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hotchgirlsummer · 1 year

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i'm a mess but

⤷ aaron hotchner x reader

summary ⤷ Aaron has this date all planned out but things seem to fall apart and they're forced to improvise.

pairing ⤷ aaron hotchner x fem!bimbo!reader

warnings ⤷ fluff! slight angst - reader opens up about her horrible dates. aaron mentions haley, her death, and how he feels about it (briefly). not a warning but jack and jess make an appearance!

word count ⤷ 7k words

a/n ⤷ HELLLOOOOOO! i wasn't really expecting the first part to blow up but the support and love i received in my first bimbo!reader fic was so overwhelming 🥺🥺🥺 thank you to everyone who read the first one and i hope this second part lives up to your guys' expectation and to your liking. i received three requests involving aaron and bimbo!reader so i'll be working on the two before incorporating the third request in part three of this saga! also i have a possible plot for spencer reid x bimbo!reader and i'm trying to gauge if you guys would be interested in that? as always, feedback is appreciated. have a day as fantastic as yourselves!!! ❤️❤️

masterlist | part one: mess of mine

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“And just as a reminder, we will be having the weekends off for this month as Strauss has deemed we deserve a break after the continuous cases that took away most of our time,” Hotch reiterates before they end their final meeting for the week. This announcement was met with cheers and applause by the rest of the team. “Anyway you can have them extend our weekends off for the next, say, 12 months?”

This time Hotch cracked a smile as he gathered his files and into his folder as he shook his head, “Only way you can have that is by making a wish to a genie.” The team looked among themselves, each of their faces etched with surprise and amusement as they rarely got to witness their unit chief ride in on their jokes; behind their entertained expressions, they were curious as to what prompted this change. Rossi schooled his expression as well, despite knowing about the cause for Aaron’s welcome change in demeanor, he knew that his friend wanted to share the little ray of sunshine he found on his own terms. “If there’s nothing else, you all are dismissed for the rest of the week. Have a good one.”

As the team slowly dispersed out of the room, Hotch found Rossi smirking at him to which he raised an eyebrow at him, “Penny for your thoughts, Dave?” To which the mentor looked around the round table to ensure that everyone but them had left, “So, I’m assuming tonight’s the first date then?”

The faintest shade of red littered Aaron’s cheeks as he nodded and exited out of the room, “Tonight is the first date, yes. I’m picking her up after her shift at 7.”

Rossi looks at his watch and smiles upon seeing that their unit chief had a solid hour prior to picking up his date for the night. “Normally I’d wish someone good luck on their first date,” Hotch appreciated in that moment how Rossi leaned into his ear to whisper that as to not catch the attention of the nosy profilers, “But something tells me you would not need it in this scenario. Have a great weekend, Aaron.”

“You too, Dave. Try sticking to one jazz club this time, yes?”

Chuckling when Rossi flipped him off, Aaron hurriedly packed all of his things in his briefcase before heading out of the office. As he waited impatiently for the elevator to bring him to the floor of their parking lot. Turning on the radio, Hotch found himself smiling upon hearing a pop song — that he once was not familiar with until he started talking with Y/N. What started as constant texts, transitioned into hour long phone calls where their topics of conversation ranged from her opinions on how the internet’s influence on fashion trends have both been good and bed, her singing him the new song she had stuck in her head — which explains how he was now familiar with a lot of the songs that were played in the radio — but the one thing that seems to be a constant subject is how he would look good in certain styles of clothing.

Once home, he was delighted to see that Jack had been all cheery from his day at school and soccer practice. He indulges in his son’s excited recollection of his day, relishing in the giggles he let out everytime his son praised the dinner that was prepared for him; though it was just chicken nuggets, mashed potatoes, and some fries, he supposes that if it were made with love it would taste like a fine meal. It was like time passed by quickly after their meal as Jack was already bathed and dressed in his jammies before 6:45. After a quick chat with Jess, he was out the door and anxiously driving to the boutique. Once parked right out by the store, he was just in time to see his sweetheart exiting the front door and closing the aluminium security shutters. Jumping out of the car, he surprised her by gently pulling her back and lowering the shutters. “Aaron!” Came her surprised giggle, hugging his arm and looking at him like he was her whole world. “You’re here!”

“I did promise to take you out on a date, right?” He teased once he was sure the chutters were secured. Chuckling, she nodded her head as she smiled widely, “You did! And I was so excited for our date, you know? Phoebe got so annoyed with me talking her ears off about how handsome you were and how nice you are.”

Grateful that she was too busy rambling so she couldn’t witness Aaron blushing, he walked her to his car, opening the passenger door to reveal a bouquet of pink and white flowers; handing them to her with a smile he spoke, “For you, sweetheart.”

“Aaron! They’re so pretty!” She squealed excitedly and threw her arms around him, nuzzling her face in his shoulder, “Thank you, thank you! You’re spoiling me way too much already!”

“Well I have to, sweetheart,” He explained as he helped her in the car before quickly jogging to the driver’s side and continuing on, “Have to treat you like a queen, you know?”

“Does that mean you’re my handsome king?” Her question had him reciprocating the sweet smile she had on before reaching for her hand and placing a kiss on her knuckles and affirmed, “I’ll be whatever you need me to be, sweetheart.” And in turn, that made heat spread throughout her face.

The drive to the restaurant was short yet filled with so much light and conversation. Stepping out of the vehicle once Aaron opened the door for her, she smiled at him, “Thank you, Ay-ay-ron.”

Before entering the restaurant, the couple were met with views of disgruntled customers, some of them having wet stains on their dresses while others seemed to have food stains on them. Puzzling her, she looks up at Aaron, “I wonder if they’re alright.”

They were about to find out for themselves upon reaching the host’s stand and announced their arrival, “Reservation for Hotchner, please.” The host who had their back turned faced them with an uneasy smile as they too were trying to rid the blemishes and food stains that unfortunately clung onto his work clothes; he looked down on the their tablet that served as their scheduler and frowned upon looking up at them, “I have to sincerely apologise, Mr. Hotchner. There has been an unfortunate incident, one of our servers tripped which caused this domino effect to the other servers, causing them to drench our customers and staff in food. Not to mention that one of our new chefs in training caused an identical chaos at the back.”

“You can use a butter knife to get rid off the food there,” She pointed to both the host’s shoulders that had some food residue that looked very well edged in the fabric; next thing she noticed wine stains by their chest, “And for the wine, putting hydrogen peroxide and dishwashing liquid in the stain for about ten minutes will get it out.” The way she shared the information so casually paired with the way she tilted her head to the side and pursed her glossy lips made it all the more surprising that she new what to do; but beside her, Aaron felt nothing but pride swell in his chest as he pressed her closer to him by her waist.

“I appreciate your advice, ma’am,” The host then faced Aaron once more before saying, “Unfortunately we are not in any capacity to entertain our beloved guests for the rest of the evening. We’ll put a note to put you in our priority list for next time if that sounds fair?” Nodding as he held back a frown of his own, the unit chief understood that things were past their control, “That would be much appreciated, thank you.”

With that the couple then left the restaurant, Aaron tried to school his features as he tried to hide the panic in his face; however as Y/N looked up to see him she pouted as she saw that there was a slight furrow in his eyebrows. Reaching up to rub the skin between them she cooed, “Don’t frown, Aaron. Why are you even frowning?”

Almost immediately a smile replaced the mentioned frown as he explained, “Well since the restaurant is a bust, I’m sensing that I’ve just wasted your time, sweetheart. The date’s pretty much ruined already.” Her offended gasp took him aback, causing them to stop just as he was about to open his car door for her, “Well good thing a dinner is not the only you go out for a date! Plus, you just saved me, you know?”

“Saved you from exactly what, sweetheart?”

“From having a fancy dinner! Don’t get me wrong, the décor looks amazing and all, but sometimes their menu is so hard to pronounce too! Like just say roasted, why use sweltering? And don’t get me started on their alcohol — bordeaux, wine, brandy? It’s all just so confusing,” As he walked her to the passenger seat and helped her in, he just chuckled lightly as he tried to console her, “They do tend to differ in ingredients and alcohol percentage.”

“Even you get it,” She whines out to which he now smoothed the furrow she had which quickly disappeared upon feeling his touch in her skin. Swiftly moving to the driver’s side, Aaron looked at her with a soft expression before asking, “Why don’t I get your mind off of it then? How would you like to spend our time together?”

His heart melted at the excited grin she had as she thought deep about how to spend their date before rambling, “We could go bowling in this place on 6th Avenue, oh but they have league games today. Oh! How about we go to this drive-in theatre just by the outskirts of town?” Just as he was about to agree to her suggestion she pouted once more, “But wait, their movie for tonight is a kid’s one, Megamind, I think.” Her excited gasp accompanied by her light taps to Aaron’s shoulder made it evident how excited she was by her current idea, “We could go right into the city centre! They have different kinds of food trucks this day of the week!”

“You sure that’s what you want, sweetheart?” He got her affirmation as she buckled her seatbelt up and nodded, “Sure do, Aarbear! I heard there was a food truck that would sell raspberry and cherry cotton candy.”

“Aarbear?” He questioned the nickname although he could not deny the warm feeling that washed over him upon being granted to him. She hummed, “Ever since we last saw each other, I’ve been thinking of cute nicknames for you; since you call me sweetheart. Aarbear is my favourite just because you remind me of a teddy bear. Just so snuggly and cute.”

“Snuggly and cute? Sweetheart, have you taken a good look at me? I’m the farthest thing from that don’t you think?” Aaron playfully countered as he relished in their playful banter. “You know what? Yeah, I have taken a good look at you and if I say so for myself you always look dashing and,” Her train of thought was cut off when she gasped out loud and saw the coat he was wearing, “And I thought I told you to wear the pink suit I got you! Why didn’t you?”

By that time, they had already reached the public parking that was allocated for the food truck event, Aaron looked at her chuckling as he thought she wasn’t serious about her little plan for the pink suit she gifted him; but upon seeing her expression which consisted of a frown with her wobbly lips and a furrowed brow, he knew that it was serious and important to her. Hoping to appease her feelings, Hotch then lifted his hand up to rub on her cheek gently and as she nuzzled herself deeper into his warmth, “I’m sorry, sweetheart. But I might have mentioned it before, but I don’t really know how to pair up clothes, you know? That’s why my suits and slacks have always matched.”

Placing her chin centre on his palm, she shoots him a smile as her upset expression now melting into an excited one as she speaks, “Does that mean I get to dress you up? I get to rifle through your wardrobe?” Removing herself from his hold, they both tried to ignore how empty it felt when they were not within each other’s reach; but to help diminish the emptiness they felt Y/N then laced her hand with his large one and grinned, “Next time we go out for a date, we go to your house first so I can dress you up and make you even more handsome! Oh there’s this new sweater line that came out and I wanna see how the sweater brings out the brown in your eyes.”

“Already planning our next date, sweetheart? You already want me around you that much?” Unsure of whether he can handle the truth of her answer, Aaron kissed her knuckles as he made his way out of the car and opened the passenger door for her. Leaping out to wrap her arms around his large figure as she hummed against his shoulder, “I sure do, Aarbear. So hopefully you don’t get sick of me right away.”

“I don’t think I could ever get sick of you, sweetheart,” Aaron reassured her as they began walking towards the plethora of food trucks that were present in the little festival going on, “Besides, the only thing I plan on getting sick on is a ton of cotton candy. Was raspberry your favourite flavour?”

Failing to hide how giddy she was at his sincere revelation, she smiled as she laced her fingers with his and dragged him to where the food truck that sold cotton candies were. “I do like the grape-flavoured ones, do you have a favourite?” It was in that moment that Aaron wished he had a camera permanently lodged into his brain so he could capture the way her eyes sparkled as she inquired more about his interests. He hummed as they stood in line in front of the food truck, “I don’t think I’ve explored enough of these flavours to have a definite favourite.”

Her gasp paired with the soft tap on the shoulder was another thing that was quickly becoming a favourite of Aaron’s. Upon reaching the front of the line, Y/N took charge and ordered three kinds of cotton candy. As she reached down for her wallet, she was caught off guard at how quick her date was in tapping his own credit card against the machine.

“Aaron! Why didn’t you let me pay?”

The two walked a few feet away and sat down on the bench nearby before he smiled and pinched some cotton candy and offered it to her, “Now what kind of man would I be if I even let you touch your wallet throughout our date?”

Returning the favour by feeding him some cotton candy as well, she pursed her lips as she concluded, “A handsome gentleman, still. And don’t ever think differently.” From there on they fell into an easy conversation which ranged from childhood shenanigans to workplace happenings. For Y/N this was a complete 360 switch to see Aaron’s eyes crinkled in joy and his posture relaxed; seeing him so serious and stiff on their first meeting gave her the impression he’d be too uptight. In her mind, she’d do anything to keep the beautiful smile on his face. “Wait, so Garcia was able to access the file that I didn’t know the password to?”

“Took her less than five minutes to do that, sweetheart,” Aaron informed her as the two wiped their mouths of any crumbs and threw the container in the trash before strolling once more to get more food, “What else are you in the mood for?”

“Can we get some tacos? It’s been quite a while since I’ve had some,” With that Aaron led the way as he spotted the specific truck sooner, “So Garcia can hack into anything?” As they stood in line in front of other patrons, Y/N made sure to only whisper her question so as to not attract any unwanted attention from curious ears, something that did not escape Aaron’s observant nature and something he appreciated.

“Absolutely, it only takes her about ten minutes to do so. There’s rarely anything she can’t crack,” He answers, however he’s left more puzzled as she stands on her tiptoes and whispers in his ear, “Do you think she can hack into something for me?”

“What exactly do you need to get hacking into, sweetheart?”

At that, her glossed up lips — which compared to last time that was a soft red shade, this time around she had a flushed pink hue with a slight shimmer to it — formed a pout as her eyebrows furrowed in frustration as she recounts, “Because I signed up for Snapchat a year ago and then now I forgot which password I used to it, it reached to a point where I’ve tried so many times that they told me I’m no longer allowed to try guessing. And I wanna get access back to it because everytime I take a cute selfie of myself I send it there.”

By the end of her story, they reached the front of the line and Aaron paused their conversation for a while to order for the two of them; his heart fluttered when Y/N patted his shoulder gently as she whispered, “Extra cheese on mine, please.”

Once they were handed their food, the two stepped away and once again found a bench to give them privacy. Before even taking a bite from her taco, she faced him and her face was once again etched with concern, “So? Do you think Garcia will help me? I can give her a cute little outfit in the boutique if she does. Or whatever else she wants, promise.”

Smiling at her as he allowed his first bite to go down before replying, “I’m sure she’d love to assist you even without the promise of repayment.” She was midbite when she looked up at Aaron, cheese at the side of her mouth as she seemed confused with what he meant before he clarified as he wiped the corner of her mouth with a napkin, “I’ll let her know you need help, sweetheart.”

Shrieking out of excitement wasn’t the only way she expressed her relief but also with the way she tried her best to wrap her arms around him without causing both their tacos to crack as they hit the ground, “Thank you, Aar! Can’t tell you how happy I am to hear that! Do you think Garcia will like cupcakes or cookies more? I’ve been meaning to bake since it’s been a while, you know.”

“I know for a fact she wouldn’t mind either one, sweetheart,” He leaned closer as if he was sharing a secret and whispered in her ear, “But I do know you and her will get along well.”

Her nose scrunched up in excitement as she shimmied her shoulders in a little dance, “You did mention she likes little quirky gadgets and she dresses a lot like I do. Maybe she and I can go shopping sometime? You mentioned you work with other ladies too right? Alexa and GG?”

“Alex and JJ, sweetheart,” He gently corrects her as threw his napkin after finishing his taco in the nearby bin, “But yes, I’m sure they’d love to meet you. Maybe in the near future we can set that up?”

Her excited nod caused some of the taco sauce to spread past her lips, prompting Aaron to wipe the sides of her mouth as she replied, “Do you think they’d like me though? Some people I’ve met before say I’m too much or you know,” The slight pause between her train of thought made him worry about what previous perceptions were about her so he encouraged her on, “Know what exactly, sweetheart?”

Perhaps it was the way he gently coaxed her or the way he rubbed her back was full of care but it got her talking as she mentioned, “It’s just, people like my friends say that I’m dumb, that I’m no fun to be around with,” She sniffled a little which proved to be the wrong thing to do as it accidentally got some sauce on her nose, to which she scowled a little and threw the wrapper away and she felt a sudden wave of shyness take over her as Aaron was quick to wipe by her nose, “I don’t have very many people who stay — except for my family, I guess, but they don’t really have that much of a choice — so I don’t know,” She looks up at him and it was only then that Aaron got a good look of her eyes that had a glimmer of both hope and sadness, “I’d really like for you to stay, Aar.”

“I’d like that too,” Came his immediate reply as he brought her into his warm embrace, tucking her head underneath his chin as he tried to get across every ounce of affection he had had for her, “I promise I’ll keep you close to me, sweetheart.”

Slightly detaching herself from his hold to take a good look on his face, she smiled up at him, “Have I ever mentioned that you’re one of the most handsome men in the world? If not the most? Like, inside and out,” She pulled away fully from his embrace and frowned as she recalled her statement, “No wait, I don’t think it works that way. Do you mind being called beautiful? I know some guys are uncomfortable with that. Or maybe I can call you a pretty boy?”

Shaking his head at her silly antics he just kissed her forehead and teased her, “I thought Aarbear was the nickname you had for me?”

“I guess that’s just one of the struggles for when you’re the most perfect man in the world, hm? Having too many options for a nickname since you’re everything good,” she giggled.

Just as he was about to reply with some sort of a witty comeback, the shrill tone of his phone broke them out of their trance. Dread filled his gut immediately at the thought of a case whisking him away from a great date; he shot her an apologetic expression before saying, “Sorry,” And answering the phone and being pleasantly surprised that it was just Jess calling, “Jess? Is everything alright?”

Deciding to keep herself preoccupied while Aaron tends to his call, Y/N mindlessly grabbed for his free hand and slowly traced over the lines on his hand and smiled upon noticing how much larger his hand was and when she lined up her hand against his, she rubbed the skin of it and realised that she could get used to the warm feeling of his touch.

“I’m sorry about that, sweetheart,” Aaron apologised as he pocketed his phone and that seemed to break her out of her trance as she looked up at him and mirrored the small frown he was sporting, “That was Jess, she’s the aunt of my son. She said he awoke from a nightmare and won’t calm down. Apparently, he’s been asking for me and refuses to go back to sleep until he sees me.”

“Then you should go to him,” Was her instant reply as she stood up on her feet and held out her hand for him to take, “Let’s go to your sweet boy, Aarbear.”

Taking her by the hand, he smiled at her as he led the way back to the car he decided to check in with her, “I’m sorry to spring this on you, sweetheart, but I’m a single father to a five year old.”

Upon being helped into the passenger seat she waited for Aaron to buckle himself in beside her before asking, “So what’s he like? And what’s his name?” The unit chief could not hold back the smile from how sincere she was in her curiosity. “Jack is a talented soccer player, he’s slowly getting into music and he can’t wait to audition for their spring play. I will say though he takes a lot of traits from his mom, which might be a good thing for him, honestly.”

Scoffing in offence, she gently scolded him, “Do not talk about yourself in that way, Aarbear! You’re smart, kind, funny, always keeping alert and all that. You have a lot of good qualities, you know.” There was a comfortable silence that took over for a few minutes before they were at a red light where it got Y/N thinking, “Wait, so if you have a son he has a mother, right?”

“I do believe that is how biology works, sweetheart,” His lighthearted joke was his attempt to soften the upcoming difficult conversation they were definitely going to have in light of her recent discovery of his son.

“Where is his mom then? Wait,” She panicked as she looked at him and gently held onto his forearm, “Oh God, please don’t tell me I’m making you cheat on your wife. That I’m not the other woman.”

Her somber pout while adorable made his heart clench as he realised she was concerned about what Haley meant to him as it shows how serious their relationship is to her. So he reached over the console and rubbed her knee comfortingly, “You’re not the other woman, sweetheart. Jack’s mother, Haley, is not in the picture.”

“Why not? Is she okay?”

Her kind nature came through once more and every time Aaron has a glimpse of it, it makes him feel like he’s in this trance-like dream where his dream woman came to life by merely manifesting it. “She unfortunately passed away. We had this unsub — bad guy — who went after me and my family.”

“I’m so sorry to hear that, Aar,” Y/N sympathized once Aaron was parking his car in their assigned stall. Once parked he looked at her and there was a slight tremble in his lips as he shared with her, “She was killed, and he was about to go after Jack but I was able to put a stop to it before doing so.”

“You saved Jack,” She reminded him of his heroic act as she smoother over his trembling lips with her thumb as she tried to comfort him the same way he did her everytime she nearly spiralled into overthinking negatively, “You didn’t kill Haley, the bad guy did. That’s not your fault, okay?”

Slightly rotating his head so he could press a quick kiss to her palm, he smiled at her, “Thank you for that reminder, sweetheart; I needed that.”

Feeling the heat creeping up her cheeks she smiled too and grinned before gasping out, “Wait, we’re here already, right?” At his confirming hum, she then quickly said, “We need to get to your boy!”

Aaron found himself frowning not because their moment was cut short, but he was unable to open the door for her and escort her out of the vehicle. Upon reaching the elevator of the building, he noticed Y/N was bouncing on her heels as if she were nervous. Just as he was about to check in on her, the elevator had a soft ping and opened the doors to reveal that they were on their floor. Gently placing his hand behind her back, he led her to their apartment and he hated that his sweaty hands slightly dampened her dress; but she didn’t seem to mind it and instead unknowingly calmed him down by smiling brightly at him.

Upon entering their living space, Aaron could vaguely hear Jess keeping Jack occupied by talking to him. “Jack? Buddy? I’m home,” Aaron called out gently as he made his way by the hallway while Y/N settled by their couch as she didn’t want to intrude any more than she already had.

Almost instantly the sound of pitter patter of tiny feet, “Dad!” Jack ran towards his father’s embrace and Aaron opened his arms as he allowed his son to nuzzle into his neck and carry him. “How are you feeling, bud? Aunt Jess said you couldn’t go to sleep?”

He rubbed his eyes with his hands as he frowned, “Yes, had a nightmare, dad. I was so scared I couldn’t get back to sleep with you.” As Jack laid down his head on his father’s shoulder that’s when he noticed a pretty girl sitting. “Who is she, dad?”

Y/N smiled warmly as she waved, Aaron sat him and his son on the armchair near the sofa she was sitting at and mentioned, “This is Y/N, she’s my friend, Jack.”

“Nice to meet you, Jack,” She held out his hand for a shake and while she understood that kids are naturally shy, especially around people they’re unfamiliar with, she was thoroughly surprised when he shook her hand and had a shy smile on his cute little face.

“Hi Y/N, I’m Jack,” When he retracted his hand she took a good look at him before mentioning, “You look like a princess.”

Indulging him she then leaned a little closer and playfully whispered, “Don’t say it out loud, this princess just snuck out to meet with her prince.” Jack giggled at her silly reply and mirrored her actions and came a little closer, “And? Where is he? Did you get your happily ever after?”

“Not yet,” She replied as she shyly smiled and took a quick glance at Aaron, “The story isn’t done yet. But you do know what a princess needs? A knight of shining armour who can be her best friend! Can we be friends, Jack?”

Looking up at his father, he shot Aaron a questioning look and inquired, “I know Y/N’s your friend but can I be her friend too?” Feeling his heart warm up at the way how gentle and considerate Y/N was to Jack — knowing that she couldn’t automatically assume Jack will see her as a friend and instead she’d have to earn it — paired with Jack’s interest in getting to know her, he smiled down at his son as he steadied his grip on his growing toddler who seemed to be wiggling a little at the excitement of having a new friend, “I’m more than alright with that, Jack. But it’s up to you, okay, bud?”

Nodding at his father before facing Y/N once more, Jack showed her his toothy grin that came out every time his father told him a silly joke before concluding, “I’d love to be your knight friend, Y/N. Does that mean we’ll go on adventures?”

Giggling and clapping her hands in delight, Y/N nodded before calming down and saying, “We sure can, Sir Jack! But maybe after you’ve had a good night’s sleep? That way we both will be energised and ready for whatever adventure comes our way?”

Right on cue, Jack let out a little yawn that Aaron partially thought Y/N induced out of him by mentioning he had to sleep, “Okay, I can’t wait for our adventure already!”

“After a good night’s sleep, okay, bud? I’m gonna put you to bed now,” Jack didn’t fight his father much and instead curled his arms around his neck, signalling that he wanted to be carried back to bed. As Aaron stood up, Jack unclasped one of his hands and waved at Y/N and smiled, “Bye, princess Y/N.”

“Sweet dreams, Sir Jack.”

Once the two men disappeared into the hall, Jessica came into view and walked towards her. Taking initiative Y/N reached out for her hand and introduced herself, “Hi, I’m Y/N. Aaron mentioned you were Jack’s aunt.”

Shaking her hand, she confirmed, “Yeah, I’m Jessica. I’m Jack’s mom’s sister. Did he mention Haley to you?”

A sincere, sombre expression washed over her face as Y/N pulled Jess in for a hug, “He did, and I’m so sorry about what happened to her. From what he’s told me, Haley was such a lovely soul.” Noticing that Jess tensed slightly at the hug but relaxed because she didn’t realise how good a hug can be from someone earnest; which is why Jess was puzzled when they pulled away and Y/N had a frown. “I didn’t ask first before hugging you, sorry ‘bout that. My family did always say I was such a big hugger.”

“Don’t worry about it,” The blonde woman reassured her as she reached out and held Y/N’s hand, “I appreciated the hug and your kind words.” Beaming brightly at that, she looked down at their hands and her sharp eye couldn’t miss the blouse Jess was wearing and noticed, “Are you wearing Nanette Lepore?” Taking her aback, Jess then had her mouth open in surprise as she was unsure how to respond to that. Y/N, however, took this opportunity to babble on, “You have a good eye! She really shocked everyone when she revealed that her fall spring collection was mostly going to be perfumes but I was really excited to buy one, but shipping costs are a pain in the butt.”

“I’m sorry but our conversation took quite a turn here,” Jess tried to steer their conversation and Y/N smiled as she explained, “Oh sorry, I get so excited when the topic is fashion and all that. I work at a boutique, always thinking about designing my own clothes, but I don’t know.”

It was then that Aaron walked in the room, “Sorry for the delay, Jack requested quite a few stories tonight.” Placing a hand on his date’s shoulder and facing Jess with a tight-lipped smile, “Jess, I appreciate you looking out for Jack tonight. I was out on a date with Y/N earlier and I hope that it won’t cause too much of an issue between us.”

Jess appreciated Aaron’s vulnerability at the moment as she knew how bad her brother-in-law’s mindset and confidence was following Haley’s passing. He was deep in his belief that he was unable to open up to someone and if he ever did, they’d walk out on him after having a good, long conversation with him. Reaching out to rub his forearm that she couldn't help but notice was colder than usual before smiling, “I know, Aaron. And can I say just how lovely Y/N is.”

“Oh oh, before I forget,” Y/N reached for her bag and fished for something and made her way back over to them and handed a card to Jess, “Next time, please do swing by in the boutique. I’d love to give you some clothes that will really go well with your style! Plus, it’d be fun just chatting up with you and there’s a cute little cafe nearby too.”

Taking the calling card and looking at it first before pocketing it, Jess smiles as she hugs Aaron and gives the same affection to Y/N before parting ways, “I’ll definitely give you a call when I can swing by, okay? Enjoy your evening, guys.”

As she was putting on her coat and slinged her bag over her shoulder she looked at Aaron, “Oh and Aaron?” The man raised his eyebrows and just as he was about to ask what’s wrong Jess winked at her, “I think you found yourself a keeper.”

With that, Jess allowed the two lovebirds their privacy, the two snuggled with each other on the couch but just as they made each other comfortable Y/N looked up at Aaron and had another confused pout, “What did Jess mean when she said you found a keeper? Did you lose a tupperware container?”

Aaron chuckled lightly at her question before placing a gentle kiss on her forehead and shrugged, “I’m not too sure too, sweetheart. I’ll ask her the next time she swings by.”

Deciding to let go of the topic, she then nuzzled her cheek into his chest as her hand mindlessly drew random shapes on his chest; it was Aaron that broke the silence by apologising, “I’m sorry our first date didn’t exactly go as planned. I’ll make it up to you next time, I promise.”

Looking up at him through her lashes she smiled at him and gently shook her head, “It’s okay, Aarbear. I had fun at the food truck festival. If I only knew I was going to be meeting sweet boy Jack, I’d buy him a few cotton candy flavours.”

“I’m sure your sweet personality made up for the lack of treats you gave him, sweetheart,” He tickled her sides gently to elicit giggles from her and when she did he wished he recorded it as it was such a joyous sound, “Besides, he will be looking forward to some princess-knight adventures you two will be having.”

“Is that okay with you though? I’ve read some stories where kids don’t like it when their parents date someone else. I don’t wanna come across as evil or anything,” She worried and now she stopped her movements and just looked at Aaron with worried eyes.

This time it was Aaron who had his hand rubbing her back gently to coax her back into her relaxed state, “Sweetheart, I wouldn’t worry about that. Did you see how at ease Jack was when you were talking to him earlier? I don’t see any scenario where he would treat you unkindly and you to him.”

Nodding her head softly she then leaned against his shoulder once more as she said, “Okay, but if he ever tells me or you that he needs some space from me, I’m gonna do it. And you can’t stop me from doing it.”

Humming as a reply, Aaron appreciated how Y/N was respectful of Jack’s boundaries. They were basking in a comfortable silence before Y/N asked, “Did you really have a great time with me, Aar?”

“Of course,” Came his immediate reply, “Did I give the impression that I didn’t?” He felt calm when she gently shook her head and sighed out before sadly recollecting, “No, you didn’t. But I just went on dates before where it ended up with them just calling it a night right away. They’d mutter under their breath that they can’t handle being around me for any longer.”

Her quiet sniffles had him fearing that she thought this was how their relationship too was gonna go; choosing to reassure her, he lifted her chin with his hooked finger and looked serious yet loving as he spoke, “I’m sorry to hear you’ve been on terrible dates with terrible boys. But let me reassure you that I do not, in any way, think of you in that way. Can I tell you a secret?”

Looking at him with curious eyes she nodded as he took his queue to reveal to her, “You bring so much happiness and joy in my life. I don’t think you can ever be those mean things that they said. In fact, I think you’re all I could ever need and want.”

Having to bite back her smile as she tried to not show how his words affected her she smiled and leaned in to press a kiss on his cheek, “You’re too sweet to me, Aaron.” She bit her lip before continuing her train of thought, “Would it be too soon to say that I like you a lot? Like, I know it’s only been nearly two weeks since we’ve talked to each other but you make me so happy. Whenever I get a text from you I smile so wide, it even got to the point where Phoebe has to tell me to stop smiling and giggling too much because it might creep out other customers.”

Laughing along her story as she did so, he shook his head as he shared, “I feel what you mean, sweetheart. I have to be careful of my reactions everytime my phone rings because of you. Which is hard to do around profilers.”

“Wait, profilers? Is that the ones who try to understand the bad guys or the ones who just do the research on how to find the bad guy?”

Chuckling as he found her confusion unfortunately adorable he clarified, “We do a little bit of both, sweetheart.” She gasps out loud as she frowns, “You do both? That sounds exhausting!”

“Well thinking of you does make me feel less tired, sweetheart,” Rubbing her cheek softly as he took in her features led him to focus on her lips that he had thought about kissing ever since they met, “Would it be too soon if I told you I wanted to kiss you, sweetheart?”

“Not at all,” Came her instantaneous reply, “I’d love for you to kiss me, Aar.”

And with her consent he gently pulled her in softly by the cheek, tightening his hold on her without hurting her and slanted his lips overs. Feeling her smile into the kiss as she held onto his shoulders, bringing him even closer to her. Their lips felt warm and like puzzles fitting into place, after both of their initial shyness they both opened their mouths and allowed their tongues to entangle in a sweet dance as their hands took in every part of themselves that were new to each other.

The couple poured all of the unspoken feelings they both were too frightened to share — all the premature love and companionship — was made evident by their sweet kiss that felt natural. Despite her unwillingness to do so, she had to slowly detach herself from his lips as she had to gasp for breath. Her fingers ended up playing with the short hairs at the nape of his neck and while she separated from his lips, she couldn’t pull away from his hair as she looked up at him, “That might be the best first kiss I’ve ever had with someone.”

Pleased with her conclusion, Aaron quickly littered sweet pecks all throughout her face before placing a long, loving kiss on her lips before nodding in agreement, “And the best part about it is that that’ll be just the first of our many kisses, sweetheart.”

#aaron hotchner fanfiction #aaron hotchner one shot #aaron hotchner fic #aaron hotchner smut #aaron hotchner fluff #aaron hotchner angst #aaron hotchner x reader #aaron hotchner x fem!reader #aaron hotchner x bimbo!reader #aaron hotch x reader #aaron hotch hotchner #aaron hotch x you #aaron hotchner x you #cuddlebug jack <3 #jack hotchner

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irlcats-bracket · 11 months

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bracket 1 FINAL BATTLE

RUSTY versus PRISSY

RUSTY

Rusty used to be a stray and then he had An Accident and now he has three legs (he had been living at a vet's office for a month when submitter adopted him). But he's doing great! Submitter taught him how to climb stairs and built him some steps out of cardboard boxes so he can get on their bed whenever he wants. They think he could be anywhere from 6 to 12 years old, it's hard to say ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. To their pleasant surprise, he does not mind wearing a harness at all, which is good because he still loves the outdoors. He often gets his ear turned inside out while bathing and weirdly prefers dry food over wet.

PROPAGANDA

breaking: semi-feral baby learns to cuddle, becomes addicted to laying on my face

and here he is chillin on the patio with me!

vote for rusty #1 best at sticking out leg

when i first got Rusty he could not go up stairs... but he could go down, so he would get stuck at the bottom of them and meow for help. Of course he also hated being picked up and carried up the stairs.

but now he just goes ZOOP up the stairs doing audible damage to my carpet the whole way, which is so valid of him because i hate carpet on stairs

and something that is not quite propaganda for rusty but important words from rusty's human nontheless

For this semifinal I am going to do a different kind of propaganda.

Next time you are looking to adopt a pet, please consider getting an older animal or one with special needs, if you are able, or even just a shy, timid one. The reason my vet friend came to me about Rusty was because cats like him are usually overlooked in shelters. It wasn't just his injury--behaviorally, it was like he didn't know how to be a pet. For about three months he spent 95% of his time sitting in one spot, doing nothing, mostly indifferent to human attention. And now, after less than two years, he is super active and follows me to bed every night for cuddles. There are so many pets like Rusty who just need somebody to give them a chance, and give them time. If you can be that person, it is the most amazing thing to see what they bloom into!

Thank you for reading my spiel, now here is a picture of Rusty sleeping in the cat equivalent of a T-pose for some reason:

PRISSY

If she's quiet she's either sleeping or somewhere she shouldn't be. Or Both. Openly favors submitter, tolerates others. Very autistic cat: anxious of bad noises, very picky eater, kneads with her right paw out for no reason, must walk a circle around the room before going somewhere, has Specific eating spots for mealtime, etc. She probably knows more English than she lets on. Disobeys authority when she's bored or hungry. Loves the outdoors but she needs her pretty pink harness or she'll run; her favorite activity is playing with grasshoppers. She's a little brat but you can't help but love her when she squeaks at you.

PROPAGANDA

As you can see, she likes tight spaces (it's the 'tism -u-). She has access to larger, roomier sleeping spaces, but she always gravitates to places where I can't understand how she could possibly be comfortable. That round thing in the top right pic? She sleeps on top of that for the night even though a whole leg falls over the side. We've debated getting her a bigger one, but I don't think she'd like it.

She is also a lover of people food; we tried not to get her used to it, but somewhere along the way she broke down our walls. Whenever I snack on cheese puffs on the couch, she's always gotta get up in my face to try to get some of that delicious cheese dust, going so far as to stick her big face in the bag right in front of me while I'm holding it. And if you've got salmon, she will go nuts. I think salmon is her favorite food with cheese as a close second. ...but she'll also beg for chicken nugget.

[Image description: a photo of OP sitting at the dining table over a plate of chicken strips and ketchup, OP on one side of the chair and holding a piece of bitten chicken and Prissy sitting on the other side of the chair with one paw on the table eyeing the bitten chicken strip. OP's face has been painted over with a black spot.]

As for speaking English, I've caught her saying Hello and Mama clear as day, and is working on pronouncing Outside and Water (I mean it, just from her tones and "syllables" of her meows, it's like she's trying to speak).

Sorry for the spam, but she really is that photogenic. And also sorry for the stuff on my bed, but my legs were injured at the time and needed extra support. While they were injured, I also spent a lot of time on the couch, where Prissy frequently sat by my side and especially on my lap. Now that I'm better and not sitting there anymore, she now claims that specific corner of the couch as her own; she's even stolen that spot from me when I get up to do something really quick.

I've also trained her to hop on my lap when she wants to eat, instead of jumping on the table, but at the end of the day she still does what she wants lol. She's always been by my side, from the first day she got here at 3 mos. old and took a nap on my lap right in the hallway.

#catfight one #polls #cat #cats #catfight one finals!!

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nicka-nell · 2 years

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The Atsumu - pregnant reader fic was so sad but also sweet **cry**

Can you do Suna x pregnant reader also a bit angst but with a good end for both of them?

Maybe he jokes about reader because she gains weight and she tells him it's because she's pregnant?

TY!

Aaah I'm glad you liked it! 🥺 And sure let's do that. I think it's only a bit angst... But more the fear because of the readers weight because of the pregnancy. Anyway, I hope you like it. 😇💚

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Pregnancy confession going wrong

Pairing: Suna Rintarou x reader

Genre: a bit angst, fluff

Warning: mention of gaining weight (due to the pregnancy), mention of body shaming, I guess?

Words: 3.067

“Do ya really think this trend is a good idea? Don’t you think that goes too far?” Osamu asks his friend when Suna shows him a new TikTok video. A rather toxic trend and not funny in Osamu’s eyes. But you probably have to go through some trends and pranks, which Suna then uploads on his TikTok account anyway. You don’t seem to mind these short clips from time to time.

Osamu had only once seen you a little angry at a trend where Suna had pretended to be flirting with another woman on the phone, and then hung up quickly when he noticed you were coming back into the room. Too bad you had his phone in your hand faster than he could hang up. You couldn’t hear anyone on the other line than Atsumu, who had changed his voice to a higher one. At that time, you were angry with Suna because you never liked such cheating trends and had told him from the beginning that you did not want to get pranked with these topics. This trend will probably not be different, but Suna is old enough… To stop him is not Osamu’s job, even if he is still skeptical about all this.

“I’m just gonna tease her a little and then clarify everything. There’s nothing wrong with it. I mean, have you looked at the reactions of all the girls? There are some hilarious ones. I think hers will be funny too, but not as exaggerated as the reactions of all the women on the Internet. I mean, she knows that she has a great figure. Maybe she’ll see right through it.” Says Suna, as he takes his cell phone out of Osamu’s hands and looks through the apartment, to find a spot where he can best place the cell phone so that he can film you, without you noticing anything.

Carefully he places it on your wall shelf, pushes the flower vase filled with fresh flowers slightly in front of it so that the mobile phone is mostly covered, and presses the recording button, knowing exactly that you should come every minute, because you just wanted to get the mail out of the mailbox.

“Yeah, well, there were some funny girls… But also many where the women have reacted heavily. Don’t ya worry about her getting sad?” Leaning against the wall, Osamu watches his friend, who’s standing in every corner of the room, to see if the camera is really not visible from any point.

“Nah, as I said, I rather think that she will get upset for a few seconds, will have this sweet pout on her face and then punch me with the sofa cushion and start laughing when I tell her it was all just a prank. Or she sees right through it. So, don’t worry-”

“Today there was no post in the mailbox, only once again advertising.” You call from the hallway into the apartment, hang up your jacket as Suna presses his index finger to his lips. Osamu just nods, has understood that from now on he should probably say nothing. Why is he here again? He wanted to be back home after your cinema visit. Osamu definitely does not want to be drawn into this prank, because it is mean and tactless in his eyes. He hopes so much that you take all this easy and just laugh about it.

With a big smile, you come into the living room, see the two men as they make themselves comfortable on the couch, and sit down in the armchair next to them.

“The movie was really not bad, or what do you think?” You say something out of breath, as if you ran the way from the cinema to home. Just as Osamu wants to answer you, Suna cuts off his words, puts his hand on your thigh with a loving smile, before he caresses it and looks into your eyes.

“Hey babe, can you get Osamu something to drink? A glass of water would be good.” Actually, he could get up himself, but for his plan he has to work ahead and hope that you react exactly as he imagines it.

You still breathe faster than usual when you look at the door into the kitchen, then back to Suna. “Yeah, I’ll do that in a second. Just let me rest, okay? I just need a break.”

Jackpot. You couldn’t have given him a better answer for his plan. Almost as if you both had scripted the conversation. Suna has to resist a smug grin when he gives a fake sigh and lets himself fall back onto the sofa.

“Is that your excuse for everything lately? I just need a break? And then you wait until I do it?”

Confused, you look at him. His loving look is blown away. Only two narrow slits look at you, almost pierce you. Osamu also looks at Suna in awe. It almost seems as if he wants to say something, but does not know exactly what.

“What exactly do you mean, Rin?” You ask him with a strange feeling in your stomach. Something seems different from usual.

“Well, lately you always come to me with the, I just need to rest for a moment, excuse then you forget it and I do it myself. You got kind of lazy... I think, so please don’t get me wrong, but it also looks like you might do something more for your body…”

Now that he said it, it doesn’t sound quite as funny as in the videos. Actually, it sounds really mean. Maybe he should clarify it directly and not wait until you show your reaction. Inconspicuously, he glances over to his mobile phone before he looks again into your big glassy eyes. Okay, it was really stupid of him.

“Hey babe w-”

“No, no Rintarou, I get it. I gained weight and I’m lazy lately. Fine, but you know, I really don’t want to talk to you now. So if you’ll excuse me.”

Even before your tears can fall down your cheeks on your lap, you stand up, turn around and run into the bathroom. Yes, okay, you’ve been out of breath more and more recently, have also gained some weight, but that had a very specific reason. But the way Suna just looked at you, derogatory, as if you’re no longer enough for him, as if you’ve become too fat for him and should change that quickly, that has hurt you so much. And then he says something that is tactless in front of Osamu. This is just embarrassing. You’re so uncomfortable with this. The way Suna looked at you... You don’t dare tell him why you put on weight. You are too afraid that he will only look at you disgusted when you will soon gain even more weight. Sniffing, you reach for the toilet paper, wipe away your tears, hear the two men in the living room no more, as you sit on the floor in front of the locked door, legs pulled to your chest.

“Ah damn it.” Suna curses, who got up and breaks up the video on his camera.

“I told you this was a stupid idea.” Osamu instructs him, gets up and walks towards the bathroom door, followed by Suna.

“Yeah, I noticed that when I said it… Hey, doll, please open the door. That was just a -” When Suna knocks on the door, your loud words quickly interrupted him.

“Rintarou, go away! I - Leave me alone! Go! Get out of here!” Repeating yourself, you don’t give him the chance to say another word until it’s quiet. You can’t hear your boyfriend’s voice from the other side.

Suna has stepped away from the door, or rather, Osamu had pushed him away from it, whispering to him he should now be quiet and not talk, when Osamu clears his throat loudly before knocking on the door and pronouncing your name.

“Osamu? What do you want?” Your voice is much calmer, yet sad and different from usual.

“Are you all right? So, well, I mean, Suna’s words really have hurt ya. I thought -”

“Is Rintarou still here?” You interrupt him softly.

Both men look at each other, as Suna shakes his head, wants to tell Osamu that he should lie, tell you that Suna went out of the apartment. He doesn’t have a clear conscience about lying to you, but you probably won’t get out otherwise. Don’t give him the chance to clear up this stupid misunderstanding.

“No, he left the apartment when ya told him to go out. He wanted to get some fresh air… do you wanna talk? What’s wrong?”

You had just spoken to him, but now you are silent. Was his answer too unconvincing? You probably didn’t buy it from him that Suna left. What should he do to make you talk, he asks himself when he hears your voice again. Hesitant and somehow anxious.

“He’s really not there anymore?”

“No, he’s gone now.”

“Can you promise me to keep what I tell you for yourself?” Again, the two men look at each other. This time Suna has no calm, indifferent expression in his eyes. He seems tense, almost as if he is worried that you want to tell Osamu that something about your relationship is no longer working. Maybe he’s gone too far with all the videos lately. What if you want to break up with him?

“Yeah, I promise you.”

“I, I have not become lazy and fat. That, well, that has other reasons why I’m like that right now.”

“That’s.. You’re not lazy and fat. But if you think something is wrong with yer body…would you like to tell what’s wrong?” He answers you tensely, just as tense as Suna, who stands next to the door, listens to your voice and becomes restless. His chest feels heavy, weird, and somehow he’s sick. He really went to fare with it. But why do you believe his words when they clearly were nonsense?

“Promise me, will you?”

“Yeah, as I said, I promise I won’t tell him.”

“I… I’m pregnant. The gynecologist confirmed my pregnancy two weeks ago… I just don’t know how to tell Rin.”

These were some huge news. Osamu can’t believe what you just said. His gaze wanders to his friend, who looks with big eyes, open mouth at the door, where your voice came out. Osamu know’s it’s a matter of time when Suna will get a little freak-out. It would just be normal to be happy, sad or whatever.

“Babe, open the door.” Suddenly, Suna’s voice sounds through the locked door. He jumped away from the wall, pushed Osamu from the door and now stands in front of it, his hand on the doorknob, the head on the cold wood. His heart beats incredibly fast and if you don’t open the door right away, he’s sure he’ll kick it open.

“Rintarou? I thought you were-”

“Please open the door!” He repeats emphatically, wants you to finally open the door. You’re pregnant? There’s his, your baby in your belly? Why didn’t you tell him before when you’ve known for two weeks? So many questions go through his head, while he still stands in front of a closed door.

“Go…”

“No, please open the door. What I said was a dumb, terrible, a really stupid prank I saw on TikTok. I didn’t mean that. So please open the door. What do you mean, you’re pregnant?”

You hear the fear in Suna’s voice on the other side of the door. Is he afraid you’re serious about the pregnancy? Or did he just notice that he hurt you with his words? And what kind of TikTok trend is he talking about now? Even if that was a trend, he really thought that’s funny?

“If you don’t open the door now, I’ll kick it in. Please talk to me…”

Still, you are swallowed in your thoughts, have placed your chin between your knees when you feel the door vibrating on your back. Only now do you realize that Suna is pushing all his weight against the door again and again. You hear Osamu how he tries to stop Suna in vain. Slightly shaky on your legs you move away from the door, tell Suna that he should stop and that you will open it.

As soon as you have spoken your words, the door stops shaking. Suna hears the key turn inside the lock, as the door opens a gap wide before your reddened eyes look up at him. Carefully, and slowly, in order not to accidentally injure you, he shifts the door open before stepping into the bathroom and pulling you away from it to take you in his arms.

“Sorry about what I said earlier. That was stupid.” He states, put his head on your shoulder and caress your back. With his warm hug, you feel more comfortable. You know that his apology was serious, because actually Suna rarely apologizes. Only if he did something wrong.

“So is it not true that you find me too fat, too lazy?” You ask to play it safe, even if you already know the answer. Sighing, Suna raises his head, loosens your embrace so that his hands only touch your arms, move up to your shoulders and neck, come to a halt on your cheeks and pull your face slightly up so you look at him. Barely visible, he smiles at you, wanders with his eyes from yours to your nose, before he gives you a kiss and shakes his head.

“No, no, you’re perfect. My sexy doll. You are beautiful, and really not lazy. Like I said, that was really such a stupid prank.”

Relief is visible in your gaze. Now that Suna has spoken the words, you feel safe. At least for a brief moment, a smile spreads over your lips. For a moment, you forget that you told him a few minutes ago that you were pregnant. Or rather Osamu, who had lied to you when he said Suna was no longer in the apartment.

“And now to you… Is that true? Are you really pregnant?” Suna’s voice is unlike before calm, deep and clear in your ears as his fingertips leave your skin, gently lie down on your stomach. He doesn’t feel a bump yet, so if you’re pregnant you can’t be pregnant for too long. Also, he doesn’t think you lied to him. You two have sex a lot. You use a diaphragm as contraceptive, because you didn’t want to take contraceptives that could affect your hormones, which Suna thinks is better too. Of the other contraceptives, this was the most pleasant for you. Although it’s not the safest, you both knew that. But you’re old enough, were of the opinion that if you were to get pregnant, you both could handle it. You have a big apartment, been together for a long time and both have well-paid jobs. And lately, everything is going so well between you two.

He had already played a few times with the thought of what it would be like if, in this togetherness that you have, there’s suddenly a third little person. He could really imagine what you would look like, with a little baby in your arms, reading your child a bedtime story while he would watch you both from the bedroom door. But he would never be the one who really addressed the topic of children. After all, you have to spend nine months running around with a baby in your stomach, giving birth to it, and so much more. If anyone should decide when to plan, it’s you.

“Yeah, the doctor said two weeks ago that I was three weeks pregnant. So now, at the fifth week of pregnancy.” You murmur softly, put your hands on Sunas, which still cling to your stomach, and look up at him again. His eyes are fixed on your stomach, on your hands, which lie down protectively in front of the still unborn baby.

“Are you angry? You know, about the pregnancy.” You ask carefully, look at his gaze as he almost sadly smiles at your question, shakes his head and reaches for your hands. With a slight jerk, he pulls you towards him, takes you back in his arms before he answers quietly.

“No, no. How could I be mad? That is good news. That’s… I’m really so happy.” His joyful voice warms your heart. How gently he touches you for fear of hurting you or the baby makes you melt away. All these short sweet kisses that he gives you over and over again on the lips, while he tells you that he is happy about this news, make you overjoyed. All the fear, worry that he might say he’s not ready for a child yet is blown away. Because, to be honest, you didn’t expect him to be so happy. Yet it almost sounds as if he has been thinking about children for a long time.

“We can do this, doll. I’m proud of you. And I’m gonna find every pound you weigh more, kiss it and tell it that each pound is sexy on you, too. Because you’re my hot chick, right?”

He says and looks at you with his crooked smile, a smile that others would call arrogant, but you know exactly that he means it lovingly. You can’t help but giggle, punch him in the chest before you put your head on the spot where your fists were before.

“You’re an idiot Rin…” You laugh, listen to his quiet “Still your idiot” as two more arms suddenly lie around you and Suna.

Both of you look to the side irritated, see a stupidly grinning Osamu who has joined your hug.

“Look at this, my best buddy and his cute little mouse are having a baby and I even knew it before the father got the news. That’s a thing. Congrats you two TikTok-junkies.”

“Idiot, I was standing next to you when she said it, so I know it just as long as you did.”

“Ehhh nah, I was closer to the door.”

“You’re insane.”

They both quarrel and you can't but laugh about the situation in front of you. A beautiful, loud laugh that silences the boys for a second, before the two smile crookedly and join your laughter.

#haikyuu x #haikyuu x reader #haikyuu x you #suna x reader #suna rintarou x reader

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lovethetasteofnothing · 6 months

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Hello! If you can, I would like a headcanon of Task 141 with a tiktoker s/o and see them doing a dance, you know, some tiktok trends. Thank you so much! <3

my apologies for this being so late, i haven't touched tiktok for months and have no idea what trends are currently popular

the clock app vs task force 141 | price, ghost, gaz, soap

includes: captain john price; simon "ghost" riley; kyle "gaz" garrick; johnny "soap" mactavish

gn!reader, gender neutral terms of endearment

warnings: nsfw content, mentions of breeding kink (implied), brief smutty descriptions, horny jokes (it's all in price's hcs)

word count: 1k, aprox. 250 words/ character

Captain Price

is so confused every time you start recording, like what are you doing?

you were just laying in his arms and decided to film a cute little tiktok because you wanted to join in the trend with your lovely husband

you looked back at it and you knew you couldn't post it, this man had the most confused face the whole time

"youngsters these days..." before picking your phone out of your hand and demanding cuddles

you tried on multiple occasions to show him tiktoks that you found funny

he just stared blankly, trying to figure out what you found funny at them

but you show him one dad humor tiktok and he's daying laughing??

watches tiktoks over your shoulder while you cuddle him

since he won't do trends with you, you might as well do them alone

so you decided to record a very pg 13 lies tiktok trend in front of him

just to spite him

we can all agree he has a breeding kink, yes? good luck with that mating press, soldier

and because you love him so much and respect his opinion so dearly, you ask him opinions on which tiktoks you should post

doesn't see the point of this but is supportive nonetheless

you use the opposite of what he chooses, sorry pop

until you accidentally stumble across some older thirst traps you recorded

he just stares at you, makes you send them to him

for safe keeping yk

Simon "Ghost" Riley

THIS MAN REFUSES TO USE TIKTOK BUT HE WATCHES REELS

"tiktok is for kids, luv" you just stare at him in disbelief for a minute (in my mind he's like early 30s)

you tried to explain that it's almost the same thing-

pretended not to hear you and went on with his day

but oh it's no longer a kid's app when you started doing the dancing trends

literally watches you doing them from the corner of the room

"you're not posting that, are you?"

he'd probably take your phone and delete it for safety but he doesn't know how to

you also try and make him do couple trends

random stage fright where he just 🕴️and doesn't move at all

confuses you because you have seen him scold a whole group of recruits before and then bark out orders to them with no problem

but you put a little phone with some music on it in front of him and he just error 404s

god forbid you have one good attempt and put this man on the internet

you dragged him into ONE trend and the video went viral

never again, you had to turn off comments

didn't even show him because... i mean we know, you're not feeding his ego any more today

its already so high, he doesn't need to see the step on me daddy comments

he also watches tiktoks over your shoulder, tells you to slow down because you're swiping too fast and he can't read

Kyle "Gaz" Garrick

type of person to have cooking videos appear when he's hungry and can't eat (me)

also type of guy who has random facts on his fyp but he actually goes to check if they're accurate

he either sends you 20 tiktoks in five minutes or 3 in two weeks

he actually does send you good tiktoks, i'll give him that

fairly normal feed (for your standards at least)

he'd argue with people in the comments about random misinformation

does cute tiktok trends with you

makes you get all dressed up for them because he wants everyone to know what a cute partner he has

i feel like he'd have a fairly large number of followers just because he's a man in uniform-

you both giggle at the simping in his comments

kisses you while telling you you're the only one who can have him

posts you so so much because he just loves to have little memories with you in his posts

i feel like he does the different outfit trends with you

overdressed bf x overdressed partner energy

knows all of the slang, trends, sounds and references them randomly

they appear on his feed before they do on yours

randomly pulls you aside and uses those "which blank are you" filters

redoes them because he's not happy with his result, also goes into a random analysis as to why it doesn't match him

"it's just a filter, kyle" you tell him because he won't stop until he gets his favorite thing

Johnny "Soap" Mactavish

this man right here sends the wackiest tiktoks with no explanation

like you just wake up with 10 tiktoks in five different genres and one of them is a poorly edited 3d animation (iykyk)

and if you ask him he just says it's funny???

also the type of person to find random misinformation about his field of work and send it to you complaining

doesn't last long

he finds another weird video and sends it right after the rant

starts recording randomly while you're talking to him

you don't notice until he shoves the phone in your face and records you mid sentence

he loves to see you doing trends (went wild for American horror show when you did it)

this man learned the dance with you and did it better

biggest fan of you posting thrist traps

there's just something about knowing that other guys are thirsting over you but he's the only one who can have you

helps you pick the best one to post and reads the comments with you

makes you post a couple tiktok right after, his account tagged and everything

has the weirdest profile pic and username

that plank/pushup training filter that was trending a while ago?

he did it like five times to impress you, makes you watch each one and give him your opinions

doesn't post anything, lets you do the bragging

he and gaz stole your phone once and recorded like 20 tiktoks with the same sound

all of them were showing how they almost burned you guys' kitchen down

they were used as proof against them

divider cred: @/cafekitsune

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hi! i’ve seen your longer posts on lgbtq+ community, and as someone younger, i’d love to here your opinion on this. i think there’s a trend of the internet where we’ve all “reclaimed” and “normalized” stuff like fruity and limp wrist etc. and often times incorporate queer slang into our online posting, and it’s co-opted by straight people because the queerness has been stripped away from it. what’re your thoughts about that? my main conflict is this: there are terms like “babygirl” or other feminine terms that people use for their favourite male fictional characters or male celebrities they like. and there’s a constant debate about how this mislabeling of cis people is harmful. first of all, i don’t agree that you can mislabel cis people. furthermore, i feel like just like how some queer slang has been normalized, terms like babygirl etc have been stripped of their original meaning which meant feminine. also, a lot of queer people, myself included, who’re not chronically online don’t really care about such discourse. plus, older queer people often subscribe to terms or identities that the internet would say is politically incorrect. so, personally i feel like it’s inconsequential to actual queer issues. but i wonder if i’m wrong in not being bothered by this. i’d love to know your opinion. (even though this ask seems a little all over the place.)

tbh I think you're getting at a couple of different issues:

Straight people "co-opting" reclaimed slurs against queer people because either a) reclamation has made them no longer queer-specific, or b) "co-opting" from outsiders has made them no longer queer-specific.

People taking issue with referring to folks with gendered terms that do not apply, i.e., "babygirl"- your belief being that a) these terms are no longer gendered (through gender-agnostic use), and b) cis people cannot be misgendered.

In general, I don't really think meaning can be "stripped" from a word the way you seem to imply. I do think that words will shift in meaning and collective understanding over time, but this is definitely a longer and less tidy process than what you're talking about here.

People who have been personally targeted by "fruity" and "limp-wristed" are not forgetting those experiences when 16 year olds on TikTok use the words without understanding what they mean. "Babygirl" does not become less painfully gendered to trans men just because you have seen a lot of internet posts using the word to refer to cis men.

I don't really think straight people should be joining in on the "fruity" and "limp-wristed" jokes; I also don't think policing those folks does anyone any good. We don't necessarily know every random internet person's personal history or intentions, and it's not our place to make assumptions or demand explanations. But we can, imo, still spread information and encourage introspection.

People who think they can make those kinds of jokes despite not being a part of the target demographic are usually doing it because they don't agree with those views, and they're arrogant and presumptuous about how they think those views exist or don't exist today- usually because they're young and lack that lived experience. They can learn, and probably want to.

I think we should also apply that to folks using "babygirl" the way you're describing. And I think folks shouldn't be using "babygirl" that way, either. First because you don't know anyone's personal history, you don't know for sure whether random internet strangers are cis or trans, and it absolutely does feel like misgendering to a lot of trans people (myself included!).

Second because cis people absolutely can be misgendered. They can also experience gender dysphoria. They typically don't, because the way society perceives them aligns with the way they perceive themselves, but when we use that as justification for targeting them with shit we already understand to be cruel to trans people, we're really just engaging in garden-variety transphobia in new and exciting ways.

And third because gendering men as women/girls is an extremely common and extremely damaging joke meant to uphold and reinforce gender expectations. Men are compared to women/girls because emasculation is a punishment under misogyny. Applying that punishment as frequently and randomly as possible doesn't mean you are no longer reinforcing that system by engaging in the punishments it uses.

Reclamation is also… not "stripping meaning" from words. I'm not 100% sure that was the implication, but just in case: reclamation is about changing the negative connotation of a slur to a more neutral or positive connotation. "Queer" still means what it always has- but the connotation of the word is now, in at least some mouths, less "you're a freak who I hate", and more "I am proud to be this", or even just "this is a group of people that exists".

This is long enough already, but basically: words do have meaning, we can acknowledge when people are using them maliciously or just ignorantly, and we can talk about that. But don't assume you know everything about anyone- their identities, their experiences, their emotions, their intentions, or anything else. Don't assume you know why someone is using a word a certain way, and give folks the benefit of the doubt unless they prove themselves to be taking advantage of it.

#slur discourse #thats it thats all my thoughts on slur discourse #this is also. why I say i don't fucking care about most of it. I don't know why everyone using every slur is using that slur.#i also do not care. we can say 'people should not do this' and also know that some people who look like they are doing that #are in fact not.#and also do not actually owe you an explanation about it.

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Crush on another idol! | 4town part ONE.

DESC. Ur a famous idol, and 4town has a crush on u 🫶🏽! Hcs + a small scenario!! In Robaire, Aaron t’s, and Taeyoung’s you are a soloist. In Jesse and Aaron z’s you are also in a group! Jesse and Tae are in part two !

ROBAIRE

.♡ robaire saw you when he was scrolling through tiktok, he saw an edit of you and was like “who’s this SCRUMPTIOUS person?”

.♡ so he decided to do a little research on you…. Yeah that lasted a while

.♡ after a few days of just learning who you are, he unintentionally became a big fan of you

.♡ the rest of 4town found out when he was listening to ur songs and just FANBOYING

.♡ t called him a simp and he got beat up /j

.♡ when he was listening to ur songs, Tae was like “oh (y/n)! That’s my friend!” And robaire IMMEDIATELY grabs Tae and shakes him like “introduce me. Now.”

.♡ the type to like edits and pictures of you (and secretly own a Stan account…)

.♡ if you ever acknowledged him he would die on the spot no joke

✧ROBAIRE starts getting nervous once he sees you being sat down before the award show, now, it’s not like he didn’t want you there. The problem is, your table is right next to his. Your table is right next to his and you look too good to not be looked at.

Another group is about to preform and while your focused on them, all he can focus on is you. He swears whenever he looks at you the room turns pink and sparkles shine bright around you and- dear god what the fuck is happening to him???

“Ooooo robaire is looking at them and he’s looking hard!” Aaron t said in a teasing tone, his voice was a little too loud for robaires liking “shut up! What if they hear!” He snaps back. While the two jokingly argue you look at them since they were causing a little bit of a scene next to you

“Robaire DONT look but y/n’s looking at you and they look a little concerned” Tae whispers “oh shit.” Robaire slowly turns to face you, as you two make eye contact he awkwardly smiles, and when you giggled back he swore he died inside that night

AARON T

.♡ Aaron t heard about you before you even debuted with you’re first song, you were the talk of the internet right now

.♡ one day he just hopped online and boom #y/n’sreallyhot is the number one thing trending on Twitter??

.♡ and t, being nosy, clicked on the hashtag and damn now he understands why you were number one trending. You’re really hot

.♡ he kept up with updates about you (surprisingly, the rest of 4town were also interested in you! But nobody was a bigger fan than t)

.♡ and I’m serious when i say nobody was a bigger fan than him. He does not shut up about you

✧“Guys! Y/n’s first song just came out!” Tae shouts from the living room, and as soon as Tae blinks he opens his eyes and AARON T is right in his face “WHATTHEFU-“ “PUT ON THE SONG NOW” t shouts at Tae and Tae is damn near having a heart attack with the way t popped up out of nowhere

“Ayo chill out- I’ll put it on” Aaron z comes out to resolve the situation that’s going on, he puts on the song and he’s gonna be honest your song is really really good, but t’s screaming like a mad man in the background and it’s concerning everyone in the house

“What-?” Jesse pops out from the hallways, everyone’s sitting there confused and t’s going mental, rolling around on the floor and just……

“….should we call an exorcist???” Robaire asks “yes.” Everyone agrees as t is being possessed by the power of your song.

AARON Z

.♡ now he had actually found you kinda through Jesse

.♡ how this works is, Jesse introduced Aaron to a girl named vae; you and vae are in the same group! Soooooo when vae invited Aaron to come see her filming her music video, he most definitely was not expecting her to be in a group

.♡ not that he’s complaining tho, he saw you and vae talking and he was literally so shocked because DAMN.

.♡ even though Aaron thought you were attractive though, he didn’t make any moves. He wanted to know you

.♡ so best believe he thanked god for vae introducing him to you

✧”AARON!” Vae shouted from across the room, waving at aaron to come towards her.

Looking beside vae, he sees you. And you were really cute. He walks over to vae and looks at both of you, “what’s up?” He asks “I just wanted you to meet y/n! I think you two would get along.” Vae says as she backs away so you and Aaron can look at each other clearly. “Hi…” “hey..” and then a heavy silence follows…. “Damn y’all???? Hello?” Vae interrupts “sorry…” you awkwardly chuckle. After a small moment of quietness you finally speak up “uh, I really like your pin!” You say. “my pin?” He replies confused “your pin! The one on your bag?” Oh. I totally forgot about that. He smiles, “thank you, basketball is one of my favorite sports” “I-I’ve been trying to learn! Though I’m not really good with aim yet” you smile

By now, neither you or Aaron notice how vae’s been long gone. Nor have you two realized that it’s been an hour and you two were just chatting the day away, “alright guys! We need to get ready to film!” Your director shouts “oh wow, it’s been a while huh?“ you say “yeah! It’s fun talking to you” and to be honest Aaron doesn’t think he’s been this happy to talk to someone in a while. “I gotta go! Here’s your pin back by the way” “oh, thanks.” He takes the pin back, looking at it for a little while as you walk away he notices a little note on the back

“Call me and maybe one day you can teach me how to play. Xxx-xxx-xxxx”

Can y’all tell I was running out of ideas for Aaron z

#4town x reader #4town #4town aaron t #4town aaron z #4town robaire #(◍˃̶ᗜ˂̶◍)ﾉworks

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Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, and also just Scott Pilgrim

-footage from Rebuild of Scott Pilgrim

I watched Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, then realized it had been nearly 15 years since I actually read the comics, so then I re-read all of those. I wish I had just done it in the right order to begin with, because doing it this way really scrambled my thoughts about both works. In my defense, how was I to know Takes Off is actually a sequel? What am I supposed to do, read things?

I was pleased to find that the original Scott Pilgrim honestly holds up pretty well. Takes Off is clearly such a reflective work that I was expecting to find the original story a lot more problematic than I had in high school, but… for the most part, it really knows what it’s doing. Yeah, a lot of the characters are shitbirds, but they’re meant to be shitbirds. The entire point of the book is showing us flawed people who intermittently make shitty decisions, and giving them a chance to grow, reflect, and treat the people around them better.

So generally, I still really liked Scott Pilgrim. All the goofy-ass character art and the surreal, unexplained quasi-fantasy Canada bits that made it tick back then still work. This time around, I really appreciated the writing and dialogue for not only its bevy of solid jokes, but for how fucking weird it is. In the past decade or so, I think a lot of ‘quirky’ humor has homogenized somewhat into a particular tone. Call it Whedonization or globalization or internet brain or whatever you want, but it can sometimes feel like anything aiming to be comedic hits a lot of the same beats.

The Scott Pilgrim comics, however, are a weird time capsule and their own vibe entirely. These fuckers just talk like aliens sometimes. They say random stuff, but it’s not *holds up spork* random, it’s “shit sorry I was kind of half listening but I think the thing I’m about to say is relevant” random. It’s less big swings to try and land a punchline, and more of two people letting loose a stream of consciousness at each other, lending a sense of constant confusion to the proceedings. It’s absolute nonsense sometimes, and I was way into it.

This ties into a slight shift in my read on Scott as a character, too. I always just saw him as a huge asshole - and that led to my biggest issue with the movie, which was that Cera plays him way too meek and doesn’t suck nearly enough. Reading the comics again, though, while Scott absolutely does suck, he’s just so fucking head empty that I warmed up to him a bit more. He’s still an asshole that doesn’t take responsibility for how his actions affect others, absolutely, but also god damn he’s so dumb that it softens the blow sometimes.

There were some little details about characters I’d forgotten that I really love - like the fact that Scott is actually a really good cook, but does it purely through intuition without knowing what anything’s called.

Art-wise, I liked it a lot more than I remembered, too; it definitely starts out a bit rough, but there’s a lot of charm to the characters and their weird gremlin mouths. I also laughed at some of the manga inspiration I didn’t pick up on before; everyone’s got big anime eyes, sure, but the grey screentone Clip Studio pattern fills? The hiring of assistants to do polished background work as the author gets into the later volumes? Ahh, classic.

Takes Off was a lot of fun, too. I gather that a lot of the internet fandom is upset it wasn’t a straight retelling of the original story with killer animation, but man, you gotta let creators create what speaks to them. Bryan Lee O’Malley started Scott Pilgrim twenty years ago. He’s been both married and divorced since then. Surely he’s gone through as much growth and change as we all would in such a timespan - how could you expect someone to just re-tread the exact same ground on such a personal story?

I find it interesting how prevalent this trend has become in the past decade or so - a creator or creative team returning to an old work - seemingly out of necessity, as the IP has become such a juggernaut that it’ll happen with or without them - and refusing to just tell the story again by the numbers. Anno’s Rebuild of Evangelion is the closest spiritually to this, but even recent ‘remakes’/reboots like Final Fantasy VII and God of War 2018 have followed the same path - creators ruminating on the strengths and weaknesses of older work from a more distant lens to create something new. They all seem to have arrived at this methodology independently, too (O’Malley said he only watched the Rebuilds once Takes Off was written and well underway); it’s not about chasing the trend of an altered remake, it seems to just be a natural desire to reckon with the past this way.

Because of this, one of the reasons I really wish I watched the show after re-reading the comics is to have a better sense of the evolution, and the change in tone and message. Due to watching Takes Off while having only a hazy recollection of the original, I made a lot of assumptions about how the original work must have portrayed things, to explain what Takes Off’s themes were a rejection of: that by giving Ramona more agency, she’s less of a damsel in distress/prize to be won, and isn’t defined by her body count… when in fact, neither of those are really the case to begin with. Ramona has plenty of agency in Scott Pilgrim, she fights as much as Scott does, and really is only defined by her body count as narrative framework, not judged in-universe by the other characters* **.

*I think some of these misconceptions may have come from having rewatched the movie more recently than I read the comics, as the movie (if I remember correctly, which this entire blog has established I likely don’t) does tend to treat Ramona as more of an passive object. Her subservience to Gideon in the real world (rather than in her subspace mind prison) comes to mind.

**Also, you could argue that the framework of the story itself being ‘guy fight’s girl’s evil exes in order to earn the right to date her’ is inherently placing importance on Ramona’s body count and someone’s romantic eligibility/desirability being defined by that but like… man that just is clearly not the vibe imo

If anything, I think the real lack that the show was trying to make up for wasn’t Ramona’s lack of agency, exactly, but a lack of screentime. Takes Off simply spends more time inside Ramona’s head, letting us see things from her perspective, and understanding the reasons for why she is the way she is and why she does the things she does. In some volumes of the book, she’s aloof almost to the point of feeling like a trope; it’s clear (especially later on) that there’s a reason for the way she acts, but the story just doesn’t necessarily communicate it very well. In the show, with Scott sidelined, we get to spend a lot of time with Ramona, understanding her thoughts and feelings, which is certainly a welcome change.

Anyway, intentions of the changes aside, I wouldn’t trade Takes Off for a straight remake in a thousand years; the sense of utter surprise I felt while watching the story take a hard left turn was exhilarating***. Plus, if the reason you love a series is the characters you’ve developed a bond with, what could be better than canonized fan fiction written by the original creator, showing your favorite characters interacting in new and novel ways? How could one not be excited to see Gideon and Lucas bro out and watch anime together? How could one not be thrilled to see Wallace Wells enact further chaos upon the whole province? More than righting storytelling wrongs, Takes Off is making space to tell more stories and round out everyone’s favorite supporting characters in a franchise that, due to the inherent density of its plot and setup, simply hasn’t had the real estate to develop all of them and let them breathe.

***Having just played through NieR recently, I almost felt like the show had scanned me, detected I had gotten Scott Pilgrim Ending A before, and was throwing some NG+ bonus content at me lmao

As far as the production goes, I was impressed overall, but thought it did suffer from some awkward timing and pacing issues. It’s stiff competition when your inevitable point of comparison is an Edgar Wright movie - even other live-action movies can seem stiff and slow compared to his frenetic pacing and constant cuts - but it still felt remarkably low energy at times, especially in the back half. Now, this is a problem you see a lot in anime dubs; English and Japanese are two very different languages, with different cadences and construction. Since a cast is typically required to dub over already existing animation, the translated dialogue often ends up being elongated and unnatural when it should be a quick back and forth, or hurried where it should have a little more breathing room. Given, though, that Takes Off was not only recorded in English before Japanese, but actually recorded before animation then animated to the dialogue (exceedingly uncommon), I was surprised the show still had this issue.

Regardless, the boarding in the first 4 episodes or so manages to be bombastic enough that this isn’t a problem; there’s a lot of wild camera angles and perspective shifts that keep things dynamic even when the dialogue itself isn’t moving too quickly. The animation highlight for me personally was the fight in the video store between Ramona and Roxy; great idea, incredible execution.

While Science Saru is the main production studio, I was intrigued to spy a bunch of other studios listed in the credits - WIT, Shaft, Ufotable, Trigger - but upon some further research it looks like they were just doing inbetween work.

Also the music includes slapped - I was jamming hard to Kidnapped by Neptune and Konya wa Hurricane, and then that United States of Whatever drop? unreal.

#will's media thoughts / virtual brain repository #shows #comics #scott pilgrim takes off #scott pilgrim

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Jen Tortures Herself With Every Dreamworks Animated Movie Ever: Bee Movie

According to all known laws of aviation... eh, forget it. You know the rest.

So uh... Bee Movie is surprisingly pretty good? Yeah, I know, I'm surprised too. I mean of course, Bee Movie is an Iconic Staple of Meme Culture and for good reason, its humor is just... probably some of the most insane shit out of Dreakworks ever (more on that in a bit). But it's also a pretty compelling roller coaster ride of a movie that held my rapt interest the whole way through???

So what's the story here? Barry B Benson is a bee who ventures outside the hive and meets a florist named Vanessa, whom he of course falls in love with (and she falls for him too, its fuckin weird man). Eventually, Barry discovers that humans make a profit off the backs of bees by selling their honey, so he decides to sue the entire human race. Yeah that's really the fuckin plot they came up with. It's fucking wild, man, from start to end.

Our characters here are just as wild to match that crazy ass plot. Barry is a snarky lil fella, but you can tell he cares about his... people? Bees? Idk man this movie has short circuited my brain. Anyway, Barry is a fun character to follow as our main. Vanessa is a little less developed and kind of all over the place personality wise, and well... she falls for a bee. Enough said. Barry's best friend Adam is cool, almost dies from stinging a guy, so that's fun. We also have Ken, Vanessa's ex-boyfriend who literally gets cuckolded by a bee this movie is actually insane.

The comedy here is just... ridiculous. Again, there's a reason why this movie has produced so many iconic memes. I cackled out loud at some of these jokes and references, many of which I imagine would probably go over a kid's head (the Sting and Ray Liotta jokes especially like... c'mon those are some deep cuts). It's kind of breaking the recent trend I've been noticing from Dreamworks where they're aiming down for a younger audience. Instead, Bee Movie harkens back to their earlier movies, aimed more at adults with blink and you miss them naughty jokes that are actually really funny here?

The animation is also like... insanely impressive for the time this came out? Some of the camera angles and movement on these bees is just... amazing? The flying scenes really make you feel like you're flying along with Barry, taking you through densely colorful and sometimes actually beautiful setpieces. I also enjoyed the worldbuilding inside of the hive and all of the little devices they use to produce honey. I feel like this movie is doing what Antz was trying to do, but accomplishing it so much better, with way less Rancid vibes than Antz had.

The music is also fairly solid, not as many pop songs as you'd expect from a memey movie like this, but the ones that are very are pretty good and backed by a competent score. I think my biggest gripe with this film is... well, it's a little all over the place and out of focus? Like one minute it's about Barry struggling to figure out what he wants to do with his relatively short life, then its about him falling for Vanessa, then its about suing the humans, then its about restarting pollenation so the entire planet won't shrivel up and die? (yeah did I mention this film has an environmental message?) Really, this movie is kind of just... a jack of all trades and a master of none? All of its various plots are ok, but none of them are standout fantastic. It's just... a little messy??

But really, I did enjoy myself watching this movie. I didn't think I was going to, because its been years since I've seen it and well, the internet rags on it all the time, but it's surprisingly well-made! It really is Dreamworks at their most Dreamworks (warts and all) and I think that's a testament to why its so memorable (in both good and bad ways lol). Anyway I just got one last thing to say before wrapping up this review:

Ya like jazz?

Overall Rating: 7/10

Verdict: Watch the Entire Bee Movie but every time they say literally anything the movie starts over until you die

Previous Review (Shrek the Third)

Next Review (Kung Fu Panda)

#jen watches #dreamworks watch #bee movie #jen tortures herself with every dreamworks animated movie ever #dreamworks

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( cody christian, cisman, he/him ) — 🎬 just announced, tobias "toby" forester has been cast as jake jagielski in the upcoming one tree hill reboot. the twenty nine year old is trending as people are debating if the horrificly timed dad jokes, endless half - drank coffee mugs lingering around the household, using finger guns as a logical way to answer questions you don't understand, blasting hannah montana tunes while cleaning, always having glitter on your clothing that they are known for is enough to make them as good as original. a quick google search shows that their fans call them charismatic, but internet trolls think they’re more oblivious. i guess their newest interview for variety where they talk about how he still has never watched the original one tree hill series will let people to know them better.

𝐢. 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲

kevin ball, shameless + jason stackhouse, true blood + steve harrington, stranger things + joey tribbiani, friends + luke dunphy, modern family + jason mendoza, the good place + ron weasley, harry potter.

𝐢𝐢. 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝

born to a soccer player father, who turned coach and stay at home mom, tobias lived cozy but not spoiled. both of his parents, despite having a lot of money in their pockets, refused to allow their son to grow up to be someone that relied heavily on money and expecting things to be handed to him

high school football was something that he signed up for the moment he saw the papers. despite this, tobias didn’t let the popularity go to his head, which was thanks to his parents for keeping him humble at a young age. tobias became ’the nice jock’, where he made sure that everyone around him was included. with senior year approaching, he knew that talent scouts would be hiding in the bleachers and he refused to let anything cause him to slip.

acting accidentally fell into his lap post-high school after appearing in a few short films and movies, having a background role and a few one liners. while also attending college for business (a degree he would never use in real life), he continued to do some movies, while also being a frequent in reality tv with his first serious girlfriend being involved with the cameras.

(pregnany tw) at the ripe age of twenty five, after a drunken night full of self pity due to a break up to someone he fully thought would be his forever person, he got into bed with his best friend, simply as a distraction on both of their ends. days passed, then weeks, then the little plus sign decided to make itself known on the pregnancy test, changing not only his dynamic with his best friend but with many people around him.

despite the fears, fatherhood fell into his lap and he picked up the label without fail. able to change a diaper in under a minute, reasearching how to tell what cry meant what and willing to get up during the night to tend to their daughter; co-parenting remained stressless, both of the best friends having a bond prior to this situation and only flourishing as closer friends as the time went on.

coming back into acting full force continues to be exhausting, especially since he took a hiatus after the birth of brooklyn. the role of jake spoke to him, solely because of the similiar backstories (without the shitty baby mama), and the role was handed to him on a silver platter by the casting directors.

𝐢𝐢𝐢. 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲

quick-witted : not the type to fully grasp a joke the moment it's provided, toby is still able to make his two-cents known with his ability to be quick on his feet when the topic at hand is to his understanding. with a sarcastic tongue he learned from best friends and growing up in the industry, he's capable of making a few zingers without having to hold up a reputation of being someone that is always on the ball with jokes.

emotional : not to be confused with sensitivity, toby feels every emotion to the max. if he's sad, he will make sure everyone knows by shedding a tear or two, and is known to scream from the rooftops when something positive happens. he is very exaggerated in his emotions, no matter which one it is, however his sadness teeters the line over to depression when something extremely detrimental happens (such as being out for a whole season because of an injury he worsened).

oblivious : more than likely the butt end of a joke, toby is rarely aware of what is going on around him and is oblivious to multiple emotions that come from other people. it's a rarity that he understands when someone is interested in him, and even more rare for him to accept that he's loved and adored by people he doesn't even know. there's been multiple occasions that he thinks someone is asking him to take a photo for them, not with them.

charismatic : although not the type to be intelligent in any means, he's charming without meaning to be. with a smile of pearly whites, an ability to stare into the person's eyes without moving away, having a listening ear and always wanting to do the right thing, he's definitely liked by many. it's just a bonus that he's an amazing father.

#𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 ﹐ 𝘛𝘖𝘉𝘐𝘈𝘚 ⸻⸻⸻ introspection #2000s.intro #pregnancy tw #i love this man

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Hey uh remember when I did retrospectives of Last Week Tonight episodes? Let's bring it back to 140.

Last Lee Tonight (wherein I'm definitely showing United Passions at my next bad movie night) Season One, Episode Six

(original air date: 6/8/2014) Major topics covered: FIFA, Bashar al-Assad's incredible iTunes library

"And speaking of Germans losing things, it was the 70th anniversary of D-Day this week."

It's really nice to throw this show back on again, on a note unrelated to the purpose of this project. I don't talk much about myself but it's been a rough few months with work scheduling, my chronic illnesses, and my mental health. For every "I'm taking a very spontaneous and ill-thought-out trip to New York to see John Oliver WOOO!" moment, there's been at least five "why can't I catch a break"s. When I'm not being beaten down by the collective forces of capitalism, I genuinely haven't been watching much John at all, mainly in an effort to play the large backlog of video games and read the large pile of books lying around my house. I've been moderately successful there (hey y'all should give Cassette Beasts a go, it's delightful), but there's nothing like going back home, so to speak. (I hesitate to call LWT a comfort show for me, given that it's basically A Record of the Decline of the United States in Real Time, but it kinda serves that function to some degree. I am a psychopath.)

Where we last left off in... May, Jesus Christ, I'm so bad at scheduling and writing and content creation - when we last left off in May at Episode 5, things were finally starting to coalesce into the modern LWT experience. We had our first viral segment on Net Neutrality, the first time a segment was uploaded in full to the LWT YouTube, and an opening news roundup that was starting to feel more thoughtful and themed. This episode continues that theme and gives us our second big viral topic.

There is a variant on the desk-slapping here, where John doesn't do it to open the show, but does a milder version of it to get the audience to shut up so he can move on with doing the show. One of my favorite things about him is his constant desire to barrel through clapping or any audience praise of anything he's done at a given moment in time and this opener is a pretty good example of that.

We open on John calling the week disappointing because California Chrome, a horse competing for the Triple Crown, did not win the Triple Crown. You can tell this is an early episode of LWT because there is no prerequisite horse-fucking/bestiality joke, just John angrily saying "fuck that horse" about Tonalist, the horse that defeated California Chrome. All of these horses sound like indie bands from my college years. I feel like Tonalist opened when I saw MGMT live.

We then move into German Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. This gives John an opportunity to plumb one of his favorite comedic depths, making fun of the musicality, smoothness, and romanticism of the German language. A German man used his lifeline to call Chancellor Merkle, who, thankfully, did not answer, as she was busy running Germany.

This transitions into China hiding the events of Tiananmen Square from their populace, including by censoring the Internet.

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Attempts by protestors to use different trending words - and to put facts about Tiananmen Square in a sex tape - to get around that were also clamped down on, leading to this absolutely glorious screenshot of John's hypothetical romance novel:

I feel like someone on Reddit probably wrote When Spring Turns to Summer recently.

We also learn that Friends is incredibly popular with Chinese youth. I'm not really shocked by this, Friends has a weird international reach. I know multiple Korean idols who learned English partially through watching Friends. The fact that there's a Chinese replica of Central Perk? That's wild. The show edits a Friends clip to include historical facts about the massacre, and then we move to our central story.

I'm a big fan of whenever John talks about FIFA and football in general. Recently in one of her "posts relevant to my interests", @tellthemeerkatsitsfine noted that there's a strain with John and his contemporaries with them being nerds who really wanted to be jocks, and I think that dichotomy really helps John come off credibly when he talks about the deep-rooted corruption in this particular organization. The sport is something that is literally rooted into him, hardwired as something he deeply cares about... but there's the rest of it to consider.

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In my opinion, someone who deeply loves something can really be the best at describing everything wrong with it. You don't really find the grime if you're only on the surface of something. I know that critical observation of a fandom while in said fandom is in short supply these days, but I wish it was more common.

Anyways. I think FIFA's corruption and grotesqueries are pretty known in 2023, but at the time, knowledge of their fuckery wasn't as widespread. Socially, we've definitely spoken a lot more about the cost-benefit analysis of the Olympics and taxpayer-funded stadiums, which is comparative to John's opening about the issues with FIFA and claims that World Cups bring money to the areas hosting them. (Not true!) Other items I'd completely forgotten about, like FIFA Court and their boardroom looking like something out of Dr. Strangelove.

The "And Now This" is "Chris Matthews Reminds Everyone Who He Used to Work For". (Answer: Tip O'Neill.) My abiding memory of Chris Matthews is Zell Miller accusing him of beating a woman and challenging him to a duel at the 2004 Republican National Convention.

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SNL had a pretty great sketch of this where Will Forte played Miller that I can't find right now. PISTOLS AT DAAAAAAAAWN MATTHEWS!!!!

The final segment is on Bashar al-Assad's campaign of terror against Syria, rigged electioneering, and chemical warfare. More importantly, al-Assad's life history and iTunes library are discussed.

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This was also the subject of the classic Bugle episode 187, which has a chance to go far more in depth about his favorite music, like "Sexy and I Know It". (Andy Zaltzman describing Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes as a doubles tennis group is one of my favorite Bugle moments of all time incidentally.)

Right Said Fred coming out to perform an anti-Assad version of "I'm Too Sexy" gives us the first time John has had a celebrity come out basically to troll one single person, and thus almost the cornerstones of modern LWT have been established. Eagerly awaiting the first bestiality joke. Also, really love the changed lyrics, they put a hell of a lot of effort into this one. I wanna see Right Said Fred live now.

Random notes:

Lee will continue sexualizing one (1) older man damn it: light blue and dark blue checked shirt, black tie, and black jacket? I know I've said red is John's color but light blue is a very close second, 10/10

I feel like I made up for not doing these for two months by writing about five year's worth of unnecessary analysis of this damn episode. Hopefully you enjoyed it!

It was amazing seeing an ESPN ad for something not handegg-related. -groan-

LWT YouTube is still a bit confused, as we did get the two major topics as their own videos... and then 1 minute of the FIFA section as its own minisode. I really would love to know the logic behind why there specific jokes were isolated like this in the beginning of the show's airing.

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My sausage, if anyone cares, is the Korean idol industry. It's an absolute cataclysmic nightmare and yet there's a lot there personally that changed me and a lot that I love out of it. It's complicated. Fuck SM Entertainment.

A reminder that John's LMFAO fandom has endured for a decade longer than the band itself lasted:

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#john oliver #last week tonight #last week tonight with john oliver #last lee tonight #fifa world cup #seriously debating tagging zell miller in case anyone has that snl clip #zell miller #the bugle #the bugle podcast #andy zaltzman #Youtube

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Nimona (2023), friends.

First of all thank u to the people who made these great gifs!!! This is presumptuous of me but i truly hope u dont mind me featuring them! This is the first of - hopefully many - years of my Media Gifventure for the Holiday Season of 2023. I will go into more details if i need. So.

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Gif use Disclaimer, I hope me making this post with these gifs isnt overstepping 🙂‍↕️💛 people who upload gifs, which, 9/10 times, they made themselves, are one of the most supportive vertebrae communities of Tumblr. 🫡👏👏 bravo chudovyy splendid чудовий mykola please tell me what i should remove and i will remove.

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i stop talking about strictly Nimona Heere.

so with that all said and done...i was Thinking... part 2?

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Submissions that dont pass my sneefing test are welcome and valuable! Incoming bee gif:

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The Player and Narrachara: An in-depth Critique of Undertale

This is an edited version of my two Reddit critique posts of Undertale's Player and Narrachara concepts, now combined into one easy to read megapost for Tumblr.

This post serves as a critique of Undertale's writing under the what-if lens that Player theory and Narrachara theory are canon. On the rare chance that Toby ever directly confirms that the player is meant to be diegetic in Undertale, I've decided to analyze his execution of that concept and how well it works with the most important characters who supposedly know about us. And since Narrachara is the second most popular theory that people believe in, I'll also be considering it canon for these posts.

Note: To bypass the 30 media limit, some of the images and vids had to be placed in Imgur links. Click on them when you see them for the full context of what I will be discussing.

How a Diegetic Player Affects Undertale

Let's start off with the character that is affected the most by the Player's existence in Undertale.

- Frisk Critique -

When not under the assumption that Frisk is being controlled by the player, the Neutral routes characterizes them as a kindred spirit to Flowey; motivated by curiosity and the desire to alleviate boredom. These traits coupled with the mentality altering Determination & Level of Violence systems, serve as good explanations for the varied good and bad things Frisk is capable of doing in the game. However, the second the player is factored into that, everything else becomes irrelevant. The consistent theme of Frisk's Determination getting stronger and giving them the resolve and power to do what they seek to do becomes invalid, because in reality it's just the player pushing them to do almost everything. https://imgur.com/a/eXNhSk8

While it's fair to say that the constant Determination theme has some underlining motivational message for us players, that doesn't change the fact that in-universe it's a substance and mindset for the characters. And if the player is canon, Frisk's Determination doesn't get them anywhere without us, so it's a waste of time to act like it's what's driving them.

And how about that way of measuring someone's capacity to hurt? It's also largely a waste of time establishing that for Frisk, since their capacity to hurt is non-existent without us in the first place. Even with zero LV gained, the game still allows us to kill enemies through Frisk.

But wait, some of you might be saying. "Frisk isn't just our husk, because they show little snippets of personality with automatic actions and non-visible expressions/statements."

Frisk may not be an empty husk, but the faintest semblance of a personality we occasionally get from them is far too rare, disjointed and contradictory to define. For example, there's been arguments made for Frisk "resisting" against some of our commands, which has been used to characterize them. But if those arguments are true, all they do is show that Frisk's writing is incredibly inconsistent.

Here's some examples of those arguments and their issues.

Frisk stops us from attacking Undyne

Under this argument, Frisk prevents us from doing any real damage to Undyne in the post-date battle.

The issue with this is that if Frisk can resist our attack commands to such a massive degree, it doesn't make sense why this is the ONLY time they do it. Outside of this fight, Frisk lets us hurt and kill as many Monsters as we want.

Even from the perspective of the player being canon, this could just be a scripted moment where we aren't supposed to ever want Undyne to be hurt.

But if the intention was for Frisk to actually stop us from hurting Undyne as a showing of their own character, that would just be one of the many examples of their character being inconsistent when viewed from the diegetic player lens.

Frisk doesn't want to hit the Dummy

If we choose to beat up the Dummy in Waterfall without LV, Frisk only lightly taps it, and then immediately feels bad for even doing that.

In a vacuum, you would be able to use moments like this to characterize Frisk as a very sweet kid that hates any type of violence, no matter how light. But again that's only in a vacuum, since we already established that Frisk consistently lets us use their body to hurt and kill others. What makes this Dummy moment even more ridiculous (if seen as Frisk opposing our act of violence) is the fact that the VERY first opponent we come across is a Dummy, and yet Frisk lets us use them to demolish it without ANY resistance.

If Frisk is a natural pacifist, why didn't their pacifism stop us from destroying the first Dummy? Furthermore if Frisk is so inherently nice, why do they choose to say very hurtful things to Snowdrake without any LV?

Frisk refuses to TALK to Toriel & Asgore

If we select the TALK Act when fighting Toriel, Frisk doesn't say anything to her because they can't think of anything to say. They do the same with Asgore, but only if we've killed someone before trying to talk to him.

This stands in opposition to the previously talked about moments of them resisting us though, since in the other examples Frisk is only able to partially resist our commands. These showings give the impression that Frisk isn't even compelled to do what we want them to do, which not is obviously contradicted by the other moments we've talked about.

Despite the significant issues that stand in the way of Frisk having a consistent and definable personality, they are still usually portrayed as a very loving and innocent kid in fanon. This is somewhat understandable, since the Pacifist ending is basically called the true ending of the game in the files, (also treated that way in outside material) and the only route where Frisk's name is revealed.

The obvious problem with all of this is the fact that the player is STILL a factor on True Pacifist. We are the ones that get Frisk that far. We are the ones who make friends with everyone. We are the ones who give everyone their happily ever after. Even in the pre-credit final stretch of the game, Toby made the decision to have the player dictate where Frisk's life goes on the surface, yet Flowey tells us to "let Frisk live their life." https://imgur.com/a/fPNWiJd

If Toby's intention was to establish that Frisk had the capability to resist/refuse our choices, they shouldn't do what we tell them to do even AFTER we leave their body and "let them live."

Toby would know about the player's control more than anyone else in the fandom, so why is it that most of the route is written in a way where it focuses on Frisk as the only one that is in control? https://imgur.com/IuREwhw

If Toby didn't mean for Frisk to be seen as having full autonomy over their actions, his writing decisions are what allowed player-free interpretations of them to be created and thrive regardless. If Toby intended for the player to be canon, our presence should have been treated as THE most important lore element in Neutrals and Pacifist, and the effort should have been put in to make sure how we operated in the world made consistent sense. But instead of that, the "reveal" of the player being diegetic is treated as some tacked on post-credit scene (that has it's own issues) after all of the misplaced praise for Frisk is said and done.

The Genocide route has even more problems with Frisk and the player, but I'll talk about them in the Chara Critique.

- Frisk Critique Conclusion -

It's clear that Toby wanted Frisk to be an avatar for the player, but he also made the choice to have them be their own entity, and that was where he messed up. He wanted the best of both worlds, but he didn't put in the work to make sure that Frisk was competent in either side.

If Deltarune's player "Connection" intro is any indication, I believe that a current day Toby would have just made Frisk a "Vessel" if he created Undertale with the noticeably higher level of writing experience that he now has. But just in terms of what 2015 Toby gave us, Frisk leaves a lot to be desired on a basic character writing level.

- Chara Critique -

Hoo boy where do I start with this one?

Chara may be a "true character" compared to Frisk from the perspective of having a defined history & personality before we start the game, but they are significantly worse than Frisk beyond that. To give Toby the benefit of the doubt, I'll be using as many popular fan interpretations as possible in an attempt to explain the numerous inconsistencies, plotholes and other issues Chara's character is plagued with. And to ensure this isn't too overwhelming, I'm going to save the narrator Chara issues for last. For now let's just work under the logic that Chara is not the narrator.

- The Player & Chara -

We are supposed to play most of Undertale under the belief that we named Frisk at the start of the game, only for it to be revealed that the "Fallen Human" of the past was the one given the name. However, even after Frisk's true name is revealed to us, our name isn't replaced by Frisk's on our Stat and Save screens.

Going by Toby's Twitter statement and the the last thing Flowey says in the Pacifist ending, the name "Frisk" doesn't show up in our stat & save screens because Chara is actually meant to BE the Player to some degree.

But of course we run into several MAJOR issues with the game's diegetic-player narrative if Chara is the player. The most obvious one is that Chara already existed with their "True Name" and played an integral role in the game's story long before we came around.

The only way to make sense out of Chara being their own entity AND the player is for us to simply be playing as Chara in the game. If this is true, that would mean that our role really isn't diegetic at all, because our decisions are Chara's own decisions in canon. The "player" in this context just means we are Chara's spirit, which woke up and took command of Frisk's body, Soul, and Determination when they fell into the Underground. This also explains why Chara's name is on our Save screens.

This of course means that "naming" Chara is a non-canon action that only exists so players can feel personally attached to the world, just like in other games without a diegetic player. No matter what we type in, the one True Name that is actually being used in-universe is Chara.

The only portion of the game that stands in DIRECT opposition to the player and Chara being one and the same is the Genocide route.

- Player & Chara: Genocide Route -

Killing all the random encounters in the Ruins and checking the mirror in Toriel's house will present the message of "It's me, Chara." As long as we stay on the Genocide route, that same message shows up whenever we check an object that reflects Frisk's face. https://imgur.com/3H06fj1

In a strange reversal of the Pacifist route giving the impression that kind-hearted actions are of Frisk's own will, things like these direct statements from Chara imply that they are the one making Genocide happen. But if Chara is supposed to be puppeteering Frisk on every route, these messages can't be about Chara possessing the body only when Genocide is initiated. And yet, Chara only taking control in Genocide is something that's explicitly pushed in our faces throughout most of the route.

After every monster in the Ruins is killed, Flowey says that we aren't human, recognizes us as Chara, and asserts that our human soul is stolen.

Since Flowey does not say these things to us on any other route, this gives the impression that Chara is an entity that only has a presence on Genocide.

If Flowey was the only one that said we weren't human, perhaps his statement could be written off as just being about him relating to our actions. But Frisk not being human is something that is brought up by various other characters in the route as well.

Despite Asgore knowing that Frisk is a human in the other routes, he is unable to identify what they are on Genocide. This makes it clear that there's some type of visible transformation Frisk undergoes thanks to Chara's spirit possessing their body.

Beyond these statements, the Genocide route has an abundance of cutscenes, dialogue and other moments that consistently reaffirm and remind us that Chara is the one steering the Genocide wheel through their possession of Frisk's body.

Here's just a few examples:

Frisk ripping chunks out of the Snowman on Genocide https://imgur.com/hhNf66k

Frisk doesn't do this on any Neutral where we have higher LV than on the Genocide route. This shows that Chara possessing Frisk's body is the only factor that matters.

Frisk smiling when finding Monsters to kill.

The exclamation point that pops up when we normally get into a Battle is replaced with Frisk smiling once we get to Waterfall.

This also does not happen on any higher LV Neutral runs.

In Frisk's way

On Genocide a fight with Monster Kid is automatically initiated, and we get a first-person message saying that Monster Kid is in the way. Frisk never visibly speaks, so the only one who could have initiated the battle with MK and said this is Chara.

Unlocking the Newhome chain

This is the cementing evidence for the impression that the ONLY entity using Frisk's body and making Genocide happen is Chara. But if Chara is supposed to be the player like Toby's statements and the other routes suggest, the game should always give us these type of explicit showings that they are directly controlling Frisk.

The portion of the Genocide route that we've discussed makes it seem as if Chara is only around when we start and stay on the route, but the ending of the route somehow manages to go against EVERYTHING established about the character up to this point. Let's get into it.

- Genocide/Chara Endings -

After Chara kills Flowey, they greet & thank the real player for awakening them from death. They tell us that they were very confused on why they were brought back to life, but from our guidance they learned that their purpose was to gain power by eliminating the enemy with us.

This already is a slap in the face to what most of the route presented. Genocide consistently pointed the finger at Chara as the killer, yet at the very end it's suddenly revealed that it was us? This is the exact same problem the Pacifist route has: the big reveal that the main character was being controlled by the player is unceremoniously slapped on at the tail end of the route, while leaving no explanations for the stuff that goes against it.

If the player is the one doing most of the work on Genocide, why is there so much focus on Frisk not being human because of Chara's spirit? It's not like there was any meta subtext for all the "you're not human" statements either, because unlike Chara, the real player IS a human.

Why have Chara say "In MY way" if killing all the monsters was a team effort?

Why have them say that they unlocked the chain when the player is the one to unlock it by pushing the button?

There's just so much wrong with the storytelling direction of the Genocide route if the player's direct actions are meant to be separate from Chara's in-universe. To say the writing is misleading is an understatement.

Chara acknowledging our existence makes us "naming" them problematic as well. Whether we use their True Name or our own, Chara doesn't say anything differently.

As I said before, our action of naming Chara isn't something that is treated as canon. This isn't a problem if the player is nondiegetic, but it's immersion and narrative breaking when you're trying to get across that the LITERAL player's actions hold weight in Undertale's world.

Chara tells us that they are the feeling when a stat increases, which is most commonly interpreted to be them saying that they are the concept of RPG player's desire to grind. https://imgur.com/4U1vmzw

If this interpretation is what Toby intended, it really means nothing. Chara couldn't have been this concept when they were a regular human child, and they couldn't have become it after death because we are the ones that have to awaken their spirit. RPG grinding also existed long before Chara did, so whatever Toby was going for with this doesn't work on any level.

Chara says that we reached the absolute, and that there's nothing left for us. They tell us to erase the pointless world and move on to the "next" one with them. If we agree with Chara's desire to erase the world, they say that we are a great partner that will be with them forever, and proceed to erase everything. https://imgur.com/1fz0Mg5

What's weird is that Chara doesn't take us to another world after they erase the timeline. We have to wait in the "abyss" for ten minutes before Chara starts speaking to us again, and when they do they find it "interesting" that we stuck around.

The most popular explanation for what Chara meant by "move on to the next" is that they wanted us players to move on to another game. What's really important about this is that by their own words, Chara would be going WITH us to those other games. This information combined with the "I'm the feeling of stats going up" statement, makes it clear that Chara is meant to be seen as a part of the game player. Even though we can't see Chara in other games.. the intention is for them to always be with us after we finish Undertale.

There's a lot of obvious problems with this, but the biggest one is still all the evidence that points to Chara being the player on Pacifist and every other route. Even the bulk of the Genocide route treats Chara and the player as one, so they can't just inexplicably not be us because the end of the route said so.

Even if we come up with alternate interpretations for everything that supports Chara being the player, Flowey calling us Chara is still the smoking gun. If Toby never intended for Chara to be the player in the other routes, him having Flowey say/believe that we are them is one of the most counterproductive things he could have done for his story.

There's even more issues with Flowey calling us Chara, but I'll save those for the Flowey Critique. For now let's continue breaking down the end of Genocide.

The next things Chara says and does cements them as a complete mess of a character. If we tell Chara that we don't want to erase the world, they say that we misunderstood, and ask us since when were we in control. They then jumpscare us while laughing, and erase the world anyway. https://imgur.com/OwRskMX

In an attempt to make sense out of this, many have interpreted this as Chara saying that they are only in control over us in the ending. While this interpretation is most likely what was intended, "since when" is still VERY poor wording, especially when the previous portion of the route did everything but say: "Chara is responsible for Genocide." What Chara says and how they act is really not a good look for the "YOU did this Player" narrative either way, and it brings the validity down on their claim that they are simply our partner. The super sophisticated and calm way they talk to us at the end of geno doesn't do them any favors either.

Toby making Chara come across as the Genocide mastermind in the same cutscene that establishes they were only guided by us is a big screw up, but at least he didn't choose to use Chara as a soapbox to scold and punish us for doing Genocide right??

..Oh.. yeah.. he did.

After Chara destroys the world they later tell us that WE did it, despite them being the one to come up with the idea and execute it no matter what we say. They say that our desire to return to the world means we think we are "above consequences." https://imgur.com/mdLMpnW

If we tell Chara that we don't think we are above consequences, they ask us what are we waiting for, (instead of playing another game) and make us wait another 10 minutes before speaking to us again.

Chara's wording and behavior makes them come off as a bit vindictive, which doesn't make any sense from the perspective of them being our self-proclaimed "partner" that's thankful for us giving them purpose in gaining power. From their perspective, everything we've done is good, and they WILLINGLY helped us do it without us even asking them to, so why are they giving these weird judgmental vibes now?

But okay maybe this type of conclusion is jumping the gun a bit right? Sure their wording might be a little too accusatory, but maybe that's just the way they talk, and them saying "consequence" has no negative connotations. Let's analyze what Chara says when they return.

When Chara starts speaking again, they say that maybe we can come to a compromise, and they'll bring the world back If we give them our soul. https://imgur.com/ap2XroD

If we refuse to give away our soul, Chara tells us to remain in the abyss for all of eternity. https://imgur.com/YhBlv7U

This establishes that Chara has the ability to bring the world back, but they are gatekeeping it from us as a consequence for our actions. If we want the world back, we have to give up something of ours in exchange. Once again, this is very contradictory to what their previous "partner" dialogue establishes, and it doesn't even make sense for Chara to behave this way after actively HELPING us kill people.

Chara's choice to wipe out the entire timeline/game is also FAR worse than anything we did in the first place. Despite some people thinking otherwise because of Chara's accusatory speech, (and the black backround) there's still Alyph's, the evacuees, and THOUSANDS of other Monsters left in the Underground before Chara destroys everything. Even if we assume that Undertale's world only has one planet, Chara destroying EVERYTHING in that world includes the innumerable humans on the surface as well.

With this in mind, there's absolutely N O reason the demented child should be giving us ANY lip as if they have the moral high ground. Get them out of here.

There's a lot more to be said about Toby's decision to have Chara say these things to us, but that'll have to wait until after we go over all the Chara endings.

- Second Genocide -

After being so judgmental, (and taking our Soul) you'd think that Chara wouldn't allow us to do another Genocide run again. But no, Chara brings the world back and lets us do whatever route we want with zero changes. After going through all the exact same motions, Chara greets us at the end of Geno again, but this time they claim to be a... demon. https://imgur.com/A00dtUf

Most people believe this to be metaphorical, (and for good reason) but Chara describes theirself as if they can be summoned by anyone no matter when or where they are.

Does this come out of nowhere? Yes.

Is Chara being an actual demon completely incompatible with their backstory and what the first Genocide ending established about them? Yes.

Is it impossible that an actual demon is one of the things Toby wanted Chara to be? No.

If there's one thing Toby did when writing Undertale, it's toss a ton of idea darts at the wall, regardless if they stuck. And there's no character that better exemplifies this practice than Chara.

Ironically enough, right after Chara tells us that they are a demon, they double down on shaming us for our actions. This time they say that we have a "perverted sentimentality" emanating from our soul, and they suggest that we do a different route.

Despite Chara being more condescending than ever, they still forcibly end all of existence even when we tell them not to, but not before giving us more unfitting chastisement. https://imgur.com/z6VEQG3

But what really makes Chara's second timeline erasure even worse than the first is how utterly pointless it is. Unlike the first Geno ending, Chara allows us to return to the world immediately after they destroy it the second time. This makes their act nothing but raw carnage that doesn't abide by their initial reasoning.

Of course, Chara still has our soul, so let's get to what they actually do with it.

- Soulless Pacifist -

If we choose to stay with Toriel at the end of a post-Geno Pacifist, Chara seemingly uses the power of our soul to transform Frisk's sleeping body into their own. https://imgur.com/s0GftVD

Chara's demonic laughter combined with the creepy Genocide theme playing in this last scene clearly insinuates that they kill people on the surface as our consequence. The alternative "I have places to be" ending seems to confirm this by showing Chara among our Monster friends with their faces crossed out. https://imgur.com/JGDvznT

The non-violent interpretation for this scene is that Chara canonically edited theirself into the picture with Frisk, and drew X marks on the faces of our friends as a reminder that we killed them all on Genocide. In other words Chara didn't take our Soul to kill anyone, but to scare us and ruin the good feeling of our happily ever after.

One of the problems with this interpretation is that we don't ever kill Alyphs, yet she also has an X mark on her face. Of course, Chara also puts the blame of their own choice of destroying the world onto us in the Genocide endings, so it's not out of the question that they would attempt to gaslight us on Alyphs's death as well.

One can argue that everything Chara does in these endings is meant to characterize them as a manipulative hypocrite, but that would require their hypocrisy to be pointed out and or challenged in the game, which isn't ever done. Because there's no counters to Chara's statements and actions, all their ending scenes come across as just Toby/the game using the worst character to teach us an incredibly flawed lesson. This is especially the case since Toby has even used Flowey to parrot his same publicly stated gripes with players killing enemies in other games.

If Chara in Genocide was meant to be in the wrong to some degree, Toby utterly failed to convey that. And considering Toby has gone on record saying that Chara carried a "message," what they do and tell us in these endings is definitely supposed to be his "moral of the story" lesson.

But if consequences are such an important theme for Undertale, Chara should ALSO be held accountable for the atrocious acts that they support and commit. They explicitly show that they know what they do is wrong after all. Chara getting off scot-free, AND treated like some kind of judge of our actions is a backwards and narrative flop of a writing decision. It seems like two wrongs don't make a right, and mutual accountability are two concepts that completely flew over Toby's head when writing Undertale.

If Toby wanted to teach a lesson to Genocide players so badly, he should have used a different character to get his point across. Why not have the manifestation of consequences just be a faceless entity that talks to us like Chara does after they destroy the world? Someone disapprovingly shaking their finger to us at the end of the Genocide routes isn't even necessary because of the actual judge character Toby created: Sans.

Beyond Sans literally judging us on every route, his ridiculously difficult fight and dialogue in Genocide very effectively gets the message/lesson across to every Genocide player, and unlike with Chara, it works without issues because Sans isn't our "partner" IN the Genocide. Imagine if Sans helped us kill people on Genocide, but randomly became judgmental and went Megalovania Mode on us by the end. The righteous impact of him fighting us just wouldn't be there at all, and yet the equivalent of that is what Chara does to us.

- Chara Critique Conclusion -

And with that, we've gone through most of the issues of Chara's character while excluding the possibility of them being the narrator. Is there a chance that viewing Chara as the narrator can fix the issues we went over?

- Narrator Chara Critique -

In my old Narrachara debunk post, I brought up the problems and nonsensical nature of Chara being the narrator, but that was just from the perspective of the player being nondiegetic. One of the things I failed to notice at the time was that the idea of Chara being the narrator automatically dictates that we are canon and that Chara knows about us. Player theory can exist without Narrachara, but not vice versa because the narrator blatantly acknowledges Undertale's world as a game in the Asriel fight.

When we factor in that Chara knows about us game players, them narrating Frisk's actions, thoughts and feelings makes a lot more sense. Chara knows that we are limited to viewing Undertale's world from our screens, so their narration serves as a way of relaying what Frisk is experiencing to us, as well as a method of guiding us in the game.

However, this still leaves the important question of why would Chara choose to be our video game narrator. There's nothing they gain out of being our narrator, and there's no need for them to take that role when there's already a narrator present at the start of the game.

There's nothing within Chara's backstory that we can link to a desire to be a narrator either, and they don't even bring up their choice to narrate for us when we see them at the end of Genocide. In fact, what Chara tells us face to face actively goes against the idea that they are our narrator. Chara says that they were confused and led by our "guidance," but as the narrator they are the one that confidently guides US without any sign of confusion.

If Chara is meant to be our narrator, their Genocide ending dialogue is unnecessarily misleading and contradictory to their most prominent role in the game.

- Chara's knowledge as the narrator -

There are moments within Undertale that some argue establishes that the narrator is not omniscient, and people have used those moments as evidence for Narrachara.

There are two problems with this line of thinking.

Standard narrators don't HAVE to be omniscient.

There's actually more in support of Chara being all knowing about things in Undertale than anything else.

Here's some examples:

Chara knows that Asriel is the one who calls us before he even speaks

Chara knows that going through the Pacifist exit ends the game

Chara knows exactly how many killable monsters are in the areas we go to

Another example of Chara's knowledge of how many Monsters there are to kill comes at the end of Genocide. As previously mentioned, we don't directly kill every monster in the Underground by the time Chara shows up, yet Chara says "there's nothing left for us here" after Asgore and Flowey are killed. Chara can't be saying that because we gained maximum LV either, since we already hit the cap after killing Sans, yet Chara doesn't show up the the Judgment Hall. Using Narrchara as a precedent, the ONLY reason Chara appears is because they know that Asgore is the last person that the game allows us to find and kill.

All of these examples make it clear that Chara is not only linked with us, but the entire GAME itself.

If Toby's intention wasn't for Chara to know everything about the game, he did an awful job at giving them the limitations that a non-omniscient character would have to abide by.

Another problem of Chara having such vast knowledge of the game is that it botches the story point of them being influenced by our actions. As many have pointed out, Chara's narration changes depending on the kills/LV we've accumulated. But Chara being the narrator effectively makes them an ungrounded deity that shouldn't be affected by the things they already know would/could happen in the game.

To make matters worse, the most significant shift Chara's narration undergoes (Genocide) isn't even consistent or permanent.

- Narrator Chara: Genocide -

Despite supposedly being jaded and darkened because of our Genocide, Chara still gives us a lot of the exact same jokey and easy going narrations that are on the other routes.

These types of narrations completely clash with the much darker "I just wanna kill" narration in the same route.

The lack of consistency is even worse in Monster encounters. Most encounters aren't changed at all on Genocide, which means we get the same quirky and excited narrator personality in most of the route's fights.

I understand that changing every single narration to account for Genocide would have been a big task, but if Toby didn't have the drive to come up with narration to replace all the unfitting ones, all he had to do was have Chara use the "silent" ellipses narration in their places. What's even worse is how as soon as the Genocide route is aborted, ALL the signs of Chara being negatively influenced by it vanishes. This wouldn't be a problem for a regular narrator, but it doesn't make sense for a character's narration to not have any traces of negative growth from our Genocide "guidance."

Even when we complete a Genocide run and do other routes, Chara's "corrupted" narration is nowhere to be seen. Their behavior is completely reset as if they never learned anything from us in the first place. But we know their behavior isn't reset post Genocide, since they show up at the end of a Pacifist run to devilishly dish out our consequences.

It has been argued that Chara's post geno narration isn't any different because the game wants to lure us into a false sense of security. But this still falls into the same problems of Toby not being consistent on what Chara is. Are they the game itself, or are they just a child that's easily influenced? A character that went through major development can't just reset back to their original behavior without any type of change at the drop of a hat.

Something else that doesn't make any sense about Chara's Genocide narration, is why they go back and forth between first person narration and second person narration. When not viewing Chara as the narrator, their first person Geno messages works as the GAME occasionally giving us Chara's thoughts or nondiegetic commentary on things.

Here's some examples from two other games.

Outside of examples like these, there's no in-world reason for Chara to physically tell the PLAYER "I unlocked the chain," after saying things like "You got the Locket." They don't fit together.

- Chara & Frisk's Relationship -

As we went over, Chara's narration is meant for the real player, not Frisk. But this runs in contrary to one of the main things people enjoy about the Narrachara concept, which is the idea of Frisk and Chara developing a "dynamic"/friendship that's conveyed through Chara's narration. Practically all fanon portrayals of Narrachara have Chara exclusively narrating/talking to Frisk, and even living with them after Frisk leaves the Underground.

In terms of the canon however, Chara doesn't seem to think Frisk is anything more than an extension of us in-world. Chara only uses Frisk's name in one line, and it's meant to be a direct follow up to them narrating for the player.

When not accounting for Chara being the narrator, "Still just you, Frisk" seems like it's the game treating Frisk as if they are player-free. But if we factor in Chara being the narrator, this tells us the exact opposite. Chara seems to (somehow) believe that the real player's name is actually Frisk, and the ending of the Genocide route further proves this.

Chara claims that Frisk's physical SOUL and Determination is the players, and they don't give the faintest acknowledgment to Frisk once in any of their speeches. https://imgur.com/lkH62yV

For all intents and purposes, Frisk is treated like they just don't exist on Genocide; the only factors are the player and Chara. With this in mind, all of Chara's narration that has been interpreted as them developing a bond with Frisk, is really just about the player.

Even the idea that Chara permanently stays with Frisk after they leave the Underground isn't true. By Chara's own words, when all is said and done in the game, they go with the player to other worlds (games) and stay with us "forever."

Another reason why people like Narrachara is because they believe Chara helping us in the Pacifist route gives them a positive character arc and rids them of their hatred for humanity. But the crux of that belief still comes from the misconception that Chara forms a bond with a Human and stays with them.

The best thing you can argue Narrachara does for the overall story is allow Chara to "atone" for getting Asriel killed, by helping us save him in the final battle. But the lack of an apology to Asriel on Chara's end really makes that supposed atonement incomplete. We don't know if Chara is actually sorry since they don't say that they are.

As the narrator, Chara seems to intentionally hide who they are in Neutral and Pacifist routes, but if there was ever a moment where their true identity should have been revealed, it's when Asriel was opening up them.

It's been argued that the silent nature of the narrator in moments like this is supportive evidence that it's Chara, but it's actually the opposite since there's no reason for Chara to have nothing to say when Asriel is pouring his heart out to them. The complete lack of personal things to say on the narrator's end just makes it seem as if they don't have any connection to Asriel, and they only help us save him because it's their job as the narrator.

At the very least Chara should have made it known that they weren't gone like Asriel later believes, but we don't even get that.

Chara not being open on who they are in the entire Pacifist run goes against the idea that they had a character arc, and is one of the many things make it seem as if they aren't the narrator in all routes. All this combined with Chara not even sticking around in their world after the game is over REALLY makes their revival a rather pointless addition that does nothing but drag down the game's writing.

Speaking of the writing being dragged down, Frisk's own writing suffers even more thanks to Narrachara. Let's briefly go over how before we wrap up this critique of Narrachara.

- Narrachara overshadowing Frisk -

The part of the fandom that is defensive of Chara often act as if they are the singular character we control in Undertale. Jump into any discussion about Chara's morals, and you're bound to see someone saying that we "force" Chara to kill monsters.

From Judgment Boy's "The Truth about Chara" Video. Notice the complete erasure of Frisk

And given everything I've went over in this post, it's really not at all hard to see why people think this way when everything that revolves around Chara (especially Genocide) overshadows Frisk. And when viewing Chara as the narrator, Frisk even loses what would normally be seen as their "voice."

In any other game, these narrations would just be seen as the narrator relaying the visually silent protagonist's own feelings/thoughts, but the focus wouldn't be on the narrator because the narrator wouldn't be their own character. But for Undertale, this type of thing becomes: "Look at how Chara is feeling. Look at what you're doing to them by feeding them LV," while Frisk is rarely brought up.

Chara feeling what Frisk feels is redundant, and it shifts the focus off of the main character because they aren't the one who is visually speaking.

When you're constantly seeing the narrator as a character, even the simple act of the narrator saying what FRISK does can get taken as a "Chara character moment."

From Nochoco's Chara Analysis

----- Narrachara Critique Conclusion -----

The Narrachara concept has all of the issues that Chara brings to the (already deeply flawed) diegetic player execution, and it adds it's own gigantic layer of problematic elements.

Even when not factoring in Narrachara, Chara is without a doubt the worst character in Undertale.

Toby wanted Chara to represent way too many things that didn't fit together, but he felt that by combining all of them he could pass it off as his character being complex and up to interpretation, when in reality he just made a very poorly written mess. He threw that mess of a character into the final game and expected people to come up with their own headcanons to do his job of filling in the flaws like a puzzle. But the puzzle is so fundamentally broken that no headcanon peices can completely fill/fix it. Toby's subpar writing for Chara is also why the Chara Defense Squad and Chara Offense Squad came about, and why there will always be heated debates about the character.

While Chara's role in the story pre-revival is very much needed, the fandom, Frisk, and Undertale as a whole would have been much better off without the rest of Chara's baggage.

- Flowey Critique -

Now this will be a much shorter one than the others.

Unlike Frisk and Chara, Flowey's character doesn't run into an identity crisis if the Player is diegetic. Flowey's only notable character problems are the inconsistencies in his knowledge of the player's existence and Chara's revival.

The thing most people immediately point to show that Flowey knows about the player is of course, the ending of the Pacifist run. But as we talked about before, going by Flowey's own words, he believes that the "player" is Chara. Even though preponderance of evidence points to Flowey's statement being blatantly incorrect, if he really felt that Chara was the one controlling Frisk and the Save power, the timing of his revelation comes off as character regression. Flowey (as Asriel) had already come to the conclusion that Chara had been "gone for a long time," so it makes no sense for him to randomly think that it was Chara all along after that.

But since most people feel that Flowey knows he's talking to the player, let's use some of their arguments to make sense out of why he says Chara.

The common explanation for why Flowey calls us Chara is because they are supposed to have our own name. But as we all know, "Chara" is established to be the character's "True Name." Their name is not ours in-universe, nor is it treated like that by anyone in the game prior to the Flowey ending.

If Flowey was truly meant to be talking to us, we should have only gotten the ending if we didn't give Chara their original name. Or better yet, Flowey should have just..not used Chara's name at the end of his speech.

The only other argument that can be made is that Toby's intention was for Flowey to sarcastically call us Chara. But even if we assume this is how the ending was meant to be seen, that's still some misleading and convoluted storytelling.

The next issue is the matter of when and how did Flowey discover the player's existence. Going by the super fourth wall breaking Omega Flowey fight, you'd assume that Flowey knew about us by that point at least right?

Well it's very important to note that despite Flowey shattering our save file with Chara's name on it, he doesn't think that Chara is around until the end of a Pacifist run or in a Genocide run.

If Flowey was able to see the name he would have said something

This means that just like most fourth wall breaking moments, the meta stuff Omega Flowey does can't be taken too literally. It also wouldn't make any form of sense for Flowey to be able to manipulate the entire game and sense our presence within Frisk, but not Chara's.

But given the complete lack of polish with everything in the diegetic player execution, it's not impossible that Toby truly felt there was no issue with Flowey being able to sense a higher dimensional being, but not the character that lives in his world. After all, Flowey seemingly references let's-play viewers that may be watching Genocide right?

If Flowey knows about people watching the game, that means he knows his world is a game, which in turn means he must know about the player.

The problem is.. the entire context of Flowey's Geno conversations are about Chara. He believes Chara is the one that took over Frisk soul and decided to kill everyone. If Flowey really knew about the player at this point, he wouldn't tell Chara to stop chasing him (for example) when we are the ones making the movement happen. This means that at most, Flowey referencing viewers is a non-canon fourth wall break.

Okay so how about we just say that Flowey discovered us after he became the God of Hyperdeath. He gained higher dimensional entity level knowledge and perception from his newfound power. Does that work? Nope. Asriel makes it clear that in his delusion he felt Chara was the only one he was fighting against.

This means the only point in time Flowey would have discovered the player is.. off screen. He found out that we were the biggest driver of the story and even how to contact us without any rhyme or reason.. off screen.

Needless to say this is a pretty big plothole, and it's why I prefer the lesser of two evils interpretation that Flowey just regressed and believed Chara was the player. With that interpretation, at the very least you can argue that Asriel transforming back into a flower altered his mindset and made him go back to his old projection habits.

But hey, we're going with the most agreed on diegetic player interpretation, and under that interpretation, Toby just wanted to have one of his characters reveal that we existed in-game on Pacifist, and he chose Flowey for the job. It didn't matter to him if Flowey being the vessel for that revelation made sense.

- Flowey Critique Conclusion -

And just like that, we're done with Flowey. Like I said, the only notable issues of his character revolve around the Player/Narrachara concepts. Outside of them, Flowey is great.

- Sans Critique -

While Sans is theorized to be aware of the player's existence, the consensus is that the evidence pointing to him knowing about us isn't as solid as it is with Flowey and Chara.

Sans even refers to us as "kid" when we fight him, which shows that he doesn't *have* to know about us just because he believes Frisk to be a timeline "anomaly."

As usual, Sans is perfect. This ends his critique. 😎👍

- Fixing Undertale -

I have a ton of notes on how to fix most of Undertale's Player & Narrachara problems, (assuming they are canon) but this post has gone on long enough, so I'll just quickly run through the corrections for the two most important characters, and save the rest for another discussion.

- Fixing Chara -

Right off the bat, the prompt to "name the Fallen Human" needs to be removed, not only because giving Chara a different name is completely irrelevant in canon, but because I'm not including Chara in our journey. Nothing of any real value is lost if Chara isn't revived, and I already have a Chara-free fix for their most popular role in Genocide. What Chara does in the story before we start playing the game is important, but it also works perfectly fine as their only role in the game.

On the opposite end, the present day Chara is too many half-baked things at once, and everything that is established about them barely has any similarities with the past Chara. Aside from them dryly claiming possession over New Home items in Genocide, as the narrator they are treated like a completely separate character with no inherent life values.

Even the two most definable character traits about the past Chara (hating humanity and wanting to free monsterkind) are completely erased/treated as irrelevant to the present Chara. The revived Chara doesn't make a single comment that shows they hate humans, and they don't even raise any objection or discomfort when we MURDER the monsters they supposedly loved and sacrificed their LIFE for in the past.

Now you might be saying: "But Chara being around in the present as our narrator brings a lot of colorful commentary!"

That's Toby's humor/personality actually. A lot of the jokes made by "Chara" in Undertale are also made by Deltarune's narrator.

Aside from the first person Genocide narration, ALL of Undertale's narration can stay exactly the same even without Chara being present. Some of Chara's narration even fits perfectly as Frisk's own "voice," just as it would if the games narrator was a standard one.

On a more subjective note, I believe that Chara should also have a more unique character design. Chara leeching off of Frisk's character moments is bad enough, and their design being a lazy recolor of Frisk's gives many the initial impression that they are just the "evil side" of Frisk. It's not even necessary for Chara to look completely different. They could still have the same color scheme, but just a different hairstyle instead of Frisk's copied and pasted onto them.

Even though Chara would not be directly involved in our adventure, the ripple effects of who they were and their past actions would still be strongly felt in the present with Asriel. Asriel's arc of letting Chara and the past go would also work WAY better when Chara is actually..in the past.

Obviously this means that the "see you later Chara" Flowey ending must be scrapped too. Even if you interpret that ending as what establishes Flowey's awareness of the player, it's too confusing and open to interpretation to keep around. Flowey knowing about us is detrimental to the story anyway.

Overall, Chara being taken out of the main story significantly improves the game on every level. With Chara gone, the focus would be on the person it always should have been on: Frisk the main character.

- Fixing Frisk -

Using the groundwork Toby made, (but didn't finish) Frisk's default nature should be a very kind kid that hates violence. But for their character to work with the player being able to make Frisk do bad things, there needs to be explicit and consistent showings of Frisk resisting against our unfriendly commands from the start. For example, the narrator could point out that Frisk reluctantly attacks the monsters when we make them do it with low or zero LV. But Frisk's resistance and behavior should weaken and get more malicious the more LV we forcibly make them acquire. This works perfectly with what LV is supposed to do in the first place, but this time it actually matters for Frisk. Frisk also shouldn't be able to say cruel and rude things to monsters unless we fill them up on LV.

All of this works to subtly let the player know that they are canon in Undertale's story.

I would prefer for there to be an explanation on why we take control of Frisk, but Toby didn't establish one in-game, and I want this fixing to be as faithful as possible. Games with a diegetic player usually don't provide reasons for why we possess the main character anyway, so I can't criticize Toby too harshly on that front.

Since the Pacifist route fits like a glove with Frisk's inherently kind heart, there should be more things Frisk does without our input on the route. For example, Frisk should automatically hug Asriel and choose to live with Toriel. There shouldn't be an option not to do the most caring things when locked on the Pacifist route, because Frisk's own will/Determination to do good would be reinforced and strengthened. Because of this, the "you are filled with Determination" messages would be exclusively shown to us on the Pacifist route as a way of letting us know Frisk is steadily gaining more control over theirself.

In replacement of Flowey talking to the player after the Pacifist route is finished, the game presents to us a single question:

"Will you let them live their lives?"

- Genocide Fixing -

The higher freedom Frisk gains on the Pacifist route should be more restricted than ever in most of the Genocide run. For example, instead of Frisk's body automatically moving towards Papyrus while he's monologuing, the player is allowed to move in these cutscenes. This would be similar to how Deltarune allows us to interrupt Noelle's last cutscene in Snowgrave by making Kris move towards her.

Flowey believing Frisk to be Chara can stay as is, but all the "you're not human" lines that several of the characters have in the route needs to go.

As for the narrator's lines, the undeniably Chara related ones need to be replaced by standard narration. Standard narration in the Genocide route's case can even still have the same grim nature as a reflection Frisk's mindset, and the overall tone of the route.

Now here are the BIGGEST changes to the route:

Killing Sans will not automatically give us maximum LV.Instead the player must kill Asgore to reach LV 20. The game doesn't give us any option other than to press the "FIGHT" button to kill him, and after we do, Flowey shows up to get brutally slaughtered by multiple automatic slashes from Frisk.

After Flowey is turned to ash, we transition out of Battle Mode and back to Asgore's Garden. The tint of the area is significantly much darker now though, and Frisk automictically turns around to face the Player.

For the first time, we see a smile on Frisk's face and their eyes.

In another first, we witness Frisk's words as they speak to us. They tell us that they were somehow freed from our control after the power boost their body gained from killing Asgore. This is a result of their body hitting their physical peak, (Max LV) becoming far too powerful for us to manipulate.

They tell us that at first they were terrified when we took control of them, and they suffered from the mental and physical pain we put them through. They tell us that despite their anguish, they eventually understood why we did what we did, which was to make them stronger.

They thank us for guiding them and showing them their true purpose in life, but they also tell us that they have a feeling that they can't get stronger anymore..and that..makes them sad.

They tell us that they know there's only one thing left to do, and that's what we taught and gave them the power to do: Annihilate.

With a deranged grin, Frisk makes a mighty slash, destroying everything in existence, including theirself.

All that's left is a perpetual blackness, and our feelings.

There's no one around to say anything else to us. We forcibly turned a loving child that wouldn't harm a fly into an insane mass murderer and got them killed. And knowing that, is the worst consequence of all.

After ten minutes, the True Reset option is presented to us. We are given the chance to make things right. Will we take it, or will we put Frisk (and the timeline) through that hell all over again? The choice is entirely up to us.

There is no Soulless Pacifist, since there is no character holding a grudge against us after Genocide.

- Post Conclusion -

And that wraps up the most important changes that fixes a lot of Undertale's problems. Given everything discussed in this post, I think it's self-explanatory how these alterations would improve the narrative and enjoyment factor of the game overall.

What do you guys think? Like my ideas? Do my solutions get the job done, or do you think they can be tweaked? I'm open to criticism on this, so let me know know in the comments or ask me questions if more details are needed.

Even though there's a high chance that the player being diegetic is what Toby intended, as of now it's still just a theory. But if Toby ever does reveal that the player was always canon in UT... well I believe I've shown why that is not a good thing at all.

And if Toby also happens to reveal Narrachara as canon, (hopefully not) that would be incredibly detrimental for the game's overall quality.

While far from flawless, (some of my criticisms apply to the game no matter what) I do love Undertale. I love the music, the characters, (Sans is God) the humor, etc. But if the Player and Narrachara theories are canon, they significantly soil what is otherwise, a great game.

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