#mortal danger

[seldomscilence16]

Whumptober Day 19:

"I'll take one final step, all you have to do is make me." 

Floral Bouquet | Phycological | "I'm not as stupid as you think I am." 

Fandom: Tmnt 

Prompts used: kinda all?

This one was a little rushed, a little rough, because I'm paranoid enough as it is thank you. I mushed together the bits and pieces I know of the different tmnts here so you can picture a little of everything I guess. I didn't use a lot of context, but I can give some if anyone wants any. Also, the flower language is from a specific list of them I found, and is probably just confusing, but my brain made me do it.

TW for Stalking and mortal danger by an entity? 

…

The floral bouquet is dead and rotting, gnats flying around the shriveled petals, it could have been considered pretty once- if not a seemingly random arrangement- but Mikey, an artist who appreciated color and nature, was more concerned about how it ended up here, on his bed. 

Mikey's heart beats wildly, realizing how out of hand this may be getting. It had started simply, with the occasional feeling of being watched when he and his brothers were out doing whatever, but it always went away when he went to mention it to his brothers so he assumed it was just a very dedicated animal or something. But then it had been little notes by some of his street art, it could have been flattering if not for the undertone of obsession Mikey felt from the words. And now, in his secret studio- an abandoned train car he'd claimed to get some peace- he finds a dead bunch of flowers on the bed he uses when he's too tired to head home. 

If they figured out his brother's patrol route and favorite spots, where his tags are around the city, and now his secret studio, did that mean they also found the lair?? The security around the sewers was always improving- between Leatherhead and Donnie's brains and Leo's paranoia, it was an ever updated thing- but even though Mikey's studio was closer to the surface- on a closed off track of course- it was still technically the sewers. And far too close to the lair for Mikey's liking. 

If his family was found… it would be all his fault, simply because he didn't say anything. He had to be in way over his head, he should have at least told Leatherhead, he always knew how to make Mikey feel heard and then maybe if the croc was convinced they could have brought the issue up together, but now… 

No, he had his Tphone, he may not be able to go back into the sewers, but he could call… it was serious now but would his brothers believe him? He pulls out the device, eyeing the doors to his subway car anxiously, it rings for only a couple moments, 

"Michaelangelo, how are you?" Leatherhead's smooth timbre fills his ear and he feels his chest ease, if only slightly. 

"Hey LH, I uh… need your help." 

He explains what he knows, practically feeling the tension growing on the other end of the line. 

"I'm assuming you haven't spoken to your brothers yet as you called me with this?" There's no judgment, like Mikey is used to. 

"Not…yet. This could all be nothing, or-" 

"Michaelangelo, for all of you and your brother's antics, this is not that. You said you are in a closed off subway tunnel, can you give me an approximate location? I will see if my scanners can reach that far, I may be able to see any disturbances. I will also check the cameras for any movement near our homes, rest assured." 

Mikey lets out a long sigh, 

"Thanks Leatherhead." 

Mikey's eyes are drawn to a poster April had gotten him a while ago, when he'd learned that flowers had their own language it had intrigued him into wanting to learn- he may not be able to buy flowers but he could paint them for his family anyway. April had been nice enough to get him a vintage poster with a list of flowers and their meanings. His heart rate picks up again, ever so slightly, as he walks closer, finding red smudges on the laminated sheet over several flowers. His eyes flicker to the bouquet. 

Acacia, Balsam, Bluebell, Dock, Geranium, Jonquil, Maiden's hair, motherwort.

Concealed love, impatience, I will be constant, patience, I expect a meeting, I desire a return of affection, discretion, secret love. 

"Michaelangelo!" He startles, raising his phone again, having lowered his hand in his horror. 

"I'm here. Sorry." His voice sounds off, strained, he takes a shaky breath.

"What's wrong? Are you alright?" From the sounds of it, Leatherhead had been trying to get his attention for a while. 

"I think I'm in trouble." He snaps a picture of the poster and sends it to the croc, alongside a photo of the dead flowers for context. 

It's quiet on the line for a moment, and Mikey's shoulders are tense enough to hurt as his eyes dart around his studio, trying to find anything else wrong. 

"Michaelangelo-" a ding cuts off whatever LH was preparing to say and an intake of breath is not helping his shoulders, "I wish to remind you, that you are a ninja. I have alerted your family, but as of right now I need you to remain calm, understood?" And Mikey takes a breath, because the croc is right, "My devices have caught movement near your location. It is not one of our known allies. You need to move, and keep moving, until we can catch up with you. Keep your T-Glass on you, we will track you, we will find you, just remember your training." 

Mikey knows that means he has to put the phone down. Knows that he has to move, alone and being chased by someone with an obvious obsession. 

"Alright… don't be late." Mikey tries for joking, but the tension has reached his throat. 

"You can do this Michaelangelo." 

He tucks his phone away, the words ringing in his head, the conviction in the statement calms his heart as he falls into stance and runs.

"Leatherhead, we're tracking Mikey's location, but what exactly is going on??" Leonardo is in the lead, T-glass down to give him directions. 

"I'm afraid he has garnered some unwanted attention. A stalker, a dangerous one it sounds like." 

"What?? How da heck does that happen??" Raph nearly stumbles at the news, keeping Donnie from tripping as the distracted turtle looks at his wrist hud.

"Youre saying Mikey's been dealing with this long enough to call it a stalker??" Leonardo's heart aches at the thought- whether with anger or hurt he couldn't tell you.

"I can't find whoever it is on any of our cameras, but the scanners have them right behind Mikey. I don't like this." Donnie looks up from the hud so he can go faster, Raph and Leo doing the same.

"I am coming from the other direction, I have notified April as well. She and Casey will provide support." Leatherhead explains, and they can hear a splash on the other line. 

"Sensei's been alerted just in case, he should be heading back now, but I'm hoping we wont need him." Leo pushes his legs faster, eyeing the dots on his display with a knotted stomach. 

"Leo we have no idea if this is a Yokai, Mutant, or one of our many enemies, how are we supposed to prepare-" 

"Dey're after our brotha Don, we'll be prepared." Raph interrupts, fists clenched and eyes burning with determination. 

"Right… you're right." 

"'Course I am."

The sewers are more of a maze than anyone topside could ever know, Mikey's pretty sure half of this wasn't part of any human made construction, but what does he know? Well he knows he's most definitely getting himself lost, his T-Glass may be showing his location and the detectors around the sewers are definitely picking up disturbances, but he can't say he recognizes where he is with any confidence right now. He's moving on instinct at this point, just keeping whoever this is away from the places they need to stay away from, but that results in unknown territory.

His feet hit air, and only years of training in dark tunnels keeps him from falling, shoulders straining for a new reason. The flashlight on his T-Glass turns on to shine below, it's not too far but a wrong move could mean a bad ankle at best. He looks back up, prepared to pull himself up, when his light shines directly on a face- if one could call the grin split shadow a face. Mikey screams, pushes off the ledge and does his best imitation of an armadillo in his landing. He's positive something cracks and he doesn't know if he prefers it to be a bone or his shell. 

He finds a pipe to press his shell against, light illuminating the space in front of him. He knows he should turn it off and use his ninja skills, but Mikey has a feeling that may not be his best bet here, and for once he's gonna listen to said feeling- no Bro's to yell at him yet. A chuckle echoes around the space,

"That was quite the chase my dear rose." The voice sends a chill down Mikey's spine, it sounds like one voice overlapping over itself like an echo of a creaky door. 

"Who are you!? W…what do you want!?" Mikey is out of breath, a terror gripping his chest that doesn't allow any room to catch it. 

"Balsam. Bluebell. Jonquil." 

(Impatience. I will be constant. I desire a return of affection.)

"Well, I don't return your affection! It's creeping me out dude! No means no!" Mikey may never be able to look at a flower again. 

"Furze. Eglantine. And if need be, locust. Nightshade. I shall parsley." 

(Anger. I wound to heal. Affection beyond the grave. Bitter truth. Feasting.) 

"S-stop hiding behind flowers! I don't care what you want, I'm not gonna do it!" 

"Love in a mist. Dogwood? Phlox, jonquil!

(You puzzle me. Am I indifferent to you? Our souls are united. I desire a return of affection!) 

"I don't know what you're saying dude, but the answer is still NO!" Mikey still cant see him, cant hear his movements, can feel his eyes- though he hadn't seen them, only a too wide smile…

"Then I will wound, and you will heal of this!" The shout rings out as something comes from the darkness, Mikey rolls sideways as a spike impales the pipe where he'd been. 

"Cowabummer…" Mikey mutters to himself, heart in his throat. 

"Your wits may fall short, but I will have you!" 

The statement hits different for some reason. Perhaps years of being the dumb one have stacked too high, or his anger has built up too much, or maybe it's because his being cant fight back against the words with the false hope of 'family jokes around. They love you.' To quell the hurt of each insult. This guy is not family, he is a creep that's been following him for weeks, who wants him for something- claims to love him- and yet calls him low on wits and tries to frickin stab him?! 

"You are a hypocrite dude! And I'm not as stupid as you think I am!" Mikey does three things in quick succession. 

A flash bomb lights up the space in one quick flash, in the brief moment he spots the shadowy gooey form he throws a prototype of a 'paint bomb' he'd been working on, and three shuriken. The light fades before he can see if they hit, but an earsplitting shriek fills the echoing cavern he's found himself in. 

"Furze! Locust! Parsley!"

(Anger! Affection beyond the grave! Feasting!)

A flurry of spikes flies from the darkness, he dodges, wincing at each hole added to the hopefully unimportant pipe. Two pikes come at once, knocking him off his feet, his head smacks into the ground, the light from his T-Glass flickers and dims, his head spins as something wet slides down the side of his face. 

"Eglantine." He's flipped onto his shell, a wave of nausea hitting him, "Orange flower, you are mine now, I'll take one final step, all you have to do is make me. Jonquil."

(I wound to heal. Exhilaration and fervor. I desire a return of affection.")

The face swims in his vision, two endless hallows where eyes might have been, that face splitting grin has gone feral, and the body it dangles from is huge and blobby, with a wide gaping mouth full of too many teeth embedded in it. Mikey is reminded of a video game mimic, except this one has embraced its horrible self. 

"Never." 

Another screech fills the space, the wide maw of below coiling up like a spring ready to release, Mikey braces himself-

"RAAAAAAHHHHH!!" A battle cry, oh so familiar, interrupts several bodies- though that could be Mikey's split vision- barrel into the thing and Mikey takes in a full breath, not having realized it was crushing his plastron so firmly. 

"Mikey! Talk to me brother!" Donnie appears above him, lit by Mikeys dim T-Glass as his own shines in his eyes for only a moment before adjusting. 

"Pink Variegated." He murmurs, hearing another shriek, though he can't tell if it's in response to him or the fighting, "Tired." He says louder, for Donnie.

(Refusal)

"We've got you now. Dont worry. We got you- Stay awake Mikey! MIKEY!"

His eyes blink open, squinted and blurry, taking in bright colored shapes to his left,

"I swear if those are flowers I'm disowning myself." He couldn't say if the sentence was comprehensible, but the sentiment must have been as someone chuckles.

"It's an edible arrangement. April thought it more fitting." 

"Nomore flowers." Mikey mumbles to the figure, flinching only slightly at the extended arm that comes towards him. 

The clawed hand is gentle as it rests on his head, warm and worn and familiar. 

"Rest my son. There are no flowers here."

#whumptober 2023 #no.19 #“I'll take one final step all you have to do is make me.” #lyric #floral bouquet #phycological #“I'm not as stupid as you think I am.” #tmnt #fic #stalking tw #mortal danger #entity #injuries #angst #mikey angst #a creepy creature wants mikey #flower language #but obsessive

[whatarainyday]

thinking about college students bkdk 🥺

#mostly bridge piercing katsuki but also them being normal teens/young adults and just you know #not being in mortal danger #mha #bnha #my hero academia #boku no hero academia #bkdk #dkbk #ktdk #izuku midoriya #deku #bakugou katsuki #bakudeku #college au #doodles

[redfagdiver]

Cliffhung

#my art #daily drawing day 95 #you gotta put the peoples in the Situations #cliff #ravine #original character #heights #mortal danger #pink hair #river #water

[thevalleyisjolly]

I like to imagine that every so often, Caleb and Essek go on vacation which entirely consists of two weeks of Essek trying to brute force teleport them into Aeor so that Caleb can have another go at that necromantic gem in the pillar.

#critical role #shadowgast #listen all wizards have their white whale and you know it's meant to be when your white whales complement each other <3 #some wizards spend term break sharing spell books with their mortal nemesis or breaking all the laws of reality with heedless hubris #other wizards repeatedly teleport into the funky magic place where teleportation keeps going wrong #so that their partner can use all their spells trying to get that ancient and very likely dangerous magical artifact

[minisculemars]

all you get is ridicule- laughter- and a trip to the house of pain!

#beavis and butthead #beavis and butt-head #mars' art #so cute of them to each have episodes where theyre in mortal danger!

[aq2003]

really into the idea of martha and jack on a one-off adventure w/ series 4-era ten. purely for the reason that i found "my angel put the devil in me" on the series 3 soundtrack and i suddenly have the image of martha and jack scream-singing it together in a karaoke bar while ten sits off to the side feeling super uncomfortable and embarrassed

#something .. maybe the day is saved by singing. Musical episode that never happened #(its fine im fine) #dr who #donna is not here she is either visiting wilf or in complete mortal danger and the gang has to rescue her #i cannot decide which situation would make this image i have in my head funnier #10 era

[ariadne-mouse]

mortal woman: i shall attain godhood! i shall become the goddess of death, more powerful than any mortal could be!

mortal woman: *becomes the matron of ravens, goddess of death*

[giant alien shows up that specifically likes to eat gods]

matron of ravens: ah shit

#this wasn't in the pamphlet #critical role #cr spoilers #c3 #c3e93 #op #disclaimer: everyone's in danger and this is why predathos must remain sealed & the raven queen would be dead anyway if she stayed mortal #but you know. for the bit

[phoenixcatch7]

Okay so I saw this post about dark percy (really him reaching his Limit and fighting full strength with everything he had) and I was imagining the potential fallout of that. Pretty bad, as you can guess.

The thing is a lot of percys strongest moments happen out of view of the olympians, especially in hoo. The hurricane atop the glacier in alaska, the poison scene in tartarus, bending the depression river and the one in the palace of nyx.

Stuff like the St Helens eruption got him washed up on an inescapable island literally removed from reality until calypso gave him the OK, the achillies curse he got tricked into losing by hera. Smaller moments, the minotaur, fighting ares, the stolen pirate ship, walking on water vs hyperion, freshwater sources, him knowing both Latin and Greek, they're more easily brushed off or at least mostly due to cunning, sword skills and sheer luck and grit.

But basically the olympians don't actually know the full extent of percys strength and divine power. They have hints - percy standing on the throne, winning against ares, his many victories - but what they aren't willing to brush aside in the heat of (an important) battle there have been pretty strong consequences for.

Heck, just look at Frank, he's no prodigy with weapons, he's polite and respectful, but his distant relation to two olympians letting him inherit shapeshifting earned him direct divine meddling and his life force tied to a hunk of half toasted firewood. Man is a honey bear with lactose intolerance and he was punished with a mythical death curse for being too strong.

If Percy's true strength came out, he would risk losing everything. His freedom, most certainly. If he wasn't straight up executed he might wind up in a Greek myth style imprisonment, the way of atlas, prometheus, calypso, or something like the myriad of ways Greek heroes met their end. Good scenario he survives a dozen curses and gets on with life with a dozen new disabilities, best case scenario he's stripped of every inch of divine power and dropped back to the mortal world, not even clear sighted. Total separation from the Greeks and Romans. Oh, annabeth would marry him either way, and his friends would hardly abandon him despite the gods wishes, but they'd hardly be able to see him, and no long range contact without the ability to IM him or vice versa.

All of that to say Percy is hiding his true strength from the gods themselves - maybe not consciously, and it's not even power he particularly wants - but if they ever find out?

It's game over.

But why is he so strong? I don't know. What I do know is that the half bloods of the books are so much stronger than the ones of myth. Used to be that divine blood would get you divine favour and a great fate whether you liked it or not. Maybe some cunning and bow skills. A spot of spell casting if you were really lucky. Achillies got his curse after he was born, Perseus had a dozen magic artifacts, orpheus had something going on but hercules is to my knowledge an outlier. Now? Everyone in camp has some special power. Flight, fire, necromancy, hypnotism, dream walking etc. However it's happening, half bloods are slowly but surely getting a lot, lot stronger every century that passes. Meta? I mean I guess. But.

What no one has done before is something that their godly parent couldn't.

Except.

Except Percy.

Except Percy, in tartarus, at his mental, emotional and physical limit, controlling poison with his mind, overpowering the goddess of poison in her home, making misery choke on misery. Feeling something in his chest crack. Doing something poseidon could not, and doing it better than the person who could.

Down there, hidden away from the gods, he evolved. For that brief moment, he did something, was something new.

And that was how the gods overthrew the titans.

And that's why they must never find out.

#In terms of extrapolating meta 'percy Jackson unknowingly being maybe the first of a new generation of increasingly powerful #Half bloods that would be in line with overthrowing the more powerful but complacent olympians as the next in the long line of toppling #Ancient and established lineages of divinity' has to be one of my favourites. Give it a few more centuries and they might actually be in #Danger lol #And the olympians would NOT be happy but would they solve the issue at its roots and stop having kids? Doubtful :) #Even just three of them who barely had anything to do with land or mortals couldn't keep it in their pants for more than half a century #Hestia and chiron remain the mvps as always lol #I got distracted from a story idea with lore dang it #pjo #pjo hoo toa #pjo series #pjo fandom #percy jackon and the olympians #heroes of olympus #percy jackson #Pjo dod #hoo series #pjo hoo #the heroes of olympus #perseus jackson #pjo meta

[spirk-trek]

okay but why are jim and spock on the verge of divorce at the start of of spectre of the gun?????

jim whipping his head around when spock says 'fascinating' because he doesn't even LOOK AT HIM

jim addressing spock as 'science officer' ???

spock standing on the wrong side of his chair ????

spock: "unLIKE mr. scott's transporter, this device is nOT functioning. OBVIOUSLY, captain, none of our devices will work"

+ "the violence of YOUR heritage will be the manner of our execution"

literally bickering over who knows more about earth's wild west???

whatever it is melts away the second scotty and bones start tearing into spock and jim stops them but like… please kiss and make up faster next time or i'll cry, thanks

#this is stupid lol #but the energy is so weird? how did i never notice that before? #jim is SO quiet from the very first moment on screen #and tbh so is spock #they had a big fight #nothing like mortal danger to force you to make up though #that's healthy #right? #spirk #spock #captain kirk #tos #star trek the original series #spectre of the gun #star trek #my text #shitpost

[letmetellyouaboutmyfeels]

911 every episode like "are you traumatized? well would you like to be?" and doesn't wait for an answer.

#911 spoilers #I saw that little boy and went NO #it's like they're holding up a cute animal like do you care about this? great! NOW THEY'RE IN MORTAL DANGER

[kalkaros-is-the-boss]

Severus: Okay, it’s a small pond. There’s cold water in it, but it’s not too deep. Diving the sword is really easy, but uncomfortable enough for it to be considered ‘Gryffindor bravery’. It’s incredibly simple. It’s not dangerous. Easier than almost anything Potter’s done. There’s really no way this could go wrong.

Harry: *Almost chokes, drowns and dies*

Severus: …

#he really tried #snape does not get paid enough to deal with this shit #Sev turns his back for like five minutes and Harry’s already come up with five different ways to put himself in mortal danger #severus snape #Harry Potter #hp #Harry Potter and the deathly hallows #harry potter shitpost

[bluehairedspidey]

Johnshi in MKX

So at the end of the first chapter of MKX, Johnny uses his green glow to save Sonya from Shinnok

Then, 20 years later, he tells the kombat kids about it and says this

"I've never been able to re-summon that green halo. Raiden thinks it was triggered when I saw a loved one about to die."

HOWEVER, we DO see ONE instance of Johnny using his green glow BEFORE he saves Sonya

At the beginning of the first chapter, Johnny, Kenshi, and Sonya are on a helicopter when they get attacked by Scorpion

Kenshi immediately pushes Johnny out of the way to protect him

Then gets hit by a blast of fire from Scorpion

And then Johnny uses his green glow to kick Scorpion away from Kenshi

Kenshi is one of Johnny's loved ones

#mortal kombat #mortal kombat x #johnny cage #kenshi takahashi #johnshi #mkx #mk #meme crop #blog #i LOVE all their interactions in mkx so much <33333 #ALSO the fact that the SECOND kenshi recovers and realizes johnny is in danger he IMMEDIATELY goes to protect him again #BY JUMPING OUT OF A MOVING HELICOPTER #mk1 johnshi is good but mkx johnshi is still my first love tbh <333 #also i WILL say i think my explanation for why johnny acts like him saving sonya was the first/only time he used his green glow #is because the moment with kenshi is Very quick and almost everyone else is unconscious so its possible no one noticed/saw it

[lloydfrontera]

i'm also obsessed with lloyd still thinking about javier's looks even when he's five seconds away from dying. he's so upset he's gonna die for javier's handsome ass. he's literally like "you better live a good long life after this you bastard. and i hope you lose your hair and get stinky feet" cause he thinks it's unfair javier will not only get to live but also continue on being unnaturally pretty.

he really said

#i talk a lot <3 #tged #the greatest estate developer #lloyd frontera #llojavi #sir. sir please stop being gay for five minutes. sir you are literally in mortal danger. sir please. #i am mildly exaggerating about this one #but only because while he *is* upset about dying he's actually mentally begging javier to live #to survive with the time lliyd had gotten him #so it is kinda gay but mostly because javier is the person lloyd thinks about and to when he's about to die #i just thought it was funny he still had a moment to think about how unfair it would be for javier to keep on being so hot when he's gone #javier asrahan

[mishy-mashy]

Kudo is actually such a kind, soft-hearted guy that had to toughen up because he cared too much

He looked at AFO's rule, and even though he was weak, he had that glint in his eye that has been referred to as the "will of a hero" to oppose him. A hopeful glint shared with Midoriya, Bakugo, and Hawks

He even parallels Hawks when they talk about that particular look in their eye

From a glimmer in the eye, to which eye is shown, how much of the face, a similar angle of the face, and placement of text questioning the existence of that light,

He stormed to kill Yoichi with Bruce, but couldn't, once he saw the state Yoichi was in. Even knowing he was the enemy, he still reached out his hand and never let go, even when they were running

When Yoichi died, even though they'd only been together for two months, Kudo still cried and froze up.

This is a reaction from a man who repeatedly used lives as a stepping stone for his own goal.

Kudo said himself, that victory was life, and defeat was death. He had killed and seen his friends killed over and over, but still cries when it happens again. And to someone he only knew for two months, at that.

Kudo gathered allies under his cause, and they were loyal enough to die for him. Bruce cries (still smiling tho) facing AFO, tried protecting Kudo when he froze up at Yoichi's death, and we see all Kudo's comrades dead in the end. Maybe Bruce was suicidal when he went to face AFO, knowing he'd die, but most of his comrades (and Kudo) were already gone. Their cause was snuffed out, but the will persisted.

Kudo is a bit like Aizawa.

A bit crass and blunt, doesn't like beating around the bush, but he can clearly see what kind of person you are. He's not openly kind, but you know he cares so much, but has also lost too much once. He's seen his friend(s) die, and shouldn't it have been him in that spot? Shouldn't he have died instead, but was forced to continue living for that dead person's sake?

His speech about why we call Abilities "Quirks", recognizing people's intent over raw power is the real power. (Ch 369)

He's blunt and goes straight to the results rather than beat around the bush, but it doesn't mean his heart is frozen and he doesn't care about you. (Ch 408)

He cares so much, and that's why he has to do so much. (His whole Resistance thing, figuring out how Yoichi's Factor works to make sure Yoichi and his will can live on in some way)

He recognizes that Midoriya isn't driven by duty, but that he genuinely adores Quirks too much. (Ch 414) He could look at Midoriya, read that immediately, and even though he looked through his memories, Midoriya's character was his takeaway. Not that Midoriya is an idiot for letting himself be stepped on, or that this kid was bullied, but that Midoriya could see the goodness in others.

Like how Aizawa saw that Midoriya was relying on the reason [It can't be helped] whenever OFA broke his bones and told him he can't always break himself just because he could be fixed (Midoriya's recklessness that showed itself on the first day of school). He called out something that was an underlying, innate belief to Midoriya, that was so normal to the teen, and no one else had brought up as wrong to him.

The first thing they perceive is a person's character.

When Aizawa tied up Midoriya on the first day of school, he wasn't telling him off over his Quirk destroying him being a PR thing or too gruesome for the public. It was out of the fact that his Quirk shouldn't destroy him, because it's dangerous for Midoriya.

Aizawa came off antagonistic, but he was looking out for Midoriya. He didn't want him to keep breaking his whole arm, he didn't want him to get stuck in the mindset that he had to get hurt to use his Quirk, he was looking out for his wellbeing from the start. A kid he didn't know personally until that day.

Kudo did a similar thing. He turned his back, and refused to help, because they were putting their hopes in a delusional boy who would go too far. When the vestiges realized their gathered Abilities and Quirks were letting Midoriya have the freedom to do as he wished, Kudo already knew, only saying "His path is the right one". He could relate to having to run full-sprint to see your goal realized, even if everything opposed him, but didn't want Midoriya to go through that same path alone.

If he were alone, he'd be like Nagant. He had to have comrades to be like Kudo, able to continue and stand for their beliefs, but having comrades to fall back on, or pull him back when it's too much. That's why he follows up in that moment with, "But, if there's something Midoriya does need..."

Kudo and Aizawa could see themselves or their comrades in others, and knew how to approach those character flaws that were normalized to others and said person.

Kudo could see others for who they were, and I think it's this, and his caring nature, that he gathered so many allies with him. He knew when to be blunt, when to show kindness, that the truth hurts but needs to be seen, was actually very logical and witty, and when to step aside and let people do their thing, even if it wasn't the best move (like saving All Might). Because that was what was best for that person.

It's not like people would join someone so wholeheartedly without conviction and being left unseen by that person. So many people were willing to die with and for Kudo, and Bruce believes in him so much.

When All Might's vestige was fading and becoming more solid, Kudo had to look away. They knew it meant All Might was dying in the real world.

Kudo was telling Midoriya not to intervene with Gearshift there. But once he saw All Might genuinely dying out, he couldn't look at him, and kept quiet. He stopped hanging onto battlefield logic of necessity, shut up, let Midoriya do his thing, and it saved All Might. It saved Midoriya from seeing his idol die in front of him, and Kudo didn't have to see another ally die beside him.

The chapter is literally called [We Love You All Might!!]. Even if it's just meant to focus in Bakugo and Midoriya, and only has 2 exclamation marks, it can't discount the world is watching. The vestiges care about All Might too.

When the vestiges come up with the plan to forcibly transfer themselves to deal damage, Kudo volunteers himself as the test dummy. Sure, he backs it with a lot of reason too, but he didn't want anyone else to go first as a test drive

He, with a Gearshift Ability that resembled a manual car, was the test drive. Ha ha pun- *gets shot*

En tried going first. Kudo rejected him, saying he would go first.

"Part ways with Gearshift [me], and you'll be free of the crippling recoil too."

Too. TOO.

KUDO JUST WANTED TO GO AND BE DESTROYED FIRST. HE PUT THE FREEDOM OF RECOIL DOWN AS AN EXTRA BONUS SO THEY'D AGREE WITH HIS CHOICE.

I'd cut the image so it looks better, and I can use Bruce's words elsewhere, but this is an image limit, so,

- Kudo refused to let anyone else go first. This was before giving reasons to convince them he should leave first

- En gives reason to why it can't be Kudo. Kudo just says, "Listen." and reminds them of now.

- Look at Kudo's face when he says that. The guy knows what he's doing when he cuts off En, and would probably be a horrible liar. He might as well be pulling this out of his ass.

He's said "The world will end" "You have to or else" "Five minutes" "You're going to die" a few times in this fight already. DUDE STOPPP

(Terrible liar and a guy who purposely eggs you to torment? What a great friend he would be [yknow, when u make ur friends freak out by being ominous or reminding them of stuff. Like Toast to Lilypichu in a game of Observation Duty])

- "Too."

- Bruce's trust in him, but knowing when to pull Kudo back from going too far

Also, when he's transferred, he smiles to Midoriya. He knows he's about to die again, but the last thing he does for Midoriya is

1) Take away the recoil of his existence as a Factor on the boy

2) Reassure him that it's okay, so it doesn't weigh on his conscience

Even if only in thought, STILL!

KUDO LOOKED SO PROUD OF MIDORIYA!

I bet Kudo is suuuch a sentimental fool

> [Be me and watch your new friend die]

> [I have Yoichi's Factor]

> [It's like I carry his will now]

> [Have a glint of opposition in my eye that drives the Demon Lord and my comrades (Bruce) crazy]

> [Hey Bruce, let's figure out how it transfers]

> [Bruce's common sense VS my rabid ideas]

> [I win]

> [Bruce was unwilling the whole time and still ends up with the Factor]

> [The Factor is named One For All, after something in Yoichi's favorite comic book series]

> [We pass it on to the future to carry forward]

> [Even as everyone else and me dies, I make sure Yoichi and his will are safe from his Demon Lord brother that locked him up]

> [Decades later, my sweet vaulted friend reminds me of when we met]

> [I turn around and give my whole-hearted support to believe in some 15-year old boy because Yoichi believes in him too]

SEN - TIM - ENT - AL!

When Shinomori was stolen by AFO, Shinomori pushed everyone away before they could really notice the invader. Kudo called out for him.

Everyone is in shock, but I don't think it's a mistake that the text bubble calling out for Shinomori is pointing from Kudo.

All For One made it through and is ready to steal them, but the first thing Kudo did was call out for the one at the very front.

[On the post I made that mentions Shinomori pushing everyone away] What if Kudo wasn't pushed away? What if this was him at the front, realizing the danger and turning around, but being unable to do anything for Shinomori when he saw?

Like Bruce, Kudo communicates. He doesn't expect you to just follow or understand him. He actually lays it out and makes sure you keep up.

He explains

- the transfer of vestiges, and why he should go first

- his Quirk

- why Quirks are Quirks

- reports to Midoriya what's happening and what's next

- to Yoichi why they couldn't trust in a delusional boy. In a way that wasn't Bruce's roundabout "we lived in a terrible era and a leader gathered us"

When En panics, he barks at En to keep up. By barking at him, rather than any other way he could've used his tone, it shuts up En in his frantic babbling. Kudo also lets Vestige Might put in his thoughts to understand better, and uses it.

Eye reflection. Kudo can really see people for who they are, and understands others, and himself.

I can't repeat the pics cuz image limit, but look at previous panels here. For example, Kudo saying Yoichi's will lives in him, and when AFO reflected in his eyes

It's something I learned from Re:Zero. When a person in reflected in one's eye, something something that person can see the true core of you, of what you really are underneath everything. The eyes are the window and mirror [glass] of the soul. I finally see the true you.

AFO never reflected anyone.

But Kudo reflected AFO when the man accidentally killed Yoichi. He saw that AFO wasn't seeing anything, so later, Kudo smiled and mocked AFO at his own death.

"Yoichi?"

"He's gone."

"You killed him, Demon Lord."

And AFO hated that reminder.

Kudo was reminding him of what the truth was. Kudo saw it himself, and AFO blocked it out from the get-go. Kudo already knew what AFO was, what he was seeing, what he was doing to himself by blaming Kudo instead of himself.

And then, Kudo's eyes reflected his own hand when he realized Yoichi's Factor was in him.

Kudo clearly saw himself, and in himself, Yoichi. Nothing distorted it. It really was a clear mirror.

He really perceived Yoichi's will was living on, and was right. Otherwise, his eyes wouldn't have shown it.

Kudo was right about AFO. It's even implied back when he and Bruce had their backs turned; Kudo knew what AFO's real goal was. That was back when AFO preached unity and division under him.

Kudo could always see right through AFO. He really understood people from the start. And he never tried making up truths to justify what he was seeing, facing it head-on.

Kudo's lying about the world being black and white.

Kudo and Bruce saw the world as black and white. This was mentioned in the void.

Kudo also says, "Victory meant life. Defeat meant death."

But it's the Resistance. It's when Japan and the world was at their lowest. The world wasn't black and white; there's lots of gray.

Kudo and Bruce would've seen this. Kudo even admits that there's gray, just not directly.

Kudo says Yoichi knows, how he killed and trampled so many lives, to get back at AFO. He knows it wasn't right, or an amazing choice. Later, he says that when your back is against the wall, you have to make callous judgements. These hint at gray moments.

Kudo and Bruce have faced and been in the gray. But it's too hard to make the right choices, and there are times there is no right answer.

Historically, soldiers would convince themselves the enemy were monsters. They wouldn't be able to fight and kill them otherwise. They wouldn't be able to live with themselves without believing in this so badly.

Kudo and Bruce had to have been the same way. They were Meta Humans [Monsters] in a time they were viewed as diseased humans. The monsters were real. And they had a Demon Lord. Kudo and Bruce literally dressed up as soldiers.

Even if they were monsters to society, being Meta, Kudo and Bruce were still human. They knew this. The ones who tried believing in only black and white were inhabitants of the gray itself.

But they have to protect themselves. Kudo is so adamant that the world is only black and white, because he can't stand the gray. What it makes him do, what it means, that he's too weak to do anything.

Yoichi is an example of that gray area. The mortal enemy's younger brother, was actually locked up and sickly. He's just a comic book nerd. And it humanized the other side Kudo opposed so vehemently.

Kudo says victory is life and defeat is death. And Yoichi asked why he reached out to him then. He reminded Kudo of that gray area, and Kudo opened up.

Kudo might avoid the gray area because it's a matter of the heart and a moral dilemma, but it's what makes him human. When there's no right answer in the battlefield, he decides on his feelings instead.

He wishes the world was black and white, because it'd be so easy. But it's not.

Yoichi reminded him of how entering that gray area led to OFA ("when you reached out your hand to me"), and it had been the best choice in the end. The gray area is real, and Kudo's left a bare man with only his emotions when he's there.

Kudo is actually really kind and understanding. He's too soft for his own good. Thanks if you made it this far, I hope it makes sense (tag and image limit)

#KUDO IS UNDERRATED NEEDS MORE CONTENT RECOGNITION HES THE KINDEST WITTLE BOY EVER #my thoughts #i think ppl who write resistance stuff should also consider that not everything was black and white #there will be moral arguments where you cant decide. and the resistance has faced those sorts of things where There Is No Right Answer. #kudo is really kind tho. exactly because he cares so much he does all these things and tries to harden himself #but like exoskeletons work - its only an armor to protect the soft squishy insides and keep them from drying out #i woke up and had to put this stuff down #me: *picks up a sentence note in my fic notes* *puts it down here and elaborates* #the line was in relation to putting down stuff about the vestiges to remember dynamics #[Kudo is the kindest despite appearances] #kudo seems like he would be fiercely protective over ppl he cares about. exactly because hes seen so many of his comrades die over and over #kudo #bnha #mha #boku no hero academia #my hero academia #spoilers #ofa #one for all #bruce #bruce is the meme of “*chuckles* I'm in danger” and its just. Kudo w/ his new crazy idea chasing him down with Gearshift and Yoichis Factor #hikage shinomori #en tayutai #yoichi shigaraki #ive been thinking he was kind for a long time but never elaborated why. if u look at his actions words and thoughts it all makes sense #theres underlying kindness in there. he wants to be kind but the world would scorch him if he didnt have a stick up his ass #also adding on to the prev tag of kudo and fiercely protective- because in their times comrades were everything. otherwise you were alone #the world sucks resources are limited and youre a diseased human [Meta]. but you have someone willing to walk with you. #also about the [Kudo is the kindest] note among the vestiges- i dont think any of the other vestiges would do what kudo did #calmly volunteering himself rather than it being in panic. extending a hand and saving what shouldve been his mortal enemy. yknow

[fer3112]

I'm sorry to new fans but they'll never have what we oldies have: Ugly ass official character art and Rick Riordan threatening to kill characters while answering readers tweets

#percy jackson #based on an actual interaction i had with rick back on 2013 when I was 16 on his q&a #Me: can we get more percy books even if he has to be in mortal danger? Rick: sure i'm killing him next sequel because of you #i still have that screenshot somewhere probably imagine getting that notiffication in the middle of a hs class #funniest thing that has happened to me #also considering that he was already writting heroes of olympus and putting percy through the horrors that was very funny of him

[sootsz]

etoiles’ and phil’s love language is inviting each other to boss battles they really see a dangerous monster and the First Thing they do is figure out if they can bring a plus one

#their response to other being in mortal danger is going “without me?” #codebreakers #qsmp #etoiles #philza