It will never stop being funny to me that the Titan's Tower incident between Jason and Tim happened right after fucking Jericho did the exact same thing but was way, WAY scarier about it.
JERICHO repeatedly attacks them, endangers civilians, possesses multiple people, is out of his head with rage and sorrow at feeling expendable and feeling like teen vigilantism was what got him and Donna killed. Hell he even shoots Bart through the leg, which fucks him up so bad he has to go through unanesthetized surgery and that trauma prompts a whole ass character growth spurt! Jericho both while possessing Slade and when they fight him in Raven's mind trap thing is like seriously bad news! He's playing for keeps and intent on really hurting them! It takes a full team effort over multiple comics to trap the guy
Then fucking JASON sneaks in ever so carefully, knocks a few of them out, feels a bit bad about even doing that, and has like a waffle house parking lot fist fight with Tim in a party city Robin costume. And what's he do afterwards? He just fucking leaves and never bothers them again! He doesn't wanna kill any of them! He's just a sad wet sack who doesn't know what he's doing with himself
The Teen Titans really do gather around Timmy after their fight lookin at that wall like, "Fucking seriously?? This is the second time this week!"
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Victor's perspective of the wedding, and his marriage with Elizabeth took a really terrifying turn after everything that happened so far. Like, I was waiting for him to do something drastic at some point, but it seems that Victor knows well enough that he can't show his grief in public.
It's how the wheels on Victor's head were turning the more he read Elizabeth's letter. The way he reached to that horrible conclusion, and how the marriage went from "a duty that I must do for the happiness of my family" to "the tool that I will use to finally die".
"On that night he had determined to consummate his crimes by my death. Well, be it so; a deadly struggle would then assuredly take place, in which if he was victorious, I should be at peace, and his power over me be at an end."
I could literally vision the kind of smile that Victor could have painted on his face a he said this. A smile of pure despair on a young man who has reached the limit of his own mind. And with that mind Victor wrote that letter to Elizabeth, and followed through all of the preparations for the wedding.
Of course he admits later on that he was really blinded by his own misery, and he did not consider Adam's actual words. But to see Victor so joyous over his possible death while Elizabeth tries, and tries to cheer herself up for the only thing that was expected of her feels like a void where neither can climb out of.
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Certain people like to give Lan Xichen grief over the Manhua "You're the only mistake Wangji has ever made" to Wei Ying. While that must have hurt, let's face it, it was the wake up call that Wei Ying needed because no half of WangXian was gonna do the concession. Lan Xichen had to do the whole thing himself. He fared way better than any of us would have in his position (It's the Jiang Cheng thing all over again).
How would you feel watching your little brother, who you've had to raise because of how absent your parents were. Your little brother who had never broken a single rule in his life suddenly getting mercilessly whipped publicly for defending a criminal. Whipped near to death. Then said little brother goes searching for someone that everyone watched die. Wangji comes back with A Yuan, claiming it's his child and I bet Lan Xichen was part of the forces that begged to let Wangji keep his son. Wangji was locked away in seclusion for three years and even after all that time his depression and regret was so great that he branded himself, right over his heart.
Wei Ying wasn't the one who helped Wangji get up every day, it was Xichen. Every day that Wangji might have considered just dying himself so he could be with Wei Ying, but stayed for his child and his brother. Lan Xichen was the one pulling Wangji through every damn day, probably cursing the day he encouraged him to befriend Wei Ying. Yet when Wei Ying came back, Lan Xichen still offered his home to hide him. Even if all that happened wasn't of Wei Ying's doing, he wasn't the one to live with the pain. Lan Wangji did, and indirectly, Lan Xichen as well. It's not easy watching someone you love so much suffer everyday. Just to see the person he risked everything for come back and be like "What do you mean Wangji loves me?" Imagine if at the end Wei Ying rejected Wangji's feelings? It's perfectly within his right to do so, but how terribly that would hurt Wangji. Knowing Wangji he'd be fine with loving Wei Ying from afar (that was the original plan anyway), but to watch him suffer like that was too much for Xichen and in a rare fit of rage he said some harsh words to Wei Ying. Lord knows I would have done so much worse, I know how I feel about the people I love. I can't stand for someone who seems to be playing with their heart.
Lan Xichen was more than just big brother, he was stand-in Father, Mother, friend. He was Wangji's closest confidant before Wei Ying and remained so after he was gone. He was also clan leader, had a lot of responsibility and handled them all solo so Wangji wouldn't be bothered by politics, and he'd just found his best friend was a murderer. He was going through a really hard time okay. Leave him alone. He is still captain of the WangXian ship, and he'd always give up his happiness if meant saving his brother.
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Number 6, for Hallowrove!
Okay this is the fun one I'd hoped someone would pick because the thing is it's happened so many times in canon already that there's just NO question about the answer
Hallowrove's List Of Who She'd Go To If Badly Injured, by preference:
- Fluorine Scaleflats, a Rubbery friend with a great skill and interest in Shapeling Arts who can be relied on to piece her back together in (mostly) (if asked nicely) the right order
- Haarsink, who also knows shapeling arts and can probably apply them in a much less biologically creative manner in a medical setting, but is second on the list because showing up bleeding at his place would stress him the hell out (ask me how I know lol)
- Oversol, who although being a deeply trusted safe place to go has no particular medical knowledge or skills and will probably just call a very expensive doctor and/or pick Hallowrove up and sprint her to a hospital, while being VERY stressed either way
Hallowrove's List Of Who He'd Go To If Badly Injured, by what inevitably actually ends up happening:
- Oversol
- Haarsink that one time
- But other than that it's always Oversol
- Good lord Hallowrove you are going to put this poor man into heart failure we have got to stop letting this happen so often -
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Hi-Ho, to the Dungeons We Go!
[Inspired by @monsoon-of-art‘s Pokerus AU]
The Dewott sighed, running a paw over her face. “Alright, well… as much as I’m not ready to lead a mission yet, it seems like I’ve got no real choice…”
“Really? I’d have never thought.” Rei scoffed, crossing his arms as his cheeks sparked (STILL a weird feeling). He’d been…volunteered…to go with the newcomer into this “Mystery Dungeon”, seeing as Captain Cyllene was busy, Professor Laventon was recovering, and the other Survey Corps members were…Well.
What other members?
After the rifts started changing people, much of the Survey Corps switched to a different field, the general idea being that it wasn’t a good idea to do much exploring in unfamiliar bodies. The Fieldlands being struck by lightning and turning into a weird space-within-a-space only drove the rest of them off.
All in all, it was just the three of them left… Maybe they could count Akari as a member later. This is the closest they’ve done to actually doing Survey Corps work in the past month, so it made sense.
The now-a-Pikachu still wished that Akari hadn’t just grabbed him and left instead of taking his “partner”...who was too busy scavenging for food or something, no doubt. Hey, the electric rodent wasn’t there, but… she could’ve stopped to wait and let him explain!
Well, it’d be pointless to turn back now…Almighty Sinnoh this is a WEIRD feeling!
The world swam around the poor ‘chu briefly, his body feeling like it was distorting with the warping setting before everything snapped back into place, the somewhat familiar terrain of the Fieldlands before him.
“Ah, right, it’s your first time going into one of these… yeah, entering a Mystery Dungeon is…weird. You get used to it eventually, but…” The Dewott shrugged as Rei stared at her. You got used to that sensation?
…Sinnoh above, what had he gotten himself into?
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Akari just sighed, rolling her shoulders as she drew her scallops. “Right, well… we don’t know what Ability you have, or moves you know… thought you’d have done some testing, but alright.” Rei just tilted his head before glowering a bit. Akari backpedaled at the stare. “S-sorry, I forgot that you’re still adjusting…erm. Anyways… we were wanting to stick together anyways, so that won’t be an issue… we don’t know what floor Lian or Mr. Kleavor might be on, hopefully it won’t be too far in. For fighting… I guess do what you can, I’ll clean up the rest?”
“...sure? I…ok?”
A sigh. He’s greener than she ever was… why couldn’t one of the evolved, and probably more skilled, Pokémon come with her instead? Adjusting or no, they were probably more capable being evolved, and at the least it’d be more firepower. Well, if wishes were fishes she’d have a feast. “Alright… OH! Let me know if you think you’re about to Faint. I’ve got Berries on me, and I was lucky enough to be carrying a couple spare Escape Orbs on me when I fell. That means we’ve got a quick out… and if we’re lucky we might find some more in here. I’d rather not use them without finding more, but I don’t want you to lose out on any Experience from this.”
Another confused look on the Electric-type’s muzzle led Akari to sigh. Again. “Right, well, let’s just go…”
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They haden’t taken but 5 steps before a wild Zubat zipped from the trees, crying bloody murder. Rei jumped back, hat falling off in shock, but before he could get it back on Akari had taken her shells and sliced at the ‘bat’s wings, sending it to the ground with a *THUD!*
“W-what…”
“C’mon, you can’t be THAT new to battling, right? I mean, I guess you wouldn’t know that the Dungeons seem to heal the wilds in them, but… oh let’s just keep going!” The group’s “leader” ran forwards, shells a blur as Rei just stared. This girl… was human, right?
Because if not, he’d been honest-to-Sinnoh considering letting an actual Pokémon join the Survey Corps. And that was…not a comfortable thought.
“Rei? C’mon, I found the stairs!” Stairs? Sure, stairs. In the Fieldlands. He’d take it over debating Akari’s humanity. Up and running over on 2 legs, Rei ignored the Look he was getting from the otter-like ‘mon. No, he was NOT going to consider that. Why the hell would a Pokémon be wearing a hat and bandana anyways? Especially one with that weird egg-shaped badge? Let’s just stay upright for now please and thank you.
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After the second flight of stairs (Seriously, how in Sinnoh did STAIRS get here) he found himself stopped by a blue-furred arm. “Shhhh…”
Moving a bit to peek, the ‘chu stared at the sight before him as Akari continued. “I’ve never seen a Sligoo like that (Wait, seriously??), but if it’s like any other kind then it relies mostly on sound…” The rest of Akari’s message was tuned out as his eyes found one particular thing in the room - a slightly goopy wide-brimmed hat.
“That…that means... LIAN!” Rei rushed forwards, not even noticing he’d gone to all fours (or Akari’s startled yelp and “Wait!”) as he dashed closer to the poor young Warden. He was even looking their way, mouth open! Oh, he was waiting on them but it’d been so long he’d given up hope…the blindness probably didn’t hel-
Wait, what was that in his mouth? It looked like… “GAH!!!”
The ‘chu cried out as he was shoved back by the Water Gun, tumbling head-over-heels until he hit the wall. His companion just sighed, readying her shells. “Didn’t you hear me? Most ‘mon who stay in a Mystery Dungeon go mad. I don’t know why you rushed in like that, but now he knows we’re here… and we’re going to have to deal with him to keep going.” And with that, she rushed in, dodging attacks left and right as Rei looked on in horror. She didn’t realize…he had to say something!
“STOP! That’s Lian!”
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