#but also ngl the original still slaps

[zoueriemandzijnopmars]

No but I’m so lucky that the Sofia the First song My Evil Dreams isn’t on Spotify, like it would definitely have become my most streamed song of 2018 and it’s bad enough that I had a Tangled the series song as my top song of 2020

#that last one is a joke Nothing left to lose slaps #what does make it worse though is that my second song from 2020 was also a tangled the series song #okay but for real can they please put it on Spotify #I wanna listen to it :( #also hi new followers that came from the Dutch politics post this is what I’m actually like #you can still leave #though like if you didn’t realise before following the joke’s on you because my url is a k3 song and my pinned post is about kids books #anyway if you do stay please go listen to all mentioned songs on YouTube they’re so good #I watch the kids shows for 80% because of the songs ngl #why are there so little musical adult shows #i made an original post #Sofia the first #tangled the series #spotify

[dysfunctional-doodle]

Just watched Mutant Mayhem, here are my thoughts!

Overall: Yes, very good I suggest everyone watch it when they can or I will break your knees :)

I’m going to end up rambling far too much unless I split this properly, so I’m going to break it down into sections starting from what I believe is most important in a movie.

This post is still going to be a mess ngl

Story: 8/10

The story is actually very good! It was paced very well and ended in a very touching way. No character interactions or plot beats felt forced or cliché, and no forced identity politics which is always a plus.

The action scenes - of course they were amazing. Paired with the stellar animation, each action scene was brilliantly directed and choreographed. The start shows the turtles’ origin story is similar to most of the iterations with its own unique factors - in this case the ooze was created by Baxter Stockman.

The conflict of the plot was well written, the final act was great and ends with a hopeful and satisfying ending (there is a mid credit scene that teases something big for the series though!).

If it’s any consolation, it’s also very friendly to new fans of TMNT - I went with someone who has not seen any TMNT media before and they really liked it and understood it easily.

Characters: 9/10

Needless to say, all the characters were very well done. Despite its run time and large cast, each one feels grounded with their own unique personality.

For starters: the four main boys! They were done brilliantly - Mikey being hopeful and optimistic whilst naturally being empathetic, Raph channeling chaotic good energy with his iconic rage personality not being over the top, Donnie being a geek in the best way possible, and Leo trying to be a good leader and anxious, always looking out for his brothers but not a complete teachers pet. All very likeable, and I can’t wait to see them in the series!

Splinter: probably the best since 2003! Openly caring of his sons and worries a great deal about how humans will perceive them. Has his own trauma from his experience with humans so he tries to protect his sons by isolating them completely, but eventually realises that his own view of humans should not affect his son’s happiness and lets them fulfil their dream of trying to be accepted by humans even if he will never like humanity himself. Peak character development, 10/10.

Villain/s: all of them felt fleshed out and I look forward to seeing them in the series! Posed their own genuine threats with varying levels of morals. Again, all were fleshed out quite well and played a role in the story.

April: honestly, she didn’t have too much in it compared to the others but does play a key role in the final act and the ending itself. An interesting iteration of April, curious to see more of her.

Animation: 10000000/10

It was brilliant. What else can I say? Though inspired by Spider-verse it is its own style which is amazing to look at. It thrives in action scenes and landscapes. Another groundbreaking style that I hope to see influence others.

Music: 8/10

It slaps. Almost all of them I will be playing for the next week or so. The soundtracks really set the mood beautifully, especially the sombre track. Paired with the animation - ugh - chefs kiss

Overall Rating: 8/10

I am usually very very harsh with films, so for me to rate anything above a seven is basically unheard of. Probably my favourite movie of 2023, and my favourite TMNT movie. 2003 only just beats it overall but that’s mostly because I’ve known it for longer - who knows, a few more rewatches and it might overtake.

#tmnt #tmnt mutant mayhem #mutant mayhem #tmnt mikey #tmnt donnie #tmnt raph #tmnt leo #tmnt 2023 #thoughts #tmnt mm #totally not me rambling about it no sir #please go watch it though #tmnt movie #tmnt splinter #asks are open for this because like apparently people have a lot of questions #spoiler free #if you want spoilers bother me in dms #i liked it a lot: the end #tmnt fandom #look at these messy tags yum

[moralesmilesanhour]

arachnophobia

genre: horror-ish pairings: none summary: playing with the idea of miles and miles g's fates being inextricably linked to each other. also spidey senses but make it a little weird wc: 2,072 warnings: spiders (like one spider), canon deaths, brief mention of blood...and translated Spanish for like two sentences (shout out to SpanishDict) A/N: ngl...this didn't turn out to be as scary as I originally envisioned it. but I still hope you enjoy it anyway! pls feel free to reblog and leave ur reactions in the tags/comments if you do <3

The floor. The floor was on the ceiling, though nothing was falling.

Miles blinked as his eyes adjusted to the darkness of his bedroom. It would’ve been pitch-black if not for the street lamps and traffic lights providing a dim light source.

With careful steps, he moved to where his bed seemed to hang just above him, and let himself fall back onto the mattress. Again.

The sleepwalking began a year ago.

 Miles had just come home from school, and entered the bathroom to wash his face. No sooner had he turned on the faucet, he looked into the mirror and saw that his right eye was a coppery green. Stranger still, when Miles felt himself furrow his brows in confusion, his reflection’s eyes widened in surprise instead. That’s when he felt it on his hand.

A gangly, medium-sized spider whose legs took up about the width of his palm. The thing bit him just before he could slap it, letting its body fall limply to the tiled bathroom floor.

When Miles looked up again, both of his eyes were brown.

Not long after, Aaron Davis was found dead by his brother in a dark alleyway. No one had been charged yet for the murder - at least, no one who could be charged. The news reports just seemed relieved that another “criminal” was off the streets. It made Miles’ blood boil.

After the funeral, he rushed to the bathroom to escape the litany of “I’m sorry”s and whispers of “Jefferson’s boy” so as to not lose his mind before the day’s end. His eyes were bloodshot, still stinging with tears that he had tried so hard to hold back in front of his parents. Uncle Aaron would’ve wanted him to tough it out, right?

Heaving in front of the dirty mirror, Miles blinked, and the sight before him made his blood run cold. His reflection’s right eye was green again, and this time, a pair of cornrows seemed to brush his shoulders, framing a tired and gaunt-looking face.

 His face. And he looked angry.

“What the fuck…?” Miles muttered to himself as he held his own gaze.

“I should be asking the same thing,” his reflection replied in a muted, raspy voice, making Miles jump.“You did this, didn’t you?”

“Did-did what? I didn’t–”

“You killed him. I can feel it. Everytime you get hurt, every time you cry, your fear, your guilt, all of it–I can fucking feel it!”

Miles said nothing as his not-a-reflection began to tear up. 

It was technically his fault, wasn’t it? He ran to Aaron’s apartment for help, like a coward. It all went to shit after the fact. He didn’t dare ask about the autopsy results; Miles already knew what they would say. 

He’d watched the bullet blow a hole in his uncle’s chest.

“Yeah, you look guilty as hell right now,” said the not-a-reflection, shakily. “You got bit by something, right?”

Miles slowly began to back away from the mirror.

“H-how did you–”

The other Miles chuckled mirthlessly. “Felt a prick on my hand.”

“Y’know, I wonder…” he mused, venom seeping into his voice, “if it works the other way around.”

Miles squeezed his eyes shut.

“I’m dreaming. This is all a dream. You’re not real.”

His not-a-reflection smirked.

“We’ll see.”

After that day, Miles would begin to wander in the middle of the night, and end up standing in the hallway or in the kitchen. Sometimes he’d be woken up by his mother’s startled screaming, or realize that he’d gotten himself a glass of water. 

…And that was when his newfound twin was feeling nice.

One night, Miles woke up with his father’s strong arms wrapped around him, pulling him back from where he seemed to have been perched on the edge of the roof, like a bird ready to spring into action. Or a spider.

It was now the first week of sophomore year.

Miles could hardly stay upright as he rose to make his bed. Between the blaring of his alarm and all the bustling in the kitchen, his eardrums felt like someone was taking a baseball bat to them and hitting several home runs.

He squinted, and saw that the door was opening behind him.

“Mijo–oh, you’re up already?”

“Yup. I’ll be down in a couple minutes.”

“Alright, see you then. Don’t drag your feet.”

Once Rio gently shut the door, Miles realized that he wasn’t supposed to see things that were behind him.

School turned out to be even more of a nightmare; the swarm of students passing by in the hallways felt like a million invisible strings tugging each way. He finally reached his seat in homeroom, dizzy and irate, when one particular string seemed to tug at him. Violently.

His head snapped up.

“You got a twin brother, Morales?” A girl from his cohort last year whispered behind him, soundly oddly excited about the possibility.

“A new student will be joining us this week,” the teacher in charge of homeroom announced. As she read off of the attendance sheet, her brows furrowed. The woman even adjusted her glasses to do a double take. Miles knew exactly what for.

“That’s funny. We have another Miles Morales sitting right over there!”

The boy standing to her left was already staring across the room, directly at Miles. He felt his body temperature drop rapidly the longer he maintained eye contact with the other’s blank stare, so he looked away. 

Didn’t help much. Miles could still sense where he was going. He sensed a small shift in the light at the side of his head–not peripheral vision, but something more akin to the aura that surrounds your eyes when you get a migraine–moving to the back of the classroom.

This ‘twin’ started calling himself ‘Miles G.’ as the week went on, to preemptively avoid any inevitable confusion as his new teachers got to know him. There was never a point where he didn’t need to; the two Miles had all of their classes together, all except for fifth period. 

Miles G. tapped his pen on the desk impatiently as the professor explained the process of chemical bonding. He frowned when he noticed his leg bouncing on its own. It seemed that Miles was equally bored sitting in AP Literature.

That was where their similarities ended, though.

Friday afternoon, Miles was halfway through his daily school-issued PB&J when a painful jolt in his solar plexus nearly made him vomit it back up. The boy doubled over in his seat with a pained cry, and felt a warm liquid running from his nose. He looked down to discover that his uniform blazer was stained with little red dots.

“I’m telling you, I had nothing to do with it,” Miles explained frantically to the school counselor. 

The middle aged woman looked unconvinced, hands folded neatly on the desk in front of her.

“Then can you explain why both of your noses are bleeding?”

“He wasn’t there with me. I don’t jump people,” Miles G. chimed in, earning a glare from his counterpart sitting next to him. “What? I’m tryna help you.”

The counselor sighed. “Well, your teachers told me that they only saw one of you at the fight,” she turned to Miles. “So it seems like you’re off the hook. For now. You can go to class.”

The woman waved her hand dismissively as Miles shot up from his seat and stalked out of the small office and into the now-empty hallway. 

The encounter in the mirror at Uncle Aaron’s funeral suddenly came back to him:

“You killed him. I can feel it. Everytime you get hurt, every time you cry, your fear, your guilt, all of it–I can fucking feel it!”

Miles whipped around before the other could even say a word.

“Who the fuck are you?” he hissed.

Miles G. snorted. “You know who I am.”

“Why are you here, then? What’s your deal? Since you clearly exist.”

“You think it’s fair, Miles?”

Miles’ brows knit together in confusion. 

“What are you talking about?”

“I’m asking,” Miles G. took a step closer, “if you think it’s fair. That you get to sit up here comfortable while you have blood on your hands.”

The other boy looked away.

“...No.”

He nodded curtly, then brushed past Miles to go to class. “I’m here to make things fair.”

A pit began to form in Miles’ stomach as he let the words linger.

Miles G. was nowhere to be found amongst the sea of students spilling into the hallway when the final bell rang.

“Yo Miles, where’s your evil twin at?” asked Jason, current captain of the basketball team. “He’s supposed to hoop with us today.”

Miles shrugged. “I ain’t keepin’ tabs on him.”

The captain joked, “You’d better start. He could be outside framing you for murder right now!”

The group of boys surrounding him erupted into laughter as they all turned to leave. Miles couldn’t laugh; it was a little too close to the truth. 

“I’m here to make things fair.”

‘Fair’. ‘Fair’ meant leveling the playing field, evening out the score.

…Oh no.

With his heart in his throat, he threw on his jacket and bolted out of the building as fast as his long legs could carry him.

“I don’t know, Jeff, he’s just been…off, lately.”

Rio leaned her head on her husband’s shoulder. She was hardly paying any attention to the news flashing across the television.

“More than usual?” Jefferson laughed, earning him a smack on the shoulder.

“I’m being serious. He looks dead in the eyes, like he’s not getting any sleep. I’m just worried after what happened in the summer. Scared me half to death, that boy.”

He nodded solemnly. 

“I still don’t know how he managed to even find the roof with his eyes closed.”

“You think we should still take him to the doctor’s, just in case?”

“Maybe,” Jefferson looked deep in thought. “Y’know, that reminds me: A week before school started, I was in the kitchen grabbing a mug from the cupboard. With my luck, of course it slipped right outta my hands–”

“It better not have been my good mug.”

“That’s besides the point, honey. Anyway, Miles is standing right next to me, and he catches it the moment I drop it!”

Rio’s eyes narrowed. “What’s special about that?”

“He wasn’t even looking in my direction.”

“Hm. Now that I think about it, sometimes he does this weird thing where he turns around and says ‘hi’ to me–”

“--Before you even enter the room!”

“Exactly! It creeps me out, sometimes. I thought I was going crazy.”

“At least he’ll never get robbed.”

The sound of the doorbell interrupted their conversation.

“Speak of the devil,” Rio said as she rose from the sofa. “I’ll get it.”

Her son stood in the door frame, his small suitcase trailing behind him as he waved and began to haul it up the steps.

She took it from him before pulling him into a warm hug. 

“Hola, Mami.”

Rio pulled back to get a good look at Miles’ face. She made a tsk sound at the newly-formed bags under his eyes. The pimples were another story.

“¿Qué tal te fue en la escuela? You look tired.”

“Teníamos un montón de tareas,” he sighed. “The usual.”

“And you’d better be doing all of it. Now get in here, your father’s waiting in the living room.”

Miles kicked off his sneakers at the entrance while his mother set his luggage against the wall.

“Dad…?”

“Miles, my man! How’s it–oof!”

Jefferson could hardly get a word in before Miles went in for a second hug. He gave his son a pat on the back.

“Missed you too, buddy.”

Miles quickly pulled away with an awkward smile, opting to plop down onto the couch instead.

“I thought you didn’t watch the news anymore,” Rio teased as she sat down with him. “All that ‘negativity’.”

He laughed, “I’ll make an exception for tonight.”

“You hear that, Rio? We’re cool enough for him to hang out with us again,” Jeff remarked.

Miles was soon sandwiched between both of his parents, but it hardly felt cramped. He wouldn’t have it any other way. A comfortable silence fell over the three as their faces were illuminated by the soft glow from the TV. It was Miles who broke it again:

“How’s Uncle Aaron doing?”

#miles morales #earth 42 miles morales #miles morales fic #-> tags for reach lmao #miles morales x reader #earth 42 miles morales x reader #earth 42 miles x reader #miles g morales #miles g morales x reader #moralesanhour #atsvplatonic #atsvgen

[keets-writing-corner]

I need to talk about RWBY's Jaune Arc

okay this is 1.6k words, immaaaaaaaa put a cut

Okay so going into RWBY back in 2019, that was great right. I was in the middle of getting my degree in creative writing I was seriously burnt out from how formulaic stories had gotten for me, and then comes along my friend being all YOU SHOULD WATCH RWBY. And I said, SURE

now my friend knows my types and she nailed who my favorite character was going to be (Oscar) and she also nailed who my other favorites would be (Ren and Qrow) and I'll admit, 90% of my investment in RWBY was ya know, my favorite boys (Don't worry I love plenty of the girls, it just happened that my top 3 ended up being guys this time around). And wow RWBY was just such a breath of fresh air for me given all the story telling stuff I was learning about in college

and specifically, now that we're like waiting for volume 10 to be greenlit, I'm surprised by how much I've grown to like Jaune

I used to not care for Jaune/find him mildly annoying in Volume 1. He was the... audience stand in, so he had to be a little dumb. He was falling into a little bit of a stereotypical pretending to be confident to impress the ladies role. But ya know, I didn't hate him. He just wasn't my favorite of team JNPR

then volume 2 comes around and he has his whole IMMA INVITE WEISS TO THE DANCE WITH ME :D and I was not about that, it was pushy, and also, I really do not care for that sort of romance in the stories I'm engaging with, and then... it didn't go that route. He realized that Pyrrha wanted to go with him, that he had been unintentionally insensitive towards her, and pursued a girl who didn't even care about him who liked someone else. And Jaune just went "alright, damage control, gonna get Weiss what she wants and gonna give Pyrrha what she deserves" and that was the first time instead of being neutral or annoyed at Jaune I thought ya know, this guy... this guy has good bean potential. I'm interested in seeing where they take him next

And then there's Volume 3. He's been training with Pyrrha, he's been more supportive as a partner, he's been TRYING to be a good leader for his team, like he's not perfect at any of those but he's TRYING and he's lost a lot of the traits that I found annoying originally. Now he's starting to full step into the supportive wholesome leader role. And then, ya know the finale happens and just... ouch. Things were looking up for White boy, and the rug wasn't just pulled out from under him, it also slapped him in the face and threw him down the stairs

Now through Volumes 4-5 Jaune was still in the "I'm pretty meh" about him territory. There were moments where I found myself deeply empathizing with him, specifically in the scenes that showed him mourning Pyrrha, especially because well... I've been there. I've lost someone I was close with when I was 17 too. Extremely different circumstances but that thing where you put on a video of them and you watch it over and over and over because you so desperately want them back, that you're reaching for wisps and smoke of what used to be them all for a brief small chance to feel their presence again. And it's just, it's never enough. No matter how many times you watch the video, no matter how many times you replay their voice talking to you, no matter how many times you listen to old messages they sent you, they are gone and nothing in the world is going to change that. It hurts. It hurts so bad

this boy is GRIEVING

but, he was being bitchy. And look, I don't blame the guy alright. Grief messes you up as a person, it brings out sides of you you didn't know you had, it prevents you from being the best version of yourself. I. GET. IT. But he was being bitchy towards Qrow(aforementioned fave, special mention to that time he slammed Oscar ANOTHER FAVE against the wall), and at the battle of Haven, he initially let his grief and anger get the better of him, and ngl I couldn't watch. (To clarify, absolutely no shade to the writers, this was GOLDEN, peek character writing and whatnot) But that is what Jaune's arc is about at the end of the day. I'm not saying the other characters aren't grieving too, they absolutely are. But Jaune's arc has a lot more focus on how grief hurts and changes a person, how it gets the better of us, and how ultimately, if we want to move forward, if we want to keep going, we cannot just fight it and resist it because it feels icky. We cannot just sit in it because we hate what happened and happiness feels fake and forever gone. We cannot pretend the grief isn't there either.

Cue Volume 6 where he was mostly backstage, but all of this comes to a culmination at Pyrrha's statue and Jaune finally gets a moment where he gets to sit with his grief. Really sit with it. In a way that isn't anger, or repression, or wishing things had been different or that Pyrrha was there. He got to sit with his grief with the reality that it was. He lost Pyrrha. And it hurt. Maybe it was senseless. Maybe he really couldn't have done anything. Maybe it really does hurt so bad. But at the end of the day, it had been Pyrrha's choice to try and do something. And for better or for worse, she tried. And the rest of his team confront him. Ren and Nora are quick to console him, and join in on the grieving. And they also confront him about his behavior in season 5, where he believed that he didn't matter so long as his friends got to live. And here are Ren and Nora telling him, buddy, you DO matter. You matter so much. You matter to us just as much as Pyrrha mattered to us. We all chose to be huntsmen, so let us grow together and honor her choice even if it hurts. We can hurt together and we can take comfort together.

And listen, up until this point, when I was watching RWBY, Jaune was not my favorite. He never had been. He was just a guy that was there going through his own arcs. But after this key moment in volume 6, suddenly I find himself enjoying seeing him whenever he was on screen

for the rest of volume 6 he slips naturally into an empathetic leader. Stealing the ships was his idea but he let everyone take the roles they were good at, he played good support, he protected his team when possible. AND THEN WE GET TO 7 AND 8 and omg

friends

this is when I started loving Jaune. Suddenly, it's like he found a balance, he found himself. He was still hurting but instead of being angry he was being compassionate. He was still goofy and fun, but he was no longer annoying being respectful of people. He was no longer blundering about on the battlefield but he was moving with purpose and with skill. This Jaune feels like an entirely different character than the Jaune we first met back in volume 1. He's fallen into a character role that I personally love. I love the empathic leaders who are a little bit goofy. I love them to pieces. I love their level-headedness, i love their compassion. I love their gentleness. But what made Jaune special is that we got to see how much he had to suffer to get there. He was doing the best he's ever been, and he was being so kind and so humble (straight up, tempted to do a time travel AU fic or something with baby jaune and leader jaune meeting each other cuz they'd be so different)

Then we reach the end of 8 and ya know

THAT happened

and of course Jaune's arc is always about grief. But what a stroke of genius, have him find his footing and then REtraumatize him. ngl, I ALSO have been there, and imo the retraumatization is almost worst than the originally one, especially if you haven't properly dealt with the OG emotions because now THOSE come rushing back AND you've got new fresh ones to deal with. Call me a sadist. Accuse me of projecting my own trauma or whatever, but genuinely I loved what they did with Jaune in volume 9. It was *chef's kiss*. The unhealthy coping, the latching onto and hyperfixating on a single thing that ultimately is the opposite of what he needed, forced to be alone for decades, betrayed by someone he tried to help, being reunited with his friends without having processed or dealt with any of that and STILL trying to be friendly and kind and gentle to them while barely keeping it together- it's just SO GOOD

and ultimately he does break. But his friends are there with him, just like Ren and Nora helped him in volume 6. He's still the gentle leader he's grown into, but now there's just so much more to it, there's so many layers

I'm genuinely so excited to see where they take him for future volumes. He still can't dethrone my favorites BUT he has climbed the ranks of my favorite characters so fast that I wouldn't have believed you if you told me when I started watching RWBY that the character I found most annoying would end up being one of my favorite RWBY characters

soooooo yeah

I really love Jaune now

controversial opinion, I love his short hair

#Jaune Arc #RWBY #meta #? #Analysis #?? #i just needed #to ramble about Jaune #HIS GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IS SO GOOD #I WANT TO SCREAM #again he's not the only character dealing with grief #but he is the character who gets a lot of focus when it comes to grief #watching his growth and arc is very cathartic for me #idk i just enjoy the white boy #absolute loser #I hope he remains a loser #gentle leader loser #10/10

[do-you-have-a-flag]

So I was digging through letterboxd lists and i found this weird tv movie sequel to Goncharov from 1993!

it was a completely unrelated production and the only person they got back from the original was John Cazale as Ice Pick Joe, i guess they promised him a bigger role judging by the title Goncharov 2: the hour of icepick joe..... but he only showed up in the 20 mins of the film.

Barry Bostwick is certainly a choice to replace De Niro..... Loretta Swit was serving as Katya tho!!! I think director Shane 7. Chapman did some mission impossible episodes once? idk..... also a short lived 80s sitcom called 'are you still with me' so like, some experience i guess.

When asked about the film, Scorsese told Film Review in 1996, "No, I have not seen it. I do not plan on seeing it, and I do not plan on engaging with it."

It was a pretty forgettable low budget action film tbh, but the ice cream van chase sequence kinda slapped ngl

#Goncharov #unreality #goncharov 2 #barry bostwick #loretta swit

[cloudninetonine]

A Player's Aid: Chapter 9

Fandom: Legend of Zelda, Linked Universe

A/N: I haven't properly proof read it because I wanted to get this out as soon as I can, and most of this was written during writer's block so it may be lacking compared to the other chapters BUT IT'S LONGER THIS TIME! I'll read it once I have free time and edit the chapter accordingly if I need to!

Warnings: Foul language, mentions of anxiety (?), arguing, brief mentions of violence (? Wind and Player play fighting again), self doubt/insecurity (? I'm not sure if I would tag this or not, ngl)

The sun had risen over the mountain and the glare of its great light hung over the land, warming the Traveller's skin to a pleasant degree. The morning breeze earlier had been fresh, leading to him to pull his blanket over his shoulders for comfort but with the light came the heat and Hyrule relaxed back onto his log, glancing back to where the two had disappeared earlier. 

It had been an hour now, hadn't it? A long agonising hour to the man that had him the slightest (oh how he lied to himself) bit uneasy. Had what the cook wanted to show really taken an hour? Were you both in trouble? Oh, he knew he shouldn't have let them go alone, perhaps awoken the Sailor and asked for a favour so that he could accompany you both. What if you were fighting for your lives? What if-

So many ‘what if’s but no answers to be given. Tempted to find you both himself, the brunette stood to his full height and shrugged off his blanket, pouring water over the fire as the morning light was finally high over the mountains-

"Link!" 

Hyrule blinked then turned in the direction of the voice, laughing. "Gilda! You have returned to us!" 

Green and glowing in the morning air, Gilda zoomed over to her brother and engulfed his cheek in a hug, the hero’s hand coming to cover her in return. The laughter shared between them was good, lighted the present darkness cast over his heart from worry- his sisters tended to do that, where there was an ounce of distress came the overwhelming glow of love from their presence alone. He missed the comfort of his sisters back within his own time, that was very much apparent, but with Gilda here, it lessened the blow of missing home just enough as well as other shadowing emotions that threatened to ruin his mood.

“The Great Mother hailing from the Village of Kakariko sends her regards!” Pulling back, the fairy whizzed around his head. “I just had to see her, tell her the good news! The return of the Guide! She was so pleased!”

Gilda paused, upon noticing something. Quickly circling the group of still sleeping heroes before her brows furrowed and she tilted her head quizzically. “Where is (Name), anyway?”

Hyrule’s worry was delivered similar to a slap across his face, excitement dropping into fret.

“I-”

The familiar sound of Sheikah magic buzzed lightly through the air, followed by the distinct sound of you and the champion’s voice, jovial and sweet causing him to spin to the direction of its origin- your figures stumbling from Ha Dahamar Shrine, you within the arms of the other hero and laughing as he spun you.

The brunette blinked. “...what?”

What had happened in that span of your disappearance-

Gilda’s voice by his ear made him jump. “He remembers!”

Before the question could leave his lips, Gilda was racing over to where the two were- Wild had carried you over the pond surrounding the shrine, your voice excited as you greeted her. Hyrule made his way over slowly, watching his friend place you back onto your feet, keeping close as you continued to converse with Gilda, hands cupped before you to keep her close. 

"What happened?" 

Oh, what happened indeed. The two of you had known each other for only a short span of time and sure it could be argued that it was the same with the traveller but it also wasn't- your incorporeal form was still you therefore in his heart you had both known each other for way longer than what you both had now- years possibly, but even so, now wasn't the time to reflect back onto the past. 

Now was the time to question what in the hell had happened. 

'He remembers!' 

Could Gilda possibly be talking about-

"Rules!" Your voice was just as excited as it was at Gilda's appearance to see his own, jumping at him to throw arms over his shoulder and squeeze him tightly, whatever expression on his face melting as he leaned into you. "Rules, great news- you weren't the only one I guided!" 

… 

Oh. 

You pulled away in a blur of joy, grasping the shoulder of his brother in spirit and yanking him closer, Wild seemingly just as happy about the news as you. "His memory was triggered while we were watching the sunset of all things- well technically it was because we were both screaming but I think the sunset is a better alternative- ah, who cares about that what's important is that you're not the only one! Isn't that great?"

Hyrule summoned just enough might to share your elation, though it held flaws and a crooked smile. "Wonderful."

Your face hesitated for the briefest moment. "You alright?" 

He hadn't expected that- but then again, you were his guide, he should have expected as much, stumbling over himself quickly to save himself the embarrassment.

"I- um- well-" 

"He's simply in shock."

Hyrule blinked in surprise, your attention turning to Wild who patted your shoulder kindly, sending you a cheeky smile. "He's in shock is all, probably elated by the news, after all, we all take it differently don’t we?”

The look the two shared was certainly something. Hyrule could only describe it as similar to the own emotion he was facing now, mixed with the slightest bit of betrayal. For what exactly? For not telling him sooner? As if he would have believed him, what madness! But then again would the traveller have felt the same way? They were close, they shared a bond so why would he keep something as important as this to himself? The first thought was that of a selfish desire and Hyrule had to hold back a flinch from the idea. He didn’t want it to seem like that at all! But then again, what else could it be seen as?

“Yes, of course.” Hyrule smiled at you, patting your shoulder before moving to hold your cheek.

Your smile returned with vigour and you yanked him closer, holding both boys by the waist with an excited gleam within your eye. “This is perfect! I don’t mean to sound selfish but I’m feeling better already having you both by my side! Feels a little less choked up! I can’t wait to get to properly know you guys- well, know you guys in the physical form!”

You gave them both a hard squeeze, the two sharing another look over your shoulder before Wild looked down at you, carefully calling for your attention.

“Actually, (Name), there’s been something I’ve been meaning to ask you.”

“Oh? And what’s that?”

"Well, I-" 

"What are you doing?" 

The voice cut through like a knife. The sharpened steel aimed towards you amongst all, your trio taking a glance towards a familiar pink-streaked blonde whose eyes were narrowed right onto your figure, more importantly, the arms around the other two which you quickly snatched away, wide eyes trained onto Legend as he stood from his sleep mat, eyes narrowed with a dark glare. 

'Awh shit, here he goes-' 

Wild's stance straightened, almost threateningly as he went to move in front of you, Legend's face shifting quickly to surprise, your own and Hyrule's expression mirroring the brooding blond’s. “Is there a problem, Vet?”

The wild hero wasn’t much taller than his counterpart, a few inches or so but it still seemed enough to make him look towering, the shadow casting over Legend from the position of the sun was something that only added to it. An intimidation tactic, a good one, one which you had been on the other end of and you felt guilt crawl up your spine from the way that Wild was using it to discourage his comrade. You didn’t want this, you didn’t want to create some sort of separation of the group and honestly, Legend’s attitude was warranted if the boys were going to act like this when they finally remembered you.

The hero’s wide eyes stared back up into the eyes of the other and you made the move to tug him behind you, hands up in surrender. “Nothing! We aren’t doing anything isn’t that right, Wild?”

Your face held challenge when you glanced back at the blonde, eyes narrowed with a look of displeasure plastered on your face that made him stumble, glancing between you and his brother, swallowing whatever argument down.

“Nothing.” He corrected, looking at Legend. “Nothing, Vet.”

You nudged your shoulder with his and he ground his teeth. “Sorry,”

Glancing back at the pink-streaked blonde, you smiled something shaky. “Sorry if we woke you, Legend.”

Hyrule shared a look with Gilda before sharing your grin. “Yes, friend, we apologise for waking you.”

One moment, two moments, three- the Hero of Legend stared upon the four of you with a look that was undecipherable. Was he mad? Was he grateful to you for stopping the potential fight? So many questions too little answers, frustrating for some, but you were prepared to stay in blissful ignorance if it meant not having to deal with a fight from the blonde’s side. 

“Is there a problem?” 

What was with these guys suddenly popping up? Was someone wishing for you to shit yourself? You patted yourself on the back in the confines of your mind for only leaping about 2 feet in the air, the group glancing towards Time who sat tall in his bedroll, Twilight and Warriors sat beside him with the same authoritative energy.

It was honestly giving “I just came home from a bender and dad’s been waiting all night for me to return.”

Your heart was going pitter patter pitter patter- and not in the fun way. 

"No, sir." Hyrule was the saviour in this instance, stepping up from his position with a smile as fake as your grandmother's pearls as he did. "Nothing at all, just a little misunderstanding is all." 

Eyes fell to you and you forced yourself to stay strong, standing straighter in your spot. "Yup, just a misunderstanding!" 

A final glance was sent to Legend's direction, still slightly frozen from what had occurred and seemingly festering in his anger when Time called out to him, the pink-streaked blonde sparing him a glance. 

He sighed through grounded teeth. "Everything's fine."

And walked away just like that, leaving your little group to the big dogs. 

"I'll…get started on breakfast." 

Time's eye narrowed. "A good idea." 

The champion began moving away but not without grabbing your wrist, tugging you into the direction of the cooking pot situated outside of the Inn nearby. There was a certain emotion in his eye, softer than earlier, similar to how he looked at you upon that mountain, with a care that had been pushed down for way too long and was now bursting forth from the pressure. 

"I'll cook your favourite." He whispered, just for you to hear. "I still remember it, you always told me how you missed the taste- let me give this to you now." 

Your heart fluttered at the genuine emotion behind his words, strong and untamed from the years it had been since he had last heard your voice. What was he feeling right now? You had a clue, but did your clue even compare to all the emotions that were currently rushing through him? After all, this man had lost everything, his home, his family, his friends- all that he had known and losing his guide after his journey must have been hard, someone else who he cared for and vice versa when he had nothing, staying with him through his entire journey only to disappear without a trace when all was over, leaving him with the all but forgotten Princess by his side, weakly calling his name.

You were surprised he didn’t despise you for leaving, didn’t look at you with rotten anger upon the cliff that sat the shrine. A guess lead you to luck, luck that made him so forgiving, luck that he missed you so and you weren’t going to take that for granted.

Wild’s voice had wobbled when he asked you to join him, his eyes glazed too with held-back tears and you smiled the sweetest smile you could. “Sure, Link, let’s go.”

Hyrule watched the two of you walk off, his heart felt heavy and his skin felt hot, an unknown feeling wriggling within his gut as the scene played out before his eyes.

“Trouble in paradise?” Gilda teased, settling onto his shoulder carefully with an understanding smile.

“I have no idea what paradise you speak of.”

“Oh brother, you humour me- you needn’t feel that way,” Her hand came to rest gently against his cheek, brown eyes glancing at the fairy in his peripheral. “They won’t leave you behind, I know that fear rests within your mind but you mustn’t let it get to you.”

The sigh that left Hyrule was heavy, eyes glued to how you interacted happily with the Champion, smiles on both your faces. You seemed happy, not that he didn’t want to see you that way he much preferred it when it was directed at him, yes, he did, with a smile so bright it blinded him and eyes so kind it made him feel as if he were drowning in care.

“....”

“Oh stop with those puppy eyes!” 

A green flash appeared before his eyes, Gilda’s eyes narrowed as they stared back into his own, hands slapping against each side of his face to keep his focus on her. “Stop letting your fears take hold! For once have faith! If not in yourself, then in them! What would they think if they knew what you were thinking?”

Hyrule hesitated, “I-”

“Don’t even think about it, mister!” With a final soft pat, she pulled away. “You always think about the worst ‘what ifs’ and never let your heart have a break. For once, Link, can you just believe that the world isn’t coming for you?”

An argument was forming in his heart, the urge to rebuttal her plea at the tip of his tongue when a voice called for him, eyes flying to see you waving him over. Inviting and soft, your smile made his heart flutter and his ears flapped excitedly, hands going to cover them in embarrassment at his sister’s knowing glance.

“Go to them.” She disappeared behind him, trying to nudge him in the direction of the pot. “And don’t keep them waiting!”

Gilda’s strength didn’t do much, for she was just a fairy, but Hyrule’s feet began to move without much argument, leaving behind his waking comrades to join your side, sitting himself down on the log beside you and flustering up when you linked their arm comfortably around his own. Wild poured batter into the pot, your eyes focused on the meal as you both chatted, a domestic feeling hanging over his shoulders as he relaxed into them.

The others joined and breakfast was served with smiles.

-----

You did not like getting ready.

Tedious in a way, even though it always ended with good results, you hated having to sort out your belongings into your bag, clean yourself to your best degree and pretend that you were mentally prepared to head out into the world when you were on the verge of dropping from the map and leaving all that you knew to the dust just so you didn’t have to attend some seminar or go to work.

You especially hated waiting for other people to get ready- ready for the day, waiting on the bed with your phone in hand texting your friend a ‘you ready?’ text, getting a response of ‘five more minutes’ only for an hour to go by and still not ready text. Sure, you could entertain yourself with your phone but you had planned this months ago and now you were here sitting like some sort of dickhead-

You digress.

Sitting on the log waiting for the rest to get ready wasn’t the best thing. You offered many a time to help them, but almost everyone waved you off with some gratitude, though Wind gladly accepted your help so once finished, you both decided to explore the area one last time before continuing off to….you had no idea where you guys were going-

“I think we may be a little too far from the camp.”

“We’re fine!” Wind gestured back to the group, still a respectable distance away. “If we’re in trouble they’ll come running! Besides you’re the one who wanted to explore!”

“I’m also the one who I’m pretty sure Time hates so let’s not go too far, yeah?”

“What? He doesn’t hate you!”

“Tell that to the look on his face when I breathe wrong-”

“He always looks like that!”

“Like someone shat in his bedroll?”

The sailor burst into his laughter, holding his stomach with a reddening face while you stood triumphant before him, hands on your hips as you grinned.

“Not-” He giggled, “-funny!”

“I don’t know, I think that’s a grin on your face-”

He went to kick you but you expertly dodged, raising fists for an old-fashioned fist fight which he mimicked, both of you circling each other playfully before he jumped, the two of you wrestling in a messy pile in the grass trying to pin each other. 

"No Old Man to save you this time, shit head!" 

"You're the one who'll need saving!" 

“Oh yeah!?”

“Oh yeah-”

A twig snapped at Wind’s reaction was instant.

You fell to the floor as he jumped into position, pulling his sword from its scabbard as he brandished it towards the direction of the noise, eyes focused and narrowed dangerously. “Who goes there!?”

While it was impressive how fast Wind was able to react…it was also sad. Merely 14, still a child and still very much ready for any real danger. You wondered if it made him sad- while other children lounged about enjoying their childhood, causing fun mayhem to all the adults around while he had the destiny of a hero shoved onto him at the age of 11. From what you could tell, he didn’t seem too upset, but what if that was merely a cover for his true feelings? Did he feel distaste for the goddess that had given him this? Did he regret ever becoming a hero?

You sat up a little as you watched him in awe, slight embarrassment eating away at you also from the fact you were being protected by a child but you weren’t about to fight him about when you knew you wouldn’t even stand a chance against him.

You could hear your friend's voice somewhere in the back of your mind.

“Me, personally? I wouldn’t let that slide.”

JD was always a cunt.

There was another sound in that direction, your eyes falling to the spot behind a tree nearby, watching something quickly dip behind it just a few yards ahead and making your stomach turn, heart pounding against your chest as you slowly backed up.

Tension was a horrible thing- of course, you had to consider the variables around it, after all, not every case was a bad one, but right here right now, your gut had travelled up to your throat, joking you slowly as the world around you seemed to cave in. What was it? Was it the Shadow as the others liked to call it? Or some monster lackey in his ranks, hoping to jump you when you were unprepared? Perhaps a Chuchu? The fear seemed icy cold at that question, memories of the burning pain from the day before sinking into your skin, your arm and leg aching painfully underneath your garments.

Out of all the creatures you knew to fear in this world, you never would have expected something as simple as a Chuchu to be so high up your list of feared creatures.

"Come out." Wind's growl was really that of a hero, even for his age, the sharpened look in his eye unnerving even you as he stepped closer to the tree, sword still raised protectively. "Or these next few moments may be your last!" 

Damn, sometimes you forgot this was the boy that stabbed Ganon in the fucking head. Straight up merked the mother fucker. 

Wind took another step forward and finally did the thing dive out from its cover, wailing and begging for its life as it waddled towards the two of you-

"IS THAT A KOROK?!" 

Your scream probably echoed through the valley, probably alerted the group nearby hell probably alerted the Shadow from whatever dark corner it was brooding in as you saw the magical creature continue to waddle closer, crying into its leafy hands while Wind looked back at you as if you had just the most downright absurd thing ever, embarrassed and ashamed of his friendship with you. 

"Please don't kill me!" They cried, waving their hands. "I'm sorry to have surprised you! I only wanted to see the guide!" 

"The guide?" Wind parroted in confusion but it was cut short when you 'accidentally' pushed him aside, crawling up to the Korok in a wondrous daze. "Hey!" 

A good distraction, you didn't want to have to answer questions you weren't exactly sure of the answers to yet. 

… 

Also because he kinda deserved to be pushed, after all, he was just standing there-

The Korok looked upon you with emotion couldn’t decipher, had it been because it wore a mask or simply because you just couldn’t tell what the magical creature was feeling, you still couldn’t help the muffled squeal from behind your hands as it waggled it’s own towards you in excitement, it’s tears subsided.

“I hope you don’t take this the wrong way,” You started, “But you are the cutest thing to have ever crossed my path, I generally think I could die from the pure unfiltered adorableness of yourself.”

A silence hung over the three of you, Wind and the Korok seemingly staring you down, eyes burning you to your very core and the embarrassment finally started to wash over you. Had you really just said that? Called a being probably 3x times older than your very existence cute? You hadn’t even tried to be subtle, hadn’t whispered it to Wind (who was already judging you terribly) hadn’t thought about keeping the thought purely to yourself, no, you had looked down at the Korok, staring through the eyeholes of it’s mask then stated it to him like it was a known fact.

It was also as if you had just mansplained its whole existence to it.

Knowing that the Goddesses existed was good, you had a way out of this, all you had to do was stand and scream to the heavens how you wished to be smited where you stood.

Someone would hear you, you weren’t sure as to who but you knew someone would answer.

“...I am so sorry-”

“Thank you!” It waved its arms enthusiastically and you once again had to hold back your wail of anguish at the fact you couldn’t even begin to describe in the best detail just how lovable this amazing creature was. “It means so much coming from the hero’s guide!”

Oh no, not again, you really couldn’t have Wind asking questions- this situation was something you couldn’t grasp your head around so how could you explain that to him? What was the guide? Why were they calling you that? Was there something you weren’t telling them? You didn’t want seeds of doubt to start to sprout in the relationship you had begun to form with the youngest Link. He was your friend- you were friends and you didn’t want what you guys had to crumble away because he couldn’t trust you. Sure, with the evidence from Hyrule and Wild, there was the possibility that Wind could also remember was something you would deal with later, not now in Bubinga Forest, with everyone else so close by.

The Korok tilted its head when you motioned for it to stay quiet, mouthing “he doesn’t know.” and jerking your head back subtly to Wind who still seemed confused by the encounter. When another second passed and it nodded it’s head, you heaved a sigh of relief before changing the subject in hopes it would be a distraction.

“What’s your name?”

“Kusa!”

“That’s such a lovely name! I’m (Name).”

The conversation lasted only a few minutes but an amazing few minutes nonetheless, those you had decided would stay close to your heart for lifetimes to come, you would never forget this moment, but then again, you were currently in another universe, so really, would it ever be possible to forget something as earth-shattering as this?

You thought the fuck not.

Wind had been leaning against your crouched back that entire time, moving from his spot in the grass to lazing against you, face in your hair as he waited for your attention. Comical really, it reminded you of your friend Amira’s kitten back home, a hormonal teenager with attention issues who would glare at you across the room until you gave her what she craved, cuddles that was till she had what she wanted and then she was biting down on your hand like some savage beast ready to tear off the flesh from your bone-

Now that you thought about it, Wind did have a catty personality and you tried to subtly move forward, begging the Goddesses he didn’t suddenly have the urge to bite down on your head for ignoring him but with him leaned against you, his body could only follow and now you were bent at an angle with him still laid on you.

“Comfortable?” You asked when Kusa sent you what you guessed was a concerned look.

“Yep.” Was the boy’s response and you merely rolled your eyes when the sound of your names caught your ears, Wind’s hand pushing down on your head to stand back to his full short height.

“Really!?”

He stuck his tongue out and you grabbed his ankle to yank his feet out beneath him, cackling at his cry. “No fair!”

“Your face isn’t fair!”

“That doesn’t make any sense!”

You held back a perfectly timed ‘your mum’ joke, not wanting to deal with the possible consequences that followed. “You don’t make any sense!”

Your names were called again and the two of you glanced back, catching the impatient face of Time that had you both scrambling, pushing at each other playfully when Kusa called out to you desperately, you skidding to a stop in concern.

“Here!” A little cracked Korok seed was presented in his hand, waving towards you before it was placed gently in your awaiting palm, your face soft as you stared down at it. “For good luck!”

You leaned down, engulfing the little creature in a one-armed hug, feeling giddy as his little arms returned the gesture. “Thank you, Kusa- I hope to see you again soon.”

“And I, you! Dear guide!” You finally pulled away, waving goodbye as you chased after Wind, who had stopped to wait for you, the both of you finally gathering with the rest of the group, trying to slink away from Time’s glare.

“Aint no way this guy doesn’t hate me by now, Wind.” You whispered to him but he merely rolled his eyes and you left it at that, saddling up to both Hyrule and Wild who looked over you carefully, Hyrule’s eyes falling to your clenched hand.

“What are you holding?”

“Huh? Oh-” You brought it up happily, opening it to reveal Kusa’s gift. “Korok seed!”

“There was a Korok nearby?” Wild asked, looking over the small cracked seed in interest.

“Yup! He gave it to me for good luck-” You paused, “Actually, he mentioned the guide too…”

“Oh! I was the one to tell the Deku tree!” Gilda circled your head once, settling into your hair as you all began to move, “I told as many as I could! Oh, you should have seen the excitement on people’s faces! They were so elated for your return!”

The three of you paused at the other end of the Big Twin Bridge, sharing a concerned glance when Hyrule looked up at his sister nervously, smile wobbly. “Uh, Gilda, dear sister, how many people have you told?”

“Oh, you know~” She teased, her smile almost malicious in his eyes. “Enough.”

….

You didn’t like those words.

-----

From the comfort of your Switch, Hyrule looked to be much smaller. The map was certainly big there was no argument there, but Link’s leisured jog got you from one spot to the other quite fast, there was also the use of teleportation with the shrines and the towers, so it all seemed quite close together in terms of distance.

The truth was that reality was much different than fiction and you were running on real-world time while playing, the actual time within the game lost to you at the bottom of your screen, too engrossed in fighting that lynel, or chasing that Korok, or climbing that mountain- what you were trying to say was the day seemed to disappear faster than you expected.

It had taken an hour to get past the Dueling Peaks, an hour! It honestly felt surreal when you had finally seen the Sheikah Tower standing tall on the opposite side, eyes wide in awe but slightly downtrodden that you couldn’t experience climbing it for yourself. To see the beauty of Hyrule field at that height. Sure, seeing it up on the mountain top was breathtaking in its own right, however, observing the view from your own hard work would have been just as rewarding.

When it had reached about the four-hour mark you weren’t as chipper as how you started. Everyone else seemed fine, which of course was no surprise but your legs burned with the strain of it all and when Time declared for your first break within the day you collapsed right onto the floor where you had been standing.

Seriously, hadn’t even bothered to walk over to some fallen logs by your feet- as soon as the words had left the eldest’s mouth you had fallen to your knees and face-planted into the floor.

“Are you okay?” Wild had the audacity to ask, leaning down with a hand on your back.

You groaned in response and shifted over to your back with a haunted look within your eyes. “I’ve got a question for you, Link.”

He blinked leaning closer.

“You ever have a Krispy Kreme?”

“...What-”

“Was it crispy?”

“I-”

“Right, right,” You gently patted the side of his face, looking into his eyes. “I think I’ve actually lost whatever sanity I’ve had left.”

“I don’t think so.” Hyrule teased, crouching down opposite the blonde. “You spouted enough nonsense on our journeys, in fact, it seems you’re finally returning to your usual self- glad to know you’re coming back to your senses~”

Your hand landed gently on his face and you pushed him away. “Blocked, blocked- you’re all blocked.”

His laugh was muffled by your hand, joyful and strong before he was grasping your wrist, Wild taking the other and the two of them yanking you to your feet, brushing down your clothes carefully. “How much longer are we going to walk?”

The glance the two shared was not a good thing. You knew it wasn’t a good thing, not at all, your face dropping in horror as Wild gestured you to follow him up the hill you had taken your rest at, Hyrule being called away by Legend leaving the two of you to trudge up through the hollow innard of the giant collapsed tree resting upon the Hills of Baumer, the hero handling you gently as he tugged you onto the stump, leading you to the edge which showcased a large portion of Hyrule field.

“See just before the Central tower?” His hand rested gently upon your shoulder, finger pointed towards a small cluster of trees. “That’s where we will be resting for tonight.”

“There?” You asked breathlessly, a wave of anguish falling over you when he nodded. “No…-”

You walked away from the scene with a mocking sob, collapsing back onto your knees, elbows resting on the floor with hands covering your face. No, no, this was terrible, why were you being punished like this? You could already feel the burn in your calves of an upcoming cramp, the fear hanging over your head- you hated those things, they were the worst and you so didn’t want to experience it.

“Hey, hey,” The hero chuckled, crouched down beside you with his arm gently resting over your shoulder. “You don’t need to worry, it’ll be over before you know it.”

“Easy for you to say.” You huffed, looking back up at him. “You’ve hiked over Hyrule a few hundred times and then some- not to mention climbed a few mountains too.”

“Much easier to do when you have a friend by your side.”

Oh, oh no he was giving you that soft look, the one him and Hyrule seemed to share- was that a hero thing? Making you feel happy and light with just a single expression? No fair, you deemed, trying to ignore that flutter in your chest, they couldn’t go around making you feel special like this just because. You weren’t having it, no you weren’t, but then again you knew trying to fight against it wouldn’t work, there was no way, you just had an inkling in the back of your mind.

So you merely smiled, soft and sweet before gently bumping your shoulder with his. “You’re a softie, you know that?”

“Funny, I could say the same of you, dear guide.”

Standing once again, Wild helped you down the stump, grabbing you carefully to prevent a stumble, your arms linked together when you took a step in the direction leading back to the group, only to pause when Wild tugged you back.

“I have a better idea.”

-----

“Your insistence isn’t flattering, Vet.”

“Stop avoiding the question and answer me, Traveller-”

“What else is there to say?” Hyrule’s hands flew about in his emphasis, his face a mixture of frustration and sadness. “Vet, my friend, my brother in arms- you have taken all I have to give, what is it that you are so desperately searching for?”

The Hero of Legend was a stubborn man, that was true, persistent in a good way but only now did it seem obsessive, he was always so logical but it seemed to be thrown away in this desperate act to find something that really wasn’t there.

Hyrule knew that Legend didn’t like you- everyone did but this was passing the borders of insanity. He was nitpicking every little detail, every little fault and he wasn’t even giving you the chance! When the Vet had pulled him away earlier to speak with him, he wasn’t surprised, they were close, that was true and so it was to be expected that he would want answers from that morning. But this…this was getting out of hand.

“I want the truth!” The blonde cried, “I want you to tell me what they have done to you-”

“Nothing! They have done nothing!”

“Liar!”

It hurt to see him like this. Hyrule could tell he was struggling, the emotion plastered on his face as clear as day, but what could possibly soothe his troubles? The truth wasn’t optional in that moment, it seemed closer to a lie if anything, but this deceit he was currently giving Legend was no better. The Traveller hated lying to him, hated it down to his very core but it was the only option.

If it meant keeping you safe, he would take it.

“Your desperation makes you blind, Link.”

“Funny, I could say the same about your affection, Link.”

A few moments of silence passed.

“I don’t know what you want from me.”

“As I said, the truth.”

Hyrule turned away from his glare, sighing in defeat. “Well then, I hope you find this truth that you so desperately crave.”

The anger on his face was honestly heartbreaking to see, but the younger man had no idea what else to offer. “Don’t you walk away from me, Traveller-”

“You know this is over, Vet.” The staredown was tense, it was hard and cold and unwelcoming and Hyrule was certain the others could probably feel it from the small distance they had made, some sparing glances their way when their voices had raised just a little too loud. “What else is there to say? That they’re tricking me? They’ve taken over my mind? I’m so hopelessly charmed by their rudimentary humour and choppy wit?”

Legend’s hands clenched and unclenched by his sides but he stayed silent in the face of winding roads, choices on his next words glaring back at him along with the reinforced thread that was their relationship.

Did he dare cause fray or even, he so nervously thought, snap it at that moment?

“Go on, Link, say what you’re holding back.”

“...Have they edified this speech for you?”

“Oh for the Goddesses’ mercy- enough.” Hyrule had finally put his foot down, cutting a line through whatever else dared spilt from his mouth. “Enough of this. You may speak with me once this foolishness leaves your mind.”

Hyrule really did hate this but at this point in time Legend wouldn’t understand. Maybe, when it came the day you spiked a memory relapse upon him, maybe then he would understand but that wasn’t going to happen now, certainly not now with the tension that sparked so strong between the two, glares sharing an equal frustrated fire before Hyrule finally turned.

“Brood here if you must, I will see you back with the others.”

“They are pulling you away, don’t you see-”

Hyrule spun around, still backing up as he threw out his hands. “I’m still here, aren’t I!?”

Legend finally huffed, kicking at a rock by his feet while Hyrule turned back, many turning away from him to pretending to have not watched the two bicker.

The look Time had sent him was a mixture of emotions though, not needing to speak his words out loud for the fairy boy to understand. ‘I will not have infighting within this group.’

Hyrule held back an annoyed huff. ‘Tell that to the Vet-’

A scream echoed and the many jumped into action, Hyrule’s heart dropping as he registered the voice to be yours, hurrying towards the source of the sound, getting increasingly louder and closer until-

“WOAH!” You yelped, narrowingly missing the brunette by a hair, shaking on the shield resting by your feet before stumbling, falling right off your shield and tumbling for a few moments, finally collapsing into a heap in the nearby grass with a loud grunt, laying still on the grass before your hand flew up. “I’m okay!”

A glance was shared with everyone when Wild came flying past Hyrule, almost knocking him, hopping off the shield with a cry of your name as he leaned down and checked over you, Hyrule not too far behind with a look of disapproval. “Did you push them into this?!”

“I-” 

“What were you thinking!?”

Your bore an awkward expression. “Rules-”

Wild’s face soured. “Small accidents come with shield surfing-”

“Wild-”

“But what if this wasn’t small!? They could have been seriously hurt!”

“Traveller-” Sky started but he was glared away, taking a step back with hands raised in an unaggressive manner as Hyrule turned back towards Wild.

Gilda had been resting in Wind’s hair when she had zipped back over, her face creased awkwardly as she tried to pull her brother away, tugging at his hair in an effort to dissuade the upcoming fight that seemed to be brewing, Hyrule and Wild leaning closer with each sentence, faces pinched angrily, fists clenched-

Only to yelp when you grabbed at their ears, pulling them away from each other. “Oi! That’s enough, what are you guys doing!?”

“He got you hurt- Ah!”

“No, he didn’t- and what about you? Why are you encouraging this?!”

“I’m not- ow, ow OW! Don’t tear my ear off!”

“Impressive.” Warriors laughed, arms crossed as he watched you reprimand the two, feeling a familiar weight on his shoulders as he thought back to his rookie days, “Sounds as if they’ve done this before- wouldn’t want to be on the other end of that bite.”

Twilight chuckled, watching the scene with amusement, Time beside him seemingly sharing the emotion as he bite back a smile before he called out to the group. “Enough- this isn’t a circus and we still have ground to cover, the Shadow waits for none of us.”

You finally released the two with a huff, pushing yourself to your feet with Gilda following behind you, shaking her head towards her brother and his friend then zipped up to your shoulder to rest upon it.

Hyrule and Wild shared a glance, the brunette letting out an annoyed huff as he met his friend’s eyes, standing with Wild following not so far behind, catching up to all the while sharing shoves and jabs as they did.

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The further you all walked the worse it seemed to get, Legend’s glaring eyes burning into your skull certainly didn’t help your case either. Having the two boys settled on each of your sides felt constricting and with Legend on your flank you felt as if with one movement you’d be strangled by the weights of their presence. Frustrating, very frustrating, you couldn’t even properly enjoy the sites around you because of how suffocated you felt from it all and it was really getting on your last nerve.

You were kinda thankful when Time stopped the group, gesturing for them all to quiet down from their chatter, slowly and cautiously manoeuvring closer to the eldest to see the small encampment of Bokoblins and Lizalfos, your eyes widening in surprise.

“Those aren’t your monsters.” You whispered to Wild, watching as a lizard hissed towards the pigman that bumped it, “Aren’t those bokoblins from the Great sea? And those Lizalfos are from Sky’s era, what…”

“The Shadow brings them.” He explained gently, “We believe it’s part of its plan but then again, it may just be creating an army with what it can get.”

“For what?”

“I-”

“That still isn’t clear to us.” Hyrule interrupted, Wild sending him a dirty look from over your shoulder. “However, your appearance may be an answer to that.”

“Must you?” Wild growled.

Hyrule went to open his mouth but you interrupted, glancing between the two with a clear irritation that had their mouths snapping shut, attention on you. “Alright, listen I don’t know what’s up with you two but you’ve been acting like brattish children since this morning. I may be oblivious but I could fucking feel those glares earlier.”

When Wild tried to speak you raised your hand “-I’m not done, Link.”

Even with your whispered words, a quiet voice to keep the gaze of the others away from this little spat and to not interrupt the ‘meeting’ between the three eldest, it seemed everyone had felt the venom in your voice, a collective shiver running through the group as you continued, pointing at the two boys to emphasis your point. “This? This needs to stop- now, you’re about to go into battle and this little strop will only cause problems, do you hear me, Link? I won’t have one of you injured because you’re upset with each other so until this little dog fight is over I’m staying with the sailor.” 

A panic gathered over their faces, voices jumping over one another in a mess of apologies and begs but you hardened your gaze. “Don’t apologise to me, apologise to each other- don’t let whatever feelings you’re struggling with get in the way of your friendship, yeah? You both deserve better than that.”

Wind looked nervous at your arrival, glancing back at the two then to you in a way that made you only feel sourer than before, nudging his shoulder playfully with your own in hopes of trying to relax him. 

“What’s with that look?” You joked, smiling with a teasing tint. “You look like a cat who got caught stealing fish from the countertop.”

The audacity in which you seemed to have summoned had him frowning, a familiar fishy frown that had you biting back a laugh. “Oh look, now you’re the fish.”

He managed to land a kick that made you yelp, yanking him by his scuff before he could zoom off to put him in a headlock, ruffling his hair even as he whined and tried to push away from you. “Hey!”

“Don’t hey me- you kicked me-”

“(Name).”

Time’s voice was an enigma, really, completely heavenly, deep and rich, it held authority but also a calming sense whenever he decided to talk- it made you feel safe like everything would be okay and there wasn’t a worry in the world that would bother you.

Time’s voice also sounded like nails on a chalkboard and you meant that in the nicest way possible. It brought pain and a sudden dread, similar to the sound of a gunshot, when it sounded you knew trouble was following- well, you knew that glare, sharp as a knife and as dark as the night sky, would be staring down at you and make you feel like a tiny little Chuchu he was about to squash beneath his boot.

You released Wind carefully as you turned to the eldest, face tilted down so you wouldn’t have to catch his eyes so strong but showing that you were at full attention. “Yes, sir?”

“Ranch-hand will be taking you to our planned camp spot.” You glanced to his side and met Twilight’s eyes, the man sending you a small smile.

But…this didn’t feel right. “I…I uh, I don’t mean to question you, sir, but- are you sure? I mean, you’ll need everyone fighting right-”

When Time’s hand rested upon your shoulder you tensed slightly, an unexpected turn that had your head reeling in confusion as he continued, voice a little…softer than what he had been supporting, a similar tone to your first meeting, soothing and kind. “It’s only a small group, we should be able to handle ourselves with only eight. Besides, Ranch-hand offered after my mistake last time- which I promise you won’t happen again.”

Your heart lightened. “It’s okay-”

“No, it was foolish of me to leave you when you were obviously untrained by your lonesome, even with a weapon, I hope that you can forgive me but we shall leave that till later.” With a pat that made you stand just a little taller, he called for the rest as he walked away to inform them of their plan.

“Come now,” Twilight’s face was soft as he called for you, patient as you glanced back at the other nervously when waddling along. “Have faith, they’ve done this time and time again.”

“I know, I just-” With a sigh, you follow after him. "It's not fair for you to have to babysit me." 

"Nonsense- as the old man said, I offered to keep watch on you- better than leaving you to fend for yourself." He'd whispered the last few words more to himself, but you heard them, looking down at his conflicted look. 

"You seem more upset about that than I am, farm boy." You joked, but his expression didn't change. 

"He knows better than that and I don't understand why he would leave you alone like that." 

You're only mildly surprised by Twilight's disposition. Surprised for his care at such a young stage- you'd barely talked to the man properly from there to now, hell, you had exchanged more words with Legend than the farm boy, but the shock was only mild from your knowledge of how this man was, going from the game alone. Twilight was a caregiver, a babysitter to his village, a hard worker to the families surrounding him- a supposed beast to a man with a heart filled with kindness, that's what Midna had come to learn at least, falling in love with him during their short span together. Well, that's what the manga had suggested anyway and who were you to argue with it? The game was enough proof of their devotion to one another and- you were going off-topic. 

What you knew of Twilight was that he was a kind, selfless man and to show that he cared for you, even in the littlest bit really was a blessing in disguise. 

You glanced over to Epona, then to Gilda still sitting silent on your shoulder, biting at your lip in contemplation before gently resting your hand upon his strong shoulder (oh hell he really did have that muscle- wow-) and giving it a comforting squeeze. "Even wise men make mistakes." 

You caught his eye, pushing on a bright smile at his hesitance. "You can't keep holding on to it or it'll drive you mad, Link- it's fine- I'm fine and he knows what he did was wrong." 

"... You would forgive him so quickly over endangering your life?" 

The frown on your face was telling enough. "You make it sound like he did it on purpose." 

"And what if he did?" 

… The words weren't a comfort, they really, really weren't, your own posture dropping as you both stopped in the middle of the path sharing a look that made your stomach churn. "... What's that supposed to mean?"

Twilight bite his lip for a moment, one moment, two moments, three- and he opened his mouth after a sign. "He told me it was a test- a test for the Shadow- he wanted to see if it was watching us and he believes that those Chuchus were proof but he knows those things will spawn anywhere-" 

"Oh, is that it?" Twilight froze, his expression confused as the worry started to melt from your face. "I thought you were gonna say something like he was trying to get me killed or whatever, you scared me for a second!" 

Your jolly laugh certainly scared him, after all- what was there to laugh about? Did you really find the thought of endangering your life funny, amusing? 

At his expression you paused, making a face before correcting yourself. "Uh, I lemme rephrase that- the reason he put me in danger was for practical reasons, not because, you know, he didn't like me and was trying to get rid of me- which I knew he wouldn't! It's just, it's better knowing that he had a good reason- wish he just told me beforehand so I could prepare myself mentally for getting jumped by an actual Shadow-"

"You should be angry." He insisted, grabbing you by the shoulders, "Furious even, it doesn't matter if his reasoning was for the better good, he put you in danger and I cannot stand by and let you brush your own safety aside just because you don't value your life as you should."

Wow, reading you like a book. You could almost hear the" damnnnn-" across the dimensions from your friends. Never in your life would you ever think you'd be violated like this by an actual medieval hero but here you were standing in the middle of the path in the area known as Hyrule Field you wondered if the right thing to do was walk straight into the nearest monster settlement, arms open wide with a look of acceptance on your face. 

“Ooh, burn.” You muttered awkwardly, rubbing the back of your neck “But, seriously, Link- I am mad, it’s just, well, there’s no point of getting angry and after all, it’s over now-...

“...I’m sorry, I’m letting my own feelings get in the way.” Twilight squeezed your shoulders politely, pulling away after a moment. “I understand that you may have different expectations of us but I still think you shouldn’t allow him to pull such things with you- even if it was for good you don’t deserve to be treated like a testing dog just because we need answers…”

“Thank you, Link.” With a final reassuring smile, you nudged your shoulder against his. “It means a lot that you care, even a little.”

“You’re under our protection, so we must see that you are indeed protected.” Slight panic grew on his face at his words, stumbling “B-But that doesn’t mean I don’t care- this isn’t just a job-”

“I get you.” You began to walk forward, Epona huffing and following after you before you glanced back, raising him a brow at his frozen figure. “Come on- we’re probably going to have to set up the camp right? Let's hurry and get to the area so they can relax once they arrive.”

A few moments passed, his eyes focused on your figure before finally did he move, jogging up to your side with a nod of agreement, grabbing back onto Epona’s reins only to pause, handing them over to you.

“Why don’t you hold her for a while? She certainly likes you enough.”

The bright look on your face was convincing enough for him, the two of you continuing on to your desired location.

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Tag: @nihilistic-wobbufet , @xynnia

#linked universe x reader #player au #linked universe #lu #a player's aid #linked universe imagine

[cardinaldust]

Alright alright, from my last post, it's time to highlight the good of the new Rtc script.

While I still think the original Noel's Lament is better and always will be, there's one thing I really like about the new one.

"UNE FEMME BRISÉE" LOWKEY SLAPS NGL😭🙏

I'm still upset that they rewrote the story, but I will say the carny story is kinda interesting. I still don't really like it for Noel, but "une femme brisèe" slays so hard. I wasn't the biggest fan of censoring "fucked up" with "messed up."

And "une femme brisée" means "a broken woman." What I like about that is it gives it this idea that Noel wants to be a broken woman BECAUSE she'd be broken. (I think idk man I'm not an analysist😭)

Also @bird-likes-to-fandom (🙏) called this put to me and I gotta say I agree. While I hate the rewrite, the cheesy high-school ascetic is kinda funny. They said that the carny theme is actually sick and Rtc needed more of it. And Jane's new line ties back to Penny with the animal thing

I agree with some of their statements because yea it's dope in some ways.

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I seriously have the BIGGEST love-hate relationship with the new script. I really feel like I'm so torn because the original script is meant to be as dark as it was intended and is such a good story.

But une femme brisée is gonna grow on me, mark my words...

-Juneau

#ride the cyclone #monique gibeau #noel gruber #rtc #ride the cyclone script #high school #ride the cyclone monique #une femme brisèe

[deus-ex-mona]

rating as many hw anime projects as i could find bc i have no life

spoilers? spoilers~~~

the nacchan movie

it was o k. it had a pretty standard and rather unremarkable storyline tbh. but that nacchan confession montage was pretty funny. though i wish we could’ve seen more of mochiaka. easy 6/10.

the shower/bath montage was very much unnecessary though.

the hina movie

as a standalone movie by itself, 4/10. confusing characters (arisa), messy and rushed plot (the middle school flashback sequence was way too long for a 1h movie), and the main couple of the movie (koyuhina) barely interacted. heck, hina spent the majority of the movie running away from yukki. rip tbh :(

as part of the series as a whole, 2/10.

reading the heart no shuchou novel should be a pre-requisite to watching the movie, as it explains why arisa was so darned weird during her interactions with yukki. and speaking of arisa, they got their portrayal of karen completely wrong (rip). granted, otome domoyo. came out after the movie, but still—

though, while we’re on the topic of ✨continuity✨, the fact that there were lxl promos in the burger joint despite lxl having not even debuted yet at that point in the timeline is just. very questionable in hindsight.

also!!! koyuhina interactions where??? gardening club trio w h e r e ??? for a movie with koyuhina focus, this movie was remarkably not about koyuhina.

seriously, just read the ima suki ni naru. prologue manga instead. it’s p much the same story, but it flows much better (like, the setoguchi siblings’ terekakushi shishunki scene takes place at the end of the manga post-rejection instead of how it has occurred right smack in the middle of the movie with no explanation). and there’s no continuity-breaking burger joint scene either s o there—

the midosena short

it was kinda cute, but it also isn’t anything you haven’t already seen in the midosena mvs. 7/10.

the harucouple anime

it’s remarkable how unremarkable it was. the best part of the anime was tokyo winter session tbh, and that was the ending theme.

miou’s character kinda sucked in the anime ngl, with her blaming herself for chiaki’s death, distancing herself from haruki, only to slap him for wanting to give up on his dream following his existential crisis that had resulted from said distancing.

also, needs more mochiaka.

anime-haruki deserves better. 3/10.

the lxl mvm

fruity, while both remaining (kinda) canon-compliant and establishing aizo as the male protagonist of gen 3. plus, sena was really cute in the romeo mv scenes, so she gets points of her own too.

bond girl yujiro (as seen in the pic above) was pretty funny though ngl. 8/10.

the lxl movie

fruity, but canon-breaking, as it completely disregards both the romeo mvm and the romeo novel. plus, the timeline clearly wouldn’t have worked out??? i mean c’mon. you’re telling me that these two complete nobodies managed to get popular enough to fill a live arena over the span of less than half a year just from a pocky collab? if you told me it took them over a year to get that far, sure, but.. they haven’t even filmed their romeo mv yet in the movie… so?? i???? lol???

also, this only further confirmed aizo as the protag (rip yujiro; boy wanted to stand onstage to be seen for himself and his talents, only to be completely outshadowed by his own partner who dances like a 🪳). the anime had dai moments though, so that alone brings the total score up to 6/10. thanks dai. ily <3

the [redacted] anime

i think i’ve made my stance on the [redacted] anime very clear in my way too many posts. in comparison to the other anime projects though? 1/10.

at least the other anime projects kept their characters (or, at least, most of their characters *cough* harucouple anime miou *cough*) relatively close to their original counterparts, instead of completely butchering each and every single one of them. like, seriously, no one was spared. not the main leads (hiyori and lxl), not the side characters (gen 2), and even tamura, uchida, and ft4 were nerfed smh.

#it is suiyoubi my dudes #thank you for reading (if you did~~~~) pls feel free to fight with me over your different opinions i’ll wait (ʘ‿ʘ) #i tried to keep the [redacted] anime section as short as i possibly could but… hm. my score for it keeps getting lower huh…..

[maxverstepponme]

Someone submitted this but they wanted to keep being anonymous so I’m reposting it (sorry if it took me this long)

Anon: anon please

Someone on IG put together a list a while ago, and more things happened. So let's put all the weirdness into one place.

Kelly calls paparazzi twice. Max gets body shamed.  During the 2nd stint after seeing the paparazzi he even puts on a T shirt

Yes Kelly we see you seeing the photographer and *grooming* cough Max to give you a kiss. What I also see is your cheap hairpiece attached to the back of your head. Thanks to you we do know in which Salon in Monaco to get this excellent hairpiece job done, since you showed us in an ad.

2. The pictures release on Monday 09/01 when Max is back in Monaco training with Brad and Kelly went to her family in Miami.

Kelly calls the paparazzi again on herself but we won't see those pictures for 2 weeks

A friend of Kelly posts from Max apartment but according to Kelly's stories she is still in Miami

Someone claims in a anon messages that on reddit there has been a rumor Kelly slapped Max after they argued about a female fan. But nobody has a screenshot or can link to the story.

Kelly returns officially 22/01 and posts Max and P pictures but there is the question if those are recent because of P's height difference

7. F1 IG gossip ngl accounts are overrun by Kelly's minions speaking of marriage.

The 3rd Paparazzi pictures get released after 2 weeks on 24/01. A nonnie finds out the guy in the ridiculous kiss picture works for a UK PR firm.

She posed more for these pictures than the Vogue shooting. Also that kiss face looks like it hurts.

Several people think something is up and discuss here and on IG. Original weirdness list is posted, only to have minions go crazy and scream marriage even more

Max flies to Milton Keynes on Tuesday 24/01

Max buying a red Ferrari in Monaco is released on Wednesday 25/01 even though he is still in England

Kellypiquetsource goes missing

Max fanpage not active in 2 weeks (since 15/01 last post M&K couple picture) even though we have 2 new running in Monaco, one cycling, Max buying a new Ferrari and First season picture from RB

Kelly's friend posts a picture of the "happy family" on a carousel 26/01 but Max returned that day at 9pm to Nice. We also find out this carousel is part of the Christmas Market that runs from 03/12/22 til 01/01/23. Meaning her friend posted OLD pictures. They went to St. Barths on 26/12

15. Victoria and Sophie haven't liked or commented on Kelly's posts since 22/12/22 and 17/01/23 respectfully.

People in anon messages imply Max is bi

Kelly follows a weird "dog house" account 28/01 meaning someone is hounded for something they did

The tumblr fan who paid for the first paparazzi pictures posted a picture from them in a Ferrari from 2021 and claimed it was recently

People start to realise all the weirdness and discuss everything in points 1 to 18 on this tumblr on Saturday 28/01

On tumblr someone is claiming there is a sex tape and "they" (M&K?) Paid to have it removed from public. Also claimed something about a Nazi party but no more information on that. So either someone is full of shit and made it up or someone has a lot more information and has it out for her/them

Kelly posts a picture in black and white on 29/01. This is the first time since 22/12 and 17/01 that Victoria and Sophie liked a picture. "Max" commented on it. A day after we notice and discuss the weirdness.

[wendytestabrat]

even MORE disney movies i’ve tortured myself with

•lilo & stitch - i suffered l&s at the hands of my sister 47473923839 times as a kid but this movie is actually pretty good looking back on it now. and much darker than i remember it being like bruh this movie is abt a fucking autistic girl who’s parents just DIED and she’s about to get taken away from her sister too, so she befriends a fucking alien to deal with the pain.

•frozen - i’ve shat on frozen a lot in the past (you know, like a week ago) bc it’s overrated trash and has A LOT of problems but in retrospect it still is a pretty decent movie ngl. even tho the songs carry the whole thing bc the plot is so messy lol. i remember the let it go scene had my 14 year old ass SHOOK when i saw this in theaters lol. it’s one of the better disney songs and the whole reason that movie was so successful and won like 47382992 oscars, fight me bitch.

•tangled - a MASTERPIECE is prob the best disney princess movie along with aladdin.

•moana - god this movie is boring af and took me like 5 sit downs to get through. idc what anyone says this movie is overrated trash and the plot is too confusing and makes no sense like idc about all that magical-ocean-restoring-the-heart-finding-a demigod-and-taking-down-a-lava-monster-crap. a kids’ movie shouldn’t have an ADULT watching it scratching her head LOL. ya’ll only like this movie bc it’s abt a polynesian princess even tho the story sucks and idek who out there was begging for a movie abt a polynesian princess. the animation is good tho, the detail in all that water must’ve been hard to animate.

•the princess and the frog - this movie was pretty bad but the soundtrack was good and i liked tiana as a character. but yeah i don’t wanna watch an entire plot around two frogs fucking i’m good thanks.

•tangled before ever after - it was aight but the original tangled movie ends perfectly so i feel like it’s something that doesn’t need a sequel or to be continued. ESPECIALLY if mother gothel aint in it bc she’s the best part of the first movie lol.

•beauty and the beast: the enchanted christmas - total garbage. belle has a martyr complex and savior complex and she’s the kyle of the disney princesses, also gaston wasn’t in it, so i don’t recommend suffering through this, next. (the original b&b slaps tho).

•aladdin (live action version) - ok this movie was total garbage even tho it had some good parts like will smith as the genie who carried the whole thing, but the casting for all the other characters was SHIT. i’m surprised people say this is one of the better live action remakes bc if so i’m scared to watch the others if THIS is as good as it gets LOL.

#walt disney #disney #lilo and stitch #frozen #tangled #moana #the princess and the frog #tangled before ever after #beauty and the beast #aladdin 2019 #aladdin

[sunberry-strawflower]

Hi so SIF2 came out a week ago and I decided I'd post how I feel abt it so far (as someone who played the original SIF for nearly 7 years)

Pros:

1. Calibration is SO MUCH BETTER OMG. The last game's engine must've sucked or something bcz the rhythm was so weird. You had to change your calibration every 3 secs it was awful😭the only reason I even full combo'd most of the songs is bcz of the timer cards. Now in SIF2 I just had to set my calibration to 3 and I was good to go like the notes actually went with the beat.

2. Most (keyword being most) of the cards are really pretty and well done! I can tell they went all out with these initial URs they are GORGEOUS MY GOSH. And the first event URs are really good!

3. The home menu is a lot cleaner. I rlly like it!

4. OVER 500 SONGS HOLY COW. Ofc more doesn't equal good BUT if you know Love Live you know almost all of their songs slap I can't rlly think of any bad ones. I'm so happy they added their whole song catalog.

5. 3% UR rate instead of the last game's 1% thank God.

Cons:

(Note some of these are just some personal gripes I have with it)

1. Still no co-op live for some reason? Like maybe when an event rolls around there'll be one but idk why we need an event to do co-op lives. Plenty of other games have co-op lives without any events and the Rhythmic Carnival was a thing back in LLSIF and that stopped being event based why do we need events to do co-op lives? </3

2. We can't sort by characters in member lists. There are WAYYYY too many characters for us to just sort them by group come on😭what if I just wanna see my (not that great) collection of Keke cards? But nooo I have to see all of Liella.

3. Remember when I said most of the cards were really pretty? Well yes they are but then there's that some that I don't rlly like that much tbh.. Like You's card for example. I saw quite a few ppl like it bcz of the background and all that and I get that but ngl You's butt being in most of the shot kinda rubs me the wrong way like I get she dives but can't we just use a different camera angle? Why do we have to focus on her butt? She's SIXTEEN. Alsoalso some of the nijigaku and liella cards don't rlly do it for me--maybe it's cause of the differing art styles from the muse and aqours cards idk. I will say tho that Chisato's new event card and cards like Ayumu and Emma look AMAZING imo.

4. You can't set certain songs as favorites and sort them by your favorite :( that would've been a great feature to add especially bcz of the amount of songs there are. Looking for some of my favorite songs is a pain sometimes even with the member sorting system cause there's just SO MANY SONGS. Ik I just said 500 songs is great AND IT IS BUT PLSS LET IT BE EASIER TO SCROLL THROUGH </3 you can only scroll by like 3 songs it's pain.

5. The "Live 2D" is kinda disappointing to me. Like yea they move but that's kinda it. They don't change poses and bcz of that they aren't rlly that expressive. Poor Muse and Aqours especially they've been stuck in those same poses since 2013-2016 LET THEM MOVE MORE PLEASE💔also the "lip syncing" is just random mouth movements it doesn't actually sync with what they're saying.

6. I find the texting system to be very limited and tedious. I know it's the only way to bond with your members (other than grinding songs but bond points are given at a snail's pace with that method) and the chats don't last very long but aaaaa I just find them so boring. Even the group chats. And I can understand the gist of what they're saying so it's not like I don't understand. It's just boring.

7. There's not a lot of master charts for songs tbh--at least not satisfactory enough for me. Only 240+ out of the 500 have master charts for some reason? I know most rhythm games also have a limited number of master charts, but their expert/extreme charts make up for it. LLSIF's expert charts are so easy for me. Maybe it's cause I've been playing for a long time idk. I'll cut them some slack for this one tho bcz the last game also had this issue.

8. They removed a good majority of features SIF had. The rhythm game screen, notes, etc. aren't as customizable, you can't message your friends anymore, nor can you look at your friends activity like stories they read and cards they got. You remember side stories from the last game? Welp, they're gone. Remember the sticker shop? That's gone too. Support members? Gone. N girls? Gone. Blue vouchers? Nope. School idol skills? Screw those, amiright? They removed so many things that made School idol festival...School idol festival.

In conclusion, uhmm it's alright. The rhythm game is fun but that's abt it </3 I can't help but be a little disappointed by this game simply because they took away so many features the original had and the features they did add weren't rlly doing it for me.

The fact a lot of the player base lost their accs for this is rlly upsetting.

I still have hopes this game can improve. Especially because it's in its first week so I don't wanna be TOO harsh. But with the way it is right now, I can't rate SIF2 any higher than a 6/10 :(

#this is just me stating my opinion on the game so far #it might change but right now...yea #I typed wayyy too much but look when I start talking abt something it's hard for me to stop-- #anywayz sif2 come on I believe in you #you can do better than this #sif2 #love live! #love live! school idol festival #love live! school idol festival 2 #love live! school idol festival 2 miracle live #LLSIF2 #llsif2ml #sif2ml #love live #love live school idol festival #love live school idol festival 2

[longeyelashedtragedy]

march 2023 favs

some ALBUMS dropped this month!  mc kresha & lyrical son dropped a new album and it slaps! i think their previous one is a little more original but we’ll see. also the first few songs’ music videos are this mini movie whose aesthetic is just. A++++ perfect for me and i want more! some stand outs so far

hustle per burëk (my fav)

shottas n’bmw

süße feat. dafina zeqiri

thug livin

speca me g’z which is...not on youtube yet lol

HOZIER’s new songs: still not sure quite how i feel, (all things end’s chorus has this slightly cheesy 90s r&b feel that’s Odd to me) but through me (the flood) is like, his most Classic Hozier with an Upgrade song to me and it’s so good!!!  I haven’t figured out what i think it means yet but omg his voice on the chorus...like shit who gave him that voice

sister - croatian amor/lust for youth (recommendation from trusted comrade based on certain insta posts)

why am i listening to potpuri vlonjate again 

bergen - pryda

mc kresha’s freestyle (i am as hype as that mc lol) (also why is mc kresha wearing a green bay packers sweatshirt)

beirut - mc kresha/lyrical son/lots of other ppl 

filmi i fundit - mc kresha/lyrical son

kangë e shahirav - mc kresha/lyrical son (untouchable june fav...it doesn’t get better)

stuhi mbi oqean - mc kresha/lyrical son/elvana gjata (i can’t get this out of my head lmao)

batoma - amadou & mariam (heard this for the first time live! and like no recordings will ever compare to hearing them live)

some lifelong favs:

howlin at midnight - lucinda williams (hard to choose a Best lucinda song but this has gotta be like. top 3)

bonden og elverpigen - sorten muld (i talk a lot about how “somebody to love” by jefferson airplane is my favorite song, and i feel like that’s useful to have as a thing to say but i realize this is probably actually my fav song)

floj - eric prydz

ngl i feel like once again i didn’t listen to much this month other than a lot of mc kresha/lyrical son over and over 

OH WAIT! i discovered the “heavy metal of eastern bloc” youtube channel.  that’s for me!!!!!!

baladë per jakup ferrin - djemtë e detit (albania 1995 but sounds like a tribute to venom’s 1982 “black metal” album and i promise that’s a compliment)

shekulli i dreqit’s “apocalipsa” album--i like the lead vocals and this album is fun?  it can’t always figure out what 80s style it wants to emulate, but the production is a little cleaner

the čekam na noć album - dr steel (croatian mid-80s!! fun!!)

#bateman blogging #legit how would i tell someone what i listen to if they asked

[lovphobic]

10 13 20 26 38 and 49 for all of them, or if not, whoever you want to yell about most (^:<

SO MANY!! (explodes)

10. What kind of jokes make them laugh?

sildraste: in my head i imagine her as a very stoic person. closed off and reserved. no vulnerability. but thats not... necessarily true? she'd probably like.. jokes that dont really make a great deal of sense, or jokes we think are absurd. think feeding the donkey a fig and washing it down with wine :') - thalya: she is VERY pure of heart. and very childish. almost every good natured joke will make her laugh. knock knock. whos there. owls. owls who. yes they do. (loud, from the heart laughter. knee slapping) - morant: it is SO hard to make her laugh. it has to be a GENUINELY funny, original joke. she takes herself too seriously sometimes - valdys: she'll laugh at someone tripping on the sidewalk (not out of meanness) and also "deez nuts". she's like.. the other side of thalya in a way. except shes more immature than childish LMAO

13: Describe your character's typical wardrobe for the regular day

OK so i am NOT great at describing clothes myself, so this is going to be very image heavy

sildraste: i have been workshopping her outfit for two years now.. and i still dont really know. im kind of tinkering w the idea of her being more feminine presenting? not sure how i feel about it just yet bc, as i said, i cant facking think of outfit ideas. anyways, that being said: outside of the Usual Dnd Chaos And Battle, like.. After her story is said and done. i guess i could see her in something like this for sure. DURING her story.. i hope u do not mind me not using my entire brain for this one question and instead using an existing picture... but something like this maybe! - thalya: pre sildraste it was something like this for sure, just replace the skirt for whatever the dnd equivalent of jeans would be LMAO. but post sildraste i can imagine it as something like this. i can definitely see her reverting to pre after everything is said and done though :^) - morant: you know, for a character that is pretty much my self insert.. my mary sue... she does not dress like me at all! shes very dark colors, slacks and long jackets/cloaks. think this and this. i hate to say it but shes definitely d*rk ac*dem*a. - valdys: MODERN 70s!!!!!! COLORS. BELL BOTTOMS. FLARE SLEEVES. LIKE THIS!!!! she is the only one i know FOR SURE. shes definitely modern, like what we'd wear today. but w the SPICE and FUN of the 70s

20: Does your character have a comfort item?

sildraste: oh you KNOW its thalya's necklace. as destructive as it is (which she doesnt. like. Know.) its definitely her comfort item - thalya: i think either she doesnt have one, or she is a bit too new for me to have figured an answer out! so, right now, she does not! - morant: dagger :) i havent figured out the importance yet, but its there - valdys: in direct mirrorage of morant.. there is ZERO importance at all to her item. she just thinks its neat and it brings her happiness. her chicken plushie. i imagine it looking something like this. this answer may change in the future but it is what it is for now!

26: Are they an animal person? Do they have pets?

sildraste and morant i wouldnt say are animal people. they Like animals, but i cant see them owning one. i could only see them owning a pet if its co-owned with their respective partner

thalya is DEFINITELY an animal person. she may have been a jeweler's apprentice but she also spent a fair bit of time with the farm animals of the town, helping out and being a general ray of sunshine always. no pets though, currently - valdys would have a cat 100%. one of those stupidly fluffy white ones that shed like a motherfucker. this cat. specifically.

38: How does your character unwind after a long day?

sildraste: ngl she probably gets wasted. it is what it is. always been like that. get her some therapy - thalya: quite the opposite. probably takes a nice bath. rose petals if the day was especially long/hard. - morant: she doesnt. she just goes to bed - valdys: most of her "long" days come from her mothers bullshit. she makes little imaginary vlogs for her imaginary audience alone in her room which 100% consist of what would be called trauma dumping. JGHDKJGHDK

49: What is your character's biggest fear? Most irrational?

sildraste: funny that. its losing thalya. LOL. shes a very rational person for the most part though. despite everything - thalya: she definitely has fears.. but how do you in sound mind have fears when you were this close to being dead. in comparison that makes whatever fear(s) she has seem so infinitesimal. her most irrational though is probably just.. being hated. nobody hates her. shes not a hateable person. which in itself is... something to think about. how can a person have Nothing to dislike. what are you hiding. what are you compensating for. - morant: dying <3 but i think valdys is her irrational fear FKJSDHFJKSAHFUIASHJFKSDH. morant "HATES" her and thinks valdys also hates her. but valdys is stupid pining. morant though. thinks she is plotting to murder her in her sleep. there is miscommunication here unfortunately. she is stupid - valdys: shes pretty fearless i wont lie. but the answer would probably be being misunderstood. she doesnt always come off on the right foot. but shes earnest. her irrational fear though..

ok i cant think of anything. so sorry. but i got to the end and this is the only one i said "hard give up" on. so please applaud me

#this took me almost 2 hours. what being a non-creative will do to a mf #snail mail

[upagainstthesunset]

It’s been a minute, but here’s my read through for Flash Vol 2, Issue 8 - Purple Haze

Well I didn’t end up reading Millennium, mostly out of laziness. But I think it’s no matter. Anyway, jumping right in, is it too early to say that I want Christina’s hair?

So what’s interesting is that I just recently bought a few original comics, and one of them I picked up has the mini backstory for these guys and how they came to be. That was kind of cool to find.

Is Wally a “no guns” kind of guy? I feel like most DC heroes are.

Uh oh that can’t be good.

So he’s getting roped into this big thing with the lanterns and the manhunters, eh? Lol his commentary on Superman is funny. Also, ngl.. I don’t know who some of these characters are. I’ve come a long way in the past few months, but dang there are just SO many, like who ARE these people??

And now Wally’s back to worrying about money and insurance and taxes.

Um eXCUSE ME? Wally’s dad is a manhunter??? I am Not  buying this.

Lol and then he calls Wally Kid Flash even though he’s standing there in his big red suit, like wow. Absolutely savage.

And then he’s saying Wally’s mom drowned on a cruise? Wtf dude. There’s no way any of this is real. 

Then he has the gall to say he’s support Wally this whole time??? I’m gonna slap this asshole. Look how upset he’s making him! :( 

OH SHIT BLUE TEAM IS HERE! They’re really fucking him up too. Like the emotional blow wasn’t enough, now Wally’s got these guys in his house and for some reason working with his dad.

And now red team’s here too. They are seriously trashing Wally’s nice house. He’s not going to like that.

Pfft.

Well fucking shit. And the lies continue.

Final thoughts:

What in the actual fuck is going on with Wally’s parents? I know they’re terrible, but like.. I did not expect the blue trinity to just pop out and start beating him to a pulp. And he was crying bc of what his dad said!! Like actual tears streaming down his face. I feel so bad for him, he doesn’t deserve any of this. :(

In other news, the art is still a bit weird, but either it’s better than a few issues ago, or I’m getting used to it. There were a few panels where Wally’s hair looks quite nice. So soft. 

So next time I’ll see what his mom’s on about. I don’t trust either of his parents. And I guess we’ll be getting more into the manhunter thing, but with red and blue trinity still in play AND with Jerry hopefully recovering AAAND with Tina and Wally probably trying to sort out what their relationship should be. Shits really popping off.

#katereadscomics #wally west #the flash #flash vol 2

[clobertina]

Dumb rambling, your free to ignore it LOL

I know I get excited for every Jurassic World Evolution 2 DLC pack, but I’m still gonna talk about it anyway LOL!

Despite the new Dinos, I’m WEIRDLY more excited for the free update! Specially because we get SO MUCH more variants! When the update introducing the variants came out, I ADORED it! But I won’t lie and say I wasn’t disappointed when only a few dinos got that treatment when there were so many models that differ so much from the originals that didn’t get the same treatment! So I’m super happy for this!

Concavenator is one of my favorite dinos (one of, I have MANY favorite dinos ngl lol)! So as much as I am excited for the Camp Cretaceous Tarbosaurus, the dino I’m most excited for with the DLC is actually this one!

I’m super excited for the Tarbo! Sure the Camp Cretaceous Tarbo just looks like a T-Rex with osteoderms slapped on it when Tarbos actually looked quite different, but tbf, this is Jurassic World we are talking about… getting mad at JW for being innacurate is kinda pointless imo… but then again I am on the lenient side of the paleo fandom that doesn’t mind inaccuracy as long as they aren’t monsterfied or are inaccurate in a documentary. But I digress… I’m super excited to get her!

Dino Rant incoming LOL:

This is gonna come out of nowhere but I wanna rant about it lol, I honestly HATE how in one of the endings of the interactive episode she just became T-Rex Fodder (aka my LEAST favorite thing in dinosaur tropes E V E R…) I love IRL T-Rex, but ngl, while there are a lot of movie and tv show rexes I DO love (Like Big and Little Eatie from Camp Cretaceous) I’m pretty biased against Hollywood T-Rexes and typically always let out a very annoyed sigh when one appears… mostly because they either make them stupidly overpowered and loose to nothing (like making them kill herbivores like triceratops with no struggle when trikes could EASILY kill a Rex for example… yeah I’m looking at you Life on our Planet), Introduce new dinosaurs only to kill them off, OR they do the opposite and make another dino kill a Rex without the Rex even struggling to just show how powerful this new dino is. CRAP IS REALLY FREAKING ANNOYING bro!

Also I’m sorry, but in this pic it looks like she has a Chad Chin LOLOL

Pretty excited for the Gigantaraptor and Utahraptor too, though I’ll be honest, idk what to say other than I LOVE how these guys look!

Ok I’m done, I know not much people are gonna read this but idc LOL

#Jurassic world #Jurassic world evolution 2 #Jurassic world evolution #JW #JWE #JWE2 #Dino #Dinos #dinosaur #dinosaurs #rambling #random #Youtube

[niannianyabao]

In which I liveblog Beyond Re-Animator so you don’t have to.

Spoilers: this movie is an absolute hoot. You can see the exact moment when I begin realizing I’m actually having a good time

Oh it starts with a fakeout jump scare, that’s fun. And the murder of a babysitter. Cool, cool. 

I mean, I guess, that’s on canon with Herbert not keeping track of his zombies, but even Bride tried to start with some class. 

Please tell me this small, sad child is going to grow up to try to murder Herbs. I feel like that’s where this is going. 

HERBERT WHY ARE YOU EVEN THERE. WHY DID THE POLICE NOT PICK UP THAT OBVIOUSLY GLOWING SYRINGE SO THAT THE SMALL CHILD COULD GET IT. 

TIME SKIP AHOY (go back movie, I demand to know what Herbert was doing in the suburbs, and was this before or after Dan tried to leave him for the umpteenth time)

Oh my God Herbert you can’t just steal peoples’ pet rats, this is how you start prison riots. 

Holy shit is vengeance kid played by BABY EDWARD NORTON?

DOES THAT MEAN THIS MOVIE IS WILL GRAHAM VERSUS HERBERT WEST

Yes this is our DEATH wing of the prison where we bring DEATH down on condemned inmates and they sure do stay DEAD yessir no problems with the DEAD here

Ah, and I see the warden will be playing our Doctor Hill for the evening

To this movie’s credit at least it’s moving at a quick lil pace

Norton are you here to play an angrier Dan. Did they literally just say “okay we still want to do the same thing but we’re scared of having two older dudes in the lead.”

Oh, baby Graham is just dispensing with the backstory aaaaand he is totally on board with Herbert I AM INTRIGUED WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT. 

“Yo I saved this reagent for 13 years and got it past the guard with no trouble so, here you go.”

WHY ARE YOU SURPRISED THAT HE’S TRYING TO USE IT ON THE DEAD PATIENT. 

Herbert “short term memory loss” West doesn’t bother to watch the zombie for longer than a minute

Well at least he learned, don’t approach the violent dead. 

WAITAMINNNUT THIS IS JUST THE MORGUE SCENE AGAIN. I’m on to you movie. 

EYYYYYYY is this lady character actually going to get to have plot agency? NEAT

OH HERBERT NO. YOU REALLY ARE TRYING TO USE HIM AS A REPLACEMENT DAN. This does not end well for you. Just ask James Sunderland.

(And HOW COLD IS THAT, move. Not even flashbacks, just one line about Dan giving testimony for the prosecution. COLD).

Wait, so the zombie that killed bby Norton’s sister was from the Miskatonic morgue…which means it would have to be from the original film because it would take some REAL SWEET TALKING to undo Bride….ARE THEY TRYING TO DECANONIZE THE MIDDLE MOVIE. SHAME. 

Okay I don’t remember either of you you kids’ names but you’ve got some cute chemistry

Herbs do not use the puppy eyes on the kid it’s not the same

Ah, it’s not a ReAnimator movie without some real awkward fuckin. 

“He doesn’t seem human anymore.” Because his precious assistant turned him over and broke his tiny sociopathic heart, baby Will Graham. A future version of you will understand (Imma go down with this ship, internet. Keep spinning in that grave, HP).

Ooh, reporter gal is real good at her job

Aw Herbert, you’ve worked your way up to sciencing the soul! I’m very proud

Okay, ngl, the prison yard scene is the most Herbert thing and I love it. 

Aaaaaaand demonic rat. Of course

Whoa. Not-Hill got his ear bit off AND THEN TOOK IT BACK

OH MY GOD THIS POOR GIRL

Ohhhhhhhh Herbs has his “lol ethics” hat on

Okay FUCK YOU MOVIE I LIKED HER. THIS FRIDGING IS BULLSHIT

Also bby Norton’s raw rage is a touch harder to buy than Dan’s was. She was a nice girl, but they’d only had a few dates.

Oh yeah, untie her. Good plan. 

Kuds to this gal, she’s giving it her all. 

THIS RAT FIGHT SCENE DEMANDS A SCREENSHOT HONESTLY

Wow, this prison allows a fuckton of leniency on its mad scientist inmates

I see Herb has learned his - YOU DID NOT JUST SLAP HERBERT WEST. MURDER HIM, Y’ALL. MURDER THIS DUDE GOOD. 

YES GOOD. Cross shot murders

Wow, it seems like opening all the prison cells should be harder than that

DO NOT SCREW THIS UP BBY NORTON THAT DUDE IS A RAPIST AND A SMOL SCIENTIST BEATER. FRY HIM.

Ugh, so hard to get a patient to give good feedback huh West

Aaaaaaand the soul carries the personality of course it does. YOU GAVE THE ASSHOLE DUDE NEW LIFE

Kudos again to this gal though (Elsa Pataky, I see - seems to be known for the Fast and the Furious movies?), she’s getting some fun stuff to play (although as “herself” mostly for the character that means screaming and cowering)

AND NOW WE ARE IN OUTLAST

OH MY GOD DOES THAT MAKE HERBERT DOC TRAEGER. THAT IS A CROSSOVER I NEED.

Vengeful Herbert is my favorite Herbert

Okay I lied, sassy Herbert is my favorite

And ohhhh there’s still half an hour of this left. Hurm. 

Hey where did bby Nor- oh, there he is. Still making poor life decisions I see

HERBERT GUARD YOUR BACK. SERIOUSLY. THIS IS THE SAME THING THAT HAPPENED LAST TIME

Ey, seems like the Warden is a famous giallo actor? That’s neat

Awwwww, I was totally wrong about that being baby Ed Norton, too. I am saddened by this fact. No disrespect to Jason Barry, I just mourn all the Will Graham jokes

Oh bro, bro are you gonna reagent inmates just so you can kill em again? Dude. That’s….dude.

Aaaaaand the addict fellow found the reagent. Well, at least he’s having a good time.

That…is a weird place to include boobs, movie. THIS IS WEIRD ALL OVER

OH MY GOD WITH THESE PEOPLE AND THEIR WEIRD EMOTIONAL HANGUPS. Herbert. Honey

“That dude is DEAD THOUGH.”

“weeeeeell…..”

HERBERT GOT TO DO ANOTHER ONE OF HIS AWKWARD SIDE GLANCES I’M SO GLAD

THEY ARE SHOOTING THE ZOMBIE MAN TO TRIUMPHANT HORN MUSIC I CAN’T STOP LAUGHING HELP

Ohhhhh my God they just pulled an I Spit On Your Grave with the blowjob thing HOLY SHIT. I CAN’T EVEN

Bifurcated hanged man. Of couuuuuuuur he’s swinging it like a dead cat good lord

wait how WHERE DID THAT COSTUME CHANGE COME FROM

“This is mine” Herbert ARE YOU FIVE

I sense more intestine exploding coming

Herbert: holds up flashlight because FUCK IF HE’S GONNA MISS AN OPPORTUNITY

OH MY GOD THE MEAT SACK IS STILL - I CAN’T. I’M CRYING. HELP. 

The rat is rolling the severed penis I’m kind of running out of words what is even

Herbert is done and he has a cane. There is a CROSS CUTTING BEAT DOWN

And the fight choreography is from the UFC WHAT IS EVEN HAPPENING BACKFLIP CRAB CRAWL?

Goopy electrocution aaaaaand the rat drops the penis in slow mo because OF COURSE

Herbert’s OH SHIT NOT AGAIN face. I TOLD YOU NOT TO MAKE DAN 2.0

Aaaaaand he just takes his ID card and leaves like NOPE NOT DOIN THIS AGAIN

Everyone’s laughing, CLEARLY A HAPPY END

HERBERT STOP DISCARDING REANIMATED BODY PARTS AT RANDOM

And then he wandered off into the night. To find Dan and have a talk (HUSH it’s the only thing that can make this more perfect)