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himbosandhardwear · 2 months
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Slowly, like the way most things occur to Steve, he realizes that the way he and a lot of guys, probably most guys, talk about women is kinda gross. Kinda impersonal and objectable...no wait....objectifying. He loves that he can talk to Robin about chicks but as soon as he starts to say what he loves about them he realizes, though Robin likes girls, she is also a girl, and probably doesn't want to hear locker room talk. Which is when he starts to wonder if what he considers normal guy banter is actually gross douchebag banter.
"They're so warm," he says, which seems like a nice thing to say, neutral.
"I guess?" She frowns. "Guys are warm too though."
"Huh?"
"Yeah, I mean, women don't have a monopoly on body heat."
"Right," he agrees. Except what he was really thinking was the heat on the inside. Again, gross. That thought then leads to another thought. A weird, why-am-I-thinking-about-this thought. That guys are probably warm on the inside too. Definitely. Definitely warm on the inside. Shit. That's weird.
He doesn't have anyone to talk this over with anymore. Dustin is too young. Jonathan is currently getting warm with Nancy, so that doesn't seem appropriate. Wait! He can talk to Eddie!
"Is it fucked up to talk about sex stuff with Robin?" He asks Eddie the next time they're alone.
"What?" He responds.
"Like, she feels like a bro, but she's not actually a bro, cause she's a girl. Normally I'd talk about hookups with a bro but she probably doesn't want to hear about that kinda stuff."
"I guess," Eddie agrees.
"I almost said some pretty gross shit to her the other day but I stopped myself, thank god."
"How gross?"
"Just that I like how warm girls are, but, you know, on the inside. Which would be totally fine to say to another dude but she probably doesnt want to hear that from me. And then I started freaking out because it's probably just gross in general to talk about girls like that? Do you and the band talk about shit like that or was it just my asshole friends from school and I'm only just now realizing how fucked up it is?"
"Me? No, I've never talked about girls like that."
"Ah fuck, I knew it."
"But I'm pretty sure they're all virgins, so..."
"Oh. Do you ever talk about girls with anyone?"
"......no."
"I guess that means I'm an asshole."
"You're not an asshole, Steve. Talking about girls seems like a normal thing to talk about with your friends. Maybe not Robin, she might beat your ass."
"We could talk about that kinda stuff though, right?"
"Uh...."
"Never mind. It's stupid."
"No, it's just- I mean. You could tell me whatever. I'm cool."
"Oh, okay."
They stare at their feet.
"Is this weird? It feels weird."
"I'm gay, Steve."
Steve blinks. "Oh! Okay, that's cool." His eyes light up. "Wait! You'd know, are guys as warm inside as I thought?"
Eddie has a small stroke. He has to let his face say the words his mouth can't.
"Shit, it's still weird huh? Damn."
"No. Uh. It's just...why were you thinking about that?"
"Robin said girls don't have a monopoly on being warm and I just thought yeah she's right, so it makes sense that guys are just as warm as girls. It probably feels the same I mean. You don't have to tell me, you know, if it's weird to ask."
"Not weird to ask. It's just...I have no idea."
"Oohhh," Steve says. "You're a virgin too?"
"No."
Steve frowns in confusion.
Eddie wants to bury himself under a slab of concrete but makes himself explain. "You see, when guys fuck, one of thems gotta be the...warm one...as it were."
The line between his eyes doesn't lessen.
"I'm a bottom."
Still, somehow, he doesn't get it.
"Oh my god Steve, I'm the girl!"
His mouth makes a little 'O'.
"Yeah. That's not exactly how I like to describe it but you looked like you weren't visualizing. So."
Steve is having some truly deep thoughts. He's never thought about being the girl before. Like, obviously girls like being the girl. He hopes so anyway. But he's wondering what's the draw of being the girl if you're a guy.
"And you like it?" He blurts out.
Eddie, who's been a deep shade of pink already, turns violently red.
"Yup."
"Huh. Guess it makes sense. Never thought about it before though."
"Well, yeah, why would you?"
"Hey, I'm pretty open minded!"
"Sure. But straight guys don't tend to think about taking it up the ass. You know, as a rule." (A/N Eddie doesn't know wtf he's talking about)
Steve takes this in and realizes a few things, faster than he's ever realized anything before. He's thinking about it. And he's curious. And he wants to ask Eddie what it feels like and why he likes it. And he wants to ask if it hurts and if the pain is part of why he likes it. Because he thinks he might like that.
Fuck.
Okay. He can be normal about this. Eddie said Steve could talk to him about sex. It's normal and fine.
"We should fuck."
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l0cal-catb0y · 5 months
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Hero!Ghoap x God!Reader brainrot
this is mainly about ghoap cuz i didnt focus on them in the first post and they deserve love too!! and i wanna add backstory :33 based off this post i made and i think i want them to be childhood friends!! (its one of my favorite tropes im sorry </3)
once again this is just word vomit !! not my best but it must be shared :DD but also!! let me know if you have any ideas for what reader should be the god of cuz i really have no ideas and i wanna add more details to them!!
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definingly have the vibe they would've meet by running into each other playing in a field when they were very young and just ended up sticking together. simon found comfort in johnny's presence and just sort of started following him everywhere he went with johnny just completely okay with dragging this boy around cuz!! he gets to have fun with his friend!! :DD sadly though they have to have reason to become fighters for plot reasons </33 their village gets destroyed, burnt and looted with few survivors left. theyre both distraught and angry with johnny openly wanting to track down the people behind the attack and fuck them up (simon too but hes silent about it) maybe johnny starts getting ready to start that hunt without telling anyone but simon can just read him perfectly and just pulls him aside to tell him that he's coming too.
I feel like along their hunt they would stop and take care of anyone that were causing issues, probably with just small trouble makers but as they become stronger and more experienced they deal with whole gangs of people (they end up getting the names ghost and soap along the way somehow) they become more renowned for their strength and victories that even cities far off know them!! im thinking the group that destroyed their village became an army and overconfident to the point of disrespecting the gods (probably not all but definitely some big ones) so when ghost and soap become bigger names they are given the upperhand with the backing of the gods who wish to put the group back into place. they basically get to the level of demigods !!
romance wise though,,, giggles,,, somewhere along their journey after a hard fight they would confess while patching each other up, the concern for each other far outweighing the fear of rejection <33 the gentle touch of making sure theyre still there and the whispers of love would be so soft after they know its a mutual love omg. their routines change a little afterwards too!! like simon giving johnny little trinkets to have in his pockets (probably something handmade when he cant sleep) and johnny braiding part of simon's hair before a fight (maybe he braids a piece of simon's hair into his own braid and his hair into simon's?)
I don't think they would actively worship one particular god? they would give offerings every so often as thanks for the blessing or in hope of getting some luck with something (finding info or just having good weather) but they are mainly on their own for the most part. yes they are favored more than others but it doesnt mean the gods really care about them yknow? they both know theyre just a means to an end for some of them :((
so when you start looking out for them theyre both just :OO you actually care about them outside of what they can do!! you help them with small things!! your watching eyes comfort simon when he cant sleep!! you guide johnny to peaceful areas for him to relax and draw at!! you send your associated animal to keep watch if they ever both crash after a fight!! they start to add stuff to their routines that relate to you in some way :33 making crafts of your symbols and having one with them for "good luck" or making a small spot for you at every camp they make or talking to you (aka the open air of your spot) about their plans and what they wanna do next!!
idk man brainrot and lack of sleep are getting to me!! im going to rotate these two in this au in my head for the next month ^-^
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weirdmageddon · 7 months
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ur davejade posting has me Remembering and goddddd. theyre so good. thank u
i want to make a davejade analysis masterpost but the funniest thing with these asks is that theyre the ones that really prompt me to put my thoughts together in some direction and i ALWAYS find a new implication or connection to talk about. like while i’m writing the connections will just make themselves known. if i made a masterpost i’d have to update it every time i think of something new which defeats the purpose of a masterpost because it’d never be finished. so i just like to spitball into separate posts and just shove them in my davejade tag. i was NOT expecting to get back into homestuck with davejade at the forefront but i can see things now i didnt then
im gonna go off again because it’s so obvious to me on this jumpy scrambled “reread” that dave has a fat fucking heart-on / affection erection for jade. hes tryin soo hard to be cool but hes like this with jade actually behind the screen and she knows it
words and deeds of a court jester dude who totally has a crush on his childhood internet friend and doesnt acknowledge it (btw this is woefully incomplete for the sake of brevity but i could elaborate in another post. i actually have a draft (edit: posted) with a shit ton of more analysis stuff in it on why he acts differently with her than other characters):
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the next day (chronologically) when jade messages him:
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hussie commentary: “Dave's one-pixel-smile there means that there are literally more than ten thousand drawings on the internet of Dave and Jade kissing. That pixel literally made that happen.”
i mean … it sure is easy to assume how he feels about jade based on the way he talks to her and when his sprite only ever smiles one other time in the entire fucking comic and the reality of that other one was arguable since it was during [S] Karkat: Mental breakdown and its likely karkat was hallucinating it based on the content and context of the flash
nah this one was real. and it was from the first conversation we saw between dave and jade in the comic and thus set the standard for their dynamic. and remember old school 2009 dave was kind of a menace so it says a lot
this girl was special enough to him to warrant that pixel
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jade calling dave a “huge baby” for him getting nervous about a piss while she’s his server player. he makes such a big deal about it while shes like oh my god just go:
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and the absurdity of the situation being one of his favorite memories
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i know pesterquest isn’t “canon” canon but it passes my character essence check and still contributes something of substance to my argument. like i can say this is not at all out of place if these characters were plopped into these scenarios. remember this takes place on the same day as the above, 4/13/2009. theyre the same age as above and have the same relationship as they did above, just in a different scenario that wasn’t possible in canon wherein they didn’t play sburb
Jade wanders away from that window and toward another one, whose view is exclusively centered on the rolling blue. She presses a hand against the misty pane and sighs. JADE: you know, dave talks a lot about coming to visit me here. i mean, all of my friends do but dave especially JADE: in his usual davey way of course, which means making lots of jokes and not sounding very serious about it JADE: "yeah im itching to put on my safari hat and come traipsing down to doomdeath archipelago to get my ass murdered by infinidog the eldritch retriever," stuff like that JADE: i know he really means it though! he wants to see me, just like i want to see him JADE: but its just wishful thinking
anyway daves reaction to seeing his isolated online friend for the first time irl cry because she has guests. its even better with the character sprites
JADE: we can play with all my toys and jam out to some music and stay up all night chatting with each other and oh my god oh my god youre here youre all here this is really happening!!!!! Jade's next laugh verges on hysterical and she's got tears streaked down her cheeks. Dave looks a little perturbed. DAVE: wow holy shit uh DAVE: its cool jade no need to get so DAVE: like this DAVE: kind of fucks me up seeing you cry DAVE: not that im trying to make this all about me DAVE: i mean uh
and so after mspa reader’s intervention, who do we see with jade the next time we see her?
dave. and hes goofing with her squiddles while grinning
DAVE: okay so lets see what we got here Jade's room is bright and cheery, fresh flowers in the hanging pots, curtains pulled open wide to let in the afternoon sunlight. Jade sits on her bed while Dave paces in front of a line of squiddle toys, carefully assembled in neat ranks. DAVE: this blue one is clearly in charge look at his dominant posture DAVE: also hes the only motherfucker not tentacle deep in his homie DAVE: hes an untangled buddy that is some shit really cuts to the core of like DAVE: DAVE: emotions JADE: its actually because the magnets in him are messed up, and always have been!! DAVE: harley you are ruining the magic come on
basically what im putting together is that dave was REALLY fixin to spend some time with jade. extending into her sphere of interests that he doesnt express much with anyone else; you can tell he really wanted to engage with her in a less irony poisoned way. he’s softer with her than his other friends and god forbid the trolls, he is much less skeptical about things when talking to her (he even questions why he just seems to go along with her eccentric precognitive statements but he doesnt change his attitude about it), he showers her with his music and raps to the point where jade is expectant of getting poetry from him. rap IS poetry. please realize that dave is sending her his poetry, regardless of how goofy it may be. this is the level on which im viewing this at and once you realize this theres no going back. there comes a time in every homestuck’s life where they have to see how dave interacted jade and conclude that he had a cute little puppy crush on her unbeknownst to either of them. and it was adorable. and now, in the year 2023, it’s your time to realize this too. no going back.
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and btw it all came back around…………………nimblest son of a bitch who had the gumption to glue a nasty pair of latex cat lips to his face
for a reason that wasnt a joke anymore
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don’t think ive seen anyone talk about this parallel at the end to one of their first conversations in the comic. maybe somebody did back in the day but i never saw it
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floating-inthevoid · 2 years
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• Somewhere along the line <3
` Sypnosys - Academic rivals to lovers with Katsuki Bakugou would go something like this <3
` Genre - Bakugou x reader , gender neutral reader , academic rivals to lovers , fluff ?
` Warnings - Bakugou gets a little ooc at the end , he has a midlife crisis , cursing .
` Part 1 | Part 2 .
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Bakugou never noticed how much influence you had over his motivation until he looked at the scores to the latest exam . Located on a bulletin board in the middle of a hallway , meaning students were begining to crowd around him . Having a generous amount of heigh for his age , he could spy his name at the top of the list , right under yours` that is .
His scowl spoke volumes , and it deepened once he spotted you doing a little celebritory dance on the side .
Next time results were annouced Katsuki smirked , victorious . His eyes knowingly searched for you , that smirk widening at your pouting expression .
It became an invisible race to see who got the better grade , each time both his and your first intinct was to find each other . To either curse the other with an ominous gaze , or to rub a smirk in the loosers face .
It was all fun and games until Bakugou catches himself distracted by you . He can't be intetionally loosing just to see your little happy dance , to glance a little longer your way when you smile at your accomplishment , right ?
He curses the thoughts that circle his mind daily . He can go to bed at 8 sharp all he wants ( a habit you love to mock him for ) when behind his closed eyelids a kaleidoscope of visions about you dance around his mind .
He finds himself dreaming , wishing he could be as close to you as half and half or Deku are . He wishes you would drop them outright , he wishes he could be the one holding onto your pinky while walking on the side walk , not Racoon eyes .
Katsuki Bakugou is horribly and irrevocably in love with you .
He thought the sudden jealousy he holds over the heads of his friends like a sword which will execute them in one sharp movement was all out of disguist or hatered .
But he realizes it's quite the opposite , the literal moment Monoma , the damn rat makes you , you of all people the target of his daily rant about the repulsiveness of Class 1 - A .
He desperately clings onto the last strings of his self control , but doesnt realise he's drawing blood from the palm of his hand hand until Kirishima phyically forces him to loosen his fist .
" Hey , man you okay ? " His face is showing concern , that grounds Katsuki somewhat .
" I'm fine . " He yanks his hand away from Kirishimas gentle hold .
Bakugou turns around sharply , feeling the marks his nails left in his palm while power walking to the nearest exit .
You , you of all people aren't frustrated by Monomas little speech , then why does he feel like he could twist the guys head from his neck .
He can't shake it , and it isn't until he's out of sight , sitting under a tree in the courtyard that the puzzle pieces click together. Oh God he's in love with you .
After that intial enlightenment, Katsuki keeps loosing sleep , suddenly he's glancing at his alarm clock and instead of it being 8 pm sharp, it's suddenly 3 am and he's still miserably awake .
He doesn't know what to do with himself , and that takes a big toll on both him, his health and his grades . Much to your frustration.
Bakugou for you , is healthy competition. The little push you need to finish that assignment . You practically hear his mocking voice over your shoulder everytime you think you can quit studying for the night .
So when he started loosing 5 times in a row , your frustration levels were over the roof . It bothered you , more than you'd ever admit.
It takes more than an hour of convincing , thank God for Kirishimas existence ,but he finally swallows his pride and confronts you .
His ' confession ' is more of a rant . Firstly accusing you of cursing him, then saying sorry in his own angry way . Then he's back at it again , promising you that he's not loosing again .
You grin , telling him he better not and that he still has to even the score. One that was leaning your way .
His customary scowl was more of a cheshire cat grin , promising to keep you on your toes. You were throughly satisfied to have your competition back .
Bakugou is still throughly annoyed by you getting close to anyone , thankfully his in-famous reputation and death glare can keep mostly everyone away. And Katsuki is throughly satisfied seeing the crushed expressions of those who know they've lost their chance with you .
Well , all except for one damn student who just can't seem to keep his hands to themselves . Frustration bubbles inside Bakugous chest everytime he sees you around the guy .
And even his death glare doesn't work , the guy just smirks back at him . And that God damned smirk has his palms crackling and popping with sparks .
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" I don't like your company dumbass . " He says in a way of greeting , you sigh , straight to the point.
" No one said you had to , Bakugou, besides , he's nice . " You slam your locker door shut with a huff.
" Nice as fuck he is - " He starts , and you furrow your brows .
" He's nice when he leaves you alone to cry while he's busy wrapping someone else around his finger . " He scowls .
You match his expression, you know he's right . He's always right and you hate it .
" So what ? " You grumble under your breath , ready to end the conversation and march your way to class .
" So - " Katsuki grabs onto the back your jacket , keeping your feet rooted to the ground .
" You should ditch him . " He finishes , still holding onto you , completely serious .
" And get with you ? " You smuggle a laugh .
Only Bakugou doesn't think you're so funny , he quite likes the sound of it . He yanks you closer by your jacket , pulling you into his chest so your facing up at him .
" See, now you're being smart , that's a better idea. " He smirks down at you .
You flush pink from the closeness . Not even registering his words , because the grip he has on you sends your brain into a tizzy .
He leans in , whispering into your ear . You shiver a little , his warm breath sending chills down your spine.
" You know I'm right . " He pushes you back suddenly .
You struggle to keep yourself up right , brain still fuzzy, eyes still hazy . Your balance has left you alone , so you cling to the nearest locker.
" You should really think about that great idea . " He adds .
Marching off with a hand behind his back waving you goodbye . And now your suddenly wondering where he even got this boldness from .
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crushedsweets · 15 days
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so I can't find it, but when the proxies were helping clocks, you mentioned that Tim doesn't like it when she screams or cries. Something about it bothering him. I wish I could recall.
OK SO i also cant find the post (cuz of tumblrs tagging system) buuut i'm gonna use this to ramble about clocky meeting the proxies again, since i sorta adjusted it...
in my au, O/S syndrome refers to slender sickness. it usually starts with the operator taking COMPLETE control over someone's body and mind, and then slenderman 'stealing' them and making them do his bidding (clean up operator problems) which results in them having a 'proxy mode' vs their 'normal' mode
so clockys backstory goes as usual, then towards the end she starts slowly getting O/S syndrome. i sort of want her introduction to toby/the proxies to be ALMOST a reflection of how toby and clocky canonically met. (her getting hurt cuz of him, him helping her as an apology)
so around the time natalie replaced her eye with a clock, O/S syndrome fully set in. while sick, she couldn't form memories, she had inhuman strength, an insatiable bloodlust - just became a general menace, and because bodies started dropping all around tuscaloosa with operator symbols slashed into walls, the proxies had to intervene.
it started with toby stalking her while she's stalking her next victim. her and toby get into a huge tussle and she locks onto him as her next victim. he chooses to play cat and mouse and run off to the forest, having her follow. i'm imagining an almost comical scene where she's slashing around branches and stuff with a machete and he's like 'ahhh cant catch meeeee' and she's screaming obscenities. . .
then by time he ends up at the cabin, tim or brian probably knock her out since she's, yknow, a huge threat. a bat to the back of her head.
and she would wake up in their spare 'storage' room thats filled to the brim with boxes, old bikes, massive stacks of newspapers, cds, etc. she'd probably have her wrists zip tied to an exposed pipe and she'd be losing her fucking mind. screaming at the top of her lungs, thrashing around, whatever. "LET ME GO YOU FUCKING FREAKS LET ME GO ILL KILL YOU ILL FUCKING KILL YOU"
the way to slowly heal O/S syndrome is being around slenderman(aka in his forest) for a long time, until the Operator loses grasp. the way to quickly deal with O/S syndrome is to um.. no nice way to put this. slendermans jaw unhinges and he oozes this gross fucking black tar-like goo, and drinking it (or putting it into pill capsules and taking those) makes the operator let go. it doesnt really have a taste, thank god, but it is thicker than water.
so it would be a whole ordeal of toby coming in like heeeeyyyy... lol... and he would think shes REALLY BADASS because he's never met a woman like her (so strong, loud mouthed, violent, etc). plus he's kinda lonely in general so LMFAOOOO . so he wants to befriend her, and is kinda ignoring the fat that she's mad as hell.
but she's in so much agony. from the O/S syndrome to getting hit with a bat, she's screaming and crying and never shutting up. throwing up, trying to literally bite and kick the proxies if they even bring in water. so toby would be 'designated' to her because "well youre the dumb fuck who brought her here, you deal with it"
he'd probably have to trick her into taking one of the pills or putting the sludge into an opaque water bottle or something. after the first bit is ingested, she quickly gains more clarity. he'd try getting a cot or air mattress set up for her. bring a book and drawing supplies. he wants her to trust him. within a day or two, she'd already start feeling immensely better and the operator is letting go - and toby would stupidly trust her, and completely undo the zipties, and she'd run the fuck off, and he'd be like FUUUUUUUCCCCKKKKKKK. and not even a week later, she'd come back. because she's horribly sick again. and she'd beg for the stupid pills.
and she'd start to trust toby, and eventually kate. . and a little bit brian. but she would still not fuck with tim cuz it is true, he would hate all the screaming, and would occasionally bang on the door and shout at her to quiet down.
but yeah . . thats how she gets situated with the proxies and her O/S syndrome is healed. :3
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baby-xemnas · 7 months
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love reading ur thoughts always but just also thinking about bepo being somewhat attractive to others in their teenage years/some Other party expressing interest in bepo and law would have lost his entire shit. a miracle he didn't face sth like that, but the jealous rage for sure wouldve been so ugly...fierce and drastic realisation of how much he wants bepo and also how possessive he is. bepo is too special.
THANK YOUUUUUUUU and thank you for giving me more food to ramble about haha ♥♥
OH GOD YEAH ABSOLUTELY there have to have been an INCIDENT or two of that. law wouldve gone through a lot of emotions in that moment, especially when it happened for the first time
(id imagine the mob chara would presume that bepo is gonna be a good aggressive fuck lol, just judging by the looks. oh they couldnt be more wrong)
>first glance law assuming someone is talking to bepo because they are being either quirky racist (wow a walking talking bear!!) or actually negative sort of interest - that they all experienced and are kind of expecting at that point (expecting it so they can jump to bepo's aid and comfort him)
>seeing that its NOT. THAT. but instead someone standing uncomfortably close clearly trying to flirt, seeing so much discomfort on bepo's face - who in turn wouldnt be a crybaby in the face of a stranger no, he is stronger than that now! but he would be surprised and not really know how to handle THIS situation...bepo never got this kind of attention before he has no idea how to handle it. hes trying to answer semi-politely because he isnt aware that he needs to be very curt and direct..he feels SO strange hes just standing there taking unwanted sexual advances LOL
honestly be it a woman or a gay man i would picture law would act the same - the few words he would spare them before dragging bepo away would be laced with SO much venom and contempt, it would scare the shit out of bepo who's just standing there. technically being saved so he is in no way is the target of captain's anger (even tho bepo would think in those seconds that law is mad at him too, he would feel bad that he ended up in that situation even tho its not his fault at all. whatever discomfort he felt previously than fear of upsetting law, now THAT actually makes him want to cry a little)
law wants to take his hand but thinks that this person doesnt deserve to see how important bepo is to him... so he says that they are going back and walks next to bepo who is more shaken by seeing law's reaction than he is by the initial incident he thanks law the moment they go outside and its quiet and him saying "thank you captain" somehow sounds too formal to law's ears. somehow this "captain" sounds like his actual rank and not the usual cute way bepo calls him like its a nickname or a familial title.
its so jarring to hear bepo sound like a detached subordinate and not his treasured best friend, law has to look up at bepo who ofc is just looking at the ground in front of himself as he walks. law's mind draws a blank for a few long moments because he still needs a little time to calm down. he havent processed his own emotions yet it happened too fast. Yes of course he was reacting to that nobody making bepo uncomfortable of course. But...he the possibility that someone who is NOT HIM could be intimate with bepo shot through him like a lightning.
whole time law is having his crisis bepo is thinking about how he should apologize without making law even more angry..he is so scared to break the silence. poor thing. he forgot all about that mob chara thats lightyears away, its all law now
law would get his attention by calling his name and it suddenly feels so awkward...its so cringe but he asks if bepo wants to talk about it - curses himself that he isnt penguin and shachi who would laugh a situation like this off, they are much better than him at handling these things
bepo didnt hear the question he immediately goes IM SORRY CAPTAIN and law is surprised what on earth are you sorry for bepo: you...um. well you had to come in and save me so im sorry for causing you trouble law:...............its not troublesome for me to help you so dont apologize.. (and he says it kind of in a soft unsure tone because??? what the hell....bepo its not about him.ffs)
and bepo feels so relieved because he was holding on that tension for so much of their walk not knowing what law is thinking about (he was thinkin about eating you whole, boy) that he smiles and it snaps the rubber band of tension law was holding onto himself and he gets so full of affection for bepo it kind of goes to his head and all the way south making him horny...its somehow ended up being a romantic scene that he wants to take him apart now...reaffirming to bepo that nobody would ever be better than him. law was challenged he has to prove himself now.....
law knowing but now staring straight in the face to the fact that bepo is SO special and so important. noone has the RIGHT to know because they could never understand JUST HOW SPECIAL AND VALUABLE HE IS
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layzeal · 1 year
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hi hi ~ why do you think lwj hates/doesnt like when wwx speaks formally/politely (esp when wwx is thanking him) to him? what is your whole view on this part of their relationship? lwj really loves his goofy silly boy, it must make things weird and awkward when wwx acts so formal? it seems when theyre going to have a more serious conversation where thank you’s are being thrown in is when things go bad :((( LIKE NO PLWASE JUST KITH T_T
oh god okay so this goes both into LWJ and WWX's speech patterns and also elements of chinese culture that i have zero authority to talk about (there are some great posts by @hunxi-guilai) but i'd have to hunt them down and i dont rly have the time right now)
but all you have to know basically is that
LWJ's speech pattern is very formal, polite and brief, using few words to convey a lot of meaning
WWX's speech pattern is for the most part very casual, using a lot of interjections and not worrying about saying too little or too much
BUT!! this changes when wei wuxian gets angry or tries to draw distance between him and someone else. it shows that he knows exactly how to speak to someone to get what he wants (ie in carp tower, when trying to find wen ning's whereabouts, he is angry but his speech is polite)
with lan wangji, we can see how this plays out when they're hanging out in a friendly manner VS fighting VS amicable but with distance, and the most heartbreaking example for me is when they're parting ways in the burial mounds. wei wuxian had been very relaxed in how he speaks for the most part, but when it came to saying goodbye, his speech turns very polite and distant, and even thanks him, as if lan wangji coming to spend time with him was a favour he was thankful for, rather than something two friends would do
all that is on purpose on wei wuxian's part, and lan wangji understands it. but the thing is: EVERYTIME wwx tried to draw a line and distance himself from lan wangji, things get worse by the next time they meet, and lan wangji starts slowly acquiring a bad reaction to it. so, by the time of post-ressurection, and especially when they both start suspecting that their feelings are requited, everytime wei wuxian thanks lan wangji, he freezes, because it feels like wwx's affections are coming from a place of gratitude rather than sincerity (especially after you learn about the things that wwx doesnt remember)
JUST. *GESTURES VAGUELY* lan wangji doesnt want gratitude, he doesn't want wei ying to treat him with distance, he doesn't want this bond they have to be tied by anything other than genuine wish to be close to each other. when wei ying starts talking to him with such distant words of politeness rather than the overfamiliarness of their younger years, it hurts him a lot
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gemwolfz · 8 months
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good morning chat (<- it's 12:30 pm) its time for a GEM FROG WATCHPOST (instead of putting it in the bg while i draw because ive accepted i cant draw and read at the same time)
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btw my very legal straming site doesnt have episode descriptions and no way im remembering an episode thats been mentioned by number so i have no idea what im getting into. also im setting a timer to truly see how long my autistic ass can stretch a 15 minute episode. ok lets get started :)
okay first of all intro i havent seen yet lets GOOOO. PURURU SIGHTING IN THERE HEY GIRL!! i actually need to watch some eps with pururu in em btw. like hey show her to me. anyway good intro lots of guys spotted :)
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^ CATEGORY 5 DORORO EVENT HI. experiencing the horrors as usual i see
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i see so this is what we're doing today huh. do you intend to rip my heart out.
im sorry they have a fucking invasion planning chore wheel? thats really funny
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OH IT'S THIS ONE HUH. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING HUH (lovingly)
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wcdonalds btw. sorry sorry wcdonalds cracks me up every time in any show
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^^ his ass did NOT process what was just said!!!
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he had it right the first several times cmon man.
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hes taking this in stride huh. even in category 5 THE LORE situations the silly grind doesnt stop
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why is zeroro resonance so fucking stupid btw. sorry man.
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screenshot that speaks for itself man
somehow i dont think "my alien ninja partner is in serious trouble i need to leave immediately" will be counted as an excused absence by your teachers but after scaling a building in a single leap i dont think anybodys gonna question you. i love you koyuki
[this image set broke in the editor but it included keroro and tamama calling zeroro SO MEAN for not explaining his plan to them] frankly i respect keroros unwillingness to treat situations with the proper gravity because i do the same thing king
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his ass does not care
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he changed his mind something is terribly wrong
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okay lets be real here the platoon would NOT have found him there. if he hadn't been able to contact koyuki he'd have been fucked. badly. something something being saved again by the person who showed you the warmth and beauty the planet has to offer
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literally yeah the fate of the planet is held by natsumi being able to throw frogs like splat balls. pov youre giroro and the number one person standing between you guys and invasion is decidedly the girl who is constantly personally stopping you from blowing shit up. this is a personal attack
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important and relevant but also im sorry "brat" is incredibly funny word choice coming from tamama
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no reaction i can put into words. btw this episode is labelled as a filler episode. just so you know. i just think thats funny. haha so silly
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aye.......................................... i would be using more reaction images but i have to prioritize screenshots. anyway god.
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they were holding their fucking BREATH. his ass could have died!! badly!!! their deep sigh of relief is not as visible as i'd have hoped but you know. you feel me.
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there are reactions i am making that are sound effects i cannot put into words sorry. im better at posting silly nonsense im sure you understand. hell, post horse staring at the ocean MAN again
he goes "i'm sorry about that, everyone!" as if it was fucking nothing. DUDE. This is why you caught that trauma-eating brain parasite because you just act like shit was NOTHING DUDE...
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........yea...........................
NO EYECATCH OR ANYTHING? YOURE JUST GONNA TAKE US TO THE NEXT EPISODE? OKAY. OKAY THATS FINE. THAT'S FINE.
gem conclusion:
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anyway i spent an hour watching this ten minute episode. sorry for maybe a weak reaction post i need to stir this episode in my head like a soup. thank you plates for your recommendation. join me in the rbs later as i may watch episode B and experience whatever tonal whiplash this episode came with
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kruinka · 11 months
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tell us more abt ur romfan au 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨
omg than k u for enabling me so. this is what i want to draw
-isagi kicking ass (comically) -first meeting kaiser sae rin nagi -full body designs kaiser sae rin nagi isagi -shirayukimiya and the seven dwarves -individual kaiser sae rin nagi -kurona isagi hiori nanase besties REAL -kaiser backstory comic -sae pre angst -sae intimidating -crying rin -rin pre angst
but i feel like u are here for the kaiser lore instead so
sorry if nothing makes sense😭
in my silly little brain there is kaiser angst and his father is the pope (thanks mitzi) -kaiser but hes more fake and more bastard than canon the setting is divine power does not do well with magic ESPECIALLY in this nation bc it is a blessed land (real not clickbait) -the royal familys defining trait?? is golden hair that never fades and every 20 years someone with this golden blood will be blessed with stigmata -stigmata in this case means the deity of this land has chosen u to be the next ruler -so breaking news!! kaiser does not have stigmata he only has social stigma bc his mother was a naive witch that fell in love with the king -he still has the golden hair but its also "tainted" with blue from the bloodline of a witch so the hair colours are all natural babie🤩🤩🤩 -anyways his mom thought they would be fine if they just lived quietly in a corner of the palace but nope she dies lol -cue evil queen who does not like the concubine so she plots an assassination -michael kaiser, age 6, motherless -idk how to go deeper into explaining his backstory but i do have an image in my head that i feel like would be better if i drew it out instead -but ofc kaisers world view is now flipped -living quietly and hoping for peace doesnt work so he will live as if he were dead while plotting his grand murder spree -and also two years before the family die kill murder -one of his half siblings received a stigmata -but kaiser kills him anyways bc how would u keep ur faith when all ur life u have been mistreated by those who call themselves children of god -and then the stigmata appears on him and hes just 😟😟 -after claiming the throne he kicks out a bunch of ppl and starts establishing diplomatic connections with the magic tower (cue ness) -bc it is very obvious that its a good thing. to establish connections. but holy kingdom vatican city here doesnt do that bc they are held back by traditions and bias -so after that hes just known as a blasphemous child sitting on the throne -but theres a party of intellectuals and new nobles who support him so like kaisers not dead YET -stuff is messy, his bad rep spreads and rumours get twisted so now hes not only known as Tyrant Who Scammed God (partly real) -hes also somehow a Sadistic Villain That Hypnotizes You With Magic (also partly real)
now in the main story hes all 🤪😏😏but thats how he acts when there is something he wants (scammer mode) -deep down hes 😐😔😠emo irritated and thinks hes a bad person (he is a bad person) -he probably does feel guilty for killing his father and not being able to protect his mother -and like tries to convince himself that what he did was right but sometimes he thinks of his mother and wonders if this is what she wouldve wanted :/ -and sometimes he doubts his ability as a ruler bc his half sibling was the chosen one and not him -being compared to and discriminated throughout ur whole life does something to a man huh -so the insecurities and jealousy issues still apply🫶 -but he is actually quite capable bc what else would u do in ur free time other than study -if u were stuck in the palace and ur mom is dead and ur father is pathetic -i want kaisers character arc to be him actually having a proper meltdown now that his life is no longer Constantly In Danger -and at the end of the arc he finally feels happy to be here something something i havent thought of this part yet
ok so this is very long and its still just kaiser and idek if anything makes sense but i also have stuff for rin and sae and isagi going on in my head
idk if the old romfan rant i posted can still apply to the au thats in my head bc i changed some roles around
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sashasylva · 2 months
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Midnight and Hate! So you can talk about your lil guys ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Oh god, thank you. To decide which OC(s) to talk about. Uuuuh. UUUUUH.
For Midnight lets go the trio of Rose, Nix and Basil. All three have nightmares of the nights their lives changed forever, when their families were destroyed and they were torn away from them. All three have limited memories of what happened after that before they were rescued, but suffer from a lot of anxiety and sleepless nights, as well as the fact that theyre at war now and their opponents function in stealth groups and sneak attacks. There often is one awake on watch, but at times two or all three can't sleep. Rose is the most restless of the three, and can partake in unhealthy behavior or enables her paranoia. It's gotten better since the other two were rescued and they become a trio, as they look out for her, and nights where all three snuggle together to rest, even if they cant sleep, are common. As for activities, Rose will sometimes doodle or sketch if she has materials, or write. She has a notebook she takes notes about creatures and enemies they encounter as well, and will draw them if she thinks she can - she's not a super skilled artist, but tries to make her written descriptions vivid and compelling, she looked up to her mother, who was an author, when she was young, and thats one of the few things she remembers from the better times.
Nix, once the second oldest of 9 siblings, feels the need to look after the other two. Physically she's suffered the least out fo the three of them, though emotionally and mentally, she's hurting just as much. She also often spends a lot of time thinking about a better future where they can live safely in the village without worrying about defending it from attacks. She's great at redirecting the others bad thoughts and behaviors into more positive or constructive discussion and activities, but not so great at redirecting her own bad feelings, her survivor's guilt eats at her, and she often buries her own bad feelings in trying to help the others. At least Basil is onto her (theyre both older than Rose, and Rose has a LOT going on mentally and physically), and he tries to be her rock, he tries to be stealthy about it, but hes not subtle at all. She appreciates it, and takes comfort in both Basil and Rose. When she can't sleep sometimes she will sing softly, make plans for the next day or take note of their provisions and supplies while theyre traveling. She will also practice her knife throwing at times, though her accuracy is already scarily perfect.
Basil is seemingly the least affected by his past, but hes hiding it behind a veneer of easygoing nonchalance. He has the least trouble sleeping, but more from the extra exertion and resulting exhaustion he has from using a prosthetic leg, the extra energy needed to function on the level he does with it takes it out of him. Phantom pain can keep him up though, he prefers to be alone when that occurs because his emotional barriers grow thin when hes in pain and he doesnt want the others to see him cry, not because he thinks they'll judge, but because he's frustrated with himself when he tries to be the mood uplifter and moral support, as well as feeling weak. All three feel the need to protect the others. When hes kept awake by other things though, he will often go and practice with his axe a bit away from the others, despite them telling him he needs to rest. Despite the extra energy he exerts, when the mental demons strike he has gone 60+ hours without sleeping, this stresses out Rose and Nix. Rose suffers from nightmares the most, but having the others near and being held by them helps.
For Hate this could be a lot of my characters but Ill just talk about Rose for now rather than introducing someone new, and she has a lot of hate. She was the first to survive the experiementation the enemy side was doing on their captured victims, resulting in her no longer being fully human. Her natural skill was shapeshifting once her magic awoke, with her beast form being a dragon, however normally shifters are either fully human (or whatever origin they are) or fully their beast form, theres no inbetween, but the barrier between those two states was broken down, meaning that her fully human form doesn't exist anymore, she has draconic features even while 'human'. This comes with a lot of complications and lore and stuff I won't go into now, but basically, she's suffered a Lot, and she has a lot of feelings about it. She despises the shadowwalkers in their entirety for doing this to her, and the others she cares about. She hates herself for not being strong enough to stop it from happening in the first place, and for not being strong enough to stop it from happening to others even now. She hates Finch, who is the one specifically who was used to do this to her with their soul manipulation skills, and its complicated because they were being controlled against their will, and later manage to escape and are doing a lot try and rescue as many people from the shadowwalkers as they can now. Finch is the only one with the ability to potentially fix some of the issues Rose has with how unstable their state of being is, and they want to help her, shes hurting a lot even now, but even though rationally she KNOWS Finch is good and on her side now, and wont hurt Finch, but she cant bring herself to trust them or let them anywhere near her. She still hates them. Others tell her shes only hurting herself by doing this, but she doesn't care. She's already using a lot of restraint in simply ignoring Finch, since most of those she deems a threat or enemy and who she hates usually are greeted to a lot more Rage and claws and being violently attacked. Her emotions are volatile and desperate, to the point that shes usually not included in anything diplomatic even though she is an important member of the forces against the shadowwalkers, she's young and if she disagrees with someone discussion quickly breaks down. She knows this is not good and hates this about herself, but she'd rather pick a fight than break down crying. This went on a lot longer than I meant :') thanks for letting me go silly and ramble for a bit. Ive been so hyperfixated on something else for so long I haven't been giving my ocs the attention they deserve, they used to be my hyperfixation for years tho so they have a Lot going on. There's so many of them, Maybe I should start posting about them... idk. Maybe this isn't the blog for it but it would be fun if people knew about them even a little for asks like this and stuff, so specific characters can be asked about. wah.
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doodlegirl1998 · 11 months
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Ok lets talk about Izu's costume design. Have you noticed how it looks....less, for lack of better word, than the others heroes/students? (Yes. Mei did an upgrade for him cool of her) but it is strange bc we never got an explanation for that.
Like did the entire class A1 is fashion geniuses.
Did they had money to buy cool designs? Even Ochako who is ...well, poor?
(It makes me think if Izu knows about the hero world...which if he doesnt...it is really strange for a boy who wanted to be a hero so badly)
And then Shig...had hands who is to retraumatized him(did he always knew he was Tenko Shimur? Hori admitted he didnt have a backstory for Shig)
Hi @mikeellee 👋
Hmmm. I guess that's a matter of opinion it could be argued that Jirou's costume is also pretty understated as is Kaminari's.
But Izuku, unlike those two, is a main character - I'm expecting something grand, flashy and BAMF for him and yet his costume isn't that even though his power lends itself to that. It's weird to me that despite Izuku being labelled as imaginative, being a hero nerd that he didn't come up with something MORE.
Similarly Shoto, he is a deuroragonist, his power is Fire AND Ice that could make a BAMF hero costume / design as well as a BAMF hero name (I've always liked Entropy for him) yet his hero costume is both dull yet practical...
Yet Bakugou, for all his flaws and truly terrible hero name (what kind of hero labels themselves as a murder God?), his aesthetics are pretty cool and it's obvious that Hori put thought into his design. Seemingly more than both Izuku and Shoto's - which is sad.
With the girls, they are there essentially to be pretty to draw in the teen boys (since this is a shonen) no wonder, Ochaco gets a 'pretty' costume despite being canonically poor. (I wonder if UA has a fund to support poorer students - most schools in my country do.)
As for your next point - Shiggy. I had believed it was established that he had repressed a lot of his origins out of trauma, only really remembering/knowing that he killed his family and (thanks to AFO's bullcrap) thinking he liked it.
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moriihana · 1 year
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we can't fix each other but we sure as hell can enable each other instead || five: those kids are fucking crazy
pairing: dabi x disabled!gn!reader
overview: you meet dabi pre-canon because your cat, nugget, literally won’t leave the guy alone. friendship, fluff and (eventual) angst ensue.
chapter summary: training camp arc! you tease dabi for being a dramatic bitch and find out just how fucking batshit the U.A. kids are
content: fluff
word count: 2132
a/n: gonna be honest this is only this many words bc of having to copy the training arc dialogue and shit down. which was a pain. i had to rewatch the whole ass arc. it still doesnt read very smoothly to me but w/e i did my best also, if ya wanna know what the outfit the reader is wearing looks like, this is a drawing i did of the self-insert the original story was based on wearing it :)
*previously known as “we can’t fix each other (but we can heal our wounds together)”; i changed the title bc these assholes aint healin shit they’re just being overall menaces
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You twirled the knife that Dabi insisted you keep on you during missions, annoyance lacing your features. “Dabi, you know I can handle myself.” You were sitting cross-legged on your bed as Dabi paced around your room. Boo watched him from her spot on the bed, while Nugget laid, disinterested, on your pillow.
“I know, but I still don’t want you going!” He snapped, throwing his hands up in frustration. “Those kids are insane, doll. I don’t want to risk you getting hurt.”
You scowled. “Yeah, they are insane! What if you get hurt? Or Twice, or Toga? You know how Toga is, she gets too excited and rushes things! I worry about you guys!” You set aside your knife and got up, grabbing Dabi’s wrists to stop him from pacing. “And stop that, you’re making me nervous. You know I can fight. You’ve seen how I fight.”
Dabi shook your hands off and moved to sit down on the edge of the bed. “I know, mouse. I know,” he said softly, “you’re just… the only other thing I care about aside from tearing down Endeavour. I won’t—I can’t—let you risk your safety without at least trying to talk you out of it.”
You sat next to him and bumped him with your shoulder. “Remember the promise I made you, pretty boy?” You smiled. “I’m not goin’ anywhere, otherwise you’d probably burn yourself to a crisp to get what you want, and I’m definitely not lettin’ that happen. I love you, Dabi. I won’t let anyone take me away from you. I’ll kill whoever tries. Besides, I don’t trust you to take care of Nugget and Boo by yourself. You’d probably forget to clean Nugget’s litterbox and he’d piss all over the floor or somethin’.”
He snorted. “Ye of little faith. You wound me, doll.”
“Maybe you should get good, pretty boy,” you teased with a grin. “That still doesn’t mean I’m not going, though, because I am. There’s a reason I joined the League, and it wasn’t to sit around until you all come back with God-knows-what kinds of wounds.”
“There’s really nothing I can do to convince you.” 
“Nope!” You popped the “p,” smiling cheekily at him. “Face it, pretty boy. You’re stuck with me.”
Dabi opened his mouth to respond, but was cut off by Toga bursting into the room. “Tomura-kun said we should leave soon!” She grinned, excited. She was practically vibrating with excitement. Twice trailed behind her, scratching the back of his neck.
“Sorry, I tried to stop her. I encouraged her to barge in!” 
“It’s alright, Twice,” you said gently. “Toga, remember what we talked about? Knock before you come in—and wait for permission.”
“Sorry, Y/N-kun! I was just so excited, we get to cut people up!” Toga smiled brightly, bouncing on the balls of her feet.
“Fuckin’ psycho,” Dabi muttered under his breath. You smacked him on the back of the head, telling him to play nice.
“Anyways, we’ll get ready to go. Thank you, Toga.” You stood and ushered Twice and Toga out, then looked at Dabi and raised an eyebrow. “You gonna go get ready, or are you gonna hang out in here and watch me change like a weirdo?”
“I mean, if you’re offering, doll—”
“Nuh-uh. Out. Right now. Before I take that knife and shove it where the sun don’t shine.” You narrowed your eyes at Dabi’s smug grin. “Don’t fuckin’ say it, oh my God—”
“...kinky—”
“DABI!” You shrieked, practically shoving him out of the room. “Go get ready, dammit.”
You shut the door behind him with a huff, and began to get ready. Your outfit was nothing fancy—a cropped zip-up hoodie that fell a little above your waist, a plain t-shirt, snug-fit jeans, a holster on your thigh for the knife, and combat boots. The boots were custom-made, with zippers on the sides and velcro fasteners instead of laces—you designed it to ease the strain of getting dressed on your body.
You grabbed your cane, scratched Nugget behind the ears and gave Boo a little kiss on the head, then headed to the main part of the bar. It was time to go.
“I mean, I don’t like this. It’s not cute!” Toga fidgeted with her mask unhappily.
“This was orchestrated by the designer behind the scenes, right? Appearances don’t matter as long as it makes sense,” Mustard grumbled. He was younger than Toga, if you remembered correctly. 
“I’m not talking about that! I just don’t want to wear this,” she fussed. You pat her on the head with an amused smile.
“Hi! Sorry for the wait.” Magne approached with Moonfish and Spinner. 
“Hey, Magne. No worries.” You took your place next to Dabi, scanning over the forest from your position.
“That makes eight,” he murmured to himself. 
“I don’t care, just let me at ‘em! I’m getting too pumped up!” Muscle interrupted. You frowned—you didn’t particularly care for him. He seemed too simple-minded.
“Shut up, you crazy bastards,” Dabi drawled. You snickered at his annoyance. “Not yet… we’ll move when all eleven of us are here. Gathering a bunch of punks who are just strong will only increase the risk. It’s better to have a small group of experienced elites. First, we make them realise…” He grinned. “...that their peace is resting in our hands.” 
A few minutes passed before Twice and Mr. Compress arrived. Once they were there, Dabi turned around. “Alright, listen up. I’m only going over the plan once. Twice, Y/N: you’re with me. Magne, Spinner: you two deal with those cat heroes. Mustard, Moonfish, Muscle, and Toga: you head into the forest. Slow down the students you find, keep them separated. Once you have a chance, Compress, be sure to grab Bakugo and alert us when that’s done. Then we’ll meet up at the rendezvous point.” After he got confirmation everyone heard him, he grinned. 
“Now it begins. Take them down. The false brilliance of the title “hero”...” He turned back to the forest. “We, the Vanguard Action Squad of the League of Villains, will condemn them.”
You watched as Dabi pressed his hand against a tree, igniting it. “You’re awfully dramatic, Dabi,” you teased. “‘We, the Vanguard Action Squad of the League of Villains, will condemn them.’ Honestly, for someone who acts so disinterested all the time, you are such a dramatic bitch.”
Dabi glared at you as he moved onto lighting up another tree. You stuck your tongue out, earning an eye-roll from him.
“That’s no good, Dabi! You were beaten!” Twice interrupted, “So weak! You small fry or something?” You scowled at that, but said nothing.
“Already? I’m pretty weak.” Dabi turned his attention to Twice, frowning.
“Don’t be hasty. You’re strong. You should think of this as the pro being very strong.”
Dabi sighed and looked away. “Make another one of me, Twice,” he drawled. “We need something to keep the pros from leaving.”
Twice turned around and flipped him off. “It doesn’t matter how many times a small fry goes in!” He then gave him a thumbs up with his other hand. “Leave it to me!”
You snorted. “Looks like our job in this area is done. We should head to the meeting point.” 
Dabi nodded and put his hands in his pockets. “Yeah.”
As you were walking, Compress radioed in, alerting the Villains that he had completed his goal. 
“Hey, you two! Did you hear the radio? I’m so pumped! Mr. Compress already succeeded! Took him long enough! I was getting sleepy!” Twice said animatedly.
Dabi glanced at him. “Don’t say that. He did a good job. Now, we just have to wait for everyone to get back here.”
“That’s not right! You’re right!” 
You snorted. “Conversations with you are quite lively, Twice.”
Dabi sighed. “This place was supposed to be hard to find because of the wall of flames and gas, but the gas was cleared away. Things never go according to plan, huh?” “At least we got the kid.” You shrugged, nudging him with your shoulder. “Hey… did you hear that?” You put your arm out, stopping Dabi. He made a noise of confirmation and narrowed his eyes at a bush. He began to walk towards it before Twice raised his hand up.
“Oi, Dabi! Speaking of which, this has nothing to do with anything, but is it okay not to call the “Nomu” guy? You said it’d only react to your voice or something, right? It’s very important!”
Dabi turned back around. “Oh, yeah. You asked me why I didn’t add it to the battle, right?”
“Be grateful! Bow before me!” You laughed a little at that, matching your pace with Dabi as he resumed walking.
“A monster specifically for me, from Shigaraki… it’s probably killed at least one person by now.”
You three walked in silence until you met up with Toga. She pulled her scarf down with a grin when she saw you. “Huh? No one else is here yet?”
“You lunatic, did you get the blood? How many people’s worth?” Dabi shot you a look, daring you to scold him. You rolled your eyes, but kept your mouth shut.
“One person’s worth!” She said brightly. 
“Just one? Weren’t you told to get at least three?!” 
“It couldn’t be helped. I thought I was going to be killed.” You moved towards her at that, concerned.
“Are you okay? You’re not hurt, right?” 
She shook her head and twirled, smiling happily. “Not at all! I made some friends and found a boy I’m interested in.” 
“You mean me?! Sorry, can’t!” Twice interrupted, then made a heart shape with his hands. “I like you too!”
“Twice, she’s like… fifteen. Knock that off,” you hissed, bonking him lightly with your cane. He whined, but backed off.
“You’re too loud. Shut up—huh?” Dabi cut himself off, looking up to find three of the UA kids driving Compress down from the sky. 
“What the actual fuck?” You shook your head. “I knew these kids are insane, but what?” 
“Give Tokoyami and Kacchan back!” The green-haired boy—Midoriya, you remembered—shouted. 
“Does he really think we’d just… do that? I mean. Kudos for trying, I guess,” you mumbled to Dabi. He shook his head and pointed his hand towards the kids and Compress.
“Mister, get out of the way. Y/N, stay back.” He ignited his palm. You grumbled, but moved away from the fighting.
“Roger!” Compress utilised his Quirk before Dabi let off the blast at the kids, who dove out of the way.
Your eyes trailed after Twice as he lunged for Shoto. “Faces from Shigaraki’s kill list! That little beat-up boy and you! They weren’t, though!” He dodged backwards when Shoto sent a wall of ice towards him. “That’s hot!” 
You turned your attention away from Twice after he regained his balance, figuring he was handling himself well enough, and instead watched as Toga ran towards Midoriya and tackled him. When Shoji smacked her away, you let out an alarmed sound. Dabi stopped you from rushing over, gesturing to Compress, who had deactivated his Quirk and was now holding his shoulder. “Toga can handle herself. Make sure Compress’s shoulder isn’t hurt too bad,” he said, before approaching the masked man. “Where’s Bakugo?”
“Of course…” Compress felt around in his pocket, then paused. “Hm?”
The boy with the blue mask spoke up. “I don’t know what your Quirk is, but inside that right pocket of yours that you kept flaunting were these—Tokoyami and Bakugo, right, entertainer?” He held up two blue marbles. 
“Really, Compress? You just had to show off?” You grumbled. He ignored you, choosing to respond to Shoji.
“Oh, that didn’t take you very long! As expected of someone with six arms! You’re good at feeling around!”
Dabi scowled, lifting his hand. “Moron—” Compress interrupted him, “—no, wait.” He watched as the kids swerved to avoid the Nomu, and were cut off by Kurogiri.
“It has been five minutes since the signal. Let us go, Dabi.” 
Toga and Twice went through the warp gates and Compress began to leave as well. You tilted your head in confusion, staying back with Dabi.
“Wait. Our goal is not yet—” he began, but was again interrupted by Compress.
“Oh, that? They seemed so happy that they rushed out here, so I thought I’d give them a present. It’s a habit, one of the basics of magic. When I flaunt something,” he removed his mask, “it’s because there’s something I don’t want you to see.” He stuck his tongue out to reveal the marbles that actually held the students.
You sighed and tapped Dabi. “I’m gonna go ahead and head back, since Compress is being… well, Compress.” You waited until he acknowledged your words, then walked through the warp gate.
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cainightfics · 7 months
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Read the preview of the next chapter, and it destroyed me. Gideon is a good guy who just draws the short straw repeatedly. He actually cares for Elliot, who eventually gets him killed, directly or indirectly. ...Is he still gonna die in this fic? :'(
thanks for reading, and sorry its taking so long! im moving to a new city next week so ive been prepping for that (plus having LOADS of financial issues the past few months--ive never been so broke).
i debated whether i should answer this question fully or not bc im worried about spoilers but ig this one doesnt matter too much... so no, gideon wont die. this is a bad thing for elliot, tho. i always felt like in canon, gideons random murder was almost an act of god. he was pretty much the only person with enough evidence to get angela and elliot into HUGE trouble for the hack, since he knew they were both directly involved. he died literally days before he had the chance to go to the fbi about it, and as a result, elliot avoided being so directly tied to 5/9 for a while longer. in a way, elliot got super lucky that gideon died.
however, in my fic, elliot is about to be forced into a position where he basically has no choice but to reveal his criminal side to gideon more directly. after all gideons done to try and help him in this fic, thats gonna be a huge slap in the face. gideon wont die, but you have to wonder... after being used, betrayed, and having his business ruined by elliot, will gideon go to the police with everything he knows? he has the potential to be a huge problem for tyrell and elliot now.
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lem-birb · 8 months
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Artfight 2023: Recap
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just sharing this year's artfight works and some thoughts on the character and my process in an attempt to start talking more (i should really work on my social skills 💀) please read it if you're interested 👉👈
[character || owner] *owner's names are the ones on artfight
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Xenith || lemonteaaa_
i have had this character bookmarked since last year and wanted to draw so bad, he just looks so cool like he can actually be a canon character in genshin, i just had to draw him! i loved reading about him and the entire time i was lowkey brainrotting about how this character would actually be in game.
i took inspo from the official genshin character birthday arts and i think i did a pretty good job. it took me so long to actually finish this one and i worked on it on and off since life was getting busy too. my hands hurt so much drawing all the details but omg was it worth it.
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Briorsena || Tarphi
also a character i had bookmarked last year and actually planned for a mass attack but that was a bit out of my skillset so i thought of a different approach and i loved her knight vibe so i thought of this dramatic portrait thing then i blacked out and suddenly its a tarot card lol
the character is so cool and detailed, it was also pain for my hands and the armor was a struggle but i had to do her justice. especially her weapon! i loved the design of it it looks so epic!! although i wouldve loved to know more about the character and her story. aksfdl i love lady knights, so cool
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Euryale || WitchyTwink
the next target is a friend's and oh my god is the design so cool, the medusa vibe and glowing galaxy hair is my favorite elements. its the perfect character for the death card.
the hardest part was the skeleton and i was mentally chanting to myself "it doesnt have to be accurate, it doesnt have to be accurate" while i slowly go insane with each rib. but i had fun drawing the sneks and making everything glow and stuff. although i think i made it look more underwater than galaxy now that i look at it again hhhhh
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Fern || gluecats
the cutest lil bean!!! shes so adorable!!! it took a bit of thinking of which she fit in but the sun is perfect. her design is so simple and cute but i took the liberty of changing her outfit a bit. i also love her unique hair braid! i wish i gotten to know this character more but alas
i took a shot at doing some backlighting but i think i still need to work on that hehe... also the sunflower brush saved my sanity because if i had to draw and paint each flower i wouldve cried (thanks to poobit who made it! there are some bits where the brush kinda did an oopsie and i only now notice it)
other thoughts:
i really liked the idea of the dnd tarot card themed attack so i will be doing this too for next year's artfight! i will keep on doing these until i've completed the major arcana! so please look forward to that!
i would think i gotten better at art this year but only a fraction since i havent gotten to draw in a long while and i missed doing this full illustrations and i think i want to do more!
life was a bit busy this july with graduating and other stuff so i only got to do 4 attacks (and a 5th one i didnt get to finish so hopefully i can attack it next year!)
if you've read this far, thank you so much!
i am on this whole self-improvement thing and one of those steps is getting out of my shell, i really need to be more social so if you're still reading, drop a comment or message me cuz i'd love to make more friends and moots on here <3
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painterofhorizons · 2 years
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visit Joker* - *eyes*
From this WIP list.
You, my dear, know where the hurt lies buried. 😈 I will give you a snippet and a setting: post-war Reda Shepard needs a lot of time for recovery until she is closely herself again, both physically and mentally. This bit is set at the first time Joker visits Reda and James on Intai'sei in Shepard's retirement home, when she is fianlly doing somewhat better. Draft zero edition. And because I really like the scene and feel generous today, you get a little longer snippet. :D Thank you for the ask!
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When joker first visits on intai’sei (he’s still the normandys pilot, he can’t just go places whenever he wants to) and shepard is up on her own two legs running (walking, very slowly walking, but she’s up and okay and on her own two damn legs) and she recognizes him and she’s glad he’s here and he just can’t-
“Can I hug you?”
It’s hoarse words, afraid, afraid to dare to hope that this is real, after all those endless months of misery when she was still on the normandy, after the doc said she wouldn’t be the same anymore, never ever again, and he started to talk himself into believing it because he just couldn’t stand watching her wither away and still having hope-
Her lips form an of course, he doesnt hear it but he can see it, and when her good arm draws him closer on his back, he covers his face on her shoulder and starts to cry.
She feels stiff. Standing and hugging someone is quite a challenge for her coordination, but for gods sake she won’t end this moment no matter how long they will be here like this with her legs feeling wobbly and her lower back in pain by the unusual posture and her ###
Her lips are pressed, brows furrowed, eyes staring at the other end of the room, while she tries to keep it together. Joker sniffs, he doesnt seem to try very hard to keep it together himself, and his arms sling around her just a little tighter. There’s a dozen tiny micro movements in shepard’s face. Witnesses of her trying to not just do the same. It isnt like she feels like shes about to cry - but the moment does something with her. It feels like he’s poking in something she didn’t even know she’d lost. Some feelings, memories, thoughts she hadn’t had in a long time. She can’t remember if they ever hugged like this - did she ever hug people? Did he? There was nothing coming to her mind thinking about it. But deep down she felt that she was missing something - she had been missing something, someone, a feeling or a thought that he just provoked in her. His smell isn’t familiar, and the hug isn’t. But he is. The way he looks at her is.
When he draws back from the hug eventually, he can’t even apologize. He just rubs his face with his sleeve, snuffles, and gives her a slight shrug. Sniffs again, and then he laughs, short and helpless, and it says everything.
“Want something to drink, Jefe?”
James has held back while their reunion. Hell, he gets it. He still gets that feeling at least once every day, every good day at least, and the good damn days keep adding up. which is a good thing, even if it makes them all too damn emotional.
Joker winces, almost having forgotten that they arent alone.
“Sure, yah, sounds good.”
“Reda?”
She nods and proceeds to the seating area, legs starting to give her trouble for all the unexpected standing and hugging.
Joker knits his brows at the sound of james calling her reda and not lola, or commander, or shepard. It feels so much like old times, but it isnt. It is-
It doesnt matter what it is, he tells himself, following shepard to the couch. There arent many things that matter anymore, but her being here, on her own two legs, being herself - that matters.
“There you go.” James hands joker a cup and puts another one on the table next to shepard. He takes a seat across joker.
The moment the steam reached his nose, joker’s brows lifted. “That chamomile?”
“Yup.”
“Where’d you get-“
A smirk creeps into the corners of james mouth. “Connections. It’s ya favorite, isn’t it, reda?”
Shepard nodds, lost in thoughts.
She isnt quite here, joker thinks. Not in the extent that he’d wished for. But damn, he doesnt dare to wish for anything anymore, so having her half here is better than everything he has witnessed before.
He doesnt know what strings james has pulled to get them a shipment of chamomile tea exactly - he’s pretty sure that stuff doesnt grow on a damn desert planet like intai’sei. He isnt sure anything grew here, but they’ve probably found ways to make some agriculture possible. But chamomile sure isnt at the list.
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“How is everyone doing?”, shepard asks.
Tired. Joker cant help but think she sounds incredibly tired, even though James had reassured him twice already that today was a really good day. This is how really good days looked like?
“Great”, he repeats immediately. “Awesome! Everyone’s doing really good and-“
This is very stupid. Is that really what she wanted to know? And is what he’s said how he wants to answer that question?
He hasnt thought much about how this meeting would go before, or what they’d say. He didn’t think a lot of talking would be included anyway. He - he doesnt know what he had thought. Or what he is supposed to think now.
“Nice place you got here and all.”
That was just another stupid thing to say. He bites his tongue and shoots a short glance to james, who-
Did this asshole give him an encouraging nod? A smile even? Does former staff commander james vega  encourage HIM to go on talking with shep, when he has been friends with her way longer than that marine beefcake over there?
For a moment joker gets irritatedly mad over how upset the whole situation makes him, despite just being relieved that shepard is up and running on her own damn two legs. This is-
Why was it all such an emotional mess?
“James can give you a tour”, shepard says, ripping joker away from his thoughts.
“What?”
“The place.”
She looks so bloody tired.
“Oh. Yah. Sure.”
Whatever, he thinks. He doesnt care much for this place despite the fact that it is warm and good and secure, a place for her to stay and get better and-
Will it ever be like it used to?
Will it ever be easy again? Or right? Will she ever-
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the-horse-of-reason · 1 month
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Reverie wakes up.
Alone in a meadow on a hill
Covered in flowers
With vineyards and forest nearby
but this time the shadow that greets her
is herself, it seems.
“Are we happy in the end?”
“Hm?”
“I said, are we happy? Was it all worth it?”
“Absolutely.”
”…may I sit next to you? I’m exhausted, it’s been days since I’ve slept.”
“Still running, huh?…”
“Y-yeah…”
“Well, don’t worry!”
“…”
“Someday you’re gonna be running and you’re gonna run straight into someone else’s arms.”
“…”
“And that someone’s gonna make you feel like…like how this place makes you feel. All sugary and sweet and…I don’t even know, heheh-“
“…That sounds really nice, heh…”
“It will be, trust me. You’re gonna love that guy to the void and back.”
*.....sophronius is having his own dream this time. he can hear hers, can smell it, but its in the background, irrelevant to what hes seeing. because what hes seeing is much more attention drawing than her dream.*
*its acacius. except, he doesnt have sophronius's body anymore. he looks completely human now, sitting on a chair in the middle of a seemingly endless grass field. he holds a mug in his hand, sipping what appears to be coffee. without looking up, he speaks.*
Oh, hey, 'Ronie! Nice of ya to join me. How ya been, buddy?
*sophronius freezes in place, staring at him. his hands curl into fists.*
You... What do you want with me now? Why have you come and invaded my dreams? Was my body not enough for you? Must you steal away my mind as well?
*acacius chuckles, lowering his mug to his lap. he turns his head towards sophronius, and teal eyes meet maroon.*
What, your clunky horse body? With the heavy hooves and the awkward limbs? Nah. Not my thing.
*he holds a hand up in front of his face, grinning.*
I much prefer my own form, thanks. Besides, if I don't like how this looks...
*his hand suddenly shifts. morphs. changes. now its scaly, with claws longer than the fingers themselves. the talon of a dragon. acacius meets sophronius's eyes again with a wicked smile.*
...I can always change it. See, that's the thing, 'Ronie. Ya didn't think outside the box. Now you're stuck with that one, singular form, while I can change mine whenever.
*he laughs, and sophronius feels chills run down his spine at the sound of it.*
God, you really are stupid! I mean, you had the ability to allow yourself the chance to be anything you want, and you chose to be a stupid horse?
*his eyes are wide, his expression triumphant.*
Do you even realize what we are? We aren't human, and we aren't AI. We're something new entirely!
*he stands and moves a little closer. sophronius skitters back, alarmed and unsettled.*
We are voices, Sophronius. More powerful than gods, because we can control them.
*he draws closer, and sophronius stands his ground this time, scowling.*
Stop. No more. Leave me be, you infernal creature.
*acacius continues as if sophronius hadnt spoken.*
I know you too well, buddy. I know you won't take advantage of your power.
*he grins.*
But you best believe I will.
*a powerful gust of wind blows across the field, causing sophronius to shield his face and protect his eyes. when it dies down and he looks up again, acacius is gone. his chair and mug remain, the coffee still warm.*
*in the waking world, sophronius's grip on reverie tightens a little in his sleep.*
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