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angel-of-the-moons · 5 months

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Chocolates vs Aliens

Eddie/Venom x Pregnant!Fem!Reader

TW/CW: Fluff, details of pregnancy , childbirth mentions. Venom loves babies! This! Is! A hill! I will die on!

A/N: The winners of the poll! I'll do the Moon Boys next! Also okay its not a drabble but enjoy this hot word vomit asdfghjkl idk should I make a part 2??

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"SHE IS OUT OF CHOCOLATE?!" Venom's voice boomed inside his head.

"Relax, buddy, we can hit up the 7/11 down the street." Eddie scoffed, adjusting his wireless earbud. Thankfully it looked like he was on the phone, so he could talk freely to Venom without anyone thinking he was insane.

And well, he kind of was, a tiny bit.

Just a tad...

"BUT I CAN SMELL IT!" The symbiote whined childishly as Eddie scooped the frozen egg rolls into the wiry basket looped over his arms.

"Yeah yeah, I know. Mrs Chen could have eaten the last one, Vee. Just chill. How about some chocolate ice cream?" Eddie grinned at the pun.

"No! We always get brain freezes!" He entity huffed.

"Because you scarf down the whole tub in one go." Eddie chuckled.

Venom grumbled again, and a tendril snaked out from beneath Eddie's sweater and dropped a box of brownie mix into the basket. "Fine. I can settle with these."

"Whatever you say, love, but you're helping me bake the shit." The man shrugged in reply as he remembered to grab a carton of milk. He'd need some eggs, too... Well, at least his landlord let him move the chicken coop to the roof in exchange for some free eggs.

Those chickens were fat and spoiled, and Venom loved the little critters dearly, which Eddie always found humorous. Now, whenever Eddie made the joke of turning them into KFC, Venom would be aghast and headbutt him, citing that Sonny and Cher were his "babies".

He'd been talking like that a lot lately, Eddie realized. Venom apparently had a paternal streak in him. Eddie noticed that as well when Venom would find homeless kids or runaways, helping them and trying to seem as non-threatening as possible, even going as far as to change his fangs so they were blunt. (One of the kids assured him that was far creepier than the monster fangs, which made Eddie nearly keel over in laughter...)

"Deal." Venom purred happily, the tendril receding back to slip beneath Eddie's shirt and wrap around him like a hug.

"Alright, alright." Eddie chuckled, grabbing an extra box just in case as he walked around the shelves, sparing a glance at his phone to check the time.

"Eddie." Venom's voice said.

"What?" Eddie lifted his gaze, feeling Venom's haste flood him and put him on alert.

His eyes trailed the store until he landed on the checkout counter, where you were sitting. Not Mrs Chen, but cute, innocent, blissful you.

You were happily munching on a chocolate bar, one of the very ones Venom wanted. It would seem you had claimed it, eating the sugary morsel happily.

"Oh." Eddie mumbled.

He felt it as Venom seized control of his legs suddenly, sending him forward in jerking motions until he practically ran into the counter, making you jump in surprise.

"Oh! Sorry!" He smiled awkwardly, a faint blush to his cheeks.

'Venom, quit it! I'll get you chocolate later!' He said mentally to the alien inhabiting his body.

"No, Eddie. Wait."

"I, ah... Got a bit sidetracked and tripped over my feet." He added.

You smiled at him, "Oh, god. Yeah, I feel you. Lately it's like dragging my heels through wet cement." You chuckled.

Huh. You were... God, you were cute. He could tell even Venom thought so. With your cute fluffy turtleneck and your hair all done, your cheeks nice and rosy from the blush you'd applied.

Which... brought up the question.

"I've never seen you 'round here before." Eddie commented. "Mrs Chen is usually the only person I see in here..."

"Oh! I'm new in town, I live just down and street and she saw my situation and offered me a part-time here. I have a work from home job and everything, but ugh, just staying cooped up inside is so boring!" You say the last part with a groan.

"Damn, would've been nice if she offered me that job a couple years ago." Eddie chuckled.

You giggled a bit at him and looked at his basket, "Is that all for ya, hon?"

"Oh, yeah!" Eddie said, carefully organizing the things onto the glass counter. His eyes flicked to the candy bar you were still steadily breaking pieces off of.

"Bit of a sweet tooth, huh?" He teased.

"Ugh, god... lately? Yes! The craving for it has been absolute hell." You sigh exhaustedly. "Almost everything in my apartment is chocolate flavored or scented now!"

"... Cravings?" Eddie echoed, raising a thick brow.

"Okay, I know what you're thinking and no. It's not "that time of the month" like your brain is probably saying." You snort.

Eddie watches as your hand trails down to your midsection and you pat your belly beneath the plush fabric of your sweater, where a gentle swell stood out a bit more prominently as you smooth the fabric taut over your stomach.

"I just have a certain little jellybean who thinks they can dictate what mama wants to eat all the time. And apparently, chocolate is what's on the menu for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. And... in between." You chuckle.

"OH." Eddie and Venom thought in unison.

"That's why she smells like that!" Venom barked, realizing the underlying scent of chocolate on you was laced with something else. Hormones. He was picking up on those, too.

"Oh! Uh, congrats!" Eddie said, clearing his throat awkwardly. "I'm sure you and your, uh, partner are probably super happy, huh?"

"Oh, no, it's just me." You smiled with a hum, taking another little sweet square between your lips.

Eddie's brow furrowed. "What?"

"Okay, so I'm not gonna be rude, but I will explain." You snicker. You seemed infinitely patient and polite about the subject. Apparently this very thing must be a common occurrence with you, that random people must constantly ask this same question, and how tiring it surely must be to answer it again and again...

"No, I don't have a partner, husband, or anything. No daddy."

Eddie awkwardly pointed to your belly. "Then how did y'know... that get in there?"

Eddie controlled the flinch he wanted to make when Venom pinched him. "You did NOT just call her baby a THAT!"

"Yeah, yeah I know. But there's something everyone forgets, and that it doesn't always "take two to tango"." You smile at him again, ringing up his items with one hand, chocolate still clutched firmly in another.

"I decided that I wanted to be a mom. But I didn't want to just go out and get pregnant willy nilly. I have a good job, steady income. But I don't have time to date and there's always the concern that I'd be left a single parent if whoever I was with decided parenthood wasn't for them, y'know?"

Eddie nodded patiently as he and Venom listened to you with rapt attention.

"I went to a fertility clinic, did what the doctor said, then had my egg fertilized with a sperm donor. And then boom," You point to your belly. "Jellybean."

"Oh, that... Yeah okay I forget fertility clinics are a thing." Eddie laughed, shaking his head.

"Well I'm glad you're so open-minded about it!" You grin. "Most people judge me and go "oh your baby needs a father!" and the ever so classic "you don't even know who the father is?" line."

Eddie frowned, and he could tell even Venom was irritated on your behalf. "You don't need to have a partner or spouse to raise a baby. Seriously. What is this, the 1940s?"

"I knoooow!" You giggle again. "And besides! I can support me and my baby just fine, and I'm already happy and so far the pregnancy has been a breeze!"

Eddie could feel a tugging sensation from Venom. The symbiote was curious, and wanted to touch. But Eddie knew that was not only rude as hell, but to some people, socially unacceptable if you don't know the person or ask permission first.

"How uh, far along are you?"

"I just hit my second trimester." You chirp proudly, patting your belly. "The baby's tiny, but I'm finally showing, now."

"Ohhh." Eddie snapped his fingers. "Hence "jellybean", right?"

"Yes!" You laugh.

Eddie pulled out his card and swiped it to pay for the groceries. "It's a cute nickname. Have you thought of any names yet?"

Your brain did a record scratch, and Eddie could see the look on your face.

Nope. Not at all.

You hadn't thought of a damn one. Especially because you didn't know the sex of your baby yet.

"Uh...."

Eddie started snickering at your expression, "Ahhh. My bad." He shoots you a cocky grin, "If I can recommend a name, Eddie is a pretty strong one!"

"Weak." Venom mocked.

"Eddie?" You echo, blinking.

"Oh, don't listen to him, girl." Mrs Chen snorted as she walked up to you two, whacking Eddie with a rolled up newspaper. "This boy is nothing but trouble!"

Her words were jabbing, but not spoken without affection, so you could tell they had a history together.

"Ow! Hey!" Eddie pouted, rubbing the top of his head.

"Oh please, I'd need to shoot this out of a cannon to dent that hard head of yours!" She huffed with a smirk, crossing her arms.

She tilted her head and noticed the candy bar in your hand, and made the mental connection with Eddie and Venom. Riiiiiight. Venom needed chocolate. Mrs Chen tossed it to you when you started scrolling through your phone for door dash orders for chocolate cakes from local restaurants to sate your cravings.

"Oh, right. Sorry about your chocolate fix." Mrs Chen replied, her gum smacking softly. "Gave the lady one to help ease her stomach."

The flush to your cheeks made Eddie smile as you looked at the candy in your hand. "I'm sorry!" You sputtered.

"Hey, man, you got a baby in you. You can't exactly tell the little, uh.... eh. The little person they can't have it?" Eddie struggled. He wasn't sure how the whole cravings thing worked, honestly. Would you indeed cry if he didn't accept your offer? Would your baby get hungry? Was that a thing? He knew jack and shit about babies in general, man.

"Pff, moron."

'Parasite.'

"I AM NOT A PARASITE!"

"Oh, I know but uh..." You say, your eyelashes fluttering as you think, looking from Eddie to the bar in your hand. You decided to finish breaking off the pieces you were working on, and extend your hand giving the rest to Eddie. "Here! I'm good, if I need more I can nab some from the gas station down the street."

"Oh! Uh... I don't wanna, y'know. Take anything from you and your baby." Eddie said, waving his hands.

"Eddie, if you refuse to take it, she could cry." Mrs Chen teased. "You don't want to make a pregnant woman cry do you?"

Eddie's face was hilarious as panic started to bubble up within him as he looked from you, to your outstretched hand, to Mrs Chen, who stood as proud as can be at the chaos she had just sewn.

"Hey! I'm not that hormonal!" You retort to the older lady. But... you deflate a tiny bit. "...Okay, well not yet but still!"

Eddie was still going through the moral dilemma of accepting the kind gesture vs taking candy from a literal baby in somebody's womb.

Venom made the choice for him, extending our Eddie's hand and letting him take it.

"I, uh... Thanks." Eddie blabbered quickly.

"Now let's go home before you make an idiot out of us further." Venom cackled gleefully at the socially awkward situation.

Eddie grabbed the plastic bags and gave an awkward wave and a smile before skittering out of the store with his tail between his legs.

"Geez, he needs to get laid once in a while." Mrs Chen scoffed, going over to check inventory.

You barely had a moment to collect yourself, stopping before you laughed so hard you peed yourself.

That was the first time you and Eddie ever met. It would not be the last.

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Eddie shopped at Mrs Chen's place pretty regularly, her prices were easy on the wallet and she was close by to he and Venom's apartment.

You steadily built up a rapport with Eddie over the next two or three weeks. Venom was inexplicably drawn to you, wanting to constantly convince Eddie to touch your belly.

Eddie kept reminding him that it was frankly rude as shit to do that, and that hell, it would probably make you uncomfortable.

Not long after that, Eddie and Venom discovered--to Venom's utter glee--thay you lived in the same building, the apartment just above his. They found this out when Venom insisted on making sure you made it home after your shift at Mrs Chen's ended, knowing how vulnerable a pregnant lady looked to crooks and criminals.

Twice Venom caught and ate the brains of lowlifes who tried stalking you.

Venom, despite you not knowing of his existence, was fiercely protective of you. And... well he liked you. They liked you.

Eddie hated how quickly both he and Venom became infatuated with you, listening to you talk about your baby, your cravings... They could tell you were lonely despite your cheerful demeanor. Yes, Eddie and Venom had each other already, but they quickly thought about adding you to the mix.

But again, you didn't know about the alien slime monster living inside of Eddie. That subject would have to definitely wait...

He would check on you, leaning his head out his window on occasion to talk to you as you looked up, it brightened up the monotony of your at-home life in between work, asking about how you were feeling as your pregnancy developed. He even texted you lists of different baby names and their meanings to help you out!

When he first asked you out, you were floored. You've never met a man who was interested in a woman pregnant with somebody else's baby, before. You've heard about it sure, but... You were more surprised anyone was interested in you while pregnant with some guy's baby. Let alone your cute downstairs neighbor who apparently babied his pet chickens that were kept on the rooftop.

He even introduced you to them! You didn't hold them of course, for fear of bacteria, and chuckled as he furiously disinfected himself before even coming within three feet of you, all for you and your baby's health.

A man who was sweet, considerate, caring and he loves animals? Add the looks to that bill and that was a difference you were willing to pay. How was he still single?!

But... Well. That changed after your first date, and he was glad you accepted it all.

And it wasn't long after that (several weeks actually) you discovered he wasn't, in fact, single. He didn't have a girlfriend or anything but he certainly had a partner.

Said partner... was some kind of ooze-critter that lived inside of him. And you only found this out when you came home from a late night convenience store run for some triple chocolate chunk ice cream, walked into your apartment...

And saw him.

Venom, in his hulking form, stood awkwardly in your apartment, looking like a deer trapped in headlights when you flicked your lights back on, the ice cream in your bag forgotten.

As your door slowly swung closed due to angled flooring, you opened your mouth to scream.

Venom cut you off, his massive hands shooting up and he waved them, "DON'T SCREAM!"

You snapped your mouth shut, your teeth making an audible click as your heart hammered in your chest.

"We were worried! You weren't responding to our texts or when we knocked on your door?" His deep and rumbly voice growled out.

You shudder at the timbre of his voice, eyes never once leaving the rows of jagged fangs in his maw. You drop your plastic bag and step back, covering your belly--now very prominent as you were later in your term--protectively.

That seems to... upset him? He frowned, looking at the carpet as he lowered his hands, his large eyes narrowing as he carefully thought, trying to think of ways to alleviate the fear bubbling through you.

He took a slow step towards you, like you were a frightened animal caught in a trap that he had to be gentle with, lest you struggle or flail and get hurt.

"We were worried about you. We--" His head snapped to his left and he snarled. "Yes! "We"! You were worried, too! Don't try to say you weren't!"

You watch, in shock as he has essentially a one-sided argument with himself, getting exasperated, saying the word "love" and "dear" here and there.

You stayed, scared, until the ugly sensation of your nausea reared its ugly head and you dropped the plastic bag, literally shoving past this gigantic creature in a mad dash to your bathroom or you were gonna blow chunks right then and there.

You didn't even shut the door before you collapsed to your knees, hugging the bowl as you heaved the contents of your digestive system into the pearly white porcelain, leaving what could only be the Venom, the creature that supposedly stalked your city eating people, in your living room.

By the end of the nausea fit, your eyes were watery, your nose was runny and your face blotched with color, the whites of your eyes glassy from the strain. You felt lightheaded and dizzy as you rinsed your mouth with water right from the tap, gargling and spitting until the foul acidic taste went away.

You felt your now empty stomach growl and your first instinct was to go get food and eat again, to replenish the energy you just spent hurling everything you ate that day.

But then you remembered...

The big guy.

You didn't have any sort of object to wield as a weapon, so you merely sheepishly peeked around the corner, watching as the creature called Venom gingerly moved about your kitchen, things that looked like tentacles reaching out and grabbing a cup, some ice, and a can of ginger ale from your fridge and pour it into the cup; all the while making a sandwich. Nutella with your banana/mango spread. A favorite you'd started to enjoy in the past week.

But the only person you ever told that to was...

You froze when he turned around, locking eyes with you as he set the food on your breakfast island, sheepishly rubbing the back of his neck.

"We... We know that you're probably hungry after... So we figured..." He said, gesturing vaguely to the food and drink in front of him.

"How do you know..." You breathed.

His colossal shoulders heave as he sighed, walking around the island and over to you, stopping just a mere few feet away.

"Promise not to be mad? Or scream?"

You weren't sure why in the hell he asked you that, but you felt already too far gone into shock to really argue. Plus, throwing up took all urges to scream from your poor sore throat.

So, you nodded.

"Okay."

You watched as the strange black goo peels back layer by slinking layer, until a man is revealed beneath.

But it's not just any man.

It's fucking Eddie. Your neighbor-turned-recent-boyfriend.

"You--!"

"We can explain! Just please, please don't be mad at us!" Eddie winced.

You felt another dizzy spell start to hit at this revelation. "How long--"

"A few years. Look, we planned on telling you. It's just... not tonight. When you didn't answer my texts or calls, I got worried and..." He sighed.

You watched as Venom's head moved out from behind Eddie's shoulder to peer at you, the thick black goo that made up the appendage holding his head up moving almost like water. He offered you a smile, and part of you wished that'd solve the tension in the air, to assuage your increasing confusion. But sadly, it didn't.

"Vee didn't want to fucking wait an extra ten minutes when you didn't answer the door and climbed through your window, which you should start locking I mean I know we're on the upper floors with no balcony or fire escape, but it's still a safety concern and with the baby--"

You interrupted Eddie's rambling. "Vee?" You echo.

"Uh--okay. That's what I call Venom when he isn't being an incorrigible shithead. Or a parasite who takes control of my body." Eddie sighed.

You almost laughed when Venom headbutted him in the side of his head.

"Stop calling me that! It's rude!" Venom snarled.

"No, what's rude is breaking into somebody's apartment!" Eddie retorted, jabbing a finger at Venom. "We talked about this!"

"You were worried, too!"

"Yes but I wasn't going to crawl through her goddamn window!"

Your eyes darted from one to the other as they started bickering like a... like a... Oh.

Yeah. It was after a two hour long conversation that Eddie told you everything. About his ex, the Life Foundation, finding Venom, fighting Riot, then the whole thing with Carnage, Venom's offspring... and of course, their actual relationship with one another, now. They argued like a married couple because they basically were one, complete with... well. You weren't ready in the current situation to imagine how the bedroom situation worked between them, yet.

You took it better than he expected. Way better.

"Honestly.... The only thing scarier than Venom is childbirth." You said, sitting next to him on the couch, your hands on your belly.

"...Eddie." you said slowly.

"Uh--yeah? What's up, sweetheart?" He asked awkwardly, Venom's eyes immediately drawn down to where your hands caressed the bump beneath your thin t shirt.

"How come you haven't asked to touch my belly yet? I'm... surprised. I've had random people come up to me and ask, but not... you."

"Wait... uh. So. You're giving... Permission?" Eddie asked, blinking his big, ridiculously lashed eyes at you.

"Well, yeah, and--"

"FINALLY!" Venom hissed.

In a black blur, Venom lurched forward over Eddie's shoulder, straight for your tummy. He pressed the side of his head against your belly, tendrils of his strange slime-like flesh wrapping around your midsection; listening to the baby's heartbeat and feeling for any movements.

Eddie meanwhile, looked equal parts horrified and embarrassed as he facepalmed, blushing all the way to his ears. "That's why. He's been fucking obsessed with you and your baby since he first realized you were pregnant."

You looked down as the symbiote cuddled you, and by extension, your baby, your jaw agape at how he was purring while he nuzzled into you.

"...That's why you're always so concerned about me?" You asked dumbly, blinking over at Eddie, who gave you an awkward smile and shrug in reply.

"Yeah, hate to break it to you, doll, but... Vee has kinda... claimed you two." He said.

"Claimed me." You repeated.

"Yeah. He has this thing... with kids?" He rolled his hand to try and think of words to describe it. "He's overprotective. He's the same with Sonny and Cher, it's just... he doesn't interact with many pregnant people so when he met you, that weird little drive kicked in. The fact that we both started feeling something for you outside of that kinda blindsided us, but..."

"So what?" Venom scoffed, resting his chin on the curve of your belly, looking up at you with a grin. "This is our baby now, and we will protect the both of you."

"Venom!" Eddie snapped.

"You claimed us?" You were having a difficult time wrapping your head around this. All of it. The whole situation in general. First your boyfriend has a boyfriend who technically isn't a boy but identifies as one because gender was a foreign concept to his species, they were together before they met you, Venom is a literal alien--

And now... was he saying...

"L-Look, I know it's early on and we haven't been dating long, but..." Eddie rubbed his sweaty palms on his faded-out jeans.

"Are you two saying... that you want to be with me? Rest of the pregnancy, birth, and all?"

The hell was your life, some kind of weird, cheap, sci-fi romance novel? The dashing, handsome alien(s) swoop in and offer to help raise your baby? What kind of parallel world were you in?

Eddie was quiet, and Venom merely stared at him, before looking back at you.

"Yes." He said. "Eddie is too much of a pussy to say it, but he likes the idea of taking care of a tiny you."

"Venom! Fuck! Stop calling me that!" Eddie snapped at the symbiote as he protectively snuggled your tummy.

Venom merely stuck his tongue out at him, "I will when you stop calling me a parasite!" He looked back up at you, giving you the best rendition he could of a hurt puppy. "Do you see how he talks to me? Despicable!"

You snorted a short laugh before you could stop yourself, and covered your mouth.

"Hah! See? She thinks I'm funny! So shut it!"

"Oh, my god, that does not count--"

"Yes it does I already won." Venom said contentedly.

"Look!" Eddie groans. "Just... We are willing to be with you. Take care of you, and help with the baby. If... you'll have us. I know this whole situation is weird, but..." Eddie trails off, looking at you hopefully.

The decision wasn't as difficult as you thought it'd be. Eddie and Venom haven't given you a reason to be afraid--other than scaring the shit out of you earlier because Venom apparently has fucking anxiety--and, well... They were so sweet, and gentle... And if Venom doting on your unborn baby currently was any indication, the affection would probably increase a hundred fold after your little bundle of joy arrived.

"Okay." You said.

All the tension seemed to drain from Eddie's body and he sighed, a relieved smile blooming on his face as he looked at you with a look in his eyes that had your heart doing a little flip in your chest.

"Thank God..." Eddie sighed happily.

Venom grinned widely at you, before shooting back to Eddie and seizing the body again, his inky black mass covering Eddie entirely.

Your couch creaked under the added weight of Venom's increased mass as he leaned over, dwarfing your whole body as he wrapped his thick, tree-trunk arms around your tinier body, nuzzling into your cheek before giving you a kiss. Thankfully no tongue, because you thought you'd probably choke if he did that.

When he pulled back, your face was flush at the boldness of his actions, and looked up at him as his opalescent eyes narrowed sweetly down at you.

But something Venom said clicked into your brain, finally, once it rebooted from the kiss.

"Venom, you said you two wouldn't mind helping raise a tiny me." You began. "But I don't know if I'm having a boy or girl, yet."

"Oh, we can." Venom grinned. "I could tell when I was holding onto you. It was easy."

"What?!" You sputter.

"You're having a little girl, by the way."

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You booked an appointment two weeks later. And damn, Venom was right. You were having a girl! At least the naming situation was easier, now that you narrowed down the sex.

Many people said you and Eddie were moving fast, but you ignored them because they didn't know the real situation. Your apartment was bigger, two rooms, one for you (and now Eddie and Venom) and the other was the nursery for the baby.

Eddie was affectionate, but Venom was downright clingy. He was almost always wrapped around your belly in some way or another, purring as he used his weird slimy body to massage you. He helped with your back strain surprisingly, how he would massage you. Eddie proposed maybe letting Venom bond with you for the remainder of the pregnancy to ensure safety and good health, but Venom shot the idea down himself.

He explained it like it was a bit like an organ donor match, if you weren't a match for him you could get sick, or God forbid both you and the baby could die. And to Eddie's surprise Venom made the nature decision to settle for massaging your back and tummy to ease the strain.

Venom jumped at the chance to rub your coconut oil into your belly to help ease the risk and appearance of stretch marks, too.

Through the mood swings, crazy cravings and nesting phases and all, you two boyfriends stayed with you through all of it. Several times you woke up to Venom and Eddie cooking in the kitchen, making sure you had a decent breakfast in the morning.

The only problem was... well. They cooked like broke college boys. So, you spent time giving them cooking lessons, which was one of the funnest things you'd done in a while. The messes were worth cleaning up, the cute recordings you made were memories that'd last a very very long time.

Nighttime cuddles were great, Venom slinking beneath the blankets to wrap around both you and Eddie to snuggle, massaging you the whole night. It really helped when he would conform a certain way so you could lay on your side comfortably and ease the strain on your poor spine and hips.

Who needed a pregnancy pillow when you had a symbiote, right?

Eddie and Venom read up as much as they could on the subject of babies and childbirth and to say Eddie was terrified was an absolute understatement. The photos and diagrams alone had him chewing his nails (getting a swift smack from Venom) and he felt himself getting queasy when he found out that apparently you would be delivering the placenta as well?!

How much did you have to go through, making a tiny human?!

This whole situation amused the fuck out of you, however, as you'd done all this research and merely accepted it. A bit of blood, etcetera after delivery seemed easy to deal with given you've dealt with your period since puberty and that alone was a mess by itself...

But watching a man learn more about it? Oh, it was hilarious.

But hey! They were excited for a cute little baby girl to snuggle and kiss!

One night, you were laying in bed as you scrolled through various baby items online, saving a few cute things for later. Eddie had his head on your shoulder, watching a movie, with an arm draped over your belly, now painfully (sometimes literally) obvious bump, feeling the baby shift and move around as she kicked inside of you.

Venom had encapsulated Eddie's arm, his massive hand stroking your tummy idly.

Apparently, a thought had been bouncing around in Venom's brain and he finally decided to ask it. His head morphed from behind Eddie and peered over at you.

"The baby is a girl." He said.

"Yeah, Venom, that's been established." Eddie snorted, moving until his cheek was resting on your chest.

"Eddie, that's mean." You chuckle, running your fingers through his hair. "Venom, continue."

"Thank you, sweet thing." Venom purred at you, shooting Eddie a glare afterwards.

"But anyway... If the baby is a girl now..." He tipped his head to the side. "What if the baby decides or realizes when she's older that she isn't one? Or either?"

You lower your phone, eyebrows raised at the gravity of his question. Even Eddie sat up on his elbow to look at Venom, surprised at the depth of the question coming from his symbiote. Honestly though, the subject made sense coming from a species that technically didn't have genders in the first place...

Venom seemed happy with your reply, and looked to Eddie expectantly. He already knew what his opinion was, but he wanted him to say it out loud for you.

"Well..." You begin. "If she decides she wasn't born the right gender, or feels like she's neither, or even leaning on both scales... I won't have a problem. I just want our baby to be happy and healthy, not conformed or trapped in any way. That includes the identity she will have as she realizes things about herself."

"Well, I don't have room to talk on gender identity." Eddie snickered. "Considering how you didn't really decide to go by male pronouns until you bonded with me and stuck with that identity because it fit for you... so, yeah. Whatever the baby decides when she's old enough is fine with me."

You grin and kiss Eddie on his temple, ruffling his hair as Venom nuzzles into your belly.

Yeah...

Safe, happy, and loved. That's what your baby would be, no matter what. With her two weird dads and her mom who puts up with their nonsense.

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giac222 · 3 months

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I think one of the most annoying takes I see about TCOAAL is when someone says Ashley is solely the problem and that Andrew is completely innocent…💀 like did we play the same game?? Ashley and Andrew are the same, they always have been. Andrew just hides it better, but we see his mask slip in Ch. 2.

In a comment section on YouTube I literally saw someone say “Andrew needs to realize that Ashley is a bitch and leave.”… I rolled my eyes 🤦🏻‍♀️ lmao, like alright are we just going to completely ignore everything Andrew did? I’m convinced that person didn’t actually play the game.

I’m going to die on the hill that Ashley and Andrew weren’t born evil. The two of them are a product of their environment, especially Ashley. We see that her parents never cared about her and that her “friends” weren’t actually her friends. I’m sure we’ll see more of this in Ch. 3, I already know it’s going to make me sad ughhh. Ashley’s been treated like shit by everyone around her it seems except for Andrew. Andrew has been the only consistent presence in her life, the only one who’s ever been there for her. The flashback from her birthday was so fkn sad, but Andrew tried his best to make it special for her 😭. When she called him her favorite lemon muffin 🥺 yeah, she loves him downnn.

Ashley also has major self esteem issues which absolutely stem from her childhood. Again, I think we’ll see more of this in Ch. 3. She also has a ton of internalized misogyny, she’s had it since she was a kid. I’m like girl.. why are you like 10 calling other girls hussies? 😂 Seriously though, I believe she picked this behavior up from her mother. I mean where else would she learn those words and behaviors from? It’s very easy for kids to pick up on things. I really need the lore on Mrs.Graves because I don’t think she was born evil either. 🤔 The fact that she was a teen mom of 2 before the age of 18 is crazy. That also means her and Mr.Graves have been together for quite some time.

We know Mrs.Graves overall doesn’t care about either of her children, but it’s fair to say that Andrew was treated somewhat better than Ashley. I bring this up because I’ve heard stories about how some moms are easy on their sons while being very hard on their daughters. Also, I’ve seen someone else bring this up before, but when Andrew declines the olive branch and defends Ashley, Mrs.Graves doesn’t understand why and then she accuses him of sleeping with her. Why did her mind automatically go there? As if he couldn’t love Ashley for any reason other than sex. I think the reason Mrs.Graves said that is because of her own internalized misogyny and is projecting. Basically saying: If a man cares about you and does things for you, it’s obviously because you’re sleeping with him, not because he actually wants to do those things out of love. I could be wrong though, that’s just something I picked up on. So yes, I do believe Ashley got her internalized misogyny from her mother. I think generational trauma is definitely at play here, which is honestly just sad more than anything.

Andrew is everything to Ashley, he really is the center of her world 😭, and he’s the only person who’s shown her any type of love. We know she’s terrified of losing him and will do anything to keep him around. Considering no one else has stuck around in her life, it makes sense that she has serious abandonment issues 😞. Ashley can be abusive and manipulative, but I don’t think she necessarily wants to do that, she does it because she thinks that’s the only way she can keep him in her life… what she doesn’t understand though is that Andrew loves her just as much as she loves him, he would stick by her without any of that, we know this, even though he doesn’t show it as much. In ch. 3, I’m sure we’ll finally see him open up more and give her the affection and reassurance she needs. We see a glimpse of this in the questionable burial route when they’re on the bridge. In my opinion, I don’t see how people can call the questionable route the “bad” ending when both of them look the happiest, especially Andrew. I don’t think I’ve seen Andrew that happy at any other point in the game. 💀 he was fr in his element there.

Some people may not want to admit this, but Ashley is a victim as well. That’s why it’s frustrating to see people with the take that Ashley is purely evil and that Andrew is an angel who was manipulated to do everything he’s done. They’re both flawed individuals, but their upbringing was awful and the world around them is awful too. They live in a dystopian society. How they ended up was inevitable, and I’m not excusing their behavior, but they were failed by their parents and had 0 parental guidance. I mean my god, to make things even worse, their own parents sold them to organ harvesters and they were left to starve locked up in an apartment for months with no one else but each other. If they didn’t do what they did, they would have died. 🤷🏻‍♀️ They originally didn’t plan to sacrifice their parents either, they wanted to rob them and leave, but their mother came home and it screwed up their plans. Their mother absolutely would have snitched on them if they didn’t take action. We also know now that people are looking for them, hence the hitman. They literally have no choice but to be on the run. Their situation and actions aren’t black and white.

This turned into a very long post, sorry if it’s messy haha. I just wanted to get my thoughts out there because some of the takes I’ve seen on this game are horrendous. 💀 Thanks for reading if you did. ❤️

#tcoaal #the coffin of andy and leyley #nemlei #kit9 #ashley graves #andrew graves #andrew x ashley #andy graves #leyley graves #andy x leyley #gravecest #coffincest #mini essay #didn’t expect this to be so long oops

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Hastily Made, Very Lackidasical Body Count!

I just felt like counting up some numbers from stuff I've already read, cause I feel like for all of those memes where it's like 'what is each member of the batfam going to prison for' the answer is straight up all of them in for attempted or successful murder lmao not a single one of these birdies are innocent!

Stephanie Brown: 0 But not for lack of trying!

The Best Robin attempted to kill her dad, the Cluemaster. This was not spur of the moment either, she premeditated that shit and only Batman's influence (and threats) prevented her from going through with it!

Cassandra Cain: 1 but like, c'mon now, give her a break, she was only eight, we can't count that against her, and no court of law ever would either

Dick Grayson: 2 he is Very Sad about this

He's killed both Blockbuster and The Joker. To my knowledge, only one of those two ever got resuscitated!

Tim Drake: Uhhhhhhhhhhh Several. Like At Least Five. Also a Serious Attempt.

To be extremely conservative with our numbers we are going with just ONE ninja dead per base he blew up. Also worth noting: He very nearly goes through with an exceptionally premeditated murder scheme against Captain Boomerang. I'm legit not sure he wouldn't have done it if the other Bats weren't there.

Jason Todd: Maestro, please begin the benny hill music, cause we've got a count to roll through and it is loony toons long my ghouls!

Skipping dear Filipe's moldering corpse due to uncertainty, we start with Lost Days

Human Trafficking Truck Driver Ian, Egon, Steel Beam mercenary crew estimated at least five strong, three more of his teachers, eleven nameless russian mobsters, a cousin and a running buddy of a russian mobster: 23 people

Under the Red Hood

Eight heads in a duffel bag, four thugs with Freeze (Freezy boy does not die), Two confirmed on panel delivery man kills (Five-ten more suspected but we won't count em), Ten goons in the doorway when he swings the minigun on them as he and Onyx retreat, five more goons, Rocket launcher blast kills "most" of a security team with at least three members left so we'll call that three kills (far more deaths are implied), shoots a guy holding lit molotov catching him on fire, then kills Captain Nazi (yay), forces Black Mask to kill six of his men, and finally dear old Black Mask's PA is thrown through a window (his cycling class will miss him dearly): 41 people

That Time He Kidnapped Mia

Short and sweet, he just ices a pack of "brain donors": 5 people

Brothers in Blood

Two human traffickers, three more drug runner goons, two more goons later on: 7 people

Red Haired Foolishness Phase part one

Starting the running with two cops, lightning bug assassin, six mobstery big wigs, a guy, Flamingo: 11 people

Red Haired Foolishness Phase part two

Littleman Beaver's brother and his brother's fourteen goons, fifteen of his fellow inmates, then the grand poisoning of eighty-two people (well he poisoned more but we only get eighty-two confirmed as dead): 112 people

This is not even slightly a complete list, so consider this final number a lowball of:

One Hundred and Ninety-Nine people

as Jason's body count... at least pre-new52, don't ask me what's going on over there in modern canon, idk

All former Robins (that aren't from the future, a space starfish, not known to me personally, add more caveates as needed) have tried to kill someone at least once, but like, hot damn I'm pretty sure Jason is definitely still keeping his title as the murderous one of the bunch!

If someone knows more about Damian, I'd be happy to have his count added in, but like this is just a tumblr fun post and my ass needs to start cooking spaghetti, I don't got the time rn to start reading his stuff yet.

#stephanie brown #jason todd #tim drake #dick grayson #damian's tomfoolery #tw death #fictional death counts #idk what to tag this shit

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Moon in The Day, Ep 12

This episode was the first time that lines became fully blurred between Do Ha and Yeong Hwa. Do Ha asks her why she did it and Yeong Hwa explains her reason, in the first person. It's a theme that repeats throughout the entire episode. Yeong Hwa is not Ri Ta, but she also IS Ri Ta, if that makes sense.

Yeong Hwa finally answers Do Ha's question that he's been waiting 1500 years for. The reason she killed him is to free them from the hell they were in, by her own hands. It was out of her love for him that she did this. Do Ha doesn't quite understand this, and I think it has to do with the lack of love he received and the torture his father put him through. For Do Ha, he can endure any hell as long as she is with him. For Ri Ta, who I presumed had love growing up, letting the one you love live in perpetual hell is not love. It tears her up that he's been living (existing?) in pain for 1500 years.

Yeong Hwa wants to push him away and says that their love was forbidden. But Do Ha is firm - he understands what he really needed to know is that her love for him was real. His love for her has never changed.

Do Ha's dad gets another proxy to try to kill Yeong Hwa and Na Yeon gets hurt instead, which makes Yeong Hwa feel guilty. There's also some random funeral, which was kinda out of place? But Yeong Hwa goes to her father's tree and remembers that there was second lotus bracelet buried with her father.

Do Ha finally puts it together that the third person in this curse is his father. Meanwhile, his father meets Yeong Hwa and reveals that HE is the one who has killed her over and over again, but now he gets to do it in person. But she has the talisman and he cannot. Which I am sure he would love personally killing her.

Since he can't kill her he goes for his fallback - manipulation. He tells her that falling for Do Ha caused the curse, which is simply not true since he is the one being the vengeful asshole. But he does bring up people around her have been hurt or died and mentions that her parents did not just pass away by accident.

Since Do Ha's dad also loves to torture Do Ha, he sends him some of the poisonous berries he gave him 1500 ago and a way to find him.

I loved Yeong Hwa and Do Ha's conversation. Yeong Hwa's explains that she afraid innocent people will continue to be hurt. Just as in the past, Yeong Hwa is a fatalist about their relationship (forbidden, doomed) while Do Ha is the optimist. Though this time, it feels like it Do Ha is a bit more healthy about it. He's waited 1500 years for her, loved her all this time and could never ever hurt her. I adore how he later asks her to give him a chance. He will protect her, and all those around her, which is very different from the past when he was perfectly fine killing a child if it meant protecting her.

Do Ha's confrontation with his father was great. He gets to ask his father why his he treated him the way he did and he lies and says he doesn't remember. His father clearly knows the reason, but Do Ha is not surprised by his answer. Weirdly, his father says there are plenty of people who will hill her for him even if he did not get involved but the only reason they would have to kill her is if he did get involved somehow. But his dad says he's pushed her to commit suicide and that they are both running out of time.

The final scene of the episode was everything. Yeong Hwa, like Ri Ta, is doing what she things is best to save them. Do Ha says that meeting her was the most fortunate thing to happen to him and I fully believe that he is talking about Ri Ta AND Yeong Hwa. Then he asks her to make the same bet that Ri Ta asked him and then he back hugs her and I nearly die. She's terrified that they will end up like last time, but just like Ri Ta she is in love with him. She may regret it, like Ri Ta, but she wants to live with him as Yeong Hwa. This time she is the one who turns around.

Next week looks so cute but there is still the pesky problem of Do Ha being a ghost in a borrowed body.

#moon in the day #kdrama

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What's interesting about House of Usher is that Flannigan usually has likeable protagonists, at least in my experience. Granted I haven't seen all of his works, but I've seen several (Bly Manor, Hill House, Midnight Mass, and I've heard summaries of others) and most of them are generally pretty sympathetic from my understanding, even the ones with more blood on their hands, so to speak.

In House of Usher however, almost none of the main characters are good or likeable people to much, if any, degree. Their spouses/partners are decent people, for the most part (dunno how the siblings landed such nice SOs despite being so nasty), and the granddaughter seems alright (I'm only on episode 5 btw so idk if anything happens regarding her or the other non-siblings, no spoilers pls), and Auguste seems like a decent person (maybe not the best family man, but he at has his heart in the right place especially compared to the Ushers), but all the siblings, and Roderick and Madeline themselves, are pretty horrible people.

But like, they're not one dimensional bad people, they're complex, they feel emotions, they care about people in their lives even if they don't tend to treat those people well, they have fears and insecurities and passions and hangups just like regular people do. So while usually I dislike when the protagonists of a show like this are unlikable, in this show it's actually quite fascinating because like I can't say I hate them either, they feel like they could be good people if they really wanted to be. Especially if they had better influences and were taught better lessons by their father and aunt. They feel human, not evil, but I'm also not rooting for them either. I don't know who to root for tbh, except maybe people like Julius, Tammy's husband, and the granddaughter, who are all side characters lol. Idk who the weird supernatural lady is (death? The devil? God? A witch? No idea) so I don't know her motivations or what kinda person she is, she seems to be collecting on some sort of debt but that's the best I've got on her. I do think it's interesting how she tried to spare Morrie from the acid by telling her to go like she did with the wait staff, but she didn't do anything to help Ali later when she was killed, so was it strategic or does this lady have some sort of code of morals? Does she care about whether people are innocent or not? Why spare the wait staff from death by acid shower but not the other party goers? Is sparing Morrie more about the potential role she'll play in Freddy's death? I guess I'll find out.

But I do think it's interesting that we start off the show knowing who's going to die already, since usually stakes in this genre come from wanting characters to survive (hence why I usually prefer likable protags in horror/suspense media), but it makes sense that since none of these people are very likable, the suspense needs to mostly come from something else on that front, such as wondering how they're going to die or which innocent people they might take with them in the process, as well as wanting to know what caused all this.

Roderick, ironically, is probably the most sympathetic member of the family aside from his granddaughter, which doesn't mean much but I mean, I wouldn't begrudge anyone going through what he witnessed in episode 5. Like gaddamn that's fucked up. He seems like someone who deep down has the potential and even the buried desire or instinct to be a good person, but was too much of a coward to put in the work it would take to be good and stay good in a harsh world when he wants so badly to be someone big and successful and important just like, well, his father. But ultimately he does obviously love his children so I do sympathize with him in that regard.

But the show is making the unlikable protagonists thing work for it, somehow. I don't like most of these people, but I am fascinated by them and what's going down and how they got here. It's like watching a car crash in slow motion.

#the fall of the house of usher #tfothou #tv show thoughts #Random #I do find their attorney Arthur Pym to be a really interesting character #How does one get so close to a family like this #And how much does he get paid? Because that man is practically carrying their fucking empire on his back #So I imagine he gets paid a fuck of a lot #Dude is good at his job #Long post #To be clear I know it's entirely possible the show will somehow have me liking and caring about these people by the end #But as of episode 5 they're certainly interesting but not what I'd call likable lol

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out of curiosity have you watched the youtubers hills alive dany vids ( I avoided them because she seems to be a dany anti given the title of the vids ) but is she one of the people you talk about when talking about dany antis since recently she made a vid saying that her crucifixion of the masters proves she is a bad queen

I just watched it since many people are talking about it. More nonsense, but I’m sure a lot of people are eating it up - including antis Dany who insisted for years that it made her a tyrant, or mad, and who will now say “have you watched this video? it’s proof that she’s a bad queen!” because they found someone who sounded smarter than them. I’m not gonna comment everything, only a few parts:

Killing people who have enslaved, abused, mutilated, and murdered countless people for their own profit is not something anyone will ever be inclined to argue against.

Funny, because that’s exactly what antis Dany have been doing for years.

Ultimately, regardless of who did what, these are all masters who engaged in human trafficking and all sorts of unimaginable violations of basic human rights.

Duh. So it’s wrong because...? Ah, yes, an “interesting” take on why it makes Dany a bad Queen: she didn’t know which masters were responsible for the 163 crucified children, so she shouldn’t have allowed the Meereenese to pick which ones would be killed. There was no investigation or trial. Please explain to me how she could have discovered the ones responsible for the 163 crucified children, how she could have been sure those were the ones guilty of that particular crime with everyone accusing each other to be spared? It wasn’t possible. Either she’s delusional about it, either she’s aware of it and is, in fact, saying that Dany shouldn’t have killed any of the masters.

Ironically, despite the fact that this was meant to be a harsh punishment to the slavers [...], it actually provided a lot of the more politically intelligent and manipulative masters of Meereen with an opportunity to strengthen themselves and get rid of potential rivals. [...] They would put forward their enemies and protect their allies. Or they would simply throw out the weakest of the bunch because there would be little consequences for betraying the people who aren’t truly powerful in their societal structure. So what that in mind, it is a near certainty that some if not most of the people who Dany killed were not only not responsible for what she was killing them for, but wound up on the literal cross because they were not powerful enough for their compatriots to bother protecting them, or because someone with more sway or political acumen wanted them gone.

That sounds like an interesting, logical argument. Except that Dany isn’t stupid and she knew she couldn’t discover who was responsible for the 163 crucified children. So she sent a message instead by asking the Meereenese to hand over 163 of their leaders and crucify them: you shouldn’t have done that, and this is what’s gonna happen to you if you touch innocents again. If she had picked herself who would be punished, she would be blamed too since she had no way of knowing which slavers were behind the crucifixion of the 163 children. If she had thought that it would be the ones responsible for it, the most powerful people in Meereen, the most dangerous who were chosing which ones would die and decided to punish the former ones instead, she would have been accused, again, of not having any proof.

So Dany was supposed to go to Meereen and tell them they were terrible people, but not do anything. That’s what she’s saying in this video.

She largely seems to see Meereen as a trial run to figure out how she is going to rule Westeros.

That person has literally zero understanding of Daenerys. She chose to fight slavery because she’s been a slave herself. She cares about those people. She’s not fighting slavery to figure out how she’s gonna rule the Seven Kingdoms: she’s fighting slavery because it’s a fight she believes in. It’s so important to her character, you can’t even talk about Daenerys Targaryen without talking about this.

If there were anyone among them who supported Daenerys or had some kind of ethical agreement with her desire to revolutionize the slave cities, they ironically were almost certainly among those that the Meereenese offered up to be killed.

That’s only a wild guess, with no proof to back it up. Does she truly believe any of those slavers wanted things to change? Of course they didn’t.

She then points out Dany’s previous mistakes, because apparently everyone is allowed to make mistakes and learn from them, except Dany. Once she made a mistake, they have the proof that she’s not a good ruler and will never be a good Queen. What’s interesting though in this video is that she points out the subtext in ASOIAF, how GRRM is writing a storyline with a message behind it. She’s doing the same thing here, avoiding the past mistakes of antis Dany. She doesn’t try to defend the slavers, she doesn’t try to excuse any of the masters, she doesn’t say Dany shouldn’t have done anything. Instead, she’s pointing out how Dany is a bad Queen because of how she tries to fight slavery, offering absolutely no opinion on what she could have done to succeed.

And that’s really the whole point of this video, in fact: Dany doesn’t offer a good justice and made enemies because of course slavers don’t want her to be in Meereen fighting slavery. There’s no good way to fight slavery, so she shouldn’t have been in Astapor, Yunkai and Meereen. If she’s gonna make mistakes, it’s best not to do anything. If she’s not gonna succeed, it’s not worth trying. Slavery is absolutely atrocious, she insists on this in her video and I do believe she is sincere (edit: after knowing more about her, she isn’t being sincere at all), but it’s not our business and it’s not Dany’s business. We can’t fight it, so we’re just gonna sit around and cry about it. It’s nor our fault, really. In fact, people like Dany trying to break the status quo are the ones in fault because they start huge fights and wars instead of coming up with a miraculous way to peacefully end slavery.

With those kind of videos, it’s always interesting to read the comments and here’s one:

All of this has me wondering about Faegon. He's a lot like Egg (King Aegon V) from the Dunk and Egg stories if you think about it. A prince who knows what it is to live like a commoner and have a hard life and who generally seems like he'd be an advocate for the commonfolk and perhaps not too brutal as well. He seems, by all accounts, someone who might be a good King yet he is likely not the real Aegon VI but something like a Blackfyre imposter. In contrast, Dany is unquestionably a Targaryen who even has dragons yet she fits the way Varys describes Tommon to Kevan "Tommen has been taught that kingship is his right." and is quite brutal. I think George might be saying "She is technically the rightful Queen but this imposter would actually make for a better ruler than her." a sort of play on the common trope of a rightful heir rising, regaining the old Kingdom and ruling justly. She won't rule justly, I reckon, but the imposter would have and therein lies the irony. My pet theory anyway.

This comment was liked by Hill’s Alive, and I had a feeling that was proven right when I looked to see if she had made a video about Young Griff. I didn’t watch it and have no intention to (there’s also so much bullshit I can take from one person), but her theory is that Young Griff, a character introduced in the fifth book, is actually the real Aegon (son of Rhaegar and Elia). I’m certain she explains very well how he will be a good King unlike Dany. She already didn’t have much credibility in this video about the 163 crucified masters (she tried though, and sounds much more convincing and intelligent than the “mad queen killed innocents slavers” antis, I’ll give her that), but she doesn’t have any credibility left at all with Young Griff.

#ASOIAF #Daenerys Targaryen #hillsalive criticism #answered

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I found a post with some pages of the MF manga in Japanese, so, well, I couldn't resist the temptation :P

Devil Forging. Originating from great magical power, it's a demonic technique to create a familiar (Innocent Devil) that is loyal only to you. It is said that there are only two people in this world who have mastered this hideous technique: a young man with red hair blazing like fire, Isaac, and a young man with silver hair like the shining moon, Hector. The place where they acquires their demonic skills, the castle...

The original translation translated Devil Forging as "Demonic alchemy", perhaps to connect it with the rest of the introduction. Fun fact, the Japanese term is actually "refining", as in purifying an impure metal.

"Loyal only to you" is "己にのみ忠実". 己 can either mean "I" or "oneself" in a humble way, or "you" in a derogatory way. I went with the latter.

"All right... My name is Hector. This is my cursed power."

Mostly 1:1. Interesting that Hector uses the formal wa ga rather than ore no.

"Death has vanished!"

"It was Belmont. The Belmont man has come. To think this hall has fallen so soon..."

"But of course. The person coming with Belmont... is the Count's son."

"Adrian... Not just Hector, but you as well... Foolish traitors..."

The official translation was more literal and translated shinigami as God of Death lmao

Worthy of note is that Dracula is calling Alucard kisama :) oh he's mad :)

"Wouldn't it be better to become a demon? Hey, let's do that! And then we'd have more friends!"

Admittedly I'm guessing with the last line, because I can't see the whole bubble. But it would make sense, more than child Hector wanting to "befriend" adult Hector. He was so lonely he thought he'd find companionship with devils, and he might as well have turned himself into one :)

"It's your fault, Hector. Ggh... If you hadn't betrayed us... I would never have left Lord Dracula's side! If you...! Hadn't run away... If you and I had been there! [...] N... no... That's not it... If I... If I had been at His side... at least... Why? Why, sir?"

"What's happening...?"

Yes, it's 1:1. I decided to include it for the pain :) also Isaac switching to polite language to make clear that he's speaking to Dracula in his mind shattered my heart :)

(too bad the picture cuts "Why can we not even die together?", which destroys me on the spot every single time. This poor man.)

Hector only says "様子が...". It means "state, situation, appearance, demeanor", so it's hard to translate. The general meaning is that Hector finds Isaac's behavior odd and concerning... although I still think it's not too strange, considering his beloved Lord just died, no wonder he's in shock and blaming himself.

«Just now...»

"Excuse me, what was all that fuss earlier?"

"[...] Well... You've come at a bad time. The town has been in an uproar since morning. Indeed... How didn't we realize until now? She's a witch. [...] Everyone who ate died."

«I'll go into town. Can I ask you to chop some firewood?»

"It looks like she was immediately captured and taken to the plaza. Truly terrible stuff... I heard that the witch had been living on the hill all this time."

«I'll be right back, Hector!»

Again 1:1. Nothing to note, admittedly. It's again for the pain :)

#castlevania #akumajou dracula #curse of darkness #yeah the manga seems to have been translated well aside from some odd game terms #oh well it's still fun

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I know that Chat Blanc is an ep with very mixed opinions about it

Some love it, some hate it

I’m just really confused by it

It’s another case of Marinette being punished and told “it’s your fault” when it really wasn’t. Sure her being a creep was painful to sit through, but compared to what Adrien, Gabriel and Bunnix did she’s basically innocent. At least in my opinion

I think instead of it being a “Bunnix pointlessly traumatizes Marinette” episode, it should have been used to teach Chat Noir a lesson. Especially considering how little Chat Blanc seems to affect her, with only 2 exceptions.

I’d have used it to knock some sense into Adrien. Since he, y’know, LIED to Marinette once he discovered she’s Ladybug and used that info to immediately date her. I’d have had Bunnix show him the destroyed future, which he caused after taking advantage of knowing LB’s identity. (Well his dad caused it too) Teaching him that he needs to prioritize Paris’s safety over his own feelings, and that Ladybug doesn’t owe him her secret identity.

Plus Chat Blanc the akuma didn’t even need purifying, since he gets deleted from the timeline. Chat could have gone back in time and prevented himself from learning LB’s identity, erasing the Chat Blanc timeline from existence. And idk just covering his ears when CB tries saying what LB’s real name is.

Plus Chat Noir vs Chat Blanc cat fight plz and thank you.

Which would then transition nicely into my idea for Chat in Season 4, overdoing it with his helpfulness and stepping on everyone’s toes. With him then learning that he needs to find a balance. His feelings should also be important to him, but not at the cost of other’s well being. Balance is key.

Chat Blanc feels like an important episode, but very very little comes of it. Season 3′s finale, as terrible as it is, still impacted the plot more than CB ever did.

(Edit) I’ve been asked to tag this as Adrien salt. But I personally don’t consider this Adrien salt. It’s Adrien criticism, yes, but not written with any hatred towards the character. He’s poorly written and I’m trying to find ways to make him more active. Now I just sound like an overly enthusiastic fitness trainer. But alright I’ll cave and put the tag in. I don’t agree with it but it’s not a hill I’m willing to die on.

#chat blanc #chat blanc rewrite #chat blanc fix-it #chat noir #miraculous ladybug #miraculous ladybug chat noir #miraculous ladybug chat blanc #miraculous ladybug chat blanc rewrite #miraculous ladybug fix it #this isn't adrien salt #but okay #adrien salt #no hate towards adrien I just want him to be written better

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omorinintendoswitchedition · 1 year

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Random rant but I HATTEEE the “Mari didn’t die until she was hung” theory

It makes Basil seem like the only one to blame and Sunny is completely innocent. He’s not. The whole point of the game was him overcoming his guilt over killing his sister. So if she never died from the fall that defeats the whole purpose. People often use the eye opening thing to justify this theory, but there’s a thing called reflexive muscle action to counter this

If by chance you come upon a dead body, stand back cause it might just kick you. Just a joke, but seriously, tissues continue to live for a short while after your body’s death. As tissues, including muscle, die, they may contract causing reflex like actions. Many doctors and nurses have reported seeing reflexive actions including muscle twitching and muscle spasms, following the death of the heart. In fact, post-mortem spasms have occurred (and have been reported in the scientific literature) up to 12 hours after a body dies.

Here’s an article about the list of injuries you can get from falling down stairs

Falls from the stairs most certainly can be deadly. It could’ve been a spinal injury, and Sunny moving Mari sealed the deal of her death. She could’ve broken her neck (this is what I think happened) or it could’ve been a fatal head injury. And now onto the hanging bit.

The reason I think Mari broke her neck is because you can get that injury from hanging too. To cite an article “There is nothing kind or gentle about a hanging. It is a process scientifically designed to break the neck and choke a person to death as efficiently as possible.”

Also families can deny an autopsy which means that even if Mari didn’t break her neck and suffered a fatal head/spine injury they could’ve denied an autopsy. (Spinal injuries can occur in hangings, though uncommon)

So there are plenty of ways the fall could’ve killed Mari, the hanging was the cover-up. The game states this and I will die on this hill.

#sunny rambles #omori #omori spoilers #the truth omori #mari omori

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tobiasdrake · 6 months

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And just like that, we're off to the church!

Oh wow, in stark contrast to the clock tower, it's way bigger than I anticipated. I was thinking of a little rinky-dink church but this is a full-blown holy castle.

Don't worry, if we see any ghosts, I'll feed them to my Shinigami.

Oh look at the capitalist over here like

"Is not a detective entitled to the fruits of their logic? 'No!' says the man in the Vatican, 'It belongs to God!'"

I mean, I'm not super religious myself, but this is a Company Town run by for-profit Corpo-Cops, so is this really the hill you wanna die on? Like. This is the one and only church for an entire metropolitan city. Kanai Ward's Prayer to Payment ratio seems to be shunted pretty far to the right.

Oh cool, we're going to impersonate the police. You know what, they already hate us just for existing so there's no reason not to add to the rap sheet, honestly.

Okay, serious face. This must be the clergy member mentioned in the Monokuma File as having been at the clocktower during the murder. She has a broken arm and has "spoken to Peacekeepers a bunch of times". Definitely relevant to our case.

Either she's innocent or she knows how to talk to cops. Given that she's been talking to cops all day, either is believable.

A general rule of thumb in interrogation is that innocent people are more likely to be a dick about the questioning than guilty people are. An innocent person is liable to be frustrated, impatient, or even get pissed off. They want to leave. This is a waste of their time, and the more time you waste, the more they're going to make that your problem.

But a guilty person is afraid of incriminating themselves, so they have a higher tolerance for the interrogation process. They're more inclined to look helpful. They may even use it to try and fish for information themselves, to find out how much you know.

This isn't always the case, mind. But often enough.

Ooh, third option: Entitled child of privilege who thinks she has enough power to flex her economic muscles over the judicial process regardless of whether she's innocent or guilty.

Sorry, madam. But while the Peacekeepers answer to Amatarasu executives and the clergy answers to whatever God this religion worships, mine is the court of Shinigami. Only truth holds jurisdiction there.

#master detective archives: rain code #drake plays rain code

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sapphire-weapon · 8 months

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Am I the only person on planet Earth who finds RE2make Leon incredibly frustrating? Do I LIKE him? Yes. Do I think he's overrated? Also yes. It's because I don't find him cute and naive, I find him outright stupid.

I mean... he's a twenty one year old fighting a hoard of zombies practically all alone, so he deserves some leeway. But by god. That man. That man has never been outside before. He's just so easy to push around and manipulate, that I can't help but whine and roll my eyes. I feel so mean saying it, but I know for a damn fact that if I was caught up in the RC tragedy, RE2make Leon is the last person I'd want to help me, I don't care if I'm unfit and can't use a gun. Our relations would end in violence. If somebody's trying to eat my face, I don't want some shit-for-brains, wah-where's-my-crush, boyscout fucker. Am I likely to die in under ten minutes, because of my sheer lack of patience? Yes, but RE2make Leon isn't some innocent little cutie, he's an overachieving annoying asshole and I'll (literally) die on that hill.

Claire's the best part of RE2make, there I said it. Forever sad at how little she's been utilised since.

i feel like you're conflating RE2make and OGRE2 leon a lot in this and your brain is picking out the worst traits of each of them and mashing them together and unconsciously biasing you into being more pissed than you probably ought to be

RE2make leon's negative traits: + confirmation bias born out of + intense naivety that requires him to + reject the reality in front of him because he + has to believe that there's still an order to things which leads him to having + poor judgment

OGRE2 leon's negative traits: + fucking arrogant dumbass who legit thinks he knows better than the people around him despite not knowing shit + follows ada around blindly because of the aforementioned arrogance making him feel Obligated to Protect The Lady + accepts everything that's said to him as truth on its face without bothering to question it, for no other reason than sheer dumbassery, then has the gall to go full surprised pikachu when it comes out that people lie + basically pulls a "lol it's fine claire u got this" several times throughout the game in order to chase ada, giving the justification that ada's just a civilian, forgetting that claire is ALSO A FUCKING CIVILIAN 19 YEAR OLD

RE2make leon has a brain that's just been kicked into overdrive with defense mechanisms because he's terrified, and he just kind of has to trust that this clearly suspicious lady is actually FBI because he knows that he doesn't actually know what the fuck he's doing.

OGRE2 leon just doesn't have a fucking brain at all lmao he's a walking penis with eyes who's used to being the smartest/most ambitious person in the room, which has skewed his perception of himself and the world around him to such a degree that he actually falls for the "i'm just an innocent lady looking for my boyfriend" schtick

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Sonic the Hedgehog movies AU where the times Knuckles and Sonic respectively arrive on Earth are reversed. Five-year-old Knuckles, searching his village for useful supplies after realizing that nobody is coming back, discovers the distant planet Earth marked as important on a map of likely locations the Owl Tribe may have hidden the Master Emerald. With nothing left for him in his homeland, he takes his father’s bag of portal rings and steps through. He is taken in by the Wachowskis first. Four-year-old Sonic meanwhile grows up alone, travels the galaxy and initially appears as an antagonist.

Right now I can think of two main plot divergences beyond that. Firstly, complicated but interesting: Knuckles doesn’t stay hidden, as he’s trying to find the Master Emerald and also with his code can’t resist rushing in to help when sees Tom in need, so he gets unofficially adopted practically right off the bat. He then grows up the best kept secret of Green Hills. His parents adore him, but he’s still kinda an outcast from the rest of human society, because he’s just so different and potentially dangerous - he struggles to take the necessary care with his strength and suffers from the same loss of control of his Chaos energy when deeply upset that canon Sonic used to. The townspeople see that he’s a good kid and they can’t speak ill of their upstanding sheriff and vet, but they don’t exactly trust Knuckles either. Not feeling like he’ll ever fully belong, afraid of causing more damage and not having processed his grief for his birth father and people and everything he knew before nearly enough, he develops strong tendencies to isolate himself and bottle things up in shame. And, oh yes, he still hasn’t completed his mission to retrieve and protect the incredibly powerful most sacred object to his lost culture. He fears that at this rate he never will. He feels very guilty about all of this.

Repairing his strained relationships with Tom and Maddie is a key part of his arc in the first movie, alongside learning to accept, forgive, trust and be kinder to himself. He ultimately decides that the Master Emerald is evidently safe enough for now and his mission can wait until he’s older and wiser. His current focus shall instead be being a normal teenager who Has Fun and Likes Himself.

Secondly, Sonic’s antivillain personality would not be a dutiful, honourable warrior genuinely believing he’s in the right. No. How does his literal theme song go again? “Long as the voice inside drives me to run and fight/It doesn’t matter who is wrong and who is right”. This Sonic, pre-second movie, is a cynical, untethered pragmatist who cares only about his own survival, benefit and freedom; a notorious thief and swindler sly and swift enough to get away with anything. They call him the Blue Devil. Where Knuckles had an excessive sense of responsibility, Sonic has all but suppressed his. The only person who mattered was Longclaw and she’s gone. What’s the point of getting attached to other people? They’ll all leave too. But that won’t need to hurt him - he won’t hurt them - if he follows his mother’s advice and never stops running. Yes, deep down he blames himself for Longclaw’s death. He has better social skills than Knuckles, but not his principles. Is Robotnik mean and shady? Absolutely. Is that Sonic’s problem, when he’s confident that he can either stay on the doctor’s good side or outrun his bad one? Nope! Getting to kick an echidna in the nuts with super speed is a nice bonus.

But beneath that arrogant, apathetic facade he does have a conscience. His character development starts with it slowly dawning on him how much worse than him Robotnik and big of a deal the Master Emerald are and he begins to take the stakes seriously. If Robotnik wins, innocent people will die. This entire (admittedly very beautiful) planet could be in danger. None of his crimes have risked going this far before. Does he really want to be an accessory to the rise of an actual tyrant and supervillain who wants to murder a teenager? So he begins to hesitate about aiding Robotnik. Next Knuckles notices that they’re about the same age and empathizes with him, knowing from the previous film what it’s like to be a traumatized, terrified, self-loathing fifteen-year-old in over your head; that they lost everything on the same day just draws more attention to their similarities. Tails curtails that conversation, but it remains the first taste of empathy and connection Sonic’s had since he was four. That’s pretty enticing. He saves Knuckles’s life to not be in his debt (ostensibly at least), and the rest is history.

Knuckles’s arc in the second movie is learning what it really means to be a hero and leader, after idealizing the concepts - and his parents, who are his heroes - his whole life. He’s internalized that he’s a kid and is allowed to make mistakes, but can’t reconcile that with now being responsible for an innocent and younger friend, Tails, and having to complete his Heroic Quest for the Chaos Emerald much sooner than anticipated. Surely a Hero has to be perfect and a leader has always know what to do. His birth father seemed that way, after all. When his moment comes, he can’t afford to fail. Learning that his beloved dad, and generally the echidnas, were responsible for Longclaw’s death and Sonic’s trauma shatters that idea. He eventually resolves that he can be a hero and his imperfect self simultaneously and his team are his equals and able to cover his weaknesses.

Also, Knuckles still speaks the same while Sonic absorbs modern slang and speech patterns like a sponge. This is crucial. When Knuckles calls his parents Mum and Dad at the end of the first movie instead of Mother and Father, it’s a huge affirmation of intimacy.

Now I just need a name for this AU. Any ideas?

#knuckles has one of his father’s quills as a keepsake #sonic seeing the owl statues and remembering longclaw and how she wouldn’t want him to be helping robotnik #is another factor #in his ‘i might have done a bad decision here - ACH NO FEELINGS’ arc #okay but knuckles and tails’s relationship getting more screentime #i feel like this knuckles would work really well as the team leader #and the echidnas were big on teamwork and organization and respect so it would tie into him wanting to uphold his old culture’s values #like he’s coming up with the strategy to take down the death egg and leading the charge #and sonic and tails exchange a look that says ‘oh yeah we’ve got an ECHNIDNA on our side’#maybe sonic says ‘dis is how I roll’ the first time too #robotnik: (leaves stone behind)#sonic: that was pretty dishonourable #r: do you have a problem with that?#s: (smirking) pfft. as if! dis is how i roll #r: ha! i like your style blue devil #s: of course - you have good taste #and then later #r: disloyal!#s: (deadly serious) dis is how i roll.#sonic movies #sonic cinematic universe #scu #sonic movie au #scu au #sonic au #knuckles wachowski #knuckles the echidna #sonic wachowski #sonic the hedgehog #sonic

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Apologies for this long ass rant but I need to say this.

Am I the only one that's surprised by the amount of hate Allison and Teddy get as characters? I didn't mind their side plot of trying to find Wallace, although Guy Lapointe just made it longer than it should've been by talking but what a lot of people hate them for us the ending which I want to talk about.

Allison and Teddy weren't the ones that put Wallace in the zoo and I'll fucking die on that hill. Just because they're the two characters we see visiting Wallace doesn't mean they were the ones that put them there. For starters, they are civilians and aren't related to Wallace or are his guardians so they have little to no say on what happens to Wallace. And as his Ex girlfriend and best friend I just don't see them being the ones to make that decision, they'd try and push to get Wallace the surgery and rehabilitation he needs. A perfect example I will use is the fanfic 'The Water is Wide" on Ao3 where we get a chapter in the POV of Allison after they find Wallace, the police and ambulances come but later she sees a zoo ambulance drive up because Wallace is manic and needs to be restrained. Seeing the van Allison is Pissed and starts arguing with a police officer. That would've been her exact reaction to Wallace being put in a shitty little zoo exhibit, however in that fic Wallace is taken out of the suit and placed in a mental hospital but my reason still stands.

Both of them would definitely have a lot of guilt that Wallace was put in an enclosure, if Teddy had picked up his call they could've rescued him sooner. But despite all the guilt they have they don't run away, they still come to visit Wallace anyway, it is obvious that being there hurts mostly of Allison (since we see them leaving pretty early) but they still confronted Wallace and told him that they did still love him despite his appearance since Teddy says this.

"You don't have to hide from us, Wallace."

I could just never understand why people were very quick to blame Ally and Teddy, I see a lot of people saying that they just dump him there and ride off into the sunset but what else were they supposed to do? They couldn't do anything about the situation and that's what hurts, they can only sit there and watch Wallace rot away in that shithole. Personally for me I believe it was the authorities, we aren't given a real reason as to why he's in a zoo enclosure other than being because he looks like a mockery of an animal but the decision to put Wallace in such a place like that just feels like it was made by the higher ups.

So yes I'm defending Allison and Teddy, I'm not saying they're entirely innocent though, they're good people that have just done bad things (cheating together) but I just don't see them being the kind of friends to ditch Wallace and run, the fact that they stick around and visit is enough to show that they care.

Idk thank you.

#tusk 2014 #hot take #i'll die on this hill #seriously I can't see the hate that Allison and Teddy get #i feel like a lot of people don't pay attention to tge actual story #there's a lot more to understand when you look past the walrus shit

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notsocharmingmagician · 1 year

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AU #35 Part 2

(Read Part 1 first here!)

This has turned into way more than a brief summary.... oopsies!

TWs for kidnapping, drugging, partial nudity(non-sexual). This AU is inspired by Mimi enslaving people in game, so, it’s safe to say it gets rather dark. Mimi’s treatment of Dimentio, while mostly undetailed and left out of this summary, is heavily implied to be Not Good (though, not sexual) and potentially disturbing. Be forewarned.

Mimi’s kidnapping of Dimentio isn’t the end nor the only side of the story. Dimentio’s disappearance was unnoticed at first. While the magician did spend a fair amount of time around his fellow minions, the sudden shift in focus to fighting the hero(es) had disrupted the usual daily life at the castle even more than Dimentio had when he joined the team. O’Chunks was still getting used to having this annoying floaty clown around when he and said clown went to Yold Desert. After his defeat he would have avoided Dimentio in shame, but Dimentio was surprisingly nice about it and promised to get some revenge for him before teleporting O’Chunks back to the castle alone.

As we know, he sicced Fracktail on Mario, but all O’Chunks knew was that Dimentio returned to the castle later the next day looking pleased with himself. When O’Chunks asked what he we smirking about, Dimentio simply replied that he just did a little magic, and although the hero still got the Pure Heart, he did manage to deal them some more bruises in O’Chunks’ honor.

Mimi, having been present for the entire conversation, then insisted that Dimentio come with her on the mission she’d just been assigned and that was the last O’Chunks saw of the magician.

It was assumed that while Mimi was gone, Dimentio was still with her. And when she returned to the castle alone, it was assumed he was out getting revenge on his teammate’s behalf once again. But a week passed and he never came back.

Things continued as normal. O’Chunks was sent to fight the heroes again in the Bitlands, and he was defeated again, but this time alone in his defeat. Mimi spent more and more time out of the castle, presumably bored now that her little crush was gone. Nastasia was quick to write off the disappearance, saying that he obviously just deserted them. Count Bleck accepted this as well, without much thought. But O’Chunks. He didn’t buy it. As much as he was put off by Dimentio, he couldn’t imagine him just taking off. Something had to have happened, and the mystery started at Dimentio’s last known whereabouts.

Enter Detective O’Chunks. (My boy is very smart and I will die on this hill) First he talks to Mimi, the last known person to have seen Dimentio. She recounts that “he didn’t help her at all to fight the heroes (not that she needed it) but even once she was beaten, he never reappeared, so she just left without him, assuming that he’d already gone back to the castle.”

O’Chunks finds her story a bit odd, but has no reason not to trust Mimi’s word, so he decides to search the mansion. Mimi even offers to take him there, which he accepts. They split up to search for Dimentio, O’Chunks taking the above-ground portion of the mansion and Mimi taking the basement (Mimi doesn’t actually do any searching, the little shit).

O’Chunks thought that (aside from Mimi) he was alone in the huge mansion, but once he got deeper into the building around the generator rooms, he was met by a guy wearing a ragged striped uniform. The guy tells him all about the horrors of Merlee’s Mansion. O’Chunks is rightfully disturbed. He really thought he knew Mimi in the few months they’d been on the same team. Apparently not.

As all of this sinks in, O’Chunks gets a very bad feeling. Suddenly, Mimi’s seemingly innocent childish crush on Dimentio does not seem so innocent anymore. If this is what she would do to total strangers, what would she do to someone she had real feelings for? What lengths would she go to to get what she wants?

O’Chunks asks the guy if he’s seen anyone matching Dimentio’s description. Nothing rings a bell until he mentions the two different colored eyes. The guy explains that Mimi toted somebody like that around the mansion like a favorite pet for the entire week and a half she was back at the mansion before the curse was broken. O’Chunks asks further questions, but the guy admits that no one looked for him before Mimi regenerated, they were all preoccupied with escaping. And those that stayed behind had poked around a bit but hadn’t seen anything, though, they had been avoiding Mimi and the parts of the mansion she frequents, so if she still had him, they wouldn’t know. O’Chunks thanks the guy for his help and promises not to tell Mimi that anyone is still living in the mansion.

He does a bit more looking around but when he and Mimi meet back up they are both empty-handed. O’Chunks hides his fury well, keeping his cool until he and Mimi are back at the castle and he leaves her to go report back to the count by himself.

Count Bleck is not prepared for the pure rage that O’Chunks brings into his office, but he hears him out nonetheless. He’s skeptical at first, but he sees how much O’Chunks believes this story and is determined to find Dimentio, so he decides to assist O’Chunks in searching the last place either of them can think of that Mimi would hide something: her room.

Bleck has Nastasia go fetch Mimi for an urgent meeting, but she is nowhere in the castle, which has become the norm since she returned from her mission. Nastasia then sends her a memo on the little devices the two share (neither O’Chunks or Count Bleck can work a phone so they don’t get one). Mimi quickly turns up at Bleck’s office and Bleck dismisses O’Chunks with a knowing look.

O’Chunks searches Mimi’s room (with care of course, he doesn’t trash the place despite his anger) but finds nothing. Or really, an absence of something. He hasn’t been in Mimi’s room too many times, but he’s been in there enough to wake her from sleep-mode in the mornings to know that the trunk she had brought back from Merlee’s Mansion is missing from its usual place beside her nest.

A horrible, terrible suspicion fills O’Chunks and he knows he has to find that trunk. He returns to the bullshit meeting that both Nastasia and Count Bleck are still having to keep Mimi distracted and says that he needs some help with his “assignment.” The count eyes him before telling Nastasia to cover the rest of the meeting.

O’Chunks quickly tells Count Bleck about the missing trunk and honestly, Bleck thinks that O’Chunks might be losing it, but with a sigh he concedes to searching the mansion for the trunk. O’Chunks leads the way to Mimi’s bedroom at the mansion and, sure enough, there it is, right next to a nest that looks recently lived-in, with clothes and accessories strewn across it.

Immediately O’Chunks is on the trunk, tearing apart the flimsy lock with furious strength and pushing open the lid. And when he opens the trunk he freezes. As determined as he was to find Dimentio, O’Chunks wasn’t ready to actually see him in the trunk.

But he’s in there, curled up to fit in the small space, wrists shackled behind his back and his ankles similarly locked together. His mask is missing (and so is everything else he left the castle with, aside from his underwear), and his face is messy with amateur makeup everywhere not covered by the gag knotted around his head. He blinks at the sudden light, but quickly adjusts and turns his gaze out of the open trunk. Realization hits him the moment he sees O’Chunks looking back at him, eyes filling with tears at the relief of finally being found.

Count Bleck finally approaches as O’Chunks gently lifts Dimentio from the trunk, and is reasonably taken aback the sight. O’Chunks props Dimentio up against the wall as it becomes apparent that he isn’t able to hold himself upright. O’Chunks quickly unties the gag as the count wordlessly searches the room for the keys to the shackles, which he finds alongside Dimentio’s clothes and mask.

He passes the items to O’Chunks, who sets to work unshackling Dimentio as the magician silently tries to stop his tears, a look of shame coming over him. He struggles to form words, but finally forces out a slurred sentence, “...Thank you.... and... my apo...logies...”

O’Chunks looks at him, an eyebrow raised in confusion. “What’re yeh talkin’ about? Are yeh sure yer all there, lad? ‘Tis understandable if yer a bit outta sorts.”

“I’m... here.... My body... just... won’t work....”

“Eh? Why not? Did that little shitbag not feed yeh or somethin?” O’Chunks’ anger at Mimi spikes again at the thought.

“No... I... I think.... The water.... Some... thing’s... in it....”

O’Chunks’ prior anger is nothing compared to the fury that floods him at this statement. A growl escapes him as he clenches his fists, muttering threats under his breath and looking like he’s about to tear something to shreds. His rage is interrupted by a gloved hand on his shoulder and he snaps out of it, looking back at the count, who’s red eye gleams dangerously.

“Count Bleck will handle Mimi. You are not to confront her, understood?” O’Chunks heaves a sigh and nods before the count continues, now looking at Dimentio. “We will be returning to the castle. Dimentio, you will rest in your room until these... effects... wear off. Count Bleck will come to speak with you in a few hours. O’Chunks, please assist Dimentio with his clothes. Back at the castle, you are to keep an eye on him while he rests. Count Bleck will be in the hall, come out when you are ready to leave.”

And with that the count leaves the room, shutting the door behind him. When O’Chunks looks back at Dimentio, the magician’s eyes are watery once again as he averts his gaze. The warrior feels a pang of emotion on Dimentio’s behalf at Count Bleck’s lack of delicacy with the situation.

Sensing O’Chunks’ hesitance, Dimentio speaks up, “Just.... get it... over... with....” Nodding, O’Chunks sets about his task as quickly but carefully as possible, politely not mentioning it when he sees Dimentio’s chest stutter with every hitched breath or when he feels drops of water spash against the backs of his hands, or when Dimentio just can’t hold it in anymore and he is overtaken by quiet whimpering sobs.

O’Chunks simply does what he needs to do, addressing Dimentio only to ask if he wants to wear the cape, hat, and/or mask of his costume. The shakes his head and O’Chunks puts the items aside before, more quietly, asking another question, “Can I give yeh a hug?”

Surprise crosses Dimentio’s tear-streaked face as he finally looks O’Chunks in the eyes. Apparently trusting what he sees, he glances away with a small nod. In less than a moment his limp body is lifted and held close to the much larger warrior’s chest, strong arms wrapping around him despite Dimentio’s own arms not being able to do the same in return. He hides his face in O’Chunks’ shoulder as more tears squeeze from his eyes and his briefly held composure is lost. O’Chunks gives him a minute, gently encouraging Dimentio to let it out as he rubs circles across the magician’s back with a large hand. Dimentio, however, quiets himself as quickly as he can before murmuring to O’Chunks that he’s fine and they can go now.

O’Chunks shifts Dimentio a bit in his arms to scoop up the rest of the magician’s costume before carrying it and Dimentio out into the hall, where Count Bleck is waiting. The count takes them back to the castle and wordlessly leaves them outside Dimentio’s bedroom.

#au 35 #super paper mario au #o'chunks #count bleck #dimentio #whump #i did it. i hurt the little magic man. just like i always do #taking this silly little wii game way too seriously #spm au #super paper mario #dimentio spm #my writing

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