as the other squeeze and juggled a tit. Biting her lip sensually as she saw the farm girl and tomboy push their lips together, making out like the horny lesbisexuals they were as her man brought them to greater heights of pleasure to help them settle their debate. Changing uo positions or tandems of one on two or one on kne whenever he would cum as they couldn’t keep count or track of their orgasms due to his prowesss.
such was the case as Dash found herself taking it doggy style from the Warrior Monk,the shirt king jackhammering and pistoning into her snatch as she herself was eating out Aj,taking her cider flavoured nectar mixed with the overflowing excess jizz from his earlier load deposit. The farm girl’s mane of blonde hair flowing as she grasped Dash’s hair,keeping her pressed against her pussy as she leaned in to kiss and make out with Krillin. If one were to look closely,they’d see glowing link hearts of the eyes of the pair. Indicating his overwhelming skill was enslaving them to him, a fact 18 was more than familiar with as her ego felt practically orgasmic. Nothing was more delicious than seeing sexy bitches become addicted to her man. Licking her lips as she saw Dash shudder and moan, Krillin groaning as he came inside, moaning into Aj’s liplock as the single came to once again change it up.
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Naturallt what followed was the veritable montage of pornographic delight as the trio would shift between one on one to two on one in sequence to any and every instance of the compact stud blowing his load. His virlity snd prowess proven by the fact his cock had yet to go limp or soft in the slightest since the first time he came. 18 of course adding herself to the mix to slice thing up or have a little lesbian intimacy with whoever wasn’t occupied with her shirt king for one on one action. Such as right now as she made out with Dash,the skittle haired tomboy and her dancing and massaging their tongues together nn some sloppy tonsil hockey. Jiggling and massaging her t perky titties in her hands as Dash fingered herself,feeling her oussy gush with a flow of her nectar and excess of krillin’s seed. All the while the short king had AJ in a mating press, the Amazon an farm girl howling with ecstasy as he jackhammered her oussy with the primal virility snd ferocity of a caveman as they enacted the ancient dance of man and woman,driven to make this muscular work of art of a woman pregnant. Lips,locked together as he had her powerful legs pushed back and his Balls smacked her netherlips’ outer rim, making her juices splash. Stomach bulging from his length and girth as her womb desired to have another generous helping of his white hot cream.
Cream which 18 helped herself to a she and Aj laid side by side,performing a 69 on one another as the lapped up a mixed snatch cocktail of pussy juice and the compact stud’s seed. While dash was pushed and pressed up against a wall, arms and legs draped around the vertically challenged sex machine’s Herculean body as he pumped and thrust into her with the same drive and desire to mate and breed. Her face an expression of raw ahegao, drooling and grinning lewdly as she and AJ practically radiated an aura of pink glowing hearts. By this point the duo had forgotten why they had been arguing or what they were debating and competing about. All thst mattered here and then, right now was having this sex god in the bidy of a compact macho man cutie knock them up and ruin them for other men. But 18 knew for certain the real winner was herself and of course man. Ankther lair of fine ass bitches sowed with wild oats as more chestnut buns found their ways into some very warm, wecolinf ovens.
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18 of course would need to remember to thank videl for babysitting maron for the day. Giving them all the time she needed to set uo and arranger having her latest hobby targets picked out. When opportunity came knocking for a chance to have her indulge in her persomal kink,she always seized it by the balls. As she laid atop her husband with Aj and Dash spinning either side of him,she had a feeling their little girl would be happy to know she’d have another brother or sister on the way. If this session didn’t yield results with these two being knocked up? Well just another excuse to have them come over, right?
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zeniichuu · 2 years
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Hello, sorry to bother but I saw you had requests open and wondered after reading your rules if you could do some Headcanons for Poly Louis, Clem, and their S/o? Like how they met? How do they get together? What it's like to be with them? Please and thank you 🦋🦋
yesyes ofc !! I've somehow ?? never thought of them ?? for a poly ?? wth. this is such a cute idea. this is a bit rushed and i havent played the game in a while so i might not have a good grip on their characters but i hope you'll still like it ! :] ps :: so sorry this is so late :,(
clem and louis + reader poly hdcs <333
- okay so I'm thinking that reader and clem knew eachother from maybe s3 ? you met in the new frontier when javi (sort of??) became the new leader. but while clem had left, you had stayed.
- eventually you had decided to leave for whatever reason, and coincidentally you find the school !
- everyone is kinda weary of you at first, but when clem recognizes you, things die down.
- clem and louis are already together at this point, and since she's the only person you know, you stick with them.
- clem and louis are super sweet people, and it's so nice to see people your age (besides gabe lol), that you just can't help but gain a tiny crush on them
- except it turns not so tiny and you're so terribly obvious about it
- thankfully, they think you're super cute (and s3 clem may have had a slight crush on you for the short time you knew eachother) so they confront you about it
- so together, you all decide to try things out and see how they go!
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- they are the absolute sweetest people to date, and both of them together??? oh my gods
- they're both sososo protective of you
- I think louis gets jealous the most, clem usually doesn't
- they're genuinely so amazing to be with
- like not only are they funny and nice, but hot ??? win/win
- Louis is definitely more physically affectionate, he's huuuuge on pda ! loves giving big fat smooches all the time
- on the other hand, I think that clem settles for smaller types of pda, like hand holding and forehead pecks yk?
- ik I alr said they were protective, but clem especially
- cuddles with them are <33
- they love seeing you interact with Aj (and any of the kids honestly)
- they're just the best people to date in general
- love them <33
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sawtrap · 1 year
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Posting KO again this time with some additional art by @impoart and I wrote some information about her down too under the more! ⭐
General:
KO was born and raised in the Jungle Kingdom, though eventually moved to New Donk City to help with her career as a boxer. For as long as she can remember she has loved the thrill of combat fighting and has trained in various styles.  She has briefly worked as a wrestler, also, after which she started to dress in even brighter colors. 
Personality:
It is immediately obvious to anyone meeting KO that she is an incredibly passionate and fiery Kong who will never hesitate to speak her mind or stand up for herself or others.  Though most of the time she is chill and has a good exercise/work and relaxation balance KO is definitely someone who can go from 0 to 100 at the drop of a hat. She has little patience for the rudeness of others, despite coming off as rude herself at times.  
KO loves to have all eyes on her and have others cheering her name.  She is incredibly hard-working and never hesitates to chase her goals, sometimes at the cost of her relationship with others.  KO is incredibly high energy, never seeming to be completely still.  All of her movements are incredibly animated. 
Relationships: 
(with canon characters)
She met Donkey Kong as a child, and after proving she was stronger the two became fast friends who often trained together.   She also befriended Diddy, Dixie, Candy and others. Cranky Kong is fond of her, admiring her attitude. She has met Mario through work, and trained with Little Mac. She had a brief relationship with Pauline.
I am working on a girlfriend for her RN :~ )
Other: 
I still really love the mane 6 LOL so she's kinda mostly based on my favorite parts of AJ+RBD and then me also enjoying Punch Out and mixing that into it too. 🤷‍♀️
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prinnamon · 24 days
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arlen's mind notes! mostly ground that was already covered by @spiderh0rse's arlen's mind notes, but i'm enjoying documenting my mindverse journey too.
EPISODE 1
unlike barney, Arlen relies on An Actual Alarm Clock instead of trusting his roommates to wake him
barney snores loud as fuck and is an extremely heavy sleeper (arlen tries and fails to wake him. in Mind of Ryan, Ryan claims to have done the same.)
arlen doesn't remember what he did last night, but his back hurts
says he doesn't give a fuck about barney
arlen wonders if he's the person who hates mornings the most in the world. sure, i believe it. maybe he really is the specialest boy in the universe.
"washes" his hands in the backed-up flooded sink water. thinks this is acceptable. disgusteng.
the vending machines eat his money. he is very upset that his snack and soda are gone (stolem). at least he tried to eat something for breakfast, but as a mindverse character, he is simply not allowed.
KATE! WE GET TO SEE KATE! i hadn't realized she'd be physically present. i'd assumed she was a Phantom Girlfriend like Lauren from Barney's Mind who we'd never actually get to meet.
is a little groggy and dismissive of Kate. immediately starts worrying that he sounded like an asshole.
"why do we need… a ramp… and stairs here?" arlen. buddy. c'mon.
"what the hell's going on here? what are they gonna do when they come to these stairs?" ok, he has a point about this one actually. why is there only a ramp in one spot
also, though, why does he find this worth remarking upon? he's not new here. that's first day/week talk.
jokingly predicts the alien invasion pretty accurately. expects to be the sole survivor. is looking forward to that outcome.
hates work. me too bud
walks into work, sees people having tech problems, and tells them "try a reboot if you have not." if i was one of his coworkers i would strangle him for that. you get here late and you honestly think we haven't tried turning it off and on again? perish at my hands loser
"i'm not a computer expert. i just press keys and then it works." ipad baby 🫵
sees Gordon driving in. does not recognize him but immediately clocks him as someone who "thinks he owns the place"
falls asleep on the job. maaaybe talks in his sleep, but it's always unclear in these series whether the dialogue is meant to be seen as spoken or internal.
wakes up with a headache.
shoots the vortigaunts reflexively before they even move to attack him.
extended string of "that did not just happen. did that happen—? that never happened."
his name is TJ. his dead coworker's name is CJ. i want all of the guards he encounters to be named something along these lines. PJ. DJ. AJ. it would be so funny
he has a radio that actually lets him communicate with sector G's management, holy shit. only character with functioning radio equipment???
hears that Sector F has sent in similar reports to what he just encountered and immediately starts running to see if Kate's okay. so for all that talk about how everyone aggravates him, he does really care, at least about her.
EPISODE 2
arlen is one of very few who actually takes a moment to really get close and examine the aliens he kills, trying to figure out what's up with them instead of running straight by.
he says "i know i just saw something" often.
extremely aware. has not given any aliens an opportunity to attack him yet. which isn't to say he's shooting them immediately for no reason; he has some pretty obvious clues to the fact that they are hostile, like the dead bodies and the headcrab zombies.
the extreme awareness continues even when there's nothing to be aware of. at this point, he's just on constant high alert.
calls things "gay" if they are of no use or interest to him
"i want a soda, and i have a gun." [shoots vending machine; it breaks and soda cans fall out] "and now i have a soda, too." probably most charming bit so far
Sprite drinker. excitedly tabs over to a spreadsheet called "mindverse character soda preferences"
shooting crates open in search of treasure chests. buddy. what???
forgot about Kate. feels bad for forgetting about Kate.
a couple times, he's taken a sort of "serves them right" position about people he's found dead. wonder if he really feels that way or if it just helps him cope.
doesn't shoot the houndeyes right away! waits for them to explode his ears with their psychic attack before he starts blastin'
thinks the soundwave made his kidney explode
Kate is his entire motivation for trying so hard. "i'm worried about her, and if i don't do this, i'll forever wonder if i could've helped her."
thinks it's incredibly unfair that aliens get to break the laws of physics and he doesn't!
would be pretty embarrassed if he survived an alien apocalypse and then died from a heart attack.
EPISODE 3
"calm. calm. calm. I'MGONNAKILLEVERYBODY. calm. calm." takes second place for my favorite line.
straight up that is an arcade and not a restroom. awesome but where do i piss.
"i'm not sure whether to be more upset that we're wasting money on something like this—an arcade—or that nobody ever told me about it." feels very left out and excluded.
has been trying to get the company to issue him a new gun for two months since his broke.
sees or possibly hallucinates a floating headcrab.
sees the barnacle ahead of time. guns down the nearby zombies before he can see what it does to them, but is curious enough that he gets close enough for it to wrap around his neck and choke him for a second. this stuns him, hurts really bad, and leaves him with headache #2.
says "i'm not evil! it's me! tj arlen!" as if the military would just hear that and be like ohhh okay! hey everybody, no worries, we got tj here!"
is so scared he mispronounces his own middle name
killed two people (out of necessity) and seems dead certain he's going to hell now
EPISODE 4
brands himself a "homicidal maniac" after, again, killing exactly 2 people in self-defense.
never before considered the idea that he might actually kill anyone.
slams his nose into the wall in his panic as he runs from more grunts shooting at him. gets more upset than i've heard him get in this entire series. thinks his nose is broken!
aware that he would die if he fell, but evidently not afraid of heights. just enjoys the view.
NOT having fun. does NOT like murdering people. …DOES like watching blood splatter against the wall (immediately feels bad and wrong for thinking that)
forgets how much the situation sucks for just a moment to be impressed with his own ability to shoot down a turret from a distance.
he says "god hold me" instead of "god help me." i have not heard that one before.
wishes kate was here… not that he was with her wherever she is but that she was with him where he is. would feel more comfortable and confident in his ability to get through this if he was with her. shows that he thinks of her as trustworthy and competent, probably more so than himself.
has played minecraft. associates exploding creatures with creepers
recognizes the gman even at a glance. wants NOTHING to do with him and will NOT ask for his help.
after his first encounter with a bullsquid, he gives up trying to make sense of anything that's happening to him.
says "back to my life as a mole" when he has to go back in the vents to progress
"explosions are fun! especially when they murder people." i think he's just saying words recreationally now because this is directly contradictory to the previous characterization in this same episode. i highly doubt the last four minutes were enough time for him to spiral into madness etc etc.
i will admit he is killing and quipping with a little more enthusiasm now and saying things like "i wonder if there's anybody down here to kill." concerning.
EPISODE 5
recognizes the tram, but has never learned how to operate one.
casually steps backwards off of the moving tram. is not hurt in the process. smooth moves
dismayed to realize he may now be a conspiracy theorist. quickly rationalizes his way out of it so he can go on feeling content that he's not One Of Them.
briefly entertains the idea that he's dreaming.
bullsquid spit RIGHT in his eye! horrible! he sounds like he's in more pain than when he broke(?) his nose, which is saying a lot, and there's a visual effect to show how badly it's messing up his vision.
broke his arm before. his eye hurts worse than that.
particularly terrified when he sees an alien grunt. probably in no small part due to having just watched it absolutely eviscerate another guard. reeeally wants to believe it doesn't exist.
creeped out when rachel, another guard, won't talk to him. she does just kinda stare at him and then follow him around. i'd be a little creeped out, too.
rachel gets killed, and he finds a blood-covered radio and a note among her things that. auuuugh. dumps a whole bunch of exposition which i found it really hard to focus on. he reads it while walking. okay i don't want to but i've gotta re-listen and try to parse that because it sounded plot-critical
arlen learns from this note that the marines and special forces are trying to apprehend gordon freeman, who needs to be warned. he learns that the marines were ordered to kill black mesa employees and that the special forces were ordered to do the same as well as kill the marines.
the radio he picked up allows him to communicate over a secret secure channel, since the special forces are monitoring the default channel.
somehow he knows the special forces "are like ninjas" despite not having encountered them yet
thinks he's as good as dead if the special forces are after him.
calls in over the radio and manages to reach his friend (jordan/jordon) from sector g. jordan asks after rachel. when he learns that she didn't make it, jordan tells arlen to take up her mission and warn gordon freeman.
yet again, he's fixing other people's fuck-ups! he feels this has been the story of his life since he started working at black mesa.
has absolutely no clue where he is in the facility until he lands in loading bay d, which he recognizes immediately
knows right away that it's freeman in the hev suit despite not having been told what he would look like. maybe this means he actually did know gordon beforehand? mneh. i will make my own canon about this since it feels inconsistent
EPISODE 6
HEV training flashback! …why does Arlen receive HEV training instead of guard training?
"door, why you no open?"
wonders how Black Mesa can "keep bitching about how they're underfunded" when they can afford training holograms.
his high school had a "positive parent" initiative with a $5 membership fee.
he considers his high school "the poor kids' school."
surprised and dismayed by the fact that there are scientists monitoring his training. would rather no one be watching. (arlen what do you think happens in that scenario if you hurt yourself)
"this isn't like i'm going to be training to be a black op." arlen? hello?? a black op???
says he's receiving this training in case they run out of scientists to do a certain job. and holy SHIT that's ominous to me. like the administration knew there might be a shortage of survey team members. like they knew that losing them was a possibility and were preparing backup survey team members. it's just. aaaaa it's so fucked up do you understand how fucked up it is. am i explaining it right
jokingly ponders whether they're invading an alien planet. is pretty correct except for the part about the purpose being so that they can cure cancer. nah i think they did it just to do it. but good on him for his miniscule amount of faith in the administration at least having benevolent intentions
you can't say that white baby.
"you know you're a sad case when you talk to yourself this much." AHA. so at least some of your dialogue IS spoken and not just internal.
says the long jump module goes around his arm. i don't… i don't like that. is that true? i thought it went around their torso somewhere. like a jetpack. does it go on their arm?? is he getting that from somewhere or just making it up??? i guess it looks a little small to go around your whole body, but i feel like you'd tear your arm out of its socket every time you used it if it was a thing on your arm. i've decided he's wrong about this. he's doing it wrong
he does like the long jump module a lot. wants to keep it. not above stealing it if he can get away with it.
tries and fails to step on the cockroaches he sees. hates them. manages later to smash one with a crowbar.
happy for the opportunity to break crates at work.
makes reference to slenderman. lists a number of things he think slenderman does. says he never found him scary.
extremely happy that he gets to do weapons training as part of this but wonders why the hell scientists need to be trained with weapons
tries for way too long to shoot through the glass that says "UNBREAKABLE" in big yellow letters.
he hates swimming because he does not like to be wet. actually thinks it's awesome as long as he's wearing a waterproof suit
UNDERWATER MUMBLING 🙌
INCOHERENT WHIMPERING 🙌
was sick the day they told people how to use the trams. gives up.
ponders kicking barney out of the dorm for the night since he can stay with lauren instead.
barney hates snakes. arlen would happily use this knowledge against him.
EPISODE 7
back to the present. he lives!!!
he wakes up somewhere completely different. looks like a wind tunnel. his radio, flashlight, and weapons have all been taken.
moving hurts. very bad.
seems to remember everything that has happened to him. upset to learn that the aliens weren't a dream.
his wound. isn't bleeding. at all. i guess
he was shot somewhere in the torso, because apparently his shirt is over the wound and tight enough to act like a bandage.
i'm gonna go ahead and say gman intervened to prevent him from dying. or, uh, gmind. cia guy. you know him. but anyway, the special forces had a clean shot at him. and there's no way they would have moved what they thought was his corpse to that random tunnel and left him alone without checking at any point to make sure he was dead. a certain somebody is definitely lookin out for him.
his priorities: get a gun, get a car, get Kate, get the fuck out.
lets out a little startled yell each time he fires the shotgun.
starting to like the adrenaline rush (of killing? of being in danger? i assume he means the former, but he kinda doesn't specify!)
would like to capture an alien and keep it as a pet. it would make him feel badass. that's his new back-burner priority.
still terrified of alien grunts but just says "holy pancake!" this time instead of letting out an extended scream like he did earlier.
houndeyes remind him of dogs. wonders if he can "train one to be a dog."
"they're like creepers in minecraft, only they don't self-destruct." so they're nothing like creepers then, man. why are you like this. why do you say the things that you do.
the pain had faded into the background. when he gets to a first aid station and gets some morphine, it finally registers with him again how much pain he was in.
i can barely hear him during this section over the music and gunfire, but he repeatedly shouts "evasive maneuvers!" which is very funny. it's like audibly going "stealth!" while trying to hide
the military is deliberately blocking the parking garage in an effort to prevent people from leaving. sucks!
dead survey team member? whuh huh?? what are you doing here???
has zero idea how to pick up women. no clue how he ended up with kate. seems like he earnestly Does Not Remember.
sees that the metal detectors didn't go off when bullets (metal) passed through them and naturally assumes they are inoperative. decides to step through to test this theory. they go off. nice going, dipshit <3
EPISODE 8
hit in the head with a brick. the turrets have been beeping nonstop for fifteen minutes, despite not thinking it'll work, he snaps and pops out of his hiding spot to shoot it.
admonishes the scientists for not taking the guns on the ground.
glass in his arm from when the houndeye soundwave shattered the window! not as bad as when he cut himself on dried shredded cheese. makes a "sharp cheddar" joke. awesome
shocked by the vortigaunts' ability to speak. ready to hear em out until it starts attacking. listens to the next one and argues/converses with it! does not kill em afterward!
starts wondering if the other aliens will talk to him. hesitant to kill them now.
bemoans the fact that the security guard team is a glorified IT department, fixing every problem around the facility.
"i did NOT go to engineering school! if your fucking elevator will not work, i can't help you."
has apparently had his pay reduced for not fixing things he doesn't know how to fix. awful hellworld stuff. not that people aren't justified in sleeping at all jobs, but i can especially see why he sleeps at this job.
balancing on a distressingly small ledge.
got called to the biology department to solve a computer issue. after three hours, he was finally able to determine that a power strip was plugged into itself instead of into the wall.
simmons and walter cameo!!! arlen calls simmons "simms." maybe they know each other decently well. neither walter nor simms has heard from kate, unfortunately. but they do have health goo! arlen loooves being injected with health goo <3
running still really hurts.
simms fucking DEAD! oh, false alarm. no body, so arlen assumes simms got kidnapped.
arlen fails his stealth check and gets kicked off a ledge instead of pushing the soldier off. oopsieeee. yknow gmind really has his work cut out for him protecting this guy because arlen really is the struggler
EPISODE 9
unfortunately growing accustomed to this cycle of fighting for his life for a while, being knocked unconscious, and waking up somewhere else with no weapons.
wonders how he's still alive! if he was the army, he'd have killed him by now for sure.
earlier, he thought he was meant to die. now he realizes he's so lucky not to have died by now, maybe he's meant to live. maybe even some alien overlord is looking out for him. …naaaah. probably not. :3
breezes past a human head and leg on the ground and says shortly thereafter he didn't see any bodies in that room. wow. blood splatters and human remains are really just blending right into the scenery for him, huh.
he has a headache again. and his side still hurts from where he was shot. and his legs hurt from falling. he's got a lot of problems right now.
"walk up in the club and be like. what up. i got a pet rock"
proud of having blown up a helicopter, but concerned that it makes him an even bigger target.
"i'd rather be freezing than burning!" me too, man. i miss cold.
"and i thought i needed medication before this." tj arlen you will always be famous
EPISODE 10
he's still amazed at the ease with which he guns down military grunts. concludes that they must be expecting him to be unarmed.
it is not 2016. i will bite you.
at some point, he had fingerless gloves. now he doesn't. anyway i thought that was interesting.
time is getting weeeird for him due to the duration he's spent unconscious.
he considers morphine his "drug of choice." was that true before everything, or did it become true during the events of the game?
"okay. i understand now. everything these past few days is just my interpretation of what happened. it's why all the clocks don't have hands." so much fucked-up and inexplicable shit has happened to him that he no longer has any faith in the accuracy of his perception of reality. awesome! 😁
"it feels like i've been here for years, but if i really think about it—GRRAAHHGH. …if i really think about it,"
regretting not having tried to hotwire the car he found earlier.
maybe he should give up trying to find kate.
maybe he's in hell. wonders if he could have avoided this by being more religious.
believes religious texts are written by governments.
"but really, i'm not enlightened or better than everyone else. i just like to think i am but pretend i'm down-to-earth and a good-hearted person. was that what i was supposed to realize? i guess not, 'cause i kind-of already knew that. i'd be lying to myself if i said i didn't." feels like much of his life before all this was sorta. operating under several layers of playing pretend. deep down, he knows he's not better than anyone else, but he tries to tell himself he is, but he tries to seem humble to others?
says Kate doesn't truly matter to him. feels he should have valued her more. i don't think i believe him. im clinging to what he said in episode 4, that he wished she was there. he's always talking about her! and someone who really didn't care, i dunno, i don't think they'd be so worried about whether they cared enough.
bad relationship with his dad. complicated relationship with his mom.
suddenly talking like he thinks he's the worst guy in the world—like he brought all these bad things upon himself by being a bad person, by acting wrong in other areas of his life.
ah. yeah. the morphine is likely not a new thing. had a drug problem before this. hurt friends and lost relationships he cared about because of it.
this whole self-awareness thing sucks. he wants to go back to lying to himself even harder.
ready to stop existing. how can he stop existing.
making fun of the vortigaunts. starts entertaining himself by rhyming random words, then by narrating his situation and rhyming as he does so.
disappears down a pipe. he went out like super mario. godspeed buddy o7
EPISODE 10 (POST-CREDITS)
HE'S IN A FUCKING TUBE?
WHAT IS THIS.
what the fuck happens in azure sheep
sick gurgles, though
they let him out of his tube
kate saves his ass!!!
different kate model. i like this one less. give her back her glasses how will she see. give her back her vest she needs that.
arlen says "where are we going now?" and kate very faintly responds "heaven :3". i'm in shambles. that one word is all the characterization i'll ever get for her beyond how much arlen wants to save her but tbh it's so cute. that's enough., That's enough. WHO VOICED HER THOUGH BECAUSE KATE'S VA WASN'T IN THE CREDITS. WHO SAID THAT!?!?!?
what a strange first thing to say upon reuniting with your partner. weirdgirl kate reigns supreme.
i realized the other day that, despite featuring arlen, mind of ryan directly contradicts the canon of arlen's mind. if barney was around for ryan, who drove into work from off-site, to try and wake up, barney couldn't have been sleeping in the dorm with arlen. so yeah, there's not just the "too few beds and too little space in the dorm for three people to sleep comfortably" issue, there's "ryan straight-up claims he slept last night at the same off-site location as barney which is not possible in the same world as the one in which arlen's mind takes place." and i know the real answer to all this is "dravenmario wanted to pay homage to the series that inspired him, not necessarily be fully canon-compliant with that series," but i still. i dunno. thought it was mildly interesting and worth noting.
next i'll probably watch shephard's mind or chell's mind (the one by CyhAnide, although i do eventually plan to check out the Rychotech one).
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