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#he’s a good fighter and has taken 4 guys at one
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Note: Part 5 of the Fighter fic. shout out to Arnas for providing a new boxing pic for me to use.
part 1 - part 2 - part 3 - part 4
Warnings: angst/fluff. suggestive, mention of domestic abuse, medication, and violence.
pairing: Modern!Sihtric x you (f)
summary: A few months had passed since you married Sihtric, and you were confronted with new troubles.
wordcount: 4,2k
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'Do you believe them?'
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You watched Sihtric anxiously pace through the living room as you sat on the couch, with Ragnar, his agent, next to you, who had randomly showed up at your home late at night, and he wasn't bringing good news. That reporter, who Sihtric had shoved away while in Hawaii, had apparently broken his elbow when he fell, and was suing your husband, who never meant any harm, but just panicked.
'What does this mean for us? What do we do?' you asked, concerned, while Sihtric kept walking back and forth, anxiously biting down on his lip while seemingly taken by his own thoughts.
'There is not much we can do, except get a lawyer to defend Sihtric,' Ragnar said.
'But… Sihtric did shove him, which led to the broken elbow. So it's clear that he's guilty,' you looked at Sihtric who stared at you, 'sorry, baby,' you said quietly and grimaced.
'That is a fact,' Ragnar backed you, to which Sihtric scoffed.
'My wife was hurt!' he lashed out, 'I was only trying to get her to safety as well as myself. I could've done a lot worse than just shoving someone!'
'I know,' you jumped up, 'we know,' you said and cupped his cheeks, 'but it happened, and we all know everyone saw it happen.'
Sihtric huffed and pulled you against his shirtless chest, 'so what does he want? Money?' Sihtric asked Ragnar, 'ask him how much and we'll just settle it. I don't want to go to court or have this become a whole media spectacle. I'm tired of this shit,' he squeezed you tighter without realising it, 'I just want to live in fucking peace.'
'I know,' Ragnar said, 'but this guy will take it to court, purely for the reason to make a point about reporters getting attacked and har-'
'Then what the fuck do reporters call their behaviour towards me?' Sihtric shouted, heated, and you took a step back, but Sihtric pulled you back as he lashed out again, 'they push, shove and fucking shout in my face wherever I go! They publish lies for their own gain, expose private information whenever they fucking can, and they claim to be the ones who are attacked? I should've fucking bashed his head in!' Sihtric snarled.
'Hey,' Ragnar threw his hands up, 'I'm on your side here, man.'
'Babe,' you hushed your husband, gently pushing him towards the kitchen, 'calm down, honey, have some water. And take your meds before you get dizzy again, okay?' you said calmly, 'and don't forget to take the new meds too, my love.'
'Take my meds,' Sihtric muttered, but he listened regardless, because you were his wife, and he loved you. 
Sihtric was still taking medication to deal with the aftermath of his concussion, which was going very well, but he recently also started taking medication to deal with his anxiety. 
And after Sihtric swallowed his meds, he immediately smashed the box with pills down on the kitchenfloor, 'I'm on meds because of their fucking bullshit!' he shouted and stormed out into the lit up backyard, leaving a mess of scattered pills on the floor.
You and Ragner stood back and watched it happen. After a few long seconds, you quietly began to gather the spilled medication, while Ragnar picked up the box.
'He has medication for anxiety?'
'Yeah, you said, clearly still startled, 'he got it last week.'
'I see,' Ragnar said.
Why?' 
'No, just asking,' Ragnar smiled and looked out the window, 'I'm going to have a word with him, okay?'
You nodded and took the box out of Ragnar's hand, putting the medication back inside. After that, you went upstairs, and got in bed and thought about the fact that there was a lawsuit coming up. Because you haven't been through enough stress yet, while in the meantime, Ragnar had a hard word with Sihtric. And your husband would join you in bed almost an hour later, and cuddling up to you from behind.
'Hey, bunny,' he whispered and kissed your jaw.
'Hey, tiger,' you smiled upon feeling his arms around you, pulling you against his chest.
'Sorry I lashed out, baby,' Sihtric nuzzled your neck softly, 'I love you,' he pecked your neck, 'I love you, my little wife,' he squeezed you tightly as he attacked you with his lips, 'my pretty princess,' he chuckled softly.
'I love you too,' you squirmed and giggled while being smothered, 'and I understand your anger, no need to apologise, my love.'
'Hm,' he hummed, 'take out my anger, honey bun?' 
'Take those pants off then,' you grinned as you turned to face him.
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Sihtric deliberately kept you out of the whole lawsuit as the weeks progressed, only telling you updates you needed to hear. Unfortunately, the incident had made its way completely public, and Sihtric was the centre of attention on every media platform right now. People also liked to pull up the articles about the fight he had with Sigtryggr, at the UFC promotion event, which ended in a nightmare. And little by little, the words being said about Sihtric became more grim each day. People claimed he had serious anger issues, that he had always been an asshole and now the world finally knew it, and they spoke of how he is a disgrace to the martial arts community, as they think he has no respect, discipline or honour. And Sihtric was not blind to these claims, but he felt powerless and didn't really speak about it. Until he suddenly brought it up, out of nowhere.
'Do you believe them?' Sihtric asked quietly, his fingertips slowly trailing up and down your bare legs, 'what people say about me?'
The bathroom was quiet for a moment, except for the soft sound of tiny foam bubbles popping, while you sat across from Sihtric in his jacuzzi bathtub, staring into his eyes.
'You know I don't,' you said, almost offended, 'sure, you have a temper, but that's not what happened when you shoved that guy to the ground.'
Sihtric said nothing, his eyes locked on you for a moment. Then he spread his arms out on the edge of the tub, and let his head rest back against the wall, exhaling slowly as he closed his eyes while strands of his wet hair stuck to his tired face. You watched his exposed neck along with his toned chest, and thought it was a shame how the water and foam was hiding the rest of his body.
'Darling,' you said, sneaking over to him, and you took his face in your hands, 'you need to rid yourself of those thoughts,' you said softly but firmly, 'and also of the thoughts that I don't want to be with you.'
Sihtric looked down, struggling to find his words, and eventually whispered, 'I just worry that one day you will wake up, and realise that I'm an awful person. And that you will no longer want to be with me.'
'You are not a horrible person,' you hushed him with a soft kiss to his forehead, 'sure, you are flawed, as is everyone. But I love you,' you said, directing his eyes back to yours, 'I love you, Sihtric.'
'I love you,' he smiled weakly and pulled you in his arms, 'I love you endlessly,' he whispered and kissed your hair.
'You better,' you smiled and reached to grab a towel, 'come, my love, let's get dressed and try to go to sleep soon. You should take your meds and get some rest.'
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While Sihtric was in his office the next day, talking with his lawyer and Ragnar, you scrolled on your phone when suddenly your group chat exploded with texts and screenshots.
Thyra: is this true?
Gisela: WOW?????
Brida: are you okay? Why didn't you tell us about this!
Eadith: has he hurt you before?
Thyra: why did you never say anything about this? You know you can trust us…
You frowned at their messages and clicked the screenshots of news articles they sent you, and you immediately ran to Sihtric, nearly kicking in the door of his home office.
'Honey?' Sihtric frowned, bewildered, and he jumped up when he saw your face.
'Have you seen this!?' you said through your tears, holding your phone out to him.
'What?' he asked, ignoring your phone and taking your free hand in his, 'can you guys give us a moment?' Sihtric asked the two men, who left the room quickly.
'Hey,' Sihtric pulled you close and cupped your cheeks, 'baby, why are you crying? What's wrong?'
You couldn't speak, you felt all choked up and just pushed your phone against his chest, which Sihtric then took as he sat down, pulling you in his lap. You heard he stopped breathing for a moment when he saw why you were upset, then locked your screen and put your phone down on his desk, calmly, and he wrapped both arms around you.
'Why does everyone keep lying about you?' you sobbed, 'about us?!'
'They won't get away with this,' Sihtric said, 'I promise you, they won't.'
Somehow, the security footage from the hotel you stayed at in Hawaii was leaked to the media. Showing how Sihtric broke the mirror, to which you flinched. And no one could deny that, as the footage was without sound, it did seem as if Sihtric had you trapped between the wall and his body, and when you had pushed him away a little, to wipe the blood that was dripping down from your nose, he smashed the glass to pieces, which people interpreted as him being angry that you tried to get out of his grip. Which was not what happened, but the people didn't know that. It also didn't help that newspages attached paparazzi photos to their articles of you out on the street, with bruises on your legs and shoulders. And so they implied Sihtric was a man with anger issues, who abused his wife. But no one knew those bruises came from your rough love making, and that Sihtric had never laid a hand on you in a way that wasn't out of love, pleasure, or without consent. But the lie was already out there, and people believed it, even your own friends.
Now that his lawyer was here already, Sihtric discussed the topic and how to handle it. The lawyer and Ragnar both suggested not commenting on it, instead gathering evidence to prove everything is made up, and then sue the hotel for leaking the footage and the news outlets for posting the story. But first, Sihtric still had to deal with the reporter who had a broken elbow.
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Several months later you joined Sihtric to court, where you would hear if he was found guilty or not, and what the consequences would be.
Sihtric had a firm grip on your hand, as per usual in public, as he was anxious by the amount of people in front of the court house, trying to talk to him about everything that's going on. The medication made Sihtric calmer, but his love language was simply keeping you close, at all times. 
What you didn't know, while being present at the hearing, was that online, the photos of you and Sihtric taken outside the courthouse were already being spread. Mainly with the focus on Sihtric's tight grip on your hand, adding fuel to the fire to the abuse allegations. But that was a later worry.
Sihtric was found guilty, which you both expected already, and the man who sued your husband only wanted to make a statement for his fellow reporters and to have his medical bills paid. Which Sihtric agreed to. You were both relieved it ended rather well, and that Sihtric was not getting the harsh punishment of being set as an example; being a celebrity who attacked a journalist. It could've ended way worse, but the jury understood Sihtric's side of the story, and therefore he got away rather easily. It all had brightened Sihtric's mood, and he was eager to go home with you now this case was all said and done.
Sihtric held your hand, firmly again, as you walked to his beloved Bugatti, dodging cameras and phones before you crossed the street. And you both almost made it to the car without speaking your mind, until you heard someone yell your name, and you looked over your shoulder.
'Leave your abuser!' a stranger shouted at you.
The stranger received cheers and whistles from the gathering crowd, across the street from you, and you felt your blood boil.
'Leave it, baby,' Sihtric said as he noticed your anger,and he pulled you close as you were only five more steps away from his car, 'don't listen to them, they don't know shit about us.'
You knew he was right and bit your tongue, until the next remark was shouted when Sihtric held the car door open for you.
'Why be with someone who bruises you!?' the words earned some cheers again, and you snapped.
'Those bruises,' you snarled, 'are because my husband knows how to fuck me real good and hard, just the way I like it!'
'Honey!' Sihtric said, with big eyes, 'g-get in the car, okay?'
'No,' you said softly to him and turned back to the crowd and yelled, 'so you can stick your fucking lies up your-'
'No, no, no,' Sihtric couldn't hide his amusement, but he hushed you with a kiss, 'we'll show them, baby,' he smiled against your lips, 'just get in the car, bunny, don't make this worse now.'
You huffed but couldn't resist your husband, and knew he was once again right. So you sat down without another word. You saw the look on Sihtric's face as he stared at you, while making his way over to the driver's seat, and you knew he was aroused.
'You calm?' Sihtric asked as he started the car.
'Yeah, fine,' you chuckled at your own behaviour, 'guess you really start to rub off on me, huh?'
'So it seems,' Sihtric laughed as he ran his hand up your thigh, which he squeezed firmly with his tattooed fingers and hummed while keeping his eyes on the road as he drove off.
'You calm?' you grinned.
'I will be after I fuck you good, my love,' he murmured with a smile.
'You want to fuck me good?' you teased, trailing your fingers over his veiny arms.
You leaned in and kissed his cheek. Then his jaw and then his neck. Sihtric's breath hitched and his grip on your thigh became bruising, as you had intended, while a deep moan escaped his lips.
'You always fuck me good, bad boy,' you whispered against his sensitive neck, earning a soft grunt from your man.
'You make me so fucking hard, baby girl,' he husked and stepped on the gas, ignoring the speed limit as he was desperate to get home and throw you in bed.
You chuckled and kissed his neck again while your hand snuck under his shirt, up his muscular body.
'Hm. Come on, bunny,' Sihtric breathed, smiling as he had both hands on the wheel, squeezing tightly, 'give me some more dirty talk.'
'Do you want me to take your anger out?' you brushed your lips over his ear, 'want to fill me up with it while I scream your name?'
'Yeah,' he moaned desperately, 'need you… to… fuck,' he sighed and swallowed hard.
'But what if I'm angry too?' you whispered, moving your hands down to his jeans, tracing your fingers over his hardness.
Sihtric hummed and bit down on his lip, trying to focus on the road, but you were clouding his thoughts and vision. He needed to feel you, but the way home was too long for him to continue without losing control. So he suddenly took a turn, knowing his gym was closer than his house, and you couldn't help but giggle at the change of direction, knowing exactly where he was going.
'The gym, baby?' you teasingly unbuttoned his jeans, 'surely there's training lessons going on there at this hour?'
'Guess I have to fuck you in front of everyone,' Sihtric smirked as his breathing intensified, 'I'll bend you over that welcome desk without hesitation, lady.' 
You felt his length twitch as you rubbed your hand over his crotch, loving the way you could arouse him so easily, wrapping him around your finger without any trouble. And you loved how he couldn't think straight anymore when you got him to this point. 
Moments later he pulled up to the gym, parking his ridiculous expensive car in the most douchebag way possible, right in front of the entrance where it clearly said "no parking". 
'Out,' Sihtric demanded as he kicked his car door open.
He was quick to take your hand and pulled you inside the gym, where you were both greeted by several familiar faces, to whom you simply nodded and Sihtric said you were in a hurry. He pulled you into a hallway and into his office, which you didn't even know he had there, but you weren't complaining.
'Clothes off,' he ordered as he locked the door behind him and closed the blinds. 
You gladly did as he asked, but you could only take off your jeans before Sihtric already bent you over his desk, pulling down your underwear himself as he breathed hard.
'Impatient, champion?' you chuckled as he dropped down his jeans.
'Yes,' was all he said, and pushed inside you smoothly with a satisfying sigh, 'fuck, ahh.'
'Oh, god, yes,' you smiled, 'yeah, come on,' you breathed as he snapped his hips into you hard and fast, 'fucking give it to me, Sihtric!'
Fifteen minutes later you both walked past the welcome desk again, and even if half of the gym hadn't heard you two, they would've known what had happened regardless by the blush on both your cheeks. But no one dared to say something, and soon you were seated in his car again. Sihtric took your face in his hands and kissed you, sweet and deep, before he pecked your face all over, making you giggle.
'I fucking love you, bunny,' he whispered, planting another few kisses on your face before he started the car again and finally drove home.
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Back home again, you made dinner together and everything was nearly back to normal as you joked around and smothered each other at every possible occasion. After dinner, Sihtric would be heading back to the gym again. This time to throw a few punches, instead of throwing you around in his office, and he asked if you wanted to braid his hair before he left.
'What time will you be back?' you hummed as you sat on a chair, with Sihtric on the floor in front of you, your legs resting over his broad shoulders.
'I'll only be an hour or two,' he said, moving his hands over your legs, 'hey, why don't you come with me?'
'To watch you get punched? I'm not sure,' you chuckled lightly.
'It's not like that,' Sihtric laughed. He turned to face you after you said you finished braiding his hair, and he looked up at you. 'Come with me?' he pouted, 'I like to have you close.' He brought his face up to yours and kissed your lips, 'I like to keep my wife close,' he smiled.
You rolled your eyes and sighed, as you simply couldn't resist him, and you quickly changed clothes before you tagged along.
At the gym, you watched his sparring session. And despite it being a training, you couldn't help but flinch whenever he'd take a punch to his body. It was all a game to him, but you just hated it and didn't understand the joy people got out of this. But you did love to see Sihtric in his element, without a care in the world as he only had one focus. But you'd rather see him without a care in the world in a whole different way; in bed, underneath you.
'He's doing better, huh?' Uhtred suddenly stood next to you, snapping you out of your thoughts.
'It seems so, yes,' you smiled, 'I still worry what can happen if he takes a punch to the head though.'
'He'll be fine,' Uhtred said, 'it's not like he had much common sense left up there anyway.'
'Hey,' you snorted and punched his shoulder, 'that's my husband you're talking about.'
'And bless you for taking care of that poor bastard,' he laughed, 'how's that anxiety going?'
'Oh, he's much calmer,' you said, glancing at Sihtric as he had his sparring partner cornered, 'at home and in public, he seems more at ease lately, almost high even,' you laughed, 'guess that medication works wonders.'
'Medication?' Uhtred frowned, 'for anxiety?'
'Yeah, he got it a few weeks ago from the doctor.'
'What? Wh-,' Uhtred seemed stunned, 'what sort of medication?'
'Uh, diazepam, I believe.'
'Diaze-,' Uhtred's eyes grew big and turned towards the fighter, 'Sihtric!' he shouted, 'gloves off, now!'
'What?' you frowned.
Sihtric also frowned and shrugged, 'why?'
'You will come here now, or I will drag you here!' Uhtred commanded.
'Fuck sakes,' Sihtric sighed, throwing his gloves on the canvas underneath his feet, 'what has gotten into you today?' he said as he walked over and put on his shirt.
'Everybody out!' Uhtred yelled, to which a dozen of other boxers listened and left, and he went to close the door behind them.
'What the hell?' you mumbled while Sihtric circled his sweaty arms around you.
'Bunny,' he whispered with a sweet smile, 'my wife,' he pecked your lips, 'I love you, baby girl.'
'I love you too,' you giggled, 'my husband.'
You swore you could never grow tired of staring into his mismatched eyes, tracing your fingers over his scarred face before you felt his facial hair tickle as you kissed him. But your sweet moment was abruptly brought to an end as Uhtred shouted at Sihtric while he walked back over.
'Diazepam, Sihtric?' he shouted, 'really?'
'Wait, what… what is going on-' you tried to ask, but Uhtred closed in, pressing his forehead against Sihtric's and forcing him away from you, using the same intimidation tactic Sihtric had used on you the first time you met.
'Where the fuck do you get?' Uhtred asked, furiously, and he slapped the back of Sihtric's head when he got no answer from your husband, 'tell me where you're getting it from!'
'None of your fucking business,' Sihtric snarled and gave Uhtred a shove.
'Hey!' you yelled, when Uhtred grabbed Sihtric by his shoulders, shoving him hard against a wall, 'stop! What the fuck are you doing!' you slapped Uhtred while he had his first around Sihtric's throat, but Sihtric didn't fight back.
'The streets?' Uhtred snarled, brushing your hands off him with ease, 'you buying drugs off the streets again?'
'What?' you panicked, looking at Uhtred, 'what do you mean?' then you looked at Sihtric, 'baby? Wh- what is he talking about?'
'Nothing,' Sihtric wheezed.
'Tell her!' Uhtred spat and released Sihtric out of his grip, who fell down to his knees.
'What? Tell me what?' you cried as you kneeled down, taking Sihtric's face in your hands, 'babe, what is going on!'
'Tell her! Or I will!' Uhtred threatened.
You suddenly felt sick and kept turning your head to Uhtred, only to turn back to your husband again, until Sihtric sighed and gently took your chin, directing your eyes back to his.
'I'm… I'm sorry, my love,' he whispered, 'I'm-' 
A loud bang startled the three of you, and you looked over your shoulder to see two cops had kicked in the door and were approaching.
'Sihtric Kjartansson,' one of the cops said as the other took out his handcuffs, 'you are under arrest for possession of drugs.'
'What?' you yelled, and Uhtred quickly pulled you away from Sihtric, who got handcuffed.
'No! Baby?' you trembled, trying to escape Uhtred's grip, 'stop!' you tried to shout, but you could barely find your voice as Uhtred pulled you further back.
'You have the right to remain silent,' the cop interrupted your silent cry, while pulling Sihtric up from his knees, 'anything you say can be used against you in court. You have the right to talk to a lawyer for advice before we ask you any questions. You have the right to have a lawyer with you during questioning. If you cannot afford a lawyer-'
'I can afford a fucking lawyer!' Sihtric grunted, to which the cop sighed.
'If you cannot afford a lawyer,' the cop repeated, 'one will be appointed for you before any questioning if you wish. If you decide to answer questions now without a lawyer present, you have the right to stop answering at any time.'
The cops walked Sihtric past you, as you were still held back by Uhtred while you cried out your husband's name. Sihtric managed to get out of the grip the cops had on him, and he leaped over to you.
'I love you, baby,' he whispered and kissed your lips in haste, 'please forgive me, bunny,' was the last thing he said before the cops yanked him back by his handcuffs. 
You were too stunned to speak, in complete shock, and the last you saw of Sihtric was the way he mouthed 'I love you, my wife,' and puckered his lips to you, before the cops pushed him out of sight.
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Part 2 of my reverse/alternate universe strawhat pirates
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Part 1 can be read here
Part 1/2
Part 3
Part 4
So we have Captain Ace
Swordswoman Kuina
Navigator Nojiko
TBD Kaya
Cook Reiju
Doctor Hirikul
(And Koza the politician)
And now we have the addition of Nico Olivia. Much like Robin in the true cannon she joins the ew after they defeat Crocodile, and Ace saves her life.
She starts journeying with the crew. And I know we always kinda poke fun at Robin and her gaggle of teenagers but Olivia is really signed up for mom duty. In the beginning she’s holding back waiting for the day she will have to leave but part of her loves it. Loves seeing her young crewmates run around the boat and think what she could have had with her daughter.
Olivia went out on her journey to study the lost century. And just like in cannon she was caught. Saul frees her and they rush back to Ohara but it’s to late. The Buster call is already over. The islands is destroyed and daughter is dead. Since she escaped from prison she is still wanted by the government and spend the next 20 years running with three goals.
To complete Ohara’s goal of discovering the true history
To take out as many marines along the way as she can
To find her daughters devil fruit. The only thing that still exists that could connect her to her daughter.
Over the years it got harder for her to keep going. She is making very little progress on the first goal. But she has found Robin’s devil fruit and with it has been doing a good job and accomplishing goal 2. But it’s lonely and she misses her home and her daughter more than anything. She ready to give up when Crocodile stabs her. Only for Ace to save her.
Ace who knows exactly what it’s like to want to die. Ace who’s reason to live is a sunny boy in a straw hat still in the East blue.
Ace saves her and tells her to find someone ti live for. Neither of them knew that that someone would be himself and the rest of his crew. Olivia’s new family. Her new stupid son. (Ace gets to hang with a mom guys!)
They still do the Skyla trip but they don’t meet Blackbeard. No he’s coming later.
Instead they make their way to water 7. Their ship needs to be replaced, it’s taken a beating and Kaya doesn’t take it well. Not to the point of challenging Ace for the ship but it hurts. This was her gift to the crew. She’s not a good fighter (yet) she’s stronger then she was but that’s pitiful to rest of the crew. She’s the youngest and weakest member, the momey she brought with her has all been used. The only claim she has to being helpful is that she gave them the ship. The ship they are getting rid of.
Like I said I don’t think it gets to Luffy and Usopp’s fight but there’s a lot of hurt. It helps that Hirikul is there and as an older and more experienced member he’s able to help keep tension down. (I also think he and Kaya would be close with her training under him as a doctor)
I would love to expand on this if anyone wants it
But of course they need a new ship. And Olivia is missing and everything’s a mess. And to add insult to injury the whole town thinks they’re trying to assassinate mayor Tom.
And his son/apprentice Iceburg won’t let that kind of threat go unpunished.
In the past when Franky’s ships attacked Water 7 and Tom, Iceburg, and Franky got arrested for it. Franky thought about all the harm he had caused and how Iceburg always told him to take responsibility for his actions. When Tom tried to take the blame for the ship attack Franky cut him off. Telling the judge he planned the whole thing. That it was his fault. He didn’t think the Judge would pardon Tom so he thought if he got ride of the Judge Tom would be free.
No one believes him. Tom and Iceburg are kicking up a storm to deny Franky’s involvement and Spandam is fuming because this was his plan to get Tom not this kid. But the Judge doesn’t want to take Tom. This whole thing is fishy and the boy just gave him an out. A stupid self sacrificing out. But an out. Shame what will happen to the boy though. So the Judge passes Judgement on Franky and he is taken away to be executed.
Tom and Iceburg lose it but Franky just tells them not to blow it for him. It’s his decision. After all he’s finally take ownership for his creations, even if it means his death he will never deny they were his ships. (Tom would be so proud if he wasn’t losing his son)
Ever since Spandam has had it out for Tom and Iceburg. Tom because the leader of water 7 with Iceburg as his right hand man. Running both the ship yards and then demo (this would version of the Franky family) businesses
When Ace’s crew gets blamed for trying to kill Tom Iceburg goes after them with his loyal employees. If only all of them were loyal.
Long story short it’s Iceburg who joins the crew as a shipwright.
Again I’ll totally expand on this if you ask.
I’m getting to thriller bark soon so you’ll have to wait for Brooks story.
But after the pick up one bone man they run into an old friend of Ace’s.
Whitebeard.
Whitebeard who wants all of them to join his crew.
Ace is tempted so tempted. But then he looks at his friends.
Kuina can’t chase her dream if their crew is not actively striving for the top. Whitebeard is already at the top of the game. The only step up is pirate king and Kuina wouldn’t be on the mainship pushing forward she would be shuffled into whatever commander need her.
Nojiko hates most pirates. She was okay sailing with them because they were a different kind of pirate. But would she be comfortable with whatever crew she ended up with?
Kaya is still learning. Being with the Whitebeard crew might be safer for her as it gave more protection. But she didn’t come out her to be safe she came out to start a new life and have adventures with her new friends
Reiju doesn’t want the crew to split up. She seems to have a hard time with being left alone. Something Ace can understand.
Hiriluk will do what Ace needs them to do (they all will) but he would far prefer staying together. He needs to train Kaya. He needs to keep his new children safe. (He already failed Tony Tony Chopper he won’t fail again)
Olivia just started feeling safe with them. How do they know no one on the Whitebeard crew will betray her?
Iceburg is here for HIS ship to sail around the world and he trusted THIS crew not a bunch on strangers.
(I find the fact that Ace’s crew got spread out among the Whitebeard pirate quite sad. I wish they could have gone with him on his failed mission)
In the end Ace turns him down (he’s got a mom and a dad on his crew) after all how can Ace surpass him and take his place if he’s working for him. Beside how can Ace support any other king of the pirate besides his little brother.
But they do form an alliance. And that’s how they roll for three years. Exploring the grandline, getting stronger, dipping their toes into the new world but not fully committing yet.
Until someone is ready to set sail.
Until someone betrays Whitebeard and almost injures Ace’s crew in the process
Until someone finds out that new pirate is related to the head of the revolutionary army.
Please ask about this I have so many ideas.
I can’t wait to talk about Kuina and this world Tashigi
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mademoiselle-cookie · 5 months
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The Green lost
And I have mixed feelings about it.
1. First, good.
In-universe, bc having the good guys teams being eliminated first is so bittersweet and I love this shit. No one is free of sin, everyone did something wrong and fucked-up at some point, but each team has its thing : the Red are the crazy one, the Blue the bad guy one and the Green are the kind one. It's the group who's leader has forbidden to burn stuff bc it's not nice, who chose to help a team even after they destroy their stuff in the most cowardly and spiteful way, who still had principles in this nightmare of an island. They had really strong members with exp in this kind of situations. And they lost. Wonderful.
Out-of-universe, bc whatever shit the admins have in mind, the player can leave now. Etoiles was starting to get tired of Minecraft and it was taking up a lot of his time. Taking a week's break and getting away from the drama will be good for the team (especially Bagi, poor girl got harassed a lot. I love you Bagi)
2. Wasted potential.
If the event was really for pvp, and the team members had been able to be present earlier, the Greens would have been the strongest. And now we will never have the opportunity to see the full extent of their strength and talent.
BUT ABOVE ALL, their team dynamic. The players weren't that used to playing together, so it was an opportunity to see them exchange more, create or explore their relationships more… The creation of a found family is super interesting!
Seeing the friendship between Roier and Etoiles, two fighters who absolutely want to fight but still have honor (what an idea to put them in the same team) with the added dynamic of a knight and his leader to protect (Mario and Peach lol), Forever very intelligent and strategist who calls himself the mother of the team, Elquackity the traitor who did not show his true potential (except when he voluntarily gave victory to the Red on the 2nd day), Ironmouse who had a very touching and interesting moment with Etoiles about their chronic illness… is something I wanted to see develop. And it will never happened.
3. It was a foregone conclusion.
The competition with the punishment of being eliminated for the loser was announced a few hours before said competition. The day when many Green players are normally not there, where the leader and strongest and most present member on the server had another more important event at the same time. You're not going to make me believe that any of the admins didn't know that this tournament existed, or that Etoiles, a Smash player, would ignore it despite its great importance. The competition could have taken place on Saturday instead of shutting down the server, or it could have been closed for another day, or the admins could have warned the players that something important would happen on Sunday so they could have tried to work something out.
I ask everyone watching Green's POV, did you even have hope that they would win? Well not me. I love them, I think they're the best, but I had no illusions. They were going to lose. The tie was impossible, the event would have been pointless otherwise, and the victory too because the clues indicate very clearly that the Blue are the cursed team. The Greens could not, and should not, win.
It sucks to be a Green Team fan.
4. I'm afraid of what's next.
I'm hoping for two scenarios now that the Greens have been "terminated":
They die and players can do other things until the end of the event. That would be great but unlikely. QSMP is not going to exclude several of its players like that, that would be unfair. There aren't that many of them already.
The Greens are sent elsewhere. That would be giga top. This would promise interesting and different content (and perhaps allow players who want blood to obtain satisfaction) in addition to making the threat of Purgatory credible. The players are inaccessible to others - even considered dead - and must suffer because of some thing that the eye has invented.
See my vision: Cellbit mourning his dead husband, while Roier is having the time of his life in whatever hell the Eye send the Green. That will be so perfect.
But that would require a lot of preparation, while the admins are not even sure that the players will stay or that they will like these new changes.
What I really don't want to happen but is very, very likely:
The Greens are redistributed among the other teams. Lost their new team dynamic, lost everything they had started to create, they now have to adapt to a new group, who were once their enemies and who have at one time or another done a nasty deed to them, and fght their former comrades. They will also have to obey a new leader whom they did not elect. You can think what you want about Etoiles but he was chosen, and him as leader allowed a certain dynamic that would not be possible with other people and another leader. And that would ruin the danger and credibility of Purgatory which threatens people's lives and then leaves them alive and in the company of their friends.
Worse, Etoiles ends up on the Red team. First, I want to see them lose (which should happen anyway since they're not the cursed team), and also because I don't trust the Red fanbase with Etoiles at all. Not even with an anti-atomic suit. There's a reason I hate Bolas, and it's not the cc's fault. (One day we'll have to talk about using a character played by an Algerian to be a literal white man's dog)
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wutheringmights · 1 year
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After the last chapter, I was wondering if you had an idea of what the Chain's kill count is? If it's plot significant, don't feel like you have to spoil anything.
There is one other person's kill count that is relevant, but I can't tell you whose. It's a surprise ;)
Sky
Kill Count: 0
Okay so did Sky kill Demise? Yes.
Does Sky consider Demise a person? Absolutely not.
Demise is a cosmic entity. He is a concept. Sky did his job and walked away with no regrets.
Hell, he'll do it again if he has to. No hesitation.
Zero percent guilt.
Four
Kill Count: 9
It's explained in story but basically one of those kills is Vaati and the other eight are corrupted knights of Hyrule
This is one of those things where he knows he had his reasons and many people would say he's right about this, but he doesn't feel good about it.
It's complicated.
The best way to put it is that he chooses to be regretful.
Time
Kill Count: 3-ish
I don't think Time has ever gone into a battle choosing to kill another person, even if that other person is horrible and tried to kill him first.
Like, he sealed Ganondorf in one timeline then turned him over to the authorities in the other. And he hates this guy more than anyone else.
His kills are all instances when he defeated someone in battle (like a thief or something-- they picked the fight, not him) and they succumbed to their injuries some time after
He still feels terrible about it, but it's not crushing guilt
He's killed a lot of people under the influence of the Fierce Deity Mask, but those aren't his kills. It's the diety’s. There's a difference.
Legend
Kill Count: 4-ish
Let's get this out of the way: Legend does not think he killed everyone on Koholint Island. Sorry, like I know this is a popular headcanon but I hold true to that little hopeful smile at the end of Link's Awakening. He's wistful, but not guilty.
That being said, he's defeated the sorcerers and servants of Ganon who have taken over the kingdom, like Yuga and Agahnim.
The guilt involving all that is pretty low too. They had it coming.
He's in too deep to start feeling bad about it now.
(That being said, I am very tempted to ignore canon and declare that he's never actually killed anyone, just because it would be really funny if the guy with the most amount of world-threatening emergencies managed to solve all of them without any bloodshed. Like, he would make everyone else look terrible at their jobs.)
Hyrule
Kill Count: 0
This is another instance where Hyrule technically has killed, but like Sky, he doesn't think Ganon is a person.
That being said, Hyrule lived a pretty a dangerous life before his adventures began. The fact that he had gotten into so many fights without killing anyone before being roped into his first adventure is a testament to how good of a fighter he is.
That being said, he is prepared at any given moment to kill another human
He can't tell if any of the people attacking him for his blood are Ganon's minions in disguise until after he kills them
So far, none of them have actually been people
But he really doesn't care-- if someone is out to kill him, he's going to be the one who walks away with their life no matter what he has to do
Twilight
Kill Count: 1
Knock knock, Twilight. Who's that? If the fact that Time didn't kill Ganondorf himself coming back to haunt his descendants.
Twilight killed Ganondorf
He doesn't regret it. He made his peace with it long before he stormed Hyrule Castle.
But he's not itching to do it again.
The idea is still pretty unpalatable.
Wind
Kill Count: 1
Knock knock, Wind. Who's that? If the fact that Time didn't kill Ganondorf himself coming back to haunt the next generation.
I think Wind got in over his head during his first adventure and chose to cope by leaning into this idea of being the new hero
So he was able to justify killing Ganondorf in a black-and-white, good-always-wins kind of way
It’s only as he gets older and he starts thinking on that first adventure that he starts to feel sympathy for Ganondorf
At that point, would he start to feel bad? Maybe.
Perhaps he would, despite himself.
Warriors
Kill Count: 150 at a minimum
I mean, he fought in a war where he did end up having to fight other people 
86 of those kills were from the mass-execution of traitors, though he’s definitely had to execute more on an unofficial level
His feelings of guilt and self-righteousness are such a mess that it would just be easier to toss out the whole suitcase
Despite how complicated it all is, he would do it again
Wild
Kill Count: 3-ish
I think he’s killed some Yiga
I don’t think he intended to kill any of them, but sometimes those assassination attempts got really nasty
Most of the assassins would escape with their lives, but there were a few that were not so lucky
I think the first time it was a huge shock to the system. And I think a lot of his feelings about it got mixed up in what he feels now versus what he thinks he should feel
He definitely remembers a time where he would not have cared as long as it was in service of the Royal Family
Nowadays, he is more sympathetic towards the Yiga
He admits that if someone is trying to kill him, he has to be the one to who walks away with their life.
But killing someone is never easy for him. He will always try to avoid it.
But if pushed enough, he will reside himself to what he has to do.
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breezypunk · 11 months
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2069-2082: Diary of a merc
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2069: You were confused. You felt more alone than ever before. At only 19 you thought you had the world at your fingertips, but everything changed. You met a guy and you thought you were in love, but he turned out to be a prick. You relied on him for everything, you even told him your deepest secrets. He used it against you, and most of the clan ultimately turned hostile when seeing you around. You were hurting, emotionally more than anything. Is this what it felt like to be a burden?
Time to join snake nation! Except for you it was time to escape. You thought you could handle being on your own, it was better than being with people who wanted to see you at your worst. No, this was your time for freedom, to find people who accepted you for who you were, not what others wanted you to be to fit the mold, not what people thought a "proper" Bakker should be. You are a nomad, you are a fighter, you spent 4 years on the run searching for a place to call home. But you were alone, and it felt like a roller coaster. You ran into people who helped you briefly, you stayed in tents and abandoned trailers until you finally made your way to a place where you were destined to change your life. You found Night City, and maybe it was finally time to retire your nomad roots. You just wanted to rest for once in your life.
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2074: Night City has been an interesting experience for you. You'd only been there for less than a year, and already found yourself with many enemies. You didn't know there were so many gangs walking around, but you found a home with The Mox. They took you in as one of their own when you had nothing to your name, some nights you barely remembered your name. Getting drunk and forgetting the bad shit was your calling. You frequented around Lizzie's bar for two months before being found by Susanna Quinn, who just became the new owner of the bar. You were grateful, but you were scared and understandably so. You were offered a job as a bartender to try and get back on your feet, and even started a small fling with Susanna herself when late nights after the bar was closed, you two found yourselves in her office talking about your pasts, and eventually one thing led to another. It wasn't based on true feelings, touch was always your love language, and you didn't know what real love felt like, you just wanted to feel like someone cared, you let anyone who could give you that in, even when you knew it was pretend.
You are a street kid, or rather.. you inherited the traits of one. In the back of your mind you wondered what it would be like to be a nomad again, where your true freedom really lies, but than remembered freedom was taken from you during that time. You just wanted to find yourself, and you are on the right track. You are accepted by your new friends, you knew The Mox would take care of you. For years after, you'd never forget who was there for you when you were at your lowest point.
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2077: Things went ass up for you, and not in a good way. You found yourself in a lot of danger, but most importantly, you're quite literally going insane. Moving to Night City was suppose to be a positive change for you, but somehow, someway, Vaughn Leblanc always manages to find himself lying face down in a pile of cow shit. Question is, how do you find your way out? You meet someone. He begs you for help, and maybe you can hardly hear him because you're too busy staring, but he knows you need him as much as he needs you, and right now you're pretty much digging yourself a grave, with Johnny Silverhand on your left with a second shovel. You thought you were gonna make it in this world, you managed to get a job doing merc work, you found yourself an apartment, you were making the big bucks, kiddo. But nothing ever goes as planned in your life, and when did it ever? You had a choice, die or live. You wanted to live, and your talking emotional support brain tumor wanted to help you.
Times are officially tougher than they've ever been, but you're tougher than you've ever been, you had no choice. You lost everything, and it was up to you to find it, to start over and have this last chance to make something of your life before it was too late. You are a lone-wolf. You walked a lonely road, and lonely it was. It was a lesson well learned, you needed that taste of loneliness to get you were you are today. You were always a lone wolf, it just took you a long time to admit you liked it.
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2082: After everything you've been through over the last few years, you've finally managed to find some peace in your life. You have obstacles, a lot in fact, but it's nothing you've never been able to get through. You've built an empire with your found family, to be there for each other and lean on each other through tough times, something that you've never experienced before moving to the big city. Running away from a group of people who couldn't have cared less was the best thing to ever happen to you.
You fell in love for real, you spent five years with someone who helped you understand what love truly felt like. You settled down and even got yourself an apartment and became a cat dad. You could finally rest if you wanted. Of course there's never any rest for the wicked, and you still have a lot of unfinished business. But your life was starting to finally have some meaning, and you were happier than you'd ever been. You are a nomad forever, you spend a lot of time out in the badlands and you spend time protecting your clan, The Aldecaldos. You're comfortable there, you're comfortable leading with your best friend Panam, and it took time to feel comfortable, and sometimes you and your family don't see eye to eye, but you will protect them until your last breath, there's not a thing you wouldn't do for them.
Jackie would be proud.
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cinycesum-fan · 1 year
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Analyzing Lee Jinsung/Zack Lee
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"A strong fighter is not one who always wins, but one who stands after defeat”
introduction:
Do not repost, or copy my analysis without my permission. I’ve poured my heart and soul into it. 
I've seen many people write analysis on characters like Gimyung, Jiho, Shinwoo or Johan, but I've never seen one about Jinsung, so I decided to write this to break down his personality and elaborate his character development.
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i. fighting prowess:
ii. design:
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Without a doubt, Jinsung is one of the most beautiful characters of Lookism, especially with his hair down. He has a very good fashion sense, paying attention to his looks when it comes to outshining his peers. He tends to wear gray scale colored brand clothing. On several occasions, he has worn earrings. Jinsung has a serious resting face, with sharp glaring eyes, which in turn, easily intimidates those who look at him. He only occasionally smiles, and this typically takes place either when he is with Mijin or when he is fighting someone of great strength and beating them. When he’s extremely sincere in a fight, his eye is drawn glowing sky blue.
I don’t have much to write in this section, but I just wanted to point out how beautifully he was drawn, especially in the God Dog arc.
iii. bullying and redemption
TW: Mention of bullying and rape
1. It is stated that he saved Yohan/Johan from getting bullied several times in the past, when they were in elementary and middle school. This involved severely beating up the bullies.
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Jisnung was kind-hearted despite his bad manners and extreme imprudence even before meeting Hyungseok. He assisted Mira and Yohan in numerous circumstances relating to their pasts, such as rushing Mijin to the hospital (episode and 94) and protecting Yohan from bullies, but this kind of generosity was largely reserved for those who were close to him.
2. In the beginning, he had a pretty rocky relationship with Hyungseok/Daniel. When Little Hyungseok, who was trying to start over after transferring schools, approached him and Mijin, he thought that he was harassing Mijin and beat him up. He went to a convenience store where Hyungseok worked at night to buy alcohol and cigarettes. He beat up Hyungseok, bought some cigarettes and alcohol, and then he left. Even so, he proudly boasted about it again the following day at school and punched Big Hyungseok, who was attempting to stop him out of a fit of rage.
3. He engaged in a fight with Big Hyungseok but was unable to hit Hyungseok's perfect body with even one effective blow and kept missing. Finally, Hyungseok delivered a body blow, ending the fight.
In the Cult Arc, it was revealed that Jinsung was regarded as the strongest student at his middle school (episode 133). This significantly boosted his ego, which when combined with his extremely short fuse and bad temper, was the primary cause of the majority, if not all, of his fights as well as the aggression he showed toward the helpless.
4. He kept his word to Mijin/Mira and didn't react when getting bullied by the bullies who got into a fight in the "Deviation" episode. He appeared to have at least partially realized that bullying is bad because it appeared that what he was facing now was similar to what he did in the past. 
5. He said, "Hey, you guys, don't bully him," to the group of Jin Hobin/Vin who were attempting to harass Jiho. Hobin and Jiho were taken aback by the words.
6. He asked Namsoo to buy some sneakers from Craigslist, but Namsoo accepted it as an order even though he smiled and spoke kindly (because of his past as a bully). Because of that, Namsoo begged sellers to sell cheaply, not daring to say that the money Jinsunng gave him was quite less. Namsoo traded the sneakers, but it was a scam, and he was robbed of his money and even beaten up. In response, Jinsung went to the swindlers with Hyungseok, saying that he will get his money back, and Vasco, who heard everything about the scam, followed along. He was initially injured in a surprise attack, but he held out until the end because Mijin was watching and single-handedly defeated the three imposters.  
7. He helped Jiho and also regarded Jiho as a friend.
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8. Jinsung suffered arm and rib injuries while battling Zeus to prevent Mijin from being raped. Assistant Instructor Won Bin, who had recently lost his teeth due to being struck in the face by Zeus, crawled on the ground at this point and caught Zeus by the ankles, startling him. When the students, who were making fun of Won Bin because he was ugly while Zeus was handsome, said, "Won Bin is the criminal," Jinsung became enraged, told them to keep quiet, and bowed down to Won Bin to show respect as he was being taken to the hospital.  
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9. While being beaten by Shin Daehoon, he thought back to the time he beat Park Hyungseok by himself the other day, confessing, "I was like that." and feeling regret for his past deeds.
10. Jinsung was suspicious when little Hyungseok came to school instead of big Hyungseok due to body mix up. Of course, he did not doubt that he has two bodies, but he suspected that Little Hyungseok was being bullied by Big Hyungseok. Then, when Taeseong/Logan started a fight with Hyungseok again, he saved Hyungseok.
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Jinsung gradually changed after meeting Hyungseok. He had to maintain his composure in the face of those making fun of him because he had promised his Mijin not to fight, and in doing so, he discovered what it was like for his own victims. He began to stop bothering those under him after realizing his immature empowerment actions were wrong (episode 19), and he was even shown to be remorseful. Although his friends made comments about this behavior, Zack didn't find it to be particularly bothersome to waste time picking on others. His tolerance allowed him to mature impressively in a short amount of time.
When someone tried to annoy him, he would try to reason with them instead of getting into a fight. In terms of how he treated other people, he would reprimand them for unfair behavior but tried to control it before it escalated to violence. Even though there was nothing to apologize for, he kept his cool. This is because he doesn't want to physically fight people and cause them to think he's weak-willed, which would make Mijin unhappy.
iv. guilt
1 . He has helped Jiho countless times, but he felt that it was his fault that Jiho ended up going in the wrong path, ending up etc. He also grieved Jiho’s death and felt that he could’ve done more to help Jiho learn the correct path.
2. Youngmi Heo/Jasmine Huh sold paraphernalia using Mijin’s picture to pretend to be her. Jisnung was able to catch Youngmi and he threatened her to never show her face around him and after that she ran away from home and joined Hostel A.  
Jinsung went to find Youngmi after her father told him he missed her. Jinsung felt guilty because he thought that Youngmi ran away because he threatened her. He was able to find her and ordered her to come with him, but she refused saying her father sexually assaulted her. Jinsung decided to let her go a second time. It was only after that he realized that she lied again.
After all the incidents, he went to visit Yohan’s mother in the hospital. When Yohan's mother asked Jinsung to tell Yohan that she wanted to see Yohan. He vowed that he will bring him back so that he doesn't become like Wang Ohchun/Olly, who committed suicide. In this case, Jinsung also blamed himself and felt guilt, and was strongly determined not to let any incident like Ohchun’s suicide happen again.
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It was stated that he went looking for Yohan and Youngmi every morning.
In the end, he found Yohan and told him to go back to his mom. Johan refused, smiling bitterly. Jinsung claimed that he was going to force Yohan. In the end, he started fighting with Yohan. Even though Jinsung was able to put up a good fight, he held back a little because he was aware of Yohn’s eye condition. 
Jisnung eventually decided to help Yohan, who wants to take revenge on Gun.
Here, we can see that Jinsung feels that he has a huge responsibility in helping his acquaintances. Being unable to do that makes him feel regret. This can also be linked to his past as a bully, since he used to prey on these kinds of people. This makes Jinsung's character much more humane, as it beautifully overlaps with his redemption.
v. love and jealousy for mijin
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1. During lunch time, when Lee Taesung/Logan’s right-hand man, Jegal Gong, was looking for something to make him fight with someone in order to show off Taesung's power to the whole school, he pushed Jinsung, who was passing by, to spill side dishes on Taesung's clothes. Of course, Taesung, who was angry at this, almost got into a fight, but when Mijin persuaded Jinsung not to fight, he apologized to Lee Taesung but when Taesung poured soybean paste soup on Mijin's head as revenge, Jinsung became enraged and a fight broke out. 
2. He told Vasco to be 'gentle and fast' and to be 'kind but manly' when he was asked for dating advice.
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3. He went on a date with Mijin and was surprised to see a child with her. He thought it was her child and started assuring her about how he was going to be there to support her. After hearing Mijin’s explanation on how she found the girl alone in a restaurant, Jinsung decided to help her.  
4. When he found out that his classmate, Heo Youngmi, was selling stockings by stealing Mi-jin's picture, he robbed the stocking buyer and warned Youngmi.
5. While on a train trip to Cheongryang with his friends, there was a bit of a fight with local gangsters on the train, but they still arrived in Cheongryang without much problems. He promised Mijin that he will shave his head if he fights one more time, but he got into a fight with Cheongryang-fam, so he later shaved his head.
It has been shown numerous times in the whole series that Jinsung has romantic feelings for Mijin. Many of the fights in early Lookism occurred because Jinsung wanted to protect Mijin. He has an urge to prove that he is the best to her, which was clearly demonstrated in sports day of J High. Jinsung was unable to beat Hyungseok in almost every sport because Hyungseok had a perfect body. However he was able to catch Mijin’s phone from falling from the ground even before Hyungseok could. 
From the redemption section, we can already see that Mijin played a huge and prominent role in Jinsung's redemption. Jinsung decided to stop fighting because of Mijin but he could never tolerate anyone harassing her and he would break his promise in that case.
He was always shown to be jealous when anyone seemed to like her, or make comments on her. When they were young, Jinsung was jealous because Yohan had feelings for Mijin.
vi. pride and ego
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In the God Dog arc, he started his training in boxing again. While reminiscing at this time, he argued with his boxing director, saying that he wanted to become a pro, but his boxing teacher said that he had emotions in his punches and told him that he wouldn’t teach him unless he removed those emotions. According to his boxing teacher, he was born with the talent of boxing, and has learnt everything. So, his boxing teacher decided a training routine for him that involved jumping ropes and jogging, so he would get a stronger lower body. 
He was shamed by a few of God Dog’s members (who were in the same gym) for jumping ropes. At this point, Jinsung calmly replied by saying that he wasn’t an amateur boxer, but he was a pro. Afterwards, Kwon Seungryong threw a glove at Jinsung and sarcastically said, "Teach an amateur a lesson. Pro." Jinsung refused, saying that he needs to get rid of the emotions in his punches. At this time, the boxing teacher came and saw him patiently enduring ridicule from his juniors and Seungryong. After getting approval from the teacher, he climbed into the ring and the match between the two began.
Afterwards, Jinsung effortlessly dodged all of Seungryong's punches and was driven into a corner, however, Jingung was able to defeat Seungryong due to having a strong lower body. After that, he went to jog again, but Kwon Seungryong, who came to retaliate with a group of God Dog, Then Jinsung said, "I don't fight unless it's on the ring. Cause I'm a pro. No, I don't 'fight' outside. I beat you to death." Saying that, he easily brushed off Kwon Seungryong and God Dog. Afterwards, Kwon Seungryong said, "I remember you now. You came in second place in that middle school boxing tournament. You're Zach Lee." He also revealed the fact that the head of God Dog was Seong Yohan.
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Afterwards, he saved Yohan from getting his teeth pulled out by Gun and asked Yohan "Are you okay?". He introduced himself as the guy who beats up anyone who bullies Johan since their childhood to Gun. Jinsung prepared to fight Gun, as he was 'bullying' Yohan. Gun was impressed by Jinsung's strong lower body, his flexibility and speed. Jinsung ignored Gun's praise and almost hit Gun with a follow-up hit, but he was counterattacked and was about to get hit when Vasco and Hyungseok rushed in and helped.  The situation ended when Gun decided to resign.
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Even at school, Jinsung continued to train his body. At this time, he showed signs of reflecting on what he had done in the past.
From this section, we can see that Jinsung paused boxing after he became second in Middle School Boxing. Boxing was his passion, that was hugely tangled with his pride. After losing to Yohan, he gave up on his hobby, but still maintained a confident and strong attitude about his fighting ability. This showed us that he was sensitive about his fighting skills, and he refused to show anyone his vulnerable side.
vii. depression
Jinsung immediately rushed with his bicycle to Club Vivi after Kim Gimyung called him and said that Hyungseok was in danger. After he arrived there, he and Vasco had to fight Yohan to get into the club. When Jang Hyun/Eli tried to intervene, Jinsung grabbed Yohan's foot and told the others to go in and he'll take care of Yohan.
Jinsung was defeated by Yohan and passed out. And after everything was over, he decided to help Johan, but he blamed himself for not doing anything, lamenting his situation. After that, he clutched his chest and sobbed, and entered Heat Mode.
In the Summit Arc, where the four major crews were gathered, Jinsung came to save Yohan. He said that he was weak but he was going to try and save Yohan. Later, Mandeok, who was asked by Yoojin to deal with Hyeongseok, knocked Jinsung to the floor. However, Jinsung got up and stood behind Mandeok to stop him and complained how he never won any fight (which wasn't true, but we can assume that he was talking about his recent fights) but his boxing instructor said that he was a genius and was full of talent.  After Mandeok punched him again, Jinsung asked if he really was a boxer. He was ignored and punched again but he got up and complained about his boxing. He got punched in the side of his face and flew away. However, he suddenly rotated his body and threw a punch at Mandeok. Hyungseok was surprised by this because he saw his body do that in the ultra instinct state but Jinsung never witnessed that.
In response, Yoojin became interested in Jinsung, and when Mandeok asked him his name, Jinsung said, "Me? Lee Jinsung." and prepared to fight properly.
Mandeok hit him again, but Jinsung didn't show much reaction and asked why he kept hitting him with just that. Mandeok punched him, but Jinsung landed an uppercut at the same time. Then, he grabbed Mandeok's arm by his armpit and punched him in the head. When Mandeok hesitated, he grabbed him by the back of the head and headbutted him, saying that boxing is done with the head. Mandeok punched him in the chin and he flew away, but he stepped on the blind Yohan's face and blew Mandeok's head with a bang and said, "Fuck the pride. I won't lose anymore." 
Later, Jinsung asked Yohan if his eyes were okay. Then, Yohan said thank you and said he would repay the debt by allying with Jinsung, Hyungseok, Burn Knuckles and Hostel.
Afterwards, Jinsung asked Hyeongseok, who came to school, what conversation he had with Yoojin that day and why he disappeared with Ilhaehoe. However, Hyungseok hesitated and did not answer. When Park Haneul informed him that the teacher was calling, Hyungseok apologized and went to the principal's office, saying that he will explain soon. Because of Hyungseok's suspicious attitude, Jinsung looked at him with meaningful eyes.
Following Beomjae's strategy, he and Beomjae infiltrated an entertainment establishment in Gangbuk as guests. However, when he learnt that some minor girls were somewhat forced to work there, he became furious and overturned Beomjae's plan and beat down all Gangbuk thugs who look after the establishment, saying that he won't lose anymore. Beomjae, who saw it, monologued that it was more complete than before, and that it was like watching Yohan fight.
Jinsung asked the gangsters where Ansan Public is stationed, but the gangsters said they didn’t know. Then, Choi Changwon, who seems to have come to raid the business, appeared and started fighting, but Jinsung confronted Changwon.
Observing Changwon's posture, Jinsung noticed that kickboxing was his base, prepared for kickboxing and tried to attack with a custom tactic, but was halfway trampled by Changwon's irregular tattoo pen attack and lost with a knee kick to the face. Jinsung's facial expression at this time was the same as the crying face right before entering the body heating state in the 3rd affiliate arc, and the monologue said that his body was becoming hot.
After that, he fainted and woke up and lamented that he lost again, and when he saw Vasco crying as he hugged Beom Jae, who had been hacked up by the tattoo pen, he blamed himself for losing, and searched all the businesses in Gangbuk to find Ansan public. He found Jaehee and challenged him to a fight, but he lost mercilessly and despaired.
After that, he went looking for Changwon when he encountered Jaehee. Jaehee tried to irritate Jinsung by saying that it was okay to lose and it was easy to give up and Jinsung became enraged and started a fight. Jaehee commented that he was stronger than Changwon. Jinsung was seemingly defeated when his body heat activated. Jisnung clinched Jaehee and bit his ear, and in the monologue, Jinsung said he would show Jaehee what boxing is. Jinsung stuck Jaehee in a car, and punched him repeatedly. Then Jinsung said “Winning is a damn tough thing to do. You said you were stronger than that guy, right? Then since I won against you, I didn’t lose today.” and he monologued “ I caught up to others too. It’s for real now.”
Afterwards, Jinsung hit Taesoo Ma using a chain with a pivot blow. He said “I picked this up on the way. But it’s pretty useful. I look like a real boxer now.” The situation ended when Lee Jihoon came and defeated Taesoo.
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Later, he was seen eating Haejangguk at a restaurant, feeling ashamed of his disastrous record at the 2nd affiliate and his own talent. The lady at the soup restaurant asked where he got hit, and no matter how he explained it, the lady claimed that it looked like he was beaten one-sidedly, which made it even more miserable for JInsung. He didn’t even shed tears, as if he's used to losing now. While eating soup, he meets Ma Cho-il and Ji-gong.
While talking with Cho-il and Ji-gong, he was surprised to hear that Cho-il and Ji-gong used to fight before. Then, following the advice of Ji-gong, he went to Daeho Temple in Daeho Mountain. He begged Ji Gongseop to teach him how to fight, and he received instruction, but was cheated into doing chores.
Still continuing to clean the courthouse, he got angry at Gongseop for not teaching him how to fight and just playing him. He threw punches with all his might, but there was no damage at all, and Gongseop told him to go down the mountain because he only needed to clean the courtroom. Then Jisnung said that he wanted to learn because he had never won properly. Those words moved Gongseop's heart, and he decided to teach Jinsung.
It is pretty clear that Jinsung's depression has triggered him to get into heat mode several times. At this stage, he's pretty crazy too, except he lacks excitement and a maniac smile, unlike Hyungseok and Seongeon. He has said things like boxing is done with the head and that fighting with chains is proper boxing countless times during this phase.
vii. reformation and strenghtening
In episode 411, Gongseop finally came out with the teachings including the transfer of the realm. As much as he learned directly from the first-generation king, Jinsung became greatly stronger. At this time, the narration described him as a boxer rather than a dirty boxer after a long time. It may have been that he regained his pride because he was taught by Ji Gong-seop that 'the important thing for a boxer is not winning'. However, even when he fought Kenta, he just came out as a boxer, so maybe he just put it in.
In episode 423, he finally showed up. After being ordered by Mandeok to burn down Big Deal Street, Kenta Magami threw a lighter on the greasy street, and Jinsung snatched the lighter and held it in his hand.
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In episode 424, it was shown that he succeeded in growing up while being trained under Gongseop and completely overcoming the slump. According to Gongseop's comment, as Jinsung’s boxing instructor said, Jinsung’s specs were certainly high, but his excessive entanglement in the shock of defeat prevented him from exerting his full strength. In other words, he was trapped in a vicious cycle of 'I was defeated - I was caught up in this defeat and couldn't fight properly - and because of that, I lost again'. In a way, it was natural that even Seongeon and Hyun risked their lives against the first-generation king to barely reach the level, but Lee Jin-seong also reached the level or just below it in a month at the longest. In other words, in terms of level, he had already reached a level similar to them, but he was entangled in his defeat slump and couldn't exert his strength. 
Jinsung received Kenta’s attack and subdued it with a single blow. After that, he quickly approached Mandeok , who was fighting Vasco, and even knocked him down once by feeding him a series of attacks. Even in episode 425, Mandeok's power-packed punches were easily blocked and continued to give critical hits, but when Mandeok used capoeira, Jinsung was pushed against the wall. However, there was no sign of blood splattering while the wall was being smashed, and it showed a crazy toughness to stop it again . After that, the confrontation with Mandeok was canceled due to the appearance of Gun. Soon after, Jihoon, who was brought by Yoojin, appeared and had a confrontation with Hyung-seok and Vasco.
The moment Jihoon evaded Vasco's compression low kick, Jinsung tried to hit it with a punch, but failed, and Hyungseok and Vasco slammed into the floor or wall, but Jinsung was the only one who endured it. After that, looking at Jihoon, he thought of him as a mountain to overcome and fought again, but was fooled by an invisible attack.
His personality appears to be calmer than after receiving Gongseop's training.  In particular, when Park Hyeongseok recruited Ahn Hyunseong into the Allied Crew, he was very reluctant, but in order to prevent a large force, he briefly set aside his past bad ties.  If Jinsung were still the same as he was in the past, he might have managed without any of that.
ix. flaws
He has a very rough personality, so he has a strong tendency to resolve his intentions through fighting, whether it's good or bad. In fact, Kim Mijin/Mira acts as a brake for Jinsung.
When they first met, he assaulted Hyungseok in the street. Later, when they ran into each other at the convenience store while he was buying alcohol and cigarettes, he assaulted him once more. His friends even took pictures of his genitalia and silenced him. 
It should be taken into account that Hyeongseok in the beginning of the series also appeared as a strange character who monologues that he was happy to be regarded as a friend among the people who harassed him. In other words, it was a ridiculous representation in which the victim of school violence thought and perceived the perspective of the offender. 
x. thinking and intitution
Throughout the series, it was clear that Jinsung wants to be self-reliant, to prove his strength and resist weakness, to be important in his world, to dominate the environment, and to stay in control of the situation. For example in the God Dog arc, Hyungseok said "Don't hurt Zack" and Vasco said "Power exists for the weak" and Jinsung immediately got embarrassed and angry at that because he believed that he doesn't need any other people's help.
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He wants to keep the environment, and especially other people, from hurting those he care about (Mijin, Yohan). From an early age, he understands that this requires strength, will, persistence, and endurance—qualities that he developed in himself. He prided himself and his talent in fighting and bragged about it quite a lot.
His basic desire and fear revolves around the security of people he loves. He always protected Mijin from any danger and he got involved in gangs to protect Yohan. The more he built up his ego in order to protect, the more sensitive he became to any real or imaginary slight to their self-respect, authority, or preeminence. 
As the series progressed and his opponents got stronger, Jinsung became more desperate. He went on trying different methods and changing his mindset to win in the fights, but he kept losing. Jinsung became depressed and kept saying how he never won a fight, ignoring his previous records.
In the beginning of the series, he never wanted anyone, especially Mijin, to witness his vulnerable side, which was mostly losing in fights. He wanted to prove that he was capable to the people he wanted to protect. When his depression phase started, his sensitivity and vulnerability got more exposed to his friends. But he realized that his friends were stronger than him and were capable of protecting themselves, which hugely contradicted his pride and his urge to be self-reliant.
Now that he's calm and stronger after receiving training from Gongseop, he has regained his self confidence. He doesn't feel the need to prove anything to anyone anymore, for he knows that he's capable and strong. Winning is not the biggest factor to him right now.
xi. quotes:
Quotes about Jisnung from other characters:
“Lead the way, thug specialist.”
Hyungseok to Jinsung in chapter 226
“When he came back and said he wanted to wear the gloves again… I was worried. How was I supposed to train him? Because there was… nothing left… to teach! He was already… full of talent! ”
-Jinsung’s boxing teacher in chapter 207
“This guy is.. beyond complete.”
-Jinsung’s boxing teacher in chapter 300
“How about you, kid? You interested? You look better than your friend over there. Talent is one thing… but you’re a go-getter too.”
-Gun in chapter 212
“I did see it. I saw the light in him. It’s up to him to catch. If I do it for him, it’s meaningless. You’ll be having doubts on yourself. But you have to remember it. On that day, when you were next to Johan Seong, I acknowledged you too.”
-Gun in chapter 363
Notable quotes of Jisnung:
“I’m gonna end you. Kill or be killed.”
Jinsung to Taeseong in chapter 126
“Yeah, well… you’re right. I have no excuses. But… you… never thought of us as friends either, did you? Did you even interact with us… before calculating the benefits beforehand? If you’re a friend… try to be more honest with yourself.”
Jinsung to Jiho in chapter 166
“I don’t know any amateur boxers. I’m a pro.”
Jinsung to God Dog in chapter 206 
“Put your headgear on… you amateur.”
Jinsung to Seungryong in chapter 206
“Me? I’m the one who beats up… any one who bullies Johan… or as long as I can remember, Johan.  Did this guy bully you?”
Jinsung to Yohan in chapter 212
“You need thugs… to fight other thugs. I’m the thug specialist… you see. Thanks for bringing me back to my old days.”
Jinsung to Hyungseok in chapter 226
“I’ll lend you my experience to pair with your talent… so show those bastards… exactly… what a duo is.”
Jinsung to Hyungseok in chapter 226
“This is what I truly love. Mira may have taught me boxing, but I like boxing itself now. So, don’t copy me. You’re not even interested in boxing, but I am. All things I’ve earned with hard work, don’t you dare take it away at once like that.”
Jinsung in chapter 272
“Something you cannot copy, because your body is perfect.  My lethal move, that belongs to me only. The pride of a boxer.”
Jinsung in chapter 272
"I thought about it a lot. How can I win? How can I stop losing? The answer was damn simple. I just had to forget about all the things that eat me away."
“I was not a genius. Thank God I am not. Since I’m not a genius, it doesn’t matter if I lose. I can just try harder until I can become one. Now that I put everything down, I can give it all I’ve got.”
Jinsung in chapter 273
“Get rid of positive thinking. Put some emotions in my attacks. Throw away my pride. What is boxing? Boxing is about winning.”
Jinsung in chapter 351
“In boxing… you fight with your head.”
Jisnung in chapter 352
“Screw pride. I’m done losing.”
Jinsung in chapter 352
“I’m zack Lee, a classic boxer.”
Jinsung in chapter 384 (said this while hiding a chain behind him)
“I’ve never properly won a fight. You said I was already strong… yet I’ve never been able to win. Not even -once.”
Jinsung in chapter 404
“I no longer fear the storm for all I need to do is not get wet.”
-Jinsung
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Conclusion:
To be honest, analyzing Jinsung was difficult because different events, people and aspects brought out different sides of him. Regardless of that, I think he had one of the best character developments in the series, even though his depression phase was a mess.
recommended:
Analyzing Lee Jinsung/Zack Lee’s Fighting Prowess (part of this analysis that was too big so I had to post it separately)
also read:
Analyzing Kim Gimyung/Jake Kim
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I need a word, but I don’t know which one. This trail of thoughts was inspired by a post where someone discovered the nice and cool guy he knew was secretly a serial killer, and how upsetting this revelation was.
So, I was thinking about the Loki series (yes, again), and how it characterized the major players and I noticed something I was tempted to call „one dimensional“, but sadly „one dimensional“ is defined as „ a character who lacks depth and who never seems to learn or grow“. And while I do accuse Larry and co of many things, they do have an arc over the season. So, that’s not the word.
I tried „lack of complexity“ next, but that’s basically the same, so here is the thing I observed. Perhaps you can tell me what it is called.
I am thinking about a character being a „mix“ of good and bad things, in contrast to a character whose facets are all running parallel. Picture a character with different aspects; let’s say their work ethics, their personal life, their hobbies. Imagine someone who is always throughout in their job, polite and well mannered, and has orderly hobbies. They might even change over time, but when they do, all traits show change in the same direction. They start stealing from the workplace, yell at their family and utilize illegal means in their hobbies. On the other side I see characters like Loki in Thor 1, who has many facets:
1. his intentions for the well-being of his people
2. his behavior towards Odin
3. his behavior towards Frigga
4. his relationship to Thor
5. his intentions for jotunheim and it’s people
Over the movie some of those facets change, but not all, making him a complex character, but even without considering that his behavior is different depending on the recipient. This is still the case at the end of the movie. Number 1 & 3 stay fine, 2 & 4 change to the worse, and 5. goes from „i don’t care for them“ to „kill then all“. Another example for this kind of characterization would be Tony stark (after his arc in IM1), who does his best to fight for the greater good, but can be a real burden to those who care about him.
In contrast, Larry‘s traits run parallel. In episodes 1-2 I see this:
1. his behavior towards people that are weaker than him (the mongols, Casey): condescending, threatening
2. his behavior towards people who are more powerful: manipulating, aggressive
3. his attitude towards people: good to be ruled, but not more
4. his attitude towards the time keepers: should be overthrown and replaced by Loki.
He does change over the season, so I cannot call him one-dimensional in the classical sense, but even after the change all traits point in the same direction
1. his behavior toward a people who are weaker than he is (TVA agents in the „new“ TVA): should be protected
2. his behavior towards people who are more powerful (sylvie, the new mobius): we have to work together, treating them with respect or submissiveness, pleading for support
3. his attitude towards people (TVA agents in the „old“ tva, everyone who HWR‘s plans affect): should be protected, consequences for them need to be taken into consideration
4. his attitude towards the ruling person: need to be considered, loki doesn’t want to rule anymore.
I see the same tendency with Sylvie, who changes from a) a badass fighter who can do everything on her own and b) someone who is harsh in conversation to a) someone who needs and accepts help and b) someone who starts opening up in conversation.
A noteworthy exception from this style is Mobius who is show as understanding and welcoming in his personal interactions but is totally okay with killing innocents by pruning. However, at the end of the season his facets are in parallel, too, since he is still verbally welcoming but now against mass murder.
Anyway, I think that is something to consider when writing a character. Real people are seen differently. The dragon-like school teacher can be someone else‘s beloved friend. The lawful and stern father might have been a hippy once. People are multi-faceted.
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TITLE: You’re On Your Own, Kid Chapter 4 PAIRING: Bob/OC RATING: T CHAPTER: 4/? SUMMARY: Caroline Kazansky’s birth was the Navy’s worst kept secret. Taken in by Admiral Kazansky after being dropped on his doorstep months after her birth, her true father has been kept a secret from her. Her father is none other than her adoptive father’s wingman, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell. So what happens when she’s called back to Top Gun? And what happens when she catches the eye of a shy WSO?
[A/N - This is mostly a filler chapter, but I wanted to show more of Rooster and Caroline’s friendship.]
They suited up, grabbed their helmets, and made their way to their jets to check them over before the exercise.
“Did you know he’d be here?” Rooster asked Caroline.
“What? No.”
“Don’t lie to me, Caroline.”
“I’m not lying to you Rooster! I mean, I had a suspicion when I saw him at the Hard Deck last night, but I’ve never even met Maverick!”
Rooster’s brows furrowed. “You…you’ve never…?”
Caroline shook her head.
“Rooster!” Maverick called.
Rooster ignored him. “You swear you’ve never met Maverick?” Rooster asked.
“Bradley!”
Caroline shook her head and took Rooster’s hand in her own. “I swear to you, Bradley. I’ve never met Maverick in my life. I’d never lie to you. You’re my best friend and brother.”
“Lieutenant Bradshaw!”
Rooster finally turned to Maverick. “Yes, sir.”
Maverick looked at Caroline. “You’re dismissed Lieutenant Kazansky.”
Caroline nodded and squeezed Rooster’s hand before walking off. She found Bob checking his jet with Phoenix and kissed his cheek. “Good luck out there.”
“Th-Thanks,” he stuttered.
Rooster, Fanboy, and Payback were up first.
Caroline sat in the rec room with the rest of the pilots listening to the radio.
“Good morning, aviators. This is your captain speaking. Welcome to basic fighter maneuvers. As briefed, today’s exercise is dogfighting. Guns only, no missiles. We do not go below the hard deck of 5,000 feet. Working as a team, you have to shoot me down, or else.”
“Or else what, sir?” Payback asked.
“Or else I shoot back. If I shoot either one of you down, you both lose.”
“This guy needs an ego check,” Hangman said, causing Caroline to roll her eyes.
“We’ll see to that,” a couple of the pilots said.
“So what do you say we put some skin the game?” Payback suggested.
“What did you have in mind?” Maverick asked.
“Whoever gets shot down first has to do 200 push-ups.”
“Guys, that’s a lot of push-ups.”
“Well they don’t call it exercise for nothing, sir,” Fanboy said.
“You got yourself a deal, gentlemen. Fight’s on. Let’s turn and burn.”
God, Caroline would give anything to be in the air right now. She’d heard of Maverick’s exploits from her father, but now she would get to see the pilot in action.
“Fanboy, you see him?” Rooster asked.
“Nothing on radar up ahead. He must be somewhere behind us.”
“Dammit!”
“What the hell?” Payback asked.
“Shit!” Fanboy cursed.
Careful Rooster.
Caroline knew her godbrother could be very temperamental and hot-headed. She hoped he kept his cool today.
“Tally, tally, tally!” Fanboy called out, “Maverick’s coming in! Break left!”
“Breaking left,” Payback said.
“Payback, where’s your wingman?” Maverick asked.
“Rooster, where are you?”
“I got you back. I’m coming. Hang in there. Hang in there.”
“Hurry up, man! Hurry up!”
“Payback, break right.”
“Breaking right.”
“Rooster just saved your life, fellas. But it’s gonna cost him.”
“Not this time, old man.”
Dammit.
Rooster was letting his anger rule him.
“Rooster, you’re too low! Pull up! You’re hitting the hard deck,” Payback told him.
“Oh, shit.”
There was tone.
“That’s a kill,” Maverick said.
“Fuck!” Rooster cursed. He landed his jet and started doing his push-ups while Payback and Fanboy joined the other pilots in the rec-room.
“That should be us down there,” Fanboy said.
“But it’s not. And now you know a little something about Rooster,” Phoenix said.
Yale, Harvard, and Fritz were up next.
Rooster finished his push-ups as they took off in their jets. He joined the other pilots in the rec-room.
Caroline was waiting for him with her hip cocked and her arms crossed over her chest.
“I know, okay? I know,” he said.
She hit him on the arm. “You let you temper get the best of you. Again. I get that you’re angry with Maverick about what he did, but if I somehow get picked for this mission, I’m not flying without you.”
Caroline had been the first person he reached out to when Maverick pulled his papers to the Academy. She tried to go to her father to reverse the action, but Iceman’s hands had been tied at the time.
“I just need you to keep your cool long enough to get through this mission and then you won’t ever have to see Maverick again.”
“What? Why?”
“Because this is his last posting Rooster. That’s why my dad pulled all the strings he could.”
Rooster gave her a smirk. “I thought you didn’t know anything about this mission.”
“And I didn’t until today. But I know my father. He’d do anything for Maverick.”
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Part of an Ask Chain from @friend-of-giants shifted a bit because I can LOL Share 10 random details about your version of Teldryn in your fic universe! Anything at all. Back story, ideas, character design. Anything! As the wise corvid @paraparadigm has told me before, once you've got an NPC as a POV character, this version of them sort of becomes and OC after all. (:
Hey let's encourage my brain worms on a Saturday, it's free real estate! Teldryn is fun to write tbh, and just as fun to draw. So here are 10 things that have been floating around in my head (and some art because I said so). Chronological order and some non-specifics.
Under the cut because this is long.
He was born in Cheydinhal (still working on the year). His mother had moved out there to follow his father (who subsequently died a good 4 years in doing something suspect). She ends up moving back to Blacklight (she comes from a merchant family, and she may have also let her partner pilfer some of those goods prior to leaving for Cyrodiil since the smuggling of goods out of Morrowind was pretty lucrative and she wanted to please him). She did not receive a warm welcome but was still accepted back home so long as she worked off her debt. Teldryn gets his education in Blacklight. He's quite proficient in both Dunmeris and Cyrodilic and has very nice handwriting in both alphabets, that guy knows cursive! He does get some minor combat training, as well as training to help control his crazy explosive fire magic. He was being set up to work as an ebony merchant, and that was generally the main focus of his education but he had other ideas.
2. He moves back to Cheydinhal in his late teens. He had other ideas after all and a lot of connections to the Ebony trade. He falls in with his father's old crew, not necessarily by chance and starts redirecting shipments from Morrowind. His family finds out (after a good few decades of searching) and they use his mother to track him down (he no longer speaks to any of them because of this). It ends in his arrest and subsequent imprisonment (plus that crew may have thrown him under the proverbial carriage). He's transferred to the Imperial prisons and begins to think he's probably getting executed. He's then blindfolded and taken to a carriage. He's afraid that the Imperials are going to hand him back over to his family and they'd probably execute him anyway. He starts trying to plan an escape but fails, mostly because the irons he's wearing have a magicka drain enchantment so he can't just light the whole place on fire. He gets his nose broken for the first time and gets his first nose scar, the really long one from the base of a sword. He gives up when he's loaded onto a ship.
3. He'd never been to Vvardenfell prior to getting dumped in Seyda Neen. He's a bit confused with the whole situation, he was so convinced that he'd be taken back to Blacklight and punished there. Instead, he's given orders to go see some Imperial in Balmora who clearly has a skooma habit. He's instructed to basically "ged gud scrub" and joins the fighters guild but quickly gets bored with it. He does take to one-handed weaponry, and he has a talent for swordsmanship but he's bored. He goes back to Caius Cosades hoping for something fun.
4. He mentally checks out after contracting Corprus. Actually, he mentally checks out for the whole Nerevarine thing. The corprus changes him a lot he almost completely loses his sense of taste (from Divayth Fyr's "cure") and had to burn off the corprus tumours that developed on his arm (its basically a hand print) he has a scar on his cheek now from the removal of a smaller tumour, a large one on his torso that looks pretty nasty as just the burn scar but was horrid prior to taking the cure and another corprus scar on his right inner thigh. Fyr kinda let them grow over the course of a week and then gave him the cure in three separate dosages. I think the experimentation is what started his constant spiralling. He starts drinking a lot more at this point and finds himself in Vivec City.
5. He didn't entirely join the Morag Tong but he associated with some of their members quite heavily and may have done one or two contracts. Geldis becomes his longest and closest friend, and the two of them annoy the crap out of Aphia, who's stuck healing the results of their stupidity. He gets the nifty eyebrow scar at this point just because Aphia didn't feel like healing him after his latest bar fight. He discovers a love for extremely spicy food since it's all he can taste now.
6. He heads back to Cyrodiil after the events of Morrowind and finds himself in Kvatch restarting his ebony smuggling ring with some old contacts, though not the ones who let him get arrested six years prior. He runs into Jiub again and they kinda chill for a while. It's nice and he's less into drinking himself into a stupor 24/7. Of course, then the Oblivion Crisis happens, he watches Jiub get soul trapped by a dremora and does the thing he's become really good at. Fucking the fuck off out of there. He finds himself in the Imperial City and agrees to do a very large job for the Grey Fox. He steals an Elder Scroll from the Imperial Palace and sells it back to the Grey Fox for A LOT OF MONEY. He then gets the Guild to spread a rumour about him leaving to go to Akavir, so that no one will bother him about helping with the Oblivion Crisis. He actually goes south to learn swordplay, he also shaves his head (which he really didn't want to do, he loved that rat boi style) and begins hiding his face.
7. Azura instructs him not to intervene in the whole Red Mountain thing. He goes back to Morrowind anyway and finds it absolutely devastated, and a lot of people blame him for it. He's full-time covering his face now and, after getting Geldis and Aphia out of a nasty situation in a cave where they are the only survivors. They make it to Windhelm and try to make a life in the Gray Quarter, but it doesn't work out. Teldryn suggests Raven Rock, he technically built the place anyway and the Redoran run it now so why not? He and Geldis set up the Retching Netch with Teldryn's massive Elder Scroll fortune. So, he is co-owners with Geldis, though Geldis actually runs the place full-time.
8. Teldryn kinda gave the place its name. Yes, I have that story Geldis tells you be about Teldryn and his drinking issues. That was another rock bottom and Geldis kinda kicks him out/convinces him to take up mercenary work. He has a few patrons but they all tend to die whilst he's in their service. Mostly because he won't follow them into bandit camps or Falmer dens where they're heavily outnumbered. He fucks up massively in Windhelm and ends up being chased across Northern Tamriel on and off for 22 years. He ends up back in Solstheim, greeted by the world's longest facepalm from Geldis who ends up hiding him for 12 of those years. This is basically where Serious Mistakes begins, he's an absolute mess at this point. His messes involve sloppy spell casting and fire explosions.
9. Some random fun facts about him. I already mentioned his taste issue but he's also lactose intolerant (though I think that's just something that's more common in elves in general). He avoids all dairy like the plague. His love of overly spicy food (coz that's all he can taste) means that he must add chilli oil to everything. Geldis keeps an earthenware bottle filled with the stuff under the bar because feeding Teldryn means ruining everyone else's food. So, it's an edition during plating, if it's not added he'll bitch endlessly about it tasting like ash.
   Teldryn's scaring gets irritated easily and he's pedantic about bathing and smells (Fyr kinda messed with his brain on this point and corprus makes him feel dirty all the time). He drinks Spiced Skinpeel Simmer in the mornings to relieve the irritation. It tastes awful to most people but not having much of a sense of taste kinda helps.
    His mother seems to have survived all the events from the last 3 games. She sends him letters pleading for him to come home. Teldryn did come home one time during his 22-year hiding spree and it didn't go well. He loves Blacklight, just not with her in it. She sends letters to Geldis and they've piled up over the years. He stopped reading them, he doesn't want to talk to her, and he won't forgive her for getting him arrested and basically causing his life to spiral. Morrowind blames him for their destruction, and he blames her for his.
    He likes his things as is and uses objects until they disintegrate. His red scarf is 200 years old at this point and his shirt is about the same age, newest thing he owns is a pair of pants that’s about 100 years old. He loves his chitin armour more than most things and takes impeccable care of it, despite its age. Sydari will try to get him something new later and it’s met with a lot of confusion because “Why use the new thing when this shirt is so much more comfortable”. So, she steals it (for sleepwear, it’s very soft), which forces him into actually using new things… he does eventually steal it back.
He left most of the artifacts from his Nerevarine days in the care of Neloth, he told him to just “dump it, sell it, fucking experiment I don’t give a shit! I just don’t want anything to do with it anymore”. That is, he left everything except the Moon and Star Ring. He’d have left that too, but he can’t get the damn thing off his finger. It barely fits him (Nerevar being smaller than him physically in most ways, I like him being short tbh). He fiddles with it a lot because it bothers him so much.
You probably figured from the art that he’s a smoker, because voice reasons. Something something LORE something something edge!
10. And a description of him during the Fourth Era. So, I’ve mostly drawn him during and slightly after his Nerevarine days because I’m obsessed with the hairstyle. But he shaves off the whole thing during the Oblivion Crisis and wears it like that for a little while but ends up regrowing the mohawk in various iterations. By 4th era 199 (When the fic actually starts) he’s considering growing out the back again because he misses it. When Sydari first sees him without the helmet I’ll describe it as grown out and messy. He’s wearing a helmet all day and doesn’t have anything to style it with so it’s kinda lazily finger-combed back. When he gets the chance, he shaves the sides again and evens out everything but the back.
He has a few facial scars which I talked about above, one through his right eyebrow and two across his nose, he also has one on his left cheek. He’s got the hand-shaped arm scar, a very large one on his lower left torso and one large one on his inner right thigh. His nose has been broken on a few occasions, the first one being with the butt of a sword (as mentioned above, that’s where the long scar comes from) a few times in bar fights (and the eyebrow scar being from someone getting overly mad and pulling a knife on him, he’s lucky he didn’t lose his eye). The second nose scar was from getting it broken during a fuck up in Windhelm, which earns him another scar at the nape of his neck. His most recent nose break will be in 201 when Brand-Shei headbutts him in the face. Teldryn kinda deserved it tbh.
All my elves have piercings all over their ears because I can’t help myself. Teldryn has several, three on the right ear and six on the left. Aside from the moon and star ring on his left index finger (which is stuck), he wears a few silver rings on both hands which he changes about depending on his mood.
The face tats he got during his teens because he thought they looked cool, I have the mouth ones extend from his bottom lip down to about halfway down his throat. I’m kinda leaning away from body tats because I’m lazy and he’s got a lot of scarring anyway.
So here’s a mildly grown-out mohawk obligatory 4th-era Teldryn sketch. XD
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Red Velvet - Chapter 1 (part 1)
MasterList / Akane’s profile / Art by @aneenasevla
TIMELINE: this story begins after Cookies'n'Cream and at the same time as Devil's Food. If you haven't read those, I recommend you check them out. This is part 4 of an ongoing series.
Chapter 1 - Hopeless (part 1)
"Huh? Girl, what the hell!", Akane almost screamed into her phone, while talking with her old high school friend. "I was just joking around!"
Her face turned very red. That stupid comment she made on Instagram under a photo her friend had posted was still there and she wouldn't take it back, but hey, people were always saying stupid shit on social media, right?
Yes, the men in that photo caught her attention, and she really liked that hot tanned guy too, but there were at least seven or eight girls asking for his DMs, so as a second option, she turned her attention to the other two, who were as big as gorillas. Apparently the bald one was a famous MMA fighter and she was well aware of how utterly thirsty her friend was for that type of man, so she decided to look at the other one. Blonde, his hair clearly bleached, and a face so dumb-looking that she felt a little sorry for him. Of course, as a joke, she asked for his DMs...
She just didn't expect that her damn comment would be taken seriously.
"Well... that's the problem, Akane. He didn't take it as a joke," Tomori sighs on the other end of the line, sounding a little tired. "Rihito is a very literal guy. Especially when it comes to women. It's been four months and he won't fucking drop it..."
"For fuck's sake… Giiiiirl…," she rubs her face, exasperated. It was her lunch break, so she was eating at a nearby convenience store. "I even forgot about that dude's face, can you believe it? I already have too much on my plate. But is he really bothering you? Tell your pet gorilla to tell him to knock that shit off! Isn't he a badass fighter or something like that?"
"No chance, sis, he’s one of Naoh’s best friends. The most he can do is tell him to leave me alone while I'm in the middle of work. But as soon as I go to sit with them during lunch break, he resumes with his bullshit", She snorts, and Akane can imagine her rolling her eyes. He goes like 'What about your friend, Tomori? Has she made up her mind? Did you give her my number?', and so on. Seriously, I like him, but it's getting really annoying. That's why I decided to end this once and for all and tell you what's going on."
"Holy shit, that sucks", Akane sighs. "It's just that I... I just dumped an idiot, you know who... dipshit wanted something more serious and I really, really didn't, he's a bum and has nothing going on for him, you know... ?," She remembers the fight they had. "Sorry, I don't know if I want an encore for a while. You were lucky, but you know I'm not... and I really doubt that the blonde gorilla can handle a Gyaru..."
"Shit, girl…," Tomori says sympathetically. She remains silent for about two seconds before saying, more quietly, as if she had brought the phone closer to her mouth "Look, if you don't want to, just say so, and I'll tell him to drop it. But...," She hesitates a little. "I don't believe he wouldn't know how to deal with you. He... well, he's a pretty intense guy. Not to say batshit crazy. You had to hear about all the crazy things that Naoh and he were up to, it even involved the police..."
"Oh, hell no… didn’t you hear what I just said?!," She whimpers. "I don't want an idiot who has a history with the damn dogs, Tomori..."
"I know, relax. They've straightened up, I swear," She sighs. "What I'm trying to say is that your lifestyle wouldn't be a shock to this guy, because he's seen and experienced a lot of crazy shit that I can't even name properly, you know?"
"Damn…," she sighs again. In truth, she didn't want to say that it had been a few months since she had kicked her stupid, good-for-nothing fuck-buddy to the curb, but she was still too upset to start anything new... The problem was that she was already feeling the urge, and Papa Satan knew very well the type of woman she was. Hiro, her brother in arms on nights out, knew very well what she was like. "Okay, here's the thing... do you have his Instagram so I can check it out? I want to see if he can make me wanna take off my panties… but hey!," she almost shouts into the phone, as a warning. "I'm not doing this for him, didja hear me? It's only to make him leave you alone, and if you said he can handle me, I'll go all out. I won't hold back on the Gyaru gear. I want to see if he can handle the heat."
"He doesn't have an Instagram account, but I have some photos that I took with them over the months, and others that Naoh sent me. I'll send them to you. And I appreciate it, but seriously, you don't need to force yourself. If you don't want to, just say so, and I'll tell him to knock it off. Rihito is insistent as hell, but he also knows when to throw in the towel," She assures, her voice becoming a little more urgent.
"Wait, what kind of dumbass caveman-wannabe doesn’t have an Instagram account these days? And seriously, what kind of name is Rihito? That's either a really stupid name or a nom de guerre or something. If it's a nom de guerre, I understand, I even think it's cool..." 
A straight man having a nom de guerre... that was news to her. But why "Rihito”? Why a name that literally meant “beyond human reason”?
"He says it's 'social media for sissies’. Yeah, I'll let you know that he's that kind of guy. And he's got a bit better over the last few months," Tomori grunts a little. "And Rihito is his nickname. Or his public identity, as he likes to say. He likes to act like he's a comic book superhero or something. It's cute and kinda ridiculous at the same time..."
"Fuckin' hell, woman, look what you got me into…," Akane lets out a grunt.
"Sorry! I swear I wouldn't even be bothering you if I weren't sick of this. I'm doing this more out of conscience, to make it clear to him that I at least tried, because again, you don't have to accept it," Tomori guarantees, her tone now softer. "I really didn't know about your situation with your fuck-buddy. We've been so out of touch lately, now I'm feeling guilty."
"Relax, honey, I’m also to blame. I've been busy at the beauty salon too. I've also been a little down and I'm not even going out with my friends from the Izakayas anymore. They're all kinda settling down too, since they're all in their late twenties or early thirties. They're becoming like the ladies whose hair I cut and dye in the most boring colors," she makes a theatrical sound of nausea. "Nothing against your hair color, Tomoh, but it's sorta like when you're making your cookies, y'know? Eventually you get tired of seeing them every day... speaking of which, I want a box of 'em. I'll pay you the next time we meet."
"I understand, Kane. I got sick of sweet stuff for a reason, after all," Tomori laughs a little. "And of course, I'll make you a pretty fancy box. I can even offer a discount, to compensate for the trouble... oh, shit, me talking like that makes it seem like going out with him would be fuckin' torture," She laughs more.
"I'm a warrior, my dear. You know about my battles and my scars'', which were almost metaphorical, of course. She prided herself on having very good skin, thank you very much. "I endured gaslighters and even stalker threats... what's a gorilla compared to that?"
She laughs loudly. "Yeah, ​​I know all about your struggles, hahaha! And yes, he is a gorilla. A gorilla plush, in this case. He's pushy and very inconvenient, but a really nice guy once you get to know him better. He wouldn't be one of my boyfriend's best friends if that weren't the case," Akane could almost hear her smiling fondly.
"Hnf… I can only believe it when I see it, so send me those damn pics. Don't say anything to him yet, I don't promise anything either. If there's one that shows his pants, I want it too. Gotta check it out to see if it's worth it...," she laughs quietly. "My lunch break is almost over, so I'll see it later. Then I'll give you an answer, okay?"
"Okay, I'll send it as soon as I hang up. The first one will give you a good idea of ​​the quality of this specimen. The four of them took it on a day when they decided to go fishing, so clothes were a bit unnecessary, haha. The others were on nights I went out with them, casual things... and...," She now hesitates a little. "Please, don't think that this is me trying to pressure you, but... send your answer as quickly as possible, please. If I have to hear one more "what about your friend, Tomori?", I'll be forced to commit murder, which will really harm my criminal record and probably cost me a relationship, haha."
"I'm an expert on this matter and I can say that you can claim self-defense in court!," she laughs loudly, snoring a little. "Okay, I got back to the salon and my boss is already glaring at me, so I'm going to hang up. Send those pics and I'll make my decision. A punch in your eye and a kiss on your check, honey! Bye!," She hangs up.
It doesn't take long for her to hear the sound of notifications coming in, indicating that Tomori had wasted no time and was already sending her the photos. The poor thing must have been really desperate to get rid of that Rihito guy. She takes advantage of the fact that she didn't have any clients at that time and opens the photos Tomori sent her, making a discredited pout. The Gorilla type was a kind of bodybuilder who worked out to get strong, on any and every body part that there was to work on, and they ended up looking like a Hulk wannabe. The Okubo guy, who her friend menaged to put in a leg lock, was that type of man, and with excellence. He was easily almost seven feet tall, which made her wonder, with some hilarity, how they managed to fuck without him having to contort himself like a pretzel. The second one in the right corner of the photo was the hot tanned guy who had made every single woman in their social circle wet their panties. He wasn't a mountain of muscles like Tomori's boyfriend, but he had his own defined biceps, triceps, chest and abdomen to show off, accompanied by a tanned skin that would make most of her Gyaru friends jealous. The third, on the far left, was the smallest of the four, and despite appearing to be pretty fit, he was nowhere near as large as his fishing companions. His straight black hair, his affable expression and his fox-like eyes gave him a somewhat intellectual air; most likely the brains of that group. And the last one, right next to Okubo…
"Gorilla" was certainly an appropriate definition. He was huge. Really huge, with a broad chest where you could bury your face in and stay there until you suffocated, and if you tried to escape, the absurdly muscular arms wouldn't allow it. His six-pack would give Tomori's boyfriend's a run for its money. His face at first glance wasn't anything special (the tanned guy was by far the most handsome of the group, there wasn't any doubt), but his eyes were big, green and very expressive. They showed a somewhat smug happiness as he lifted the huge fish by the fishing line, which seemed to weigh nothing to him.
"Hnmm…," she licks a little of the lollipop she had bought to accompany the tedious afternoon that would be the second half of her working day. She zooms in on the photo, wanting to see a specific part better…
And those stupid baggy swimming trunks didn't show much. Damn it. Normally she was good at figuring these things out. But it seemed proportionate, which left her giving it the benefit of doubt. Yeah... he seemed like her type. He could even become a nice fuck-buddy... she checked the other photos. They didn't have much focus, but they confirmed that she needed to see it in person to know... he had a nice ass too; apparently someone also worked well on that. She looked at a photo with another guy with wavy black hair, and she got a little interested, but she looked away as soon as she saw him sitting with his arm around the shoulders of another friend of hers. Oh, so Kanami the Butch got herself a boyfriend too? Attagirl! And a hot one too… she nodded in approval. Okay, back to the blonde guy.
After a thorough analysis, she shrugged. Yes, he was her type, in addition to having a nice body. He also seemed kinda cute and practically had “idiot” written all over his face. Just the way she liked it. She starts to tip a response.
Panther:
Verdict: he'll do
hey wolfie, tell this guy I wanna test him
but if he complains about my style, I'll kick him to the fuckin curb
also, you said rihito isn't his real name, right? 
what's this specimen called?
Wolfie:
you're completely within your rights, panther! 
but I don't believe he'll do that, he likes women who aren't afraid to show their bodies
naoh almost punched him once when he caught him looking at my legs lmao
and his name's ichiro 
nakata ichiro
but he prefers the nickname
again, superhero with a secret identity
kinda cringe xD
Panther:
I told ya, if it's a nom de guerre, I'm cool with it
I have one after all
still, don't send him my number yet
from what I know about this guy, he'll probably keep sending me dick pics 
no matter how much I wanna see it, it's still gross, c'mon
Wolfie:
I didn't give him your number for that very reason 
he'd definitely call you a hundred times and send you some gross stuff
but he calmed down when I suggested he make an instagram account to talk to you 
fragile masculinity, imma right?
Panther:
oh boy... I foresee some debates, and not the good kind...
sheesh, here comes a old hag for us to salvage
sort everything out for me and I'll give you a really nice trim as a thanks 
what do you say? 
afterall you now have a human king kong to impress
Wolfie:
girl, I love you so much! 
I'm in! 
and yes, he loves to run his hands through my hair, so it's good to keep it nice and smooth hahaha
they're coming back from their trip in a couple of days, so I'll give them the news 
you can choose the best day for the date
Panther:
any weekend is fine
I have nothing scheduled, not even for the holidays, so it's up to you
just remember that it’s almost winter, so I wanna go somewhere warm, for god’s sake.
Wolfie:
leave it to me!
now I'm gonna let you do your thing
 I know that's a lot of work hahaha
I'll send you a message when I sort everything out with him
I just have to let you know
I wasn't exaggerating when I said he's intense
he's the clingy type, and is kinda difficult to push him away
so, if you need to, put your foot down 
he's a bit clueless but he understands what ‘no’ means
Panther:
sweetheart, you're talking to a professional
get a grip
and I'm in the mood for a physical dude
mama’s gonna eat good 🍑🍑
Wolfie:
LMAO 
yeah, I know you
but I'm warning you for a reason
he's really strong
like, REALLY strong
so you better lay your boundaries from the beginning
cause if he grabs you, it will be difficult to get out of his hug lol
Panther:
bitch you're scaring me a little here
do you want me to fuck him or not?
"Tomori, I need help at table three...," Kanami's voice echoes from the counter, arriving in the kitchen and turning down the volume "There's a group of teenagers here and a young Gyaru here who eats like a freakin' pig... Sounds like my boyfriend, I swear…"
Tomori laughs loudly "Okay, Kanny, I'm gonna help you with Ohma's clone!," She calls over her shoulder before finishing typing her answer on the phone.
Wolfie:
go ahead, I said he's nice, and he is
it's just that I worry about how you'll feel, considering you just came out of a bad situationship
and he may not understand that at first
he's a nice guy but he's not the sharpest tool in the shed
Panther:
girl, don't rain on my parade 
let me have a taste first
I'm a pro, I'll fold him like a napkin, trust me
now bye, go find something else to do
And her icon went offline.
Tomori sets her phone aside and gets up from the table with a sigh. Well, her part was already done. Rihito was going to owe her a big one. She worries for a few seconds, wondering if that was a good idea. But she didn't fear so much for her friend. She feared more for her boyfriend's friend. He had no idea who he was messing with... but perhaps an experience with the fierce predator that was Agata Akane was what that dumbass needed.
"Wait, really, babe?," Okubo blinks, while they were returning home, after he sent the other three idiots away and picked her up from work. "You really convinced your friend to go on a date with him?"
"I did. Even I'm finding it hard to believe that it worked!," She widens her eyes at him, an arm around his waist while he rests his on her shoulders. "Do you remember that post I made on Instagram, a few months ago, with that photo we took that Saturday? The five of us, after we left the market."
"Yeah, I remember. And I also remember what happened a few weeks later. Rihito spent fuckin' forever talking non-stop, and on the second weekend we beat his ass because we were fed up. I even left him limping, so he got the message, hahahaha! But yeah, he even said this chick's name, Akane. He kept bothering Himuro to look at her profile and everything. That was the last straw, dipshit refuses to make a profile and wants to invade her DMs with other people's accounts. Can you believe it?"
"That's so mean, Naoh, hahaha!," She laughs loudly, resting the side of her head on his chest. "But yeah, he deserved it. Akane thought that his beef with Instagram was stupid, but she overlooked the rest. Lucky him," She shakes her head. "I swear to you, love, I only did it because he wouldn't stop bothering me. Every single day! All I had to do was sit down to have lunch with you guys and he would start talking his ass off! I was almost beating him myself, sorry about that."
"No, relax. I was actually hoping that next time you would bring your baseball bat because I’m fed up too. But the hardest part will fall on your friend's shoulders, you know, he could do something stupid and she would run away from him like the devil runs from a cross."
"Oh, you don’t have to worry about that…," She smiled at him, and that smile was sharp, almost dangerous. "Akane isn’t the type to run away like that. It's the others who run away from her. Rihito is going to be in for a real surprise, trust me."
"Hnmmm...," he didn't seemed very convinced. "Look Tomori, I don't know... I've seen Rihito go after lots of women, in all shapes and sizes, and... it's kinda sad, actually. He really doesn't know how to behave around women. I mean, he was even worse than me, he only behaved a little when we were all together and...," his eyes widened, and his face lit up. "I have an idea! Tomoh, how about a double date?"
"Huh?," She blinks at him, her mouth opening in surprise. "A double date? Like, you, me and the two of them?"
"Yeah! This way I can hold the idiot back. I mean... with us together, he'll hold his tongue and he won't feel obligated to impress her, you know? Not to mention that if you need to, you can take her to the bathroom and have a chat, then you can give me a hint as to whether everything's going well or not. I... I feel like I owe him this one,  y'know..."
"... Oh. You still feel indebted to him, don't you? For what he did after our disastrous first date...," That was now a distant memory that no longer affected her, so she could remember the humiliation of having to deal with a completely drunk Okubo in a public place without it upsetting her. "I understand. I think I would feel the same way. It was because of what he was willing to do that I concluded he was a nice guy after all."
"Yeah… so… do you think it'll work? And...," he pulls her closer to him, smiling mischievously. "I miss you, y'know... after we've both left, we can have some quality time for ourselves too. What do you say?"
She smiles sweetly at him, hugging him sideways, snuggling the side of her head against that broad chest that she loved to use as a pillow. "I was thinking the same. I miss you too... our last outings were to my parents' house, and there I can't cuddle with you the way I like, haha. So yes, it was a great idea!"
"See? From time to time I have some good ideas, I'm not that stupid…," he jokes, smiling at her.
"You're not stupid. You just have a simpler and more direct mentality, and a lot of good things can come out of that. Like now," She jokes too, taking his hand in hers and placing a small kiss on its back.
At that moment they arrive at his car. He opens the door for her, closes it when she gets in and walks around to get on the other side.
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I’m just going to talk about the fights I care about for this Singapore card. Honestly, not a whole lot of technical aspects to cover. Feels like a lot of the fights are going to be one sided. Bear with me.
Max Holloway vs Korean Zombie - This fight is sad. While Chan Sung Jung is still a top 10-15 fighter at featherweight, this match up could easily turn into a 5 rounds of a too tough for his own good KZ getting pieced up by Max Holloway a la Holloway-Kattar. I can’t knock it too much as it was the fight KZ asked for and with him being open about the end being near, give him one last big fight. He deserves it. But I expect sad times.
Giga Chikadze vs Alex Caceres - I strangely like this fight. While Caceres lacks a level of physicality and raw athleticism to hang with the top of the featherweight division, no striker by Cisco Rivera has ever been able to put him away. It’s always been big strong wrestle-grappling types who have been his foil. That said, I expect the technical, athletic, and power edge to carry Chiladze to decisive victory. Unless Giga has spent the last 17 months actively getting worse as a fighter, I think he should take it.
Rinya Nakamura vs. Fernie Garcia - according to Tapology, I have seen Fernie Garcia twice. The fact I can’t remember anything about him and that he lost twice to some guys does not bode well for him. This is a fight meant to get the UFC’s next big hopeful star, U23 wrestling world champ Rinya Nakamura some cage time. But I’m interested in seeing what improvements he’s made since Road to the UFC. He’s been working at ATT alongside Kyoji Horiguchi and them. Guy has a bright future!
Erin Blanchfield vs Taila Santos - the first proper competitive fight I’ll talk about. Erin Blanchfield has only grown more and more confident as a striker in the UFC. While the technical polish isn’t there, the power and aggressiveness are. In contrast, I’d argue the biggest thing that kept Taila Santos from straight up beating Valentina Shevchenko in her last fight was her unwillingness to exchange on the feet. Her reliance on Valentina feeding her takedowns as opposed to being able to use strikes to set them up herself meant when Valentina stopped, so did her opportunities. That said, if Blanchfield comes out guns blazing like she did against Andrade, she could find herself getting tied up and taken down. And while her top game is impressive, we have seen Blanchfield lose a bottom side grappling match to a physically imposing opponent (Tracy Cortez) before. Granted that was 4 years ago but still. I’m excited to see what new things both women have been working on since the last time we’ve seen them!
Kenan Song vs Rolando Bedoya - Song had a more competitive fight with Ian Garry than Neil Magny, which will always be funny to me. That said, i think it’s fair after 25+ fights to say that we’ve probably seen his ceiling. A fun action fighter who can and will be folded by fighters who are either more experienced or athletically gifted. So this fight with Bedoya has me intrigued, because I don’t think he’s either. But what he has shown is that he’s got some Alex Morono in him. Bedoya has a lot of intangibles that fighters who make long careers in fighting without competing for gold have. Good defensive instincts. Fills space with offense well. A guy like Song is the perfect test for him.
JJ Aldrich vs Na Liang - JJ Aldrich is the quintessential example you point to when you tell people this is a sport of athletes. Cause technically, she’s a darn good fighter. Great job. Solid striking. Ok wrestling. But because she is not fast, powerful, or physically imposing, she will occasionally get her doors blown off by a more athletic fighter like Maycee Barber or Erin Blanchfield. Like Aldrich was winning those fights in a lot ways before the other women just decided they were done and went in for the kill. Against Na Liang, I think it makes for an interesting fight.
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Alcatraz Headcannons
A few headcanons about Alcatraz, in no particular order:
Alcatraz is pretty reserved, but he’s totally willing to goof off with close friends.
He gesticulates wildly when talking.
He’s a genius. Straight up. He inhaled several textbooks as a kid and just…knows random things only college level scholars in that particular field should know. The funny thing is he doesn’t know that’s not normal because he had basically no friends. So people are just quietly in awe of him (for multiple reasons) but he thinks its normal
He freezes mid step when thinking really hard. He’ll motion wildly with his hands and mutter to himself while thinking.
After the events of the Worldspire, he talks to his Talent and carries a mirror everywhere, holding half a conversation with it. It’s disconcerting. Bastille has had to vouch for his sanity multiple times (on this subject at least)
He’s always moving. Fidgeting, pacing, talking, the guy is never still (unless putting together the plot twist).
When Alcatraz gets still or quiet, you know something is deeply wrong, or about to go wrong.
The kid is 👏touch👏starved
Eventually people pick up on this and try to give him love. Unfortunately, he flinches when anyone who isn’t Bastille touches him. It’s taken a while, but now he’s better and will willingly be the bottom of a Smedry dogpile.
He is 1000% the little spoon
He’s one to two inches taller than Bastille as late teenagers and adults. I will fight you on this
He’d rather jump out a window than accept a compliment (I wish I was joking. He’s done it before)
He’s scholar partners with Bastille at the head of Oculatory research (how else is he supposed to free Attica?). He revolutionized the field with simple observations (“Why lenses? Does it have to be lenses? Why not -I dunno- a gauntlet?” “I…huh.”)
He’s inordinately powerful. We’ve seen this in books 1-4, but it just gets way stronger as he gets older. He has to specifically try not to power sillimatic technology when holding it. He can make glass melt with his power. He’s the best Oculator duelist in recorded history. Despite all this, he still doesn’t understand that that’s not normal and is pretty modest about it
He’s an unparalleled fighter with warrior’s lenses. I already made a post about it here.
He is really good with Disguiser’s Lenses. Kinda have to be when you’ve got the most recognisable faces around. He also likes to experiment and starts several fashion trends.
He can walk flawlessly in 6-inch heels
Bastille has written “reckless” on his forehead in permanent marker while he was sleeping at least once
Has absolutely made cameos in Free Kindomer movies, he thinks its funny, and it brings a lot of public attention to the film (nothing like the Savior of the People to draw a crowd)
He hates being praised for his triumph over Biblioden, as you well know. He avoids the press like the plague and is a pretty mysterious figure, out of the public eye most of the time. He has several almost cultish fanclubs (which he tries to suppress to no avail).
He’s an amazing singer. He once stepped in to sing the national anthem at some sort of formal event and dazzled the crowd. No one moved or talked for like five minutes after he was done.
Hums or aimlessly mumbles a lot
Has a class called “How to Hushlander” where he teaches infiltration teams how to infiltrate. (That was the whole purpose of stranding him in the Hushlads for 13 years) They take several field trips to the Hushlands and it’s the funniest thing to watch. Alcatraz has a lot of fun teaching this class and he actually does a pretty good job. Infiltration success rates have skyrocketed since he started. (A line that has been rattling around in my skull: “I’m fourteen! You think I have a lesson plan?”)
Bastille Bastille Bastille he’s crazy about her. The feeling is mutual. But overshadowing their romantic interest is how comfortable they are around each other. They almost seem to be one person rather than two. Their marriage was inevitable. They are such a power couple
Almost all of the Free Kingdoms ships it so hard
The Smedrys, the Knights, and the Dartmoors do all they can to push it along. Several betting pools and games are in effect centered around Alcatraz and Bastille’s relationship.
He never dated anyone else, nor would he have wanted to. (they would just want him for his power, and he’s good at picking up on things like that)
He’s the most iconic person you’ll ever meet. Hilarious, witty, and sardonic.
The whole autobiography thing started as an inside joke, but it gradually became something more serious. He’s really glad he finally got the real story out.
As previously mentioned, he’s a super powerful oculator. When he was little, all this power would build up inside him with no outlet. He was prone to horrible headaches, sickness and fainting. His talent started working overdrive to let out the extra energy, which is why he broke so many things uncontrollably. This has a lasting impact on him, even though he started using Lenses. He gets stress migraines and dizziness. Combine that with nightmares and abysmal sleep schedules, and he’s practically faceplanting every few hours.
He won the genetic lottery on charisma, intelligence (intellectual and social), beauty, and power. But he has a crappy immune system. The common cold will knock him flat. Add in unfamiliar Free Kingdomer diseases, and you’ve got a lot of bedrest for this guy. Sickfic fodder? I don’t know, you tell me
Huh. Looking at that, it seems like more than just a few. Oh well.
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isfjmel-phleg · 3 months
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Ray Terrill Reading List
I don't think one of these already exists around here, so here it is! I read/skimmed 200+ comics in which Ray appears, made note of any relevant appearances (as opposed to cameos or extremely minor roles), and compiled them into a chronological list for your reference. Issues that I would consider essential reading (your opinion may differ!) are in bold; everything else I would consider optional.
Please note: the Rebirth version of Ray is different enough to be a completely separate character in a completely separate continuity, so I am not including any of that material on this particular list.
The Ray Vol. 1 #1-6 (the miniseries that introduces the character)
Black Condor #9-10 (notable as a glimpse of Ray's life between his intro and his joining the JLA, trying to adjust to the real world)
Justice League America #71 (Ray is recruited for the JLA)
Justice League America #73, 75-77 (Ray plays a very minor role in these and other early JLA appearances, but I'm including them and the ones below in case you want a sense of how that went)
Black Canary Vol. 2 #8 (Ray meets Dinah Lance, and there will be consequences later in his second solo series)
Justice League America #78-79, Annual #7, 80-83
Guy Gardner Vol. 1 #15
Bloodbath #1
Justice League America #84
Justice League Quarterly #13
Justice League America #85-88
Guy Gardner: Warrior #20
The Ray Vol. 2 #1-2 (beginning of his second solo series)
Justice League America #89
Justice League Task Force #13
Justice League International Vol. 2 #65
Justice League Task Force #14
Justice League Task Force #15
Justice League Quarterly #15 (featured as a main character in one story)
The Ray Vol. 2 #3-5, 0
Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0 [numbered backward intentionally] (Ray doesn't play a huge role, but he makes a significant contribution, and this event has lasting consequences)
Justice League Task Force #0, 17-24 (from here on, Ray is a significant supporting character in this team book, and its stories will occasionally intersect with his solo)
The Ray Vol. 2 #6-12, Annual #1, 13
Damage Vol. 1 #14 (a team-up with Grant Emerson, whom he met at Zero Hour)
Justice League Task Force #26
The Ray Vol. 2 #14
Justice League Task Force #27
The Ray Vol. 2 #15-19
Justice League Task Force #29-30
Underworld Unleashed #2-3 (adds some extra context to the arc above)
Justice League Task Force #31-37
The Ray Vol. 2 #20-28
Final Night #1-3 (crossover event involving darkness, of course Ray's involved in a supporting capacity)
Green Lantern Plus #1 (team-up with Kyle Rayner, last glimpse into Ray's personal life as established in his solo)
Action Comics #733 (after Superman undergoes a change in his powers, he turns to Ray for advice)
JLA Vol. 1 #29-31 (Ray's former Task Force teammate Triumph is back and evil and uses mind-control on Ray and others in an attempt to take over the JLA)
Guide to the DC Universe Secret Files & Origins 2000 #1 (only notable because Ray turns up in a class that is mandatory for him to take to stay in good standing with the JLA after the mind-control incident)
JSA: Our Worlds at War #1 (doing his part as a JSA reservist during the Our Worlds at War event, first time working with the Freedom Fighters)
Young Justice Vol. 1 #41, 45-55 (is invited to join Young Justice and doesn't get to do much but does get actual characterization)
Adventures of Superman #614-616 (has only a very minor role here but it's useful as an explanation for what happened to him after Young Justice ends--he contracted a weird disease)
JSA Vol. 1 #49, 73 (established as a part of the Freedom Fighters along with Grant Emerson)
Infinite Crisis #1 (the Freedom Fighters are attacked and mostly killed, Ray is taken prisoner, he's present for the rest of this series but doesn't really do anything besides be imprisoned and later rescued)
52 #1 (only notable for Ray's being welcomed back by Black Canary and Green Arrow after his imprisonment, you can skip the rest)
Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters Vol. 1 #7-8 (dramatically returns to confront someone posing as the Ray on a newly reformed version of his old team)
Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters Vol. 2 #1-2, 4-8 (none of the Freedom Fighters series are good Ray content, especially this one, which features a poorly executed attempt to reconcile him and his father)
Final Crisis #4, 6 (I have no idea what's going on this series but we get Ray interacting with speedster children and looking oddly like his father)
Weird Western Tales #71 (Ray gets attacked by a Black Lantern during the Blackest Night event)
Freedom Fighters Vol. 2 #1-9 (Ray is...present, I guess? But he gets almost no characterization and not much interesting to do.)
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duhragonball · 11 months
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Dragon Ball Super Manga ch.36-38
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Yeah, this manga Tournament of Power kind of sucks.
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The big problem I’m seeing here is that there’s so many characters in this arc, and only ten chapters to showcase them, so ultimately nobody gets a chance to really shine.  Vegeta’s a major player in this thing, but we don’t even see him doing anything until Part 4 of this story.
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And the scene he gets is pretty basic.  Top and Dyspo view him as U7′s #2 guy, and Vegeta takes offense and fights them until Top has to admit that Vegeta’s at least as good as Goku.  There’s nothing wrong with that, and while I’m only showing the beginning and end of that encounter, there is a good action sequence in the middle.  Still, it feels like it needs something more.  
The anime version solved that problem by having Vegeta constantly distracted by whatever Goku was doing at the time.  So even though he claimed to be U7′s ace, he couldn’t help but notice Goku’s rise to Ultra Instinct.  And the whole thing Vegeta had with Cabba was there too.  We get a little of Vegeta and Cabba later, but not nearly as much.  And if Toyotaro doesn’t have time for Vegeta in this story, then what chance does any other character have?
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Again, the action in this thing is really great.  There’s plenty of hard-hitting shots and page after page of clobbering. The art’s not the problem, but the pacing is. 
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Let’s look at the manga’s version of Ribrianne.  Here, there is no magical girl transformation.  Ribrianne, Rosie, and Kankusa are just Like This from the start.  Either they don’t have base forms in this version, or they transformed at home before heading to the Null Realm.  That isn’t too big a deal. 
Nor is it a big problem that manga Ribrianne flips the script from her anime counterpart.  In the anime, Ribrianne viewed 18 as a “fellow maiden”, but expressed shock that she would be married to a ugly dork like Krillin.  But here, she thinks 18 is ugly...
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... and Krillin is the hottie.  She’s so disgusted that 18 could land a hot dude like Krillin that her attacks begin to weaken, and 18 defeats all three of the maidens.  Oh, by the way...
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Rosie and Kankusa have stretchy arm powers in this?  I think this is about all they do in this version, so it’s kind of weird that they’re so fundamentally different.  It exposes some things about the way Dragon Ball Super is written as a whole.  I always want to believe that Akira Toriyama is hammering away at a computer, typing up longform, detailed scripts for everything that happens.  Because that’s how I’d want to do it if it was my story and someone else was drawing and animating the whole thing.  But by all accounts that’s not how it works at all.  A lot of work went into the character designs for the Tournament of Power, and from what I’ve read, Toriyama didn’t even design all of them.  Caulifla was something Toriyama drew as a partner for Kale, who came from someone at Toei, I think.  And Belmod and Marcarita were Toyotaro designs, I think. 
Clearly, some thought was put into Rosie and Kakusa.  They’re Ribrianne’s sidekicks, but that’s about it.  I don’t think Toriyama or anyone else wrote down “They have stretchy limbs” or “They do claws and weird ki blasts”.   It’s not a case of the anime and manga contradicting one another.  There was simply no guidance to contradict. 
And you might be wondering “What difference does it make?  It’s just Kankusa and Rosie.”  Sure, but the point is that if no one was in charge of deciding what powers they have, then no one was really minding the store for a lot of other plot elements.  Such as...
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The invisible fighters from Universe 4 knock out Rosie, and Kankusa, and Ribrianne, and 18.   Then Piccolo defeats one invisible fighter and gets taken out by the other, and 17 takes out the second one.  Toei got a lot of mileage out of seven of those characters, but Toyotaro’s just zipping right through them like he’s got a plane to catch. 
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As far as the invisible fighter stuff goes, that plays out almost exactly like it does in the anime, so I think that part might actually have been planned out in some detail.   Toriyama’s notes probably look like this:
“18 fights Ribrianne, and Ribrianne is very much into beauty and love.  She’s considered very beautiful in Universe 2, but in our world...?  She is upset to learn that 18 and Krillin are married”.
“Piccolo defeats the invisible fighter by sensing his ki, but when he tries to defeat the second invisible fighter, he fails and gets eliminated!  Then 17 listens carefully, and finds out that the second fighter isn’t invisible at all!  He’s just very, very small.”
“(laughs)”
And Toei and Toyotaro each got a copy of these notes, and went in totally different directions on the first one, but were able to stay fairly consistent on the second.  Toei had Goku help 17 out a little more, while Toyotaro had 17 flip his hair back over his ears, because he’s a huge fanboy who wanted to do a callback to Super 17 in GT.  Respect.
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What I’m driving at here is that you end up with two different versions of the same story, and while one of them is bound to be better than the other, it seems strange to me that anyone would want it to play out like this.  For example, in the manga, Kale doesn’t discover her Super Saiyan form until we’re well into the tournament.  Frieza starts clobbering Caulifla, and Cabba realizes that Kale has been holding back out of respect for Caulifla.  She doesn’t want Caulifla to know that she’s stronger than her leader.  But as Frieza defeats Caulifla and Cabba, she loses it and flips out. 
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And this is awesome!  No problem here, but what bothers me is how things go from this point forward.
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Kale starts going berserk and eliminates almost everybody.  Universes 2, 3, and 10 all fall.  I think I lost track of Universe 4, so she might have gotten them too.  Dr. Paparoni and his three robots combine together into that big guy whose name I don’t want to look up, and Kale literally one-shots him.  It’s like Toyotaro was obligated to use every fighter in this arc, including this combined form, but no one said he had to let them stick around very long. 
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Kale even chucks out her own teammates.  She picks up Auta Magetta, which even Vegeta couldn’t do, and when Saonel and Pilina try to reason with her, she throws them out too.  And this is also fine, because fuck Auta Magetta, but also, if you’re going to have a berserker Super Saiyan in your tournament, then let her go berserk. 
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As Caulifla and Cabba decide how to handle this, they worry that Kale might self-destruct, so they have to try to stop her.  Then Caulifla drops a pair of Potara earrings,  which she stole from the Universe 6 Supreme Kai before the tournament.  Champa tells her to put one in her own ear and one in Kale’s ear.  In the anime, this was all planned out in advance, but here in the manga, it was blind luck that Caulifla happened to steal these things, and Champa called an audible. 
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My beef here is that fusing Caulifla and Kale into Kefla this way doesn’t solve Kale’s long-term problem.  It solves Universe 6′s problem, because now instead of Kale going nuts, you have Kefla, who’s even stronger and retains her senses.  But there’s no scene where Kale learns how to control herself, and no scene where the two of them agree to use the Potara.  A lot of pages are devoted to Caulifla and Kale, but there’s not much character development to any of it.  It’s mostly just Kale going nuts and then Kefla wiping out the last of the small fry in this tournament. 
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So you might be wondering: Well what about Goku and Jiren?  Well, the theme of this arc is that Goku’s been going straight after Jiren this whole time, but stuff like the invisible fighter and Kale’s rampage keep interrupting them.  We don’t get to see them fight in this part of the story, but the implication is that they’ve been fighting off-panel.  Then Kefla tries to attack them both, until...
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... Gohan steps in and challenges Kefla so that Goku can focus on Jiren.  On paper, that doesn’t sound like a bad idea, but it really doesn’t work because we’re supposed to believe that Goku vs. Jiren is important but they won’t show any of it. 
Everything is sort of... implied with this adaptation. I can’t put my finger on it, but I get the sense that Toyotaro just sort of took it for granted that his readers already know these characters from the anime, so there was no pressing need to showcase them in the manga.  Anyway, here’s Winger with “Headed for a Heartbreak.” 
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Wow, Winger sucks so much ass...
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dollyocaccount · 4 months
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Ranking HALT agents on how likely they are to kill villains that they fight with (least likely to most likely):
1. Andrés: LOOK, HE WILL FRAME AND BLACKMAIL PEOPLE BUT HE DRAWS THE LINE AT MURDER. Like, he has killed people but that's only for really desperate situations. So a villain just crying when they lose a fight with him and they're all: "PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!" and he's all: "¿QUE? NO. I'M NOT GONNA KI- JESUS, IS THAT WHAT YOU THOUGHT!? You poor thing, I'm so sorry! I didn't know I was giving off that vibe-"
2. Troy because he did almost hurt a bunch of people the Four Beasts so he tries to control it and tame it. He will let villains go if he feels like his control is slipping so Taraji, Chase, and him fighting a villain and he's all: "Guys, I have to sit this one out!" and Chase is all: "UNDERSTOOD. WE CAN HANDLE IT." and Taraji nods and she's all: "WE'VE GOT YOUR BACK! TAKE COVER." and Troy smiling because it honestly feels like the old days when they were friends.
3. Nevaeh. Her honor code wouldn't allow it, man. She isn't supposed to kill things weaker than her and if she did, that would mean she is a worthless excuse of a Yautja and broke the code. So yeah, no, she won't kill you but that doesn't mean she won't hurt you.
4. Kikazaru just because he can hear them coming and their movements so it's not a battle that really lasts long. Not to mention he is the quickest to act out of his brothers so yeah, he won't kill any villains he fights but he might scare them tbh. He can't help it, he was trained by Akira-
5. Vincent: He doesn't fight much but he might kill a villain accidentally if his experiments get too intense and his reaction would just be: "...Shame. Guess thats something to note for next time."
6. Lisa: She probably won't kill you. That might be worse because that either means you're useful to her and she has a plan for you OR you're just gonna get locked up. Unless you're Ramone or closely associated with him, then she'll just let you off with a warning.
7. Iwazaru: Okay so he MIGHT kill you but that genuinely depends on how the fight goes. Like if you're a good fighter and you give him a good challenge, then he will kill you. He's got shit to do and your inconsiderate ass decided to be somewhat decent at fighting him. So he will probably kill you, especially if you injure him or cut his hair, as petty vengeance for wasting his goddamn time. If you're pathetic enough, however, he'll just arrest you and tease you. Like, he's all: "HAHA, YOU NEARLY PISSED YOURSELF! JEEZ, AM I THAT SCARY!?"
8. Warden: Doesn't kill villains THAT often because, sadly, half of the villains are friends with his boyfriend and he doesn't want to upset him BUT HE STRUGGLES WITH THE URGE TO DO SO. Like, sometimes Kitty gets on his nerves and Warden taking out his gun and aiming it at her and she's all: "Boy, put that thing back, we both know you're not gonna shoot me-" and his eye twitches and he's all: "I hate you. So, so, SO much right now-"
9. Blaise: YEAH, NO. LIKE IWAZARU, IT ALSO DEPENDS ON HOW GOOD OF A FIGHTER YOU ARE. Like, if you're super good, she can't help but go overboard and might accidentally kill you. LIKE, KEEP IN MIND SHE HAD A PRETTY GOOD FIGHT WITH MISHA AND SHE LOST CONTROL SHE NEARLY MELTED HIM. So if you're pathetic enough and stroke her ego, she might just punch you a little less but overall, THE WORST HALT AGENT TO GET ARRESTED BECAUSE SHE WILL MAKE SURE YOU HAVE BRUISES AND BURNS.
10. MIZARU. As cute as he is, the assassin in him is still very much alive, and Lisa actually saves him for missions where he does get to kill people or take people out. Like, his brothers never let him patrol the city by himself because that means a lot of people are gonna die and have their eyes taken because Mizaru likes to collect eyes of his victims. Like you know how people have a coin jar? He has an eye jar. So, like, Kikazaru and Iwazaru can't leave him alone so they're all: "WHERE IS MIZA!?"/ "I THOUGHT MIZA WAS WITH YOU!?" and then they find him and he's on top of some dead guy and they're all: "MIZAAAAAA!" and he's all: "What? Miza saw him hurting poor little kitties. He's a bad guy, isn't he? Now he's a dead bad guy!"
11. Angelo. If you so much as j-walk, this guy is on your ass. So if you're a villain and you see he's out at night, just take it as a sign from God to just stay in and rethink your life choices.
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traveler-of-light · 10 months
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For the new ship!!
1) What were Astrid and Hien’s first impressions of each other?
2) What did they bond over? How did they grow closer?
3) What were the obstacles for them getting together?
4) What do their closest friends and allies think about them getting together?
5) What do they like most about each other?
THIS MIGHT BE LONG BE PREPARED (SORRY🙈)
1) Astrid: this kid is the LORD? (She expected someone older)
Hien: ohhh a Xaela that comes from Eorzia now I have seen it all.
Astrid is quite impressed by his attitude at the beginning, since he's ready to literally offer his head to the empire, so she quickly surmises that INDEED this is the lord, cause his devotion to his people is something that reminds her of her childhood friend Aymeric, but taken to the EXTREME.
Hien is curious about her, she is Xaela, her scales and attitude towards fight make it clear. But she doesn't behave like any Xaela he has seen so far, she wears western clothes (in this AU it would be the dragoon mail) her spear fight is nothing like the one in the steppe, and she is CLEARLY uncomfortable whenever another Xaela asks about her past. HE'S VERY CURIOUS.
2) At the beginning they interact as normal like when you play the expansion, but they start sparring together and learning about each other, and for Astrid having someone that doesn't judge her for not knowing about her own culture is very important (the scene when you learn about the Oronir lore is very important here, it's when Astrid finds her only relative alive, her uncle Udutai) going through the trial also gets them together.... And come on
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This scene was pretty important for their development too.
3) them getting together is a bit hard at the beginning cause TWO DUMMIES. Astrid is convinced Hien likes Lyse. Hien is convinced Astrid is not interested cause she keeps trying to get him and Lyse together 🤣🤣🤣
There's also of course the whole he's a head of state and she's a WoL
4) The scions are super on board, she deserves someone that loves her and they all are pretty sure he's a good guy.
YUGIRI IS TIRED OF THE PINING SHE WANTS THEM TOGETHER ASAP. Gosetsu is also onboard.
5) Hien is brave, smart, a fighter through and through, Astrid also likes that he's very loyal and is a badass
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TELL ME THIS ENTRANCE ISN'T BADASS
He's also sweet and polite, with a hint of a great sense of humor.
And to Hien Astrid is an enigma at the beginning, and he very much enjoys finding little more about her with every conversation, she's a breath of fresh air, she doesn't give him any special treatment, she's honest, she can hold her own in a fight, and she is loyal to a stubborn degree, a hard worker no matter what she's doing. (And when he finds she's a softie he's delighted)
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