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dontmindme2600 · 1 year
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The Peace Walker canon ending (Like the one you can get after “beating” the game) was absolute garbage wtf?? Like it’s not even that I just don’t like the idea, every second of it was like… cringeworthy
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pamgkrthwrites · 7 months
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Touched : Chapter 2 : Waiting
Warning, the following content is for an 18+ audience. If you are under the age of 18 do not read the content below. The following content has themes such as; Angst, Sexual Harassment if you squint, and others. The character(s) depicted within this post are over the age of 20. (This list may get updated with each new Chapter Update)
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Fandom: BNHA
Pairing: Bakugou x F!Reader
Themes: Soulmates, Porn with Plot (This list may get updated with each new chapter update)
Summary: Bakugou loves being close to you.
Word Count: 3503
Tag List: @tjmaxx556 @cosmicbreathe @lavender99 @optimisticprime3 
A/N: Thank you again to my beta readers "Huntress" and "Ribbon". And thank you Huntress for "approving" this chapter LMFAO
“Good morning, L/N.”
“Good morning, sir.” You smiled weakly at Best Jeanist, trying to ignore the soreness you still felt between your thighs from the night before.
You came to the conclusion that their session last night was more passionate or eager than usual. You didn’t know why or what triggered it, but it must’ve been someone amazing if they broke their side of the unspoken agreement.
Which though saddened by it, you understood it was going to happen.
“You have everything ready?” Hakamada asked, slightly leaning down to better look into your eyes.
You nodded. “I made a PowerPoint last night so you can properly visualise what I mean.”
“Sounds good.” He nods. “Bakugou should be here any moment. He had to deal with some villains on the way here.”
“That’s fine.” You brushed the issue aside. “We can get started when you are both ready, I really don’t mind.”
Best Jeanist looked at your face, thinking deeply. “I think you will be able to handle him if you are able to be patient with him, but I do wonder if you’ll be able to deal with his emotional outbursts.”
You silently cringed, remembering reading a few articles where he yelled at a certain journalist. No one knew the reason why as the guy seemed to keep his mouth shut about it, but the image of Bakugou looming over the reporter and pointing a finger in the guy’s face wasn’t something people were going to forget easily. 
Maybe that was something you could bring up too…
“I’m sure I’ll figure him out, Hakamada.”You reassured him. “I won’t be leaving his job anytime soon.”
Best Jeanist watched you, clearly thinking. “You’re not one of those Dynamight fans, are you?”
You let out a short laugh. “No no. I just decided to make the move here because of some personal reasons.”
“Ah.” Is all Best Jeanist would reply with, understanding to drop the topic.
It wasn’t long until Bakugou did finally stepped onto the floor level out of the elevator. His hero mask was pushed up above his hairline, showing his forehead. His eyes almost immediately landed on you, as if searching for something on your face.
When he couldn’t find the answer, he turned to Best Jeanist. “Has the meeting happened yet?” Bakugou asked, his deep voice sending a shiver down your spine. 
“No, Bakugou. We were waiting for you.” Best Jeanist answered.
Bakugou stiffened. Did he try to skip this meeting on purpose?
“I’ll do my best to make it as quick as possible.” You reassured Bakugou.
Bakugou gave you a look, it wasn’t one of anger or happiness. You couldn’t really read what was on his face, but you knew it wasn’t anger or delight. Whatever it was, it was something that was haunting him.
“Let’s get started then.” Best Jeanist noted as he walked you two into his office where his main secretary was waiting.
The three of them got comfortable in chairs as you pulled up your PowerPoint. You took one last deep breath in to get any lasting nerves out of your system before you began.
“First, I think it would be best if we limit how much access Bakugou has to the Dynamight social media.”
Bakugou froze before quickly his eyebrow started twitching. “What?”
“The Dynamight Twitter is known for ‘going off’ at random people or on topics, so I think it would be a wise choice if I were at least approve of his tweets before he sent them out.”
Bakugou’s eye twitched. “You kidding, right? I ain’t getting my stuff approved.”
“Then we can limit your access altogether and have it as only a brand account.” You counted him, tilting your head slightly.
Bakugou’s eye twitched some more and he started to form an angered expression. 
“I think that is a good idea.” Best Jeanist said which resulted in Bakugou snapping his head to him.
“So what? I’m expected to pass by every single post by her?” Bakugou barked out, grinding his teeth.
“Yes.” You answered him.
Bakugou glared at you, his eye twitching. It seemed as if he was expecting this meeting to go one way and not what you were suggesting. 
He turned to Best Jeanist’s assistant to see what their opinion was, but they also seemed to have agreed. 
Three against one.
Bakugou turned back to you, staring into your eyes with an angry expression as if he was searching for something. He couldn’t find his answer, making him grumble and sitting back in his chair with his arms crossed.
“Fine, I’ll get my posts approved.”
“Thank you.” You said, startling him again. You moved on to the next slide. “We should limit the interviews Bakugou has.”
Bakugou slammed his fist on the table, making a loud bang sound that echoed throughout the room. “What?!”
“Bakugou, calm down.” Best Jeanist sighed. “Could you please explain your logic, L/N?”
“Certainly.” You then clicked on the slide that ended up showing a few graphs. “This graph represents the public’s reaction to Dynamight’s interviews, this one represents Dynamight’s overall fans' reactions, while this final one shows his fan girls' reactions all to interviews that are considered positive. The graphs below them are the same but how do those people react to considered negative interviews.”
Bakugou’s eyes stared at the graphs before sighing and sitting back in his chair, the anger leaving his body.
It was clear from the graphs that he was able to hold and gain fans with the ‘positive’ interviews than the negative ones. The positive ones were interviews replanned and ones he didn’t storm out of.
“If we cater the interviews for Bakugou so he has very few interviews, I think it would lower his chances of outbursts in his interviews and would allow him to have more control over the interviews and fanbase.” You ended that point off, feeling quite confident considering Bakugou’s body language being more relaxed now.
Though it was clear he didn’t like the idea, but given the amount of research you put into this point was proving to him that your point wasn’t baseless. He wasn’t going to change himself for interviews, that much was obvious. So instead of Bakugou changing the interview, you would have to change the interview. 
Bakugou had been in different types of interviews, and though some caused more of his temper-raged reactions than others, it was still the interview itself causing the issue. Therefore, the only solution was to remove interviews from the equation. The problem with that is now fans won’t be able to see their favourite hero, that’s what interviews were good for.
So, limit the amount of interviews he goes to which will lower the chances of how many outbursts he gets from said interviews. Instead of three bad interviews that happened after he took down a villain out of twelve in one week, he could have one bad interview after only having twelve in one year.
The main thing though that tipped Bakugou over to agree was just the sassy little know-it-all tone you had in your voice. The way you were holding yourself up and standing as if you owned the office. Bakugou was trying his damn hardest not to stare at your hips or thighs cause holy fucking shit he wanted to so bad be in between those-
“The last thing I want to suggest is more photoshoots.”  Your voice broke Bakugou's train of thought.
You saw Bakugou’s blonde eyebrow narrow and scrunch. “No.” Bakugou said with a slight growl.
“It would help hold your fan girls-”
“I said no.”
You let out a silent sigh. Bakugou wasn’t going to budge and you could feel it with the tension that was filling the room. Maybe in the future, you could try to have him agree to have photoshoots for the Dynamight merch. You tried to imagine him in some Dynamight merch and come up with an idea, but the image of Bakugou in baggy jeans and a tight compressed black shirt sends a wave of lust down to your core.
Bakugou takes a sudden and noticeable sharp breath in before raising an eyebrow at you, as if he could tell you just had a fantasy wash into your mind. It left you confused admittedly. 
Regardless, you quickly shut down that image within your head. “Alright, we won’t do that.” You said, closing that option for Bakugou.
Best Jeanist tapped a finger on his knee. “Is that all, L/N?” He asked.
“Yes, those were my ideas to at least help with the Dynamight PR.” You answered him.
Your job was going mostly answering emails, helping with paperwork, answering phone calls, and making sure Bakugou got to appointments on time. Yeah sure you were going to have to manage him and you now having access to your social media to make sure his PR stays in check will be helpful, but that wasn’t what assistants or secretaries do.
The only reason why you needed to ‘prove’ yourself and have these ideas at the ready was not just to prove you were capital at your job, but also to show you could think on the spot. Because everyone knew how hard it was to work with Bakugou, and if you couldn’t adapt then you weren’t going to get along easily with him.
At least his looks made him easy to look at.
At least to you.
You may not know the reason why Bakugou didn’t want to do photoshoots, but you tell by how Best Jeanist merely glanced at Bakugou and seemed to brush off Bakugou’s reaction told you that he knew. If Best Jeanist knew then it was safe to say it was safe to just leave the topic there, even if you thought the idea would work out.
Best Jeanist stood up, making his assistant and Bakugou stand up in follow. “Then let’s leave it there. You know how to get around everything, right?”
“Of course.” You answered him, quickly gathering up your belongings.
“Good, just dive right in then.” He said before opening the door, encouraging you and Bakugou to leave his office.
You and Bakugou stood outside of Best Jeanist office and the man closed the door. You started walking towards where your two’s office was, making Bakugou quickly follow behind you with a slight thump to his step. He grumbled, with his upper lip twitching as he followed.
“I don’t like being the one following.” He barked.
“Then hurry up.” You sassed back at him with a slight smile.
Bakugou grumbled, fastening up his pace. “Don’t be sassy with me, L/N. You’ll regret it later.”
“Is that a threat?” You raised your eyebrow at him as you two reached your office door.
Once you open it and walk, Bakugou leans on the door frame, looking down at you with a look that sends a shiver down your spine and warmth rushing to your core. Your reaction makes Bakugou chuckle, and something about his chuckle makes a wet puddle start to form in your panties.
“You're really having that sort of reaction while we are at work?” He asks with a smirk.
“What are you talking about?” You ask him, sounding a bit frustrated not just because of the growing sexual tension on your end, but also because he wasn’t making any sense of anything.
He leaned closer to your face, where you could now feel his hot breath on the skin of your neck. You bit the inside of your mouth, trying to hold in your desire, but you could feel your soulmate’s desire rising too.
“You really don’t know?” He asked.
“Know what?” You barked back, trying to keep on top of your sexual desires right now.
“Hm.” Bakugou let out before walking into your office, closing and locking the door behind him.
You stepped back until you reached your desk. You thought that you would be flooded with fear but no. Instead, the feeling of lust and desire seemed to have been rushing throughout your entire body.
The way Bakugou stalked closer to you, the way his hero suit gripped his body to give you an outline of your abs and chest, the way his biceps seemed to pulse as he caged you to your desk. Your lungs were filled with lust for Bakugou at this very moment, making you look up at him weakly through your lashes.
What made your sexual want- no… Your sexual need for Bakugou so much harder was that you could feel your soulmate’s lust in return, sexual urge and need for something you had no way of knowing. You could feel it was driving them insane, and you could feel your soulmate’s boner through the soulmate bond.
Then you felt Bakugou’s boner on your thigh.
You also felt through the soulmate bond that your’s soulmate’s cock was touching someone’s thigh.
Bakugou was…
Bakugou was your soulmate.
Bakugou must’ve seen something in your face that gave it away to him, because now he had a knowing grin on his face as he leaned closer. Your noses almost touching and his hot breath on your lips.
“You figured it out now, Y/N?” He asked.
Your name felt so right coming off his tongue, it felt like sweet honey dripping into your ears. Your body felt the desire to touch him, kiss him, hold him, be under him.
You gulped, trying to hold back your natural desire for him while you were still at work at the very least.
“When did you figure it out?” You asked him weakly.
“When you were leaving work.” He answered truthfully. “I’ve never had a physical attraction for anyone before and yet when I saw you it was instant luring. It only hit me when you were talking away, my attention all on your ass.”
You breathe in sharply and deeply as Bakugou’s head lowers to your neck. Another spark of arousal as he starts to softly kiss your neck. You know he’s holding back because of the soulmate bond, and you know he can feel your enjoyment through the soulmate bond.
You softly pushed your hands onto his chest to push him off. Bakugou regretfully obeys your wishes, pulling away from you.
He looks down at you with eyes you cannot read. He scoffs and looks away. “Right, I forgot for a second there.”
Without giving you a chance to explain yourself, you watch him turn around and leave your office, closing the door harshly behind himself.
Your heart felt as if it was squeezing and every drop of blood from your heart was leaking throughout yout body. It genuinely felt worse then when you broke up with your ex or found out he was cheating on you. You weren’t rejected by your soulmate, but more it felt awful that you hurt him somehow.
Probably because of not waiting for him and having not just a relationship before you met him, but you had sex with that person before you met him.
You felt gross. You felt disgusted with yourself.
You took a deep breath in and then out again. There wasn’t anything you could do about the situation. You can’t try to find a new job so quickly after getting this one, plus you need the money until you are properly settled.
Shit how were you going to tell your parents?
You took a deep breath in, held it, and then let go.
You can deal with that when you get home.
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You groaned slightly as you left your office with your bag on your shoulder. You made your way to lift, though you could hear his footsteps approaching you at a fast pace.
“Sneaking off, are we?” Through his angry grumbled tone, Bakugou's voice felt cold in your ears.
You felt your heart ping, silently wincing as you pressed the lift button. “It’s just time for me to head home is all.”
You didn’t see his face but you could feel his glare at the back of your head. “...Right.”
You walked into the lift, and so did Bakugou. You tried to keep your eyes off of him but knew that even if his body was also facing towards the door his eyes were glued onto you.
After the doors closed and after the lift started moving, you heard the tapping of his foot. You quickly glanced at him, which seemed to give him permission to speak.
“Who is the bastard then?” He asked.
You blinked. “Pardon?”
“5 and a third inches you’ve fucked for 2 years. Who is he?”
You felt blood rush to your cheeks. You quickly looked away as your hands fiddled with your bag.
Bakugou didn’t seem to like that reaction, scoffing. 
“... I broke up with him once I got the job here…” You finally answered Bakugou with a weak voice.
Bakugou seemed to be less tense from that answer, though he still clearly wasn’t happy. “Couldn’t do long distance or was he a distraction?”
You bit the inside of your mouth, taking a breath in before answering him. “He cheated on me.”
Bakugou fell silcent. You expect him to say something rude or hurtful, but instead, he was just silent. He turned away and crossed his arms, one of his fingers tapping on one of his biceps.
“That must’ve been difficult.” Is all he said.
He wasn’t being rude or hurtful or pushing you down. He didn’t say ‘That’s what you get for not waiting’. Though, he clearly wasn’t thrilled about it either. Even if he had been angry you had slept with someone else, you were still his soulmate. He may not be able to feel your emotions or write to you on his skin, but there was still some connection between you two.
“...It’s actually why I moved here.” You broke the silence. “I didn’t want anyone or him to know I found out, so I found a job far away from him and used that as an excuse.”
Bakugou’s tapping stop, thinking. “...Guess there is one thing to be grateful I guess.” Bakugou mumbled quietly to himself.
Though selfish, Bakugou was happy you weren’t going to sleep with someone else anymore. He hated how it felt, how it felt feeling someone else thrust into you. It was the most disgusting feeling he had ever felt. You enjoying someone else’s cock and he had to feel it, the whole way through.
But looking down at you and seeing the sadness in your eyes?
He didn’t know you, all he knew was the bond that made you two connect. He sighed, running his hand through his hair. He might not have liked the situation but you were still his soulmate. You two were tied together by the fates themselves, and if there was going to be anyone to see you naked again it was going to be him.
“...I’ll walk you home.” Bakugou stated.
You looked up at him with a surprised look. “What? No you don’t have to-”
“I said I’ll walk you home.” Bakugou’s sounded deep and husky, making you quiet your voice.
Bakugou wasn’t asking, you could tell by how his back was straight, his voice booming against the elevator walls and how his eyes looked at you.
You self small - and submissive - under his eyes.
Under his glare.
You looked away and forced yourself not to get horny again, thinking about something that happened to you as a kid that still makes you angry. When you got aroused in the past, you knew your soulmate could feel it but you didn’t know their reactions. They were just a faceless person who you’d maybe meet one day.
But now you knew who it was, it was Bakugou. Practically your boss, had a known temper, and was standing right next to you.
And fuck it he looked hot too!
You took a deep breath in and kept your eyes on the elevator door, trying to keep yourself distracted from his cologne. His presence was becoming overwhelming. You couldn’t help but wonder if this reaction was because you now knew, because of your soulmate bond, or you genuinely found him attractive.
You felt warm breath on your ear, making you shiver. You look up at Bakugou, seeing his face so close to yours now. Your eyes went to the right side of his face where the explosion scar was imprinted on his beautiful face.
“I know because of the nature of our soul bond, we will have a hard time holding back our desires for each other.” Bakugou whispered into your ear while trailing a hand up your back. “But, if you can hold it in until we get to your place, I’ll reward your patience.”
You felt your face grow out and a pool of wetness form in your panties. Your mind couldn’t help but wonder what this reward would be. Bakugou - as if he could read your mind - chuckles.
“I told you to be patient.”
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Glad someone acknowledges that what Mabel did is morally reprehensible, and what bothers me is people defend it by saying "she's 12". I mean idk about ya'll but when I was 12 I wasn't risking my family's lives to a nightmare demon for a dude, I was doing my fuckin homework lmfao.
I love Gravity Falls to death but the way they turned Mabel from a silly kid to an actual horrible person speaks to how badly the writers can't write female characters to save their pissholes, and fans defending that shit annoy me to no end. They do the exact same thing when the fucked up shit Princess Bubblegum did is brought up
I’m gonna co-opt this ask because this lets me talk about two things regarding criticism that I find really interesting in the internet world-that being “perception of wrongness” and “heart moments”.
Perception of Wrongness:
I can actually understand why people had a hard time calling Mabel poorly written by the end of series, because this is a trend that happens a lot when talking about media criticism as a whole, and it is the subconscious concern that one is going to be perceived as morally wrong for taking umbrage with a character or product that concerns a well poisoned topic.
Mabel is a girl. And because Mabel is a girl, there was no shortage of bad faith arguments regarding Mabel from episode 1 on as being anything from obnoxious to a Mary Sue to an actively bad person (before doing anything that one could call actually wrong).
So, when a fandom space is poisoned by arguments that boil down to “Mabel is a girl and I hate women”, people have a tendency to overcorrect in the other direction and decide that the character is without flaw.
You actually see this a lot with the infamous movie “Fight Club”, which garnered a fanbase of pathetic Andrew Tate wannabes slobbering on Tyler Durden’s knob. So now if someone (especially a guy) says they like the movie most peoples reaction is immediate disgust even though the movie itself is a blatant critique on toxic masculinity based on a book written by a gay man inspired by a hate crime he was a victim of. Well poisoned arguments made the thing poison, so anyone who touches it must be a poisoner. You don’t want to be perceived as condoning the the former-perceived as morally wrong.
I myself had issues with this actually, leading up to Nathan and I watching through the MCU I had an instinctive reaction to be disdainful of his opinion that Captain Marvel was a bad film even though I know Nathan is one of the most “girl movie” positive people on the planet. When we talked about the movie as we watched it it became clear that the problem was that Carol didn’t get to be a cool superhero because they spent so much of the movie proving she “deserved” a spot in the MCU when none of the other heroes needing such proof. Which I agreed with!
It’s hard to untrained yourself from internet discourse brain, but you’ll be better for the trouble if you do so.
On the other side of the creator/consumer spectrum!
Heart Moments:
Creators love the things they make. That is an obvious and redundant statement. But the love of that creation goes through a lot of changes. We’ve talked before about how creators will often insert characters from early drafts of projects into the final product even if the product doesn’t fit with them anymore (see Hunter from TOH), but we don’t talk as much about a similar phenomenon wherein a creator has a burst of inspiration and they can see so perfectly a moment in time for their art that rests heavy on their heart.
This moment could be a cool shot, an impressive piece of cinematography or animation, an actor giving a specific delivery, or a line you want more than anything. But as you write that moment is no longer viable. It doesn’t fit with the greater piece or writes a character out of character.
This is what happened with Mabel in Sock Opera. Alex saw the ability to have Bill say a line about siblings and sacrifice, which would allow one of the twins to say a big line that when the Stan twist was revealed everyone would go “OHHHHH SHIT SO WHEN HE ASKED WHY SOMEONE WOULD SACRIFICE EVERYTHING FOR A SIBLING AND SHE SAID DIPPER WOULD IT WAS ACTUALLY A PARALLEL AND-“. Mabel and the ramifications of the scene to make that heart moment realized were disregarded in its addition.
I actually noticed this for the first time in a Rooster Teeth show I’m fond of called “Camp Camp”. In the 4th season, fan darling David has a solo adventure in “The Forest” where he’s lost in the woods and struggles to survive leading to a nervous breakdown wherein he near kills a wolf, decides against it, and learns a lesson about the importance of kindness in the face of misery.
Problem being that if you know the show at all, David is literally the worst person to do this episode with. David is not only a skilled and experienced outdoorsman who made it his life goal to become a camp counselor as a child and loves the woods, but he’s also the only character who’s primary trait in unrepentant kindness to anyone no matter the cost. To the point that it’s actually his largest vice as it gets him and his loved ones in dangerous situations.
But nobody cared because David has a breakdown was something that looked good in gif sets. It was an episode built around a “Heart Moment”-this one being everyone’s favorite blorbo screaming and crying while emotionally collapsing. And that was a Rooster Teeth cartoon that’s messy as hell-Gravity Falls is groundbreaking shit! But both still suffered at the same root issue.
It’s hard to let go of the scenes on your heart. When the thing you’re creating means so much to you, and that part of it rests on your heart so heavy, it’s hard to bring yourself to remove the latter. But you have to ask if the character you worked so hard to bring to life is worth potentially sacrificing to get that one moment off your heart.
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For reals tho, what do you think Mia would major in? She doesn't seem to be passionate about anything that isn't hero-related
THIS IS A GOOD QUESTION that I was also thinking about right after I saw your post! Honestly it’s tricky because you’re right, Mia is unfortunately a bit underdeveloped in terms of she has very limited story aspects outside of hero work.
Some options I’m thinking:
1. She could possibly go into the medical research field to help in HIV studies. This one is a bit ambitious though and it would require her to devote a LOT of time to schooling and not a lot of time to hero stuff.
2. Drama/Theater potentially. She seems like the type who would find herself really at home amongst passionate theater fans, on the stage or helping behind, creating sets, even being a playwright maybe!
3. Related to the first, but maybe instead of like straight up medical research, she would major in Health Studies or Health Anthropology, a subject that’s more inclined to the human aspect of medicine, and related to stigmas, discrimination, treatment, etc. I feel like this is a better fit for Mia actually.
4. Public law/policies. This is more cliche since I feel like I’ve seen Mia-esque characters go this route before, but given how much of her life happened because of a faulty messed up system, I could also see Mia prioritizing making changes. But with her tho, I feel like being a hero is her way of inspiring change, rather than being a lawyer. Also imagine Ollie’s reaction lmfao
5. Nutritional studies. Since Mia suffered through a nutritional and calorie deficit for most of her formative years, I feel like this is an important subject to her, even if she doesn’t express so.
In my opinion, I think she would major in health humanities and then minor in theater/drama!
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could you pretty please with a cherry on top write more PJO South Park?
I’m sure I will at some point bc GOD KNOWS I’m absolutely insane about both, specifically style being percabeth coded. They so are. And I’ve been a Riordanverse fan since probably 2010, like i have banked some TIME in that fandom. So far the only PJO/SP crossover I’ve done is Strawberry Fields Forever last summer, simply because I enjoy the idea of Reluctant Hero Stan fighting to feel like he has a purpose when he’s not actively working towards something (also I very much enjoyed writing Kyle getting pissed at Cartman in that one lmfao and no one can tell me Kenny isn’t Leo coded)
And even if it’s a while until I do an actual demigod au, JUST KNOW I will always make Riordanverse references in my writing bc those kids are absolutely fans
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bloodofgrapes · 1 year
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I’m so obsessed with the way you draw nrmt ;-; You draw them like actual men… it’s a huge problem among aa fans where one of the two of them (usually edgeworth) gets written or drawn as a tiny long-eyelashed hairless submissive twink and it’s like. They’re Grown Men. And no one will ever be able to convince me that edgeworth would let his guard down/let go of his control-freakiness enough for some of the shit he’s portrayed as doing lmfao 🫣 I’m certain a big part of it is that you’re gay and You Get It lmao.. I’ve sent you way too many asks in the past few days and i’m sorry if it’s weird but idk you’re my fav ace attorney artist and i appreciate you sm
Alrighty, finally free enough to tackle this anon. So, before I say anything, I want to preface this with my belief that there’s no right or wrong interpretation of a character in fandom—I love to see the immense variety of ways that characters are depicted, and I think it’s fascinating to get to see through the lens that people view them. What I will be talking about in this ask though, is my (and clearly anon’s) personal preference. I just wanted to get that out of the way, because I would be very unhappy if people read this and thought that I judge any interpretation of the characters I spend much of my time talking about on the hellsite.
With that out of the way, I do agree with you anon. I’ve hesitated to answer asks like this in the past (you’re not the first to say this), but you have put it in a way that I think fits how I feel about them. I am a gay man—I love men in any shape or form they come in, but I truly adore masculinity. Hairy belly and ass, boxy builds, square jaws and hands, receding hairlines, deep voice, the works. This is not to say that these characteristics cannot also be feminine, but I am approaching this in the context of speaking about male characters, and the things I enjoy from them—but make no mistake, I love effeminate men just as much, especially in the variety of ways that they can manifest.
Which is a good lead in to something I have always loved about Edgeworth, from the first time I played these games nearly twenty years ago: Edgeworth has always struck me as inherently traditionally masculine, even in spite (or perhaps because) of his more flamboyant tastes, such as wearing a bold pink suit, jabot, preference for frilly things and flowers, etc. He’s not what any boomer would call a man’s man, but I feel like a lot of fandom overlooks that he’s barrel chested, deep voiced, stoically cold, and prone to masking or outright shutting down his emotions. As a gay man these traits really resonate with me—I embody many of the same things, while also having a certain air of “fruitiness”, if you will.
I’m in my mid-thirties, and while I believe it’s never too late to have heroes or feelgood characters, it’s a little unusual for me to have a character that makes me feel “seen”, at least in the way he does. Being a trans man specifically, I’ve spent much of my life grappling with the inherent masculinity and femininity I was born with, so it’s always been a comfort to me (even if I didn’t quite realize it when I was younger) to see a man that sacrificed absolutely none of his masculinity while wearing frills and a bright pink suit. So I love depictions of him (and Phoenix, because I think he’s viewed not dissimilarly in this fandom) that lean away from the typical shiny smoothness of most anime, and more into making them standard 30-something males. As I said in the first paragraph of this, it's all personal preference, there’s no right or wrong way to vibe with these characters, but I appreciate you anon, because I do think that we’re in a very small minority in this fandom, and while that’s not a bad thing by any means, it’s nice to see a kindred spirit <3
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jaskiersbard · 2 years
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I’m going to be so immeasurably pissed off if Secrets of Dumbledore was the last Fantastic Beasts film because of a multitude of reasons, but especially:
Autistic!Newt: autism is rarely portrayed in the media, and when it is, 99.9% of the time it’s in a negative way or as some kind of saviour p0rn stuff. Newt Scamander is not only a positive (AND CANON!) representation of autism, it’s the only one in a major franchise such as the Wizarding World, and he’s the main hero to boot. Cancelling the remaining films means we don’t get a full franchise with an autistic hero, which would suck so hard. As an autistic person, I really want to see more of Newt and am beyond thankful for how Eddie has clearly done his research and played Newt so beautifully and respectfully.
Newtina: Even putting aside the fact I’m a Newtina shipper, it would be awful if we don’t get the remaining two films to show how Newt and Tina ended up married with great grandkids and living in Dorset in their 120s. Not being funny but all the side couples have had their time to shine: Jacob and Queenie are now married, and Grindelwald/Dumbledore’s blood pact thing is solved, although yes, there’s also the duel but still, it definitely felt like there was closure of some kind to the romantic side of their story in SoD. Newt is the main character and Tina is (supposed to be, fuck you JK/WB) the female lead as well as his canon love interest/future wife. It’s just stupid to tease them in the first movie and not give any kind of closure or progress to their relationship beyond the literal crumbs in the following two films. It’s long past overdue to let Newt and Tina have some focus and to give Jacob/Queenie / other couples a more background role.
Tina Goldstein: What they’ve done with Tina’s character is disgusting. “She’s busy” - fuck off with your lame excuse for her absence in this film. It’s so painfully obvious Katherine was cut because she spoke out about JKR - and if it’s not that, she’s certainly had a huge falling out with JK/WB because she has done zero promotion for SoD beyond turning up at the London premiere specifically just for the fans (as shown by the hours she spent taking photos and signing stuff, which btw I witnessed in person! I was there!), and when she posted a picture of herself at the premiere, she didn’t mention the film, just shouted out her make up and hair people. She’s supposed to be the main female character, and they’ve delegated her to little more than a cameo. As a Tina fan, it really hurts to see because she’s the reason I fell in love with the first film because I saw myself in her character. I want the last two films just so that Warner Bros can give her character the development she deserves because apart from the first film, her only role in CoG and SoD has been reduced to 1) to be mad at Newt, 2) to go after Credence and then have that plot line dropped, and 3) to turn up at a wedding.
Other Characters: I want to see more of Lally because I fucking adore her! She’s probably my favourite female character after Tina! I want more of Theseus, and more of the Scamander brothers relationship! What happened to Nagini? I want to see more Jacob too, more Queenie, more Yusuf, and I even can’t wait to see any new characters that might appear! (They can keep Bunty tho lmfao her and her actress are trash - and yes, I am allowed to say that because I witnessed VY being shit in person so yeah fuck her)
The Beasts: Umm, hello??? Warner Bros are really going to deny us more of Teddy the Niffler??? More of Pickett??? The Baby Nifflers??? I want to see more Mooncalves, more Fwoopers, more magical creatures! The series is literally called “Fantastic Beasts”, can we PLEASE have more beasts???
The Cast: I just love so many of our cast and miss the days where they seemed to be enthusiastic about the franchise - now the only ones who seem excited anymore are Eddie and Mads (and VY but like I said she’s stuck up so f*ck her) I miss seeing Eddie and Katherine on screen together, I miss the Fantastic Foursome of Eddie/Katherine/Dan/Alison on-screen together. I want to see more of Mads as Grindelwald despite the controversy surrounding his casting. I love Callum and Jessica and Jude, and want to see more of them.
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eobard-thawne · 2 years
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this is the last time hopefully i’m posting about the boys because i’m officially done with this show. there’s no way i’ll watch season 4 unless starlight finally gets the spotlight she so fucking rightfully deserves but from the shitshow that was season 3 no way it’s gonna happen. i hated every part of it every storyline every character arc everything. this temporary v shit with butcher and hughie was as interesting as watching paint dry. it made no sense!!!!!! i’ve already posted abt hughie but i hated him so much this season what a pathetic piece of shit!!! his character arc made NO. DAMN. SENSE. the betrayal he’s felt because of neuman should have been dealt with differently. he was the first to stand up to butcher esp about murdering people and then he killed (he was just as responsible as soldier boy don’t @ me) 12 people in one episode. he manipulated annie and lied to her. and all he’s got at the end was “i told you”. annie should have left him!!! deep and a-train was so fucking boring and their arcs were pointless because there was no conclusion at the end they should have died instead of black noir and maeve (still glad that maeve survived though). noir didn’t even do anything on the show for two whole seasons and when he finally got a backstory homelander killed him. this dude didn’t do anything for the majority of the show yet he was more fun and interesting to watch than half the characters on the show. and i’m so disappointed with kimiko. all this time i thought she hated killing people she hated that no one gave her a choice she hated being seen as nothing but a weapon. but looks like she only loathed what she’s become because it wasn’t her choice. after manipulating annie to bring her the v she proved that she was nothing but a murderer. i was sooo wrong about her. i mean she thought she deserved to die for what she’s done lmao but what the fuck was that at the end making a fucking joke out of killing people. none of the character arcs made any sense this season not just kimiko. it made soldier boy (total disappointment btw jensen ackles was too hot for this shitty show) and homelander look more stable than everyone else lmfao.
my mistake for watching this show in the first place. i hate “what if superheroes were killers” trope more than anything because this is the exact opposite why we have superheroes. to find comfort in their utopic world and escape from the real world’s murderer “heroes”. i hate to sound like a m*c*u fan but this is why i hate superhero stories being so closely connected to real life. i don’t give a shit about that. i just thought the show would do something significantly different than ennis’ crap. there is no way in any form of fiction a murderer is ever gonna be sympathetic to me. they are nothing but killers and they don’t deserve anything.
i feel so bad for starlight because she deserves so much better. she is the only good character that is worth watching and the real lead character on the show but she’ll probably be fucked over in s4 too.
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Sam watched Tiger & Bunny 2 and HAS GOT SOME THOUGHTS
so! the latter half of Tiger & Bunny 2 released yesterday, so of course I spent every free moment i could watching it instantly. i’m going to put my thoughts behind a cut, but i am at least going to preface it with: i had a really fun time with this season! if you’re worried about watching it b/c you think it might not be good b/c many times, let’s be real, sequels suck, i want to say that it was enjoyable and i think really maintains the spirit of the first show.
there are, of course, more specific positives and negatives of this season, but that’s SPOILERS CITY so you gotta click the read more for that shit.
these are all my initial takes--i may come back feeling differently after rewatches, or discussion with other ppl who’ve watched! i would LOVE some discussion but just please use cuts to spare ppl from seeing spoilers, this shit came out like less than 48 hours ago and not everyone is as feral as i am for it.
SO i think this season, far more than season 1, was an ensemble piece. this is neither bad NOR without precedence--the movie The Rising, for example, is basically Tiger & Bunny & Fire Emblem, almost even more than it’s Tiger & Bunny & Ryan, lmfao. and the first half of season 1 had a lot of focus episodes to give many of the heroes a chance to shine on their own--even a couple eps of the second half of s1 did this as well. so it’s certainly fitting for the second season to also give the secondary characters a lot of chances to shine.
the negative of this, i think, is simply that our titular characters have less _time_ to shine. that’s ok--in some ways they don’t need it. they’ve got a balanced relationship, they understand each other. they still are flawed individuals and they still trip each other up, but their bond is truly unshakeable and there are several times where this gets a nice spotlight.
however, i’m not going to lie--i think the biggest downside of kotetsu and barnaby being benched so much is that the ending feels flat. i almost wanted to give it another episode to really dig into kotetsu and barnaby’s feelings. they’re really the two whose arcs somehow _don’t_ feel resolved at the end. is this because sunrise is angling for a THIRD season? it would honestly make more sense with the lack of emotional closure we get with kotetsu and barnaby in the final episode. as an act 2 out of 3, it feels sensible. as a finale, it feels... anticlimactic.
the positive, however, is that a lot of other characters give us SO much good development. i took particular joy in everything with blue rose and ryan. Karina’s character development made me scream, squeal, and cheer. Her growth and maturity is phenomenal. She’s still the young woman in love with Kotetsu, but she’s aware of herself, she understands her emotions and desires, and it’s EXACTLY the development of a natural crush on an older, unattainable figure that many young people go through. She really comes into her own and i LOVE IT SO MUCH!!! also, Ryan’s steady descent into falling completely head over heels for her is so fucking good. the balance between these two! the dynamic! THANK YOU FOR THE FOOD, SUNRISE!
likewise, origami and rock bison, sky high and fire emblem... seeing their relationships grow, struggle, and become stronger was a delight every time. Dragon Kid and Magical Cat were also personal favourites of mine. I could write about every beat of their story I loved, but I’d just be summarizing every beat of their story. They’re really good!
Sadly I didn’t really care much for He Is Thomas or Mr. Black... I don’t even remember their civilian names. I can see why Sunrise decided to add them, but truthfully, I wish that some parts of the story had been pared down and they’d been cut in order to give Kotetsu and Barnaby more time. But I can also see how that would have had quite a ripple effect on other parts of the story... still, I think they were sadly the weakest part of season 2.
And another character who really got a big spotlight that many fans of season 1 were surely hoping to see....... LUNATIC MY GUY
I’m gonna talk about my negative impressions of Lunatic’s arc and then work my way into my positive impressions. The biggest negative is that the moment he hallucinated that resolution with his father, I knew the story was going to kill him off. Rather than put in the effort of him attempting to atone for his various murders, or deal with guilt or shame at the fact that perhaps he DIDN’T handle things in the best way, I knew the show was going to simply ... not get into that any further. I was sad to be proven right. It’s true that the Next who possesses him says that his body is fuckin done for right when she abandons ship, so it’s possible that he might have died even if he hadn’t tossed himself off a million foot high overpass. But the story still wrote him choosing suicide rather than face his actions. Is it consistent with his character? In many ways, yes. It can’t be understated how he’s still grieving for his mother--more on that in a bit. Also, he now sees himself as an unjust murderer, and must deal with himself accordingly. But it also feels contradictory to the ways in which he’s learning and changing--the fact that he sees his actions as unjust, but is now going to continue those actions against himself.... Of course, emotions often contradict logic, so I guess this is fair as well. In the end, this is simply a trope I hate--the “villain” experiences regret, or determines that they were wrong after all, and then dies.
another place where i feel that the character actions and story direction are giving mixed messages is when Yuri confronts kotetsu with the knowledge that kotetsu’s hero Mr Legend beat his wife and child behind closed doors. kotetsu at least has the wherewithal to realize that what he’s said to yuri at the end there was fucked up and uncalled for. however kotetsu says ‘because it would piss him off,’ essentially. but kotetsu he’s pissed off b/c u literally said “rip to ur dad but i’m different” LIKE WHAT THE FUCK MAN. “i’m sure ur dad wouldn’t have beat ur wife if he’d just had a friend like i do” KOTETSU STOP. PLEASE STOP.
--but on the other hand, like, it’s true that having any kind of support network could have helped legend. kotetsu’s depression when he started to lose his powers in season 1 is largely helped b/c he has people around him who care and who know it sometimes happens to ppl, that kotetsu isn’t the first person it’s happened to, and also kotetsu isn’t the single great hero that everyone is looking up to. there are others to share the burden. additionally, ur wife should not be ur therapist--i’m sure yuri’s mom tried to support legend when things were going down, but it was 1) not her job to shoulder ALL his baggage and 2) she’s not like a trained therapist? frankly all the portrayals of yuri’s family when yuri is a child feel like toxic nuclear 1950s family dynamics, wholesome on screen, vile behind closed doors. if this is a purposeful critique--and it may well be--then it’s frankly muddied by kotetsu’s hero worship. i also think that considering the ham fisted nature of some of the other storytelling in this show, it would be okay to hammer messages like this a little harder, too. it’s ok to say legend was a victim of circumstance but it’s not ok to say it in a way that absolves him of responsibility for abusing his family, if that makes sense.
i don’t think yuri hallucinating a resolution from his dad muddies the message or story in any way--tho unfortunately it’s set up as prompted by Kotetsu’s shitty words. but of COURSE yuri wants approval from his dad. i’m not going to get too deep into this but it’s entirely consistent and makes a lot of sense to me that he’d crave that kind of validation, acknowledgement, and forgiveness--ESPECIALLY because he can’t get it from his mother.
Speaking of! the portrayal of his and his mother’s relationship really hit me. It’s clear across both seasons that he wants to protect his mom--he’s always wanted to protect her--but he also winds up hurting her when he does this. He is angered by her delusions and her selective memory of their mutual abuser. Hiring a caretaker for her--specifically one that the show demonstrates is an actual kind, gentle person who is good at their job--is a good solution. It gives Yuri the distance so he can allow her to have her delusions (which IIRC is really the best way to deal with someone who has dementia anyway, rather than arguing with their perceptions) as well as knowing she’s as safe and cared for as she can be.... at least until she’s not.
I find this family dynamic to be portrayed really well, at least in my experience. There are sometimes families who hurt each other despite their best intentions, and constantly return to each other for more of the same. It’s rather understated, but Yuri’s decision to hire a caretaker and allow his mother her delusions breaks that cycle and allows a fragile peace. It’s clear he’s still not wholly content with it--perhaps what he really wants is for his mother to hate his father as he does--to validate and justify how Yuri accidentally killed Legend. It’s clear it still hurts him, but he’s choosing to take that hurt to allow his mom peace in her final years. And how he grieves in the kitchen that he hasn’t yet been able to clean up after her murder--fuck, man, everything about this just personally hit me really hard. I still don’t like how it all ended but I’m really, really glad that Lunatic got this spotlight, and personally I found it to be really well handled. YMMV i guess but that’s my initial take.
hey that was a lot about lunatic. let’s talk about some other characters, lol
KAEDE! i loved kaede and kotetsu’s relationship, especially in the first half of the series. they’re getting closer although she is still not letting him off the hook for a lot of the shit he did when she was younger--and honestly GOOD FOR HER, he deserves to be held accountable more! The final episodes tho felt like a little bit of a let down with Kaede--almost like they were setting her up to take SOME action, but then ran out of time? Add “Kaede gets to do things” to the list of stuff I wish had happened instead of Mr Black and Thomas, lmao.
also let’s talk about Agnes. I was holding off commenting on this in the first half of the season, but I love that they had Agnes gain weight. I feel like her body type is one i see RARELY in anime--she’s got proportions I see regularly, every day, and I think that she’s drawn very well (barring some shots where the animators didn’t quite keep her on model, but that happens to everyone in the cast at various points). The reason I didn’t want to say anything in the first half of the season is that the narration has multiple characters comment on her weight gain, and I was afraid that the series wanted to point it out so that later there would be a reveal that she was an impostor or something, and surprise, skinny agnes would show back up. But no! This is Agnes all the time, she’s EXACTLY the same person, she’s beautiful and desirable and she gets shit done, she has feelings for Kotetsu, meanwhile Antonio has a crush on her, it’s GREAT. she just happens to have more body fat now and it changes _nothing_. (also, iirc the people who comment on her weight are Ryan, who would have been out of town and wouldn’t have noticed a gradual change, and Saito, who likewise doesn’t often interact with Agnes as he’s often in the R&D department while Agnes is in the Hero TV van, so it’s actually pretty logical for both of those characters to be like, “huh?” Having them comment on her weight may have simply been sunrise’s way of telling the viewers, no, youre not misremembering what she looked like before, but we changed it and it was on purpose, now get on with the show.)
i was also very glad that Mattia and Little Aurora 1) weren’t evil and 2) didn’t die, lol. in the case of Mattia, it’s so rare that Barnaby gets to have ppl he cares about who DON’T die or turn evil, so i was very glad mattia got to live, lmfao. with Aurora i actually at one point hypothesized that she was the head of ouroboros, but i was wrong! that was neat.
overall i feel like s2 does a good job carrying on the spirit and feelings of s1. both halves of s2 are even structured very similarly to both halves of s1, with the first half being mainly focus episodes for 8 or so eps, and then 4 or so eps of a bigger storyline that concludes foreshadowing put down in the first 8. and then the second half becomes one very big storyarc. around ep 17 or 19 i was like “this is really good, i’m having a lot of fun, but i don’t know if anything can really compete with the emotional intensity of everyone forgetting about kotetsu and he goes on the run from them, etc.” and then i ate those words! i think the final arc was really exciting! now, emotionally, i think i do still prefer the final arc of s1, because let’s face it, i love when kotetsu suffers a little bit. i love him. but i think in terms of raising the stakes and interest and rising action, s2 is an entirely fair entry to the series, i loved watching it, and i think i will love rewatching it with friends.
but the ending.....
the ending really feels like they want a season 3. and personally, i kind of wanted to just end things at season 2, because i don’t want to wait another eleven years for a third season. unless we get season 3 next year.... 2023 will, after all, be the year of the rabbit once more.
but that scene when all the heroes are standing together, agreeing to have dinner togehter, and then they just... part ways? and then barnaby’s like “so my leg didn’t fall off so i’m going to keep being a hero” like SIR you still don’t know what’s WRONG WITH IT!!!! that fistbump between kotetsu and barnaby just feels so, so lackluster after everything! so lukewarm!
“sam did you just want them to kiss”
I don’t think that’s it? i mean not gonna lie, i would have LOVED it--the show has multiple canon queer characters, like of course there’s Fire Emblem who basically got a whole movie to flaunt being the best okama ever, but there was also the one lesbian NEXT who was sad that her hot butch girlfriend had dumped her, and then Ruby has two dads if I parsed that correctly, and then there’s Pao-Lin and Lara--
but no i don’t think that’s it. it’s just. these two are so important to each other, whether it’s romantic or not. and their partnership is ending. and that’s just. that’s that? that’s it? no scene of bunny out there heroing on his own while kotetsu and kaede fondly watch? they even set the stage for bunny to take over the wild tiger mantle and then did NOTHING with it. (though props to one friend for being like “hell yeah barnaby was inside tiger” fuck yes)
(ALSO FUCK YES KOTETSU GOT TO PRINCESS CARRY BUNNY FOR LIKE 5 SECONDS??? and their relationship is so solid that neither of them even comment on it???? I LOVE THEM)
so while there’s that last little clip with the image of tiger and barnaby in the hero museum, emotionally it just feels like the real ending was chopped off. like the studio is holding something back. and certainly there’s more of ouroboros we could explore. but where do we even go from here? kotetsu has NO MORE POWERS (which, btw, ballsy move on sunrise’s part, i’m genuinely impressed, but i’m also scared of what they’ll do in s3 because a lot of anime haaate actually committing to taking powers away from their characters and will then bend over backwards to return their powers or equivalent to them. please do NOT let mattia develop a drug that gives kotetsu his power back, do NOT, i don’t want that. make kotetsu deal with his body taking its course dammit!)
so like, idk. i really enjoyed this second season a lot, and while i don’t think they fucked up the ending, i don’t think i can confidently say they stuck it, either. :(
but that’s only if this is meant to be the conclusion to the series. if they _are_ gunning for a third season....
well i hope they fuckin get it then and i hope they do a damn good job and i hope kotetsu and barnaby fuckin KISS! FUCK!
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midnight redesign, i’m going to explain my thoughts about it (and yes i took the pose from the official bnha pose, i’m sorry for being lazy)
1) it would be so cool if midnight designed her costume to be pleasing to the female+queer gaze, though i like practicality over anything else lmfao. i did try to pay homage to several japanese fashion trends in that midnight is dressing for herself and for any female pro-hero that would come after her in terms of being visible among the media, not for the patriarchal eye
2) it is inconsistent on whether or not her skin needs to be covered 24/7 because the way her costume is in the show/manga, she has to wear a bodysuit all the time, but in vigilantes, she wears a trench coat+some weird blocks over her chest lol. i also hate sleeves
3) the design on the left is for when she’s walking around at school, so that’s why it’s not too different from her canon design. the one on the left is more suited to combat situations -cue her showing up to the mineta+sero final exam fight in this and scaring the shit out of both of them lol- though she does carry her whip+fans on the back of her belt on the costume on the left.
4) i want her design to be influential to ochako and momo, since they’re the main bnha girls. i put some star sparkles all over midnight’s suit, and that’ll go into my adult design for ochako, and momo would add the garter belts to her adult design. 
5) i changed her eye color because i really did not like having to work with that shade of blue. 
6) i’m not really satisfied with my designs, and it suffers because i prioritize practicality over everything else lmfao
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I'm not even a huge LWJ fan, but I don't think it's accurate to call WWX his summer camp crush? They had many more meetings and interactions over the course of seven years, even if they were at odds for most of that time. JGY was NMJ's right hand for roughly three months, Wen Ning met WWX literally once before committing high treason, XXC knew Song Lan for at MOST nine months before he tore out his eyeballs for him. JC is the only normal person in the book
…nonny, that was a deliberate understatement. although okay, for real, let’s tally up their meetings pre-death.
1) gusu lessons — wwx didn’t stay the whole time bc he got kicked out early. during the time he was there he likely bothered lwj for, let’s say, an avg of 5 minutes per day. one-sided, didn’t really interact on anything past superficial level.
2) qishan archery competition — wwx grabs lwj’s forehead ribbon, lwj walks off in a snit.
3) wen indoctrination — wwx helped him walk + they were stuck in the xuanwu cave together. however, wwx got a fever and was delirious post-killing the xuanwu. wangxian.mp3 was first sung.
4) sun shot campaign — well, it’s a war. not much time to chit chat and deepen feelings. plus lwj’s trying to get wwx to stop his demonic cultivation and go to gusu, which wwx doesn’t like.
4.5) that banquet post war — idk if wwx talked to lwj during this but i’m pretty sure all the sects were there so i’m including it as a maybe.
5) phoenix mountain hunt — didn’t really talk to each other, lwj forced kiss upon wwx.
6) burial mounds — lwj visits once. short visit, tense vibes due to situation.
7) pledge conference — lwj drags wwx’s unconscious body into a cave somewhere and then later brings him back to the burial mounds (? i think)
so like. 7 meetings total and they barely have a relationship there. the difference between wangxian and nieyao or songxiao is that the latter actually developed deeper relationships whereas wangxian was superficial. my was nmj’s right hand man, his most trusted subordinate, so the betrayal hit nmj right in the gut, that he trusted someone who turned out to be like that. songxiao spent their whole time essentially wrapped up in each other dreaming about a future together. with wen ning, wwx was the first person to say he was good and stick up for him that wasn’t a family member. hero worship makes you do crazy things. just look at k-pop fans if you want an example lmfao.
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fucking hell
i stayed up till 4 am to watch vol 2 cuz i thought it’d be good and it was good!!
Good ol’ queer bait thats what it fucking was.
I’m sorry that the duffer brothers felt that this was good enough writing to finish something amazing, and i am willingly ready to partake in a rewrite of vol 2 because this was blasphemous. (apologies ahead of time for the sheer amount of ranting i am going to do)
okay like first?? steve??? just. no. that whole spiel about the six ‘nuggets’ (that wounded me) and him LITERALLY SAYING THAT LIKE HES STILL IN LOVE WITH NANCY AND HE WANTS HER TO HAVE S I X KIDS WITH HIM ITS LIKE HE DOESNT EVEN KNOW HER BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW SHE AINT BUILT FOR THAT. ALSO nancy was in the middle of talking about robin, a person for whom they both care about, and its like he just redirected the conversation onto him. it looked like someone tried to inject more ronance but then someone else just like sidestepped it into Steve/Nancy, which was SO bad. Steve and Nancy shouldn’t be a thing. they just cant give each other what they need. Same with Jonathan and Nancy. Honestly, I did enjoy their relationship in all the past seasons, but s4 its been so strained and weird and the fact that Jonathan didnt even come clean to her at the end about the college apps was just ridiculous, and the exact moment i knew that they weren’t going to last. even their interactions at the end seemed weird and stiff, like neither of them really wanted to be there. (I hope they dont make her get with either of them. And maybe im just a diehard Ronance shipper, but Robin and Nancy make the most sense!!!)
Second point- Robin and Vickie
10000000.999999% unneeded and unwanted and unfunctional. If youre going to give the only explicitly confirmed gay character a love interest, the worst thing you could do was use the ‘oh no my crush is straight oh wait no she dumped him and now i think she likes me’ trope. tired, overdone, nasty. not even to mention the fact that Vickie is just. a straight (haha) up clone of Robin. They are the same person. They could be revealed to be cousins in s5 and i wouldnt be surprised. It’s tasteless and pathetic to watch. And it’s even more hurtful, because so many of us fans genuinely are in love with Robin and invested with her because we can connect to her the most, and the Duffers just cop out of a genuine and amazing relationship (ronance) and just turn to the basic and unflavorful This Was Obviously Written By A Straight Person relationship of Robin and Vickie.
And Max. And, you know let’s loop in Eddie too. Since they both died. Oh wait.
I’m not even sure to tackle Max’s death. i love her SO MUCH. she’s my second favorite character (right behind Robin). if i was in that situation, i would have let her die. its just easier, and we dont even know if, once dead, she even wanted to come back. this trope of bringing someone back always has consequences, which is why im not really a fan of it in the first place. it requires delicate writing because the situation can get bad very fast. and as of vol 2, im not sure the duffers can do it. (that being said, obviously i dont know their plan for max, but plots like these are kinda hit or miss yk? its just such a big thing)
Eddie’s death was anything but compelling. Like, i knew he was dying but i was kinda…. bored? idk if thats the right word to use, but it just felt kinda off. and the fact that no one addressed it besides Dustin, like, Eddie had so many more friends. and in my mind i think the whole ‘eddie died saving a town that didnt love him’ was more of a white lie for his uncle, because eddie didnt owe Hawkins anything. i mean, it does make him a hero in the way that everyone who helped was a hero, but not everyone needs a ‘redemption’ arc to better be accepted by society. like, his whole thing was kinda that he was different and he didnt care what other people thought. and he had so much potential too!!!
this is long lmfao sorry if i jump into your asks later because i still have more grievances
st4 spoilers
no need to apologize for the long ask because everything you said is true
i know duffers will never actually let ronance happen but Why push stancy it just doesn't make sense to the plot at all please just let nancy pull her self worth away from whichever boy she chooses duffers let nancy be single challenge
and im grilling them for putting in the whole six kids thing ESPECIALLY with the word nuggets it wasn't cute it wasn't funny it made me literally gag
AND VICKIE im
i love amybeth and nothing of this is directed to her bc she was getting paid to play a role and i love her <3
BUT THE DUFFERS let vickie be a barely present and exact carbon copy of robin just to serve as her love interest. how fucking lazy is that? they see how popular robin's character is Plus she's the only confirmed queer character (since they wanna be ambiguous with will) on the show and they just throw her with an underdeveloped character for diversity points... and with the whole extremely similar personalities thing yeah vickie started to ramble but robin said like 4 words and ik thats just bad writing and they don't actually care about my girl but im choosing to interpret it as she got over vickie which Good For Her
max my poor angel they really did just use you for bait </3 and sadie doesn't even know her role in s5 yet and its breaking my heart can we have anything nice Also why go after one of the girls.... one who's been abused her whole life too like give her of all people a happy ending
eddie was such a wastef character :( he was so original and fresh and he could've helped robin break out of her shell more but the duffers had to keep up the boring old pattern and kill him and his death was Meaningless because he could've just climbed to safety but noooo we can't have nice things now can we. and the fact that no one addressed his death what the hell
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Top 5 Stranger Things moments and characters ❤️
THANN YOU SM FRANCY!!!! i am *beyond* excited for friday; between stranger things and kenobi i’m more overwhelmed for those two combined than my exam tmr LMFAO 💀
stranger things moments
-> ok these genuinely are a mix of sad and happy but they’re moments that really remind me of the beauty of the show :,) [in no specific order]
1. Hopper’s Letter. LEGIT WILL ALWAYS SOB! even three years later i still cry over that letter. i’ve related to the letter even more in recent years so by far, that scene will always get me.
2. Finding Will’s ‘Fake’ Body. Heroes by Peter Gabriel in the background, the emotion from all the young actors, just absolutely everything completely tore me up when i first watched and it still remains so poignant for me.
3. Steve vs Billy. steve became one of my absolute favs throughout season 2 and the constant gag of steve getting beat up and losing fights has been i gotta say, a favorite thing of mine, and the way he just walks out when billy is there SENDS ME FOR A LOOP. idk why it’s just i love it sm; the kids in the car with him after just make me cackle 💀 any steve scene really is the best
4. Scoop’s Troop Caught in Elevator. I feel this needs no explanation; the group was *hilarious* and with the addition of Erica and Robin made it EVEN FUNNIER to watch and overall whatever banter and chaos they had was always my favorite.
5. That One Scene where Joyce, Hopper and Mike Recall Memories with Will + Mike talking about Will being his best friend (ie EMOTIONAL). idk what it was about that scene but i felt SO MANY EMOTIONS. between knowing how insane noah’s acting was to all the recollections of memories to try and help will remember, it just will always stand out to me as to how important it was. (i could go on truly!)
stranger things characters [in no particular order tbh lol!]
1. will byers. he was a fav since day one bc i’m someone who goes for the underdogs or the softer characters (that’s just who i am naturally lol) and plus his whole connection to the upside down has ALWAYS intrigued me and i hope they dig more into it
2. STEVE HARRINGTON. i was not a fan in season 1 but season 2 really brought forth my love for steve and i will continue to love his character until the series is over. he’s just !!!!!! there’s no words, he’s just the best :)
3. dustin henderson. the star wars references. the curiousity voyage. the random knowledge. the excitement and compassion. what’s not to love. he’s been a fav since day 1 too and his friendship with steve is one of my favorite things ever so….package deal!
4. eleven. it goes without saying, she’s a queen and she pops off and millie’s acting has always been something i’ve loved with how she portrays the character. she’s also incredibly mysterious even if sometimes it doesn’t seem like it. as if knowing she knows things the viewers don’t; it makes me so intrigued!
5. joyce byers/hopper. they’re a comedy duo together but i also LOVE them together and so i’m at a tie with them. winona’s acting as joyce is INSANE, it reminds me of my own mother and the way david portrays hopper makes him so lovable bc of what he does to protect the people he cares for. i truly couldn’t pick between the two and so i tied them :)
THANK YOU AGAIN FRANCY! IM SO HYPE FOR FRIDAY!!!
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Alright Nerdy’s Shotgun Style Stream of Consciousness Thoughts(tm) on MoM under the cut
Firstly, shoutout to the girl I sat next to in the cinema. I never got to see her face bc of the lights but our elbows touched and we both laughed at the Bruce Campbell post credits scene. We connected. (for this Friends to Lovers arc I need her to be present at the second showing I booked at a different cinema I need that cosmic connection)
Genuinely shocked at how HARD they committed to Evil Milf Wanda. They made her a full on slasher villain and I fucking RESPECT it. (I have no idea how the fuck they’ll walk it back in the future movies but we’ll see. That Children’s Crusade movie rumor seems more likely now)
That moment where she crawled out of the gong like fucking Sadako??? GOOD SHIT. 
Wanda Stans(tm) are going to be fucking INSUFFERABLE though. ‘omg she just wanted to see her kids uwu’ SHE MASS MURDERED INNOCENTS HELEN. SHE SNAPPED AN ELDERLY MAN’S NECK LIKE IT WAS A PRETZEL.
Speaking of, YO HOLY FUCK THEM USING THE X MEN: TAS THEME SONG?!?!?! DOING THE ‘To me, my X-Men!’ MIND WAVES???? Love the touch of putting Charles in his classic black turtleneck and walking when he’s in the Mind Place. 
I SHOCKIGNLY enjoyed Anson Mount’s Black Bolt. Incredible costume adaption, would NOT mind if they retconned him into the MCU post Secret Wars. Dude’s a good actor and brings a certain weight to proceedings. Icb they got me praising Inhumans (not the show) in the year of our lord 2022. 
Oh yeah they are 1000 percent doing 2015 Secret Wars. Get ready to be SICK of hearing the word ‘Incursion’ in the next few years. It’s gonna be the new ‘variant’.
Absolutely convinced they’re gonna use Secret Wars to retcon inhumans and mutants into the history of the MCU once its all said and done. They might fix Kamala yet lmfao. 
Also Krasinski!Reed. Listen, I NEVER liked the fan-casting, they legit just fancast him bc he’s a white dude with hair and a blonde wife. ALL THAT BEING SAID.....I didn’t hate him??? He had a certain Stillness to him that I really dug. Nowhere near enough of a screentime to make any hard calls but seeing a dude in a blue jumpsuit with the number 4 on it does give me an emotion. If he ends up being the Main!Reed....I??? wouldn’t mind it???? Also LOVE the oblique Valeria and Franklin reference uwu. His suit is disgustingly overdesigned though, remove the black parts and its a good suit. 
ALSO THE BRUTALITY???? WANDA POPPED HIS HEAD LIKE A FUCKING BALLOON??? BLACKAGAR BOLTAGON’S HEAD FUCKING CAVED IN?!??!! GOD DAMN THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT!!!!!!!!!
LOVE the depiction of magic and sorcery. It really enriched the language of magic, I loved how Strange could conjure up arms and weapons and stuff. Love his updated costume with the sleeker lines and outline. 
America was fine. Its her intro movie. I know people are upset that she’s not the Strong Willed Badass but MCU LOVES a ‘Hero finds their inner strength and will’ arc so I’m sure she’ll get there. Loved that moment of her doing The Pose.  
Score was pretty good. Everyone is praising the Musical Note Fight and as they should honestly that was a GORGEOUS moment, ADORE the creativity of fights in this. Bummed that they don’t use the Giacchino theme enough but I’m glad it wasn’t entirety discarded. Also bummed about the lack of ‘mystical’ instrumentation, its just classic Elfman orchestra. Do love the main leitmotif that recurs through the movie though.
OK BUT THE RAIMI-ISMS??? They really Raimi get weird with it. The crossfades, the ‘monster cams’, the keyhole fade (is that the word idk). Bruce Campbell full on breaking the 4th wall. Nobody films New York like he does. It’s so warm, so lovely, so full of life. (also special shoutout to that shot of Amerca and Strange going through the portal from the roof to the street in one camera move).
CLEAAAA. GOOD MILF TO RIVAL THE EVIL MILF LETS GOOOO. 
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servin-up-surveys · 2 years
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survey #015
“tongues, always pressed to your cheeks while my tongue is on the inside of some other girl’s teeth”
What’s your name? Brittany. Who are you closest to in your family? My mother. What program on your computer do you use the most? WordPad, on this laptop at least. Do you have a cat? Yes! Do you think other people consider you a flirt? Deeefinitely not. That is not a strong trait of mine, and I don't flirt with just anybody so you're lucky to see me do it at all. Would you ever consider getting plastic surgery? I've looked this up before and don't feel like doing it again, but I can't remember if the few procedures I personally want are considered "plastic" surgery or just "cosmetic." I THINK there's a difference? The ones I know I will want all relate to fixing weight gain damage. Who is your hero in life? My mom and Girt. What is your favorite breed of dog? I ALWAYS forget these exist, but Xoloitzcuintle (Mexican hairless dog) are very high on the list aesthetically. I know absolutely nothing about their demeanors, though. I also have such a fondness for big ol' Saint Bernards. Are you a fan of anime? Yeah. Have you ever appeared on television? No. What was your first job? GameStop sales associate. Where is your favorite city? I don't have one, honestly. Are you currently going to college? No. Hey, remember when I said I was going back when I got outta the hospital? Yeah I'm not anymore for Reasons alsdjfa;lskjdawelrwe literally NEVER trust when I say I'm going to do something lmfao Who is your favorite celebrity? He may not be my "active" favorite celeb currently, but I think Markiplier/Mark Fischbach will always be the celebrity I've been most obsessed with/looked most up to. Haven't watched him regularly in well over a year now, but baby that tattoo I see in the corner of my eye still means everything. He got my ass through A LOT. Do you have trouble letting go of the past? I have a HORRIBLY hard time with it, but I'm challenging it. Change allows me to experience more great things in the brief little flicker in time that's my life. Do you use teeth whitener? No, but I plan to HOPEFULLY get them professionally whitened one day. Depression and its buddy neglecting self-care have done their work. Tell me a joke. hey look it's the supreme court Would you consider your family “rich”? There have been a few occasions where I have overheard my mother mention we're below the poverty line, so......... yeah no. Do you live near any volcanoes? No. Have you ever tried “planking”? Well, the exercise pose was one that was available on Wii Fit, and I sometimes did it. That shit hurt, even when I was in great shape back then. Are you confident with your appearance? Ugh, no. This is so shallow and enforcing of fatphobia, I know, but I'm hoping when I lose the weight I want to that I'll learn to love my looks SOME. I never have. I have ALWAYS thought I was slightly too big, and now when I look back at high school pictures it's like....... bitch WHERE??????????? like ugh I would kill for that body back. Living an existence where you hate your literal vehicle of existence is a MISERABLE one. Do you enjoy snow? lovvvvveeeeee Are you in a good mood? Uh, can't say I am. I feel raw and vulnerable and confused after having a total fucking breakdown in the movie theater. Do you know how to tune a guitar? I did, once upon a time. I don't have a trained ear for it now. Do you like to record voice memos? No; I actually get SUPER embarrassed talking to myself for absolutely any reason at all. Like I just won't. Do you get told often you are wise for your age? I wouldn't say *often*, but it's definitely happened. Have any bands your obsessed with? idk am I not being obnoxious enough about it Have you ever been in the hospital for more than a week? Yep. Have you been to the beach yet this summer? Nope, don't wanna. Have you ever dropped your cell phone in water? No. Do you like white chocolate or dark chocolate better? Dark. White is normally just too sweet. Do you like pot roast? No. Have you ever thought about being a stripper? No. Have you ever watched Pokemon? It's sad, I was so obsessed but embarrassed to be so as a kid. It was a "boy" thing, even when I certainly didn't think that and I don't remember anyone telling me so... My RSD started YOUNG, boys. What's something you wish you liked but you don't? Honestly, morning jogs. Man, I'd love to get up early on a chilly morning and grab my iPod and do ANY amount of walking/running around the cul-de-sac. I used to walk ALL the time in high school with my iPod on me, and those were good fuckin' times. Calming, soothing memories. But anyway starting the day feeling that accomplished would ROCK. Do you use a baby voice when talking to animals? Well duh because all animals are in fact Baby Would you say your parents put too much pressure on you? No. What's for dinner today? I had Cinnamon Toast Crunch that I didn't really even want. It is so weird, usually never wanting to eat anymore. What's the best thing that's happened today? Seeing Girt and him just being an extremely fucking supportive boyfriend. I absolutely crumbled in that theater and all the way out of it and he was right there in every way. What about worst thing? Oh jeez man, I don't wanna go into deep detail again, but basically, the scene of the father in The Black Phone beating his daughter with a belt. God I just shivered so we're leaving it at that. What's something you've been made fun of for before? Always being attached to some form of technology. Family, family friends, etc. of the older generations just HAVE to point it out, and while by this point in time I've definitely developed a callus to it, it can still sometimes dig in a bit and annoy me. Like trust me bro I am fucking aware. What is something you need to work on? I need to CHILL on my soda consumption like this is a probbbbbblemmmmmm What are you craving right now? I don't like the word "craving" in this context but whatever, still a strong desire, I wish Girt could come back. He has some obligations at home tonight, so he had to leave way early. Like I'm fine right now, but just with the events of today, I woulda loved if he could have stayed longer and kept being a distraction. Do you know anyone in the military? Not in my personal life, but I was reminded today I almost could have. I totally forgot Girt had mentioned in the past that he'd seriously considered joining the military like his dad, even speaking with the recruiters a few times. Thank the fucking sky and stars he didn't because I would C R U M B L E if my partner was engaged in active duty like no I will NAIL YOU to these floorboards I absolutely could not function day by day lasdkjfa;lkdj;lkewjr Have you told anyone you loved them today? Many times. Do you have any songs stuck in your head? THIS one'll shock ya, I actually have 3OH!3's classic "DONTTRUSTME" on repeat because it's randomly stuck in my head???? Do you like watching scary movies? I love scary movies, but goddamn I apparently have to pre-screen for abusive alcoholic dads now ok cool Are you planning on getting any tattoos or piercings soon? SOON, probably not, if we're just being realistic. But goddamn do I want to get both. Do you like frogs? I love frogs <3 Are you afraid of dying? Not very. My thing is because I was raised with it and therefore my brain built around it, my childhood Christianity still whispers in my ear sometimes, "Well what if there IS a Hell?", because that is exactly where I'd be going. The current me does NOT believe some invisible control freak of a deity in the sky sends even people who were simply born without being "enlightened" of how to get to Heaven to a pit of eternal fire and unspeakable pain, but you have to remember that again: I was built around these core beliefs. Have I mentioned I fucking hate religion????????? Where’s the last place you’ve been to out of state? Virginia. Ash and the fam go up to Lake Gaston, where she got married, in Virginia regularly, and occasionally Ma and I will drive up there just for a day. Have you ever been kissed in the rain? Yeah. It was cute, he did it literally just to say we did I think, haha. We'd just gotten back to my house from doing I sure as hell don't remember what and it was raining lightly and he decided we were gonna do that today. GOD I cannot fucking get over when I talk about Jason and our memories together now, it feels like such an entirely different life now. I don't want it back. I accept that it's better in the past. I cherish what he was and leave it at that. I'm leveling up y'all alksdjfak;lwjdeoaiwehoiawje What letter does your last name start with. "D." Would you rather use a trackpad or a mouse? A motherfucking mouse, I am DONNNNEEEEE with this trackpad life w/ this laptop. Do you like steak? I am very picky with steak, like very. It has to be cooked like medium-medium well and not dry and tough as nails. And keep the fat AWAY from me omg Do you eat healthy? Weeeeell no, now I don't eat *enough*. I am always one extreme or the other, my friend. Have you ever participated in a spelling bee? I haven't, but honestly, I shoulda. In school I was so good at spelling; like you could say a big word I'd never heard/seen before and boom, spelled right. I'm actually losing that as I age... or at least, it's definitely not as impressive as when I was a kid. Do you like getting massages? If you're not my s/o oh my god do not touch me like that, massages have always felt like innately intimate to me and I don't want some stranger giving me one. Would you rather be too hot or too cold? TOO COLD oh my god I am done with the fuckin heat y'all What kind of person were you in middle school? Oh god, awkward. Sad, confused. Developing a lot of mental health problems. It's actually quite strange to me, how few memories I have of middle school compared to other periods in my life. Maybe it was the depression and all setting in, idk, but my memory is just like... this one big blur. All my teenage memories, they seem to start with Jason (who I started dating not even a month shy of 16), like I legit mean it. It's like that's when I came alive. Have you ever thought about running away? I did once. Biggest, shortest teenage angst-driven rebellion of my life. Do you like pixie sticks? I do. Have you ever played with Silly Putty? Haha, ohhhhhh did I... I specifically remember stuffing putty into the belly pouch of this plush I had of the two-headed dragons from Dragon Tales, one of my favorite childhood shows. My mom was SO mad, haha. Have you seen The Hunger Games? I saw the first movie and read the first book, but that's it. Both were fantastic. Have you ever worked at a fast food place? No. What’s on your mind right now? Something private, honestly. Have you ever sent someone sexual pictures of yourself? No. Have you ever had a concussion? Oh yes, I got one after fainting out of the shower and banging my chin directly on the bathroom floor and breaking some teeth. That. Shit. SUCKED. Have you ever been in a tanning bed? No, never will go in one. Do you know anyone who is battling cancer? I don't think so, no. Maybe I've forgotten. Have you ever donated money to a charity? Yes. What age did you have your first kiss at? I was a month into 16. Do you regret losing your virginity to whoever you lost it to? I can quite confidently say I won't unless something traumatic happens. What are your plans for tomorrow? I don’t have any. Have you ever auditioned for a talent competition? Nope. Would you rather get high or get drunk? High, so long as it's just weed. That sounds like a much better experience than being a sloppy drunk imo. Have you ever failed a drug test? No. Do you like the Silent Hill movies? First one, great, though I personally would've liked it to be more loyal to the game's plot. Second one, garbage. If I re-watch it now? It is literally to see Pyramid Head and the Nurses fuckin exclusively lmaooo
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winters-sketches · 2 years
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for that ask game. could you do spaceboy and/or hero
just did Hero, so I’ll do Spaceboy! :D
First impression: oh my god he’s so COOL. and his MUSIC AAAhhhh i think we are about to get our butts kicked lmfao
Current impression: oh honey you need a hug. and ice cream. and a warm blanket and a studio ghibli binge. let this man have nice things he deserves so much better :’)
Favorite moment: listen him waking up is one of the very few times we hear TROUBLE - NEVER/ALWAYS and that song is criminally underplayed
Idea for a Story: hmmm, just some snippets of him and his crew,, either chillin or pirating or comforting Spaceboy,, they just exude found family badass vibes and i think it’d be Neat
Unpopular Opinion: ummm… shrugs???? i guess i like his space boyfriend color scheme more than his regular color scheme? don’t have too many strong opinions about him sorry :’)
Favorite relationship: uhhhhhhhm obviously im not a fan of him and Sweetheart and I’m not too keen on his dad either… does his crew count? i think they’re all a really wholesome gang askdjfjgjhj
Favorite headcanon: IT MIGHT ACTUALLY BE CANON BUT TRANS FTM SPACEBOY BY BELOVED
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