#pathetic woman showdown

[cringefaillosersummit]

Round 1 - Group 3B

Submission notes under cut. Some submissions had notes others did not:

Deandra “Dee” Reynolds:

Everyone she dates dumps her within a week, her entire friend group dunks on her exclusively yet she still stays with them, she banged dozens of ugly men, is always the butt of every joke and became a crackhead just to scam welfare

Look at her. She cannot function the one time she was close to being a normal human being was when she disowned her twin brother but even then she went back to being friends with him and became cringefail icon

Gotō "Bocchi" Hitori:

Bocchi is a walking ball of anxiety who likes to hide herself away in boxes and trashcans. A bunch of birds once stole her food and then attacked her because they were annoyed by how weak and pathetic looking she was. She got so nervous being asked a simple question by her band mate she decided to stage dive into the crowd at her school's cultural festival and landed flat on her face. She's so pathetic that when her band mate's moved her bangs so they could better see her face she couldn't handle the stress of having her face exposed and she turned into ash. When her band mate's inhaled her ashes they became infected with her patheticness.

She plays the guitar from inside a cardboard box. Have you seen her?

Crippling social anxiety. Difficulty communicating. No social life at the start of the series.

#pathetic woman showdown #pws round 1 #tournament poll #it's always sunny in philadelphia #deandra reynolds #dee reynolds #bocchi the rock! #hitori gotou #bocchi

[perenlop]

this show is gonna get me shit

#echoed voice #pokeani lb #iris vs burgundy showdown tho WOOOO pathetic woman vs the bestie

[couch-house]

I figure now that we r in round 3, it would be a good time to expand on dog's deal specifically by explaining his context--bc he's very much defined by that + his story purpose, rather than his concept on its own! Welcome To My Beepo House.

tl;dr i made dog to be a friend-haver and a friend-maker and specifically be a friend for super :) a vote 4 dog in @sonic-oc-showdown is a vote for FRIENDS!

For beginner's context: for just under half the run of Fleetway Sonic the Comic, twisted evil killer Super Sonic is separated from Sonic physically, loses his chaos powers that compel him to violence, and ends up destitute in Metropolis Zone until a couple of minor characters take him in to live + work with them at the jazz cafe the Groovy Train. everyone say hi ebony and pyjamas :) I love the tension between this trio in how they approach the conflict of super sonic Being There, but ebony and pyjamas are also both adults and I see them as having more parental/grandparental relationships with him rather than real equal friends. so that's where dog and bebe come in :)

this is part of a canon divergence au that keeps the groovy train dynamic largely in place, rather than ending it with the comic. in the canon ending, ebony casts a spell that merges super and sonic back into the same body. sonic conquers super and things are alright for the end of the story. okay well i dont like that so </3 instead in this au, ebony hides super by merging him into *herself.* they struggle to live together for a bit until a minor villain (lord sidewinder) comes in and separates them, once again trying to harness super's power for himself. well he fails and they kick his ass and such. after this, the conflict between super and ebony expands from some of the canon conflict + the new merger conflict annnd now he can go make new friends at the skate park :) by doing what he does best: being sad and wet and pathetic until someone with a big heart tries to help him out.

i've been developing dog and bebe with the intent to make a nice balanced group between them: bebe is the Instigator, the Active member of the group, the hero-like, the leader. she's competitive, she's right, and she knows it! super's the rookie with crazy power, he's a fish-out-of-water most times but when it comes to a real fight he can be a heavy-hitter. he's cautious and deferential (canon low self-esteem behaviors), but he's coming into his own with the help of those around him. and doggy my special guy doggy is the mediator: she's the wingman and cheerleader, she's the helping hand that keeps everyone's heads cool. she's the first to trust and the first to forgive. she's a capybara: everyone's friend :)

ofc i hope dog's deal on his own is interesting enough to people! what if there was a capybara and he was nice and also silly :) but it feels so wrong to separate her from super... that's her buddy that's the reason i made her. my au characterizaiton of super doesn't get to happen from only knowing an older woman who believes he can do no wrong ever and an even older woman who doesn't quite trust him not to do wrong. he's gotta have a friend who doesn't care about all that super sonic stuff--in fact thinks super is just lying about most of it (that's okay, sometimes people need to lie about their lives and it doesn't make them bad or anything). someone who is willing to meet him without any of that baggage and openly invite him into friendship and a safer life :)

#sonic oc #sonic oc showdown #fleetway super sonic #bebe the quail #dog the capybara #HI ONE BILLION WORDS BC I REALIZED MY SUMMARY OF DOG IS SOOO BAD #you MUST understand she is here to be Friend she is chill bc shes Friend shes capybara bc shes Friend #SORREEEE THIS IS SO FLEET-CENTRIC BUT THATS LITERALLY THE POOOIIINT OF DOG SORRREEEE #do NOT separate them... #calling feeby beepo 'super' just for simplicities sake #but hes still fleet to me :) his name fleet #also bebe and dog are a balanced duo too! they were that way before fleet and they continue to be with him #dog supports bebe and holds her back. bebe stands up for dog and challenges him #id in alt text #sth #stc #sonic the comic #sonic the hedgehog #might post these pictures separate as well???? who's to say

[fategoflatass]

My Winter 2024 Watchlist & Opinions

The feared time has come. After avoiding this post like the plague, I finally put myself to write my pretty unnecessary thoughts on this season that's departing next week or so.

Admittely, it wasn't that big of a deal, but that might be because the bigger titles will come out the following season? (Should I also make a post about that?)

Anyway, let's get started!

Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu 2nd Season

Comedy, Romance, Slice of Life // ☆☆☆☆

CW: cringey teenagers

Here, we one again get to follow our favorite middle school duo—the edgy boy and the gluttony in human form—as they grow up and find out just how complicated being a teen can be. Awkwardness, idiots and cutsie romance ensured!

This series is just so damn adorable, man! And awkward, holy fuck it can be awkward. But being a teenager is, in big part, going through the cringiest phases possible to cleanse the karma of a lifetime, so is that a bad quality or an amazing depiction of real life?

Anyway, my guys are back and I can't explain just how happy I am about it! I'm usually not that fond of school romances since, well, they tend to be too immature for what I'm currently looking for. This was made especially obvious since I began watching more and more series centered around adult characters.

But this series is quite different—they're immature, yes, but it's not as annoying as they tend to be. You know why? Because they found out about this thing called communication. Yes, they're not the greatests at it, but at least they're trying!

I've been thinking on checking the manga out, although I haven't decided yet. If anyone here has read it/is up to date, should I get into it or wait until next season comes out?

BUCCHIGIRI?!

Action, Supernatural // ☆☆

CW: big ammounts of cringe

Arajin Tomoshibi's reunion with his old pal Matakara Asamine takes an unexpected turn when they stumble into a brawl with the toughest guys in town. And just when you thought things couldn't get weirder, a colossal genie decides to drop in. Brace yourself for the ultimate showdown. It's the clash of the cool and the magical!

(Yes, I stole the summary from AniList. Couldn't bother to write something down for this one).

This series comes from Utsumi Hiroko—the same woman who worked on Free! and Banana Fish, the mind behind SK8; one of my biggest comfort shows. And honestly, it shows!

Because BUCCHIGIRI?! is an amalgamation of all her previous ones.

You have the childhood friend pair composed of the Gentle Giant™ (who's quite literally Makoto 2.0, personality and appareance wise) and a dude who has only one goal in life—for Haru, it was to swim free style. For Arajin, is to get laid. And no, I'm not kidding.

Then you get the delinquents (I refuse to call them gangs. They remind me too much to the Tokyo Revengers guys, and I despise that show) and their corresponding leaders—the fruity freak (who I love, ngl) with the obssesive, brocon little sister (who I despise, ngl), the big ass bitch whose age's unknown but seems too old to be hanging around teens, and later on we get a guy who reminds me a lot of Jamil from Twisted Wonderland only that he's utterly pathetic, a professional crybaby and, overall, unbearable—entirely different from my totally cool and more than respectable guy.

There's not much to say about the rest of the cast since they're forgettable to a fault, having little to not charisma. Expect for the skirt guy, he's neat.

When it comes to the supernatural side of things, ugh. The dude who follows Arajin around is exasperating and so cringey I tend to skip fowards when I know a joke—the joke, the only thing he knows besides fighting—is coming.

Speaking of which, the fight scenes are cool, MAPPA doing their best as always. I just wish they would beat up Arajin more often (and that he didn't have to scream his primal urges every time he's going for a punch).

And, for fuck's sake, don't get me started on Arajin. He's the worst protagonist this woman has ever come out with—zero charisma, a total asshole, a terrible friend, and a guy who'd make you want to die if he ever got a crush on you.

I'll cut it here since it's getting too long and I don't wanna get into spoiler territory (in case anyone cares about that), but yeah. I don't recommend, at all. Go watch her other shows instead.

Dungeon Meshi

Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy // ☆☆☆¾

CW: blood, death, violence

While exploring a dungeon, the adventurer Laios and his party are confronted by and lose against a red dragon—they're left without money, provisions and Laios' sister. But not everything is lost, since they can still save her while the creature digests its food. The problem is, they can't fight with an empty stomach!

The best show of the season, hands down. Not like it had much competition to begin with, but anyway.

When I first heard about the show's plot, I admit it, it didn't call me at all. But certain someone (*cough* @arataka-reigen *cough*) convinced me to give it a try. And here we are!

Honestly, I haven't had a laugh like this with an anime in so long! Not only because of the jokes, but the characters are perfectly designed for the viewer to laugh with and, most importantly, at them. I actually have the theory that they're the ones responsible for the BUCCHIGIRI?! cast's lack of charisma. I mean, they had to steal it from somewhere—is too much!

From what I know, more characters are yet to appear (I saw a catgirl and, as a cat lover, I just gotta see the catgirl) and the story gets darker with time (in case episode eleven wasn't enough hint for you).

I can't wait to see what this story has to offer next!

Gekai Elise

Comedy, Fantasy, Romance // ☆☆½

CW: tracheotomies without gloves

In seek of redemption, Takamoto Aoi becomes a doctor to help those who she would've either mistreated or ignored in her past life. Sadly, she gets involved in a plane crash and dies—only to wake up as her past self, ten years before her demise! She'll now look to become a surgeon once again, in the hopes of changing her fate.

If I had to describe it with one word, it would be meh.

The characters, the plot, the romance—it's all pretty average. A wet piece of cardboard is way more interesting than the entire cast and the story put together. The love story is whatever, not engaging enough to get me interested on their scenes.

What I would've liked is if they went on and changed the affections names for something more fantasy-ish or that has to do with the world in which they live in—I highly doubt these people knew about the existence of Dr. James Parkinson, so why would they name a disease after him? That sorta thing, you know?

But anyways, basic ass story with basic ass characters, and I'm a fool for having given it a chance.

And if I may ask, where the hell is the lamp?!

HIGH CARD Season 2

Action, Fantasy // ☆☆½

CW: cultural appropiation (?), blood, some violence

The High Card team keeps on fighting to mantain peace in the city, all meanwhile some of its members are still dealing with past consequences. But when new trouble surrounding the cards surges, they have to get to work to save the day once again!

Look, if the summary ain't shit is mainly because this show has me so uninspired. The only reason why I didn't steal it from AniList is because it doesn't have one.

In case anyone wonders why I'm still watching this show, same. I guess season one wasn't that bad for me to go and drop it, so I decided to give it a second chance. Do I regret it? Mmh, kinda.

To be honest, it's not entirely bad. I mean, it's certainly worst than its predecessor, but it had an interesting section that had me paying a little more attention than usual for like, two episodes or so. And then it lost me again.

The section I'm talking about is around episodes five to seven, where—and spoiling as little as I can—things get rather dramatic. It felt like a cry for help disguised as character growth that did nothing, absolutely nothing, to the characters themselves. They could've skipped those episodes and it would've been business as usual.

In the first two episodes we get introduced to his superhero-like guy who loves spitting random words in Spanish and, no, he's not even Hispanic. Then, he proceeded to not appear for the rest of the season. At least for now, we're currently in episode ten. But even if he were to appear once again, I don't think there's enough time to develop him or create a plot surrounding his cringey ass.

Also, and this might be petty as hell: they never explain why the cards look like the poker ones? I mean, they shared the lore behind them, yet that didn't explain this? How did they come out with the cards' and combination's names if they're supposed to not be poker related?

Hime-sama, "Goumon" no Jikan desu

Comedy, Fantasy // ☆☆¼

CW: none

Amidst the war between their kingdoms, the Princess is captured and imprisoned by the demons alongside her mythical sword and companion, Excalibur. It all seems grim for these two but, when the time comes around, the demons' torture methods seem a bit... gourmet?

I came into this show solely because of the trailer. What can I say? It looked nice. And to be honest, the entires series does.

These type of shows don't tend to be my cup of tea, but I thought it could turn out to be something similar to Maou-jou de Oyasumi—something that doesn't catch me at first, yet its second half leaves me wanting some more of those charismatic characters (Twilight my beloved).

The problem here is that God, it's repetitive. This series has one sole formula and will repeat it till the end of times, with barely some exceptions.

As LunarEquinox would put it, "it not her being tortured, it's you being tortured by repitition".

Kyuujitsu no Warumono-san

Comedy, Slice of Life // ☆☆☆½

CW: none

Planet Earth and its habitants are in danger; they've become the main target of an evil intergalactic organization who seeks to rule the world! The Rangers do everything in their power to defend the citizens from the General—but today's his day off.

Another fluffly, non plot-centric series. But this one I'm quite fond of.

I guess it's because I really like the «gap moe» concept? The difference between the protagonist's intimidating and powerful look at work and his casual, awkward and panda-obsessed self once he's home it's pretty adorable. It's like he goes from being a lion to one of those long ass domestic cats who'd let you hold him if close enough—only that I think he's supposed to be a lizard(?) of some sorts.

But it's not only him; you also get to see his coworkers with are all very formidable, and even the Rangers themselves. Red having no sense of orientation whatsoever is too relatable, I hate it here.

Not much to say, really. It's just a show about a long ass dude on a trenchcoat whose (most probably, undiagnosed) autism gets him to buy anything panda-related. If he were to become the ruler of the new world, I wouldn't oppose to it.

Loop 7-kaime no Akuyaku Reijou wa, Moto Tekikoku de Jiyuu Kimamana Hanayome Seikatsu wo Mankitsu Suru

Fantasy, Romance // ☆☆☆¾

CW: violence, mentions of war

Rishe Irmgard Weitzner, a duke's daughter, has lived many lives—and it's not a saying. For the past few decades, she's been trapped in a timeloop where her engagement gets called off at age fifteen and, from then fowards, she's decided to go down different paths. A merchant, a doctor, a maid—whatever called her attention. Is in her seventh time she become subject of the affections of infamous crown prince, Arnold Hein—the very same man who'd killed her in one of her past lives as a knight. When he asks Rishe to become his wife, she decides to utilize her every skill to avoid the upcoming war.

This one's different from the others, in the sense that I wasn't there when the first episode premiered. I guess it hadn't caught my attention (and the way they colored the hairs looked so bad to me at times, and still does). But again, certain someone began posting about it and I couldn't help myself.

I found this series to be a tad more interesting than the average female public-centric fantasy series. They actually cared to build an appealing plot with its politics and all, while also giving us an attractive main couple whose chemistry is quite nice. I like it when the characters banter, they go back and forth a little bit, but still show feelings for each other—is entertaining, isn't it?

While it's not my favorite series from this season, I do find it highly recommendable—independently of whether you're already into this type of shows or you'd like to give them a try.

Majo to Yajuu

Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy // ☆☆

CW: violence, blood

A guy carrying a coffin alongside his companion appear in a town, searching for the witch who cursed her and fighting some others in the meantime.

I love dark fantasy stories, so when I stumbled upon this show it grabbed my attention almost immediately. The whole concept of wiches, curses and different types of magic has always been a concept I quite enjoy. When it's well done, that is.

What Majo to Yajuu brings to the table is an uninspired series that unapologetically grabs concepts from other stories similar in concept, and doesn't even try to do anything new with them. The magic system is has is so average and uninteresting, and the same happens with the different conflicts that surround the main plot.

And even when it is supposed to have a more mature tone, there are times where they spoon feed you basic information as if you were too stupid to comprehend the intricacies of something you've seen multiple times—not even in other places, but in the same show, even the same episode.

The characters are heavily boring, the main duo being the most salvable of all. They do have some chemistry, but it's just not enough.

Anyways, just another letdown.

Metallic Rouge

Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi // ☆½

CW: violence

In a future where humankind coexists with androids called Neans, a group of them known as the Immortal Nine rises to cause havoc in society. Rouge, a Nean, alongside investigator Naomi are tasked with going all the way to Mars to stop them.

Also known as Bones' 25th Anniversary project, Metallic Rouge arrived to put many interesting question on the table—question that have been talked about multiple times in movies and series revolving androids and robots, yet is always cool to see what different authors have to say about the matter.

Sadly, the way they decide to manage the story is quite futile when it comes to enjoyment. That is, they decided to take the "show, don't tell" narrative route—something we've seen in series like Tengoku Daimakyou, and damn if it worked there. The thing is that this narration style is rather complicated, and can't be saved if done wrong.

Well, guess what happened?

Whether it's the scripwriters' fault or not, I've no idea. The only thing I know for sure is that they fucked up. The give you little to no information, which doesn't help the viewer to try solving the mystery by themselves nor succeeds at keeping them engaged. The only thing attractive enough are the fight scenes, but they become more are more scarse as the episodes go on. Is then when the staff realizes they messed things up, and as a result you get episode nine—a huge ass info dump, with twists that no one would've been able to guess since they hadn't given us enough hints to even get a hunch of what could be going on.

An absolute mess and a masterful class on how not to do things.

Ninja Kamui

Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi // ☆☆☆¾

CW: death, fire, blood, violence

Higan is a retired ninja who lives in hiding with his family in rural America. One night, assassins from his former organization end up slaughtering both his wife and son due to him breaking their ancient code. Now seeking for revenge, Higan goes back to his old ways in the means to make them pay.

This one is such a wild ride! From the same director who worked on Jujutsu Kaisen's first season, we get an action-packed revenge series.

Yes, it might not be the most original or complex plot of all times, yet that's not its main focus. What it is its main focus are the fight scenes which are absolutely amazing, so fluid and entertaining. You won't be able to take your eyes from the screen!

Even then, the characters are compelling enough for you to either root for them or hope for the hero to end their lives once and for all.

This series is an absolute banger and no one should sleep on it!

Ore dake Level Up na Ken

Action, Adventure, Fantasy // ☆☆½

CW: death, violence, blood, edgelords

After being slaughtered by monsters in a dungeon that was far from matching his rank, Jinwoo, or "the weakest Hunter of all" as called by many others, wakes up only to find out he now that the "System" by his side. This program that only he can see will help him do the impossible—level up.

So here we are, huh.

The biggest anime this season, and it's a fucking power fantasy with extra steps. I swear to God...

Jinwoo is a boring ass piece of wet cardboard, which is meant for the viewer to find it easier to self-insert as him. Those around him are either beings with no personality at all, default mean guys, or the love interest that just has to be there to tell us just how cool and attractive the protagonist has become—not like we needed her for that, since everyone is a simp for that guy for some hell of a reason—and to be saved because she'd be dead without him.

The only thing worth your time would be the action scenes, but since they depend so much on the viewer's hype, and that mainly comes from those who root for the protagonist, it just doesn't work on me.

This shit's boring, man.

Yubisaki to Renren

Romance, Slice of Life // ☆☆☆½

CW: ableism

Yuki is just your average college student who struggles with classes as one does. One day, she gets helped in the train by an upperclassman named Itsuomi. That's when he finds out that she's actually deaf.

One of the most hyped up series from this season, and for good reasons. Not only is a shoujo—sadly, this series don't tend to get anime adaptations as often as their counterparts—, but is a rather well known one.

To the surprise of no one, this is one fluffy series! The characters are all charismatic and sweet, some more than others, and their personalities and struggles feel very human.

The romance is adorable, although I have it hard to not see Itsuomi as someone who's trying to complete a dating speedrun—might be my demi ass, but they've known each other for like, what, two to three months? And they're already dating?

Yuki's deafness is touched upon with such respect, except for when Oushi opens his fucking mouth. I don't know if it's him or the author themself who sugarcoats his ableism as if it came from sheer worry for her future, but saying deaf people should stay at home is in no way a cool thing to say or think. I doubt he'll stay like this forever, but warning you just in case it results uncomfortable for someone.

To end on a more positive note, I love the fact that they center so much around the character's lip movements! It just feels right for the themes that the series touches upon.

Yuuki Bakuhatsu Bang Bravern

Action, Comedy, Mecha // ☆☆☆½

CW: violence, war, torture (it's just one scene)

In a world where the military utilizes mechas as weapons, Oahu island, where both the Japanese and American troops are located at the moment, gets attacked by an unknown, intergalatic enemy. They'll now have to join forces to defend the planet.

I think it was Mother's Basement's video that convinced me to give this show a chance and, honestly? I don't quite regret it. After all, I like parodies and mechas, so why not combine both?

Given, I haven't watched every mecha anime there is out there—and with that, I mean that I've yet to watch Gundam which I think was a major inspiration for this one series. But even if you haven't watched it either, that doesn't mean you won't get to enjoy it.

It does make references to the genre's different tropes, yeah, but it serves as a standalone. The comedy works even if it's your first mecha series since some scenes are just so absurd.

The characters are cool, each and every one of them having enough charisma for you to be able to remember them through the entire season. They all have enough chemistry with each other to make their bonds belieable.

With time, the series starts leaving the comedy aspect aside and gets more centered around its actual plot—although the laughs never truly leave. And it actually works, which I admit surprised me a bit.

A series curious enough I think you should give it a chance.

#dungeon meshi #solo leveling #bucchigiri?! #yubisaki to renren #boku no kokoro no yabai yatsu #metallic rouge #ninja kamui #high card #7th time loop #hime sama goumon no jikan desu #majo to yajuu #kyuujitsu no warumono san #gekai elise #yuuki bakuhatsu bang bravern #winter 2024

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Swordswoman Showdown Round 2 Part 2

Adora (She Ra and the Princesses of Power) vs Red (Transistor)

(Better here in a "preferred character" sense, not "who would win in a fight")

Propaganda below cut

Adora

She has a big magical sword for her magical destiny that gives her a magical girl transformation, I love my girl and I love her awesome sword;

Okay TECHNICALLY she is a multi-weapon user since her sword transforms but its usually a sword. Also it is magic and gives her the power to turn into an 8ft magical girl <3; Lesbian magical girl who in addition to being a literal lesbian in canon is also a parable for being queer and breaking free of religious indoctrination <3 She just kicks all the ass okay I love her I'm only on S2 I'm sure someone else who's watched the whole thing will submit her with better propaganda

FOR THE HONOR OF GRAY SKULL *cool music plays, she's got a transformation* and now she's a legendary warrior that defeats the bad guys!!!

Giant technological sword gives adora magic powers and can turn into anything she needs while being She-ra

she is a HUGE sword nerd. her introduction basically has her info-dumping on rare swords and being adorable. also a little pathetic but she’s trying her best and she deserves the world (and also a win)

Has a magical sword that gives her magic powers; Has a magical sword that gives her magic powers

Red

Has a sword that is also the key to her reality’s code, can use it to command the robots that maintain reality. Uses it to stop time and defeat her enemies in the meanwhile. Small woman, hugeass sword. Manages to defeat the original owner of the Transistor in a one on one reality warping sword duel. The sword contains the echoes of the people it’s slain, and also her dead boyfriend; She is full of so much righteous anger I love her. Carve a path through the city girl. A singer whose voice was stolen.

#RED SWEEP#girl saw her boyfriend die and lost her voice#but picked herself up. ripped her own expensive dress and swore vengeance upon the powerful elite that ruined her life

#adora #she ra and the princesses of power #red transistor #transistor supergiant #swordswoman showdown #round 2 #poll #official

[jester-showdown]

Jester Showdown: Round 2

art of beloved by heaartshaped

[ID: Two pictures on a split blue and red background. On the Right, Verence. On the left, a drawing of beloved wearing a yellow and red puffy-sleeved shirt. They are holding a scepter and looking to the right with a neutral expression. The drawing is surrounded by a yellow frame. Between them it says "VS" in flaming text /end ID]

reasons submitters gave for Why you should vote for each of the contestants

Verence

he is the ICONIC Fool from the meme "the Fool jingled miserably across the floor" he is pathetic and is the long-suffering minimum wage employee representation we all need. He sleeps on the floor, his boss threatens to kill him, and he has a useless degree from Clown College (real actual college in the story) KING SHIT ALL THE WAY

Beloved

The Fool is a jester in a court for most of the first trilogy and wears a black and white motley. He's witty, sarcastic and weird (he has a scepter with a dead rat on it named Ratsy). She's sometimes a woman named Amber and says that all the "plumbing" is not important.They're very private and we learn their real name (Beloved) 4 books into the series. They can see possible futures and wants to change the course of the world to make it better. He manipulates people and even his best friend Fitz in order to do that, but he feels very guilty about it. He's the most character ever and I love him.

#Verence #the fool #wyrd sisters #beloved #the farseer trilogy #Jester showdown #polls #round 2

[desdinonniying]

They did Katara dirty.

Where was her rage? Her desire for vengeance? She's portrayed as a weak, pathetic girl who happens to be good at combat bending.

Yeah, whatever is often seen as calm and soothing, but water can be harsh and unforgiving. It can be both at once.

And something they show in the original cartoon, as well as a bit in the live action remake, is that benders of one element can use methods of another to strengthen their own bending. Like how, in the cartoon, during his final showdown with Azula, we see Zuko using airbending motions in his firebending. In the new adaptation, we see Katara using earthbending methods in her waterbending.

Katara's rage is central to her journey as a character and her growth. To see no rage and then she goes to fight Pakku? It doesn't make sense for her portrayal in the live action adaptation. Where is her sass? Her raw, emotional power?

And no, I'm not "just being salty because the adaptation isn't 100% identical to the cartoon." There are some plot parts mixed together that make sense. Some changes in the order of events. That's fine.

But Katara. My Katara. The girl I idolized and wanted to be like. A healer and fighter. A woman who took no shit, even as a child.

They did not honor the spirit of my Katara.

#atla #atla live action #atla netflix #ooc

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ClusterFluff - Viking Vs Viking

Klaus Mikaelson x fem!reader x Eric Northman

So @insertsomethingsillyhereple-blog  requested something super interesting! Basically, a "Ultimate Vampire Media Showdown".

So I'm creating a new series for these types of requests called Clusterfluff (because I love puns and yall are gonna have to deal with it). Little drabbles with how I imagine the situation would go. In this case, they requested volturi Kidnapping, magic, and sibling rivalry vibes. I love it.

Please enjoy!

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- Seeing two vampires in a face down was usually pretty terrifying. But seeing two 1,000+ year old vampires facing each other down? 

-Things were not going to end well. 

- Eric, the 1,070 year old vampire at a whopping 6′4 stared down at the hybrid with an amused smile. Klaus, around 1,034 years old and 5′11 had never met someone truly his match. 

- “This is the one who’s got everyone in that tiny town so scared?” Eric tutted with a patronizing tone that made Klaus want to stick a stake through the heart of another blond vampire who got in his way. 

- “That town fears me, as does every vampire. They fear what I can do, that I could hold their lives in my hands.” Klaus barked back. 

“Right...” Eric looked back to his original errand, saving (Y/N) from a group of Italian pricks who looked like they just came back from the Renaissance festival. 

- For Klaus and Eric, vampires with abilities were unheard of or extremely rare. And unfortunately, they were face to face with several of them. According to intel from the Bennet witch, Aro surrounded himself with vampires who had special talents. Marcus, who could seem links between others and spot out the leader. The wide eyed Jane, who could make someone feel pain with just a glance, and her twin brother, Alec, who had a thick smoke that would numb the senses. Then there was Aro himself, who could know anyone’s thoughts from a touch. 

- It would be tricky, but not impossible. 

“Ahhh,” Aro’s voice carried through the marble halls of the Volturi chambers, “Mr. Northman and Mr. Mikaels-” 

-”Enough out of you.” Eric cut Aro off before he continued, looking at (Y/N) who was held in Felix’s tight grip. “You alright?” The newcomer disrespecting Aro had the entire Volturi whispering. The two vampires who came for this woman were older then them all, even Aro himself, they had over three hundred years on him. The Volturi had made it a point to... nullify any older vampires, these two must have slipped through the cracks. 

- (Y/N), more stressed that Klaus and Eric independently took it upon themselves to save her, rolled her eyes and nodded. Sure, these frozen prices had gotten the drop on her, but her being "inprisoned" was more just her curious about all the new vampires she was seeing.

- When Klaus had first discovered (Y/N), he referred to her as a heretic; a vampire who could control magic. Eric had posited that she had fairy ancestry and would taste delicious were she human. Whatever that meant. 

-“Oh this is getting ridiculous. Phasmatos Morsinus Pyrox Allum.” The vampires around her, including her “knights in shining armour” were making their way to the ground, holding their heads in agony. 

-(Y/N) simply grabbed the vikings by the arm and leg, dragging them towards the exit.

- “This will not be the last we see you!” Aro called over the sound of small fractures in his body breaking over and over, “You will never rest!” 

“I’m in the crossfires of two massive vikings, I never rest anyway.”

-Getting back to Mystic Falls was the challenge, and that’s coming from someone who was just kidnapped. 

-“Clearly, your security is lacking and those pompous Italian fucks will be back for all of us, so let’s go." Eric turned his back on Klaus, expecting (Y/N) to follow.

- Klaus scoffed, "My security? I could have the strongest witches this side of the bloody ground and beyond to cast a protection spell to keep anyone and everyone out of my compound." He pointed towards the other, "You have what? A pathetic excuse for a swat team with bullets that did nothing but ricochet off of those walking popsicles."

- Yeah, that was basically what had happened.

- With blinding speed, Eric was back in front of Klaus who held his ground like a mountain in a storm.

- Eric was a man used to combat, he was mortally wounded in the midst of fighting. He was a battle hardened warrior, fighting for justice for his family. He was hunched over. His chest puffed out. Fangs bared. Intimidation was his strong suit.

- Klaus, quite the opposite. While he was taught how to fight by his father, their village had never been under threat by an opposing kingdom. Klaus, at his core, under the years of anger and resentment, guilt, was an artist. He was kind, fell in love too easily and it was usually with the wrong person.

- Regardless of both of those things, they were still acting like the world's tallest children fighting over the shiny new toy.

- So

- Let them have their little skwabble. Rumor told of a sleepy little town in Washington that would a wonderful place to settle for a time.

-It wasn't until Eric broke their staring match that he saw (Y/N) gone.

- "(Y/N)?"

- "Where did she go?"

- "Do I look like I know?"

- "You don't look like you know much of anything."

- "Jesus fuck, do you ever stop?" Eric narrowed his eyes.

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Round 2 - Group 3B

Submission notes under cut. Some submissions had notes others did not:

Perona:

her fight with usopp was basically them running away from each other crying and when she gets the upperhand she ends up losing HARD bc she got scared of the fake roaches he threw at her. she gets knocked out bc usopp hits her with an inflatable hammer that said "10 tons" on it and she fell for it. then when she tries to escape she gets sent to a spooky island where she proceeds to freeload off a random goth dude. i love her and her cringefail patheticness shes so great also shes goth so its a double win

goth girl who freeloads in a cooler goth dude's house. constantly whining and crying. lost a fight against the most pathetic snivelling main cast member because she was scared of cockroaches. throws temper tantrums when things don't go her way (they never do)

her devil fruit power's main weakness is a man who pretends to be a guy called "sniper king" all because he was a depressed and anxious mess (she is also not much better btw)

Liliana Vess:

She tried going on the run by disguising as a school professor by just taking off her headband and changing her name, no other appearance changes. She even left the headband on a stand in her office. She has PTSD over someone sacrificing himself for her but instead of thinking it could possibly be any form of trauma she blamed it on not being able to get a specific type of honey for her tea. She poses like a Conquistador being painted on the regular. In the end she was so toxic she couldn't even pull Jace Beleren, possibly the most pathetic man in all of existence. She thinks she's a girlboss but is just a girlfailure. She worked for a guy named Nicol Bolas who people call Nick Balls and who I first misheard somehow as Nickelback and I feel that's pretty cringe. She doesn't even know what a mango is and has to have it explained to her.

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Let Me See Inside Ch. 3

Series Summary: Can Rae help Ben save himself, by finding his true self?

Chapter Summary: Rae and Ben meet again and this time Rae connects with him, but can she make him listen?

Warnings/Explicit 18+: Some objectification of women, an attempt at intimidation, one use of a derogatory term for a lesbian, some cursing, show level violence. A bit more twisty brain shit. 😁

Pairings: Soldier Boy (Ben) x Rae Stewart (OFC)

Word Count: 4,073

A/N: Again I apologize for the wait for this update. I hope you feel it was worth it, and I'm hoping my muse will not desert me again too quickly! Spoilers for The Boys S3 E8.

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Ben leaned on the bridge rail and stared out over the river. Was this the Hudson? He couldn't remember, and it didn't matter. He wasn't really seeing the rippling water; all he could see was the bland, blonde, preening, weepy, pathetic grown man that was, apparently, his son.

When he'd first seen Homelander in pictures and billboards he just shook his head, completely bowled over that this tool, with his blue leotard and fucking flag cape, was what passed for a super-hero nowadays. Talk about sending the country to hell in a handbasket.

But he'd simply dismissed him. That is, until Butcher and little Hughie Campbell struck up their deal with him. Their showdown at Herogasm, had surprised him; the flying jackass was more powerful than he'd expected.

But between the three of them, they'd had him, and if he hadn't just used all his juice icing the fucking wonder twins, he could have scorched him and taken him out right then.

But the little prick had gotten away, and lived to fight another day. But Ben had known it was inevitable that he'd take out the flying Supe. He'd never failed to complete a mission, no matter what it was.

But then...

Fucking Mindstorm. At first, he was sure the psychic was lying to him, just trying to fuck with his head. But the more he'd contemplated it, the more he came to believe it was true. It made sense. Everything fit - the timing, Vought's reasoning and why they'd thrown him to the Reds.

The surprisingly powerful Supe in blue tights was his son.

Or if I listen to Butcher, all he is, is an ejaculation.

Part of him agreed with the Brit, no way this weeping mass of self-pity and pathetic neediness was his fucking son. He would never allow a son of his to be that much of a pussy and a loser.

But at the same time, biologically speaking, he was in fact his son, which would mean he had family in the world. Was he just going to kill the fucker?

He'd meant what he said to him on the phone the other day, if Vought hadn't lied to him and sent him off to be tortured, he would have been proud to see his son become a badass super hero alongside him. They could have fought together and been unstoppable.

But that wasn't what happened, and now his son was a man that he'd promised to kill.

He was unsure of what to do, and he absolutely hated uncertainty. So, he'd told Butcher he needed to get some air, and he'd been wandering around ever since.

He pulled a joint from the pocket in his left sleeve and lit it up, hoping the reefer would calm him enough to make an answer come clear.

As he inhaled deeply, a voice spoke from just behind him.

"Hi Ben."

He was startled and the smoke he inhaled got sucked down wrong, and he started coughing hard.

"Sorry!" The voice spoke again and he spun around to see a woman standing slightly behind him to the left. She was holding up her hands as though she was surrendering.

"I'm so sorry." She said as she walked up beside him. "Didn't mean to scare you."

Ben gave her his most ferocious look. "You didn't scare me, sweetheart."

She nodded. "Of course not."

A tiny piece of weed had escaped the rolled joint to sit on the tip of his tongue and Ben removed it with his thumb and forefinger.

He didn't miss the way the woman's eyes darted to his mouth and then quickly away. Or the way her cheeks flushed.

She was sexy as hell, he had to admit that. She had his favorite kind of figure. She was an hourglass, round and thick, soft.

She was maybe a little thicker through the middle than he'd prefer, but her thighs were full and soft in her jeans, and her hips were wide. He wanted to grab hold of that plump ass and squeeze hard while he crushed her up against a wall.

As though she could read his mind, her face was bright red as she spoke again.

"My name is Rae Stewart and I need to talk to you."

He frowned slightly and took another drag from the joint, holding it in his lungs for a moment before letting it escape slowly. She waved the smoke away from her face.

"That name's familiar." Ben stated. "Do I know you?"

She bit into her lip. "In a manner of speaking."

Waiting for her to elaborate, he took another drag, and this time blew the smoke away from her. He could be a gentleman if he wanted.

"So," she sighed deeply and Ben had the feeling she was worried. "Okay, so this isn't really happening right now. We aren't really standing here together on this bridge and you aren't really smoking that joint."

Ben raised an eyebrow. "Really?" He shook his head and chuckled. "No, clearly YOU are smoking something a lot more fun! Got some to share?" He asked with a deep grin. The reefer was working its magic and everything was taking on a soft kind of glow.

Rae shook her head. "No, I mean that your consciousness is currently residing here, but this is just a memory - a memory from the night that you...went up against Homelander. You think you're here trying to decide if you have it in you to fight and kill your own son, but you made that decision a couple months ago now. You went through with your promise to Butcher."

Ben could practically feel the effects of the weed disappearing as his senses sharpened. He pulled his sidearm from its holster.

Rae held her hands up high again. "No, please don't shoot. Please don't kill me again."

Ben stared at her darkly. "What do you mean, again? Who the fuck are you, woman?"

"I'm just here as a projection in your mind and you've killed that projection many, many times before. But I really, really need you to listen to me. There is so much riding on this. Not the least of which is getting you..."

She stopped abruptly and Ben walked closer to her, forcing her back against the bridge rail. He placed the muzzle of his gun against her heart.

"Getting me to what? Exactly what are you here for? You're telling me you're in my head, fucking around with it, and you don't expect me to shoot you right here and now?"

"Actually, I kind of did expect it. But the fact that you haven't yet gives me reason to hope, that and the fact that my name is starting to be familiar to you."

Ben cocked his gun and Rae started sputtering again. "Okay, okay. I'm gonna tell you the god's honest truth about what's going on. Please believe me. I swear I'm only here to help you."

At his continued silence she swallowed hard and started speaking very fast.

"So, you went up against Homelander, but everything went sideways and you ended up fighting Billy Butcher and...Marvin Milk. And Starlight. They, um...they got the mask on you but..."

Rae stopped talking as flashes lit up the night sky like fireworks. Ben dropped his gun from her chest and stepped back. Images rocketed into the air, and he squinted up at them, they were almost too bright for him to look at.

But every image brought back the memory, vivid and undeniable: throwing Butcher into a desk, about to crush his skull with his shield; the extreme heat coming off the rays Butcher burned into his shield; his shield shattering into pieces.

As he stood on the bridge, he looked down at the shield he held, and it was suddenly nothing more than a jagged piece of metal. He dropped it to the ground and it landed soundlessly and disappeared.

When he looked back into the sky he already knew what he was going to see, could practically taste the poison in his mouth as the the two girl Supes and the giant fucking guy who'd smashed his shield to bits, held him in place and tried to shove the mask over his mouth. He heard his panicked voice echo in his head.

"I'm not going back into that fucking box!"

He saw his chest begin to glow and then the light show above him stopped abruptly. The sky over the bridge was dark so suddenly that Ben had to blink rapidly to clear away the spots in front of his eyes.

Silence reigned in the darkness for a moment before Ben spoke. "I went nuclear and they put me back in that...I'm back in that box right now, aren't I?" He hated how weak his voice sounded, how whiny; he hated that he could hear hints of fear in his tone, and knew she probably could too.

But he couldn't help it. The idea of being back in the box, of only being pulled out so he could be experimented on again, of decades passing in nothing but nightmares and memories full of regret...it filled him with dread, even in the annals of his own mind.

Rae nodded slowly. "Yes. Sort of. You're in the hands of the American government now, not the Russians. You're under the care of Lieutenant Colonel Grace Mallory." She shrugged. "And me."

She stepped closer to him, and he flinched back a step.

Jesus Christ! He screamed at himself. Who's being a pussy now? You're running away from some broad? For fuck's sake.

Rae held up her hands. "I swear Ben, we're only hear to help you. We want to be able to wake you up, we want you to be well. And you have my word, that absolutely no experimenting will be done on you."

Ben snorted in disbelief. "Right. And just who are you, exactly, to promise something like that? What authority do you have? I promise YOU that if the government, or Vought, wants to do something to me they'll run right over you to do it, little girl."

He didn't miss the flicker of annoyance on her face and he chased that annoyance, allowing his pleasure in provoking her to take over the fear that still clouded his mind.

"I mean, you said Grace Mallory is in charge? Well, fuck, that dyke has hated me for a very long time. I'm pretty sure she's not anxious to see me awake."

He watched a muscle twitch in her jaw as she gritted her teeth and knew he'd scored a point.

She nodded. "No, you're right, she doesn't like you. In fact a LOT of people don't like you. With good reason."

Ben rolled his eyes. "Yes, a fact that leaves me heartbroken, what can I say?"

Rae continued as though he hadn't spoken. "You are a misogynistic, racist, homophobic, antiquated asshole. You're ideas are half a century out of date, if not longer. You say hateful things to get a rise out of people, you're selfish, and egotistical, and a complete fraud in ninety percent of what you purport yourself to be."

Ben arched a brow, impressed in spite of himself. His ego didn't like the beating, but he found himself intrigued by the fire in her belly.

"Huh. Tell me what you really think, sweet thing." He gave her his best rakish grin, but her steely expression wouldn't relax. He shrugged. "Is there a point to your insults?"

"I like you."

There was a pause while she let her words sink in. "My point is, in spite of all of that, I like you."

Ben could feel himself falter in surprise, and quickly fell back on defenses that had always served him well with women. He stepped close to her and backed her up against the bridge rail. His voice was low and he dipped his head to murmur in her ear.

"Really, baby? You like me?" He lifted his hand and brushed his thumb over her cheekbone and then stared down at her full lips. "What exactly do you like about me, sweetheart?"

Despite the fact that he was just trying to make her squirm a little, he was surprised by the way his body was reacting to her closeness. She really was entirely fuckable.

She stared up at him, her eyes blazing and her jaw set. "Not this. I don't like this bullshit you pull when you feel cornered. You do this to try and knock women off kilter. But it won't work with me, I'm not interested in your physical attributes or your charms."

Ben stared at her long and hard, and he picked up on little tells that made him think she was lying. The way he could hear her heart race and see her pulse quicken at the base of her throat, the way she licked her lips when her eyes flickered down to his mouth, all told him she was at least a little interested in his "attributes and charms".

But then something occurred to him that made him step back slightly. If this was all in his head, maybe she wasn't actually interested at all, maybe he was just imagining it. Hell, maybe she didn't even look like this, maybe he was just manifesting a body to go with the the thoughts she was pumping into his head.

It would explain why she looked like his dream girl.

Before he could think more about it, she answered his question. "I like you because...I know there's more there, below the surface, beneath the peacocking and the dickishness. I've...I've seen the films Vought brought back from France. From Normandy."

Ben scoffed and turned away from her. "Then you know what a joke it all was, how I stood there and posed and talked about what real heroes the soldiers all were...while their fucking buddies' arms and legs were still littering the goddam beach."

He nodded her way and gave a bark of laughter. "Part of that ninety percent fraud you mentioned earlier."

He ripped his chest plate off and whipped it out into the water below. What the fuck did he need it for, living inside his own fucking head? He pulled a flask out of his hip pocket and took a long drink. He passed it over to Rae who accepted it and took a small sip before passing it back to him.

He shook his head as he screwed the lid back on. "What's the point of even drinking this? It's not going to do anything; it isn't real."

Rae shook her head. "Maybe not, but you'd be surprised what the mind is capable of, I bet if you drank enough of that, you'd be drunk, or at least you'd feel drunk."

He thought of how the reefer had calmed him briefly and realized she was probably right. Or else, she was doing all of this, and he had no real control over anything in his own mind.

He studied Rae carefully for a minute and tried to get a read on her. "Why are you doing this?"

"I told you -"

"Right!" He interrupted, his tone skeptical. "Right, right, because you, uh...you like me, in spite of my many failings, and because you saw some propaganda bullshit Vought put together."

Rae shook her head. "No, it's because I saw what happened when they yelled cut." She tilted her head. "You were furious."

Ben straightened up and started to walk away. This was stupid, he didn't have to stand here and listen to her, they were in his head, that had to mean he had some kind of control, right?

But Rae followed after him; he thought about shooting her, but realized it was pointless if she was just gonna come and find him again.

"I couldn't figure out what you were so mad about." She said loudly as she jogged after him. His stride was twice the length of hers, but she ran alongside him, and he couldn't shake her.

"At first, I thought maybe you were just being a diva when you told the director you didn't want to do anymore takes, that you were 'fucking done', as you phrased it. But it seemed like more than that, so I did some digging into Vought's archives, where I found at least a dozen letters that you sent to the President of Vought at the time, telling him that you should be part of the invasion of Normandy..."

Rae trailed off and when she spoke again, her voice was soft, "...and I also found the dozen responses they sent back telling you that you couldn't be risked. They said you were too valuable to the morale of the people to risk you being killed."

Ben spun around, and eighty-year-old anger spewed out. "I was fucking bulletproof! Literally bulletproof! My skin can't be damaged, I've been shot, blown up, burned, slashed with knives - for fuck's sake, the Reds tried to slice open my fucking skin with a chainsaw - but fucking nothing!"

He turned and slammed his fist into the brick wall of an empty storefront they were passing. He smashed a giant hole into the wall, bursting a pipe and drenching them both with water.

"I was in absolutely no danger going over there." Ben yelled above the noise of the broken, rushing pipe. "If I'd stepped off one of those boats first, I could have taken down every one of those enemy guns and barely broken a sweat. Vought didn't want to risk my safety? Bull. Shit. They didn't want to risk Soldier Boy being part of a campaign that failed. They waited to make sure the Allies won before they let me show up and 'boost morale'."

He pushed the wet hair off his face and started walking forward again, knowing Rae was following behind.

"Boost morale." He scoffed. "Do you have any idea how much those fucking soldiers hated my guts? Showing up, filming scenes talking about 'our' glorious victories?"

He shook his head angrily, spraying droplets of water. "Yeah, if they could have, they would have beat the shit out of me."

Rae reached over and put her hand on his arm and it stopped him dead in his tracks. He looked down at her face upturned to his; her big blue eyes were imploring. "You weren't responsible for the men that were killed on those beaches. That was Vought's doing, not yours."

He felt something twist in his gut as the vision of severed limbs and splattered brains swam in front of his eyes and he could see faint outlines of the memories in the endless black sky above them.

He angrily shook off Rae's hand. "Oh, Jesus Christ, don't start this pussy bullshit. I'm not weeping in my tea over soldiers I couldn't save. It was just a waste of manpower is all I'm saying, it was shitty strategy, and it made me look weak."

He started walking again, only to stop a second later not sure what the hell he was doing, wandering aimlessly around the streets within his own head. This was all stupid and pointless.

He turned back to Rae and charged towards her, stopping when she held her ground. "Look sweetheart, all of this is a waste of fucking time. None of it means anything. You got me trussed up inside my own fucking head, and you say you're here to help me. So, how? How are you supposed to be helping me?"

Rae lifted her hands. "Just like this." She turned away from him, and walked in a little circle. "We're going to meet here inside your mind, and I'm going to help you work through some of the things that are holding you back. I'm going to help you work through your fear and trauma."

Ben felt his gut twist again, and his chest constrict slightly. "Fuck you!" He shouted at her, anger pulsing through his veins. "I am not letting you dig around in my head and shrink it, like I'm some neurotic laying on a couch."

He raised his gun again. "Now, get the fuck out of my head, or I will shoot you out of it."

"What's the point, Ben?" She asked in a perfectly reasonable voice, no hint of fear there. "I'll just be back and we'll continue from here. I'm pretty sure now that I've spent real time with you and talked with you properly, you'll remember me next time. So, why bother trying to fight me?"

She raised her hands in front of her and pushed them forward in a placating motion. "Look, part of the way you can free yourself is by letting me help you figure out how to deactivate whatever trauma the Russians caused when they tortured you, then we can know that you'll never accidentally go off again."

"I don't have fucking Shell Shock!" Ben shouted, sick of defending himself on that front. "I'm not letting you try to - "

Rae cut him off. "What's your other option, Ben? If you don't take my help...then they're either going to brainwash you somehow to get you on our side, or keep you in this box forever."

Ben felt his blood run cold. "Don't threaten me, bitch!" He roared, rushing forward and wrapping his hand around her throat, slamming her back against the wall of the empty Chinese restaurant behind her. Empty, he realized, because this was all in his head, none of this was real. This wasn't a real New York City street; everything was dark and empty.

She was right, what choice did he have, trapped here in the endless hellscape of his mind?

He dropped his hand from Rae's throat and felt a moment's remorse for the bruises he could see forming on her otherwise smooth and unblemished throat.

She doesn't really die when I shoot her, does she really bruise? Will she wear those bruises when she leaves my head? Does she feel pain when she's here? Does she feel anything physical? If her mind is here inside mine, then wouldn't she feel things too?

He shook his head. He'd go crazy if he thought about it too much.

Rae coughed a couple more times and then straightened up and cleared her throat, but it still sounded hoarse when she spoke. "I'm not threatening you, you fucking lunatic!"

In spite of himself, Ben felt a small smile form at her attitude. He liked people who fought back.

Her voice was still harsh when she continued. "I'm trying to explain that I am your chance. I'm your chance to get the fuck out of this box and never return."

He switched his smile into a scowl. "So what exactly does, 'working through my fear and trauma' even mean? What are we doing?" He felt bile rise at the words. Such bullshit.

Rae sighed. "It means you and I are going to explore some dark memories together and I'm going to try and help you work through them. I'm a psychic, yes, but I'm also a psychologist. So I can help you identify the toxic influences and fears that cause your behavior, and help you to get over them."

Ben felt anger burst over him again. "I'm not afraid of anything! Jesus Christ, I'm a fucking Super Hero!"

Rae took a step towards him, ignoring the anger that pulsed off of him, and looked up at him without blinking. "If you're not afraid of anything, Ben, then you shouldn't be afraid of strolling down memory lane with me, should you?"

Ben started to try and argue her logic, but found that just out of the blue, he was suddenly exhausted. The lights dimmed around them, and he felt like he might pass out.

He frowned at Rae, who was looking a little out of focus.

"Shit," she said delicately and he decided he like the way curses sounded falling from her lush mouth.

"Okay," she said, grabbing hold of his hands. "Your consciousness is ebbing, you're falling into deep sleep, and you won't be reachable again for a couple hours."

Ben saw darkness coming into his peripheral vision and he shook his head trying to avoid it.

Fuck, I don't want to dream.

As he was drifting away, he felt Rae's small hand squeeze his. "But I'll find you again soon, I promise."

As he sank away into darkness, that promise stayed with him, acting like a shield when his nightmares came to terrorize him.

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#soldier boy fan fiction #soldier boy x ofc #soldier boy fan fic series #the boys fan fiction #soldier boy #the boys s3

[into-september]

Buddy Daddies, rewatch complete

It's not like it's unique enough to merit a rewatch but it also went down in three days, so it's clearly very good at what it's doing

Like "Spy x Family", the show starts dragging once it shifts from asassin action to kindergarten shenanigans. Unlike "Spy x Family", this one is short enough for that to be limited to three episodes only, of which one has a genuinely relevant arc for Rei.

Could've done with less of Kazuki being an embarassing dad, he's much better as the anguished widower. Or for that matter, the adult keeping up the brave face while sending his daughter away for her own good. That worked far better than unfunny comedy dad moments

Kudos to the show for acknowledging The Second Shift and treating it seriously. but the bittersweetness of knowing that the only reason people are taking that seriously is because the one bearing that burden happens to be a man

The clipshow episode was a fair trade for the excellent action sequences

...I had forgotten that while Kazuki was introduced to the audience in bed with a woman, that was about getting to her work intel while she was in the shower. Then TWELVE EPISODES where the man's love life consists of flashbacks to Dead Wife and talking about how his co-parenting roommate is his "family". It should be annoying but it's genuinely just kind of pathetically cute when they choose to go "oh btw no homo" in the ten-years-in-the-future epilogue

While I do think it's legitimate to tell a story about a queerplatonic relationship between two damaged men who grow a bit less damaged thanks to learning to love a little girl, I saw the official art with the rainbows. so which is it

yes this show would have been a lot stronger if it had the balls to give Kazuki and Rei's relationship some depth, but "buddy action comedy" is a genre and I know better than to expect a new Samurai Flamenco finale

This finale is very good though. Could've been better if Rei and his dad had more story so that Rei's own relationship to Miri in turn could've been even more unique, but I am nitpicking here.

but while I'm at it, I'm pretty sure that was Ogino causing the car crash wherein Yuzuko died so I definitely think they wanted to do something more with the Kazuki-Ogino showdown than what it amounted to

#buddy daddies #let's watch cartoons #blah

[powerpolyculeshowdown]

Kim Dokja is not actually unattractive , this is a lie. He’s not pathetic either , don’t let those weirdos’ words get to you. His face is blurred because he has a skill called “ a forth wall”. When people in the novel get asked to describe his appearance , they can’t do it! Because it’s censored! But they don’t know it! He has pale skin , dark hair and eyes glimmering like stars. Everything that was written in the novel should lead you to a conclusion that no one (few can see it actually but that’s a long story) can see his face properly. Bro is ethereal and no one knows ! BlackBox (the official novel artist) did him justice. Yoo Joonghyuk is the most attractive man on earth. Han Sooyoung doesn’t have anything that prevents people from seeing her face, but she still got called ugly in the novel. Her birthday is also on a 1st of April LMAO. How pathetic is that? She’s literally a joke. She’s cringe. She has a foul mouth and she’s annoying to most people. She’s also a malnutritioned shortass. Kim Dokja and Yoo Joonghyuk can be described as “ a god and his favorite” . Han Sooyoung is just some girl that had rich parents that didn’t love her. Truth be told, the absolute majority the fandom don’t ship her with Kim Dokja and Yoo Joonghyuk. They ship her with Yoo Sangah- an amazing woman that can put her in her place and make her shut up if she wants

i appreciate ur passion for ur ships and the clarification that kim dokja is not ugly but ill have to step in and say we're not here to break polyships apart in favor of pairings. its the power polycule showdown. now if u want to talk about how han sooyoung is dating the guys and this other lady at the same time and convert ppl to a bigger polycule im happy to advocate idk who yoo sangah is but i keep sayin the more the merrier!

it also didnt sit well w me the way u lifted the two guys up and put hsy down like that, but its fully possible you meant it in an affectionate way and i misread your tone in which case im sorry (we all got a blorbo we talk shit about mine is izaya from durarara hes absolute garbage and i love him)

i didnt want to leave you hanging and i mightve misunderstood your tone, so i chose to reply, but, as a general warning: if ppl try to start any shipping discourse in my inbox its most likely getting deleted.

#polyasks #long post #we only ship polycules here sorry #cant turn 3 into 2 but u can make it 4 ill accept that

[dixy]

why YOU! should vote for Sorelia!

@horrendous-bisexual-showdown

SORELIA! you should vote for her bc shes irish. but actually: shes a 6'1 tall 351 year old sexy elf bassist and lead singer for a small metal band of 3. shes a stoner & in a casual relationship w the other members who r also bi <3 SHES A BARD! her entire life shes done music and gone through many genres, starting with classic violin. SHES FORKLIFT CERTIFIED!!! her & her twin brother dixy can communicate effortlessly without speaking (of course). despite her general success as a musician she is a fail woman who picks up dates by being charmingly pathetic. she met her doppelganger when she was high on the sidewalk and invited her to smoke. she has a side account on bandcamp where she posts free to use pwyw experimental music that she made in her basement and it is a massive library. she wants to be a good role model for younger fans. vote for her or im taking her forklift certification away (you can also find her meme & aesthetic tag here)

#ocs #tpt

[hubristicassholefight]

Swordswoman Showdown Round 1 Part 3

White Choco Cookie (Cookie Run) vs Tashigi (One Piece)

(Better here in a "preferred character" sense, not "who would win in a fight")

Propaganda below cut

White Choco

she has a rapier and runs fast <3; butch queen when people look at her they think shes a guy then they see her pronouns and go whaaat. a woman with a sword... amazing

Tashigi

She is part of the marines, which are basically cops in the one piece universe which is :(. She is skilled enough to be a captain of a ship. She's a major sword nerd as she loves them supremely, to the point where official accounts shorten her name and signature to sword if I'm remembering correctly. Her goal is to find and collect all legendary swords and to keep them out of criminals hands. She is stated to have the demeanor and honor of a samurai, which shows how deep being a swordsman is to her character. She tries to fight against misogyny and prove her worth, even when people underestimate her.

One of the strongest swordswomen in the Marines; She is like if Velma from Scooby Doo had a sword.

She’s a captain in the Marines who’s main goal is to find all the famous swords in the world and prevent pirates from using them for evil

she is a HUGE sword nerd. her introduction basically has her info-dumping on rare swords and being adorable. also a little pathetic but she’s trying her best and she deserves the world (and also a win)

Tashigi stands for justice as a Marine. She’s one of the few female swordswomen in One Piece. The biggest sword nerd you’ll ever meet, she’s obsessed with collecting rare swords; She is the greatest weakness of the to-be strongest swordsman of the world.

Wants to find the legendary blades so they don’t fall into the hands of bad people

#white choco cookie #cookie run #tashigi #one piece #swordswoman showdown #poll #official #round 1

[writing-bakugo]

Liability

A/N: Here’s a Katsuki x OC story! You can also find it on Wattpad @NatsuTurner

Here's the synopsis:

Detective Yuki Tanaka works too much. So much, that she's avoided her relationship with pro hero number three, Dynamight. After breaking up, Yuki realizes she's not happy; however, she's had years of learning pride from Bakugo-can she ever learn to see her faults?

Yuki Tanaka, tiny girl from general studies and consultant with the police, interviews Katsuki Bakugo after his kidnapping. This meeting pisses Bakugo off to no end and he starts to notice Yuki at school more often. However, Bakugo's not the only one to notice pathetic little Yuki.

Read along as the past falls in love and the present...well, let's save that for the story to unravel, shall we?

Mature for language because it's...Bakugo...so...let's get into it!

Chapter 1 - Sometimes Police and Heroes Don't Get Along

“Cuff ‘em,” Yuki didn’t spare a glance at the only man their team caught. Her blood boiled while she pulled off her rubber gloves—like pulling off a layer of dead skin.

Yuki liked to think she was a fair woman. She wore a large police coat that covered her entire body…and the skin-tight white dress she’d strutted around in.

“Tanaka!”

Yuki darted across the beat up bar. Mere moments ago, the place thrived with music and dancers and drunk fiends of all shapes and sizes. “Yes, Chief?”

"Tell your boyfriends if they mess up another job, I'm gonna—"

"Gonna what?" His deep and dangerous voice interrupted the Chief. "Arrest the number three hero?"

Chief Sato narrowed his eyes and his lips snarled up as if he stared at dog crap and not a notorious hero. "You're the worst of them all, Dynamight."

Bakugo's crimson eyes were like flares igniting the night sky when he said, "put Yuki behind a desk."

"Katsuki!"

"Whoa, whoa, heya guys, calm down." Red Riot was the calm to Dynamight's rage. He held Bakugo back and apologized. "Sorry Pebble, Chief. Dynamight's just doing his job."

Chief Sato knew better. He continued his glaring showdown with the number three hero, and the hero didn't waver. If it wasn't for Red Riot, Sato would've had Dynamight behind bars for obstruction of justice many, many times. Even the way the hero spoke to Yuki really ruffled Sato's nerves. 

"Besides," Kirishima said and turned his attention to Bakugo. "If Pebble were behind a desk, Bakubro, half the dudes we've gotten would've escaped. She's on the force, 'course she'll be out here tracking crime. If you keep stopping our patrol every time you see her, we're gonna blow her cover."

"He's right," Yuki said impatiently. "You did your job, let me do mine, okay?"

Bakugo finally tore his iron-clad gaze away from the Chief. They softened when he saw the way Yuki's deep, teal brows were creased and revealed that little dimple on the left side of her forehead. Her lips were pressed in a thin, tight line and her tendons flared. Bakugo took a deep breath and huffed, "whatever."

Yuki's stomach churned. She rolled her eyes and pushed Bakugo's chest. "Alright. Go. Deal with the press, big hero."

"I hate those fucking freeloaders," he grumbled when Kirishima pulled him away. Yuki had to swallow another wave of anger—but it was difficult to do so around the Chief and Bakugo. 

"One of these outlets are gonna start raving about how the cops can't do their job."

"It's not their Intentions—"

"I know." Sato looked at the crumpled building and sighed. "If you weren't my best detective, Tanaka, you'd have been kicked off the team a while ago."

"Chief—"

"Still, you're lucky." Sato looked past the short woman at the flashing lights. Dynamight was practically a hyena waiting to clutch his jaw around the reporters. It took all of Red Riot's attention to calm down his partner while keeping that toothy smile plastered on his face. "Those bastards care a lot about you. Go wrap things up. I'd like to be out of here in ten."

"Sir."

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"You can't go around telling my boss to put me on desk duty!" Yuki slammed the front door.

"I can do whatever the hell I want."

"No," Yuki stalked into the kitchen. Three years ago, she and Bakugo painted the walls a light blue. The counters were spotless and the dishes washed in the drying rack. She slammed open a drawer. "You can't. You can't just demand things from people. Plus, I had it covered."

"You did not."

"I did!"

"His fucking hands were all over you."

Yuki threw the silverware in the drawer without sorting them. It made a loud snap which echoed across their kitchen and living room when Yuki slammed it. "I was undercover! Ever hear of that? Huh? Also, have you forgotten how my quirk works? Physical contact makes it more potent. He would've been talking in minutes."

"Don't fucking smart mouth me." Bakugo stormed around the corner. He pulled the plates out of Yuki's hands and slammed them on the counter. "What's mine is mine."

"You don't own me!"

"I fucking do."

A loud slap stung their ears and his cheek. Yuki hissed, "Katsuki Bakugo, you do not own me."

Yuki had slapped him once before, back in high school. It was called for then, but now? His teeth grit together when he seethed, "the hell you getting all worked up about?"

"Just. Stop. Stop interfering with my work."

"Someone's gotta keep you safe."

"I'm a grown ass woman, Katsuki! I'm trained with a gun! Plus, I was wired. A troop was waiting on standby to storm the place. And guess what? The mission would've led to further investigation and we could've finally had a chance to take down the Yakuza. But no. Dynamight felt insecure and had to blow the entire operation. Did you know there were four victims today? Four?! Because you can't keep your fucking urges to yourself."

"Get back here, woman." Bakugo stormed after Yuki when she stalked down the hall. 

"I can't even look at you right now!"

"Stop."

"No!" Yuki flung a chair across their room to their closet and jumped on it. "I'm sleeping at Tohru's tonight."

"Like hell you are."

"Yeah, I am." Yuki pulled her old duffle back off the top shelf. Bakugo had put it up there a few months ago because he was sick of seeing it on the ground. 

"Just," Bakugo grabbed her arms, "dammit. Just talk. Can't you tell I'm sorry?"

Yuki jerked away. She shoved clothes in her bag and threw other things on the ground that were in her way. Maybe tomorrow she'd be able to talk to him but it was too late right now and she couldn't even stand the smell of him—much less the thought of sleeping next to him. 

"That's the problem." Yuki soared to the bathroom and he followed as if he were etching each of her steps. She'd put something in the bag and he'd take it out until Yuki glared at him. "It's because I know you're not."

"Then talk to me. You always want to talk about fucking feelings, so do it!"

Yuki shook her head. Her eyes welled up and she couldn't tell if it was her own reaction or if it was Bakugo's. "Just let me go to Tohru's, okay? We'll talk in the morning."

That seemed to keep the beast at bay. Bakugo collapsed on the ground next to their bed and watched Yuki rush about the room. 

Yuki felt alone. So terribly alone. When she thought she would vomit, she sighed. "We'll talk tomorrow, okay?"

"You can stay," he grumbled miserably. "I'll go to Eijirou's."

"Katsuki."

"I don't..." He ran a hand through his hair. "I don't think I should be alone right now."

She knew he was right. The loneliness and anger festering like hot air rushing from the ground told her he was right. She sat next to him. "Me either."

They sat in silence.

It was the aftermath of a storm. The calmness, that is. All her energy was drained when she fixed her eyes on the clock. It was a real analog clock. Bakugo's only design request when they'd moved in four years ago. The clock ticked by by try as she might, her eyes were too blurry to read it.

"I don't like when you're undercover." His voice was sore.

"I know. It's my job."

Bakugo looked up with a glossy gaze and whispered, "remember when we met?"

"Of course I do."

He laughed. It wasn't a pretty laugh and it wasn't joyous. It was the kind of laugh that saddened all those who heard it: broken and throaty. But it didn't surprise Yuki—when it came to emotions, no one was as well versed as she. 

"Who'd think we'd wind up here?"

Yuki joined in on the broken laugh.

"Not me."

Read Chapter 2 here!

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[hopeymchope]

I haven't even really watched or read BNHA and seen glimpses but holy shit, Endeavor is awful. But maybe he should stay alive because dying, especially in a heroic way, would just be an easy way for him to run away again. He has to live with his sins and that he's been outed by one of tbe main villains as an abuser to the world.

While you do have a point, I really wish he'd just... wind up in prison or forever shunned by society. Instead, we try to give him a tragic backstory and emphasize how "he's just trying his best" and how he's going to work to get society's goodwill back and how his Todoroki is even starting to let him back in, and just... fuck you? I'm sorry, but Endeavor crossed the Moral Event Horizon literal DECADES ago (And in terms of the writing? About seven years ago in the manga.) Roughly around the time when we learn he arranged for his wife to be committed to an institution and put in isolation, unable to live freely or even leave her room for almost 20 years. That was pretty much the breaking point. How're you gonna do something that makes up for causing someone - someone who was already suffering so much thanks to YOU - to slowly lose their hope and their sanity as they saw two decades of life stolen from them? The answer is "you can't." There's no atonement available there, and no acceptance of any kind deserved.

Now, I think you could do something really interesting with him WITHOUT doing the "oh, he got exposed and now he's going to be a better person so let's all work to forgive him for causing permanent psychological trauma, abusing multiple children and literally robbing a woman of decades of her life and etc etc." Because, see: This is an ostensible "superhero" who's trying to become the greatest, the #1 hero in the world.... by doing unconscionable things. In BNHA, we've never really had to deal with a villain who didn't realize he was the villain. They all pretty proudly self-identify. So imagine if, when he ascended to become the #1 hero after All-Might retired, Endeavor became even more entitled and openly abusive to others. What if he was physically saving lives while simultaneously mentally and psychologically destroying lives. Maybe when he rescues someone from a burning building or whatever, he's viciously shaming them and ridiculing them for getting themselves into danger, belittling them for how lucky they are that he'd even deign to use his power to save their worthless, pathetic existences. Maybe he suggests that it'd be better if they just fucking died so they'd stop wasting his valuable time. Maybe he even starts hitting them across the face for being so fucking wreckless, fracturing skulls and the like. Imagine how you could build on that, and lead up to a showdown between the students who are striving to become heroes... and the #1 most powerful hero in the world. Talk about a fucking title bout. A #1 "hero" who has to be taken out by the next generation.

That could've been pretty amazing... but I'm just dreaming here.

#anti-endeavor #bnha #my hero academia #mha #asks #anon