I just had a rant (with myself) about the character of Mama Jones in 2003 and how she was reduced to "haha, she babies her son and is basically looking for a babysitter for him lol" and how much I HATED that! She lost her husband to a very violent attack (implied), Casey was involved in this (also implied but for the life of me I cant get the timeline straight), the store her husband had got burned. This woman should have heeps of trauma that she most likely buried deep because SHE HAD TO RAISE CASEY ON HER OWN (I guess its implied theres an uncle or auntie bc of cousin sid, but theres no mention of them so I can only imagined they fucked right off), and she got reduced to that?? Come on 2003 you can do better. I KNOW you can do better
(Extra info on the notes bc its mostly ranting and it wouldnt make sense on the main post)
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Everyone @ Gran: You have been assigned the role father. I imagine Nana comes home to that and sheepishly smiles at him until he asks and she's just like: "I have another child" and holds Toshi up to him. Gran you cannot escape fatherhood. (Or grandfatherhood for that matter, when a young boy with Nana's smile and Toshi's bounce with stars in his eyes or a boy with ruby eyes and Nana's hair and your cynical nature or another that looks so much like her you sometimes look twice)
Okay, let me expand on this for a second, in the context of a Nana Lives!AU listicle. This list is subject to future edits considering Nana Lives!AU isn’t even fully manifested, but suffice to say, it is very “ohhh you meant fix-it like MIRACLE fix-it” in vibes:
Kotarou is first in the family, no matter than he’s younger than Toshinori.
Toshinori is adopted as a Shimura before Sorahiko even marries in.
Kaina is less of a granddaughter than she is a niece, and she’s more Nana’s protege than Sorahiko’s. But she still counts as a member of the family because it looks like the Tsutsumis are more or less indifferent (or deceased) in canon.
Hana is the first actual grandchild. She is just as much of a red bean fiend as her grandpa, who indulges her antics terribly.
Tenko comes next, and he’s initially a shy kid that Sorahiko thought would take after his own temperament, but then he’s out of Hana’s shadow and chattering away at a mile a minute.
Keigo is plucked out of the illegal training program Nana only just sniffs out with Kaina’s assistance, and they’re so busy ensuring it doesn’t happen again, Nana entrusts Keigo to Sorahiko, who just retired from U.A. and is having empty-nesting feelings. Because Keigo’s origin still revolves around Endeavor, Sorahiko obligingly encourages yet another pro-hero dream.
Izuku is pretty much the last grandchild. He’s 100% Toshinori’s, even if not in blood, and that makes him a #nanahiko grandkid.
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Hope this doesn't come across as unsolicited. aside from the Grindstone there are a number of fight club/sparring events on Crystal that seem like more Jak's vibe. Even if she doesn't fight some smaller venues would probably give you room to use her other hooks to start conversations
The only time I'll consider anything unsolicited in the rude way is if it IS rude (or creepy) - so no worries there!! <3 Besides, I've been quietly lamenting my own oc's stubbornness in my notes, so I'm open to ideas.
And not to seem like I'm brushing suggestions aside - but funnily enough, fight clubs are up there for Jak as one of those things she considers a waste of time. Pointless fighting gains you nothing, in her mind - she's spent years training hard not so she can be a tough punch-girl... but because she was small and afraid, once. And people showing off that they can fight well in the controlled space of a spar kind of just bores her/puts her off - anyone can do that. Any simple beast of the land can rut and fight... so what? (But that's part of why I made A'vaanoh! I wanted an oc that was more willing to go to different places - less paranoid, less stuck in weird beliefs and expectations. Though I love Jak best, and she's just a pain in the ass to get out to places.)
With my FC shuttered/no longer running events to bring people to the jazz club/bar/restaurant that her Yakuza gang runs... its gotten harder to meet people. I mean, the fc house is still there, and makes a good backdrop for RP. But it's just me these days, so it's hard to aspire to host any kind of true event anymore. Jak is just so anti-social that it's hard to get the ball rolling - but she's never going to work on that if I can't finagle her into situations where she has to work on it, lol.
That said, I've been trying to brainstorm a way that isn't 'people just have to come to her', since that feels unfair? I'm keen on having her stir up trouble in Ul'dah, and making that a plot to bring others into... but I have no idea what to do, ha! I've had this formless idea for a long time of 'Jak wants to stick it to the wealthy elite in Ul'dah for how they treated her/other refugees', but I feel like I'd have to cook up a whole lot. A villain or two or three, schemes, NPCs... and I'm usually the one who builds on the bones of a plot, so I'm having a hard time with the formless inspirational building blocks of that idea.
I have, for well over a year now, actually had it listed in my RP hooks on my carrd that she's seeking someone who can ICly either teach her more about magic (she can't use it, and the aetherologist she was seeing ghosted, though she'd maybe see another), or who can/will make/provide for her something she can use to...as she would say, "bypass magical locks". She's aiming for high end cat burglary, after all, and figures Ul'dah's richest won't merely rely on mundane protection for their prized collections. She wants to know how to disable wards/runes, what to look out for, etc. Thieving from Magic Practitioners, it's a high level course no one seems to teach... (this feeds directly into her desire to do more fuckery around Ul'dah - and it would make her have to get to know someone, and it's no fun to just snap your fingers and know how to do a thing...I thought it would be fun if she learned a skill from another ne'er do well of some kind! That's the good shit!)
All that said...I appreciate the input! Now if I can figure something out to drag a paranoid, mistrustful little woman out of her safe zone(s)...lmao
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#yeeeeeesssss#YEEEEEESSSSSS#Mason going right for the jugular#'and so was his'#GOT HER#I love that friendship so damn much#call her out Mason she needs it
@captainofthefallen 🥰🥰🥰🥰 Mason’s not the type to beat around the bush, especially if he thinks you’re being an idiot. xD Every day he inches closer to just yelling “KISS ALREADY” (or, knowing Mason, something along the lines of “Would you two just fuck already so you can stop doing it with your eyes?!”) And then Mallory and Adam team up to kill him. BUT at the same time, much as that was a callout Mallory needed, she’s his friend(one of his best friends) and he wanted to encourage her that this isn’t a total lost cause. :3
#GET HER NATE#a+ obliviousness there kasey well done#poor Nate#puts up with all their shenanigans AND also them being utterly clueless about their feelings
Nate has the patience of a saint when it comes to these two, istg. BUT he’s gonna have so much fun watching this “Oh SHIT I’m in love?!?!?” moment hit the horny idiots(affectionate). Given that Mallory got over her denial earlier than expected, I have a sneaking suspicion Kasey might do the same and at least start figuring things out in book 3. >:3 ESPECIALLY between the bakery scene(Why is she feeling more irritable and snappish? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ IT’S A MYSTERY) and that Trapper fight in the demo. I still kinda want Mason to put the pieces together before her bc that would be frigging hilarious.
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And once again my physical state has been dismissed by a medical professional (my GP) as "psychological distress" and "anxiety". I'm just so tired of this. Like, sure I have some anxiety, but it's ok and most importantly it's under control ffs. Other than that, I'm fine. But they never listen to me ugh.
Also, pleasant activities that I thoroughly enjoy doing should not physically destroy me afterwards. Like, you don't go home from having a nice time outside to almost immediately crash because your body is fighting itself as if you suddenly had the flu.
And of course, on top of that, she's decided after seeing me a handful of times that I did not fit the "autistic type" and so I was probably not autistic. Like, sure, dismiss every therapist that has ever seen me, including the pediatric psychiatrist who followed me from age 2.5 to 16, sure, it's fine lol. My current therapist is actually working with me because I'm constantly overcompensating so much that it's making my life extra-exhausting, so yeah, I'm not super surprised that you "don't find me autistic".
She also, of course, told me that that first pediatric psychiatrist was right to not diagnose me officially because it would have been bad for me to get stamped autistic. Like fuck you. I struggled during my entire childhood and adolescence because of his shitty "denial will turn him normal" policy. I never got the help I desperately needed and ended up going through burnout at 16 and had to drop out of highschool because of it. But sure, he was right. Well, fuck you.
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