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mushiewrites · 1 year

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For the tickle alphabet, Dteam with J+F!

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dream team <3 my babies 🥺

F: Fight | What is their behavior in a tickle fight like?

dream: he is extremely playful whether he's the ler or the lee! of course, if he needs to, he can be a terrifying ler, but he also is the sweetest lil lee to ever exist! if he's feeling lee, he normally tries to fight back a bit but ultimately gives in and allows himself to be tkled silly. if he's feeling ler, he uses his strength against the two smaller boys to pin them down and tk them until they're a howling mess (even though sap is stronger, dream sometimes can overpower him due to the size difference 😵‍💫)

george: absolutely unhinged this boy is. he will do anything and everything he can to get the upper hand (it rarely works unless dream is feeling particularly nice or sap is too tired out and can't fight as hard). he acts like he's fighting for his life, screaming and protesting and squirming when he gets caught or pinned down. he sometimes pleads, depending on how lee he is. and if he's feeling bratty, he would continue to provoke the ler until he gets his shit rocked. and when he manages to get the upper hand, he makes sure the other person doesn't forget it 🫠

sap: wild. he's just wild. that raspy scream he does during videos? yeah, he uses that as an attack warning. sap just would kind of screech and then pounce on whoever he's tkling, always making sure to be stealthy until he doesn't want to be anymore. and he's ruthless (except when he's tkling karl they are so extremely soft with each other it's sickening), he doesn't give up until the other person gives in and lets him win. as a lee, he is very good at squirming out of the lers grip bc he's so smol and tiny and baby. but when he gets caught, he is extremely giggly, those raspy laughs and scrunchy nose and blush and just jsdnfjskndl i love him

J: Joy | Their absolute favorite thing about tickling?

dream: he loves the closeness and sappiness of it all. he loves that he can make the people he loves laugh in the cutest way possible - he loves watching their faces and how happy they look, and loves the teasing. he also loves to be tkled just as much, and almost for the same reasons. he loves knowing that someone wants to tk him, and that makes him feel loved and warm and fuzzy and incredibly nice. it gives him butterflies just thinking about it tbh

george: the intimacy and trust that comes with it. while george isn't extremely touchy feely with everyone he knows, he definitely is with the ones he loves and trusts. so having someone he trusts and can share soft (or mean) moments like this makes him feel so happy and comfy and really really loved, just like how dream feels

sap: with sap, he loves the energy it carries. whether it's soft tks, rough tks, playful or teasy tks, he loves them all. because i hc him as more of a ler leaning switch, id also say he absolutely adores making people laugh and watching their reactions. he loves when someone makes a new noise, and finding ways to make the lee do it over and over again. he just loves how playful it is, and how soft it can be at the same time. and just like the other two, it makes him feel so extremely loved 🥺

#lee!dream #lee!george #lee!sapnap #ler!dream #ler!george #ler!sapnap #elliot tword #asks #i love them so so much thank u elliot!#they are the cutest lil babies #mushie concepts / hcs #mcyt tickle

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sleep-deprived-lesbian · 2 years

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HADESTOWN THOUGHTS BC IM STILL VIBRATING

-one of the guys who works at the theater told me this building was chosen specifically bc the mural on the ceiling is of roman gods and. hrgh i just think thats neat

-t oliver reid manages to be just as gay as andre de shields which is the highest compliment i could give anyone ever and hes somehow even more chaotic?? at one point during livin it up on top he just bursted into hysterical laughter and it was great

-jewelle blackman...... ilysm..... shes not as chaotic as amber but in the second act. holy shit. she seemed so elegant and put together in act one and then in our lady of the underground she is a WRECK and its so impactful

-tom hewitt is just. everything i expected tbh. just as good as patrick page but hes a little more dramatic. in videos id seen his voice wasnt as deep as patricks but on stage i really couldnt tell the difference, still very intimidating

-sayo oni is my new favorite orpheus. he just is orpheus to me now. id never heard of him before but hes SO GOOD. he legitimately has the voice of a fucking angel and he takes reeves adorkability level to a 100. he kept randomly hugging eurydice and the way he did it was just really cute?? idk how to describe it but it looked autistic somehow. orpheus is autistic but this orpheus is especially autistic

-jessie shelton!!! her eurydice took the emo level up which i love. evas eurydice is pessimistic and skeptical but still pretty gentle. jessies eurydice is just like. "life sucks asshole deal with it!" shes a lot more rough and it kinda reminded me of the concept album eurydice. she legitimately seemed mad that she fell in love with orpheus lol

-the fates are even more mischievous than i expected!!! i dont remember when but at some point one of them cackled really loudly it was great. every once in a while they would fuck someone over and just go >:3c

-during the first few songs when persephone and hades were on the balcony they were like? playing chess or something? there wasnt anything on the table but the way they were miming made it seem like they were playing some kinda board game. idk i just thought that was funny

-in wedding song when eurydice is like jeering for him to sing and she goes "you wanna take me home?" she seductively pulls down her jacket for a second lmao

-goddd the lighting is so good. i love how in way down hadestown it was flashing red and orange which made it feel ominous yet jaunty at the same time? like both hellfire and a sunset. i wasnt really sure how it was supposed to make me feel and i think that was the point!

-persephone seemed genuinely excited to go back and see hades again! she only got upset when she thought of how shed have to leave everybody else behind

-THE CELLO SYNCING TO HADES STEPS

-i know everyone gushes about the stage shift but. god. the stage shift.

-hermes was the only one onstage who didnt sing during why we build the wall and it was really striking bc he was standing opposite persephone but he just looked really sad the whole time

-persephones dancing in our lady of the underground..... maam do you like women.....

-flowers. oh my god flowers was just amazing it was so emotional

-HADES LAUGH IN PAPERS. IT WAS SO GOOD. evil laughs are so hard to execute well but he was great. he made it sound intimidating and unhinged while also sounding genuinely amused

-if its true just. agfhfhgggb. sayo is fucking amazing. idek what to say about it hes just amazing

-i knew the lights flicker after "i conduct the electric city" but i was still not prepared

-PERSEPHONE CRIED WHEN HADES SANG THE LA LA LA TO HER. she looked so so happy argtrhtrghgf

-for some reason hermes made "and you know what they did?" sound suggestive which. was certainly a choice

-orpheus turning was just. so subtle and soft. like he didnt realize what he did for a second. oh my god

-normally the shifts up and down were pretty slow but they just fucking pulled her down there huh

-im pretty sure hermes was crying during road to hell reprise. same bro

-i didnt actually cry which i was kinda disappointed by but i did come close! i dont usually cry at fiction i just scream

-special shoutout to the guy behind me as we were walking out of the theater who yelled "hades can GET IT"

#hadestown #long post

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mrpenguinpants · 3 years

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Andrius, Venti, and Dvalin: General HCs [+ unhinged Venti]

Oh no, not strange at all! I love seeing the art people have done on human Dvalin and Andrius. I’m not entirely sure if you wanted a Venti x Dvalin x Andrius pairing but I’m going to assume so. But just in case, I added a few points of all 4 of your hanging out. How my desk is positioned with my window, the sun is shining directly into my eyes so I have to type in this weird position unless I want my eyeballs to melt.

Also, if any of this is wrong just look away. This took forever because holy crap there is so much lore on these 3. Not sure what exactly you had in mind so I made some general/friendship HCs

Alright, today’s appreciations post is for maagdalen. Super lovely person with some lovely emotes. Oh and your english is really good btw^^ and ty for chatting with me 💕💕💕

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Andrius, Venti, and Dvalin: General HCs

Andrius

Andrius, also known as Lupus Boreas, was tasked with protecting the nation of Mondstadt under the request of Barbatos. He had a noble soul and mainly stays in the area of Wolvendom. He was strict, to the point, and never really partakes in whatever “foolish” activities Venti or Dvain get themselves into. But it’s all just a front because as soon as one of them get’s hurt or is in danger, his fangs and teeth are out. Even if it’s a cute hydro slime. Then he’ll take them by the scruff of their neck back to Wolvendom to get their wounds checked. On Venti it works, but with Dvalin’s dragon form. It’s amusing to see a pouting dragon getting dragged off by a wolf that wasn’t even double his size.

Not many Mondstadt citizen’s know but Andrius isn’t actually a wolf. He chooses to take the form of a wolf and should any of the wolves in Wolvendom be threaten, that’s the form he will appear in. But in truth, it was because Venti suggested it. If he was going to stay in Wolvendom and protect wolves then it made sense that his form would be the big bad wolf. Really Andrius just believes that Venti has a secret vendetta against cats and Andrius wouldn’t talk to Venti if he suggested that he take the form a dog.

There is a bit of discourse between Andrius and Venti due to Venti’s human-like appearance since Andrius views human society as a disappointment. Only accepting abandoned infants that have no where to go. But he does respect Barbatos and helped in his efforts to rebuild Mondstadt and protect it as one of the Four Winds.

While he doesn’t completely enjoy Venti’s extravagant personality he’s glad that Barbatos adopted the name and is living his life in freedom. Despite being the anemo archon, he chooses to live as Venti. Having fun in taverns and doing what he loves.

Venti

Venti always brings stories and sings for the two whenever he decides that it’s been too long since he’s seen his friends. He usually brings a bottle of wine even if he’s the only one that ever drinks - which is probably why he brings wine - which leads to Andrius scolding Venti to try and act civilized when he gets drunk and saying “No Dvalin, you cannot have some. The last time we let you drink you cried so much that Springvale still has a waterfall.”

It’s amusing to hear that after the war, the biggest problem Venti has right now is getting constantly ID checked. Dvalin takes this quite literally, since he still isn’t fully aware of taverns rules and regulations, that it takes both Venti and Andrius to hold him down before another Stormterror incident happens.

Venti has always been bold, never afraid to say anything, which was a trait that Dvalin and Andrius liked about the anemo archon. It was what made him the archon of freedom but sometimes Venti is a bit too bold and pretends to play fetch with Andrius wolf form. He is not amused. When he tries it with Dvalin, Dvalin will participate but he get’s confused and ends up just sitting beside Venti when the archon throws the stick. Which causes Venti to make a walk of shame to get the stick back.

When Venti acts as the Wind Archon it’s always a bit of whiplash when he talks in his philosophical state that it reminds Dvalin and Andrius that despite his childlike appearance and attitude, he was still the anemo archon. But it get quickly covered up when he says it’s time to switch back to Venti time.

It’s hard for them all to meet up in the present day. Dvalin stays in his domain while Andrius stays in Wolvendorm, all alone in their own domain. Venti prefers lively places than those quiet and solitude areas so he’s either in the City of Freedom or under the Windrise tree. But on occasions where he feels lonely he’ll swing by Dvalin’s lair and use the winds to carry their conversation to Andrius. Just so he isn’t left out.

If anyone asks where the ballads that Venti sings that are about a strict wolf and a nervous dragon, he’ll just say it was a passing tune he made up.

Dvalin

Dvalin, same as Andrius, lost his faith in humanity and the city of Mondstadt. He was released as his role as one of the four winds but continued to remain in Mondstadt. Similarly to Andrius he is distrustful around humans after being betrayed by them, chose to avoids human contact but he tries to adopt a more friendly side when Venti visits him.

Dvalin cares about Venti more and isn’t as standoffish in showing that he appreciates Venti compared to Andrius. Venti explained to him and showed him what freedom truly was he felt connected with someone for the first time. He did want to be understood and loved by the humans for who he was and what he wanted to protect. But that’s still a long road ahead.

He’s a curious but clumsy dragon. He’s pure of heart and steadfast in his goals which Venti is full-heartily cheering him on while Andrius disagrees but allows Dvalin to continue on this own path. Even if Andrius is on the other side of Mondstadt, he still tries to keep an eye out for Dvalin should the Abyss Order ever try and take his friend under their control.

However, due to how almost naïve the dragon is, he get’s into rather...interesting situations. While Andrius groans and Venti loses his absolute shit when Dvalin, still in his dragon form, lands and tries to observe the wolves. He only hides behind a thin tree that barely covers even 2% of his entire body and ends up scaring the wolves who run back to Andrius for safety. It takes a lot of consoling from Venti that the wolves didn’t like him, they were just scared and perhaps he should adopt a smaller form?

He’s still a bit sick from the aftermath of the Abyss Order and the poison of Durin so he can’t travel as far as he would like so Venti keeps him company. Telling him what the citizens of Mondstadt have been up to and playing music with his lyre.

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I love writing Venti, he’s so much fun. :) I say this but I live for Venti who hides behind this happy persona but is actually unhinged or deluded. I have many thoughts on this but I didn’t want to break the pace of the fic (plus this is getting pretty long anyways). So feel free to skip the rest of this if that makes you uncomfortable. I’m just spit balling right now.

But nervous and shy dragon Dvalin plus mother hen Andrius is canon. You cannot convince me otherwise.

This week has just turned into “what will we awaken today?” In other news, Lisa and Diluc. But it might be a bit late since this took some time to finish. In extra news, solo leveling just updated. Oh and jjk is (hopefully) getting a new episode tmr^^

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Barbatos

Andrius and Dvalin trust Venti to fulfill his archon duties should anything ever happen to Mondstadt. The same way Venti trusts the Four Winds will protect Mondstadt should anything dangerous arise. With the carefree nature of Venti making a sudden appearance after Barbatos’s year long nap, they both got a bit too comfortable with this happy-go-lucky version of their archon.

That is until Venti brings a fourth person into their trio. Someone who knew how to play the lyre and wished to fly and see the birds. Andrius and Dvalin share a quick look of anxious tension and it’s confirmed when Venti makes a small slip of the tongue and calls you by a certain boy’s name. They aren’t sure what to do or if Venti was starting to regress back into Barbatos and what that could mean for this innocent traveler.

“Barbatos defeated the previous ruler and left the city to rest because he didn’t want to become the same tyrant. But an archon is still an archon with responsibilities. Those responsibilities can be warped to the point that they believe they are helping and guiding their followers, but are actually trapping them in their cage. He is an archon that believes in freedom so his cage is just a bit bigger. Big enough that you can’t see the walls. Be careful traveler.”

Venti goes to greet you the next day you see him but his words seem to fade away when he approach's you. He asks if you’ve been talking to Andrius lately. You nod and ask how he knows. He says that you just spell like wolfhooks and that you shouldn’t worry about anything.

The next day Andrius apologizes to you about his words and that he was mistaken. There was nothing to worry about and to trust Venti. You can see Dvalin a bit off to the side looking away nervously and a bit guilty.

Venti always makes sure that Andrius and Dvalin keep an eye on you, especially Dvalin when you’re in stormterror land. It was a pretty dangerous landscape to trek through. As for Andrius, he doesn’t want you to get hurt during your weekly practice fights. It wouldn’t do you any good if you got hurt and couldn’t explore this vast world with him.

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cannivalisms · 3 years

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tell me about jude. why is she so cancellable

have been SOOOO excited for this ask

okay okay so. jude is a character from the god project, renamed to anno domini - a wip i haven’t yet gotten into here but already have oh so many secret plans for. this is sort of her.

in summary:

she’s either the first or second saint god created, a distinction that means… very much to her

she specializes in the art/domain of war and acts as god’s primary fighter

she’s early 20s in appearance, and bisexual (as are most the saints)

she’s fucking unhinged

out of summary:

there are six saints in total: peter, jude, august, delilah, lewis, and kirill.

though kirill is definitively last, there’s some disagreement on if peter is definitively first: though god claims she is (yeah peter’s a girl btw), jude calls bullshit, insisting she was actually made first and that god is lying to them.

why? well, in jude’s interpretation, though she was meant to be loyal and subservient, she ended up as too unpredictable/different for god’s tastes - god wanted someone without as much free will, so she made peter, her ‘perfect little lapdog’ (jude’s words) as a do-over. a sort of lilith/eve situation if you will. also, in this interpretation, god also made jude in her own image, and couldn’t handle when that image portrayed some less than ideal things: if you make someone as a reflection of you, and they turn out to be kind of a bad person, what does that say about you, you know? jude theorizes that god claims peter was first instead of her so she doesn’t have to own up to her own flaws as well. now, are these interpretations (you hate me because im not like you vs you hate me because im too much like you) a little contradictory? yes. does jude make both her whole philosophy and try to shove it to god on both ends anyway? yes again.

jude spends sooo much of her life hating god to the point of obsession, wanting her both to acknowledge that jude isn’t like her, isn’t her little puppet and is so much more than what god planned, but also that jude reflects her directly and any flaws jude displays go both ways. she keeps flaunting a facade of independence, while continuously also looking over her shoulder to check god is watching. she keeps threatening to leave but always circles home.

did i also mention that, due to all that she knows being related to war, violence is sort of where she feels most at home and doesn’t really know how to express herself outside of it? because that’s sort of a thing she has going for her as well.

anyway though! so far, id say jude isn’t that problematic. just sort of emotionally screwed up. however, through the course of the story, these traits/backstory lead her to some highly questionable behavior towards others- notably multiple forms of abuse, from physical to sexual (to a smaller extent) to psychological. jude never exactly means harm, but her relationships always end up deeply hurtful all the same - not going to go into too much detail in case anything ever comes of this wip, but she uses another saint as a chess piece to get back at god, purposefully tries to corrupt the protagonist, explicitly overrides the physical boundaries of another character multiple times and treats him like stand-in for someone else due to a… connection… they have…… it’s just generally not good!! and even when her feelings towards someone are positive, the only way she knows to get that across is still through violence so. it’s generally a shitshow on multiple levels xx

#writeblr #original characters #anno domini #jude #jude is a fucking wreck and sort of a terrible person but. insert that one quote about how when you’re a child raised in violence #pain comes as a comfort bc it’s all you know or whatever #she’s very that.#anyway thank you sm for that ask im very excited to start talking about this wip maybe #feel free to send more q’s in <33 #(also yeah her hair should be longer in that second picrew)#talking with the wind

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kelvintimeline · 3 years

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omg i didnt mean that i wanted same to HAVE more trauma, i meant that it would be nice if, instead of most of the emotional backstory going to bucky, id like there to be some sort of acknowledgement that sam has experienced some awful fucked up things (not including being gone for 5 years) and they're a part of who he is and they affected him

Oh yeah!

They don’t EVER let Sam process anything??? Or receive support.

John gets the throwaway line about military service feeling bad. Bucky gets to be resentful about Steve being gone and his legacy.

And Sam’s blip trauma is just... about serving some symbolic (and IMPLIED, not explxicit) gesture towards recognizing racism exists and even then he doesn’t ever get to call it what it is--racism. He receives microaggression after microaggression (after MACROAGGRESSION of the bank scene) and it’s just... he doesn’t get to be mad about it.

Just... still kind. He is a passive character in a story named after him.

He doesn’t receive love or care or catharsis. He isn’t even allowed to be complicated--just straightforward (even when his ideology contradicts itself, ie military good... Karli bad?).

A lot of his trauma is left in the periphery. It’s implied and almost omnipresent through parallels with Karli but never truly spoken of or FELT. It’s just a tool to make him an ideological mouthpiece.

And that only gets more clear with the treatment of Lemar who served as the ideological balance of John, who once killed unleashes the full and real John.

Sam is the balancing act of the show. He doesn’t get his own backstory unless it’s just there to be used against him. Sarah is dropped completely unless it’s to fuck up things with Madripoor or show how unhinged Karli can be.

Like??

It’s so fucking disrespectful.

#sam wilson #falcon and the winter soldier #fatws #faws #spoilers #fatws spoilers

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spidermanifested · 3 years

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remember when i said in my post about how bido is unappreciated that id talk about why greed/bido is a good and important ship but thats a whole other post. well This is that post

the first and most important reason that greed/bido is a good ship is very simple and that reason is Bido Was In Love With Greed The Whole Time And Nobody Noticed?????? how come nobody noticed. i mean SOME people noticed but nowhere NEAR enough people noticed

when greed compliments bido for successfully proving that alphonse is just a soul bound to a suit of armor, he blushes and acts very flustered and happy. unfortunately this scene is not animated in either show (bido talking to greed is changed to be over the phone in 03, and in brotherhood the scene just gets skipped, HOWEVER theres a single shot of bidos face in one of greeds flashbacks that shows him blushing and looking directly at the camera. ie at greed)

also in the manga his first thought when the military shut down the nest was to worry about whether greed SPECIFICALLY was okay (i used this page in my other post as well but its important)

and in brotherhood he was shown to have actually followed greed through the sewers during his fight with bradley but could only watch from his hiding place as greed was defeated and taken away; remembering this is what gives him the determination to hitch a ride to central to look for him

did i mention he went all the way to central to find him!!! clinging to a MILITARY TRUCK no less. as a very obvious chimera if he had been found by any of those soldiers it would have been horrible for him and every other time we ever saw bido faced with danger he ran away from it. but he was brave For Greed. he went into the labyrinth under central For Greed, and didnt try to escape until he was convinced greed wasnt there. and when it turned out he WAS there (and had lost his memory and had been trying to kill him) he immediately dropped his guard and walked closer to him because that was greed and he trusted him despite everything that had just happened. in the manga he grabs onto greeds coat as he dies and it is just about the saddest thing ive ever seen in my whole life

and then of course greed starts physically shaking because what he just did was so awful his body knows he fucked up before his mind even remembers Why it was fucked up and he cradles bidos body in his arms and screams. unfortunately if we are to acknowledge bido as the gay icon he was, we also must acknowledge that he was buried

(by all rights bido SHOULD have survived. where is the fanfiction where he survives fullmetal alchemist fandom or are you too busy writing the same royai-gets-married-and-has-babies fic over and over again. actually never mind i greatly prefer that to all the pedophilia. but thats another Other post, that unlike this incredibly niche topic some other people have almost definitely made before me)

the thing about grido is you could make a huge tragic thing about it being unrequited and frankly thats Fair, greed does not seem one to settle down in a relationship and bido likely has a lot of self worth issues that would prevent him from confessing his feelings. but you cannot deny that greed cared about him. he praises him, he pats him on the head (!!)

he COMPLETELY breaks down after he realizes he killed him. bido was so important to greed, as were the rest of the chimeras of course but i think theres a valid argument to be made that bido in particular was special to him. theyve got a few things in common actually that i find interesting:

both like to just chill on roofs??? when greed is in lings body he sometimes just hangs out on top of a roof. bido does this too

they could have hung out on roofs together.......maybe thats why greed likes to be up there. because he hung out with bido on roofs a lot. please consider this possibility

both of them are accidentally rude to children. the same children in fact

greed is like 200 and looks 30 while bido is middle-aged and people think he is a baby for some reason?????

okay this is just straight up a headcanon and has no actual basis in the text or subtext of fma but I Think Bido Is Trans and was cast out by his family in his youth and greed would understand that experience!!!! having left his own terrible family because they wanted him to be someone he wasnt

and then there are the differences:

greed is very outgoing and bido is mostly pretty anxious, though he has outbursts of confidence; that might be because greed being nice to him has built up his self-esteem (the way he calls himself cool/awesome when he escapes from the elrics, directly followed by greed complimenting his skills, really makes me think this is the case)

one is tall and lean........the other...is short and fat....... i know its cliche but let me have this

bido overthinks things. greed is a jock. with their powers combined they can do things at a mostly reasonable pace (as long as bido doesnt just go along with whatever greed wants which is probably most of the time what happens)

bido is outwardly inhuman and weird-looking but is incredibly caring and hard-working and loyal and sweet. greed is the sexiest motherfucker alive but hes literally the personification of a deadly sin and at his core he is technically just a rock made of pain. but below these layers both of them want the exact same thing which is to care about others and be cared for in return

also you know that post about how ships between immortal people and super young adults (or worse, teenagers) are OUT and instead we should have stories about immortal people dating 40-something accountants. bido is the 40-something accountant. except not an accountant. you know what im getting at though hes an Established Adult

and bido DESERVES it, he deserves to be loved by the person he cares about more than anything, he has been through so much and gotten nothing but pain and he needs something good for a change!!! and greed DESERVES someone who will love him with all his heart and make him feel wanted no matter what. just, listen to me okay, they would make each other so happy

so!!! there are MANY reasons this ship is interesting and a million different ways you could go about exploring it and there is just NONE of it out there. for some reason the chimera that gets shipped the most with greed is dolcetto (though ive seen martel as well) and i think that is probably because they are more attractive to people (and also id wager more than a few dollars people simply see a dogman and his boss and go wild for the petplay angle). like you dont see any greed/roa either and thats very telling since roa appears with the other two almost every time and nothing about him is different except hes older and not as. pretty i guess???? in my humble onion hes hotter than either dolcetto or martel but thats neither here nor there

the important thing about bidos relationship to greed is that he might not have been transmuted with an animal with a strong sense of loyalty, but he didnt NEED to be, to be loyal to greed. he loved him entirely because he was human. and in the end he did the most for him out of any of the chimeras. unfortunately it was via dying but through the power of imagination we can collectively ignore that and pretend both he and greed survived, and greed went back to his original sexy, sexy body, and they made out on a roof for several consecutive hours. thats how im coping at least. thank you so much for listening to my unhinged rambling about lizard man who dies of fullmetal alchemist (gay edition)

#fullmetal alchemist (fullmetal alchemist)#bido #fma greed #grido

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captainshazamerica · 3 years

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dude I have no chill when it comes to asks 😅

5. Fav character(s)?

15. Dark trinity or trinity?

17. Teen titans or Young Justice?

18. Fav animated show and/ or movie? (BTAS is supreme to me lol)

22. Fav Robin! ( this is so hard but also not I feel like dick gets it just cuz he was the first )

31. Do you like the character of the joker?

38. Who do you think is the most over looked and under used character?

51. Justice League or League of Assassins or Justice League Dark?

🎪I haven't started wayne fam adventures yet but it looks sooo good and is everyone there!? It seems like everyone's there just from what I've saw on tumblr but I don't remember seeing steph? Please say alfred is there!?

random side note just cuz you like jonny there's DC fear state coming out over fall and scarecrow is the main villian messing s*it up in Gotham and the batfam, I ain't gonna be reading that for a while tho cuz I've put a cap on comic purchasing because I'm making myself broke 😅 but it looks quite cool tbh

Dude I love that you have no chill with the asks omg xD Its so great, I get so excited when I see you do it hahaha

2. Do you like the arrowverse if so what's your fav show? (Mines flash but legends is so so chaotically lit it's a dumpster fire of awesomeness highly recommend that even tho they did my fav kinda dirty they had no need to do that to her but hey) Same, my fav is Flash, tho Im not caught up at all/havent caught up since like mid to late season 4, I got too busy during college and I was kinda getting bored with it, but now that Bart is in it, it makes me wanna watch it again! It was also before I got super into DC so Im sure Id love it even more now. I actually havent fully seen the others, just some episodes here and there and the Crisis crossovers! LoT looks like a chaotic lovable mess though, Ive heard that several times xD Who is your fav that they did dirty?

5. Fav character(s)? I mean its me so I can never chose just one xD Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Gar Logan/Beast Boy, Damian Wayne, Dick Grayson, and Edward Nygma/Riddler are my all time favs!

15. Dark trinity or trinity? Dark trinity as in the 2nd Red Hood and the Outlaws? (Jason, Bizarro and Artemis ) Then def dark trinity haha, I love those 3 misfits so much omg

17. Teen titans or Young Justice? AHH this is soooo hard omg. Like the shows or comics or groups in general?! Like imma go with Young Justice show but Teen Titans overall. They overlap though soo

18. Fav animated show and/ or movie? (BTAS is supreme to me lol) Ahh I actually seen all of BTAS! Ive just seen the first couple episodes and seen random ones here and there but like know everything about it xD Hmmm, for show I gotta go with the Young Justice cartoon, and animated DC movie, a tie between Justice League vs. Teen Titans and Justice League Dark: Apokolips War (the Damirae ahhhh). Though oooh also Under the Red Hood is also a classic and Jasonnnn

22. Fav Robin! ( this is so hard but also not I feel like dick gets it just cuz he was the first ) Ahaha I knew you would say Dick!!!! xD I was gonna ask and be like, its Dick isnt it xD This is like the hardest question ever oh my goodness. While they have all been my fav at point point, Jason and Tim have like been tied for first for the last couple of months. Like I love them both so freaking much. But if I absoltly HAD to chose one, ahhhhh, im going to have to go with Jason, Im so sorry Tim D: But Jason's character is just so complex in every version and his comics are sooo good(tho I love Tim's Red Robin ones too) his arc as a character is just SO interesting to me and his constant battle with himself and how far he fell from being robin and its all so sad but makes such a good character ahhhh

31. Do you like the character of the joker? Ahaha, this one is hard/I have mixed feelings. I have always liked him as villain even before my Batman obsession (and of course use to say he was my fav dc villain hahaha) and tbh I still think he is a pretty darn good villain and there is a reason he is so popular, even though he is an abusive piece of poop. Id like him a LOT more if he didnt abuse Harley so much tbh. And I think DC over uses him waaaaayyy too much, though I do like every version of him, excluding Leto's version, and think the acting is always amazing. So yeah, I guess I do like him but he isn't my fav, but I can appreciate him and his pop culture impact and how good he is as a truly evil unhinged villain who is interesting to watch.

38. Who do you think is the most over looked and under used character? TIM DRAKE!!!!!!!! And Riddler!!!!!!!!!!!

51. Justice League or League of Assassins or Justice League Dark? Gotta go with the classic justice league man

And ahhhh yes you have to read Wayne Family Adventure, its pretty much literal perfection. Here is the official link if you need it! https://www.webtoons.com/en/slice-of-life/batman-wayne-family-adventures/list?title_no=3180&page=1 It comes out every thursday! (tho you can pay to read ahead a few weeks) But yes, Steph is in it too! Her and Tim were being the disasters they are <3 And yes, Alfred is freaking great in it omgggg, you will love him in the 2nd one ahhh

Oooooh, I didnt know that!!!!(its soo hard to keep up with dc comics omgggg) I thought I heard something about that the other day but didnt know what it was/anything about it! Thanks so much for telling me!! I hope they release it digitally on DC Infinite!!!! Cause sameeee

#batanon #i love them #thank you so much love #dc asks #ask game #meredith gets an ask #ask #anon #meredith thoughts #batman

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lichaltar · 4 years

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My big warning Insta kill characters.

I have a cast of characters that tend to be nasty if you piss them off, to save people some trouble I’ll be listing those baddies that will give most no choice if they get pissed off. A lot of these characters have been here since the O.G comm and have rightfully earned their nastiness over the 7-10 year-long period.

Warning level M A X- Skrill id the leader of a large multi-legion of space pirates. She is known to be unhinged and quick-acting. There’s only one person she avoids openly and that’s LAO, she’s known for destroying and siphoning off of planets and has a huge boon on her head across several galaxies. Hidden weaponry, specialized poison nails, quick on her feet Skrill is a nasty woman to have on anyone's bad side and is more of an anti-hero of a grey area villain.

Corbon The Right Hand of The North: Threat level MAX, Corbon is Adonis’ right hand woman and the leader of the valkyries- an all-female warrior class of the northern carnival. She tends to the boarders of the north, clearing it of any low bloods and those she deems unworthy. She’s quick to kill and lacks sympathy twords others outside of her highblood and quads.

Adonis Brando The Grand Highblood of The North: Warning MAX for anything with fins or under jade, Min for Jade through Purple. The GHB of The North is well known for being insane due to his past, he was never the same when his first mate died and it obviously cracked him in more ways than he’d like to admit. He is the mate of Divine and known as The Grand Condemning. Other purple bloods get a warning before he’s had enough of them, Below jades and those with fin will just get their heads popped off by this 14 foot monster of a man. A villain at heart with a tragic backstory, Adonis values his church over all else.

Laowei: Threat level Mid -The empress of the damned and the right hand woman of the Second Empress, opting to be an admiral of the fleets instead of a proper heiress at first. Lao has a deep history in politics and the eastern Triad.As she becomes Empress she’s more likely to listen to complaints and ignore those who annoy her with a wave of her hand, if continuously pushed though she will act. Lao is one of the good guys and it takes time to wane on her patience.

Freckle: Threat level Mid- It’s hard to really get under Freckles skin, even with her wild antics she likes to think before bashing in heads. She’s more likely to help others if they approach her with the waterworks but isn’t afraid to go Ape-shit on those who have pulled at her last string. She’s the General of Skrills Ninth legion ship and the second most powerful general in that roaster.

AMA the Eastern Grand Highblood: Threat level Min- A man more worried about his image in the media and his loyal followers, Amatsu is more well known for his music than his violence. It wasn’t always that way though, in his younger years before he was a Grand Highblood he was known for his torture tactics. He’s easy to approach and hard to annoy, always wearing a pleasing face around others to the point where it’s hard for anyone to remember a day where Amatsu Seomun frowned or openly seemed angry. He only acts if truely pushed, but when acting he’s fatal.

#Troll nasty levels #skrill #amatsu #Adonis #Lao #Freckle #Corbon

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So I wrote down my thoughts as i watched through most of Season 2 of Scooby Doo Mystery Inc, and would like to share them, major spoilers below cut

Notes of Season 2 of Scooby Mystery Inc Shout out to this jock bully(?) who upon encountering a monster threatening a girl, did no hesitate to take on said monster, recuse said girl, and protect her as they escape Fred really needs to talk to someone about his new parents, who are now living in his house with him???? The house of the man who took him from them?????? Bronson might not be exactly straight looking at how he acted around the old mayor vs the new one, but *shrugs* Jock Strikes again, is this gunna be the twist? That''s a really douchy twist to pull a stunt like this Love how-I mean this is just the plan. He wanted girls too so he set up the same scenario. Is this extra set up by the parents to get him to trust them that is some next level douchery/ Scratch that on Bronson, omg Oh shit starting with a furry attack this is going to be a weird episode the gang's meta knowledge coupled with their sure willingness to go along with tropes and shit makes for great dialogue oh *oh* this is the episode where we get a peak to see just how big the picture is, love the lore building. knew this episode was gunna be good is that a demon? the furry isnt the mosnter??? ummm...weve been getting hints, are things getting real? so we've established motive for why someone whould want this plavce closed, but actually tangent but dont a lot of these monsters that they encounter seem like, weirdly powerful and mobile for costumes oh there's the furry that red aura is a...the things that happen around it are something deeper it seems. fascinating. is the red just representative of fire hallucinations? those seemed a bit real in effect for hallucinations... this guy, like my manager, needs to hire a little more staff occult magic book falls from the library to gang, and no one is as concerned as they should be nazi robot nazi robot get BJ on the phone Cassidy is the kinda retired PC that the players can strive to be Shit is getting real quick isnt it. Wait is that a seal. does Cassidy die? I know about a certain other death that makes me sad, but i dont want Cassidy to die too this episode is a rollercoaster of odd events weird hologram disguise for Paraclese is nifty Seeing the tragic fate of past groups is...well obviously sad oh dear, she does die huh its super low key, but it plays at the terrifying corrupting ordeal of the eldritchstuff really well with the lore notes bear troubles oh that badge...is that where they buried him? that's...kinda grim they have stealth suits and killer nazi robots? why have the evil guys not won yet? there is a bomb and they are not evacuating. There is a BOMB and they are not evacuating oh the bear can talk, how dare i assume that a bear is incapable of speech the bear is a twunk, scratch that, still a bear, is...he doing a christiphor walkin impersonation? aaand that’s enough for tonight, starting fresh later We're back, 13 more episodes oh so were getting into why i don’t like astrology Enigma machine omg. sorry, im a sucker for bits like that i wanna have long white hair too, i could rock that look How does Paraclese still have an accent after all these years? It is like destiny's Rasputin and just a stubborn superiority complex? something about visiting villains you can talk to in a prison is-ohp thats just all of um huh, cameo episode- err, anyways, it just paints a delightful scene about the relationship of the protags and antags and villainy as a whole in the world well this is horrific, throw some brownish red stuff around and it would be a silent hill scene update: still gay Thirteen more episodes and they have the disk...that does not bode well for what is going to happen the writer's willingness to reference other hannah barbara characters/shows is great oooo anticaptilism, BF is scoring points excuse me???? cyborg dragon girl???? he cant even call her by her name through most of the episode wtf??????? see now im at the point i gotta ask, is this a real ghost thing, or a fake ghost thing? ah i understand now youd think he would be more willing to explain to th-there we go so the animal companians are more suceptible, but they all have the risk Paraclese talking about these cattle is every gm talking about their homebrew monsters omg writers wth was that conclusion for the cattle im dying sk-ska zombies. ska. zombies. i can pick it up oh like the dancing plauge but worse, nifty these ghosts are rude boys, like, thats actually one of their names. And just caught that it the band name is skatastic oh they mentioned the dancing plauge, thank you wtf 101 the 'lighthearted' tone of this episode speaks dark tidings about the horrors to come aaah, hex girls, omg oh damn, update again: still hella gay bards duels be like, but for real loving this more and more young me is crazy about having the hex girls interact with a magicy thing like the disks, the rest of me is concerned at the events that are taking place scooby agrees, and his dog girl friend...well that was something Ricky displaying increasing regrets is not going to do good things for his lifeespectancy ohp then he drags in the other two well, i didnt see that coming for the criminal identity this little girl just had her mom ditch her for a stranger that robbed them, the heck i should probably eat dinner at some point, or like, anything at somepoint... calling it now, this guy is a circus performer/stunt driver, and if he is the random hired british poolboy it is a fake accent he's lureing women away with emotional intemacy. thats funny in itself, btu that they accept so readily still isnt normal oh and apparently kinks, lured with kinks so hes going to be the librarian dude then?? maybe? k, so at least i got that o.o O.O, well, that was quite the lead up and explanation food on plate, depresso in heart, ready to continue so they have to know right? like, this is a planned trap since Fred is 'the only one who knows where it is' doesnt explain Fred though, or how the fake acts "jeepies you found my scarf" oh there it is, they are after the info from him and its all fake, not some hell vision to show why he has to suceed Fred knew first? good on him plastic surgery, holy crap, next level villainy here holy shit they're all in puragoty thanks to the corrpution?????? Going back to early about the horrifying nature of all this. it is just so immensly sad watching them go through these bits. Cool, but sad. Velma demonstrating why thinking and understanding are not always good in eldritch horror games so he's got a guilt complex? heart felt talk with Mayor Dad awwww, poor Velma doesnt think she's pretty guessing...well id say the wife of Enrique but that seems too easy some how, stiill shes the only offered suspect beside Enrique himself thus far *deep sigh* i will never guess any culprit i bother to write down correctly would be a real move of the writers to Uzumaki the town two day deadline given, props to velma for having the foresight to model the disks in a digital format incase theyre lost mad max mystery machine sounds like a doom metal synth wave fusion song things are going too well... How many giant evil doors will this lair have? alchemy. of course. should have guessed. is...is this the episode where Marcie...oh no oh at least shes trying good on her, she's going down in style and flame... oh. ya know, even knowing it was coming and talking it up a sentence before, not a happy event this is a nifty dungeon last episode, hell of an opening/recap wh-what fghaseguk this went batshit didnt it. i wish i had the willingness to write at unhinged as these writers one more media that i am surpised didnt end in a poly relationship this climax is eerily familiar to the live action movies at times and then they all died and went to heaven aww Rickee and Cassidy *and* Velma and Marcie, aww, my heart will heart to think about that one for long, but awwwww Miskatonik University, or however the heck it is said. i thought it was going to be a one off joke but wasn't expecting that.

#scooby doo #scooby doo mystery inc #scooby doo mystery incorperated #mystery inc #mystery incorporated #scooby doo mystery incorporated

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woolishlygrim · 4 years

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Winter Weebwatch #7

This has been a hell of a bad week, so I’m writing these up directly into tumblr all at once instead of writing them into gdocs in bits and pieces over the week. Seat-of-my-pantsing this whole thing. This is also partly why this one is so late -- that and the fact that I didn’t feel like watching In/Spectre for a while.

Also, Infinite Dendrogram didn’t air this week, presumably due to being pre-empted by something, so I’m guessing it’ll be back next week.

Darwin’s Game.

★★☆☆☆

This is another … we could charitably call it a bridging episode, but mostly it’s just sort of a nothing episode.

The main change to the status quo we get is that the last team member from the OP, Sui/Sota, officially joins Kaname’s makeshift clan. Sui’s thing is that she has a split personality, with her other personality being her deceased brother, Sota, and the two have different Sigil powers: Sui can control water, and Sota can instantly turn water into ice.

This ... weirdly actually ties into the idea that Sigils might be based off historical figures. If Sota’s dead, he does kind of count as a recent historical figure after all. He’s not around anymore, at the very least.

Apart from that, the biggest thing we get is the Florist, a man whose powers revolve around plants, facing off against a gang member with pyrokinesis. The battle has only just started by the time the episode ends, but we all know the Florist is going to die anyway.

Pet.

★★★☆☆

Having offered us a lick of hope in the form of Tsubasa seemingly realising how important Hiroki is to him, Pet proceeds to snatch that hope away by immediately showing Tsubasa return to manipulating Hiroki, and even deciding that Satoru will have to die so that he can’t inadvertently interfere with Tsubasa’s ambitions.

We find out that Tsubasa’s goals have shifted now: Since he is too sick to actually use his psychic powers effectively, he wants to use Hiroki to gain greater status within the organisation, setting Hiroki up as the only person who can act as a crusher or make ‘Babies,’ the mindless psychic children that other Company members use, and Tsubasa as the only person who can control him, thus making himself indispensable.

The main bulk of this episode revolves around a scheme by the Company to take revenge on a rival corporation that wronged them in the past (specifically, by killing the CEO’s father). Among other things, this storyline also gives us a closer glimpse at exactly what Babies can do (seemingly they act as a ‘bridge’ for non-psychics to meddle in other people’s heads), and a short glimpse at how they’re made, although the show’s unwillingness to explain anything makes it all very unclear.

ID: Invaded.

★★★★★

ID: Invaded continues to knock it out of the park with another great episode. Picking up cognition particles from Momoki’s house and assuming them to be for Momoki’s Well, the team sends Sakaido and Ankaido in together, the first instance of sending two people into the same Well at once. This isn’t just a fact-finding mission, however, but a rescue mission: Hondomachi hasn’t woken up, and appears to still be in the Well-within-a-Well that was found in Narihisago’s/Sakaido’s Well, and the team believes that that same Well-within-a-Well can be accessed from within Momoki’s Well.

From there, the episode focuses on Sakaido and Ankaido’s interactions, with Sakaido being a visibly far more adept detective, while Ankaido acts as his Watson, albeit a visibly unhinged and somewhat unnerving one. We also find out more about Kiku, the person the Well-within-a-Well reportedly belongs to and the last intended victim of the Challenger, rescued by Momoki years ago. Specifically, we find out that she was linked to a kidnapping, and vanished without a trace shortly thereafter.

Sakaido and Ankaido do find the equipment for diving into a Well within Momoki’s Well, all set up for Kiku’s Well, as Sakaido prepares to enter with Ankaido on standby to eject him -- but in the real world, as Sakaido enters, Momoki realises it’s a trap of some kind, pleading for the detectives to stop him. Aaand that’s the cliffhanger the episode ends on.

In/Spectre.

★☆☆☆☆

This is an episode in which not a lot happens, being more for exposition than anything else, and what does happen (or the relevant things we do find out) just don’t really land.

For instance, intermingled with all the learning about Kotoko’s plan (it’s basically what you’d expect), we do get to find out the truth of Nanase’s death, namely that it was … exactly what the police thought it was, an accident that she did nothing to defend herself from because she was also suicidal.

That’s kind of a boring waste of time, as far as reveals go. The reveal ‘everything is exactly what you were already told it was’ isn’t so much a reveal as it is wasted airtime, and it doesn’t help much with an episode that somewhat feels entirely like wasted airtime, like it could have been over and done with in five minutes instead of twenty.

Just not especially compelling viewing.

#id invaded #in/spectre #darwins game #pet #anime #winter weebwatch

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xxgoblin-dumplingxx · 5 years

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Mistaken Identity

A/N: Here. Have a meet-cute with Bucky and Steve.

Bucky met Steve’s eyes over your head as he curled a strand of your hair around one of his flesh fingers. You were well loved and sleeping peacefully between them. Their Sunshine. Steve smiled and brushed hair out of Bucky’s eyes slowly. He had the two people he loved most with him. All because of a case of mistaken identity.

6 Months Before

“I’m telling you Steve, that’s her. That’s our spy!” Bucky had shouted over the comms. “Buck, she has a backpack with unicorns on it and she’s wearing a skirt with sloths on it. SHE HAS PINK HAIR!” Steve had shouted back. The mission was a mess from the start, looking for a H.Y.D.R.A agent that had slipped through the cracks. She just kept evading capture, this Operative 9. Both men were eager to have her caught and tried. So when they cornered her in an alley, neither of them bothered to check her ID. They just sedated her and snatched her up, leaving behind her fresh cup of coffee and a muffin for the rats to enjoy.

You woke up handcuffed to a chair and groggy, the slap of metal against the side of your face jolting you back to consciousness. “Ow, what the fuck,” you groan, shaking your head. “Pleased to meet you operative 9,” Bucky said, grabbing the front of your blouse, “Remember me?” You sigh, “Look, dude, I didn’t remember it when the Russians asked me the same thing last month. I don’t know who the fuck operative 9 is but it isn’t me.” Bucky goes to slap you again and Steve catches his hand. You have to be telling the truth, “The Russians?” Steve asked. “Yeah,” You say, “Something about some missile plans I stole. Or something. I dunno. I don’t speak Russian and that guy couldn’t speak English very well.” In your bag, your phone rings and your head snaps towards it, “Please,” you say, “Someone pick that up and let me talk to them. Put it on speaker. I have a client in crisis and they might literally kill themselves.” Frustrated anxious tears well up and Bucky feels his heart thud against his ribs. He picks up the phone and punches the buttons. You clear your voice and throw him a grateful smile, “Hello, Y/N speaking?” you say, polite and professional. The man on the other end sounds unhinged, yelling about Jesus and the Devil coming into his house through the TV.

“Jonathan,” you say softly, “Use your 3 C’s remember. Catch it, Check it, Change it. Those are delusions. Unhelpful thoughts. Let's make them better thoughts.” Your voice is calm and steady and Bucky and Steve both feel lulled into a sense of calm. You talk your client down and have Bucky put him on hold, “If you would please, I need you to call the non-emergency police line. He needs to be hospitalized.” You give Bucky the number and calmly talk to the dispatcher explaining the problem and getting them to send a car before going back to your client and explaining that an officer was going to come to help them. You remind your client that you’ll talk to him on Monday “Barring any major Catastrophe or Act of God,” say goodbye and tell Bucky he could hang up. Once the line goes dead you let out a shaky breath and smile a little, “Thank you,” you say, “I was in the middle of getting his services sorted out when you grabbed me.” Steve looks at Bucky and shakes his head, “I told you this wasn’t our spy.” Bucky looks at the bruise on the side of your face where he slapped you and all he wants to do is kiss it better. Steve uncuffs you, rubbing your wrists gently, “I’m sorry about the confusion ma’am,” he says, “We’ll put the word out that you aren’t operative 9. See if we can’t keep you from getting kidnapped again.” You nod, “I guess I just have one of those faces.” Bucky smiles and Steve snorts. They like you.

They have a soft spot for women who’re more competent than they are. Bucky helps you to your feet and inspects your face, tilting it gently to get a better look at the bruise forming, “I’m sorry about your face, doll,” he says keeping his voice soft. He desperately wants to avoid scaring you. “It doesn’t hurt, much,” you say picking up your backpack. The two men are standing so close to you that you can feel the heat they radiate and it makes you flush. They’re all hard angles and rugged jawlines and you’d really like to spend some time getting to know their bodies a little better. “if you gentlemen don’t mind, I have an appointment I need to keep,” you say. That wasn’t true but if you didn’t get out of this room soon, you were going to have to call the Discovery channel so they could discover what happened to your panties.

They walked you out of the hole they were going to interrogate you in and back into an Alleyway. You smile at them and simply walk off, both of them watching you walk away, hardly noticing your limp for the sway of the sloths on your skirt.

it isn’t until you disappear around the corner that they look at each other and smirk. They have to see you again. Soon.

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Bucky and Steve spend hours looking you up online. An accomplished LCSW, accredited for multiple therapies, part of multiple activist organizations, and damn cute in a bikini. You definitely are not operative 9. You’d have had no time to be a spy with all the other things you do. “Buck,” Steve said, “I don’t think she took it personally,” Steve said when he catches Bucky looking at his metal hand with distaste. “But I hit her and I was going to do it again,” he said. Steve kissed his metal hand softly and then kissed his lips, “I cuffed her to a chair,” he reminded, “We’ll make it up to her if she’ll have us.”

So the two men set out to court you. They send you flowers, they pay for your coffee when they catch you at your favorite coffee shop. One day, they even buy your books from a book shop. “Are you stalking me?” you ask smiling a little as Bucky pulls out a chair for you and Steve sets down a drink carrier of coffees. “Maybe a little,” Steve said laughing, basking in the warmth of your smile. “The truth is, Doll, we feel terrible about our little mix up last week,” Bucky said, tucking a lock of hair behind your ear, “We want to make it up to you.” You look at him, eyes glittering with mischief, “And how, pray tell would you do that?” Bucky feels his neck warm and he smiles, “Dinner, and possibly a movie.” You sip your coffee and sit back to look at them both, “Why me?” you ask, skeptical. Steve smiles, cheeks coloring, “We have a soft spot for girls that can handle themselves under pressure,” he said. Bucky chuckles, “We’re a package deal, Doll,” he explained. “We never quite wanted to let go of each other but we never stopped liking having a pretty little dame to warm our bed either.” The last part he murmurs in your ear making you shiver and Steve grins. He knows exactly what that feels like and it’s intoxicating. He can tell you like it to.

You look at them both, thinking before you say, “Okay. One. One date. You may pick me up tomorrow at 8. At my place... Since you’re stalking me I won’t give you the address.”

They both laugh and kiss your cheeks which makes you giggle. Their hearts flutter and they decide they have to make you do that as often as possible.

One date became two. Two dates turned into three. And three dates turned into more. They adored you. They spoiled you. When they were away you missed them until they showed up at your door, bruised and grinning, eager to share you and fall asleep tangled up around you.

On your bad days when work was too much and you felt like you were getting nowhere, four strong arms wrapped around you while you sobbed into a muscled chest. The first time it happened, your boys were already on your couch, relaxing and sipping beer, playing a video game until you got home. It was late. They were starting to worry, about to go look for you when they head the door slam and heard the thud of your heels hitting the floor. They looked at each other and frowned. You never slammed the door and you usually let them help you with your shoes and stockings. You walk into the kitchen, bracing yourself on the counter, head down. Your hair is falling down and you look like you just went 10 rounds with a prizefighter. You look wrecked. You insist that it’s fine, starting to make dinner with trembling hands. You like cooking for your boys. “Sunshine,” Bucky says, his gravely voice making your busy hands still, “You’re going to cut your fingers off.” Steve kisses the side of your head and hugs you tight, “C’mon, Doll,” he coaxes, “Come tell your boys about it.” Just having concerned voices and warm bodies close to you is enough to break the dam. You dissolve into helpless tears and Steve catches you as your knees buckle underneath you and carries you to the couch. They hate this, seeing you so upset and they’re so desperate to soothe you that you’re giggling before too long. They order Chinese food, they give you a long hot bath, and before you go to bed, they take you, tenderly. Reminding you gently that they love you, body and soul.

When others came looking for operative 9, they moved you to the compound. You needed to be protected and at least there, everyone would protect you. You were useful anyway. You had your own office of sorts where people could go for an impromptu therapy session when you were actually in the house. Bruce learned to really like coloring. And Tony learned some nice grounding exercises.

When you’re with your boys you’re your happiest. You dote on them. Favorite meals, cuddles, special surprises, pretty lingerie you know will render them both speechless. It fits. It all fits. like you’re a part of a puzzle that you didn’t know was missing pieces.

Long after you’ve gone to sleep, worn out from a long day or worn out from being fucked senseless, the boys lay awake for a while. Quietly laughing at how one stupid mistake had changed so much. How one stupid case of mistaken identity had brought them their own Sunshine. They quietly promised each other that they’d never let anything happen to you as they listened to your deep sleep breathing and marveled at the moonlight on your bare skin.

#steve x reader x bucky #implied smut #fluff #meet cute #angst if you squint #soft bucky #soft steve

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mydisenchantedeulogy · 5 years

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Invincible [Chapter 9] Future on Hold [Katsuki Bakugou]

This is what I have been waiting for. Rescue training; a chance to prove that my quirk is more than enough if I go pro. I am thrilled by this. It’s Wednesday when Aizawa mentions this to the class, holding up a card with the word ‘rescue’ on it. My fingers curl around the corners of my desk, almost cutting off the circulation. But, I am too pepped up to care. It’s true I lack in skill when it comes to fighting, but I’m not half bad at controlling my quirk – the 10 months I trained prior to the entrance exam helped me out a little. I just want a chance to prove my worth. Here lately I feel like I’m not cut out to become pro. That will change today.

Class is dismissed for now, and Aizawa gives us the option to change into our costumes for the trial. He informs us that a bus will take us to the training site. I debate on whether to dress up and decide to do so. I have no clue what the place we’re going will be like and if I make the wrong call, I may be unprepared for the outcome. Taking my case from the wall, I follow a few of the girls from my class into the locker room to get dressed.

To be honest, I forgot how tedious it is to get into my costume. The accessories are too much, but I have no doubt that they help. As I try to zip up the back of my suit, I feel someone tap on my arm. I look over my shoulder and notice the round-faced brunette close to me. Shock pours through me as she asks my permission to help. No doubt a red flag goes off in my head. Ochaco and I never talk. I try to keep clear of Tenya and her whenever they are around, so I feel nervous whenever she asks this. What could be the reason she wants to approach me? I don’t question my uncertainty to her, but I agree with a nod, pulling my hair into a messy bun while she zips me up.

“Need help with anything else? I don’t mind. I noticed you have a lot of stuff to put on, so I thought it would be nice to ask.” She seems sweet.

I can’t help but to smile, fixing my head piece in the mirror. “Not really, but I appreciate it. Thank you, Uraraka.”

“No problem,” she replies happily.

I understand why Izuku and she are friends. Ochaco is a nice person. She seems to care about the people around her. I misjudged her, but I do feel a little more jealous of her friendship with Izuku. She is far better suited to be his friend then I am.

I notice the corner of my lips fall into a frown. The mirror shows me how selfish I am, but I know Izuku and Katsuki cannot fit into my world, not at the same time. Not if they don’t want to. I fix the mirror until I am able to see Ochaco. She looks at me with a sad expression, like she knows my pain.

“Can I ask you something, Uraraka?”

She nods. “Anything.”

“Is Izuku happy?”

“Deku seems happy, but there is more to him that even I don’t know,” she answers. Her words seem true. Ochaco plays with the belt of her costume; a visible redness on her cheeks. “The truth is, I wanted to come speak with you because Deku always talks about how nice you are to him. I understand to some degree the level of friendship you both had, but he still talks about you as if the bond never ended.”

“It has,” I say feeling sad. This bridge is gone; burned away. But, another can take it’s place. “Once he’s ready to talk, I’ll listen. He and I can try again – build another bridge; one stronger than the last. Until then, please keep him happy. I can tell he likes you, Iida too.”

The girl smiles. She nods and leaves me in the locker room to think. Will I really ever be ready to speak with Izuku again? I hope by this time, he feels brave enough to tell me the truth. Until then, I need to prepare myself. I leave the room feeling a little better about the situation. The walk to the front gate is lonely, but once I am there, I find Katsuki and stand by his side. My thoughts are so broken, that I don’t even notice Katsuki calling my name until his fingers hook into my cheek, yanking it painfully out. I cry out, swatting at his hand until he lets go.

“The hell is up with that dumb look?”

I narrow my eyes at him, rubbing at my sore cheek. “It’s nothing. Besides, you could have just asked me without the attitude.”

“Not my style,” he grunts.

I mock him under my breath, opting to pull at his mouth. Instead I ignore him and wait for the bus doors to open. Tenya tries to get everyone to board the bus and sit according to their student ID, but Katsuki makes it clear he doesn’t care by pulling me along once the doors open. We sit in the first roll, on the right side. The bus is set up differently than most, having 2 rolls of seats, parallel to one another at the front of the bus. Once everyone is seated, the bus begins to move. I sit back and try to enjoy the ride.

I occupy my time by practicing with my quirk, making simple shapes with the water. First, I make a sphere. It’s easier to make, and the most used form I can manipulate the liquid into. Next, I make a triangle; three sides are easy enough. After that, a square. My ability to do so makes me happy. I believe I am doing well. A tap on my should nearly pulls me out of my concentration, however. Ochaco and Momo are watching me, the brunette being the one to get my attention. I nearly stop, but Ochaco urges me to continue. She asks me to make a heart.

That’s sort of tricky, but I can do it. I gesture with my fingers, starting at the top before connecting the ends at the bottom. Ochaco claps and Momo seems impressed. I move the water back into the bottle and turn my attention back to them.

“You have an impressive quirk,” Momo mentions. “It’s the manipulation of water, but the liquid seems to be controlled by your thoughts. I didn’t notice it before, but seeing your quirk close up, I can see the concentration you are using.”

I agree with a nod. “I call it Shape of Water, but it’s more or less Hydro-Telekinesis. I’m able to do much more, like solidify it and encapsulate objects within the liquid, but controlling it is hard.”

“That’s so cool, Usui-chan. Your quirk sounds like it’s super strong,” Ochaco says with excitement.

I feel my face heat up. I’m not use to people complimenting me, but I thank her regardless. It’s nice to know that my quirk is thought of as such – super strong. Do the others think of me like this too?

Asui Tsuyu pulls me from my thoughts. Her opinion to Izuku catches me off guard. She mentions that his quirk resembles All Might’s own. I never thought of it like that. It’s a strength type quirk, but not exactly like the one All Might has. Eijirou backs this claim, stating that Izuku hurts himself. There is a similarity between the two, but there’s no proof that All Might even has a strength enhancing quirk. The public seems to assume so, but he’s never actually confirmed it. I admit, I’d like to know as well, but I assume the hero just isn’t ready to announce it to the public yet. The class seems to be onboard now, but they switch topics, talking about the type of quirk it takes to become pro.

I am, however thrilled to witness Eijirou’s quirk again. He activates it as he talks to Izuku, hardening the skin on his arm to a point. It’s no wonder he didn’t have a scratch on him after the battle trial. I have to agree with Izuku, his quirk is plenty enough.

“You wanna talk strong and cool? That’d be Todoroki and Bakugou.”

Eijirou’s opinion catches the attention of the blonde. His foot stops tapping as he glances at the red head. So very like him to hear his own praise. I smile and gently poke his cheek with my fingertip. He huffs and ignores me completely, acting as if he never heard the statement in the first place. That changes once Tsuyu says what’s on her mind.

“But Bakugou’s so unhinged. He’d never be popular.”

He’s so easy to anger. Katsuki jumps to his feet, shouting at her. He easily proves her point. I grab his arm, urging him to sit back down. He doesn’t listen, but he also doesn’t mind nearly shoving my body out of the seat just to throw a tantrum.

Denki jumps in too. “We’ve only barely started socializing and already you’ve made it abundantly clear to us the unpleasantness of your steamed turd of a personality.”

At this, I can’t help but to laugh. Katsuki is smart, most of the class doesn’t know this, but when he is tempted, his anger blinds him from seeing the whole picture. Denki is obviously trying to upset him now. But, Katsuki doesn’t seem to care. He glares at me; wisps of smoke float up from his curled fingers.

“You want some too, fuck munch?”

I shake my head, blinking the joyous tears from my eyes. “Try to relax, Katsuki. They’re only trying to get a laugh out of you. It’s to prove a point.”

The blonde drops into his seat, growling beneath his breath. I rub his arm, but it doesn’t seem like he’ll calm down anytime soon. His body shakes in anger, but at least he is quiet.

“You got me, Blue. Leave it to the cutie to figure me out,” Denki says with a wink.

His flirting is getting more blatant. I feel my face heat up. The compliments and proximity off all the guys in Yuuei lately is more than I can deal with. The blonde stiffens; I can feel it. His eyes are bright and wild, staring at me through the reflection of the window as I move closer to him.

Eijirou, thankfully comes to my rescue. He leans his foot forward and kicks Denki in the shin, earning a scowl from the blonde-haired teen. “That’s not very manly of you to flirt with someone who’s taken. She’s Bakugou’s girlfriend.”

The entire bus falls into hysteric chattering, which seems to be a daily thing with them – I should give up with thinking that this class is normal. Questions are thrown at me left and right. Honestly, I feel overwhelmed. I don’t know what to say.

“Shut the hell up,” Katsuki snaps. “You damned extras are giving me a headache. Fucking nosy people.”

The class does as he asks. I feel relieved. My cheek rests his shoulder. I thank him quietly, certain that Ochaco chuckles at this. Aizawa finally speaks up and lets us know that we are at the training site. I glance out the window and see a large dome-shaped building with the words USJ in gold letters above the door. The bus comes to a stop, and the class follows Aizawa through a large blue gate into the facility. It’s massive inside. A central plaza connects each of the simulation rooms as well as the main entrance, which we’re standing near. It’s like a spin on Universal Studios Japan without rides.

A well-mannered voice brings my attention to a space themed hero, standing near Aizawa. “There’s the flood zone. Landslide zone. Conflagration zone … etc. Every disaster and accident you can imagine,” they explain. “I built this facility myself. I call it the Unforeseen Simulation Joint.”

I know of them; the space hero, Thirteen. I grab Katsuki’s shoulder in excitement, but he swats me in the head. He orders me to calm down, but I don’t care.

“Before we begin, I have one or two points. Or three; four.” Thirteen raises their fingers as they explain. “As I’m sure many of you are aware, my quirk is called Black Hole. It can suck in and tear apart anything.”

“And you’ve used it to save people in all sorts of disasters,” Izuku states. The brunette next to him nods, almost like she might float away in excitement.

Thirteen agrees. “Indeed. However, my power could easily kill. I’ve no doubt there are some among you with similar abilities. In our superpowered society, the use of quirks is heavily restricted and monitored. It may seem that this system is a stable one, but we must never forget that it only takes one wrong move with an uncontrollable quirk for people to die. During Aizawa’s physical fitness test, you came to learn of your own hidden potential. Through All Might’s battle training, you experienced the danger that your respective quirks can pose to others. This class, will show you a new perspective. You will learn how o utilize your quirks to save lives. Your powers are not meant to inflict harm. I hope you leave here today with the understanding that you’re meant to help people.” They stop and bow. “That is all. I thank you for listening.”

My fingers dig into Katsuki’s arm. Honestly, I don’t know how I feel after this. I never looked at my own quirk as being dangerous to others. I realize I can harm someone, maybe even cause them to drown, but the only person I’ve hurt with my quirk is myself. I hope to stop this; closure for my mother and for myself. I feel Katsuki clutch my hand. It assures me, bringing a smile to my face.

Aizawa begins to prep us, but something stops him. I feel it; a light breeze pulling at my hair. I shiver, feeling sick to my stomach all of a sudden. Aizawa shouts for the class to huddle together and not move. I am confused at first, but suddenly I see them; people gathering in front of the fountain in the central plaza. They exit out of a black vortex, dozens at a time. My heart sinks in my chest. Villains. Here of all places. Am I ready for this?

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Lights, Camera, Mania: Showbiz Satire’s Descents Into Madness by Charles Bramesco

In his seminal tell-all Hollywood Babylon, Kenneth Anger claimed to reveal the festering truth beneath the dream factory of the American film industry. His was a bemused but cynical perspective on the business of show, reveling in the sordid juiciness of early Tinseltown controversies that usually concluded with tragedy, if not death. Representatives of the film idols referred to in the book lined up to denounce the tales of drug-fueled orgies and suicide cover-ups as conjecture and falsehood, and indeed, the modern reader would do well to take Anger’s gossip with a metric ton of salt.

But rather than a factual history, Anger’s book has more value as a portrait of a certain mentality specific to this professional milieu. Even if Clara Bow didn’t bang the entire USC football team, this progenitor of the celeb exposé spoke to true conditions of the culture surrounding the movie colony, suggesting that decadence and luxury made—and continue to make—it too easy to go mad with power. Readers flocked to Anger’s toxic oil spill of a book for the same reason airport bookstores regularly sell out of the latest A-lister’s confessional: it’s devilishly pleasurable to watch fame and fortune make someone act crazy.

The best Hollywood send-ups have adopted this jaded outlook, turning an eye inward to find a carnivorous business that masticates talent and spits it out once the flavor’s gone. The recent, toothless likes of Argo, La La Land, and The Artist have courted the label of satire with a line about expanded universes here or a jab at blowhard producers there, but these little rib-nudges have been affectionate counterpoints in otherwise adulatory valentines to the magic of the movies. The good stuff cuts to the dark heart of an industry that gives creative types—and who could possibly be more mentally infirm than a writer—too much money and influence for their own good.

The history of showbiz spoofery is the history of insanity: the finest entries have used the assorted pressures of filmmaking to push their characters to their wit’s end as an absurd representation of the corrosive forces of Hollywood. Starting from Anger’s sensationalist tracking of Frances Farmer’s long, sad descent into madness, all roads have led to the sanatorium.

The main thoroughfare is the derelict drag of Sunset Blvd. Billy Wilder was the first to conjure a human manifestation of filmmaking’s maggoty underbelly with Norma Desmond, a crumbling grand dame cannily played by crumbling grand dame Gloria Swanson. Swanson applied the exaggerated techniques of silent film acting to the talkie form in order to create an affected style marked by its own period, a symbol of decay in an industry obsessed with the new and young. She constructed an insular fantasy life in her isolated castle lair as a coping mechanism for her fall from prominence, and for his blackest joke, Wilder allowed her delusions to become reality in the film’s concluding punch line. Norma’s deteriorating psyche imbues the film around her with a bit of her mania, too; a funeral for a chimp Charlestons along the line between the silly and the somber. Even as he verged on the outlandish, he struck a chord; Louis B. Mayer famously bellowed to Wilder at an L.A. screening, “You have disgraced the industry that made and fed you! You should be tarred and feathered and run out of Hollywood!”

But this strain of satire truly hit the fever-pitch sweet spot with S.O.B. in 1981, trading the showbiz-specific indignity of aging past relevance for that of creative compromise. Director Blake Edwards plays a cruel and pernicious god to his Job-like plaything of Felix Farmer (Richard Mulligan), a producer driven to desperation by his first flop and willing to do anything in order to salvage it. He’s put through the wringer several times over, bungling four suicide attempts in increasingly pathetic fashion before arriving at the epiphany that sex was the missing ingredient from his character study of a closed-off woman retreating into the recesses of her own mind. (All we see of the fictitious Night Wind is a disturbing, surreal dream sequence set to “Polly Wolly Doodle” twice over, first as an unsettling juvenile fantasy and then as a doubly unsettling eroticized juvenile fantasy.)

The film industry, at least as it’s shown here, doesn’t function like other professional sectors. Nobody really knows what’s going to connect with an audience and what won’t, and to those working on the inside, it often feels like no rhyme or reason governs the separation of hits and misses. Edwards makes Felix into the casualty of a sense-defying work culture, where no bad idea or underhanded maneuver is off limits so long as it yields success at the end of the day. Felix grows deranged as a result of his constant humiliation, and resolves to play as dirty as the weaselly studio executives who cheat him out of the rights to his picture once it starts to look like a success. By the moment he’s killed due to his own harebrained plan, he’s been reduced to a nattering nutjob, martyred by a system seemingly resistant to logic.

Robert Altman would torment another power-producer to the point of breaking a decade later with The Player, but the next film to actively integrate the mentality of lunacy into its overall atmosphere would be the gleefully unhinged Death to Smoochy. (It’s no coincidence that all the films mentioned so far drew powerfully polarized reactions at the time of their release; a draught this bitter has never gone down easy.) Shifting to the other side of the camera, director Danny DeVito mined laughs by transposing the cutthroat nature of big-leagues entertainment to the bush leagues of kids’ shows. He juxtaposed the core nastiness of back-room wheeling and dealing with the outward-facing nicety of Barney and his ilk, and in doing so, delivered an uncommonly misanthropic take on how the sausage of entertainment gets made.

Moreover, the film presented a physical manifestation of hyperactive id in Robin Williams’ corrupt, ruthless kiddie showman Rainbow Randolph. Starting at a coked-out 10 and only turning the dial higher from there, Williams rendered his role as a manifestation of pure, white-hot hate, screaming every line at the top of his lungs. As he goes about his dogged mission to dethrone his replacement Smoochy (Ed Norton as the chipper Sheldon Mopes), DeVito suggests that Randolph’s frenzied dysfunction simply reflects the fucked-upped-ness of his climate. The ostensibly incorruptible Sheldon is offered the seductions of money, pleasure, and influence, and while he’s able to remain true to his principles in the face of it all, Randolph’s the foil illustrating what happens to those without the required moral fortitude. He has a near-complete psychotic break at feature length, his mind irreparably warped by the deleterious forces of televised playtime.

Tropic Thunder took a more specific set of reference points for its deflation of Hollywood ego and pretension, ultimately driving its subjects to the brink of sanity as well. Namely, the myth of Francis Ford Coppola and the notoriously calamitous production of Apocalypse Now (dutifully chronicled in the making-of documentary Hearts of Darkness) provided the guideline for this send-up of war films and the people who play make-believe in them. Coppola reportedly went a touch native while mounting his titanically ambitious epic in the jungles of Vietnam, and likewise, the prima donna actors dropped into the wild start to lose it when they realize the danger they’re in is bona fide.

Writer/director/star Ben Stiller gets in some good potshots at scuzzy corporate types (Tom Cruise’s craven studio head Les Grossman comes off looking the worst of all), but mainly lampoons the actors taking their craft seriously enough to lose sight of themselves. Both Stiller’s macho action hero and Robert Downey Jr.’s award-festooned boob slip into their assigned roles, extending Method acting to the point of fractured identity. Rather than taking aim on the machinery that generates movies, Stiller trains his crosshairs on the process of acting itself, mocking those artistes so wrapped up in “becoming” their role that they can’t tell where it begins and they end. Stiller accelerates their mental strain by dumping the cast in enemy territory, but they don’t end up anywhere that Jared Leto hasn’t gone of his own volition.

Just about all entertainment that goes behind the scenes of entertainment agrees that the job’s not a part-time gig, that creating art on this kind of scale demands a lot from the people involved. The gentler critiques have stopped the symptoms at workaholism, but these more incisive films expand that list to include a wide array of psychological hazards. Los Angeles runs on hysteria, on the single-minded willingness to do anything and everything to make the show go on. The innumerable “troubled-but-brilliant” biopics have made the suggestion that inner anguish is the noble sacrifice that true talents make for shouldering the burden of genius; in an art form as prone to disaster, complication, and overall FUBARification as cinema, it’s just the cost of doing business.

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On June 15, when he packed his AR-15 and drove an armored vehicle onto the bridge near Hoover Dam, Matthew Wright had a mission. He’d gleaned it from a berserk conspiracy theory that circulates mainly online, and now here he was, offline, near a very real dam, with a not-at-all-virtual rifle.

As he blocked traffic, he held up a sign. “Release the OIG report,” it read. He wanted the same thing that so many others that subscribe to the all-encompassing QAnon conspiracy theory want: some sort of proof of a “deep state” conspiracy, run by the liberal elite and Hollywood, to commit and then cover up an array of atrocities, from child sex trafficking to false-flag shootings. And they thought they would find at least some damning evidence in the Department of Justice’s inspector general report on the FBI’s handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation.

The report he was looking for had actually been released the day before, and it didn’t have any of the information he and the rest of the QAnon followers sought. Of course, the theory’s adherents believe there’s another inspector general’s report they haven’t seen, one with all the “true” information, and they’ll fight to get it.

On the day he was arrested in Arizona on a variety of federal charges, Wright was acting as a soldier for “Q.” That’s the handle of an anonymous poster on equally anonymous message boards 4chan and 8chan and on Reddit since late last year. In letters Wright wrote from jail, intended for President Donald Trump and various government offices, he signed off with the QAnon motto: “For where we go one, we go all.” He also referred to a “Great Awakening,” another likely allusion to QAnon.

Nobody was harmed in the bridge standoff. But Wright’s crusade, along with a handful of other recent incidents, gives us an idea of what QAnon looks like when it emerges from its online cave, blinking in the sun. And it’s a little terrifying.

It Seemed Harmless For A Minute There

As conspiracies go, QAnon isn’t even faintly plausible. It’s every conspiracy, all at once, an orchestra tune-up of theories. It involves Hollywood, former presidents and the Democratic Party joining up to commit various heinous crimes. And on the other side is an anonymous hero named Q, who claims to have high-level government clearance.

A surface-level glance at QAnon threads on Reddit, 4chan and 8chan will make you cringe well before it’ll scare you. In one post, commenters wondered whether Q was winking at them by making the lights flicker during President Trump’s White House speech last week. The post reads in earnest: “What if the lights going out during the press conference was… the cue(Q)?”

In another, a Redditor used one of Q’s posts to surmise that Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton’s entire family fabricated the Parkland, Florida, school massacre to “advance the anti-2nd agenda.” Commenters agreed and expressed their anger with all the maturity and expertise of a high school film studies class.

“It’s just like watching V for Vendetta in how the people would trade away their freedom for security,” one commenter wrote.

“The more I’m reading about the Q posts, the more it brings me back to that movie,” said another. “False flags, under-age exploitation, and a top level conspiracy even among a major religion.”

There are hundreds of these posts. Choose any conspiracy you like ― false-flag shootings, underground child sex dungeons run by elite predators, unreleased Justice Department reports that, if made public, would put Hillary Clinton in jail ― and you’ll find them being discussed on QAnon forums.

The Daily Beast’s Will Sommer wrote a great primer on the theory.��It essentially goes like this: “Q” started posting weird messages on 4chan last November, leaving “breadcrumbs” for the online masses to find evidence that several top Democrats are about to be sent to Guantanamo Bay, special counsel Robert Mueller is actually investigating Hillary Clinton, etc. Nobody knows who “Q” actually is, and there’s no evidence that the person (or persons) posting under that handle has (or have) any high-level security clearance.

It’s easy to roll your eyes at the QAnon conspiracy theory, in much the same way it was easy to dismiss Pizzagaters as a bunch of lunatics — right up until the moment one of them, Edgar Welch, showed up in Comet Ping Pong pizza parlor in Washington, demanded to know where the child sex dungeon was and fired an assault rifle.

This Seems Familiar

Thus ended Pizzagate, the real-world violence shattering the suspension of disbelief that had sustained the theory online. Even after Wright’s arrest in Arizona, QAnon has continued apace, undeterred by the fact that the “OIG report” he demanded had already been released, to the great disappointment of Q’s followers.

QAnon adherents are on a collective scavenger hunt of sorts ― the goal varies from unearthing conspiracies between politicians and Hollywood brass to finding a group of elite pedophiles in the desert. In Tucson, a group called Veterans on Patrol, with the backing of QAnon online, is hunting for pedophiles after it stumbled on a homeless shelter in May and decided it was a secret site for child sex trafficking. As Motherboard reports, it is not ― police found no evidence of such trafficking ― but the group is patrolling Interstate 19 in Arizona and demands that police declare a state of emergency. It also posted the QAnon 8chan thread to its Facebook page, asking for the internet’s help in finding the elusive, and nonexistent, pedophiles. A QAnon Reddit post says it is “prepping for battle.”

Of course, another real-life QAnon mission brings another arrest. The founder of Veterans on Patrol, Michael Lewis Arthur Meyer, was collared on Sunday after sheriff’s deputies saw a YouTube video in which he was rifling through private property in his hunt for nonexistent pedophiles. He was arrested on suspicion of trespassing, along with a charge of failure to appear in court on July 17 for an unrelated assault charge.

Meyer is the perfect QAnon soldier ― committed enough to put his boots on and go LARPing (live-action role-playing) through the desert, unhinged enough to believe that a homeless camp he finds is a child sex-trafficking dungeon and savvy enough to disseminate his findings online to likeminded people. He is too extreme even for some extremists. Meyer and his group were kicked out of the occupation party at a federal building in Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in 2016 after militants accused him of walking in and assaulting a disabled Vietnam veteran.

“I do believe Lewis [Meyer] is a Paid Provocateur by the Fed’s to divide and destroy,” militant group member Blaine Cooper wrote in a Facebook post at the time. Writer J.J. MacNab points out that Meyer was also tossed off of Cliven Bundy’s ranch in Nevada during the standoff over defaulted grazing fees there.

As the Arizona Daily Star reports, Meyer has accused any number of businesses of child sex-trafficking ― various farms and ranches, a building materials company, a mining company, etc. ― their only crime being that they’re in relative proximity to Agua Blanca Ranch, where he uncovered what he thought was a den of illicit activity involving kids.

“What jumped out at me was their ignorance of what things really were. The cooling towers that they were calling watchtowers. Maps being on the wall, which they called a command center. Children’s rooms — that it was something we had created to hold children in. It just seemed ridiculous,” David Cathcart, caretaker of the ranch, told the Daily Star. “They’ve got a hell of a lot better imagination than I do.”

For QAnon, wild imaginations drive the bus. And some of those imaginations are the loudest people on the internet.

Reliable loons Roseanne Barr, former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling and Minecraft creator (and Pizzagate supporter) Markus “Notch” Persson have all signed on. Barr and Persson, for instance, tweeted out abbreviations of the QAnon slogan, “Where we go one, we go all,” to millions of followers. And, of course, Infowars’ resident nut Alex Jones is involved ― he said in January that the White House called on him and his team of dinguses to investigate QAnon.

There are so many conspiracy theories under the QAnon umbrella now that anything and everything can feel like a dog whistle to its followers. Recently, followers latched on to Hollywood director James Gunn. Gunn was fired by Disney last week after alt-right troll Mike Cernovich helped surface old tweets in which he joked about pedophilia and rape. Underlying the fake-outrage campaign was the QAnon-friendly notion that Hollywood is lousy with pedophiles. Even Sen. Ted Cruz got in on the fun.

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