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☆ the wrong way to hard launch (8) | OP81

summary : oscar's girlfriend is a walking pr problem for literally everyone (including herself) social media au

pairing : oscar piastri x zhou!fem!singer!oc

a/n all aboard the speculation train

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selinabui somehow @.rollingstone thought it would be an amazing idea to slap me on their cover?? anyways may 2024 🔜 it has an exclusive interview with urs truly p.s. whoever came up with that nickname for me deserves a raise ♥️♥️♥️ tagged: rollingstone, shotsbynadia, michealpollard, lilybeehair and jesszhang_

oscarpiastri Forgot how to breathe for a sec ↳ tina_kim @ oscarpiastri ur so real for this

linasgirl4 'the speakeasy siren'??? 😮‍💨

eb_jonno i'm confused by your dress ↳ selinabui @eb_jonno i was confused as well, don't worry about it, just admire how good i look

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↳ kayla @luna_apocolypse · 49m fork found in kitchen, we had to wait over three years for a sophomore album, we'll live ↳ kayla @luna_apocolypse · 47m but then again... no 'new' music makes me think that lina is being sneaky again

oscalina real ?! @ emptyginbottles · 28m too many people talking about the 'no new music' bit of the interview and not enough talking about how oscar's going to drive lina to florence after the san marino grand prix ↳ oscalina real ?! @ emptyginbottles · 27m i didn't think it would be possible, but i think i just heard this woman giggle over a man through my phone via a printed interview

amie <3 @mieflrs · 2h it's actually so insane how smoothly the empty bottles pr team buried all the tommy talk. i didn't even notice bc they moved so naturally to 'chris and eb reunion??' and then the rolling stones cover + interview like they just dropped us better things to talk about ↳ amie <3 @mieflrs · 2h slay empty bottles pr team, i really appreciate y'all 🫶

r/EmptyBottles · Posted by u/luckyluna9364 5 hours ago Lina x Oscar Timeline

Has anyone worked out the relationship timeline for Lina and Oscar? I've been talking to some of my F1 friends, and there's so much confusion about how and when they met because these two people have barely been in the same country at the same time. This is, of course, if we go off the common perception that Zhou Guanyu was definitely the person who introduced them.

buisms84 · 4 hr. ago op i was literally just thinking about this!! lina's been pretty much stuck in california since the pandemic and oscar flies around for races all the time, it's pretty possible that they didn't meet first but rather started texting? but then when did they start going out because they clearly look familiar with each other. fantstic013 · 4 hr. ago streets are saying as early as silverstone 2023 👀 but we all know lina is super secretive about her current relationships (bar whatever mess thomas howard was)

summersweettea1389 · 3 hr. ago i think the confirmed timeline is what we've all been experiencing these past few months. like there seems to be no other indicator they were linked, even platonically, before that insane hard launch. luckyluna9364 OP · 3 hr. ago I know that Lina can be really sneaky but she also loves messing with us, so I'm convinced she was subtly soft-launching him and we all didn't notice. But you know what I found most strange? Right before the hard launch, a bunch of different new sites were publishing rumours, I'm not super online, but were there rumours earlier? whatthekermitdid · 3 hr. ago ur talking about the rumors of them over the holiday season when they both happened to be at the same party but that was debunked ages ago - they went with different ppl but they may have met there?

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piaa⁸¹ @ papayaeightyone · 5h no, i don't think u understand, i'm actually SCREECHING over oscar's answer to the 'texting the wrong person' question from the never have i ever video

↳ piaa⁸¹ @ papayaeightyone · 5h I'M SO NORMAL ABOUT THEM I SWEAR 🥹

↳ kayla @luna_apocolypse · 2h 'most awkward conversation of my life'??? 'not the best way to confess'??? SELINA WHAT DID U SAY TO THIS MAN 😭 ↳ pookie piastri @op81ln4 · 3h NO I NEEEED TO KNOW HOW SHE REACTED

lina !!! @EB_selina · 48m everyone keeps tagging/sending me the clip of oscar talking about accidentally texting me about me. guys, i was there, i know it happened, and i will be taking my reaction to the grave ↳ Oscar Piastri @ OscarPiastri · 12m She's embarrassed because she ghosted me for like a week ↳ lina !!! @EB_selina · 11m sir why are u lying???

june @linafesting · 2h finding out that oscalina's talking stage was oscar giggling and texting his friends how much he liked her and lina ghosting him after an accidental confession is pure comedy ↳ june @linafesting · 2h oscalina, the couple that keeps on giving us anything but photos together

↳ clovie @ luvyouvie · 57m wait where did lina mention oscar? ↳ li(n)a @meliabelrose · 44m rolling stone interview, she mentions him like 8 times

r/EmptyBottles · Posted by u/luckyluna9364 3 days ago Lina x Oscar Timeline [read new comments]

whatthekermitdid · 5 hr. ago ok so my f1 friend just told me that the never have i ever video was filmed like in february (or earlier) which means that oscalina were going out since at least then BUT (and maybe i'm delulu) i couldn't help but notice that he's v calm about it like it happened a long time ago which is really no help to this timeline

niaphilia283 · 3 hr. ago not to sound clinically insane but have we considered that they've been together for a lot longer than we imagined? thinking logically, selina isn't the type of person to so publically acknowledge a new boyfriend - she didn't even mention tommy until like seven months - and judging by her recent behaviour (the hard launch, the dedicated performance, the birthday instagram post) she's either down so astronomically bad she'll never recover from it OR they've been together for at least two years luckyluna9364 OP · 3 hr. ago if they've been tgt for even longer than ONE year i'd actually lose it bc there's noooo way lina would be that quiet about it niaphilia283 · 3 hr. ago wait i just remembered that two years ago would be around when tommy got engaged and lina def would've made a big deal about any relationship my bad

TWITTER

clara @ zgy24 · 2h these photoshoots have the same vibe and it was the first thing i thought of 😭

lina for elle china zhou for champion

↳ lina !!! @EB_selina · 1h what a copycat @ZhouGuanyu24 😒 ↳ 周冠宇 | Zhou Guanyu 🇨🇳 @ZhouGuanyu24 · 1h I did it better

MESSAGES

from the phone of oscar piastri

TWITTER

lina !!! @EB_selina · 2h been feeling mean lately, how much trouble should i cause? ↳ EB BAR @theemptybottlesbar · 2h selina pls have mercy MERCY I BEG

kayla @luna_apocolypse · 1h it's been an hour since that cryptic ass tweet, i'm shaking lina what do you have up your sleeve

piaa⁸¹ @ papayaeightyone · 32m OH MY GOD WHAT DID SHE JUST SAY????

EB BAR @theemptybottlesbar · 43m We'd like to extend our condolences to @ McLarenF1, we're working on getting her media training, but it doesn't seem to be working ↳ McLaren @ McLarenF1 · 39m We're all in this together 🥹 ↳ oscalina real ?! @ emptyginbottles · 42m WHAT DID SHE DO???? IS IT THE LIVE?? WHAT DID SHE SAY IM AT WORK SELINA HOW COULD U DO THIS TO ME

amie <3 @mieflrs · 29m i just know that pr team has being worked TO DEATH this past week like RIP

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r/EmptyBottles · Posted by u/luckyluna9364 6 days ago Lina x Oscar Timeline [read new comments]

luckyluna9364 OP · 1 hr. ago this thread is getting super active after lina's livestream so i'm doing my best to summarise what ppl are saying: - a much longer relationship than anticipated is highly possible; lina was still pretty vague with the timing all she really said was 'long enough' what long enough is to her is up to debate (most are keeping the benchmark at 7mo) - lina mentioned her aunt (zhou guanyu's mother) has invited them to have dinner in shanghai which means that not only has lina's family known and met oscar but also that lina is stopping over in shanghai for a bit before performing in shenzhen (exciting news for the oscalina stans) - her freezing up suggests that she and oscar were keeping a lot of the relationship private or even secret for a while and it was genuinely a mistaken slip that wasn't at all supposed to happen (one can only wonder how oscar reacted) - a couple people think that EB planned the tour schedule around the F1 calendar (there are quite a few overlaps in races and shows) which would mean that they were together BEFORE tour announcement which was back in november - one user is betting their life savings that they met before oscar's f1 debut, for that user's sake i hope it's true.

✧･ﾟ: ✧･ﾟ:✧･ﾟ: ✧･ﾟ:✧･ﾟ: ✧･ﾟ:

taglist @ririyulife @ashy-kit @fionaschicken @namgification @cherry-piee @urfavsgf

#f1 #oscar piastri #oscar piastri x oc #oscar piastri x reader #oscar piastri fanfic #oscar piastri imagine #oscar piastri smau #formula 1 fanfic #formula 1 smau #f1 fic #f1 smau #f1 imagine #f1 social media au

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eclipseeraofthebeast · 6 months

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FROM MY TIMELINES CONCEPT

Boy, am I falling in love with this paring idea. In the first iteration of the timeline, Ganondorf slays the hero - whose soulforce laid incomplete when separated from his shadow - in which Ganondorf extracted him within the Sacred Realm.

Instead of attempting to take the demon king by surprise in a last effort - Zelda implores Dark to return the master sword and turn back time in order to rewrite it.

In Timeline 2 - Sheik and Dark must work together to prevent the end of the Hero.

"I love to hate you"

"I'll take all of you. Any day."

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I love the idea of exploring the shadow self - especially in such a weighted story like OOT. Imagine if Dark Link was exactly that - his extracted self - the accumulation of all the anguish, suffering, and anger Link has and will go through - as shattered as the timelines themselves.

Of course, there would be a part of him that was angry with Zelda -how could one not be a flurry of mixed emotions? Such begins their complex entanglement of destined souls - and the beginning of the Fierce Deity.

(YES YALL - I HAVE A FICTHEORY that ties in all timelines, Dark Link, and the Fierce Deity)

Watch the Timelines

#Sheik #dark link #oot #loz #loz sheik #manga and stuff #indie manga #loz oot #fanart #zelda angst #Zelda timeline #fallen hero #loztimelines #fanfiction #zelink

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theminecraftbee · 4 months

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hello second theminecraftbee would you be amenable to discussing 'in deference to saint george' ?

if so, here are some questions I had after reading it! it was an excellent fic and you did a great job :D

1. reasoning for the title? how did you come to pick it? (also, just a note but: after a quick google of saint george, he appears to have some dragon symbolism attached to him, as well as having been in an army). (also I love all your fic titles. they're so tastey and I want to stick all of them into a blender and pour it into my morning cereal. carrows in particular tickles my brain).

2. any backstory to picking the names for the characters?

3. what gave you the idea for superball's powers? its a very unique and interesting powerset and application.

4. I'm seeing a parallel or two thematically between this fic and carrows. just an observation but yeah

5. as for worldbuilding, what exactly is an outsider? what exactly is the grey factor?

6. I like how you got into the politics of having 'villains' and 'other people' not a question but a nice comment

I probably had more questions but I can't remember and also this is quite a few already. again, excellent job on the fic.

I’D LOVE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS you have no idea how much I have wanted to talk about this fic! so I will answer them in order!!!

FIRST! saint george as a symbol here is SPECIFICALLY in reference to the thing I, a person who grew up vaguely episcopalian and don’t know anything about saints, know him for: he slayed a dragon. it’s a famous legend about him! a town had a dragon nearby threatening them, and to protect the town, saint george slays that dragon, its in a lot of medieval art and such. so the title means something like “I am conceding to the prior example of a dragon slayer”, or symbolically, refers to the idea that the story is of a relationship that was always kind of doomed by nature; there is a dragon, and there is a hero, and there is one way that story has gone for a long time.

SECOND! no they mostly came to me in a vision, my main goal was “they sound like something you’d hear in a comic book” and also “the dragon’s name has to not sound particularly like any real-world name on account of him being an alien from another dimension”. and I just kind of liked que, so que it was! the rest were all meant to invoke like, you know, comic-book-y vibes, as well as the general texture of the city.

THIRD! I think I came up with the idea of a superhero named superball while I was initially brainstorming for the fic; i worked from there fore the specific power. the fic changed shapes A LOT (it was originally a lot more cynical before I went “actually fuck that” and entirely reworked my outline) but the idea of “bouncy superhero named superball” remained. the other powers were built from there; I knew I wanted the villain to be a dragon, and then I wanted to fill out the superhero team with a somewhat “typical” feeling early hero team roster, you know?

FOURTH! yeah, I can see that! I think the biggest difference in the two fics’ themes of self-sacrifice is that joe actively uses his support network while perhaps jack’s most notable and devastating character flaw is that he is incapable of seeing that he has one. difference in the finales between “will you hold my hand?” “always” and “I don’t want this either” “I know”, you know?

FIFTH! outsiders are people from other dimensions! they come in several camps—members of the grey army, fleeing criminals, and people fleeing the grey army or the destruction of their homeworlds. the grey army is a terrifying distant threat that the story of superball here is actually too early in its comics timeline to face! but que explains enough of THEIR motivations. as for grey factor: comic book wobbly explanation for why people have powers! outsiders normally have them, members of the grey army always have them, humans only very rarely have them as of the time of the fic’s plot. according to the grey army they originate from paradise, but not everyone actually believes this. in my head more and more humans would start to get them the longer more visitors come to earth. so… yeah!

SIXTH! so I was playing with a lot of my personal favorite tropes of people doing hero fics, both in playing it straight and subversion. and ONE OF THOSE is “what do people THINK of superheroes”. my twist is “what do people think of superheroes except this whole business is still rather new, only having appeared in the past few years”, so I was playing out the debates as though much of this was a new idea! I’m glad you liked it!

thank you SO MUCH for the questions I’m enjoying talking!

#answered #bipbopdepmop #superball fic talk

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minne-cerbinna · 9 months

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I'm playing TW1 again and I have thoughts about this tiny little sequence in the Chapter 2 quest "Memories of a Blade", which amounts to the only mention of Coën in the game.

When undertaking this quest, Geralt is investigating the origin of the silver sword he was given to slay a cockatrice; he mistakenly believes that it might be Berengar's sword since he knows the other witcher to have been in the area. A conversation with Thaler, from whom the sword was confiscated by the guard, will lead him eventually to speak to the Gardener outside St. Lebioda's hospital in Vizima. This man used to be a mercenary under Pretty Kitty, but has since retired and works as a gardener, and had lost the silver sword at dice poker. When interacted with, he will begin any conversation with "Look how they grow!", referring to the plants in his garden. The player can then initiate the quest dialogue with option one, "I'm more interested in silver swords".

GERALT: I'm more interested in silver swords.

GARDENER: I knew one of you would come by eventually.

GERALT: You lost it playing dice?

GARDENER: I was sure I'd win. Beware, the sharp one plays well.

GERALT: Where did you get this sword?

GARDENER: Five years ago, there was a battle near Brenna. When the dust had settled, our men had beaten the Nilfgaardians. We ceased to call ourselves an imperial province that day.

GERALT: You captured the sword during the battle?

GARDENER: Yes, it was witcher Cöen's [sic]. A strapping fellow and a rare breed. Not very talkative, mind you.

GERALT: Like most of us.

GARDENER: I gave my word the sword would find another witcher. As he lay dying, he mumbled about teeth and destiny. Then he laughed -- at his own death.

GERALT: Yet you lost it gambling?

GARDENER: I kept it hidden for five years. I lost hope I'd ever run into another witcher. Miss Shani knew Cöen [sic]. She works at the hospital.

GERALT: Thanks.

GARDENER: Good luck on the path!

The quest will lead you to speak with Shani, then Zoltan, but neither will provide further information on Coën, aside from Shani mentioning that he died on her operating table -- Shani's dialogue is to provide her backstory as a medic at Brenna and to mention Rusty, and Zoltan simply assesses the quality of the blade to ensure that it is a witcher blade of good workmanship. It has no further significance to Geralt, who, without his memory, has no idea who Coën is and has more pressing matters to deal with than to look into the past of a man who died five years ago (according to the somewhat off-kilter game timeline, anyway). But it's the only mention of Coën in the games, and I find that it's a very interesting way to manifest his presence.

I think it is reasonable to tie Coën quite closely to his sword on a symbolic level, if one considers his appearance in the novels where he not only trains with Ciri, but his prowess with a sword is unrivaled even by the other witchers to the point where she believes that he may be the best swordsman in the world. Additionally, the fact that he fought at Brenna at all means that he offered his sword in the service of the Northern Kingdoms, and when he dies, he is identified by his peers as a "master swordsman" rather than as a witcher, despite the fact that they know of his nature. As such, Coën's sword is a very important possession for him to leave behind.

And from there, there is a connection to Lambert, left unsaid. To go beyond the simple fact that Coën was Lambert's friend, someone dearly loved who was close enough with Lambert and his family to get on with the other wolves and stay a winter at Kaer Morhen, the importance lies with the sword. As with any witcher, Coën wouldn't have much in the way of worldly possessions to bequeath onto someone else in the event of his prophecied death. But he does have his swords, which are established as symbolically important to him. A steel sword could be taken up by any warrior capable enough to use it, but a silver sword belongs in the hands of a witcher, and that is what Coën asked for on his deathbed, for his silver sword to be given to another witcher. While it's very possible that this is meant in a general way, that he just wanted any other witcher to take it up, to avoid the sword being wasted, broken, or dismantled for its composite parts, it also strikes me as possible that he could have intended it for a specific witcher.

Lambert is one of the instructors for Ciri when she's first learning the swordplay and acrobatics associated with being a witcher. Lambert is the one in the first game to provide the instructional descriptions of the Fighting Styles for Geralt to regain his swordplay competencies after losing his memories. And there is another bit of dialogue in TW3 that really emphasises both Lambert's connection to Vesemir, the swordmaster of Kaer Morhen, and the idea of swords as inheritance, as a manifestation of closeness:

LAMBERT: Knew the old man couldn't live forever. Huh, even told Eskel that when it came time, I'd get his sword. Fits my hand perfectly, you know.

Which is a heartbreaking notion in and of itself upon which I could expostulate, the symbolism there in the fraught relationship between Lambert and his father figure reduced to something as simple as a hilt that fits two hands perfectly. But if this is the inheritance that Lambert wants, it makes it all the more pertinent that Coën desperately wanted his silver sword to make it into the hands of another witcher. Lambert, the son of a swordmaster, wants to take on a sword as a memento of someone he has lost, and Coën, the master swordsman, left his sword behind. Even if Lambert were not the specific intended target of the sword, he would have possibly or even likely known Coën well enough to fulfill his wishes, whatever they might be.

And yet Coën's sword never makes it home or into the hands of someone who would value it, like Lambert would, this last memory of his dear friend. Geralt makes use of the sword during his time in Vizima, and then it is lost, replaced by the gifted Aerondight. And so Coën is lost with it, never mentioned again.

#rambles #the witcher #the witcher games #lambert #coën of poviss #shoutout to the dog that wandered through some of these screenshots what a good boy #anyway i am back on my tw1 bullshit #coën my beloved #it makes me so sad that he's never mentioned again #especially with the creation of aiden in tw3 #like #lambert has already done this #he has already found a good man that he considers a dear friend #and then lost him brutally #and yet they don't mention coën at all in 'following the thread'???#wack #like geralt knows this about lambert #he knew coën too #and yet there is not even the slightest reference #i mean in tw1 it makes sense for geralt to not lend much significance to the name of a dead witcher #he has no memory of coën #but by tw3???#he has his memory back he must remember #and to join lambert on his revenge quest for aiden #where lambert has again lost someone very dear to him and does not have anything by which to remember him #there is no reference at all to the fact that two years ago geralt literally owned coën's sword #i mean i get that they might not want to be so specific because like seven people total have played tw1 #but at least mention my boy coën #come on #as an aside i do think it is nice that even though coën is barely mentioned he is remembered fondly

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catcas22 · 3 months

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I'm curious, you said that your views on Marika as a character had changed since you started writing Prince of Death. How do you view her now?

Hi, thanks for the ask!

This is going to be a bit unfocused, just warning you up front. I suppose it would be best to start with my initial impression of Marika.

On my first file I was going for the Ranni ending, so I spent a lot of time in Liurnia and got most of my lore from Ranni and Turtle Pope. My initial sympathies were very much with Ranni and Rennala -- so my initial takeaway was that Marika was a tyrant and Radagon was a zealot who chose his religion over his family.

As I gathered more information, I softened on Radagon a bit. He seemed to be an okay father, when he was around. His Liurnian family was clearly devastated to lose him, and Radahn and Rykard still held at least a modicum of respect for him. He was also apparently quite close with Miquella, so he can't have been all bad. As my perception of Radagon shifted from "heartless" to "spineless," Marika slotted neatly into a sort of "Lady Macbeth" role. At this point I assumed that the aims of the Greater Will were synonymous with Marika's aims, so I had the vague idea that Marika had called Radagon home because he was more easily controlled and less of a potential threat than Godfrey.

As I progressed into Altus, I learned about Morgott's childhood and heard Marika's "amounting only to sacrifices" quote from Melina. This solidified my view of Marika as a ruthless queen who saw her children as expendable pawns. While her shattering of the Elden Ring implies that she did feel a degree of attachment to Godwyn, abusive parents do typically have a favorite/golden child. At some point I also absorbed the theory that in calling the Tarnished, her aim was for Godfrey to kill the other shardbearers (or kill their killer) and then free her.

By the time I learned that Marika had been actively working to subvert the Greater Will, I "knew" based on the sacrifices quote that she must be doing it for selfish reasons -- someone who views her own children as expendable surely would never take such a risk for altruistic reasons. That's more or less where I was when I developed the premise for Prince of Death -- i.e., Marika seeking to free herself from the control of the Greater Will, and willing to throw anyone under the bus to ensure her own freedom.

Some time later I was talking lore with @maranull, and she pointed out that the sacrifices quote could be interpreted as a warning, not a threat. In other words, Marika isn't necessarily saying "Remain useful to me or I'll cut you off." She could also saying "Don't mess around with Outer Gods like I did, they'll throw you away as soon as you stop being useful."

This ambiguity opens up a myriad of new interpretations of my Marika data-points.

Was she working against the Greater Will out of pure self-preservation? Genuine remorse? Fear of her children getting chewed up by the cycle she had perpetuated?

Was she the one pulling Radagon's puppet strings? Seems less likely the more I learn. Was Radagon the heartless extremist I originally saw him as? Was he a weak-willed follower, but under the thumb of the Greater Will rather than Marika? Was he a handler meant by the GW to curb the increasingly rebellious Marika, or were they both forced into it?

Did Marika banish her omen sons willingly when the Crucible fell out of favor? Did the Greater Will order the purging of omen, and the best Marika could do was negotiate banishment instead of death for her sons? Did Marika purge the followers of the Crucible for strategic reasons, but couldn't quite bring herself to kill Mohg and Morgott?

Did she banish Godfrey because he was a threat, or because she wanted to preserve a potential weapon far beyond the reach of the GW? Was she already plotting to overthrow her own Order that early in the timeline? Did she know that potentially using Godfrey to slay the Elden Beast would necessitate the deaths of the other shardbearers, her children? Was that her plan all along, or a desperate last resort?

I'm still not sure where I land. She's certainly more complex than I originally gave her credit for. I think there's still a valid reading where Marika is working against the GW for her own sake, seeking to free herself before the cycle turns once more and she goes the way of the Fire Giants and the Ancient Dragons. I think there's still a valid reading where she played favorites with her children, discarding some and loving others only conditionally.

But there's also a valid reading where Marika cares deeply for her children despite her flaws, where she's trying with every means available to her to atone for her misdeeds. There's a valid reading where Marika wants to free the Lands from the GW for the sake of her children, even if that means sacrificing herself.

Honestly, I think both are compelling, and I think the truth lies somewhere in the middle. Marika was not a perfect mother, and she surely made some ruthless decisions where her family was concerned. But you have to stretch pretty hard to say that she didn't love her children, as flawed as that love might have been. Whether you choose to see her as an antihero or a tragic villain, it's the nuance and ambiguity that makes her character so compelling.

#elden ring #elden ring lore #queen marika the eternal #media literacy #it's hard sometimes

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aconflagrationofmyown · 6 months

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hii i was just wondering and i mean this with like no malice, seriously i love all your aus and series, but i was just curious if you plan on writing anything anytime soon that isn't of an au/series? i read one of your works that you reposted on a different account that i had no idea existed and was just blown away by it, and i really didn't know you wrote in that type of format, it was called The Honeymoon i think, and i really mean it when i say it was absolutely amazing. i think i just really liked the back and forth dialogue between elvis and the reader, it was such a cute relationship from what i could get of it. i cant say enough how much i loved the relationship and the way you made the reader out to be, contrasting so much with elvis in the most amazing way possible.

so this is kind of both an ask and a way for me to pay my highest compliments to you for that fic, i was too shy to leave an actual comment, so im leaving this little love letter 💘💝💗

Gosh what a sweet thing to find in my inbox, you absolute doll. Thanks for making my day. I wish I knew who you were so I could batter your dm-hobbit-door down and give you extra thanks but I don’t wanna scare you off and I appreciate that you’ve reached out. Thank you, again!

Honestly? I would totally love to write for more in that genre/reader insert. I do love my AU’s and I’m very appreciative and loyal to the folks who’ve become so invested in them but that’s not to say my brain doesn’t have some schemes from time to time and I’d love prompts.

So -i’ll happily take any prompts.

Here’s the deal: Ive learned over a year of writing that I prefer writing AU’s with a significant turn from his actual life, if that makes sense? We’ve got so many authors in this fandom doing such an incredible job writing stories that are so near to the real timeline they read as torrid biographies and I simply don’t see myself achieving anything but subpar mimicry of what they’re already doing so, so well.

Quick shout out to @whositmcwhatsit who is nailing 70’s tour life, @be-my-ally who has a treasure trove of different fics and eras, @ellie-24 who has an amazingly immersive army fic, @thatbanditqueen who slays both 70’s and army era and perhaps more I can’t keep up with her genius, @from-memphis-with-love who has created my dream Hollywood fic, @ab4eva has us down on time travel, @elvisabutler gave us Professor Presley, @prompted-wordsmith gave us ghost meets Austin…so so so many more here I’ve omitted due to brain cell shrinkage and space.

Anyways, so…long answer shortened: If there’s an idea you have that you’ve not seen done much before and based on what else I’ve written you would be intrigued to see me take a crack at it…it would be my honor to give it a try.

I’ve also got a couple of Reader fics already in my head, a genuinely nasty Trailer Park Cop Big Daddy AU and then Regency Elvis that I’ve already written a blurb for. I’m sure there’s much more out there to be explored.

Thank you for all your sweet words and for expressing your interest. 🌸

#💋💋#love notes #prompts #elvis presley #elvis fanfiction #elvis fanfic #elvis imagine

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bluedorke · 1 month

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Haurchefant survival AUs

I have determined this about Haurchefant living AUs.

(I use named warrior of light and ocs. This is not a reader insert but feel free to use similar ideas since neither are unique)

my ocs

Sellenei - the warrior of light.

Astry - a fellow adventurer

Happiest AU: Haurche survives the spear of light but is injured. The severity of his injury is to be figured out. I mean wheelcahir users can sometimes walk but not far, it depends on the injury. Haurche just has to learn to navigate his new disability but with his family and friends. Maybe he can still fight to a point but not as much as he used to be. I think his biggest hurdle would be accepting that leaping to action literally is not the only way he can help.

But even if not on the front lines he can use his connections to continue to secure support for the Scions. If anything with him having saved the WoL's life (a tale probably exaggerated by Sellenei to make it extra heroic and romantic) his reputation would have jumped. This man might not be slaying primals and saving the world but their savior would have been dead if it weren't for him. Who would not want to curry favor with him?

Haurchefant gets to have closer with his siblings as well. Instead of the Fortemps men speaking posthumously of how they should have been better they now can actually be better to Haurche. While Artoiriel still is named count (and awkwardly tries to emulate Haurche to everyone's embarrassment) Edmont asks Haurche if he wants to be made legitimate. I think Haurchefant would want to think it over for a bit, not sure what he'd chose. But he may ask that any children he has be legitimized. Emmanellain taking over camp Dragonhead so Haurchefant can feel free to just travel with Sellenei.

Also Sellenei and him have, like, several kids in this AU. House Fortemps is just filled with duskwight babies. Edmont just spends his days doting on his grandbabies, deciding that he will not make the same mistake he made with Haurchefant. He would spoil them rotten.

Unhappiest AU: Sellenei takes the hit instead of him. I could imagine Sellenei seeing the spear of light piercing the shield and with a speed she didn't know she could possess runs over to push him out of the way. The idea to get them both out of the line of fire but she's not fast enough and the spear of light pierces her heart (accounting for their height difference compared to where it hit him) and she's dead by the time she hits the floor. No final, parting words. Silence. And no amount of healing to save her.

Haurchefant is just in disbelief. Horror at her death, anger at himself and the Heavensward, sorrow at her sacrifice, the loss of his love. Everyone needs to regroup and figure out what they're going to do with the warrior of light dead. Haurchefant while walking through Ishgard runs into Fray and... well he decides if he couldn't save her as a paladin he can avenge her as a dark knight. He takes to the greatsword as if he was always meant to.

Haurchefant and Astry absolutely massacre the Knights Twelve. Nothing holding either of them back.

I think Edmont tries to repair the relationship with Haurchefant but Haurche can't. His wounds are too raw, it feels too little too late. He works with the Scions, helping take the mantle of Warrior of Light as a homage to the memory of his lost love...

But I think he's unable to beat the last boss in EW. I'm figuring out the reasons why but I think he had less support because more people died (thinking Astry killed Estinien when he was possessed by Nidhogg as demanded by Estinien. Then she herself dies at some point during the dead ends. Maybe the other Scions met their end as well)

...and then maybe some weird timeline crossover happens and he runs into Sellenei in the main one and she's alive. Everyone is alive! And because I'm a sap for some happiness he and Sellenei still end up having kids together.

#Ffxiv #Ffxiv au #ffxiv headcanon #haurchefant x wol #haurchefant greystone #haurchefant de fortemps #Dark knight haurchefant

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fates0end · 4 months

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Alright, fuck it, I'm ranting about how Deltarune theorists treat the Halloween Hack

Forewarning: I'm probably going to come across as rude here, but good LORD is this reading insidious. Alright, so apparently there's an epidemic of using the Earthbound Halloween Hack to justify their Deltarune theories. Something to the effect of 'Well, the Halloween Hack was about you, the player, being a murderer and that the only ethical choice is not to play it and kill the innocent old man, so who's to say he didn't recycle those themes into Deltarune?'

Which would be fine and all if it weren't for the fact that it's wrong. And this has been spreading secondhand by people who have never played nor experienced a LP of the Halloween Hack, so I guess it falls to me to correct it. There are some correct broad strokes here; the character we play as is a bounty hunter in a framing that portrays the job as being a more socially acceptable assassin, and there is a sadistic, possibly third party entity that takes glee in Andonuts' death. But the one thing we know for certain is that it is NOT the player. And by the start of the game, Andonuts is anything but innocent. To elaborate on the latter, the Andonuts in the Halloween Hack is not the goofy old man from Earthbound, but a maniac driven insane with guilt trying to bring the whole world down with them. He's turned his immediate surroundings into a hellscape of bioengineered monstrosities and a few survivors desperately trying to survive, and said monsters are starting to encroach into other towns, it's implied even that those monsters are abducting people - or killing them without even leaving a body. And when Varik comes a'knockin', he doesn't try to deny that he caused this; he fluctuates between laughter and gibbering in terror, locking himself into the Magicant machine in the belief that it will in some way save him. Which brings us to the former.

Now, I'm not sure that Toby had a solid metanarrative idea in mind here - all interactions are portrayed as being spoken to Varik. But it's at this point that the narration (or at least the real world narration), who or whatever it may be, gets VERY pushy. It starts portraying Andonuts as less of a man, and more of some kind of beast, a monster to slay, and urges you to kill him in his sleep. If you choose to do so, it praises you, tells you/Varik that you did the right thing, and then the game ends because that's not the true ending. If you choose the blank second option, the narration gets annoyed, and tells you that you don't have the option to do nothing. But if you press the "B" button, it loses its shit. It starts trying to convince you, pleads with you, telling you that you want to, NEED to kill him, eventually devolving into the rage of the leftmost textbox as Varik enters Andonuts' mental world instead of committing cold-blooded murder.

As you explore his mindscape, you start to piece together the reasons Andonuts ended up this messed up - repressed sexuality, strained relationships, and, of course, the mistaken belief that he personally caused the death of his son and his friends due to a misunderstanding of how time travel works. You're informed that you need to gather Dr. Andonuts' "courage" in order to reach the deepest depths of his mind. As you progress through his memories and self loathing, you find entities that call themselves "courage". However, it becomes more and more clear, until Poo outright states it, that they are actually some kind of psychic projection (Earthbound is about kids with psychic powers FYI) from the kids who Andonuts thinks he killed (besides Ness, who for some reason that even the game seems to be confused about is narratively equated with Varik), from the new timeline they ended up in after killing the game's main antagonist. The motives get clearer too; at first, you're told that their goal is to 'help' or 'save' Andonuts in some vague way, but as you progress, it becomes clearer and clearer that Andonuts has gone far past the point of no return; Poo makes it clear that they know they can't save-save Andonuts, and the best thing they can hope for is to stop him from mentally torturing what little is left of himself in his dream world. And then, the final battle. It starts with fighting Andonuts' Id, a gory, deformed creature that does nothing but be miserable and beg for mercy. This feels less like cruelty, and more of a necessary evil; the status quo is only making Andonuts lose his mind more, and killing it isn't the same as killing Andonuts, as evidenced by the fact that Andonuts is still there to fight you after you kill it. After that, you fight Andonuts' Rage, who claims that with the Id gone, his mind is nothing but hatred. Whether it's true or not, he makes it quite clear that the Andonuts we are fighting is pure anger; there's the memey dialogue, which, while somewhat tastelessly executed and overly crude by modern and professional standards, does the job quite well at portraying him as a being composed of hatred. There's also his most powerful attacks being "PSI Bitchkill" and kicking you in the dick really hard. Yes, really.

Ultimately, Andonuts' Rage is defeated, and Magicant fades away, and we find out the outcome - Andonuts is dead. The game muses on what the point of this whole thing was if he was going to die anyway, and closes out on Varik musing on how his life is pretty good, a fart joke, and a 'Happy Halloween' from Toby.

Now, while you could be forgiven for interpreting Magicant as being pointless, and you are intended to feel cheated on some level, I don't think it's quite so simple. Yes, Andonuts dies no matter what you do, but the portrayal of it is treated quite differently. Killing him right off, between the tone of the narration and the lack of ending, feels gross and wrong. His death upon beating his mental hangups feels more melancholic. Like you tried to do the right thing, but failed.

And I feel the weight of Magicant is important too - you actually come to understand and even feel bad for Andonuts, rather than simply writing him off as a monster and discarding him. The canon heroes, too, find it to still be worth it to try to put him out of his misery to try to give him some semblance of a peaceful death, given how they're all gung-ho on finishing the adventure and how Poo acknowledges that there's no way at this point that Andonuts can reach a happy ending.

So, to try to bring it back around to Deltarune, if there's anything that Toby took from this to bring to Deltarune's plot, I believe it is this sentiment:

Sure, Andonuts died either way. Whatever you try, that can't be changed. But still, there is value in your choice to disobey the narration. there is value in choosing to understand him, despite being doomed, in trying to give him a better death than being stabbed in his self-torture chamber. Yes, what you chose to do may not change anything. But there is still meaning in the fact that you chose to do it.

If Deltarune really does only have one ending (and that little question mark in that one description is putting that into doubt), you participating in Kris' story, and how to choose to do so, still matter. Snowgrave wouldn't be that big of a deal if they didn't. Choosing not to play might even end up being the worst outcome for that world.

#Deltarune #Earthbound halloween hack #rant #Toby Fox

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melishade · 1 year

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Musze się przyznać spodobała mi się pokojowa linia czasu czy będzie tego kolejny rozdział.

Previous Episode of the Peaceful Timeline

One little snippet I wrote out

Translation: I have to admit I liked the peaceful timeline, will there be another chapter of this.

Well maybe. Depends how interested people are. There are a question by darkrenger or something but they submitted it as a submission and not a ask, so I couldn't answer it. The gist of the question was what happened to Eldia as a whole after King Fritz's death.

I'm going to say that Optimus took Ymir six years into her power, so yeah, the Eldian Empire didn't do too much damage to the rest of the world. And some of the soldiers were...actually moved by Optimus' actions and words during his battle with Ymir. Sure, the public census is that Optimus slayed Ymir, but those soldiers knew the truth. Optimus appealed to a monster. He wanted to save a monster who he recognized was a slave to King Fritz. The monster was afraid of King Fritz. So to imprison all of the Eldians based on the actions of one man, what were the chances that Marley themselves would be creating another monster. So they don't enslave Eldia and come to a rather uneasy compromise that takes time to work out. With time, it works though.

Still what else happened in the Peaceful Timeline:

-Optimus and Ymir kind of go through the motions of getting more acclimated with each other and going through a lot of the hurdles involving Ymir's pregnancy.

-Optimus and Megatron's relationship is...quite shaky when they encounter each other again. Even Ymir notices something is off, which is why she stays so close to Optimus.

-Oh, when Ymir goes into labor, it's literal panic mode, because Ymir didn't want to get anyone in the village involved. She just couldn't trust them. Optimus does ask some of the mothers on what to do and takes notes, so Optimus has to help deliver the baby! And Megatron has to help Ymir deal with the pain. Megatron thinks this whole situation is disgusting and annoying and doesn't take it too seriously when he gives Ymir his hand...Only to have her fucking shatter it in her grip as she screaming in pain. Not a fun experience for Megatron, since Megatron is now on the floor dealing with the aftershock. Soundwave putting pain receptors in the holoform was such a stupid idea!

-But the baby was delivered safely, and Optimus follows the rules on bathing the baby while Ymir heals from her wounds. Megatron is just so fucking annoyed at this point! All of that for that thing?! It looks like a slagging potato! (He doesn't voice it out loud but he is thinking it). Optimus wraps the baby and hands her over to Ymir, and both of them can't help but notice the way Ymir cries and holds her daughter so close, like she's the most precious thing in the world. Like she was the only thing that mattered.

-Doesn't mean things are easy. Things do get more complicated for the three, because now there was an another living being in the home that had no real way to communicate other that crying. Megatron helps with getting food for Ymir, since he doesn't want to deal with the baby crying, while Optimus helps take care of the child. They still haven't named her yet. They don't know what to name her.

-There is one time the child gets sick and Ymir doesn't know what to do and she's terrified. Optimus is trying what he can while consoling Ymir, and Megatron's gotten too attached so he goes into town and tells them about the baby's condition. Megatron doesn't really have money, so in exchange for supplies, he'll do some hard labor for the town. Which the locals agree to. The baby gets the medicine and recovers. And Ymir hugs Megatron and thanks him, and Megatron just feels awkward.

-Megatron ultimate decision is what gets Optimus and Ymir more involved with the village. They see Megatron working on roof in holoform and Optimus...doesn't know how to feel about it.

-The village knows for a fact that all three of them are fucking odd, but Megatron provides help, albeit begrudgingly, and Optimus is extremely kind to the locals. The women of the village help name her baby "Maria". Funny how thinks work out.

-When Maria does learn how to crawl, stand, and walk, it's a weird sight for both of them. Because Optimus and Megatron are already given those basic functions as a Cybertronian, but Ymir feels so happy when Maria walks over to her and she holds her tight.

-Optimus communicates with Maria in a rather gentle manner. Not really baby talk but it's still extremely sweet. Maria coos at the sight of him and reaches her pudgy hands to Optimus' holoform.

-Megatron talks to Maria like an adult. He will have full blown conversations with her, and she has no idea what he's saying and it's really just Megatron talking with himself. If Maria babbles or gurgles, Megatron takes it as a sign that Maria agrees or disagrees and continues talking. Optimus is just shook while Ymir giggles at the sight.

-Ymir does whisper to her to say Mama because she does want her baby to hear her voice, even though she mainly communicates through reading and writing, and it does work because Maria does say 'Ma!' and Ymir just treasures her even more. She loves her daughter.

-Maria ends up calling Optimus 'Pop' because she can't say Optimus or 'Op'. She assumes 'Pop' and Optimus spark seizes.

-Maria calls Megatron 'Meg', and Megatron is embarrassed and infuriated. Excuse you?! Megatron picks Maria up, looks her dead in the eye, and tells her his name is Megatron. Me. Ga. Tron. She stills says 'Meg' with a giggle, and it's a back and forth of 'Megatron' and 'Meg' and Optimus is just 0.5 seconds away from dying of laughter. Megatron's had enough and tells Ymir to take her child because she's broken. Ymir is just happy and kisses her cheek because 'Meg' was her third word.

-Megatron is aware of who Maria's father is, and part of him...just can't understand. The man harmed Ymir and kept her as a slave. Why in the Allspark would she keep his creation and carry out his legacy? Optimus does explain that other means are not available in this day and age. Everything is extremely different from Earth's standards. Even so, Ymir loves that child, and doesn't see Fritz. She just sees her child. Optimus then asks Megatron if the child should be judged for the actions her father committed? And Megatron just see's a helpless little baby put her foot in her mouth and begrudgingly says no. The baby was completely clueless about everything.

-Ymir is actually ridiculously smart in this timeline because she has Optimus as her teacher. She can't really speak, but she can read and write. Optimus also teaches her about the stars and where he and Megatron came from and Ymir can't help but admire them more.

-Optimus calls Maria 'sweet spark' as a little nickname and enjoys the way Maria laughs at the nickname.

-Megatron gets used to Maria calling him 'Meg' and just doesn't bother correcting it. He's actually endeared to it, but refuses to admit it.

The Peaceful Timeline is just fluff and shenanigans with a hint of angst here and there because of Ymir's trauma.

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tasmpeter · 2 years

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🍓𓂅⋆ fuck it, i love you

sequel to trash magic. also works as stand alone.

— pairing: dilf!adrian chase x wife!reader

— summary: you love your husband. the father of your children. but sometimes, when christopher smith is around, he acts like a fucking idiot. (follows the events of peacemaker season one)

— warnings: light smut (fingering, oral - male receiving, too much of the word cock — like a lot im sorry —, mentions of piv), mentions of torture (electrocution to the balls, cutting off half of pinky toe), mentions of violence, mentions of injuries, hurt and comfort, canon typical violence, mentions of pregnancy and childbirth, anxiety, idiots in love, reader is the founder, president, and chairmen of the adrian chase defense squad. 18+ minors dni.

— authors note: so here is what happens when you hyperfixate on dilf!adrian/husband!addian. i think this also the longest one shot i’ve ever posted so.. slay. i might continue this series of dilf!addian/husband adrian and sweet with little one shots here and there (so send requests in if you have any for them!) also, this is not the best written so i apologize lmao. there is probably a lot of timeline issues, but let’s ignore that. enjoy!

masterlist 🍓 requests/asks

The first person to know Christopher Smith was back in town was Adrian Chase. The Chase Family's residence just so happened to be next door to Peacemaker's Patriotic trailer. (The home was way too small for three children and Adrian didn't plan on stopping after three kids). It had been almost three years since you and Adrian had gotten married and you already had three kids. Aurora Louise Chase was born nine months after your honeymoon. She resembled Adrian more, with curly brown hair and big green eyes, but that the feisty personality of her mother. Anakin Christopher Chase was the youngest sibling — so far — and was only born four months ago. (You got to name the girl, and Adrian got to name the guy. That was the deal, unfortunately). While you had been adapted to motherhood since you were sixteen, all the new additions to the Chase family made your heart grow fonder. Silas had officially been adopted by Adrian after the wedding, and Silas has really taken a liking to his new father figure. He was eight years old now and was settling into his big brother role well. He loved his siblings and he loved Adrian. Wherever you are, Adrian is, and wherever Adrian is, Silas is. Everyone following each other around like a lost puppy.

You didn't know how Adrian would adapt to the father life. Well, you had some idea. He was great around Silas and really bonded with your son — their son. But, you were still nervous to see how he would react around an infant. Like you expected, it took Adrian some time on rocking Aurora to sleep after she had been crying her eyes out for hours. He got frustrated easily and you had to constantly reassure him that he was a good parent. He still went out as Vigilante. However, not as frequently and less likely to come home with a knife wound to the torso. Silas learned awhile ago that Adrian was Vigilante after he was snooping for his Christmas presents. (That was an interesting conversation about how sometimes good people do bad things). Another side affect of Silas being obsessed with Adrian? He loved Peacemaker. He worshiped the ground he walked on. Adrian and Silas would often have fangirling fits over something cool Peacemaker did once. It was irritating.

The day Christopher Smith arrived back in Evergreen after four years, you were in the kitchen washing dishes. You had been humming along to whatever cartoon theme song Adrian, Silas, Aurora, and Anakin had been watching. It was a very cute moment. Adrian was holding Anakin in a little blanket over his chest. Aurora was sat in her older brothers lap, and Silas had his arm leaning against Adrian. You loved the moments like these, where you get the feeling you have everything you've ever wanted.

Out of the corner of your eye, you saw a yellow taxi pull up to your neighbors house, something that hadn't happened in years. When you saw the large man come barreling out of the car in just his underwear, you couldn't help but laugh. You called out Adrian's name. He tore his eyes from the tv screen. (They were watching Adventure Time, because Adrian claimed it to be the best animated media of all time). You ushered him over to the kitchen and told him that you just saw Peacemaker. Adrian yelled out a profanity, which caused Anakin to wake up from his nap and Aurora to copy her father. After you managed to get Anakin back to bed and gave Aurora a talking to about copying words that Dad says, Adrian gave you a big smack on the lips in celebration. (The famous butt dance came after, with Silas following his fathers footsteps. Why Adrian taught him that dance? You'll never know).

A little bit after Adrian's celebration, Peacemakers trailer was surrounded once again by law enforcement. Adrian and Aurora watched — they were nosy neighbors — and you had to give a second child a talk about what happens when bad people do bad things. Why are you always having these discussions with your children? Adrian noted that Christopher wasn't being hauled away by the law enforcement — and you could hear the loud rock music of Wig Wham blare out of the trailer. So, Adrian decided to go over to his house tomorrow.

"Why can't I just go over today? I haven't seen him in like — four years — and he probably misses his best friend," Adrian whined as he wrapped his arms around your waist and kissed the back of your neck.

"He hasn't been home in, like, four years. Let him get settled in first," You said, leaning into Adrian's touch, "And what did I say about your hands, Mister Chase?"

Adrian's hands were currently digging into your ass, and a loose finger had made its way towards your cunt, "Not in front of the kids," He huffed out and withdrew his hands.

When Adrian saw Peacemaker hunched over his bed, he decided this was the fourth best day of his life. (First, was the day he married you. Second was when Aurora was born and third was when Anakin was born). The facial muscle exercises that Chris were doing was a bit weird, but he decided to talk about it with you tonight and see if this was something he should add to his exercise routine.

While helping Chris clean up his trailer, he finally dropped the news he had been dying to share.

"You know," Adrian slotted Inglorious Bastards in its proper place in between Independence Day and John Wick, "I got married while you were in prison. Got myself a wife and kids."

Chris's eyes almost bursted out of his face and he felt his jaw slowly drop, before bursting out in laughter, "You have to be fucking with me."

"No, for real. I know, I'm surprised that she agreed to marry me too, but she's great. My kids are pretty sick, too. We live next door actually!" Adrian exclaimed, slotting more DVD's in on the shelf.

"Oh, god. Do you actually live next door to me?" Chris groaned out, slouching back on the coach and pinching the bridge of his nose.

"Yeah! She actually lived there before you went to prison, but we just haven't moved yet. We will probably have to soon, unfortunately. We only have three bedrooms, and I plan to give my wife plenty of more children."

Chris groaned again, "Please don't. We don't need more of you in this world."

Adrian hopped over to the spot on the couch next to Chris, "Do you want to see my kids? They are so cute. I really hit the jackpot."

Chris didn't have enough time to protest before Adrian was shoving his phone into Chris's face, "This is Aurora. She's two. She looks just like her mother. Acts like her too. Always crying, but she is the sweetest girl ever."

The young girl Adrian showed Chris had bright green eyes and curly brown hair. She had food smeared on her face, and was wearing a little pink bow in her hair. Chris could see how this was Adrian's kid. He wondered what the mother looked like.

Adrian swiped the photo to the left and an elementary school aged kid was holding a small baby, "This is Silas and Anakin. I know, I can't believe she let me name my kid after the coolest character ever. Silas isn't mine, well, biologically. I adopted him awhile ago, but she had him while in high school. Anakin is only a few months old, but he's cool as hell. And he loves guns. Every time I bring him shooting appliances, he smiles."

"Please don't tell me you have been shooting shit with your newborn baby."

Adrian laughed, "He has little ear muffs, and I only take him when the misses isn't home. She would kill me if she found out."

A knock on the door broke the conversation. Chris just prayed it wasn't another fucking government agency trying to send him back to jail. When he opened the door, however, he was greeted with a young girl who couldn't be much older than twenty five. Attached to her body, in a Baby Bjorn, was a newborn baby. Standing next to her was the two kids from the photo Adrian had shown him, The older one was holding the little girls hand, and had a huge grin on his face.

"Oh my god! Mister Peacemaker! Mom, you didn't tell me we were meeting Peacemaker! I would have worn my helmet."

Of course Adrian's kid was obsessed with Peacemaker too. How typical.

"Sorry Mister Peacemaker, we are just here for my husband. It's dinner time," You said with a small smile, bouncing the newborn with you chest.

Chris connected all the dots quickly. This was his wife? Vigilante married one of the most beautiful women Chris has ever seen? Everyone must have been fucking with him today, "Uh—"

Vigilante stepped behind him and entered the doorframe, cutting Chris off, "Hey Sweet! What did you make for dinner tonight?"

Chris knew he wasn't getting punk'd when he saw the look on your face. You couldn't pay someone any amount of money to fake that kind of love with no money in the world. Chris thought he was going to go blind from the twinkle in your eyes, "Enchiladas, your favorite."

"Excuse me! Can I talk to Mister Peacemaker, Dad?" Silas chirped up, the obvious desire to have a conversation with Chris was vibrating off of his body.

Vigilante nodded, "Sorry, Si. Christopher, meet Silas. Silas, this is Christopher Smith."

Silas let go of his sisters hand and reached it up to Peacemaker, "Mister Peacemaker. I am a huge fan. Dad helped me make a helmet just like yours! We are still working on the suit though, but it should be done just in time for halloween!"

This was the first positive experience Chris had ever had with a child and he honestly did not know to respond, "W-Well, you are going to have to show me it when it's done, okay?"

Silas's smile grew, baring almost all of his teeth in a bright smile, "Okay! I'll come over and show you it with Dad when we finish!"

"Maybe then I'll show you use my gun."

You quickly stepped in, "Please don't show my child how to use a gun, Christopher. Vigilante here already tries to enough."

Silas didn't have the heart to tell his mother that Adrian already showed him how to use a gun a long time ago. Vigilante said a quick goodbye to Chris, before stepping onto the porch and picking up Aurora. He slipped an arm around your shoulder and placed a kiss on your head through his mask. Chris felt more tears forming in his eyes. How the hell could Vigilante have everything? A wife, kids, people who love him.

You knew things would change when Peacemaker returned home, but you didn't realize how fast they would. Suddenly, Adrian was disappearing a bit more. Only home briefly in the morning, to give you a kiss on the cheek before your shift, and at night, to tuck the children into bed. Adrian didn't tell you a whole lot about what he did as Vigilante. Sometimes he would, after a particularly bad day, but normally, he liked to keep that part to himself. You have cleaned up a lot of his blood and stitched him back together. However, the night Adrian came home from being tortured was one of the worst nights of crime fighting you've seen.

It was three in the afternoon when he had returned home. Anakin was down for his afternoon nap, Silas was at school, and Aurora was having a play date with a neighborhood kid. You were resting on the couch, after a restless night of anxiety on Adrian's safety, and your newborn that required feeding every two hours. Adrian had texted you last night that he had joined Peacemaker on a mission and he wouldn't be home that night. He always let you know if he wasn't going to be coming home at his normal time, after he ended up stranded in a town three towns over and his phone died. That was the biggest fight you ever had with Adrian. Adrian limped into your home. He had changed out of his Vigilante uniform, and you noticed something was wrong almost immediately. You quickly rose up from your spot on the couch to Adrian.

"Hey, baby. Are you alright? Do you want to sit?" You asked, touching his chest to make sure there wasn't any unseen stab wounds or bullet holes.

"I lost half my pinky toe and I don't think I can give you anymore babies," Adrian said, flopping onto the couch. His nose was scrunched up and he had a desolate look across his face.

"W-what?" You stuttered out. Your hands were still hovering over his body, slowly unzipping his grey jacket

"Well, last night, when I went to help Peacemaker assassinate a State Senator — or whatever, I got beat up and kidnapped by this little green guy. He was super fast and genuinely terrified me a little bit, but whatever — that's besides the point. The State Senator we tried to assassinate tied me up in his super weird cave, basement thing, and electrocuted my balls to try and get Peacemaker to talk. Which he didn't, by the way. He let the guy kill off all my little guys! And then, when that didn't get Peacemaker to talk, he cut half my pinky toe off."

You stared at Adrian with a look of astonishment with what he had just told you. You never were particularly found of Peacemaker, but what Adrian had told you made the fury you felt towards him grow. How dare he let your husband get tortured?

You gripped onto Adrian's hands, "I'm sorry, baby. Do you need me to help patch you up?"

Adrian shook his head, "Well the people who surrounded Peacemaker's trailer are actually on a team with Peacemaker. So not best friend material by the way. But, they took a look at my toe and stitched it up. But, I still haven't checked to see if I still have balls."

"I could check, if you want. We could also check to see if you can still have kids," You whispered, your index finger trailing down his stomach to his leather belt.

Adrian gulped and shivered underneath you, "Y-Yeah, we should probably test it out. Make sure it still works."

You slowly undid the buckle on Adrian's blue jeans and slowly pushed them down to his ankles. You slowly traced the outline of Adrian's hard cock, causing him to jolt.

" 'M so sensitive, Sweet," Adrian gasped out as you slowly gripped his clothed cock.

"I know, baby. You are doing such a good job for me," You said as you pulled back the tight band of his underwear and begin to uncover his cock.

Adrian was cursing up a storm when the cold air inside the house met his burning cock. You had to place a finger in his mouth — which he immediately began sucking on — and remind him not to wake Anakin. He tried to remain calm, he really did, but then you placed your tongue on the head of his cock and Adrian lost motor function. He had a hand in your hair immediately, gripping your scalp as you slowly took his entire cock into your mouth.

"Fuck, you are so good at that. Y-You are like, the Head Queen. H-Holy shit, keep doing t-that, with your tongue!" Adrian shouted out as slide your tongue up and down his cock. Your spit coating his entire member. Tears were streaming down your face from Adrian's dick hitting the back of your throat.

When he came, it was violent. His hands tugging at your hair so tight, you thought he was going to rip your hair out. His cock shoved so far down your throat, you began gagging on it. His cum was shoved forcefully down your throat, and you swallowed it gratefully. You have his balls each a small kiss, which cause Adrian twitched again, and slowly made your way up to his lips.

"Do you want to see if you can still give me babies?" You asked, as your tongue traced the outline of his lips. You felt Adrian's hands rip your leggings off and he quickly had his fingers inside your cunt.

"Fuck, yeah, Sweet," Adrian mumbled out before flipping you onto your back and taking you on the couch.

The first time you met the task force, it was on accident. You were working a closing shift at Fennel Fields tonight, which meant Adrian had to stay home with the kids. It was a Tuesday night, which is usually the slowest. You were in the back doing your closing duties when Marla tapped you on the shoulder and told you that you had a table. You softened your diner reminiscent dress and dug out your notebook from your apron pockets. Sat in your sections was Peacemaker and three other people you had never met before. You gulped and wiped your sweaty palms on your apron. You were always nervous about serving people you know. You just hoped that they give you a good tip because you are married to their coworker.

"Welcome to Fennel Fields. What can I get y'all to drink?" You said as you approached the table. You gave Chris a knowing smile and turned your attention to the blonde hair lady closest to you. You slowly gathered in everyone's drink order and slivered to the back to prepare it.

Marla was all over you about Peacemaker. It was clear she had a crush on him. (She would not shut up about his biceps). You told her that you would introduce each other later before you grabbed your tray full of drinks. Everyone got a beer expect the dark haired girl, who instead got a glass of wine. You tired to warn her it would be shitty, but she didn't seem to care.

After placing everyone's drinks on the table, you tried to make your escape before Peacemaker reached a hand out. He grabbed your wrist and twirled you back to the table.

"You are Vigilante's wife, right?" Chris asked, letting go of your wrist.

You nodded, "Yes, but please don't say that too loud. Everyone here knows I'm married to... someone else," You didn't know if Adrian had told them his secret identity yet, so didn't want to expose him in case he hadn't gotten around to it yet.

"How? I'm sorry that's rude, but like, how are you married to that psycho?" The other man with the patchy beard spoke up.

You placed your hands on your hips, "I'm sorry, dye-beard. Are you insinuating there is something wrong with my husband?"

This got a chuckle from the two girls and Chris slapped a hand down on the table in laughter. You jumped a little but your hands still remained on your hips in your dominate position. Before you killed Rick James, you would have kept your mouth shut and made some excuse about running to the back. Now, you would snap the neck of anyone who talked ill of your husband.

"She's definitely Vig's wife. Even she can see you have a dye-beard!" Chris shouted, pouting at the fragile man in the corner of the booth who was nursing his beer, trying not to act like his feelings are hurt.

"I'm sorry, sir, but I love my husband and I will defend him to my last breath. It's kind of why I married him," You said looking at Dye-Beard.

Dye-beard set his drink down on the table, "It's okay. I would do the same, if I was married."

The dark haired girl sat next to Chris spoke up, "Your name is Sweet?" Her eyes were directed to the company name tag you wore.

"No, but that's just what everyone calls me. You guys can call me Sweet too, if you want. Plus, I don't think Vigilante will be too happy if I told you my name. You could clearly find out his secret identity."

The blonde girl finally spoke up, "We can easily do that, anyways. We work for the government."

Chris slammed his beer back on to the table, "He told me his name after we got kidnapped. I didn't tell anyone. Wouldn't break the bro code."

You frowned and crossed your arms, "Thank you for that, by the way. Only such a good friend would let their best friend get tortured."

"Hey, they were trying to get information out of me! I — I wasn't going to give up my team!" Chris called out, thankfully keeping his voice low as to not turn heads.

"Whatever, just— be nice to my husband, please. He may not seem like it, but he does actually have feelings. I don't want to hear a negative word about you guys come out of his mouth or I swear I will hunt you to the end of the earth."

The blonde girl chirped up and quirked an eyebrow at you, "Is that a threat?"

"Yes. Now, what can I get y'all to eat."

(You told Adrian about this later. It was after you had returned home from work, and you and Adrian were watching Fargo on the couch. All the kids were fast asleep. You had your back pressed against Adrian's chest and his hand kept getting dangerously close to your pantie covered pussy.

"You know, I met the little group you work with as Vigilante today," You said, arching your back deeper into Adrian's as his index finger ghosted your clit.

"Did they embarrass me? I swear if Chris said some dumb stuff to my wife —," Adrian said as he slid his hand under your panties.

You moaned and arched your back at Adrian's fingers entering your dripping cunt, "No. I insulted Dye-Beard guy because he asked why I was married to you, Chris laughed and said he saw how we were married, and then I yelled at Chris for letting you get tortured. I — ahh — also threatened to kill them if they were mean fo you."

"God, I fucking love you Mrs. Chase," Adrian mumbled into your ear as he pumped his fingers in and out of you. )

You had never felt more anger in your life than when you received a voicemail from the Evergreen City Jail. In a blinding rage, you packed your children into Adrian’s car and rushed to the video store. You drove like a mad man. Tears slowly spilling from your eyes while Silas asked you what was going on in the backseat. You told him that when you arrive at the video store, to take Aurora and himself into the back room and shut the door. Upon arrival, you bursted into the abandoned video store with Anakin strapped to your chest. Silas grabbed Aurora’s hand and quickly scurried off into the back room — ignoring the eyes of the other adults in the room.

Harcourt, Adebayo, and Murn were standing over Economos at his desk. Their heads snapped when they heard the door slam open to see the young girl stomping into the office. Harcourt rolled her eyes and you could notice how Adebayo slowly slipped behind Murn.

You slammed your phone down on the desk and pressed play on the voicemail that Adrian had left you, "Hey, Sweet. Soooo, I might be late for dinner tonight. I might be in prison. But it's okay! I went to go kill Peacemaker's dad because he would be better off without him. I should be out of here tonight, so save my dinner in the fridge, please. Oh! You would love my prison uniform. I wish I had my phone so I can send you a picture of it. You would totally want to fuck me in-,"

"Please turn it off." Harcourt groaned and you hastily grabbed your phone before Adrian could finish his rant about fucking you in his prison uniform. You wondered if he could snag one on his way out.

"Can you please tell me why the fuck my husband is in prison?!" You shouted, covering Anakin's small ears.

"Hey, it's okay. Just calm dow-," Adebayo mumbled out and you jumped at her, not before Harcourt grabbed your shoulder and held you back.

"You have some explaining to do," You looked at Harcourt, before sitting down in front of Economos across the desk.

"Adebayo convinced your husband to kill Peacemaker's father in prison," Economos spoke, looking at you from over his computer.

You shot an evil glare towards Adebayo, hoping maybe you gained superpowers so you can explode her with your mind. Adrian always had the biggest heart and was willing to do anything for the people he loved. How dare someone abused your husband's big heart for their own gain.

"Calm down, Jedi," Harcourt mumbled out.

"My husband is a good man, and how dare you abuse his big heart for your own fucking gain. He has been nothing but manipulated and teased since you guys showed up. He has feelings! You guys may not think he does, but he's still a fucking person. Get my husband out of prison or I swear to fucking god I will kill you all myself," You said, your hands still covering Anakin's young ears.

Economos spoke first, after communicative glances were exchanged between the team, "He should be released within the hour. He was only arrested for resisting arrest and destruction of government property."

You smiled at Economos, "Thank you, Dye-Beard. Silas! Aurora! Let's go!"

Your children came scurrying out of the back room. Economos mumbled out some retort to the insult you hurled at him while you grabbed onto Silas’s hand and ran out of the store.

You dropped your children off with Mrs. Tanner — something you probably should have done since you received the call — before making your way down to the police station. It was dark when you arrived to the station and you pulled Adrian’s jacket tighter around your body to protect yourself from the nipping air. Adrian strolled out of the station. His head was hung low while you slowly made your way over to your husband. You gripped onto his biceps and ghosted your hand over his cheek.

“Hey, baby. Busy day?” You said trying to lighten the mood. You could see the pain in Adrian’s eyes. Did he go through with it, you thought. Did he kill Augie Smith?

“I didn’t kill him,” Adrian mumbled out, still refusing to look you in the eyes. He was ashamed of himself. He made everything worse. It’s all he ever did.

You felt your chest heave in relaxation, “Oh, baby. It’s okay.”

Adrian titled his eyes up to yours. You ran a finger over his lips and cupped his cheek, “I think I might have made things worse.”

Your heart wanted to shatter. You wanted to take Adrian’s pain and blow it up with a grenade, but you couldn’t, so, you just held him. You brought your arms around your husbands neck and squeezed him with all your might. Adrian’s hands found the small of your back, as the always did, and reciprocated the hug. You whispered into his ear how everything was going to be alright, and how Adrian was the best man you know.

You pressed a kiss to Adrian’s lips. It was soft and delicate. Fragile.

“Did you end up stealing a uniform? I would love to see you in one,” You whispered into your husbands ears.

“Naughty girl. Did you see my mugshot?” Adrian mumbled back. His hot breath in your ear sending shivers down your spine.

“Yes I did, pretty boy. Now, let’s get home and put our kids to bed so I can pretend to be your arresting officer.”

Adrian slapped your ass. You jolted at the sudden spark sent down your spin, “Let’s go home, Mrs. Chase.”

“It’s Officer Chase, to you.”

When you didn’t hear from your husband for an entire day, you knew something terrible had happened. Then, you saw the news. Peacemaker’s diary was leaked, and he confessed to killing Annie Sturphausen — along with the warrant out for his arrest. You knew when Adrian said he was going to hang out with Chris earlier that morning, nothing good could happen from it. You didn’t hear from Adrian for two days after that. Your children kept wondering where their father was, and you were trying so hard to keep it together. Your anxiety skyrocketed, and you founded a new habit of hyperventilating into Adrian’s shirt until you passed out at nights.

After the third day of no word from Adrian, you decided to call Christopher Smith. Adrian had given you the number — for emergencies — and you never had an inkling to use it, until now. Silas was at school, Aurora was at daycare, and you had dropped Anakin off at Mrs. Tanners for the day. You were grateful that she also agreed to pick Silas and Aurora up later today too.

You paced around the living room while the phone rang in your ear. You were biting at your nails, anxious at the response you would get.

“Hello? Who is this?” Christopher spoke on the other end of the phone.

“Hi, Chris. I-It’s Sweet. I haven’t heard from Adrian in a couple days and I wanted to know if y-you have seen him,” You fumbled out.

“Oh, Sweet,” Your heart dropped at that moment. You felt your knees buckled. No. This can’t be happening. Please, “A-Adrian is in the hospital. H-He got shot, and blown up.”

You shirked and slowly sank onto the couch to avoid collapsing, “Oh my god. Is he okay? W-What room is he in? I’m — I’m on my way.”

Chris told you the room number and you gritted out a thank you. Nothing good ever comes to Adrian Chase with Christopher Smith around. You were angry, frustrated even, at Adrian continuing to put himself in danger for someone who would careless if they died. Adrian deserved better than that. You wished you could show him.

When you arrived to the hospital, Adrian was slowly taking out his IV from his hand. He was going to make a run for it, you figured. You cleared your throat and Adrian’s attention shot to the doorway of his hospital room.

“H-Hey, Sweet,” Adrian fumbled out. He was red from ear to ear, knowing he was about to be in so much trouble.

“What the fuck happened, Addy? I hadn’t heard from you in days. Y-You know the rule. I-I don’t think I ask for much. And you got yourself shot! I’m going to fucking kill this fucking task force you are working with. They don’t care, at all, about your safety. And—,”

Adrian had walked up to the door, favoring his right side, and cupped your cheek with his hand, “I’m okay, Sweet. No need to assassinate some government employees.”

A tear fell down your cheek and Adrian’s thumb caught it, “You were shot, Adrian. And, I didn’t hear from you for days. D-Do you know what it’s like? To have to tell your kids that Daddy can’t tuck them in at night. They missed you so much. Y-You can’t do this to them, to us.”

“I know I messed up, Sweet. But, with Peacemaker on the run, and we had to kill a cow, and we killed Peacemaker’s dad—,”

You placed a hand over his mouth, “If you ever do this again, I will kill your myself, Adrian. Never. Again.”

Adrian quickly nodded in response, wanting to do his best to appease you. You lowered your hand from his mouth and brushed your fingers past the bruise around his eye.

“Let’s go home, Addy. The kids miss you,” You said before slowly kissing your husband.

(A few months later, you found out that Adrian can, in fact, still have children. And a few months after that, you learned you were having twins. Adrian was stoked about this revelation. You, however, were more worried on how you were going to store this many children in a three bedroom home.

Adrian didn’t tell you this yet, but he put a mortgage out a new — five bedroom — home in the outskirts of Evergreen. The realtor told him that it was next to good schools, and the neighborhood was child friendly.

You named your twins Luke and Leia — obviously).

#adrian chase #peacemaker #vigilante #adrian chase x reader #adrian chase x female reader #freddie stroma #vigilante x reader #peacemaker hbo max #adrian chase x you #tasmpeter fic #vigilante x you #vigilante x y/n

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Tell me about your aus please

Okay I have a lot of aus, most I haven't even talked about on this blog (always feel free to just ask me for a random au I haven't talked about I can absolutely supply) This will get long so UNDER THE CUT

Harbinger Naegi/Harbinger Disciple Nagito/Harbinger Apostate Ryoma

This is my main swapped mastermind au, with Makoto being THH Nagito being GBD and Ryoma being NDRV3, the au starts with first off Izuru starts the tragedy by himself, Junko had plans for it but he did it first, so the timeline is a bit faster so the school has less chance to prepare, which leads to Makoto being sent outside into the tragedy for like 20 minutes to go grab something that got left behind, during this time he sees multiple deaths and locks eyes with Izuru, this spreads a seed of despair into Makoto.

That leads to him getting more and more upset about how they're locked inside with all this food and water and clean air but no one else gets this, so when he gets lucky and overhears Junko's plans, he usurps the killing game, thanos snaps her memory instead of kirigiri's. Desperate to prove himself and his friends of DESERVING of the gifts they were got by proving themselves able to not kill each other and thus good people, this immediately plunges into utter chaos when the first murder happens as Makoto is torn between his bitter despair and anger at injustice and his love and care for his friends. Chihiro must embrace the hope within themselves if they want a chance for this to end in any way that isnt pure tragedy.

Nagito watches this on tv and becomes OBSESSED with Makoto as Makoto has very much become the embodiment of how Nagito views the world, so they end up teaming up when Makoto does not in fact do the Junko suicide play and instead escapes, upon learning about the jabberwock island recovery plan, sabotages it by giving makoto a back door in, seeing the thing as pointless as it doesnt create hope or despair, what hope is there in just having your past mistakes and actions erased? what hope is it to just give a small apology and never have to think about what you did? theres no growth here! only ugly stagnation unworthy of hope and despair! Peko needs to fight for her right to simply exist.

Ryoma was a surprise for me but he made the most sense in this set up, he gets saved from suicide by Makoto and Nagito and borderline adopted, when makoto and nagito usurp tsumugis' killing game (long story and this is already so long) ryoma volunteers to be the next mastermind, unbeknownst to makoto and nagito, he has plans of his own, which should hopefully end all of these killing games for good. Kirumi however, wonders if good intentions can really make up for cruel actions.

SCP Au

SCP au has very little so far, but it's the idea of DICE as a faction of gamers against weed or AWCY from the SCP universe

Log Horizon AU

This is one I am desperate to work on, basically it's the world of the anime Log Horizon (which is the best mmo isekai anime) and how through being a cheater in the game irl has resulted in upon getting isekai'd kokichi having powers that no one else has, and just generally about how I think the cast would change and adapt to this world

My DR Lore

This is my 2 million page extended worldbuilding of the danganronpa universe, which is basically my pet project and where most of my headcanons come from,

Serial Shuichi Au

Oooo this is a fun one, it's designed to be a dark twist on the traditional phantom thief detective au with kokichi and shuichi by having shuichi be a serial killer that targets criminals and kokichi who is just trying to keep DICE safe and is heavily suspect of that blue haired detective that seems certain that he's connected to the murders

Eldritch Makoto Au

This is a crack au about Makoto being an eldritch being who forgor they weren't actually human.

Frozen Egg Au

This is another crack au about Makoto being sent like a hundred years in the future via cryogenic frozen

Slay The Majesty Au

Slay the Princess but its Oumota

Fae Ultimates Au

Fun playing with how Hajime is the only normal person around, by making the ultimates all fae

Robo Dictator Au

I just think Kiibo should get to do the robot apocalypse and be gay about it, as a treat

Schrodinger’s Kichi Au

Is a fucked up au that I adore where Kokichi possesses his own dead body and no one is comfortable about that, except for korekiyo, he thinks its sick as hell

Shuichi Enoshima Au

Funny bait and switch au about Shuichi being the son of Junko she threw into a dumpster but then got rescued and never learned that hes adopted

Remnant Impact

This is a joke about the Remnants on social media, and eventually they made a genshin impact knock off and it got named after that because that was HYSTERICAL

Kokichi Stans Au

This one's a commentary on stan culture, and how BATSHIT it must be in the danganronpa world by having Kokichi have to deal with his most dangerous and erratic fans

Closet Stocks Au

I genuinely don't know what's going on here either, I sure get anons sometimes

Danganronpa/b/o'

Omegaverse go brrrr

You Destroy My World Au

World Destroyer Shuichi that's a twist on the tired pregame stalker shuichi by having kokichi misunderstand the situation and try to understand what's going on as the world destroyer tries to wake him up

Chiaki Isekai Au

We need to put Chiaki in more video games, put her in portal, put her in animal crossing, let her be in game

Obligatory Homestuck Au

You can't fight the homestuck

Hope’s Peak Destruction Au

My ishiouma au where Kokichi and Ishimaru team up to take down hope's peak and kiss about it

Obligatory Pokemon Au

Gotta catch em all

Dice Hax Au

DICE hacks into Kiibo's inner voice and chaos ensues

Full Talent Swap Au

I took every talent in the series outside of a few from the other more niche books and reassigned EVERYONE

Obligatory Warriors Au

Meow

Obligatory Minecraft Au

Don't mine at night

The Pony Au

Can you tell I like putting characters into other universes?

Pararonpasight Au

Okay now you can definitely tell I like putting characters into other universes

Oumelette Au

Sometimes you are trans, and due to funny shared terminology confusion, also a system but youre in a killing game so you don't got time for that right now

#ndrv3 #goodbye despair #trigger happy havoc #anon chaos #ultra despair girls #pregame #danganronpa 3

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casliveblog · 7 months

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Custom Toonami Block Week 147

Spy X Family: So they really try to sell that this episode is going to be about Yor murdering someone but you can basically call it from minute one that this is about her learning to cook since the cuts on her fingers are way too small to be from murder work and her murder work never seemed to affect her mood before. They do end up spicing it u a bit by tying it into the end of the Dog Arc where Yor thinks her cooking is the reason why Loid was gone all day and they hook it into her bitchy coworker being the one to teach her so those are some nice touches, even if I feel like since we’ve seen Loid and Anya at work for a lot of these episodes some more time with Yor’s assassin work would actually do us some good but I guess we’re trying to avoid a seinen tone here. They even throw Yuri in there which seems like a bad idea given her coworkers are some of the people that can verify that she only just got married and Yuri’s still under the impression that she got married a year ago, but luckily it never comes up. Camilla’s dynamic with her husband here during the lesson is really cute and through the power of flashbacks and motherly love they do manage to get Yor to make one dish that’s not entirely poisonous and she starts thinking about the whole ‘this family is about more than what I entered it for’ thing that happens at the end of every story arc. Also there’s a minor B-plot about Scruffyhead liking a girl and Loid helping him practice asking her out and he gets shot down anyway, it’s brief and funny so it doesn’t overstay its welcome but if I learned anything from Inuyasha filler you can really get a lot of comedy mileage out of weird romantic rehearsals and they kinda yadda yadda over Loid dressing in drag to pretend to be asked out by his best friend which could’ve been pretty funny. But they have a nice scene drinking together after where Loid’s all ‘relationships aren’t for people in our business’ like an informant’s gonna have the exact same life or death stakes as a spy and like the series isn’t going to end with the Forgers staying together anyway.

Inuyasha: It’s the second part of the Kikyo special and this part of the timeline has always been a little confusing since they kinda retcon some of it partway into the series and it’s intentionally jumbled up even then, so here’s really the only place we get to see it all laid out chronologically and it’s kind of a patchwork of filler and clip show which makes it really kind of obvious when they switch back and forth because they didn’t re-animate any existing scenes. It is kinda fun how they kinda stitch together that Inuyasha and Kikyo basically had their own series before this where they were traveling around slaying demons like he and Kagome end up doing. But yeah Inuyasha and Kikyo continue their romantic fling and the whole Naraku thing happens and I am kinda glad they remembered not to show him with Kagewaki’s face because he didn’t take on that appearance until Sango’s arc (though he apparently keeps it from then on no matter how many times he’s reincarnated and usually his head’s the only thing to never be destroyed so maybe Narkau’s just weird and vain and REALLY likes Kagewaki’s face who knows). After Naraku sends some mook demons after the jewel Kikyo recognizes her romance is causing her to lose focus and holy power because she’s only spending 23 hours a day praying and training and hanging out with Inuyasha for that extra hour I guess. When she’s distracted by this and Inuyasha’s picking up for her slack Kaede gets her eye injury because if you ever have a character with an eyepatch go through a flashback without the eyepatch you’re about to see how they got that eyepatch, ask MGS3. But yeah Kikyo and Inuyasha agree to use the jewel to turn Inuyasha into a human which Kikyo believes will be an unselfish wish that will cause the jewel to disappear.

Now I’m about to go on a tangent here but I don’t think this would’ve worked, I think the jewel could turn Inuyasha human and it wouldn’t like turn black or anything but it wouldn’t disappear because it still involves Inuyasha and Kikyo wanting that romance and rejecting the idea that Inuyasha can still find happiness as what he is, a core theme of the sacred jewel as a plot device is that people end up obtaining what’s most important to them through their own efforts as opposed to the external macguffin they were searching for: Inuyasha becomes a strong half demon with a solid support network, Sesshomaru creates a sword stronger than the Tessaiga, even Naraku manages to become a full demon and makes the jewel redundant, which is why asking anything of the jewel inherently has a small layer of selfishness and hypocrisy built into it and at the end of the series the ONLY correct wish was the one Kagome made, for the jewel itself to disappear and stop teasing people with easy answers for their goals.

Anyway, tangent aside we get into the betrayal plot where Naraku disguises himself as Inuyasha and Kikyo and tells the other to fuck off (also he destroys Izayoi’s rouge which makes Yashahime kinda impossible but idk maybe they scooped it back up and reforged the shell idk). And he FUCKING PUTS THE JEWEL BACK WHERE IT WAS, like early series Naraku really is just giving out jewel shards left and right to let people fill it with malice and here he has the whole thing in his hands and gives it back so it can absorb Inuyasha’s hatred but like just hold onto it dude you’ll save yourself fifty years of headaches and you can find other couples to break up, bet Naraku’s regretting this move in the present story like not to mention by the end of the series the only shard he’s missing is one he gave away to just to fuck with Sango for a couple weeks but like idk why he didn’t just take it off Kikyo’s body like by the time Inuyasha’s sealed and Kikyo’s dead there’s no one that can stop him from just swooping in and taking it before Kikyo’s cremated with it but maybe her sacrifice made a barrier around herself and purified the jewel one more time so he couldn’t take it back but it’s never explained. Anyway we cut to the modern day and deliberately cut around Kagome’s father for the scene of her being born because Kagome’s family life is kind of a nightmare, his grandpa and mom don’t even have NAMES (then again we never see Kikyo’s parents either despite her being a teenager at the time and being around recently enough for Kaede to be like ten or whatever, guess they died doing feudal era stuff a few years before she met Inuyasha), anyway yeah this special is fun for trying to tie together a lot of the flashback stuff that doesn’t otherwise make sense but there are some holes it creates too so I’ve always approached this one as a ‘if it makes something make more sense run with it but don’t treat it as hard canon if it contradicts something that comes up’ as a kid and that’s still basically where I stand on it now.

Yu Yu Hakusho: It’s time for the wrap-up episode for the Chapter Black arc because yeah there was a lot of things we had to push pause on while the plot was go go go. Yusuke and co. come out of the cave and Keiko adorably instantly recognizes demon Yusuke when Botan gets confused, the Spirit World SCP is still all ‘yo Koenma you fucked up’ and Yusuke tells them to fuck off, Koenma is kind of half in trouble still for everything that happened but he doesn’t come home by the end of the episode so that’s a bit of a plot thread. We also get cute little ‘where are they now’ vignettes for each of Sensui’s minions. Sniper and Doctor have a little chat (Sniper’s not dead btw idk he got better) and talk about how the rage and immediacy of being in an echo chamber re-feeding them the literal worst of humanity kind of had them under a spell where they were still in control of their actions but influenced beyond a reasonable level too and how that’s passed and it feels weird and empty. Doctor pulls a Yoshikage Kira and gets a new face and founds the Ronald Mcdonald house or something, Sniper meets a psychic girl that forces empathy onto him and he becomes a Batman-like vigilante, Gamemaster and Seaman go back to school and have a better time of it with better studies or socialization now that they’re trying to see the good in people, Itsuki and Sensui’s corpse/soul I guess float forever in Itsuki’s Prismo pocket dimension, guess that’s fine and Gourmet’s… still dead, fuck that guy I guess. It’d be REALLY funny if they got through all these sickeningly sweet ‘It gets better’ montages for all the other guys and we just hard cut to Gourmet’s corpse rotting on Elder Toguro’s body while the guy’s still shouting about killing Kurama forever, like they just did not want to revisit that horror show. The three living normal dude psychics agree to not use their powers anymore so they don’t get targeted by demons (wonder how that’ll work out for Sniper and Doctor who are making a living off using the powers) and Yusuke’s going through the ‘how do I go back to high school after the PTSD of blowing demon heads off’ for like the fourth time this time with the added baggage of actually BEING a demon and not knowing what he’s capable of. So yeah, next time we’re in the final arc, this’ll be interesting, I know this arc isn’t the longest, this is like doing the Hunter Election arc right after the Chimera Ant arc but it’s weird to think about that we’re pretty close to done with one of the longest series on the block.

Jujutsu Kaisen: Yuji and Todo briefly step in on the intro for this episode were Todo gives Yuji the Avatar State lesson where ‘the divisions inside us our only there because our mind makes them’ so he can basically summon his energy to a part of body instead of channeling it through his body if I’m understanding it right which is a pretty cool zen lesson to just go for right away. Anyway the meat of the episode is Nobara and Panda confronting Kiki’s Delivery Service girl before Panda gets sniped by Mechamaru and we get a good old fashioned Chunin Exams style ‘do the backstories while they fight’ structure. Mechamaru was born with glass bones and paper skin and every night he lies awake until his heart attacks put him to sleep but it lets him remote control a robot from miles away so uhh… win-win I guess? Like they say his body’s just outside the arena but they cut to his bunker and it looks EXACTLY like the one they also cut do in Kyoto from the Juju Stroll, maybe Juju Stroll’s not the best way to try and decipher this but I was working with the idea that he made a pocket dimension inside the robot where his bathtub tv is but maybe they really did relocate him and put him in exactly the same room or maybe his glass bone paper skin disease lets him just do shit from across the country since I’m used to thinking of things in US terms of geography as opposed to Japanese terms which is relatively smaller. Also turns out Panda’s actually a chimera made of three types of animals and he’s basically like one of those stuffed animal things except he’s made of a living Panda corpse except he was also ‘born’ so idk how exactly that works but point being he’s three animal souls in one Pandaish body with emotions and shit because of Kung Fu Panda power of love shenanigans so he’s a Panda, a Gorilla, and some third thing they’re probably saving for a cool reveal later. But yeah Gorilla!Panda fucks Mechamaru up and they bond about being the weird-looking people of their group and it’s pretty cool, good job, can’t wait for more of this arc.

Zom 100: Now that Akira has his new lease on life, the practical ramifications of the zombie apocalypse come more into focus as he starts to run out of food or more accurately, beer, and interrupts his neighbors’ scene from the Walking Dead to ask if they need anything while he’s at the store which is pretty fucking funny. Once there we get the REAL manic pixie dream girl of the show after the last episode had our fakeout and sports bra girl saves Akira’s ass before telling him she doesn’t want anything to do with someone who can’t assess risk and ditching him. Akira thinks about this and steals a motorcycle for some sick zombie action before finding out his quirky interaction with his neighbors is cut short because they’re fucking dead now, deciding that risk is worth it because he almost died without living at all so he’s willing to stake his life on doing the things that will make him happy and he fills out the first thirty three things in the Zom 100 notebook. Meanwhile we cut to sports bra girl’s perspective and replay the same day again which is a really interesting choice, we see she’s a telecommuter (doesn’t say what she does but I like to think she works in stocks as a risk analyst because it fits the theme) and is currently trying to analyze every possible aspect of the apocalypse to maximize her chances of staying alive, the classic Wall-E “I don’t want to survive, I want to live” dichotomy and we see the convenience store encounter from her perspective and what to Akira looked like a manic pixie dream girl encounter was actually her barely listening to him and predicting zombie movements before genuinely putting herself in danger on a whim to save him. I’ll admit I was a little apprehensive because basically all anime has to have waifus now to sell shit but treating her entrance from a different perspective like this is a neat way to show how what looks like a harem anime trope is actually a subtle start to her character arc which is neat. She makes it back to her house and thinks about how happy Akira looked being reckless and going for what made him happy and regrets not doing the same and picking up non-essentials on her own. The show’s going to have to do some tricky balancing about how someone so carefree is going to actually be able to survive but I think that dichotomy’s off to a good start here, though on a side note I have no idea how the power’s still on or how long that’ll last but it kinda bugs me, sports bra girl grabbed some batteries and power gas but there is a LOT of electricity happening for people that should be more worried about supplies.

Ranking of Kings: So this episode has A LOT of flashbacks, first when Desha talks about Miranjo Bojji remembers that she’s the one that killed his mother and he practically literally almost drowned in her blood before Miranjo was betrayed by the archers she hired and shot down as well and that causes him to freak out a bit but he’s able to pull himself together enough for Desha to tell him that they want to take Gigan back since he’s, you know, a criminal and all, that’s kind of the mission objective. But Gnasty Gnorc here was made a life debt friendship thing with Bojji so he steps up to protect him and Desha sees him deflect his spell and was like ‘wait a minute what the fuck I just saw you like two weeks ago when did you learn to CUT LIGHTNING!?’ and we get the flashback that Desha recruited Gigan to fight his dad but in the fight they kinda had to torture babies and commit genocide against the whole race of Gnasty Gnorcs and Gigan was not happy about that and killed some of Desha’s dudes so they put him in jail for that. There’s also a neat scene of Desha, Despa and Ouken talking about their means and Desha says he didn’t want to do it but the mercs he hired are cruel assholes and he needs to keep them placated, Despa doesn’t want anything to do with it and Ouken doesn’t like it either but he revolves to become strong enough to not need such cruel tactics in the future and that Gigan will be among his royal guards. So Desha absolves Gigan of his crimes and takes him back to the Underworld as a member of the royal guard. It’s funny because apparently Desha and Despa have a magical brother walkie talkie system and Desha’s just like ‘yo bro how much did you teach this Bojji the Rock kid huh?’ and Despa’s just like ‘Oh fuck bro, don’t fight him, he’ll absolutely wreck you, also you had no chance of beating Bosse, just try and let Bojji fight him and we can kill Miranjo while they’re hashing out the family shit’ and it’s really kinda funny because we haven’t seen Bojji get serious in a fight yet but everyone’s absolutely certain he’s like a tactical nuke now and I wanna see it. But yeah Sword Guy and Kirito apologize to Bojji about the whole trying to kill him thing but he still has PTSD so he has to run off, though Kage’s able to calm him down while they head back to the surface. Meanwhile Ouken’s waking back up over by Despa because we know he’s gonna have to fight Bojji at some point.

Vinland Saga: So yeah, Canute’s not taking Ragnar’s death well and Asekladd’s and Bjorn talk about and bottom line, Askeladd will either let this be a learning experience for Canute to make him a badass or if he breaks they’ll abandon him and lose nothing from the process. Meanwhile the men are torturing an English Captian for info and Akseladd breaks out the Sonozaki family finger torture techniques and schools him on how big assholes the English are and how the Danish are basically just fighting fire with fire at this point since the English also stole England from the Celts. Meanwhile the interrogation is pretty short because their answer comes to them when Thorkell is revealed to be hot on their trail so they have to get moving again. They root out some deserters and Askeladd says if they wanna join Thorkell they can stay but Thorkell just murders them all anyway because you can’t trust a deserter. Meanwhile while crossing a bridge Asekladd orders it torn down to slow Thorkell but Thorkell’s also like right there and one of the brothers from the Those Two Guys squad is like ‘man fuck Askeladd let’s kidnap the prince and bring him to Thorkell’ and we already saw how well that would go (which is funny because until the deserters told him, Thorkell didn’t even know Askeladds NAME, he doesn’t give a shit about Askeladd he just wants Thorfinn and Canute) but yeah that whole deal comes to a head as a good amount of the troops surround Canute’s sled and threaten to turn on Askeladd.

#ooc #Toonami #Custom Toonami Block #Spy X Family #Inuyasha #Yu Yu Hakusho #Jujutsu Kaisen #Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead #Ranking of Kings #Vinland Saga

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