#and then he decides to start selling the better lost stuff back to people at carboot sales and markets

[vivanightcity]

talking RP makes me miss my little idiot who larps as a human from a regency era novel but has no fucking idea about anything at all.

#i am apparently incapable of having normal characters #cause this guy is like a weird little fairy freak from this liminal realm between faerie and earth #where everything lost ends up #and he found a vanished country house that had been left to rot in this like trash heap world #and just moved in and started playing pretend #cause he's so fucking alone and disconnected #and everything he learnt about humans was from the books in the library #so there's nothing modern #and he's piecing together modern humans from the trash they lose #and then he decides to start selling the better lost stuff back to people at carboot sales and markets #and living his best dodgy antique dealer life #and his physical appearance is like purposefully anachronistic against the personality he pretends to have #because the only humanoids he'd actually seen in person before making up his appearance were scavengers and looked rough #every oc I make is a mountain biking vampire witch from the future #and i don't fucking regret a thing #my favorite genre of character is : wtf is going on - but like - personified #followed closely by: im so fucking angy because i can't process grief #and then finally: dog

[kimbap-r0ll]

Hey! I hope you’re doing well, mentally and physically. I know classes started back up now. Don’t forget to eat and drink water.

I’m not sure how this can be set up but u can do with the idea how you like. But a First date? Scenerio or something Or like first kiss after the second/third date thing? With Feitan. If you don’t mind could u make the s/o Tall tall? Sorry for any typos💜

Hi, I'm doing better but still under some stress ;-;. Here's a scenario, thank you for the ask!

Feitan x tall!reader: First kiss

Feitan started to date you after you worked your courage to ask him. Of course, at first he blatantly said no, but this was because he was afraid you would get hurt when around him. You were from Meteor City, so while you could stay in the city's boundaries forever, the mafia could still come and attack. Feitan didn't want to lose anymore people, especially one that could be his potential love. However, you were able to prove to him that you could fend off yourself and that you really meant it when you said "I love you" to him. So, that was how the relationship started.

He was visiting one day after a major troupe mission. He was back with Phinks and Shalnark, who returned to sort out some negotiations between elders and the troupe. Chrollo wanted to come back, but he was too busy raiding a mafia building. Feitan was left out of the negotiations because the last time he was there he kicked one of the elders off of the stairs. So he decided to spend some time with you instead.

"Welcome back!" You said, hugging him. It looked a little funny in his opinion because you almost picked him up. The difference in your heights was...immense. Feitan felt as though he was almost half your height and it didn't help that you were completely ignorant to how funny it looked when you lifted him from the ground. Phinks laughed a little too hard once and almost got stabbed. Nonetheless Feitan was quite happy to be back and to see you smile. He would never tell you this in person, but his quiet nod and pat on the back was enough for you to understand.

"What did you want to do? I left the entire day free so I don't have to work at the recycling facility today," you told him, walking over to the makeshift kitchen you had in your apartment. The building was dilapidated, but one of the sturdiest ones in Meteor City with more than five stories.

"No plans, just visiting," Feitan responded. He sat down on a couch you had stolen from the junkyard and lowered his bandana, another thing he refused to do in public.

"Ah, ok, well we can visit the market. I need to buy some stuff for this week anyways, the carrot's are all rotten," you pointed out. There was no official grocery store in Meteor City, but the forest nearby along with the growing agricultural sector in the city helped keep people's stomachs full to some extent. You would barter your way for fresh produce, usually selling some valuable you found at one of the junk piles.

"Sure," Feitan shrugged.

"Is that a date?" you joked. The two of you never officially went on a date before, mainly hanging around your place or his. Feitan paused at that comment.

"Sure," once again he shrugged and lifted his bandana back up.

The marketplace wasn't as busy, likely because it was still around noon and most people came out to buy items at around 3pm. You were looking through some fruits (mainly because he once said he liked strawberries) while Feitan was struggling to reach for a high-stand item. You went to go help and of course he pouted about how it made him feel like you were making fun of his height.

"It wasn't my fault that you just happen to be shorter than me," you replied. He didn't say anything back, he just buried his face more into his bandana and huffed.

Sometimes Feitan wished he could be in a peaceful life with you. Just doing simple tasks like buying groceries or the two of you reading art books together. He was lost in his thoughts for a while until you tapped him on the head (which also got you an annoyed glance) and told him the two of you can head back.

At your home you tried your best at making something fancy with what you had. The best you could do was a fancy looking salad, with some fruits added for the flair. You two caught up on each others' lives, with you finding out about the eighth member of the troupe being killed by a Zoldyck.

"Sometimes, I worry that you might...I don't know, get hurt," you said, holding your cup of tea a little tighter.

"Why? I'm stronger than you, worry for yourself," Feitan retorted, stabbing a strawberry hard with his fork.

"I know," you laughed, you looked at him while he tried his best to avoid eye contact. He was still a bit shy, still the same as ever.

By the time you two were done with food and discussing which art book to read next, Feitan was called by Shalnark to come back for a drink with the rest of the troupe who made it to the city. He said that he would come back tomorrow, likely bringing something he stole with him this time.

"Yeah, I'll just be where I always am," you smiled. You followed him to the doorway, about to wave him goodbye until you had an idea.

"Fei, I was wondering...we've never really kissed before, right?"

He stopped, halfway out the door and slowly turning his head to you. He had a feeling of what you were planning to do next. Should he ask for a kiss? Sure, he did want to kiss you at some point, but what if he was weird for that? Is he weird?

"No, we haven't," he responded, turning his head away from you again. But you took his arm and made him face you.

"Do you want to?" you asked, your eyes connecting with his for a millisecond before he turned to look at the fading wallpaper.

"...sure," he sighed. He didn't expect you to actually kiss him but the next thing he knew he felt your soft lips on his.

"Hey, Feitan what took you so long?" Uvogin asked as Feitan entered the bar. He looked dazed, a little out of it but overall alright.

"Did something happen? With y/n?" Shalnark pointed at Feitan, and everyone now could see the slight tint of red on his cheeks. Feitan glared at them and didn't say a word.

"No, it's fine," he said, sliding into a seat next to Machi.

He wasn't going to tell them that you slightly lifted him up again, an endearing act but also a very, very embarrassing one. Feitan wanted to kiss you longer, maybe many more times. But for now, the first kiss was enough to send his heart racing.

#hxh #hxh imagines #hxh x reader #hunter x hunter #hxh scenarios #ask box #feitan #feitan portor #feitan x reader #phantom troupe #phantom troupe x reader

[ln-stories]

Mammon's mc!

This is the second drawing and headcannons of my mini series with the obey charachers with their custom sheep mcs. Previously i done simeon's mc, after alot of consideration i decided to do Mammon next with his own custom sheep mc!. If you wanna check previous stuff check my page and thank you for reading and im accepting requests for the next obey me characher!

(Apologies for any grammar mistakes)

Second Mammon's MC

Warnings: spoiler alert for the series lessons

Headcanons:

This mc (she/they)

Personality: confident, skillful (plus knows karate), a dumbass sometimes like Mammon, small anger issues, chaotic good vibes. 

1) This mc is the exact opposite of simeon's mc since she is the largest one in this series. Height is around 5'3 on two legs

2) She is very fluffy and glittery giving magical girl vibes on her looks

3) When The mc arrived at the devildom, she was shocked but was feeling like she could take the demons in a fight if they didn't return her back. (spoiler alert: those karate classes she took back in the human world didn't work much on The demon prince Lucifer XDDDD)

4)Later on she was assigned to Mammon to guard her and guide her through the devildom. Let me tell you reader this didn't go as planned as you saw in the earliest chapters of the story. This mc is much more fiesty as well so this didn't help much the situation either.

5) Slowly mc is trying her best to adapt her new lifestyle while also go ham on Mammon everytime that he tried to steal something from her room to sell it off.

6)Mammon was forced to make the pact the mc after the "Goldie incident". He is now listening to her more. Thought they still don't trust eachother at all.

7)After the TLC showdown event, Mammon was never felt such frustration for not being there to save mc on time to the point he started regretting all the time he has been completly scammy and ditching them on random occasions. 

8) Both of them made peace with eachother and started to actually putting effort to their friendship. (Occasionally ofc Mammon would be a tsudere as per usual XD)

9)They started hang out more and more, slowly lowering the iQ of the Mc as Mammon was pulling them into pranks, and other dumb situations. MC didn't mind it one bit though. Sometimes it's ok to be a little silly.

10) Mc teaches Mammon karate whitch is probably hilarious cuz Mammon would show the brothers what he learn just to not mess with him and embarrassed himself everytime he either falls down the stairs or he trying to punch metal and instantly regret it.

11) obviously Mc is Mammon's "first" as mammon call it. They are absolutely jealous when other people try to get close to them, especially the purgatory squad that just want to get to know her better. It's a big no to him. (closest friendships: Mammon, Levi, maybe Beel too?)

12)At this point Mammon and mc are besties. Mammon is not the best when it comes to sharing or gifting but for the mc he will even use Goldie whitch is a really rare occasion.

13)Movie nights and hellsauce noodles are regular thing when they hang out. It's like a comfort for both of them. (both cheap and fun!)

14) At the lesson 16 Mammon felt like he lost some centuries of his life just by mc not moving in his arms. He didn't felt like he lost just a friend. He felt like he lost the first person who actually gets him in a deep level. (oop mc is alive and so is Mammon's sanity!)

15) After a while Mammon felt like he became mc's right hand man, doing pranks, hanging out everyday, sitting down together at lunch and prank lucifer from time to time for good measure. (bad idea)

16)Lucifer himself sometimes tried to seperate you two because they were lowering the IQ of the whole house of lamentation as the other brothers joined in the dumbassery for fun.

17) Mammon is getting better at karate? Ye! He even humiliated a lower demons for trying to harm mc. Mc found was crying with tears of joy because she teached him well.

18) The mc showed the human realm to Mammon and the brothers. Let's say Mammon loved all the new flavor cheap noodles packets that got from the human Realm.

19) The mc loves to wear earrings so the final gift that Mammon gave her before RAD ended was an earring with his symbol to always remember that he will always be next to her whenever he needed her. The mc treasured it for life.

20) After RAD ended Mammon and mc were visiting their realms back and forth whenever they could, mostly Mc visited devildom thought. Mc made had mostly befriended all the brothers but the purgatory hall squad aren't as close as she wanted to admit. 

Thank you for reading! request are open for next obey me characher and custom mc!

#obey me mammon #om! mammon #mammon x mc #obm #obey me nightbringer #leviathan #obey me headcanons #obey me #obey me main character #obey me female mc #mammon avatar of greed #mammon headcanon #obey me shall we date

[my-memed-tw-adventures]

Book 3 — Chapter 34

*stares at watch again* HOW THE FUCK

God I’m back at this shit what is time

Anyway, let’s be sad together

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AHHHH BABY NO

Why are children so mean man

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“Hopeless in studies” my ass boi. You were literally just dealing study guides that helped students get 100%s on tests. I think you have to be smart to create stuff like that

Now if only you didn’t scam people

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Games are fun Azul! They don’t have to be productive. Tho I guess little bitch children like that do absolutely ruin the fun of any game huh

Fuck those kids for making Azul this way. Now I have to deal with his trauma as an underpaid therapist

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How does writing with ink in the water even work??? Also he must be braining very good because I can barely focus on writing with my two limbs. Imagine writing 5 things at once. Couldn’t be me

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Awwwww little Azul meeting little Jade and Floyd! They all sound so cute!

Also what bullshit was Azul saying about not being able to assert himself. He like immediately threatened the twins when they tried to touch his stuff

I love that it sounds like Jade and Floyd just decided to keep Azul and he had no choice in the matter lol

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Oh yeah. Azul saying he’s hopeless in studies when he’s able to do magic like Ursula. He better quit selling himself short here

I love that Jade and Floyd know it’s him. I mean, it’s pretty obvious but still. And they just basically call him out on it

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Oh boi he’s lost it

Azul, holding into middle school revenge plots and grudges isn’t good for you man. I think we did you a favour with the contract destroying. You need a fresh start bro

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Azul, honey, as your severely under-appreciated and underpaid therapist, observing your bullies for moons on end is not healthy. Please find a better coping mechanism than holding issues over their heads and hoping no one like us comes along to fuck it

This man needs help with his control issues from someone who actually knows what they’re doing. Aka not me. Get a real school therapist Crowley

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AZUL THIS ISN’T HOW IT WORKS

I get it but sir not like this. He’s too dependent on the scrolls as a part of his identity to realize he’s smart and capable and no longer at the bullies’ mercy. He’s not that same little octopus, not cause of the scrolls but because he grew as a person (mostly, he’s still a baby dumbass like everyone else at the school)

Also him thinking he’s invincible because he has the scrolls. He’s kinda dumb there because he like knew he wasn’t

Masterlist

#also him talking about using it as a revenge tool #like you ain’t doing that anymore my guy #not when you’re smacking anemones onto my dumbass friends #taking advantage of their stupidity #but that’s a whole other thing #my twst story #twisted wonderland #twst #twst wonderland #twst azul #twst jade #twst floyd #azul ashengrotto #jade leech #floyd leech

[robinsroom]

i sorta came up with a back story for her but it sucks right now.

Getting sick of living in a house with her mother and 3 brothers, conversation of visiting the UK came up and her Ma' said she could go as long as she went to the local church (among a plethora of other stipulations but she didn't really pay attention lol).

Anyeeeeway. She gets there, does a little bit of sight-seeing and, thinking she was smart, pretends to be a orphan so she doesn't have to pay for a hotel. She accomplished this by telling some sob story about how she lost both her parents in a "freak amature BDSM accident" (and went into great detail describing it).

She subsequently had all of her personal documents taken away (ID, passport, etc.) and is now roped into paying this "hay bail fuck face" (her own words) for the time she stayed and will continue to stay there.

However!! Shes decided that, instead of doing the smart thing and telling her mother right away, she is going make the best of this shitty town and lack of supervision :)

wanna hear more fun facts?

Every MORE fun facts:

General

play fought with her brothers aaaaa lot and knows how to throw hands & take a hit

keeps rechargeable pepper spray (received from her mother) on her at all times

is the type of person to sing really loudly to show off

becomes obsessed with people who treat her nicely

namely robin, syd and ky

will play every dirty trick in the book to when being assulted

litrally nothing is off limits

will fight below the belt

will also bite

was, in fact, addicted to coke at one point

catfishes creeps for fun now

posts their pp pics online to shame them

knows how to pick a lock or two because her brothers would lock her out for fun

is a nuisance to her teachers in school

is somewhat popular because of her antics (also the near endless supply of snacks she shares during lunch)

Robin

became friends with robin after she introduced him to overwatch

then he became better at it than she did now she can't compete

shes resigned herself to the fate of being his pocket mercy

has noted how his cheeks feel like soft dough :)

Sydney

became friends by buggin the shit outta syd

would sit on the counter and ask him what it was like to be stuck in a chastity belt

found out about the church through him and became an initiate

she has no plans to keep her vows lol

does lewd things in church specifically to get syd to do stuff to her

Kylar

ran into kylar outside of school at the arcade and again, couldn't compete

started throwing quarters at him cause shes a sore loser

went to the cafe and shared a milkshake as a show of peace

she found out he's an artist

he found out she writes fanfiction

now they're working on a shitty little visual novel together every weekend

Whitney

met whitney when he tried to run up on her in school

they started fighting

both got detention

making comments, flipping each other off, glaring, etc. ensued

they fight nearly every time they run into eachother

thinks he's a nuisance but stopped him from getting kidnapped despite trying to sell her off

when he asked her why, she said he was like one of her annoying ass brothers

she hates them but wouldn't fuck them over

now, while she still thinks he's fucking annoying, she looks forward to their fights from time to time

still not friends

#dol #degrees of lewdity #dol pc #degrees of lewdity pc #it's a shit ton i know but surprisingly i'm not that far into my play through #i'll change shit more than likely #Robinart

[skylarkstarflower]

Here you go

Y'all wanted it so have an unedited, first draft rough copy of my fic I'm working on. Enjoy. Or not. I'll just say it's better than my old BMFM fanfic from the 90s. XD (If anyone out there remembers the old Unofficial Biker Mice From Mars fanclub site, I was just Skylark at the time.)

Author’s Note/Disclaimer: I don’t own Biker Mice from Mars, it belongs to Nacelle now. I hope they’re cool with fanfic, ‘cause I’m writing this one way or another. :B

So, I decided, before I heard about the Nacelle reboot, to write my own Biker Mice reboot fanfics. It’s taken me a while to get going on them, but I’m getting there now. Even if the new reboot comes out and is awesome, I’m probably still going to work on this little world, ‘cause I like it. ^_^ (Doesn’t mean I won’t write fic for the Nacelleverse, though!) And many thanks to my friend, Hamsuoffical, for helping me out with some ideas to get this thing going.

“So We Meet Again”

By Skylark Starflower

Started June 14th 2023

Finished?

Prologue

                   “Are you really leaving?” Charlene looked pleadingly at her neighbour. “You’re really giving up?”

                   “I’m sorry, Charlene, but we don’t have much of a choice anymore. After the local grocery store got bought out, it’s gotten far too expensive to stay. Peggy and I, we’re not young like you. We’ve got a sweet deal on a condo downtown near the kids, and we’re going to take it.”

                   Charlene sighed. “I get it, Otto, I really do. It’s just… you’re the last people I know here. You know I can’t sell the garage and leave, it’s too important to me. I don’t want to be alone in this.”

                   Otto smiled sadly, clapping her on the shoulder. “I know, but we’ll come by and visit. Someone’s gotta keep the old girl running for us.”

                   Charlene managed a smile of her own. “I can do that. You two take care, okay?” She gave the older man a hug. After a moment, he pulled away.

                   “You, too, Charley-girl. I’ll see you around.”

                   With a final pat on the shoulder, he turned and headed home. Charley watched him leave for a moment longer before heading back inside. She wiped the tears from her eyes and glanced around.

                   Her garage, The Last Chance, had been in her family for three generations. She loved the place; it had been home since she was old enough to run it by herself. She couldn’t just leave her family’s legacy.

                   Things were tough, though. A real estate mogul was buying up all the properties in the area, already starting demolition in several areas. Some not far from her garage. They were interested in The Last Chance, but Charley was the stubborn holdout in the area. Most everyone else had already left. Peggy and Otto selling off the apartment building they owned and lived in was just another nail in the coffin of her neighbourhood.

                   “What am I going to do?” she sighed, wiping her eyes once more. She had a small savings account, but with no people left in the area, there weren’t going to be any customers coming to get their vehicles repaired. No clients meant no money coming in. Her savings wouldn’t carry her for long. If she just accepted Limburger’s offer, she’d be swimming in cash…

                   “No! I can’t think like this!” Charley gave her head a shake. “I’ll figure something out. I always do.”

                   She smiled sardonically and glanced at the clock. It was quarter to six, almost time for her self defence class. Abandoning her worries for later, she gathered her stuff and headed out.

X        X        X

                   “Ms. Davidson! Are you paying attention?”

                   Charley jumped, snapped back to reality by the sound of the instructor’s voice. She gave her head a shake and blushed, noticing everyone else in the class staring at her.

                   “Sorry, sorry. I guess I got lost in thought,” she replied.

                   “If you can’t keep your mind in the game, someone’s going to get hurt, and it will probably be you. If you can’t concentrate, perhaps you should sit this lesson out. Try again next week, when you’re more focused,” said her instructor.

                   “You’re right, Mr. Harrison.” Charley stood from where she had been sitting and bowed. “My head’s just not in it today.” With that, she grabbed her things and left as the class carried on without her.

                   It was already getting dark, the cool, crisp autumn air a pleasant change from the stuffy hot air in the training center. Charley let her mind wander as she headed for home.

                   Her community was pretty much gone, completely bought up and awaiting demolition. Everyone she knew had already moved away. She was on her own. Usually, practicing her chosen self defence style would help her calm down and think rationally, but apparently not this time. She sighed, thoughts swirling about in her head. What if, this time, she couldn’t figure something out? She hated to think it, but what she really needed was someone to help her. Only problem was, who? There was no one left.

                   Suddenly, the night sky was lit like daylight, accompanied by a strange whistling, roaring sound. Charley looked up in time to see… something, brightly glowing, almost like a meteor, cutting across the Chicago skyline. Whatever it was, it was clearly falling. By her estimates, it was heading towards Quigley Field.

                   “What in the world?” she muttered. It was then that she saw three small objects detaching themselves from the meteor and start falling away from it. There didn’t seem to be any kind of order to the fall, the three figures separating and falling apart. Two of them looked like they were heading in one direction, but the third seemed to be heading right for her.

                   She followed the falling figures as best she could, losing the first two in the buildings surrounding her. The third was getting closer to her every moment, and she could have sworn in appeared to be a person riding a motorcycle. But why? Was this some sort of publicity stunt for an upcoming movie? Something told her that wasn’t the case.

                   She was running now, still following the falling figure. They were almost to the ground, and Charley lost sight of them between two buildings. There was a loud crash seconds after, and Charley darted into the alleyway it came from just a moment later. The light from the street lamps didn’t penetrate very far, so it was hard to tell what she was looking at.

                   She was caught off guard by a revving engine. Turning to look towards the sound, she found a motorcycle. She had the strange feeling that it was watching her, and she could tell something was wrong, but she couldn’t quite put her finger on it. Then in struck her.

                   There was no one riding.

                   The driverless motorcycle lit up its headlight, catching Charley in its beam, nearly blinding her. Then it…beeped at her. She could have sworn it seemed almost angry, or worried even.

                   “Hey, calm down, it’ll be okay,” she said, feeling a bit silly for talking to a motorcycle. It beeped at her again, and revved once more. It seemed to be trying to communicate with her, which was strange enough, but what was it trying to say? “You seemed to have a rider earlier. Where are they? Are they okay? I just want to help.”

                   The bike seemed to consider this for a moment, before beeping for a third time. It turned its headlight about, lighting up a body lying on a pile of trash bags. Charley gasped.

                   The figure was humanoid, but something about it seemed odd. She ran over to investigate, the bike beeping again but making no move to stop her. They – no, probably a he to judge from the open vest he wore – seemed to be unconscious. He wore biker pants that appeared to be blue denim, a black leather vest, and an oddly shaped helmet. Despite all that, something still bothered Charley. It wasn’t until she touched his arm (yelping and drawing away in surprise) that she realised what it was. From head to toe, he was covered in soft, golden brown fur. He wasn’t human at all.

                   “But,” Charley thought, “He’s still hurt.”

                   She took up his arm once more, hoping his physiology would be at least similar to that of a human, and checked for a pulse. She was in luck, finding one. It seemed pretty strong, too.

                   Now she had to get him home, somewhere he could be safe and recover. Though it baffled her to think he could have survived the fall at all. How was he still alive?

                   Carefully, she picked him up in a fireman’s carry and started to head back to the garage. The motorcycle followed, once again beeping. She didn’t have time to think about the fact that it was moving on its own.

                   “If you’re worried about him, you’re welcome to tag along,” she said to the machine. She was already growing accustomed to it acting on its own. It was no weirder than finding a furry man, she figured. She could worry about the who’s, why’s and what’s later. Right now, someone needed her help.

                   The motorcycle trailed behind her as she made her way home.

#biker mice from mars #biker mice #bmfm #fanfiction #Fanfiction I'm writing it yeehaw

[observeowl]

Right By Your Side | Chapter 11 - Christmas

Summary: In the world where wearing glasses makes you a different person. You were forced to swallow a pill that turned you into seven years old. Now, you're living with your crush in a small form, what would you do? Who were the ones who brought this to you? And, can you change back?

Chapter summary: Christmas atmosphere in the compound

Series Masterlist

It was Christmas Eve and you still haven't gotten anything for the team. You took Tony's card on the day you went ice skating with Nat and Wanda but there wasn't any chance to use them. You tried finding the black card amongst your belongings but it was nowhere to be found.

You went back to Tony to ask for another card and he looked at you as if saying 'why do you need so many cards'.

"It got lost, I got kidnapped, remember? I didn't have a chance to use it." You defended yourself, you wanted to be the last person to be seen as a huge spender.

"Oh right!" Tony's eyes widened as he remembered the event. It's a surprising fact that he's a genius but completely unable to remember things that happened a few days before.

"Take this." He passed me another card from his wallet. Honestly, how many black cards does this guy have? "I will ask Pepper to cancel the previous one."

"Thanks."

Now with his card in hand, you needed to find someone to go along with you. Should you find Nat or Wanda? You kinda want to go alone but how would people look when a kid was buying adult stuff?

In the end, you decided to go alone after leaving a note for Nat and Wanda to find.

Shopping alone was never what you liked. You hated the way the salesperson would approach you as you were browsing the store. You understand it was part of their service but it just makes you feel uncomfortable and would much prefer if they were to stay away.

Having a rough idea of what you were going to get for them, you quickly entered a few stores that you think would sell them.

After coming back with bags of what you bought for the Avengers, you quickly went to your room and began tinkering with presents before wrapping the gifts. After making sure that no one was in the living room, you began transporting all the wrapped gifts and placed them under the tree.

Technically there wasn't any need to hide after wrapping them but you just felt that way.

Conan, Bill and the rest invited you out for a Christmas trip but you were staying with the Avengers. Knowing Conan, another murder case is likely to happpen. Wherever he goes, there would be a murder case he has to solve.

Tony was hosting the party for the Avengers, and only those they were close with in SHIELD, such as Maria, Culson and Fury. Invitations were given but attendance was not compulsory so no one knew if they were going to come.

The party started earlier than usual at 4pm thinking they should include dinner in the party as well.

It was all smiles and laughter when everyone was sitting at the table. Not wanting to make the effort and mess to cook, Tony ordered catering who came to set up the buffet and there was a wide selection to choose from. Everyone went to put food on their plate before taking their seat at the table. You sat next to Nat and opposite Wanda.

The food was good but nothing could be compared to Wanda's cooking. Perhaps it would have been better if Wanda was the one in charge of dinner even if it was a simple one but I guess Tony wanted everyone to relax.

After dinner, Maria came saying that Fury rejected the invitation and therefore Culson was forced to stay behind. Initially she was also asked to stay back to work but Maria threatened that she would quit if she wasn't allowed to leave. In the end Fury complied with her, knowing it wasn't good to lose the second in command.

She was also making fun of Culson, knowing how much he wanted to participate in this event and how much he was missing out.

"Aright! Time for presents!" Tony clapped his hands and announced. Everyone automatically took their presents that had their name on it under the tree and formed a circle.

(You gave everyone one a present but let's just focus on Nat and Wanda.) You looked at Nat as she began unwrapping your gift that you got for her. It was a small box that contained her initials to put together with the necklace you gave her previously. So now if she were to put it together, it would be her initials and the previous shape you gave her.

"I'm assuming it is you, Allie?"

"Yup." You gave her a wide smile and she thanked you for her present.

Wanda's present was a similar size box and it was a necklace with her initials. You gave both of them similar items because it was more than that. You needed to give them something that they would wear all the time if they chose to wear it. Their presents contain a tracking device that you would be able to track from your glasses if they were within a 20km radius.

Initially it was Bill's idea to give it to the kids because they have been getting into more trouble, getting themselves wrapped in a lot of dangerous cases. Their tracking device was in a badge that said 'Detective Boys Group' which you didn't like because there were three girls so why a boys group?

But the badge was able to do more than tracking, it allowed them to communicate between each other when they were backed into a corner with their phone taken away from them. It gave you the idea to include them in Nat's and Wanda's presents so you could always use your glasses to find where they were if they went missing. The guys weren't the sort to wear any accessories so it was hard to find something that works.

"Thank you Allie!" She gave me a hug and changed seats to sit next to me.

After everyone received their presents, it was time for fireworks. Everyone was gathered at the huge backyard where Tony had everything set up. With a press of a button, fireworks shot up showcasing colourful flowers and lights. At the end of the show, it shows 'Merry Christmas' to end on a nice note.

All their glasses were raised to a toast with whatever beverage it contained. Everyone was happy that day, everything was going well.

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#natasha x reader #natasha x you #natasha romanoff #black widow 2021 #mcu #Right By Your Side #my writing

[thegeminisage]

tng liveblog of the day, because, plot twist, we went ooone more evening. this evening's episodes were "the battle" and "hide & q."

i thought "the battle" was GREAT actually. 38 minutes into this episode i told cathy it was watchable and i had to STOP so she could watch it with me but i was genuinely invested and i thought the premise and the effects were generally very cool. even wesley only had one annoying moment that was 5 seconds long. EASILY my favorite tng episode so far

things i loved: introduction of the picard maneuver, the implication that he had maybe fucked up a lil bit (even if they didn't have the spine to follow thru with it), the ferengi first officer relieving his captain of duty when he realized the guy was bonkers, the "ghost" effects during the flashbacks, the SCORE, the empty burned out little spaceship ambience!!

it was actually giving conscience of the king a little bit - something set entirely aboard the ship concerning the dark past of the captain. i really wish they had leaned harder into solving the mystery - i had to rewatch to understand that picard's "confession" voice log was indeed the one faked, and we never found out why the ship picard destroyed attacked them to start with

i feel like whether or not they had had a good reason, picard showing more genuine remorse to the feregi captain for having to take his son's life, especially if we knew he had lost some of his own people, would have really brought together the emotional arc they were trying to sell. it was really REALLY good compared to the other episodes so far it just felt like it needed another ten minutes

also i'm having this problem, and this IS a me problem, this is not any crime tng is committing, but whenever tng DOES do anything good i'm like "damn imagine if this had happened in tos" and so i'm now just imagining that the father of a captain of a ship kirk destroyed came back and gave him ptsd flashbacks to cause him to fire on the enterprise as a means to revenge and bones keeps trying to treat him and gets told to buzz off so he goes to spock behind kirk's back and then when kirk is brainwashed and crazy spock has to decide on whether he should FIRE BACK or LET THE WHOLE ENTERPRISE BE DESTROYED and and and and and.................

and i get lost in my mind palace wishing for an episode that doesn't exist. sigh. big task they had, those tng writers. i bet the housewives were doing this too.

"hide & q" was not good at all, although they had the bones for a good episode in there. i think hide & q could also have used another ten minutes at the end, but actually they did have the time! they just wasted it all on q wearing funny costumes and napoleon aliens. which. sure.

almost all of my problems with this episode could have been fixed with another ten minutes. for example: after getting q powers will went nuts too quickly. i think if he had gotten them at the start of the episode and remained steadfast and not cracked until they found the dead girl i would have believed it much more.

AND ANOTHER THING: giving everybody their heart's desire. this was easily the best scene in the episode and we rushed right through it. the worf stuff was fucking horrible - this snarling woman in fishnets who gets slapped around and has no dialogue - but his line, "that world is now alien to me," was REALLY intriguing and we got nothing else about it. also we got a throwaway line talking about the klingons being defeated? girl since when?? i'd looove to know anything about worf ever. unfortunately.

it's a particularly cruel trick with geordi and data - data at least got to refuse and explain why (i did love his momentary panic though), but geordi's whole shit got rocked. he's gonna be thinking about those 30 seconds of sight for the rest of his life and kicking himself for turning it down. if this episode had leaned into that moment of cruelty, even done with good intentions, it would have held up the moral a lot better. instead we got weird klingon sex rituals and also whatever was going on with tasha

here's the thing. i kind of like that she cried despite being so stoic all the time otherwise bc it gives her depth, right? in spite of how horribly they treat her she's definitely my fav female character rn. but firstly the reason she cried was kind of dumb and SECONDLY when picard was like "tears on the bridge are excused when one is in the penalty box" in the kindest most fatherly tone ever and REALLY endeared me to both of them they immediately ruined it by having her FLIRT with him???

anyway, that episode could have been better. conceptually it kind of fucked. execution wise it sucked. also lmao riker didn't grant any of the women's wishes <3

#personal #star trek blogging #tng lb #we're pared down season 1 quite a bit #we've watched 10 episodes and have 16 remaining but we knifed it down to 7 episodes #i of course will be watching all of them. i might as well. but she's only joining me for 7.

[popculturebuffet]

Sam and Max Telltale Retrospective: Save the World: Reality 2.0 (Patreon Review for WeirdKev27)

Cyber-Hello to all you happy cyber-people! We're almost at the end of Sam and Max Save The World! It's been a long strange journey and it's only getting stranger as we jack in and execute the penultimate chapter of this fantastic game.

As usual let's take a look at Reality 2.0+as a game first. Internet 2.0 is the best chapter yet which like Morning Mark, you can probably hear me say that a lot. It combines the writing quality of the last two chapters with the far more managable but still open overworld of "The Mob, The Mole and the Meatball". The difficulty's still harder than Mob, but more in line with the second one: you might get stuck but a quick nudge from a guide or some poking around will usually fix it. The world is also just fun to explore despite being intentionally both sparse and a reskin of the main street hub. In short it's good stuff and we'll see if it holds for the finale and the next two games.

For now let's look at the bold new future of the internet in 2006 under the cut and how our heroes have to kill it before it spreads. As you do.

So we open with Max flexing his power as president. As expected most of his policy is giant fighting robot based, sending them to all three dakota's to see who surivives, and he's being impeached every day this week except wendsday.. he's on trial for war crimes. But Max has more important things to deal with than plotting his future escape from a federal maximum security prison, for once. The Chief has a job: A new game, Reality 2.0 is sweeping the nation and brainwashing it too so our heroes and max have to stop it. Our heroes first have to save Sybil, whose beta testing the game via headset, and lost in the zone. So to get info we're going ot have to wreck Sybil's life for the second episode. Meanwhile Bosco has paranoidly moved all his money into the internet. As you can probably notice unlike a lot of the satire in these games, where there more funny knowing the time, the satire for internet 2.0 has actually aged better. While at the time it was clearly parodying the boom of things like second life and mmorpg's like world of warcraft, nowadays it comes off as parodies of laughable attempts at the future like the metaverse, vr googles, and crypto. I mean the money isn't in boscocoin but like Crypto the service he's using bancolavedero.com is just as sketchy as crypto and just as likely to give you all your money back! As such despite having all the money now to launder via the us goverment, we can't buy his real world item, a bio weapon, yet.

We can however do him a solid and get rid of the compettition: part of why Bosco's gone from small arms to full on biological warefare is because Jimmy Two Teeth has set up shop in his shop. Being the rat he is, Jimmy refuses to actually sell you the mini canon he has because he's afraid you'll just turn around and use it on him

Though in this case it's a self fufilling prophecy as while he succesfully gets a hit off on Sam, he gets shoved into the canon and used as ammo oddworld styles. I just love this solution and it provides some cathariss after multiple chapters of Jimmy either being obnoxious to our heroes or actively hindering them. I mean he fell down a manwhole but ther'es probably a whole rat city down there. He can play rat blackjack and visit some rat hookers. He'll be fine. This is more fitting.. being shot at some vr googles.

Turns out though Sybil wasn't hypnotized.. or at least thinks she wasn't so she's mad, but allows our heroes to take the broken googles and decides to move on. I've really started to feel sorry for sybil. In the first two chapters she was just running a random scheme and just having a good time… in the last few she's been targeted by the mob, had her heart broken, been swindled out of millions of dollars and now had her legit buisness ruined by our heroes.. for good reasons yes but it's still awful. I'm really hoping the next chapter works out better for her. I do applaud the team for making me care about this goofy side character though. So our team has to take the googles to the best part of this episode, the C.O.P.S. The Computer Obsolescence Prevention Society are a bunch of old machines who are hilaroius: We have their leader and mouthpiece curt, an old voice synthizer similar to steven hawkings, chippy, an old pong set, and bob, a talking phone who talks like the moviephone guy. And last and most of all we have Bluster Blaster an old arcade machine who constantly screams every sentence and wants to conquer all. Their working for the internet for the oldest reasons imaginable…

But gladly suply a lot of great comedy.. and our heroes with the chip to fix the googles. There's not much else to say other than their fantastic and I was delighted to find out they return in the next two games, and have a larger role in 3.

THe cops gladly give our heroes the chip. Problem is there's two heroes but luckily max's really big head qualities him for a special headset, so our heroes are off to the digtial world! Jack in, Sam and Max, Execute! Reality 2.0 is a fun setting being really sparse and seeming like a jab at games that come out mostly unfinished. Having played sonic 06 recently, the irony is not lost on me. While it is a BETA, so ti's a bit more forgivable, it's a very desolate place with Sybil stood in with a digtial copy of her, and no real detail. The only real features are bosco's itself, and Auntie Biotic, virus protection based on moira stump. Who was asking for her to come back I do not know, but she's passable.

We 'll deal with her later though first it's time to deal with bosco whose totally not brainwashed you guys honest. So in order to save him, we have to bop him in the head, but since for some reason we can't just.. use the boxing glove on him or reload the canon, we have to play the game his way and get 5 gold coins. Granted equipment usually isn't this cheap but sam and max isn't going to make you grind for several hours. or maybe ten minutes with 4x gil on, to do that. Point is you need to gather the coins.

This is where I got stuck entirely through every fault of my own. See I assumed since the goggles have an assigned button to take you out of reality 2.0, you coudln't use your inventory

Every item you have in the real world is avaliable to you. And neatly some transform, so the bug becomes a computer bug. It wasn't till reading the guide I realized I could do this.

As for who your glitching up that'd be the COPS who are gods, angry gods, of the new world and each control something. So you have to jack with them to get rid of width, popups, make your characters small, and with blaster because uh oh there goes gravity. The ways you use them are also clever and most you can figure out just from exploring: Jimmy is hoarding a coin in your office, so you have to get that from him by shirnking, and that itself requries you to figure out another mechanic: when you enter the digital world you enter from the location your at. So while the curb is too big for tiny sam and max to climb, you can simply jack out, go into the office, jack in and boom, Jimmy is violently mugged for a coin! Sybils is easy to miss, it's just behind her bookcase which you can get by going flat and finally we get the fun one of gravity, with sam deciding to become a feature film italian sterotype and max decides to call him a sell out. it's the best joke of a very funny chapter… the best one not involving an arcade cabinet screaming at you anyway. So with that we buy the long sord and get a decent enough send up of rpg combat as we fight a slime in boscos, handily despensed from a monster spawn point. This is where I got lost for a second. See I went back to the real world, as Bosco revealed his password is SO secure, he dosen't even know it, having it tattooed on him then having his memory erased. So naturally I grabbed the binoculars on his desk. problem is fitting the game's nonlinear nature you can get them AFTER you wake him up too, and my guide used this method. Thankfully I found another one, and found out I simply had to conk him out in the digtial world.

Since I can't just have a small monster do it, I used the sword, tricked bosco with the timeless "look over there" technique and found his tatoo which thankfully was nowhere near as low as feared. It's naturally bosco. He's smart at many things, survelince, knowing the goverment's after him, scamming our heroes, but this is a reminder he can be very, very dumb and we love him for it. So it's off to banco lavedero. To get in here you'll need some digitial paint from a digtial wizard whose TOTALLY not hugh bliss… though unlike moira I feel this seeming model IS the real thing given what we learn at the end of the chapter. This puzzle is clever as your liscene plate has the right color. Match em and you get past the banco lavedero fire wall. Inside we get a fun if somewhat long mini game: unsuprisingly this scam is laundering money from everywhere: the toy mafia, who sam rightly points out even if we knocked out one branch isn't exzactly gone, the goverment, bosco's mom. You simply have to get the arrows to point all the money to bosco. It's hilarious enough to work and even if you get stuck, it shoudln't take too long till bosco has the money and is forking over his bio weapon. This one I actually called: he just sneezes into a napkin. But hey it's enough to give yo ua computer virus.

To beat her though we need a chekovs gun.. but since tha't snot in the inventory we instead need some slime goop, gotten whenyou first get your sword as his sludgey machine is now an enemy spawn point and the results are just as dangerous. You take it out with some turn based rpg parody, though the shouting out of dexerity is just.. weird. This isn't dungeons and dragons, it's a computer rpg. It's hilarious enough though I dont' care enitirely.

WIth the goop you simply have to defy gravity again and go to a nearbye billboard and you get the unicorn sword. +2 baby! You can unstick it with the goop and then fight moira using the sword and another chekovs gun: early on you'll see a jack in the box surrounded by pop ups. Disable those, grab it, then enable them before the fights and you've got a shiled. It's a wonderful brick joke and with that you can mail the virus ot break the internet.

Problem is the interent.. plans to take everyone in it with her, so to save the world you have to brave the depths of gaming history, a TEXT ADVENTURE!

The Text Adventure bit.. is a lot of fun. You put all of boscos into your inventory, deal with a giant drippy pool of cute kittens , use their slime to dip boscos and then feed it to a shambling corprate presence, the greatest monster in all of rpg history. Yes over stabby mc mommy issues or Garnland, who will knock you all down. You feed him, get him tobarf up the internet's faith in humanity an save her from herself… and then she dies because our heroes knida gave her a virus. Yes our heroes killed the ineternet and I for one…

Sorry about that had to kick in the backup internet. Hard being a blogger these days. Anyways the internmet is dead and the most she can give our heroes is the mysterious mastermind behind all this is Roy. G. Biv… our heroes dont' take the obvious hint and go to dinner… as hugh bliss shows up as the face int he moon

Next Time: We go to the MOOONNNNN to wrap this game up and confront the true mastermind behind it all! But where is hugh? What is hugh? and why is Hugh? All to be colorfully answered next time!

#sam and max #telltale games #skunkape games #nintendo switch #adventure games #sybil pandemik #hey guys it's me bosco #the internet #bluster blaster

[kanna-banana]

Long Rant you don't want to read

This is going to be unpleasant to read so I'll put a page break here and let people just scroll by if they don't want to ruin their day

You know, it's frustrating.

The whole twitter thing I mean.

For those who don't know me, I was a rather reactionary dumbass around 2014-15, I didn't actually harass anyone or was racist or anything, I was just lost and upset and someone lied to me and pointed me into a direction full of people i could hate. I was not a bad person, I may not have done a lot of bad things directly but I definitely contributed to them in a lot of ways, and I regret it.

But at some point I met people who were supposed to be "the enemy" (they were just left wing and trans) and they did not give up on me even though they probably should have, and I am so glad they didn't. I learned a lot and little by little the lies just fell apart one by one, the image they sold me of rabid leftists who call everyone a nazi and screech about you not knowing their snowflake gender of the week was a complete lie.

Then it started to hit me: what else was a lie? and I started to listen and read about it and my whole world fell apart.

It was VERY scary but I had friends who supported me, friends who were by my side and wanted to see me succeed, and with their help I built myself back up little by little. I was always a very empathetic person, and part of what almost radicalized me was the lie that the left was evil actually and they didn't want to help people, they wanted power. But that really did not make sense with a LOT of other beliefs and common opinions on the right, and now that I could see that I could be myself without fear, I was not a bundle of contradictions anymore, I wanted to help people and I could feel, for the first time in my life, that there was nothing i had to force myself to not think about because it didn't fit with my values.

I didn't have to think about the insanity that was wanting to help people but hating the homeless, I didn't need to try to justify hating while I wanted to love.

It was along that path that I finally faced my fears about identity and sexuality and wow, turns out I had repressed a LOT of stuff and it was eating me away, i was not depressed and upset all the time because "THE LEFT" was ruining the world, I was depressed because I was fucking trans and had a huge pile of internalized transphobia to sort through.

But I did it. I went through a hard time, but I survived. And I wanted to do the same people did for me.

Twitter was a great part of it (did you forget that was the subject of this rant in the first place? i don't blame you), I had access of people with different worldviews and values and I got exposed to them and they changed me for the better, in can safely say that the friends I made on twitter saved my life.

I wanted to do the same, and I had a small following, so I decided that I would show people who might have been in the same place I was years ago that no, trans people are not whatever the accounts trying to make you angry and sell you racism want you to believe, they are just normal people who are trying to survive in a world that hates them. Yes they lash out sometimes but wouldn't you? Things got so much worse in the years since them, depending on where you go online trans people seem to be enemy number one and it's kind of bonkers.

I wanted to just be me, a silly dumbass who is funny on occasion but that shows people who need that there's nothing wrong with being trans, I wanted to be an example of "just a regular person" because I knew that is enough to demolish a LOT of the bullshit people make up about us.

And it worked! I got a lot of messages of people saying I helped them accept themselves or changed the way they see trans people, I made a lot of friends I treasure a lot, and just knowing they care about me makes me want to cry of happiness.

But then a dipshit addicted to attention spent billions he did not have to turn the entire website into /pol/ 2.0 - now with more crypto scams.

It's honestly heartbreaking.

I know a lot of people think of artists first with the whole nosedive the website is having now, and yeah, they are clearly affected, but there's a lot of people who were trying to do what I was doing, just trying to show people that we are just people.

I don't think I can call that activism, but it was at least in that general direction, I was trying to help people the same way my friends helped me, and I know I reached more people than the ones who had the courage to message me. I don't say that for ego reasons, I just hope it's true because I want to help and I hope I did ok with the time I had.

I don't think I can handle another twitter clone, that website was slowly eating away at my mental health, I actually quit like a week or two ago and I do feel better because I don't have a source of doomscrolling to go to, I don't see transphobia, homophobia, open racism and anti-semitism and even antivaxx shit on my timeline, that was "the price I paid to help others" I tried to tell myself but even then, I couldn't do it.

So I quit and I don't think I can do it again in the near future, on tumblr I'm just a reblog machine and that's fine, every social media platform has its differences, I'm sure I could do what I described here on tumblr but realistically how many people would I reach? because I think it wouldn't work very well.

I'm tired, I'm hurt, I'm very upset, and honestly I'm lost.

I don't think I can help others the way I am. I'm depressed, I'm unemployed (I have a temp job but it runs out in like 3 weeks), I bet all my coins in a career change and it did not pay.

I'm slowly working on myself and I think I can go back to help others when I'm better but I wouldn't bet on it being a reality this year.

I regret a lot of things I did when I was younger, but I don't dwell on it too much because the damage is already done, all I can do at this point is survive and try to fix it in any way I can.

I'm not salty because I'm not "e-famous" on this website like I was there, it actually fucking sucked to have like 5k followers, I just feel like I'm screaming into the void sometimes and maybe it's time for me to stop and save my throat for when my words can be heard again.

So yeah, I'll keep posting to a minimum here, maybe a few silly posts here and there but mostly not serious.

I think saving my energy for when I can make a difference is the best choice, while I do that, I'll work on myself.

And post more origami I guess.

Thank you for reading.

[storylocke]

I really just want a chance to ramble after a conversation this morning woke up the muses.

Dippy:

Back when we did the TPP Gauntlet in 2020, I started a series of fics to go with it. No surprise. It's funny though because I didn't start one for Oriana / "Red0" from Gauntlet Red even though G.Crystal connects directly to it. So the first one we meet in all this is Dippy. More specifically, we meet his mother. She doesn't play a huge role in all this, but it says a lot about the kind of person she is that she won the Who Wants to be a Millionaire (pregame) and her first priority was to get her son out of Rainbow Rocket ruled Kanto (Randomized Ultra Moon comes before this in the timeline so all of the Gauntlet leaders are different from the canon gang), and then went off the radar to protect him. She bought a small house in Newbark Town, helped Dippy to graduate early and go after his dreams in music and botany. Or biology. Pokemon is weird about what Grass types would be considered. And that's it really. She stays at home and sells stuff from their garden, most of her remaining fortune is saved in secret for Dippy and he likes to add to it too when he can. They live pretty comfortable and planned to stay in their small town the rest of their lives where they've become loved by the community with no one knowing how they afford things.

Then came the Voices. Honestly, they're barely an inconvenience for Dippy besides dragging him into fights he'd rather avoid, but he and Elm both notice that things suddenly start happening. Dippy gets picked up by Oak's Dex project and Elm encourages him to branch out in his field studies to better himself. Then the break in. Then Rockets... It's about Azalea Town when Dippy realizes he's in over his head, but that's okay because he's got a sharp memory and a lot of patience. Especially as it's here his story shifts. He's the hero, of course, that's the role of the Host in all the stories he's read or heard, but this isn't "his" story.

This is about Alaija, who broke into Elm's Lab when he saw no other way. This is about the Rainbow Rockets, who Alaija has sworn to destroy before they can begin their terrible world takeover plan. This is about Red0, who everyone thought had crushed the Rockets only to mysteriously disappear shortly before disaster struck on Cinnabar Island.

Dippy may have been called to rise up against all of them, but instead he does what he does best. Listen. He finds out what he can from the people who knew Red0, including from a glitched entity that once belonged to him (Missingno) who he promised he'll help find the boy any way he can. He gets Alaija to open up about his past with the Rainbow Rockets and the pair decide to work together with Dippy gladly taking any advice Alaija has to offer. If someone has information for him, he'll sit transfixed as he takes it all in. Because what he lacks in strength (which he really isn't) he wholeheartedly gives as a support to everyone he meets.

By the end of the story, this hasn't changed. With the Rockets gone but not defeated, Dippy finds Alaija and gives him a place to stay in case they try to come after him. Dippy gets a teammate that tells him about Cinnabar and he realizes where he has to go. Red0 didn't just disappear, he's in trouble, an no one would ever know. Red0 has become a monster after suffering from his own hubris in playing with the Glitches (his run ended with a crash after we were allowed to play with the game unpatched). In the battle to bring him back, he seems to be completely taken over by the ghost of Red in Red0's weakened state. (Phase two fight was super cool, but man kid, what happened to you?) But even seeing this lost child, scared, crazed, and out of control, Dippy doesn't put the boy out of his misery. He wants to help him. He gets him home. And when home turns out to be no place for an unstable and extremely powerful Glitch, Dippy and his mother dig into their funds to get him a place of his own.

Red0:

I didn't write a story for him because I didn't have a story. The GRed Run was fun and we had a lot of lore for the kid, but his arc was mostly in stages in my head. Oriana grew up in the Church of Helix where from early on he'd been told he was to be one the next Red. The threat of the Rockets was a sign of corruption that needed to be purged from Kanto, and this boy prayed to be taken by the Voices so he could fulfill the will of Helix. But... Once the Voices actually came and Red0 got out into the world, the sudden freedom and seeming invincibility pushed him to rebel against the lessons that had ruled his life. He hated Red, he wanted nothing to do with Helix, he was reckless with power and took it out on any Rocket he came across. He made a name for himself and quickly became a target by the big man himself: Mr. Grimsley. Red0 didn't think much of Grimsley saying he planned to scatter the group and leave Kanto for a while. Good riddance. The boy was overconfident and proud of himself to have destroyed the Rockets without the help of any so-called god! So it was little surprise that when the Glitches started to appear and Red0 learned he could gain even more power if he could catch them, that that's exactly what he set out to do. Most of his team was quickly replaced with little abominations and he admired the riches and cool talents they gave him. Until he wandered too far. Until a certain alien jellyfish appeared that he mistook for a Tentacool and gave him the bite. Until his friends from the haze seemingly turned against him. Until everything in his mind had gone to mist.

Red0 was presumed dead after Cinnabar erupted. Probably for the better that he was, surely it would have grieved his family more to see what he had become. The Voices had left, and with them, so did his sense of invincibility. He was a god among ants but these ants merely drifted along the edges of the Void. He didn't know how long he'd been on Mt. Silver by the time Dippy came to rescue him, all he knew was to destroy anything and anyone that came near him. How many had come to hunt the beast? Enough to have the gateway blocked until they are strong enough to trust they knew their lives were at risk beyond there. But then something strange happened when Dippy managed to tear down his team and break through the Glitchwork armor. Red0's greatest nightmare, the one he had spent YEARS running away from such lunatic prophecies, finally came true. While he had hardly been himself since being riddled with corruption, it wasn't Red. Red0 completely lost himself as the bizarre ritual took hold, trying to bring the epic hero fully into the plane of existence, but Dippy beat it back. Red0 fell, no armor, no ghost, no teammates left to protect him. He honestly feared the worst as he saw this Trainer with an air of fearlessness standing over him. He would finally get what was coming to him.

A hand up.

Red0 still doesn't understand why Dippy saved him. Why he trusts him, the boy understands even less. All he knows for sure is the Voices sent Dippy there that day, and for that, he's forever grateful to Them for not abandoning him like he once thought. They are a strange and unpredictable entity though. More than that, he's grateful for Dippy. The boy lives quietly up in the mountains still, but it's with a small farm his new plant-loving friend has been teaching him how to manage. There's comfort there in working with the land, in the company and protection of his Pokemon now that he's been humbled about thinking he could do everything himself. He's still traumatized though, prone to nightmares and outbursts, and cloaking himself in the cursed armor when feeling overwhelmed. He's glad sometimes he's alone. Dippy's been helping with that too. Staying with him whenever he has to go into town for supplies or meet the occasional customer, eventually even meeting some of the other hosts. Battle can be fun again as he gets back into the swing of things, usually just sparring with Alaija when he comes along to the farm. Even as they hear about the Rockets still out there and trouble overseas, Red0 might be scared but the Voices will send someone... Right?

Alaija:

Alaija is by all accounts Mr. Grimsley's son. He grew up in Rocket Castle with the other heads of the organization looking after him and everything until they were overthrown by Virginia and the team was scattered to the winds. Fortunately, he ended up with his dad when they split up, but it also meant getting to really know the guy in a way he hadn't before. Grimsley was a monster. No, not cruel necessarily, but according to many who feared him, an actual monster. Alaija had been cursed plenty of times as some kind of little freak but it was only as he got older, he started to really understand what being a Glitch meant. And even started to question if he actually was his father's son or merely something dredged up from the Void himself. Alaija had glitch powers, mostly just super speed and the ability to walk through walls normally, but thanks to Mr. Grimsley, most high ranking members in the RR have a unique power of their own. It helps bind them to each other. In a way, it helps bind them to him. Being the youngest heir to the supposed throne, Alaija spent several years being groomed for his role in the takeover. But the more he learned about it, the less certain he was about going along with it. It's not like he could just leave though. His father would find him. He would always find him. So imagine the boy's shock when Red0 blasted his way through to break up the team and leave a certain redheaded orphan suddenly alone. He's sure if he stayed in Kanto the Rockets would have come back for him. If nothing else, Grimsley would be back for him, and he was too angry and afraid to wait.

Now the thing about Grimsley is, this is actually the same Grimsley from back in Season 1. He was corrupted by the Glitches in a sort of twisted experiment by Fennel. He fought against the curse eating away at him for quite a number of years, but when Unova was nearly swallowed by the Void in Randomized White 2, Grimsley finally gave in. It's been a couple of centuries since he gained this unwanted immortality and it's been enough to drive him crazy trying to find a way to get his humanity back. There's a ritual spoken of in legend that may hold the key, but it requires someone of the same blood... And he's not dumb enough to go first.

As Alaija has grown, there's a certain level of trust given to him about what's going to happen when the RR make their move. But unlike even most of the higher ups, Alaija has also learned what it is his father is after. And it terrifies him to think in the end he'll lose his life so his father may live. A lot of his issues stem from his dad, especially given the level of Glitchery the RR has now, he's just one kid trying to stop an army. He's so scared, he doesn't even get a Trainer's licence for Johto because he feels like the RR could use it to track him down after he makes himself known, and if he's planning to poke the hornet's nest, he better be sure they can't follow. But without an ID, he can't even get a Pokemon. Johto seems oddly trusting though that once he steals one for himself everyone just assumes he's a normal Trainer. Living off found items is hard though when he can't use the Pokemon Center and going from training with the best to starting from scratch is infuriating. He's not a bad Trainer, he's just not used to using such weak Pokemon! And then there's Dippy. Why the Voices chose some meek, passive, sheltered brat is beyond him but the more the run into each other, the more they seem to rub off on each other.

Alaija was almost caught in Azalea Town and found himself having to rely on Dippy of all people to bail him out. They aren't friends, but it's the first time they genuinely get to meet. After that, he finds himself slowing down, and knowing the fate of the world could be resting with this idiot, he even starts training Dippy on how to stand up to the Rockets. Admittedly, his powers are no match for them, but at least Dippy has the Voices on his side. And after hearing what happened with Virginia and witnessing first hand with Red0, he knows better than to underestimate a Host. They talk more often and he slowly warms up to the idea that maybe taking time to care for his Pokemon can make them better as well. Turns out, it might even make him better too. And when it turns out somewhere along the line Dippy surpassed him? Then... Maybe he can trust things will be okay. With the Rockets gone, for the first time in his life, Alaija has time for self reflection. He's got a home for the first time in years, and can feel safe setting foot back in Kanto again. ...Then Dippy brought home Red0. Alaija is glad the kid has no idea who he is, but seeing him brings back memories. He's also quite scared of Red0's power as his own pales in comparison. They may both be Glitched, but there's still a hierarchy there. Hearing what happened to the kid makes him sick. And when Dippy tells him about Mt. Silver, Alaija feels his fears returning. Given Red0's history, he can't shake the feeling this has Grimsley's hands all over it. He doesn't have the heart to tell the kid though. He wouldn't want to bring up bad blood anyway.

Dippy knows his friends have a lot of stuff to work through, but that's okay. He'll use whatever resources he can gather to help them every step of the way. It actually gets a lot better when fellow RR escapee Nia shows up to reunite with her little brother. She helps a lot with Red0 too with her nature loving ways. It's still sad to see how it affects them all though when GBlaze Black 2 comes around though. Dippy makes Alaija stay home just to be safe. There's no telling what Grimsley planned to do if he went. Red0 is a little better with Dippy, Nia, and Izzy there to both protect him and keep him in line.

#twitch plays pokemon #Gauntlet Crystal #GKids #Dippy K #Oriana Red0 #Alaija Grimsley #This is way long than anticipated #Haji babble #I really need to post my fics here

[nygmcbblepot]

Chapter Nine- 

A/N: Hey! My next chapter is going to be the last for this fanfic! I will keep writing Frederick Chilton one shots after this ends. <3

Frederick Chilton X FEM! Reader

“Frederick, darling. Have you ever thought about maybe leaving Baltimore?”

“I haven’t really thought about it, why?” 

“We don’t really have anything here anymore. It might also be safer for you.. for us to move somewhere safer and to start again you know?”

“What about your job? Who would take over the hospital?”

“Frederick, I could find somebody. That’s not for you to really worry about.”

“I know but it was my hospital in the first place.It just feels wrong leaving it. If we were to leave, I wouldn’t be able to just randomly decide when I want to spend a day working there again. You and I both would have to find new jobs.”

“But you have your books! We could literally move anywhere if that’s what you want to stick to and I could just find a place to work somewhere else. I just think it would be better for the both of us. A Fresh Start.”

Frederick sighs, “Fine. I don’t know how much longer I have here. We will stay put for now until i’m able to move and do all of that stuff. but as soon as i’m better, we can move.” 

“Thank you.”

…

When you got to work, you put in your two week notice. You knew that Frederick wouldn’t be out by the two weeks, but you wanted to pack both your apartment, and his house. You wanted to wait a bit to pack up his place because you weren’t quite sure what he wanted to come with you guys and what he wanted to sell. Even though it wasn’t your last day, you knew that you were going to miss the place. But all good things come to an end you know?

Time skip to two weeks later <3

Well, today was the day. It was your last day at The Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. With the last two weeks of working there, you were finally open about Frederick and told most of your coworkers that asked that you both were moving away together because it would be like a new start. As soon as you walk through the door, you were greeted by one of your coworkers that had stopped and got coffee.

“Happy last day! I got you a donut and a coffee!”

“Thank you,” you say taking the food. 

It wasn’t like you were being bullied or anything before but now that it was your last day, a bunch of people that never even looked at you were talking to you. Again, they probably wanted in your business and were going to gossip about you the second you left but hey. It was your last day so who gave a shit. Like your coworkers, you were also smiley and very preppy today. Deep inside you knew that you would miss it. You just didn’t wanna show it. It felt weird knowing that it was your last shift working there. It felt weird just knowing it was your last time doing anything really there. Last time sitting in Frederick’s office just because, last time gossiping with coworkers, and the last time taking a nap in Frederick’s office chair during your breaks. 

You took your phone out and saw that you only had an hour left until you would go home and most likely never step a foot in here again.  For your last hour since it wasn’t busy, you just walked around the halls unless somebody needed something from you. Doing that pretty much would take up the entire hour. It was a huge hospital that was easy to get lost in. On your first day of working there, you had actually gotten lost for about a half hour before an employee helped you back to your/Frederick’s office. During this hour stroll around the hospital, you kept thinking about you and Frederick’s future together. Would you get married? Start a family? You were honestly really confused about the future due to his injuries but you both were just going with the flow and taking it day by day. You really loved him. While walking, you walked passed Hannibal’s room.. Well now it’s his old room since you know. Even though it was a hospital for the criminally insane, the hallways were filled with memories for you. Memories that the people after you would have to make. You didn’t wanna admit it to anyone but you were going to miss Baltimore. But you knew for both you and Frederick, you were doing the right thing by leaving. When you walked passed a few old employee’s you remembered that you had to give the administrative position to someone by the end of the day. All night the previous few nights, you went through your employee’s files, trying to figure out who was best fit for the position. When you finally found the right person, you interviewed them. Even though  you felt they were quite anxious, you felt they were best fit. You wanted someone for the position that you felt fit them best. You found one of the male doctors that were sarcastic, hardworking, and talented to take your job. Once you finished his interview, you realized that you were trying to pick someone that not just had your traits, but had Frederick’s as well. Right before you were clocking out for the last time, you encountered the person you felt fit the position. 

“Hello, doctor. I’ve been thinking about the job offering and I really want to take it if you’ll still let me.”

You look look him up and down and shake his hand.

“Congrats. It’s all yours.”

You hand him the key and clock out. This was your final goodbye to the hospital that you fell in love with at.

Tag 💗: @lilyevans1

#frederick chilton #frederick chilton x reader #raul esparza #hannibal #hannibal x reader #chilton x reader #hannibal nbc #fanfic #frederick chilton imagine #hannibal fanfiction

[dna-d2]

Leverage Redemption, and How it Handled Character Replacement

(Long Post Alert, so I’ll put a TL;DR down at the bottom)

(Also Spoilers for Leverage Redemption if you haven’t seen it)

So I recently got around to watching Leverage after way too long, immediately followed by Leverage Redemption. To start off with, if you love found family and eating the rich, watch this show. If you don’t like that stuff, also watch it, because I promise that by the end of it, you will. It has quickly become one of my favorite shows and I find myself smiling consistently throughout watching it. (Especially when Eliot is on screen because goddammit, I always end up picking the tough guy as one of my favorites. Though it’s much better when Hardison is on screen too because I fucking love their dynamic)

Anyway

Before I get too far into this, let me give you a pretty quick rundown on Leverage as a whole, to help contextualize all this. Also so I can finally talk about why I love this show in general, because no one else I know watches this and I need to talk about it.

So Leverage is basically a show where a group of ex-cons (convicts, con-men, you decide) teaming up with the guy who used to help catch them to pull off a heist for what they think are the right reasons at the time. (Spoiler alert, they got tricked, and then had to pull another heist to fix what they messed up) After that, they basically decided to remain teamed up to basically pull heists and con various types of rich douchebags who were gaming the system at the expense of the people. This is basically the whole show.

The Crew is comprised of five people. Sophie Devereaux (if that is her real name), the Grifter. She’s basically a master at pulling cons and tricking people. She’s basically the actress of the group, who pulls a lot of weight in getting the mark ready for their tricks and whatnot.

Eliot Spencer, the Hitter. And also my favorite character. He is literally what he’s advertised as. He hits things. REALLY well. In all seriousness, I can only think of one or two times in the entire series that he actually lost a fight, and he usually managed to get them back pretty quickly. He’s basically the violent older brother of the group, and as per sibling rules, he must always torment his younger siblings. Especially the middle child. That’s important. But also HE’S the only one allowed to torment them, because the second anyone else tries to mess with them, he (sometimes literally) jumps in out of nowhere to beat the everloving shit out of them. It’s great.

Alec Hardison, the Hacker. He’s also what he’s advertised as. A master hacker, as well as a Jack of All Trades in most technological and non-technological type stuff. You never know what knowledge he’s gonna pull out of his bag of tricks, but you can bet your ass he’s gonna use it to pick a fight with Eliot. As stated previously, he’s basically the middle child, though I get I a little iffy on the expression right around here as it regards Parker. Since they start dating about mid-way through the series. But not in terms of his relationship with Eliot. Honestly, I see their dynamic as one of the big selling points of this show, and I fucking love seeing them interact with each other. One minute Eliot is literally threatening to kill Hardison over a sandwich, the next he’s punching the shit out of someone because they threw Hardison over the side of a building and NO ONE throws Hardison over the side of a building, godammit. Except maybe him. (His words, not mine)

And then Parker, first/last name unknown, the Thief. She is an expert thief who, fun fact, canonically has high-functioning autism. (Technically the producer or whoever said that she had Asbergers, but that was back when the first season was running, and during a time when the autism spectrum probably wasn’t really a thing, or at the very least not well-researched) She’s crazy. At least that’s how people keep describing her, but personally, I just think she’s neat. She’s actually my second favorite character. VERY close second. It fluctuates depending on the episode, honestly. (Btw I wasn’t joking when I said first/last name unknown. We know one of her names is maybe Parker. Is it her first name? Is it her last name? Is it even her name??? Literally no one knows, not even the CIA. It’s great. I love it)

And then of course there’s Nathan “Nate” Ford, the Mastermind, He was once an Insurance investigator who chased these four down multiple times and probably got them all caught at least once (though clearly not for very long). He’s the guy you see in memes with the galaxy brain playing 4D chess backwards. He’s smart, he’s an alcoholic, and his son died. A perfect recipe for a hot mess to play team dad with a newly formed found family.

These five spend five seasons ripping off mostly rich white dudes and eating the rich. (not literally. If that’s what you’re looking for, watch Hannibal. I’ve never watched it, but something tells me that’s a little closer to the whole eating people thing) They quickly became a family, pretty much, and had lots of fun doing it. Each of these characters were a huge part of why Leverage was as good as it was. However, before the revival series began, there had to be some changes.

Between Leverage and Leverage Redemption, there were some issues with Nate’s actor, Timothy Hutton, and due to those issues, the show runners elected not to bring him back for the Revival series. And I’m not gonna go into that because it’s not really the main point of this analysis.

However because of this, that left a huge, and very important, gap in the main cast. The Mastermind, the LITERAL reason these guys were brought together has now been killed off due to casting issues. So what is a team of writers to do in this scenario?

Surely they’re just going to bring in some guy who has the exact same skill-set as Nate, who is also ultra-mega-smart, who we just HAPPENED to have never seen during the five seasons of the show, right?? That would make total sense, wouldn’t it??

So the writers did exactly NOT that.

Instead, they got Noah Wyle, of the Librarians (another series that a lot of the producers and writers actually worked on) and cast him as a good bad lawyer named Harry Wilson. The kind of lawyer who’s GREAT at his job, however he was not helping the right people. Eventually he realized that he was in fact NOT the good guy, and decided that he was gonna screw over one of this douchebag clients by stealing a painting of his from a museum, on the EXACT same day that Sophie, Eliot, Hardison, and Parker happened to have decided to steal a painting from a museum to cheer themselves up on the anniversary of Nate’s death.

So they of course figure him out immediately, observe how he does this, and watches as he immediately trips an alarm and almost gets caught. After this, they decide to help their brand new Mr. Wilson screw this guy over, and after that, he joins the team.

Now, what does this add to the team, you may ask? The new Mastermind, right???

WRONG

Mr. Wilson is a good lawyer, but he is by NO MEANS a criminal like the rest of them. He’s inexperienced, a little naïve, overall just not a con-man like the rest of them. He does however bring a lot of legal information and fancy lawyer-y loopholes to the game, which proves to be pretty useful throughout the season.

But I know what you’re thinking. If Mr. Wilson didn’t replace Nate as the Mastermind, then who did??

Well, no one, really. Instead, the rest of the team stepped up and each started pitching in their ideas for the overall plan, with Sophie mostly taking the lead. And this is kind of the genius of how they handled replacing Nate. Instead of just bringing in some rando smart dude that we just never heard of or something, they bring in a new guy who covers a new skill-set that they didn’t have before. While he is the new Fifth guy, he is not JUST the new Fifth guy.

He’s the new guy. He’s filling in the place Nate left on the team, but he is by no means a replacement for him. He’s not the Mastermind, he’s the…Well, Sophie keeps calling him “Our Mr. Wilson” so I think that’s just his title. You’d think he’d be the Lawyer, but nah. So he’s not the Mastermind, and he’s not the New Nate Ford. And he never will be. Nope.

He’s the Mr. Wilson.

And btw I know I didn’t really address Breanna and how she actually more closely fills in the archetypical “Replace Character A with Character B who has the same skills” but that’s because one: This was mostly about how they handled Mr. Wilson. Two: I think her integration with the cast is almost flawless. I say almost because I miss Hardison. And Three: She also wasn’t a carbon copy of Hardison. She was less experienced in certain fields, but more experienced in others, and is also a Gen-Z kid who’s more than willing to fight the power. 

(I’m serious about Hardison though. Please put him in more episodes next season I miss him. Have them both, I would LOVE to have them both. That’s a new dynamic that I think would be great. They’re sitting in Leverage, tag-teaming the bad guys’ security systems, it would be awesome)

TL;DR: They had to kill off a major character but instead of replacing him with some random-ass carbon copy that we just somehow never heard of in five seasons, they brought in an actual new guy who covers a new set of skills, but also is very inexperienced regarding the field they work in, and instead all the veterans of the group help fill in the role that the dead character left.

Also if you wanna watch it but don’t care where to start, I have two personal picks for ”Episodes I show Someone to Introduce them to the Show”

First is Season 3, Episode 11, “The Rashomon Job”

Second is Season 4, Episode 12, “The Office Job”

They’re both very good, and are basically my favorites

(Edit: I was gonna put more recommendations in the tags but I guess today is the day I learn there's a 30 tag limit. Who knew? NOT ME)

#DNAVerse Discussions #Nate Ford #He's depressed #He's an alcoholic #He has a dead son #He has radiation poisoning #And he's NEW IN TOWN #This show is so good guys #I can't say I'm an OT3 shipper but goddamn I still love the dynamic they have #Seriously when they dig up Hardison in that one episode #When they dig up Hardison #And Eliot literally dives across the grave to hug him #And tells him to Never do that again #It's so fucking sweet #I don't want to see them as romantic #Just because sometimes you need a guy who's your brother #And I fucking love that #No disrespect to anyone who ships them #Everyone is entitled to their own fanon #And I do see exactly why people would want to ship them #I even see why people ship all three of them #But sometimes people need platonic companionship #Even if that platonic companionship is more sibling-like than anything #Leverage #Leverage Redemption #Nathan Ford #Sophie Devereaux #Eliot Spencer #Alec Hardison #Parker

[thegoldenreport]

QUALITY CONTROL

You work for a clothes shop. You spend the majority of your work day folding t-shirts. They say odd things on them like “DROWN IN BLUE PAINT!” and “LIGHT BERRY”. But that’s the least of your concerns. Because your company also makes this pill. A pill they wish everyone would take. And when you’re not folding t shirts, you are selling or…trying to sell this pill.

You haven’t tried it, so you can’t speak to it’s effects. Your company says it’ll take you to strange worlds. You’ll smell things that don’t exist. Mistake the fridge for the microwave. Peel back the corners of reality. See in ultraviolet light. Plus it tastes great with a big glass of orange juice.

All this is printed word for word in neon yellow lettering outside the storefront. One time fee for a lifetime of benefits. 

It’s a fine pill and it seems to bring a lot of good to a lot of people. Even makes shopping here easier. Somehow. But you just can’t see why the company is so obsessed. And why they're jumping down your throat about it half the time.

The bottle of pills jangles around in your breast pocket. Every staff member is required to have some on hand. You mention the pill with every customer you meet. You ask if they’ve taken the pill before. If they have, you give them one for their brother back home. If they haven’t, you give them one to take now. Or later.

You work at a clothing shop. This is the only form of medication or drug you’re forced to sell. You know you could be doing better. But you'd rather focus on the t-shirts.

A bell rings in your ear.

It’s time for your quarterly conversation.

A man in dark shades appears in the jacket section behind you. This is your manager. He’s definitely taken the pill.

You follow him through a locked red door. Down a ribbed metallic hallway. And finally through a glass door to the outdoors where you sit together at a picnic table.

“So how are you?” He says. His smile is plastic.

“Fine.” You say, repositioning on the bench.

“So this is about your merit based increase, it’s…not fantastic. You’re full time, so I do expect you to be leading the pack in regards to pill sales. This year has been a slow start for you. Some associates are already selling in the hundred. Are you doing okay?”

“I’m doing fine.” You look for an escape.

“I know you can do it. I’ve seen your potential. I just have to wonder if something happened here. Or elsewhere. That made you like working here less. Have you lost your enthusiasm?”

“I mean, yeah kinda? Friends leaving, organizational issues, and…other things.” You’re backed into a corner now.

“The pill is a perfectly safe and perfectly useful product with no side effects. Plus it tastes GREAT with orange juice. We need to figure this sales stuff out. I expect you to be talking with everyone about the pill. Anyone you come in contact with. I hope you still believe in it’s benefits.”

You do not think there are real eyes behind those shades. 

“Use me. Use me. Whatever I can do to be of assistance. Trips, tricks, hovering over your customer interactions. I am here to help!”

You think about protesting and decide it would ultimately be a waste of your breath.

“You’ve taken the pill yourself, right?”

There’s no getting out of the inevitable, is there?

#quality control #issue 64 #the golden report #original #writing #surreal #unreality #weird #dark

[thequietmanno1]

TheLReads, Vigilantes ch 87, Replies Part 1

1) “I`m still baffled about that tbh. But let us carry on with the flashback so we can get back on track. Knuckles was about to lose to Rappa, and I`m already pointing a gun at Furuhashi just in case he decides to ignore cannon…”- Can’t ‘lose’ if he was never actually fighting him to win…

2) “Dammit Furuhashi, did we just opened into a flashback inside a flashback? 

Are you trying to drag this on for another chapter Christopher Nolan?”-   Just showing perspectives from Knuckle’s analytics-based POV, which I honestly really appreciate, as it’s sorta close to Izuku’s own tendancy to oberveve everything about an opponent and their Quirks, if only in his case because he’s a massive geek.

3) “Knuckles please, nobody in here is scared of that letter opener”- Well, a reasonable person would be, but Knuckle miscalculated. Reasonable people don’t get involved in underground cage matches.

4) “Huuuuuh… I see… So by showing it from knuckles pov we can see that all the events of the fight were calculated, since he was both a pro hero and had a high-speed quirk, that is a way to justify how he could lose to Rappa, that according to cannon, never lost a fight”- Also gives us an idea of what fights are like to Knuckles in the present, albeit, his slower body means that he now needs to start analysing/predicting their future course of actions to stay ahead of them whilst his physical shell struggles to keep up.

5) “But now that I think about it, wouldn`t a chapter showing this be better after we saw knuckles defeated on the ground? You know, you finish a chapter with hook, then open the next one showing that it was all according to keikaku?*

*Keikaku means “plan””- True, but then you’d have gotten pissed at Furuhashi just keeping the ‘fight’ off-panel for the last chapter.

6) “Alright, I`ll give it to you Furuhashi, this particular decision was clever, because it both preserves cannon and Miguel O`hara won`t need to gut you like a fish, and explain the situation on how knuckles managed to get hit and lose his weapon to this guy. Clever. I hope you can keep it up because I don`t want to go back on my compliments.”- I do feel the writing noticeably improves in the third act overall.

7) “What prep knuckles? We certainly haven`t seen any of it, which is a shame because that would probably be interesting.”- Knuckles definitely stabbed a man or two to sell his credentials as a knife-user to the overseers.

8) “HOLY FUCK ITS FATGUM

ABNDHE IS SO YOUNG

AND HE`S THIN AGAIN

AND FUCKL YOU FURUHASHI THAT`S NOT HIS STANDARD WIGHT THAT`S HIS LOW-VOLUME FORM”- Should have been “slimmed-down form”. I guess Fat recently had to burn a lot of calories absorbing another bomb or two.

9) “NO WAIT DON`T MOVE THE SCENE AWAY FROM GUN I`M SORRY FURUHASHI I WON`T COMPLAIN ANYMORE DON`T TAKE FATGUN AWAY FROM US PLEASE LET HIM JOIN IN THE FLASHBACK”- In exchange for less Fatgum, but about some more bunny as compensation?

10) “Dammit there goes Fatgum…

Also, what`s this girl about? Did she got wind of the fight going on right now?”- The Bunny’s instinct for Blood cannot be equalled.

11) “….

wait

wa it a moment

was th-

was that- “- You thought this flashback had its full roster with the fighting maniacs, but there was another waiting in the wings!

12) “Oh there we go, back to the good stuff”-  This panel looks pretty similar to that double-spread of Kirishima jumping between Fatgum and Rappa’s blows…and now I’m writing this, I just realised that Fatgum turned up for a cameo appearance in this chapter precisely because Rappa has an extended role in this flashback, as a nod towards their eventual encounter @thelreads

#bnha vigilantes #bnha #my hero academia #chapter replies #thelreads #vigilantes 87

[finsterhund]

More on conventions

Sorry last night I said I would go into more detail but I just checked on my plants and then passed out.

I did not go to the con today. Roommate left without me. He tried to convince me for a bit but ultimately I think he understood I’m just not feeling well.

Kept being reminded of Cazza. There was a vendor selling homemade ice cream and treats for puppy and my brain legitimately defaulted to “too bad Cazza isn’t here (as in alive but not at the con) because I could have bought it and given it to her right then and there” and then it hit me that she wasn’t here not because she hadn’t been publicly certified yet but because she was dead and she was never coming back and then the vendor started a conversation with me while I was just reeling and I struggled to talk and eventually said that at the end of the day on the last day (Sunday) I’d come back and buy something for Scott (who unlike Cazza is alive) and that just broke me.

It was also way too hot lol.

Artist alley was so small. And there was barely any 2D artists especially ones doing commissions. I don’t know if the way artists at conventions are has changed since covid but that was the sorts of art I looked for at cons. There were multiple 3D printing artists and multiple custom dice makers which made me feel bad because they’re all so good but are in direct competition with each other. Saw a really cool dice tower that was 3D printed and had moving parts but I don’t do tabletop in real life anymore so I wasn’t tempted.

there was a whole area that the 501st Legion set up which was really cool.( I need to get better photos tomorrow (spoilers) to show) and somebody was cosplaying Anakin which was the highlight of my con. There was also somebody from astromech.net driving their incredible RC build of Artoo around the artists alley and having him look at tables which was the sweetest thing and cheered me up a lot. Got photos of him about to have a showdown with the Chatter Phone. (R2D2 would win a fight with the skinamarink entity by the way) The actress who plays Bo Katan was at the con but I don’t want to be all sweaty and gross from overheating around cool actors I admire so I didn’t go to a meet and greet thing. But it was cool she was here in the middle of nowhere lmaooo

Oh also I saw a really cool cosplay of Din Djarin and said hi. I forgot my phone to take photos around I really should have I know I promised to take photos. But tomorrow hopefully. Lots of detail in his cosplay not just the armor. Had a really realistic Grogu also. Was not animatronic in any way but more realistic than toys.

My prop boxcutter was wildly impressive apparently. Almost didn’t get it past prop check. Had to peel back some of the metallic tape to prove it was made from a transparent fast food lid. People thought it was real. A professional cosplayer complimented me. So that was a bit of a bragging rights. I felt bad though because I didn’t want anyone to feel threatened at the con so I didn’t bring it around everywhere. Similarly decided to have blood dripping from (the eye most fan artists assume is the one Kevin injured) and the makeup turned out well. I should have gotten some photos with star wars cosplayers with my cosplay but once again, just not on top of the ball. I feel I’d be more in my element if I did the Kevin cosplay at a horror con and since my roommate wouldn’t be tabling I could only go in for a short while. I’d like to go to a con where Kyle Edward Ball was and idk get him to sign something. Preferably when it’s cooler so I’m not approaching an artist I admire after suffering from heat stroke.

So there was some cool stuff. It wasn’t a bad convention. It’s a very good con. There’s lots of cool food vendors around too. But that makes it all the more apparent that I’m having problems.

It seems I have just lost my enjoyment of cons. No clue if it’s temporary or not but grieving Cazza I just don’t get the wonderment and excitement like I used to pre covid.

I am planning to go tomorrow. Both because I get to go to these cons in the first place because I’m the muscle behind set up and tear down of roommate’s artist alley table and because I wanted to get photos and support a couple of the artists who were here but yeah. I’m just I wouldn’t even say burned out. Just not feeling it.

It’s a not very good feeling to know that something I loved so much is now seen as a chore.

I know this should be expected. Next month is “the anniversary” and I am dreading how I’m going to handle that. But my comforts “not working” is scary and depressing. I tried a lot and in the end I just feel grief overpowering anything and everything.

It’s a good thing I stayed home today because I think Scott must have eating some of the rabbits’ hay and thrown up a little on the carpet which I cleaned up. Which reminds me of the days leading up to Cazza’s death and upsets me further.

I gave Scott his big bone so he would have something to do while we are at the con. So I guess he can also be distracted enough that I can get caught up on my reading without him bothering me now provided I can get into the right mental space for it.

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