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domicabduganiev · 2 years

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Hey everyone, I just started writinga story. I really do not know anything about it but i would like you to rate it. Please be open and just tell. My instagram is : @ubaydullohabdganiev

Empire

The story is about a criminal empire. Which has been started from a small business up to country’s largest criminal organization.

1. Adam Roy – Born in 1990. Unemployed, Been to prison one time. For two years. Never married.

2. Joshua Martin – Born in 1988. Guard at local nigh club. Been to prison two times. Married in 2009. No children.

3. Katrina Martin – Born in 1990. Barista at local night club. Never married.

4. Randy Roy – Born in 1965. Owner of the local coffee shop named “Roy’s”. Divorced in 1991. Never married again.

Chapter one.

Freedom is the worst prison.

It was June 25th of 2009. The weather was great. It was hot but residences of Culonia love such kind of weather. Every one was enjoying the weather and the nature. Except one person.

It was one of the worst days of Adam. He was standing at the gate of prison. Without any idea what to do. He had been in prison for two years. He was thinking that he lost his future. Partly it was true. In this country if you ever get arrested it means you are considered as a part of the crime world already. Adam was inside crying. He was only 19 years old. And he already got the happened to spend two years of his life in prison. He did not want to go home. He could not look at his father’s eyes he thought. He did not have any home of his own yet. Cuz he was still 17 when he got arrested. So it was time to finally find home to live. There was only one option. And it was Joshua. Adam’s childhood friend. He started waking to Joshua’s home. There was nobody waiting for him. He individually asked the prison principles not to tell anyone. He thought he would not want to see anyone when he gets out. But now he realizes that it feels better if there is someone waiting for you when you finally get to be free out of prison cells. On his way to Joshua’s he thought it would be better if he grabs a few bred and something else for Joshua. As he lives on his own, it might be goo. He entered to the market, and took two bred and a bottle of soda. He went to the cashier and asked how much it was, Cashier said 7 bucks. When he took his wallet out there was no money. He forgot that the prison guards. It was common in this country. Government used to pay not much to police. So they used to use their name to earn their own money. He started t get really embarrassed. Cuz before when he was younger he always used to have enough money for a bred and soda. His dad did what he could in order to provide him. As his dad used to have a coffee shop, money was not so big deal for them. Now it was the first time he did not have money on him. He said sorry and returned the things in place. Cashier got angry cuz he consumed cashier’s time. So the cashier started yelling at him.

The cashier: Why the hell would you take my time if you could not buy anything. You homeless loser. Go get a job and earn some money bitch.

Adam looked angry and helpless at the same time. If it happened before he would not let anyone to talk to him like that. But after prison he learnt that some times it best to keep quiet and obey. And so he started walking out. And cashier said.

The cashier: If you can not find any job there is always colored street is available.

That was out of the line. Cuz the colored street used to mean the place, the street where the cheap prostitutes stay and sell their bodies. Adam looked back at the cashier so seriously that the cashier who was insulting him just ten seconds ago started to worry about his life. Adam jumped onto the cashier and starting to beat the shit out of him. The crowd tried to stop him but could not. And in the end some one grabbed the Adam from behind and threw him into Sodas shelf. Adam immediately stood up and fixed his clothes. He did not even try to get to the cashier again. Cuz he knew t was enough. He noticed that everyone was staring at him. And he realized that just in a minute the insulting jack ass cashier guy turned into the victim, and the real victim started to look like a bad guy. So He took his beg and walked out of the shop. He felt so hopeless. And now he might even go back to prison. Actually it would even be better, The freedom is actually even worse than the prison. Yup the freedom was the worst prison. And the suddenly The black Mercedes stopped by him. And someone got out of it. Adam was starting to run away, he thought that was the shop’s owner. But the guy just put 4 bred, 3 soda cans and a box of cigarettes onto the post box by himself and without any words left. Adam went to Post box and looked through things. Why would they give me 3 can of sodas he thought. Adam was smart, so he figured out that there is going to be someone living with him. One can for each. Why 4 bred, does that mean I can stay there only for four days. Hmm. If I remember correctly Joshua used to have his food bought from the market daily. So that means they have been following me and my friends? Who the hell are they? And from the box of cigarettes I can say that Joshua started smoking. He thought.

In millions of thoughts Adam arrived to Joshua’s building. About three months before Adam went to prison Joshua moved into his new apartment. Adam found this place for him, it was Adam’s old friend’s old apartment. Joshua always wanted to know who that old friend is, but Adam never told.

Adam finally got up to 6th floor where Joshua lives. He knocked on the door. A when the door opened both Adam and the person at the door were completely shocked.

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minheeskitten · 5 months

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the mv for vertigo is gone, but if you can somehow find it, it's soooo damn good 😭 i like it for normal reasons, but also for bad reasons (hyeop strapped down and struggling)

oh, i don't mind at all if we talk about alex 😭 i miss him a lot, and just group shenanigans shouldn't be crossing any lines for you, right?

Ah damn fuckin woolim ent deleting the mv. I hate woolim so much-

If i can find it im 100% gonna watch it.

Oh I'm just gonna be very specific ab if it crosses a line that I won't let 04 liners cross (side note im literally so particular ab how i write people who are the same age as me lol wtf-)

Trust me he's gonna be kept pretty innocent in any and all writinga of mine, partially bcs i like cute innocent boys and also bcs im still exploring figuring out drippin's personalities haha and his will become harder as time goes on.

Now: Who do *you* think does what in their pack? Ill reapond to your next ask with my own thoughts :)

#asks <3 #anons <3 #🩷 anon

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jkbabiey · 8 months

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HELLLOOOOO !!! how are you ? hope you're doing good :) I just got to know your blog and i couldn't find any masterlist there for your writings :( sorry I'm new here 🥺 is there a link for all your writinga ?

omg welcome!!!! i'm fine, hope you're having a greattt day <3 i'm still working on a masterlist to make it easier for you guys to find my work... at the moment i don't have an updated masterlist :(( i will soon tho!! :))

#masterlist #coming soon

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shipskicksandgiggles · 2 years

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I loved unlucky 13! It's a bit of a different format than what I think you normally do but it was super cohesive and really made the story that much cuter. Your writing is good and I hope at some point I can be as dedicated to my writingas you are. You quite do much and it's all really good. The phrase practice makes perfect comes to mind with just how much writing you do you've gotten really good. I admire your dedication and skill

🥺😭 stop this is so sweet. 13 was a wild ride of a fic, it definitely wasn’t my normal style, and I’m not kidding when I say I’d been planning it out for months. I love it, this fic means. more to me than you know, and I’m just so glad that other people like it too

#asks #answers #ellis writes #anon #i was worried that it was Too different but #I’m glad you liked it!

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ms-rampage · 3 years

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19 and 100 for the prompts? 👀

The Baptist and the Trickster

19 for “I’m going to kill you” for Angst

100 for “I didn’t do it” for General

This one is not that long

Warnings: Strong language, a few derogatory insults towards women.

Note: Tbh, I didn’t know what to write so here’s another Kate Winchester and John Seed with a few guest stars. Lol, a sorta little crossover action. Maybe some deleted content from “Left Behind” that didn’t make it to the final draft. Idk it’s a cluster fuck drabble lol. 😂😂😂

******

“So who is he?” John asks her, walking into the living room of the Seed ranch house.

“Who?” she asks, confused.

He chuckles in annoyance, scratching his beard “You know who I’m talking about. That guy”.

Shaking her head, “Umm, I don’t know who you’re talking about”.

He walks around the couch, standing in front of her. “Don’t fucking lie to me Katie” he growls.

Still confused as to who he was talking about, “I still don’t know who you’re talking about!” she shouts back.

Getting annoyed, and angry that his girlfriend is lying to him, and is also seeing another man behind his back. Cheating on him, being a little fucking slut.

“The man in the beige trenchcoat” he tells her, crossing his arms, “You’re seeing another man. Being affectionate with each other”.

Trying not to show that she was lying, but she wasn’t cheating. That conversation she had a few days earlier.

“One of my men saw you two talking, hugging and walking by the river behind the Lamb of God church” he tells her in his deep voice that he speaks in before he gets really angry. Physically angry.

*A few days earlier*

Behind the Lamb of God church.

“I just wanted to thank you for that” she tells the Angel.

“Of course” says Castiel, “I promised Sam and Dean that I would watch over you and Paige”.

Off in the distance one of John’s followers sees Kate with another man, not knowing it’s an Angel of the Lord.

“How were you able to find me?!” she asks, knowing that this Angel is low on his grace.

He sighs, and clears his throat “After hearing your voicemail to Dean. Him and Sam weren’t able to get to you, so I took matters into my own hands to find you”.

Grateful that he came to her save, especially with all the bullshit going on in her life at the time.

She hugs him, in which he does back, they take a walk along the water, disappearing through the trees away from the peggie’s view.

“There are a few things I need to tell you about” he tells her. She looks up at him, “About what?!”.

Seeing Kate talking to another man, hugging him, smiling up at him. He goes to tell John about what he had witnessed.

******

“So?!” John says loudly, “Who was he?!”.

Not being able to give him a proper answer, and even if she did, she wouldn’t be able to tell him because he wouldn’t believe her, nor would he understand that type of life.

She stammers, “He-he wasn’t. It’s not what you think!”.

That cliche type of response that has been used a billion times over the century.

“Bull-fucking-shit!” he yells, “I’m going to kill you and that guy”. His eyes turn black, not like a demon, but dilated, his blue eyes gone. The vein on his neck sticking out, completely fuming angry.

Looking like he wasn’t gonna go back on his words and actually kill her.

“John, please. Listen to me it’s not what you think!” she explains to him, “It’s really not!”.

She backs up, trying to keep a distance from him, knowing if he got his hands on her. He would actually kill her.

Actually getting scared, she feels very vulnerable because she still has a minor injury on her knee. All it takes is one sweep, or kick to it and she goes down. She doesn’t have her gun or knife on her to protect herself.

He follows her as she backs up, away from him, looking like a predator going after its weak and vulnerable prey.

“You little fucking slut!” he growls again, “I’m going to kill you”.

She backs up to a wall, and is cornered by him, trying to find a way to sneak past him. He goes to grab her and she ducks underneath him. He trips her, making her fall on her bad knee.

“Fuck!” she mumbles, clenching her knee. She tries to crawl away from him, but is too slow to get away from him. Almost in tears.

“John, John please. I didn’t do it. I didn’t do anything!” she pleads with him, “Please stop!”.

Seeing the rage build up inside him. “Lust is definitely your sin” he tells her, “If only there was a sin for a cheating whore like you”.

“Don’t you dare call her that!” an male voice tells him from behind. Kate recognizes it right away, and immediately feels relieved.

John turns around and sees a man in an olive colored jacket with brown hair and whiskey colored eyes.

Kate’s Archangel Gabriel, “And this must be the other man” John says loudly followed by a chuckle, “What a surprise!”.

“You stay away from her” Gabriel orders him, pulling out his angel blade.

John lets out a short chuckle, “You want her?, That’s fine, I was finished with her anyway. She’s no use for me anymore”.

She looks up at him with anger and also hurt in her eyes, The Archangel can sense it. John walks away from her, moving to another part of the living room.

Gabriel helps her up, putting her arm around his neck and shoulder.

“Also don’t waste your time with her. She’s. What’s the word or several?. A cheating, sinning slut” he tells the Archangel. Not even aware that the man standing in front of him holding his now ex-girlfriend is a celestial. Her guardian Angel.

He glares at him, “She deserves better than a pathetic, douchebag Yes-man like you!” he says to him, trying to hold himself back from using his Angelic powers on him.

Taking her out of the house, and away from him.

“You heard me?!” she whispers, trying to hold back her tears and all other emotions.

“Of course” he says, smiling down at her “You’re my human, and I will always be there for you”.

#far cry 5 #john seed #kate winchester #far cry 5 x supernatural #supernatural gabriel #supernatural castiel #my drabbles #my writinga #far cry 5 angst #spn gabriel x oc #fc5 john seed #john seed x oc kate winchester

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ofcadash · 6 years

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U EVER JUST WANNA HUG SOMEONE THRU THE SCREEN

#ooc || OH GOD I'M GAY FOR MY OWN INQUISITOR.#//U EVER READ SOMEONE'S WRITINGA DN UR JUST LIKE #//GOD I LOVE U #dash commentary //

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professional-benaddict · 2 years

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Stephen interfering with Peters college essays, *cough cough*.

Maybe Peter had to write an essay on a disease, he leaves his desk to make a snack and come back to Stephen making comments on his work. Peter gets annoyed, huffs over, and grabs his laptop off of him.

"I know you mean well, but this is MY essay"

"Peter, just change that one term! It hasn't been in use since 2018, please!"

"no! My essay! My research!"

Stephen just wants his baby to get good grades but Peter wants to prove that he can do it himself

oOooh🥺🥺💓💓

I bet they’d have so many fights over this.

Stephen was at the top of his class and he is now one of the greatest neurosurgeons in the country. He itches so bad to make Peter’s academic works just a tiny bit better. It comes so easily to Stephen, so it is impossible to just not do it.

But, Peter gets annoyed. Justice and rightfulness are some of the principles he values the most. And to him, Stephen’s corrections feel wrong. It is not his work anymore, so in a way he feels like he is cheating.

The pair have a very awkward dinner in silence after their fight. The next day, the pair slowly start talking again, and they come to an agreement. Stephen will not make corrections without permission. They can talk about Peter’s writinga together and Stephen can have his say, but whether or not Peter decides to follow his advice is up to him.

They try it out on Peter’s next essay. And just like with the essay before that, he got an A again🥰🥰

#spiderstrange #strangespider #peter parker x stephen strange #peter parker/stephen strange #peter parker #stephen strange #ask

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chaosbisexual · 3 years

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WRITING

as some people know me for my various tumblr writings/fic from 2017-2020, everything is listed below. for more recent work, please check these first:

wordpress

ao3

FULL-LENGTH

a small list of things i’d normally hide (jess x rory, gilmore girls + normal people au, 2022)

we must be killers (wednesday x tyler, wednesday, 2023)

watching the stars collide (james x lily, muggle au, 2023)

POETRY

the swimming pool (2021)

at the picnic table, we say nothing (2020)

you only want me when the rest of the world goes quiet (2020)

kick the rock (2020)

collapse (2020)

eulogy of an almost lover (2021)

flying north for winter (2021)

ghosts & liars (2021)

JAMES X LILY

‘home is wherever i’m with you‘

splatter the paint (late night shenanigans social media au, 2019)

i’d like it if you stayed (belated splatter the paint sequel, 2022)

they say we’re nothing but a heartbeat (splatter the paint part three, 2022)

STAND ALONES

all this (and love too) will ruin us (muggle au at a party, 2021)

you’re dying to cross my mind (first kiss and common room party, 2020)

stars ablaze like rebel diamonds (muggle roadtrip au, 2019)

slipping in my faith (until i fall) (james doesn’t show up to her party, 2019)

get too close (first kiss in a classroom, 2019)

the moon pulling tides over me (muggle au where they fight, 2019)

i don’t mind the taste of blood. (robbers au, 2018)

she tastes like summer (high school band au, 2018)

(not so) perfect places (reality tv au, jily challenge, 2018)

hold on to your heart (muggle break up au, 2018)

he calls her lil (fluff drabble, 2018)

high enough to breathe the air (before it’s touched by someone else) ( first kiss on astronomy tower, 2017)

but your eyes will lead me straight back home (youtuber au, 2017)

follow your heart gently (college social media au, 2017)

home (restaurant au, 2017)

MISC SHIPS

james x sirius: left the door ajar (celebrity au, 2017)

it 2017 (richie x eddie:) you’re crashing on the floor with me (but i can’t sleep) (4am phonecalls, 2017.)

anything else can be found in my writing tag, here. if you want to follow my poetry/aes blog, it’s here.

#original works #ali speaks #writing masterlist

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ac-liveblogs · 2 years

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My Lostbelt 6 Mental Breakdown

you ever know something's gonna be a doozy before you even engage with it, but it turns out to be even doozier than you could've ever anticipated?

yeah, that's this. anyway, lb6 good

The Parts I Didn't Like

I am starting with this because it’s the shortest.

It's very draining to play all at once. LB6 is extremely long, so playing it for extended periods of time can burn you out. However, it was released in 3 parts over 3 months for a reason, so I fully recognise this is a me problem.

I felt Knocknarea's feelings for Ritsuka came about quite suddenly, given how little time they spent together. Most interactions were on either side of Castoria, anyway. I would’ve bought her having feelings for Artoria, but not Ritsuka.

Fairy Knight Lancelot and Artoria Caster have not had a rerun. Percival has not been summoned to my Chaldea. FK Lancelot and Percival are having their re-run right now! I’m in my Galahad/Solomon saving period, can you jackasses come back later?!

Morgan's boss fight was a bitch. Especially part 2. I fought so hard, and the game slapped me with a "well, we didn't expect you to win anyway!" fuck you. Cernunnos was tough, but Morgan was just plain unfair. (Yes, she was unwinnable- SHUT UP I KNOW THAT NOW)

Beryl Gut's inclusion was strange, and I'm a lot less interested in him as a character than I was the other Crypters. I appreciated how Mash's development was shown through her relationship with him and he sure was a fun, love-to-hate hammy bastard I thoroughly enjoyed killing, but he didn't feel super relevant to the Lostbelt as a whole. I'm not really sure how to feel about him, besides glad that Mash got to beat him to death with her shield.

The Writing

A lot happens in Avalon le Fae. While most Lostbelts do just feel like a chapter of something, Lostbelt 6 could be a standalone game on its own - it has the plot points, script and lore for it.

It’s a coming of age for the chosen one and her companions. It’s also really long, and juggles a lot of indepedant groups with conflicting motivations for the entire run. Even setting aside Chaldea, the Crypters, the Alien God’s Disciples, Morgan, the Round Table Army and the Child of Prophecy, you have 6 other clans with their own goals and motivations. It can get difficult to keep up with everything, but while there are a lot of characters none of them feel wasted. Every single one contributes towards something - the fall of Fairy Britain is a jigsaw puzzle, and everyone is a unique little piece.

It’s a lot of fun comparing Castoria’s journey to Arthurian myth - if you recognise what’s happening, it’s a really cool game of spot the difference. As much is as different as it is the same, with Vortigern, Morgan and Arthur all playing pass the parcel with their roles at any given time and the goal being to kill Britain, not save it.

Returning Characters

Lostbelt 5 really started fleshing out Ritsuka’s character, but Lostbelt 6 kicks it into overdrive. I guess Nasu got bored of writing a self insert... while Ritsuka isn’t especially complex, character traits are becoming very clear and consistent with him - his sense of humour, his relationships, his personality, his fears and insecurities. It all adds up to a very clear image of Ritsuka - which works out well for me, because I don’t like headcanoning too much if I don’t have to. Ritsuka spends a lot of time without Mash, so watching him develop without her was very interesting. His relationships with Artoria and Oberon are standout - especially Oberon, where it can get quite intense depending on the dialogue choices you make. I quite like Ritsuka nowadays.

Mash also really shone in this Lostbelt. Between her amnesia and being separated from Ritsuka, she was really forced to grow and re-evaluate herself and what kind of person she wants to be, and start striving towards it. She formed a lot of new relationships in this Lostbelt, and really started to grow up - her growth was thrown into sharp contrast with the snippets of her past that we learnt about via Beryl. I‘m very curious to see where her trajectory from here will be on out. Honestly, the longer the game goes on and the more defined Mash and Ritsuka become, the more I really love them.

Goredolf has grown up so damn much. I’m proud of him. Though if they could stop calling him dad, that’d be great. It makes me feel old.

I found myself really enjoying my time with Muramasa - I was genuinely distressed when he died, though given he’s part Shirou I really should’ve expected it. The contrast between Castoria and Muramasa, and Saber and Shirou, was equal parts heartbreaking and heartwarming (Chaldea’s Holy Sword will certainly be a katana) and he and Grimm were... really funny. Oh, of course I spent so long waxing poetic about Alter Ego Muramasa when he had to win a boss battle with Cascu of all people against a damn Lancer! One final kick in the teeth, huh!

Crypter presence wasn’t huge in this chapter. Beryl I’m very mixed about - he’s mostly a measuring stick for Mash’s growth, it seems - and Pepe went out like a king, but they definitely weren’t large presences the way they were in previous chapters. I’m super curious about Kadoc and Daybit’s upcoming roles, though....

Koyanskaya made a friend? I didn’t know she could do that.

New Characters

It’s extraordinarily rare that I love almost every single character in... anything, really. Usually, I latch onto a handful at the most, and everyone else is kind of tertiary at best. Anyway, Avalon le Fae’s cast fuckin slaps

I am ambivalent towards Red Rab-bit (I’ll be forgiven, I’m sure) and Beryl Gut (explained above.) Everyone else? Holy shit.

My first Fate property was Fate/Zero, which was a painful slog of an anime that barely endeared itself to me, let alone Saber, who I spent a really long time finding boring and overhyped. I wasn’t interested in reading the Fate route as a result - it’s not like she interested me in UBW. Meeting Castoria... kind of made me realise I’d misinterpreted Saber, and I should read Fate route. Setting Saber aside, I love Castoria. LB6 is very much her story, and there wasn’t a single part of it that I wasn’t 100% engaged in. She’s quite easily my favourite companion character so far, though Jason is a very close second.

Oberon Vortigern drove me feral. There’s no other words for what he did to me beyond drive me into a frothing rage and exacerbate my mental breakdown even faster. He hit all my buttons, even ones I didn’t know I had. I downloaded JP for him, and then refused to even let support Oberons enter stage 3 til I beat LB6 so I could save the best for last. Characterisation, design, lore, relationships - he’s tragic and funny, beautiful and pathetic, terrifying and an absolute fucking moron. He raided the fridge before the boss fight. Why did no-one tell me he did that? Also why did no one tell me we could bully him during his own villain monologue? Oberon is wonderful no matter who he’s talking to (ESPECIALLY Artoria), but it’s really interesting that one of his best relationships is with Ritsuka. He’s so stupid. I want to beat him up with a rolled up newspaper.

Ahhhh, Morgan. She’s such a cool villain. I was really unsure about her given her.... confusing lore, but happily Nasu didn’t waste too much time on it. Instead, the segments with Tonelico were haunting - as a foil to Castoria, Oberon, Artoria and the Lion King, she’s really interesting to think about. The finale of part 2 was really intense. Morgan’s death, as a sum of many parts set into motion well before we arrived in Fairy Brtain, was sad, brutal, and exactly what she deserved. But on the other hand, she gave me 100mil QP, so really, we have no choice but to stan. You go girl, genocide those fairies! Even I wanted to do that in the end!

“What if Lancelot was a dragon... and a lesbian?” ten million fucking dollars, excellent idea, let’s go. Melusine was the Fairy Knight I was most unsure about, but I think I ended up loving her most. She’s the closest FGO comes to having Lancelot as he was in lore - Berserkerlot comes close, but in a very... after the fact kind of way, and Saberlot isn’t even close, but Melusine is Lancelot as I remember him. I adore her. Also, Morgan naming her Lancelot is fucking hilarious once you’ve read her mental monologues about evil girlboss Guinevere Aurora.

I also really like Barghest (I think it’s impossible not to), and Baobhan Sith (Bavaan Shee, you’re welcome) is both an excellent unit and fun rival for Artoria. Comparing Morgan’s relationships with Baobhan Sith and Mordred is really sad, you should do it.

I’m also just delighted Habetrot is a canon member of Chaldea now.

Misc.

As someone who doesn’t like Ritsuka x Random Servant, I was surprised by how much I enjoy him and Oberon as a pair. The two have a really complex and involved relationship... well, I barely like Ritsuka having a million Servants, so I headcanon’d him down to three. Since Oberon isn’t dead, I wonder if we’ll see him again later... I can only hope so.

Due to certain piece of dialogue from Morgan, I wonder if that theory about us Rayshifting back to 2004 Fuyuki to prevent the Grand Order altogether really is true. It would make sense, I have no idea how else we’re going to fix this mess.

I really, really doubt Mash will be ditching Galahad girlboss style, no matter much fandom hates him and wishes she would - given the tone of her development in this chapter and certain plot revelations/developments, I believe a formchange like FK Lancelot’s is more likely than her rejecting either Galahad or the Black Barrel now that she has both. We’ll just have to wait and see, though. Anyway, every theory I’ve had about Galahad so far has seemingly turned out in some way correct, right up to and including a Mash/Galahad identity crisis, so while I don’t want to get too cocky I am feeling pretty high on life right now

it’s really funny how much LB6 has in common with Inazuma, and how much it absolutely dunks on it. If I were Mihoyo I’d be absolutely fucking humiliated right now

#ac plays fgo

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