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thecraftymagician · 11 months

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Hi there! Arcana brainrot has had me in a chokehold recently, so I wanted to ask: How do you think the m6 would react to the reader's family being racist and/or misogynistic? I've been getting into conflict with my parents on stuff like that a lot recently (especially the misogyny bc even tho I'm a guy, I'm trans, so comments like that are directed towards me a lot) and the idea of my blorbos putting them in their place makes me happy. I completely understand if your not comfortable with it tho

First off, I am so sorry you're going through this. The society we live in right now is utter insanity and it's extremely unfair especially when those who are meant to love and care for us most not only refuse but do the exact opposite. Sincerely, I just want to talk to them at a waffle house. I.. just wanna talk. I completely understand what you're going through and I am here for you, Anon!!! (This is one of those ones where there is bleed-through. All of the M6 have trouble understanding how your family can be so different from you and desperately want to take care of you. I just worded it a bit differently for each and may have left that out a bit for a few, but I assure you it is a given. Your comfort characters love you very much and want what's best for you!!)

Warnings & Clarifications: For everyone's safety, comfort, and wellbeing I will not be going into the specifics of the topics mentioned. At most there will be hints of what may have been said by Reader's family and/or friends. TW: Implied R*cism, Implied H*m*phobia, Implied M*sogyny, Implied B*gotry, Implied etc.

M6 w/ Apprentice's Hateful Family:

Asra 💜

(Directed at them by the family)

They freeze and there's a brief silence before their eyes narrow as they ask for clarification. Did they.. really just say that?

Depending on the response they may have the patience to attempt to put the family in their place with respect for you but they have no qualms about just grabbing your hand and walking away.

They're confused and hurt but know that it's not your fault in the slightest. They are their own people and adults at that who unfortunately made awful choices outside of having you as a child. Even so, how far the golden apple fell from such a rotten tree is astonishing in the best possible way and they are truly grateful.

They will try not to let it get to them but will still confide in you with reassurance that it's not your fault and they don't see you any differently.

(Directed at reader by the family)

Instantly their hand is holding yours firmly, jaw clenched and eyes narrowed.

Through gritted teeth they let the family know that it is time they leave. Any protest from them is met with a glow of purple irises as Asra readies a spell, though they're not sure exactly what.

As soon as they're able, they get you as far away from your family as they can and somewhere comfortable. Immediately they check in on you and get anything you might need, even if it's just a big long hug.

They can't begin to imagine what it was like living in the household but they know it was difficult for you and they want to be there for you as much as possible.

Nadia 💖

(Directed at her by the family)

Her shock lasts milliseconds before morphing into her signature scowl. "I beg your pardon." It is not a question or a suggestion.

If they have the gaul to continue, she allows herself to interrupt and cut them off. In no uncertain terms she all but tells them to go to hell in a hand-basket in the most eloquent way that one may even look forward to the journey.

She will attempt to continue the meeting for your sake but if they refuse to play nice or have made you uncomfortable they are asked to take their leave, even if it's not at the palace. Surely the display in public would send them off, tails between their legs.

Unfortunately, this isn't the first time she's dealt with something like this and she suspects it will be far from the last. It doesn't affect her as much as it used to, the worst of it being from your family and them embarrassing you in the process. She will also confide in you but make sure you do not worry about her as you are her main concern.

(Directed at reader by the family)

The air shifts instantly with palpable tension. For a brief moment, Nadia composes herself to address you directly, placing a tender kiss on your hand. "My dear, would you mind if I spoke to your.. family.. alone?"

Once she's certain you are safe and out of the room, the doors are shut. Her glare is enough to turn them to stone where they stand as she rips into them. Her words are far from pretty but she couldn't care less.

She makes it well known your place in her life and how she would spare nothing to keep you safe and happy.. even if that be exile, among other things.

After their departure, she finds you immediately and does whatever you require whether that's a hug, a good cry in her arms, talking, or ignoring the whole thing for now. She reassures you of your safety and makes sure you smile once more.

Julian 🖤

(Directed at him by the family)

It takes a moment for what they said to hit him. He blinks owlishly at them as he tries to wrap his mind around it and the complete contrast to you. He might ask for clarification out of.. respect.

When they continue his shock turns to a stern, calm anger. "..I see." He enlightens them with the fact that he owes them nothing nor anyone else for that matter, something you taught him. If they have a problem, that is awful for them plain and simple.

If they continue he will excuse you both curtly before escorting you away from them. He's still calm but silent. He's hurt because it's your family but what he said is true. What you and his own friends/family think of him matters more than anything else.

Even so he may need some reassurance. He might know all of that but he still struggles with his insecurities. He wants to make sure he did right by you in case you want your family in your life still.

(Directed at reader by the family)

His eyes narrow as he pulls you behind him, putting himself between you and your family. With his jaw clenched, his words flow with venom and purpose.

He's not above berating anyone no matter the time or place for hurting you but he'd rather not have a physical fight with them if he doesn't have to.

As soon as he's finished lashing out at them he turns on his heel and guides you away, holding you in his coat so they don't see you and vice versa.

As soon as you are somewhere safe, he frets over you and makes sure you are okay. He will try to distract you first to take your mind off it unless you want to talk immediately. If there is anything he can do for you, it will be done.

Muriel 💚

(Directed at him by the family)

While he's been used to harsh words, it is different for him coming from your family. He knows that you don't reflect their words and vice versa in the moment. Even so, he doesn't feel the need to respond with words.

Instead his initial shock melts into an intense glare, allowing the heavy silence.. and his intimidating presence.. to do the work for him. Needless to say, they do not continue.

In any case, they've said enough so he gently takes your hand and walks away from them. He will remain silent for a while before he feels comfortable saying anything.

It's weird that you could be so different from them but he's very glad of it. In another aspect, you make him feel safe, secure and loved. He couldn't be more grateful, even if he has trouble showing that sometimes.

(Directed at you by the family)

He has already taken a few steps forward into their space before they finish their sentence, eyes boring down into them. With all his rage, he can only think of one thing to say. "Leave."

They likely do as he says without a second thought. Scaring people off isn't something he's too keen on now but it needed to be done for your sake.

He'll collect himself as quickly as he can so he's able to tend to you, taking you elsewhere if needed.

It might be difficult for him to articulate the care he wants to convey to you, his bear hugs say plenty.

Portia 🧡

(Directed at her by the family)

She physically takes a step back at first before she squares her shoulders and looks them dead in the eye, letting them have it. Unfortunately, she knows a thing or two about belittling and bullying but lucky for her they aren't Nadia's guests. Even if they were she knows there's no way she'd get into any trouble for her actions.

She's not afraid to walk closer into their space and point/poke at them as she verbally lays into them. Her language is a bit less colorful than her brother's but she's not going to play nice unless she has to. They've certainly lost her respect currently and are undeserving of it.

If they try to continue she will talk over them, continuing to roast them until she's finished. She'll tell them off one last time with a huff before taking your hand in hers and leaving them.

She might vent about it more but she knows it's not your fault and makes sure you don't worry about it. They're their own people and they just so happen to suck but clearly, that has nothing on you.

(Directed at you by the family)

Before they can finish their sentence, she's cut them off, marching forward to get in their face. She readies a punch but stops herself short.

She's not afraid to throw one or hurt them but she is afraid of hurting you further. Even though their flinch was satisfying, she takes in a breath before taking a step back. "You're not even worth it."

Returning to you, she wraps an arm around your shoulder protectively before turning to them over her shoulder to tell them how awful they are in comparison to you. It's shameful of them.

She takes you to a safe space all the while asking if you're alright and if there's anything she can do right now to help. She feels guilty about being so intense but she just can't stand anyone speaking to or about you that way, especially those who should love you.

Lucio 💝

(Directed at him by the family)

His first instinct is to scoff at them. Clearly, they don't know him or anything about him to have that kind of blatant audacity.

He quickly lets them know as such, insulting them verbally each time they attempt to cut him off. All the while he takes slow deliberate steps toward them, putting himself between you.

The rant is ended with the fact that even if they had the decency to apologize he couldn't bring himself to accept it. They should, however, apologize to you because a slight on his honor is a slight on yours but he's sure they've already said enough.

He escorts you away, having said his peace, and takes you somewhere with a nicer atmosphere. Sure he is a bit hurt that your family could say such things but he himself knows a thing or two about rough families. He knows you don't think that way and that's all that really matters to him.

(Directed at you by the family)

"Excuse me?" before they can respond he has closed the difference between them, hand on the hilt of his sword.

When he speaks, his voice is barely above a whisper but judging by their faces.. it wasn't the most pleasant. They back away from each other and his eyes pierce through them as he grins.

When he makes his way back to you, his gaze softens as he guides you away to safety. He holds your hand, explaining later that he was fighting every urge to not turn back around and start a fight to defend you. But.. if you did want that later, he absolutely would.

As much as he's still livid, he's able to put it aside, for now, to take care of you. Anything you need, anything he can do for you; name it and it is yours.

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missmeinyourbones · 2 years

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i would literally kill for headcannons about the AOT boys’ (and girls and Hange too tbh) preferences in women atm, and written by you because your headcannons actually make me cackle out loud, and are so well-written and profoundly accurate. i’m feeling introspective like… who would really be into what traits? what shit actually captivates and attracts them? what little quirks allow someone to catch their eye? you seem to have such a well-rounded and thorough understanding of the characters so i thought i’d ask if that’s something you’d be interested in writing about<3

how fun!!!! here are a few thoughts on the matter…of course all personality and character traits, no physical ones :)

eren likes a s/o who’s a lil crazy LOL he likes spontaneity and fearlessness….he likes when someone is quick to say yes to new things or has a crazy story to tell at a party—he’s automatically pulled in by extroverted people. you tell him about how you pierced your own ear once or gave urself a stick and poke tattoo and he is horny on the spot

armin likes a s/o who’s a bit snippy, a bit dominant—he likes someone who knows what they want and isn’t afraid to fight for their own fairness. likes when someone keeps him on his toes with their quickness and brashness. ur at a party and someone accidentally bumps into him and doesn’t say sorry and you go right up to them like “you hit him, you owe him an apology” and he has to mentally muster up all of his strength not to get hard LOL

mikasa likes a gentle s/o, maybe a bit soft spoken and dreamy (kinda like her) who is very protective of and attentive to her. she’s used to being the giver—being the one to fill others cups with her own empty pot. when you put her first, above others and yourself (like she has done her whole entire life), she feels like it’s too good to be true. she loves someone who can prove that doting doesn’t have to mean weak—you can be sweet and salty, soft and driven

similar to armin, jean likes a s/o who’s a little mean LMFAOOO not like actually mean but he just loves to be walked like a dog. he loves a s/o that can “wear the pants in the relationship” and he can just sit back and be like wow...thats hot LOL. loves someone who can hold their own, as well as his own (even tho they dont have to be any means, he just thinks its attractive) he’s always been second choice so he loves someone standing up for him. someone hits on him and ur like “he’s my boyfriend :) do you not have fucking eyes?” and he’s literally mind body and soul all yours in that moment LOL. he admires someone who is straightforward and a bit aggressive with what they want/like

connie likes someone who can match his energy while simultaneously looking out for him and making sure he’s not being stupid lmfao. he loves someone who is willing try new things with him or express interest in something that he likes! but then when he gets a bit too into it and is about to make a bad decision, he appreciates when you hold him back. hes like “lets go out to the bar and see some friends tonight!” and ur like “yes! how fun!” and then you get there and hes like “i am gonna get so drunk, bartender gimme a round of shots!” and ur like “no, you have work tomorrow” and hes all “🫡🫡🫡 yes boss” he just loves to trust you blindly, his fav thing about you is knowing that you always do whats best for him

sasha likes someone who is patient. patience and kindness are so important to her!!!! she always tries to put her best foot forward and be kind to all without reasoning, so when her s/o does the same thing to her???? shes folding. shes often overlooked for being “slow” or “stupid” so when you praise her and treat her with respect, or take a moment to explain something to her instead of overlooking it, she appreciates that so so so so much. she is so attracted to someone who is genuine and caring and communicative....she loves to repay you for all you do (esp in the bedroom, shes a giver ;P )

hange is attracted to responsibility and stability. they need a s/o who will remind them to eat, go to bed, shower, etc. they love knowing that someone is looking out for their best interest, that they are someone’s first priority in a way as sweet and intimidate as domestic little errands or chores. they like someone who is attentive and observant—someone who remembers the little details of their tangents and asks them to further elaborate on something that intrigued them. hange loves effort

levi likes a clingy s/o….yes i think he’s overwhelmed at first bc he’s not used to receiving attention and openly accepting love in forms of physical or verbal affirmations…but once he experiences it, he’s addicted. he loves a s/o who always wants to be around him, touching him, resting on him, always near and with him in some capacity. he likes the permanence of a life long commitment to someone. he is so so so incredibly attracted to loyalty…the thought of you choosing him to spend the rest of your life with makes him literally feral

reiner likes a supportive s/o bc i think he needs a lot of reassurance and validation :/ he likes someone who will constantly verbally remind him of their love for him. likes a communicative and doting s/o. he’s such a big baby—you scratch his back when he’s laying down and the intimacy of the simple act has him tearing up like you’re scratching my back??? of all peoples backs you could be scratching??? 🥹🥹 he needs help lol

porco likes to be the boss of someone, or rather think that he’s being the boss of someone (when he’s in reality not in control at all lmfao) ive said this a handful of times but he likes to be the fun police. likes to watch over you, let you have your fun but stop you when you’re being too reckless (kinda the opposite of connie), likes to be the one to pull you in and say ok that’s enough 🤨 or what am i gonna do with you 🤨 when in reality he is wrapped around ur lil finger, constantly thinking about you and if youre ok / having fun

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himejoshiangels · 1 month

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batgirl 2000 reread pt 2!!!

Back 2 batgirl..Cass has to have some of the worst daddy issues in the whole family and that's saying so much like between Bruce and Cain she deserves billions of dollars in compensation for all the all the way fucked up and over shit they put her through that she doesn't even have the capacity to work through yet

also this little interaction made me smile, average bat conversation

obsessed w how they integrate cass into the Bruce wayne: murderer storyline. We're operating fully from cass's perspective here and the whole thing is formatted like any other case she's taken on. we get exposition as cass investigates but there's a feeling of uneasiness as she paces the manor. she fully doesn't know who this guy is but we do. we do.

truly one of the most iconic ways anyones ever figured out his identity. she knows him so deeply that she's able to recognize the pure unbridled determination and fury in his eyes just from a picture

Cassandra cain truly stays unmatched, the "I'll kill you" "not tonight" panel hits just as hard as when I first read it. I need a physical copy of this shit NEOWWW. also cass's ability to recognize that Shiva is just as suicidal as she is, that in fighting each other their both fulfilling the others death wish..like we know she isn't going to kill her from the start but it makes the decision all the more powerful

EEEK she's so cutest patootest..she's a detective

cass if projecting onto every case she dealt with was a job..

srsly tho the whole alpha arc thing was sooo good especially when it came to cass's immovable belief that even people with the most diabolical histories are capable of change, are worth saving

ermmm..the lawyers are advising me not to discuss the stephcass drama issue at this current time..thank you

idk how I missed the political commentary the first time but issue 43 got it. FAWK AMERICA

I love this comic I LOVE THIS COMIC!!! I love love love when Cass has a conversation that leads her to experiment which leads her to self discovery. oh my god. truly baffled and disgusted as she discovers gender roles, she just like me fr

THIS^^^^^^ is so, it's such a good way of broadcasting cass's insecurities and emotions to the audience. unlike a lot of characters cass rarely ever says what she's feeling, even when asked she'll often lie. it's either that or a lack of self awareness/means of communication when it comes to her own emotions. BUT this also shows that cass is aware of the complex interpersonal dynamics and drama around her. Usually these things are just implied like when Cass wordlessly punches the shit out of dick for making babs cry, but this is one of the first times in the comic where these things that cass had been feeling and hearing are told instead of shown [which is pretty 50/50 considering the kinda jarring writer switch but I think this specifically was a cool choice]

Cass has a tendency to avoid emotional topics centered around her all together but at the climax of this arc she's forced to confront very conflicting views of her identity, social pressures, and her own insecurities.

this part got to me BAD

Cass's pure and utter devastation in response to Bruce attempting to fire her (I say attempt bcs that shit barely lasted a day) is so gutwrenching. batgirl was the first name she ever had, the first identity as a human being she'd ever had. Not to mention her suicidal-perfectionism. For Batman of all people to say those things to her, not only does she not have anything outside of batgirl (partially BECAUSE of him) but she's literally as close to perfect as it gets, matter a fact bruce literally calls her perfect. To be accused of jeopardizing the mission, despite that she might be the only person who values it just as much as bruce does..No wonder she shatters into a billion pieces when he does that to her. she has nothing else to be if she's not batgirl.

#2000 posting #cassandra cain #batgirl

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alrightiam · 11 months

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Sooo… ep 2 was so epic! It wasn’t as scary when I was watching it but now that I think back I’m actually really disturbed. Like, Niki’s death was the most disturbing while I was watching (also her screams in the background she did so greattt!), but if you remove the ‘comedic filter’ Showfall Media put over the other deaths they’re actually way more horrifying to me. Vinny (and ‘the spirit’ slime from ep 1) gets crushed by an anvil, which looked funny but imagine brains just spat on the ground… yuck. Ethan gets brutally crushed. And Austin and Sneeg get too. It’s also scary Ranboo doesn’t react to anything and Sneeg doesn’t either. Ethan was pretty happy (so probably brainwashed) but Austin and Niki weren’t that much.

Thinking back to the moment reality broke trough during Charlie’s “surgery” we realized the slime is actually blood. Which makes ep 1 actually r-really gory and I’m scared eep-. It also makes me think, was Charlie screaming the whole time but no one could hear? Or was he also under the influence of the ‘filter’ too and he really was making jokes and stuff?? (I hope the 2nd one plz the 2nd one T_T)

I actually really can’t handle blood so I’m actually getting nauseous just thinking about it akskdk. They do a really good job making it so gory without actually showing the gore.

Oh that reminds me of that game with the happy pills. We Happy Few. I remember watching a letsplay of Jacksepticeye I think back in the day lol. In that game is a pill that makes you only see happy things but everything is secretly really gory. There it’s (sorta) their own choice tho, whereas in generation loss they’re getting mind controlled by Showfall…

Also, I think whoever controls squiggles is maybe responsible for Sneeg getting caught so fast. He was the only one aware even before the glitches started… and ofc also during them. The others were just confused. The spirit from ep 1 and the puzzler from this ep are also just pawns then.

Anyway, ending with a happier(?) note: OUR HERO IS FREEEE WOOO

#generation loss #genloss #ranboo

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castellla · 1 year

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ok but fr kikuri is my fave because

1: same hat - i too, am 30something and on substances For Reasons.

the audience is basically handed a diagram that says: why does kikuri drink so much? :( -> oh right, yeah. Capital-and-Other-Isms

2: audience stand in - thank you for laughing at bocchi-chan's faces. wipes tear from eye they are funny

3: best damn mentor for a non-sober person award - look, seika can have the 'responsible person' stuff. who doesn't appreciate a distant, yet loving manager? the kind of person who secretly makes her kid sisters dumb friends 401k's and starts dumping whatever she can in there cause you think they're gonna do it? compounding interest compounds.

not this scrungly oneechan. come to kikuri's awesome boozehouse of fun and mistakes for the 'oh, you're pretty fucked up too! nice lol. like sux actually but Nice throws bocchi-chan a life-saving liferaft like it was nothing (come back here bitch i said i Owe you my Life)

and, well, she's so salazzled all the time that she's running Default Kikuri.OS which seems to be: just a happy lil guy. just here 2 have a good time and help other people have a good time also. if there's swears to be said, she might do it. if there's horny flirty things to be said, or perhaps, senpais to get handsy with...

will there be property damage: yes & it's why i'm worried she's Without a Home :sob: but it's worth noticing none of the property damage was damaged in anger - just like, drunken childlike joy/lack of impulse control. christ, you put a hole in the wall that easy? do you work out? are you on the straight dude workout regimen? ...o-or the not straight girl workout regimen? ...anyway, this does not negate the fact that shit did get broken.

will vomit be vomited: yeah, but in anime it's really funny and i can't smell it. i mean her throat probably hurts like fuck and shes gotta be nauseous tho

will thoughtless comments be commented: yes, but i feel like a villain for saying so!!!! oh well.

but i ask the Perceivers among us to consider what kind of things they last said when drunk - stupid? embarrassing? overly horny? - and remember that she's drunk basically All the fucking time. like all the time. the fact that she manages to say anything BUT the worst shit anyone's ever said out loud is a testament to her character as a human.

seems like the drunker + more rejected feeling she gets = sometimes, the harder in she leans to "keep tapping the skinner box of love until love come out"

Various Content makes her do a brock eyes opening thing to indicate shit's hitting a little different for ol kikuri-neechan

e12 -- bocchi-chan is gonna have a fucking panic attack at the worst possible moment; the dutch angle is kind enough to let us know kikuri saw that happen and gets it. i mean, wtf is she supposed to do from even the front for her, other than hope she'll be okay? thankfully, kita wanted to be a constellation so bad she watched her, saw it about to happen, and shredded to saved bocchi's hide. s-stupid femme beautiful rock princess i love her to death

consider her past; she started drinking to overcome the overwhelming anxiety of stage fright because she had no choice but to play music live for people. bocchi had nicobicobouga (assumed name) because the internet was around - but people older than her just didn't. if you wanted to play, and for people to listen, they'd have to be standing in front of you. yeah, shit sucks, actually. if you perhaps... suffer from social anxiety so badly you couldn't speak to your classmates, but wanted to play music soooo fucking bad because you couldn't imagine a life with you in it otherwise?... what other options did she have? booze is easy to get. especially in japan, and i imagine especially in a music setting. (i am a loser with sensitive ears so have no firsthand knowledge, however.) frankly i want kikuri to get a weed card slash dealer but that's just for me personally as a stoner dyke

she is lightly pushy about offering bocchi - who is of course, underage - alcohol. however, i really doubt it's her intention to do a hey bocchers. wanna WEED? at her: she is probably literally not able to cognitively remember the previous conversation(s) they had about it. she's never taken her 'no im too babey to alcalahol :(' and gone 'lol, sure. PEER PRESSURE, WOOO!' and kegstanded the poor little dweeb against her will.

given how just literally drunk she is and the level of impulse control that typically affords, i have to imagine: in the second in front of her: all she sees is - hey, look who it is! it's ol' bocchi-chan! bocchi-chan who is clearly having a Hard Time Coping. wonder if she wants a drink to chill out! better offer her some so she can have it. hey bocchers wanna Weed

...but the hardest thing about alcohol if you're underage is getting it! so, she offers, but hitori gotoh has the moral compass of a (insert competently-written metaphor - we'll definitely fix it in post!), so she truly seems content with not touching it until she's Of Age. uh, okay, "content" might not be the right word. aside from her own cynical, but not inaccurate mind palace excursions into the possible future that awaits her if she were to start drinking. plenty of people drink underage and don't become alcoholics - bocchi herself just has too much physical anxiety to cope with the thought of something that could have such enormous stakes. for her, the stakes of 'drinking' are social more than anything - she's paralyzed with worry about becoming a disappointment and burden to her loved ones. and she doesn't trust future bocchi to not do that. she sees every road as yet another slippery slope to humiliation and rejection. it is an utterly miserable way to live.

the human brain is wired to comprehend 'social rejection' with 'the threat of death.' for our evolutionary ancestors, not being able to fit in with the group meant getting ditched out in the middle of nowhere, literally left to starve and die alone. this is partly because one of our evolutionary legs-up was our ability to communicate with others, form groups, and cooperate. this is hunter-gatherer level lizard brain shit. it's important because we have to all understand: one way or another, we're all wired this way. it's more complex now, because society and technology have become more complex. but brain-wise? 'oh god, am i saying too much about LIZARDS and CAVEMEN' feels the same to bocchi as 'i was so annoying, even my own family would leave me alone to starve, because i was that permanently, irredeemably loathsome.'

a caveman bocchi-chan would be interesting. unga bunga

on a brain level, this is the fight-flight-freeze response bocchi is experiencing when she has her very funnily animated episodes. is it funny she's doing that? well, sort of... her face is pretty funny. her reaction is pretty funny. her internal experience is that of someone so absolutely petrified with the thought of being 'annoying' that she cannot proceed with her life.

no, she can't make an instagram - haven't you ever seen someone attention whoring so bad, you wanted them to die alone? no? ah, well. what if you thought they deserved to die for the sin of wanting attention? - she has an entire mind palace about it and screams like a broken speaker and all her friends are like 'shit! sorry! won't ask again. we cool?' and shes like 'oh yeah. my bad' and that WORKS, MAN, FOR SOME REASON.

it's nijika. nijika is the key. nijika's the reason kessoku exists. she's so fucking reasonable and normal and responsible and caring and kind. she goes, "excellent slapstick, chums. i shan't blame you all for being Such Big Lesbians All The Time, because i love you for it, but perhaps let's get out of the direct line of public sight, where harmful misunderstandings can occur, and wrap things up as cleanly as we can? no need for shame or angst; i don't need those apologies! ayamaru ga iranai! (would she yoko kanno/maaya sakamoto? huh. not very roccku...) she has her priorities straight.

we know who raised her, so nijika-chan is nijika-chan, but it's silly to pretend there'd be no influence. 'you're suddenly my only family and it's my responsibility to step up and Protect and Raise you right' is a hell of a drug. (seika i starts crying ALSO OWE YOU MY LIFE)

4 hot anime woman - they are free to obsess over without being a lil freak, so that's nice. okay maybe scratch the freak part ive been typing this for way too long for that qualification anymor

5 WHAT DO THOSE SHARK TEETH DO FOR REAL

6 "shinjuku, i LOVE YOU MOTHERFUCKERS!" if not the point i fell in love with her, the point i definitely fell more in love with her

#bocchi the rock #just copy pasting from my notes app and posting so Enjoy

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m4ndysk4nkovich · 8 months

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The thing that surprised me when I first got into the fandom side of Shameless is that Fiona and Debbie will very rarely receive a nuanced reception for their actions (thinking about the things they do that are wrong and thinking about intent) whereas Lip's actions will always be handwaved away, even when he's 100% in the wrong. I still love Lip but it's led to me sometimes eye rolling at some of his scenes. Really the one's where he's screaming at someone about how wrong they are.

yeah… i love shameless and i love the fandom but they are both incredibly misogynistic, unfortunately.

*cue the man by taylor swift*

lip’s actions will always be defended because people think that he’s cool. debbie and fiona’s actions won’t, because people think that they’re bitches.

and there are so many pieces of evidence that the reason people (men) love lip and hate debbie and fiona is because of gender.

debbie or fiona could (and have) do the same fucked up thing that lip did and people react so differently.

for example:

lip trying to convince karen to keep her baby, wanting desperately to parent the child despite the fact that fiona warns him it’s a shitty decision because they can’t afford it, and for that, he’s stepping up. he’s mature. he’s brave.

debbie lies about being on birth control to purposefully have a kid and refuses to abort it despite fiona’s pleas because they can’t afford it, and she actually raises the kid all on her own, for that, she’s dumb. she’s a brat. she’s a bitch.

both of them were wrong. lip was wrong for telling karen what to do with her body and risking everything for his family for a child he wasn’t even 100% was his. debbie was wrong for lying to have a baby at fifteen (she was not wrong for not aborting franny, though. a lot of people think that she was, but i’m a firm believer in my body my choice, so it’s her absolute right to not abort her child).

debbie drops franny because of sleep deprivation and she’s suddenly the worst. fiona’s a drunk and suddenly she’s a bad character and a shitty person (she is a shitty person, but they all are). lip dropped his kid and is an alcoholic but he’s given the benefit of the doubt.

lip treats the women in his life like shit. probably because of monica. debbie and fiona get screamed at by him for honest mistakes (mostly fiona), mandy, amanda, sierra, and tami all got treated like shit by him when they were dating (tami doesn’t put up with it as much, though). and i’m not even necessarily saying he’s a misogynist, but he generally treats men better than women. and people are a little too okay with that.

all of lip’s actions are defended by how hard he had it, fiona and debbie’s aren’t. people will get really deep with lip, and explain how his every move is okay because his childhood was shitty. debbie and fiona are so complex also, and they literally had the same parents as lip, but people don’t like to get as deep and explain their every move with them (i do tho😉). every shameless character is complex. even the characters that aren’t as big. they all are complex and they have layers and if you look into them you can find a lot. people will do that with characters like lip, but with debbie and fiona they just kind of shrug it off. personally i find debbie much more interesting than lip but that’s just me.

if you’re going to defend lip because of how he was raised, you should defend all of the siblings. they literally grew up together.

and i love lip. i’m not trying to say i hate him, but if people are going to shit on fiona and debbie, then people should shit on lip, too.

i’ve said this before, but all of the characters resemble a role. they all have trauma and they all have different trauma responses. but just because they deal with it differently doesn’t mean that they aren’t traumatized.

i’m getting off topic as always lol.

but i wish that lip would get held accountable more. and i wish that people would go easier on fiona and debbie.

the show is called shameless. all of the characters are massive pieces of shit. to call any character except for like, liam, a good person is stupid because that’s missing the entire point. just because you like a character doesn’t mean that they’re an angel. one of my favorite characters is debbie and she’s a piece of shit. like she sucks ass but i also love her.

i’m unhappy with this post i might just redo it😭

#shameless #lip gallagher #debbie gallagher #fiona gallagher #shameless us #shameless meta #meta #frank gallagher #monica gallagher #i’m going to do a lip character study some day #and again i’m not shitting on lip i like lip but people are so weird about his character #like have any lip stans met a man like lip irl or are they all men like lip?#as someone who’s met real life lip’s they are obnoxious #emmy rossum #jeremy allen white #emma kenney

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levmada · 6 months

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You said something about Levi feeling grief at the fullest once he kills Zeke. KEEP GOING PLEASE, IM LISTENING

i love your character analysis, please don’t tease me like that🧎

i think you sent both of these maybe?? hopefully!!! and thank u :D

yess levi did go back by himself to retrieve erwin's skeletonized remains so that he could be laid to rest properly. though in all those other cases, that privildge couldn’t be afforded to him (for hange, isabel+farlan, and his old squad).

i'm thinking about hange's speech to mikasa during midnight sun about what being a scout entails.

"You understand, don't you? Everyone you meet will be parted from you one day. I know it's hard to accept. It's hard to stay sane living like that. It's painful. So painful. I know that. But even so, we need to keep moving forward."

that in mind, it's honestly staggering how levi never lost his mind or ever seemed to even waver despite every single death of a loved one or friend he's experienced - sometimes because of his own choices. the easiest explanation would be that levi simply doesn't feel much for his friends or loved ones - which of course is a joke.

so really, how does levi deal with so much loss?

1: most obviously throughout the series, levi is distanced emotionally - at varying degrees - from every single character in the series. he is never open about his feelings (although he’s earnest and unapologetic in expressing his ideals and convictions). instead he expresses his strong emotions in roundabout twists and turns that he tries to put in an objective lens.

like in his convo with eren after his squad died. levi simply told him that "no one knows how things will turn out" - to reassure eren that he shouldn't dwell on it. in fact what levi doesn't say also matters. he gives off no impression whatsoever that he resents eren or blames him.

levi is also quite liberal with thanks and praise, he's unapologetically himself, but you still couldn't describe him as even remotely the sort of person who wears their heart on their sleeve.

levi keeps himself emotionally distanced, and vigilant to the slightest sign of vulnerability (like eating around others) in order to protect himself from the inevitable pain of loss. as a result he has very few close emotional connections (although he has compassion for everyone).

2: i think that - similar to erwin and hange - levi believes that his dead are watching him from somewhere. except, different from them, he finds comfort in it more than judgment. all his life, either loss or willing abandonment has followed him, so it's really no wonder in my mind that he would believe in some sort of an afterlife to cushion the blow of so much loss. (i understand that an afterlife is confirmed in the manga, but before that, im sure levi believed in it regardless.)

he chooses to believe that his loved ones (but especially his comrades) are always watching him. the reality of that loss then doesn't feel as final, and he doesn't have to feel as much alone.

in fact i think that's where most of levi's strength comes from that he uses to move forward. it's his responsability to carry the hope and will that his comrades died for forward, but it's reassuring for him to believe that they're encouraging him even from death.

that said tho, levi is probably the furthest thing from religious.

3: we know that levi had his mother's dress fashioned into a shirt for a very long time in the underground, and (tho i think it's fan rumor that i just agree with) that he later had it fashioned into the cravat he wears. considering just how little he probably remembers about her in later adulthood, and the fact that she must've literally been his whole entire world when he was a kid, then it makes sense.

we don't know if he kept anything from kenny, although he might have the first knife he gave him. but really it'd be understandable if levi just didn't.

as for his comrades, it's canon that levi collects the wings of freedom patches from their jackets to hold onto. he did the same for petra before he generously gave it away to someone else who was grieving, and lied about who it belonged to to reassure them.

so i believe he has little knacks or keepsakes from people he loves - including stuff that we don't know about in canon.

4: otherwise the way levi deals with death is just... avoiding any and all emotional reminders as much as humanly possible. after erwin died, he never even spoke his name and just used 'he' whenever he spoke about him.

levi buries those negative feelings (especially regret) as deep and dark down as possible. if the pain he feels can't teach him anything (like he referred to in s1), then he's better off not letting himself feel it. in his mind it's probably an automatic coping mechanism to feel absolutely nothing about his griefs, because if he does, then the weight would try to break him.

so that said, he definitely dissociates a lot. i don't bet that his memory is very good either, if you want to get into the psychological side of things.

oh and i go much more in-depth about levi being forced to deal with all his grief at the fullest after zeke dies (specifically after the war ends) here!!!

#levi ackerman #aot levi ackerman #aot levi #levi aot #snk levi #snk levi ackerman #levi.thoughts

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ghostinvenus · 2 years

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CRUCIFIED | aether x reader

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synopsis: as a novice in a convent, you have yet to take your chastity vows. but when you are send to spread the word of your savior in a satanic church, some events with a certain ghoul might change your mind about becoming a nun

pairing: aether x female!reader

warnings: smut, corruption kink, size kink, a lot of mention of religion, maybe religion trauma but only if you squint, god might hate me after writing this

author's note: thanks @dexthtoyounglings for helping me out on choosing the ghoul for this, and also for inspiring me to write something for the ghost fandom. also, @vpyre asked to be tagged so yeah. sorry it took too long tho. its my first fanfic of ghost and my first smut too, so pls be kind

words count: 5,2k

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The first thing you noticed was how the architecture of the church was very well made. Even better than the one from the convent you were used to.

The second was how much your hands were trembling with fear. The flyers that were carefully made were already kneaded from how much your fingers were moving.

But of course, you couldn't give up just now. To give up, was to acknowledge defeat, and even worse than this, was to face Reverend Mother and admit to her that you were not able to complete a simple task

The other sisters who had already taken their vows were not eager to take the responsability for the duty, so they had all pushed to you, a novice, so you could go in their places. And you, being the young one that you are, were obligated to turn the other cheek and obey your superiors.

Which brings you back to the present mission: enter a satanic church, spread the word of God, leave some flyers, and try to bring back as many "sisters" (even though the Reverand Mother did not count them as sisters) as possible

Knocking slightly in the wooden door, the sound reached your ears and your nerves making the noise sound louder, creating the feeling of reverberating in your bones. The dark clouds that were gathering in the sky made it seems like God was very angry at you for even thinking about stepping inside a building that had sinful things happening inside. Was this really a good idea after all? The woman here had already made their choices, and it was not like–

"Hello, little one" Your inner thoughts were interrupted by a elderly woman opening the door. You were pretty sure no one would had heard the small knock you did, but it was like she was awaiting for your presence to arrive. The thought send shivers down your spine. "How can I help you?"

Was this the right church? How could such a kind looking woman be involved in Lucifer worship and a life of sin? If you didn't knew better, you could swear that the woman could have been a Reverand Mother much like the one who was waiting for you to come back in the convent

"Is this..." You paused, trying to ignore the way your voice cracked under the pressure of the old woman eyes. She took notice of this, but made no comment. "Is this The Clergy? I am sent here by the Convent of..."

"Another one of you? I've told your superior sister a million times that you are not welcome here." The lack of respect for the title of your Reverand Mother surprised you. No one dared to call her something as simply as 'superior sister' "Sister Imperator will have a stroke if she sees this and I do not have time for this. You better leave."

The woman was ready to close the door, but being stubborn and feeling a little revolted with the tone that was used with you, your body was fueled with confidence and you decided to put your foot in the space left before the door was closed.

This was the worst decision you could have made. The woman did not took notice of your foot and closed the heavy door on it, only to become aware of why the door wasn't closing when you left a yelp of pain escape your mouth

"Oh my Satan! Your foot!" The woman opened the door quickly, now alarmed by what she had done to cause you pain

"It's okay! It's okay" You replied, while holding your foot with one hand "It's not broken, or smashed, is just hurting. I'll be okay, Sister!" You put the foot down, close to her, trying to calm the old woman's nerves, showing her that everything was fine, and for a few seconds it seemed to work. Until both of you heard what sounded like a more mature woman voice coming towards your way

"Sister Imperator!" The woman jerked from the door, cloosing it again. On your foot. Again.

This time, you opened the door yourself, swallowing down the scream that threatened to escape your mouth. Your foot that was just hurt before, now was causing you a lot of pain just by putting weight on it

"Ma'am, you did it again. And this time, I think you really hurt me!" You spoke quite loudly, trying to find the woman without having to actually step inside the... church, as one would call it. "How an old lady can walk so fast?" Murmuring to yourself, you decided that was best to go inside, complete your personal mission, and leave as fast as you could

Muttering a quick prayer before entering, you stepped inside the church, trying not to pay attention to the demonic figures that were staring you down in the hallways, as if mocking your holy robes that were now dirty with the unholy. You could feel their stone eyes burning you down, as if wanting to see how long you could resist their sins

"God, forgive me for I have sinned, but I hope Reverend Mother chokes on her food tonight"

You started by passing some flyers by the small space under the doors, and even went as far as leaving some of them hidden behind some plants and on the armchairs that were scattered around the hallway. You were feeling as if you were getting some revenge from the old lady that almost smashed your foot, spreading so many flyers with the words "God is giving you a chance to change", until you heard her voice. Accompanied by the other woman's voice who had made her so nervous before. It was as if God replied to your thoughts with "Turn the other cheek!"

You first thought was to hide, but there was no way you could do it in such an unfamiliar place. It was as if putting a sheep inside a slaughterhouse and waiting for her to find a way through the knives. And even if you were able to hide, as soon as they found you, they would serve your head for dinner and your body for sacrifice. At least thay was what the older sisters told you.

The voices were getting louder, coming near the place where your body was frozen in fear. You could now make some words out of the conversation, mostly something about the need to adopt a cat to eat rats, but all stopped as soon as the womans came down the hall and saw you

You could not have been more out of place. Holding a flyer with a painted image of Jesus, a crucifix hanging from your necklace and your long habit as opposed to the short ones the other women were seen wearing at the Clergy

The silence was loud in your mind, and you said the first thing that came to your mind

"Would you like to hear the word of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ?"

"What is this girl..." The woman who you didn't recognized started speaking, looking you up and down, definitely taking in the details of your holy habit "Doing here? Is she one of them?"

"I am so sorry, Sister Imperator. I tried to warn her to stay away but..."

So this was Sister Imperator. And judging by the way she spoke about you, she was not happy to see you. The feeling wasn't mutual, as you felt as if you were meeting a celebrity; even with her advanced age, she still seemed to hold a halo of respect around her, presenting herself with pride and elegance. You could only pray that you would become half as mesmerizing as her one day

The rain that started pouring outside was able to get you off your train of thoughts, and you quickly started paying attention to the conversation that was taking place in front of your eyes

"...and then I heard your voice and I know how much those nuns annoy you, so I went back and she probably took the opportunity to rummage through our clergy"

"Sister Jezebel, go call one of the ghouls to arrange a room for our sister. I won't be sending her back in this rain, as much as I would enjoy it" Sister Imperator said with a wave of her hand, looking back at you with something more than the initial disgust

"Sister?!" Both you and Jezebel replied at the same time, stunned by the fact that the head of the satanic church was acknowledging you, a novice from a catholic convent, as a sister

"Is that a wise decision, Sister Imperator? The convent is far away but I bet she can make the way herse-" Jezebel asked, fidgeting with her hands

"You won't dare to disobey a superior, will you, Sister Jezebel? I won't let a woman walk alone in the dark of the night, specially when it's raining, and specially when she does not have the protect of Lucifer" Sister Imperator only needed a look in Jezebel directions to have her scurrying off, in search of one of the mentioned 'ghouls'. It surprised you how considerate the woman was, and made you think that if it was the other way around, your church wouldn't accept her kind to be sleeping under the convent's roofs

"Is her name really Jezebel? As, Jezebel the queen who provided the worshipping of fake gods?" You asked, turning to Sister Imperator once you saw that Jezebel was out of ear range and couldn't hear your question

"Someone have been doing their homework. You know, sister..." There was that word again, mocking you "...We also give our women new names after they take their vows, just like your fellow catholics"

You tried to answer, but was interrupted again by the old woman

"I wonder where sister Immaculata found you" You gasped at the sound of the Reverand Mother's name. No one dared to call her something else than her superior title "Is too hard to find young ladies like yourself, eager to learn and ready to devote their lifes to something. But I bet is easier to find people ready to give their souls to your God, rather than giving their souls to Lucifer"

At the mention of the demon name, you did a quick sign of the cross, which earned a laugh from the old woman

"I will make sure that soon you will be saying His name without making a sign of the cross. Just give it some time" Before you could ask what she meant by that, Sister Imperator turned around and clapped her hands in surprise "Here is the ghoul who will accompany you to your chambers. Try not to scare her... too much"

Curiosity won over you, and looking behind the woman, you saw a man wearing a mask that ressembled one that could had been used during more industrial victorian times, and dark clothes, completed with dark boots. His height made difficult for you to stare him in his eyes – or where they should be –, but you could sense that they were staring you down. In curiosity, perhaps? The man only gave you a wide smile, showing his sharp teeth

Then it hit you.

Ghouls, you heard the term in One Thousand and One Nights. You also briefly studied about them when reading about arabic religions. But this was only a nickname giving to him, right? There was no way the satanic church was able to summon demons while your prayers to God went unanswered... right? You were starting to think that the hit you took on your foot was strong enough to have messed up with your head

"This is Aether. Be gentle with him, he is one of our kindest ghouls and you are lucky to have him by your side during your stay here" Sister Imperator said, as if the mention of demons that ate human flesh was no big deal to her. It probably wasn't.

"I d-don't think is necessary for me to stay the night, Sister Imp.." As if mocking you, the heavens sent a thunder down the earth, the sound making your ears hurt momentarily, and the lights shining down the dark hallway of the Clergy. The rain having not stopped for a single minute was only one more proof of how wrong you were. Trying again, you started speaking again "Reverand Mother will be worried and..."

"I will speak to her. Do not worry your pretty head. Ghoul, take her" She replied, as if you were the silly one for not thinking that the satanic church wouldn't have connections with your convent.

As if finally awake, Aether offered a hand to you. Looking back at the exit door that now seemed so distant, you weighted your options; the convent was certainly distant, and the bicycle that you have been riding to the Clergy wouldn't do much to help protect you from the rain. You could be eaten alive, kidnapped and turned into a demon here? Yes. But you were sure stepping inside the convent with dirty shoes would be a worst fate. So you made your choice

You took the ghoul's hand and started following him as soon as he started walking towards the end of the dark hallway. You didn't notice the proud look in the Sister Imperator face, neither did you heard her muttering about a new sister entering the ministry soon

"So... Aether, right?" You tried to start a conversation with the man who still was holding your hand tightly, as if afraid of losing sight of you and being reprimanded by his superior. Not so different from you

A low hum of agreement was all you received, but it didn't discouraged you

"Are you a satanist too? I am a novice nun, if you haven't noticed. I didn't thought Sister Imperator would take me in, but is very kind of her to do so!" At the mention of your status, Aether stopped in his tracks, making you hit his back with your body "Sorry! Sorry! You stopped so abruptly that.."

"A novice? I haven't had one of them in decades" Aether finally spoke, his voice surprising you, and his words even more

"Had? What do you mean by had?" Wrinkles appeared in your forehead as you furrowed your brows. He was starting to scare you

"I can feel your hearbeat increase, but do not be scared. It's just hard for us demons to behave near something so fun to corrupt"

If you weren't scared before, you certainly were now. Trying to push your hand away from his grip, you discovered that he was stronger than he appeared, as even being caught by surprise wouldn't make him let you make a escape

"I don't like this, Aether! I can find the room myself, just please let go of my hand"

As if a spell was broken, Aether released your hand

"I'm sorry, I didn't meant to scare you" He lowered his head, as if ashamed of his actions. The way he behaved made you feel sorry for the way you reacted to his words. He didn't really meant to scare you, that was clear now. But if he was really something summoned from the deep pits of hell, wouldn't you be feeling something different rather than the weird feeling in your stomach that couldn't compare to anything you felt before?

"Are you really a... demon?" You asked, fearing the answer that he might give

"Does it matter?" Aether answered, head still hanging low, showing his insecurity

"Kind of... with the whole nun thing, I have to be sure that I am not committing any sin, you see?" You let your hand rest in his shoulder, giving him soft pats to try to give him some reassurance

"Kind of..." He mimicked your expression, which earned a smile from you. That seemed to steal a smile from him too

"I'll give you the chance to show me my room, then" You answered, already forgetting your question and walking in front of Aether, confidence in your step at the thought of the new friend you were about to make

"This is the wrong way" The voice from behind you called, and now its your turn to feel ashamed.

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You didn't thought that The Clergy could have so much money to invest in guest rooms. In the way to your room, you counted at least another thirteen doors, which now made it clear why you needed a company to guide the way for you. Another thing you noticed was the women dressed like you, but with far shorter habits and not hiding their hair like you. They were also seen kissing, gossiping, applying makeup and talking in the corridors. Most of them stopped what they were doing to look at you, either blowing kisses as a mockery, pondering about reaching to ask what you were doing there, or with a shocked face to see such a pure thing like you in a place like that, or the three of the options. The older ones were the ones that most seemed to care about your presence, and that made you feel intimidated

Of course, not all the looks were directioned to you (though Aether made sure to point out how beautiful you were and how he was sure some of them wanted to take you to bed, and then received a slap in his arms and a remind that you were soon to be married to God). Some of the more audacious would try to get Aether's attention, which didn't seemed to work

"And here we are!" You were taken from your thoughts to the sound of a door opening. You finally arrived at your destination, and curiously enough, you didn't wanted to end the conversation with Aether yet

"Thank you for guiding me, Aether" You said, stepping inside the room and analyzing. It contained a double bed, with an bedside lamp positioned on the nightstand. There was also a shelf with some books that you highly doubted would suit your taste or your studies. There was a small two door wardrobe, and a carpet adorning the floor. It was oddly comfortable, and the thought of feeling so relaxed in a satanic church made you feel a bit nervous. You would have a lot to confess in the morning to Reverand Mother

Looking behind you, you saw that Aether was still standing in the doorframe, as if waiting something. Fidgeting with your crucifix, you decided to make a decision

"Would you like to come in?"

"I thought you would never invite me" Aether said, quickly entering and closing the door behind him. Approaching the bed, he sat down and started to unbuckle his belt. You quickly turned to face the wall in front of you and covered your eyes, hearing the sound of leather

"Aether! This is not what I meant! I have vows to take, you know that!" You squealed, scared of seeing something you shouldn't

"Wait, you are serious about being a nun?"

"Of course I am! Why would I joke about something like th-" You turned around to face him, being met by the sight of Aether without pants, staring you down. With a scream, you turned back to facing your wall "Put your pants back on, Aether!"

"Why? Is so comfortable like this! And I thought you were joking because there was no way someone like you could talk to a demon like me!"

"So you ARE a demon!" You turned back, not caring about the state the ghoul was in "How can they summon you? Why did they summon you? Why can they summon you but when I pray to God that Reverand Mother to not send me here, he won't comply?"

"Woah, slow down there, little lamb" Aether raised his hands in defense, and just then you saw the bulge that was forming in his underwear

"And you get excited at the thoughts of nun? You dirty... dirty... ugh!" Not being able to find something to insult a literal demon, you turned back to your wall, that was now becoming almost a friend, and put your hands over your eyes again

"Not all nuns, though. Is just you!"

"That doesn't make it better"

"Why would you waste something so beautiful like your body on some vows of chastity?" You heard the bed squeaking, meaning that Aether had gotten up from his seat

"My two sisters, who my father is very proud of, are nuns too" You felt yourself talking before even being able to register "My mother was... well, in very sinful paths, so is something that is not explicitly said, but everyone understands. We can't be like her!"

"So you have to lose all the fun in life just to make someone proud?" You could feel his presence near you, and you left your arms go down, embracing yourself instead and closing your eyes

"It's not just to make my dad proud. I grew up with God and He is my destiny, so I will become a nun and take my vows" You answered, opening your eyes slowly when you felt a pair of arms around you

"You haven't taken your vows yet, then?" Aether spoke near your ear, sending shivers down your spine

"No..."

"And you are still a virgin?" His lips were almost touching your earlobe, and you felt something heat inside you. A low groan from the ghoul made you think if he could feel it too

"Yes" You answered quickly, embarassed

"You know that you should first try the fun things, and then choose if you wanted to waste your life away in that convent, right?"

You were so hypnotized in Aether's touch that you almost answered yes to his question, but quickly took a hold of yourself

"Aether..." Your low voice surprised even yourself. You never felt like this before, not even for the magazines of male models you used to read hidden from your father. You never wanted to feel the touch of lips against yours so badly, but you never felt so hot from just a presence before either. It was as if you wanted Aether both close and far away from your body. It was too little and too much at the same time

"Let me show you tonight how it feels to be alive, would you? I will not force you to anything, but once you agree, I won't be able to stop myself" For some reason, the thought of having this kind of power over a demon made you even more excited "I can smell how wet you are, and I can show you how good it feels. You haven't taken your vows yet, there will be no punishment if you want to get out of that place. And there will be no punishment if you want me to go away"

"Please..." You whispered, not being able to hold any longer your urges

"Please what, little lamb?"

"Please, touch me, Aether"

That was all it needed for the ghoul to turn you around in your arms. You saw the opening in his mask, the smile he gave you, and then his lips were already into yours, kissing you fervently, as if his almost immortal life was dependent on the feeling of your mouth against his. You started to feel his tongue against your lips, and parted your lips slightly, letting him go even deeper in the kiss

His hands were roaming down your habit, holding a handful of your ass. You felt yourself moving your body to get closer to him, and his strong hands ripped your tunic open, leaving you fully naked in front of him. You had never showed your body to another person, being taught how that would guarantee you a place in the eternal suffering that is hell, but in that moment, you didn't cared enough. The punishment could come later, now all you wanted was to feel Aether more and more

"You are so dirty, not even caring that tomorrow you might have to roam around naked, showing the marks that I will leave in your skin for everyone" Aether said, throwing the now poor excuse of a tunic to the side "Take your scarf off too, I don't want to be too rough with you, little lamb"

"Why you call me this?" You asked, while undoing your scarf and throwing it to the side. You didn't failed to notice how Aether tilded his head to the side. He was eager to hold your hair while pounding inside you

"Because you were lost, like a little lamb..." Aether closed the distance once more, kissing you deeply before retreating and showing a wide smile, proud of the state he left you "And I've found you"

Taking a hold of your arms, he guided you to the bed, laying you down with more gentleness than you thought he would be able to. When you smiled at the though, Aether only smiled back, murmuring a 'First time, gotta be gentle, eh?' before dipping down with kisses on your neck

You could feel his canines biting down your skin, his tongue licking around your skin, one of his hands grabbing one of your breasts, playing with your hardened nipple, while the other found its way down your thighs. When you tried to close it, Aether left his work on your breasts to hold both your thighs open with his hands. Admiring your body, you felt all the heat go to your cheeks

"Don't be shy. I am very happy to be your first. And your only one. After I'm done with you, you won't want another one, anyways"

Before you could ask what he meant, Aether lowered his head to meet your sex, and started caressing with his tongue. You could feel the warmth of it, his spit making a mess in your pussy, and his movements going from cautious to direct. When you felt his tongue entering you, though, it was an out of body experience. Never had you felt something like this, and upon closing your eyes from the excessive pleasure, you could swear you saw stars at the darkness of your eyelids. Moans filled the bedroom walls, and you put a hand against your mouth to try to muffle them, but Aether only laid his head even more down in your pussy and retreating his hands from your thighs, pushed your arms down and pinned them together

He was eating you like a starving man, and you felt like coming closer and closer to an invisible edge. As if sensing it, Aether let go of one of your hands, opening your thighs that were closing unconsciously, and started playing with your clit. After a few strokes, it was enough to push you over that edge and you only saw white, pleasure taking over your body instantly.

Aether head finally showed up from between your legs, his mask covering only his upper face now, his chin dripping down in what you believed to be the sign of your pleasure. You could now see his full smile, and you feel a warm feeling in your chest, opposed to the one in your lower belly

"You came really fast, little lamb" His voice sounded different without the mask. More clear "I really like when this happen, just makes me proud of myself" With a low chuckle, Aether grabbed his underwear and took it off, moving slightly to throw it to the side in the growing mountain of clothes

You looked down, and your surpised face made Aether laugh again, a low laugh that reverberated in your sex. To say he was huge would be an understatement. His cock definetely felt demoniac from its size. His hands gave few quick strokes, gathering some precum before positioning himself between your legs

"Are you ready, little lamb?"

"Oh God, yes"

"I will be your new god from now on" With a smirk, Aether slowly pushed his cock inside of you, but the malicious smile soon left his face as soon as less than the half of his cock was inside "Fuck, so warm... Give me a few seconds... Too tight"

Breathing deeply, you tried to get accustomed to something so big getting inside of you. You felt full and you were not even halfway done with getting every inch of him inside. The pain was telling you that it wouldn't fit, but when you looked at Aether, he was pushing more of his cock slowly, and when following his eyes, you saw the bulge that was forming in your lower belly from the size of his cock. The view gave you shivers

You felt when his cock finally fit all inside of you, his pelvis touching your pussy in a way that made you feel the heat emitting from him

"Can I move, please?" You opened your eyes to see Aether staring at you, and you felt that he was like just a lost puppy, waiting for your orders, and that after all that talk from his dominant side, only a say from you would be able to put the demon on his knees. You felt truly important in his hold

"Yes, please, move Aether" You moaned his name, feeling his cock twitching inside you. Before you could think about it, he started to move it slowly. In and out of you. You could feel the heat coming in and out, the wetness that followed his cock in and out, and the feeling of fullness coming at you every second. This was a true bless to you, the pain mixing with pleasure making everything more enjoyable

"Is it worth to vow this feeling away?" Aether started speaking, his voice trembling from pleasure. With your mind fogged with pleasure, your only responde was broken no's mixed with moans "Then stay here, little lamb. I can talk to Papa and make you become a part of this" Aether started to move in a more fast speed, hitting your insides quickly. He grabbed one of your legs and held it up until his shoulder, letting it rest there. The new position only made him go deeper and deeper inside you

You could feel that edge again, and your moans started to get louder and louder, as to warn Aether of what you were feeling. His thrusts became erratic, unpredictable. He was going fast, deep and slow, with shallow thrusts, all seemed the same to you. When Aether left his thumb wander around your clit, that was when you felt that explosion in your lower belly again. It only took a few more thrusts and a few more movements from his thumb and you were already feeling the warmth wash over you

"Fuck, you became even more thight around my cock. I'm gonna cum inside. Fuck, fuck, fuck" Aether became more vocal the more he was close to reaching his orgasm "Say you will stay, say it, please" He sounded almost like crying, his moans breaking out loudly

"I am staying with you, Aether" You moaned his name, and that was all it took for one final thrust and the feeling of wetness filling you. Both your breathings were erratic, with sweat covering your bodies

The ghoul laid down on your side after taking a moment inside of you, and taking his cock out, and pulled you closer to his chest. You could now smell the what they called 'after-sex', and the results certainly were something you were learning to enjoy.

"Did you really meant that?" Aether broke the silence, looking down at you "I know it was sudden, and I know that you can't just give up everything you know for someone who defies everything you ever believed on. But I need to feel your body again, and again, and again every night. I feel that just the thought of losing you, someone I barely know yet, will make me go crazy"

Looking up, you took a hold of his face with both of your hands "I will give up everything to be able to feel you by my side again, and again, Aether" You sealed your confession with a kiss on his lips, and you could feel his hands caressing your hips

You couldn't care less about the what had become just a past decision of becoming a nun. The only thing in your mind was how you wouldn't be able to live without this feeling after taking your vows. So it was decided. Your vows would not be taken. Not now, neither soon, or ever.

The only vow you were bound to make was to belong to Aether. Forever.

#the band ghost #ghost band #ghost bc #aether #ghoul aether #aether ghoul #ghost aether #aether x you #aether x reader #aether x y/n #ghost x reader #band ghost x reader #shitghosting

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smilesrobotlover · 14 days

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So for King of the Gerudo you brought up some world building ideas involving the Knights and Maiden titles being the highest honor someone can get, and the Champions being the first examples of non Hylians getting those titles. And as a fellow over thinker in world building, I just can't help but wonder about the different responses people would have to it.

How would the Hylians feel, would they feel it's more deserved and fine, given then Champions had helped save them all during the Calamity, or are there some spiteful ones who see it as an insult to Hylian customs and traditions. Has this spiraled into some people doubting Zelda's choice on the matter, thinking she's putting emotion over reason, choosing to give her friends better titles and disregard their traditions.

Or the Zora and the Rito, both of whom seem to be a little more honor bound. Would some of the more older Zora see it as a passive aggressive way for the Hyrulean Monarch to reiterate that their own Princess is below that of Zelda and the King of Hyrule, that a maiden is still one level below them? Would it lead to people questioning King Dorephan's more passive nature, that perhaps he isn't as outspoken for the Zora's 'honor'? How would the Rito respond to this, who seem to have a little more pride towards their dominion over the sky and their superior archery skills? Is it an insult that Revali was ranked alongside a princess, chieftain, and lord as if a way to cheaply elevate him, almost like a participation trophy?

Or how about some of the Yiga, noting how Impa was dubbed a Maiden but Kogha, in spite of his 'brave' defiance to Ganon, wasn't. Maybe now there are some Yiga who consider this a slight towards them, spawning a very small group of defecting Yiga going against the greater Yiga's reintegration into Hyrulesl's greater collective.

Idk, I'm definitely overthinking all of this and none of this needs answers or any thought put into it, but dang did my brain go a little overboard as I dreamed of this 😅

Oooh yes it’ll be a huge deal. I haven’t thought about the zora situation, but it makes perfect sense! It’s strange how Zelda and Rhoam seem to be of higher authority than Dorephan and mipha, and I think that with the status of a champion and a maiden, a lot of zora will be mad. Idk about the Rito tho, I think they’ll be happy that they’re finally out there, and some Rito may believe that they may be able to reach knighthood or maidenhood someday. But I know some will be upset that it was Revali to be called. But I won’t get into that drama UwU

Some Hylians will be VERY upset about all of this. The people already doubt Zelda’s ability to lead, and to see her accept non Hylians as knights and maidens will seem like breaking tradition, or even blasphemous. Now the soldiers who worked close to her won’t care. They saw how she led battling the calamity, and how she cared for each soldier, so they trust her. But a lot of people like the many gossipers will be upset. They’ll think that Hylians will never have a chance to be called as a knight or a maiden ever again (which isn’t true, those aren’t easy titles to achieve anyways).

Another thing is that it sorta breaks the mold. Knights are meant to parallel the hero, and tho he has a lot of magic, for a lot of incarnations like AOC link, he mostly just uses his fighting skills, not magic. And so to see knights that are proficient at magic will be a big deal, and many people will think that they’re not worthy of a knightly title because of it. Same thing with the maidens. Urbosa, Mipha, and Impa are magically gifted, but they are also very strong fighters. Take away their magic and they’ll still kick your butts. So many people that they’re not worthy of the title of a maiden because of that.

And the yiga…. Oh man… there will be drama with the yiga, and I’m sure a lot of them will be upset, but Impa never defied the Royal family, so she and Kogha’s situation aren’t similar enough to me to cause too much drama. It’s just another instance of the Sheikah being loved by the royal family and not the yiga (but the yiga kinda did that to themselves lol. But I have many thoughts on the yiga for sure)

But yeah overall mostly Hylians and zora will be offended by this. Everyone else may be excited that they’ll have a chance to reach knighthood and maidenhood.

#the people look up to Rhoam more so he’ll really try to take the heat of it all and tell people to calm down #but yeah drama ✨#asks #king of the Gerudo

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shamemp3 · 3 months

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THOUGHTS ON YOUR FAV SPIDERMAN RUN KING? 🎤

OHHHHH MAN.

okay. i have two favorites. there is jms's run (DESPITE sins past and omd bc those were editorial pushing that onto spider-man's narrative and it just happened to be him writing asm at the time so he was stuck with those shitty storylines. i also didnt like the spider-totem shit bc imo it goes against the core of spider-man which is that he wasnt "the chosen one" and that anyone can be spider-man but i will forgive jms for this) and there is friendly neighborhood spider-man 2019 which. believe it or not was by tom taylor. do not like the guy but that run was REALLY good but jms is still on top for me he just gets spider-man sooooo much tbh

jms's spider-man is good for many reasons to me, aside from the storylines being fun in general like even tho omd was ass it was written beautifully. peter and mj's goodbye brought tears to my eyes even tho i hate that stupid fucking idea im glad it was jms that executed it bc at least the writing was beautiful. AND what came before omd was back in black which is one of my favorite peter storylines in the entire world bc jms does write peter as a funny guy while also having him be hot-headed and vengeful and a dick ESPECIALLY when people he loves are on the line and this is something that many modern writers forgettttt omfgggg they diagnosed him with funnyguy disease and he has NO OTHER traits and he's so shallow but with jms he's real because you can tell his humor and his flippantness is an act and that he is VERY intense as a person which ... duh. his guilt is what gets him into spider-manning and then that guilt grows into a sense of responsibility and a care for community and people and that is something else i love about jms is the community in his stories !!! many of his storylines are focused on the neighborhood rather than him fighting outer space aliens or some shit its literally just him helping his neighbors and sometimes not even as spider-man but as peter which i love. and he's a teacher in this run too which is one of my favorite jobs peter has ever had because i think it fits him very well and he loves it and i wish he had gotten to keep it.

this run is so earnest and sincere and so many panels and conversations with mj and may make me insane but its still funny and it shows you who peter really is as a character i wish i could explain it with words but ill show you my favorite panels later instead. petermj is also at its heigh here and i think that if anybody were to read any peter run it should be jms's. i just think that overall jms shows you that despite peter's humor you still see how much he cares about people and how earnest he really is despite the whimsy (sigh) and though he's rude and a dick he does put his heart into everything it's just that the entire world is so against him and so his guilt and his grief and his choices eat at him no matter the outcome.

i also love this run bc mj knows about spider-man and may finds out and it just makes me think wowwww wwhat we could have had if omd had not happened. i get peter and his secrets blah blah but i hated that so many people do not know anymore after bc come on. ESPECIALLY mj and may (and the f4 and matt as well tbh but. for another day) and idk this run shows u a little glimpse of how much better it is when pete's loved ones know about his other life. idk. this was a small thing but whatever

i have so much in my head its just not coming out and its not coherent so. panels:

asm (1999) #34

asm #35

asm #38

asm #53

i want to add more panels but my laptop is starting to lag excuse her she has been with me since 2017 and is breathing so loud right now

to sum it up the writing is beautiful i love peter as a teacher i love the neighborhood and community aspect i love peter's characterization i love mj and may i even liked the little part where he lived in the avengers tower idk it was fun. i LOVED back in black. i didnt like the spider-totem shit bc i refuse to believe peter is the chosen one and i HATE sins past and i HATE omd (but jms wrote it beautifully). but overall jms gets it he sooo gets it and i love this run forever and as for taylor's fnsm 2019 its nice and fun and he also got pete's characterization but i wont go into it as much

#i genuinely wish i was more eloquent with this but. here you go. kiss me btw ily thank u ya 7ayati #leyli

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i-bring-crack · 3 months

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SPOIERS AHEAD from up to the latest of Solo Leveling Ragnarok, but not to worry this is just rambles:

The things that's bugging me so far about solo leveling as a whole isn't just about how the elements of the story could impact the world both individually and globally but also about the potential means of what it is to become an awakened person.

So far the people who have awakened, and those who went on to be a higher rank like S are not those who are just normal in the normal sense like your next door neighbor, but rather those who’ve been proven to leave a small mark in history as a whole. Almost as if faith itself has set them up frrom the start, instead of it being by random choice.

I’ll put up a few examples:

From the novel we have Thomas Andre, Cha Haein, Norma Selner, Lee Minsung and Yoo Soohyun. All of them have made an impact even before they got their powers and post rewind. Thomas became the strongest boxer/mma fighter(?) post rewind. Haein went on to become an olympic athlete, Norma still had the best foresights in the world for two years to the point where even the CIA was keeping her a secret. Sure Norma wasn't an S rank but rather B, still her power was extremely OP(and I wonder if she could have used that for herself but that's another talk). Thing is, they all are examples of how they wielded their talents perfectly, and how those talents showed themselves to be far more than others. It is also noted that both Thomas and Haein started training at quite the young age, with Thomas having no choice to survive whereas Haein managed to outrank even those from highschool despite only being a middle schooler. Pre-rewind. Haein was the only S rank huntress, with, not surprisingly, her S rank power being connected to her physical strength. Thomas is the same, he got to be the strongest boxer and now he is the strongest tank.

For Soohyun and Minsung it's hard to know if their talent of acting was connected to their level physically, or if they were magic users/healers/rangers/summoners instead. But nonetheless they were both famous actors before their awakening, and both have become A ranks after it. Looking at Minsung and Soohyun's cowardice and uninterest respectively, you can see they both seem to lack that pride that comes with being an S rank. The same could be said for Go Gun Hee as he is described to have been one of the greatest businessmen in the country and a philanthropist by his own right, and in the end was a *checks LN* ruler’s vessel.

Juhee, Taeshik, Song Chiyeol and the Hwan brothers can also be a case study here. Juhee is a B rank healer who, post-rewind, she was told to be working at the same hospital where Gunhee is resting, and while she isn't famous then, working in such a place that has a patient one of the most important people out there, is already a level of uniqueness on its own, especially when we know juhee isn't even from Seoul and has to adapt to the more city-coloquial lenguage. It’s a big change for her, as it was for anyone who became a B rank.

Taeshik as well, he was a criminal capable of killing so many people, and post-rewind we see he still becomes a criminal(ill explore that later tho.). And the Hwan brothers speak for themselves with how, in the extras, they are an infamous pair of gang criminals. Song Chiyul is a swordmaster, but even more so I like to point out his leadership and his compassion do seem to make a far more presence than his skills. He is resourceful, especially against the fight with taeshik, he lets others choose for themselves as seen in the double dungeon, he doesn't back away from responsibilities. in. the. face. of. death. Like even if he was being threatened–back at the double dungeon– by Mr Kim, he still put his own life. TWICE. to save others. Once by stepping as a sacrifice upon the altar, another tie by urging Jinwoo and Juhee to escape.

“Oh but what about Jinho? He got to be a successful businessman but he wasn't all that powerful!” I hear you say (jk its me) and yes, he wasn't all that powerful because his own struggles were not as hard as the others for him. He had the whole Yoo Conglomerate to back him up (because in the new timeline he hadn't had a bad breakup with dad) so his resources were more endless than say someone like Haein who even injured herself during the races she partook in, or heck, even his own cousin who had to make a name for herself with her own acting, refine that talent instead, and as its seen, she had made it big in the world.

“But if it’s all about their talent and their efforts, then what does it mean for people who tried just as hard as them or are far more talented than others?”

It's why I linked this more with leaving a foot on history rather than talent. Sure one person can be far more intelligent than another, but if their talents are wasted on something else, or if they just aren't at the right time or right place, then their whole story could disappear like the wind. And Solo leveling, though it doesn't tell fate or divine ordainment is there, the change of fate, the change of the past and future and present and one’s own soul is shown. and it is possible. The Cup of Reincarnation, the past timelines, the vessels of rulers and monarchs. freaking reawakenings. In a way, it's almost like everyone’s story has already been decided, and at the same time, it can be changed as well. So no. It isn't almost all powerful physically or mentally or creatively, it's those who ought to be remembered, both in good and bad ways, those whose story linger (could linger) even after they are gone.

Now, for the Manhwa, this is the same as before, but a little bit more clear in terms of S rank’s powers.

To some extent that is shown even between S ranks that there can be powergaps as well. Like Shimizu being a more powerful (if weapons and goto’s words are anything to come by) healer than Byunggyu because she has more resilience and pride in regard to her powers. So really, strength of any kind isn't just for those who are more powerful physically, but those who seem to be faces that could change the world they are born in. And in a way it seems like she will still be more in the spotlight the longer she keeps being an active hunter, unlike Byunggyu who had been the first to retire completely unharmed. Again, another time where fate is doing its thing and granting more powers to those who would use it.

“But what about Matsumoto and Minoru? They are cowards or became cowards and are still s rank? shouldn't they be less powerful then?” Well yeah they have been traumatized, or just been outright scared of fighting, but they never stopped, even if it was by force of Goto (which was not since they care about the backlash of their guild and keep fighting even after Goto’s death) they still did their work and never retired.

Choi Jongin, is also the other case where, though we don't know how much work he had to do to get to where he was, he still managed to elevate his status to the point where in the extras, his company is planning on working with Jinho’s.

Solo Leveling Ragnarok also introduces me with a new knowledge which outright proves a lot more about the fate of humanity, of the rest of the denizens of the universe as well, and had left me up with the speculation that, as much as Solo leveling says that people’s powers are just by random chance or luck, they in fact aren't.

Rather, all this talk about how they set their presence during history, and how the fate of someone can change, yet only through the tampering by the rulers and monarchs, has led me to draw back to the whole root of the problem in the first place. and that is the Absolute Being Himself.

He created, not unlike the other Itarims were they made all their fragments be servants faithful to their God, he created fragments of light and fragments of darkness for them to fight each other, for HIS entertainment. And while yes the whole story only says that those are the beings he made. THe freaking Absolute Being also had to make the whole universe as a whole, and by extension plan for its destruction and creation, and destruction again. It created everything, not to mention that it was also an inherent source of life to the World Tree itself which also created life for the armies of the rulers, thereby still having somewhat of a power, of a force behind every single creation. And while I don’t think he is going to have the control of every action that is done, I do think AB might have planned the fate of his souls, how much powerful they can be, how much they cannot, like creating vegetables or fruits, this ones have this much sodium, this ones have around this much sugar, more than others, etc. And so their faiths are more or less sealed with how much power they have.

That is until the Rulers began to tamper, and even the monarchs as well. Humanity isn't meant to have magic, which is probably the reason why some fall into a deep slumber as they are weak to mana, or why most who do have its intake are stuck in the same rank (BUT AHH IF WE GOT MORE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT REAWAKENED PEOPLE WE COULD NEGATE THIS CONVERSATION OR BE IT ANOTHER PROOF THAT I'M GOING SOMEWHERE AHHHH), whereas the only reawakened we know of is Jinwoo, who of course, ad their faith tampered by Ashborn into being the strongest. The same is with Suho, and to some extent Haein due to her pregnancy. Il-hwan, Thomas, Liu, Siddhart, and Reed also display, even in another timeline, how they have been affected by the powers of the ruler’s feeling as though they could reach a higher potential than the one they have right now. So in a way their fates really do change quite a lot in every interference the Ruler’s have made. To the point where they can even remember past events without the need of the connection with the shadow monarch.

And thats… that's intriguing, especially when it's known in the epilogue that the essense itself of the Rulers and the Monarchs, the fragments they are made of, literally go out and still SEARCH for a new vessel out there to take their power. See the soul of a Monarch/ Ruler can die, dissipate and go into the sea after death. but the fragment of darkness/light? no, they still go out and search for another host they go out and keep the battle going. As if, to some extent, AB is still out there controlling them, despite his death. And funnily enough it seemed that his death, though causing the loss of the World Tree’s energy to bare more fruit, it also gave out a substitute for that in the form of the Shadow Monarch, so as to keep the fights ongoing as much as possible.

the thought of him still pulling fate, still mending the choices by the nature of what he created, even after his death, is awe and creepy honestly. Never thought much of it that way. Heck, he might have known that the overprotectiveness of his angels would lead to his death, but in the end, it would make another big show, not between just the rulers and the monarchs, but also between the outer gods themselves.

And if he wanted so much entertainment, he definitely got it beyond death.

#solo leveling #ill put more tags later im tired #sung jin woo #cha hae in #lee juhee #lee joohee #go gunhee #choi jongin #absolute being #solo leveling monarchs #solo leveling rulers #ashborn #AND THAS NOT EVEN TOUCHING ON THE REINCARNATION OF DEMONS #man things are spicy because i reread slr #solo leveling spoilers #solo leveling ragnarok spoilers

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raitnrong · 1 year

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ive been so tempted to make my own geeta post ever since ive written down this one response on an analysis on her. i've actually come to make my own conclusions abt her character while making and it's making me go '???' at all the apparent hate on her.

genuinely i rly do just want to know what piece i've missed abt her dialogue that's gotten the ppl against her buzzing

i in fact do think that geeta is a great top champion! she conducts check-ins w the gyms, has gotten herself involved in the proceedings of the school (a great thing to have done as a top champion btw, recognizing it's important to be updated and engaged in paldea's new generation), and takes her role as the top champion very seriously! (so srs that she's caught onto nemona's need to be able to battle at her fullest when she'd had her exam)

she may have had her flaws like being meddlesome n a bit careless at times (like sending the player to larry w/o a head-up on his part|| a lot of ppl hate this, however this could be construed like she trusts larry to be able to handle such matters instead. depending on ur outlook)

but overall she looks like she does her job w grace. n everyone is flawed?? tho yes it's not an excuse when it comes to having responsibilities as big as hers, but even in a professional light she's not so egregious as to receive the amount distrust she has

a lot of ppl in game hold her in high esteem-- larry is snappy at her yes but why the hell is that suddenly made to define her character? "oh, larry has something going on w geeta n that is but a seed as to why she's fishy as hell!" like??

im p sure larry doesnt even hate her guts! like yes there's dislike there but is larry rly full of loathing so as to have to constantly 'go against the world' bc of his job n his boss? yes his dialogue abt normal types n ppl expecting flashy things were remarkable. but in the context of pokemon? as if id actually believe that!!

(normal types have their own strengths, they're not run-of-the-mill. they don't shine just because "they don't shine". normal pokemon are awesome for being normal pokemon period! it's a type like any other is. not to say his philosophy abt liking a pokemon is any less valid! gym leaders find their types due to many motivations)

anyway getting off topic hahah, larry could just be grumpy in general. so where does ppl get the idea that it makes geeta evil...

is it the design huh. look deep in urself and be honest ,':T

one point btw on how geeta is in fact clever and heartful (that shes not some power-crazed harpy and but is simply engaged in her work) is this point i made abt geeta's decisions with penny.

now if u recall, penny hacked the league in order to be able to reward the player for putting up w cassiopeia's operations

when she told clavell, he said it was out of his jurisdiction n that the decision was to rest on geeta.

and what did geeta do?

she CHOSE to be lenient w penny by instead having her work off her debt to the league by having her improve their cyber networks.

a hobby that penny already does and likes btw! she could have been further expelled or sent off like last time, but instead, geeta's choice was to allow penny the chance to face the consequences of her actions by having penny use her talents as she'd recognized it. geeta didn't see an opportunity for punishment but instead she chose growth.

for her, it'd come to light that they now had two problems: a child facing massive trouble for what is the equivalent of govt.theft and the league's shoddy security. and then she sought a solution that solves both in the most holistic and frickin' effective way possible! wow! it's insane!

she's not taking advantage of penny, it was her intervention of helping her >:T

im sure even penny appreciated her penalty bc she's mature enough to recognize what she's done wrong, does have knack for tech, and she knows she's helping paldea in return w her IT direction (and she's a good kid!)

--hc timee: now imagine nemona and penny bonding over their admiration for la primera as her helpers pls :))--

i would love to hear the points against her other than hcs tho! i may have missed something from the game bc rly i was more tuned to the trio's arcs (esp nemo's) rather than the adults' characters (except for clavell)

but srsly y would ppl hope that there's an agenda ruining scarvi's experience w paldea. tho yes leaders r in the risk of turning corrupt, the fact that there'a no direct text on pkmn is already a testament as geeta's quite clean now.

#pokemon #pokemon scarlet and violet #pokemon geeta #pokemon penny #pokemon nemona #pokemon larry #n yes yes absolute power corrupts absolutely but gen 8 is done both in the anime n games #and is leon proven to be a twist villain?#what abt diantha? cynthia?#would most of u make agree they're actively antagonistic?#but its pkmn :) pkmn characters r as plain as they get. if the wanted geeta evil u best bet she will be made evil #anyway ofc hcs are hcs but im putting myself out here as analysis and not an hc btw ;)#geeta propaganda okay. geeta n larry r friends :)) i love their bickering dynamic. larry talks abt her a lot lol

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That post about kayaking got me thinking about something. About Akari living in the Highlands with Ingo close to/during winter where snow is slowly starting to cover the area. About Akari being upset about something but she won't talk to Ingo about it. She insists that she's fine but as her dad, he knows better than that. If he can't help her by getting her to talk about it, then he can help by getting her mind off of it for a little while. By engaging in a snowball fight. She's fairly annoyed at first. Until one of their Pokemon throws one at Ingo in her defense. It quickly turns into chaos and they even manage to drag an unsuspecting Melli into it. Eventually the father daughter duo settle down by the fire to warm up and she's finally able to tell him about what's bothering her.

THIS IS SO FUCKING CUTE THO???

Akari is so used to the adults just giving her things to do, putting yet ANOTHER responsibility on her shoulders, that while she doesn't expect Ingo to do the same she's like... "well obv i am an adult now and I must keep my problems To Myself" and Ingo is like "darling child, you are a baby" bc Akari is still... idk. 13-15? That melodramatic age all teenagers go through where they think they're alone made worse by people going "also do this or die :)"

And Ingo is so Irritated by it but he doesn't have the power to tell ANYONE putting all these things on her shoulders to knock that shit off, that she's a kid, because she was doing it all before she met hm and he has no "legal" control over her. He tries to put her at ease as best he can but he's unwilling to confide in him bc she's an Adult doing Adult Things and he can't change her mind to ask for help or express her frustration.

So winter hits and she's been spending time with him, Melli over to visit and bug them both (he'd never admit he's been a little lonely, that he sees the warden and his adopted daughter as something like his closest companions in the highlands), and one night a blizzard blows in and covers EVERYTHING nearby in snow. Traveling too far is impossible by foot, and her pokemon are so blasted tired that she can't bear to ask them to take her anywhere. The snow is deep enough that even lord wyrdeer and lady sneasler and lord braviary are like "darling child, fuck no" so Ingo takes Akari with him to clear out the worst of the snow just from where he lives. And Melli is bitching about the cold and Akari is pouting and frustrated and snaps at him that she has too much to do, too much to handle, she can't be WASTING TIME here...

And Ingo throws a snowball at her.

It catches Akari in the face, gentle, but catches her off guard. She's standing still, confused and angered about what just happened, and Ingo does it again. Because he has very few memories, but he DOES remember someone important to him spiraling, and that he needed to help distract them, and so he did something they'd never expect. So he does it to akari. And she starts yelling (not as loud as Ingo can get) and he just throws another snowball and says if she wants him to stop, shes going to have to make him.

And the snowball fight starts off angry on Akari's side because she's stressed and scared and frustrated, so she starts yelling at Ingo except Melli joins in and also throws a snowball at her. She has no choice but to throw snowballs back (the idea of goin back into Ingo's home never occured to her) and at first she's mad, but then Ingo makes a move to dodge one of her throws except he slips, goes pinwheeling into Melli, and they both land in a snowbank. Melli immediately gets up, complaining about being cold, and goes inside to warm up but Ingo and Akari stay out a little while longer until theyre just chasing each other through the snow and laughing. Akari manages to shove a handful of snow down the back of Ingo's tunic, and he retaliates by filling his hat full of snow and slamming it onto her head.

And when they go back inside, the fire already lit with Melli snoozing in front of it, Akari's eyes start to water and then dribble with tears. And as they dry off and change clothes, pulling blankets around them as they sit in front of the fire, she curls up into her dad's side and quietly, fighting back tears, tells him about how scared she is of what she's doing, how she knows she can't say no. Ingo holds her close and promises that if she wants to stop, he'll help her, and if she wants his help, it's always ready to be given. Whatever she needs, if he can provide it he will. And for the first time in what feels like forever she relaxes, takes a deep breath, and lets herself be helped.

#Dad Ingo #PLA #pla akari #Akari #I love melli so much he's a big brother #He's annoying but he will run and tattle and nag playfully at his younger siblings #Ingo had to get on his case once about bullying Akari and melli got upset over it but quit #(for the most part)#But then he started spending time w Akari and realized that she's just a kid trying her best #So now he nags and mocks her but affectionately to distract her #Asked and answered #Forgersfeline

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trampledore · 10 months

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Rhaenys' decision to join Rhaenyra's side was arguably the most logical choice and in line with her character/motivations

I'll be partly referring to a recent post by @squgs HOTD and Ambiguity. They discuss a really interesting point and I didn't want to hijack their post by addressing a minor detail that they used as an example. But it also wouldn't leave me alone, since it's been bothering me for a while how a lot of people seem to interpret Rhaenys' motivations and actions in episode 10 (and 9). Apparently, House Velaryon backing Rhaenyra seems confusing to some (which I agree it might). Obviously everyone can have their own opinions and interpretations of the characters, but I am passionate about mine and need to make my case somewhere where I don't offend anyone accidentally. So I'll just write down my thoughts here. (This is just me ranting for fun, don't take it too srsly pls)

I agree that the Velaryons taking Rhaenyra's side instead of remaining neutral doesn't seem to make a lot of sense if you look at what happened in the show and their conviction that Rhaenyra is responsible for Laenor's death. BUT, I've wasted a lot of time thinking about it, and I do think joining Team Black was their best shot.

I do believe that her wish to see a Queen on the Iron Throne and protecting her grandchildren are her main reasons for joining Rhaenyra.

Moreover, I think that she believes that an alliance with Rhaenyra ensures she keeps what she has and furthers the goals of House Velaryon as well as her own (more than, say, joining Team Green would)

Firstly, I'd like to address why I would rule out Alicent's offer in episode 9. It seems like a good way to go if Rhaenys wants Baela to inherit Driftmark, IF Rhaenys believes that Alicent is to be trusted and actually has the power to back it up. If she thinks that Rhaenyra has the better chance of coming out on top in the end, then she would only make herself a traitor by agreeing to this deal. Then there is also the fact that she would turn directly against her remaining family members. Corlys made his wishes clear before he left, naming Lucerys heir and by that putting them indirectly on Rhaenyra's side - there was no way to be sure at the time that he would actually die, or, if he survived, go along with this deal between Rhaenys and Alicent; Baela expressed her loyalty for Rhaenyra too (in the deleted scene, and probably made her standpoint clear before at some point) and might not even agree to go along with it. So putting all her eggs into Alicent's basket might not work out in Rhaenys' favour, and even tho it might prolong the negotiations for peace between the factions, it would definitely not hold back Daemon and Rhaenyra indefinitely imo. They have enough dragons to risk it even without Meleys and the Velaryon fleet. They are completely convinced that Rhaenyra is the rightful claimant to the throne after all. They won't just give up and resign themselves to the situation. In any case, with or without an escalation, Driftmark is closest to Dragonstone and I don't see them forgiving Rhaenys for siding with Alicent. They would fly over there and take that inheritance away from Baela in a heartbeat and just install someone else on the Driftwood throne. I don't see the Greens being able to stop that from happening, and Rhaenys probably knows that. Apart from the possibility of Rhaenys getting the heir for Driftmark that she wants, I see no gain in joining Team Green, especially since the Velaryons clearly consider them traitors; view Aegon's coronation as usurping the throne and have to assume that Team Green would actively try to kill Rhaenyra's sons.

Secondly, I also believe that Rhaenys' main motivation is to keep her family safe and ensure her house's survival. I am convinced that she cares about the boys, not only Baela and Rhaena. We didn't get any real scenes with them, but what I saw in the background in episode 7 is enough for me to believe that she at the very least doesn't want them to get hurt. They are also members of House Velaryon as far as most of Westeros (including Coryls) is concerned and additionally, they are betrothed to Baela and Rhaena. By making sure that they survive to take over the Iron Throne and the Driftwood throne, she is ensuring her granddaughters' futures (futures that they also both seem to want). She may not have the same ambitions as Corlys, but she probably also wouldn't pass up that opportunity. So: even if she didn't care about the boys, it is in her interest that they survive. Joining Rhaenyra is the way to protect them.

That also brings me to the question, why she didn't fight for her own claim, but then decided to fight for Rhaenyra's, even though she couldn't really stand her at this point in time. Simply put, her chances back in the day were much worse than Rhaenyra's. At the time of the Great Council (and Jaehearys' death) she only had one dragon and very few supporters. Rhaenyra has a whole bunch of dragons, more support, the lords actually swore fealty to her at one point and she was appointed by the previous king, which means more loyal lords might stand with her even if they had preferred a male heir otherwise. Rhaenyra has a claim that can be backed up with a lot of arguments and force, while Rhaenys was a woman AND rejected by Jaehaerys. Of course she could have tried to fight for the throne anyway, but that would have been so much more risky and probably doomed to fail, especially with no other members of House Targaryen backing her up. She would have risked the lives of her family and herself to take a throne that she might not be able to hold in the end anyway (Daemon and all the lords who voted against her would have had something to say about that even if Viserys himself didn't care that much). So, arguably, Rhaenyra has a better chance of success (at least that's how I see the situation) and I am convinced that Rhaenys wants some form of justice for the slight against her. She might see Rhaenyra as a way to change "the order of things" after all.

And finally, while Rhaenys obviously doesn't trust Rhaenyra and Daemon, she also has no more reason to trust Alicent and Aegon. In her eyes war seems to be an inevitability, but while Aegon hasn't exactly shown a lot of virtues so far, Rhaenyra seems to prove herself reasonably capable at the moment. So why not back the arguably better ruler for the kingdom? I do think that it also would have made sense for the Velaryons to simply remain neutral and wait out the war, but her deciding the way she did also isn't unreasonable. Especially when the support of House Velaryon might just cause the scales to tip in Rhaenyra's favour (which would be way more in their interest than the Greens winning). Not to forget: Corlys actually swore obeisance to Rhaenyra, so accepting her as Queen would actually be the honourable thing to do.

And then there is the fact that she seemingly is now tired of standing at the side lines, unable to do anything. She clearly wants to take action and have more influence on what is happening around her. So taking a side and becoming an active part in the war might be her way to do it. Whether it's smart in the long run is another question entirely.

My point is that her reasons for wanting to join Team Black do actually make a lot of sense even if one might think that her disagreements with Rhaenyra and Daemon are too great. If House Velaryon stayed out of the war, they would risk their grandchildren's deaths that might have been prevented if only they had helped when they could. All five of them are closely connected to Rhaenyra and Daemon and have no intention of just leaving; if they remained on Dragonstone and then died, House Velaryon would have no future. From Corlys' and Rhaenys' perspectives, there is probably nothing worse than that, even if for different reasons. Staying neutral for no other reason than a (completely justified) grudge, could possibly cost them more than joining the war would.

#rhaenys targaryen #house of the dragon #house velaryon #team black #corlys velaryon

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