#and his arc is already about being like fuck it I’m not my stupid dad I’m Sandu fucking Shengshou

[rabbitcrimes]

Honestly the canon rewrite I want to see is the one that asks what happens if Wei Wuxian doesn’t figure out the core transfer and Jiang Cheng doesn’t get his core back. Does Wei Wuxian still get found by Wen Chao and lose his too? What happens to the Jiang Clan? Wei Wuxian decides for him that Jiang Cheng can’t recover from losing his core, but is this true? Maybe! But what if he can? What version of Jiang Cheng emerges from that? What version of the Jiang clan!!!!! what version of Wei Wuxian!!!!

#coreless sect would go fucking crazy #especially if we take cql canon and assume wwx still has #a fucked up sword and an interest in the arcane #I mean the obvious answer is that the Jiang clan is just over #but what if it’s not #WHAT IF #also bc the Jiang clan is already about whether JC is like his parents or not #and his arc is already about being like fuck it I’m not my stupid dad I’m Sandu fucking Shengshou #SO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN HERE

[mariejordans]

Listen I adore limoreau they're the first new ship I've had in a long time and I know the show only has 8 eps but omg they're skipping so many important things with them wtf we should've gotten to see flashbacks of their first time where's the convo after all the angst last episode we need more development and depth. I really don't think they anticipated how popular they were gonna be not as a ship but just romance in general they thought it was gonna be like the boys where 99% of the fandom could not care less about who is dating who but this is a college show and the dynamics and potential of the ships is 1000% greater than that of the boys and I LOVE the boys but it's not that show. Also although the boys doesn't kill most of its characters I think gen v is gonna be different we're loosing at least one main the finale and more in s2

okay this post kinda got away from me and i just started rambling (probably nonsense) so please forgive me if none of this makes sense and/or sounds stupid 😭

first off, anon i COMPLETELY agree with you on the first point. like, don’t get me wrong, i’ve loved and appreciated all the limoreau scenes we’ve gotten so far but right now limoreau just feels a bit….underdeveloped ig? i’m not saying that the writers need to take three seasons to get them together (that would be torture), but it feels like there are so many loose ends left with them and i don’t see how they can tie them all up in the final episode, considering it’s supposed to be a tie-in to s4 of the boys and SO MUCH SHIT is happening.

it feels as if the writers shoved in as much limoreau content as they could into the first half of the season and then were like “alright that should be enough” like???? no? we have not seen a proper conversation between jordan and marie about the state of their relationship since, what, episode 5? and they never resolved the issue of jordan being insecure about marie wanting to be with ALL of them, not just their masc self? if the kiss in tonight’s episode is the last limoreau romantic content we get, i’ll be very disappointed bc i feel like they definitely could’ve at least wrapped up that arc in less than eight episodes.

and don’t get me started on what happened during the memory wipe. the two main characters had SEX and we don’t even get to see the build-up to how and why that happened? it’s not as if marie and jordan don’t remember, bc cate literally gave them their memory back, so it kinda feels like we missed a couple steps in this episode 😭 like, yes, the kiss was super cute and soft and adorable and yes i was kicking my feet and giggling, but at the same time it felt a bit “whoa why we going so fucking fast” bc as far as WE know, they haven’t really talked about the kiss or the sex. like, i feel robbed a little bit bc this is supposed to be like THE main couple 😭

i also think you might be onto something with the writers not anticipating how popular limoreau bc the boys (while they do have some beautiful ships kimchie ily) is not exactly a ship/romance-heavy show and ig they expected the audience to take after the boys?? idk if that makes sense but 🤷🏼‍♀️

as for gen v having major characters killed off, i kinda agree, i kinda don’t. i think mostly bc they’ve already killed off two major characters (luke, who i am counting even though he was alive for 1 ep bc his death was a MAJOR plot twist bc he was literally being promoted as a main/lead character, and indira) and then they also killed off dr. cardosa, so i’d say the kill count is pretty high already. i think the characters most likely to die are andre or cate (or andre’s dad but idk if i’d consider him a major death.)

i think marie and jordan are probably the safest of the main characters (KNOCK ON WOOD!!!!!!) and should they survive this season (god willing!!!!) i think they will remain safe, if not safer. limoreau are the biggest draw (for newer viewers who haven’t seen the boys at least) to the show right now in my opinion. almost everyone i encounter who likes this show got into it because of jordan and marie. i got into it bc of jordan and marie. i don’t think it’d be smart of them to kill off their most popular characters (at least, i really really hope they’re smart enough NOT to do that) so (again, KNOCK ON WOOD!!!!!!!) i think they are safe.

cate could go one of three ways i think; 1, she lives and ends up going full villain/anti-hero arc (which works well with the theory that marie is gonna blow off cate’s hands so she can’t use her power); 2, she has a whole redemption arc where she sacrifices herself for the group; and 3, (this one seems the most far-fetched to me idk if they would actually go this route) cate dies and becomes a martyr or symbol of the entire supes lives matter thing or whatever it’s called. either way, cate is going to go through some deep deep shit in the finale.

ppl have been saying emma and sam kinda have death trope written all over them, but idk i just don’t see it. i could MAYBE see one of them dying, but also not bc apparently there was a scene from one of the promo trailers of emma in the woods as a prisoner and considering this hasn’t happened yet, i’m thinking maybe it could be a cliffhanger for the end of the episode into season 2? as for sam, i honestly have no idea what the writers have planned for him. personally, i think it would be cruel to kill him off after what he experienced in the woods, not to mention his brother already is dead so it’d be kinda fucked up to kill both riordan brothers but 🤷🏼‍♀️ anything can happen in this show

as for andre, i hate to say it, but he’s kinda useless. he’s probably the weakest supe of the group if i had to pick one and i could definitely see andre dying being used as a way to either solidify cate’s villain arc or like, shock some sense into her(?) bringing her back to the good side, idk 🤷🏼‍♀️ plus there’s the whole controversy with chance, so unless andre survives and they decide to recast him, i really wouldn’t be that sorry to see him go. also, i think his dad is almost for sure dying, my main question is what the hell happened to him and how did he die bc that was random as hell.

i really just hope limoreau and cate survive, they’re probably the most interesting characters in this entire show (i may be a bit biased but it’s fiiine), plus the actors are so so so great, it’d be such a shame to lose them. i’m a little ambivalent on sam and emma, but i don’t really WANT them to die, and with andre, i kinda just don’t care for reasons explained above.

honestly, i think if they kill off another main character this season, it might lessen the chances of killing off another main character in the second season (unless they add more characters to the main cast), and if they end up surviving all the main characters, someone is def getting killed in s2, idk if it’ll be both, but again, anything can happen in this universe so i guess we’ll have to see 🤷🏼‍♀️

#i really don’t know if ANY of this makes sense bc it’s 5am and i kinda just wrote down my thoughts #and i’m not that smart either so 😭 #this was just me ranting about limoreau for a solid four to five paragraphs and then theorizing who is gonna die in the finale #gen v #gen v rambles #marie moreau #jordan li #limoreau #cate dunlap #andre anderson #emma meyer #sam riordan #dean shetty #indira shetty #luke riordan #gen v spoilers #gen v theories

[arc-misadventures]

I have to ask, even though I know most will hate me for it, but can we get the aftermath for Jeanne for I Hope to Never see you Again? I mean how will she react to her friends and family after Jaune died? That is going to bug me for a WHILE

I Will See You Again~!

Jaune: (Ahhhhh… That bright light at the end of the tunnel… I really am dead… Well, I had a nice run…)

Jaune: ( … )

Jaune: (It was an okay-ish run… I guess?)

Jaune: (Meh… that’s just how life goes…)

Jaune: (For we are a poor species born with the ultimate end goal that is death. We live to die. Such a cruel fate tis that.)

Jaune: ( We wish to live forever, yet none can beat death, and yet those rare diamonds amongst diamonds who have achieved life everlasting care death more so than any other.)

Jaune: ( To abide death we seek to carve our name upon the stone of the world, and achieve immorality through the memories of others. This so we can live on in the hearts, and minds of others, be it by our ability to inspire others the hope, and courage needed to press on! Or, to be remembered by the vile evils , and atrocities we have committed in life upon the living. To carve our names upon this stone we become immortal beings who will last the test of time eternal!)

Jaune: (Or, so we hope…)

Jaune: (For if I can so easily forget where I placed my keys, what chance does one have to be remembered for all eternity?)

Jaune: (And, how long will I be remembered? A generation, or two at best for even if they do remember me, how much will they remember beyond where a tombstone is marked…?)

Jaune: (Haa… I’m starting to regret my decision to get killed, that being said, shouldn’t I be in a nothingness void? Or, near a tree overlooking a grassy meadow? Lost in a field of golden wheat? Something, anything?)

Jaune: (Haaa… Okay then… I’ll go wherever this bright light goes. Preferably out of my eyes! Like seriously! That light is really, really bright! Get it out of my eyes!)

: Ahh… That’s a good reaction…

Jaune: (A good reaction? A good reaction to… What…?)

Jaune suddenly opened his eyes for the first time since his death to see a man dressed in a light blue, shoving a small flashlight into his shirt pocket. A sight, Jaune wasn’t expecting to see.

Jaune: I-Is that a doctor…? Why the hell is their a doctor in front of me? Did I not actually die, and instead got saved, an all that stuff before was some sort of dying dream?!)

: So, how is he doc? Is he going to be okay?

Jaune: Wait, a second! I know that voice… I know that face. And, I know that ugly beard!

Before, Jaune stood a man, with golden hair, a full a burn brown beard, and eyes that were blue as the sea. A face he learned to recognize all too well, one that he had not seen in years.

His father, Acheius Arc.

Jaune: (What the hell?! Where the hell am I?! And, why does he have his stupid beard! He shaved that off after… after… Oh you’ve got to be kidding me!)

: It’s fine, a little quiet, but noting to worry about. In the meantime, Congratulations, Mr. and, Mrs. Arc, It’s a boy.

Acheius: A boy?! Yes! Yes at long last I finally have a son!

Jaune: (W-Was I just reborn…? Did I die, and get reborn as a baby?! The fuck is this?! What kind of bullshit isekai fuckery is this?!)

: A boy…? Oh that’s wonderful! I finally have a little baby boy to smother in love, and affection! And, Acheius now bas to shave off his beard.

Acheius: W-What?!

: We agreed! If one of them was a boy, you would shave off your hideous beard! So the next time you go in for a kiss, you better be clean shaved buster!

Acheius: Yes dear…

Jaune: (I recognize that voice! That’s my mom! What’s she doing here?!)

Jaune: ( … )

Jaune: (I was just born, of course my mother, Juniper Arc would be here utter twit!!)

Jaune was placed in some sort of case, no doubt the ones they used for newborns. But, that didn’t matter, he’s already seen his dad’s ugly beard, he wants to see his mothers face again!

: Ahh, he seems to be able to recognize your voice, Mrs. Arc.

Juniper: And, what baby wouldn’t recognize their mothers voice? Can I hold him now?

: Of course. Nurse, if you would be so kind?

: My pleasure.

Jaune felt himself ascend, his feeble body being brought over to stare at the holden locks, and emerald eyes of his mother. For them it was the first time he ever stared i to his mothers eyes, but to, Jaune it was the first time in years. A rather chilling thought in all honesty.

Juniper: What a beautiful baby~! Oh, you are going to be such a good big brother I know it!

Jaune: (Gonna have to wait a couple of years until you give birth to my sisters for that to happen mom. Until then I’m going to be the… Hold on now… ‘If one of them…’ Oh… Oh dear…)

Juniper shifted her arms so, she could see the other bundle of cloth in her arms, and a pair of all to familiar eyes stared back at him.

Juniper: Jaune, say hi, to, Jeanne your baby sister~!

Jeanne: (J-Jaune?! Jaune is that you?! Isn’t this amazing! We’ve been reborn! And, you’re my older brother now! Isn’t this amazing?!)

To them, they probably heard the usually baby sounds. “Goo-goo, gaga.” Weird noises, babies made. But, to, Jaune he heard what she ‘said’ as plan as day. And, as the facts of his rebirth, and the news of of his younger twin sister, Jeanne Arc floated through his mind. Jaune, did the only thing any baby could do.

Jaune: ( … )

He screamed his little mouth off.

Jaune: (FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!)

~~~

Originally I was planning on making this, and “I Hope to Never see you Again” one post. But, the tone shift between them would be too jarring.

So, two separate stories!

Also, the Swapped AU isn’t done, not yet that is.

Well then: Do enjoy~!

#rwby #jaune arc #jeanne arc #acheius arc #juniper arc

[tedhugheshater]

Ranting ahead.

Sex Education S4 is pure shit, by the way. I’m so sad. It used to be one of my most fave shows but it became so… soulless and boring and cliche and performative. A massive cash-grab focusing too much on annoying, one dimensional characters (when will they give Cal a personality?). The portraits of people aren’t genuine anymore and instead have been replaced by “forced inclusion” - though I hate the term, as conservatives use it too broadly just to be homophobic.

I loved the “one case per episode” type of thing, and here it was completely left behind; the cases were either briefly shallowly explored (say, Viv’s abusive relationship), or with serious scenes shown as funny (the sex scene with Adam’s dad at the beginning of I-Don’t-Know-Which Episode was too… rapey? And we are supposed to just feel embarrassed for him or laugh it off).

Characterisation was more or less okay; I liked that they continued with Otis thing with sex, but there were some flaws too. For example, I don’t really think “Insufferable Feminist” Maeve would’ve continued pressuring Otis into sex once she realised something was wrong.

Side note: I’ve rooted for them since S1 E1, that ending, seriously? Ridiculous. I’m glad Maeve is pursuing her dreams etc, but the dualism of Dreams Vs Romance was already explored in S3, and, for the sake of having a cheesy happy ending like all people wanted, why not have him go to the USA too? His horrible dad could’ve tried to get him come with him for his whole book stuff, or as a fake apology. That would’ve been great for a scene where Otis’ MRA dad meets Riot Grrrl Maeve. It would’ve been funny. It could’ve given a message. And it would help characterisation of everyone involved. On top of that, it would be interesting to explore more Jean’s journey after being left, and definitely Otis’ abandonment issues. Could’ve also been cool to talk about mother’s rights and custody.

Joanna’s CSA trauma was thrown at you and never fully (guess the word!) explored either besides from implying hyper sexuality. I must admit I liked her, though. It was a nice addition - but too sudden. Seems like a desperate try at “Quick! How do we solve this plot hole!?”. Besides, the way they “well, that just happened” over Jean’s difficulty giving birth AND Joy’s dad identity??? Insane.

The whole subplot with Eric’s dreams were, at first, a shimmer of previous seasons’ whimsy, but then it became boring too. Eric’s character in general was done dirty this season, to be honest (he would not fucking wear that! Slay is dead). And his connection with religion has already been talked about till death. Please give my boy a hobby oh my God.

I missed the monster-fucker girl. She reminded me of one of my primary school friends.

Don’t even let me started on the new school thing itself. It was horrid. Like…. not even the clothes were safe from my hate.

Nevertheless there were some good scenes, like Maeve meeting Jean, or her and Otis’ first time. That was cute. The first episode was quite cool too. But all that felt somehow overshadowed by the stupid decisions - the episode about the Queer Party? That was pretty much ass. Not only performative, shallow, and with generic dialogue, but why was everyone making out all of a sudden? Romantic arcs and tension found dead. Now senseless fan service shipping only. Same goes for Aimee and Isaac, what the fuck was that, what happened to “straight men and straight women can be friends”? Too many useless romances for my taste. The pacing and editing were also disgusting in that episode.

Anyways, I was talking about the positive parts. There were a few more, but off the top of my head I liked when they protested for accessibility. I also liked when the teachers (I can’t remember their names! The english and music/biology couple) came back for Maeve’s mom’s funeral. That episode was nice, it felt accurate. I am glad Sean was back for that. Otis and Maeve dating was cute. It’s such a pity they were separated again. Also enjoyed that they talked about postpartum depression, even if a bit too in your face at times. Aimee and Adam were lovely as always. I liked how his dad is still working on himself. Ruby’s past and trauma was also a good subject. I love Ruby, even if Maeve is and will always be my girl. The thing with O was interesting! As well as the campaign. The humour was refreshing every now and then! I found it funny how Adam’s dad tried to bond with random stuff, and how, of all people, he thought he was gay for Clint Eastwood. And his gun. That chat, and how Adam’s mom later talks about “the girl with the long neck” were a nice detail.

So it really bothered me how this season definitely had a lot of potential that was wasted by such nonsensical decisions like all the ones I mentioned. Big glow down.

Tl;dr: Too Netflixesque to my tase.

#q slur #<- god the whole ‘queer’ thing was so so so insufferable! #and by that i mean it was THE definition of rainbow capitalism in my opinion #and what happened to wlw couples??????? helloooo?????? the closest thing to that we got was Cal and the deaf girl #but then we had to focus on gender dysphoria and stuff like oh my god when will we allow lesbians to thrive #i adored the lesbian character that was in Moordale. I can’t recall her name; but the one who cheated lol #sex education spoilers #this is half baked so bear with me #sex education #sex education series #sex education netflix #sex ed spoilers #sex ed s4 #maeve wiley #otis milburn #side note. i have been an otis apologist i am an otis apologist i will be an otis apologist #he is the most idiotic ever ❤️ #that is my most problematic take #mine

[sapphickx]

some hermie theories/predictions

because he was barely present in the last episode and he is still super blorbo-fied in my brain here are some of my predictions on this little weirdo:

After going through few more batman villain characters the teens/maybe specifically normal will call him out for all the method acting bullshit and through some means convince hermie to stop constantly method acting. So then for like the first time both us and the characters see what the actual hermie is like, and this is like some grade a angst potential. I’m talking like; hermie constantly acting like other characters because he thinks his own personality sucks / has no real personality. Not knowing who he really is. Just some nice identity crisis shit. Can also be a parallel to Normal’s arc, cus we love parallels in this household, also it would be cute for them to bond over

At some point in the campaign our boy is doodler-ized. we know the doodler can easily controll/manipulate people who are over obsessed with something. and hermie seems pretty obsessed with perfectly embodying fictional characters. So maybe the doodler could fuck his mind up and all the teens will have to deal with that. At that point it’s up to them whether they fight/kill him, banish him, or try to save him. we know that doodler-ized people can be saved if they’re convince that the thing they’re obsessed with is wrong/not worth it. So maybe they convince him that being himself is more important than any role. again, some nice identity angst but with eldritch horror this time. bonus points if he and normal’s relationship is a lil more developed and normal can be the one to get through to hermie (i know “saved by the power of love” is corny but gotdamit i like corny!)

hermie is revealed to be somehow connected to the s1 dads/ s2 dads / doodler / willy / anything else already established in universe. Maybe he’s somehow from the forggoten realms? Maybe he’s some kind of chaotic creation of the doodler? oh god what if he’s somehow related to scam / mark likely, it’s sounds kinda stupid but he does give likely vibes sometimes. Idk something similar to the Paeden reveal from S1. I feel like anthony likes / is good at doing crazy reveals like that so maybe that will happen with hermie.

and finally maybe... he’s just like a comic relief npc guy? like me and a lot of other fans like him but compared to paeden he doesnt have the super strong instant connections to the rest of the team. which is pretty expected since paeden was a funny lil guy who the dads and audience instantly fell in love with and wanted to keep. so maybe... hermie might just stay a joke character. maybe he wont develop, and eventually he’ll leave the group or get killed. idk this is kind of a pessimistic view, knowing anthony i’m sure he’ll find some way to emotionally devastate us with hermie eventually. i would love to see hermie develop and do some introspective shit, but it’s all up to anthony (who’s already got a lot to do) and the teens interest in the character.

Anyways, just felt like writing a bunch about hermie my weird boy hermie. if any of these happen then uuhhhh... im big brain smart cool girl idk. 

#sorry for the block of text! #this is just what my brain needed lol #dndads #dungeon and daddies #long post #text post #fan theory #dndads s2 #hermie the unworthy #hermie unworthy #oakworthy

[bonefall]

A lot of the family changes are amazing. I mean to me Red and Spotted have always been Rose’s kits it’s just so perfect. Since in this rewrite Dove and I’m guessing Ivy are Lion kits maybe BirchWhite could instead have Icekit and Foxkit. These are originally FernDust kits but Ice being a little clone of her grandpa is adorable to me, and Fox would get his red as the undercoat from his momma Whitewing.

I don’t know if you’ve gotten as far as TNP but if you have what are some changes your thinking of? It’s such a interesting arc that fell so hard when it could’ve been one of the best. Lastly will DoveTiger still be canon?

Ivy and Dove are Lion/Cinder kittens yep!

Oh shit your brain. That's a really cool idea and completely plausible. It wouldn't change a lot either since Ice and Fox don't even HAVE kits of their own...

Fox would just have a lot of his grandmom's ginger with a white belly, and Ice would look exactly like Whitewing and her dad. I will consider it. I can't make any promises since I do try not to change too much, but that's a really cute thought

The New Prophecy

I have a LOT of thoughts but haven't written anything down yet. For TPB, I have a very clear uniting theme in mind. It is about the authoritarian sickness within Clan culture going terminal and sparking a reckoning, "Fire Alone."

For TNP, I know that it's about the residual effects of that. Many of Tigerclaw's supporters are still around, and a LOT of them are in RiverClan, but I still don't have A Phrase for it (which is my extremely arbitrary method for knowing when I'm CONFIDENT about my message).

Hawkfrost is not only being groomed by Tigerstar in his dreams, Blackclaw plays a role, and so does Leopardstar. On some level, ALL of RiverClan has enabled him, or failed to protect him. Just like they failed to protect Feathertail and the other half-clan cats.

I'm also changing Brambleclaw significantly. The Erins want it both ways; they wanted him to train with his dad in the Dark Forest, but also didn't want to say he might actually not be a "fundamentally" good person.

So, instead, they write him the WORST possible way; borderline oblivious to reality in spite of every woman in his life telling him, DIRECTLY, "Brambleclaw you are doing something stupid," lashing out defensively every time someone suggests he isn't entitled to doing whatever the fuck he wants, and ultimately being REWARDED for this behavior by being able to "prove" his loyalty to Firestar by... uhhh... NOT killing his leader.

So, I am approaching all four Tiger siblings with a very clear idea of each one's role:

Tawnypelt has utterly rejected Tiger and his ideals, but is still finding punishment for her childhood choices (yet, she is the one leading the Sundrown Patrol; StarClan shines on her).

Brambleclaw is falling down the rabbithole and pulls himself out by realizing what he's becoming. Firestar makes him step down as deputy after the fox trap incident.

Hawkfrost is the too-far-gone, the one you can no longer save because he thinks if you're against him, you need to be eradicated

And, lastly, Mothwing is his pawn and victim, and Hawkfrost accidentally impales himself as she pulls out the fox trap.

So, Tigersiblings aside, there are other solid plans as well,

The Lake is getting a reworked map with borders than CAN shift.

The Tribe is obviously going to be different. The Clans may end up spending more time with them before heading to the Lake.

The Clans take time to gather supplies before moving on. Hawkfrost spends time with Brambleclaw at this point, the Tribe's culture is better explored. Filler for worldbuilding and character reasons.

Runningnose, Tangleburr, Blackclaw are getting more screentime (more than zero lmao)

Blackstar and Leopardstar are spicier. The softening retcons are being WRENCHED out.

Hawkfrost is probably going to fake more signs, leveraging Mothwing to deceive Leafpool into having that Bramble Claws prophecy.

There's more but this ask is already beefy and I need to just compile all the TNP stuff somewhere

TigerDove?

TigerDove IS staying canon with major fixes. Tigerheart is her age. He's Tawnypelt and Rowanclaw's newest from a single-kit litter. Flametail and Dawnpelt are his older siblings.

But with that said, there are going to be major changes to PO3. As much as I'm trying to change as little as possible, PO3 and OOTS are the messiest arcs EVER produced by Warriors and imo there's no way to salvage it without major changes.

I'm DEAD set on Lionblaze being the father of Dovewing and Hollytuft (replacing Larksong functionally); so there has to be BIG changes to his relationship with Brambleclaw or else I'm making two unacceptable exceptions for my reworked family tree. (Dove and Tiger being 1st cousins by adoption, not just fostering, and Sparkpelt being Larksong/Hollytuft's aunt by adoption, not just fostering)

(On that note ive been really careful to this point to make sure all previous 'adoptions' have been fosterings and wet nursings for this reason, but it was going to come up eventually. I am trying to count full adoptions as true siblings on the tree. As you can see, this is extremely difficult. Clans are so fucking ssMALL!!)

So... Option 1 is for Bramble to disown the three at that gathering, and Lion/Bramble never see each other as son/father ever again. Lion identifies as Squirrelflight's son with no sire OR as the forbidden son of Leafpool, Dove, Ivy, and Holly/Lark never see themselves as Tigerkin.

Option 2 is that Squirrelflight simply refuses to involve Brambleclaw in her plan with her sister. She tells him, instead, that she cheated on him and the kits are not his. When pressed on who, she invokes the Queen's Rights to not reveal. She raises the kits alone.

Neither option is completely perfect, but I have to make some sort of sacrifice here. Option 2 is less problematic for the family tree. Option 1 is closer to canon and preserves a favorite part of the PO3/OOTS angst.

#Family tree #Warrior cats family tree #Lionblaze #Brambleclaw #Tawnypelt #Mothwing #Bonefall Rewrite #Squirrelflight #Icecloud #Foxleap #Dovewing #Tigerheart

[phoenixyfriend]

When Obi-Wan gets to AotC, there's also about two dozen Anakin clones on-site. They're all girls because... IDK Anakin is trans. They have a hive mind and are developmentally a few years younger than Anakin himself.

It's incredibly unsettling to Obi-Wan.

It's almost definitely a "fuck with Anakin's already fragile mental health" ploy by Palpatine, along with a "what if Jedi Black Widows, for me, a Sith Lord. Wouldn't that be neat? That would be neat."

Anakin is torn between "this freaks me out" and "GANG OF BABY SISTERS LET'S GOOOOOOO."

(I just finished reading Like Real People Do by glimmerglanger, so this is definitely inspired by that and the obligatory 'lay back in bed and daydream variations on plot points of that fic you just really enjoyed,' and also a little by Same Heart, Same Blood by loosingletters.)

They're physically like 14-16 on average, and Anakin's vibrating out of his skin with a million conflicting emotions, but when he tells Padme she's just like "oh, you have a handmaiden gang!"

I told this to @willowcrowned and she suggested:

Once Anakin decides to repress the part of him that’s weirded out and just regard them as baby sisters he gets. A little strange about it The first time one of them dies he may or may not slaughter every person he can [in response to Padme's comment] Anakin starts worrying that he needs to get them cool matching outfits

I also chatted about it with @firebirdeternal and they said:

Gang of Unsettling Smol Siblings is exactly the Karma that Anakin deserves

Do you think the Clones have a kind of Collective Name that they use at first that eventually just kind of morphs into a new last name? Skysisters or something? Like Palpatine was trying to be clever and name them like the Nightsisters.

I initially went with "functionally one person" hive-mind but I'm torn.

I think maybe they're BASICALLY one person on Kamino but drift into Separate Consciousness once they're far enough apart physically that their minds don't blend from proximity anymore.

Then they start Dating (like half of them are dating Fett clones because they grew up with these dudes, it's like childhood friends romance), and Anakin loses his mind about Protecting Them and They're Too Young.

Padme: You're nineteen and we just got married, they can date. Anakin: THEY'RE EIGHT. Padme: And the Fett clones are ten and dying for us in the field. Get them rights before you panic about their love lives.

Firebird:

it could be worse, one of them could imprint on Obi-Wan. "Anakin I promise I won't yell at you for the next five stupid things you do if you can figure out a way to stop this baby from having a crush on me" (I like the idea of Obi-wan bargaining not with "I won't be mad at you ever" because they Both Know That's Not True, and instead haggling with specific allowances. Like he's handing out Stupidity Coupons)

Please imagine Mace and Obi-Wan's personal responses to the idea of suddenly having to deal with not one, not two, but OVER TWENTY SKYWALKERS.

Plo is delighted to take one off their hands.

So is Yoda.

Willow:

Mace is like. okay suicide isn’t the Jedi way but on the other hand. i physically cannot deal with this Yoda: a skywalker, you say? one who is tall enough to reach the top shelf, you say? such a skywalker, bring me

Anakin would be given at least one because fuck you, suffer with us, but he's still a padawan so Ugh, fine, no.

I want to say one stays on Coruscant to hang out with the Guard, and ends up half-adopted by Padme. She keeps dressing up the Aniclone left with her in handmaiden outfits and sending selfies to Anakin.

"Hanging out with the little SiL!"

Anakin has so many issues about WHEN his genetic material was acquired.

And there's some confusion from the Fett clones about how much of a hive mind is normal for Jedi. They are confused that the answer is basically none, and "this is WHY nobody clones a Jedi"

ONE OF THEM STEALS BOBA FROM THE ARENA ON GEONOSIS.

Firebird:

"I have followed in our progenitor's footsteps and acquired a sibling." holds up a struggling Boba "He bites."

Willow:

Ooooo okay so if they have a sort of hive mind then they probably don’t have names other than their designations on Kamino right BUT When they SEPARATE The one that picks Boba up on Geonosis gets a name specifically for that. Okay what if the one Padmé picks up gets some variant on ‘pretty’ because she’s always being dressed up BELLE Maybe Yoda’s Ani has a name that means thief? Because obviously Yoda is using Anakin to steal sweets

So, to make the timeline work...

I don't think anyone would give Anakin one of his sisters until after he's knighted at least.

So obviously when they're doing initial placements none of the sisters go to him or Obi-Wan.

Once he's knighted, of course they're already all placed with someone, and Anakin instead gets Ahsoka. He loves Ahsoka. She is also a little sister. He said so.

At some point afterwards, one of the sisters is left without a place because the Master that was in charge of her died in the field battle.

That sister then gets placed with Obi-Wan, because he's already mostly-successfully raised one Skywalker, so he can do it again.

Anakin gets to hang out with her basically all the time.

Ahsoka is very very jealous of this girl stealing Anakin's attention.

Anakin is oblivious to the rivalry.

He asks Barriss to look after them while he's discussing Adult War Things with Luminara and Obi-Wan, and Barriss gets an eye into This Mess, which is quickly colored by Ahsoka growing a puppy crush on the lovely Miss Offee herself.

Firebird:

Ahsoka: Ah yes, my nemesis. Anisister: Ah yes, my new older sister whom I want to impress so bad.

"I will impress her by being Stoic and Competent" "Oh my god she must think she's so much better than me what a bitch"

Anakin is oblivious to most things to be fair Anakin: Laser focused precision fighting machine who can read the tiniest body movements and predict your moves seconds in advance, who also cannot understand even the most basic social nuance. I was originally writing this as to Dunk on Anakin but then I made myself sad, because none of those things are really his fault.

So you know that post about like, Sasuke and Brooding, specifically in the context of "Brooding" as it's used to refer to Nesting Chickens? Grouchy and protective and sitting on a tennis ball trying to hatch it because they're just. "These are my Babies." Anakin Broods. Baby sisters. Must protecc. "I'm actually fine and extremely deadly in combat." "MUST PROTECT."

Bad Guy: [catches Ahsoka in a Trap] Aniclone: Must rescue sister! Aniclone: [fights, is not winning fight, gets ouched] Ahsoka tearing her way out of Trap: I lived bitch. Also: stay the fuck away from her. [murders so hard]

Ahsoka catches the Protective Older Sib feels by the traditional method: "Hey, only I'm allowed to be mean to them."

Willow:

Oh Anakin has no clue what’s going on. He walks in on Ahsoka glaring at the Ani and is like!!! Little sisters!!! Bonding!!! When Ahsoka was about three seconds away from tossing her out of the airlock. Ahsoka mistakenly assumes that Barriss has a crush on the Ani, and gets even MORE jealous.

Obi-Wan is like oh god. I can’t take care of an Anakin going through puberty again. He’s great with periods and other stuff because he read about a billion books. He is TERRIBLE with everything else, as he was the first time.

Barriss is like???? YOU'RE BOTH CHILDREN, PLEASE CALM DOWN, I HAVE ZERO INTEREST IN DATING ANYONE, LET ALONE SOMEONE YOUR AGE.

IDK how old Obi-Wan's Aniclone is, probably physically the same age as Ahsoka?

Per @atagotiak on discord:

Also something something, similarities btw Anakin and Obi-Wan where like. "Am I a parent? That seems uncomfortable, I'm too young to be a dad to a kid this age, I mean I'm cool with being a mentor/caretaker but..."

Obi-Wan can't even sidestep parenthood this time.

"Is Anakin basically your dad?" "Uhhhhhh" [Muffled discussion] "So Obi-Wan is your dad." "Okay!" "WAIT NO I DIDN'T AGREE TO THIS"

Ahsoka: She's stealing my brother, that BITCH. Obi-Wan's Aniclone: new sister new sister new sister gotta make a good impression

Firebird:

I feel like the Sister Squad would make very effective interstellar espionage agents Even like, kind of by accident. They just get encouraged to branch out in their interests and figure out what they want to do with their lives and end up all over the dang place, and since they're all pretty dang competent they tend to gravitate towards Important Positions wherever they end up. Except for one sister who just retires to raise Space Sheep.

I like that in this AU Palpatine is just like "I will create an army of Loyal Murderers who will obey my every whim and also be a big psychological lever on my Other Pet Murderer," and then they all just Baby Duckling imprint on the first Jedi to be nice to them instead and he has to just be like "Wait no not like that."

AND one of them Steals Boba

I want Obi-Wan's Aniclone to start dating Fives. All the sisters judge her for it, because he's a Goof. A very competent, ARC Trooper goof! But a goof.

Not as goofy as Anakin, though.

Firebird:

Who expects a clone of Anakin Skywalker to not make questionable lifelong romantic choices impulsively?

#Anakin Skywalker #Ahsoka Tano #Obi Wan Kenobi #Disaster Lineage #Sheev Palpatine #Skeevy Sheev #cloning #Yoda #Mace Windu #Skysisters AU #trans anakin skywalker #Phoenix Posts #hive mind #Padme Amidala #Anidala

[redux-iterum]

Ok, here's a little challenge for you and the editors; roast for me 10 WC couples of your choice.

This was fun! We each took five with a bonus from the editor, and you can read our complaints after the readmore.

LYNX (editor)

Violetshine X Tree: I'm still trying to get through the latter half of AVOS, so I haven't seen their first time meeting up or them falling in love or anything like that. What makes me rather uncomfortable with this couple is that Tree's old enough to be Violetshine's father. Pebbleshine and Hawkwing were already young lovers, but with the release of Tree's Roots, one can calculate Tree to be born around the same time as Hawkwing. He even meets a heavily pregnant Pebbleshine when he's around fifteen months old. Honestly, if his and Violetshine's dynamic in late AVOS is good enough for a Warriors couple, I'm willing to just headcanon him as at most eight months older than her to make it more palatable. By the way, this has nothing to do with the ages when they meet up. Violet's a year old by Darkest Night and nearly an adult if her sister's warrior assessment is anything to go by.

Clear Sky X Storm: It's been some years since I read DotC, but the love drama in The Sun Trail was pretty stupid. Especially the insta-love thing. Maybe it was an insta-attraction? But this is Warriors and we can't have that, noooooooooo...

Clear Sky X Star Flower: Everyone's gone on with how Clear Sky getting with his son's ex is rather dubious, but what is often neglected is the fact that Star Flower can make choices too! She made the choice to go for her ex's dad which is about as questionable as Clear Sky's choice! My personal headcanon is that she's the kitty equivalent of a gold-digger.

Pebbleshine X Hawkwing: Alright, so you're either of these two nitwits who've recently become a warrior. Your very way of life has been drastically upturned by someone you thought you could trust. You've lost family and friends to your betrayal, and what's worse is you've lost your home. The world you've known for your whole life has been ripped form you and you have to keep ambling forward with the hope that the place you'll finally settle in will be worth all this hardship. The path ahead of you is long, uncertain, and dangerous, and you'll need to have a clear head to have a hope of surviving this season. SOUNDS LIKE THE PERFECT TIME TO BOINK AND START A FAMILY, AM I RIGHT?

Bumblestripe X Dovewing: Pushy, inconsiderate, trademark Nice Guy, from questioning why they haven't had children yet at some random meeting to suggesting they have children at her friend's funeral, everyone's said it already. Bumblestripe is not a good cat for Dovewing. I'm glad she's not with him since that makes her happy. But... Tigerfartstar X Dovewing: Yeah, Dovewing, your taste in toms is awful. This temperamental, arrogant, patronizing shipdit, while not as bad as Bimbostripe over there, is still pretty bad. It's been a long while since I read OotS and I haven't yet read Tigerheart's Shadow, but I probably should to get a refresher on why I hate this couple.

DULLARD

Bristlefrost x Rootspring: So ignoring that Rootspring as a -paw is a whiny, overly defensive putz that acts self-conscious about having Tree as his father, Bristlefrost does not ONCE show interest in him. Not once. Count ‘em, zero times. In fact, she’s aware of his crush on her and is embarrassed whenever he comes around and whenever people notice him staring at her. She actively avoids him and speaks curtly, even rudely, to try and drive him off. Then, out of buttfuck nowhere, she says she has feelings for him once he’s a warrior? When they’ve barely interacted beyond her spurring his affections? Fuck with that?

Crowpaw x Feathertail: Feathertail, you’re a nice girl. You’re team mom and almost a second in command to Brambleclaw. Everyone likes you. So why in the good god damn fuck does a pissant like Crowpaw (an apprentice at the time, by the way) deserve your recognition, let alone your love? You could get literally any other cat you wanted to, and you go for the fruit that was formerly hanging the lowest, but dropped off the tree and is now rotting on the floor. He is nothing but a dick to you and only starts being remotely kind two seconds before you die. Please love yourself and do better in StarClan.

Bluefur x Oakheart: Speaking of low hanging fruit, this is a very, very easy one to dunk on. It’s moreso the fact that this entire “relationship” is treated as one of the great tragic romances in this series than anything else. The two of them talk, what, two or three times? And then have exactly one night together before Bluefur kills one of their kits and shoves the other two on him and then that’s it. That’s all they had. A one night stand and child death. What a love story. Why does Bluefur think Thrushpelt is the worse option, again?

Dustpelt x Fernpaw: GOD, this relationship is creepy. I still get simultaneously unnerved and mad whenever I read the first arc, because Dustpelt initially seems like he’ll go with Sandstorm before she stupidly falls in love with Fireheart, but then he sets his sights on someone so much younger than him that he actually asks if he can mentor her instead of his original apprentice (her brother, fun fact). Let me emphasize that, because he is actively seeking a power imbalance in this relationship, and he clearly intends to eventually get with her. Bear in mind that she is still being treated like she’s a young kid, if not a teenager, by the narrative. I could be here all day on this fucking topic, but let’s move on.

Berrynose x Poppyfrost: We all know what I’m going to say here. Berrynose having the brass to say loving things to a dying, agonizing Honeyfern after she spent all this time pining after him, and then less than two months later, he shacks up with her sister. That is the coldest thing he could possibly have done to her. The fact that the writers decided that she’s totally okay with the relationship and takes care of her sister’s dead kits like they’re hers is extra terrible. Like, she still gets the scraps when she’s dead? Seriously?

#ask #readmore #relationships #shipping #i speak #lynx #editor #rant

[makeste]

BnHA 323: “I Don’t Know How to Explain to You That You Should Care About Other People”

Previously on BnHA: Kacchan was all, “Izuku, I’m sorry.” Bakugou Stans were all, “[sobs for a week straight and tearfully awards him the Nobel Prize for character development].” Deku was all, “[faints in Kacchan’s arms].” Iida was all, “[trying to decide if Ochako genuinely tried to kill him a few minutes ago].” Horikoshi was all, “NO TIME FOR HUGS WE MUST GET BACK TO UA.” The civilians holed up at U.A. were all, “WE TOOK A VOTE AND DECIDED THAT WE’RE ALL GOING TO BE JERKS ABOUT THIS AND MAKE A BIG FUSS ABOUT YOU LETTING DEKU BACK INTO THE SCHOOL.” Deku was all “[stands there looking like he expected nothing less and breaking my heart more and more with each passing moment].” Ochako was all, “that does it, looks like I’m gonna have to do something about this... next chapter, that is.”

Today on BnHA: Flashback!Rat Principal is all “I just want you all to know that I spent nine million dollars turning U.A. into a giant Battleship-style grid that can burrow underground and zoom around in a giant subway maze because Horikoshi lacks a grounded understanding of both civil engineering and economics.” Back in the present day, Jeanist is all, “EVERYONE TAKE HEED, MY COMRADES AND I HAVE DEEMED IT EXPEDIENT TO CONVEY THIS AUSPICIOUS YOUTH BACK TO THIS STRONGHOLD. WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE MAY DEPEND UPON YOUR GOODWILL AND ACQUIESCENCE TO THESE TERMS.” The civilians were all, “NO.” Ochako was all, “EMPATHY, MOTHERFUCKERS, DO YOU SPEAK IT?!” The civilians were all, “oh shit.” Anyway so Ochako is a giant badass, but I’m a little worried that she’s going to get struck by lightning. Please come down from there.

so before we start this chapter, I would just like to apologize for having not posted the ch 321 recap yet, and would like to reassure everyone, and especially Iida who is staring at me with Sad Wobbly Guilt Trip Eyes, that I will get to that as soon as I can

OMG FLASHBACK??

yes please Horikoshi please show us more of class 1-A and their Deku intervention strategy jam sessions

oh dear

Iida you are too pure and good for this cruel world. [sprays the U.A. civilians with a water bottle] NO. BAD CIVILIANS! NO OSTRACIZING SCARED AND EXHAUSTED CHILDREN IN THE HOUSE

EXCUSE ME RAT PRINCIPAL WHAT’S WITH THESE MIXED MESSAGES

???

RAT PRINCIPAL: he’s free to return to us at any time!!

ALSO RAT PRINCIPAL: but it’s too risky for him to return to us

?? ??????? ?????????????????????

so now he’s going on about how strong the U.A. Barrier is, and how it’s comparable to the defensive capabilities of Tartarus. this would have sounded a lot more impressive before chapter 297 lol

OH!!!! HELLO, WHAT’S THIS!!!

A TIMELY CALLBACK TO A CERTAIN MYSTERIOUS EVENT WHICH HASN’T BEEN REFERENCED SINCE USJ? [U.A. TRAITOR MUSIC INTENSIFIES]

so now Rat Principal says he upgraded U.A.’s security systems with his own “modifications”, whatever the fuck that means. I mean look, I’ve been saying for a long time now that U.A. is the best place for everyone to hole up, don’t get me wrong. but that was mostly on account of there not being any other practical alternatives. but you’re making it sound like you figured out a way to actually make it Decay-proof or some wild shit like that

-- hold up, DID YOU ADD A FORCE FIELD. DID YOU TRICK THIS SCHOOL OUT WAKANDA-STYLE YOU CRAZY MARSUPIAL. HOLY SHIT. because that would actually be perfect

LMAO

WHAT KIND OF GALAXY BRAIN BULLSHIT. “NAH THERE’S NO NEED FOR A FORCE FIELD, LET’S JUST PUT WHEELS ON IT”

oh okay so the whole campus is basically capable of burrowing itself underground. that’s insane lol I wonder how they pulled that off. probably got poor Cementoss working overtime

blah blah blah so basically the entire campus is split into a grid and each section of the grid is capable of its own independent movement. lol this is just the Merone Base from KHR. you thought no one would notice this casual plagiarism ten years after the fact, but YOU UNDERESTIMATED YOUR AUDIENCE, HORIKOSHI

“joke’s on you imma just lampshade it” WELL ALL RIGHT THEN

“look at me I’m so fucking self-aware” fucking swear to god. I can’t believe this man is my favorite mangaka of all time smdh

“excuse me, I wasn’t finished describing all the rest of this bullshit yet,” Rat Principal breaks in impatiently. “we also added a steel wall all around the underground of the campus that’s 3000 steel plates thick. that’s fifteen fucking meters of solid fucking steel just fyi. and if anyone fucks around with any part of it the defense system will activate immediately! and also all of the plates are independently motorized, whatever the fuck that means!! in conclusion you’re gonna need a fucking tower crane to suspend all of your disbelief by the time I’m through with this paragraph”

“also Shiketsu is almost as reinforced as U.A. but not quite because we still had to make sure we were better.” but of course. and apparently the two schools are connected via a secret tunnel as Hagakure mentioned earlier

LSDKFJLSDKJFLK

“WAIT WHAT” LMAO YOU HEARD HIM, NOW INASA CAN VISIT YOU BOTH IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND TELL YOU ALL ABOUT THE WEIRD DREAM HE HAD. GOD BLESS YOU HORIKOSHI

(ETA: moment of appreciation for Shouto and Katsuki having the same thought at the same time and making Knowing Eye Contact and saying the exact same thing out loud in perfect unison like the best friends they are. what a blessed day.)

so Tokoyami is all “but wait if you engineered all this shit all the way back during the Band arc how did you even know that Tomura’s quirk awakening would become a thing, Horikoshi -- uh, I mean, Principal Nezu”

and Rat Principal is all “lol idk”

“basically I just woke up one morning and was all ‘say, you know what this school really needs? a fifteen-meter-thick underground steel wall, and the ability to break up into little pieces that individually zoom around wherever the fuck they want.’ jesus christ. lol if money and common sense were apparently no obstacle why didn’t you just teleport U.A. to the fucking moon or something. maybe I should shut up before I given him any ideas

dsfaelkjldkjgl

you heard it here first, folks, all of this cost a grand total of nine million U.S. dollars. well technically it cost “more than” nine million dollars. never has that distinction been more important lmao. are we sure this barrier was really made of steel and not cardboard? who the hell sold it to them, Ea-Nasir??

this is my favorite manga series of all time. yes I am ashamed

“in conclusion please do your best to reach Deku-kun” SO WHAT WAS ALL THAT NONSENSE ABOUT IT BEING TOO RISKY THEN. anyway thank you for this super informative and edifying flashback, Horikoshi. I will cherish it always. I don’t even want to read another translation of this absurdity lmao, there’s something special about it just the way it is. pretty sure Horikoshi just had a cracked out fever dream one night and transferred it to the pages of the manga verbatim

anyway so back to the unruly mob

not their finest moment. please excuse me while I cover poor Deku’s ears and give him a good shoosh pap

oh wow the parents are out here too

is Mitsuki trying to hold Inko back?? that’s the last thing this fandom needs right now is more Mitsuki discourse fffwlkjs. and even Jiroudad, scientifically proven to be the best dad in all of BnHA, is just standing there silently looking vaguely unhappy. way to rise to the moment you guys

MONOMA

so this settles it for me that Aizawa is not at UA. I know a lot of people have been wondering about his whereabouts, and if I had to wager a guess it would be that something happened with Shirakumo/Kurogiri. I can’t think of anything else -- even the loss of an eye and a limb -- that would keep him from his kids at a time like this

anyway but this is excellent Monoma content right here though. I love that he apparently adopted Eri after a single interaction with her. also WHERE IS SHINSOU DAMMIT. THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW

and Kouta’s there too looking like he wants to run over to Deku but Ragdoll won’t let him :/

it’s gotta be pretty upsetting for him to see his hero like this and not having anyone stand up for him. [taps megaphone] IS THIS THING ON. OKAY YEAH IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING. AHEM. PAGING URARAKA OCHAKO. GONNA NEED YOU TO GET OVER HERE ALREADY AND MAKE THAT BIG DRAMATIC SPEECH WHICH YOU ARE CLEARLY DYING TO MAKE. IF YOU DON’T DO IT SOON I’M GONNA HAVE TO STEP IN, AND YOU REALLY DON’T WANT ME TO DO THAT SINCE MY SPEECH WILL NOT BE VERY GOOD OR INSPIRING, AND WILL PROBABLY JUST CONSIST OF “HELLO, YOU ARE ALL STUPID, PLEASE SHUT UP AND GO AWAY”

so now Mic is telling them to calm down. at least someone’s speaking up here, geez

OH MY GOD

MY MAN JEANIST OUT HERE DOING WHAT HE DOES BEST: MAKING EVERYONE FEEL GUILTY AND JUDGED

OH MY GOD HE IS GIVING SUCH A LONG AND BORING SPEECH LMAO IS YOUR STRATEGY TO PUT THEM ALL TO SLEEP OR WHAT

truly in awe of this man’s ability to take messages which could easily be conveyed in ELI5-speak, and stubbornly convert them into incomprehensible language the likes of which you need a graduate degree in order to understand

“hey guys, so originally our plan was to use Deku as bait for the villains, but that didn’t really work and also we realized it was kinda dumb and was probably gonna get him killed, so we brought him back here instead.” was that really so hard, Jeanist. also are we all really just gonna sit back here and watch Jeanist take full credit for Bakugou’s plan just like that lmao

(ETA:

WHERE DID ENDEAVOR GO AND WHO IS THIS DIABOLICAL MASTER OF DISGUISE. lol I genuinely didn’t notice this because I was too busy digging through thesauruses trying to rewrite Jeanist’s speech; many thanks to @class1akids​ for pointing it out and making my day immeasurably better. take it easy there Dick Tracy.)

“anyway so please stop being dicks and let him fucking rest so he can save all your ungrateful asses” what an impassioned and inspiring plea. time to see if the masses will listen to reason

narrator: they did not listen to reason

oh my god finally Ochako is doing something. YEAH OCHAKO WOOOO SHOW THEM HOW IT’S DONE

hmm

this entire chapter is truly and utterly nonsensical to me lol

(ETA: on my second readthrough I’m fucking dying at how she stole the megaphone right out of Mic’s hand lmao. and how Kacchan is all “fuck yeah nothing I appreciate more than some quality fucking larceny.”)

oh I see she was jumping on top of the main building so as to scream down at them all more impressively

“ANYWAY DEKU IS PRETTY COOL ACTUALLY, YOU GUYS ARE JUST MEAN” couldn’t have said it better myself Ochako

lol uh

gotta say I did not have “Ochako reveals the secret of OFA to the entire U.A. Citizen Clown Parade” on my bingo card for this week. it’s a bold strategy cotton let’s see if it pays off

SDLFKJSL

“NO, SERIOUSLY, HAVE YOU LOOKED AT HIM YOU GUYS. YOU THINK HE LIKES RUNNING AROUND DRESSED LIKE A RUSTED OIL DRUM?? HE DID THAT FOR YOU YOU UNGRATEFUL SLOBS”

so she is basically explaining the entire Deku Angst arc to them and explaining what a good and selfless protagonist Deku is, YES, PREACH

OMG IT’S THE GIGANTIC FOX LADY

not to insinuate anything, but what exactly were you doing standing out here with the hysterical mob, Gigantic Fox Lady? you’re better than that

-- KACCHAN SIGHTING!!

sdlkfjl. thanks for weighing in with that helpful and important observation. where have you been for the last five minutes. were you asleep. was it Jeanist’s speech

never mind, now he’s yelling at the civilians so I instantly forgive him

THE FUTURE NUMBER ONE HERO, EVERYONE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. HE’LL BE HERE ALL WEEK

“anyway so I’m just going to end the chapter here” lmao seventeen pages truly do go by so fast. at least he didn’t try to force in a cliffhanger at the end this time. dare I say, growth

so I guess the civilians are either gonna have a Kamino and/or Fukuoka-esque moment where they remember how to be decent people and apologize to this poor young man, or else they’ll remain unpersuaded, and so Kacchan will have to knock a few of their heads around until they become more inclined to be reasonable. either option is fine by me lol

#bnha 323 #uraraka ochako #rat principal #class 1-a #bnha #boku no hero academia #bnha spoilers #mha spoilers #bnha manga spoilers #makeste reads bnha

[spinningintheshadows]

Jeep Shirt (2)

Three years after 'Stupid Fucking Jeep Shirt' you and JJ's lives get more complicated.

Warnings and stuff: angst, fluff, no adult content. Sad JB, mentions of abortion, JJ reacting badly to finding out he's gonna be a dad, then redeeming himself. Hey, lets have a wedding! Rafe Redemption arc (gaaaaay), Rose and Ward are in Jail. Non-graphic mentions of childbirth (JJ passes out because of course he does). JB is kind of a dumbass but we still love him. this is super long i'm not sorry.

“Seriously JJ? That’s my sister”

You groaned, rolling over to rub the sleep from your eyes to see your brother standing in the doorway.

Your head was pounding because once again, you’d drank too much at the kegger last night.

“JB, you are being very loud. We just fell asleep it’s fine.”

“Oh you fell asleep naked with his dick half in you?”

“I’m literally almost 21, John B.”

“You’re fucking my best friend!”

“Hell yeah I am. He’s good at what he does.”

“Get out of his room, now!”

Your brother slammed the door behind him, making your boyfriend groan beside you.

“You’d think that after three years he’d be used to seeing my dick around you”

“Maybe it’s time to move out, J”

He opened his eyes at your statement.

You’d always said you didn’t really feel comfortable living by yourself or with a partner if you weren’t married.

And as much as the sandy haired twenty two year old beside you was in love with you, he was still unsure if he saw marriage in his future despite already having purchased a ring.

“Are you sure about that, pretty girl?”

“I’d just like some privacy, without my brother walking in on us after we’ve fucked”

“What about your thoughts of living on your own or with me?”

“I don’t know. I’m gonna go take a shower”

You unwrapped yourself from JJs body, getting up and walking towards the bathroom.

Things between you and JJ had been weird for the last week or so, but you figured it was almost that time of the month and it was gonna be a bad one.

Mostly because you didn’t have one the month before.

Or honestly, the month before that one when you couldn’t get your pills on time.

You started thinking, fear filling your gut.

Were all your pre period symptoms something else?

“John B!”

“What?”

“Where is your wife?”

“She went grocery shopping.”

“Fuck”

“Whats up?”

“We’re out of tampons.”

“Gross”

“Dude, you’re literally married. You have a sister, you have been exposed to this since you were 14.”

When your brother didn’t answer, you pulled your phone out and sent a text to your sister in law.

‘Sarah. 911. Pregnancy test. Please.’

‘You need one?’

‘Yes.’

‘Gotcha.’

‘Oh and tampons because I told my brother I needed you because I was out.’

‘Nice play, Y/N’

“You okay baby?”

JJ’s voice scared the shit out of you.

You nodded, moving to take off his t shirt that still clung to your body.

“Have you gained weight?”

“It’s just period bloat, asshole. I’m getting ready to start.”

“Good I was beginning to think you might be pregnant.”

“I’m on the pill JJ.”

“I know, but things happen. I don’t want kids, Y/N,M. We’re barely in our twenties.”

“I know, J.”

Truth be told, the words stung.

Here you were, worrying that you were pregnant

And he’d just straight up told you he didn’t want kids.

“Get out of the bathroom so I can shower.”

“I can’t shower with you?”

“I want to be alone.”

He frowns but walks out anyway.

You sit in the shower for a good thirty minutes, knowing your brother is gonna kill you for using all the hot water, but your mind is spinning and you can barely stand up.

Of course, Sarah comes to the rescue, having shoved the test in her purse and grabbing the box of tampons while making the boys carry in the groceries.

“Y/N? It’s me.”

“You can come in.”

“How late are you, sweetie?”

“My last period was in January.”

“Y/N It’s April.”

“I know. But I’ve been stressed with school and work and I didn’t think anything of it.”

“Well now it’s time to pee on a stick”

She waits with you while you take the test

John B comes to the door to ask what you’re doing and she shoos him away explaining it’s a girl thing

And your brother is kind of a dumbass even though he’s been legally married since he was eighteen, so he just leaves you guys to it.

Finally, you work up the nerve to look at the test

You audibly gasped when there were two pink lines staring at you.

“Sarah, I can’t do this.”

“I’m all for the woman's right to choose, Y/N. You need to tell JJ, though.”

“I can’t tell him. He straight up told me that he doesn’t want kids this morning.”

“You trust me?”

“Yeah.”

Before you can realize what’s happening, she’s outside the bathroom yelling.

“JOHN JAMES MAYBANK GET YOUR ASS IN THE BATHROOM.”

John B comes around the corner confused and asks what’s going on.

She tells him it doesn’t concern them and drags him out the front door.

JJ walks into the bathroom a few minutes later.

“What’s going on? Why is Sarah using my full name”

“I’m only telling you as a courtesy, JJ.”

“What?”

“I’m pregnant.”

“That’s really funny, Y/N. Nice joke.”

“I’m serious JJ.”

“How? You’re on the pill.”

“Well my last period was in January, so do the math.”

“The insurance change.”

“Mhm.”

“You’re gonna get rid of it?”

“Obviously, JJ! You told me you don’t want kids. And I know it’s got everything to do with your dad, but for the record I don’t think you’re anything like him”

With that, you storm out of the bathroom, going to the bedroom you practically shared with JJ and packed a bag.

You slammed the front door behind you as you walked out to your car, throwing your bag in and getting in, only pausing when your brother came over.

“I’m going to the mainland for a few days, JB. I’ll be safe. Should be back by Friday.”

“You don’t have to go get an abortion, Y/N.”

“Yeah, I do. I’m not going to be a single mother, JB. It’s what's best for both of us. I want him out of my room by the time I get back, though.”

You could see your brother frown even though the sun was glaring on you both.

“Y/N, you know I’m gonna support you no matter what, right? If it’s what you want, then so be it, but I think you’re being a little harsh on JJ.”

“You weren’t there this morning, John B. You didn’t hear him tell me straight up that he never wants kids, while I was internally freaking out that I might be pregnant.”

When he didn’t reply, you got in your car and sped off to catch the ferry.

John B, forever trying to fix what relationship he had with his sister, walked back inside the Chateau, seeing red.

JJ knew he was going to get yelled at, despite the fact he was teetering on the edge of a panic attack.

“You told her you never want kids? Did I not just help you pick out a ring for my sister?”

“JB, I can’t do this right now.”

“We have to do this right now, you motherfucker, I looked past it when you fucked my sister the first time, because you said you loved her. I have supported your relationship for three fucking years, JJ! And now, my sister is going to the mainland to have an abortion, because you don’t want kids, ever. She told me to have you out of the bedroom by the time she got back on Friday!”

“JB, I can’t breathe.”

“You’re lucky I’m not making sure you stop breathing completely, JJ!”

“JB!”

Sarah had followed her husband into the house.

“JB, he can’t breathe. He’s having a panic attack. You need to calm down. Go outside.”

“He hurt my sister, Sarah.”

“And he’s having a panic attack. You standing here screaming at him isn’t helping. Go”

Defeated, John B walked outside.

“JJ you can fix this, you know.”

“I don't know how. She hates me.”

“She doesn’t hate you, she’s scared and pregnant and her boyfriend told her didn’t want kids in an offhand comment this morning”

“I can’t be a dad, Sarah, I can’t risk it. I can’t risk being like him.”

“You are not your dad, John James. Your dad cares about where he’s getting his next beer and his next high. He hasn’t ever truly loved someone in his life. You? JJ, you love with your whole body. I’ve seen it, not just Y/N, either. You love her with your whole being, you love your friends, this family you built, with your whole chest.”

“That doesn’t mean I’ll be a good dad, Sarah.”

“But it does JJ. You’ll see your baby for the first time, this tiny human that is half you and half Y/N, and you will love him or her so fiercely you won’t be able to believe you ever doubted yourself.”

“I need to go after her”

“She’s probably halfway to the mainland”

“I’m going.”

“Okay”

JJ didn’t make it to the mainland until the next morning.

But he’d spent all night awake, imagining what your kid would look like

And if him actually being a dad was the right choice.

Of course he decided, you were the only person he’d ever want to experience that with, no matter your ages.

You were sitting outside your hotel when he came running down the street.

“Y/N! You don’t have to do this.”

“I can’t do it JJ. I’m 14 weeks, it’s not worth the complications. I’m just gonna have her and give her up.”

“Her?”

“It’s still early, but the doctor at the clinic said she was in the right position to see she was a girl. I just need you to sign the papers and give the okay for the adoption agency.”

“Or we can go home, move into this little two bedroom apartment I found right off the beach, paint the second bedroom any color but hurt your eyes pink, buy a crib, and bring our daughter home there.”

“I can’t force you to be a dad, JJ. You don’t want kids.”

“No, I thought I didn’t want kids. But I do, as long as it’s with you. If it was any other person in the world, I would still be in the obx, but it’s not. It’s you, I can’t promise I am gonna be the best dad in the world, but I can promise I won’t be him. I can promise you that I will love our daughter with my whole being, just like I love you. If you just come home.”

“And what about my thoughts about living together unmarried.”

“Well besides the fact that we skipped a step, I will take you to the courthouse as soon as we get back home, if that’s what you want. If you want to wait, that’s fine too, just as long as you say yes”

You stared at him.

Was he proposing to you right now?

You watched him pull the ring box out of his pants pocket

He was proposing right now

“JJ”

“Look, this isn’t how I planned to do this. I was going to take you out to a nice restaurant for our anniversary and I was gonna do it there. I was going to tell you how I love you more than the moon and the stars, more than the ocean loves the shoreline but I fucked up, and I want to fix that. Y/N, will you marry me?”

“JJ. Are you sure this is what you want?”

“Marrying you? I’ve never been so sure in my life. I’ve got time to come around to the dad thing. And it will happen, I’m just processing.”

“Okay. I’ll marry you,”

“But I want you to know that I’m asking you because I love you, not because of the baby”

“I know”

He moves to slip the ring on your finger and kisses you softly.

“Let’s go home”

It’s late when you get home, with spring break traffic clogging the highway and ferry

But your brother is sitting on the couch with a beer in his hand looking nervous.

And your sister in law is trying to get him to go to bed.

“JB”

Your voice is barely a whisper, but he hears you, turning to look at you.

He’s been crying, and you can tell by the redness around his eyes.

“Y/N”

You drop JJs hand, walking over to the couch and wrapping your arms around your brother.

JJ and Sarah don’t say anything, they don’t have to

You’re exactly 11 months apart in age, you guys have literally been together your entire lives

And the last few years of your life, all you’ve had is each other.

And right now? You just need the comfort of laying in your big brother's arms.

You don’t even notice when they leave the room, going to their respective bedrooms.

He doesn’t say anything for a while, just laying on the couch with his sister in his lap.

He does finally notice the ring on your hand.

“You said yes”

“I did.”

“You both deserve all the happiness in the world”

“Thanks JB”

“Mhm”

“JB?”

“Hmm?”

“I’m still pregnant”

“Thank god.”

You sit up long enough to dig into your backpack for the strip of ultrasound photos and hand them to him

“Your niece.”

“Niece huh?”

“Well, according to the ultrasound tech.”

“Just what the world needs, a female John James Maybank”

“You know what? I’m gonna remember that when you have your first daughter”

“My children are destined to be like their mother, Thank you. You just happen to act like your children’s father half the time”

You laugh, playfully smacking your brother on the chest.

“I was.. y/n, I was really beating myself up about letting you go, you know? I know I said I’d support you but like, part of me just wanted to be like stay, have the baby, and we’ll raise it like the village we are. It’s how we were raised and we turned out okay.”

“JB, I have a feeling that’s exactly how it’s going to happen. Especially when all of us have kids. We’ll have a babysitting schedule and huge family dinners. But first, we got a wedding to plan. and soon, because I want to be married before this kid comes”

“We can have it at Sarah’s parents house. I guess it’s really our house now since they’re y’know, in prison”

“I don’t want anything fancy, JB. Hell we can do it on the dock, in jeans and a t shirt and I wouldn’t care”

Your brother held back a laugh

He knew you

And how you’d always dreamed of the white wedding dress in front of your family

And just because he didn’t do the big wedding, having just gone to the courthouse, didn’t mean he was gonna let you do the same.

In fact, he’d been saving to help you get your dream wedding since he’d started working at 16.

“I’m sorry, Y/N, but I know you. You guys pick a day, we’ll clear it on the schedule, and Sarah will take you to get a dress. Pregnant or not, you’re getting your dream wedding”

“Okay then. I’m going to bed.”

“Good idea. Good night”

“Night JB”

JJ was sitting on the bed scrolling through his phone when you finally made your way to the bedroom only looking up to smile at you when you came in.

As soon as you were changed into your preferred pajamas, aka his shirt and a pair of leggings, he opened his arms to you.

You happily crawled in bed with him, wrapping your body around him.

“Not gonna be able to do this much longer, J”

“When she gets to big to do this, we’ll just find a better position to cuddle”

“Mkay.”

“So my curious mind got away from me. Do you have any idea how much a baby costs in the first year”

“No?”

“Up to $20,000. That’s a lot of money for a small human.”

“Well formula is super expensive, so I was planning on breastfeeding and pumping.”

“Diapers are expensive”

“But then there’s one time costs too, J. Like a crib, stroller, car seat. And we’ll get a lot of what we need for her with a baby shower.”

“It’s still a lot of money, Y/N”

“I know, but we’ll make it work. I can go back to work as soon as I’m released. JB has already offered to babysit.”

“I don’t wanna worry about it right now. We’ve got time”

“J, you know you get a raise before she’ll be here right? You make good money now but you’ll have your 5 years of experience in before shes even here, baby”

“Doesn’t stop me from worrying, Y/N”

“JB wants us to pick a day to go to Tannyhill and get married.”

“Whenever you want. I know you want to do it before shes here”

“Would two weeks be too soon?”

“Just enough time for me to find a suit, pretty girl.”

When you woke up the next morning, you let John B know that you had picked Saturday, May 3rd as your wedding day.

Since Sarah was off that day, she offered to take you to the mainland to start the dress search.

“Cmon, Y/N, I know a place that sells the most gorgeous dresses designed for pregnant women.”

“That’s a little weird, Sarah”

“Shut up John B, that blue dress you like so well is from there.”

“Okay S, we can go. Just let me tell J I’m leaving”

You walked back to your bedroom, where your fiancé was just waking up to let him know.

He looked up at you groggily, reaching up pull you down to kiss you before you left

Of course, you found your dress almost immediately.

It was white, lace, and stretched so you’d be able to wear it your entire pregnancy

Sarah, living through you, demanded she buy you a few more things because she’d read you’d start showing pretty quickly in the second trimester.

And of course, you trusted her, so you let her dress you up and pick outfits for you.

Finally, you got back to the chateau to find JJ with his head in his hands at the dining room table.

“What’s up J?”

“We’re gonna have to postpone the wedding.”

“J, what are you talking about?”

“My boss, he told us today that we’re working overtime for the next three weeks, pretty girl. Seven days a week, all day. We need the money for her.”

“We don’t need to postpone the wedding, J.”

“I’m not gonna be able to get a day off to get married.”

“Then we’ll get married when you get off that day.”

“I’m gonna work until like 5pm, pretty girl.”

“And you can come home, take a shower, get dressed and meet me at Tannyhill at 8 pm. It’s just gonna be us and the pogues anyway, Pope is gonna officiate. My brother just has this idea that I deserve my white wedding.”

“You deserve the biggest wedding on the island.”

“But I’m gonna have everyone I need there.”

“Okay.”

“C’mon, lets go to the bedroom, I’ll show you what Sarah picked out for me.”

You tug him up, dragging him to your room.

“This one makes me look pregnant, but it’s kind of cute.”

You walk out of the closet, wearing the shirt and leggings your sister in law picked out for you.

You could definitely tell there was a bump starting to form underneath it, and JJ?

He was absolutely amazed by that.

You could see tears prick up in his eyes as he stared at you, almost like it hit him suddenly.

Because honestly?

It did.

It hit him right then that there was a third person involved in your relationship now.

A third person who was going to rely on him for everything in a few months.

Right now, she was safe, growing inside of you but come October?

She’d depend on both of you for everything.

“C’mere pretty girl.”

You walked towards him, watching him slowly place his hands on your ever so slightly protruding belly.

“You okay, J?”

“It’s just. It hit me.”

“Oh?”

“We’re having a baby.”

“We’re having a baby.”

Without saying anything, he pressed a kiss just where the bump started to curve.

“I know this sounds stupid and you can’t hear me yet but I promise you, I’m gonna be the best daddy you could ask for, okay? I’m gonna make sure you never wonder where your next meal comes from. I’m gonna make sure you never feel afraid to tell me anything. I’m gonna love you unconditionally, okay?”

Tears were in your eyes now.

How was this the same man who told you he didn’t want kids?

You rarely saw JJ’s vulnerable side, but here he was sharing it openly with you.

You moved to cup his face, making him look up at you.

“I love you.”

“I love you more.”

That night, when you were in bed, he was playing with your hair.

“Hey Y/N?”

“Hmm?”

“Do you still want to name your first daughter Juniper? I know it sounds weird to ask that, but I remembered that today. It’s been like six years since you said that.”

“Actually, JJ, I do. I just thought we’d wait to decide when I was farther along.”

“Well as far as I’m concerned, she has a name.”

“You think?”

“The more I think about it, the more it just feels right to me.”

“I imagine this little blonde girl, y’know.”

“Oh me too. With your curls and my dimples. The name Junie just keeps sticking in my head.”

“That’s a cute nickname.”

“Mhm.”

So it was decided that night that you’d name your daughter Juniper Adaline Maybank.

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By the time your wedding day rolled around, you barely saw JJ during the day.

You’d moved into the apartment a week ago, but it was still weird being away from your brother.

Mostly at night when he’d come home exhausted from work and just want to hold you in his arms and talk to your daughter like she could hear him.

You could definitely tell that you weren’t just getting fat, and that there was a reason behind it.

JJ left for work that morning, and you headed out with Sarah, who was determined to have a girls day before you vowed yourself to John James Maybank that evening.

She took you to get your nails and hair done then out for lunch.

“Is it bad I want to take a nap”

“You’re pregnant, Y/N. I think you’re entitled to a nap.”

“Good”

Of course, when you woke up from your nap it was almost 5:30, and JJ was standing in the bedroom in just his pants.

“Oh good, I thought you were going to sleep through our wedding.”

“What a way to be left at the altar.”

“Yeah my pregnant fiancee isn’t here because she’s asleep. Sorry, y’know how it is, pregnant and all.”

“Blame your daughter.”

“Aw does my baby girl make Mama tired?”

By 7:30, you’re at the venue and Sarah is zipping your dress.

“Oh Y/N I know you and my brother haven’t exactly gotten along in the past but it’s Saturday evening and that starts my week with Wheezie.”

You couldn’t help but smile when she mentioned her sister, who she practically shared custody of with her brother and his husband.

Right after everything had ended in a meltdown that left your dad on life support, Ward kept pushing Rafe to find a girl and settle down for the sake of normalcy.

Rafe had kind of exploded on his dad, telling him he wasn’t going to get a girlfriend, because he was gay.

He was gay and he was in love with his best friend.

And although taken by surprise, the announcement gave Topper Thornton the push to come out too.

They’d started dating almost immediately.

Topper helped Rafe get clean, get into therapy.

And 4 years later, they’re married.

Rafe and Topper Thornton, because Rafe wanted nothing to do with his dads last name.

They’d even changed Wheezies last name to Toppers at her request when they got married.

And most surprisingly? Rafe, Topper, and the pogues were practically best friends now.

As you could observe from the crazy “family portrait” framed in your brothers living room.

“You know what Sarah? I think we should let Wheezie take pictures.”

“Oh she’s gonna love that.”

It was time, you were walking down the stairs to meet your brother.

“Dad would think you looked gorgeous. I know I do.”

“Dad would have killed JJ the first time we hooked up.”

“Yeah, probably.”

“Thanks for this, JB.”

“I’m gonna miss you, Y/N. Its gonna be weird going home tonight and not having you and JJ there bickering in the living room over what movie to watch.”

“I can guarantee that’s still going to happen, just at our apartment.”

Before you knew it, you were Mrs. Maybank. The slim gold band on your left hand matched JJ’s and you couldn’t stop smiling.

-------

The next few months really flew by, honestly.

JJ worked.

You graduated college

And got a job that allowed you to work from home.

You’d painted the nursery with the help of your brother and Sarah, an almost muted coral pink

JJ had even ordered a sign for above her crib with her name on it.

You were approximately 5 days away from your due date when you decided you were bored at home and wanted to go for a walk.

Your brothers house was really only about a mile down the beach, you didn’t even have to touch concrete to get there.

So you decided to walk down and see what they were up to, not telling your husband because he would have told you no.

And you were super pregnant and stubborn.

You arrived at your brother’s house around 11:30, ignoring the cramping you having because you’d been having inconsistent contractions for over a week.

And Juniper showed no sign of coming anyway.

You sat down on the couch, drinking tea with Sarah while you chit chatted and complained about being pregnant.

“I can see you flinching, Y/N”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“How far apart are your contractions?”

“About ten minutes.”

“I’m calling your husband. He can meet us at the hospital.”

“Ugh”

True to her word, she calls JJ, and tells him she’d come to check on you and you were definitely in labor, so she was taking you to the hospital.

JJ immediately goes into worried husband (™) mode.

And rushes to meet you at the hospital.

Everything is fine, really.

you’re not even really feeling much pain until you start to transition and it’s time to push.

And you’re being really vocal about how much this fucking hurts

You’re practically crowning when you look over and see one of the nurses standing over your husband, who is now on the floor.

“John James Maybank, get your ass off the floor. I am literally the one pushing a human out of my body right now.”

But of course, by the time he truly came around, your daughter had arrived.

Tears? Instantaneous.

For both of you.

“She’s a lot smaller than I thought she would be”

“Honestly, she felt like she was 12 pounds in there.”

He just kissed your forehead.

“I love you, both of you.”

“We made a pretty cute kid.”

Admittedly, you guys got the swing of being parents pretty quickly.

As soon as you were home, JJ was quick to get you whatever you needed.

He changed diapers, did midnight feedings (thank god for breast pumps), and got into the habit of wearing her strapped to his chest when he did mundane things like dishes.

Junie was probably six weeks old when you came back from the doctor to him holding her in his arms on the couch.

“Y/N, this kid is always mean mugging me. Our daughter has resting bitch face.”

“JJ, you know that’s your face right?”

“What?”

“Her face is your face. She looks just like you.”

He just stares at you.

“Point proven”

“You know what, this is Maybank gene slander and I won’t stand for it.”

“I think both of your faces are adorable.”

“Yeah, you better.”

#jj maybank headcannon #jj maybank fic #jj maybank x routledge!reader #jj maybank x reader #jj maybank blurb #jj maybank imagine #outer banks #outer banks headcannon #outer banks fic #outer banks blurb #outer banks imagine #obx #this is just self indulgent fluff and angst i'm sorry

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Who’s the traitor?

Here’s a legitimate analysis of who I think the traitor might be instead of me just being nostalgic for SMP Earth. The only thing we have to go by right now is that it’s a person who’s siding with Pogtopia and it would be surprising. I will be going through all the relevant people and ranking them from least to most likely, (in my opinion.)  Let’s get started.

Quackity - This is objectively the worst option. Quackity’s entire arc is about how he just wanted to make a change and improve society but instead got trapped in a toxic relationship where he was mistreated and not taken seriously. He’s left that behind and is trying to move past it, so to just have him go back to his abuser would just be shitty writing and kind of gross. 

Eret - This just makes no sense. He’s already betrayed L’manberg once and he clearly regretted it. He’s been very vocal about wanting to fight against Schlatt, and it would just be out of character.

Ponk, BBH, Awesamdude - While these guys are slowly becoming more plot relevant, I seriously doubt it would be any of them. The traitor is almost certainly someone with more plot relevance and emotional ties to the main characters. if any of them betrayed the main characters it wouldn’t feel much like a betrayal.

Niki - Niki has been one of the few characters in this story who has opposed Schlatt all along. She has been incredibly vocal about this, and has rebelled against him since the moment he took office. It would be surprising sure, but incredibly out of character.

Wilbur - I feel like despite being such a loose canon of a character, he would be a fairly unlikely option. I was watching from his perspective and he seemed genuinely surprised when Dream was talking about the traitor, and really annoyed that Dream wasn’t on his side any more. It also wouldn’t be that good of a twist, considering his constantly fluctuating sense of morality.

Fundy - This would make sense character wise. Fundy’s been scorned and shoved aside by his father his whole life. He was spying for Schlatt as a way to make his father proud, but when he gave his father the materials to defeat Schlatt he was shoved aside once more. He’s bitter. Also, he’d probably rather side with his fiancee who loves and respects him rather than his shitty dad. The only reason he’s so low down is because it seems to expected. One of those things Tumblr and Twitter predicted 2 months ago. While I wouldn’t necessarily mind this, I feel like there’s a better option.

Tommy - Tommy has a lot of reason to betray Wilbur. He’s been treated pretty badly and his opinions have been ignored. I can easily imagine a world where he would make a deal with Dream and help him as a way to get L’manberg back. He could also be trying to get the discs back, which is ultimately one of the things he cares about the most. I’ve seen lots of great analysis on this. It would also be a good, surprising twist, the scorned hero turned to the dark side. I’m not convinced it’s him though because he is a very black and white thinker, he firmly believes in good and evil. While he has a lot of reason to, I don’t know if he would actually betray his friends. 

Technoblade - This is one of the most likely options but simultaneously one of the worst options. Wilbur has been convinced that Techno was going to betray him since day one and Techno literally said that he wouldn’t hesitate to betray Pogtopia just to make the final battle a fair fight. Every single person in mcytblr instantly predicted that Techno was going to betray Wilbur and Tommy, literally the moment he joined the server. It’s very likely, but it would be a bad twist. Dream said that the traitor would be the person we would least expect, so while Techno is a very likely option, it would be very much expected. I really don’t want him to be the traitor. I would take almost anything over him, I want a good twist.

Philza - I know a lot of people are saying that it’s stupid to think that he’s the traitor when he isn’t even whitelisted, but hear me out. We all want Phil on the server, we want him to beat some sense into Wilbur and save Tommy and Tubbo from the war zone they had been trapped in. Imagine though, if he joined the server and immediately sided against Wilbur. It would make sense though, he’s been very resistant against Wilbur’s actions. I think it would be most likely if he was the traitor along with Technoblade. It would be a nice call back to SMP Earth and Phil and Technoblade are an incredibly chaotic duo when they come together. It’s a bit unlikely, but it would be the best twist and a great opportunity to get Phil on the server.

Tubbo - Tubbo is the most likely traitor in my opinion. Despite his common front of being a sweet and naive person, he is one of the most morally grey characters on the smp. He will not hesitate to mess with people, destroy things, and is generally a pretty good liar. It would also be very in character. He’s been manipulated and pushed around by practically every person on the server, and he’s surely about to snap. He’s been treated just as bad by Wilbur as by Schlatt. He also lied about having the discs, which was quite suspicious. One of the few reasons why Tubbo might not be the traitor though is Tommy. Despite being morally grey and also lying about the discs I’m not sure that he would betray Tommy.  They made a pact that they would always trust each other and generally have a very codependent relationship. That is why I think that the true traitor is not 1, but 2 people.

Tommy and Tubbo - I said Tubbo was the most likely traitor, but I think that Tommy and Tubbo together would be the best option. Dream said there was a traitor, but as far as I know he never explicitly stated that he was talking about just one person. They would probably make a deal together with Dream either for the discs or to get L’manberg back. It would also be very likely that they would work with Dream but betray him as well. It would be a Good Omens situation, Tommy and Tubbo being their own side and not strictly aligned with the already established sides. This would be good, Tommy and Tubbo were thrust into a war zone at a young age. They’ve spent the entire story being lied to and manipulated by the adults in their lives, and I think they deserve to go apeshit and fuck those guys up, you know, as a treat.

#mcyt #mcyt analysis #dream smp #dream smp analysis #long post #analysis #quackity #dreamwastaken #jschlatt #tommyinnit #tubbo #wilbur soot #eret #nihachu #philza #technoblade #fundy #ponk #badboyhalo #awsamdude #wow I mentioned a lot of people #I worked really hard on this and I would greatly appreciate it if you took the time to read it

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a stupid, unnecessary thread of me reacting to The Great season 2 because I'm a hoe for this show

THEIR DYNAMIC IS SO CUTE LIKE THEY REALLY DO WANT TO KILL EACH OTHER BUT *I CAN'T* LIKE GIVE THE SCREENWRITERS AN AWARD

"I'd fuck your dead body for days, I hope you know that."

GIVE NICHOLAS AND ELLE AWARDS RIGHT NOW TOO PLEASE FOR THEIR LINE DELIVERY

I want Peter to die a humiliating death but also... sometimes not. Just sometimes.

"The more you toy with me the harder my cock gets. There are softer oak trees." I REALLY WANNA KILL HIM BUT THIS IS SO FUNNY I CAN'T

WHY IS VOLTAIRE BEING SUCH A HOE??? LMFAOOO (I hate how believable it is too, that the Voltaire himself was hoeing around Europe whilst... enlightening it.)

did she ask him if he’s muslim!?!?!??

OH YAYYYY FREEDOM OF RELIGION

omg Peter’s coronation speech was so 🥺🥺🥺

would you kill a dude if he called you dickhead?? idk kinda seems semi-reasonable in certain contexts tbh

seeing Peter get the shit beat out of him was pure therapy idc

“I am fucking charm itself” BRUH I’VE SAID THIS IN PUBLIC ALREADY DEADASS

"The cold blue of her eyes made me shiver in a sexual way I have not known" PETER PLS STOP BEING A SUB ON MAIN

"I find power imbalances wildly erotic. I suppose I'm old-fashioned that way." MEEEEEEEEEEE

“There’s a dragon at court.” “There’s an idiot too and I’m looking at it.” I LOVE VELEMENTOV MAN

Peter is full of so much shit but why do I feel like he’ll be the best dad and house husband in the world

NO CUS WHY IS PETER SUCH A MALEWIFE LIKE-

GDHSJSJSHHS GOD I HATE HOW IM SHIPPING THIS SHIP

“CLITTY BITTY” DAMN IT LIKE GIVE THIS SHOW A DAMN PULITZER WILL YOU

"Let's put that 'heir to the throne' shit to bed" Peter you're undoing your damn redemption and I'm gonna hurt you for this speech.

THEY KILLED THE OLD WOMAN NOOOO IM NOT OKAY THIS IS NOT OKAY I WANT CATHERINE TO HAVE ALL THESE BITCHES PUNISHED

IM GENUINELY HURT AND TRAUMATIZED BY THIS LIKE NOOOO I WANT THESE NOBLEWOMEN HURT

nooooo Catherine don't hug Peter he's a son of a bitchhhhhhhhh

YESSSSS MARIAL SHOOT THAT BITCH IN THE HEADDDDDD DASS RIGHT I LOVE MY BISH MARIAL

ayoooo Gillian Anderson?! Noice

okay I've forgiven Peter again (kinda) AND THE WAY HE TOLD HER MOMMA HE LOVED HER?!?!?!?!

"oh she LIKES my fucking tongue" I CLAPPED LIKE YES IT LANDED IT LANDED I TELL YOU

elle fanning has got to be the prettiest crier I've ever seen omg like she looks like a tormented, weeping deity that you want to save and pitch back up into the heavens in a very British Isles way

now why do I sound like Peter here

one may kill Gillian Anderson? with the nut of pea? holy-

oh wait she's alive!!!

awwwww the solar system that's really cute he really wants to be a dad omg :'(((

NO CUS HIS REDEMPTION ARC IS THE BESTEST OMG I WANNA SOB

did this hoe ass Joanne SLAP HER PREGNANT DAUGHTER WHILE PREACHING ABOUT SAID DAUGHTER'S SAFETY?!,!!?!?!,!

WHY ARE THEY HAVING SEX NOOO PETER THIS ISN'T PART OF THE DAMN PLAN YOU LOST THE PLOT OF THE MOVIE

yo dis bitch deddd... HAHAHAHAHAHA

THAT WAS HILARIOUS THO

well well well… if it isn’t one lf my first curshes ever and top 10 blond dilfs, Freddie Fox. We meet again you sexy son of a bitch.

“A Hail Mary and a handjob” yo isn't that the entire history of that one churchy place inside Italy (you know where)

ANHHH THEY’RE BEING SEXY BUT SHE’S GONNA FIND OUT HE SCREWED HER MOTHER ALSO WHY IS HE KINDA HOT LIKE EVEN MY CAT STOPPED BITING ME TO WATCH THIS SCENE

I blame Skins for every single problem I have ever had in life

yooooooo this scene- imma head out like i feel like i’m INTRUDING this is so shshdhdjjsjaja

YESSSS SHE LEARNS THE TRUTH!!!

Okay but the emotions man- Catherine is like, overloaded at this point :(

AND OF COURSE IT'S RESIDENT BLOND BRITISH DILF OF MY CHILDHOOD FREDDIE FOX THE FAKE SWEDE WHO CHANGES THE GAME DASS RIGHT LET'S RETAKE SWEDEN SEGGSY

"You fucked my mother x5" damn

SHE STABBED THE DOUBLE

wait... so all is good??? Peter doesn't look mad so- he's kinda tender rn actually :')

bruh

WELL MY HOES, 10/10, DID NOT DISAPPOINT

#the great #the great hulu #catherine the great #catherine x peter #elle fanning #nicholas hoult #tv shows #historical fiction #period drama #time period #russian history #shitpost' #reactions #the great season 2 #imperial russia #hulu shows

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Watching the Rise of the Titans movie and I'll be documenting all of my thoughts/reactions here. [Spoiler Warning]

So instead of reblogging every new update, I'm just going to have this post up on my phone as I watch and type my reactions in a bullet list format.

Nari's human disguise is so cute. As someone who does have a cottagecore aesthetic, I want to cosplay her so bad

Are Skrael and/or Belroc non-binary coded? Regardless, I'm also obsessed and I want to fuck Skrael and be Belroc.

STEVE CARING ABOUT JIM BEING HURT YESSSS!!! My god his redemption has probably been one of the greatest there is because he doesn't just suddenly go from being a bully to a completely good person. You can see the gradual shift in learning better throughout the shows which is awesome.

IN NEW YOOOOOOORRRRRRRK!!!!!! CONCRETE JUNGLE WHERE DREAMS ARE MADE OFFFFFFFFFFFFF!!!!!

The mugshot montage reminded me of season 1 of trollhunters when toby and Jim were arrested at the museum.

STRICKLER PUT A RING ON IT??? HE'S THE ONLY DILF IVE EVER ACTUALLY AGREED WAS HOT WYM I CAN'T HAVE HIM??? well I'm still really happy about his arc over the series probably one of my favorite character growths.

Eli my guy got his growth spurt!!! As an 18 year old who is still 5'0", I'm happy but envious for him

So I went into this movie without watching any trailers or promo, but I doubt anything could have prepared me for the existence of mpreg. In fact, I wasn't going to document my reactions until I saw that.

NAMURA!!!!!!!!! MY BELOVED!!!!!! I CAN STILL THIRST FOR YOU WITHOUT GUILT

The coach teacher just called the kids zoomers so I have to dock one point from my final rating just because of that. Unforgivable

Those husky animation models suck lmao

Oh fuck the titans got power ranger zords!!

God why did they include the mpreg??? This movie would have been perfect without it.... After that plot point being revisited only one time I'm already beyond done with it

Like it's bringing me back to the v*ltron days where they're was a suspiciously high amount of klance omegaverse and mpreg fics and art created and it physically hurts because Steve and Keith's voice actor is the same person meaning this is especially cursed to me since I was unfortunately in the v*ltron fandom and remember all of that

But like on another note, how old are these characters again??? I haven't checked any wikis because of spoilers but is Steve an adult??? I know aja might be technically a lot older than 18 because alien but is whatever age she is equivalent to an adult as far as emotionally and physically in Akaridion development??? IS THIS A TEEN (M)PREGNANCY IN A KIDS SHOW????

Like bruh I saw a singular post on here before going into the movie that was like "rott spoilers without context" and there was a pregnant belly but I was absolutely not expecting the actual context of it. I'll find the post after I finish and edit this post to tag the creator right here: @makoden

This entire post is just gonna be me ranting about mpreg huh

Anyway I love the whole roundtable allusion to the legends of king arthur (not the toa version but the one he's based off)

THERE'S 3 TO 5 BABIES????? I need to take a break bruh this is just too much

Alright I've taken a 30 minute break got some food and did some things i love (decompressed by tactile stimming with some owl plushies and watched some videos on my favorite owl, Garu. He lives in Japan with his owner and is a domesticated eagle owl who basically just acts like a sky cat. If anyone else needs some eye bleach, here is their YouTube channel)

Blinky and ARRRGHHH!!! saying their "if one of us doesn't make it" talk my god one of them is going to die I can see it and I will be utterly crushed. Jim can't lose another father figure and Toby can't lose his wingman again I will riot if this happens

On a similar but unrelated to the movie note, can we just talk about how toa started with Jim having 0 dads and (if strickler and blinky live to the end) will end with 2 dads? Like I just really feel happy for him that he has two dads who actually figured out how to put the past behind them to not have any infighting between them so that both of them are healthy father figures. Jim has already been through literal hell and back losing his actual humanity in the process so if he loses one of them, I'm going to be really pissed because at this point, this is just Jim torture porn. Y'all know how as SpongeBob SquarePants went on, the show just became Squidward torture porn? It's starting to feel that way for toa and I really hope they cut the shit by the ending

Jlaire is such a good ship but like I feel like it's too perfect they never disagree with each other

YESSSSSSS Someone finally doesn't treat toby like a fat waste of space who messes stuff up!!! I think out of all the characters that would have been most deserving of a rewrite, it's Toby. Sometimes I just feel he's only comic relief and any heartfelt moments he's had in the series was also born of stupidity (ie his flour baby project being unharmed was seen by him as divine intervention from his parents but was actually just Eli and Steve behind the scenes).

Ohhhhh yesssssss Archie's father!!! I was hoping I'd see him again because we got so little of him last

Ooooooooooh Asian trollmarket!!!!!

Oh never mind slavery trollmarket

Bruh titanic camelot

I feel like we're not seeing enough of the villains because I completely forgot about the power ranger zord things

NAMORA NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MY LAST CRUSHHHH

STRICKLER NO NOT YOU TOO PLEASE

WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THE ONLY TWO CHARACTERS I SIMP FOR ON THIS SHOW DIED WITHIN FIVE MINUTES OF EACH OTHER

THAT WHOLE ASS RANT I WROTE IS COMING TRUE FUCK THIS MOVIE THIS SERIES IS JUST JIM TORTURE PORN

WAIT JIM'S SPERM DONOR INFO?

Oh thank God I don't want to know anything about that person

For the record, I call that man Jim's sperm donor because he has no business being called a father to him. All he did was donate some swimmers to the creation of him and give him abandonment issues

Oh another blind troll elder???? This fucker is just if vendel was a bad guy

Bruh I was grieving

PACIFIC RIM WITH GUN ROBOT VEX AND THE BELROCZORD? I've never seen that movie but I know the reference

Bruh Blinky doesn't read horoscopes? Does he realize conspiracy theories are just the manly version of horoscopes?

NO DON'T KILL VEX STOP KO-ING FOUND FAMILY MEMBERS

Oh thank God he's okay

NO NOT ARCHIE AND CHARLEMAGNE OH MY GOD

oh never mind they're just gonna coup de tat I believe in them :))

But I want to see him again

But I'm glad to see vex

Yay they're in arcadia!

But yeah I wondered why the trolls and Merlin didn't keep the whole "daylight doesn't hurt trolls" feature from the eternal night but now Guillermo del Toro I see you were playing the long con in that just to kill my girl Namora :(((

Oooooh I love the animation of the Narizord over Chihuahua!! It looks very good and realistic (if only they could have put some of that into those huskies from before smh)

Bruh the character designs of the arcane order are so good I want to be them

Nari making sure the Skraelzord doesn't crush the bus

DAMN DOUBLE HOMICIDE

Bruh I'm just glad we finally have an answer on why arcadia had everything going on as opposed to literally anywhere else!! I always found that as a weird coincidence for plot convince.

BRUH WERE BACK TO THE MPREG IM SO JEALOUS I FORGOT ABOUT THAT EVEN THOUGH IT WAS BECAUSE I WAS GRIEVING THE LOSS OF MY LOVELIES.

Oh that's real convenient that the ninth configuration meant all of them. Way to not decide which character gets more attention. Though it probably was a smart way to not have any infighting in the fandom between each character's stan group.

Bruh I just realized where is Barbera did they just ditch her on the Camelot ship???

And where are the other trolls that migrated at the end of trollhunters s3? They said something about new jersey but obviously Jim and the other main characters got on Camelot instead.... This feels like a plot hole

And we never learned the process of how changelings are made and bonded to humans and stuff. We just know it's super painful but I'm curious ffs!!!!

THE DONT THINK BECOME HERO SPEECH ALL SAID TOGETHER!!!

BRUH THEY REALLY HAD TO SHOW HIM GIVING BIRTH??????? WAS THAT AN ABSOLUTE MUST??????

Plus the main audience for this series is little children (the rating for the movie is literally TV-Y7) so even though my adult ass is not in the target audience, I STILL DONT UNDERSTAND WHY WOULD MPREG AND ANAL BIRTH WOULD BE AN IMPORTANT THING TO 7 YEAR OLDS???? THIS IS A LITERAL FETISH HIDDEN IN KIDS CONTENT ITS ELSAGATE ALL OVER AGAIN Y'ALL 😭😭😭😭😭

Though it's probably hypocritical of me to think fetishes don't belong in kids tv when I've openly admitted to thirsting for strickler and namora

HUZZAH

NEW AMULET WAZ GOOD????

STAB THAT BITCH JIM

WAIT NO I SAID STAB NOT GET STABBED

Alright good job just missed the directions at first but you fixed it

SEVEN KIDS?????????

T O B Y ????????????

W A I T NO

N O

IS HE ACTUALLY

OH MY GOD THERE'S HOPE

NO THERE ISN'T

F U C K THIS SHIT THEY REALLY JUST HAD HIM TO BE BULLIED THEN KILLED

Y'ALL IM ACTUALLY CRYING THIS NEVER HAPPENS

I NEVER ACTUALLY GET SO EMOTIONAL OVER MEDIA THAT I CRY IT ONLY HAPPENED ONCE AT THE END OF VOLTRON BUT AHHHHHHHH

W A I T

HE'S GONNA BE BROUGHT BACK?????

HOLD UP THEY'RE JUST GONNA BRING ALL THOSE DEAD PEOPLE BACK??????

WAIT IS HE

BLINKY CALLED HIM A SON

HOLD ON IS THIS GOING TO BE A CLIFFHANGER???????????

BRUH THEY REALLY JUST CAN'T END THE SERIES WITHOUT CLIFFHANGERS like there's always an open ending

TROLLHUNTER TOBY????? You know what forget the whole rants I had on how toby was written they just redeemed it all

And that's all! I'd rate it a 6.5/10 because it's definitely the weakest of all the sequels but still had amazing animation and some good plot points. It's just really hard to look over the bad stuff enough to rate it any higher.

#tales of arcadia #rise of the titans #trollhunters #rott #rise of the titans spoilers #rott spoilers #toa #3 below #athena's own original post! #jim lake jr #claire nuñez #toby domzalski

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SCP AU part 2

*Jaune is pushed into a room with a bag over his face before the door shuts on him*

Jaune, slightly muffled: H-HEY! I SAID LET ME GO DAMNIT! *cautiously reaches for bag and touches it before ripping it off*

Jaune, immediately turning to the door and banging on it: I SWEAR TO GOD YOU GUYS BETTER LET ME OUT OF HERE RIGHT NOW! WHAT KINDA FUCKED SOCIAL EXPERIMENT IS THIS?! *continue banging*

Jaune, continuing his assault on the door: MY MOM’S A LAWYER BY THE WAY! SHE’LL SUE YOUR ASSES, I SWEAR IT! SHE’LL SUE YOUR ASS SO HARD THAT WE’LL GET FINANCIAL CONPENSATION FROM YOUR DAMN GRAND KIDS! *bangs louder* YOU HEAR ME! HELLO.....IM SERIOUS.....nobody can hear me, can they?

Pyrrha: I can hear you.

*Jaune squeaks loudly before getting in a karate stance while turning to see a tall redhead girl around his age with vivid green eyes sitting on a bed*

Jaune, internally: What the fuck?! How long has she been here?!

Pyrrha, awkwardly waving: Hello.

Jaune, awkwardly waving back: Uh..hi.

*an awkward silence fall on the two, with the blonde slightly blushing and the redhead staring at him with interest*

Jaune, internally: Holy shit, she’s pretty. My god, she absolutely stunning. She has got to be the prettiest girl I’ve seen in my li— Wait Wait, Jauney-Boy, you're getting side tracked. What the fuck is going on in here, and why did those guys put me in a room with a very hot girl with really long and smooth legs— GAH, HORMONES THERE ARE MORE IMPORTANT MATTERS TO ATTEND TO!

Pyrrha: *giggles while slightly blushing*

Jaune, terrified:......w-was I t-talking out loud?

Pyrrha: Hmm? Oh no. *smiles teasingly* Why? What were you thinking about?

Jaune, voice cracking: N-nothing. Nothing at— *clears throat* H-hey, I’m Jaune.

Pyrrha, smiling: Pyrrha, charmed.

Jaune, internally: Wow, even her name is pretty.

Pyrrha: *snickers cutely*

*Jaune looks around to see what she’s snickering at to see nothing*

Jaune, shrugging it off: So uhm....they tricked you with the social experiment, huh?

*Pyrrha thinks for a moment, before a coy smile gets plastered on her lips*

Pyrrha: Yeah, you can say something like that.

Jaune: Damn. Who the hell are these people, and you have any idea what they even want from us?

Pyrrha, shaking her head: Your guess is as good as mine.

Jaune, sighing: Great. Isn’t today just wonderful. Should’ve known that offer was too good to be true. *slide his back against the wall until he’s sitting* Teach me not to read documents people tell me to sign.

*MEANWHILE, SOMETIME LATER*

Cinder, sighing: Wow, great plan, Roman. We are learning things about her so fast.

Roman: This takes patience, Cinder.

Cinder, frustrated: The boy haven’t even said anything to her for the past 5 minutes! He’s just sitting his ass on the floor. The boy is socially handicapped!

Roman: That’s not my fault! You're the one who pick him!

Cinder: Well you were the one to make this stupid plan in the first place! How will the boy even ask her about her powers in the first place if he doesn't even know that he needs to ask?!

Roman: Geez, I don't know! How did I know about you being an only child?

Cinder: Be—

Roman: Because I asked you as a curious person who wants to know about my friend! Now believe it or but if I got under the assumption that you started reading my mind, you bet your ass I would ask you about it, especially if I was trapped in a small room with you!

Cinder: But why would SCP-312 answer the question if she knows what we're trying to—

Roman, urgently: Hush! Something's happening!

*MEANWHILE*

Jaune: *has been moving uncomfortably on the floor for the past 5 minutes*

Pyrrha, scooting in her bed: Hey, you wanna sit next to me? The floor looks pretty uncomfortable.

Jaune: Really? You're alright with that?

Pyrrha, smiling warmly: Of course. The bed's large enough. *Pat beside her* Here.

Jaune, slightly blushing: O-oh, Uh, sure then. Thanks.

*Jaune walks over to the bed before sitting down, his cheeks crimsoning*

Pyrrha: There, is that better?

Jaune: Y-yeah. T-thanks.

Pyrrha: Youre welcome:

*Once again the room fall to silence as the boy looks everywhere but at the very attractive girl he's shoulder to shoulder with*

Jaune, internally: God, what's wrong with me?! I just got kidnnapped yet I'm more worried about this super hot girl sitting next to me! I can barely form coherent sentences around her! Damn, my hands are all sweaty too! She's so close! I can feel her body warmth! Just calm down, Jauney. Calm down already. Take a deep breath, and try to strike up a conversation with her. This silence is deafening.

Jaune, taking a deep breath: So, what—

Pyrrha: *Facing Jaune with a warm smile*

Jaune, voice wavering: —y-y-your.......*turns away in embarrassment*

Jaune, internally: For god sake! I can’t get used to that smile! It’s like beautiful personified. God damnit. I need to keep a conversation going, at least until those guys come back! Okay think! What did mom tell me about talking to girls?

A memory starts playing inside Jaune’s head with his mother’s voice: Remember Sweetie, women love wedding rings, but they love babies more.

Jaune, internally:.....is...is that it?! Really?! That’s literally the only advice my mother has ever given more for girls. How the hell is baby propaganda supposed to help me in this situation?! What kinda— okay, calm down. I have another parent. What did dad tell me?

Another memory starts playing in Jaune’s head, this time with his father’s voice: Son, I have absolutely no idea how I managed to make your mother fall for me. I am not the man you should be asking. You’ll probably have a better shot asking the stars that question.

Jaune, internally:.........I’m going to die alone, aren’t I? My parents managed to make the opposite sex so completely alien to me, despite me having 7 sisters! What he actual fuck?! This is an absolute disaster! This can’t get any worst!

*Jaune then remembers one crucial detail of the predicament he’s in*

Jaune, internally: OH GOD! I FORGOT I WAS ALSO KIDNAPPED! WHAT THE FUCK EVEN IS TODAY?! I’M PROBABLY GOING TO DIE IN HERE AND I CANT EVEN STRIKE UP A CONVERSATION WITH THE GIRL WHO WILL POSSIBLY DIE WITH ME! I AM A DISGRACE TO EVERY ARC TO EVER LIVE! I CAN FEEL MY ANCESTORS LOOKING AT ME WITH DISGUST! OH GOD! WHAT THE—

*Suddenly Jaune’s nerves instantly drop and a calm aura surrounds him, almost like it just completely disappeared and got replace with an warm and inviting energy*

Jaune, confused: Huh?

*The weight on Jaune’s hand then became evident, as he looked down and found Pyrrha’s hand gently lying on his, almost reassuringly*

Jaune, slightly blushing:.........

Pyrrha, in soothing tone: So, tell me about yourself.

Jaune, no longer feeling nervous for a reason he doesn’t know why:...........well, I just graduated from college.

*MEANWHILE*

Cinder, frantically: WRITE THAT DOEN, WRITE THAT DOWN!

Roman, equally as frantic: I AM! I AM!

#rwby #pyrrha nikos #Jaune arc #arkos #pyrrha x jaune

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ahdflksjaklf;jsls ok buddies - I hate talking about 14x13: Lebanon, but it has relevancy in the “John Winchester is a villain and cannot and should not be redeemed” discourse as well as being a crucial piece of finale denialist lore so I Have Been Thinking About It Too Much.

As you may recall, the Occult Object of the Week - the pearl - in Lebanon is supposed to grant Dean’s “heart’s desire.” Dean and Sam are Very Sure this means expelling Michael (the Dean Winchester Must Be Saved installment of season 14) (honestly that premise always seemed a little slim to me, I was hoping for Dean’s heart’s desire to be Cas, on Dean’s car, naked, covered in bees). 

Instead they summon Dad of the Year, which at first feels infuriating.  However after discussion with my earworms, I Have Fixed It (and also turned it into a grenade to launch at 15x20.)

Finale denialists and John Winchester derogatorians ASSEMBLE! and let’s discuss after the cut.

I’ve written in depth about Dean’s struggles with the cycle of abuse, so I won’t go too far into it here, but if you want to revisit any of that meta this is a good place to begin.  This post hinges on the same theory - that Dean’s true freedom is established in his release from that cycle - that is the logical outcome of any hero’s journey for him, and where he would finally be able to accept happiness and love.  This logically would also make release from the cycle of abuse and the feelings of self-hatred Dean struggles with his “heart’s desire” for purposes of the pearl.  When it comes to emotions, we also know Dean doesn’t deal with them well.  He punches things instead.  So odds are, Dean hasn’t really worked through these feelings.  

Dean also mentions when John returns that “it was what [Dean] wanted since he was 4″ - when they lost Mary, right before John became obsessed with revenge.  Season 12 Mary canonically remembers John as a “good dad,” so we can draw a line from that to the abuse really starting shortly after her death.  This is also corroborated by Dean himself:

DEAN: You know when you died, it changed Dad. 

(A visual of the John Mary remembers) (just my excuse to put pictures of Matt Cohen on your dash) (I shouldn’t need an excuse) (Matt Cohen hi you are on Tumblr please don’t read any of this I’m embarrassed).

So what Dean has is pre-Mary’s-death John and post-Mary’s-death John, post-Mary’s-death John being the one whose abuse created Dean’s own damaged persona.  Dean thinks the fix is to stop things on the front end (he is ignoring any process-centered solution, he just wants it to never have happened, he is in denial that he has to work through this and just wants it to be erased, etc etc etc).  

***also keep in mind that going back in time to change things on the front end as a “fix it” is a storyline SPN repeats regularly***

***and it always ends up being impossible to do*** 

Ok so for Dean, his damage/anger/brutal nature/darkness is always linked to John, and this cycle “began” for Dean once their family was torn apart by Mary’s death.  So the fix is his “blood family” together.  That’s his heart’s desire in Lebanon because Dean hasn’t really worked through any of his emotions, and it’s his very Dean way of fixing it - “oh if my family gets put back together I will be put back together too.”

***speaking of quick fixes, I’d like to note that any case in SPN that is referred to as a “milk run”  inevitably becomes complicated and messy***

***continuing the thematics of there’s no such thing as a quick fix***

This is no different.  Stopping the cycle by simply erasing it from the narrative erases anything else that happened along the way during the journey.  It erases this Mary (who they know as a person by this point and not just the mom on a pedestal) 

and (most importantly) it erases this Cas (the episode specifically replaces Cas with one who Doesn’t Know Dean).

We Emphasize This Of Course In The Dialogue In Case You Missed It

DEAN Cas, you know us. ALTERNATE CAS I don’t know you.

***Simply erasing the origin of Dean’s trauma erases all of Dean’s growth.  It erases this family that Dean is so proud to tell John he has now. It erases everything he has already overcome despite how hard it was to achieve it.

So, John goes back.  In that way, the pearl does give Dean his heart’s desire - his realization that this is not about a quick fix, it is about the journey to the good, and all you gain and become along the way (kind of similar to “Happiness isn't in the having. It's in just being. It's in just saying it" eh?).  it’s the process.  It’s every moment along the way.  It’s the people who help him get there.

And then he starts the healing journey by taking control of his own life, by owning his feelings instead of displacing the blame, by recognizing he is NOT guided solely by the actions of his father and this cycle:

DEAN

And for the longest time, I blamed Dad. I mean, hell, I blamed Mom, too, you know? I was angry. But say we could send Dad back knowing everything. Why stop there? Why not send him even further back and let some other poor sons of bitches save the world? But here’s the problem. Who does that make us? Would we be better off? Well, maybe. But I gotta be honest – I don’t know who that Dean Winchester is.

And the episode fucking ends with Cas, the Cas Who Knows Them coming into the bunker and asking them what happened, calling each of them by name just to emphasize again That He Knows Them, because Cas knowing Dean, and Cas being Dean’s family is the cornerstone of what Dean’s heart desires.

[CAS walks in from the door at the top of the stairs. SAM, DEAN and MARY walk out from the library to see him.]

CAS Mary, Sam, Dean. What happened?

So yeah, it took 14 damn seasons but Lebanon is where Dean realizes he can be defined by more than the acts of his father.  (That’s why it’s so terrifying for Dean when Chuck snatches back any control he gained in Season 15.  Because for Dean, Chuck is just John Winchester Controls My Every Action all over again, except he’s God which makes it even worse.) 

That’s also why the final blow to Chuck is not Dean killing him. 

The last stage in the journey that begins here with Dean’s “I’m good with who I am” - [I’m still bad and dark and damaged but I’m good with it]

is Dean’s “that’s not who I am.” [the most caring man on Earth; the most selfless, loving human being I will ever know]

Thats equally why 15x18 is so brilliant, 15x19 is at least acceptable, and 15x20 simply does. not. work.

Dean Winchester’s perfect heaven cannot possibly center on the blood family.  It does not have John Winchester and Mary, husband and wife, who took away his own free will.  It is THIS FAMILY.  The found family.  Cas and Jack and Sam and the Mary that was resurrected.  Dean’s entire character arc supports this journey, and to have it culminate in something that is so established in the season prior to this one as something Dean knows he no longer wants is maddening.

I’m even more mad now because I just remembered that the most prominent picture above Dying Sam’s bed was the blood family portrait from this episode; almost like they wanted us to remember this particular stupid lesson.  This show is so stupid when it could have been so so so very good.

***I want to say thanks again to all of you who read my spiraling if you got this far.  It’s therapeutic for me to do it, but it makes it all the better that people actually read it.  Seeing you in my notes MAKES my entire day****

#seriously im feral again #spn #spn meta #Lebanon #John Winchester is a trash heap #spn 14x13 #destiel #found family #spn fandom #spn family #Dean Winchester analysis #somebody help me im spiraling back into finale denialist rage #deancas #found family forever #supernatural is a show #but it is also a way of life #just my daily therapy of psychoanalyzing Dean Winchester #somebody come get me I have officially entirely gone mad #15x20 sucks and this is why #destiel hivemind Meet the Parents #myspnmeta

[howlingday]

Jaune: (Walking through the forest with Yang, Looks at a wanted poster on a tree) Hey, Yang, who's that? She kind of looks like you.

Yang: That's Raven Branwen, the supposed "Bandit Queen" around here. Don't bother getting involved with her. She'd just make you look stupid. (Sighs, Looks away) It wouldn't be the first time.

Jaune: ...Right. (Touches her hand) Yang, you know I love you, right?

Yang: ...Yeah, I know. (Holds his hand, Doesn't look at him) Even if you don't deserve someone like me.

Jaune: (Pulls his hand away) What do you mean? Are you saying I'm not good enough for you?

Yang: (Looks at him) What?! No! I know we've only been dating for a few months, but it's not like that! If anything, it's the other way around!

Jaune: (Angry) So you're saying you're too good for me now?!

Yang: No! Argh! You are so annoying right now! What I meant was- (A loud thud is heard nearby, Gunfire explodes in the distance) What was that?

From the treeline, a band of armed thugs barrel out waving their weapons around, hooting and hollering, roaring and barking as they circle the couple. A tree falls, it's trunk sliced clean as a woman with black hair and red eyes walks forward. She sheathes her sword as she sways her hips. She looks exactly like the woman in the wanted poster, becauseshe is the woman from the wanted poster; Raven Branwen.

Raven: Don't waste your breath with her. (Stops in front of the couple) She never understood true power, even when it stared her in the face.

Jaune: Wait, you're-

Raven: Raven Branwen, Bandit Queen. (Bandits roar and cheer until they're silenced by Raven's extended hand, She leans forward into Jaune's face) And you are just my type.

Jaune: (Blushing) Uh, you look just like my girlfriend.

Raven: Well, she is my daughter.

Yang: Stop leering at her, you perv! And you, I thought you didn't want anything to do with me!

Raven: I didn't, but when Tai told me about this boy you're dating, I had to see for myself. He reminds me a lot of him. (Licks her lips) I bet he tastes the same, too. Shay! Vernal!

Shay & Vernal: Yes, ma'am!

Raven: Make sure she doesn't interfere. I want to play with my food right now

Shay & Vernal: Yes, ma'am!

Raven: What's your name, handsome?

Jaune: Uh, Jaune. Jaune Arc.

Raven: Mm, short, sweet, and rolls off the tongue. I bet the ladies love it.

Jaune: Uh...

Raven: If you didn't hear, I'm Raven Branwen. But, the only thing you'll call me from now on is either ma'am or mommy.

Jaune: (Chuckling) That's funny. I like you, Ms. Branwen!

Yang: (Thinking) What is she doing?! Is she... trying to steal Jaune?! (Shakes her head) Whatever! Jaune loves me! He won't surrender to her! ...But we did have that fight just now. He might actually leave me for her. ...No! I just have to put my faith in Jaune! I know he'll stay with me!

Raven: Now, Jaune, what say we have some fun?

Raven unsheathes Omen, taking a combative stance in front of Jaune, who, in turn, unsheathes Crocea Mors. Raven swings at Jaune, holding back her strength as she tests Jaune's skill. Soon, Jaune is beading with sweat as Raven lazily parries and swings at him. Jaune slips into her guard, forcing her to jump back. She chuckles as she watches him pant.

Raven: Not bad, boy. Not bad at all.

Jaune: This... This is too much! I can see why you're the Bandit Queen now.

Raven: What are you staring so hard at me for, boy? You want me? Here, (Takes off her armor, Her perfect-fit clothing underneath leaves nothing to the imagination) have a closer look.

Jaune: (Stammers, Looks to Yang)

Yang: Stop showing off like that, Mom! Why couldn't you just stay out of my love life like dad? In fact, why don't you just stay out of my life?!

Shay: Hey, kid, settle down!

Vernal: Queen Raven ordered us to keep you in place, so that's what we're going to do.

Yang: And having your goons keep me from kicking your butt?! You're the worst!

Raven: Your boyfriend doesn't seem to think that. Just look at how he's panting just from being near me. (Jaune gulps) Tell me, Jaune. What do you like most about me? Is it my lovely hair? My intoxicating scent? Or is something else catching your eyes?

Jaune: C-Can we go back to fighting, please?!

Yang: Why are you dodging the question, you creep?! (Thinking) I'm losing him. It's subtle, but... There's no doubt about it. It can't end like this. Not after everything we've been through!

Raven: Remember this, Jaune; there's a difference between a girl and a woman. Allow me to show you the difference.

Raven swings with more intent this time, forcing Jaune to block and dodge with more caution, as she now kicks at any opening she finds. Jaune slips into her guard again, forcing the two to lock blades. However, Raven takes advantage of this to blow a kiss at Jaune, who flinches and jumps away. Raven follows up with thrust, parry, and slice combination. Jaune noticed Raven switched to a two-handed style, and decided to respond in kind. The battle became more even as Raven began sweating from the effort she was putting in. Jaune leaped away, panting, and stuck his sword into the dirt.

Jaune: Okay, I'm done! I've had enough, Ms. Branwen!

Raven: Aw, what's the matter, baby. Are you losing focus from watching me move so gracefully? I'll bet you have so many nasty thoughts running through your head right now. (Rips open her shirt a little, revealing her cleavage) You want me so bad, don't you?

Yang: (Tears streaming from her eyes, Thinking) That's it. I've lost him. There's no way he doesn't want her after that. It's how she tricked Dad into loving her. (Crying) But, he can't just leave me for her! She just wants to use him as a plaything. If he left me, I at least want to be sure he'll be safe from any harm, but she... It's all my fault. All because of that stupid argument, he's going to leave me all alone!

Jaune: Ugh! Just shut the fuck up already!

Yang: Huh? (Realizes Jaune's holding her)

Raven: Excuse me?!

Jaune: I'm sick of hearing you talk! You're fucking weird, the way you talk to me makes me feel like a baby, and the fact you're putting down your own daughter just to impress a stranger like me, (Glares at Raven, Grinds his teeth) it makes me so fucking furious, I can't stand it! How could you say such foul shit about your daughter?! (Takes a deep breath, Holds Yang close) I love your daughter. I only love your daughter. I mean, yeah, you're attractive, with your nice-smelling hair and your curves and your swordplay, but that doesn't matter. But I wouldn't even be fawning over you if I knew how horrible you really were! (Feels Yang hugging him, Sighs) I'm sorry, baby. I just... I just got so upset when you said I wasn't good enough for you.

Yang: (Sniffs) I wasn't talking about you not being good enough; I was talking about me not being good enough for you. I got so worried that you'd abandon me, I couldn't bear it. I'm sorry it came out wrong to you. I just think you're so amazing, okay? You always rise up against any challenge, even when you know the odds aren't in your favor. You fought bullies, Grimm, my dad, and even the White Fang! You have so much confidence, I can't imagine why you would think you're not good enough! (Sobs) I love you, Jaune! I feel like if you left me, I would literally die!

Jaune: (Shushes her, Pets her hair) I love you, too, and I know what you mean. I feel like... It's like our souls are connected, you know? (Chuckles, Tear rolls down his eye) I'm sorry I'm so corny, and for our fight earlier.

Yang: (Chuckles) It's okay. I like us being corny, and I love that you can be so honest with me.

Jaune: (Chuckles, Kisses the top of her head) I'm so lucky I have you.

Raven: (Holding herself, Panting and squirming) Oh, this feeling~.

Jaune: (Looks up) Huh? (Looks over, Sees Raven half-naked and steaming with a dangerous aura) Uh...

Raven: Oh, Tai hasn't made me feel like this in such a long time~.

Yang: (Gulps) Raven?

Raven: But you, Jaune, (Lewd and wide smile, Sultrily chuckles) you're a whole different breed~! (Points Omen at him, Drooling) You're a man who knows how to put a bitch like me in her place and shows love to his girl after some tramp disses her! (She looks down, Hiding her face) It might be the bare minimum, but... (Looks up, Hungry eyes) I just have to have you! Now pick up the sword and listen carefully, because if you lose this fight, I'm going to make you my new slave! (Chuckles) Who knows? Maybe in a few years, you'll make for a fine bandit.

Shay: Wait, we used to be something before being bandits?

Raven: You can't refuse this, handsome, otherwise I'll kill Yang and give you no choice.

Jaune: Shit. Yang, this doesn't look good.

Yang: Hey, now, that's not the Jaune Arc I love! (Hands him Crocea Mors, Kisses his cheek) Kick her ass for me, okay, baby?

Jaune: (Takes Crocea Mors, Smiles) You got it, baby!

Vernal: Listen up, everyone! Our queen is about to go all out! The odds of her leaving us alive grow slimmer by the second! Know that all of you have been like family to me!

Shay: Even me?

Vernal: Shut up, Shay.

Raven: By the way, handsome, I don't want this to be over too soon, so keep that sword of yours in it's longsword form to keep it interesting. Because this shit's finna get nutty!

Raven wastes no time attacking Jaune, forcing him to block. He's pushed back several feet before side-stepping away. Raven continues until a red portal opens in her path, and she disappears into it. Jaune loses sight of her and barely has enough time to duck as she flies in from behind to strike. He rolls away, but Raven charges again, striking wildly with swings and thrusts. Jaune's muscles ache as he's forced to block and parry. Raven runs towards him again, disappearing into another portal. He looks behind, but doesn't see her. Yang warns him of the strike from above, and he leaps away in time. He notices a golden necklace on the ground, recognizing it from one of the bandits. Unfortunately, Raven was relentless as she continued her assault, and Jaune couldn't afford to stop and think. He decided to go on the offensive this time, clashing with her. When she was pushed back, he charged forward, but ran into her portal, and right into Vernal. The bandit lieutenant jumped away as Jaune thrusted, and he apologized as he she did. He turned in time to catch Raven's blade, but she disappeared as she retreated, using her portal repeatedly to confuse him. Jaune dropped his sword and stepped forward to the golden necklace. He tossed it into the air, forcing Raven to dive to him with her blade extended. She cackled with mad glee as she forced him to fall backwards, only to reel in pain when he kicked her in the face and away from Omen. Raven sprawled and climbed to her knees, looking at Jaune from the wrong end of her weapon.

Raven: (Panting) Jaune... That was... amazing... I feel so... exhilarated... You sapped me of all my juices. Or, well, at least half of my aura, anyways. I know you won, but couldn't you please reconsider and join my family?

Jaune: I don't want you! Damn! (Throws Omen aside) I'm with your daughter because I love her! I love her hair! I love her smell! I love her curves!

Raven: W-What are you saying?!

Jaune: I'm saying I love big-tittied bitches! Mostly your daughter, but the others are cool, too, I guess!

Yang: (Snickers, Covers her mouth)

Jaune: Also, you just let "your family" almost die in our fight! Who the hell does that?!

Raven: (Scoffs) The family knows the tribe is nothing without their queen. If they were worthy, they would be willing to die for me. (Stands up, Shakes her head) Such a sentimental fool. No wonder you're together. (Picks up Omen, Walks away with her tribe) You can have him, Yang.

Yang: ...Thank you, Raven.

Jaune: Wait, that's it?

Raven: Yeah, I don't need any bleeding hearts in my tribe. But you have my blessing, whatever that might mean to you. (Thinking) Fuck, now I'm thinking about him again. I should go chat with him. It has been a few months since our last "reunion."

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