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pr1ncessavar0se · 6 months

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What about Lady Soot with everyone? I already asked about her with Vivia a lot but what about the other detectives and Kurumi?

OH OH THIS IS GONNA BE SO FUN!!!! I do have a liiiittle bit written in a separate Google doc so I’ll just copy paste it here LOL

Yuma Kokohead: Lady and Yuma would get along rather well, I think! He might get overwhelmed from time to time because of how hyperactive she is naturally, but it’s nothing he can’t deal with (he deals with Shinigami, who’s rather similar to her in that regard.) He has a hard time understanding her sugary metaphors and her rapid speech patterns, along with everyone else. Regardless, Lady’s always super sweet to him and acts like a big sister figure to him.

Thoughts?

Yuma: She’s weird, but she doesn’t seem bad! She’s just a bit…crazy.

Lady: Little Lavender Macaron! He’s such a sweetie. Seems to get into a lot of trouble with the Peacekeepers, and I thought I was bad with that!

Shinigami: Putting these two in a room is an awful idea, an awful idea that I fully support. When these two meet in the Mystery Labyrinth, I think Shinigami would kinda rip on her, as she does with everyone. But Lady kinda wouldn’t care and she’d still be super nice to Shinigami, even offering to make her favorite dessert for her. Eventually, they both kinda realize that they have similar energies to each other and use that to lovingly bully Yuma.

Thoughts?

Shinigami: Jeez, I can’t believe that sugar coated minx and I get along so well! Hell, she kinda does my job for me! Kyahahaha!

Lady: Really pretty! Her hair reminds me of strawberry and vanilla yogurt! Man, now I want yogurt, or maybe even a parfait!

Yakou Furio: They probably see each other as father and daughter, if only the daughter was a bit of a little shit that lovingly bullies the shit out of the dad. Directly jumping onto the sleeping chief to make sure he wakes up on time or sneaking in the Nocturnal Detective Agency at 4 in the morning to make him breakfast, Lady truly cares about the chief. Even when she shows how much she cares, she’s still gonna be a hardass on him, and it only confuses the poor chief.

Thoughts?

Yakou: It’s hard to understand what goes on in that head of hers. As her boss, I can definitely attest to that. But despite it, she has a real heart of gold, always making sweet treats for the other detectives.

Lady: The chief needs to get up on time more. He’s lucky he’s got such a cutesy wootsy little gal helping out on cases and whatnot, making everything as smooth as meringue!

Halara Nightmare: Halara definitely hates Lady’s sugary antics, probably finding her rather annoying. But, they’re willing to give credit where it’s due, commending Lady for being able to investigate thoroughly whilst making it snappy and also refusing to use her Forte, especially in front of others. Despite it though, they can’t help but find Lady to be a bit insane for refusing to use her Forte in the first place.

Thoughts?

Halara: Lady Soot is the definition of insanity. To blatantly refuse to use her Forte and make baseless guesses in its place, it’s an awful way of working. But, I can’t help but notice her hypotheses are always made with her observations in mind, which makes her work rather commendable.

Lady: Halara’s a lot like sour gummy candy! They’ve got a sour exterior that’s almost hard to even stand. But once you get to know them, you realize how sweet they can be! They and I both know full well the only way I can pay them back is with sugary treats that are homemade!

Desuhiko Thunderbolt: Desuhiko and Lady would definitely tease each other as if they really were siblings. They joke around and goof off like they’re siblings too! The only time Lady really gets fed up with Desuhiko is whenever he tries hitting on a girl, and she just gives him a swift smack on the back of his head in typical sibling fashion.

Thoughts?

Desuhiko: Pinkie? Oh, she’s awesome! I like to think she’s our personal sugar dealer! Just wish she’d back off sometimes so I can pick up some cuties~

Lady: He’s so cute, I wanna throw him at the wall and watch him go “splat!” Ahahaha! Just wish that little banana split would ease up on the women though, he’s making ‘em feel sour!

Fubuki Clockford: Gal pals, 100%. Fubuki and Lady would have such a cute friendship, like Fubuki offers to help Lady bake and after so many times of refusing it (because Lady’s even more stubborn than a damn mule), she eventually gives in, and that leads to both Fubuki and Lady having the time of their lives! Once Fubuki found out that Lady was homeless before she became a detective, she goes up to her and wants to learn everything there is to know about fending for yourself and survival. After all, Fubuki wants to be the best adventurer-detective she wants to be, and Lady would definitely help out with that!

Thoughts?

Fubuki: Lady is a very sweet friend, and an amazing adventurer-detective! It would be an honor to learn how to be a better adventurer-detective from her!

Lady: Such a sweetheart! We’ve gotta have her bake with me more, she did great!

Vivia Twilight: If these two aren’t the definition of opposites attract, I don’t know what is. Despite them being completely different in so many ways, they do have a couple things in common, and they use them to get along. Not to mention that Lady’s the only one who understands what he’s even saying to begin with. But in turn, no one else understands her because she too speaks in weird ways, mainly metaphors revolving around sugar!

Thoughts?

Vivia: Ah, Lady… The Yin to my Yang… It’s beautiful how flowers can bloom even in the darkest of times.

Lady: Aww, I love Vivia! Heck, what’s a twist without both chocolate and vanilla, y’know? Ahahaha!

Kurumi Wendy: When Yuma first introduced the two, I think Kurumi might’ve gotten a little bit jealous of Lady for teaming up with Yuma? But Lady was quick to shut any ideas down, and that probably made Kurumi feel a bit better about her. After that though, Lady’s definitely treating her as if she were a detective, even though Kurumi’s just an informant. She considers that being just as important, and that alone is enough for Lady to show her the same amount of respect as the other detectives!

Thoughts?

Kurumi: Lady’s really nice, always offering me sweets when I stop by with Yuma! Part of me feels guilty for not accepting, but she seems to not be hurt by it.

Lady: I’m rooting for her! Really waiting for the day she becomes a detective. I can see how passionate she is about it, and that’s just what we need at the WDO!

#shut the fuck down ava #ava’s asks #master detective archives: rain code #rain code #original character #rain code oc #mdarc #mdarc oc #lady soot #yuma kokohead #rain code shinigami #shinigami #yakou furio #halara nightmare #desuhiko thunderbolt #fubuki clockford #vivia twilight #kurumi wendy #twisoot

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softtdaisy · 2 years

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ok ok ok ok ok so request????

basically like ur dating tasm! peter and he comes into ur room all the time when he’s hurt after fights for you to stitch him up. it’s like a friday night and u have ur friends over for a movie night or smth and peter doesn’t knwo cause you forgot to telll him or you thought he knew or it just never rlly came up. but mid through the movie night he knocks on ur window and u have to help him get back to health without any of your friends knowing he’s there cause 1. they don’t know he’s spider-man and 2. it’s supposed to be a “girls night” so they’d be pissed if they found ur bf

just like v cute and v soft and like peter is being all cute and unhelpful while ur trying to hide him from ur group of friends

HIDE AND SEEK

DESCRIPTION I since you started dating peter, he always comes to your room after fighting for you to stitch him up. It becomes such an habit that even when you’re having a girls night, Peter is waiting for you.

PAIRING I tasm!peter parker × fem!reader

WORD COUNT I 3.8k

A/N I i'm sorry it took me so long to write this 😭 it was such a good request it super soft i loved writting it!!

You never thought you would date Peter Parker one day. Even less that he would be such an incredible boyfriend.

But you also had no idea that the same Peter Parker was actually Spider-man. Meaning you were, in fact, dating the superhero everyone was obsessed about. So maybe your judgment wasn’t the best.

It all started in your last year of high school. Everything was kind of crazy in town after New York got his own superhero in the person of Spider-man. You were not going to lie. You liked watching video of him saving people. You felt safer in your own town, even if the chance of Spider-man helping you in your street was low.

But you were not as obsessed as some people from school could be. Some even embroided his mask on their bag. Which was cool…but maybe too much for you.

And when you thought about it after knowing the truth, you realized how calm Peter was about it. He never expressed any obsession over Spider-man. Maybe it should have led you to the conclusion that he was involved. But you were too occupied having a crush on him for even think about it.

So, last year of school it was. For your science class, you had the spend the year with a partner. Not of your choice, of course. But you were not going to complain. Specially not when your teacher put you with the best student you could have imagined having as your lab partner: mister Peter Parker himself.

You two were the perfect duo: Peter was thinking fast and could find the result in a short amount of time. You were impressed by the way his brain seemed to work…and quite jealous too. But Peter was hyperactive, meaning most of the time he wanted to do things too fast for it to work.

So, you would take his place when you had to do experiment. You were calmer than him and more precise. “We’re going to make a really good team.” Peter told you after the first week of classes. And he wasn’t wrong.

You felt bad that your grades ended up overtake Gwen’s. Before meeting her through Peter, you admired her. She was incredibly beautiful, always nice and extremely smart. But poor Gwen had to team up with a student that didn’t care about science. She was mostly doing everything by herself. But it wasn’t enough: the work had to be done together to have an A+. “I swear I’m going to kill him one day and they won’t say anything when I’ll do it by myself.” She said. And you trusted her.

You were always surprised at the time to see how good Peter and Gwen’s friendship was after they broke up. They respected each other a lot. And Peter always said he wasn’t jealous when Gwen started dating someone new.

You were a little jealous at the idea Gwen had tasting those gorgeous pink lips of Peter. You dreamt about them too much to keep your cool when you were working with him.

Yes, you had a crush on Peter.

So was Peter.

He knew he was lucky to have keep a great friendship with Gwen after they broke up. And he was too scared he might lose you if he tried something. He knew bodies can’t lie. He noticed the way you were looking at him sometimes. How you were biting your lips when he stretched, and his shirt would go up. How you were putting your hands on his body more and more everybody. Sure, it was your way of showing your appreciation. But he also wished you would put your hands somewhere else…

Your relationship with Peter took another turn one night.

You were supposed to work together on a project due the next day. Your parents weren’t there that night so you thought it would be a good idea for you to work at your place. And Peter agreed. Mostly because it gave him a good reason to be alone with you. He was done working at the library or the lab where anyone could come between you. He wanted to be just with you.

But here you were. Alone. Without Peter.

Peter should have arrived two hours ago now. You called him, multiple times. But he never answered. The anger of him being late became a fear of something happening to him. You started imagining the worst. You even tried calling Gwen, but she couldn’t help you. “I’m sorry, [y/n], I haven’t heard from him either.” Suddenly, being alone at home wasn’t such a good idea. You were stressing in the living room, hoping you would see Peter’s beautiful face again soon. You were not going to lose him before confessing your feelings. No way.

When you started giving up on seeing him tonight, your phone rang. You immediately ran and left a massive sigh when you saw the caller ID. “Peter!” you screamed. Maybe too loud. At least that’s what you thought when you heard his laugh.

“[y/n], listen I’m so sorry for being late. I have a good excuse I promise.” You could hear in his voice how sorry he was. How sincere he was. How you could even be mad at Peter when he was like that? You couldn’t imagine him missing your ‘date’ for something else than a good reason. He wasn’t the type to let his friends down for stupid things.

“I can still come if you want me to.” He finally said and you looked around your house. You were still alone. And, even if you don’t work much because it’s late, you didn’t want to feel that lonely. Seeing Peter was a too good thing to ignore it. “Sure, come as soon as you can Pete.” You answered. You went to the kitchen to grab a drink when you heard Peter coughing at the other end.

“Well, technically…I’m already here.” This was terrifying. For a second, you turned around like you were in the middle of a horror movie. And the only weapon you had was a glass of water and your phone.

But then you realized that first: Peter was the one who said that. And second, it was Peter. You didn’t risk anything.

When you went to your door to open it you heard him say “nope, the window babe” with a little laugh. He had a lot of fun seeing you moving around your house, looking for him. But he was also in so much pain that he needed you to find him quick.

“I swear to God Peter if you put a camera in my apartment I will…oh shit.” Was the only thing you could say.

What you could said when Spider-man was at your window, without his mask and showing his beautiful face that you knew by heart by dint of working with him?

You ran to the window and opened it, letting Peter entered your house. He gave you a weak smile before you started hitting his shoulder. “What the hell is that!” you screamed, and Peter grabbed your hands to stop this. He was already hurt; he didn’t need you to bruise him more.

“The hell is me.” He answered, laughing. “Thank you for the compliment.” He let go one of your hands to brush your hair slowly. He was trying to calm you down. But you were at the same time too shocked and excited to be calmed right now.

“Since when are you Spider-man?” for some reasons, you were still sure he was wearing a fake suit and pretending to be the superhero. But when he shot a web towards your kitchen and grabbed the same glass you were drinking a few minutes before, you realized Peter wasn’t playing with you.

“Pretty sure since the beginning.” He frowned to make it look like he was thinking. And before you hit him again for making fun of you, he grabbed your hand and put it against his chest. “I’d love to answer all your lovely questions. But I’m bleeding right now, and I really need you to do something about it.” He said with a weak smile.

You understood why Peter was late. You briefly saw things on social media about Spider-man saving the city again. You connected the dots. Spider-man got hurt that down there.

Peter got hurt.

You grabbed his hand and took him to your bedroom. You forced him to sit on the bed “take off the suit while I’m searching for stuff.” You quickly said before leaving to the bathroom and grab all the things your parents took from the hospital ‘in case of’.

When you went back to your bedroom, you were definitely not ready to see Peter shirtless. His head was down, he was looking at the new injury he got. You took advantage of it and started looking at his perfect body.

Never you would have imagined Peter, the boy who’s always wearing hoodies and not the biggest fan of sport, would have this body. You could count his abs from there. And his arms… suddenly you understood why the few times he took you in his arms after you got the best grade, it felt like heaven.

You were still shocked by the fact he was the Superhero everyone was talking about. So, when you walked to him and started treating his wound, you were silent. You had so many questions you didn’t know where to start. You didn’t even know if you could start. Maybe Peter didn’t want to talk about it…

Peter interpreted your silent as an angry reaction. You were mad at him for lying. He was sure of that. That’s why he slowly took your face in his hand when you finished bandage his wound. You looked up to him with curious eyes. There was no anger there. “I’m sorry for keeping this a secret.” He said with a low voice and the smile you gave him reassured him in a second. “We all have our secret Peter. I’m glad you trust me enough now to tell me about this.”

His hand slowly slid towards your mouth. You couldn’t resist kissing his skin. And now Peter could only think about what it would be like to kiss you.

“Are…when are you parents coming home?” he finally asked, still caressing your cheek. Peter wanted to stay alone with you as much as he could. He wanted to do so many things to you. Started with showing you how much he cared about you.

“Not for a long time.” You replied with a smile. And it was all Peter needed. He grabbed your face with his two hands before putting his lips on yours. It was the softest and the purest kiss you could have imagine. Peter was testing your love for him. He wanted to be sure you wanted this as much as he did.

And when you sat on him, he knew you felt the same. His hands went underneath your shirt and the feeling of them against your skin was magic. You were literally melting from his touch. And from the way his mouth and his tongue were working on you right now. Peter Parker was the best kisser you ever had to meet. And there was no way you would let anybody else taste him from now.

From that night, your friendship with Peter turned into a relationship. It was so sincere and obvious you were made for each other even Gwen called you soulmates. Peter was still coming to your place after a mission.

First, because he wanted to see his girlfriend. He couldn’t imagine anyone else recomforting him the way you were doing it.

Second, when he got hurt, you were the best to take care of him. Your parents kept bringing things from the hospital they were working at. And you started nurse studies after high school. You clearly knew what you were doing. And Peter loved the feeling of your hands on him.

But tonight, was a girls night. And Peter couldn’t come. You told him about a million times.

You had planned this for weeks now. Your parents left the town for a few days, leaving the house all for yourself. You had invited your friends from high school and from nurse school. You had wine, movies, and good stuff to eat. It was going to be perfect.

And it was. You were having a great time with your friends. You never imagined you could be so lucky and have these amazing people in your life. Everything was so great. Until you got multiple messages from Peter, one after another.

“Window.”

“Now”

“Please”

“ily”

“Shit.” You mumbled under your breath. None of your friends noticed it. You had to find an excuse quick. Even if you were a little mad that Peter couldn’t remember your night, there was no way you would let your boyfriend alone outside. “Guys, I have to call my parents quick. I’ll back in a minute.”

You didn’t even give them the time to answer before rushing to your bedroom. You locked the door before going to the window. How could you resist the cute smile Peter was giving you on the other side? But you quickly noticed the huge bruise on left eyes. “Oh my god, Peter!” you said when you opened, immediately putting a hand on his face.

“Hi love.” He said with a confident voice, even though you knew this voice meant he was in pain. He always tried to convince you he was fine. Even if he wasn’t ashamed to feel weak around you. He was just used of pretending everything was okay to take care of the others.

You grabbed his hand to help him come into your room. Peter knew the situation by heart and sat on your bed, waiting for you. When you approached him, he put his arms around you and left his face up to kiss you. Between two kissed, you asked what happened, but it wasn’t important for Peter. “Just some guy who thought he was stronger than me.” He said, shrugging.

“He still hit you.” You hated the fact that people would always trying to beat Spider-man. You wished you could keep your boyfriend safe at home.

Being in Peter’s arms was so good you almost forgot the situation. Until one of your friends laughed so hard you heard her like she was there. “Who’s there?” Peter asked, frowning. At first, he thought someone had broken into your house. He knew you were alone this weekend and he got scared for you. But then he recognized the laugh and…it didn’t make sense. It was the voice of a girl from your class in high school. Why would she be there?

But from the look you were giving him, Peter apparently should have known.

“I told you I had a movie night with the girls Pete!” you said, hitting him in the shoulder. Peter grabbed your hand, like he always did when you were hitting him, and kissed it. He was still frowning, trying to remember when you told him that. “You didn’t tell me.”

“Yes, I did.”

“No, you didn’t.

This was a losing battle. You were both too stubborn to admit you were wrong.

“Anyway, Pete you can’t leave the room.” You tried to explain to him that it was impossible considering he was wearing his Spider-man suit and he probably didn’t want your friends to know about his secret identity. You loved them a lot, but they were more the kind to gossip than the kind to keep secret. It was actually the softest way to tell Peter he wasn’t invited.

“Well, I can put on other clothes.”

“It’s a girls night. Not a girls and Peter Parker night.” You laughed and kissed Peter pouty lips before escaping his arms. You needed to go back to the girls before they start wondering what you were really doing.

“Can I have at least something to put on my eye?” he asked with a pleading voice, pointing a finger toward his bruised eye. Peter looked like a baby like that and all you wanted to do was run to him and hug him. You loved him too much for your own sanity, you were convinced of that.

“I’m going to bring a bag of frozen peas in the bathroom. You can go there freely. The girls won’t hear you.” You said that, sent Peter a kiss and closed the door.

Only to open it a second after. “Just…don’t shower, they would hear it.” You closed it. Again.

And opened it. Again. “I love you!” you only heard Peter’s laugh before going back to the living room.

Most of the night went pretty well. The girls didn’t ask any question when you came back, and you pretended like your boyfriend wasn’t waiting for you. Peter kept sending you texts from the night.

“I’m bored.” “Watch a movie on my computer Pete.”

“I’m hungry, I smell good things, can I have some? 🥺” of course, you went to the bathroom, again, and brought some things discreetly.

“You sure I can’t shower?” “Except if you want five girls running to the bathroom with pans, ready to kill you.” “That’s actually a good argument to take a shower 🤔”

“When are they leaving?” “Not now, Peter 🙄.”

At one point during the evening, when you thought that Peter had fallen asleep since he stopped texting you, you heard a huge boom from your bedroom. It didn’t take you long to know it came from Peter. And while you were rolling your eyes at the fact your boyfriend was incapable of being discreet, all your friends jumped at the noise. “Oh my god [y/n], what was that?” One of them even grabbed your arm and looked at you like you were going to protect them from…whatever it was.

“Nothing.” You said, still looking for a logical explanation that wasn’t somebody breaking in your house. “I…put a new shelf on my wall the other day. But it keeps falling. I should probably give up.” You laughed to sound the more convincing. And when your friends sighed in relief, or started drinking again, you knew you succeeded in your lie.

At the same time, you got a new message. “Sorryyy my web got stuck on your desk I didn’t know what to do.”

You only wished one thing: if one day you have children with this man, you hope they won’t be as clumsy as their father. _“But now that I have your attention, could you bring me some water?” _But considering you were this close of killing him, Peter probably won’t even be the father of your children.

You managed to go see him a couple more times during the night. Your best excuse was when you dropped your glass of wine on your shirt, pretending to be as clumsy as your boyfriend. “Oh shit.” You tried to sound as bored as possible, but your friends really didn’t care. They immediately ran to grab tissues to clean the wine. “Go change yourself, you’ll have a new glass when you come back.” You almost felt guilty lying to them.

When you went to your room to change clothes, and see if Peter hasn’t died from boredom, you almost never left the room again. As soon as you took off your shirt, Peter’s hands were on your body. “Oh baby, this is pure torture…” he said, kissing your neck. Being alone in your room, Peter had the time to think about all the things he wanted to do to you. And kissing you was on top. Feeling your skin on his lips was like a gift sent from above.

Until it became a punishment when he had to let you go again. He bites your skin, trying to leave marks to remind you what you were leaving behind in your room. “You’re making this so much worse Pete…” you moaned when he started kissing your chest. You knew all the amazing things this man could do with his mouth. And you couldn’t let him win.

So suddenly, you pushed him back. Peter fell on his back and looked at you with surprise. “Not now, Peter Parker. After.” You didn’t risk leaning to his face. So, you kissed his stomach before grabbing a new shirt in your wardrobe. Peter was too shocked, and aroused, to even talked again. He let you leave the room. Wondering if he could solve his problem by himself.

Before leaving, your friends insisted on playing a game of truth or dare. It was a tradition, and you couldn’t miss it. Even if after your little meeting with Peter, you just wanted to go back into his arms. You watched them play, answering some stupid stuff. But you knew you weren’t safe around them. “Okay your turn [y/n]. Truth or dare?”

“Truth.”

“Did you ever hide someone in your closet?”

You thought they knew. Why would they ask that? You thought about all the time you went to your room tonight, but they couldn’t know. Then you thought they would be mad if they knew you were hiding Peter in your room while they were there. And they would have told you. They were terrible liar.

So, you weren’t going to lie. Just make the truth sounded good to you.

“Yeah. You know Peter is the kind of boyfriend to always sneak in. He loves coming at my window at night to be with me. I’m lucky my parents aren’t the type to open my door without knocking. I can’t imagine the things they would have seen… But yeah, sometimes I have to lock Peter in my bedroom to make sure my parents won’t notice him. It’s not like he’s the most discreet person on earth so it was quite a challenge.”

They all laughed, making comments about how sweet Peter was and what a good boyfriend you had. And you knew they were telling the truth, even if he was driving you mad sometimes.

So, when they all left, the first thing you had was to run to your room. Peter was sitting cross-legged in the middle of bed, waiting for you patiently. You immediately went into his arms and kiss him like you haven’t seen him in months. If Peter was happy to see you like that, he couldn’t contain his laugh from. “Did you miss me that much?” he said between kisses. You just nodded before making him lie on your bed.

“I’m going to thank you for being patient.” You said with a sneaky smile, putting yourself on top of him. Peter’s hands were on your waist. He looked at you with excitement. “I’m so going to come here every time you have a girls night.”

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that-blue-vault-dweller · 3 years

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Hello, I know that you are really busy, but how do you think Fallout 4 companions would react to child sole survivor. Who has somehow found a huge amount of sweets at midnight and has eaten so much that they are on a sugar high and are literally bouncing off the walls. With them getting into all sorts of mischief as they are hyperactive, and quite possibly waking up those around them.

Ooh, I love this! Awesome idea!

Thank you for the request! I hope you enjoy! 🥰💖💖💖

Cait - Is ready to strangle her when the kid starts bouncing on her bed and she almost hits her in the middle of her sleep, thinking that she is some sort of enemy trying to attack. However, as soon as she realizes what's up, she tells F!Sole to not eat any more sweets and wait for this high to wear off. She tells her to bounce off the walls in a corner and to go back to bed when she's through acting nuts. Cait just does not want her bothering her anymore.

Piper - Is suddenly and terrifyingly awoken by both Nat and F!Sole who are very excitedly jumping on her bed and loudly singing their own version of "Pistol Packin' Mama" in which every time the word "mama" is uttered, it is the name "Piper" instead. She immediately recognizes the behavior and knows they've gotten into sweets. She handles it really calmly until she realizes that it was her sweets that they raided. Then she scolds them and tells them to get to bed, terribly unhappy that her stash is all gone.

Curie - Is really quite surprised when the girl awakens her in the middle of the night acting like a total fruitcake. However, when Curie understands what is going on, Curie is a little flustered about the entire thing, and she gently scolds the girl and explains that sweets are bad for her teeth and now she will have to brush her teeth again before going back to bed. Curie mostly just hovers over her until she gets tired, and Curie insists upon her brushing her teeth before going to sleep. When she's finally done, Curie tucks her in and kisses her forehead.

MacCready - When she wakes him up and he finds out what's happening with her, he is only irritated by the fact that she did not share any of the candy with him. However, when she says that she saved a little, he is really excited and is acting just as childish as her about it. They both act as silly as can be and jump on the beds, enjoying the candy way too much. He definitely acts way too immature and might even get them both into trouble.

Deacon - Somehow does not wake up the entire time that she is acting insane after finding all of the sweets and pigging out on them, but the next morning, he does wake up to a newfound pencil mustache crudely drawn on his face. He is not overly bothered by it, but he does tell her that if she gets into sweets again, make sure it's during the day so he can help her do all the crazy things that she pulled the previous night. He has several pranks in mind.

Codsworth - Is very shocked to suddenly see her practically fly past him at the speed of light. However, he quickly recovers and takes off after her, explaining to her that she really should be in bed. He fusses over her and tries to keep an eye on her while her sugar high runs its course. When she finally runs out of energy, he gently leads her to her bed and tucks her in carefully, chastising her very lightly about eating sweets at such a late hour.

Hancock - Was out cold the entire time that she was getting into the sweets and starting up insane antics. He had gotten high when she had supposedly went to bed and had ended up passing out on the couch. However, he was really disoriented when he woke up the next morning because she had practically turned the entire place upside down from all of her pilfering and jumping around. He was not upset about it, though, and he just made sure that the girl had not gotten into anything she should not have *cough* his chems *cough*. But when he realizes she did not ingest anything harmful, he is relieved and just makes a mental note to hide his chems better.

Danse - As soon as he wakes up and realizes that she is very crazily singing all manners of songs with the Pip-Boy on her arm that is playing Diamond City radio, he is completely bewildered and confused. When he figures out what happened, he sternly tells her to run laps around the building until the sugar rush has worn off. He is pretty grumpy about being woken up, and when she finally comes back, completely exhausted, he tells her to get in bed and to leave sweet treats for the next day.

Preston - Somehow sleeps through it, and the next morning, he finds a disaster. The place is wrecked from her jumping around and acting crazy and he honestly thinks that it had been destroyed by a deathclaw. However, when he sees her passed out in the middle of the floor with a small mountain of wrappers near her and his Minuteman hat on top of her head, he knows exactly what happened. He just shakes his head and takes his hat off of her head before resolving to wake her up later and get her to clean up her mess.

Valentine - Is very shocked to see her run past him as he looks through an old unsolved case. He just asks her what she's doing and what's going on, and when he gets an explanation, he just chuckles under his breath, figuring that the whole thing will run its course after a few minutes. Sure enough, it does, and when he goes to look for her, he finds her lying flat on the rug. He picks her up carefully and helps her into bed, a fond smile on his face.

X6-88 - Jerks awake as soon as he hears the high-pitched laughter. He narrows his eyes, sitting up in bed immediately and reaching for his gun due to the worry that there could be intruders afoot. However, when he realizes it is just her and she tells him about the candy she found, he is simply irked and he tells her to quiet down. But when he realizes she is on a sort of sugar high, he just sighs deeply before sitting down and patiently waiting her out.

Dogmeat - Is just as excited as she is, and if she shares a bit of her candy with him, he gets a terrible case of the zoomies and the both of them are zipping around like they're absolutely insane. They both end up crashing together at some point, completely tuckered out from running around so much, but they have a ton of fun and really enjoy it.

Strong - Is really angry and aggravated by the whole thing. He wishes she would just lay down and sleep. Even super-mutants need rest and Strong gets really grumpy when his sleep is interrupted. He yells at her for a while, really irritated but not planning to do anything to her. He is mostly just complaining and trying to explain things to her. When she finally tires out and falls asleep, he just grunts in frustration before going back to sleep, too.

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talesofsonicasura · 3 years

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Stone Novas

Chapter 5: Battle to Prove

The time has come for Sun Wukong to face against Astra. Stakes are however raised when Team Monkie Kid sees a side to their new friend and that this challenge is more than it seems. CH4 CH6

Docks, Secret Base

Sun Wukong, Great Sage Equal To Heaven and the Monkey King, was a bit nervous to say the least. He thought his retirement plan would go perfectly. Find a successor to take his place, train that successor and then enjoy a lifetime of eating peach chips in peace. Not so hard right?

That was until he ran into Astra Valorous who took his idea then threw it into a wood chipper before igniting said chipper on fire. A woman who wasn't going to take his sweet-talk *bullshit* without a fight. Yank his successor from his hands then tell him straight to his face that the, SUN WUKONG, wasn't worthy of being a teacher.

He never turned down a challenge, especially one as interesting and rude as this. This was how the Monkey King found himself travelling down a cramped secret elevator with: a crazy Monkey King fanatic, grumpy noodle chef who hates his guts, a big burly sweetheart of an aquatic demon, his successor and his successor's hyperactive female best friend.

"Can't believe we are actually going to another world?! Luckily I was able to make an awesome jet that could withstand travel through Ultra Space as our Shooting Star called it! Finding stuff for the brand new Ultra Nova Jet was surprisingly easy with enough scrap!" Mei exclaimed, probably would have jumped around in excitement if the elevator wasn't stuffed.

"I will admit that I am super curious to see what Astra's home dimension is really like too. What kind of knowledge we can learn could be even equal to the Celestial Realm itself." Tang added, holding a notebook in his hand that read: Pokemon, Analysis of the Unknown.

Pigsy didn't seem so enthusiastic like the rest of the group. "The only reason I'm here is because the kid asked me to come. Plus, the stove needs to be repaired so I had to close up shop for the day." For a second, the Monkey King thought the pig demon came to see him clash with Bao Chang.

Sun Wukong and Pigsy really didn't see eye to eye, the restaurant owner looked ready to clobber the immortal monkey with a frying pan at any chance he got. He probably didn't since MK would want everyone to get along. The Monkey King eyed his successor at the thought.

The brunette was currently chatting with Sandy about what they could do upon arrival. "I wondered if Astra would let us meet some of her other Pokemon. Honestly, I wonder if there's any Cat Pokemon that live at her observatory./ She just might Sandy. I really want to meet Mukasa though."

Wukong softly smiled at his successor, he was happy that the young man could get some enjoyment from this trip. The elevator soon came to a stop. Sun Wukong took a deep breath, his face hardened into one of composure. It looks like the time of judgment had come as the elevator's doors opened.

Standing with her back to them was Astra Valorous, the Frontier Brain stood at the large jet that would take the group through Ultra Space. It looked like one of those jets that astronauts used for travel except it was painted red with gold accents and clouds, the wings were jagged that they imitates claws or feathers and the Monkey King's logo could be seen on the right of the ship with the Nova Badge logo on the left.

Next to the redhead was Aniani, the Necrozma body had darkened a bit but still held some semblance of a golden hue. Astra turned around to greet them with a small grin. "Glad that all of you could come. I just finished looking over the ship so it was travel worthy for Ultra Space which it did pass with flying colors."

Mei excitedly fist pumped with a quiet 'Yes', clearly proud of her latest achievement. "I'm usually the designated driver of the group, so is there anything I need to know before we leave?" Sandy questioned, much to the Frontier Brain's pleasure. "Correct. You need to stick close to Aniani. My precious starlight knows the safest route we can take since Ultra Space can be quite unpredictable without proper measures."

Unnoticeable to all except for Astra, a certain purple moth had flown into the more secluded part of the ship. 'You better be on your best behavior, Macaque. I'll send ya skyward if your dumb fuzz butt tries anything.' The redhead thought watching everyone else board the aircraft.

Once the door to the jet closed, Aniani picked up the redhead in a strong but careful grip as kaleidoscope eyes began to glow. "NECROZMA!" The Prism Pokemon's howl overlaps the sound of the Ultra Nova Jet's engines, a large rip tearing through reality upon the Psychic Type's command.

Astra and her Pokemon were the first ones to dive into the much larger rift with the jet following from behind. The redhead could see the curious gazes of her companions looking out the side windows inside their ship. She silently chuckled when Mei mouthed something to her.

'If you ever go on another expedition, take me with you!' Is what the Frontier Brain guessed the energetic girl was saying. Aniani had to take a silently longer route since the other path would lead the ship into her poor ill-suited lab. So Astra decided to take the path that led to the near edge of the grassland by Life's Cradle.

Her reason was to see the group's face once they finally reached the other side of the portal. Everyone within the ship, even Sun Wukong, were in awe when the blueish void was replaced by an entire utopia of various biomes and their residents. MK pointed down at a large herd of Wooloo grazing near different sheep Pokemon and horse Pokemon that even had manes made of fire.

Mei was recording various Pokemon that flew past the ship, even squealing at those who resembled different kinds of dragons. Sandy just watched the sight shedding a small tear as Mo wagged his tail in excitement. Even Tang and Pigsy's composure broke upon a few airborne Pokemon waving at them, one being a golden cicada that had a white halo over its head.

Sun Wukong couldn't help thinking about his mountain from this spectacular view. Life's Cradle was almost like an alternate version of his kingdom. "... and that would make Astra Valorous this place's queen." The Monkey King softly whispered, golden eyes drifting to the redhead in Aniani's arms. She flashed the group a big smile before the Prism Pokemon began to descend.

Everyone on board watched the duo head to a cliff at the side of the grasslands. On top of that very landform sat Mukasa, the Rogue Monkey waving over for the group to land. Sandy carefully landed the plane while Astra got out of her Necrozma's hold.

"Brace yourself Mukasa." Once the door of the ship opened MK and Mei ran outside towards them. Both young adults bouncing around with a million questions per second that only made Astra wonder if they were breathing. Her Zarude companion merely raised an eyebrow before holding up one finger.

Mei and MK immediately went silent at the gesture much to the surprise of Pigsy who just stepped out of the shuttle. "Mukasa here handles the more rambunctious Pokemon so he knows how to deal with hyperactive people too." Astra answered, satisfying the pig demon's curiosity.

A certain shadow moth stealthy slipped into the Frontier Brain's sleeve before Wukong finally stepped off the ship. She nearly whacked the moth as he went up her jacket and made himself comfy in her fluffy white collar. Astra didn't have to look to know Macaque's beady little eyes glinting in amusement, the tiny prick. Anyway...

"I humbly welcome you all to my facility: The Battle Observatory! As I said before, I am Astra Valorous, the Frontier Brain in charge of this observatory alongside Life Cradle and its Pokemon inhabitants. Before beginning the tour, there's a few things I need to get out of the way." Mukasa took out something from the redhead's bag.

The group noticed they were small pocket sized tablets, each with a different color and symbol representing a member of the group. There was a magenta one with Pigsy's Noodles logo, jade that held a chinese dragon, light golden bearing the emblem of a cicada over a black book, sea blue that had an icon that resembled Sandy and Mo, an orange gold with MK's jacket logo, and a dark gold bearing the emblem of a monkey that held a staff while they stood on top of a cloud.

"These are your Pokedexs. You can use these to scan any Pokemon you come across or look through in your free time. All of them have a communicator so you'll be able to talk to me or each other, built-in camera for both picture and video alongside an audio recorder, an emergency signal that will activate if any of you are in serious trouble and is customizable. They're also solar powered and store whatever energy that isn't used for further usage in the future."

Mukasa immediately raised his hand up at the slight twitches from Sandy, Tang, Mei and MK knowing what they were about to tackle Astra in a grateful hug. Once it seemed she wasn't going to get tackled, the redhead continued.

"Next thing to address is the certain monkey in the room. I considered the Monkey King's ability to train MK is very inadequate and said I will be taking over. To agree and disagree, we settled on a battle to test if Sun Wukong can truly take on a successor. I just left out a tiny detail."

The Monkey King immediately froze hearing that. She said he was going to battle Bao Chang so what exactly did the redhead leave out??? "The battle isn't a single battle. It shall be a Double Battle! Sun Wukong and MK vs Bao Chang and one of my Pokemon in training."

Sun Wukong felt like he was crushed under a mountain again, everyone else crying out in shock behind him. The Monkey King and Monkie Kid looked at each other, a single thought in their head. 'I'm fighting alongside my apprentice/ the Monkey King.' Astra quieted the group before speaking up again.

"It isn't going to be a serious battle. I want to measure MK's capabilities at the moment to see what to work on and how to improve. Any possible injuries will be tended to be Mukasa here with his move Jungle Healing. If things get out of hand, the battle will immediately stop. Are there any objections?" The Frontier Brain looked at every member of the group.

None of them seemed to be against the idea, good to know how much they trusted her and their companions' capabilities. "After the tour and the battle, we will have a field day around Life's Cradle. Do any of you guys have food allergies or are on certain diets? I would like to know so I can properly make lunch and dinner without any trouble."

After getting everyone's food preferences, the tour began for the group. Like before, Wukong noticed that the workers were respecting everyone's personal space. There were a few stops on the trip. Mei wanted to film some Pokemon training, Sandy saw a few researchers with Cat Pokemon and asked to pet them, Tang and MK asked questions upon seeing something interesting.

Pigsy did ask where the kitchen was which Astra was happy to oblige. The Monkey King did wonder where they were going to host the battle at. He had a feeling the private battlefield was out of commission after his spat with Macaque. All that would be left was…

"Since my personal battlefield is out of order, we'll be using my observatory's battlefield." Astra proudly opened a set of double doors for the group. Neither Sun Wukong and his companions could comprehend the sight before their eyes.

The battlefield was stinking HUGE. It was the size of a grand football stadium, the field itself had thin lines marking the trainers stood and where the Pokemon will fight, a large flat screen tv on the wall, the clear screens protecting the viewer's stand looked a lot more sturdy than the personal battlefield's, and even a collapsible roof seen on certain sports stadiums.

Sun Wukong and the hidden Macaque felt a strange unknown energy flow underneath the ground. Almost like a well of untold raw power dwelled beneath their feet. Whatever it was, it must come from this dimension.

"Pretty big, right? It's for a specific type of battle that I'll explain later. May my observers please enter the stands? These blast proof screens should be able to protect you in case of a stray attack. Unlike the practice field, these are made from an invention of mine: Elemental Gel. Mars, can you please referee?" MK's companions seated themselves in the stands while Mars flew out to the middle of the field from Astra's bag.

The Frontier Brain walked over to the trainer's base on the opposite side of the field. Suddenly the large screen came to life bearing a display of sorts. It was a status board that had Astra's picture on the left with six slots resembling Pokeballs under her picture. Meanwhile the right displayed Wukong and MK's pictures with a yellow bar under their names.

"I, Mars, shall be the referee. This is a Double Battle between Astra Valorous and her opponents MK and Sun Wukong! The Frontier Brain is allowed to substitute or trade out any Pokemon except for Bao Chang upon agreement for this battle. If an attack lands, the target's respective bar will drop! The battle shall end once one of the bars on either side fully goes out." Mars explained, looking at the two sides.

The Monkey King let out a soft hum at the explanation. It was a pretty sound idea and layout, plus it limited any serious injuries too. "Challengers get ready! Frontier Brain Astra, bring out your Pokemon!" MK immediately took out the Monkey King's Staff and got into a battle stance alongside his mentor.

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A calm sensation washed over Astra as the woman closed her eyes. "This may be a practice battle but I will not go easy on any challenger." The redhead gripped the side of her coat causing the hidden Macaque to hide in her hair. "Sun Wukong, Great Sage Equal To Heaven and the Monkey King. MK, Monkie Kid and Successor to the Monkey King…"

Astra tossed her coat skywards, revealing to everyone could see her heavily scarred arms. All across those firm muscles were large gouges from claws or blades and punctures made by sharp teeth. Something that made the manic feral smile on the woman's face even more terrifying. The kind Astra Valorous they knew was gone and in her place…

'So this is a Frontier Brain.' Macaque couldn't help shivering a bit. It was bafflingly how a nice yet sassy woman could change like this. A manic gladiator with a taste for adrenaline that came only from the harshest of battles. Made sense why Astra was called the Battle Frontier's Shooting Star. She's the fire of nova standing between challengers and victory.

"...show me what you're capable of!! BAO CHANG AND ATLAS, GET READY FOR BATTLE!!!" In seconds, Astra pulled out two Pokeballs from her pant's pocket and brought out her allies. From the two bursts of light, the Playful Pokemon emerged alongside his partner in battle.

"WE'RE FIGHTING THAT?!" MK ludicrously pointed at his supposed opponent, praying it was a joke. Standing around a scary 11'9 inches was a large bipedal dinosaur, black ancient carvings blanketed thick crimson armor plates covering the entirety of its backside leaving a smooth gray underbelly exposed, large white spikes that came the sides of its head and plated back, four fingered paws bearing sharp claws, sharp three toed feet, a long lobster like tail ending with four dozer like blades similar to the ridges on top of its head, razor sharp teeth and bright yellow eyes that stared through the darkness of the head plates.

"GROUDON!!!" Atlas' roar held so much raw power that the ground shook followed by a rise in heat and brightness. It felt like someone brought a small sun from how hot it became. Two slots on Astra's page were filled with a picture of Bao Chang and this new Pokemon. Mei pointed her Pokedex to Atlas for answers.

"'Groudon, the Continent Pokemon. A Ground Type. Special Ability is Drought which brings harsh sunlight upon being summoned to the battlefield. Groudon is said to be the living personification of the land itself. By using intense heat, it expanded land masses through evaporating water. It's titanic battles with its opposite Kyogre for the power of nature usually causes Groudon to go into a deep slumber underneath molten earth to regain its strength. When this Pokemon awakens from its deep slumber, volcanoes above shall erupt. It is seen as a savior to people suffering from harsh floods. This Pokemon is classified as Legendary.'"

The explanation from Mei's Pokedex shook everyone in the group, mostly Wukong and the hidden Macaque. Power like that was often in the hands of dragons, elementals and even gods. Magic spells controlling the weather were much rarer too. Living forces of nature with one under the command of a single mortal woman.

"Atlas, this is your first Double Battle so do your best. I want you guys to work together with everything you have." Spoke Astra, a sincere faithful smile on her face. The Playful Pokemon gave a thumbs up in response while the Continent Pokemon did a short but enthusiastic nod.

"Very interesting. Astra clearly has a strong bond with her Pokemon and sees them as equals which is reciprocated by the other side. Her team appears to be quite diverse from the various types of each respective member." Tang wrote it down while he silently muttered his analysis.

"If Atlas is anything like Sandy here, then they know how to handle their strength. Otherwise, Astra wouldn't bring out a Pokemon like that." Pigsy did have a point. She wouldn't bring out something equal to a land god without properly knowing their strength.

Hearing that from his boss helped ease MK's nerves knowing everything would be alright. Sure he never saw Sandy fight but believed that the river demon must be really powerful. "Are both sides ready?" Mars looked at Sun Wukong's team for confirmation. The Monkey King nodded his head while his apprentice gave him an okay.

"Let the battle begin!" Sun Wukong was above Atlas in mere seconds, fist already outstretched for a punch. The Monkey King dove towards the Groudon only for his hand to be blocked by a layer of thick shadow. Bao Chang had intercepted him! Using his free hand, the smaller Monferno tauntingly wagged his finger at the demon while grabbing him tightly with his shadow claw.

"Bao Chang is your opponent, Sun Wukong. Punish this naughty monkey with Focus Blast!" His eyes barely caught the growing blue light from the shadowy claw before the Monkey King's world went up in blinding pain. The monkey demon crashed into the ground in seconds barely catching himself. Some of his gauge however dropped by the direct hit.

"Monkey King!" MK cried out seeing his injured mentor. "Pay attention to your opponent! Thunderbolt!" Electricity crackled around the Continent Pokemon, a sight the brunette didn't like. And the Monkie Kid was right from the huge lightning coming towards him out of Atlas.

MK quickly swung the Monkey King's Staff at the bolt of lightning. It's magically nature thankfully reflected the Thunderbolt straight back at Atlas causing a medium explosion. "Alright M... Wait, look at the board!" Hearing Mei's shout and picking himself up, the Monkey King saw what was wrong.

Atlas' bar didn't drop as the smoke cleared to reveal the large Pokemon completely fine. "Nice idea to reflect the Thunderbolt. Sadly Electric Type moves have no effect against a Ground Type like Groudon." Astra flashed the duo a feral grin.

"Let's try this on for size! Mud Shot, Atlas!" MK barely had any time to dodge when a giant mudball nearly blindsided him from the rear. His hazel eyes watching the Groudon shoot large glowing balls of mud everywhere as if they were spitballs!

MK had gone to a full-on sprint while the Monkey King went airborne to avoid the large splotches of rapid fire mud. Sun Wukong pulled out a few strands of his hair then blew on them. Those strands suddenly exploded into an army of clones diving for Bao Chang like bullets.

"Climb up with Flame Wheel." Wait what? The Monferno engulfed himself in a large spiral of flames before bouncing right towards the closest clone. Inside the fire, Bao grabbed the incoming fist from the duplicate and launched himself forward with a downward throw.

This action not made the clone explode into hair upon hitting the ground but boosted the Monferno's momentum. And the Playful Pokemon brought down clone after clone as he continued to the top. In seconds, Bao Chang was above Sun Wukong and headed straight towards the Monkey King.

The Great Sage quickly held his hands to block the fiery monkey. However Bao Chang had collected enough speed and momentum to send his larger opponent straight into the ground upon impact.

Wukong's student wasn't doing better as he kept trying to outrun the barrage of mudballs. Being on the move made it impossible for a well aimed counter and he had a feeling the same trick won't work twice. Suddenly the brunnette found himself airborne, a dragged chunk of mud catching his eyes before a large mudball came down on him. MK's meter dropped a bit just like his master.

From the stands, the rest of Team Monkie Kid could only shake their heads at the already disastrous start. "Ooh! That looked like it hurt. Don't know what's worse: getting blasted in the face or sloshed by mud." Mei cringed slightly from her two associates looking a bit worse for wear.

Tang merely adjusted his glasses with a soft hum. "Astra easily calculated everything before the battle even begun. Sun Wukong would try to end the battle as quickly as possible and she turned it against him. Those Mud Shots weren't random either. Every strike had the purpose of driving MK into an already established mud puddle." Now that they looked, everyone could see a collection of mud puddles had decorated the battlefield.

"This may be a practice battle but she surely isn't playing around. Those two are going to need to get their heads in the game if they don't want to get steamrolled." Pigsy watched his young employee and the monkey demon pick themselves off the ground.

MK wiped the mud covering his face and Sun Wukong dusted himself glaring at their opponents as they did so. Bao Chang had an impish smirk and Atlas looked unimpressed. "Come on boys! Shape up now or get left in the mud!" Astra had yet to see anything convincing from the Monkey King.

It was time to give them a little push. "If this is what the rest of the battle is going to be then you might as well leave. When it comes to teaching, you must put everything you have into helping your student grow. So far, I see a monkey with an overgrown ego dragging an innocent young man to an early grave."

The Frontier Brain stared at the duo in utter disappointment. "MK can't thrive if you don't get off your high horse and actually help. You tell him to 'Believe in himself' but you have yet to show that you believe in him or his capabilities. He didn't begin as a warrior like you Sun Wukong. He's a young man working at an earnest noodle shop and trying to find his path in life before you came in." Astra then looked at MK's friends in the stands.

"These people believe in MK and always have his back. I may not have known them for long but I bet they would put down their lives to help him. It is the same with me and my Pokemon as well. If we don't work together, then none of us are going to grow properly not just in strength but as individuals." The Frontier Brain then bore her apple greens into the Monkey King's stunned amber.

Despite the difference in age, her eyes held a type of wisdom that even he couldn't compare to: the ability to unite others. "Are you going to start acting like a proper teacher and work alongside your pupil? Or are you ready to be responsible when he falls to an enemy he was unprepared to face because of your ignorance?"

Sun Wukong for once truly looked at his successor. He could now see how scared and worried the young man was, the weight of his position weighing down on MK. And in those brown eyes were a silent plea for help. Astra Valorous was right, he needed to clean up his act.

The Monkey King flashed his pupil a confident smile. "Hey bud. We can't let these guys stay in the lead. I think it's time we put our game faces on and truly act like teammates. What do you say?" He outstretched his paw to the young man.

Disbelief flooded MK before it slowly ignited into confidence and determination while taking the monkey's paw. "Yeah! Let's go get them, Monkey King!" A feral smile grew on the Frontier Brain's face at the sight before her.

"Finally got your confidence, eh? Then show us the strength of your newfound spirit! Atlas, use Dragon Claw and follow it up with your Thunder Punch, Bao Chang!" Jade green light in the form of dragon scales swallowed the Continent Pokemon's right arm while electricity engulfed the Playful Pokemon's left arm, both lunging at their respective opponents.

Wukong leapt off the ground after his respective opponent but MK did something else. Looking at the mud puddles all over the ground, an idea popped up in the young man's head. The Monkey King turned his head to look at his successor only for a blur to pass by.

MK was sliding through the mud as he used Riyu Jingu Bang to push himself across the ground for extra speed. A smile overtook the Monkey King while using his cape to block Bao Chang's Thunder Punch. Atlas brought his arm down to swat the Monkie Kid away but missed the young man as he slipped underneath the Continent Pokemon to come out from behind.

"Here comes the Monkie Kid!!" MK then swung his cudgel as it's magic made the staff extend forward. "Don't forget the Monkey King either!" Wukong's tail wrapped around Bao Chang's waist much to the Playful Pokemon's surprise. "Brace yourselves, Atlas and Bao Chang!" Astra's only warning before the cudgel crashed onto the Groudon's back while her trusty Monferno was tossed into the ground at supersonic speed.

Bao Chang managed to curl himself in time to minimize the damage from impact, Atlas skidded across the mud but stopped themselves by stabbing their claws into the ground. Both of their gauges went down as they were now tied up with the opposing team via critical hit.

"Quite crafty using the field to your advantage MK and nice thinking with the cape too, Sun Wukong. This is what I really want to see!" The Frontier Brain couldn't help grinning wildly. A sympathy shared by Bao and Atlas, both Pokemon were raring to continue the fight.

"I wonder if you guys can handle this! Bao Chang and Atlas, show them a taste of your teamwork!" A warning for MK and Sun Wukong to be on guard as Astra was up to something big. "Brace yourself bud!" Warned the Monkey King when his Monferno opponent leapt high into the air.

"Bao Chang, Flame Wheel full power!" The Playful Pokemon spun in place creating much larger and intense flames that swirled around the Fire/Fighting Type. "Now for step two! Atlas, use Flamethrower on Bao!"

"WHAT?!" MK and his companions watched in utter shock from Astra's Groudon exhaling a large stream of fire at their partner. Instead of breaking through the fiery wheel, Atlas' fire made it bigger and even more powerful to the point that spiralling streams of white flames descended onto the battlefield!

MK tried to use the mud on the battlefield to avoid the fiery ribbons but all of it had dried up from the intense heat. Wukong was fairing a bit better than his younger teammate, the monkey demon was a blur across the battlefield heading straight for Bao Chang.

"Atlas, leap into the air and spike Bao Chang with Dragon Claw!" The ground intensely shook when the 11 ft behemoth used their powerful legs to jump into the ground. Pure green energy circulated around the Groudon's right arm that once again hardened into large emerald claws.

"GROUDON!/ Team Attack: Draconic Inferno!" Howled Astra and Atlas, the Continent Pokemon brought down his energy claw straight onto Bao Chang with all the power they had. Something that turned the large wheel of spewing flames into a high speed meteor.

Bits of the dragon energy intertwined with the fire and its ribbons transforming it into a green tinted 12 tailed comet. Sun Wukong immediately braced himself for the blow only to see Bao Chang fly past him. His golden eyes barely caught the smug look on the Playful Pokemon's face.

It immediately hit the Monkey King that he wasn't the target… The target was…! "Hit the deck!!" Yelled the Great Sage at his young apprentice. Neither of them had a chance to react when Bao Chang crashed onto the battlefield itself, a massive explosion that made a fiery tornado on impact.

Both MK and Sun Wukong were immediately pulled into the vortex of greenish flames, their bars depleting to zero from the continuous strikes. Soon the storm cleared with both members of Team Monkie Kid were on their backs dizzy and a bit motion sick but not badly hurt.

There were some burns ranging from first to second alongside a few mild bruises. However it hurt mentally to both members, more so for Sun Wukong as his eyes saw their empty bars on the screen. The Handsome Monkey King, Great Sage Equal To Heaven, Sun Wukong…

...had suffered his first defeat in a very long time.

And that is it! I had to come up with a way to write this battle properly. Sun Wukong has faced gods before that's something people need to take into account despite his 500 year disappearance in the series.

As for sicking a Groudon on MK, I actually asked some of the people in my Discord about it before writing this. Atlas is a reserved Pokemon and I'll getting into that reason next chapter. Just know he's a little bit stronger than our Monkie Kid but not near the Monkey King's current level.

Until next time folks, see you back at Megapolis.

New Pokemon added! Atlas the Groudon

Astra's Current Team: Bao Chang(Monferno), Mukasa (Zarude), AniAni(Necrozma), Atlas(Groudon)

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gh0stwriting · 4 years

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Hcs for Jason, Thomas, Brahms and Michael reacting to their s/o drinking an energy drink and their heart rate jumping through the roof. Reader is super hyperactive at the moment and the slashers are kinda worried at how fast their heart is beating. (This is happening to me rn) pleaseeeeeeee thank chuuu

(i just drank an energy drink so i thought this was too funny)

JASON VOORHEES

hes so confused. he cant hear your heartbeat but he can just imagine that with how much youre jumping around that its skyrocketing.

he tries to calm you down but you push him away and try to run into the lake, your feet moving faster than your brain causes you to trip in the sand though.

he sits with you on the sand while you tell him stories, most likely leaving a few bits out because of how fast youre talking, and just waits for the crash.

it takes longer than he expects, you still having the energy to jump in the lake and swim around for a while before wading back to the sand and just muttering “ ‘m tired now”

upon your request, he carries you back to the cabin and you make him watch movies with you while you fall asleep using him as a pillow

THOMAS HEWITT

less confused than Jason, but definitely more scared, you’re bound to get yourself hurt in your caffinated state so he decides to accompany you in your hyper state, hoping to keep you mostly safe.

he follows you as you run into a nearby field and pick flowers, tucking one behind his ear, much to his “annoyance” (he loves it but doesnt show it). and also when you try to do cartwheels through the same field, resulting in some scrapes on your knees. he didnt even try to join in for that one, big guy knows his limits.

your caffeine filled escapades continue on for a few hours, effectively exhausting poor Tommy, but at least youre still mostly unhurt. it’s now sunset and youre starting to complain of an oncoming headache, signalling the end of your adventure, much to your dismay.

when you return to the farmhouse you watch Thomas as he does some of his daily chores, willing your eyes to stay open. he stayed with you while you did dumb shit, youll stay with him while he does dumb shit.

but the second you two head to bed, youre out like a light and Thomas finds it almost endearing, how you went from acting like a hyper puppy to sleeping like a baby.

BRAHMS HEELSHIRE

the only caffeine hes ever had has come from tea, as his parents probably never gave him soft drinks as a kid, so hes quite scared of how energetic you are now compared to how you normally act.

you said the energy drink was to help you stay awake while you were busy doing whatever it was, he cant quite remember. but its been so long that hes getting exhausted just watching you.

youve done everything from attempt to bake cookies, which were a disaster because your shaking hands threw off every measurement to racing him around the house, him winning every time.

he thought you were calming down until you grabbed him by the hand, dragging him to a spare room and turning on your favorite song. you pulled him up on the bed with you and danced around to the beat, almost falling every time you got too energetic.

you could hear his bashful giggles being muffled by his mask and you could tell he was enjoying himself as much as you were. and after hours of dancing you dropped down on the mattress pulling him down with you and whispered your thanks for him dealing with that as you fell asleep, the crash hitting you like a truck all of a sudden.

MICHAEL MYERS

hes usually killing babysitters, but now he feels like one. youve been begging him to do random activities with you, starting a few minutes after you dared yourself to shotgun a whole energy drink.

hes turned down all of the activities thus far, none sparking his interest as they require too much energy, of which you had most of his share too.

the one thing you managed to get him to agree to though, was carving a pumpkin. low energy and hard to mess up. perfect.

while you had many crazy ideas for what you wanted on yours, he stuck to a simple face, carving it with swift precise cuts. you on the other hand, nick yourself with the knife almost every time you pick it up, too excited to get your idea out of your brain and onto the “canvas”.

you finished your masterpieces and put a tea candle inside of them, lighting them before you returned inside. michael lead you to the kitchen immediately and washed the blood off of your hands before covering them in bandaids. you thanked him with a kiss and ran off to go do more argueably stupid things while michael relaxed, you finally deciding to do something without him.

#slasher imagine #michael myers #michael myers x reader #halloween 1978 #brahms x reader #brahms heelshire #brahms the boy #the boy 2016 #jason voorhees x reader #jason voorhees #friday the 13th #f13 #thomas hewitt x reader #thomas hewitt #leatherface #leatherface x reader #gh0stwriting

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catnaples · 4 years

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KARASUNO: GIRLS VS. BOYS

MASTERLIST

Dude I really wish that they would make this an episode. I don’t know if you ever watched Kuroshitsuji but they made a POV OVA and it was my favorite thing ever, they should do the same thing except you get to meet all of the teams and maybe even try and play against them with yours lmao. Anyways, enough of the distraction, I hope you enjoy!

GIRLS VS. BOYS MATCH AT KARASUNO

Requested by: @final-shield-blog

DAICHI

♥ He finds an opponent just like him on the other side of the net, except she has long hair and nice curves instead of broad shoulders and probably chest hair

♥ He was probably all like “Alright team, they’re girls so let’s go easy on them lol” but then you were able to block a spike that Hinata sent a little too hard and he was like “Oooh, okay. They can handle this”

♥ He’s definitely in awe at the fact that you’re able to cover for your teammates so fast and effortlessly, and finds himself getting distracted while watching you play (which results in him losing the first set)

♥ When he goes to sit on the sidelines for a short break, he keeps his eyes on you the entire time as you continue to whoop the boy’s teams asses, all while remaining calm and continuing to uplift your team

♥ You may not be the captain, but he notices that you definitely act like one. You’re there to give words of encouragement when needed, or to take control when the rest of the team cant

♥ He admires your perfect posture when you’re bending low to receive a ball, or when you’re jumping high to block a spike

♥ At the end of the game, he’ll probably find himself next to you while you both watch your teams clean up the gym while they mingle. You’ll probably end up having a very parental-type conversation (lmao like two dads talking about their kids sksk)

TSUKISHIMA

♥ Tsukishima really doesn’t like the idea of “wasting his time playing against little girls”, so he almost just asks to not be in the game entirely

♥ He still ends up playing though, and boy does he not regret it by the end

♥ The second you walk to the front line and smirk at him, he’s vibe checking you. He hears how sassy you are with your team, which is already good enough for him

♥ But then when you blocked Hinata’s spike? And then gave him an evil grin? Tsukishima just had to laugh at that one

♥ When he stops to take a break and let Yamaguchi take his place, he finds himself staring at you, admiring the way you egg your teammates on to do better all while seeming like you simply don’t care

♥ He finds himself chuckling when you slyly roast your setter, or when you make a snide comment at your ace

♥ At the end of the game, he’ll end up packing things up with you silently, before you surprise him by asking for his number for ~volleyball~ reasons

♥ He didn’t realize this, but you had been watching him throughout the game too

ASAHI

♥ Asahi is so scared to play against you guys because he think’s he’s gonna hurt you all

♥ But he ends up super shocked when within the first five minutes of the game, he see’s some strong, beautiful girl rushing from the back, jumping super high, and landing a very powerful spike to the ground next to him

♥ It scares the hell out of him for a second, but he gets himself straight again as he continues to try and receive your crazy spikes, all while trying to get pasty the wall that you form for him

♥ He makes eye contact with you for one of the spikes and it ends up making his arm so weak, he just needs to go sit down afterwards because he’s like “Oof, I’m a simp I think”

♥ While he sips on his water and tunes Daichi out, he finds himself watching you spike, and he starts taking mental notes because you just do it so well

♥ He’s also lowkey pretty impressed that you’re able to make it past the constant walls that the taller boys are throwing up for you, and he also makes a note to ask you how you do it

♥ At the end of the game,m he’ll super nervously approach you to talk to you about the game, thinking that you’re gonna be mean or something, but it turns out you’re just a big ol’ softy

♥ Daichi and Sugawara both look on at you guys interacting and the way your bodies are doing that weird anime wiggle (lmao you know wth I’m talking about) and are lowkey laughing at you both for it (not in a malicious way)

NISHINOYA

♥ Nishinoya would just see the girls team walk in and go “oooh, pretty girls uwu” and then feel the need to try as hard as he could to impress y’all

♥ He gets super shook when Hinata sends him freak spike down and you’re there to receive it from the opposite end of the court in less than a second

♥ He finds himself getting distracted while he watches you flit around the entire court, sending each and every ball back into the air

♥ Eventually he’ll have a mental contest to see who can get the most receives, and it gets so bad that for a solid 10 minutes the ball really didn’t touch the floor

♥ Both of you have to sit out at the same time for some water, so you find yourself interacting about your position, before you shock him by promising that you were gonna whoop his teams ass

♥ And you do lmao. You guys took two out of three sets very easily, and the boys team was both angry and impressed

♥ At the end you both have this aura around you as you ask each other questions at rapid fire, talking over each other as you explain how cool each others moves are and comparing each others speed to each other

♥ Daichi and your captain end up having to tell y’all to chill because you both are jumping on each other and being super hyperactive lmao

#haikyuu #haikyuu headcanons

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detectivejigsawpines · 4 years

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Relatively Relativity-part 3 (If you give a grunkle Mabel Juice)

Whoa...that was a crazy weird dream…where am I?

Soos slowly opened his eyes-and screamed again when he saw an unfamiliar, wrinkly old man staring down at him anxiously.

“Aaaaah! Who are you?! What do you want?! Where’s Mr. Pines?!”

The old man sighed, and leaned his chin on his hand. “This is gonna be a recurring thing, isn’t it?”

Something about that voice...plus the thick lumberjack hat perched on his head that looked a lot like the one Wendy used to wear…

“Wait a sec.” Soos sat up, realizing that he was on the sofa in his break room (even if he was technically in charge now, he still used it as such). He narrowed his eyes at the old man. “...Dipper?”

Dipper smiled at him-and even though he was all gray and wrinkled now, Soos could see his buddy peeking out through his face. “Yeah, Soos. It’s me. There was...a bit of an incident on our hike.”

Before Soos could ask for more details, the door burst open again, and the same kid who’d scared him earlier came tramping in, followed by an old woman in a purple sweater who had to be a newly-old Mabel.

“Is he awake yet?”

“Grunkle Stan!” Dipper scolded, whirling around to glare at him, “I told you to wait until I called you!”

“Yeah, yeah.” He brushed his curls out of his face, and grinned at Soos shamelessly, showing that he had a tooth missing. “How d’ya like the new look?”

Soos’s mouth opened and shut a couple of times as he looked over the little guy standing in front of him. Finally he asked, voice quivering a little, “...Mr. Pines?”

“Uh-huh. New and improved!” He put his hands on his hips and puffed out his skinny chest as far as it would go.

The smile was wiped off his face when Soos finally registered the truth that he’d been resisting, but could not be ignored: “You’re adorable now, Mr. Pines!!!!”

Immediately his still-pretty-bushy eyebrows drew together in a scowl. “Say that again and you’re fired!”

Soos shrank away at once. Anything but that!

“He’s the boss of the Mystery Shack now, you can’t fire him!” old-Mabel protested.

“I’m the one who gave him the job, so I can so!”

“But you shouldn’t! Not for this!”

Stan folded his arms and turned away, grumbling.

“Wait a minute. If you guys have switched ages, does that mean that Other Mr. Pines is ad-” he saw the warning glare in Stan’s eye, and quickly changed words- “a kid now too?”

“Yeah; he’s down in the basement analyzing the thing that made us like this.” Mabel sat down on the other end of the sofa. “We were hiking, and saw this really cool flower…”

********

Ford realized fairly quickly some more of the deficiencies of his new body. For one thing, when he got to the basement he started to put on his lab coat-only to remember after doing so that his arms and legs were both a lot smaller, so very quickly he was swamped in seemingly an avalanche of white. He tried rolling up the sleeves, and then pinning them up with safety pins, until at last he gave up in frustration and just hung it back on the rack (causing him further annoyance, because while he wasn’t that short, he still had to stand on tiptoe to get it on the right hook).

At least he was still capable of wearing safety goggles, he thought ruefully as he climbed up onto one of his chairs and pulled on a pair of now-absolutely-huge latex gloves.

Then he forgot about his predicament for a while, as he examined the flower.

********

“...so until we figure out what the flower did to us, looks like we’re kinda stuck like this,” Dipper concluded.

Soos nodded thoughtfully. “Dude. This is intense.” Then his eyes widened. “Wait, if you guys got stuck like this, would that mean that you little dudes-” he glanced at Dipper and Mabel, and then corrected himself- “little old-old but used to be little-dudes would die sooner, cuz you’re like super old now?”

“Hey!” Stan protested. “We’re not that old!”

“You said you were pushing seventy!” Mabel squeaked, eyes going wide with panic.

Dipper already looked like he was about to start hyperventilating again.

“...I was lying! I faked it on my driver’s license so I could get lots of senior citizen discounts and stuff! We’re only, like, fifty-seven! Almost fifty-eight!” Stan quickly scurried around until he was between his elderly niblings, and put his arms as far around them as he could reach. “And either way, there’s no way we’re gonna let you guys get stuck like this, okay? We’re gonna figure this out, and get you back to normal, and you won’t haveta be stuck in gross old bodies for a long, looong time.”

“Hey!” Dipper swatted the back of his head; Stan grinned at him shamelessly.

“I’m just tellin’ it like it is, gramps.”

“Being turned into a kid again is making you even more of a twerp than usual,” Dipper scolded, though while wearing a smile as he gave him a playful jab in the ribs, and Mabel dove in from his other side to vigorously noogie him.

********

It was another hour before Ford emerged into the light. His eyebrows were pinched together, and he was chewing his lip as he stepped into the kitchen-none of those was a good sign.

“What’s the word, Sixer?” Stan asked; he was standing on a chair and making Stancakes, under the belief that having breakfast for lunch would, if nothing else, make everyone feel just a little bit better.

Ford grimaced. “Well, the good news is that my analysis indicates the pollen is not toxic, and doesn’t seem to be inherently harmful. The bad news is, I’m having trouble figuring out what they’re made of or what kind of magic is in them that caused us to turn into...this.” He gestured between the four of them. “It would be much easier if we could collect a live specimen of the plant-we’ll have to go back to the forest and see if we can find one.”

“Good idea!” Mabel chirped, pulling a pitcher of sparkling pink liquid out of the fridge.

Stan brought the skillet over to the table, and gave his brother an encouraging look. “C’mon, Sixer! You’ll think better when you get somethin’ in your gut!”

Ford sighed, and sat down at the table with far less resistance than he usually would have. “What’s on the menu?”

“Stancakes-”

“And Mabel Juice!”

“Pass on the Mabel Juice,” Dipper muttered, filling his cup with water from the sink.

Mabel scoffed at him. “Come on, Dipper, you’ve never even tried it!” She filled her own cup with a generous amount.

“I don’t need to try it to know that it would probably send me into premature cardiac arrest. Especially now that I’m old.”

Mabel stuck out her tongue at him, and then lifted it to her lips and began gulping it down.

And a few seconds later she spat it out, gagging.

“Ugh! What’s wrong with this stuff?!” She grabbed up the pitcher and stared at it, making the plastic dinosaurs turn and spin around in their liquid prison.

Dipper went to her side in concern. “Are you okay?!”

“Yeah, I just-I don’t understand! I just made this stuff this morning, it should be fine! But it tastes all wrong, almost like it’s-” Mabel froze, and her eyes went wide with the sort of horror that only comes from the realization of impending doom. “...Too sweet.”

Stan snorted after a second. “Now ya know how I feel about that stuff.”

Mabel shook her head a tiny bit. “No, I-I love Mabel Juice! I can’t not like it anymore, just cuz I’m old!”

Ford leaned over and patted her hand. “It’s a very normal thing for tastes to change as you age.”

Mabel’s eyes had become very big and shiny, and her lip trembled; Ford realized that maybe the wasn’t the best train of thought to go down. “...Don’t worry, we’ll figure out how to change you back so you can drink all the Mabel Juice you want.”

She managed a tiny smile.

“Wait a second…”

Stan abruptly grabbed the pitcher, and poured some of the juice into his erstwhile coffee mug. “If it’s too sweet for you now that you’re old, maybe I can actually like this stuff now!” He looked at Ford with wiggling eyebrows. “You wanna try some?”

Ford grimaced. “No thank you.”

Stan shrugged. “Eh, just as well. You probably couldn’t handle it.”

Ford’s eyes narrowed, and he shoved his cup over towards Stan. “Fill it up, Stanley.”

He knew, and he knew that Stan knew, that he’d walked right into that one, but he didn’t flinch away as it was filled almost to the brim.

“Um, guys?” Dipper said, for the second time that day. “Maybe this is a bad idea-”

They each took a drink.

********

Five minutes later

“I HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO HANDLE THIS MUCH SUGAR SINCE I WAS IN MY TWENTIES!!!!” Stan hollered, tearing across the back yard so fast he was almost a blur.

“THIS STUFF WOULD’VE BEEN GREAT FOR HELPING ME GET THROUGH COLLEGE! I COULD’VE STAYED UP AND STUDIED EXTRA HARD FOR ALLLLL MY EXAMS!” Ford yelled back, just before trying and failing to turn a cartwheel. He landed clumsily on his rear, and the two boys nearly fell over laughing at each other.

“I feel like I could run a mile! Or climb a mountain! Or run up a mountain! Has the world always been this colorful? Am I talking too loud?”

“I don’t know! I’m really not the best person to ask right now, because I’m under the influence just as much as you are!”

“Not so under it you can’t remember all your nerd vocab, though!” Stan cackled, and then tilted his head thoughtfully. “Huh...I shoulda said nerd words, so it’d rhyme. Okay, do over! You can still remember all your nerd words!”

From the porch, Dipper shook his head in mute horror. Mabel, at least, had recovered from her despondency over her new aversion to Mabel Juice enough to record a video of her hyperactive mini-grunkles-who, it appeared, were now wrestling each other in the grass, laughing wildly.

“...We should really focus on going back to the trail and trying to find that flower,” Dipper pointed out.

“Yeah, well, tell that to them.” Mabel pointed to the boys. Neither of them seemed to be in any condition to focus on something important like finding an enchanted flower.

Dipper’s shoulders sagged. “We’re not gonna get this fixed today.”

“That’s not the worst thing in the world, though, is it?” Mabel smiled. “It’s been years since they’ve been able to have this much fun together; we should give them a chance to enjoy it.”

“But what if there’s some kind of dangerous side-effects to our being stuck in these bodies for so long? I don’t wanna be stuck like this all summer!”

“Grunkle Ford said he didn’t think the pollen stuff was dangerous! Just relax, bro-bro!” Mabel slung her arm around his shoulders and squeezed. “They deserve a chance to be kids again, just for a little while!”

Dipper still had misgivings...but he had to admit that seeing Stan and Ford chasing each other around and throwing grass at each other was pretty cute to watch.

Even so, he hoped things could go back to normal (or what passed as normal for the Pines family) soon.

********

I’m in my late twenties, and I don’t think I could handle Mabel Juice. As much as I like sugary food, there’s a history of diabetes in my family, and that stuff sounds like a disaster waiting to happen.

#gravity falls #grunkle stan #grunkle ford #dipper pines #mabel pines #mabel juice #gravity falls soos #relatively relativity #young stan and ford #old dipper and mabel #oh dear #too much sugar

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sleepydave01 · 5 years

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Bart meets Ed on a stormy day when the wind blows his umbrella away right into Eds face and embarrassed sparks fly

Hey, sorry for taking so long! This probably turned out bad, but I hope you enjoy it nonetheless!

Read on ao3 or after the break:

“Of course it had to rain that day…”

Bart Allen looked through the window outside of his classroom. A new school year had just started and the rainy weather outside seemed to be a glum premonition of what was yet to come. Not that Bart cared, his career was basically set in stone.

“Well, at least I should be thankful for grandma to make me bring an umbrella,” Bart thought to himself, as he walked through the main corridor, opening his umbrella outside of the building. Under different circumstances he would have simply super-sped across town, but … having super-powers wasn’t anything desirable in this time period, he was told. He did not quite get why, but he has made efforts to blend in a bit more with his surroundings.

Though sitting still in a chair for six hours a day was the hardest yet and not a day of school passed by where someone didn’t give him an evil eye for his restless legs.

He walked down the stairs in front of the main entrance in a quick pace, the driblets of rain on his umbrella calming him down.

And then it happened.

A strong gust of wind made its way through the school grounds, ripping the umbrella from Bart’s right hand.

“Shit,” he exclaimed, stumbling after it, trying to catch it, keeping in mind not to use his powers in front of others. In those following moments though he wished, he hadn’t given a shit about the rules.

The umbrella scooted across the campus directly to a hooded figure that leaned against a tree.

“Watch out!” Bart shouted only to immediately regret it.

The boy in the hoodie turned around and the flying umbrella hit him square in the face. The boy started glowing and disappeared into particles of light.

“Shit!”

The breeze calmed down and Bart caught the umbrella.

“Shit, shit, shit, did I just kill him?!” He started panicking looking around hoping to find the boy, only to find a few blood stains coloring the grass beneath the tree, slowly being washed away by the rain.

“Oh no.” Bart went pale the moment he made his discovery and almost proceeded to run around uncontrollably, when dripping onto his umbrella from above.

It was more blood.

First Bart let out an extraordinarily high-pitched scream only to look up into the tree and find the source of the blood.

The boy was sitting on the lowest branch of the tree, holding onto the trunk with one hand, and covering his bleeding nose with the other. He was clearly blushing, but Bart didn’t notice, as the rain clouds made it to dark for him to see.

Bart fell down onto his knees letting out a relieved squeak from somewhere deep with.

“Ohhoho, you’re alive, thank goodness.” He stood up and asked: “Dude, how did you get up here? Did you like make a super jump, or did you teleport?”

“… Teleport,” the other mumbled still covering his nose.

“Dude, for real? That’s so cool! Are you a meta?” Bart asked to which the other simply nodded, sheepishly avoiding his gaze.

It just took one blink, and suddenly Bart disappeared from under the tree, and appeared next to the boy on the branch.

“Hi I’m Bart nice to meet you do you need a tissue for the blood or an umbrella maybe?”

“Whoa!”

This made the other boy jump, loosing his balance and falling of the tree backwards.

The prospect of making a new friend accidentally made Bart switch into hyperactivity mode.

Bart could not hear an impact, instead there was a flash of light next to him and the boy reappeared.

“I’m- I’m Eduardo- Ed,” he answered as if nothing had happened. Bart noticed a similar accent to that of his friend Jaime, so he figured Ed must be Latinx as well.

“Nice to meet you,” Bart said, handing Ed a tissue that he pulled out of his bag in super-speed (Thank you, Grandma!) and holding the umbrella over both of their heads.

“Thanks,” Ed accepted the tissue and covered his bleeding nose.

“How come, you’re so open with being a meta?” Bart asked him curiously. “I mean, you didn’t even try to hide it.”

“It took a long time for me to accept it, and it was really painful. So I decided that maybe being open about it could help other people come to terms with who they are. What about you?”

“I’ve really never had a problem with my powers. But my grand- aunt! (Phew, that was a close one.) My aunt doesn’t like the idea of me going around announcing to the world, who or what I am, so I’m rather cautious.”

“Yeah, our world at the moment is not the safest place to be. Honestly, sometimes I think my dad is right and maybe I should just stop.

The rain slowly died down and the tapping on the umbrella slowly grew more quiet until it was only the occasional drop from a leaf that dared to make a noise.

Bart closed the umbrella and let it loosely hang off his arm.

“Well, you know what they say. If you’re chasing rainbows, you always need to wait for the rain first.” He let himself slide off the branch. “And as long as there will be rainbows it will always be worth trying to find one.”

Ed took the tissue from his nose and tensed the muscles in an attempt not to smile like crazy. He didn’t notice the faint blush, that would give away his feelings anyway.

“But for now, I gotta scoot. People to go, places to see, you know?” Bart said, grinning up to his new friend who was still sitting on the branch and laughing about how he messed that sentence up.

“I guess we’ll see each other?” Ed said, trying not to sound to hopeful.

“You can count on that.”

And with that Bart started walking, started jogging, started running, started speeding, not caring what other people might think about him.

#rukia2378 #zetaflash #bartuardo #zetaflash fic #prompt #bartuardo fic

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wonderfulworldofmichaelford · 5 years

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Michael in the Mainstream: The Nostalgia Critic

I have been a fan of the Nostalgia Critic for years now. That’s a rather controversial stance to take nowdays, especially in light of recent controversies; first was the big #ChangeTheChannel movement which had the entire site sans Brad Jones performing a mass exodus elsewhere with some even going so far as to brutally cut ties with Doug for his and managements failings (with Alison Pregler, AKA Obscurus Lupa offering some especially harsh words). Then was this year’s review of The Wall, where he utilized his divisive clipless style and his complete lack of a good singing voice to create what is hands down one of the worst videos – not even just review, VIDEOS – on YouTube. But even with those two things aside, I do think there is some value to the work of Doug Walker. He became popular for a reason, right? So what is that reason? Where did he go wrong?

Doug Walker began doing his Nostalgia Critic schtick in the wake of James Rolfe’s Angry Video Game Nerd becoming an internet icon, and he quickly became one of the bigger faces in the wake of imitators Rolfe spawned. The conceit of his show is rather simple – he reviews nostalgic movies, mostly stuff from the 80s or 90s, with occasional forays into the 2000s – all while parodying the typical internet film critic much as Rolfe parodied the typical nerd gamer. The Critic, you see, is not necessarily Doug, but instead a hyperactive psychotic manchild version of himself who screeches, shoots, and curses up a storm while reviewing movies. It wasn’t too different from other review shows at the time, really, but Doug had a sort of corny charm that really worked.

As time went on, production values slowly increased, Doug’s humor sharpened, and eventually actual thoughtful film analysis crept in, especially in the post-reboot episodes. In fact, that is something I generally like about Doug’s work, and why I even bother with him still: the man clearly has an understanding of film theory, he knows what he’s talking about, and when he takes the time to sit down and actually talk about movies he’s actually pretty insightful. I think of his reviews of stuff like Ghostbusters 2,where he actually gave a genuinely great alternate plotline for the film that would have better utilized the concepts and characters, or any of his numerous video essays on film issues like whitewashing. When it’s Doug just sitting down and talking about a film while cracking jokes here and there, it tends to be really good.

However, Doug has increasingly wanted to add some spice to his reviews in the forms of skits. And it’s not like there never were bits in his reviews back in the day, but post-revival He ramped up the amount of skits, utilizing a cast of friends, with the current mainstays being Malcolm Ray and Tamara Chambers. I do sort of like the weird cast of characters the show has amassed, and I think they really help give the show an identity to set it apart from other review shows. Malcolm and Tamara are honestly, genuinely funny and enjoyable, though the writing doesn’t always play to their skills and can sometimes be a bit obnoxious. I think I’d have to say Malcolm is probably my favorite of the bunch, as he has the wackiest roster of amusing characters, with roles such as Satan, Black Willy Wonka, and good ol’ Bill. And some of his best reviews have crazy skits. His Moulin Rouge review is a standout example; even if I don’t agree with his opinions, he manages to make the musical interludes fun, funny, and actually filled with some sort of commentary relating to the film.

I think the real issues with the skits is they sometimes bog down the reviews or go on for a bit too long. Some of them also just plain aren’t funny at all, or they use really bottom of the barrel cringeworthy comedy that the Critic himself has criticized in his reviews. Of course, the pinnacle of these problems are his clipless reviews, which are basically just Doug and pals reenacting whatever movie he’s reviewing. On paper, this seems like a fun and amusing idea, but the execution is often extremely poor. See, the thing about the Nostalgia Critic is that you’re ostensibly going to him to see criticism and see if something is worth watching; the thing with his clipless reviews is that they require intimate familiarity with the source material for you to even get half of the jokes he’s making, which kind of defeats the point. This is one of the reasons his review of The Wall is so terrible; he’s taking a film that is incomprehensible and surreal and parodying it without explaining the context, so anyone unfamiliar with the movie will be lost.

And even if you are familiar, a lot of the parody can come off as mean-spirited or even filled with blatant lies. Doug has a tendency to overexaggerate and be hyperbolic when he’s in-character, so if he finds a serious flaw in the movie he’ll blow it up in his parody. His reviews of the It films really showcase this, as he sort of nitpicks things that really aren’t as big a deal as he makes them out to be, which has the unfortunate side effect of making his legitimate criticisms look a bit weaker. In fact, a lot of the time Doug comes off as genuinely hypocritical, mocking tropes and tools he himself frequently utilizes in his own reviews. It’s so weird, because despite all this as well as the cheap special effects and production values that Doug is clearly putting a lot of effort into acting out all these wacky parodies, but he just can’t act and criticize at the same time. At the very least, his clipless reviews lend themselves well to unintentionally hilarious, so bad it’s good territory.

I think a lot of why the clipless reviews and skits don’t work is because of Doug’s lingering resentment over the failure of Demo Reel, which was him trying to branch out after he retired the Critic. Of course had to fall back on the Critic; Demo Reel was not very popular, and people just wanted more of what Made Doug famous. I do like that he did try stuff to spice his show up to make it enjoyable for him again, but it’s still hard not to get the sense that Doug is still bitterly lashing out with his skits at the people who wouldn’t accept him branching out into attempts at legitimate acting. As such, they just feel like empty, over the top garbage that Doug is pushing out because he really wants to act, but he feels like he can’t because what people want is more Critic.

I guess in general it doesn’t help that Doug is just not a great actor. Just look at his performances in the anniversary movies, which horribly clash with the whiny manchild the Critic is portrayed as in the main show, orr even during some of the commercial skits he does, where he tends to overact or just get too childish and hammy. It’s so obvious to me that Doug really wants to be a legitimate actor but he just doesn’t seem to have the aptitude for it. He’s a lot better at comedy and criticism than he is at acting. Of course, that’s not to say he’s incapable of doing anything good; his review of that 3D Nutcracker movie, and in fact a lot of his more modern Christmas-related reviews, have some genuinely touching and heartfelt moments, and when Doug is staying true to the goofy, idiotic character of the Critic he can be really fun.

The Nostalgia Critic is not really a show I think I can recommend to most people. Hell, sometimes I feel like I only watch it because of, ahem, nostalgia. I definitely don’t think the show is void of good content, but when Doug drops something like The Wall, it makes me wonder… Still, I like to stick around, because when Doug hits it, he hits it out of the park. The problem is when he fails, he tends to fail in the most epic manner possible. He’s like that one bat in EarthBound which is super powerful but misses a lot, but when it hits, your opponent is pretty sure to get knocked out. I think a lot of Doug’s failings are carried by his supporting cast, and the flaws in his writing are only easy to swallow because of the genuine insights he offers. There’s just a lot to take into consideration when it comes to the Critic, it’s really hard to say if he’s good or bad. He just… is.

I definitely think some of what Doug does is bad and cringeworthy (I really can’t defend those sketches in the Deadpool 2 review or those awful Kermit puppets), but I think beneath the cringiness, beneath the overdone acting, and beneath the flaws, there are some good insights to be found about films and why they do and don’t work. I of course don’t agree with everything Doug says, but there is still genuine thought and effort. I don’t really know if I can say he’s worth going out of your way to watch, but popping in now and then to check out what Doug has to say isn’t a bad thing. I kind of wish he would go back to doing those video essays again, because I think that was some of his best work, or maybe stick to only reviewing stuff that he has some sort of genuine connection with. When he is really passionate about something, it really shows, because he puts care and effort into the analysis and is able to tell some genuinely good jokes in between snarking at the film. When he just doesn’t care… you get The Wall review. Yeah, that’s pretty much my go-to for awful Doug reviews, becauseit is emblematic of every single problem that has come to plague his worst efforts: lack of care, bad writing, crappy production values, overdone and overacted skits, manipulative editing, and zero insight into the film.

Still, as cringeworthy as he can get these days… I’ll take this version of Doug over the Bat Credit Card/Chuck Norris/Burger King “elephant”/forced meme version of Doug from his early days.

I’m Michael Ford. I remember the Nostalgia Critic so you don’t have to.

#Michael in the Mainstream #review #web show review #The Nostalgia Critic #Nostalgia Critic #NC #Doug Walker #critic #criticism #comedy #internet reviewer

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beybladeimagines · 5 years

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i hope you don’t mind but can i request a scenario for kai with a very bubbly and a little bit hyperactive s/o? ❤️

Mod Note: OKAY WOW this was actually super cute to write? Thank you sososososo much for this idea and I truly hope you liked it. Kai finds solace in happy people who use their bubbliness responsibly.

Joy. He remembers how that feeling once came in waves. It felt like sunlight on his skin, even if there were only gray skies in sight. He even remembers the way his cheeks aligned when he truly meant to smile and how bright the world was when he started to laugh-… But that side of him was smothered many moons ago when his grandfather told him to grow up. We all hope to never witness the death of a child, but that’s exactly what happened to Kai Hiwatari. His happiness was stolen and replaced with something sullen. He’s forgotten what it’s like to actually enjoy the world around him and he only gets slivers of those sensations when he’s alone and taking in the earth. He’s always wondered why he was so afraid to fall back into the boy he used to be, but he knows better than to become the man of his memories. Eyes are on him now - what would they think if he regressed to being so reckless?

He used to laugh at people like you, you know. He used to think you were wasting your time by exuding all that energy. In truth, he was so intimidated by that bright aura, that he thought his own shadows could suppress the sun. But you have always broken through his skies. In truth, he lets you - he wants you to. If it were anyone else, he’d growl at the sight of them approaching with such an obnoxious air, but you are a welcomed vision. What he sees in you is something he swore he once forgot, but it’s revitalized by your presence alone. Let me just step into that warmth, he thinks, let me just borrow that brightness for a little bit - no one has to know. In other words, he lives through you, but all at once, he doesn’t understand you. He’s had to murder a part of himself just to make someone else happy. How were you able to maintain your happiness without others seeing you as an inconvenience? It’s not that he wants to be exactly like you - rather, he admires how free you truly are.

As you approach, he takes his eyes off of his current activity. He once devoted his time to the stray cats in the area, but now it seems they’ve been alarmed by your impending presence. Kai has managed to roam these streets at odd hours; he became a familiar face and something that could be trusted… But while you have good and honest intentions, they do not know you and so they run away, back into the bushes that once housed their bustling bodies. When you see them scurry, you can’t help but express confusion. You stop in your tracks by Kai’s side, not even acknowledging his existence immediately. In your hands are small bread rolls that you intended to extend as a peace offering, but it seems you no longer have a reason to give them away. “Seriously? I would’ve thought they’d at least stay for food.” A sigh escapes you, but you are all the more determined to seek them out later. Your eyes finally fall on the figure beside you and you allocate a smile his way. You didn’t expect to see him here (or anywhere for that matter), but it seems he’s decided to stay instead of venturing off into the abyss (as always). He was always welcomed to stick around, but because he draws in cats, there is more of an incentive to be by his side. Kai, however, has stopped looking at you. Instead, his attention is on the bread in your hands and he doesn’t appear impressed.

“Next time, you need milk or meat.” He knows you’re trying. In fact, you always seem to give a lot more than others do, even if it might be unnecessary. You also look at the rolls in your hands, but you don’t associate his critiques with harshness. Instead, you laugh at his advice in a way that expresses approval. “Wow, that’s probably the nicest and most helpful thing you’ve said to me since-…ever.” You feel more inclined to acknowledge the potential he has to be positive. He can’t always be shrouded in bitterness, right? Some part of you wants to believe that he wants those around him to improve… Although you aren’t blading, you are still seen as someone worthy of growing into something good. Kai seems a little surprised by your optimism. Most people are offended by his quick remarks. His advice is so cut-throat, that many are too fragile to really see how it could be helpful. He doesn’t even take the time to sugar-coat his words. He is well aware of how his statements can sting and yet you never seem to be wounded by his words. How? Why? What does your mind do to make everything sound so beautiful? For a moment, it makes him truly contemplate the potential cruelty of his breath.

You begin breaking a piece of bread apart, only to quickly shove it into his mouth. He wasn’t given enough time to react, as his mind was too busy trying to understand your kindness. “Then it looks like I’ll just have to give it to you.” The smile you once wore now only increases in size. You like seeing the way his expression shifts into something less serious. Even if he is simply conveying surprise, he is distracted by an action that doesn’t allow him to be so bitter. When you’re around, his ability to be annoyed or enraged is briefly subsided. You allow him to feel something once forgotten - a sense of playfulness once banned by a higher being. It’s so crazy how a piece of bread in his mouth can bring so much comfort, but your attitude is allowing him to part ways with what haunts him. Hand quickly rushes to mouth. He pretends to cough, but in truth he is suppressing a smile. Ah, such a familiar feeling… And it feels so right if you’re the source of the sentiment. A shame he has to return to his usual serious side. If you knew you were his weakness, you just might use it against him.

“You could’ve choked me!” As always, he has something to complain about, but it is never enough to remove your grin. “It would’ve been a delicious death, wouldn’t you say?” You tear off another piece, waving it right before his face. A giggle soon follows as you relish in his lack of composure. His arm raises and a hand quickly wraps itself around your fingers, slowing pushing palm away from his face. Now nothing stands between the two of you… And why is there suddenly less space? Have you always been standing so close? Kai doesn’t seem to let go, but he is taking his time re-positioning your wrist. You follow his movements, watching as he imposes control on how he is fed. Your fingers barely touch his lips as he opens his mouth, slowly accepting the piece of bread you used as a threat before. His lips only slightly encircle themselves around the very tips of your fingers before he pulls back slowly. For once, you aren’t quick with a cute comeback. You didn’t expect him to touch you like that or to even play along.

But you see him break… You see serious expression shatter in order to make room for a smirk. Is that amusement he’s expressing for trying to get you to feel flustered? It appears your attempts at intrusion have won. “Well, that got you to shut up,” he says. Kai speaks as if he’s the one who did something miraculous in this moment, but it was your outstanding energy that broke through his once closed off aura. If it were anyone else, he wouldn’t have played along. Did he let you in? Ever so slightly, a wall was chipped and you have seen into the light of his person. There’s something in there, something that exudes a sense of enjoyment towards your existence. He won’t say it, he won’t admit it, but you have always been able to see the obvious. Although you are quiet, you can’t help but keep smiling. At this point, the expression is reserved for him and you know, in some way, it’s helping. He admits that aura of yours is so infectious that he feels himself slipping. Body turns, showing you his back. It appears he’s done enough cracking today and wants to rebuild in solitude. A pity you won’t let him. He’s already let you in. Now you just need to make more room.

#beyblade #beyblade imagine #kai hiwatari #scenario #Anonymous

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kyoko0001 · 5 years

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Please feel free to use these!!

10 KuroFai Fanfictions I hope someone writes or I will have to get to them one day

All of these are for anyone to use and are ideas that have been bouncing around in my head for a while. If you do like one/use one send it to me and I will read, review, and share!!!!! I have pages and pages of these so lemme know if you want more friends!

1 ~ Fai gets separated from the group and wakes up in a new dimension all alone. He is discovered by a group of warriors. One of those warriors looks suspiciously like Kurogane but Fai can tell instantly it’s not. He of course just so happens to be able to speak the language and surrenders peacefully. He is brought back to there village where he gets to meet the real Kurogane of this world. Youou is only 5 but is obsessed with the blond hair, blue eyes wizard who “is very pretty’ or so he tells his mom and dad. Fai spends a few weeks with the little family and gets dragged around by the overly hyperactive kid we see in the lecourt flashback. I want Youou to give him frogs and bugs cuse ‘arnt they cool!’ and show him all his extra secret hiding spots. I want Youou to get stuck in a tree and Fai to have to save him and he is just so freaking impressed that Fai can use magic to do that. I want him to be glued to Fai and hold his hand and just like climb up Fai’s side like a monkey and hang over his shoulders. I need a cute scene where Fai is telling him bedtime stories that are totally over the top and silly and for Youou to just freaking eat it up. I want him to just be so freaking cute and innocent and adorable that Fai is just swooning in cuteness overload and when Kuro-chan finally finds him Youou bawls his eyes out when they have to go and when they land in the next world Fai is crying too and Kurogane ends up snuggling him and telling him all about what he was like as a kid.

2 ~ This same shit but With Kurogane. He lands in a world separated from the group and is grumbling and stalking around when he runs into two adorable kids who wont speak to him but are constantly whispering in the other twins ears and shooting each other looks. Eventually Fai and Yuui bring Kurogane back to there house where they live with there Aunt Chii. Eventually the twins come out of there shells and they are both just terrors. Fai (the real Fai) is half 50% huge cry baby and 50% If-you-make-Yuui-sad-I-will-cut-you. Yuui(the one who takes his twins name in TRC) is mischievous but appears to be overly innocent and they cause no end of trouble. They are just cuddle bugs and Kurogane will walk into the house to find that they have stolen every blanket in the house and piled them in the living room like a nest/fort and are napping all twisted around each other at odd angles. They will also crawl into his bed in the middle of the night and twist around the same way and it hurts Kurogane’s pride as a ninja that they NEVER wake him. Bonus points if you write them in Ashura-ou’s care because he is the best underappreciated and well meaning father in CLAMP. Extra bonus points if they are little vampires!!!!!! And they get cranky and cry why they are hungry and there little eyes turn gold.

3 ~ A well written KuroFai A/B/O Fic. (I know I know shoot me) because I haven't read a single one in this fandom that didnt get abandoned after a few chapters or were terribly written. (all KuroFai is Good KuroFai but I want really good Kurofai) specifically I want I Dont-need-no-man omega Fai and a potty mouth Kuro-alpha who just doesn't know what to do with him. All the angst. Just modern day au a/b/o and I’ll probs be happy tbh. I have one in the works but I feel like I would get judged for posting it? I wanted something where Fai and Kurogane are both princes in neighboring lands. Fai is a first prince and Kurogane is like way down there on the succession so when they have an arranged marriage Kuro-chan gets shipped to Fai’s country even though he is the alpha. Fai is meh about the whole thing but ends up loving that Kurogane’s alpha pride is hurt because he was shipped off ‘like a blushing bride’ to his husbands home and teases him over it. I want Fai to have to teach Kurogane alllll about his new home that is culturally very different from each other in regards to gender rolls. (Kurogane’s comes from a patriarchal society and Fai comes from a matriarchal society.) So he totally freaks out that his delicate omega is a war mage who leads armies and fights alpha’s face to face. Of course I want them to grow a mutual respect for each others strengths and fall in love love and live happily every after.

4 ~ I want a fanfiction where something happens in a battle and Fai ends up saving Kurogane’s ass by stepping in and just using magic to absolutely obliterate the threat and we get to actually see him do more then just act as back up. Kurogane is totally turned on when Fai is a bad ass in a fight and even though he is injured he just really wants to take his mage home and erm... show his affection? Hehe.

5 ~ One time I wrote a fic where Fai and Kurogane went back to Celese when Ashura woke up and there were still people there. I was told of course by the readers that there were no more living people in Celese because Ashura had killed them or Fai had taken them all to another dimension? I never read that in the manga... (I knew there were no living people in Celese I though Ashura-ou had killed them not that Fai had rescued them) I dont think at least? But that would be a Fai thing to do. I want a fic where the gang lands in the world that Fai took all the people fleeing ‘The beast’ to and since they are all strong magic users they sense his presence right away and the court mages just swarm them. Of course everyone but Fai is super confused. I like to think that Ashura-ou didnt have have his actual son So Fai is the crowned prince aka king now that Ashura-ou is dead so they dont want him to go. It could go a few ways from here.

Fai was married for political reasons but he and his wife had been childhood friends and she is just so delighted that Fai and Kurogane fell in love and she is just all up in there business about how it happened. Kurogane of course is like what-the-hell-do-you-mean-you-are-married!? and Fai has to explain the situation and apologize for not being honest.

(sorry I ship TaiAsh-ou and it sneaks into everything I do) Taishakuten from RG Veda was super close to Ashura-ou and so also watched Fai grow up and was so freaking worried about him going back to Celese all alone. He has been in charge while Fai was gone and of course demands Fai stay so becomes there villain with good intentions if you catch my drift? Just like in RG Veda he promised Ashura-ou but this time it was to look out for Fai and keep him safe. So we get to hear all sorts of things about Fai that are never revealed int he Manga and Kurogane gets all twisted out of joint that Fai might actually stay when really Fai cant wait to go because while he loves him home the reminders of Celese brake his heart. Of corse Kurogane doesnt get why Fai would want to abandon his people so they have to have a talk and Kuro offers for Fai to live in Nihon when this is over.

6 ~ I really really reaaaaaaaaaaaally want a fic where Ashura-ou never rescued Fai so he kinda just hung out in Valerie in that timeless prison where he cant use magic. FWR still threw his brother out of the tower and he promised to bring him back if Fai kills the people who will one day. (just swap there names so Fai is Fai and the real Fai is now Yuui for this explanation) So Fai never grows older because timeless prison, never learns how to smile or joke or be a normal human because no Ashura-ou so he is just this tiny little starving frost bitten gremlin sitting in the snow holding his twin and waiting with the feather FWR gave him. So when the gang show up there like... WTFFFFFF. Kurogane brakes the timeless prison with an attack from his sword and Fai is just looking up at them terrified. he doesnt speak or move just looks up at them terrified. They take Fai and Yuui because Fai wont let go and find shelter for the night. Fai of course cant bring himself to kill the only people that have ever showed him kindness so he is beating himself up for not being able to do it to save Yuui. I love KuroFai but I also think that people can have close non romantic relationships as well so I would love to see Kurogane Fall in love with Fai and care for him in a parental way? No creepiness just Kurogane seeing a kid that needs him and showing him how to be a kid and live his life. I think this would be so cool if someone has the time to actually write out the healing from a traumatized 5-7 year old into a quirky teen. lord knows when and If I get to this one (I’ve had this idea for 7 years) its gonna be 500k + words.

7 ~ I want an epic AU where Fai and Kurogane live in different countries. I want it to be a tradition in Nihon that when boys turn 16 they spend some time training alone away from there families and its no different for Kurogane. I want his dad lord suwa to have gone to Celese when he had been Kuro’s age and become best buds with Ashura-ou. like war buddies. So when he ships Kurogane off for training he is trusting his old friend Ashura-ou(king of Celes) to look after him. (Ashura would be more like from RG-Veda and a master swords men if that makes sense) Kurogane is excited as hell to go and when he gets there he meets Ashura’s son Fai/Yuui. I want fun teasing between them, epic adventures, Fai taking Kuro-chans innocence!!! and tons of steamy love. I have so many diff Ideas for how this could go but I would love one where Kurogane helps Fai deal with Ashura going crazy like he does in Tsuba. Bonus points for awesome world building.

8 ~ I want an AU where Fai travels to Kurogane’s world when he is learning the spell to travel between dimensions and just sorta thunks down in the middle of his village and hurts himself on the landing. I want Kuro’s mama to patch Fai up and for Fai and Kurogane to become quick friends before Fai’s Dad showes up to bring him home. I want Fai to visit every few Years and for them to fall in love love!!! Bonus points if Fai has to sneak off to visit Kurogane and Ashura has to keep coming to get him and drag his ass home.

9 ~ I want and AU where Kurogane’s parents go on vacation without him so he is spending the summer with his cousins (Syaoran and his dad) and gets dragged with them while they explore historical sights throughout eastern Europe. they end up in this totally dilapidated castle that was abandoned years ago and is supposedly haunted. Kurogane doesn't believe in ghosts so when he hears a banging sound from the catacombs below his room he goes to investigate. He finds the source of the banging and it appears to be coming from a bricked up passage way. Kuro starts to get totally freaked out because he swears he can here crying and someone asking for help on the other side so he locates some tools and tries to get though the wall. while he is working the banging and the crying stop and when he pulls the first brick free he uses his phone to flash some light inside of the room and almost has a heart attack when a single gold eye stares back at him. after the first brick the rest of the wall comes down easy and Kurogane Finds Fai just standing there staring at him. Fai is a vampire that the villagers had entombed 500 years ago and as soon as Kurogane gets close enough to him--Fai bites him. Can you blame him though he is starving to death? the whole immortal thing is not as cool as it sounds when your’re bricked up in a dungeon. Luckily his stomach cant hold much and Fai apoligizes while he waits for Kurogane to come to his senses. Like the rest of these they fall in love love and Kurogane gets to teach Fai all about the convinces of modern day life.

10 ~ I want a fic where Fai gets sick for the first time in a long time. Usually his magic keeps him healthy so when he gets sick he gets siiiiick. Of course he hates asking for help so que Kurogane taking care of him.

#KuroFai #Fai centric Fics #TRC #I wish I had time #Can you all help my dreams come true #free to use #please just send them to me!!!!#I need these in my life #fanfiction #prompts #Kyoko rambles

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blackjacketmuses · 5 years

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hc; og dante 12

In honor of @dwellsinme who inspired me with her HC to post mine, because I’ve had it but haven’t gotten around to actually posting about it.

Dante - my Dante - is very much ADHD.

It’s kind of a tossup whether his nature as a hybrid has anything to do with it (see: PJO series), but he is definitely, definitely ADHD and has been since he was a kid. Unfortunately, in the late 70s-early 80s, neurodivergence wasn’t as big or talked about a concept, so no one really had any idea, and Dante’s so detached from the normal human life at this point it’s probably never come up and never will. He functions....as well as one would expect with that on top of cPTSD and depression, but, yknow, he manages. So it’s never been a real, true problem. Drove his parents and teachers crazy as a little, and definitely drives people crazy now, but...that’s just how Dante is.

I’m gonna go into more detail under a cut just because long post incoming:

To start I’m just gonna drop a list of symptoms here, so you can kinda see what I’m getting at: bolding is mine, and is the symptoms Dante visibly explicitly shows and expresses (for the record, he definitely has combined type, which has symptoms of both inattentive and hyperactive)---

Inattentive type:

Be easily distracted, miss details, forget things, and frequently switch from one activity to another

Have difficulty maintaining focus on one task

Become bored with a task after only a few minutes, unless doing something they find enjoyable

Have difficulty focusing attention on organizing or completing a task

Have trouble completing or turning in homework assignments, often losing things (e.g., pencils, toys, assignments) needed to complete tasks or activities

Appear not to be listening when spoken to

Daydream, become easily confused, and move slowly

Have difficulty processing information as quickly and accurately as others

Struggle to follow instructions

Have trouble understanding details; overlooks details

Hyperactive type:

Fidget or squirm a great deal

Talk nonstop

Dash around, touching or playing with anything and everything in sight

Have trouble sitting still during dinner, school, and while doing homework

Be constantly in motion

Have difficulty performing quiet tasks or activities

Be impatient

Blurt out inappropriate comments, show their emotions without restraint, and act without regard for consequences

Have difficulty waiting for things they want or waiting their turn in games

Often interrupt conversations or others' activities

Okay, so maybe he leans a lot heavier into hyperactive type, but, I mean. Watch him doing stuff, especially in 3 and 4 --- he’s definitely very easily distracted, doesn’t seem to listen a lot, and focus is only kept when he’s really interested in something, otherwise he super ignores it. And details? Ha! What are those, he just jumps in and does things.

As for the hyperactive symptoms, I don’t think I need to point out many specific instances, it’s...we all see it. He’s constantly running his mouth, constantly in motion, constantly moving, playing with things, bouncing on his feet, fidgeting, fighting, moving a lot as he fights...I mean look at him playing with every single new toy he gets immediately, and especially look at him with Cerberus. He’s loud, he’s present, he’s very impatient --- we see that a lot in 3 re: puzzles and locks --- and honestly he’s very good at interrupting people. Not to mention that thing about saying inappropriate things, and being unable to restrain emotions or actions? Definitely Dante, demonstrably so.

Other symptoms Dante definitely has --- and this is speaking as me, an ADHD person, who sees a lot of my bullshit in Dante --- are:

MOTIVATION ISSUES (don’t @ me Vergil): Look at this guy, he can’t or won’t do anything that doesn’t click into his interests (and even then!!) unless he gets pushed or bullied or bribed into it. He needs to be given a significant and heavy reason to get up and do shit, otherwise he’ll just sit around or blow it off and claim pickiness. And sure, he is picky --- because specific criteria on What Will Interest Him is another ADHD thing!! --- but man, even then, you can see in the anime he has to be pushed out the door to get shit done sometimes. This is clearly contributing to his broke situation. And when he’s Depressed it’s worse, look at the state of his office in 5!!

REJECTION SENSITIVE DYSPHORIA: Now this one isn’t quite as obvious, because he’s REALLY GOOD at pretending he’s fine, but he really does not cope well with being yelled at/rejection/being pushed away by people, especially people he likes. That’s a mood. This was worse by far when he was a kid, and is part of why he’s such a pushover and can easily be bullied into doing things for people he likes or people he wants to like him. He doesn’t want to be rejected or criticized, so time to do what they want me to! No problem, no argument!

SLEEP PROBLEMS: Either he is like LOOK MA NO SLEEP I CAN DO THIS ALL WEEK or he’s sleeping constantly and looking like Rip Van fucking Winkle. Now this does overlap with the depression, but ADHD internal clocks are borked to hell and back, too, so his sleep schedule and how much/little he sleeps is just. What even. How.

TIME PROBLEMS: Either something is Now or it is Not Now and if it is Not Now it is not worth caring about or worrying about.

IMPULSE CONTROL: As mentioned above, but with the added problem of “what is delayed gratification I don’t know her”, and needing rewards for what he’s doing Now Please Thanks.

DECISION MAKING: When confronted with difficult decisions, either you a) freeze because AAHHHH TOO MUCH or b) just Do Something because panic without thinking. Also what the FUCK is a plan, there are no plans, plans don’t exist.

BOREDOM IS EVIL: No being bored, ever, oh god, nope, fuck that cannot be bored boredom is the devil and causes BAD BAD THINGS. Must always be doing things, needs entertainment, needs stimulation or will quickly devolve into a lump on the couch. If thing is boring, will NOT do it, nope, fuck that.

CHILDLIKE BEHAVIOR: Like whew. I mean. Local 42yo man acts like a 10yo boy pretending to be an 80s action hero like in the movies, constantly, as if he thinks that mimicking that is how Adults Are. And just, generally acting like an enormous child.

WEIRD KID: Just...generally coming off as weird or different or Outside The Norm, not good with normal human social cues and responses to things, acts weird and like an outcast and doesn’t seem to quite fit in with normal people.

FIXATIONS: Pizza pizza pizza NEVER GET BORED OF PIZZA I COULD EAT PIZZA EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE also sundaes.

MUSIC...GOOD: This is more subjective, but Dante’s thing with music strikes me as a thing mostly because I am that person who NEEDS TO BE LISTENING TO MUSIC ALL THE TIME HOLY SHIT, I CANNOT STAND IF THERE IS NO BACKGROUND NOISE TO MY LIFE. I get so antsy I want to jump off a cliff when there’s no background noise/music in the car and I Need music on to do anything; but at the same time I can’t listen to podcasts or videos because music I just tune out and it’s There, Good, Wonderful, but if it’s something to concentrate on with Words To Understand, it is BAD and it needs Full Focus or I Don’t Hear SHIT. So, yeah, that too.

NON SEQUITURS EVERYWHERE: You know that THING where topic A comes up and in your head you jump ahead five things in a way only you understand, and then you speak up and bring up topic F out of nowhere because YOU got to it in your head but everyone else is like what the fuck, so you kinda shut up or laugh it off? Yeah. Also that other feel when you’re still on topic B but the rest of the group went on to topic C or D and you’re internally screaming because NO I STILL HAVE SOMETHING ELSE TO SAY GET BACK HERE.

WHAT THE FUCK IS VOLUME CONTROL THIS IS MY NORMAL SPEAKING VOICE I’M NOT SHOUTING????: Self explanatory.

BAD AT HEARING THINGS: Needs VERY specific instructions, but also things need repeating a lot because he’s quick to accidentally tune stuff out.

READING: Trouble reading LONG blocks of text. Magazines Good, short articles Good.

Local Man Laughs At Own Jokes, WHAT THEY’RE FUNNY

MALADAPTIVE DAYDREAMING: He did this more as a kid, but it still applies; local child looks like he’s just kind of vibrating quietly but otherwise paying attention? NOPE he’s having an epic adventure in his head and is not listening to a word. Vergil will tell him later if it’s important.

THE LEG BOUNCE: Speaking of, he CANNOT SIT STILL. He’s at the MINIMUM rocking in his seat or bouncing his foot or tapping his fingers, sometimes as chords to a guitar but other times just taptaptap.

Stopping What Is Stopping, or alternatively, HOW TO START EVEN IDK.

Getting/being increasingly SUPER UNCOMFORTABLE but just sitting there with a smile while internally going AAAAAAAAAAAAA in increasing volume, because you have no idea how to disengage.

Things not immediately in view or immediately important Cease To Exist Entirely.

Related, visual exhaustion aka I HAVE LIVED WITH THIS MESS SO LONG THAT THE MESS IS BACKGROUND NOISE AND DOES NOT EXIST TO ME, I NO LONGER SEE IT, IT IS SCENERY.

Is the only member of this family who can drink caffeine, ADHD cancels the effect out.

Actually Pretty Goddamn Smart, but the disconnect of not having any education after 5th grade and that GOOD GOOD RSD thanks to bitchy clients kicked in and he internalized that he’s dumb now oops, might as well not try. See Also That Good Good RSD RE: bitchy dates, guess he’s just A Terrible Date, whoops, gonna just Not do that anymore. Basically if enough people give him shit about a thing, guess he’s just NOT gonna do that thing anymore!! Yep!!!

Bad at doing things The Proper Way, procedures and rules and bureaucracy are BORING GOTTA GET STUFF DONE NOW MY WAY. Never showed his work in math ever.

Actually really smart, but got in trouble a lot for lack of visibly paying attention, being unable to sit still in class, and not following instructions. He could do the work and do it right, with or without listening to the lecture, but because he did it on his own terms and by his own rules, even if he got the right answer, he got in trouble. RSD convinced him later in life he was an idiot, but he still is really good at out of the box thinking and figuring shit out with limited information.

Gets Frustrated, Stops Doing Thing (or IMPULSIVITY ACTIVATE FORM OF DOING STUPID SHIT TO GET THING DONE)

Bad habit of WORRY when understimulated, also tendency towards insecurity, this is made WORSE x100 by his PTSD. Not to mention a bit of chronic low self esteem because of most of the above.

Low self esteem feeds into really bad self-awareness; he really doesn’t quite understand or process the effects he has on people, for good or ill.

ADDICTIVE!! BEHAVIOR!!! (see: The Booze)

Stopping this here because a) you get my point by now and b) I’M going full ADHD on fixating on this post so I’m cutting myself off here. Anyway, yeah. There’s this.

#;hc: dante (og)

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would you be cool with sharing some of those entertainment headcanons you mentioned in your singing daffy post? :D

WILLOW DISCUSSES A HUUUUGE THEME ON HER BLOG THAT SHE’S NEVER MENTIONED IN PUBLIC BEFORE WHOOPS !!

Oh my gosh, yes! This took me a while, even though I’ve had this question in my drafts for soooo long lmao! I’ve been wanting to answer this question for a while! And this is actually my last draft until I’m all caught up, so—ending on an awesome one lmao.

OKAY, SO—DAFFY’S ENTIRE MOTIVATION AS A TOON, AND HOW THAT EXTENDS INTO HIS PERSONALITY???

—yes. Of course I have to cover this.

I don’t have the post that was mentioned originally in this ask (bc this was sent in soo long ago! my bad!) but what it basically mentioned was how: Daffy’s at his peek happiness-level whenever he’s performing, and I mentioned it being because he’s ‘fulfilling his purpose’, and I wanted to go into more detail on what I meant with that!

During the height of a performance, Daffy gets so beyond exhilarated. He honestly lives for those moments, and is almost constantly striving for them. It can be with anything, singing, dancing, acting, even getting shot at if it’s part of the routine. In those moments, he completely forgets himself and becomes fully immersed in the role. He doesn’t care about competing with anyone, or proving himself in any way, it’s all about the performance, and the act of performing and then seeing from the audience that he made them happy, it’s the best feeling in the world; and I think the ‘feeling’ that a lot of toons strive for. It’s their entire purpose, to make people happy, after all!

For Daffy, it’s like an itch that needs to be scratched—which is also why I hc that he gets so frustrated when he doesn’t get a reaction from the audience. Because that ‘itch’ isn’t being scratched, and he’s not fulfilling his purpose as a toon if he can’t be entertaining!

This idea was basically inspired by that one line in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, where Roger is pleading with Eddie to convince him he was being framed, and he said: “I could never hurt anyone! My entire purpose in life is to make people laugh!” (and me being the nerd I am and having read the Roger Rabbit comics, incorporating a few other things from them into this idea lmaaao 👀 )

So a toon having a ‘purpose’ (usually to be ‘entertaining’, or to ‘make people laugh’) is a big thing in and of itself that I’ve never really discussed on this blog, but that I always think about when I’m writing lol!And I love thinking about it, because I imagine that concept plays into the society a lot. I bet it leads to a lot of inequality, and that humans use it as an excuse to mistreat toons. Because it’s simply ‘their purpose’ to entertain them, and so a lot of humans still don’t recognize toons as ‘people’; which probably leads to a lot of protests and stuff for ‘toon rights’ in this universe and stuff too lmao. WHICH IS A WHOLE OTHER TOPIC AS WELL, BUT IT’S SO COOL TO THINK ABOUT! And I’m always looking to expand ideas too, so I’d love to hear yours too if you have them, and I’ll probably incorporate them lol!

But yeah, especially in the older days, when toons weren’t trusted as much (and especially so after the whole Judge Doom incident) a toon was given a ‘purpose’ that they would feel compelled to strive towards. This was partly because humans knew how powerful toons could be if they had complete and total free will. Doom’s ‘purpose’ probably wasn’t established, or he somehow broke away from it, or he was created by a negative human; but for whatever reason, he didn’t feel that call to ‘make people happy’, and only wanted power for himself. Most toons are created with the sole purpose to entertain and bring joy to humans. And that trait has been emblazoned onto them from the moment they’re being conceptualized as a character on model sheets and stuff by their animators, before they’re even fully created.

So from the first moment they’re ‘flesh and blood’, conscious and fully-aware, they’re purely their ‘purpose’

The earlier toons, depending on how much they were re-modeled and everything (which can drastically alter a toon’s appearance and personality suddenly) generally grow out from their inherent purpose and personality that was created for them by their human creator(s). And as they grow as individuals, and expose themselves to the world and have more experiences and stuff, their own personality develops like a human’s does; adapting to their environment and the situations around them. This explains why Daffy went from being just a complete loon, uncontrollably hyperactive and crazy lolol, to developing his own personality over the years as his situation changed.

But deep down, that one inherent purpose remains like a driving force that they can’t shake for their entire lives.

Like I mentioned earlier, with Daffy, his underlying, intrinsic drive is to entertain others. And when that drive isn’t fulfilled, it’s like an itch that can’t be scratched, that only gets worse until it is. Annnnnd—if I wanted to get angsty with it (bc you know I always have to add angst lmao) and to add another layer of urgency to a toon needing to work and be ‘useful’ and entertaining——imagine if, when a toon’s purpose isn’t fulfilled, then they begin to ‘fade’.

Which is just as bad as it sounds lol.

When they no longer can fulfill their purpose, and their influence on the public begins to waver and they begin to be forgotten, then the toon will begin to ‘fade’. Like a very, very slow death for a toon. Which also takes into account ‘population control’, so that not every toon to ever be created is around for eternity lol; but the ‘forgotten’ ones just… fade away; which kept the population down before the invention of Dip. Dip’s just a lot, uh—quicker.

I also know that the Epic Mickey games have something to do with ‘being forgotten’, but I’m not that familiar with those games, so if anyone who is has ideas on how to incorporate that, then again, I’m all ears! I freakin’ love collaborating ideas so much lmao 👀 it’s what i’m here for tbh!!

So, if you look at it like that, the need to fulfill their purpose is like a survival thing among toons. Especially if they get into a particularly desperate situation, where they’re at risk of being forgotten because they can’t get work, or something. Which is unfortunately common for toons, because a lot of them are created for a single show, and often can’t find work later on.

Daffy’s been lucky enough to never have to had worried about fading, but the frustration that comes with being unable to fulfill his purpose drives him crazy sometimes. It’s why he gets so snappy and jealous and bitter when he doesn’t get applause, or gets one-upped onstage. It’s not that he’s upset at his coworkers (unless they’re Donald) he’s frustrated that he isn’t scratching that itch. When he doesn’t get a laugh, or he feels unappreciated, or replaced, or whatever, it’s frustrating because he needs to feel useful and funny and entertaining.

I have ideas on how this developed over the years, and how he transitioned from being such a hyper, carefree bundle of unbridled energy—to being bitter and jealous and a total diva lmao!

I actually can’t believe I’ve never talked about this, but man, I should go into more detail on that, because I have it all thought out, even tying it into real world history, like WWII and how that factored in and stuff lmao!

But this is already getting super long, so I’ll TRY and sum it up quickly!

While over time, Daffy’s convinced himself that his ‘diva-ness’ is justified for many reasons, such as: he believes he deserves more respect than he’s getting, he believes he’s at least equal to the other toons at the studio, despite the ‘second banana’ routine he’d fallen into with Bugs over the years—–it’s not really about any of that. It’s not about the applause, or the cheers, or the awards, or anything like that! It’s really, way deep down, truly about being able to fulfill his purpose. Feeling useful as a toon, and knowing that he’s bringing joy to people. That people benefit from him being around!

When he performs, he wants to fill the audience with as much joy as he possibly can! He gives everything of himself when he performs; and the height of that moment, when he’s just lost in the act of fulfilling his purpose? It’s the best feeling in the world to him.

#TOONS AND THEIR 'PURPOSES'#ARE A HC I'VE HAD FOR A LONG TIEM #*TIME #AND I DUNNO IF I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO USES THIS LOL #BC I DON'T THINK I'VE EVEN MENTIONED IT HERE????#or if i have just a passing mention or something #BUT I THINK ABOUT IT A LOT AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO THIS BLOG LOL #( .headcanons )#anonymous

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Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #34 Review

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Desperation can cause even the most brilliant among us to make mistakes. And Lunella Lafayette has made a critical error in her effort to find a solution to preventing her super-powered mind-swapping with Devil Dinosaur. Things went wrong and it all resulted in Devil D being transformed from a savage tyrannosaurus into a savage nine-year-old boy. Which is worse?

From the creative team of Brandon Montclare, Natacha Bustos and Tamra Bonvillain. Quick recap and review following the jump.

Things have been rather hectic over at the Lower East Side elementary school, PS20. The new mayor, The villainous Wilson ‘The Kingpin’ Fisk, is threatening to shut the school down unless the students perform especially well on a set of standardized tests; the Kingpin’s adopted daughter, Princess, has enrolled and appears dead-set on making sure these tests are not passed; and now there is an especially odd new student with red hair and crazy eyes named Devin, whom Lunella tries to convince the others is a family friend from Canada.

Well, Devin may look like a normal little boy, but he is still very much a dinosaur at heart and he knows bad news when he sees it. Princess approaches and Devin leaps forward to attack her. It takes everything Lunella has to keep Devin at bay and make sure that serious trouble doesn’t ensue.

Of course ‘serious trouble’ is among Lunella’s friend, Eduardo’s most favorite things and he decides to set things off by swatting Princess’ backside with an oversized copy of the Fantastic Four omnibus.

Pandemonium ensues and before you know it, Devin is standing atop the desks roaring king of the jungle style. It’s good stuff… pretty much how I recall primary school being like...

Later, Lunella has an after school meal with her grandparents at Yancy Burger. This apparently is a twice-monthly affair where Lunella gets to send time with both of her sets of grandparents, her mom’s parents and her dad’s parents. Which should be nice although both Lunella’s grandmothers spend a lot of time arguing over which of their two children Lunella most takes after. And they’re all confused as to why Lunella has chosen to bring along this poor-mannered redheaded…

Lunella seems rather intrigued to hear that she so reminds her grandparents of her own parents when they were her age. It’s been so difficult for her to relate to her mom and dad; the idea that they were kind of like her in their youth is quite appealing to her.

Unfortunately, Lunella cannot stick around to discuss the matter further. Devin has gone and snuck off and Lunella has to chase after him, making up some lame excuse as to why she needs to bail out.

Devin has wondered down the street and finds Zoe and Eduardo chatting with Princess. Princess is especially annoyed that Devin has shown up. She’s desperate for attention, they had all been talking about her and now Devin has appeared to steel her spotlight. Not to mention that Devin is always trying to attack her.

Zoe has an idea as to why this may be. She’s heard that sometimes little kids will be mean toward other kids because they have crushes on them and don’t really know how to deal with it… they very much want their crush’s attention, but don’t know how to garner it other than by being mean and bullying (she ain’t wrong). And Zoe adds that this is likely why Eduardo is often so brash toward her… which pretty much freezes Eduardo in his tracks…. Oooooh! Eduardo has a crush on Zoe!!

In any case, Princess likes this idea. Of course Devin has a crush on her. Who wouldn’t? Princess’ good mood is once more soured when Lunella shows up to collect Devin.

Lunella is the one person whom Princess hates the most… she receives all the attention, respect and approbation that princess so covets.

After Lunella and Devin leaves, Princess asks Zoe and Eduardo why they so like Lunella. What does Lunella have that Princess doesn’t? The two explain that Lunella is smart and she’s a super hero, and she saved the city a couple time, saved the whole planet… plus she has her own dinosaur. hard to compete with that….

Later that evening, Wilson Fisk returns to the mayoral mansion to find his adoptive daughter in a foul mood. He’s given her everything a little girl could want (outside of actual parental attention) what more could she want? Princess makes it very clear exactly what it is she wants: her own dinosaur…

That’s a tough request, yet the Kingpin is used to getting his way and if his daughter wants a dinosaur then a dinosaur she shall have.

The next day, Lunella has discovered that Devin has once more gone missing. She dons her Moon Girl outfit and uses her specialized tracking device to seek him out. Unfortunately, her device is meant to track down big red dinosaurs and doesn’t work as well for redheaded nine-year-old boys…

Suddenly she hears Devin’s ersatz roar and chooses the sound into a nearby ally. Here she finds Devin held in the clutches of the nefarious Wrecking Crew, a team of super powered villains who have faced off against the likes of The Hulk and the Mighty Thor. They are big time bad news and it appears abundantly clear they have been hired by The Kingpin to get to Lunella and take from her Devil Dinosaur so that he might be offered up to Princess. Oh boy…

And it is here that the issue comes to its cliffhanger conclusion, with the promise of continuation in the next installment. As to how Moon Girl will be able to go up against The Wrecking Crew without the assistance of Devil D is difficulty to try and figure out. Brains beats brawn most of the time, but this is a whole lot of brawn and may very well prove too much for Moon Girl’s brains. Looking forward to seeing how Lunella navigates through this one!

Yet another fun ride… Not a good deal of action, but it’s made up for by a lotto fun bits and character development for both Lunella and the books extended cast.

some disjointed thoughts:

Younger kids do indeed quite often have a hard time expressing their ‘liking’ a peer; and this does frequently lead to them being mean or bullying in a clumsy effort to gain their crush’s attention. And though Devin does not have a crush on Princess, it’s been clear for a while that Eduardo has a bit of a sneaker for Zoe and I hope the ongoing narrative will explore this further in the future.

Lunella’s mom and dad have really struggled in finding a way to relate to their daughter and Lunella’s reaction to what her grandparents had to say offers up an avenue in which they might finally do so. She seemed to really like the idea that her mom an ddad were like her when they were younger. Her mom and dad need to stop trying to control Lunella and instead try to better empathize with her.

Princess is a total brat, but she is not completely unsympathetic. Her desire for attention and demands to get her way looks to be merely a defense, a stand-in for the parental support and containment she has been denied. Being orphaned is a pretty traumatic affair and her bratty, near-despotic behavior can be seen as an understandable reaction to such a trauma. All the things she demands of her adoptive father is merely smokescreen covering up a painfully insecure attachment. Fisk doesn’t need to get her a dinosaur, he just needs to spend quality time with her and make her feel loved, contained and connected to.

It looks like The Wrecking Crew has recruited a new member to fill in for Thunderball. I wonder what her story is...

Taking a step away from the more light-hearted aspects of the issue, I was a little troubled by a certain aspect to the issue...

So Devin’s wild behavior makes for a fun parallel for kids dealing with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. And yet it’s kind of a tough one if you look at it in greater depth. Some cases of ADHD are connected to a neurological situation referred to as ‘hypofrontality.’ This is when there is lower-than-average levels of blood flow and metabolism in the frontal lobes of the brain. The frontal lobes are sort of the executive branch of cognition… it’s where decisions are made, behavior is planned out, consequences are considered.

Diminished activity in the frontal lobes can lead to impulsive behavior, difficulties paying attention, troubles resisting distraction. Psychostimulant medications, like Ritilan or Concerta, act to compensate for the reduced activity in the frontal lobes. The stimulant effect acts to speed up blood flow and metabolism throughout the brain, including the frontal lobes.

While medication can be quite helpful for individuals coping with ADHD, I’ve achieved the same effect with many patients by way of cognitive-behavioral strategies and skill-building for executive functioning. Combining psychotherapeutic skill-building with medication can allow for using a lower dose of the medication for a shorter period of time (which is good since there can be substantial side-effects to these medications).

Anyways, while it’s kind of fun to see Devin Dinosaur act like a kid dealing with ADHD, it’s not really a metaphor I want to get fully behind. Tyrannosaurs have notoriously small brains, they’re not the sharpest knives in the paleontologic drawer. Children and adults coping with ADHD and/or hypofrontality are not akin to dim-witted dinosaurs… their brains are not smaller nor less effective - they merely function in a different fashion.

Sometimes, brain activity can be kind of a hydraulic thing… reduced neurological activity in the frontal lobes can quite often co-occur with heightened activities in other regions of the brain. It can correlate to heightened activity in the temporal lobes, the parietal lobes, the limbic lobe. This is why many individuals who struggle with scholastic work due to ADHD can excel in other areas… can be great athletes, awesome at video games, can be super creative and/or highly empathetic and sensitive souls.

Then again, I guess Devil D is not your average dinosaur. He’s not the mindless brute more often associated with a tyrannosaurs rex. He’s intuitive, sensitive, loyal and good guy and very much a hero. I might be overthinking all this. I guess it could be fun for a kid with ADHD to see themselves reflected in Devin Dinosaur; and not feel offended that they are presented as akin to an animal.

I’m rambling…

In any case, a fun read… once more excellently illustrated, beautifully colored… another highly recommended installment. Four out of five Lockjaws!

#Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #Brandon Montclare #Natacha Bustos #Tamra Bonvillain #review #spoilers #Inhumans #ADHD

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otomesruinedmylife · 6 years

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Comparable characters and routes in otomes to Mystic Messenger

Apologies, as this is going to be a VERY LONG POST AND CONTAINS SPOILERS!!!!!

So you liked Mystic Messenger but have no idea where to go as far as future otomes. That’s okay! Cheritz did a great job with mysme and if you enjoyed it, you’ll no doubt find someone else in an otome you probably enjoy as well, even if it doesn’t have exactly the same mechanics as mysme. For people new to the otome scene, I highly recommend Cheritz previous games if mysme was your intro to otomes, especially Nameless ~the one thing you must recall~ since a lot of the characters are similar counterparts to characters you know.

For this post I’ll be using characters from:

Amnesia: Memories (PC, mobile, PS vita in Japan)

Code: Realize ~guardian of rebirth~ (PS vita, PS4)

Collar x Malice (PS vita)

Dandelion ~wishes brought to you~ (PC)

Nameless ~the one thing you must recall~ (PC)

Norn9: Var Commons (PS vita)

Ozmafia! (PC)

while trying to spoil the least amount of the actual story as possible (aside from the yanderes/yangires).

Now before we do this we have to analyze why you liked the character(s) you did. To do this, bringing up some terminology you might have seen or see later that's used in the community to describe tropes/archetypes characters fit under.

The shota is the cute one, the little one. The one you want to protecc at all costs. Shotas come in many flavors (tsundere, yandere, or just plain sweet) but are always the token mini-moe of the game. Yoosung fits this to a tee. If you liked Yoosung, you may enjoy:

Yeon-ho from Nameless ~the one thing you must recall~ He’s honestly the spiritual predecessor of Yoosung.

Jieun from Dandelion ~wishes brought to you~ More of a kuudere version of this trope, another example of Cheritz heavily leaning on this trope.

Scarlet from Ozmafia! A bit of an inversion of the trope as he’s more than capable of taking care of himself. I’d file him under kuudere shota.

Jiyeon from Dandelion ~wishes brought to you~ Initially upon meeting. His route gives you a better idea of where he should fall in this list, but I won’t spoil it.

Senri Ichinose from Norn9: Var commons. This boy needs all the love in the world, he’s had it rough aka. You fucked up a perfectly good esper, you gave him anxiety.

Soh from Ozmafia! initially upon meeting. His route gives you a better idea of where he should fall in this list, but I won’t spoil it.

Nameless from Nameless ~the one thing you must recall~ though you might find him more of a Saeran predecessor.

The casanova or Bishonen... you know this type. They’re all about telling you how much they want to protect you and sometimes have an overinflated idea of their self-worth (though usually this is hiding insecurities you find out in their own routes). Mostly a harmless bunch who are surprisingly wholesome once you get past their innuendoes. If you liked Zen, you’ll probably enjoy:

Yuri from Nameless ~the one thing you must recall~ again a spiritual predecessor from Cheritz. Yuri is flirtatious and rather lewd but might actually be the most harmless of the Nameless bunch.

Ikki from Amnesia: Memories. Like Zen, this dude has his own fanclub. Need I say more?

Itsuki Kagami from Norn9: Var Commons. And how.

Impey Barbicane from Code: Realize ~guardian of rebirth~Though not completely like Zen, he shares similarities enough. Also similar hairstyle lol.

Mineo Enomoto from Collar x Malice. Probably the biggest stretch here, but he leans heavily on the “all men are animals trope” while being both too old looking to be a shota and usually the butt monkey of the cast.

Megane are technically defined by their glasses, but many share the same no-nonsense attitude and often adroit behaviors, though more due to not being good at socializing than anything else. Like shotas, meganes come in many flavors (most often tsundere or kuudere though). This is usually a male-oriented term, but I find this trope to be the closest to Jaehee. Also because of the lack of female love interests in otomes, this group will be primarily male. If you enjoyed Jahee’s route, you might like:

Kent from Amnesia: Memories. Neither dangerous or as kinkiy as he may look, Kent is just a wholesome megane who doesn’t understand how to human and just really loves math. A good boy and a breath of fresh air from the wild ride that is Amnesia: Memories.

Axel from Ozmafia! Basically the Kent of this game. He’s just a good guy who deserves all the love and sweets in the world. I’d say he’s less of a tsundere due to not being able to emotion, though he has moments.

Pashet from Ozmafia! Finally a female LI! Pashet has striking similarities to Jaehee actually, though not a megane. You might think neko-chan, but she’s actually super competent and kicks ass frequently for her famiglia Boots.

Victor from Code: Realize ~guardian of rebirth~ A good boy, a wholesome boy. I wouldn’t call him a shota, though he’s the closest to a romanceable one in this game. You might also like him if you liked Yoosung.

Lance from Nameless ~the one thing you must recall~ Though not a megane and more of a tsundere, he shows some of the emotional adroitness meganes tend to have, as well as being super competent.

Jihae from Dandelion ~wishes brought to you~ Again, not a megane, but has the politeness and adroitness of a megane as well as showing similar aspects of Jaehee’s personality.

Now here’s where the tropes begin to break down when we look at (arguably) more complex nature of the tropes that make up the stories and personalities of Jumin, Seven, V and Saeran. There will definitely be spoilers from here on out because we have to talk about what happens in their routes and how we see their character progression from our initial idea of them to after their routes. **Extra note: I can’t really find someone quite like V, though there is a special section for tragic backstory further down in this post.

You should already know what a tsundere is, baka! ~ Though no one initially quite fits this bill as classic tsundere in Mystic Messenger, you definitely see it later from Seven. Traditional tsunderes doth protest too much they don’t like the heroine, and usually call you and others ‘baka” (idiot) while hiding behind a chilly exterior. At some point they usually push you away in their route, often because underneath the insults is a cutie who might have already been broken in the past.

Kuuderes are the cool ones. Like tsundere, they use a frosty exterior to hide a deliciously squishy inner romantic but are less vocal about everyone else being idiots or don’t freeze people out because of intelligence/maturity level. Jumin has traits of being a gap moe kuudere. I’d definitely call him this if I was trying to not spoil the yandere parts of his route for someone. I'm lumping these together, but if you liked Seven because he pushed you away and then got over it (tsundere) or Jumin’s frosty initial demeanor (kuudere), you will probably like:

Shin from Amnesia: Memories. A classic, upfront tsundere. Get ready for the baka.

Takeru Sasazuka from Collar x Malice. Another classic, upfront tsundere. Many much baka.

Jiwoo from Dandelion ~wishes brought to you~ Another classic, upfront tsundere. Baka but now in Korean.

Van Helsing from Code: Realize ~guardian of rebirth~ Ah our megane tsundere combo. Van is a little bit of a combination of tropes, but ultimately I’d file him under very mature kuudere/tsundere. Also, call him master in a non-kinky context, he likes it.

Lance from Nameless ~the one thing you must recall~ Kind of an off-type tsundere/kuudere. He’s called the ice prince for a reason.

Caesar from Ozmafia! Classic tsundere. Also immediately apparent he’s a bit ax-crazy for Fuka.

Akito Shukuri from Norn 9: Var commons. Another classic tsundere. All your baka needs.

Kyrie from Ozmafia! is an atypical tsundere but shares traits of one. He definitely thinks you and everyone else are idiots, but doesn’t so much push you away as wonder why you even like him in the first place.

Normally a term used for girls, a genki boy is full of energy to an almost hyperactive degree. If the people around a genki boy are exhausted, astonished, or even creeped out by their chronic outbursts of vitality, then they probably fit the criteria. Often genki boys are in touch with their feminine side, not hetero and/or found cross-dressing either for fun or plot reasons. If you liked Seven because of his initial spunky defender of justice attitude but didn’t like that he went tsundere on you, you will probably enjoy:

Red from Nameless ~the one thing you must recall~ A non-tsundere version of Seven and just all around wholesome boy who actually thinks he’s a hero. Also brought to you by Cheritz.

Heishi Otomaru from Norn9: Var commons. Just for the love of god, don’t break the cutie.

Impey Barbicane from Code: Realize ~guardian of rebirth~ sometimes is also this, though he also shares traits with bishonen/casanovas.

Lupin from Code: Realize ~guardian of rebirth~ Another defender of justice and all around good boy. More mature. Calls himself a gentleman thief and will sweep you off your feet 10/10 times.

Kei Okazaki from Collar x Malice. Also more mature version and less energetic, but shares traits with when you meet Seven initially. He’s quirky and he protecc. He likes weird snacks too.

Dark and troubled past is a pretty obvious trope. Stepford smilers are obsessed with projecting an image of wholesome happiness in order to either be accepted by peers or left alone. The crafted facades of stepford smilers hide a deeply flawed person, usually breaking under the strain of keeping up their deception. They almost always have a Dark and Troubled past, though not everyone with a dark and troubled past ends up being a stepford smiler. If you liked Seven or V because of their tragic backstories and stepford smiling, you might like:

Saint-Germain from Code: Realize ~guardian of rebirth~ Oof, and how. The tragedy cranked up to 11 for this guy. I’d recommend playing his route last of the four because it contains the most spoilers aside from Lupin. And bring the tissues while you’re at it.

Kageyuki Shiraishi from Collar x Malice. Another cranked up to 11, similar to Saint-Germain, just different details. I’d recommend playing his route last of the four because it contains the most spoilers aside from Yanagi’s. And keep those tissues handy while you’re at it.

Actually everyone in Collar x Malice to a degree, it’s just that much worse with Shiraishi.

Ukyo from Amnesia: Memories. Arguably the most tragic of all the characters on this list, Ukyo is without a doubt a tear-jerking finale to the game. Not to be confused with Ura Ukyo also having the classic slasher smile.

All of the dolls in Nameless ~the one thing you must recall~ have emotional baggage, but both Yeon-ho and Tei have more due to being secondhand, as well as Nameless, but Tei might be the most since he’s also clearly experiencing reset theory.

Both Robin Hood and Hamlin from Ozmafia! are pretty tragic. You find out why on their routes.

It's never hinted during his route or others, but Kyrie from Ozmafia! is probably the most tragic of all, you just don’t find out why until fully completing the game. Also, you are a monster if you end up preferring Kyrie’s normal end.

Senri Ichinose from Norn9: Var commons fits this, though lacking the stepford smiling. You get to find out in his route how they broke the cutie.

Jisoo from Dandelion ~wishes brought to you~ has a pretty sad story, but Jihae’s is equally if not more tragic.

If your fav is the guy with the best lines in the game, you probably like the deadpan snarker and might want to look at the tsundere options, as they usually have the most cutting wit and tongues. But if you liked Vanderwood’s cameos or Jumin for his lack of tsundere, you might enjoy:

Kyrie from Ozmafia! And how. The crowned king of deadpan snarking on this list.

Tei from Nameless ~the one thing you must recall~ It’s mostly Yuri on the receiving end of his snark, though others do find themselves victim at times. And yet he’s still called Prince Sunshine...

OKAY BIG HUGE MAJOR SPOILERS AND TRIGGERS HERE!!!! IF YOU DONT WANT SPOILERS OR TRIGGERS HERES A SIMPLIFIED LIST: Non-spoiler list if you liked Jumin’s route (YMMV):

Tei from Nameless ~the one thing you must recall~.

Toma from Amnesia: Memories.

Kageyuki Shiraishi from Collar x Malice.

Non-spoiler list if you liked Ray’s route (YMMV) because of break the cutie and/or dating the enemy tropes:

Yeon-ho from Nameless ~the one thing you must recall~

Ukyo from Amnesia: Memories.

Nameless from Nameless ~the one thing you must recall~

Caesar and Hamlin from Ozmafia!

Natsuhiko Azuma from Norn 9: Var commons.

Kakeru Yuiga from Norn9: Var commons.

NOW ONWARD TO THE YANDERES!!! YOU’VE BEEN WARNED :)

Yanderes are people who will kill for the one they “love” and are obsessed with, going even so far as to stalking, drugging, trapping, raping or even killing the MC so no one else can have them. People tend to either love them or hate them, as they are usually the more complex characters of the games, but it can be hard to see the good aspects of them when they’re busy well... doing yandere things like locking you up, drugging your drinks for your own good or trying to kill your friends because of their obsession with you.

Yangires are often mistakenly lumped in with yanderes and to add ot the confusion, some yanderes can seem more yangire or even vice-versa if they were already a bit ax-crazy to begin with. The main defining feature is that yangires lack the love aspect behind their killing to be a real yandere. These characters are ax-crazy and ready to snap at a moment's notice (or already have) and start killing the cast. Up until his route, Saeran would have been considered a yangire, though now with his route that’s obviously changed.

I’ve divided these into two catagories: minor yanderes (one bad end or situation) or major yanderes (a pervasive running theme in their route, particularly violent ones and/or yangire-like ones, sadists, etc). I will also list the minor yanderes bad ends so anyone who wishes to avoid them can! Stay safe and don’t get triggered!!!

Minor Yanderes:

You (to Yeon-ho in Nameless ~the one thing you must recall~). You can become the yandere in his Bad end 1: Unforgiven doll.

Ikki in Amnesia: Memories. Bad end 2: “I’ll get rid of those who hurt you.” Situational. Ikki shows his yandere really only once in this end, shadowed eyes and all.

Yuri in Nameless ~the one thing you must recall~ Bad end 2: Triangle. I’d still argue this is more Tei’s fault than Yuri being an actual yandere.

Heishi Otomaru from Norn 9: Var Commons. Bad end only. Situational yandere. Oof, and here I thought he was just a good boy.

Sakuya Nijou from Norn 9: Var Commons. There’s a minor unavoidable yandere moment in his route but he’s mostly just obsessed with Mikoto as some kind of savior for him. The obsession is apparent, but he’s a relatively non-dangerous version and barely deserves to be on this list.

Major Yanderes & Yangires:

Tei from Nameless ~the one thing you must recall~. Jesus Christ, this guy so much. He’s probably the biggest yandere I’ve ever seen played to the trope and makes Jumin Han look like a vanilla amateur version. Completely wonderful wholesome exterior with darkness lurking below that only Yuri seems to notice. This guy gate crashes all the other LI’s in Nameless besides Lance’s bad endings at least once and makes them worse. Major trigger warning: Most of the bad ends involving him contain violence due to him. Honestly, so many a detailed list is silly, but the worst probably being the implied non-consensual sex in his Bad end 3: My owner.

Toma from Amnesia: Memories. Toma is probably the male yandere trope holder as most people know about the cage, which he did years before Jumin Han. A classic yandere, he’s obsessed with the MC so much he completely overlooks that she likes him. Expect all the classic yandere elements: childhood friend, drugging, caging, violence and rape-y comments but he just really loves you, okay??? Major trigger warning: A few of the bad ends in Amnesia: memories involving him contain violence due to him, especially his route and the unavoidable violence in Shin’s route. He stretches over into other people’s routes via bad ends a few times too, but the worst probably being the implied non-consensual sex in his Bad end 2: “We’ll be together forever.”

Yeon-ho from Nameless ~the one thing you must recall~ is a good example of when a shota gets obsessed. He’s upgraded from minor yandere because he’s pretty goddamn obviously obsessed with you and while seemingly not particularly violent, he shows he is capable of it in Bad end 2: Competitor. To be fair to Yeon-ho though, you really need to watch out for Tei more.

Saint-Germain from Code: Realize ~guardian of rebirth~. Unfortunately, you can’t avoid the yandere in his route, though I’d mostly consider him a situational yandere depending on how you look at it since he’s following orders. However, he does make a few offhand comments in other routes that firmly put him in the major yandere category regardless.

Jisoo from Dandelion ~wishes brought to you~. Classic yandere in his bad end. Shows yandere traits throughout his route, though maybe less extreme than most on this list.

Kageyuki Shiraishi from Collar x Malice. Again more situational than anything else and technically a yangire stepford smiler in other routes. Once this aloof boy likes you he’s pretty stuck on you for reasons that make sense. You can’t avoid the yandere in his route (it’s both good and bad ends) but it’s waaaaaay less creepy in the good one. Also his later bad ends are BAD. Hell, his good end is bad. Dear god, please just give this poor guy a break already.

Robin Hood from Ozmafia! Is a low-key example of this, but not for Fuka. I’ll let you figure out why. Major trigger warning: It’s debatable his route contains non-consensual sex.

Nameless from Nameless ~the one thing you must recall~ Think precursor to Saeran. Got it? Okay now play his route again to find out why.

The Wizard from Dandelion ~wishes brought to you~. Though not a playable character, it's obvious once you play through at least one route of Dandelion he’s obsessed with Heejung. It all comes to a tragic culmination in the final end of Dandelion you get from finishing all routes in the game.

Ukyo from Amnesia: Memories. Ax-crazy Ura Ukyo unfortunately puts Ukyo’s route firmly in the yangire category rather than yandere, as Ukyo himself is pretty wholesome. He kind of reminds me of V, honestly. And not just because of the photography thing. He gets a bad rap from anyone who doesn’t properly finish the game because of his ura side, but boy the explanation for why he kills you over and over again is one of the saddest routes I’ve ever played. Major trigger warning: Most of the bad ends in the entire game not involving Toma being yandere involve Ura Ukyo pretty much flat out killing you. Honestly, so many a detailed list is silly, since there’s multiple for each guys route iirc.

Ron Muraboshi from Norn 9: Var commons. Jesus lord have mercy I was not expecting this one. For all of his nonchalant attitude about everything, Ron might be the worst offender on this list. Not presented as a classic yandere as I am firmly convinced no one in the game or playing it actually likes Ron, his route devolves into some extremely problematic shit with yandere elements. His route is a relationship is based on obsession, abuse, and Stockholm Syndrome and even I felt icky after playing it, but his alternate bad ending (purple) is the worst IMO on this list because it's arguable he still sees you as disposable, while at least real yanderes cherish their object of affection. Also that 9 year age gap between him and Nanami… yikes.

Anyway, that's my list and character analysis of the otomes I’ve played so far! Hope you enjoyed it and feel free to leave me any asks or comments.

Also if you’d like to know who my personal favorites are, they are: Jumin Han, Seven, Ukyo, Tei, Saint-Germain, Kyrie and Kageyuki Shiraishi. And after reading this I bet you now know why. Just don’t make me pick favorites among my husbandos, they might kill me if they find out ;)

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