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janeykath318 · 1 year
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“You’re hotter than a bunsen burner set to full power.”
“You’re like an exothermic reaction: you spread your hotness everywhere!”
“Oh, gosh. Someone kill me now.” Darcy whimpered at her own line and fled the room. Steve’s face was a bright red and currently buried in his hands. They were on the second day of this Steve and Darcy pick up line spree, and it was starting to get weird.
It had all started yesterday when the Avengers returned from a mission and Darcy had been handing out her famous brownies.
When she’d handed hers to Steve she’d said “Are you a compound of beryllium and barium? Because you’re a total Ba-Be.”
Steve’s reply had stunned his friends. “You must be a magnetic monopole, because all I get from you is attraction.”
The scientists among them had burst out laughing and Steve and Darcy had both turned red. When they’d tried to interact at supper, a similar exchange happened and many eyebrows rose.
“Damn, Steve, you’re worse than I used to be.” Bucky had observed with an impish grin.
“You’re a bad influence,” Steve had muttered.
“Don’t stop. This is getting really entertaining,” Tony observed, munching popcorn.
“It would be if we could control it.” Steve sighed. “I physically cannot say anything to Darcy that’s not a pick up line. My brain gets overridden by what comes out of my mouth. And I’m pretty sure it’s happening to her, too.”
“The power of lust, I presume,” Tony theorized. “Clearly, the UST has reached dangerous levels. I’ve seen the way you look at each other.”
“Not helpful, Tony,” Rhodey put in.
“I think Steve is right,” Bucky put in. “You can see their mouths start to form completely different words from what they end up saying. It’s like they’re being overridden.”
Steve’s longtime bestie looked deeply concerned and Tony grimaced at what he was implying.
“I see what you mean,” Natasha put in thoughtfully. “They’re perfect for each other, but it has to be consensual. Something or someone is taking matchmaking too far.”
“Let’s test this theory a bit,” Bruce suggested. “If it checks out, we’ll have to have them both undergo medical exams.”
Steve made a face, but nodded.
“Someone’s gotta find Darcy though,” he sighed. “I think she’s run off to her lair, as she calls it. I’d go get her, but…… you know…” He shrugged helplessly.
“You might accidentally proposition her?” Tony asked gleefully. Steve glared at him.
“Have you tried non-verbal communication?” Suggested Clint. “Writing a note or text her? Find out how far the control goes?”
Steve’s eyes brightened and he eagerly snatched the pen and memo pad thrust at him.
Darcy, meanwhile, was moping in the small break room outside the lab. It had been fitted out with a couch, tv, and vending machines and was a very cozy spot to relax in. She wasn’t feeling very relaxed as she thought about the situation with Steve. Yes, she was crazy about the man, but she sure didn’t like feeling out of control. Steve would probably never want to speak to her again if they couldn’t figure out what was causing the uncontrollable pick up line syndrome.
Right as she was mourning a potentially ruined friendship, There was a knock at the door and she looked up to see Steve silently standing there.
Clapping a hand over her mouth to prevent any more episodes, she shook her head at him vehemently. Steve gave her a knowing grin and silently handed her a note written in elegant cursive.
Darcy,
Can you come back to the meeting room? We want to test a theory and brainstorm solutions. You don’t have to talk to me, but it looks like with writing we still can communicate without hitting on each other. I wrote this myself and didn’t have any issues.
This was hopeful. Scrambling for a pen, Darcy flipped over Steve’s note and wrote on the back.
Thank Goodness. Also, I’m really sorry, Steve. Can we still be friends?
She showed him her response and he quickly added his response.
Nothing to be sorry for. It’s not your fault. Of course we can still be friends. Life would be sad without you in it.
Awww. That’s super sweet. Also, your penmanship is commendable. Forties thing?
Steve chuckled and swiftly replied.
Nope. My mom taught me. Bucky’s is chicken scratch.
Darcy laughed out loud and got up from the couch.
Let’s go, Soldier. I apologize in advance for the inappropriate things I’ll say to you.
Ditto. Steve replied. They shared rueful smiles and headed back to face the music.
“Okay, Steve and Darcy, we’re going to give you each a sentence and then you’re going to say it back to one of us, then again to each other, okay?”
They nodded simultaneously and the test began.
They were both able to repeat back to Bruce the sentence that he had given them, but when they turned to each other what came out was:
“Your angles must be less than 90 degrees, because I think that you are so acute,” Darcy blurted.
“You must be mitochondria, because you’re the powerhouse of my heart,” Steve replied, wincing at himself.
“Not gonna lie, that last one was pretty cheesy,” Bucky commented, grinning again.
Darcy silently agreed, though the look on Steve’s face was so comical, she had to laugh.
“I love how they’re all science themed,” Tony observed. “Very thematic for Darcy.”
“Oh, hush,” Darcy reprimanded him. “This better not be anything you caused.”
“Nope.” Tony denied. “Pepper would slay me.”
“Well, it looks like we’ve established that Steve and Darcy can speak normally to other people, but not to each other,” Bruce summarized. “And they can converse with each other normally via written word. Interesting.”
He thought for a moment, then continued with a question.
“Can either of you two think of any unusual things that happened to you this week? Lab incidents? Mission mishaps?”
Darcy thought hard and she could practically see the gears turning in Steve’s head as he did the same.
“No, nothing I can think of. Mission was routine. They didn’t even get close enough to really cause any issues,” Steve reported.
“Well, Jane and I went out for drinks with Thor and Loki before she left for that conference. Loki was on his best behavior for once, but that doesn’t mean much. I got a little too drunk and might have confessed something to him that I shouldn’t have,” Darcy admitted, with a sinking feeling, not daring to look at Steve.
“Oh, yeah. What do you want to bet that the god of mischief decided to “help” things along?” Clint asked.
“Seems like something he’d do,” Bucky agreed.
“Yup.” Darcy sighed. “I’ll go see if the Big Guy is still around. We’ll get to the bottom of this.”
A quick call to Jane revealed that Thor was still on earth and would get there as soon as he could.
In the meantime, Bruce had Steve and Darcy undergo medical checkups and brain scans just to check that there wasn’t anything else causing the issue. Everything came back clear, so Loki was deemed the culprit and all they could do was wait for Thor to track him down.
The wait felt interminable to Darcy, who missed talking/flirting with Steve. Natasha got fed up with seeing them writing on note pads all the time and made sure they were given each other’s phone number. The switch to texting resulted in the sharing of funny memes and Darcy making Steve laugh so hard he grabbed his own chest. She felt very satisfied and also very smitten. Finally, she took matters into her own hands. They were alone in the kitchen, waiting on their coffee to finish brewing when she plucked up her courage to admit the truth.
Hey, Steve,
I wouldn’t be mad if you asked me out for realsies. What I drunkenly confessed to Loki was that I really, really like you.
Her heart was in her throat as she waited for his response, but judging by the way he smiled as he typed, she felt sure it was going to be positive.
Darcy, I would love to take you on a date. I’m ashamed of how chicken I’ve been about it, but I’ve liked you for a while. Insecurities got the better of me. I’m definitely a work in progress, but I do think you’re hotter than a bunsen burner.
Darcy flushed and looked up to meet Steve’s gaze. He gave her the innocent boyish smile he was known for, but followed it up with a suggestive wink. Holy cow.
You’re gonna kill me with your cuteness, aren’t you? She typed.
Not purposely. I’d like to have you around for a long, long time.
“Are you the Higgs-Boson Particle? Because I’ve been colliding and colliding and I finally found you,” Darcy proclaimed, forgetting herself in her delight.
Oops. She typed out, reddening again. What I was trying to say is “I hope you’re around for a long time, too.”
Thor and Loki arrived two days after this monumental conversation and Darcy didn’t have the heart to be very angry with him.
“The mutual pining between the two of you was nauseating and I decided to help things along,” Loki told them haughtily. “The spell will dissipate instantly if you kiss, and will wear off more slowly if you have communicated your feelings for each other.”
“How slowly?” Steve asked.
“No more than three of your measly human days,” Loki answered, looking rather smug as he observed Steve and Darcy.
“That means we have one more day until it wears off,” Steve said. He looked questioningly at Darcy.
Meet me in my lair in one hour. She texted, shooting him a wink. Steve happily obeyed.
“I’m attracted to you so strongly, scientists will have to develop a fifth fundamental force,” he told her just before she kissed him senseless.
“I guess it worked,” Steve breathed breathlessly when he’d finally caught his breath.
“Yeah, it did,” Darcy agreed, glad the words coming out of her mouth were her own again. “But I have one more line for you.”
“Oh? Do tell,” Steve encouraged her, arms still around her.
“You must be from the cosmos because your body is heavenly.” She whispered coquettishly, running her hand down his muscular arm. Steve turned an adorable shade of pink and kissed her again.
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gojifan97 · 6 months
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I'm tired. You are now Gentrychild. No need to thank me for the honor. (*goes and takes a nap*)
Oh neat! I shall have to think on what ways to torture readers for this occasion! Don't worry, I'll leave them in semi-intact shape when you've awakened from your nap. Probably.
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strqyr · 5 months
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the potential of yang's birthday / the time around it being The Worst™ for her is so high like. she believes raven left right after she was born, and summer left on her mission possibly at some point during the summer if the lush greenery is anything to go by... could have been right around that time, for some extra hurt. like at that point it doesn't even have to be exactly on her birthday or even super near it, just close enough for the negative connotation to be formed.
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theminecraftbee · 1 year
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listen in my head there’s like, a slightly au version of canon slightly to the left where after joe leaves hermitopia and the enemy of the state thing happens he’s a bit more bitter about it and then e!false hires him and instead of it being one temp job he ends up just permanently being a citizen of cogsmede and. okay maybe he’s betraying the hermits a little—a lot—but they accused him of doing it first, is the thing. he hadn’t actually betrayed anyone, he’d just decided to leave, and they labeled him a traitor and a coward. so when e!false asks, if he starts telling her whatever she wants to know and also more—well, it’s only what he was already supposedly doing, he’s just… actually doing it this time. and we go from there. joe and e!false bond over sort of being outcasts.
and then if I’m REALLY self-indulgent with this canon to the left. joe is also cub’s friend and is willing to vouch to bring a (somewhat possessed) cub into the fold; he’ll just clean up if he does anything dangerous around cogsmede. elsewhere, though, is perhaps fair game,
and like. idk where this is going. but I’m just saying that somewhere in my head this only very slightly nudged version of events exists where joe is slightly more bitter and even more removed from the other hermits and also he’s with my empires blorbo,
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banesberry-anomoly · 20 days
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Fuck you *Homestucks your Dealer*
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colliequacksalot · 5 months
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razzle-zazzle · 3 months
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Fighting the first movie tooth and nail trying to figure out how it all goes down.
I am not winning 😞
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tswwwit · 1 year
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Lol Dipper vs Dipper where the alternate Dipper is dippy fresh, and Bill has to suffer dippy fresh while he frantically searches for his Dipper
Sadly, Bill would reluctantly refrain from outright murdering Dippy Fresh, despite his disgust. It would probably make for a very awkward conversation with his husband! Even if it's a really gross interdimensional version, Dipper might get his knickers in a twist about a him-corpse lying around -
But for once, Bill's wrong!
Upon his return - and seeing the horror that is Dippy Fresh - Dipper would gladly eliminate that abomination. With or without Bill's help.
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klissblog · 4 months
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Are Saiki and Teruhashi based off Asō-sensei and Furukawa-san?
This post will make you know more about Asou-sensei and Furukawa-san, and perhaps about Japanese manga characters. Sorry some information you might have seen it already.
How mangaka based off their characters?
1       appearance 
When people saw Asō-sensei, he got comments saying he looked like Saiki Kusuo. The same as Nishizawa, the author of 5mm (西沢5ミリ、Nishizawa 5miri). 
「こちらの写真の一番左に映ってるメガネの方が麻生周一先生になります。
どことなく斉木楠雄に似ているような…..」
→The person with glasses on the far left in this picture is Asō Shūichi sensei.
He looks somewhat like Saiki Kusuo...... 
Ps. I have never read 5mm, but this went viral, So I knew about it.
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If you want to read more about the author, here is the link https://mangakasan.com/asoshuichi-565
Some other characters that resemble the real people. The author of one piece, Oda-sensei, had confirmed some of these.
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2 characters based on personality or anything else besides appearance.
This´s quite difficult. The author has to admit it or you must really know that character.
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The author of Berserk did give an interview in 1996.
“For the relationship between Guts and Griffith, I'm using myself and my close friend and fellow manga artist Koji Mori (Suicide Island, etc.) as a model. Which one of us is Guts and which is Griffith switches from time to time, but I think it serves as a symbol of male friendship. Guts' friends in the Band of [the Falcon] are actually based on my friends from college. But if it's about Guts' personality or his belief... I guess some of it comes from myself.”
Source: https://berserk.fandom.com/wiki/Interviews
NBA players were the model for the characters in slam dunk. I'm not into sports, but many redditors had theories about these because they knew about different styles of play in basketball. A Japanese blogger said that the author of slam dunk did not admit or deny when he was asked if slam dunk characters were from NBA players. That means there is no right or wrong answer. The author said the readers could imagine who was the model. But the blogger said its not true because he watched NBA for a long time and he had theories to prove that.
Source:  https://happynarublog.com/slam-dunk-who-is-the-nba-player-who-became-the-model-of-the-characters/
Is teruhashi based on the author's wife Furukawa-san or is she a model for teruhashi? (Whatever the correct word is, sorry 😢 ).
We knew from the last two posts that the author started basing teruhashi on his wife after they met in 2014. The author made Teruhashi loves one, have a fan club and be able to sing from 2014.
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When the author drew someone else as kokomi, Furukawa-san tweeted right away.
In 2016, his wife tweeted 「おっふしてもいいんだからね!」 → it´s okay (if you’re going) to offu! 
To prove that she´s the real kokomi.
In 2018, his wife tweeted 
「斉木楠雄のΨ難、麻生先生描き下ろしジャケ! 
照橋さん枠はえいたそだったのか、、、! 
けるくんも可愛く描いてくれています。サイズ感ぴったり!どんどんメディア進出! 麻生先生!ありがとうございます!!すてき!!」
“The CD jacket newly drawn by Asō-sensei, the author of “The Disastrous Life of Saiki K”!
Teruhashi-san's quota (yellow frame) was Eitaso (nickname of Eimi), huh? It has a cute drawing of Keru-kun (her pet) too. The size is perfect! More and more media coverage! Asō-sensei! Thank you!! It's so nice!!”
And then Furukawa-san tweeted again with excuses that Eitaso wasn´t teruhashi because….
いや、えいたそ=後光 → No, Eitaso = Halo, aureole
照橋さん=オーラ → Teruhashi-san = Aura 
だからちとものが違うか、、、→ so maybe it’s a bit different...
Well, Furukawa-san thought she was Teruhashi and couldn't stand if someone else was Teruhashi. There must be something in Saiki k that made her believe/sure about it. It's between the author and Furukawa-san. The question about Furukawa-san is Teruhashi. She has already given the answer!
Think why the author made Kokomi have fan club and kusuo a tsundere in 2014? Coincidences? Why did his wife have so much confidence about she’s Kokomi? Why didn't the author do that in the beginning of Saiki k? Why started basing them in 2014 the year he met his wife?
Is Saiki based on the author or is he a model for him? After the author met his wife in 2014, Saiki admitted that he is a tsundere.
Q: Is the author a tsundere?
I would like you to find out what a tsundere is on the internet. So you will understand more about it.
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Nendō pet is based on/kind of like Furukawa-san's pet because keru-kun uses her hand as a toilet.
Source: https://natalie.mu/music/column/307931
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the author said 「りさ推しよりの箱推しです!今日はライブです!」→My Oshi is the whole group, even though I prefer Risa a little more! Today is the live concert!
ps. Ppl/fans who don’t know him in person thought Aso-sensei liked Risa-san until they announced that they gonna get married.
Here are some comments
もっとも麻生さん本人は、15年の時点ではツイッターで、「りさ推しよりの箱推しです!」と投稿しているなど、メンバーの中では古川さんより相沢梨紗さんの方が「推し」だったようである。これもでんぱ組.incのファンには知られており、
→ However, Aso himself seemed to have his “Oshi” as Risa than for Furukawa-san, as he posted on Twitter in 2015, “My Oshi is the whole group, even though I prefer Risa a little!” This is also known to fans of Denmagumi.inc,
「推しアイドルと結婚相手って別なんだろうね」 → “I guess the Oshi idol and the person you're marrying are two different things.”
「麻生先生チケ代払ってでもでんぱガチガチで遠征してるヲタクで相沢梨紗推しのはずがまさかのみりんちゃんと結婚」
→“Asou-sensei, an otaku who pays for tickets and goes to meet Dempa in far places. I thought he had an Oshi as Risa, but surprise surprise, he’s married to Mirin-chan.”
「麻生先生でんぱ組好きって言ってて結婚はすげぇな 推しとは違ったらしいけど」
→“I knew that Asou-sensei liked Dempagumi, but marriage is surprising. But looks like the partner wasn’t his Oshi.”
と、むしろ推しメンバーと結婚相手に分別をつけた選択として、好意的に受け止められている様子だ。
→Rather, this seems to be favorably received as a sensible choice between an Oshi member and a marriage partner.
Source: https://www.j-cast.com/2019/09/19367999.html?p=all
If I were Furukawa-san and read these comments….. I felt hurt. There were some comments on x (twitter) saying that Aso-sensei likes Risa-chan or his oshi was Risa-chan from 2015-2019 (her first response to the author was in 2016). As a woman, I read comments that say my boyfriend likes my friend. Did people think I stole him from my friend or my friend rejected him so he chose me and ended up marrying me. Was I his second choice??? No wonder Furukawa-san couldn't accept when someone else was kokomi.
However, colleagues confirmed their relationship No. 3&4.
2. In 2018, the marriage purpose. No. 3 「でんぱぐみのだれかと(けっこん)」 → (Marry) someone in Dempagumi(.inc). The word “marry” was coverd by Nendou´s hand.
P.S. If anyone thinks it's a word other than the word marry …hmmm. That person doesn't understand Japanese in context (that chapter).
3. His assistant, Mitsuhara-san mentioned that Furukawa´s his favorite member and Asou-sensei replied his comment (without denying it) saying 
「わー!忙しいのにわざわざ漫画まで描いてくれてありがとー!!あれはそういう策略だったのか…w」
→ Wow! Thanks for drawing all those manga even though you're so busy! (Now I know) what kind of strategy was that...lol
(You can read his manga in English at the end of this post)
What Asō-sensei did to Furukawa-san
Didn´t say his feeling to Furukawa-san. He said he preferred Risa. But his coworker, Mitsuhara-san said Furukawa was his favourite member. Asou-sensei attended dempagumi.inc activities/events, but he wanna leave after he talked to his wife for a word or two. At first I thought their relationship had to be a secret. he could write about Risa-san but Furukawa-san. <(ꐦㅍ _ㅍ)> ……… tsundere.
Did tease his wife by drawing someone else as Teruhashi. He drew dempagumi.inc only 2 pics and teased his wife both of them. Aso-sensei drew Furukawa-san with arms crossed. ʱªʱªʱª (ᕑᗢूᓫ∗)
Source: the same link as above (telling that he drew Dempagumi two pics) https://www.j-cast.com/2019/09/19367999.html?p=all
Didn´t write the word “marry” in a marriage proposal. I wondered when I read it, but now everything is resolved. What a tsundere! Finally, he grouped his wife with Teruhashi even though he wrote the word "someone" on no. 3 instead of Furukawa-san (because of idol status). However, it’s really sweet of him to do it in anime and it will stay forever.
4. His coworker, 大石浩二、Ōishi-san (mangaka) who works at Shonen Jump+ said
麻生先生&みりんちゃん結婚おめでとうございます。前から知ってはいましたが、未だにえっマジで!!?なんだその漫画みたいな展開!!って思ってます。みりんちゃんのハートにBダッシュした麻生先生。末永くお幸せに🎊
Congratulations to Asō-sensei & Mirin-chan on their marriage. I've known about it for a while, but I'm still thinking "What Really!!? What a manga-like development!!” Aso-sensei made a B-dash into Mirin-chan's heart. I wish you a long and happy life🎊.
However, Ōishi-san compared them to a manga. What manga? Did he mean Saiki k manga? I don't know much information about Aso-sensei and Furukawa-san compare to Oishi-san, but I knew Asō-sensei is an otaku and his wife is an idol. So I think otaku & idol. That's why the author did a self-insert to Saiki k manga. Plus, he did mentioned himself (as an otaku) made his favorite idol sang the theme songs in 2016 (chapter 234).
When they were in a relationship in 2016, The author asked their friends, family and co-worker for the vote (to make Saiteru got 1&2 place) because they (ppl who knows him) knew about Furukawa-san. He wanted their votes instead of votes from readers. Who the hell didn't know that he's saiteru?
It doesn’t matter how long you know Saiki k. If I ask my brother (who is really into manga/anime for his whole life; otaku and taught me about manga; publisher and author’s hints) to read it, he knows right away Teruhashi is favored by god/author and terusai ends up together because of author’s hints and at the end of story.
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To answer the question of if the author based on Saiki or using him as a model.
- In terms of appearance, I'm not the only one who thinks the author looks like Saiki.
- For the personality, what he did to Furukawa-san (2015-2018), the author’s a tsundere to me.
My point with this post is that it´s not strange or stupid that the manga creators/mangaka use the real people as models for their characters in the manga or based on themselves. It doesn't mean that characters are 100% like the authors, and have to be a warrior like Guts from Berserk. The author said “Guts' personality or his beliefs... I guess some of that comes from myself.” So did Asō sensei and Saiki about tsundere.
I hope this post will make you understand about mangaka and their characters. Thank you. ٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و ♡
Wanne read about how Asō sensei became a big fan (otaku) of Dempagumi.inc. Read below.
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This message below is for someone who claimed to be asō-sensei number 1 fan and posted about me. The rest of you please ignore this.
I hope you get to know the author better and find it interesting, rather than saying misinformation without sources and lying to others because you have no knowledge and no information about manga. Real people are models for/based on manga characters existed before you were even born. Shocking? This has never happened before. Still think this information isn´t credible? And want the the author to admit or deny that he and his wife based on Saiki and Teruhashi. Good luck with that, a tsundere like him who never told/said Furukawa-san his feelings online (direct way) until they announced their marriage. He isn't a criminal he has to accept or refuse this if he doesn't want to. The author never said about it, but it doesn’t mean his wife and coworkers wouldn’t say anything. I’d rather believe his wife and coworker than you. The one who knows nothing about the author is you. How could you claim to be a big fan of the author? You believe info from his wife and coworkers were not good enough. You don’t even listen and respect his wife and coworkers. On top of that you spread this´s misinfo, don’t you feel ashamed at all. Next time, please find info by yourself before accusing others, so you can learn about Japanese or practice your Japanese language. Didn’t you say so?
I asked you about did you read what Japanese people said about him and what his wife said, but you avoided to answer it for 3 days because you couldn’t answer it. Then meow’s blog who also believed you deleted my comments. I wonder why they believed you without sources. Because you claimed to be a fan of the author? Anyways, your comment about “nope 1. misinfo 2. hella fucking weird compare these two.” was delete after I posted this. Did you delete it? Huh?
I thought I did make it clear about last two post and I thought I didn’t need to write more about it. This story seems so exaggerate and hard to believe. So some people think they know about the author and think it´s misinfo. Please don’t judge Japanese manga with your different background/culture, but try to understand it. You asked for souces, I gave you. Where are your sources saying misinfo, or you are full of bias? Huh?
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janeykath318 · 1 year
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A Time Of Need (Shieldshock)
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Meeting one’s soulmate was supposed to be one of the happiest moments of a person’s life, and yet, Darcy had spent her life dreading hers because of the words on her right hand.
“I’m sorry for your loss.”
What kind of cruel joke was the universe going to play on her? Was she going to meet her soulmate at a funeral?
“You have a sick sense of humor, Universe!” She’d muttered multiple times, while looking at her words with disgust. She’d complained to Jane plenty of times. Her friend was sympathetic, but did her best to put a less depressing spin on it.
“I know it’s not fun circumstances, but I think it’s more common than we think. It just doesn’t get talked about. Hopefully, your soulmate will support you through your future grief. If they don’t, rest assured I will portal their ass to outer space.”
Darcy had chuckled and then sighed.
“Well I appreciate your attempts to cheer me up about it, i just wanted a cheesy meet cute. Was that too much to ask?” she grumbled. “Heck, I’d take a terrible pick up line at this point.”
Fortunately, for Darcy’s wish, funerals were few and far between for her during the busy years interning with Jane, then briefly wrangling Avengers before the world turned upside down.
She was a little surprised that she didn’t meet her soulmate after the snap, but it seemed it wasn’t yet time, because despite the myriad of memorials, no awkward soulmate meeting occurred.
Two years after Thanos, the unthinkable happened.
Why did it have to be Jane? Why? After all the unthinkably crazy stuff she’d lived through, she was taken out by cancer and Darcy was left reeling.
She sat by Thor at the memorial service, doing her best to be supportive even as she felt numbed by the grief herself. She stared at Jane’s picture while Eric eulogized her in long-winded form.
“I am not dying for six college credits!” Memories flashed through her mind from New Mexico, Norway, and London. From Jack-booted thugs and killer robots to Dark elves and visitors from Asgard, they’d had a good run. It would have made a killer memoir if most of it wasn’t classified.
After the service ended, she quietly chatted with Jane’s family for a little bit and shared some funny anecdotes of science mishaps that brought teary smiles to their faces.
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Thor talking to a tall blonde dude who looked eerily familiar.
Curious, she approached her friend, who turned to her with one of his excited puppy expressions. Her heart melted. She hadn’t seen that look in months. Clearly, Thor’s friend had brought him some comfort.
“Darcy!” He exclaimed. “My shieldbrother Steven came to pay his respects. Have you met him?”
Darcy mutely shook her head, stunned at seeing Steve Rogers in person. He was wearing a dark suit and looked very different from the Captain America she’d seen on the news. It was a good difference, though. He looked like he’d just walked out of a GQ ad.
Thor took it upon himself to introduce her and soon she was shaking the very large hand of the former Captain America.
“I’m sorry for your loss, Dr. Lewis.”
Darcy gaped. There it was. Her Words. The Dreaded moment. She considered fleeing, but the sincerely empathetic way Steve was looking at her held her still. After a few moments of silent panicking, she found her voice and blurted out “I thought you were on the moon or something.”
Steve looked shocked for a second, then he slowly grinned, which sent Darcy back to speechlessness.
“Darcy? Are you okay? I have never known you to go so long without speech,” Thor questioned worriedly.
In answer, she mutely held up her hand, showing them her words. Thor’s eyes widened and he excused himself after patting them both on the back and congratulating them in hearty Thor fashion. Steve nodded and looked at her with another one of those caring looks. She swallowed past the lump in her throat.
“I’m sorry it had to be under these circumstances, but I am very happy to meet you,” he said softly. “My words are right here, in case you’re wondering.” He gestured to his left side.
She knew he was ripped under that nice black suit and let a little smirk appear.
“On top of your six pack, I hope?”
“Not quite,” Steve chuckled. “As to your first statement, I am retired and mostly off the grid right now, but I don’t know how the secret base on the moon rumors got started. I suspect Sam and Bucky.”
“A reasonable assumption,” Darcy agreed. “Your friends are goofy like that. Gosh, I can’t believe this. I bet Jane is laughing so hard at me in Valhalla. She tried to set me up with you once upon a time.”
“Oh?” Steve queried, one eyebrow quirking up in interested amusement.
“Yep,” Darcy admitted. “I’d just been dumped and wasn’t ready to try again. But fate prevailed, I see.”
“Yeah, it did. Natasha would have loved this. She talked about you a lot and said you were totally my type.”
“What? A feisty brunette who punches douchebags and has no filter? You’re in for a treat, then, Steve-o.”
She winked at him saucily.
“I think I am.” he agreed.
As she left the funeral home on Steve’s arm, she smiled affectionately at Jane’s picture.
You were right, Janey. Thank You.
Meanwhile In The Afterlife:
“Finally!” Jane crowed triumphantly, pumping her fist and doing the happy dance she’d used to do when celebrating a scientific breakthrough.
“Yes. If only the stubborn mule had listened to me. I could have helped plan their wedding,” sighed Natasha ruefully. “Maybe I’ll finally get a little namesake. I have never forgotten Nathaniel’s betrayal.”
“Hopefully, we’ll both get namesakes,” Jane agreed. “Those kids will have fantastic genes.”
She mimed fanning herself and made Natasha laugh again.
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my-thoughts-and-junk · 5 months
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what some of the undertale fandom did with grillby fucking fascinates me like my god
#random thoughts#he has 2 (two) count em TWO lines#and a bunch of people were just like 'yeah lets just shove him and sans together thats fine'#which like? it's cute and he has a cool (ha!) character design but WHAT#but i do feel like it's a case of fans taking a male side character and a male main character and shoving them together#instead of engaging with a ship involving a woman#or however you phrase that idk#just like. toriel was RIGHT THERE.#what the fuck was that other ship. grillster? that was even funnier#gaster doesn't even have any canon dialogue IN GAME#they really took the two skinniest (?) men in the game and slammed em together like barbie dolls#there are so many well written women in undertale god. just any woman.#and so many canon relationships that are so engaging like jesus#alphys and undyne. bratty and catty. those two gay guards.#hell if you want two characters who don't engage with each other and are basically blank slates do burgerpants and nice cream guy#WHAT IS SO INTERESTING ABOUT THE FIRE MAN#is it the suit#ALSO WTF WAS UP WITH FUCKED UP SANSBY WEEK#i still have that tag blocked yall were being mean to sans for no reason#grillby is such a fucking nonentity he doesn't even have his own fandom wikipage#he is lumped in with the drunk bunny who. guess what. canonically flirts with sans and has more than two lines#match made in heaven i tells ya#listen im not gonna act like i dont also think grillby is hot#oh wait hold the fuck on someone's on the roof of the apartments across from me#what the fuck#i live on the second floor how tf did they get up therr
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mwagneto · 8 months
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ah gomens fandom homophobia it's you again. i hoped you were dead
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missyblogs · 7 months
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I had a dream yesterday afternoon in which these two were being given an on-ice interview, but not for the reason that skaters usually are... Let's be real though at the North Pole a cookie the size of your head would be newsworthy
featuring my character DJ Dansr! he's been around almost as long as the missus :D
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hood-ex · 7 months
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Omg omg so I’ve been surfing the dickroy/roydick tabs recently (hyper-fixated on em I’ve been on a rollll) and I saw some posts of urs abt like ur flower shop/tattoo ficccc and like I would love love love if you posted the link to that, is it on ao3 I rlly rlly wanna read it and I would actually love u forever pretty pls
I sooo badly wish I could send you a link to a completed fic of it, but I don't have it published as of right now since it's not finished. The day I get that fic done, I will definitely make an announcement about it.
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ourpretender · 2 months
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— ❛ that was a close call, wasn’t it? ❜ @signetied
there is little pretense with farleigh. he'd tried, fruitlessly, at each re-introduction -- to meet his passing quips with charms of his own. they were always bite-sized, small in gesture, even smaller in words, halfway distractions second to the plans he had for felix. but here, at saltburn, farleigh isn't a pillar, cocked at the hip and brooding in some middle distance; not a figure to be set in his blurry periphery, but his status, his presence, fills hefty portions of the estate. his life is scattered along tables, hobbies shared and split between felix and venetia, the rules and expectations of the house built into his posture. the ground is more uneven here -- the towering gap between them emphasized, and yet, oliver can't tell when farleigh admonishes him, if he does so in threat or in recognition. he's still prickly from the heat of the sun, stiff from felix's near dreamy recollection of his bitter, bitter friend. eddie -- one of a presumable many -- oliver joining his ranks with shaky, wrestling hands. and farleigh catches him here, slumped and relieved and exasperated. the teasing lilt in his voice strikes every nerve, and oliver shifts -- kneads his forehead against the soft cotton of the reclining chair. he doesn't answer for a beat, eyes briefly shut in the quiet, before turning again -- knitted brows and tired eyes now facing farleigh where felix once was. "...is everyone's business your business?"
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minty-bunni · 2 years
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Danny could totally blame some of his ghost fight injuries on Dash if he times things right. He avoids questions about how he managed to break his arm AND gets the added bonus of making Dash look bad.
He could use this to get out of gym for awhile as well.
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