#luther: he doesn't even do anything just reads

[candy-red-river]

Luther is beauty, style, and grace (an analysis again)

ok ive wanted to talk about this guy for a while after finishing the comics lately and oh my god his deal is the most obvious of all the characters compared to others when you think about it.

Starting off, his most obvious feature is his manners. He is very polite and "reasonable" but often forces it onto others and seems somewhat superficial. Like he's trying to hide something about himself. One of my mutuals earlier called him "repressed which I find very interesting as I never saw him that way before.

But after reading the comic I said to myself, "Yeah he's definitely repressed".

Specifically in the camping arc he has HUGE BEEF with the hitchhiker calling them a narcissist for seemingly being themselves, albeit a bit morbid and tries to poke through his skin like he does with others (whether to sedate them or not) but restrains himself when randal comes around, later attempting to call his doctor about it, implying that he doesn't want or like doing that to begin with.

There was also the scene with the pancakes where he just unhinges his jaw but implies that he doesn't do that often in front of guests for the sake of their comfort.

Other than that, Luther absolutely INSISTS that he's human and the weird "family" dynamic that he's made for the ivory household (which consists mostly of brainwashed people forced to play a pet role and randal who I'm pretty sure isn't even related to luther) and generally tries to put down anything he does not like in a sort of fancy royal manner.

From all this and the speech he made about choosing his own destiny and being so assertive about manners to others I think it's safe to say that luther is an absolute monster, but is very self aware and almost insecure about being non human, which he also enforces on others in order to "fix" them or to make himself seem perfect with the "ideal" family.

I think he's aware of how messed up everything is but is either in denial or trying to tone it down.

Other things to note:

Captain howdie said they had a crush for luther from an ask which I think is funny and unexpected. (Also true)

He has canonically dated women (epic)

The eyes on top of his eyes aren't just eyelids since they have been shown to come out before. He literally has two sets of eyes.

I also think it's funny that nyon and nana have an implied crush on him (I'll get to them later)

He's scared of mice apparently

he has a LOT of pets, none of them are normal animals

He seems to have sympathy of some kind but it's definitely half baked.

(Unrelated note: the current most mysterious characters are Sebastian, Nana, and the hitchiker)

#randals friends #ranfren #luther von ivory #I might go over randal again later #captain howdie #fan analysis #fan theory #fandom analysis

[callmearcturus]

a bunch of Mission Impossible fic recs

hi, i'm sorry for conning so many people into this fandom. here's some reading material.

Easy Open, by helenish

“So you and Hunt are a package deal these days,” Bryson says. “Uh,” Benji says, jerking his head up from his computer, ballpoint in his mouth.

Ethan/Benji. Definitely the first thing you should read after watching the movies. This is my favorite kind of one-shot, the kind that manages to convey the weight of history like a 60k fic in such a compressed space. When I talk about using sex scenes to convey something about the characters, perfect example is the set dressing around the one here where the title drop happens. Way to say so fucking much about the characters through sheer implication.

in the details, by helenish

Ethan: We have an even bigger problem. Ilsa. Benji: Ilsa. Our Ilsa? —Mission: Impossible — Fallout (Paramount Pictures, 2018)

Ethan/Benji/Ilsa. This one is so fucking dense and amazing. I love the way Ethan is just so fucking in love with both of these people and keeps imagining them fucking and feels terrible about it, you just want Benji and Ilsa to put Ethan out of his misery, but ALSO this is hardcore physicality porn. The scene with Ilsa on Benji's shoulders is better than any sex scene I've read this year.

I'm With You, by fictionallemons

Luther's getting married again at a private resort on a tropical island. Only there's a mixup with the rooms and Benji and Ethan have to share. No big deal, right? One bed. Two friends. No problem. Ha.

Ethan/Benji. I keep rereading this one because it just has such intense longing and familiarity in it. The way it portrays Ethan and Benji as a unit, a foregone conclusion even they themselves haven't quite figured that out, is perfect. Also I love the way Ethan handles the bed situation, the low grade annoyance he has at the repeated question. Benji, get a clue, my man.

Someone New, by fictionallemons

After Fallout, Benji thinks Ethan and Ilsa are together and he only wants to be happy for them, even it kills him to see Ethan with someone else. He's got to try to get over Ethan. But some things are just impossible. Mutual jealousy, mutual pining, cute texting, and a happy ending, of course.

Ethan/Benji. LOOK, THE WAY TO MY HEART IS ETHAN BEING JEALOUS AND NOT HANDLING IT WELL. Also the fact this fic acknowledges Ethan's emotional growth from Fallout, chef's kiss. But really the moment when Ilsa's like "Seems we missed the show" and Ethan says "I wish we had" ETHAN OH MY GOD. Also the subtle way Benji is needling Ethan a little, subconsciously at least-- it's good!

it takes a lot (to know a man), by thistableforone

"So I just… want to remind myself that we're alright." He says it like that, with a general we that sounds more like a specific you. And because Ethan does know what it feels like, he doesn't question him any further. If Benji needs to spend time with him to feel better, he won't deny him. Takes place after Fallout. Ethan is recovering and Benji goes to live with him to help

Ethan/Benji. A longer one, hell yeah. This one truly wallows in the aftermath of Fallout, which is where my brain lives 90% of the time, so I appreciate it. Also Ilsa pointing out why the fuck did Luther give her that speech but not Benji-- finally someone said it. But really this fic is about Benji and it breaks my heart.

magnetic field being a little too strong, by oopshidaisy

“This is strictly recon,” Ethan says. It’s maybe the seventeenth time he’s said words to this effect since they arrived at the party. “We can’t do anything that’ll raise suspicion. Understand?” Post-Rogue Nation. Benji and Ethan go undercover and find themselves in one of those spy jams that only surprise kissing can solve.

Ethan/Benji. This is the one with the INCREDIBLE passage about Benji realizing why Ethan's never been slapped for pulling the fake kissing thing on missions. Also I love how... this feels like a date. To Ethan, this is a fun mission with his Benji, and it feels like it. Benji's voice here is pitch perfect, feels like its right out of Rogue Nation.

The Missionary Position, by matchsticks

Ethan and Benji have to pretend to be a married couple for a mission. Well, Ethan and Benji are already a married couple, but now they have to pretend to be pretending to be a married couple for a mission, and the rest of the team has to help them keep their secret. It'll definitely all work out fine. Probably. Hopefully.

Ethan/Benji. Listen. This one is hilarious.

THERE, there's some stuff to get you started, folks! and you can always hit up mine. I have periphery (in which everyone Benji works with is a little in love with him and Ethan just doesn't deal well), all i need is a certain trigger (in which Ilsa and Benji are in the Syndicate and Ethan trips into romancing them both), and the big AU you'll need a new name to survive this (in which Benji is Ethan's physical therapist and a lot of things start to change)

Looking over all this, it seems my favorite thing is when Ethan is just unhinged and Benji is unfortunately into that.

#mission impossible #benthan #fic recs

[darkth1ngs]

Five Hargreaves x Female!Reader

Summary: Five was tired and just needed a break and y/n was the only person he wanted a physical contact with

☆I hope you lot like this one. It took me a very long time to come up with.☆

Klaus walked into the room were five was "you look terrible " Klaus said "well I do feel terrible" five said and continue drinking his coffee "i think you need a hug. Come here brother" and Klaus went to hug him "Don't even dare, Klaus i swear" "yes Klaus don't we all know he doesn't like to be touched" Luther commented "well he doesn't mind if it's y/n" Lila teased him.

Five didn't said anything "well he likes her it's obvious at this point" Alison said and Five had enough "can all of you stop I DON'T LIKE HER at least not like that and she's a good person to be around and i prefer her than any of you". and suddenly he teleported himself out of the room.

"What is his problem!?!" Lila said annoyed.

Y/n pov

Y/n was sitting in her room and reading a book. She wasn't really paying attention on what was happening around her. So she didn't hear Five who was calling her name outside of her door until he came in the room.

"Hey Five, is everything okay you don't look very well" She said while he was approaching and sat down next to her on her bed "it has been a long week and I'm just sooo tired, i don't seem to ever get a break."

"Oh five, come here" She said and lets him lay next to her "I know it has been hard, but you can relax for the rest of the day. I promise, no one is going to bother you" he put his head on her shoulder and grabbed her hand and placed on his head for her to play with his hair

They stayed like that for a while until they both fell asleep

3rd person pov:

Klaus was searching for them. When he peeked into y/n's room. He opened the door and found them cuddling each other. He ran out to tell everyone.

They all came to Y/n's room. "see i told you guys" Klaus said "they look so cute" Victor commented . Y/n woke up from the noise "if you wake up Five, you're going to regret it" and with that they all left the room.

"What happened" Five said in a quiet sleeping voice "Nothing to worry about love, go back to sleep".....

#five hargreaves x reader #five x y/n #tua five #number five #female #five hargreaves x you #five hargreeves #five hargeeves

[iheardarumorthings]

OK HI, so its currently 2 am and i stayed up for the longest time reading your angst stories and i CANT GET ENOUGH OF THEM THEY ARE SO GOOD ok anyways so i just wanted to request a story :) ok so this might be stupid or something but so y/n and five are dating and they have been since before texas 1963 (season 2) and now we are in the 3rd season where y/n doesn't feel any love from five even though five only occasionally says he does but he is just being cold to y/n, and so they start spending less time together but at luthers party when five gets drunk he is all like "oh i love you so much" and all of a sudden he wants to constantly be around y/n, but it turns out he was just trying to make it easier when the apocalypse does come its easier to loose y/n but y/n doesn't buy it because he is drunk I AM SO SORRY IF THIS MAKES NO SENSE LIKE I SAID ITS 2 AM

HI THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS!!!

warnings: five being mean, drunkenness, swearing

tag list: @mad-elia ; @navs-bhat ;

MY LIGHT

Once upon a time you were loved. Cherished. Adored. Just as he had promised in his vows, made in both you and Dolores’ presences. Once upon a time, he held your hand. He kissed your cheeks, held your face, and told you he loved you as he tickled your stomach and pressed his lips all over your face.

Oh, but like all fairy tales, they come to an end.

Once upon a time, Five Hargreeves loved you. Once upon a time, your love was returned.

But then he began to pull away. Yes, your darling husband would still smile sometimes. Sometimes he would pat your hand when you got an injury. But he would always pull back.

Eventually, even those things faded. He no longer smiled at you, only looking at you with disdain. If at all. Sometimes you would no longer wake to him by your side, but with him nursing a bottle by the desk. Once, he even kicked you out.

So you ran and ran, trying to find a solution. Always trying to help.

“You really are dense, aren’t you?!” he yelled one night as you presented your own equations. He began waving the bottle in his hand out of anger. “Can’t you see, darling? There’s no point! Nothing! So, say your last goodbyes, honey, because we’re all going bye-bye in a day or two!”

The nickname was no longer a term of endearment, but an insult. As was any amount of affection he showed you.

You remembered feeling hope just a few days before as the Handler dropped dead on the ground. As she fell, your worst enemy, Five rushed to you holding you in his arms as he shook. He didn’t even pay attention as Lila split. He just hugged you to his chest, rocking you back and forth.

You were far too shocked to do anything about it. He had not held you- let alone touched you- in days. You just sat there, stiff.

He was a little more affectionate then, pulling blankets up around your shoulders the second you were able to get some sleep; offering you a cup of coffee exactly the way you liked it when you woke.

It was heaven.

Is this what our lives will be like from now on? You thought, a smile on your face as you looked at him as he sassed his siblings. I could get used to this.

But then you landed home. He still held your hand, swinging it with his. You were still far too stunned to say anything to him, though you vowed to ask later.

And suddenly, things grew worse once more. Even more awful than they had been before.

He began flat-out ignoring you. He would avoid you; lightly push you out of his way if you grabbed him by his arms, begging him to tell you what was happening. He just brushed you off, a flippant look of annoyance on his face, telling you it was nothing.

So then you began to pull away, too.

You would not let him have you if he refused to take you in. You would no longer let him touch you if he wouldn’t. You would no longer try to get him back.

You could’ve sworn you saw despair cross his face as you stepped out of his way, not looking him in the eye, not smiling. Just…moving.

You were not his, you told yourself, sliding your wedding ring off of your finger after seeing his gone.

And he was not yours.

~*~

Your heart weighed heavy in your chest as you watched Luther and Sloane get married. Her in her beautiful white dress, Luther in his suit. 

You remembered your wedding. The vows that seemed to be broken so easily. 

You sat as far from him as possible; you crossed your legs, putting up your guard. No one would bring it down ever again, not if they were to stab you straight through the heart you so openly let them have.

And it was the same story at the reception as you drank from the bottle, downing it.

“You know, honey,” you heard a voice behind you, his words slurring. You turned to face it. “Drinking is bad for you. You shouldn’t do it.”

His hands went to your hair, muttering about how it was undone, how he’d have to re-do it. That was always his thing. He’d do the smallest things to help you; that included your hair, in fact that used to be his favorite little thing to do.

I swear, Y/N darling, I will always, always help you…Especially with your hair.

You moved out from under him, making him whimper, continuing to reach out. “Yet here you are, doing it just the same as I am.”

He shrugged, sitting down next to you, staring at you. There was an odd look in his eye; a look that you had seen a long time ago. A look that had asked you to marry him, a look that had brushed your hair back from your face and told you it loved you more than anything in the infinite universe.

Damn that look. 

“I can. It’s my job to make sure you don’t make the same mistakes I do, sweetheart.”

“It is not. We are in no way related to each other.”

“That’s not true, baby,” he laughed, “and you know it. I’m your-” He hiccupped, reaching out for your hair again. “-husband. You know? The one who is madly, and forever in love with you? The one who adores you beyond any sort of comprehension?”

“Oh!” you gasped, placing a hand to your heart dramatically. You almost pitied the fool; his face lit up as if recognizing that you finally understood what he meant. He reached out for you, about to pull you into his lap. “You mean the one that took his ring off and ignores me? Calls me an idiot? That one?” The smile on your face nearly broke it; the sarcasm nearly broke you.

His face fell; his eyes teared up. He grabbed you by the hips, pulling you into him. You tried to climb out, but he held you tighter, pressing his lips to the back of your neck.

“You have to know,” he whispered, “that everything I did…everything was a mistake.” He began to kiss your shoulders up and down. “And I want you to know that I’m incredibly disappointed in you; your lack of faith in me was quite unnerving. To think that a person like me, who’s only source of light was you, would just discard you like that.” He continued to kiss you, whispering ‘I love yous’ between them, tears dripping down your back now. When you began to talk, he shushed you. “I don’t get it. Why can’t I just have an apocalypse-free world for once? Why can I not have a world where I don’t have to deal with the thought of losing you at any given moment? Because it would be so hard. Losing you, you know? You are my life. My love. My everything. So what else could I do? Maybe…I thought that just maybe if I pushed you away–just maybe–I would feel less empty. Less angry, sad, depressed. I couldn’t–no, I can’t handle the thought of losing my light. My darling. My world. I thought that maybe I could make myself hate you. But that’s hard with a person who’s only flaw was loving me, huh?”

You tried to pull away. He interrupted you with a little tug, a kiss pressed firmly to the side of your neck, nipping it slightly. “Let me finish. Please.”

You leaned back, and he sighed, pulling you in even closer, pressing kiss after kiss to your neck, paying no mind to those who were watching.

“I suppose my point is that I was wrong. So, so wrong. And I’m so sorry; I’m sorry for hurting you, I’m sorry for making you think that I didn’t love you anymore, and I’m sorry that I’m such a fucking idiot that I couldn’t treat you to the best last days possible. I’m sorry that I couldn’t hug you, hold you. God, I’m sorry for myself too. Do you know how much I’ve missed this? How much I’ve craved it? Your touch? The feel of you in my arms?”

“Five,” you whispered, voice soft. There were tears in your eyes. “You’re drunk. You’re not…you’re not coherent. You don’t know what you’re saying.”

“Oh, darling. Don’t you remember the phrase I taught you? Drunk words are sober thoughts. And, trust me, I could not stop thinking about you for the past few weeks. At night. During the day. All the time. Hell, I even dreamed of you.”

“Five, you are drunk. You are not sober; you are not in the right state of mind.”

“I think I’m better than ever.”

“You think you love me.”

“I do.” He squeezed your waist; not tightly, but enough to hold you in place. Enough to let you know he was serious. “Never, ever doubt that. I couldn’t take it if you did.”

“You don’t, Five,” you whispered, sliding out of his lap. You placed your hand on his jaw; he held onto your wrist, looking up at you with big, despairing eyes. “But you’ll remember that in the morning. Won’t you?”

#five hargreeves #five hargreeves x reader #five hargreeves x you #five x reader #five x you #the umbrella academy #tua #the umbrella academy x reader #the umbrella academy x you #tua x reader #tua x you

[tua-braindump]

TUA IMAGINES:

yes I'm back at it again.

Trying to hide a new relationship with your TUA S/O:

Luther:

This boy has ZERO subtlety. Thankfully, his behavior doesn't change much from before you were together. Everyone already knew he had the biggest, dumbest crush on you, and he was always staring after you and following you around. You try to give him subtle glances to stop, but it just makes him look sad and confused, and eventually, you give up. The two of you go on secret dates and at first no one is the wiser, but then Five notices that the two of you are always suspiciously missing at the same time and Luther always comes back extra happy. One day, Viktor sees the two of you holding hands at the park, and then the secret is out. Nothing much changes after that but now they're much more likely to see the two of you attached at the hip while in the academy.

Diego:

The two of you like to pretend to not get along, constantly snipping at each other in public. Klaus always whines that the two of you act like an old married couple and should just fuck already to get it out of your system. The two of you always share secret glances at that because you probably did exactly that last night. It eventually gets out when someone starts flirting with you, and Diego instigates an angry argument out of jealousy. He gets all riled up and angry, and you realize the quickest way to calm him down is to kiss him, and you do, and he just deflates. Everyone is a little surprised but also not because the UST between you guys has always been crazy.

Allison:

You guys agree to keep it a secret as it's new to both of you, and you just don't want the siblings butting in. Allison is surprisingly possessive of you and doesn't like it when you spend too much time with her siblings. But she's a good actress and can put on a believable front. What eventually gives you away is when Claire visits, and she is overly excited to see you, which makes the siblings suspicious. Then she innocently asks why you haven't slept over in forever and you share a look with Allison, knowing the cat's out the bag.

Klaus:

Klaus isn't happy about keeping it a secret, but he tries his best. At first, it's a little exciting, but he's such a tactile person, and it's so hard not to be touching you all the time. And like at first you try to stop him but he gets so sad when you push him away that eventually you just let him and everyone knows because you hate it when people touch you.

Five:

The funny thing is, even though you guys are together, you and Five just constantly argue. About everything. And that doesn't change so no one really suspects everything. And Five still constantly grumbles about how annoying you're being and you still roll your eyes at him. His teleportation really helps you both sneak around and you never get caught. It all goes to shit when you go out with them one night and some guy tries to hit on you and Five gets irrationally jealous and storms up and tells him to fuck off before kissing you possessively, to the surprise and shock of his siblings.

Ben:

Ben's always been quiet and the two of you were always spending time together already so that really didn't change much when you started dating. The two of you just wanted to keep it to yourselves for a while, so didn't bother telling anyone but it wasn't like it was really a secret. The siblings find out because one day the two of you are doing your usual, snuggling up and reading together and Ben brings you a mug of tea and kisses you on the forehead and you smile softly at him and it kind of dawns upon the siblings that maybe it's become something more.

Viktor:

Viktor doesn't tell anyone, not because they're ashamed brut because they can't really believe that YOU are dating them. He feels like if he starts telling people it will ruin everything so he keeps it a big secret. The siblings are used to seeing you around so they don't question anything. It all comes out the bag one day after a performance when you thrust a big bouquet into Viktor's arms and plant a kiss on their lips, making them blush and stutter as the siblings look on in shock.

BONUS!

Lila:

Lila just thinks sneaking around is exciting and the two of you have a bet to see who'll realise it first. It's a bet neither of you win because the person who finds out is Claire who then tells literally everyone.

SparrowBen:

This Ben is a possessive jealous bastard so keeping it a secret doesn't last very long (if at all) because he gets annoyed anytime someone gets close to you, even if it's just Klaus. He will literally hover next to you all the damn time with zero subtlety. He's also just so proud of himself for bagging you that he can't even contain how pleased he is with himself.

#the umbrella academy #tua #klaus hargreeves #ben hargreeves #five hargreeves #tua imagines #diego hargreeves #luther hargreeves #allison hargreeves #viktor hargreeves #lila pitts #secret relationship #sparrow ben #all of you are terrible at keeping shit secret

[silky-slinky]

STOIC !

FIVE HARGREEVES X GN!READER !

FIVE HARGREEVES MASTERLIST !

Five couldn't understand you. How emotionless you are, how your face wouldn't show a glint of happiness, how you choose to be expressionless. He had to admit he for sure is one of the people who are cold and distant with their loved ones or with anyone for that matter, but he wasn't even half of how you were. People around you would be cheering and laughing, yet you'd be the opposite. Keeping that stoic expression on your face.

And even with your stoic expression, Five loved you for it. He hated himself for it. He didn't know how you manage to affect him. He'd try his best not to combust and show his blushing face every time you'd be near him while you had your usual expressionless face on.

He tried his best to read you, read your thoughts, read your body language, but it was all the same no matter what you were talking about.

The world is ending in a few days? Expressionless.

People have been taken by the glowing ball in the sparrow academy basement, known as a kugelblitz? Pokerface.

Two of the sparrow academy members had their faces blown off by an old man who was actually a man that Viktor babysat in the 1960s when Five fucked up and accidentally made all of you go in different years in the same place? Stoic.

He didn't know why you were like that. He didn't understand why. No matter how hard he tried. And so, he accepted it. He accepted your always blank face.

“It's not my fucking fault, Luther.” On the outside, you stayed calm and still, but on the inside, you were fuming with anger.

Luther stared at you in bewilderment, how could you be so calm right now? “How is it not your fault, Y/n?” The others stayed behind, watching the both of you argue. Not wanting to pry on the heated disagreement but of course, listening.

“It is not my fucking fault that Klaus and your dad are missing. I am not their babysitter! They are grown men, one is a few years away from wearing diapers!” By now, Luther is in front of you, Sloane tugging gently on his sleeve. She was saddened by the fact that an argument was happening right before their wedding, just a few hours away.

You looked right at him in the eye, challenging him to say something. “You're the babysitter because you're no use for anything.”

You were shocked, to say the least. Of course, you were challenging him, and you had to admit that you were a bit ignorant but that doesn't change the fact that you let your guard down. You let yourself react to his words, your reaction doesn't go unnoticed by everyone in the room. Not even the sparrow academy version of Ben who you had only met for a few days prior.

“Fuck you, Luther. And I hope you have a great wedding because I'm not going. It's no use anyway.” Shrugging your shoulders as you attempt to stop the tears from slipping, making your way to your hotel room, leaving everyone behind. You've had an incredibly overwhelming week, and this was just the cherry on top.

Unbeknownst to you, a certain someone followed you. Slamming the door, plopping your body down the springy mattress, letting yourself poor out your built-up emotions. You, yourself, didn't know why you chose to shut everyone out at all times. You didn't know why you chose to be so distant from everyone when all they do is help you.

Ever since a child, you knew you were different, being more mature than all the other kids. Being ahead of your grade, not accepting help from your parents when they tried to assist you. You were becoming a little adult who thought that they can take care of themselves but in reality, they couldn't. Shutting everyone out was the only way you could focus on yourself and not anybody else.

A part of you knew why you were like this, one part growing up too early, one part knowing that you wanted to have someone take care of you but you didn't let anyone through.

A knock on the door interrupted your badly needed meltdown. “Can't you hear that I'm quite busy?” Your voice nasally with your nose full of snot and a face full of wet tears.

“What I can hear is that you are in dying need of a companion.” You felt your heart skip a beat at the sound of Five's voice.

“Come in then.” Five walked into your room, your bed had a huge wet spot that once was accompanied by your face flat on there.

Wiping away the snot on your sleeve, “sadness is not a good look on me huh?” Trying to make the atmosphere a bit more humorous.

“I think vulnerability is a good look for you.”

“What do you mean?” You know exactly what he means.

Five sighed. “You need to be more vulnerable, Y/n. You need to show us what you feel. If you're not ready to tell everyone, then at least tell me.”

“Why do you care so much?” There it is again. Pushing people away when they've seen you show at least a sliver of vulnerability.

“It's because I like you.” Five paused as he read your face, yet of course, he failed. “That's why I care.”

Your face fell at his words. Five liking you? Not in a million years.

“You're only saying that to make me feel better.” Plopping yourself back onto the bed, Five follows suit, making sure to have an acceptable gap between the two of you.

“If I'm only saying that to make you feel better, then why'd you think that it would make you feel better.”

“Because it would make me feel better knowing that you like me back.” A wide smile on your face as you watched his face, trying to piece everything together.

His face showed different kinds of emotions, from confusion to shock to genuine happiness.

“Can I kiss you?” He whispered softly.

“Yes, you ca-” Not letting you finish, taking the words out of your mouth, quite literally, as he kissed you.

THANK YOU FOR THIS REQUEST !

- ★

#tua #hargreeves #the umbrella academy #five hargreeves #five #five hargreeves x reader #x reader #five tua #five hargreeves x y/n #five hargreeves x you #tua s3 five hargreeves x reader

[marlenacantswim]

Hey dude, what's the plot/a few plot points of your perfect hypothetical mission: Impossible movie? A specific action sequence you'd love to see? Or an entire arc? Or literally just describe the whole plot, go nuts.

oh whoop, this is a beautiful question. a doozy for sure. you've opened a pandora's box i know you're more than happy to stick your face in with this one.

cw: on the field emergency amputation

first off, they're back in colorful outfits like they are in rogue nation. at one point benji's got one of those gayass benoit blanc neck scarves. ethan can be in the occasional black t-shirt, as i know is his want, but he'e gotta be in some colorful patterned button-up tucked into some high-waisted black jeans at some point.

i'm thinking this is like, post-rogue nation but pre-fallout in time period.

the villain isn't aware of the imf but is expertly good at adapting, and has a special skill in reading people. the second she learns of the imf's existence when they almost thwart her first scheme of the movie and kill/capture a lot of her men, she immediately figures out all she can about them and hacks into cam footage to literally watch the team while they're not working to learn about them as people. she's able to quickly and conclusively gather that ethan cares a whole lot about benji; more than he really realizes.

somewhere around the middle of the movie, there's some building they're all in doing spy stuff. luther's out of the building, benji's doing server stuff inside, and ethan's running around the hallways, probably in a fancy white suit that turns inside out into a button-up or smth. stuff happens, and ethan discovers that the baddie planted a bomb that'll take the whole building and the ones next to it, and after communicating an abort to his team and pulling a fire alarm or smth to clear it of civilians, he makes his leave, turning the jacket into the button up as he does so. when he doesn't hear anything from benji through his earpiece, he asks luther, who tells him that trackers indicate benji's still in the building, so ethan rushes back in while luther looks for cam footage to confirm it.

while ethan's running so so fast to the room benji's in, luther tells him that he found benji on the cams, but something is very wrong. he's bleeding, struggling, and looking to the camera pleadingly. when ethan gets there, he figures out why. benji's lying on the floor— awake, but panicked— and there's a trail of blood from his ear and the side of his head; presumably why he couldn't call ethan, as whatever hit caused his bleeding also shattered his earpiece. more alarmingly, there's some sort of metal contraption attached to benji's leg right on his calf, and a pool of blood forming around it. benji tells him that right when he made the call to abort, a man came out of the shadows and knocked him out, and he woke up less than a minute ago, in tremendous pain and attached to this thing. further investigation reveals that the contraption is pierced all the way through his leg and attached at either side, making removal impossible without the proper instruments. worse, it's chained directly to the floor.

despite benji's desperate insistence that ethan leave him and get out of here before the building goes, that man is not having any of it. brandt is part of the team still btw, bc i think he's silly. the building they're in is next to a hospital, and ethan instructs brandt (who is being very argumentative) to gather a bunch of specific surgical equipment. benji realizes what's about to happen when ethan requests the bone saw.

yeah. that's right. ethan has to cut benji's leg off to save him. don't worry too much; julia taught him a thing or two because he asked a LOT of questions (even when he wasn't on the job, he was always on the job). m:i isn't known for being gory, so the camera probably wouldn't show the actual process, but you'd get to see a lot of ethan apologizing and reassuring benji and compartmentalizing his emotions and fears until he can get benji out of there. and so much benji crying. put that man in pain.

brandt and ethan barely get him out in time. benji passes out from blood loss as they're going through the hallways, and the explosion happens right behind them and takes ethan out. luther pulls up in the van as the dust settles and brandt takes the wheel after they get the two of them in the vehicle and to a different hospital since the explosion hit the one next to them (luther hacks all the traffic lights to get them there asap).

ethans first loopy thought after coming to is "not again," but then he goes completely fucking manic when he remembers Benji. he effortlessly rips his IV out (idiotically) and fumbles around the halls ignoring nurses trying to talk to him until he finds the rest of his team. luther is of course immediately concerned when he sees him up and limping (brandt only gives a shit in the "jesus christ, this fucking guy..." sorta way lmao) but also knows not to try and stop him, especially with benji involved.

benjamin dunn himself hasn't regained consciousness yet, but he's stable for now. after a short convo where ethan is doing a really good job pretending he's completely collected himself, luther and brandt give him some space, and ethan totally breaks down. watching who he thought was julia get killed right in front of him was one thing, y'know? but his own hand being forced to hurt and take from benji just at the mere chance he could get him out alive? the possibility he could have spent the last moments of life in agony at ethan's direct actions? that's affected him in a way he didn't realize was possible.

benji rouses to find himself down half a leg and with super spy extraordinaire ethan hunt crying against his chest. i could write some kick-ass dialog for this scene between them... maybe i will one day. needless to say, neither of them are all that good at emotional communication (luther has sole ownership of that braincell) so their talk is full of lots of difficult half-admissions and sly feeling-dodging. also benji cries again.

or maybe they have him on some crazy-ass pain meds and he comes too all loopy and says his feelings flat out and is just so silly and it gives ethan an open to be genuine and laugh at his teammate and maybe realize some stuff. y'know. maybe.

i guess this takes benji out of the action for the third act, but he can switch places with brandt and be the guy in the office reporting back. as long as brandt's very verbal about his distaste for benji's operating style. ethan has to keep reminding them to stop filling the coms with petty bickering.

i have no clue how the "final battle" would shake out. it is custom for ethan to be somewhere on his own, so probably that. the villain would actually be really good at besting him bc she can see through all his tricks and charisma, so he'd probably win through some brute-force insanity like crashing a helicopter into a famous landmark or smth; something she would not have time to adapt to that would get the imf in so much federal trouble.

at some point luther has one of those eye-opening discussions he's great at with benji, and a separate, more difficult one with ethan, about their importance to each other and how if they don't figure their shit out with each other, horrible people are just going to keep taking advantage of it and they're going to keep thinking they're hurting each other in an infinite spiral for the rest of time. neither of them are going to quit field duty, no matter how much the other one wants that, so they've got to come to some sort of understanding.

yadda yadda yadda, and then benji's got a mean-ass prosthetic for the foreseeable future. it's cool; they use it to sneak tech into places all the time in future movies.

tom cruise doesn't stand on a single out-of-frame box. most of the cast is repeatedly and unapologetically shown to be taller than ethan.

luther gets to kill a man. as a treat.

i'm about to drop this question in your inbox too, whoop. i'm sure your m:i ideas are mental, miss Whump.

#if chris and tom care about my mental stability #they won't take benji out of the franchise by killing him; but by putting him through a situation that forces him to retire #and then in future movies we see dumbass framed photos of simon pegg on ethan's desk #running my mouth #ask and you shall receive #mission: impossible #benji dunn #ethan hunt #you know what? #benthan #thanks for this question whoop: i ate it the fuck up

[brascu]

Ok, I've always treated Horrance as a headcanon, but, DAMN, hear me out.

And I'm not even talking about Sparrow Ben, ok? I'm 100% talking about Umbrella Ben and his dear brother Klaus.

Ya'll must be tired of me talking about how Benny boy got visibly upset when Klaus was talking about Dave, even getting to the point of leaving to let him gossip about the guy with Diego in peace.

Or you'll say there's nothing to it when I bring up that time Ben told Klaus that "Luther" would do anything for him, when in reality Ben was talking about himself. (Luther didn't even notice Klaus died) And how that whole thing was a way for Ben to try and keep Klaus sober for longer.

I mean, we all agree they talk to each other as a mixture of brothers AND an old couple that is so fucking tired of their bulshit, but wouldn't change a thing.

And there's that whole thing about Klaus lying about Ben's presence simply because he didn't want to share him.

But as I was watching the second season this time, I picked at some things.

The other day I read someone calling Ben's crush on Jill pointless and, I can't believe I'm saying this, but I disagree. Ben wanting to stay at their cult to hang around her is him mirroring Klaus wanting to leave to be around Dave. Think how nonsense those two are: Klaus is the one who fits being a cult leader and Ben is the one who'd say he's taking advantage of people. But Klaus hates it in there and Ben is the whole reason the cult was able to be built.

Klaus AND Ben knows that it would be better for Jill and Dave if they don't follow what they're currently doing. But Ben doesn't want Jill to leave, selfishly. And Klaus doesn't want Dave to leave, selfishlessly. Which is ridiculous, if you think about how Klaus is mostly the selfish one and Ben is the opposite.

Jill is a lot like Klaus. She's a dissappointment to her family, she uses drugs, she is very open about sex...

Dave, on the other hand, is a lot like Ben. He's serious, he's well mannered, he's thoughtful. He follows his family's ideals in a way that leads him to death... And he likes books, like the nerd he is.

OH, you say, but Jill likes reading too. Ben likes watching her read.

And that's true, yes, but we also know, from season 1, that Klaus and Ben read together. Even when we first see them in 1963, Ben calls Klaus over for him to look at a magazine. It's funny, because Klaus is paying more attention to the guy on the cover, but if you think about this reaction, you get that Ben pointing out what Klaus should grab for them to read is something they're used to. Just like he asks Ben what they should eat.

Ben took notice of Jill because Klaus was too busy with new paople and he was left to the side. Klaus fell for Dave because Ben was not there to occupy his own place.

The cult is their baby and thats one of the reasons Ben is so angry when Klaus goes after baby Dave. The other reason is jealousy, which is the same reason he keeps on interrupting Klaus.

BUT OK, If you've been following my posts for a while, you must've seen me saying these at some point.

The thing I DIDN'T notice was how much they go about dicks and sex? like, FOR WHAT REASON, MAN?

First of all, when Ben steals Klaus' body in that dinner with Reginald, Klaus says with all his words that he was violated.

Then, when he decides to lend Ben the body, he shares his ground rules. "No touchy-touchy down there." he says as Ben rolls his eyes. "I mean, I guess I wouldn't mind." He corrects. "Just don't look, because I'm shy."

The first thing Ben does when he gets inside the body is to look inside Klaus' pants.

Later, when they're talking about the experience (and I must say the way Ben asks how Klaus felt sounds almost like pillowtalk) , Klaus says if felt like sex in a way that is pretty dismissive, I agree, but he says that whatching Ben's every move as he listens. And when Ben tells him how he felt, which was not so weirdly sexual, but still a lot about touching things, Klaus listens leaning against him and without taking his eyes from him.

That dialog, for me, looks like Klaus is flirting, yes, and he's not so sure if its jokingly or not, so he's just owning. Ben, who knows shit about flirsting, is just genuinely into the conversation.

And we can see they're comfortable with sharing things with each other, which is so sweet.

BRAS, YOU'RE STILL REPEATING OTHER POSTS

I know, sorry.

On that flashback where we see Klaus calling Ben back, the FIRST THING he offers Ben is for him to watch as Klaus sticks his dick inside their dad's car for him to piss there. Which is in no way sexual, but is still a childish reason for Klaus to show his dick to Ben.

Just like telling him not to made Ben look at his penis as soon as he got the body.

Soon after the flashback, when they're discussing what to do and Viktor goes to call Sissy, Alisson calls out how Diego and Luther seem to be in a dick measuring contest. To which Klaus starts adding that, for real, he and Ben--

Which I'm assuming is that they did that more than once.

That homoerotic tension of wanting to place your dick besides your bro's just to see how they look together. I mean, who's got the bigger one.

Second season is so fucking Horrancey it makes me embarrassed.

The whole parallel of Ben punching Klaus/Dave punching Klaus and again Ben punching Klaus, but this time sparrow Ben...

Even the whole thing that Dave punches Klaus because Klaus is acting like he knows him and he freaks out in front of his family is exactly the same thing that happens to Sparrow Ben.

And maybe one of the main reasons Klaus is the first one to let go of simping over Sparrow Ben was because of what happened to Dave last season. He knows this Ben could turn into his favorite person, given the time, but he's just probably fuck things up, so why bother?

This Ben still doesn't know he loves Klaus.

Anyway.

Klaus and Ben are that weird teenager friendship that was almost but not exactly a romantic relationship but somehow ended in bad terms when one of them got a real bf.

that's what's happening that season.

#tua #horrance #klaus hargreeves #ben hargreeves #klaus and ben #i didn't put much new things #I guess I just rewatched that shit too many times #but they do enjoy showing each other their penises #which is pretty gay if you ask me

[erenxfrieda]

Yandere! Five x Manipulative!Reader pt.4

a little changes for title. maybe the last part where everything is...fine so you better enjoy how this little old man have some sweet moments in his life. <3

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Manipulating Five Hargreeves is definitely not easy.

I mean, this man met The Handler, Reginald Hargreeves and he used some tactics too, so he probably will not fall for this easily.

But Five knows Reginald, it's easy to understand when he manipulates someone, because Reginald is cold, and the unexpected act of affection from him is alarming. On the other hand is The Handler, who uses her power(as his boss) over Five and use his family to make him do anything that she wants.

But you. You're not like Reginald or The Handler. You're not showing affection unexpectedly only when you need something, because your affection towards someone building for years and you need some time to gain trust.

That's why Five doesn't see you as a threat like Reginald or The Handler when you first met each other. He's only wary because he had an experience with Viktor and doesn't want to repeat it in this timeline.

You look simple, good-natured and friendly. Innocent and has a lot of love and care for your family, you don't judge someone by their past or how they look. And Five wonders if that exactly what Hazel saw in Agnes?

“Good morning father.”

“Luther, here's your peanut butter.”

“Lila and you look so cute together, Diego!”

“Hello, Allison-, oh.”

“I'm a good listener, Klaus, so tell me more.”

“Lila, here, eat some salad I made for you.”

“I like your new haircut, Viktor.”

Knock knock.

“Come in.” he sighs, annoying how he can't have even a few minutes for a rest.

You quietly apologies for bothering him and slowly walks into the room.

“Five, how about to take a road trip together?”

You ask, a cup of black coffee in one hand and a plate of a marshmallow sandwich in other, holding it out to him. His heart skips after hearing this before he turns his head to see you.

“A road trip? Why?” he asks, his attention focused on some book he reading.

You chuckles quietly at his response and move closer, sitting on the bed next to him. He brushes off that strange feeling and takes a cup of coffee, biting the sandwich you made, thinking about your offer.

“Mmm,” you hums, closing your eyes for a moment. “I heard from Klaus that you take a vacation. And I thought you deserve a break, like all of us, It's also my old wish, remember?”

You look so innocent and calm now, leaning back in his bed, smiling. Five silently takes a sip of coffee, thinking about it a little more.

He really wanted something like this. He never had time to spend free time with anyone, it's fair to say that he didn't have any free time and someone, who is not his family or Delores. But why would you want this with him? You have your own siblings to be with.

“Because I want to be your friend. The end of the world is soon, so why won't you give me a chance, please? ” you said one day.

Ah, right.

He takes another bite of the sandwich and stands up, sighing again as he placed the cup somewhere on the table.

“Alright, let's do it.”

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You two were standing in front of some strange statue. You tilt your head slightly, hiding your hands behind your back, thinking about something, maybe interested in the idea of this... work.

Five stood in front of you, hands in his pockets. The silence was calm between you and it seemed like the two of you didn't mind just standing there and watching until either of you dared to take a step.

You turn your head towards him and pull out a camera that looks quite old but despite the way it looks, it's still working.

“Do you want me to take a pic? ” you ask with a sweet smile on your face.

“For what? ” he looks at you, surprised.

“For fun.” you say. He chuckles and turned away again to look at the statue.

“I don't like take a pictures.” he lies.

He could understand himself and his family when they accepted the fact that they needed to stop sawing the universe and let the apocalypse happen. But why you look so calm about it? You had a chill life before all this, while he dedicated all 40 years of being all alone, then fighting for his family without rest.

It was hard for him to believe that you, a real, living person, can have a casual small chat with him about something so insignificant, while on his shoulders he carries the burden and responsibility for a large number of corpses that he kill in past. Maybe you look so calm because you didn't know it? And If you knew will you stay with him?

He had to kill, it's between them or his family and billions of lives, so of course he choose his family over some innocent people who's just unlucky to stay on The Commission's way.

Click.

Five reacts to the sound, breaking out of his thoughts to look at the source of the sound. You. He instantly tensed up, due to the developed reaction received after working as a mercenary.

He reacted so quickly and looked afraid for a second, as if right now someone would come out of hiding and try to kill him and this endless running from danger will continue...

But you laughed softly and looked at the photo, the photo with Five. You decided to take a picture of him while he seemed so lost in his own thoughts.

“Did you just-” he shook his head, processing information, “Now give it to me, I want to see.” he says, wanting to take camera from you.

“Mmm, then try to take it.” you laugh and hide camera behind your back.

“Hey, that's not funny.” he tries to grab the camera again, leaning much closer to you, but you continue this little game.

“ Then why are you smiling? ”

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The more time you spend together, the more he gets used to you. It's still very, very hard for him to show affection.

And you help him overcome this problem. Help him to recover, at least, a tiny bit of his trauma and you knew that it helps him when you two sitting in the car, he shows you a map where he marked each roadside attraction. He looked so interested when he talked about it.

He's not ready to admit to you or anyone else that he enjoys spending time with you. That he likes to finally be in company and feel relaxed after all this time.

He knows how to love and can become attached, but after so many years spent in the struggle for life, he is afraid to be with someone, and he is also afraid that he will be found as weak because of this.

Five doesn't want to admit that Reginald influenced his character as a child.

Five doesn't want to admit that he needs praise to feel better, he is not Luther, not Number One. No, he is better.

“Wow, you really good at this.” you say, sighing.

Five stops, obviously not expecting to hear something like that. He doesn't want to show that he was somehow influenced by your words. On the outside, he still looks calm, drinking coffee and reading something while you cook.

“...Thanks, I guess.” he pauses for a moment, looking at your figure for only a second, then resumes his business.

But inside, he feels like he's a boy again, fighting for his father's attention. And he obviously doesn't like it, but he can't just get rid of this feeling. He wants more.

“I think I need to learn something from you, maybe I can do at least a little as well as you in the future? ” you continue feeding his ego.

He chuckled at your words, shaking his head slightly, either finding it funny/cute how you sincerely wanted to be like him,or deciding to mock you, because he's still arrogant little bastard.

“Not sure if you can do it,” he says. “But good luck.”

#tua x reader #yandere x reader #five hargreaves x reader #yandere five hargreeves #yandere five hargreeves x reader

[ethanhuntfemmefatale]

your personhood in DR1 post just made me realize the connection between "your story is written" Entity/Gabriel and "we all made the choice" Ethan and I'm about to start chewing on wallpaper

ok so this ask makes me so insane!!!! and i have so many thoughts about ethan and choice in general specifically in terms of the way he treats people. so if you'll indulge me kind asker i have a bit of a rant

this is the topic for another post really but i have. some difficulty reconciling the new IMF lore with the ethan we meet in MI1 (whose first in-character line is 'get rid of that scum', which doesn't exactly indicate a nuanced relationship with crime and criminality) that being said!! i think the main way that i can read ethan having a criminal past/having been given the "choice" in MI1 is in his general relationship with the idea of second chances. from the very beginning so much of ethan's character rests on the idea that he keeps giving people the option to be good. He keeps extending trust, sometimes up to the point of irrationality. even putting himself at greater personal risk to allow others the chance to be better than he thinks they are. for example, everything that happens with Claire. or for another example, his plan in the climax of MI1 hinging on kittridge being a rational man, and luther being a deeply good one. this side of ethan is so so present in DR1 in his relationship with Grace, and also in his one deeply interesting scene with the White Widow (i really need to make a post about my thoughts on that very complicated and fucked dynamic). Ethan's process of team-building, of bringing people into his orbit, is shown to be basically just...giving them The Choice, in small ways, over and over. The choice to help him, to trust him, to not betray him--the choice to be honorable, to be good, to defend people, to be radically selfless in the way that Ethan is, or to try to protect the greater good in their own way....Ethan extends those choices again and again, even when he has no reason to believe the person will do better. Even with someone (a criminal, a disavowed agent, an arms dealer) who he has reason to believe is dangerous--even someone who has betrayed him or hurt him before. As he gets older, more renowned, more powerful, more tired, he gives people those choices for longer, holds out even longer than he would have in earlier movies. this is an essential part of who ethan is.

and getting into the other side of your ask--i think the tendency of the past few movies to set Ethan against villains who embody "inevitability" or "fate/destiny" is really interesting and speaks to some intentional effort to highlight the way that ethan works as anathema to all that stuff. i've been thinking about this and i feel like one really revealing interaction is the line of "if anything happens to them, there is nowhere I will not go to kill you--that is written" because ethan has seen a lot of this fate/inevitability stuff and from what I can tell he doesn't put too much stock in it? I think he hasn't especially since rogue nation, when they defeated lane for the first time, the first "inevitable" villain. what ethan believes in, more than fate or destiny, is people--he believes in his team, he believes in himself, he believes in those around him. Not that they will win, but that they will try. Ethan isn't a force of destiny in himself, he can't promise to protect Grace the way he promises to protect Benji in Fallout (and ultimately fails). But he knows he will try, even die trying, to protect her. I'm trying to put these pieces together and I'm not sure I've figured it out entirely but I think that idea of 'your life will always matter to me more than my own' combined with 'the choice' is kind of where all of this comes together. Ethan cares more about giving the people he cares about the opportunity to be good than he does about his own safety. or even the mission. and over and over that quality of his, his capacity to keep trying and keep extending his hand and keep offering people the choice to be good, ends up really fucking helping a lot of people. and unraveling all the "fated endings" that are thrown at him.

i'm not sure i've really covered all of this or figured this out entirely. but these are some thoughts for you <33 thank you for the ask as you can see it really got me thinking!!!!

#mi7 spoilers #mission impossible #long post

[sharkneto]

I’m convinced you’re the only person with a correct view on tua season 3. Even though it wasn’t as good as s1 some people have no reading comprehension and it drive s me crazy

Ah, Season 3. Like, I get it, I think, where people who don't like it are coming from. It's got some wack choices (...just like s2. And s1 but we didn't have anything to compare it to so it's my Beloved Golden Season). I'm not going to force anyone to change their minds on it - if you like it you like it, if you don't you don't. People like what they like.

But, because you're asking me so my opinion is most important in this instance - it's not bad! I do like it! It's got fantastic character moments (Five and Lila, Five and Klaus, Luther and Viktor, Diego and Lila, Allison and Viktor, Klaus and Sparrow Ben...). It's got Reggie being a lil weirdo. It's got Sparrow Ben. I love the wedding at the end of the world with my whole heart - it's such a human thing to do it makes me ache. I love that Five's song choice when facing the actual end of the world is to sing "I've Had the Time of My Life" because he's with his family! I actually really like Allison's spiral, I think it makes perfect sense for her as a character and where she was at and my only regret for it is the backlash Allison and Emmy got from it. The characters are what I'm here for, and I can be very forgiving as long as I get to hang out with my guys more. And I don't even think I need to be that forgiving to S3!

There are like... four specific things I don't like in S3 (Founder Five plot, Sloane, Lila pregnant, Oblivion Guardians). Aidan is so fucking good in the Founder plot that I'm happy to logic my way into an interpretation of it that I like better. Sloane is... there. She's rather two-dimensional so that makes it also easy to not be that bothered by her. She's there! Luther likes her! I don't need more! Which is good, because they don't really give more! The last two are just things I wish they hadn't done, or had done differently, but they did and so that's just how it is. I can focus on that and be mad or I can look at the stuff I liked and have fun.

I think my biggest strength coming into S3 was I didn't have too much for expectations, good or bad, which is a thing I'm trying to repeat for S4 by avoiding spoilers. I think the maddest I got about S3 coming in was finding out Diego was a dad - I hated that Stan was his kid. It didn't make any fucking sense. And! Look what good being mad about that did for me! Stan wasn't even his kid! I got mad over nothing! Like, still mad Lila is pregnant so Diego will be dad, but that at least will make sense - I don't dislike Dad!Diego, I dislike SuddenDad!Diego with a teen. But, what I'm trying to get at with that example, is I did that to myself. I made myself mad based on info promos gave me and I extrapolated to a conclusion rather than actually waiting to see what the show was going to do, and it did color my enjoyment watching until the Stan Reveal.

You cannot extrapolate what the fuck TUA is going to do. It's too bonkers, the writing isn't consistent enough. It's gonna do its own thing. I think trying to dig into the promos and BTS content for S4 to predict what it will be is setting yourself up for failure. If that's your jam, do not stop! You do you! I, however, am combating this by actively just Not Thinking About It. I love this show and its characters and I want to give myself the fairest chance to enjoy and love what its finale will be.

Like S3, S4 is going to be what it's going to be. I might love it, I might hate it. I'm probably going to love some of it and hate some of it. All I can hope is I love more than I hate and me coming in with concrete ideas of what it's going to be only gives me more things to hate when what actually happens inevitably doesn't align. Why do that to myself?

#i think the bonus other thing to enjoying media #is to ignore everyone else's opinions on it until you've had a chance to watch the whole thing yourself #i've def been in the middle of somethign #enjoying it #and then read some opinion online while in the middle of x or y they didn't like #and then while finishing watching thinking about that complaint and going ''oh yeah... they are right that's not great'' #and i enjoy it less for it #watch it for you #enjoy it if you enjoy it #it's all about balance and if there's enough good for you to focus on to outweigh the bad #for me there definitely is #is s3 as good as s1 or s2? no #is it awful garbage? no! #it's the umbrella academy :) #ask response #sharkneto speaks

[allisoooon]

What is your opinion on the babying of klaus? From what I seen since season one their constantly constantly infintalizied, saying klaus is baby, their child, son, etc way more then the other siblings. Considering he is arguably the most popular sibling in every social media aspect of the tua fandom except maybe TikTok with five this probably was to be expected since he is “skinny” “ frail” “ fragile” “ more traumatized “ as ppl like to say and whatnot. Never have once seen anyone formally hate klaus dislike them not even a hate post where as the other siblings get treated like complete dust and shitted for all their actions/scenes and tons of hate post made on them whereas klaus is on this throne of some sorts. It sucks since klaus is so much more since the dude literally went thru Vietnam, the 60’s thinking they were the only sibling alive, and just their life in general and not some damsel in distress that could do no wrong and if someone does anything to them their atuomatically hated on ( in reference to the siblings ).

With a lot of comfort characters like Klaus and Five, I sometimes have this feeling that what people like isn't actually the character because they gloss over the less glamorous parts of them instead of loving them as they are.

I am weirdly protective of Klaus' flaws--all of their flaws, really--partly because it's what makes them human, but also because it's what makes their growth as characters so compelling. You didn't love Luther this season just because he was wholesome--you also loved how he crooned "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and the fact that he knew all of the words. You didn't just love Diego for how good a brother he is, you also loved him for how bad a father he (initially) was. Klaus actually says it perfectly when talking to Ben about Ben: being a mess, embracing their mess, makes them easy to love.

And when I read a fic with some idealized version of Klaus whose problems are 0% his fault, I don't feel like I'm reading about the same character. Then when people demonize anyone who is remotely mean to him, it actually downplays something that is good about him: he doesn't take everything personally. He's tougher than he looks. He has some areas that are incredibly fragile, but he knows a "sibling I-love-you" when he hears one. You know, like when Diego says "I still think you're an idiot." That's just his way of saying "I love you." So is "Let's go find your stupid mother." Also "I hate your face"/"I hate all of you." It willfully misinterprets the context in which he exists, which in turn misinterprets him.

There are worse things than your fave being a coward, or being self-involved, or having a victim complex. Your fave could be perfect. That is so, so much worse.

#tua s3 spoilers #the umbrella academy #klaus hargreeves #luther hargreeves #diego hargreeves #five hargreeves #tua meta

[the-time-travelers-admirer]

Ya know? When I said I believe I know Five better than his creators it's because I'm good at reading people and processing and analyzing information that has been presented to me.

And because of this I see Five as he truly is.

He has good deeply rooted morals

He wants a deep intimate connection and love like he had with Dolores with someone else

He loves and wants to be loved

He hates killing and has only done it because he was manipulated/coerced into doing it and also did to defend himself and his family

Enjoys his alcohol, but sometimes drinks to relieve stress and at Luther's wedding he drank heavily to bury his sorrow of deep seeded loneliness because everyone had someone to pair off with in some way but him

He actually has a warm soft tender loving heart and demeanor towards you if he feels you are someone he can trust or you are someone important to him/someone he loves

He's actually interested in women in both a romantic and sexual manner

He is extremely selfless to the point he puts himself in dangerous situations and gets hurt

He's been treated the worst by all of his family members except for Klaus (Examples being: called names, treated like an asshole, Luther went to throw Dolores out a window on purpose as a manipulative tactic, disregarded, dismissed, has been blamed for things that were never his fault, patronized, grabbed, threatened, invalidated, and thrown off stairs)

He's been badly injured and has come close to dying the most

He's clever, resourceful, confident, self assured, resilient, witty, sarcastic, loving, soft, selfless, lonely, ambitious, warm, kind, sentimental, caring, loyal, committed, a good leader, has a sense of humor, and so much more

He has anyone's back when he sees them as important to him, but no one has ever truly had his

He's willing to give people the benefit of the doubt/forgiveness even if they have hurt him or has tried to hurt him before because he wants to see the good in people, except his father

He loves to relax, dance, sing, let loose, enjoy a nice drink, loves coffee, and wants to see the sights he's missed out on all his life via long road trips

Enjoys comfortable old man clothes and hats, but likes to wear suits to look professional, especially when he wants to be taken seriously

His biggest love languages are quality time, physical touch, and act of service, though he has trouble with words of affirmation and freezes when people use words of affirmation towards him because he's used to people fluffing him up to make him easier to manipulate

He adopts people as his friends and family if he feels he can trust them/doesn't find them as a threat to himself or his family(those people being Hazel and Elliott) or has seen him at his most lowest and vulnerable(that person in particular being Lila)

By default, he is softly polite to everyone he meets unless they give him a reason not to be and or test his patience

He'd always rather deescalate a situation with words and communication unless he knows he can't because he hates killing and fighting and always wants to avoid violence, getting hurt, and hurting others as much as necessary

He always tries to think of everything and everyone over himself

He always tries to bury his needs and feelings and sees himself as unimportant compared to everyone else

He clearly has PTSD and flashbacks from living in the apocalypse and from when he was forced to be an assassin

He is terrified to ever be alone again and being around people, around crowds, at parties, and around his family is his element

He is actually very extroverted, he just seems introverted because when he doesn't know someone he's silent and judging and analyzing someone or a situation

He's willing to sacrifice someone he deeply cares for for the greater good even if it would tear him apart...

He's come extremely close to crying several times but hasn't allowed himself time to cry or grieve for anything that has happened to him, that he has experienced, or that he has been through because saving the world and keeping his family alive will always come first no matter what

He's always willing to listen to someone talk about their feelings and experiences or is willing to talk to someone about his own when they take the time to actually sit with him, talk with him, and make him feel listened to, validated, and seen

If you show him any ounce of kindness or make him feel like you actually genuinely care, love, and like him he returns the same tenfold, except towards his father

He loves to use pet names and words/names of endearment, whether loving or sarcastic

There is so much more I'm sure, but this is just from watching the show and actually paying attention to him. This is Five Hargreeves, the old man with a tender loving sentimental heart of gold who just wants love and peaceful life.

#the time travelers admirer #five hargreeves #the umbrella academy #tua #tua five #the retiring time traveler

[best-funeral-ever]

Not sure how this works but uh…anyway! If you’re still taking TUA requests, could you maybe write something where Klaus gets a cold/gets the flu and his siblings have to take care of him? I really just wanna see a sick Klaus haha 😅

THIS AS A CONCEPT SOUNDS SO FUNNY OMG???

Thank you for the request, and I'm so sorry I blipped again lmao 💀

The UA Siblings when Klaus is Sick™

Comfort, Fluff

Rated: M ( swearing :( )

TW: none that I can see, please correct me if I missed any!

Synopsis: Klaus, ever evasive of death as he somehow is, gets sick! How do his ragtag siblings respond?

look at him. right now. stare at this man.

he is. so. fucking. dramatic. when it comes to this.

(we love him)

as usual, let's go down the list :)

Luther...doesn't care. lol

Like, okay, he CARES, obviously, but not enough to bother to do anything about it really.

He shows he cares, of course he does!

After all, he elects himself as the world's bodyguard, and throws keeps Klaus in his room!

He also tells Diego, so that someone can actually help him rather than break him. more.

Speaking of, Diego!

Diego is a great help, I'd say. He's used to being sick and stuck between rocks and hard places

(this recieves an obligatory childish laugh from the sickly creature dwelling in his room)

((and a second laugh from his dear missus also dwelling in his room))

He goes out and gets Klaus medicine like he does for anyone else he gives two shits about

He makes sure Klaus takes the meds and that he eats at least semi regularly

He's a momma's boy with aggressive tendencies; Klaus doesn't argue much with him

Look, I'm not gonna lie, Allison and Five could not physically care less.

Allison's in her own head and quite frankly she doesn't want to leave it

Especially not for her deadbeat junkie of a 'brother'.

And Five?

Five is too busy being paranoid, and the most he does is get money for Diego to help with Klaus, and even then he has the gall to complain.

Five does care secretly though. A lot.

If Klaus has a nightmare, which typically happens when he's sick and his powers are on the fritz, he's already there with a warm handcloth and some water.

Klaus doesn't dare speak about it.

Though Five doesn't miss the way his brother has a trace of a smile on his face just before he warps away, thinking he's being secretive.

old man has old man temperament what do you expect

Ben, whether Ghost or Sparrow, is a right dick.

If he has the option, he stays back, either to get sleep, read in peace, or not get sick.

He will console Klaus if the nightmares get rough and Five is already gone.

Other than that, the only proof he cares will be that Klaus wakes up earlier than him, and sees him asleep next to him with a chair propped up and facing the door.

Klaus bullies him relentlessly weeks after he's recovered

Viktor, my dear boy, is better than everyone except Diego.

He comes in clutch

Soup, memes, tv

He's the day guy

He brings comics that he bought from the dollar store, some trinkets he thinks Klaus will like, and makes him being sick feel less like a liability and more like, y'know, a normal human thing that happens

He lets Klaus ramble himself to sleep

lets Klaus rant about the others

he listens.

and Klaus says it's enough for him :)

Overall, Klaus is a complete sweetheart when he's sick to everyone except Ben and Allison for seperate reasons.

The delusions get to him

When he recovers, they all pretend it never happened

...until next time, of course.

#klaus hargreeves #luther hargreeves #umbrella academy incorrect quotes #five hargreeves #umbrella academy #allison hargreeves #ben hargreeves #diego hargreeves #tua klaus #tua five

[trippin-over-my-fandoms]

Thinking about stolen moments between Sloane and Luther.

Looks at each other from across the room while their siblings argue- catching each other staring and doing their best not to be obvious.

Watching tv on the smallest screen in a dusty unused room of the unused half of the academy- volume turned way down so no one hears and finds them. A forgotten bowl of popcorn because they ended up holding hands.

Walks in the courtyard or around the block without even saying a word for fear of being found. Finger tips brushing against each other’s because heave forbid they’re spotted holding hands. They don’t need to say anything. The night air is cool and clear. A perfect view of the moon.

He doesn’t miss it. Doesn’t long for it. He longs for the girl that makes him blush just by giggling at his stupid jokes, who walks in pace with him near perfectly. “Screw it,” she whispers, bumping into his side and when they part they’re holding hands. Families be damned.

She day dreams when he talks about Texas 1962. Of settling on a farm with nothing but land. A beat up old truck in the barn and a handsome man coming home every evening from working the land.

Or of a studio apartment in a bustling city with a view of a river and trips down to the docks every Saturday.

Or driving the US highways in a beat up old camper with the windows down and fun music set as the soundtrack to their adventures.

It doesn’t matter as long as they’re together and as madly in love as they are now.

He leaves her notes hidden in places only she would think to look or even notice. Sometimes they’re just hearts. Or poems about stars and moon he read years ago. Or lyrics from his favorite songs.

When they’re by themselves, in that unused room in that unused half of the academy, he whispers lyrics to her soft and sweet and a little off key- I think we're alone now, there doesn't seem to be anyone around and she laughs having to cover her mouth with her hand from how literal it fits, I think we're alone now, the beating of our hearts is the only sound him placing her hand over his heart.

She loves music too- her own escape from the academy. Music can tell so many stories and elicit so many feelings just with sound. You were there, two worlds collided, and they could never tear us apart is her song to him

Just thinking about Sloane and Luther

#sloanes thoughts #tua s3 #tua #spacegravity #Luther Hargreeves #sloane hargreeves #I say I don’t do fluff but here we are #I can’t wait to write fanfic for these two #haven’t loved a ship this much since Sam x Eileen

[conduitandconjurer]

A while ago i read one of your posts where you pointed out how caring Klaus is once he starts to get away from the drugs, paraphrasing, his real personality showing. I love that post and later it made me realise that you can see this even before. When he jumps in front of his siblings with the fire extinguisher, it doesn't solve anything but it's actually trying to do something to protect them. Luther and Diego's big plan is to just square up at Five's portal. And later he steps in front of Five when the others fight. He cares, he loves them and it's always there.

YES!!!! Exactly this!! ^^^^^^^ Thank you so much!!!

(lol <3 )

#headcanons #this this this #I HAVE SAID THIS THANK YOU ANON FOR VALIDATING ME