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theheightofdishonor · 26 days
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I love reading your kagehina posts!! Sometimes I see stuff like they aren't even friends 😭 and probably drifted apart and partner in sports is different from actual friendship lmao
Thank you!
dfghhjkl yeah i've seen those claims and I firmly believe that anyone who's saying any of that needs to take reading comprehension 101. I've talked about this claim a little bit here but to reiterate, kageyama and hinata's bond- their unique connection, the meaningfulness of it, the way that they support and teach and learn from each other- is one of the core aspects of the series. Like, there were so many instances of people commenting about how special their relationship was that I made a list. This post here I think are also relevant to addressing this. (if you couldn't tell, i talk about this a lot lol. But I don't mind talking about it some more)
Point is, they mean a lot to each other. And yes, haikyuu does make a point of showing how volleyball isn't always a 1 v 1 comparison to irl and how volleyball doesn't have to mean everything to be meaningful but at the same time, that's inapplicable to hinata and kageyama because the other side of that coin is that sometimes, volleyball is everything. It could not possibly be more in your face that Kageyama and Hinata formed an instantaneous connection and became a duo to be feared like overnight because they recognized that the other person is exactly like them- someone who will give everything for volleyball, who will never give up, a person who complements them. and understands them. Kageyama's little backstory moment that changed everything (and fucked me up permanently) is that he's been waiting for (someone like) Hinata his entire life. So what if they're not be hanging out 24/7 outside of volleyball? (which they do hang out outside of matches btw later on in life, kageyama asked hinata to play beach vb with kunimi and kindaichi) They already have a mutual understanding about the importance of volleyball in their lives. Also like, even in the last chapter/panel of haikyuu literally just reiterates that for the two of them, volleyball and each other and intrinsically intertwined elements and that they intend on revolving around each other as partner/rivals for the rest of their lives.
If we're looking only at the anime, that list i linked above is entirely taken from season. Like, the the sheer weight of kageyama "i can spike, toss, etc by myself" tobio saying the words "as long as you're with me, you're invincible" like 1-2 episodes later?? This bullshit where kageyama extracts a promise from hinata to follow him to the top of the world still happens in the anime too. That bit in the first Seijoh match where Kageyama says that Oikawa's going to set to Iwaizumi, not because it's the most logical move but because he trusts him so innately that it's the most natural move to make and then going on to make the exact same set to Hinata in the same match?? The extra animated linger on Kageyama and Hinata's fingers touching as they stop the Miya's quick? Oikawa and Atsumu both saying that Kageyama's "wrapped around Hinata's finger"?
Like come on now, does this look like two people who are going to drift apart? Be for real. They're too obsessed with each other to do that.
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An alternate scenario in the season 2 finale of ATLA:
Katara quickly uses spirit water to quickly heal Aang from Azula's lightning. Azula takes notice and separates Aang from Katara, forcing her to leave Ba Sing Se without him. Zuko and Azula have successfully captured the avatar.
Up until the day of black sun. Aang is stuck as Azula's prisoner. They spend the most time together, getting to know each other better, they form more positive interactions. She helped him ease his fear of firebending.
Aang in the Beach episode could probably look like a combination of the beach and the headband and I see it being moved up to be the 8th episode instead of 5. It's Aang and Azula who do that famous dance from the end of the headband.
The next episode will have the war meeting. He's told to be seen but not heard. He hears Azula and Ozai's plans for the comet which leads to Aang and Azula having one of those 'tearful/dramatic falling-out' cliques. Azula orders the arrangement for Aang to be transferred to the boiling rock sometime tomorrow. The plans for the day of black sun arrive, Azula foils the gaang's plans to end the war and rescue Aang. Zuko rescues Aang once again and delivers him to the gaang as his peace offering.
Though he's glad to be reunited with his friends, Aang misses Azula and hates the thought of being enemies again. Though Azula tries hiding it, she feels the same way, this'll foreshadow her eventual breakdown. At the beginning of "The Southern Raiders," as Katara catches a falling Zuko, Aang jumps off Appa, glides to a falling Azula, catches her, and brings her to safety. Without another word, he flies back on Appa and the team flies away.
Season 4 has 30 episodes. In the premiere, it's revealed that, upon reopening his last chakra, he lost every ounce of romantic interest in Katara he had left, but in exchange, he and Azula become spiritually linked/connected/bonded. Azula's redemption takes up to 18 episodes and it's framed like Dante's divine comedy trilogy but metaphorical/psychological. Zuko has the privilege of being Azula's Iroh. The 18th episode shows only Aang and Azula on screen and it's about Aang showing Azula how to open and master her own chakras, making their spirit bond even stronger but the sessions are more intimate than the ones Aang had with Pathik.
(Btw, in this scenario, Iroh is Ursa's older brother. Ozai is the true instigator of the 100-year war but is still the final enemy Team Avatar faces, the archenemy to each member of Team Avatar, is in peak physical prime condition despite his age, and can only be defeated by a fully realized master avatar. Ozai's comet arrives by the end of Fall. Season 3 ends only with the final agni kai but without the comet while everything else is moved over at the end of season 4)
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jayyekko · 1 year
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since it’s been a while since i’ve posted properly on this app, here’s a 1212 word essay i wrote at 1 am a while ago during a fit of insanity.
the parallels and key differences between rupphire and conniverse:
to start off, the way the relationships btw ruby and sapphire, and steven and connie develop are different in pace.
ruby and sapphire being the lovesick lesbians that they are, don’t fall in love instantly but establish their romantic relationship pretty quickly. as seen in the episode, the answer, the two gems get to know each other and become extremely close after ruby saves sapphire from being shattered by blue diamond and they accidentally fuse as garnet for the first time. w/ fusion between two different gems being seen as taboo on homeworld, they have to flee down to earth. over their time together, interacting w/ nature and rapidly falling in love, ruby and sapphire come to the agreement that they liked the way they felt as garnet, and they choose to fuse again on their own terms, solidifying their relationship.
but w/ steven and connie, their relationship starts out as pure friendship. before they met on the beach in the episode, bubble buddies, steven mentions having first seen connie at a parade in town a year before the show starts. connie didn’t have any friends, and w/ his admiration of the girl steven quickly became her first one. from that, they become best friends that are inseparable. we first see a glimpse of connie’s future sword fighting skills as she fights a gem defense weapon along side steven in the episode, lion 2: the movie, and we get confirmation that the two have mutual crushes on each other in an indirect kiss, seeing how connie was going in to kiss steven before getting a headache from wearing her glasses w/ her newly healed eyes.
the gems know how important connie is to steven (including his crush on her) and quickly become fond of her. even going as far as to fuse as alexandrite to impress mr. and mrs. maheswaran when steven meets them for the first time in fusion cuisine. garnet, more than anyone, was very happy with the kids’ friendship. this can be said to be due to her future vision and her knowing how their friendship would eventually evolve into more, but i believe it was more-so bc she saw herself and ruby and sapphire’s relationship in theirs. this was made apparent in the episode, alone together, after steven and connie dance and end up fusing to be stevonnie for the first time. amethyst and pearl were shocked to see a human fuse w/ a gem, as it was previously thought that someone like stevonnie could never exist. but garnet was absolutely ecstatic to see the fusion, donning the biggest grin on her face when she first laid her eyes upon them.
fusion is used to display different types of relationships throughout the duration of the show. btw like-gems, such as ruby guards, fusion is purely practical and has no changes in appearance other than size. but btw different gems, fusion reflects the relationship the gems have w/ each other. w/ more healthy relationships, fusions such as opal and rainbow quartz are more stable and have some abnormalities but nothing harmful. but the more toxic a relationship is, which is explicitly shown with jasper and lapis’ fusion, malachite, the more unstable and difficult it is to stay together. garnet is one of the most stable fusions on the show due to ruby and sapphire’s deep love for each other and their ability to usually resolve their conflicts together in a calm and understanding way. we don’t see a fusion this stable until stevonnie first makes their appearance, which is why garnet repeats these words to them when she sees them doubting themself: “stevonnie, you are not two people, and you are not one person. you…are an experience! make sure you’re a good experience. now go have fun!”
even though steven and connie don’t get together romantically until the movie, they still have their moments. in full disclosure, the first episode of season 2, steven ignores connie’s worried calls after returning to earth from getting taken hostage by peridot and jasper. having experienced all this new trauma (with much more in store), he didn’t want to put connie in the line of danger or dump his problems onto her. he sings abt being scared of not being able to protect connie from his gem-related battles and escapades, wanting to keep her away from all the horrible things he’s experienced at such a young age. when connie comes to confront him, he finally tells her the truth and she says in return to him not wanting her to get involved, “i want to steven. i want to be a part of your universe.” from there, connie slowly becomes a part of the crystal gems, becoming a master of sword fighting with pearl as her teacher. steven, concerned with his young appearance at his age, makes a reference to being called “first boy” instead of first man when connie becomes president in the episode, steven’s birthday, alluding to the fact that he plans to marry connie someday. and they train more together as stevonnie, having previously promised each other that they would always fight as a team. when aquamarine and topaz come to take a bunch of humans back to homeworld for pink’s human zoo, steven sacrifices himself by revealing his gem to them. and as connie’s screaming at him to stop and the door to the ship closes, steven looks back and mutters, “i love you.” it’s debated whether or not this was directed to his family or to connie, taking one last chance to tell her his true feelings. they’re a new couple in the movie and have an established relationship in the epilogue series, steven universe: future.
to illustrate more comparisons btw rupphire and connverse, we can take a look at their character. both ships contain red and blue coded characters, which is a popular trope btw romantic relationship in animated shows. ruby and steven, both red coded, are more quick to act and reckless, having no hesitation to put themselves in danger to protect the ones they love. sapphire and connie, blue coded, are both calmer and more collected, using their wits and patience to think out a solution but often forgetting to prioritize their own feelings in the process. ruby and sapphire, and steven and connie, are all shown to not be perfect, for perfect relationships do no exist. in garnet’s words, love takes time and love takes work. both couples have episodes that show how they can have disagreements and conflicts w/ each other, but what sets them aside as healthy and stable relationships are their abilities to solve their problems together without screaming matches and violence, but with talking it through and explaining what they’re upset with calmly. ruby and sapphire had been in a relationship for over 5,750 years, but steven and connie continued to following in their example despite their relationship being relatively new.
overall, steven and connie’s budding relationship in the steven universe franchise was a reflection of ruby and sapphire and their love for each other. despite their ups and downs, they all solved their differences and became stronger together after each time. their love for each other is unmatched, and not even the strongest diamond can tear them apart.
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tiistirtipii · 1 year
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Anyone else unsatisfied with episode 11 of Vice Versa? This is gonna be a bit of a thought dump.
- my low key favourite thing about this episode was seeing Nanon on my screen again, Tun seeing Up and Aou again was super cute. But no conversation with Talay? No ‘hey dude btw while you were gone we merged our friend groups and produced two films, you’re now officially a screenwriter and me and the guy in your body have been dating so that’s a little awkward.’ Nothing? He just went right in and joined the group and they left Talay behind?? No one questions it?
- Jimmy’s acting in the ambulance was super good, he looks scared and shocked and it was a really great scene. But also chill dude you can get out of the ambulance at the hospital.
- one of the really disappointing things to find out is that while Puen and Talay spent two years discovering they were each other’s portkeys and getting closer while changing Tun and Tess’s lives for the better, it seems like, for Tess at least, he spent the time wasting away Talay’s life. Not learning his lesson or growing up or anything. I know Tess and Tun didn’t have a Dol to ask questions or to understand the travelling but I was expecting some kind of parallel between their stories. Also doesn’t explain why Tun switched back, why did he dream if he didn’t find his portkey? Was it because Puen did?
-Really upset that no one looks for Talay at the beach for a month, nothing explaining to their friends why he’s there, no scenes of them worrying about him. No understanding for any of Friend Credits why suddenly Tun doesn’t care about Tess. It puts a bitter taste in my mouth that he was there for a whole month just so the tide could lower? It just made them miss each other it wasn’t because of Talay being emotionally ready or not to go back or anything more meaningful than that.
- I do get a little happy over the fact that Tess probably woke up by himself on an island with no friends waiting for him. Serves him right for being selfish and not caring about Talay’s life. I can only hope there was some unshown scene of Puen explaining what Talay did for him and his life but from what we’ve seen of Tess it seems like he’ll probably just flush that all away and go back to his old ways.
-which just makes it sadder that I thought that Tess & Tun and Talay & Puen were supposed to be parallels and that Tess and Tun would be falling in love and becoming each other’s portkeys at the same time. Not just stagnantly living lives they don’t own.
- Talay’s return scene was really good acting from Sea, him waking up and realising he is home (putting on the glasses!), seeing his mom and brother was really sweet
- the whole thing with Talay not being able to get to Puen only makes sense angst-wise. As if Puen wouldn’t have made it as easy as possible for Talay to contact him but I don’t mind a delayed reunion for the angst, at least it makes the reunion sweeter
- Tess even ruined Talay’s friendships? wtf Tess. And they just accepted that he was a different person for two years? If my friend started acting really different after a near death experience I would make sure they go see a therapist. Not just leave them until they ‘change back’
-I called it that the coffee shop was gonna be the place they reunited but that wasn’t a tough thing to guess.
- coffee shop guy, biggest ally of 2022.
- Puen not questioning how who he thinks is Tess found this coffee shop or why he is in there about to cry?
- the reunion was really cute I have to admit. Puen’s face when he heard Talay say Ai’dang was amazing.
-coffee shop guy on the phone: ‘yes I know I’m supposed to be closing the shop but there’s two guys in there having an epic reunion. Of course I’m not going to interrupt them, what am I, a homophobe?’
- ending scene and sponsorship scene were pretty cute, the Lotus flower throwback was nice.
- I’m worried for the next episode, I’m not sure if they can or will fix the issues with this one or what’s going to happen. I hope if they switch again that Tess doesn’t screw up Talay’s life and job or else he’s gonna have to catch these hands
- I hope Aou and Fuse are doing ok, even if they didn’t check on their friend for a month. Aou looks upset in the episode teaser, I wonder if it’s at Tun or Tess.
This is the longest post I’ve ever made but I had to put my thoughts somewhere. Dm me if you have any thoughts about it because I clearly need someone to talk to about these shows. Ultimately, I was disappointed by the interactions between Talay and Tun, by Tess’s character and generally unsatisfied with parts of the story from this episode. I’ll start praying now that episode 12 will bring it all together nicely. Props to the actors.
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flattenedcat · 1 year
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Scenes We Still Have Yet To See
Since we're four episodes from the end of The Eclipse, I thought I'd go through the trailer and episode zero to see what we haven't gotten yet. Slight speculation/prediction and I guess mild spoilers so skip this post if you don't want to see either of those. Note, I might accidentally include scenes we've already seen and vice versa since I've got the memory of a goldfish with ADHD; also also, this includes some of the lines too.
From the trailer:
The total solstice/eclipse(?) at 0:33. The line at 0:51 where Akk says, "I agree with Ayan." Namo saying, "Akk, do you realize you've changed?" at 0:58. This one btw, is also heard in the preview for episode 9. Akk and Ayan lying side-by-side on the boat looking very happy at 1:36. Ayan telling Akk that, "I miss you. Kiss my cheek first," at 2:24, which is laid over the scene with him pining Akk against the wall.
From Episode Zero:
Part One - Ayan walking towards Akk quite aggressively, who has his phone out, in the club room and pushing him against the wall while saying something as Akk just listens at 2:48. The seemingly continuation of that scene at 3:40, where Akk pushes Ayan away, who's holding up his phone in his face, and saying something in a slightly confrontational way. What looks like the ending scene from the trailer at 6:42, with Ayan pining Akk against the wall and doing the 'kabedon' thing.
Part Two - Kan and Thua probably doing some school work in what might be the club room or another place other than their normal classroom at 1:04. This one might just be the cast hanging out, but gonna include it just in case; at 1:50, Ayan and the prefect boys are hanging out at one of the outside walkways with none of their blazers on. What seems to be the continuation of scene 1:04 at 2:52 with Kan staring at Thua, who doesn't notice, almost longingly (but what's new). Kan comforting a sad Thua, while at school and at one of the outside tables, pulling him in to rest his head against him and resting his hand on Thua's shoulder at 2:57. Scene at 3:06, same as 1:04 and 2:52. Thua walking and quickly turning his head at 4:07, as if someone called his name. Scene at 5:07, you know the one. Thua and Ayan this time, where Thua is on his phone outside and showing something to him at 5:25. Another one of our besties at 5:30, this time in front of the flyer board; the flyers are from the World Remembers group and notably has a hashtag. The Thua-walking-scene seems to be continued here, with Kan practically running towards him, grabbing his hand and pulling them somewhere while Thua says something in shock at 6:47; in the background, a pair of actors watch them do this. Wat sitting at Teacher Sani's desk and talking at 8:12. Teacher Wareer and Ayan butting heads again, with an Akk that's trying not to smile at 9:00, and continuation of what looks like the rehearsal at 9:45 and 10:10; note might be just because of rehearsal or something, but our prefect boys and besties Ayan+Thua are the only ones not wearing the jacket. Akk breaking down in his parents' embrace at the beach and his dad comforting him at 12:25. Akk sitting on his boat alone and looking solemn(?) at 12:44.
Part Three - The glorious kabedon rehearsal at 4:33; Ayan says "Don't you miss me?" and Akk's lines are, "I do. Happy now? Now let me go, I have work to do." while removing Ayan's hands from the wall. Another rehearsal at 5:48 for what looks Ayan and Akk working together on a website, perhaps for the protest. Akk says quite happily, "We've got one click already," and the little shit Ayan responds, "It's me. I was checking if the link is right." Akk hits him upside the head and Ayan says, "That's violence. This is authoritarianism," in a huffy manner and turns around, looking at his phone again.
Part Four - The same breakdown scene with Akk's parents at the beach, and this time also sitting on top of that beached-boat at 0:38. Same scene of Akk sitting on his boat alone at 0:40. Ayan sitting alone at their desk, with other students in the background, and looking troubled at 3:34. Akk pulling Ayan by his wrist while walking side-by-side outside after Ayan probably makes a cheeky comment since he laughs a bit before being pulled sorta aggressively at 3:38. Thua abruptly stands up and Kan gently pulls him back down at 4:12; this scene is probably the same KanThua outdoor comfort one. Kabedon again at 6:40, where Ayan is saying something to the gay-panicked Akk and slightly pouts afterwards. KanThua outdoor comfort continued, with Kan patting Thua on the arm and leaving, both of them looking happy I guess, at 6:47. AkkAyan are outside with both their phones, the laptop, lunch and the aggressively-unbranded can, and looking at each other at 8:06.
AND, THAT'S A WRAP!
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geekgal1698 · 2 years
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Some thoughts and feelings about 1x20
The entire episode showed how much Lucy still loves Kate, including her stabby stabby words in the bullpen. The choosing to stay with injured Kate instead of going after the killer. The reassuring arm touch. The hand on Kate’s shoulder. The hair caress. The “I’m not going anywhere.” The being angry at Kate because she was scared she almost got herself killed, not because she went in without backup. The beating the ever loving daylights out of the woman that hurt Kate. The apology for being so hard on her. The small smile that escaped her lips when Kate confirmed she turned down the promotion to stay. The “why didn’t you tell me?” (Which btw is EXACTLY what Delphine asked Cosima in Orphan Black when Cosima told her she came back from her near death experience for her and never told her.) The willingness to be vulnerable with Kate briefly and share why she’s so hurt. It wouldn’t hurt so much if she didn’t still love her.
The demonstration of Lucy’s attraction to Kate at the beach and subsequent gay panic was just *chef’s kiss*
Kate rushing into the house was interesting. Because on the one hand, Kate is usually by the book. On the other, Kate has been more reckless lately (let’s remind ourselves about the barn and wanting to rush into that). I wonder if she’s trying to prove something to Lucy or herself.
The song they chose at the end actually has wildly fitting lyrics to Lucy walking away again. The song’s called Sunshine by Lily Meola and one line really struck me before the chorus. “I tend to push everybody out when I’m close to giving up. I turn down every helping hand when I need some picking up. Why do I gotta block it out when I’m most in need of love?” I think Lucy wants to forgive Kate but she’s so scared Kate will break her again. (I don’t think Kate would ever intentionally hurt Lucy and I don’t think she’d ever lie to her again, but that’s another discussion)
I need our tol Kate to have someone to talk to because that woman needs a hug. I want to hear the origin story from Kate’s perspective. I want to know the moment Kate fell in love with Lucy.
That sadness on Kate’s face when Lucy mentioned seeing someone…I think she thought it meant Lucy was dating someone. The way Lucy phrased it, it certainly sounded like that.
The writers really went straight for our hearts when they chose to finally have Lucy say “Kate” with the “I loved you.” I have not recovered from that.
I still need to see Kate in a bulletproof vest, for science.
Both Yasmine and Tori gave phenomenal performances this episode. LOVE both of them forever.
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The Eddie and Maddie coming to terms with their past/issues this season parallels:
The routine montages:
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(the one time we've really seen Eddie let himself go and break down in the series...so far)
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"I know that you're going to take really good care of her." "I love you. I love both of you."
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"I stepped out of that ocean for you and for her." - Maddie to Chim
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(the car emergency from 5x01 - another vehicle out of control that wasn't able to be deterred btw - where we saw Eddie appearing first and pushing to get the lady out; Buck is there with him a la "She needs someone to step inside that trap with her" - Bobby)
both relating to their children
both relating to their past
both relating to them needing to face their issues head on
both have partners trying to get them to be okay and help; both of them needing to let their partners in
both of them being raised by asshole parents that no matter what they do it's never good enough for the jerks
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*p.s. I just had to mention this: that ocean scene with Maddie was heartbreaking in itself because of what is actually happening there but the fact that they chose to parallel it to what accidentally happened to Jee-Yun with Maddie choosing that and then them showing that image of Jee-Yun under the water with bubbles coming up the same time the same thing is happening with Maddie plus Buck saying "You're the one who leaves" as Maddie slips further under the water just makes it even fucking more heartbreaking and devastating, I'm telling you, full on sobbing happened nonstop this episode, I think this is one of their best ones yet in the series and they handled the subject appropriately and I think beautifully; I'm so relieved Maddie got help and she is okay now, no one should ever have to feel like that <3*
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I NEED to know abt the niche animes u were obsessed with PLEASE
Ok be patient bc my wifi is struggling BUT here:
(a lot of them aren't really THAT niche but still, you cannot find much fandom activity these days T-T I do take the opportunity to introduce them to anyone.)
I really like this specific like tone of anime if you get what I'm saying? And it would be easier to give you a list of examples than to explain so:
Monochrome factor. Okay so it does have some *questionable* aspects (there is one episode that is EITHER an interesting look into dysphoria OR transphobic, hard to tell. Also one of the main ships is...well I politely ignore that bc I always wipe it from my mind until I'm watching it and am like "oh right they paired this kid up with a whole grown adult. Forgot about that.") Anyways basically it's a somewhat campy shonen-ai mystery from 2008. Has a weirdly good plot (more towards the end, the start of it has a sort of formulaic plot that is clearly just a framework for the comedy, which is top-notch btw). There are these shadow monsters made from the darkness in people's hearts or whatever standard anime stuff but it gets a lot darker from there. And YES there is a beach episode and YES there is found family and possibly the best redemption arc in all of fiction and look, I was in a very emotional place the first time I watched it but it sure got me. It's objectively not a great show. Poorly written. 11/10 would recommend. Please watch this I need people to talk about it with.
Trickster (my beloved) this crosses into debatably popular territory idk, there are 53 fics on AO3. It's like a high school detective club with sci-fi and supernatural elements, which is always a banger. The MC is a suicidal immortal, so tw for that as well as pretty vivid explorations of trauma. It crosses into (or rather has bought an entire vacation home in) "cringe" levels of emo angst but it's good. It has. the BEST ending which I can't say bc spoilers. But it makes me smile just thinking about it. The main villain, 20 Faces (my beloved) (I will respectfully avoid using his name unless you've gotten to that point in the show) reminds me of the song "Year of the Cat" by Al Stewart but gay (it's the VIBES), which has the unfortunate effect of causing an Al Stewart song to be unironically one of my favorites of all time. One time I asked my mom "how many masks do you think 20 Faces has" and she just stared at me like I was an idiot, at which point I realized.
Descendants of Darkness: okay this one is PURE cringe. It's a shonen ai from 2000 and you can tell. It's also one of those supernatural mysteries I crave though, and I promise the writing gets better as it goes on. The first couple of episodes were so bad I almost didn't watch the rest, which ended up being good (or maybe everything seems good compared to the first ep, idk) I really liked the villain (fucked up unethical doctor, but only when it comes to the necromancy. with his other patients he's perfectly fine), he said so much absolutely fascinating "I would dissect this man" (me about him, though ALSO him to the other characters now that I think of it) sort of stuff as soon as we meet him so then I had to watch the whole thing. I watched it last summer and you could quiz me on what happens and I wouldn't remember. I certainly remember when [spoilers] though bc I wanted to throw my laptop across the room (did not) but it was all a ruse anyways, so it was alright. They did a very stereotypical edgy backstory for one of the MCs but they managed to pull it off so I'll give them points for that. Would recommend but only for those who can handle cringe. Like if you unironically liked Velocipastor, then give this a try.
Mouryou no Hako: This one is a more recent discovery so I'm less obsessed with it, but it's good. Writing-wise better than at least 2 on this list (Trickster was really good actually). If you're the type to be easily confused by sort of surreal, psychological shows with a semi-convoluted plot and enough left unsaid that if you aren't paying attention you won't have any idea what's going on, this is not for you (my dad was a constant stream of "i don't get it"'s and questions). If you plan to spend at least half an hour per day with a singular focus on the screen, it's good.
Two girls become friends, one gets pushed in the way of a train, and mysteries ensue. Also, there's like parts of people shoved in boxes and cult stuff so if that's triggering you probably don't want to watch it. (Did you know there's a text per block limit bc I didn't! lol so now we've left the numbered list)
Since this post has clearly gotten so long SPEED RUN through a bunch more in this niche or adjacent ones that are admittedly more mainstream but I'm also obsessed with: trigun, un-go, tasogare otome x amnesia (manga, haven't watched the anime), karneval, hyouka, ghost hunt, psychic detective yakumo, and there's one more that I keep thinking of and then forgetting that I know I love but cannot for the life of me remember the name, so I'll leave it here.
Sorry the post got so long! I will take any opportunity possible to ramble about these!
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chickensarentcheap · 2 years
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Esme’s stuff
For: @tragiclyhip​, @innerpaperexpertcloud​, @secretaryunpaid​ and anyone else who doesn’t mind my brand of fun lol   The muse needs help folks lol
On this episode of ‘shit my husband’ says:
(after drinking a sip of post workout protein shake):  “Almost better than sex.”
Me: “Oh realllllyyyy. Well let’s see how well your protein shake does at fulfilling all of your needs tonight.”
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BTW... He also complained about how hot and sweaty he is from working out OUTSIDE in the middle of a pretty brutal (by our standards) Australian summer. When the man has full access to an air conditioned dream gym HE DESIGNED.
Listen buddy, I pushed seven of your big headed children out of my vagina. I currently have number eight baking.  I don’t want to hear about your problems.
#lovehimtodeath  #itwillbehisdeathifhepushesit
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Back when the boi was looking thick AF.  He called it sympathy weight (I had not long before given birth to our Declan who weighed a pretty healthy ten pounds eight ounces) but I called it his ‘lumberjack phase’.  Then he started growing his hair and beard out and yeah....NOICE.
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Sis, get you a man that will still feed your spoiled, pregnant ass even when you are being the she bitch from hell.
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No one:
My husband: “I’m on strike.”
From what I have no clue lol
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You can’t see the evil look in his eyes, but right after I took this pic (and told him to put the damn things down), he chased me down the beach with them and proceeded to drop a handful down my shirt.
His visitation times will be posted later.
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Choose your fighter! Senior or Junior?
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One of my favorite pictures ever.  Taken by one of Tyler’s long time friends, Koen. Twenty minutes before we got married.  Twelve years ago! Gawd he’s beautiful.  I asked Koen if my husband to be had been having cold feet, but he said ‘no. But he was worried you were.’
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Last week, he took me to dinner and  outdoor jazz concert , this week, he chose UFC.  Yeah, we’re bit of an odd match lol
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I sexted him from the other room. Look at that face. Get you a man that’s just as excited to see your boobs for the millionth time as he was the first time.
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shiningstardan · 2 months
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Reacting to: Death Stranding 2 - On the Beach (1/?)
So I'm huuuuge fan of DS and I have never played the game (lol) I just like the characters and the wacky story that Kojima has cooked for us.
If you remember many years ago when no one knew anything about Death Strading, there was one question in our minds: What the fuck??
Well, I'm happy to inform you all that the new trailer is a total: WHAT THE FUCK? It looks 1000 times wackier and more convoluted than the first one, and I love it.
So, join me in this journey
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Btw this can be disturbing if you don't like gory content, it's not bad but yeah... and this is a loooong post.
1940s inspired uniform?? We visited ww1 and ww2 in the original DS, so... time traveling? But not only can people go to the beach but maybe come from it (?)
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Fragile's new...mask? That is sentient (?) I'm deeply confused and fascinated
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The circular headlights with dark centers in geometric position that happen to be a pentagon!!
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Venom in cat form with it's long-ass tongue and wings?
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And body exhumation is normal now, btw. ok. ok. ok.
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But also the body is not dead but ALIVE??!!
Octopus Marks?
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But the octopus mark look exactly as the headlights?!
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The marks bleed tar!!! Nop. nop.nop.nop nononoonno
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Noooonononoononoono Kojima, please don't
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This is not a videogame, this is a Dr. Sandra Lee episode
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We can see more of Fragile, also in a uniform, wearing a beret which I think also takes inspiration in more modern military uniforms, her hand-mask (?) quickly reacts covering her eyes... So... is it technological or is it controlled through the beach? And then uncovers her face? What's happening?
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Fragile's skin doesn't look aged but after being covered in tar, it starts aging again
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The person that they are treating opened their eyes
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No heavy labored breathing? No coughing? Are they human? Why so eerily calm?
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chopp-6467 · 6 months
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trying to find a neko neko sugar girls inspired fanime
kinda going insane because im literally only forgetting the name and i hope that the show still exsits because i scrolled through about 2 months of youtube history and couldn't see it. the show was made around 2022 if i recall correctly (repost of some text i put on a reddit post asking for help lol)
The story revolves around (i think) a ordinary high school girl named Rachel, which when going to her new school comes face to face against villain of the week style antagonists where she obtains magical girl powers with a big sword and defeats them essentially instantly
the principle or counselor of the school is just a box of a wii game, but i don't remember which one. the art style is essentially just amateur ms paint drawings, complete with lousy bucket fill. One of Rachel's friends has pink hair, while she has blue hair with that haircut where half of your hair is bald (donno what that's called ether). When she does the magical girl transform stuff i think she get purple clothes and accessories?
the ever changing microphone quality is also present. Rachel herself i think has one of those infamous "streamer funny mic" where when yelling it becomes extremely distorted in a unnatural way. one of the school bullies that is one of the first characters to be shown has what i can describe as a GoldSrc Counter Strike voice chat type quality to it.
The first episode is a basic introduction of all the important main characters and the structure of the show. second episode has the villain of the week be this nerd swordsman and more incite on the villans (and also the counselor). third episode is both the Christmas special trope and the beach episode trope at once. there are more episodes but i didn't watch them all.
heres a recreation from memory of what the character looks like btw. (not exactly how the art style of the show looks because im bad at recreating what i had in me head)
hopefully this gets solved sooner than later
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hello-nichya-here · 2 years
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warning: long ass text ahead, sorry💦
Imo Azula is a very misunderstood character because she wasn't given enough screentime to let us see things from her perspective. Like we got many flashbacks of Zuko's childhood, banishment and generally Zuko reveived a lot of screentime to make him relatable and understandable. He quickly became a main character with whose growth and pain we could empathize more and more over time. I'm not saying Azula was supposed to have the same amount of screentime and immediately given her own arc, but because we got very few... IDK moments showing why she became the way she became, a lot of people don't understand her position at all and call her "pure evil" or crazy or "psycho", which people frequently call something they don't understand. We should have gotten to see how she was groomed and brainashed and crushed by expectations from an early age, how her life never was hers in the first place and so on. Azula is like the most complex character and deserved so much more scenes. (we did get the beach episode tho)
Mental illness is not always something that can be understood at once by adults, let alone by children. So a lot of people don't even want to put effort into trying to understand Azula and just stick to Iroh's famous line "No. She's crazy and she needs to go down". And as you know, Iroh is considered a saint, "wisest, kindest" character in the fandom who can do no wrong. We also should have gotten to see more of Iroh before the loss of his son, how he was just as brainwashed and molded to be cruel by the indoctrination so that people could understand that he's also flawed. He, too, was like Azula once. No one is perfect, there os no 100% source of reliable info. But sadly in the show we got only one flashback of him joking about burning Ba Sing Se to the ground and hey maybe that was enough to show the past Iroh, but personally I think we should have seen more of that side of him. If he... had just told Zuko something more of a "I know. But right now, she's a foe. We need to stop Ozai first, and then we can help her" sentiment, I guarantee you, more than a quater of the fandom would be more lenient and tolerant toward Azula. It's so easy to manipulate people's opinions sometimes. All it takes is their favorite character stating something and they just go along with it without even questioning if they really agree with it or not. Though. this is not to say that people should/have to like Azula. Not at all. People have the right to feel however they want to feel about practically anything.
But I GENUINELY asked myself "Why should I feel sorry for her?" and her character confused me asf the first time I watched atla. She loves Zuko but at the same time doesn't hestitate to generate lightning at him that could instantly kill him, mocks him with "Dad's going to kill you~". And her smiling at the sight of Ozai permanently disfiguring his own son's face without even knowing if he'll survive, etc. I even goggled "why is Azula so mean/evil" the first time I watched it lol... because she seemed so different from Zuko to me. Those things are what kept me from thinking that Azula does indeed love her brother, just in her own twisted way. Btw Zuko's love for Azula is also complicated. And yet, Azula offered Zuko a chance to go home, she offered it, didn't force him and even gave him time to think if he truly wants it. She lied to her father, the person she fears the most, thus jeapordizing her title and life all to bring Zuko back home and make him the hero of the country. Later in season 3 she showcased more affection to him. And so the first time I watched her offer that chance to Zuko, I thought she was manipulating him to capture/kill him like she did in "The Avatar State" episode. But when that turned out to be truth, I was bewildered. Like "what? she wasn't lying?? but girl didn't you try to execute him earlier this season? and smiled at his face getting roasted? since when did you start caring about him so much so quickly?" Either I really am inattentive and the only person in the world who got that reaction, or Azula indeed should have shared more moments with Zuko back in season 1 and 2 to not be so surprised and make it seem out of character that she indeed, loves him.
That's how ignorant I was until I started to read your and other people's atla metas that gave me a better understanding of why Azula acts the way she does (tysm). And stopped disregarding small moments and payed more attention to the little details that give more food for thought about Azula's dynamic character. But IMO, these moments shouldn't be small. They should have expanded the way Azula's whole worldview was warped due to lierally no one loving her unconditionally. That is the main reason why Azula started acting the way she did... I think. Orrr Azula's really good at hiding her true feelings and insecurities and that's why I couldn't understand her.
Ursa was the first and main reason why Azula didn't trust anyone since she was just a child. Emotional belonging is the basic psychological foundation for the natural development of a child's personality. Maternal deprivation is associated with a deviation in mental development, there is an emotional coldness and a distorted perception of the world as a whole, a huge undermining trust in it. The more stubbornly an adult does not want to change the system of relations with a child, the more likely it is that temporary violations of the child's behavior will develop into stable forms of maladaptation. And yet Azula loved Ursa. If she never did, it wouldn't have hurt her so much. Azula loved her as much as she could even comprehend what love even means. No one hugged her near the pond of turtleducks, no one told her "Azula, please, my love, listen to me. Everything I've done, I've done to protect you." The perks of parental unconditional love were only displayed to Zuko, even from one party but still he had Iroh in his life to show him that he is enough, he will always be enough for who he is, and then the scource of gaang's emotional support, forgiveness, true friendship and acceptance. Though he did have to prove himself trustworthy to the gaang but yet again, he worked their trust, not for their love. There's a difining difference between having to prove that you're trustworhy after being one's enemy for a long time and having to constantly, regurarly show someone (who was supposed to love you unconditionally from the moment you were born) that you're worthy of being loved, being accepted just for who you are. I suck at explaining but I hope you get it. 
And yet Azula loved Ursa! I think this is akin to how children from unfavorable families who are placed in orphanages still run away to their parents. Because there are no children who are born bad, there are children who feel bad. Because a mother for any child is a mother. 
Jeez, I've never written so much. Hope you're still here. Please share what you agree/disagree with me on. Thank you and have a lovely day.
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Holy shit that was so good!
You're 100% correct about how the small moments of Azula showing humanity should not have been small, especially considering how the writers treated Zuko. The fact that she is also introduced as an antagonist to him, aka the character audiences were already attached to, also didn't help - and neither did "Saint" Iroh.
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izzielizzie · 3 years
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as requested, oouil trailer breakdown (it’s long sorry)
1: first of all, there’s that:
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based on the overalls Bronwyn is wearing, I’m going to guess that this is the scene where Nate drives Bronwyn home after Simon dies. Also: there’s a beach and a highway which probably means that A) the Rojas live in a very wealthy and very far away area of town and B) there’s going to possibly be more beach scenes, which means the Jake, Addy, TJ beach scene in particular. And also Nate has two helmets? Who’s he driving around? Or does the show just want to practice good motorcycle habits in which case good for them.
2: next is Simon and Janae:
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This specific quote, her bubbly attitude, and the face Simon makes right after she says it leads me to believe that at this point Janae is either totally on board with what Simon’s about to do, or she doesn’t know. Because book Janae hated Simon’s plan from day one. 
and then, of course, there are the shots of the Bayview Four before all the shit that goes down, which probably means that there will be a montage or some sort of their lives beforehand. 
3: also here:
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Bronwyn’s crying, but she’s wearing the same shirt as she was at the lunch table which means that either she’s reading a post about herself before detention, or she’s just gotten the call about Simon. The background looks like a school, so maybe she’s looking at her real phone after Simon’s taken away because the fake one was what caused this mess?
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again, Addy’s looking at her phone, but wearing something different. This is probably after the big post about the Bayview Four, especially since she’s walking alone and not with Jake. 
5: look how confused Cooper is:
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all the other scenes of the B4 show them looking guilty, but here Coop looks like he has no clue what Simon’s talking about. Because he doesn’t, this is about him doing steroids instead. 
6:
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you tell him queen. also Bronwyn’s shoulder is next to Addy which means that this conversation happens after the teacher leaves to make sure no one was hurt during the fender-bender. 
7: notice how Simon pouring the water isn’t actually shown:
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none of the narrators watched him pour the water either. It’s not very big but it’s clever
8: he’s reaching out to Nate:
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looks like Coop was right, he did regret it in the end
9: this is a good callback to Nate calling Addy useless in the books:
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I can’t wait to see their friendship grow
10: Bronwyn’s coming back home at night, which only happens once in the book
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probably a meeting of the B4? Or she was with Nate? She’s obviously not hiding something from her family though because she’s not being very conspicuous. Although that hoodie is the same from the football game, so maybe that’s where she’s coming back from?
11:
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this is the Natewyn stairwell scene right? where he gives her a burner phone? He’s looking up at someone, so I assume it’s Bronwyn on the stairs.
12:
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this scene was interesting because Cooper never outwardly accused anyone... but he’s suggesting it with Bronwyn. Also he’s wearing black and she’s wearing black so... funeral? 
13:
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this is probably Simon’s room? Not sure why they’d be in there but also it seems like it’s an early episode because they’re all accusing each other. And Addy says she knows everyone but Bronwyn, which probably means that the show might be going on a Bronwyn and Nate vs Cooper and Addy path until they work together. 
14: okay so Cooper just goes to abandoned parks now?
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maybe to meet someone? Maybe Kris? But Kris has an apartment. 
15: the next few scenes are confusing. Addy’s taking,,, a pill. Idk what pill because she never did drugs. And Nate’s standing over a person. Maybe his dad? He’s very frantic so I think it is his dad
16: kind of unrelated but is that the funeral house or the Rojas’ house?
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17: Oh wow there’s really some animosity between Cooper and Bronwyn huh? “Why should we trust you”? Cooper never really had an opinion on Bronwyn. Also, they never explicitly said they needed to work together this early on, I’m intrigued if they’ll follow through. 
18: they’re making Detective Wheeler a real enemy here and you know what? They should she outed Cooper
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Also this is the cardigan Bronwyn wears when she tells Maeve that telling the truth won’t help anything, so I’m interested to see what causes Maeve to say that. And look at Nate looking at Bronwyn 🥺
20: again with the trunk scene what does Bronwyn keep in her car???
21: So Nate’s leaving that’s interesting. Either he’s packing his stuff when arrested but there would be more officers if that happened, or he’s running away? Not sure
22: Janae? And Maeve? In the same scene? That’s gonna be fun.
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also if Maeve doesn’t yell at Janae about how awful Simon was then what’s the point? But also why does Maeve look so sad? I get that death is sad but she hated him. 
23: look it’s an Evan sighting. Yuck
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24: Look it’s Jake dressed up for what I have to assume is their homecoming
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is that Addy’s mom, Nate’s mom, or Simon’s mom? Judging by how broken she looks it’s either Simon’s mom or Nate’s mom.
26: Vanessa and TJ at a party together suggests that this is pre Addy drama, but also she looks really cocky.
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27: I get why someone would assume this is prom, but also prom happens at the end of the year, it’s more likely this is homecoming.
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Also Keely looks like... a lot. 
28: What’s up with that safe?
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29: Cooper’s chasing somebody that’s cool
30: 
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judging by the high heels I’m assuming Addy is spying on her old friend group?
31: Okay detective Wheeler is spying on Nate now? And also those people looked unfamiliar so the fight probably is a drug transaction gone wrong, which is why Det. Wheeler looks so pleased. 
32: also mask? What? Is that Vanessa or Addy?
33: Nate, at a pool? Talking to a girl with dark hair? Vanessa and TJ at a pool? Is this a flashback type scene where Nate hooks up with Keely? Because in the teaser when Nate was kissing another girl he was wearing the same thing. 
34: 
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okay so look at Addy’s face. She’s upset. Cooper is confused. Everyone’s looking at them. So I’m assuming that this is another post with the stuff about the Bayview Four, but it’s before Cooper was outed because you can just tell that he has no idea what’s going on. 
honorable mention to Bronwyn untying that bow-tie btw 
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hyper-super-clover · 3 years
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For the requests‚ what about a family trip to the beach with Purgatory Hall + the royals and MC? Like Simeon and Barbatos setting up a picnic table meanwhile MC and Luke play around in the sand searching for shiny or strange things to building a sand castle (everything also keeping Solomon and Diavolo far from the preparations for the picnic)‚ playing with water guns or swimming. And after eating maybe playing a match of volleyball sand, admiring the sunset till it's nigth time and before going back‚ playing with fireworks, do a little stargazing or something--
Feel free to ignore this and thanks in advance anyway~
FINALLY I've come to write something for this lovely request. It's packed with so many fun ideas that I kinda went overboard with it xD this means the story is so big I'll have to split it into two posts!
To Bisshitu: I wanted to thank you for your continuous support! I see you in my notifs a lot and I really appreciate it!! (ALSO I AM SO SORRY YOU'VE WAITED SO LONG I HOPE YOU WILL STILL ENJOY THIS CHAOS)
Literally just 13 idiots on a beach trip~
Part 1
MC was leaning against one of the walls in the giant entrance halls of the House of Lamentation. Standing next to them, Solomon handed MC an opened bag of spicy newt chips. "Want some?" He asked and MC gladly took a few while constantly watching the commotion that was going on in the rest of the hallway.
Who would've guessed that going on a vacation with the seven rulers of hell would involve the most panicked, loud and chaotic packing of bags to have ever existed?
Well, let's be real, MC did expect it, but maybe not to the degree that they were in amusement about now.
The oldest brother had called the others for a "luggage check" as he had been sceptical of his brothers' talents in packing reasonable items in an, likewise reasonable, amount of suitcases and bags.
And of course, the first one to show up had to present his luggage in the form of... nothing.
Yes, Beelzebub came up to Lucifer, only the remains of a sandwich in his hand (which didn't last longer than three more seconds), confused when Lucifer mustered him with an angered glance.
"Where's your luggage?" Lucifer asked, to which Beel only gave a shrug.
"We're going to the beach, right? Which means I'll only need my swimming trunks, and I wear those underneath my pants."
Now the confusion has wandered over to rest on Lucifer's face. "But... Won't you need clothes to change into, or at least pyjamas for the night?"
"Hm..." Beel scratched the back of his head while thinking about Lucifer's words. "Nah, I don't need those. I'm planning to stay at the beach all the time, so..." Then suddenly, he gasped as he remembered something. "Wait, I do have something else prepared to bring along!"
Beel reached into his pocket, and when he pulled out a hand-written list that unrolled itself, plonking onto the carpet and rolling all the way to Lucifer's feet, the avatar of Pride knew exactly what said list was going to be.
"There are a few food stands that I'd like to try out..." Beel announced, eyeing the paper. "First of all, there's one selling shaved ice, which I want to compare to the ice-cream from this other stand, but who's also selling parfaits of which I kind of want to try all twenty-five flavours... Also then there's of course-"
"Beel" Lucifer interrupted the avatar of Gluttony in a strict tone. "Go pack a proper bag."
"But-"
"Now."
Letting out a sigh, Lucifer watched as Beel left.
But little did he know, this had only been the beginning of the chaos...
Moments later, Lucifer has found himself explaining to Satan why taking 70 different books with him would be ridiculously much. Also Mammon had taken this opportunity to "lend" some of his brothers possessions, arguing that he "needed those for the beach". This had worked until his swift fingers touched Levi's limited edition Ruri-chan sunscreen.
So, as Lucifer was spam-calling Belphie to wake him up and finally have him start packing, a sudden argument could be heard from upstairs:
"... How dare you steal my precious Hana Ruri 'magical sun ray protective lotion for all blooming heroes of justice'?! This very sunscreen is an homage to the legendary beach episode where Azuki-tan got a sunburn and couldn't help Ruri-chan in the intense battle against the evil kelp-army that was threatening to overgrow the local reef-"
"OKAY OKAY, HERE'S YOUR STUPID CREAM NOW LEAVE ME ALONE"
"S-STUPID CREAM?!?! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW PRECIOUS THIS ITEM IS TO A FAN LIKE-"
That was all Lucifer could understand as an awfully annoyed scream Mammon let out was drowning Levi's gibberish. Rubbing the bridge of his nose, Lucifer knew this vacation was going to be one intense experience...
An hour later, the group found itself where this little story had started off. The Purgatory Hall crew had already arrived long ago, enjoying the chaos together with MC -- who, btw, had been the only one to pass Lucifer's vibe luggage check right away.
Slowly it felt like most of the brothers were ready to go, only Asmodeus was left in the judgemental glare of the avatar of Pride.
But Lucifer noticed they already were way behind the time they were supposed to meet Diavolo at his castle. So, to Asmo's luck, he let off of trying to see what's inside the pretty boy's suitcase and announced the group's departure.
In enthusiasm shared by almost everyone, they let out a big cheer:
"Off to the beach we go!"
Some of the demons had whined about wanting to visit the human world beach. But as those idiot boys literally couldn't be trusted to act responsibly (which is okay, we love them regardless), Diavolo offered to stay at the beach resort he created in the Devildom.
Looking over the endless ocean, surrounded by the equally large beach and glistening in an artificial sun's light, MC was wondering just how powerful the demon prince must be to have created all this. But they were left only little time to be in awe over the location, as their friends demanded their attention shortly after having arrived.
Without going into much detail -- the day was packed with lots and lots of fun. MC was running around the beach, playing and goofing around with their friends, only to take a collective rest and then go do something silly again. Only a few other demons were to be found at the resort, but those were some acquaintances of Diavolo's family, and the group seemed to have scared them off of the beach after, like, an hour or so. Hence, the whole beach served as their playground for whatever activity they wanted to do, until in the afternoon, most of them were about to collapse from exhaustion and hunger.
"That's right, we didn't really have a proper meal since coming here" Asmo noticed as several tummy grumbles undermined his statement.
"We DID bring a picnic basket..." Satan mumbled. "But some genius had to let Beel carry it."
The culprit gave an immediate pout. "I had to hurry, 'kay?!" Mammon huffed. "MC was already at the beach and I--" he stopped. "... U-uh... I mean..."
Gaining a round of sighs and shaking heads, his brothers however decided to let Mammon's... mammon-ness slide for once. Mostly because, approaching from the distance, Barbatos and Solomon were getting closer, their hands full with bags that seemed to be stuffed with food.
"Y-yoU BroUGhT S-nAcKs?!" Beelzebub was already on his feet running towards them but Barbatos' stare was actually enough to make him stop.
"Not before the dishes are prepared, Beelzebub" Barbatos explained calmly, but with this very weird hidden tone in his voice that gave everyone chills despite the scorching summer heat.
"We figured everyone must be starving by now, so Barbatos suggested we'd make a little picnic party with everyone" Solomon cheered, presenting the bags in his hands.
"That sounds lovely" Simeon could be heard among the general noise of approval. "Let me help you prepare everything, Barbatos."
The demon butler beamed him a smile, thanking the angel for his help.
Then, Solomon spoke up again, and every bit of joy vanished from all their faces: "Thank you, Simeon! With the three of us working together the food will be ready in no time!"
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Barbatos was putting all kinds of spices into a bowl to create a delicious sauce. Right next to him, Simeon prepared mouth-watering sandwiches.
And behind their back, there was this chopping sound. Chop reaching their chop ears in an chop never- chop ending thread, over and chop over again...
Swallowing his tension, Simeon was fighting a frown. "He's only cutting the fruits..." He whispered. "You shouldn't be able to mess up a fruit salad..."
"I know" Barbatos mumbled back. "However I cannot fight this unease that urges me to check if he's really-" He was interrupted by a very unsettling "oops" coming from that certain sorcerer at the cutting board.
In honestly quicker than the blink of an eye Simeon and Barbatos were at Solomon's side, frantically scanning the table for whatever Solomon must've messed up. When all they found were slices of fruit that, well, might have been chopped a bit wonky, they gave Solomon a confused stare.
"I cut off too much of this poor Hellberry's pull" Solomon explained. "Oh well, I'll just cut around the stem and add it to the fruit salad like this."
Both Barbatos and Simeon couldn't help but stare for a moment longer, their brains not really comprehending NOT finding an abomination in Solomon's cooking.
"Can I help you two with anything?" The sorcerer then asked.
"U-uhm, no..." Simeon mumbled. "It's all fine, we just..."
"We wanted to see if there's anything we can help you with" Barbatos jumped in to continue.
"Thanks, but I'm fine. Actually I'm almost finished, so maybe I can help one of you afterw-"
"Nononononono...!" Simeon almost whined. "I-its fine! We're actually almost finished ourselves, so..."
Solomon looked back, raising an eyebrow. "Doesn't look like it to me..."
Suddenly, another voice joined the group.
"I agree! You two are likely just being humble again" Diavolo had walked up to their working station a moment ago, but neither of them seemed to have noticed in their stress. The prince continued: "That's why I decided to lend you a hand as well. This is a vacation for all of us, so I should not burden my loyal butler with all the work."
"That's a commendable attitude for royalty like yourself" Solomon cheered. "Well then, I think Simeon and Barbatos could use a hand."
Diavolo was already squeezing his quite broad body into the tiny cooking space, this certain over-excited sparkle in his eyes as he mustered the food.
Barbatos and Simeon on the other hand were exchanging glances, so immensely stressed that their thoughts were almost audible:
'Barbatos I don't think I can handle any more of this stress' Simeon stared.
'We shouldn't have let Solomon help in the first place, our kindness was foolish' Barbatos stared back.
'What do we do now Barbatos this is the only food we have left, they cannot ruin it'
Thankfully, the perfect butler was not planning to let their "help" threaten the food for any longer. "Young master, I highly appreciate that you thought of my well-being. Which is why I indeed have a request for you and Solomon."
Simeon almost barged in on a frightened impulse, but Barbatos continued before anyone could raise their voice. "There is dessert stored in our hotel's main storage. Would you be so kind and bring enough for our whole group?"
A little surprised, Diavolo agreed. He waited for Solomon to finish cutting the fruits, then they went off to the hotel.
Finally able to catch a breath, Simeon shot Barbatos a last glance. "That was easier than expected. Why didn't we let Solomon bring the desserts earlier?"
Back to mixing spices, Barbatos didn't look up at the question. "What desserts?" He simply asked.
"... Uhm..." Simeon was quite startled. "Are there... Are there no desserts in the storage room...?"
"Oh, I sure hope there are" Barbatos said. "Otherwise I will have some explaining to do..."
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(To be continued...)
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gubler-me-up · 3 years
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Lost in Translation
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Request(s): Hey :) Can i make a Spencer request? Something like that episode in Mexico, with a bilingual reader please <3 Like a trip and he realizes that the reader can speak Spanish, he's kinda mesmerized and she helps the team to get more information about the unsub
hey beautiful :) could u write something (literally anything) where the reader speaks another language or like they have an australian accent or smthg and they have to like translate for the team and spencer just thinks it’s the hottest thing in the world and then the reader gets real worked up and starts yelling in the other language and spencer is just like skdkdmend,,,,u don’t have to if u don’t wanna but like i love u sm ur amazing 
A/N: Thanks for the first request @cryingforwill​ and shout out to the anon who sent the second request! Can y’all believe this is my last fic of 2020? Being posted early? New year, new me (maybe)! Thank you to everyone who has been reading and supporting my work for the last four months of 2020 you literally ROCK 🗣 btw I am by no means bilingual (maybe a lil French but that’s it) so all the Spanish being spoken in this fic is straight from Google Translate so pls forgive me if it doesn’t translate properly and if you’re like me and don’t know Spanish pls have Google Translate on deck while reading
Couple: Spencer Reid/Fem!reader
Category: Fluff
Content warning: Swearing, semi-nudity, mentions of violence 
Word count: 2k
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It was rare that the team travelled abroad for a case but when an unsub was on the run to Mexico they had no choice to follow their tracks. The team landed in Mexico within a day of finding out the unsub had fled. They didn’t waste time scoping out places the unsub could possibly be according to eyewitness reports.
Unfortunately for Spencer he got stuck with surveilling at the beach with Morgan in the hot sun. They made sure to dress for the part by wearing swim trunks and sunglasses. Well, that’s what Morgan was wearing. Spencer opted to wear a white t-shirt,  brown khaki pants and a pair of black converse.
Morgan had begged him to change into something else so he wouldn’t stick out like a sore thumb. Spencer insisted that if he just stayed on the outskirts of the beach he would look like a tourist sightseeing. The explanation earned him an eye roll and look of disappointment from Morgan.
No matter the amount of disappointment Morgan felt, the surveillance plan went as planned. Morgan went on the beach to blend in with locals and tourists so he could ask people if they had seen the unsub as well as scoping the area for him. Spencer stayed just at the border of the beach surveilling the area. Whenever someone would pass by he would ask them if they had seen the unsub.
From a handful of people ignoring him to them just giving him a weird look, he felt as if he actually did look a bit weird in his attire. He sighed and decided it might be best if he did some surveillance from the car with his pair of binoculars. Before he could turn around to leave, a volleyball hit his feet.
He looked down and picked it up. He had no idea why he picked it up considering he didn’t know who to give it to. Even if he did he wouldn’t embarrass himself trying to hit it back to the person it belonged to. Volleyball was apart of his long list of sports he wasn’t good at.
“Hey, sorry, that’s mine.”
He looked in the direction of where the voice was yelling. He raised his eyebrows in surprise as he saw a gorgeous woman running towards him. He tried to be respectful and not stare for too long considering she was wearing a bikini. He didn’t want her to think he was a creep or even worse, the unsub.
She smiled as she made her way right in front of him. She held out her hands for him to give her back the ball. He looked down at her hands and then at his. He silently went “oh” as he realized he still had the ball in his hand.
“Sorry,” he said as he handed her the ball.
She looked him up and down with a questionable look. She looked back at his face. Spencer for sure thought she was going to treat him like the rest and pretend he just wasn’t there. To his surprise she smiled at him.
“¿Eres de eta zona?” She asked.
He shook his head. “No, no lo soy.”
She giggled. “Por la forma en que mataste tu sentencia, puedo decir que eres de los Estados Unidos.”
He raised an eyebrow. “Supongo que eras de la zona.”
She nodded her head. She reached into her bikini top. He watched carefully to see what she was about to pull out. He then realized there’s no way she could be hiding a weapon in her bikini top so he strayed his eyes away from her breast.
She saw how flustered he had become and laughed at how his pale face turned red. She pulled out her I.D. card to show him who she was. He looked at her surprised when he read her identification.
“My name’s Y/N Y/L/N. I’m originally from America myself but I opted to work for the Policía Federal after serving my time as a special agent at the FBI California headquarters. I’m here to be of assistance to you and your team, agent,” she said.
“How did you know I was-”
“My team was informed by your unit chief, Aaron Hotchner, that an unsub had crossed over to our borders, so we know everyone on your team. Also, no one dresses like that unless they’re undercover.”
Spencer looked down at his attire. He guessed Morgan had a valid point of him sticking out. She laughed and grabbed his hand to escort him onto the beach. He hesitantly held back.
“I hate sand in my shoes,” he complained.
“Well, you should have worn sandals. Aren’t you the genius of the group? Dr. Spencer Reid? How come you didn’t think of that?” She questioned as she yanked him onto the beach.
Spencer trailed behind her unwillingly. He could already feel the sand seeping into his shoes already. He would have been more upset but he was entering the beach for some reason Y/N hadn’t explained to him yet. Since she was on their side, there wasn’t a direct reason not to trust her.
“I wasn’t going to go onto the beach. My partner, Derek Morgan, is surveilling the beach,” he explained.
“The beach is the best part to surveil though. Seems to me you got the short end of the stick,” she said.
“It’s the stick I chose and I’m fine with it,” he said.
She giggled. “Tonto, tonto chico.”
“Uh, gracias?”
She led him over to an area where there was a blue beach towel set up with a cloth bag on it. She let his hand go and kneeled on the towel. He looked at her strangely as he watched her ruffling through her bag. She pulled out a bottle of sunscreen.
“Can you apply sunscreen to my back please?” She asked.
“I-I don’t know if-”
“Do you want to blend in or not, khaki pants?”
He looked down at his pants before looking back at her. She reached the bottle out to him and he didn’t feel as if he had a better option so he took it from her. She smiled as she scooted down to make some room for him to kneel behind her.
He went behind her and kneeled. He opened it up and squeezed a good amount on his hands. He rubbed his hands together before he started applying it to her lower back. He had to admit her skin was the softest thing he had ever touched.
“Crees que puedes seguirme si hablo español durante esta conversación?” She asked
“Intentaré,” he said.
“Excelente. Tengo un hueso personal que elegir con su sospechoso,” she said.
“Que hizo…Wait, what are you doing?” He asked.
Y/N reached one hand to the back of her bikini top and untied it. She held the front of it with her free hand so her breasts wouldn’t spill out, flustering Spencer anymore than he already was. She looked back at him with a smile as she saw him turn red again.
“You need to get the whole of my back,” she said.
“Uh…I guess?” He said.
“You sound unsure. Wait until you have to do the front,” she said.
“I what?” He choked.
“I’m kidding. We’ll save that possibility for another time,” she said with a wink before turning her head.
Spencer’s mouth was gaped open but he couldn’t find the words to say back to her. He honestly didn’t know what would be the appropriate way to respond to her. If Morgan was there he probably would have been even more disappointed by the way he was acting around Y/N.
“Your unsub, Eric Brown, almost killed my partner,” she said.
“I heard,” Spencer softly said.
“Ese hijo de puta nos sorprendió. Le disparó a mi compañero en el cuello y si no estuviera allí para evitar que se desangrara, habría estado muerto,” she said, gradually becoming louder in her tone.
“Lamento que tu y tu pareja hayan sido víctimas de él,” he said.
“¿Ser víctima de él? Si vuelvo a ver a ese hijo de puta voy a hacer que me caiga víctima,” she yelled.
He let her have her little moment because he knew how upsetting being in that type of situation could be. Even though he was upset for her, he couldn’t help think her yelling was tantalizing. It didn’t help he was enjoying rubbing her back with sunscreen and feeling her soft skin over and over again.
“Estamos aquí para ayudar en todo lo que podamos. Queremos hacer justicia a su pareja y a las otras víctimas de Brown,” Spencer said.
She turned around to look at him with a smile. He smiled back at her as he took his hands off of her. She looked down at the string that dangled at her side and then looked back at him. He didn’t need her to say anything and grabbed both strings on both sides of her to tie it around her back.
“Eres muy dulce, Spencer. Le devolveré el favor diciéndole esto: escuché de un informante hoy que Brown intentará esconderse en un carro de cargamento de drogas que se dirige a Cuba,” she said.
“Really?” He asked in shock.
“Sí. The shipment leaves in six hours, but the dock isn’t too far from here. If my hunch is right, he isn’t staying too far from the dock,” she said.
“Reid.”
They both looked up to see Morgan walking their way. Spencer immediately got up and dusted the sand off his pants. Y/N also got up and picked up all of her belongings off of the ground.
“Morgan, I-uh…I know what this might seem like but I was-um.”
“Hi, my name’s Y/N Y/L/N. I’m with the Policía Federal. I was informing agent Reid about Brown’s possible whereabouts,” she said.
“Yeah, apparently, he’s going to get on a drug shipment to Cuba in six hours,” Spencer whispered.
“He’s most likely hiding out somewhere north of Cancun,” she said.
“Great. Thanks for the information. Are your units scouting the area out?” Morgan asked.
She nodded. “Yes, but we’re not trying to penetrate the area directly. We have no idea what kind of people Brown has paired up with and he’s already attacked one of our own before, so we’re treading lightly.”
“Fair. I guess we’ll meet in six hours to catch him,” Morgan said as he reached out his hand.
Y/N grabbed it and shook it. “We definitely will, agent.”
As she let go of his hand, she looked over at Spencer. She smiled and reached out her hand. She noticed his hesitation to grab it, so she did him the favour and latched into his hand. She pulled him in and gave him a light kiss on the cheek.
“Gracias por aplicarme protector solar en la espalda. Tal vez después de atrapar a este hijo de puta, podamos ser más íntimos,” she said into his ear.
She pulled away from him and saw that confused yet intrigued look on his face again. She laughed before waving them both goodbye. They both watched as she walked off from their sight into the overcrowded beach.
Morgan flopped his arm around Spencer’s shoulders. Spencer looked at Morgan to see a grin spanning from ear to ear. He sighed as he already knew what Morgan was going to say.
“So you spent the time you were supposed to be surveilling rubbing on a hottie’s back?” Morgan asked
“How about we don’t talk about it?” Spencer said as he shrugged off Morgan’s arm and started to walk away.
“You can’t keep your secret move from me,” Morgan said as he walked behind him.
“What secret move?” Spencer asked.
“The “standing there out of place but yet attract all the ladies to me” move,” Morgan said.
Spencer smirked. “I would teach you if I knew why it happened.”
Morgan chuckled. “You know what, I think I’m more content with you finally not knowing an answer for something than I am with you getting a potential date.”
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justaself-shipper · 3 years
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Marcy x RichGirl!Reader- I Like Me Better
A/N: Request by @Jenny_RHTMT (from Wattpad). An alternate universe where Marcy, Anne and Sasha never went to Amphibia. Warning: This book has bullying and mentions of homophobia and very bad angst.
Marcy looked up at the music box inside the antique shop, then back to the picture of the same box on her phone. Scowling at the picture, she deleted it. “Yeah, right.” She muttered, gloomily walking away from the antique shop. “Stupid book.” “Promise us you’ll text everyday, ok?” Anne said, hugging Marcy one last time. Sasha stood to the side, her arms crossed as she watched Anne and Marcy’s goodbye with a hurt expression. “Of course, Anne. I’ll try my best.” She said, hugging her best friend close. Glancing over to Sasha, she smiled warmly. “C’mere Sash, we need one last photo together.” Anne said, taking out her phone. Walking over, Sasha wrapped her arm around Marcy’s shoulder. “Ok nerds. One last photo shoot!” She said, holding up her own prepared phone. Marcy chuckled. Hearing the beep of her parents horn, her smile faded. They were ready to leave. Pulling her besties in close one last time, she held in her tears. “We’ll try and meet up over the holidays, ok guys?” “Sure Mar-mar.” “Of course dude. Just be careful out there, ok?” “I’ll try my best Anna-banana.” (A few weeks later) Marcy looked up at the tall school building in front of her, gut twisting and turning with anxiety. “Ok…deep breaths Marcy….new school, new possibilities.” She whispered. She jumped when a car horn blared. Looking over her shoulder, she noticed a…very fancy looking car pull up. Stopping in front of the school, Marcy moved into a crowd of students so as not to be seen. The car door opened, revealing a girl with H/L, H/C hair, wearing the same school uniform as Marcy and the other students. The other students stared in wonder and fear. Marcy pursed her lips. “Ooooh boy.” She muttered to herself. “There are rich snobs here…”
Standing in front of her school locker, Marcy stared down in glee at her mobile game, oblivious to her surroundings. All of a sudden, her locker door flew into her face, causing her to stumble for a moment. Giggles erupted from the other side, and Marcy closed her locker properly. A bunch of girls stood on the other side, giggling away as they glanced back at Marcy. One of them was the girl that pulled up in the fancy car that morning. She wasn’t smiling, but she didn’t show any sympathy, either. Not wanting confrontation, Marcy just picked up her backpack, walking away from the still cackling teens on her way to her last two classes that day. (Y/N’s POV) Sienna pointed to the opened locker door in front of us. Mobile game noises sounded from the other side, and the person hadn’t noticed anyone approaching. “Hey, check out this weirdo.” She sneered. Before any of us could react, she swung the locker door full force toward the oblivious person. Hearing a small yelp, everyone started laughing. I just rolled my eyes. As the person closed the locker door, holding her cheek as she glanced toward us, my heart skipped a beat. It was a girl, with short, black hair held back by a green clip, with beautiful hazel eyes. She must be new here. I looked away before she could catch me staring. The girl eventually walked away, hunched over as my friend’s laughter sounded throughout the corridor. Sienna snickered. “Looks like we’ve just found our knew target. What do you say guys?” She smirked. Everyone nodded. I just watched the new girl disappear around the corner. Maybe I can talk to her later?
(End POV) In the cafeteria, Marcy sat by herself. Glancing around at the other tables, she pulled out her lunch, taking a bite as she started to play on her phone once again. “Hey you! What do you think you’re doing?” Marcy looked up. It was the same group of girls as before. The leader glared down at her. “This is our table. Move it.” Marcy stood up, collecting her things quickly. “Right, I’m sorry.” She gushed. She heard one of the other members, the one who didn’t laugh earlier, say something, but she didn’t quite pick up what it was. Was it “It’s not even our seat”? The leader smirked down at her. “Oh no, you’re not going to get away with it.” Without warning, she grabbed Marcy’s bag. “Hey-!” “What’s this?” She cooed, pulling out Marcy’s notebook. “A diary? Wonder what it says~” Tossing the bag to the other girls, Marcy could only watch in horror as the other girls rummaged through her bag and the gang leader went through her notebook. “Oooh! This is juicy! Maybe I should read it out to the rest of the cafeteria~” she grinned. Marcy panicked. “WAIT-NO! Give it back, please!” She begged, reaching over to grab it. One of the other girls noticed, tripping her as she stepped forward. Falling to the ground, tears pricked her eyes as her face turned red from embarrassment. Y/N watched all this go down. She felt anger boiling up inside her as she watched her so called “friends” bully this poor girl for no reason. When Sienna started reading from the diary, gaining attention from the other students in the cafeteria, Y/N finally snapped. “Check it out everyone! The new girl has a diary! And look at this-her sick little mind believes she’s bisex-“
Marcy covered her face, when loud gasps sounded throughout the room. Removing her hands, she realised the H/C-haired girl in the group had her notebook, holding it close to her as the leader stared at her in disbelief. “Y/N, what the heck is wrong with you-“ “No Sienna! What the heck is wrong with you?!” She snapped. The cafeteria went silent, watching the spectacle. Y/N’s face was red with anger as she stood face to face to Sienna. “Picking on an innocent person, going to read her diary, then calling her sick in the head! I’ve had it! The only one sick in the head is you! Picking on someone for what gender they prefer is the most disgusting thing you’ve ever done! Now-“ she pushed the diary back into Sienna’s hands, and pointed to Marcy still lying on the floor. “Say you're sorry, otherwise I’ll have my parents involved.” She growled. Sienna’s face went pale, so Marcy assumed her parents must be bosses of something big. The leader walked over to the now kneeling Marcy, dropping the book on the ground. “Fine. Sorry.” She muttered. Walking back out, Sienna glared at Y/N. “You’ve made an enemy today, Y/N.” She hissed, disappearing out the cafeteria doors with her gang. Everyone went back to their own business. Marcy collected her bag and belongings, clutching her notebook tightly against her chest. “Hey I’m…really sorry about everything.” A voice mumbled. Glancing up, Marcy realised it was Y/N. The H/C held out her hand. Marcy gladly took it, allowing the girl to help her to her feet. “Uhm…th-thanks for standing up for me.” Marcy said, holding the notebook over her face to hide her pink-tinted cheeks. “It was very brave of you, seeing she was your friend and all…” Y/N rubbed the back of her neck. “Y-yeah well, I couldn’t let her pick on you. People like us have to stick up for each other in a world like this.” She chuckled nervously. Marcy smiled behind her book. “Well, I’m Marcy. Marcy Wu.” She said, holding out her hand. Y/N smiled as well, shaking her hand. “Y/N L/N. You wanna have lunch with me?” “Of course!”
Bonus: Marcy: So…why was Sienna so terrified of you when you mentioned your parents? Y/N: Oh! Uh…my dad may or may not be a mafia boss… *starts sweating* Marcy: Ooh…has he killed people? Y/N: MARCY NO-
Fun fact: while writing this, I had another idea in mind! Let me know if I should do the other version! (Still kinda involves bullying, but no homophobia as far as I’d thought lol. Mostly just a snooty reader being mean toward marcy for a certain reason) note: i also was gonna continue with a prom scene and Sienna was being a beach, but i might leave that for a second part if anyone wants it (it's horrible btw)
AND HEY HAVE YA'LL SEEN THE LATEST OWL HOUSE EPISODE?? I'M BROKEN INSIDE, AND VEE IS AN ABSOLUTE SWEETHEART!
I ALSO HADN'T REALISED HOW MUCH GUILT I HAD AS I MADE THIS STORY SO YEAH....SORRY ABOUT THE CAPS GUYS
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