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#and look he is a scumbag but that is kinda what makes most (if not all fandom) like him?? like. for his moral compass the credit card is
nya-vivi · 2 months
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Vagueblogging a fandom in one of my side-blogs but damn. Some takes are a bit,,,,, well. Are we really playing the same game?????
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tteokdoroki · 7 months
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☆༉ — RYOMEN SUKUNA. a better man.
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about. you’re a girl that’s way out of his league and he’s the bad boy you couldn’t help but fall for. what happens when ryomen sukuna fails to meet you in the middle?
warnings. minors, blank and ageless blogs do not interact! sfw, fluff, suggestive towards the end, no curses!au, modern!au, it’s implied that sukuna is in a gang, mentions of fights, reader is a rich girl, they’re kinda in love :( bad boy!sukuna, fem!reader.
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“you’re mad at me. aren’cha?”
sukuna mutters with an air of faux nonchalance as he lazily jogs up the final marble steps that lead up to the restaurant he was supposed to meet you at nearly two hours ago. the evening traffic zips by, red and white headlights parting through the rain to illuminate your boyfriend’s features. heavy water droplets take residence on the slope of his nose and Cupid’s bow, some even daring to cling on to the tips of dusty rose-coloured hair.
if you weren’t so angry right now, you might take a moment to appreciate how good sukuna looks in the moment — especially with the way the rain makes the designer tux you’d gotten for him cling to his skin. exposing every ridge and dip and curve in his muscle while his inky black tattoos become all the more visible.
“of course i’m mad.” you step aside to let sukuna under the shelter of the entrance, avoiding him as he swoops down for his usual hug and kiss. “tonight is important. it was important.”
“babe c’mon on, i was—“
“you were late. they’re serving dessert in there, ryomen.” your tone is coloured with shades of annoyance and a hint of warning. like a mother about to lecture her child. you’re pissed. it’s written all over your face too — in the way that your brows crease and you pout so adorably. he’ll try to play it off, like he doesn’t care, but it almost makes sukuna sick to his stomach to know that you’re angry with him.
the rain picks up outside of the restaurant and you continue. “all you had to do was show up on time. come to this stupid fancy restaurant and be there to meet my parents. but of course, you got yourself caught up in—“ you grab his dress shirt in frustration, noticing the blood on the collar that doesn’t belong to him. his split knuckles and the bruise on his lips. “— in whatever this is.” you roll your eyes, blood boiling.
“it’s nothin’ for you to worry your pretty little head about,” sukuna scoffs, lips spreading wide in his signature smirk. the excuse is lame, but he doesn’t want you to worry for him any longer. “since when did you care about what your parents think, anyways?” but you see it in his eyes, that same old worry. that he’s not good enough for you, that a scumbag like him doesn’t deserve a pretty girl like you. he’s always told you to find someone better, someone able to feed into the glitz and glamour that you were brought up in.
but you’ve always told ryomen sukuna that you have everything you need right there with him.
cupping his face, the heat of anger dispels from your body and you exhale deeply though your nose. “i don’t care about what my parents think. if i did, i wouldn’t be dating you.” you cast a thumb over the thick lines of ink decorating his face, accenting sukuna’s high cheekbones and chiselled features while the rest of your fingers sink into his smooth, dark undercut. “but that doesn’t mean i don’t want you to meet them. they’re just as special to me as you are. i want the most important people in my life to know each other.”
your boyfriend’s hands settle on your wrists as he grunts noncommittally, indicating that he’s aware of his wrong doings. if there’s one thing that sukuna hates, it’s upsetting you. he doesn’t care what the world thinks of him, it’s never mattered before. yet, even the slightest look of disappointment from you has the man in shambles. “‘m sorry,” he drawls, his grip on you shifting down to cup your waist — pulling you flush against him. “what can a guy like me do to make it up to you?”
“you can go on in there and charm the hell out of my rich, uptight parents so that we can hurry up and go home,” your voice lowers an octave as you stand on your tip toes for the extra height so that you can nip at the shell of sukuna’s ear. “where you can rip this dress off’a me.”
“such a dirty mouth for such’a prim ‘n proper girl, hm? i should wash it out with soap.” he purrs right back, leaning down to kiss at your neck until you’ve had enough of his frayed pink hair tickling your skin. he damn near melts when your fingers inch up to tug at his roots — earning a deep and thrilling growl from the man. “that was a dirty move. who taught you that?”
“my good for nothing boyfriend, he’s kind of a bad influence.” you tease back, despite having to physically push sukuna away in order to avoid setting off his inner beast before dinner with your parents is done — and instead, take to grabbing his larger hand in yours so you can lead him from the front of house to your family’s reserved table.
and like always, sukuna trails after you like a lost puppy enamoured with the person that found them, have them love and warmth. because, while you didn’t change him, you made him want to be better — to give up the knives in his back and the bullets looking over his head for something better. something softer.
something like you.
ryomen sukuna wanted to become the someone he thought you deserved.
that’s why he put on this stupid suit and tie, why he let you take his hand, why he follows you to the the table that’s sure to seal his fate with you.
behind all that rough exterior, is a man who loves you.
and in front of sukuna, is a girl who loves him and all of his flaws right back.
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watermelonlovershigh · 2 months
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another sickfic/period prompt.. living together as friends/housemates and H finds her on the floor in the night feeling really sick from her period and sits with her + helps her out 🥲 changes her sheets for her, rubs her back and just holds her on the floor with a blanket round them. she's absolutely mortified with no choice but to be accepting of his help and all he wants to do is make her feel a little better :(
Period Cramps Are No Fun {part 1.} (housemate!harry series)
AN: thank you for this request. it's not exactly as the request said but i hope it's close enough. and i normally don't write harry as anything other than y/n's lover but made an exception with this story. please share your feedback with me and let me know how you liked it. enjoy. xoxoxoxo
This story contains: small period leak, severe period cramping, puking due to period cramps, crying due to pain and embarrassment, mentions of sex toys, comfort, fluff
{ housemate!harry - friend!harry - softrry - any harry era - au!harry }
word count- 1,956
You wake up in the middle of the night with severe period cramps and when your housemate and friend Harry happens to wake up for a glass of water, he sees you on the bathroom floor crying and has no choice but to be by your side and comfort you.
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You were looking to be someones flatmate or housemate. You'd put offer after offer online and one day a guy named Harry accepted your offer. He had a pretty nice townhouse in London and from his brief description of himself, seemed to be an alright guy. You didn't want to move in with some lazy scumbag and you'd come to find Harry is the opposite of that.
He's probably the cleanest guy you've ever met. He enjoys keeping things organized and loves to keep the house smelling fresh with candles on every shelf and table. And you get along quite nicely. You'd even go as far to say over the six months of living in his townhouse that you've become friends.
Doing things friends do such as order take-out food together, watch movies on the couch, paint each others nails, share juicy details about your love lives (or lack thereof). Harry is a very fun guy to be around and if you're being honest with yourself, you'd say you've developed a slight crush on him. I mean how could you not? He has nearly all the characteristics of what every woman's ideal man would have. Physical characteristics and things through the actions he does.
Now even though you've became great friends over the six months of living here, there is still stuff you try to keep private. For instance, your periods. Harry's not dumb and obviously knows you get a period. Mainly from seeing your sanitary products under the bathroom sink or in the bin by the toilet. You don't try to keep your periods a secret, just private.
And though Harry knows you get periods, as do most females, he has yet to see the bad side of your periods. The periods that make you sob on the bathroom floor from the amount of pain your cramps are causing. The periods that make you nausous and throw up. Luckily those periods aren't a monthly thing but they do happen a few times a year for whatever reason and it sucks.
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Late last night as you and Harry were watching a movie on his sofa, you began to feel crampy in your lower stomach. You asked if he could pause the film while you went to the bathroom down the hall and he agreed. And that's when you realized your period had came and you'd leaked. It's not a bad leak but it's enough for you to need to change your underwear and your shorts. Which the shorts barely had any blood on them but still called for a fresh pair.
Once you got yourself situated, you returned to the living room where the first thing Harry commented on is your changed clothes. "Did you change your shorts or somethin'?"
Quickly, you answered, "Yeah, my period started and I kinda leaked. Okay, you can press play on the movie."
Harry nodded sympathetically but followed your orders. He would have said something else to try and comfort you but knew you prefered to keep your periods more private. He doesn't understand why though. All women get periods. It's not something you should be ashamed of and he wished you'd understand that.
Now it's four in the morning and you're woken up to what feels like the worst period cramps of your whole life. Fuck, you scream in your head, it's gonna be one of those months. The longer you lay in bed the more nausous you began to feel from how painful your cramps are and that leads to you stumbling out of bed and rushing to the bathroom down the hall.
After what felt like an eternity, you made it to the bathroom and literally crawled on the floor over to the toilet. Now that you're in the bathroom you feel less nauseous but the pain is still in full force. That's when the tears start flowing. With your back against the wall and your knees up to your chest, sobs roll out your body as you fight against the waves of your uterus contracting to release its lining.
Harry is a heavy sleeper and usually don't wake up unless someone outwardly calls his name or pushes him awake. What wakes him up right now though is a dry mouth and a craving for a glass of water. So he gets out of bed and heads to the kitchen. But before he can even make it to the kitchen, he hears what sounds like crying coming from the hall bathroom.
Rushing over to the bathroom door, the sight before him breaks his heart. You didn't have the strength to shut the door so from the hall, Harry sees you sobbing in front of the toilet, back against the wall, and a hand clutching your stomach. "Oh, Y/n," he steps inside, "what's the matter?"
You slowly lift your head and the first thought in your mind was you didn't want him to see you like this. This was too embarrassing and you were too vulnerable at the moment. "Harry, go. Don't look at me."
Taken back by your words, Harry retorts in concern, "Not until you tell me what's wrong. Are you sick? Why're cryin'?"
Realising it's no use to deny your housemates help in your condition, you answer through the pain and tears, "My.....my cramps are SO bad. It hurts so much, H...Harry. *sob* It's making me feel so sick."
Harry frowns sympathetically and kneels down beside you in just his boxer briefs, which is his usual sleep attire. He would have covered up a bit more if he'd known this is what he was going to be walking into on his trip for a glass of water. As soon as he kneels down, you get the real urge to puke.
You push yourself off the wall and hang your head over the toilet. A harsh dry heave leaves your mouth that makes him cringe but nothing more, yet. Harry quickly scoots behind you and collects your hair with one hand and runs his other hand over your back. He doesn't know if you want to be touched right now but knows that when he's getting sick he finds that if someone rubs on his back it makes him feel a little better.
"Shhh," Harry whispers gently, "it's okay. You're okay. I've got you." He patiently waits until your feel better or actually get sick. After a few more jarring dry heaves, you end up throwing up in the toilet. And though the act feels like hell and is gross, you hope it will also relive the sickness your belly feels due to your period cramps.
You slowly lift your head up, taking deep breaths, and start crying again. This time not from the pain but from embarrassment. Harry's quick to ask, "Hey, what is it, Y/n? The cramps again?"
A little more coherently then the last time you spoke, you answer, "No. Just embarrassed. I threw up in front of you." That has Harry throwing his head back with a laugh.
"Y/n, I don't give a single fuck about you throwing up in front of me. Everyone gets sick from time to time. Just want to make sure you're alright. I hate that your period cramps are causin' you so much pain."
While subconsciously rubbing circles in your lower tummy, you ask desperately in a near whispered voice, "H, can you please go get me some pain medicine. It's in my bedside table drawer in my bedroom. Once I have that I think I'll feel better. At least for a couple of hours."
"Of course." Harry agrees and gets up off the bathroom floor to head to your bedroom. Once inside, he walks straight to your bedside table and opens the drawer to find your bottle of pain medication. While rummaging through to find the bottle, Harry tries to ignore the assortment of sex toys you have in there; bullet vibrator, dildo, clit sucker. Shit, this is the wrong time for him to get all hot and flustered at the thought of you using those under his roof.
He finally finds the bottle of pills and heads back to the bathroom where you still are. Within the time it took him to grab your medicine, you've stood up off the floor, flushed the toilet of course, and now sit on a closed toilet seat. Harry opens the bottle and asks, "How many? One or Two or....?"
"Two please." Harry hands you two tablets and grabs a paper cup used for rinsing your mouths out by the sink and fills it up with tap water. You carefully grab the small cup from his hands and take the pills with urgency, just wanting to be out of pain as soon as possible.
Once that's over with, Harry annonces, "Well, I'll let you get cleaned up in here and I'll be out there waiting for you."
"Okay, thank you." you respond gratefully. Harry really is the best housemate you could have asked for. While he's gone, you change out your tampon and brush the taste of vomit from your mouth. Then you exit the hall bathroom, ready to try and get a few more hours of sleep.
As you step inside your bedroom, you're taken back. Harry has managed to change your sheets and duvet, claiming a fresh pair will help you relax and hopefully sleep better. He's also set an actual glass of water on your nightstand, as well as plugged in his heating pad for you to use. "Harry....... what's all this?"
Nervously, because he doesn't know if this is all too much to do to someone who is just his housemate and friend, Harry replies, "Um, just wanted to make sure you come back to a comfy room. Hopefully you'll get a few more hours of sleep. And if you get thirsty or need to take more medicine, there's a glass of water there. Then my old heating pad that you can use across your tummy to also help with your cramps. Hope it's not too much."
You turn around with a small smile on your face and reach out to hug him. He's startled at first but soon relaxes and hugs you back. You hug for a minute before you break away first and mutter your appreciation. "No, this is great, Harry. Not too much at all. Thank you for your kindness tonight. And thank you for putting up with me in the bathroom. I know that wasn't a pretty sight. So yeah, just, thank you so much."
Looking down at you, Harry gets the urge to kiss you, but instead, says, "Y/n, it's no big deal, really. I would have helped anyone in that situation. Just want you to feel better s'all. Now get back into bed and around ten I'll wake up and make us a brunch. Sound good?"
"Yeah, sounds perfect." You crawl back into your bed that now has fresh sheets and maneuver the heating pad over your tummy. The pain medicine has begun to work but your uterus is still quite achy. As Harry turns around and heads out your door, you yell out, "Night." even though it's five in the morning by now.
"Night, Y/n." Harry speaks as well before slipping back into his bed across the hall. Now laying in your separate beds, all you can think about is how much you would have loved if Harry was in your bed cuddling you. And all Harry can think about is how much he wishes you were in his bed, so he could cuddle you. Maybe one day that day will come. But for now, you're just silly housemates that's turned into friends.
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Arguments and Confessions {part 2.} (housemate!harry series)
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thefiery-phoenix · 29 days
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YANDERE BAKUGOU FAMILY HEADCANNONS (Platonic)
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There would be NO DOUBT that they would ALL be HELLA OVERPROTECTIVE about you 
I mean, Masaru would be kinda chill actually compared to Mitsuki and Katsuki. He won't freak TF out if you talk to other people and have fun with your friends and he's the most lenient one in the family and he doesn't give a damn what you wear. He likes seeing you in all sorts of clothing and thinks his darling little daughter looks good in whatever she wears and won't force you to do anything 
But when it comes to the question of sleepovers and going to other people's houses WITHOUT EITHER one of the Bakugou's to accompany you is a big no go. They're worried that something might happen to you if you step out of the house and they half wish you'll stop trying to be apro hero. Why be a hero and put your life at risk while you have the big strong Ground Zero as your brother and 2 parents who are perfectly capable of protecting the youngest Bakugou?
Mitsuki, on the other hand will treat you like a child along with Katsuki. Everyone loves spoiling the shit outta you and Mitsuki likes dressing you up in cutesy cutesy little outfits. Mitsuki however will NEVER allow you to break rules like disobeying her when she says no to something and sneaking off with your friends. She simply will NOT tolerate rule breaking and even if you DO manage to sneak around her back, your brother Katsuki will always be there to 'get you on the right track' even if he has to use his quirk on you. They just want what's best for you after all
They are self aware yanderes and their relationship towards you is unhealthy and delusional and they KNOW it but they have to protect you from the horrors of the world. If you used to attend the UA, you bet Katsuki had something to do with why your mom suddenly wanted you to drop out and take a break for sometime and soon that 'break' turned into a never ending relaxing vacation at your home for you. You won't be working anytime soon while they're around that's for sure and while Masaru talks to you, Katsuki and Mitsuki will be busy preparing food for you guys to eat. They don't want you going in the kitchen, what if you accidentally hurt yourself or boil or burn yourself?
They'll love cuddling with you and making you feel safe and comfortable in their presence. They have NEVER hit you till date and never will either. And WHO expects parents to starve their own kids? Cuz, they aren't those types of parents
For punishments, they'll just restrict your usage of your favorite items but they won't leave you isolated or without food and water. They aren't THAT heartless psychopaths 
Katsuki is the world's MOST short tempered brother one can have and you BET he's gonna cling to you 24/7 and tell on you to your parents what you both did the entire day (This boi should come with a blabbermouth and a tattletale warning label). You can hate him all you want for it but he just wants what's best for his youngest sibling. He loves and cares about you too much and he won't cuss around you so much either since he actually rather enjoys your innocence. His blood will BOIL when you talk to other people ESPECIALLY other GUYS and he'll obviously threaten to blow them up, even if you talk to Kirishima
 Being in relationships is COMPELTELY off the table for you. They will NEVER allow you to date and if you are in a relationship in secret, oh... what a shocker, that scumbag broke up with you the next day? Well, you can BET your allowances your OWN family was behind it but they'll just comfort you as they get you and give you whatever you want
The house will be full of baby pictures of you and Katsuki and you all as a happy family. They'll have guests over a few times but they can't ever let someone try taking you away from them so they'll try limiting the time of the guest's stay in their household instead of maniacally killing them. They won't let pro heroes enter their house either and will come up with INFINITE excuses as to why they can't come in. They just don't want to lose you 
Just let them take care of you and everything will be all right after all, family ALWAYS knows what's best for you...
''Come on little firecracker, you'll look cute and adorable in that dress and I think we should CERTAINLY put up some pictures of the wall after this. What do you think Masaru?''
''Sure, our little angel looks nice in whatever they wear''
"Tch... you don't look THAT bad firefly..."
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m-jelly · 9 months
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I love your fanfics about strong female leads, and I was thinking if that could be involved in any element. Also maybe a sprinkle of demi-sexual Levi because I’m pretty sure that man is sex-repulsed if it isn’t with someone he loves. The main story idea I think would be cool is “Pet Rescue Owner” x “kinda gangster Yandere Levi.” The reader could be like a badass disney princess lol
I've always seen Levi this way. He won't have sex with someone unless he loves them.
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@kenkopanda-art <3
I want you. I need you
Pairing: Levi x Fem! Reader
Tags and warnings: Modern AU, fluff, romance, gangster Levi, slight yandere Levi, becoming a couple.
Levi meets you kicking all kinds of ass in an alley so you can save a box of kittens. He is instantly smitten and grants you and your animal shelter protection. Levi becomes a little bit obsessed with you.
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It was like the heavens had opened and gifted him the most perfect woman in the world. Your body was divine, your strength and ferocity arousing, and that sexy smile you had on your face as you slammed your foot into a low-ranking gangster was incredible.
Levi was walking the streets near the edge of Erwin's zone to see if scumbags were running around. He came to an alley and heard some shouting about someone being a bitch and a whore. When he looked down he saw you and got ready to save the day, but you surprised him.
You kicked one man in the balls making him double over allowing you to kick him across the face. Once he was taken care of you grabbed the other's head and slammed it against the brick wall. The last got a fist to the face and then a firm kick.
Levi was in love. He needed you, wanted you.
He moved closer to you as his heart compelled him. "Impressive."
You panted a bit. "You want your shit kicked in too?"
Levi put his hands up. "No, I'm good. Tch, these lot aren't. You in a gang?"
You turned and walked away. "Nope, just really passionate about animals." You picked up a box with five kittens in it. "Worry not little ones, I've got you now."
Levi stared at the cats. "What are you?"
You gazed at Levi. "Animal rescue."
"Animal rescue who knows self-defence?"
"You never know when you need to kick someone's head in."
Levi hummed a little. "You're right." He stepped on one man waking up. "I have a proposition for you. I work for the scout gang."
You walked past him. "Good for you."
"I can provide help and get a few scouts to assist you."
You stopped by your car and stared at Levi. "What's the catch?"
He opened your car door. "Spend time with me."
You stared at him for a while before checking him out. "Like a date?"
"Yes."
You put the kittens in your car and stood up and eyed him. "Sure."
Levi's heart raced. "Really? Perfect. We'll move your business and home to scout region so you can be safe."
You smiled. "You're cute. What's your name."
"Levi."
You gave your name. "Nice to meet you."
Levi released a long love filled sigh and watched you drive off. He placed his hand on his heart and knew he was hooked. He wanted to see you again. He wanted to have you. He craved your touch, your voice and your smile.
He did everything he could to be near you and see you. He watched you from a distance and any man that got close to you, he scared away. You were his. He wanted you all to himself and he would do anything to keep you. You were his perfect dream.
He would watch your home and your new shop in the scout region. He would actively go with you to rescue animals just so he could be at your side and see you smile. He knew he shouldn't, but he would take some of your things just so he could have a piece of you always with him.
It all came to head one night inside your rescue shop.
Levi was watching you from his car making sure no one touched you. He relaxed a little and glanced over at the flowers next to him as he debated about handing them over. He wasn't the best at romance or getting his feelings out, but with you he was in deep.
"Hey Levi!"
Levi flinched and looked at his open window to see you leaning in. "H-Hi."
You smiled at him. "You know, this could be classed as stalking."
He gulped hard. "I-I know, b-but I'm ch-checking on you. I-I'm making s-sure you're safe."
You leaned on the door. "That's so cute." You looked at the passenger seat. "Those for me?"
"Y-Yes."
You leaned closer and kissed him. "Thank you."
He blushed hard. "I uh...you're welcome."
You pulled back and opened his door and got in. You straddled Levi and closed the door. "Much better."
Levi gulped hard. "This is a dream come true."
You giggled. "Same. I've liked you for a long time and I've been trying to hint to you I want you because I know you want me. However, my flirting skills are lacking so I'll do this." You tangled your fingers in Levi's hair as he grabbed your ass. You kissed each other with deep loving passion. "I want to be yours."
Levi panted a little as he felt many deep desires inside him. "I want you to be mine. I'll spoil you all the time. I'll shower you in love. I need you."
You ran your hands down Levi's chest. "I'm all yours."
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accio-victuuri · 8 months
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MY SEPTEMBER READS. 💓
It’s been a productive month of reading for me, limited to manhua/manhwas. most of these are still ongoing so that may stop you from wanting to pick it up.
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previous reads & recs : ( there are ofc novels, manhua/manhwas i have read that are not included here but enjoyed, for example — tgcf. )
Q&A Rec answered July 2021 //Recent Reads Series: Part 1 // Part 2 // Part 3 // Part 4 // Part 5 // Part 6 // November 2022 // January - March 2023 // April - August 2023
Solo novel recs: Cherry Blossoms Upon a Wintry Sword // The Moon is Coming to Me
Traces of the Sun ( 2 seasons completed, Ongoing )
One of my favorites and the photo I used for this entire post. The best thing here is that the MC is a necromancer in a sense, cause his power is restoration. The primary use if of course to restore and fix his environment like building etc but he somehow did the “forbidden” application of it which is to restore dead humans. This is set in the future and has that scifi kind of feel cause humans have “powers” and there are doorways that open — which teams have to complete to “win”. If you like that kind of premise then you will enjoy this. It reminded me of The Earth is Online so I had no problem getting into the plot, but if it’s your first time — it might be confusing.
The ML ( Hyeon ) is a red flag kind of guy and makes a deal with the MC ( Yiseon ) at the start of the story. It can be pretty dark & gloomy at times but hang in there. The quests are really exciting and the team dynamic is good <3 Their romance is kinda slow burn and i live for how Hyeon “changes” because of Yiseon. I’m really hoping for a happy ending!
The Promise ( 41 chapters completed )
I WANT MORE. I NEED. I understand some projects are only allowed upto a certain number of chapters but this was too good and could use more chapters or even side stories. I need to see An Nuo happy and enjoying the real world! 😭😭😭😭
Anyway, I picked this up cause I wanted another scifi/dystopian type of story after reading TOTS. This has that same trope. People with powers, and this time MC is someone who has a low level to no power, spending his time at an underground laboratory that treats humans as lab rats. Then comes the ML, someone from the “outside world” who needs to awaken his other power so he decides to go to the lab. They meet and well, that’s where the story starts.
If you can’t tell, I enjoyed this story so much!!!! The MC is the best. An Nuo <3 he’s so smart and I feel for him cause he was born in the lab, so he’s never seen the real world. He doesn’t know what a blue sky even looks like. As a reader, I was so invested for him to succeed and gain his freedom after 18 years of being a prisoner. Then you have ML, AHHHHHH!!!! He starts off as an asshole but then becomes so devoted so he’s forgiven. 😂😂😂😂
I’m looking for stories that are similar to this, so if you know one, let me know. ^^
Again ( 60 chapters completed ; ongoing side stories )
Regression. Entertainment Industry Setting. My weakness, so there’s no way i wouldn’t like it. But even tho it’s a trope I like, it’s still exceptional! Even if you don’t like this trope, it’s a solid story.
So you have the MC Han Nokyoung, who is an A list celebrity with a foul attitude. A scandal happens and he dies — then wakes up years before the incident so he decides to change things to have a better ending. He becomes entangled with Kang Junil in his “new” life — the same person who caused his scandal/downfall.
I like how the story flowed, and how the MC was portrayed as the scumbag he was in the past. There was no excuses, he was foul and did things that harmed people. So he has to atone. He has to change things if he wants to have a better future. There were also parts that I was scared that things will not change even if he chooses a different direction. The MC & ML romance too! AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! I love them! They are destined to be together. <3 KANG JUNIL BEING POSSESSIVE IS MY FAVE!
SKETCH ( Ongoing, Season 1 completed )
thank you for @ourbeloved1011 for recommending this!
They are precious! The art is beautiful! 💟
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Modern story with two people trying to find their way into a relationship. The MC (Yikyung) is a smol bean that we must protecc! He loves too much and is the kind of person the ML (Joobin) just needs. I have to say it’s one of my comfort stories. It’s sweet. Funny and the smut is very hot without being vulgar. I swear, you can have 3 chapters of smut and it’s glorious!!!!
The age gap is also delicious. Even if it’s ongoing, I encourage you to read it. 🤍
HEARTHROB/ High Pulse ( Ongoing 24 chapters )
I usually don’t pick up stuff that’s just 20+++ chapters cause I think it’s too early to get a hang of the story or i would want more and have nothing. However I was intrigued, since it’s High School setting and Omegaverse.
Shut up. They are so cute! There is something about first loves & young love that gets me! It’s not all fluff and cute — i just wanna wrap them in a warm blanket and let them be happy. Anyway, in this setting, the MC/ML are turning 18 and that’s the time that they will be differentiated into Alpha/Omega or not. ML is expected to be an Alpha, and MC into an Omega. The MC has a heart condition, hence the title.
It’s just sweet. Sometimes i need a story that will make me squee!
LOOK AT THEM <3
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( one of my favorite parts of the story 🤣🤣🤣 )
Love Meter 100 % ( 7 chapters completed )
A short and hilarious read!!!! MC is addicted to playing a RPG that is BL themed. He has a favorite character that he likes and one day, meets someone who looks exactly like that.
Don’t expect a ground breaking story. The plot twist is very nice tho.
Reunion ( Season 1 Completed ; Ongoing )
This story should be adapted into an Anime or a TV series cause it’s that good. The story telling is A +. If you love a non linear narrative and unreliable narrator then this is for you. My god. The mystery. The heart ache. The yearning. I’m freakin clenching my fists while reading it cause i can feel everything. Even how the panels are drawn adds to the story. Definitely up there as one of my top reads of the year.
the art style is gorgeous. the conflict is — AAAAHHHH!!! I can’t say too much to not spoil anyone reading this but if you read the summary, you’ll get an idea of what’s going on. MC pretended to be someone and had a relationship with the ML. Things happen, ML comes back and they meet each other but he (ML) forgot what happened (or did he????) and well… we try to uncover what really took place that summer and how they can have their happy ending this time.
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This is a treat to experience. As a reader, you have to try and piece things together. You also can’t trust their recollections of what happened yet.
If there is 1 story you have to read in this post, let it be this one. It needs more audience!
Blood and Love ( Ongoing ; Chapter 20 )
The combination of someone who is fascinated with vampires + is a sunshine boy meets an actual vampire premise. Add that with uncensored smut. I really enjoyed it for what it is and i got so much secondhand embarrassment from the MC being such a simp 😂😂😂
No Moral ( Season 1 completed ; Ongoing )
I chose this because it’s set in a law firm — ML being a partner & big shot and MC a new junior associate. I did enjoy reading First Class Lawyer before so i thought to give it a chance, I made the right decision. 💕
It’s plot heavy and there are technical words but it didn’t turn me off. The cases are also interesting and this honestly makes me want to pick up the novel cause i wanna know what happens next. The hints of potential romance between them is 💓 and I hope that they get to a good place together.
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I really like the character of the ML. Seheon Kang. He’s such a bitch. He reminds me of “Harvey” from the tv series Suits, all the attitude but none of the vices & women. He has family issues and will do everything to win. He may come off as stone-cold but he actually cares in his own way. Most of the comments I read about him, especially early on in the chapters is that he’s an asshole and they hate him. But it’s him. That’s how he is. I guess most people are going into this thinking it’s a “romance” and the ML should be this gentle dude. Well, “No Moral” is so much more than a romance. Even if this wasn’t a “BL” i would still read it for what it is. I love seeing him slowly lose his walls because of the MC tho. All I want for him is to have his freedom and get the taste of “someone” being on his side and will never leave him.
As for the MC, Yunshin, he’s definitely and Idealist. This is why he often gets into conflict with the ML. He’s young and usually does pro-bono cases ; He believes that the law always sides with the “innocent”. Tho he may come off as naive sometimes, I still that fight in him, especially when he does his best to pass Seheon’s tests!
I am excited for where this story will go ♥️
Everyday I want to be Number 1 ( till Chapter 23, Ongoing )
The trope of MC being the second place all the time and he wants to beat the ML who is always first place in academics and everything else. Then they get close and sparks fly ✨ I have read novels and other Manhuas like this but this one still got me.
A feel good read. Not sure if i’m gonna continue but I liked what i read so far.
Someone like you ( Season 1 completed ; Ongoing )
It’s sad and depressing. LOL. Idk why I picked it up but so far, I can’t help but feel frustrated with what’s happening. Some people who read this compared it to “Reunion” because they had a shared past and got separated. Also the gaps in ML’s memory regarding the MC. Also the MC thinking that their relationship is doomed. However, I think what’s lacking here is there is no “hope”, even if they communicate well, i feel like they keep going back to step 1. I understand why but it’s not making me want to continue on to the next seasons.
The art is very pretty tho ^^
Merry Marbling ( Chapter 33 ; ongoing )
First of all, everything is so pretty ✨ How can I resist? All panels are a treat!!!!
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I was here mainly for the art, but I didn’t expect to get invested in the story that much. It may look like a superficial high school / slice of life kind of story but it’s so much more than that. Ian ( black hair ) is Mister Perfect. He is known as the “Angel” of their area and he literally can’t do no wrong — everyone likes him. Enter the new student Yugun, my dear sickly-angry-kitten son 😂😂😂 He doesn’t know Ian’s “history” & doesn’t get the hype about him. The story flows on their journey of being strangers to enemies to friends to lovers. 💕
I’m loving their character growth. Ian who does his best to please his mom and be the “perfect son” to being able to express himself and not think too much about what people will say. I really feel sorry for him, cause he’s a kid — he is allowed to make mistakes. The instances where he cries and almost has breakdowns when he does something wrong is not right. And it’s Yugun who calls him out on it, also encourages him to let loose sometimes. Yugun— who is closed off starts believing that he can have people to depend on, especially Ian. I really love Yugun 😂 He is chaotic. Don’t let the cute face fool you. He is a savage.
It’s also a really funny read. ^^ + the side characters are the type who add to the story, especially Mi Rye!
Follow your Heart ( completed )
Hello! Look at how beautiful they are! I am weak. Very weak. An upright taoist cultivator who lives high up in the mountains and a demonic cultivator that owns the Ghost Valley. My favorite trope! 😍😍😍 Also Mister Demonic Cultivator waited for his love to come back after 100 years. I mean…. This Manhua is a combination of all my favorite things!
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The pairing reminds me so much of Hua Cheng x Xie Lian 😭😭😭😭 I wish there were more chapters, cause it’s only 53 but part of me thinks they already told the story they have to and there is no use in prolonging it.
Anyway, the story is not that deep, compared to other plots in the same genre. You only have to know a few people and their goal is clear. If you’ve read or even watched stories with Cultivation World as the backdrop, it’s easy to get confused and there are a couple of subplots, you won’t have that problem with FYH. Ye Zigue needs to find his body and transfer his soul core in order to live again, also find out the truth about what happened years ago. The best part for me tho is the ML. Jiang Shu. 💕 He has that whole Hua Cheng thing going on for him. AHHHHHHH!!!!! He is perfect. Exactly the type of ML I prefer reading about. I usually prefer modern manhua/manhwa setting but decided to give this a go cause it’s already completed, so happy that I made that decision <3
Civilian A ( Chapter 24 ; Ongoing )
I should stop picking up stories that are only 24+ chapters but I can’t help myself. Esper/Guide trope which I haven’t really been reading that much of. I think it’s the same as Sentinel/Guide. && the art is beautiful so….
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The pairing is Gold! Especially the ML, Yool, who is a scary S+ Esper who everyone avoids but for some reason is a puppy to our MC. There is obviously some backstory here, early on in the chapters, we are given the impression that they knew each other when they were young. ML did something along the way to keep MC safe and forget him. I recommend that people wait this out, the recent chapters are just getting exciting. Tho romance is a big part of the story, there is also a backdrop of politics and some commentary on the society. Definitely one that I will be waiting on every week to update. 💜
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BONUS: Other books ( physical ) I have finished this Month. <3
I’ve been wanting to try “before the coffee gets cold” trilogy and decided why the hell not. It’s definitely my kind of read. It’s not a very long book and you have 4 “short stories” in each but they are connected at some point. The concept of time travel here is unique ( you can only go to the past or future but you have to be seated in a particular chair. you can’t get up from your spot. nothing will change in the past or future no matter what you do or say. you can only see people who have been in the cafe too. your time is up when the coffee gets cold. ) and the stories will affect you. Reading this makes me want to visit this cafe lol to experience it. ☕️ only finished book 1 & 2, i’m saving the 3rd for October.
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Jujutsu Kaisen 0. I rewatched the movie for the nth time so I picked up the manga too. I’ve also been collecting the official volumes and will get to that next. ^^ and I’m a Yuuta Simp so… 🤷🏻‍♀️
Kimetsu no Yaiba Volume 1-5. Same with JJK, i’m getting the volumes so reading em too. A perfect read to de stress after work.
Dune - I’ve always wanted to read this book cause as a sci fi fan, everyone said this is one of the best, but that made me so intimidated by it that i didn’t pick it up for years. and the fact that the copies i see are the really small and thick ones. But I watched the film last year and really enjoyed it, even re watching it so that’s when I knew i could “handle” it. I enjoyed every bit of it and I can’t wait to see the scenes come to life in the film this November ^^ I’m not planning on continuing on with the other books tho, I’m fine with just this one.
I have to say it’s been a really good reading month for me and I hope to maintain my momentum in the next couple of months. Not putting too much pressure on myself tho, but I hope I get to discover more enjoyable reads. ^^
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Off-Button (My Hero Academia)
Pairing : Lee!Kaminari Ler!Bakugou
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A/N : oh my god who new scumbag could actually post again, it's a marvel. no but fr, i've been lurking around the tickle tags forever and reading all of yall's amazing fics and i couldn't help getting back into it, even for just one fic. this isn't tickletober, i do not have the patience for that (u guys having the willpower to make something new every single day is fucking astounding to me idk how u do it lol), but i hope u guys enjoy it anyways! as always, please like and reblog if u can bc i really appreciate the support :D enjoy!! &lt;3
Summary : Denki is incapable of being quiet during Bakugou and Kirishima's movie night they invited him to. Bakugou can't stand it, and decides to take matters into his own hands.
Word Count : 3359 
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What the absolute fuck was Spiky Hair thinking when he invited that energy filled blabber mouth to their movie night. 
Denki hadn’t shut up since he got into the damn room, his mouth seemingly going for an exercise run when the movie started and he got to make his own commentary. Katsuki was hoping for a nice, relaxing time with his boyfriend, watch a horror movie or two so Eijirou would snuggle close for comfort, and just all around actually enjoy his evening. 
But goddamnit if Denki wasn’t just the right man for disturbing the peace.
“Holy shit, did you see that?! That head went FLYING! It looks like someone throwing a football to a field goal! Wait, is it a field goal? Kiri, what’s the difference between a touchdown and a field goal? I’m not much of a football man, more of a baseball kinda guy. Although, I’d never turn down tickets to the Superbowl if I ever got the chance. You know they have these huge performances in the middle of the game where famous singers take over the field and just go ham?! I’d go just for that! But not if-”
Katsuki was going to become the next serial killer in a blockbuster horror movie if Denki didn’t shut his fucking mouth soon.
He glared at Eijirou, who was grinning from ear to fucking ear. Oh he did this shit on purpose. He hangs out with Sparky way more than Katsuki does, able to withstand his constant rambling in a way the short-tempered teen has never been able to understand. 
It’s not that Katuski dislikes Denki, though he would never ever fucking admit that out loud. He actually finds him funny sometimes, especially when paired with Sero. The two would probably make a good stand-up duo if Denki wasn’t the type to steal the microphone away just to ramble about every stupid thought that popped into his mind. 
But overall, Katuski does enjoy his company…most of the time.
“-I mean I don’t hate vegetables, but I’m not gonna pick them if I have the choice, y’know? Like if I have the choice between a beautiful bowl of pre-packaged ramen and a fucking green bean, I’m going with the ramen every single time, no question. Oh, but fruit though? That’s a whole different story-”
“Holy shit do you have a FUCKING off button?!” Katsuki shouted to Denki’s spot on the floor, feeling Eijirou give his shoulder a tight squeeze in return. Katsuki whipped his head around to find a disapproving gaze that really pissed him off. “What?! This is supposed to be a movie night, but I haven’t been able to hear the damn thing for it’s entire fucking duration! He’s ruining it!”
“You don’t have to be rude,” Eijirou whispered with a frown. Denki had fallen unusually quiet, and though they couldn’t see his face from their spots up on the couch, they knew what that meant. Katsuki knew what that meant, and damn Eijirou for giving him the ability to feel empathy for others.
Katsuki sighed through a groan, pushing himself off the couch and onto the floor next to Denki. Both were quiet, just sitting next to each other and watching the movie together in an uncomfortable silence.
“I’m sorry for ruining your movie night,” Denki mumbled into his arms which were now propped crossed on his knees. Katsuki pinched his lips together, gaze refusing to avert from the screen.
“You didn’t ruin shit, idiot,” he said, his tone much softer than before. “ Our fault for thinking you could actually be quiet for an hour and a half.”
“Katsuki,” Eijirou threatened from the couch, his inflection enough to make Katsuki realize his mistake in words.
“It was a joke, relax,” Katsuki grumbled like a teen to a scolding parent. Finally looking over at Denki, he started to feel his guilt bubbling to a boil. He cringed hard when he realized what needed to be said, feeling the words practically squirming in his chest with utter discomfort. “I’m…sorry. Okay? I’m sorry,” Katsuki rubbed his face anxiously, basically covering his mouth like it would make his words unheard. “I just like watching shit in silence, alright? Nothing personal, you moron, just…agree to disagree, I guess.”
Denki sat there for a moment. He was letting Katsuki’s apology settle in his system like swallowing a pill he’d never taken before. Bakugou…apologized to him. Actually said the word sorry, and TWICE at that. He couldn’t help the smile that tugged at his lips.
Denki launched himself at Katsuki, throwing his arms around him tightly before Katsuki had the chance to realize he was fucking hugging him. Katsuki quickly shoved him off like he had a disease, but that smile never left Denki’s face.
“Don’t fucking touch me, Sparky! This changes nothing!”
“You like me!” Denki beamed, repeatedly poking at Katsuki’s arm like it would make him realize it himself. “You said sorry, you apologized to me! Kirishima, we’ve gotta throw a party or something, bake me a cake--shit, bake Bakugou a cake! This is a real turn of events, my friends, a real turning point in our friendship if I do say so myself,” Denki sighed happily, criss-crossing his legs and facing Katsuki with a wide smile. “You like me.”
Katsuki growled at the notion. He couldn’t even deny it, the bastard was right. But he didn’t have to be so damn smug about it. 
Then, like his guardian angel was sending him telepathic messages on how to fucking destory this loser, he remembered something. Something very interesting.
Last week, Sero and Denki had been roughhousing on the floor of the common rooms over something Katsuki couldn’t care less to find out about. All he knew was that Denki had been the annoying little shit he always is, and Sero was finally retaliating against it and winning. He had Denki in some weird wrestler hold, his arms held firm behind his back as he kicked and struggled and refused to apologize for whatever annoyance he had caused.
Then, there was a screech. A loud one, followed by bouts of hysterical laughter and far more thrashing than before. Sero was tickling at his ribs with his free hand, fingers never relenting from the one spot he had a firm ticklish grip on. Denki pleaded and begged, and eventually with enough persuasion, Denki apologized. 
Denki is ticklish, and apparently ridiculously so. This could be helpful. This could be vital.
“I suggest you shut your mouth right now before I find that fucking off button myself,” Katsuki threatened, his eyes peering through his brow in the way a predator would before striking its prey.
“Oh c’moooon, you wouldn’t hurt your best friend, would you?” Denki creened through a grin before giggling with his tongue stuck between his teeth. Such a little shit, he was really milking this for all it’s worth.
“Not gonna hurt you, fucknuts. But I am gonna make you regret everything you just fucking said,” Katsuki growled before shoving Denki onto his back, the electric blonde letting out a confused yelp as he went down flailing. Katsuki kept his hand pressed firmly on Denki’s chest, pinning him to the floor with ease as he clambered on top. 
“Woah, we turning this duo into a trio or what, KitKat?” Kirishima chided in, having been scrolling on his phone for the past minute before realizing the action that was happening right before his eyes.
“Can it, idiot. I’ve got business to attend to here,” Katsuki growled before turning back to Denki with an evil grin. “You ticklish, Sparkplug?”
Denki’s eyes went wide before immediately throwing his arms around himself to protect his torso. “Nope.”
“Ohoho really? You seem awfully nervous for someone who ain’t ticklish,” Katsuki wiggled his fingers in the air menacingly, like a predator about to strike. “And if I recall correctly, Sero had you pretty fuckin’ beat the other day after you tried your luck annoying the shit outta him too.”
Denki’s lips pressed together tightly, the corners wobbling in a vain attempt to keep from giggling already. He shook his head vehemently. “No idea what you’re talking about,” his words came out quick, curling his lips under his teeth as soon as his talking ceased.
“Oh yeah? Well how ‘bout I jog your memory a bit; get that pea-brain of yours back up to speed, huh?” Katsuki slowly moved his wiggling fingers down towards Denki’s sides, the electric blonde unable to keep his giggles in any longer as they flowed out of him through puffs of air through his nose and a bouncing chest filled with butterflies. He swatted slapping hands at Katsuki's quickly, trying to both fight back while also protecting himself at the same time. His elbows stayed glued to his ribs while his hands uselessly bat at the weapons of mass destruction easing towards his torso.
“No, nonono nohoho wahahait,” he giggled nervously, having yet to even be tickled but unable to keep it at bay any longer. 
“Nah, it’s too late for that shit,” Katsuki growled before finally striking, fingers pinching strategically at the boy’s sides right below his ribs. Denki screeched, back arching and legs kicking out behind his tormenter as he reached down to grip Katsuki’s wrists and try to push them away, but it was futile. Giggles poured from him with ease, interlaced with squeals when Katsuki’s fingers came just a bit too close to his ribs for comfort.
“Ahahaha! Wahahait, c’mohohon! Dohohon’t!” Denki shook his head, trying to find any relief from that torturously funny sensation Katsuki delivered to him through gentle pinches and scribbles.
That was another thing throwing Denki completely for a loop; Bakugou was being so gentle. He expected rough digging, hard squeezes that would leave him gasping for air and swirling punches. But instead he got agonizingly tame, insanely ticklish pinches that had him already nearly pleading for mercy. 
“Don’t? Please, you asked for this as soon as you tried fucking with me. I was even being nice to you before, idiot. But noooo, you just had to keep poking the damn bear, didn’t you?” Katsuki emphasized his metaphor by sporadically poking all over Denki’s torso, at his belly, then his sides, up to his ribs, and even his chest, which Denki didn’t know could feel as ticklish as it did.
Denki giggled hysterically, squirming like a worm with his arms pulled close, basically giving up the fight and letting Katsuki do as he pleases. He knew he wouldn’t win if he tried, so he might as well let it happen until Bakugou tires himself out with it.
That is, until, Katsuki’s thumbs found their way into the hollows of Denki’s armpits. Denki squealed loudly, his heels digging hard into the carpet with every kick as his head turned to try and smush his red face into the floor beside him. 
“Oh, sweet spot, huh?” Katsuki grinned, thumbs practically glued to that little spot under Denki’s arms that kept the boy cackling and squirming like crazy. “You seeing this, Kiri? Think he’s gonna keep messing with me after this?”
Eijirou chuckled, phone now beside him on the couch as he enjoyed the show before him. “Oh definitely. Guy’s a glutton for punishment.”
“Yeah, well, we’ll see about that after I’m done with him.”
Denki blushed deeply, turning his head towards Kiri and opening a single eye as best he could with his face all scrunched in laughter. “Kirihihieehehe! Pleheheease! Hehehelp me!” he gasped for air through giggles, talking through his hysteria quite the difficult task. “Mahahake him stohohop!” 
“Oh no, absolutely not. You got what’s coming to you, gigglebox, and I’m not interfering with him when he’s like this,” Eijirou couldn’t help but laugh along, the boy’s laughter too contagious to help it.
“You could always help me, y'know? Cause you already know what I’ll do to you if you don’t, gigglebox,” Katsuki sent Eijirou a wicked smile, fingers still tickling the boy under him relentlessly. Eijirou blushed, before getting up from the couch with a sigh.
“Sorry, Denks, nothing personal,” he apologized with a giggle, obviously not sorry in the slightest. He sat down above Denki’s head, giving his hair a little tussle.
“Nohoho! You dohohon’t hahahave to do thihis!” Denki’s squirming increased before letting in a big gasp of air as Katsuki’s assault finally relented, though his arms stayed glued tightly to his sides. “C’mohon, man, we’re friehehends!” 
“Yeah, yeah, we’re friends, man. And no, I don’t have to do this,” Kiri grinned before grabbing Denki’s wrists, trying to pull them up above his head. Denki tried hard to keep them down, unable to keep the giggles to himself in pure anticipation, repeating “nonononohoho!” as he felt Kiri winning the fight for his hands. They came to a standstill when his hands were near his face, Denki pulling hard to keep them down.  “But I kinda want to, y’know?” Kiri giggled, giving Katsuki a look. “A little help, love?”
“No problem,” Katsuki smiled before bringing his fingers up to flutter softly at Denki’s neck and ears. Denki squealed, high-pitched giggles escaping as he struggled to keep his strength, too focused now on trying to protect his neck with his shoulders. This allowed Kiri to finally pull his arms up above his head and pin them there by the wrists, Denki whining loudly and kicking his legs out in protest.
“Plehehease! I’m sorry, okahay, don’t tickle mehehee!” He pleaded, bringing his knees up to drum against Katsuki’s back.
“Don’t care, didn’t ask,” Katsuki said before bringing his fingers down to flutter softly against Denki’s armpits through his shirt, the boy squealing and screaming out a “no!” in response before falling helplessly into giggles and cackles. “Plus, this is kinda fun.”
His fingers fluttered and spidered for a while, relishing in Denki’s frantic laughter. Katsuki got bored of the flutters after a while, switching to pinching up and down Denki’s ribcage with gentle precision. 
“Nohohoho! I cahahahan’t, mahahan, plehehease! It tihihickles!” Denki shoved his face into his now raised arm, trying to muffle his giggles and hide his flushed face.
“Damn right it tickles, I’m tickling you,” Katsuki looked at Eijirou with a mocking shake of the head and a sigh. “This fuckin’ guy, amirite?”
“His face is so red, man. I think he’s embarrassed ~,” Kiri cooed down towards Denki’s face, giggling at the squeal his words brought.
“I’m nohohot! I’m nohohohot!” Denki shook his head into his arm, squirming even harder and screaming as one of Katsuki’s hands came up to flutter at the open side of his neck, the other still preoccupied at his ribs.
“He’s tryna deny it, Kiri,” Katsuki tsked before bringing his face closer to Denki’s. “You know what we do to liars around here?”
“Nohoho!” Denki cried, not sure if he was replying to Katsuki’s teasing question or just yelling out his preferred word to cry out in ticklish agony.
“Weeeeee…” Katsuki paused both his sentence and his tickling, his hands standing still in the spots they were last playing with. Denki continued to giggle through his panting breath, body tense in anticipation and eyes squeezed shut tight. Seconds passed and still, nothing. Curiosity killed the cat, but Denki couldn’t help opening one of his eyes hesitantly and looking up at Katsuki’s wicked grin. 
Then, he screamed when Katsuki’s hands shot down quickly to squeeze at his hips, falling yet again into helpless cackles. “...tikitikitikitikitickle them!”
“Ahahahaha gohohohod! Thahat’s sohoho- pppffttt hahahaha! -stuhuhupihihid!” Denki shook his head in protest, kicking and bucking his hips like he could knock off his tickler with one good throw. Obviously it didn’t work, and Katsuki continued to tickle him while staying put like he was riding a bull.
“Oh, you callin’ me stupid now? Do you really think that’s the smartest move to make when I’ve got you squealing like a little girl for saying some stupid shit earlier?’”
“I juhuhust said- gahahahaha nohoho! -thahat you lihihike mehehee!” 
“Yeah and how did that turn out for you?” Katsuki asked before scribbling his hands over Denki’s waist, the boy screeching and giggling frantically in response.
“Bahahahad! Sohoho bahahahd!”
“That’s what I thought,” Katsuki grinned before going back to poking around Denki’s belly, a much easier task now that Denki’s flailing arms were out of the equation. “How’s about we find that little off button we discussed earlier, huh? Maybe we can finally get you to shut your trap for once.”
Eijirou giggled with a shake of his head. “You are so mean, Katsuki.”
“Yeah, yeah, you love it,” Katsuki looked at Denki’s face, grinning at the blush he wore and the giant smile overtaking his features and making his nose scrunch up all cutely. “And from the looks of it, so does this little guy. You enjoyin’ yourself up there, dumbass?”
Denki’s belly bounced through his giggles, much softer than before now that he was just being poked at, but still frantic as his belly was very ticklish. “Nohoho!”
“I think that’s the word of the day. ‘No, no, no,’ it’s all you’ve said since we started this shit. You mean that? You want us to stop? Cause hey, say the word and playtime’s over, Sparkplug.”
For the first time since their little tickle fest started, Denki had nothing to say. Just a response of happy giggles and an even brighter blush that he yet again tried hiding in his arm.
“Well would you look at that! Seems like our friend here has some sense after all,” Katsuki smiled up at Eijirou, who rolled his eyes fondly. The redhead already knew Denki didn’t mind the tickles as much as he loved to claim he did, so he wasn’t surprised in the least to find him happily allowing them to continue the torment. 
Katsuki’s pokes never ceased, like they were still on the hunt. “So, about that off button…” He hummed curiously, his pokes traveling all around his belly, sides, and ribs like in a search. “Oh, I know. How about riiiiiight…here!” He stuck his finger in Denki’s bellybutton, scratching and poking at it gently but very obviously efficiently, as the blonde under him let out a loud squeal before his laughs fell silent. Just a bouncing chest and belly with occasional gasps for air to prove he was still laughing up a storm on the inside.
“Hehey, I think you found it! See, he’s gone all quiet now!” Eijirou boasted, looking down at Denki’s hysterical expression with a chuckle.
“Well ain’t that a relief,” Katsuki said, eyebrows shooting up when Denki’s cackles and shrieks returned in a wild new wave. “Guess we know how to shut him up now. Just a little tickle right in this off-button and we’ve got a nice night of peace and quiet,” he said with a hint of sarcasm, as Denki’s laughter had never been louder than now.
Finally, Katsuki’s assault ceased, giving Eijirou a nod to let his arms go. Denki brought them down over his belly protectively, rolling over on his side to curl into a ball of giggles when Katsuki got off and sat next to him.
“So, you still think I like you, numbnuts?” Katsuki asked, grinning proudly as his boyfriend rubbed Denki’s back.
“Ehehe…yeah, kinda,” Denki looked at Katsuki over his shoulder. “I mean, you did just have a tickle fight with me, man. Not really something non-friends do with each other.”
“Hey, not a tickle fight. I didn’t see you getting any jabs in there, did I?” Katsuki said with a poke to Denki’s side, the boy flinching with a yelp before scooting closer to Eijirou like he’d protect him from mean ‘ole Bakugou.
“Fine, a tickle attack then. Either way…” Denki tilted his head with a smug expression, a smile still very present on his face. “...you totally like me.”
Katsuki rolled his eyes before getting up and plopping himself back on the couch, grabbing his phone to scroll like nothing happened. “Whatever, idiot. Just know who you’re messing with.”
Denki giggled, looking up at Kirishima who shook his head with a fond smile. “Trust me, I am very well aware.”
There was a comfortable silence between the three of them before they all seemed to realize at the same time, it wasn’t actually silent in the room.
The movie was still on.
“Oh fucking hell you’ve gotta be KIDDING ME-“
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A/N : hope y'all enjoyed! im working on another fic rn but don't plan on that coming out super soon, y'all know how long it takes me to write sometimes and i've kinda been drowning in schoolwork lately. college is truly a different experience LMAO. anyways, much love y'all imma go do some homework and hopefully get some sleep tonight.
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hey its the plinth family anon! i really enjoyed and appreciated your long answers to my questions! I guess only Suzanne knows why on earth Ma stayed with Strabo... I am curious about whether Ma's parents and siblings would have taken her in if she had left Strabo though. In the book, she had one sister who still kept in touch with her so I wonder if that sister would have been willing to take her in if she had left Strabo? Tbh I'd be pretty confused if Ma's parents and siblings didn't want to take her in if she left Strabo because she may have married a scumbag but by leaving him, at least she kinda sees the light and is escaping him? why wouldn't her family want to help her then? I'm so curious about your hcs for how Ma and Strabo met and why Ma is so loyal/in love with him! you mentioned sejanus and coriolanus and keeping the cycle going, so does this mean you hc Ma and Strabo to have met and befriended each other when one of them was going through a hard time? seeing Ma trying to ignore all of Strabo's wrongdoings is making me think of this tiktok i saw where it said something like "you don't have to lie to women, if she likes you enough she'll lie to herself"...it's kinda mind-boggling to me how tightly Ma is clinging onto Strabo, like did this man save her from certain death when they were younger or something???
hello anon!! I'm so glad you appreciated the long answers bc I'm too talkative and if you let me, I'll talk endlessly about this stuff, I actually have to look back and be like "okay, now I'm talking too much, let's stop here" 😭 but I saw that it got accidentally sent your other thoughts, so I'm going to answer both in only this post, I hope that's okay by you :D
there's some stuff in the book that makes me feel like suzanne collins is the type of writer to make the whole background story of side characters, but not show them bc they're unnecessary story wise, you can't tell me she doesn't know exactly what the hell is the plinth backstory in D2 (I think she did it but I just can't prove it....)
I hardly think her family (except, maybe, the sister that still talks to her) would take her in, imo. D2 seem like a district that it's full of proud people, and that's not necessarily a bad thing, but strabo being a dick is not the worst part of this marriage: is that he betrayed the whole district. the plinths are despised back in two. I think ma's family didn't like him from the start, but he was not the worst; he was the worst when he betrayed everyone, and when she chose to not leave him, she made her choice of who her loyalty lays with. it's with him, not with them. and besides, taking back a plinth (even if it's an ex-plinth) and welcoming her in their home would definitely not be seen with good eyes.
(maybe it's a bit of self-projecting, but where I live, it's much more common for the woman to still keep in contact and close with her family, not the man; I grew up with my cousins from my mother's side and I hardly know anyone from my father's side. siding with your husband in a situation like this would be seen as a BIG offense, something that's very much unforgivable. I could see that being the case)
now, from now on, there's a lot of my personal headcanons and thoughts bc I'm OBSESSED with the plinths and their life in D2:
OKAY SO there's a very, very small and discreet line on the ma plinth study I wrote that goes like: "vesta had dreams, even if her father rolled his eyes at most of them." I actually plan to write something from strabo's pov and explore more about this, but basically, I think ma plinth had a not very good relationship with her parents, and most of all, with her father (the cycle keeps on cycling). I think her family was overprotective and she felt suffocated (I think she was the youngest, the baby sibling, and this just made everything much worse). now, I have exactly in my mind how I think they met: ma plinth went with her father to the city center, and her father was searching for a gun to buy to leave at home as a way to protect the family. the plinths didn't have an industry yet; it was little more than a small thing, where they built some modest models to sell. strabo was there. he was talking to her father, and then turned to her and asked if she would like anything. her father made a comment diminishing her, saying that she was too dense to understand about guns, and poor ma was so embarassed even though used to it because her father always do that kind of thing, but to her surprise, strabo plinth didn't laugh. he looked at her father very seriously and said that she looked smart enough to understand about it, and if someone has hands, that person can shoot well.
he was the first person to actually defend her in front of her father from these kind of "jokes" and comments. not even her sisters or her own mother had done that before, all too terrified to say something. and that was enough.
about strabo and his siblings: fucked up shit happened. let's go about my personal hcs about him and his family: he's the only son of his father and his mother, but his mother died and his father married again when he was around 5 or 6. his father and his stepmother had two other kids. he never had a good relationship with his stepmother and he resents his father very much for marrying shortly after the death of his mother (omg cinderella hiiii). strabo was the eldest, he had to basically raise his half-siblings as his father was always at their small industry and his stepmother worked for endless hours. he learned to shoot from a young age to know how to protect them. he didn't hate his half-siblings, but he was tired of having to carry all the responsability on his shoulders, especially when they still had a loving mother while he didn't. it seemed so unfair.
(the sad part is that his half-siblings did look up to him. they loved him. they saw him as an example.)
his father got sick when he was a teen and he started to work hard on their small factory. and strabo has a lot of flaws, but let me tell you something: that man works hard. he worked enough to make their small shop rather famous in D2, and worked enough to pay for everything his father needed to while sick. his half-siblings never were interested in the industry, and neither was his stepmother, so when his father died when strabo was in his late teens, he was pissed off that his stepmother wanted to inherit the factory. they never worked a single day on it while he kept it going on. his half-siblings tried to reason with him, but he was just so angry, and a lot of hurtful things were said. in the end, strabo got the factory, but he left home and never came back. he said things that were too cruel to his half-siblings, the kind of thing that they could never really forgive.
ma is very family-oriented and couldn't really understand why strabo resented his half-siblings so much (specially because she also had family issues, being close with her sisters was what kept her going on), but she tries to have empathy with it, knowing people react in different ways to different things. I can totally see her one day trying to bring the subject of in-laws and strabo just looking so annoyed and resented that she knows that there's bad blood involved.
(it's so ironic to me that she didn't understand how he was so resented with his half-siblings, but in the future, her own sisters were as resented with her)
strabo is genuinely so interesting, I really wish to know what went through his mind, or just know more from his canon backstory, what made him make the choices he made. he's ruthless and cold, he sold guns to people that hated his guts and hated where he's from. he didn't betray a single person, he betrayed his whole PEOPLE. but he seems to care about ma and sejanus to a certain level, in his twisted way. he moved to the capitol thinking about giving them a better life, and still, he's hated by his own son, the one he thought he was protecting by moving to the capitol. ouch.
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I RARELY see people tackle potential parents for Daiya and Mondo, so here they are!
I imagine Cassie met Hideo when she was in high school, but Hideo was a lot older than her. Regardless of that they hit it off fairly well, but things started to sour once Daiya was born. Hideo was a more distant father and refused to run his family's motor business beyond riding a motorcycle, so he refused to take any jobs while Cassie was left jumping from position to position. Despite that, I think Daiya still really looked up to Hideo as this cool mysterious figure. Whenever they'd talk it'd be about manly shit. And bikes. So it was all the more traumatizing when he fucked off a few months into Cassie's second pregnancy. Daiya was 7. I picked the name Hideo because its meanings both fit him, and are DEEPLY ironic (excellent, fine/outstanding, hero, manly, husband, and man). It was just too perfect.
Cassie's dad studied abroad in Canada for a while, and while he was there he met the woman who would be his wife. She didn't have much family left in Canada, so they moved back to Japan shortly after Cassie turned 3. I think their relationship was far more loving and they both gave Cassie their all, but they pressured her in her schoolwork and her relationships, and that began to dominate over their love for her. I think Hideo led them to disown her due to the path she went down after meeting him. She was starting to reach her boiling point with him, but after he left, she couldn’t take it anymore. It was the straw that broke the camel's back, and Cassie began to take it out onto Daiya shortly after Mondo was born in a combination of anger and stress. She was never violent with him and broke down crying more often than not, but she still heavily pressured Daiya into becoming a better man than Hideo was and getting frustrated whenever he or his interests were mentioned.
Daiya ran away when he was only around 12, and Mondo was 4. It was impulsive and remained incredibly complicated until he died. A lot of Hideo and Cassie's personality still stuck with Daiya despite everything, and some of their teachings were passed down to Mondo (Did I base most of Cassie and Hideo on that one line of dialogue in the Ch1 investigation? Yes). Mondo doesn't really know what either of them look like aside from fuzzy memories of Cassie, but I do think that they know who Mondo is all too well. Hideo mostly doesn't care, but I think that time spent alone made Cassie feel like she could've given them so much more. She wants to reconnect with Mondo, especially after Daiya's death, but she has no clue how to do that, so in the end she just never even tries.
Design wise I wanted to make it clear that Hideo is. Kinda a scumbag? I don't think Cassie ever finds this out, but he's absolutely cheated on her at least once. Very real chance that Daiya and Mondo have some siblings out there that they don't know about. I also wanted him to be a pretty big influence on Daiya's style of dress, hence the hair being similar to a pompadour.
Cassie was designed to have a lot of features that'd be considered charming. She's got the big ol' doe eyes with subtle heterochromia, she's got freckles, a cute little nose, a rounder facial shape, etc. and etc. Like if i designed how she looked in high school before she entered her deeply problematic relationship, she would have to look really sweet and cute.
I'm a big fan of the idea that the orange part of Mondo's hair is actually the natural part, and it grew back out after she dyed her hair to look more like Daiya's, so she started to use that part for the pompadour instead. She also got Hideo's eye colour and pupil shape, nearly his exact skin tone, his nose, and Cassie's slightly rounder face shape, albeit a bit taller.
Daiya got a very similar hair colour to Hideo, nearly his exact facial structure, a mixture of both Cassie and Hideo's skin tones, Cassie's freckles, her big ol doe eyes plus their hazel colour, and her nose.
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The Dream - Chapter Twelve.
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“Calamity Joe!” Frankie called at seeing Keri being carried over to the table at the bar by Angel, clung on around him like a little koala bear on a big tree. “What did you do?”  
“Showing off,” Ash voiced, who was carrying their three boards. “Again!”  
“I landed off one of the bigger ramps a little too sharply, lost the tail and did a somersault. Kinda fell funny on my ankle.” She poked her bottom lip, looking so adorable, Angel placing her down in a seat. “Aaron left, by the way. Got an Uber home. I kinda get the impression he still isn’t cool about my choices being mine alone, but that’s on him.”  
Rachel, Frankie and Jaime nodded knowingly, but Ash looked lost. “Somebody wanna fill me in?” He then seemed to recall something. “Oh! Is this what the scumbag comment was about? I wasn’t really paying attention. There was a platinum blonde coming down the hill, and that’s my preferred type, you know?”  
Angel sat beside him, fist bumping him for his comment before removing his arm from his thick jacket and rolling up his sleeve, tapping his Mayans tattoo. “This is what he don’t like.”
Ash’s mouth dropped open. “No way, bro. You’re an outlaw?” he exclaimed quietly. “That’s so badass!” He then drummed his hands off the table before standing. “Alright! I’ve been MIA for weeks so I’m figuring it’s my round first. Usual, everyone? Angel, come help me carry, man. We’ll get shots, too, start Friday early. Fuck it, I’ll wheel my bike round the back and come get it tomorrow, let’s drink.”  
Another fist bump was exchanged, the guys getting up and heading inside to the bar. It rolled right off Ash’s back, a total non-issue. That was him through and through, though. He was very accepting of people from all walks of life. Heck, it was his family dynamic, his mother a free-spirited Korean woman whose family had moved over when she was six and spent most of her late teens and early twenties hitchhiking around Europe and America, meeting his father, the trainee forensic accountant when she arrived in Reno.
“See, why can’t Aaron be like Ash?” Keri sighed, reaching across the table and stealing one of Frankie’s cigarettes.
“Because not everyone has a mom like Sook. I mean, the woman travelled through Texas with a charter of Hell’s Angels, after all. Remember she told us that? And the punks she lived with in London?” Frankie reminded her.
“And the drag queens in New York?” Jaime interjected with.
Frankie pointed at her girlfriend with a nod. “Yeah, them too. Ash has grown up with all of these stories, so it’s made him more open minded. You know Aaron is only concerned for you, no matter how frustrating it might be. Did he even talk to Angel much?”
Keri shrugged, taking a long drag on her cigarette. “It was mostly Angel making an effort. Aaron wasn’t rude, per say, but he didn’t engage more than he needed to.”  
“Well, so far I think he’s great, these two seem to love him, and I think Ash has a new guy crush, so that tells you a lot right there, doesn’t it?” Rachel added to the conversation. “And I am absolutely, hand on heart envious. He’s divine!”  
“And so far, from what I’ve seen, really nice guy, too. He’s engaging, he’s funny, he’s real. I like him,” Frankie offered, Jaime nodding.
“He has good energy. I like his aura.”
Rachel rolled her eyes, but her face was loving. “I knew you’d say that, babe.”  
As if further solidifying himself in her friend’s estimations, Angel returned with Ash after a few further minutes, carrying with him a towel full of ice. “Gimme your foot.” Keri obliged, Angel unlacing her boot and then resting her foot in his lap, holding the knotted towel to her ankle. Immediately, she let out a little whine, and it was so adorable, Angel felt his heartstrings tug. “I know, tiny. You’re just lucky it ain’t broken, only sprained.”
“If you’d have been on ski’s, K, you probably would have,” Ash added, leaning around Angel and passing her a shot of Jagermeister, everyone bar the driving duo of Rachel and Jaime sinking them, and Ash, who’d chosen something bright green and apple flavoured. “I dunno how you guys can drink that stuff. It’s like death in brown liquid form.”  
“Just because you can’t drink to save your life,” Rachel reminded him with a wink, Angel turning to him with a curiously raised eyebrow.
“Our boy here is a lightweight. Feather light,” Frankie nodded.
Ash was quick in his protesting. “Hey, I’m getting better! I had no choice but to recently. Went on a date with a girl from Tinder, she was there early and had bought me a drink. And so she’s hot, right, so hot, and she says she can’t date a man who doesn’t drink bourbon, so we’re on the fucking Jim Beam right from the first moment. I swear I matched her drink for drink, went and threw up, felt sober again and carried on, but all on an empty stomach, so I was wasted by 9pm and working my balls off to keep up the pretence I was fine.”  
“And you didn’t fall over?” Keri asked, sipping her beer.
“Nah, I’m leaving that to you this week, short stack,” he winked, grinning over his glass.  
“Oh, so you’re funny when mixed with bourbon!”
He shuddered instantly. “Never again. I had to let her down there, because I swear, if I even so much as smell that stuff again, I’ll throw up, or pass out. Probably both. I’m not her guy, if I can’t just drink beer than nope.”
“That’s like me and vodka, mano,” Angel revealed, lighting a cigarette. “I can’t drink it, not after sharing a bottle with a girl I was dating in high school and throwing up all over the damned place. I have never, ever been ejected from an apartment that fast in my life, didn’t even get laid either. Fucking sucked. Then on the way home I ended up getting cornered by a damned rattlesnake.”
The whole table then suddenly pointed at Keri, Ash leading the explanation. “Same thing happened to her when these guys went on a photography trip right out to the eastern borders of the state, and I went along for a day out. I had to run like fucking Superman, haul her over my shoulder and then quietly get the hell out of there before it struck her. She was just standing there screaming, frozen to the spot. My dad’s fucking nuts, though. We don’t get many around our house, we’re too urban, but if he’s anywhere where he encounters snakes and they won’t go away on their own, he stands on the back of their head gently, picks them up and flings them!”
“Yeah, he’s doing the right thing. That’s what I do now, too. Usually they just want to be left alone, but if one’s antagonised, sometimes you don’t get any choice. Especially if it’s in your house. We get loads in Santo Padre, because we’re basically a town right on the fucking desert. See, I got bite scars here,” he began, pointing to his hand, “here, and here,” he continued, showing the ones on his arms. “I don’t always have the best of luck with animals, man. I got a scar on my ass from being gored by a bull.”
The whole table looked interested by that, Angel going on to reveal the story. “So, my buddy Coco and I were drunk one time, he used to be in the military and was home on leave, and we decided to go cow tipping. Except we were much too drunk to notice the sign on the paddock gate that stated there was a bull within, and yep, he got me. Threw me straight back over the damned fence with a hole in my ass cheek, while Coco laughed so much, I think he did actually piss himself a little bit.”  
“Oh look,” Frankie laughed. “We got Calamity Joe 2.0 here!”  
“Why do I get the impression you have an entire catalogue of stories like that you could share?” Keri asked, Angel balancing the ice towel on her ankle so he could pick up his beer.  
“Because I do,” he winked, grinning. “I got some successes as well. Like when I was with a girl who kept horses, and I wanted to go get more alcohol but was too over the limit to take my bike, so I took one of her horses to the local liquor store. Rode him inside and everything, didn’t wanna leave the dude out there alone. The staff were too busy falling apart with laughter to yell at me, so I just grabbed the beer, got a bottle of tequila and a pack of smokes, threw it all into my backpack, and then me and Jeepers went home. It’s on YouTube still, I think. Some guy filmed it all.”
There was an immediate scramble for phones. “What’s it called?” Rachel cried, launching the app.  
“Drunk guy rides horse into store, or something like that,” Angel confirmed, Rachel tapping and then scrolling.  
“That’s Lucy, right? The only ex you’ve ever remained friends with, Sharise’s bestie? Did I remember right?” Keri asked, Angel nodding. She remembered him mentioning that they were still in touch, deciding that they worked much better as friends once their two-year relationship had come to an end.  
“You did,” he confirmed, looking to Rachel, who turned her phone to him.
“There’s more results than you’d imagine for that!” He reached for it, scrolling down, snorting with laughter when he recognised the thumbnail that was him, clicking and enlarging it, turning the volume up as everyone peered in close, beginning to laugh, a very drunken Angel riding a big horse through the aisles like it was the most normal thing in the world, saying “c’mon, Jeeps. Let’s go” once he was done, turning the horse around and nonchalantly riding him out again, his hooves loud upon the tiled floor as exited the store to a hell of a lot of laughter from customers and employees alike.
Angel very much marched to the beat of his own drum, and it was another thing in a nice little list beginning to build up over why Keri found herself liking him more and more with every moment that passed. She’d always been a little too cautious to be so spirited, so admired him for such. What she truly enjoyed even more though was seeing how well Angel fitted in with her little group, everyone leaving to go and change into more comfortable clothes (bar Ash, who’d packed a change) before they all met up again later at The Lounge.  
It was a night that ended a little short for Keri, though, abandoning drinking in order to be able to safely take a few painkillers, wanting to go and put her foot up somewhere comfortable, so heading back to the apartment at 8pm with Angel, while the others all stayed on.  
“I’m sorry me and my stupid ankle ruined the night,” she spoke, after getting comfortable in her pyjamas, sitting on the couch with another ice pack on her ankle, her foot once again in Angel’s lap.  
“You ain’t ruined shit,” he assured her, stroking her leg. “Getting to spend time with you is exactly why I came up here. Doesn't matter to me where the location for that is either.” It made something happy flutter through her insides, to hear that.  
“Oh!” she suddenly cried, remembering something she’d meant to show him much earlier. “I took this of you mid-air, and I think I did pretty good considering it was only on my phone.” While he and Ash had enjoyed tackling the ramp she’d taken a tumble upon landing from, Keri had sat down out of the way, clicking a few pictures with the aid of her iPhone, locating the best one of Angel and turning the screen to show him.  
“No way! I actually look like I know what I’m doing.” He studied the picture, swiping to find a few more, loving one of him and Ash pulling ridiculous faces, an ability they seemed to have very much in common. “I like that guy, he’s fuckin’ great.” he added, laughing as he handed her phone back, Keri sending him a few of the pictures over on a Whatsapp message.  
“He feels the same, although he says you give him beard envy. He can’t grow his for shit, it just comes in patchy whenever he tries,” she laughed, remembering the last time Ash had attempted anything more than designer stubble. Turning the screen again, she showed him one Frankie had taken of them both on their descent, Keri grinning from ear to ear while Angel had been trying his hardest not to fall over again.  
Saving them to a folder to keep her pictures all neat, she deleted a couple of old ones, landing on some she’d forgotten she’d kept on there. “Hey, look at these,” she spoke, shuffling a little closer to him. “Paris catacombs, five years ago when we went on vacation.”  
“Woah, that’s a fucking lot of skulls!” he exclaimed, Keri beginning to swipe through the images, explaining what she remembered from their tour guide. “You know, I wish I was more well-travelled, but we were fairly poor while I was growing up, so we never went anywhere far away on vacation. I’ve been a few places here and there in my adult years, but mainly within this continent. Furthest I ever went was Montreal, because Lucy has family up there. Going to Europe or further afield would be a trip, though.”  
“As soon as I’m finished with college, I’m going to do a little tour around, working as I go, kinda like Sook, Ash’s mom, but without the hitch hiking. I’ve been saving to head over to Ireland for a while, so that’s my first destination.” she revealed, placing her phone down and reaching to remove the ice from her ankle, giving it a couple of rotations. Ibuprofen and ice were definitely helping it hurt less.  
Angel nodded with a smile, excusing himself to use the bathroom, although he didn’t actually need to go. Her words had made a small flare flicker within him, a sudden wonder over how he would fit into the life of a girl who had those ambitions, with his own life so firmly rooted in Santo Padre. Questioning such so early wouldn’t usually have entered his head, but he had to acknowledge that even after a short time, Keri was most definitely someone who he could see himself eventually catching feelings for.  
It was certainly indicative of how much he really did like her already.
Fate had brought her to him for a reason, he thought, leaning back against the sink in the bathroom, quietly despairing at himself for having those thoughts. He could have a penchant for drama, he knew this, but usually his pragmatism got him through any emotional unsteadiness he experienced throughout life. Eventually.
Alas, women were his weakness. They always had been, Angel knowing that deep down, despite rarely being the man who ever offered anything more than fleeting connections where commitment was concerned, a committed relationship was exactly what he sought, someone who was all his, and he all theirs in turn. His longest relationship had lasted just two years. It wasn’t good going for a man who’d recently turned thirty-six.
“It’s day one with her, man,” he muttered, flushing the toilet and running the tap. “Y’all ain’t got nothing to stress out about yet, because it ain’t even anything right now.” Was it even dating? It was hard to define, having started in such a unique, unbelievable way.  
Still, when he returned to her, continuing their discussion, Keri noticed that he seemed a little different to what she’d gotten used to, her inner monologue beginning to babble. He seemed quieter, a little withdrawn, a definite shift that she couldn’t help but begin to fret over. Had she said something off putting?  
It wasn’t until much later, while he was sleeping next to her that it hit Keri. Her mention of travel; he’d closed off immediately after that. She closed her eyes, groaning faintly with discomfort at the realisation. They lived far apart enough as it was, and now she was talking of heading off for months on end, which she now saw at her sending a clear signal that going forward, there wasn’t any time set aside in her mind to continue seeing where things went with him.  
Had she just completely blown it? If things with him worked out, then she’d be prepared to reconsider her plans, or include him in them. Lying there cringing into the darkness, she knew if she broached it with him, she ran the risk of scaring him off completely, should her assumption be incorrect.  
She sighed softly, her insides turning over with an uncomfortable prickle. “I guess they don’t call me calamity Joe for nothing.”  
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Sooo... The Penguin: One Bad Day?
...Honestly?
Considering the genuinely abysmal precedent set by the prior two One Bad Day stories? I'm just glad this didn't push Penguin absurdly far into complete monster territory. I'm glad it didn't assassinate the character, like the other one that should go unnamed. I wasn't even gonna touch it until you dropped this ask. I kept reading the entire issue waiting for the other shoe to drop with some twist like, oh he's gonna kill all his associates in the end because he doesn't care for them or, oh he's gonna have some awful new detail added to his backstory like they did for Joker's Asylum or Pain and Prejudice but, no.
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I did like a fair deal of how it depicted Oswald, I was rather shocked by it. It passes my "I can hear Paul Williams reading this" test and that's pretty damn high praise coming from. I did like spending some time with Penguin at his lowest and how this does the "Oswald claws his way to the top" set-up but without violence being his biggest asset, more so his ability to negotiate and manipulate and even beg his way into assembling just enough of a crew and just enough firepower to scrape by. I kinda liked Tiny Homeless Trash King Penguin as a concept (I figure Spamton fans who are also Penguin fans might get a kick out of this story).
I like that it establishes that Oswald's relation with his henchmen is that he thinks he treats them significantly less shitty ways than he actually does, which still makes him several tiers better than most other Gotham rogues even if not, great, and in the end he will in fact try to make amends. I like that it establishes Oswald's history with being lonely and ostracized as a reason why he treats his goons a little better and why he employs people that would be otherwise discarded, and this is ultimately why he wins (you can argue that this comic represents said people poorly and, you'd be right, but, it's a Batman comic, if you're in too deep in those, at some point you kinda have to settle for the less-abysmal depictions of mental illness / physical deformity / race / gender / etc when given such)
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It didn't shy away from showing many of Oswald's character faults, but it also played straight the idea that, overall, he is indeed a better class of criminal and significantly better than your average mobster, if nothing else it also gets major points with me also for the lengths it went to avoid the misogynistic Penguin cliches others default to. It even goes so far as to state that Penguin played a significant hand at both ensuring Gotham's rogues had the tools necessary, as well as secretly kneecapping them so that the game between them and Batman would never escalate too far, to the extent that Penguin thinks of Batman as "a piece in his conglomerate". Honestly? I'm still not sure this is an idea that works, but I don't hate it? In fact it's kind of something I always wanted to see explored, even something I'd toyed with on my personal Batman or superhero-related ideas?
If nothing else, this does go someway towards explaining why Batman tolerates Penguin to the extent he does. Not because Penguin's good at looking legitimate or because he makes for good intel, but because Batman pretty much always has someone or something worse than Penguin to stop, and because wasting time with Penguin inevitably means turning his back on worse problems happening at Gotham (I feel like the Reeves film continuity is kinda heading in this direction as well). And Batman hates it, he hates that Oswald knows this, but this story also points out what happens when Penguin's removed from the picture to be inevitably replaced by some far worse scumbag with no interest in theater or balance. This idea wouldn't work for any other character in Batman's Rogues Gallery, except for Penguin. Granted, this also kinda means that Oswald's purposefully kneecapping himself but, at least it acknowledges this as part of the set-up required to make mob boss Penguin work.
Even the fact that Penguin resolves the battle by going full beast / Returns, I don't mind that much here, it's played for contrast of Penguin spending the entire issue powerless or being played as a gentleman (if a deluded, cutthroat criminal one) for most of the issue. Honestly? I like this as a display of monstrousness way more than "ruins your life for coughing within earshot", I'd have little to complain if Penguin tearing out the throats of mob bosses with his teeth was the lowest he'd be willing to go, in fact I think he should do that more often. I do like some savagery in him.
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I mean, yeah, the whole reocurring animal thing, and it culminating with him thanking his former bully for instilling the idea on him that he's just "a little animal", has some whiff of that "the bullies get it right" awfulness from Frank Tieri's one-shot but, it's not going that far. There's some issues in this story and especially from a plotting perspective but, I'm not sure how much I liked this because it was a good Penguin story that utilized the character in an interesting way or even a good story in general, or how much I liked this because it wasn't as aggressively dogshit as I was expecting and how much better it was than so many other modern Penguin stories but, I'm pretty lenient on this, I liked most of it well enough.
I don't know how this relates to the current continuity that I'm not reading, and I don't care either, but between this, what little I've seen of other recent Penguin moments and the upcoming show, I'm feeling pretty good. It's kinda seeming like the character's getting some of his groove back. I'm pleasantly happy with it.
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TO THE SMASH N GRAB CREW | RIP to the homies and this Cece x Kenny meet cute
Pairing: Cecelia “Cece” Garza x Kenny and The Smash-And-Grab Crew gif dump
For @narcosfandomdiscord NarcOctober - Day 16
Prompt: Day of Surprises - create a fanwork that focuses on dreams, literal or metaphorical
Okay so, you guys, I have no idea if this even works for the prompt dreams, bc it’s not really a dream one of the characters is having but rather, a dream of mine, and specifically a dream of whatever this was or could’ve been???? That we were categorically deprived of thanks to the Narcos’ writers’ tendency to just drop narrative grenades lil hints of things and then never pick them back up again.
So idk if yall remember that one time Operation Leyenda actually didn’t entirely fuck some shit up but there was One Time n I’m lowkey convinced it was thanks to the involvement of some estrogen no one will convince me that GOAT Secretary Susie wasn’t the strength of Jaime and Kiki’s operation, mmkay in the form of this baddie, named Cece aka Danilo’s way-too-foxy cousin.
What exactly did this bonafide mothafucking G short for goddess do that made the mission so successful? Idk, maybe just being the sassiest, most could-not-be-fucking-bothered, beyond not-having-any-of-your-shit to political scumbag and all around general skidmark, Ruben Zuno Árce okay we don’t even have time to get into how legitimately want to light this man on fire whilst painting💅🏽her💅🏽fucking💅🏽nails💅🏽 I MEANSJSHWH it truly doesn’t get better than this
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I HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE SATISFIED WATCHING TBIS FUCKINFSKWJHW W SHOW except that one time Barrón broke my brain by spending the whole time being some random and then very sudddnly stealing the whole gotdamn show out of nowhere in ten mins but shhhhhhsjshshs we’re not talking about that right now like they fucking did it. They got this bitch on US soil, homie was shitting in his skivvies right there on the runway also ngl I’m convinced that Walt dressing respectably in that torturously sexy red shirt was another crucial key to the success of this plan but it was mostly Cece
Okay okay okay so then after the plan goes down like gang busters, they all meet up for lunch and we get this random little exchange between enemies-to-lovers Danilo and Kenny before Kenny cried weeweewee all the way back home to the US bc he could not handle big swinging dick Calderoni and like tbh, fair where Danilo makes a point to introduce Kenny to his cousin, The Real MVP Cece, who, like the rest of the women on this show is infuriatingly hot and stunning bc they cannot for just one moment pipe down with that shit
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Almost as though he’s like been, on the low, talking to Cece about Kenny and promised to introduce them as like!???????? A blind date or somethinggghdhe like some kind of setup!??????
And it’s not like Danilo does this and Kenny’s like uhhhhhh, ‘scuse me, tf? Kenny’s literally justlikesjejsjwjsusuebehsh like, okay check this shit, look at Kenny’s fucjinfjdjsd face in that gif, like if he were wearing a suit or a tux, mans would be straightening his little bow tie, all checking himself in the mirror, picking at his teeth, breathing into the palm of his hand, asking bestie Daryl, heygorl, be honest, does this silk cravat make my neck look fat? To which Daryl is like, sorry, what the actual fuck is a silk cravat? Also idk when this became Victorian England where ppl wear silk cravats and it kinda seems like it’s setting that shit up to go somewhere except all we get is what?
A BIG. FAT. NOTHING. BURGERRRRRJDJDJHE
We literally NEVER FUCKING SEE Cece again and Kenny cries weeweewee all the way home in like the next episode, and the rest of the team gets mowed down on another airport tarmac, except sweet bby angels Sal
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And Daryl and Walt but as much as I love him, he’s far too much of a glutton for punishment to be considered a sweet bby angel
I mean if blue balls existed, this show would be The Fucking King Kahuna of Blue Ballers. Why??????? I MEAN LOOK AT TBJS WOMANNNNNNNNNN OKAY????????
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And as if we weren’t suffering from our blue balls enough already, the show literally pushes us to the ground and pummels us in the metaphorical dick with titanium baseball bats yes more than one by giving us this👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽one and only moment of joy, this👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 👇🏽 one single, solitary victory
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand then they went ahead and straight-up just Game-of-Thrones-Red-Wedding massacred like seventy five percent of the motherfucking cast by like episode 9
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Coolcoolcoolcoolcoolcoolcoolcoolcoolcoool. Fine.
For the giiiiiiiifs: @narcosfandomdiscord @ashlingnarcos @drabbles-mc @narcolini @artemiseamoon
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K Reviews and Rants: Miraculous Ladybug Season 5! Episode 6
Alrighty, time for Episode 6! I got this posted kinda late, work's been kicking my butt pretty hard, but I shall persevere!
Looking back on this episode, I think this one was what convinced me that the writers see love and relationships as binary. The idea that a person can have feelings, romantic ones, for more than one person (hooray for Polyamory denial! /sarcasm) is completely disregarded in favor of the validity of Marinette's feelings being attacked, and the concept of a crush, sorry "of being in love," is framed as something that can be traded around or exchanged. It's profoundly disturbing to me, because it's such a narrow view of what love is, and one that is just plain unhealthy in the long run. Nuance and complications that don't fit on a neat "Yes/No" framework are ignored, and it sets the tone for the series going forward. Oh, and it's one of the episodes that shows that the writers are invested in pretending that Marinette is more subtle about her feelings then she actually is to keep up Adrien not realizing how she feels. It's sad.
As always, warnings for any profanity on my part.
Episode 6: Determination 
Okay FINALLY started Determination. Already I think I hate this, but it's more of a low, simmering annoyance right now. 
Okay, we get a scene of Adrien staring at a sketch of Marinette... these writers really have no fucking clue how to do subtlety at all, do they? 
Adrien, stop waxing poetic about Marinette, it looks creepy as fuck. Kagami, why the FUCK are you encouraging him to call and date Marinette!? I get it, he "looks at her the way you wished he looked at you," but you should know damn well his failings as a boyfriend!! Why are you encouraging someone who broke your heart to date your friend!? You have no way of knowing if he'd be any better for her than he was for you!! I just do not get this, and I don't like it, honestly. 
And we get a scene of Kitty Section apparently having signed a deal (or are ABOUT to sign a deal) with Bob Roth... you know, the same guy who FUCKING PLAGIARIZED THEM ONCE ALREADY!? And he wasn't even fucking sorry about it!! Why the HELL are they trusting this scumbag a second time!? 
Oh, and Marinette acting like a colossal spaz over Adrien calling her. WHHHHYYYYY!? We get it, she is clumsy and BLATANTLY obvious about her "love" for him, do we really need EVERY FUCKING SCENE where he comes up around her to involve her publicly embarrassing herself in some way!? Because wildly flailing in a cartoon tends not to work so well with 3D models. 
And WHY in the world is Marinette being in front of her friends making her go back on trying to not meet Adrien!? Seriously, they have FINALLY had Marinette acknowledge that her crush on him has been negatively effecting her (even if it IS framed as a 2D strawman reasoning), and THEY ARE HER FRIENDS!!! They would UNDERSTAND if she explained her reasoning!! (or at least they fucking SHOULD, not that Alya does, because FUCK YOU according to Astruc!!) 
What the fuck is the... I'm not even sure how to fucking spell that, some kind of museum...? That's where Adrien wants to take Marinette on their "not date" to "talk things over." ...They seriously haven't given this kid a single romantic bone in his fucking body, have they? But on the other hand, he seems to be honestly wanting to take things slow and feel things out, which I would say is the right choice because TRYING TO FORCE A RELATIONSHIP IS HOW THEY TEND TO END!!! Seriously, WHY the fuck is Kagami trying to push him on this!? Let him set his own fucking pace and figure things out ON HIS OWN!! Trying to MAKE him act on these feelings isn't going to foster any sense of independence in him because it's taking away most of his fucking agency in all this!! ...Wow, the writing here is so bad it's actually getting me to defend the Love Square. That's disturbing. 
...I just gotta say it, while her friends thinking her finally going on a date with her longtime crush is celebration worthy is a sweet gesture... the fact that they somehow miss how OBVIOUSLY UNCOMFORTABLE she is makes me want to bang my head against a wall. Then again, this is the same setting where, despite Adrien being visibly miserable, only Marinette notices "because she loves him." Dear GOD is this stupid!! 
...I don't know where to begin with this. On the one hand, I think Adrien is still technically making the correct decision in trying to figure himself the fuck out (and STILL hasn't gotten over Ladybug yet, probably)... but Kagami is also correct that Adrien is meeting Marinette somewhere that sounds pretty fucking boring. My sense of foreboding is building, though... 
...Okay, so he wants to go to the museum because "that's where his feelings changed." Shut up. No, no SHUT THE ABSOLUTE FUCK UP WITH THIS SHIT!! You do NOT have someone "get feelings" from what amounts to a CREEPY AS FUCKING HELL moment of a girl feeling up and wanting to kiss what she THINKS is a statue but is actually another person PRETENDING to be a statue as a joke!! It's tasteless, disturbing, and FLATOUT INSULTING to the terrible execution this nightmare of a relationship has been building up towards!! Nope, no way, GET THIS FUCKING STUPIDITY OUT OF HERE. NOW!!! 
Seriously, out of ALL THE FUCKING TIMES Thomas could've had him "realize his feelings," IT WAS THAT FUCKING BIT OF STUPIDITY!? Nope, not dealing with this, GET RID OF IT!!! 
And do you want to know what makes this even more nonsensical!? That moment where his "feelings changed" was him learning how much of an utterly obsessive CREEP Marinette was regarding him!! That is the singularly LEAST appropriate possible moment for him to have gained feelings for someone else, particularly someone who (however unknowingly) MASSIVELY FUCKING VIOLATED HIS BOUNDARIES!!! Dear god, I want this nightmare over with... 
...Marinette. CUT IT THE FUCK OUT WITH THIS "I CANNOT BE IN LOVE WITH ADRIEN" DREK!! THAT IS NOT HOW EMOTIONS WORK!! FOR FUCKS SAKE THIS IS JUST ONE LONG STRAWMAN TOWARDS HOW THEY ARE "MEANT TO BE TOGETHER" AND I FUCKING HATE EVERY FUCKING SECOND OF IT!!!!! 
For the absolute sake of FUCK, Marinette you have been obsessively crushing on this guy FOR MONTHS NOW!!! Just telling yourself "I can't be in love with him" DOES ABSOLUTELY FUCKING NOTHING!!! It's a nonsensical platitude that you are using to avoid ACTUALLY TRYING TO MOVE THE FUCK ON FROM HIS ASS! 
There is no "can't" regarding being in love or having a crush, either it stays or it leaves, and you can't FORCE it to go away. That isn't how ANY healthy relationship works, AND THOMAS SHOULD FUCKING KNOW THIS!!! When I said he was using Marinette as a Strawman regarding breaking up the Love Square, SHIT LIKE THIS IS WHAT I MEANT!! He is having Marinette display the most empty and pointless of "reasons" for why she can't get together with Adrien, and instead of going "okay, I WANT to be with him, but I can't at this time," she is needlessly beating herself up over a pointless excuse to do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!! 
...Why the FUCK are they making going to this museum such a big fucking deal!? Seriously, Marinette, YOU HAVE EMBARRASSED YOURSELF IN FRONT OF HIM IN A LOT OF PUBLIC PLACES, you attempting to kiss what you THOUGHT was a statue of him is nothing fucking special. On the other hand, Luka actually gave genuinely good advice; spending time with him to figure out how she feels and all that. But Marinette going "there's no sound" or whatever, by following Luka's metaphor... that makes me laugh, and not in a good way, because Marinette has ever ONCE dropped her fucking obsession with him. AT ALL. 
"I've been in love with him without ever really being able to talk with him!" Marinette, what you are describing isn't love, it is obsession. SEE A REAL FUCKING THERAPIST AND NOT YOUR MUSICIAN EX BOYFRIEND!!! 
...Marinette, you going "but I feel nothing," basically confirms that NO, you aren't in love with him. You were fucking IDOLIZING him, and IN A VERY CREEPY AND EXCESSIVE WAY. And yet, she hasn't changed her behavior regarding Adrien in the slightest. Ugghh... 
And OF FUCKING COURSE she invites Luka, because why the fuck not!? Ugh, at least there's a reason for it... 
...No. No no no PLEASE tell me we are not going to have a FUCKING MISTAKEN FOR DATING DOUBLE DATE PLOT!!! DO NOT BRING THIS SHIT HERE THOMAS, THIS IS THE LOWEST POSSIBLE WAY YOU COULD DRAG OUT WHAT IS ALREADY A NONSENSICAL PLOT!!! GET THIS SHIT OUT OF HERE!!! Also, Kagami, assuming that Adrien is jealous just because he questioned why Luka was coming along is kinda stupid; there is a genuine REASON to think that Marinette might still be in love with him, given her avoidance, blatant discomfort around Adrien, and oh yeah, THE FACT THAT ADRIEN KNOWS JACK ALL ABOUT HER LIFE. 
Yup, it's a STUPID FUCKING DOUBLE DATE!!! 
Yes, Luka is SPEAKING SENSE. 
I... I'm gonna stop typing and just try and get through this nonsense because I just can't anymore. Thomas has made it clear since DAY FUCKING ONE that he is going to stretch this nonsense out as long as he can, and I'm sick to death of it. Shit like this has honestly killed my ability to believe in Marinette and Adrien as a couple. I just can't with this anymore. I'm just gonna sit back, listen, and try to find something OTHER than this nonsensical "double date" to dissect because I'm just too fucking pissed at all this. 
...Adrien. No. She did not kiss you. She TRIED to kiss you, in one of the most fucking cringe moments in this entire show. If this tries to go where I THINK it's gonna try and go, I am going to FUCKING SCREAM. 
Kagami, Luka, MARINETTE IS THE MOST BLATANTLY OBVIOUS PERSON IN THE WORLD WHEN IT COMES TO HER SIGNALS. The issue is that SHE CANNOT FOR THE LIFE OF HER SPIT IT THE FUCK OUT AND GOES OVERBOARD IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION BECAUSE SHE ROUTINELY PUBLICLY EMBARRASSES HERSELF AND HATES HOW SHE ACTS AROUND HIM!!! Dear GOD, how the fuck do these idiots think THIS is "mixed signals!?" This is why I think the concept of "signals" is bullshit. Just... take people at their word. Whether it helps or hurts, trying to go by "signals" is a nightmare of nonsense, confusion, and headaches to me. 
Like, HOW IN THE WORLD did it take Kagami a long time to "figure out Marinette's signals"!? She's apparently known that Marinette is interested in Adrien since the FUCKING ICE RINK!! Which was I'm pretty sure her second ever time MEETING Kagami in the first place, SO NO, SHE NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEM WITH MARINETTE'S FUCKING SIGNALS!!! 
Literally EVERYONE knows that Marinette has an obsessive crush on Adrien!! Literally the only two people who DON'T know that everyone knows this are one another, and we literally had an Akuma force Marinette to blurt it out for the world to hear, SO ADRIEN SHOULDN'T BE UNAWARE EITHER!!! 
Marinette. Stop. You are not OBLIGATED to return whatever fucking feelings he may or may not have for you, SO STOP TRYING TO AVOID THIS FUCKING ISSUE!!! I have put up with this nonsense FOR FIVE SEASONS ALREADY, I AM NOT ENDURING IT ANY LONGER!!!! 
Okay, something LESS stupid (but still super-fucking stupid) to fixate on!! Once again, Andre is an absolute wet blanket who puts zero fucking effort into telling Chloe "no." And THIS moron is who we are supposed to sympathize with for "being bullied by his wife and daughter"? Yeah, no. Shut up. 
I'm not even going to address the nonsensical argument Andre is using for wanting to prevent the room with Ladybug and Chat Noir's statues from debuting, since it's very obvious they are just having him parrot whatever strawman argument they are making Chloe say. It's idiotic. 
O-kay, Andre proceeds to threaten to close down the museum on trumped up charges. I am not going to blame Chloe for this nonsense. Why the FUCK would I blame her for the fact that Andre is both a spineless piece of human garbage, and a corrupt little worm who is willing to abuse his power to spoil Chloe's already rotten ego? 
Funny Andre mentions the "status quo," given how much the writers abuse it to never actually change anything. Oh, and once again Marinette mistakes a live person for a wax statue, and Adrien laughs at her falling in a panic. I just... dude, do you NOT get that laughing at someone humiliating themselves is hurtful...? Oh, wait, no of course he doesn't get it, since apparently he's always found Marinette's clumsiness the height of comedy, utterly oblivious to how much it messes with her self-confidence when that crap happens. It's shit like THIS, that makes me more and more convinced that they ARE NOT GOOD FOR ONE ANOTHER. 
I just "love" how they keep saying Marinette "lost" the Miraculouses. No, she got ROBBED by someone she thought she could fucking trust (granted she thought said person was someone else, but YOU GET THE FUCKING POINT!!). It's Monarch acting as if Felix coming out of nowhere to trade him LITERALLY ALL THE MIRACULOUSES was his plan all along and not something completely out of left field all over again. Once more I say "fuck this shit with a rusty spoon." 
I will VERY grudgingly say this: at least we get a look at how Monarch can get inside someone's head when they try and resist him. Normally it's just "brainwash," but this? Seeing him pry away at an emotional person's vulnerabilities while his powers chip at their ability to focus and think... it's honestly pretty disturbing. I gotta say, for all that it's a low bar to clear, this is the highlight of the episode. 
... "I'm the problem?" "No I'm the problem!!" GET THE FUCK OVER YOURSELVES ALREADY!! I just have no more patience for this nonsensical teenage melodrama. And Adrien, saying "it's okay, I'm here" DOES NOT HELP SOMEONE HAVING A FUCKING PANIC ATTACK OVER THE TWO OF YOU BEING LOCKED INSIDE A SEALED OFF ROOM!!! How the hell do you make him look like this much of an inconsiderate ASS without even noticing!? 
The way the Akuma uses her powers reminds me of Jiangshi and Golems, given the whole "animating a target by placing a piece of paper on their heads." 
I can't even begin to care about Ladybug going on a mini-despair spiral given that this entire fucking episode seems hell-bent on ignoring that both A) it wasn't her fault, since even if she HAD known that Flairmidable was Felix she had no way of knowing he would do something so pointlessly selfish, or even that he COULD given she would have no reason to believe he knows Monarch's identity, and B) that everyone, INCLUDING HERSELF are ignoring her actual problems and reducing it down to "oh, it's just because she can't be HONEST about her feelings!!" Chat, you trying to be supportive doesn't work given how many times you've moped around and acted like a fucking child over Marinette trusting ANYONE besides yourself as a hero, and getting pointlessly jealous and insecure over the very existence of the other Heroes. 
Okay, Andre being more scared of his daughter than he is of the literal Akuma is pathetic but also kind of hilarious. He's such a spineless jackass!! You know, this episode also really highlights how the stupidity in Episode 1 regarding the rules of Miraculouses is BS, since apparently Hawkmoth has no problem giving inanimate wax statues perfect duplications of the powers of other Miraculouses. 
Ladybug, of course the wax statues based on you two look just like you two. And once again, the fake Lucky Charm just produces a stupidly huge and impractical looking sword. Never anything else. 
Marinette, you have literally broken ALL of the other Wax Statues, YOU KNOW THAT IS A STATUE DUPLICATE OF CHAT WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU HESITATING!?!? No. Writers, you are not allowed to introduce fucking SHIP TEASE between Ladybug and Chat Noir NOW, not when the entire set up behind it is as forced as this nonsense, AND not after putting so much bullshit in place to add more "drama" to this fiasco of a Love Square!! 
Not even gonna acknowledge Chloe's strawmanning, because once again, everyone is ignoring how asinine this all is. 
WHY THE FUCK ARE THEY TRYING TO DO A SPEECH ABOUT LADYBUG'S "REAL POWER" NOW OF ALL TIMES!? Seriously, SCREW THIS EPISODE. 
Yeah... it is literally impossible to take Chloe seriously as a villain when the most they can make her do is whine and yell about how "lame" Ladybug is. It's stupid. 
No no no DO NOT GIVE ME A "I SEE YOU DIFFERENTLY" MOMENT NOW OF ALL TIMES. Jesus H Christ this is stupid. 
And we get a scene of Marinette crying in the rain. Bullshit. Complete. And Utter. BULLSHIT. I do not care anymore. If I didn't absolutely hate the Love Square already, THIS would have done it for me. I cannot bring myself to give a shit about something that they've dragged out for YEARS, given no development unless it involves pulling it out of their own asses, and now, in the FINAL HOME STRETCH, they decide that this is the "perfect moment" to add MORE drama to this disaster of a relationship. Just... get this thing out of my sight, alright? And with that. I am done. Finished. No more of this episode. May it burn in the pits of hell.
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Princess Mononoke Review
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Ohohoho I was looking forward to this one! Word on the street is that Spirited Away is what most people think is the best Miyazaki movie, but Princess Mononoke is the actual best one.
Fun fact, I watched every one of these Ghibli movies subbed, since I saw them after a shift and our theater showed the dubbed versions earlier that the subbed versions. Honestly, I don't think it makes a significant difference, especially when it comes to Ghibli. Don't come at me anime nerds. My point is I made sure to watch the dub for Mononoke. Why? Because it was adapted by Neil Fuckin' Gaiman (pretty sure that's his middle name, complete with apostrophe) who just so happens to be my favorite writer of all time. So this movie has got to be good!
What's The Movie About?
A prince of a hidden village gets cursed, exiled, and forces his way into a conflict between two human factions and the gods of the land. Can he heal his curse, make peace between the humans and gods, as well as get together with the hot wolf girl?
What I Like.
Broken record time, the animation is fucking gorgeous. This time around I was really impressed with the fighting animation. The speed an choreography was a sight to behold I tell ya. It was also shockingly violent, which I dug the hell out of. Kinda made me wonder why there was a bunch of families in the audience, I guess anime parents don't care if their kids get traumatized. I also really dug the score. I usually don't go for instrumental pieces but it felt like every twenty minutes I was marveling at the orchestra. The story was pretty cool, but the world building was what really impressed me. It, like Spirited Away, was clearly based on Shintoism. But unlike Spirited Away I never felt like I was missing information about the world building because I didn't know much about the religion. I really liked the characterization of the different tribes of animals/forest spirits. And speaking of characters, Miyazaki writes some pretty damn good female characters doesn't he? Well, to be accurate, he write good characters regardless of gender, but I really liked the Lady of Iron Town despite her being an antagonist. And speaking of the antagonists, I really like how complex the human characters were. The monk was a scumbag yet I still got worried when it seemed like he was gonna die. When the people of Iron Town were fighting the wolves I legit didn't want either side to lose. That fight ended super fucking cool as well, the lead walking out of there was raw as hell. There were some raw as hell lines as well. The line "I'm going to show you how to kill a god. A god of life and death. The trick is not to fear them." makes me want an RPG about mortals killing gods, which is about the highest compliment I can give something. Also I wanna ride an elk.
What I Don't Like.
I feel like just saying this is going to get me looks like when San first sees Ashitaka, but I have a couple problems with this movie.
One, the message is kinda shaky. Don't get me wrong, I don't think that promoting pacifism and environmentalism is a bad thing, it's just that, to me, the gods seems completely justified in their actions. The humans are not only killing each other, but completely overstepping their bounds, destroying spirits with their consumption. All the gods want is to stop their ravaging of the land. They also tried to rebuild, but the humans wouldn't let them, that's what was driving the Apes into wanting to take up arms. Maybe doing that would get them cursed, but also the curse came from the bullets the humans made so it seems like the spirits didn't have a real choice here.
Two, and I know this makes me sound like a miserable bastard, but I wish the movie ended more nihilistically. Like, I know all the gods died, but not a single named human did. The movie should've ended with the Forest God dying in peace, and then the valley is just forever fucked. You kill the spirit of the land and nothing grows there anymore. Sorry, but you fucked up! It felt like the movie was going in a more tragic direction as well, but instead all the pretty flowers came back and everyone's like "We can rebuild!" And the two leads are together even though they should've definitely done a self-sacrifice. Speaking of that...
Three, the romance between the prince and princess is completely unnecessary. Like if you cut it out entirely the movie would have been just as good, if not better. It's really rushed and really just seems to be there to have the lead chase wolf girl for a bit, but it makes equally as much sense if he thought she knew how to get to the Forest God. Or if he was just curious about why she was siding with the wolves. Oh yeah, I guess the power of their love saved their lives at the end but that was so eyerolling my retinas twisted. I feel like Miyazaki either doesn't know how or doesn't really like writing romances. (And before you go, "What about Howl's?", according to most sources Sophie and Howl's relationship seems to be completely lifted off the page of the novel, so I have a feeling he didn't actually write that part.)
Final Summation.
Princess Mononoke is great. Obviously. Watch it. I don't have anything else to say, but since I have your attention down here, I'm gonna give you all a little bonus.
All Ghibli Movies I've Seen So Far Ranked
Real quick from worst to best:
6th: Ponyo-It's not really fair, but I'm putting Ponyo at the lowest because the last time I watched it I was like 10, and I don't remember much about it. I do remember liking it, but according to most sources 10 is like the perfect age to enjoy Ponyo. If I ever do that Ghibli marathon I'm constantly thinking about, I'll rewatch it.
5th: My Neighbor Totoro-Totoro hits me right in the nostalgia, when I rewatched it I was all curled up in my chair smiling ear to ear. But honestly, it's a "stuff just kinda happens" plot. There's not really anything wrong with that, it just suffers comparing it to more complete narratives.
4th: Spirited Away-Me putting this here is just drawing a target on my back for white people who unironically own katanas, but counterpoint: Bite me. It's good, just not goddamn mandatory viewing.
3rd: Princess Mononoke-Urgh I had a hard time between choosing between my second and third favorite Ghibli movie, but the deciding factor was creativity. Mononoke is pretty imaginative, but not compared to...
2nd: The Boy and the Heron-I liked this movie when I saw it, but after this Ghibli Month at work I like it a whole lot more. It took some time to figure out what the hell the story was supposed to be about, but I honestly think it occupying my mind for several weeks is a boon.
And 1st: Howl's Movie Castle-No duh. Look, the plot of Howl's isn't as good as the majority of this list, but Howl's has one advantage over every other movie on this list. That is that it fucks. I'm not referring to how I want Howl to fuck me, or that it's the only Ghibli movie I've seen so far with a romance that is worth anything. (I don't know if I made that clear in my review, but I really liked the romance in the movie.) I mean that it has way more personality than these other movies. The the titular character, Howl's Movie Castle has a charm and pluck that carries it over it's flaws and into my heart. Also it's goddamn sexy.
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thefiery-phoenix · 8 months
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YANDERE HARRY POTTER HEADCANONS
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Most definitely a stalker. He'll even use his invisibility cloak to stalk you from time to time, so if you ever wondered what the gentle breeze was around you even when you weren't near any windows and didn't see any ghosts? Well, that's Harry for you. But he won't be doing it so frequently since well... with all the people in the wizarding world trying to capture him and kill him and all that
You'd either be in his class or you'd be on one of the Quidditch Teams, doesn't matter which house or he probably met you through mutual friends between you both like Hermione or Ron or Ginny or even Neville for that matter. Or maybe you might've been there for him when Ron was ignoring him during the Triwizard Tournament and telling him to do his best in a friendly way and not behaving like an over obsessive fan girl like Romilda Vane
Eventually, the 2 of you would meet (Or me might even use the Marauder's map to see what you're up to and then 'coincidentally' bump into you) and become friends and who'd pass the opportunity to become friends with THE Harry Potter?
Will fall for you even MORE if you're not like an obsessive fan or something and you believe him when no one else does. Like the Putting of names in the Goblet of fire in the 4th year and the Dementor attack on him during the summer. He admires you and loves for sticking up for him especially against Malfoy. But he kinda feels ashamed of himself since you're gonna be dealing with Malfoy's wrath as well and that's why he'll do his best to make you avoid Malfoy as much as possible
Best if you don't leave anything of yours behind since he's gonna use the summoning charm to get little souvenirs for himself be it some candy wrapper or ring or whatever it might be. He'll want it and love it if it's belonged to you
He will tell you EVERYTHING that went on in his life to you and besides, that's the first step towards a relationship right? No secrets... oh wait... you guys aren't dating yet. Oops... but he doesn't mind it at all, you'll be dating him soon enough anyways. He'll even tell you about all the adventures Ron, he and Hermione had and his friends might think it's weird and strange. The secretive Harry potter spilling his guts to someone he barely even knows? Yep, definitely not strange. He won't even bother denying that he knows Parseltongue
He is one HELLA PARANOID person and you can't exactly blame him here since he's already lost most of his loved ones. So, if he doesn't see you for a while he'll be getting anxious and he'll snap at any and everyone till he gets the news that you're safe and everything's fine with you. What if you were kidnapped? What if some scumbag Death Eater captured you in your sleep? What if Voldemort was trying to kill you? You could be in severe danger! So, this boi here tends to cause scenes after he sees you be it in the Great Hall during breakfast or at class or even the damn Quidditch Pitch. And if Malfoy sees it, even BETTER since he knows Malfoy has a tiny crush on you and although more better to rub it in his face while he looks at him with a smug AF expression on his face
He'll be a blushing nervous mess if you come to his Quidditch matches but he'll be determined to win and catch the Snitch as fast as possible since he really wants to impress you. And maybe do some really cool tricks with his broom along the way if he can
You'll catch Harry following you in his invisibility cloak one day and after you catch him, you'll confront him about it and he'll tell you that you need protection and he's just making sure you're safe and he loves you and needs you. So, you'll start running but it's gonna be in vain since he'll capture and detain you somewhere. Not in the school since it might be risky but somewhere in the Forbidden Forest most probably
He'll send the most nastiest and scariest glares ever to people who ask him about your disappearance and tell them to drop it. His friends won't have solid and concrete proof that he did something to you and they don't want to accuse him of something they aren't sure of. So, he'll be off the hook
Back to him keeping you locked up in some god forsaken place. If you're being adamant and refusing to love him you better pray he isn't considering wiping your memory and casting a Oblivion charm on you to make you forget things because that's EXACTLY what he's thinking about right now. He might ask Hermione about it and as usual, she'll give him the perfect and most detailed answer and if that doesn't work.... well, the Unforgivable curses are always there
No doubt by now he must have become one heck of a twisted whackadoodle and he needs to protect you and it's for your own good and if he has to hurt you to make you think you'll be safe with him then so be it. He might use the Cruciatus Curse on you for like 10 seconds and every time you scream he feels like crying and holding you and begging for your forgiveness but he HAS to make sure you behave well for him. He'll to the begging and crying part later. And of course, the killing curse is always there for people who get in his way and try taking you away from him
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seraphimfawn-fallen · 6 months
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More Helping Love Klance fanfic info - Lance's family
Lance is the stepson of Maria McClain and the stepbrother of four children. Luis (The oldest/asshole), Marco (Second oldest), Veronica (The third oldest/Brought back to life lady) and Rachel (The youngest). Yjok is the McClain children Stepfather and Lance's half-father, the McClain family is kinda complicated.
Luis is the Nadia and Sylvio's father and Lance's stepbrother however due to him purposely losing control while Lance was in heat twice, he ended up making Lance bear his kids when his wife Angela- an infertile Beta- couldn't. He is an Alpha however he is boastful, a scumbag cheater and Lance's main rapist. He is also a neglectful father and doesn't pay his only two children (Nadia and Sylvio) attention so after years of neglect, they now only accept Keith as their father and refuse to talk to Luis.
Marco is Luis's younger brother and is also an Alpha with a Beta husband named Alex, a light brown skinned green eyes male who is a home designer. He hates his stepfather (Human name he took was Jospeh but his real name was Yjok) and moved out four months after he was introduced to both Yjok and Lance, he visited in very spanned months to check on his sisters and little brother but after Lance was pronounced dead by the Garrison, he stopped going to the house altogether and Rachel brought the kids to his house where he lived with Alex. He hates his mother, greatly dislikes his stepfather and is ignoring his relation to his older brother completely. He is Nadia and Sylvio's uncle. He was one of the only people to hold his niece and nephew when they were born.
Veronica is Marco and Luis's younger sister however when Lance was 13 and she was 17, Yjok stabbed her three times and left to rot in the woods after she learned what was going on behind her back at home to Lance. Without knowing it, Lance channeled his Quintessence into Veronica and managed to revive her back to life. She later went to space and spent 18 months as a capture of the Galra and later rescued by Rebels with Mathew Holt and later met with Adam Wyatt and the three stayed together all looking for people they miss and love while fighting in the war. She hates Luis and has disowned him as her brother, cut all contact with her mother and later learns she's an aunt of Nadia and Sylvio. Also, she has a huge grudge against Yjok since he is her killer and Lance's kidnapper. She practically raised Lance when her mother refused to acknowledge his existence. She is a Beta.
Rachel is Marco, Luis's and Veronica's younger sister and Lance's second oldest sister. She was one of the only people to hold Sylvio and Nadia when Lance became pregnant by her stupid older brother, she hates Luis, hates her mother, and wants Yjok dead, and she doesn't give two shits on how he dies she just wants him dead. She's also shown to be a good fighter and sassy comebacks, she's also very protective of Lance and is one who treated his injuries when Yjok and Luis hurt him to the point he couldn't move for days. She is an Omega.
Yjok is Lance's half-father and Melenor's rapist. When Lance was still a newborn in his mother's stomach, he assaulted her and when Lance was five on a family vacation with the old Paladins and his family, he snuck into where he was and drugged him with a Quintessence induced pill to block his memories that Lotor found a way to unblock those memories by ordering Acxa to put something in his drink after he was kidnapped. Yjok was also greatly disliked by the Alteans and Allura suggested that he was poisoned by Quintessence to explain his long impossible life however he's just a sadistic man who wasn't poisoned just had an extreme twisted mind. He's been able rape Lance at least once in his childhood but most of his attempts were either forced to a complete stop when Veronica returned home, or Rachel hid Lance by distracting Yjok for her brother to be able to make his escape. Keith later ends him. He is an Alpha.
Maria is Lance's stepmother however, she neglects Lance and also abusive to her grandchildren, she doesn't stop Angela from putting her hands on them nor does she tell Luis to stop his assaults on Lance. Either this was a change by Yjok or this was just who she really was. It's unknown however she wasn't married to Yjok it's just manipulation keeping her and Yjok together, that is also unknown with answers none of Lance's siblings who he's on good terms with can figure out. Three of her children want absolutely nothing to with her anymore because of who she is now, and she doesn't seem to care much either. She is a Beta.
Alfor is Lance's true father, and he highly misses the days where his family was complete as a whole. His son helped him learn things but also helped Alteans explore more about Quintessence while being cautious of its energies. When Lance was kidnapped and his wife assaulted, he became a close wary and extremely cautious man, heartbroken by the disappearance of his son, the death of his wife a few weeks after their son vanished and placed his remaining child and his advisor in a Pod so that they survive. Allura and Lance later are forced to destroy his core memories in order to survive a virus implanted by a Galra crystal that corrupted the system, Lance at the time not realizing that he was able to see his true father because his memories were blocked by Corrupted Quintessence. He is the grandfather of four children and father-in-law of Keith. He is an Alpha.
Melenor is Lance's mother, he inherited her kind natured personality but looks much like his father except the eyes. She was assaulted by Yjok and was terrified for many months after that assault and devastated when her youngest was taken, she is the grandmother of four children and the mother-in-law of Keith. She passed a week after Lance was kidnapped and the war progressed dangerously after that. She is an Omega like her son.
Zarkon and Honerva are unfortunately apart of Lance's family because of one thing. Cole. He is the son of Lotor and Lance however, Cole wants nothing to do with his father and only accepts Keith as his father. Because Lance and Lotor weren't married but however had a child together ushered the relation of the corrupted couple to become connected to Lance. Lance doesn't remember much of the kind Honerva and Zarkon however, Zarkon and his wife both knew Lance to be the missing prince and the heart of Voltron resulting in Zarkon's hunt for him remembering what his disappearance caused disturbance in the Voltron lions. Zarkon is an Alpha and Honerva a Beta. Lotor is Also an Alpha.
Allura is Lance's older sister, at the time they don't know they've been reunited because of Lance's blocked memories and Allura's clueless on Lance's whereabouts. She later fixes Honerva's mistakes after she tried to find the perfect reality where she could be with her family and unfortunately had to leave Lance and her new family by sacrificing her life. Many years later somewhat in the prologue she's given a second chance at life and is again reunited with her brother and family. She is a Beta.
(IMPORTANT DETAIL) Lance is also the new Guardian of Oriande after the white lion was unfortunately killed in Honerva's takeover of the hidden realm of the white hole. When he passes, he always said he'd become a lion and protect that beautiful world he was able to see.
Keith is Lance's mate and the father of Mela and the stepfather of Sylvio, Nadia and Cole. He later killed Yjok and resulted in his reign over terrorizing Lance to end. He's half-Galra and Human and bonds with his son Cole over their half Galra heritage, he has a blue diamond on the back of his neck representing Lance and he has a red diamond on the back of his own neck to represent Keith and show that they are mates. His is a proud father, husband and king with Lance by his side and never regrets loving his beautiful mate and plans on spending every moment with him until death.
See my other post on the Klance children! https://www.tumblr.com/seraphimfawn-fallen/733190083427074048/the-klance-pups-omegaverse-klance-au?source=share
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