#and if you can't think of answers to their most predictable questions maybe go back and read the post again or even (gasp) do some research

[sexhaver]

a good experience more people on this website should have is confidently bringing up some leftist talking point you picked up from tumblr around family members, only for them to ask extremely basic and predictable followup questions/rebuttals that you have no response to because you just internalized the three-paragraph post with 3k notes. this only needs to happen a few times for the lesson to stick and the sooner the better

[caelivir]

synopsis. you’ve been deliberately dodging atsumu miya. he wants to know why.

pairing. atsumu miya x fem!reader | wc. 2.0k (it wasn’t even supposed to be this long) | genres. (implied) university au, tbh i don’t even know what this dynamic is, he calls us princess, reader’s kinda bad emotionally, rain confessions

notes. for my birthday (not gojo’s eff him (/j)) i decided why not take one of my favorite tropes of all time and pair it w the loml. you’re so welcome. this is very dialogue heavy, barely proofread, and a hot mess, but i hope you enjoy regardless.

"(y/n)." the very familiar, sultry yet aggravating voice says the moment you step out of the cafe.

"oh my god!" you jump, clutching a hand over your heart that skipped a beat. it's immediately followed with a glare towards atsumu. "what the fuck, miya? you don't just come up to people like that."

"sorry." atsumu apologizes but his nose scrunches at the word. "nah, not really. didn't know how else to get to ya."

"so you had to find me at my job?" you raise an eyebrow in disbelief.

he shrugs. "yer really not leavin' me with any other choice."

"what are you on about?" you roll your eyes as you take a sharp left, carefully exhaling out. the street is nearly deserted now that the sun sunk past the horizon, leaving only the street lights and the moon to illuminate what would be a pitch black scene. puddles of water are scattered along the walkways, remnants of the downpour that occurred earlier in the day. you had clocked out later than usual, and the next flash of rain is predicted to fall within the next few minutes. you want to get back to your dorm before the worst of it happens.

"ya know what i'm talking about." atsumu huffs. "yer clearly avoiding me."

your shoulders tense when he brings it up, and you pray that atsumu doesn't catch it. "i'm not." you lie, your heart speeding up.

"yer a shit liar. i hope ya know that." atsumu shuts you down right then and there. the fact he's able to makes you wince. that's one of the many bones you have to pick with him. he can always see right through you, and it allows him to get under your skin easily since he knows exactly what to say if he wants to get a reaction out of you.

it's because of that reason that you've been avoiding him. you know yourself well enough that if you were to stand face to face with atsumu miya as you are now, he'd figure out the secret that you've been hiding for two weeks.

atsumu presses his lips together, sighing once he realizes that all he'll get from you from this point forward is silence, but he tries his luck anywayy. "can we talk?"

you let his question fizzle out in the air, continuing down the sidewalk as atsumu follows by your side. the first drops of drizzle fall onto your hand and cheek. atsumu feels them too.

"look, it's gonna rain soon. could ya at least let me take ya home? yer gonna get soaked." atsumu gently reaches out for your hand. the sudden contact and its spark of heat makes you jump. instinctively, you yank your hand away from him. your widened eyes snap towards him, and shame washes over you. maybe the street lights are playing tricks on you, but you swear there's a flicker of hurt in his gaze. you turn away from him because you can't bear the sight of it.

"are ya mad at me? did i do somethin' to upset ya?" atsumu continues.

no, you answer in your head. you can't trust yourself to say it out loud without betraying anything else. it's not that.

"(y/n), please. talk to me." atsumu pleads. you don't think you've ever heard such desperation in his voice before. you've never seen him so raw. it's almost enough to break you, but you refuse to let go the threads of your resolve. the rain is picking up; it's cold as it soaks the threads of your clothes.

"princess." atsumu throws in as a last ditch effort. you know it is because it's the one nickname that gets you riled up the most. it sparks a reaction that atsumu knows will get you talking, but unbeknownst to him it's not for the reason he expects. he wants you to snap with anger, but all your heart does is ache. all it does is melt you into putty in his hands.

"don't call me that." you finally come to a stop, turning so that you can face him, defeat in your gaze. atsumu's blond locks are beginning to lose volume; they stick to his forehead as droplets continue to fall. his hoodie is littered with small, dark stains, a physical consequence of the rain.

"oh now i got yer attention." atsumu scoffs, poking his tongue into the inside of his cheek.

"miya." you warn, voice shaking. he ignores it.

"yer not being yerself, and ya haven't been for the last two weeks." he tells you as if you don't already recognize it yourself. "what's goin' on with ya?"

"nothing!" you deny. "i'm fine!"

atsumu rolls his eyes. "cut the crap, princess."

"seriously, stop calling me that!" you spit back at him.

you're shivering. you can't tell if it's because of your cold, wet clothes or your frustration that keeps reaching new levels. you can sense it; you can sense that your heart is about to claw itself out of chest and dump itself onto the feet of atsumu miya. your hand fists the fabric of your soaked shirt as if to keep it in.

"then tell me what's wrong!" the blond in front of you demands, running a hand through his hair. his voice projects over the brutal force of the rain.

you grimace. that's the one thing you can't do, especially since it involves him. you bite your tongue, hiding your face so that atsumu doesn't see the glassiness of your eyes. "miya... please drop it." you ask him pathetically.

"why?" he pries. this is the other issue with him. he's so damn stubborn to the point that it's infuriating. atsumu miya never backs down until he gets what he wants.

"because it's you!" the first wave of tears break free. they cascade down your cheeks, mixing in the stream of rain on your cheeks; all while your hand remains pointed at atsumu. "because i fell for you!"

atsumu shuts his mouth, going completely silent. you shake your head, laughing bitterly. "i bet you didn't expect that, did you? believe me, i didn't either. day in and day out all we've ever done was argue so i don't know how this happened. i don't know why i have these feelings for you."

wiping your face is a futile attempt yet you still do it anyway. a sob gets caught in your throat, and you choke on it. "i can't stop thinking about you. i can't be near you without my heart attempting to leap out of chest. and so yeah, i've been avoiding you miya, and it's because you've made me so damn weak."

your stare finds atsumu's. you can't get a read on him, but you don't have to second guess that he can see the pain swirling in your eyes. it's so humiliating that even now the first thing that crosses your mind is how good he looks even as you feel your heart being torn apart. his hair is completely stuck to his forehead. his blond ends that are soaked through and through drip their excess water onto his face. you want nothing more than to brush them out of his line of sight, but you can't. you fight that desire by balling up your fists.

"so please just leave me alone. stop trying to find me because i can't take this anymore." you beg through hiccups.

you wait for a response. you wait to see if atsumu will kick your heart aside. in an even better scenario, which is far from likely, he accepts it. you'll take either or.

but he does neither, and that's fine too. you leave atsumu by himself on the sidewalk, and your lack of presence pulls him out of his trance. he jogs to catch up to you, reaching from behind to clasp your hand in his.

"miya, let go-"

"no." he says firmly, a newfound fire burning behind his eyes, one that exceeds the one you feel on your hand. the sight makes you gulp. "ya can't just confess yer feelings for me and leave."

you chuckle weakly, trying to pull yourself free from his grasp. "i think i can."

"no, ya can't. ya didn't even give me a chance to say anythin'." atsumu argues. he doesn't relinquish the hold he has on you.

"what more do you have to say? you don't feel the same, and that's fine-"

"could ya stop assuming things?! i never even said that." atsumu squeezes your hand ever so lightly in frustration. "and by the way, i'm not gonna leave ya alone. i'll follow ya to the edge of the earth if i have to."

you're still crying at this point, and atsumu's words are only making you more upset. "why?! why are you so fixated on me?! why can't you just-"

"because i'm in love with ya!"

in that moment, you swear the rain stops in its place, suspended in the air. surely, you must've been hearing things wrong. atsumu miya, the guy who has everyone dancing to the tune of his hand, is- no that doesn't even sound right. how could he possibly-

"god, i've been in love with ya for so long." atsumu laughs, like it's a relief to finally get it off his chest. "but ya nearly ripped my heart to shreds over these past two weeks."

atsumu squeezes your hand before letting it fall to your side. his own flex by his side as if to hold himself back. "(y/n), ya can insult me to yer heart's content if that's what makes ya happy, but don't dodge me like i'm the damn plague. i hate it. i really do."

atsumu picks up his tear-filled eyes; it makes your own fall even faster because you realize that this hurts him. you want to apologize, but the words are backed up in your throat. your cries steal away your ability to speak.

so you pull him in, yanking him by the drenched fabric of his hoodie and closing the distance between you two. your lips crash onto his, praying that this action is enough for him to understand. it takes a moment for atsumu to react, he's unmoving against you, and once he realizes what's happening, he relaxes. his hands fly to your neck, resting one on either side as he kisses you back.

it's carnivorous. he kisses you like he's been deprived of you. you feel how badly atsumu's been wanting this, how long he's been waiting for this day. you can barely keep up with his hunger. it's hot enough to overpower the chill that comes with the rain beating down on both of you. you'd kiss him forever if you could, but your lungs are begging for air.

when you pull away, atsumu's eyes reveal that he's in a daze, a happy one, like he just came back from soaring through the clouds. his damp hair presses onto your forehead as you both catch your breaths.

he pulls back. atsumu wears a soft grin as he admires you, even though you probably look like a wet dog. one of his hands find their way up to your cheek. you look at him expectantly. "(y/n), i want all of ya. i want yer stubborn ass attitude and yer insults. i want ya to be the only person who can bring me back down to earth. i want yer smiles and all yer laughs. i want to continue lovin' ya." he professes with complete certainty. his flowery words make you beam so brightly that it makes your cheeks hurt.

"i'll give you all of that and more." you swear. "but miya, i need you to kiss me again."

"oh? it seems like i got myself a needy princess." atsumu smirks, but he's already leaning in.

"shut up."

"gladly." atsumu agrees, pressing his lips to yours, smiles on both your faces.

you catch the flu the day after, and so does atsumu. but man, it is so, so worth it.

[xjulixred45x]

I know this is a random request but if it's okay could I please ask for a yandere Poseidon where he kidnaps her yes but he gets an odd response out of her instead of being afraid of being

kidnapped she simply says why do you want me I don't see a reason to and the reason she responds this way is because she does not know why he wants her in the first place

and she knows fighting back or even trying to get away from him is simply not an option since

he is a God and she's maybe not human anymore( her character lore explains this) but she knows in terms of power he is stronger while she is weaker so her only main priority is to survive

I think i could make a Drabble out of this! Maybe a continuation of the previous work of Poseidon? Maybe an in-between?

Yandere! Poseidón x Kianna! Reader: Welcome Home.

Everything was…quiet. And that was the most worrying thing of all.

Poseidon had long been bothered by these feelings, feelings that should be reserved for lower beings like HUMANS, not higher beings like the gods. However, no matter what he did, that feeling only festered, grew, and formed roots inside his head. He was going crazy.

His brothers always told him that his short temper would stop once he found a partner, a wife who would keep him in line and calm these violent needs. However, this now seemed more like an illusion shattered, since since he had met her, not only were his violent impulses still in place, but they had only been redirected to other beings, victims of his possessiveness.

Poseidon knew this was inevitable, so maybe it was time to bring Reader right where she belonged...and that's what he did.

He was expecting the predictable, since humans tend to be very attached to the surface and the places in which they were born, no matter how ridiculous it may be, so he expected protests, fighting, screaming, crying. Not that it was something that mattered, it would be a momentary annoyance until he finally had the reader within his reach, that was what mattered.

However, when the KIDDNAPING-escort was executed, reader did not even make a sound…

Not even when they finally arrived at Poseidon's palace. She just stared at him, with those big, bright eyes. Like an animal staring at a predator.

Normally, Poseidon would have liked this, however, in this situation it felt...odd. As if the human was planning something, there was no way she would take this situation as if it were nothing. Ironically, it was her calmness with the situation that disturbed him.

And so the days passed, Poseidon had brought home his new...acquisition. Although of course, he made her stay in her chambers, thinking that if he left her in an even more secluded space, the mask of tranquility would break and reveal her true intentions, but nothing happened, other than being "greatly bored" (according to the mortal's own words, according to servitude).

Okay, that was enough. If she wasn't going to tell him directly what was on her mind, he would make her tell him.

Poseidon made a beeline for his supposed lover's chambers, opened the door without being careful to do so stealthily, and headed towards where she was, looking out through one of the windows.

She noticed his presence immediately and for the first time since she arrived she showed another emotion other than boredom or apathy, it was surprise, again.

That expression became more accentuated when Poseidon grabbed her arm, making her stand up. He looked into her eyes, and blurted out the question he had had all these days.

- “Why are you acting so strange? What are you up to, woman?”-

Reader didn't even know what to answer to that, she tried to think of something, but Poseidon cut her train of thought off again with another question.

- “You can't leave this place, you understand? Your life with those garbage is over, don't get your hopes up about returning to humans, you don't even belong to them anymore” - while he said this, he grabbed her face with his other hand, forcing her to look at him closely.

- “you. belong. to me” -

Reader shouldn't feel good knowing this. She knew it.

She should be terrified, feel betrayed, sad, her life has ended at the whim of this god.

But…

-“….why do you loves me? Want me?…of all beings…What reason is behind it?”

Reader knew that trying to flee from Poseidon of all the gods was useless, and at the same time it was not that she was interested in returning to the people of the temple where they mistreated and exploited her, but she needed to know, she needed to know that Poseidon was not going to be worse. It wasn't just a matter of saving her life, it was a matter of staying alive.

She could feel how, for a second, Poseidon's grip tightened painfully, but it was followed by an almost unknown softness. Poseidon could be gentle, but those were such rare occasions… especially the one they were in now.

Reader stared at the floor for a few seconds, scared to think that she had offended her beloved god, that this could be the last havoc. But she raised her head quickly when clearly hear laughter. A laugh from Poseidon.

Reader felt like she had to pinch herself to believe what she was seeing, Poseidon had not only laughed, but was now smiling. It wasn't a normal or small smile, like the ones she had had the privilege of seeing from him before, it was a smile from ear to ear. And he almost seemed…satisfied, even touched.

- “Mortals are so stupid.”- he said while pinching her cheek, it was as if a child had said a childish nonsense, something completely incorrect.

- “What makes you think I need a reason to love you?”

That single question, that single question completely destroyed the reader's reasoning. Of course, we're talking about Poseidon after all. Why would he need a reason to do things? She had seen him do much worse simply because yes, this wasn't even the worst. And yet it felt so…good to know.

- “a god does not need a reason. I only love you, want YOU, that's the only thing that matters. Don't fill your head with meaningless questions” – he grabbed her face again, more gently, so that she could look him in the eyes.

He seemed almost...proud of her, that she understood her place, that she was willing to be with him, of her DEVOTION for him, that her only doubt was regarding something so mundane was almost something to laugh at, but in a way, charming.

He leaned down to press his forehead to hers, simply glad to finally have satisfactory answers, but even more so, glad that he had finally brought her home after all.

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[nostalgebraist]

So, about this new "AI 2027" report...

I have not read the whole thing in detail, but my immediate reaction is kind of like what I said about "Bio Anchors" a while back.

Like Bio Anchors – and like a lot of OpenPhil reports for that matter – the AI 2027 report is mainly a very complex estimation exercise.

It takes a certain way of modeling things as a given, and then does a huge amount of legwork to fill in the many numeric constants in an elaborate model of that kind, with questions like "is this actually a reasonable model?" and "what are the load-bearing assumptions here?" covered as a sort of afterthought.

For instance, the report predicts a type of automated R&D feedback loop often referred to a "software intelligence explosion" or a "software-only singularity." There has been a lot of debate over the plausibility of this idea – see Eth and Davidson here for the "plausible" case, and Erdil and Barnett here for the "implausible" case, which in turn got a response from Davidson here. That's just a sampling of very recent entries in this debate, there's plenty more where that came from.

Notably, I don't think "AI 2027" is attempting to participate in this debate. It contains a brief "Addressing Common Objections" section at the end of the relevant appendix, but it's very clear (among other things, simply from the relative quantity of text spent on one thing versus another) that the "AI 2027" authors are not really trying to change the minds of "software intelligence explosion" skeptics. That's not the point of their work – the point is making all these detailed estimates about what such a thing would involve, if indeed it happens.

And the same holds for the rest of their (many) modeling assumptions. They're not trying to convince you about the model, they're just estimating its parameters.

But, as with Bio Anchors, the load-bearing modeling assumptions get you most of the way to the conclusion. So, despite the name, "AI 2027" isn't really trying to convince you that super-powerful AI is coming within the decade.

If you don't already expect that, you're not going to get much value out of these fiddly estimation details, because (under your view) there are still-unresolved questions – like "is a software intelligence explosion plausible?" – whose answers have dramatically more leverage over your expectations than facts like "one of the parameters in one of the sub-sub-compartments of their model is lognormally distributed with 80% CI 0.3 to 7.5."

---

Maybe this is obvious, I dunno? I've just seen some reactions where people express confusion because the whole picture seems unconvincing and under-motivated to them, and I guess I'm trying to explain what I think is going on.

And I'm also worried – as always with this stuff – that there are some people who will look at all those pages and pages of fancy numbers, and think "wow! this sounds crazy but I can't argue with Serious Expert Research™," and end up getting convinced even though the document isn't really trying to convince them in the first place.

---

Now, if you do buy all the assumptions of the model, then yes, I guess this seems like a valuable exercise. If you are literally Daniel Kokotajlo, and hence believe in all the kind of stuff that Daniel Kokotajlo believes, then it makes sense to do all this legwork to "draw in the fine details" of that high-level view. And yeah, if you think the End Times are probably coming in a few years (but you might be able to do something about that at the margins), then you probably do want to get very precise about exactly how much time you have left, and when it will become too late for this or that avenue for change.

(Note that while I don't agree with him about this stuff, I do respect Kokotajlo a lot! I mean, you gotta hand it to him... not only did he predict what we now call the "Gen AI boom" with eerie accuracy way back in 2021, he was also a whistleblower who refused to sign OpenAI's absurd you-can't-talk-about-the-fact-that-you-can't-talk-about-it non-disparagement agreement, thereby bringing it into public view at last.)

But, in short, this report doesn't really touch on the reasons I disagree with short timelines. It doesn't really engage with my main objections, nor is it trying to do so. If you don't already expect "AI" in "2027" then "AI 2027" is not going to change your view.

[yours-truly-q]

~ Your Eunoia ☆·*○.

☆ Synopsis - Does L care about how smart his partner is? (spoiler alert: he doesn't) ☆ Warnings! - a LOT of low self-esteem from reader, NEOT proof-read (I am very tired, pls don't judge) ☆ Pairing/s - L. Lawliet x gn!reader ☆ Notes - Trying something new style wise, tell me what you think! I've also just got back into Death Note (OH how I MISS YOU L ‼️) w/c - 1.1k

"Why do you like me?" You ask L bluntly, the previous silence being disturbed by your abrupt question. Your eyes flick between L and the coffee table, which had recent crime scene photos resting on it, like you couldn't decide what sight to let your eyes settle on. You were nervous, and maybe L could see that through your fiddling hands and body posture which has you curled into the sofa you sat on, like it could personally hide you from his deductive abilities. You knew better though.

L gives it a bit of thought, hands pausing over a photo at your words, before they continue their descent, fingers brushing the paper. You wonder what he thinks sometimes, how he can find a suspect by their body language and speech pattern alone, what clues he sees as relevant and what ones aren't worth looking at twice. He's so smart it makes you wonder why he would choose you in the first place. You're not particularly smart, you didn't do things he couldn't predict, if anything he sees what you're going to do before you even do it, so why you?

"You're simple and nice to look at." L states bluntly, his voice breaking you out of your thought process.

"Thanks" You roll your eyes playfully at his comment, but consider his words carefully, trying to understand this from L's perspective, what he could mean. 'Simple?' Your face scrunches up in confusion at the word, 'But why does he want that? Does he even want that? If he didn't, then why would he even point it out in the first place?' Your eyes glaze over as you let your head try to break down L's words, hoping that dissecting his reply will lead to a reasonable answer.

"...You're thinking about this too hard." L mumbles loud enough for you to hear, while his large black eyes glance over to you from the corner of his vision. He takes in your expression attentively, before going back to staring intently at two photos that lay side by side.

"Well, it's hard not too when I can't figure out if being 'simple' is a good thing or not." You huff out a laugh, one hand coming up to fiddle with the fabric of your shirt sheepishly. You look away from his form entirely, not sure what to make of this conversation at all.

"It is-" L starts as his index finger taps his lip in thought, no doubt about the case that was presented to him no more than 2 hours ago. "-You are easy to emotionally read, no matter how subtle or obvious your tells are, simple in thought process, so, predictable-" He continues while reaching over the table to grab a file, from the other end of the table, to scrutinise.

"WOW, just call me stupid why don't you?" You joke quietly with a silly smile slapped across your face. Though L makes a mental note to pick apart the emotional and mental connotations that that comment comes with, along with your expression, later.

"-, and, to me, accessible." L finishes, opening the file and taking in the information it presents him, though, before he starts reading, he stares at you with a prominent expression and says.

"You're simple, and that very thing is a quality I appreciate and look for in my environment when all I see is complexity." Then L looks down to his file, like he never said anything in the first place. He almost looks distracted, even though you know for a fact he is nothing of the sort, like he's not listening and you take a moment to admire him, as subtly as you can, in all his glory. The way his black hair shines in the white fluorescent light of the hotel room, how his finger brushes over his lip in thought and most of all, how his dark eyes scan over pages of facts and data. He's so pretty so it's not fair how he's so smart on top of all of that.

'What do you have to offer to him? What do you do for him? What makes him stay?' You look away from L as you let the thoughts quietly fester in your mind, because, they were right, weren't they? Even if what he wanted was simplicity and you were, apparently, that very thing, It's not like you were easy to interact with or be with as a partner. Insecurity lurked in every corner of your mind tainting each thing you said, did or even thought. No matter how far you ran from it, it would always find you and curl its sharp, venomous claws into your heart. So maybe you were simple, but you were in no way easy to handle, and you were just waiting for him to get sick of you and your constant self-doubt.

A small hum brings you out of your thoughts once more, before you notice L placing down the file he was reading, onto the table, and shuffling towards you. He crouches in front of your chair, in his typical L stance, while his eyes bore into your own with a certain intensity you've only seen very few times.

"Do not think that because you doubt yourself, that you are less deserving of my affections. Your value isn't determined by your flaws, nor your failures; nor is your worth in this relationship determined by how much you 'contribute' or 'bring' to the relationship. Your insecurities don't take away from the amount of fondness I harbor for you." His voice holds an air of unwavering certainty, like the mere idea that this could be a false statement was a crazy thought. L's normally deadpan face softened as you scanned his expression, eye brows, lips, nose, for any sign of deception. Then the moment you gazed into his eyes, you saw it, a warm tenderness that L unusually didn't show so freely, but here it was, just so you could confirm that he meant this, confirm how he felt. He was committed to you, and maybe this was his silent way of showing it.

"You will see your worth, for yourself, one day, but for now simply remember that, once again-" L leans in closer to you, chest almost brushing your knees to emphasise his words even more. "-your value isn't determined by your flaws, nor your failures." His voice carries a weight to it that you couldn't name if you tried, but his eyes tell you all you need to know. So even though you're uncertain, even though you don't feel that you're enough, you nod because you know that even if you don't feel worth the trouble, L does and maybe that, in itself, enough.

☆ Bonus!

"...so you like me because I'm stupid is what I'm hearing?" You joke again while leaning towards L in your chair. Whatever tension that had been building between the you two immediately dissipates as you let out small giggles.

"You know that's not what I mean, but if you wish to take it that way then who am I to correct you?" L reaches for his cup, but it can't hide that rare smile of his, that spreads across his face.

[marty4282]

What If Dazai Stopped Playing the Fool?

There's something that I saw on Twitter (I refuse to call it X) that peaked my interest.

Does Dazai mask more in the ADA than he did in the Port Mafia?

In the Port Mafia, of course Dazai has the role of the Demon Prodigy to play. But he didn't play that role all the time. He wasn't expected to be human or "normal" by any means. In the Port Mafia, Dazai's detached, but he's real. The Demon Prodigy mask that Dazai built was for survival; it was what Mori wanted him to be. But underneath the Demon Prodigy, there was still Dazai. We saw that Dazai when he was with Chuuya, Oda, and Ango. Dazai didn't have to hide what he was truly capable of. His intelligence, his ruthlessness, his darkness. He simply played into it.

Now, however...now it's different. In the ADA, he has to be human. Everyone knows him as the suicidal, bandage-wasting prankster. He has to be the heroic, trustworthy, likable human. He has to pretend he's harmless. So, he plays the part. He crafted the mask and is careful not to drop it. He can't take that mask off, because once he does, the ADA will truly see who he is. No one in the ADA truly knows what he's capable of.

Dazai knows who he truly is, and he knows he can never be truly good, but good and evil never mattered to him. To him, good and evil doesn't exist, because he himself is a morally gray character. So to answer the first question, Dazai does mask more in the ADA...but that brings me to another question.

What does Dazai want?

Think about it, has Dazai ever done anything for himself? Not that I can recall. He's always been doing everything for a mission, a deal, the sake of other people, etc. So, what does Dazai want?

What will happen when Dazai finally gets that free will, when he finally gets to choose what he wants? What will he do when he finally stops caring? Would he honor Oda's wish? Would he go back to the Port Mafia out of his own volition to become the next boss? Here's the most interesting one: Would Dazai become neutral?

That's actually the scariest option. You might think that Dazai going back to the Port Mafia being scarier, but I think this one is the scariest. Because if Dazai truly goes neutral, he wouldn't be bound by anything. Morality, ideals, and expectations? All out the window. He wouldn't be tethered by any missions or orders, he would simply act out of pure logic and self-interest. No more masks, no more facades, this would just be Dazai.

There's always been a reason behind all of his actions, but if he becomes neutral, he would be unpredictable. Maybe he doesn't burn everything down. Maybe he doesn't save anyone. Maybe he just watches, pulling strings only when it amuses him, only when it serves whatever fleeting curiosity he has at the moment. A wild card.

One day he could save a child from an oncoming car. That same night he could slaughter an entire organization out of curiosity. No one could predict what he would do next. And that? That's scary.

Just an extra note here, everyone in Dazai's life has tried to shape and mold him into something he isn't. Mori molded the Demon Prodigy, Oda pushed Dazai to become a good man, even though he may not be fit for it, Fukuzawa wanting a protector of Yokohama. The only person that I can recall that hasn't forced Dazai to be something is Chuuya. Chuuya just lets Dazai be, no pressure, no expectations, just Dazai.

Hopefully, all of that made sense. I actually thought of this last night and chose to put it in words today. Dazai's character just has so much potential because no one knows what he truly wants. And I'm waiting for the day for him to say, "You know what? I'm done."

Dazai just lives in my head rent free at this point. So does Chuuya.

[lore-of-mobius]

Why Shadow Was Infected In The Metal Virus Arc

So something people have wondered is why Shadow was written so weirdly during the Metal Virus arc, let alone was infected when he should have been immune.

Some people believe the reason this was done was to write him out of the story because Sonic Team was too strict with how Shadow should act, and that if it wasn't for these mandates he wouldn't have been written out of the arc. This idea comes from Ian Flynn claiming such in the BumbleKast for Feb 17, 2020 aka The Sonic Movie - BumbleKast #111 at 37:41. He ends up responding this the following question. "Ever since the incident in quotes in number 19 and how people were upset with Shadow's portrayal in the same issue, I've gotten pretty upset with this myself. Especially since I realized after reading comments online about this that is a huge betrayal to the character development he had an SA, to Heroes, his own title game, and even 06. I wish SEGA could look back at those games and see who the real Shadow the Hedgehog is, and it hurts my heart every time I think about it. I know I shouldn't be asking for spoilers for future issues of the comics, but at the very least answer my question without revealing too much. Will there be a scene in the eventual fallout slash recovery arc of the Metal Virus saga where Shadow gets called out for his arrogance and stupidity again back in number 19 and gets questioned for his current behavior." This question complaining about how Shadow particularly in the Metal Virus Arc was written badly. Ian's response was... "Uh maybe Shadow is weird in that of all the Sonic characters he has had the most notes of anybody bar none I mean the Deadly Six we got some very specific direction here, and there some notes occasionally on Cream, we had a bit of a back-and-forth over what Knuckles would do here in the current storyline in coming issues. But Shadow for whatever reason is under tighter scrutiny it feels like than anybody else, it's weird but there is a moment that I'm hoping will get approved. We'll see I really can't predict um, it's become a very very tricky balancing act. I thought I had gotten things figured out in the two-parter. Well it's more of a one partner because Shadow only appears at the end of the one issue. He and Sonic actually interact and the following one with her and Windmill Village. I thought I had gotten figured out what Sega wants from the character now. But I guess if you look at what very little we see in Forces, and the far more confrontational single note we got in Team Racing. I think that's the direction they want to go now so I you know it's the same as it ever was I'll do what I can with what I'm given." In other words Ian in his wording makes it seem Shadow ended up being written in the Metal Virus Arc is because of Sonic Team having so many notes on him which resulted in him being written as arrogant and dumb.

However, in the BumbleKast for Aug 23, 2022 aka BumbleKast for August 23rd, 2022 feat. Laviarray/Dekokamii - Q&A Podcast with Ian Flynn at 16:24 Ian says something completely different. "Uh, the original thing that I wanted to do was that that Shadow in his arrogance thought that he would be immune because he was the ultimate life form. And that as the virus encroached upon him he'd take off his in his limiter rings and use that Chaos Shadow kind of pseudo form to burn it off, thinking that he had the power to overwhelm it. And that it just continued to adapt until he was overcome and that ultimately it was his hubris that brought him down. Uh, ultimately it was decided that introducing the limiter rings was too much to do at that juncture, along with the Chaos Shadow form so without that kind of central conceit uh it just came out as it did." He goes on to say. "To escalate things that's part of the general construction of Metal Virus is that everything gets increasingly worse. Shadow himself is an incredibly powerful character, and if he were to get his hands on Chaos Emerald, chaos control could potentially render a lot of the threat of Metal Virus moot. So to see someone of Sonic's caliber if not arguably stronger fall to the virus and now become part of the problem is one more tick on the it's getting worse."

This reveals the way Shadow was written in the Metal Virus arc aka as arrogant and stupid was not necessarily due to Sonic Team having some strict notes on how Shadow was to be written. But rather than Ian had wrote Shadow to not be immune to escalate the plot, remove a character that was too powerful and would render the arc moot, and wrote him intentionally as arrogant and dumb so he would fall to the Metal Virus in service of the plot over what made sense for Shadow's character and powers.

[imperatorrrrr]

T, in honour of devils playoffs and to hopefully remain positive during these crazy times, I have some silly devils questions. if you could pick one player for each of the categories, who would you choose?

One player to miraculously avoid any kind of further injury during the playoff run. like not even a scraped knuckle kind of invincibility.

In that same thread, one player who's on IR to come back in full health but the catch is none of the other injured players will return for the rest of playoffs.

One player to score a history-worthy game-clinching goal that everyone talks about until September.

One player that will most likely give a playoff quote so bizarre during interviews that people begin to meme him and it gets utterly out of hand. He thinks it'll die down over summer but come September the first question he gets is that meme once more.

And last but not least, one player that the bus leaves behind AGAIN. Could be a player that wasn't part of the Original Abandoned Four but could also be a player that was part of the Original Abandoned Four (tragic.)

have fun! 🦭

omg these are so fun, lets go!

One player to miraculously avoid any kind of further injury during the playoff run. like not even a scraped knuckle kind of invincibility. I'm going to be incredibly myself and incredibly predictable and say that Nico Hischier should get this one. That's the heart and soul of this team. Has had a career year offensively. This team can't seem to win a face off without him. And he deserves to see real playoff success. He didn't have a stellar offensive playoffs last go around.

In that same thread, one player who's on IR to come back in full health but the catch is none of the other injured players will return for the rest of playoffs. This one's tough because I think Siegs missing is actually the thing thats got us in the hole we're in and I'm going to be use some out of the box thinking to say Luke hasn't been placed on IR yet, so if I don't choose him he'll be able to come back. But I mean there's only one answer to this and its Jack Hughes. I miss him so much. I miss his smile I miss his skating I miss his goal scoring. I miss his everything. And so does the team. And so does Nico. Plus, I think his return would truly do numbers for us. Emotionally, hockey-ily, etc.

One player to score a history-worthy game-clinching goal that everyone talks about until September. This is my own personal agenda (and maybe also @jonasiegenthaler's agenda), but this will have to be Simon Nemec. I am very concerned about my boy's future on this team and I need him to have a memorable playoffs so the fanbase will shut up about trading him and so they let Luke keep his boyfriend. I think if he scores a history worthy game clinching goal that might gain him some respite from all the god damn discourse.

One player that will most likely give a playoff quote so bizarre during interviews that people begin to meme him and it gets utterly out of hand. He thinks it'll die down over summer but come September the first question he gets is that meme once more. The first player that came to my mind was in fact Cody Glass and you know what I'm going to stick to it. I feel he is so wholesome that he's going to say something he thinks is so innocuous, but ends up being something insane. Like when I was younger and I was getting a ride home from Mock Trial from my friend's parents and they asked me if I had a good time at Mock Trial and I wanted to say "we were just jerking around" like being silly goosey and instead I said "we were just jerking off" and the entire car fell silent.

And last but not least, one player that the bus leaves behind AGAIN. Could be a player that wasn't part of the Original Abandoned Four but could also be a player that was part of the Original Abandoned Four (tragic.) Okay, so I was originally gonna say Bratter because I think he would never find himself in such a situation, he's too on top of things and it would be high comedy if he did, but there is actually a correct answer to this and its Luke Hughes. Very much in the style of that scene from Home Alone where Nico wants to pass something back to Luke on the bus and it goes through the whole team "pass this to Luke" and then comes back with a "Luke's not here" and then you have a zoom in on Nico's face going "LUKE!" Cue Luke playing on his Nintendo DS waiting on the curb for the bus to come back for him.

[hoodedjelly]

Pardon the double ask, I’d also love to hear your thoughts on some Inanimate Insanity questions if you wouldn’t mind!

Thoughts on the Shimmers? [I personally find them super fascinating but there’s so little lore to chew on!]

The MePad tragedy… Do you think they could fix him, seeing as they have two very capable people who already built a whole person?? [You can probably guess my thoughts on this XD]

Favourite charcter(s)/character dynamics? I myself have a soft spot for the begrudging-turned-close friendships we see, like with Nickel and Balloon, MePhone and Floory, and Lightbulb and Paintbrush!

I'll do this ask first cause i wanna spice things up and talk about ii now.

Thoughts on the Shimmers? If i'm being honest i don't have any strong feelings about them. when i was watching ii i did get spoiled on bots new look and the whole time i was just like "oh they must come from that egg!" and then the egg became an egg creature from an egg species. So i was just like "OK I GUESS WE DOING CIRCLES NOW????". I was hoping for a really cool looking alien design, but i accepted that they are just eggs. I'm crossing my fingers for the next season to talk about their lore more, and just other alien species maybe since now it is confirmed there are more then just cobs and ii. How did cobs know about the shimmer? was he a fucking space war criminal??? there must be more objects out there that's not made by mephone. it honestly makes me really excited!!! i know they're not going to go straight onto the lore stuff for season 4, but i'm just so excited on who would even be the HOST next season, is there even gonna be a host???? SO MANY QUESTIONS AND IM EATING THEM UP!!!

Thoughts on MePads Death: mepads death was very much a shock for me, i'm in the ballpark where there's no way they're just going to leave him dead, cobs is dead, they can raid his place for parts. there's test tube that can save him. like there's so many variables that CAN save him it just makes sense that he would come back. But they can also be fucked up and evil, keep on going on the theme with "death is forever now" and that starts with mepad. I fear mepad is just another one of those burning questions i can't wait to see get answered on season 4

Favorite character(s)/character dynamics: OH JOY HOW I LOVE THESE CHARACTERS! i do love the bright lights group a lot, fan, test tube, paint brush and lightbulb. Have a soft spot for the final 2, suitcase and knife, but i think that's just because I've been around them the most the whole season. LOVE bot, floor, mepad and mephone4. I'm also very smitten on mephone3gs, i love his whole "space adventuring super hero from the 50s" voice, it's the right amount of cheese for me and i eat it up. My favorite dynamics are just the same fav characters i listed. fan and test tube are just two autistic nerds in love. paint brush and light bulb is a dynamic i constantly eat up "the hot head and they happy one". when i saw them i knew ii got me and there was no escape from my predictable self. i do actually like knife and pickle a lot! mephone4 and 3gs is a dynamic i can't wait to see in the next season. mephone got a new older brother thats a badass space adventuring super hero LIKE COME ON THATS SO CUTE. the last scene with them hugging literally makes me tear up every time. I can only just imagine, depressed mephone just like eating his life away on the couch and sg3 is just trying to help him with his space captain attitude.

anyway here's this little doodle of my fav group that i forgot to post

[the-way-astray]

I hate the forkle twin reveal with all of my heart and soul

I was wondering what ur opinion on it is

i genuinely have absolutely no opinion whatsoever on the twist, good or bad. like, yeah, on one hand, i go, oh. oh, it's an identical twin reveal. that's . . . original . . . yeah . . . sure . . . okay, shannon whatever you say . . . but as a plot twist in and of itself, it's not the worst thing ever? for a plot twist to be good, imo, it needs four things: one, foreshadowing. something that makes you reread and go ohhhh, i missed that!!!! that's happening because of this plot twist that will explain everything later!!!! basically it can't come out of nowhere. two, it needs to explain or justify something that happened earlier that made no sense that now makes sense . . . in other words, there shouldn't be a twist for the sake of having a twist. it needs to clarify something. three, it needs to impact the story going forward from that point. we can't just go on from this point knowing this huge thing has changed and having it do nothing for the story. and four, which honestly is not necessarily necessary, but i like to think of it as a cherry on top or something that makes a plot twist better in a sense, and that is that the plot twist enhances the themes of the story

and the forkle twin twist? it does three out of four of these things relatively well. so leaving out the fact that it's kinda cliche, i still think shannon manages it fairly fine

number one, foreshadowing. this is done several times. there's a moment in neverseen where keefe wonders how forkle could be sir astin and simultaneously live next to sophie in the forbidden cities, to which mr. forkle predictably goes "maybe i'll tell you later". there's another one in lodestar where grady wonders how forkle could've been a councillor and a black swan member simultaneously, to which forkle responds with "the same way i could live in the forbidden and lost cities at the same time". so there's evidence shannon knew she was going to do this twist since at least neverseen. i hate when people say shannon came up with the forkle twin twist at the last minute because she decided she wanted forkle back!!!! like no!!!! did you even read the books!!!! why!!!! there are actual critiques you can make about this twist but that is not one of them!!!!

number two, explains something. this would be forkle's entire backstory. why did he decide to join the black swan? why did he decide to do project moonlark? why did he decide to pick up the art of disguise? why is he so mysterious? why does he not trust easily? all of these questions are answered because of the forkle twin twist, and we also get an additional rundown on his entire tragic backstory. so this twist did not come out of nowhere. it explained something that was relevant to the story, it clarifies the reasons behind why one of the most important characters in the story does what he does. it's not thrown in there for no reason. it genuinely enriches the story (in theory . . . because number three . . . )

number three is the only criteria that the forkle twin twist doesn't fulfill. and i hate it!!!! forkle says that he'll have to pare down his total number of identities, and you would think that would make something happen. like either the council finally realizes what's going on or he gets worse at his job or less cautious or something. and supposedly those things do happen, but shannon has no interest in showing you that. she tells you forkle is "falling behind in his responsibilities with the black swan" (whatever the fuck that means) but the twist has no actual impact on the story as we know it. he's still there whenever sophie needs him, he's still relatively okay, and everything is literally the same. you could have sophie notice subtle differences in the way he does things that she didn't notice before, or literally anything that isn't just. oh, same old forkle. but no!!!! shannon has no interest in doing anything with this twist. it's just revealed, and then she resets right back to square one and it's like it never happened. which is a poor way to write a twist

number four, themes. i think the forkle twist is important in exemplifying the themes of like. the lost cities' inequality? the whole point is that the forkle twins were forced down this route because of the way society hated twins so much. they would not have been allowed to go to foxfire or join the nobility or be anyone if it ever got out that they were twins. and that's super important to the themes of the story, so i think shannon kinda nailed this twist on three out of four fronts

so basically i don't think it's a well-done twist, but i think it's half-baked enough for me to not totally despise it. also most arguments i've heard against this twist are in bad faith so i've kinda been annoyed into having a little bit more of a positive opinion of the twist than i would without that lmfao. i've definitely seen worse twists

[ingydarwp]

clemmie i promised questions about ramona and paul and in all honesty, i need fuel to make an edit about them. and so, here i am. this has also inspired me to write a paul rovia parental figure fanfic. you have ruined me, clementine.

what does ramona think of paul at first? does she only like him because boots doesn't rip his leg off at first sight?

does she ever try pull his hair out? probably in a fit of rage or something else, but does ramona ever try it and does paul try to strangle her as a result for it?

maybe this will be a spoiler, but why does paul like her? does he see his younger self in her? or is her rage that makes her seem adoptable?

if there was a song to describe ramona and paul, which song would it be?

if there was a song to describe ramona and judith, which song would it be?

if there was a song to describe ramona and jacqueline, which song would it be?

if ramona was a line in a song, which song would it be?

what does ramona think of paul and aaron?

all i can picture is ramona living with paul for a brief period of time, trying to get some sense of normalcy back, does that happen?

what does ramona think of ezekiel? i can imagine her wanting shiva as a pet, but what does she think of him?

after the line-up, when her nightmares start, does ramona often go to paul for something? i doubt it's comfort, maybe silent company?

i think ive asked enough (for now) and now i must go plot and stare at the wall as i think of ways to punish you for planting a new twd oc in my head. grrr, clemmie. grr. im using my inner ramona to curse you. i hope a bee and wasp stings you at the same time. (unless your allergic, if you are i hope a cat lays on your lap and digs their claws into your legs)

whenever i see the notif that you've sent in an ask, i actually start whirling around rapidly like a helicopter!! real!! no sources needed!!

anyhow, tiger and jesus (paul rovia) are one of my favourite side-dynamics in the whole of eoe!! so much so that i've actually worked part of the plot around keeping him alive, because tiger goes through a LOT in s9 and i didn't want to dump his death on top of it all. also just because i think he's a neat guy. so!! these questions are very fun and very exciting, so lets answer them :))

first impressions!!

honestly, one of the first thoughts tiger has about jesus is that he's a very confusing sort of guy. she meets him on that one supply run in s6 — his first appearance, the filler episode with the truck — and she can't quite figure him out. he's very polite and very cheerful, but also a very skilled fighter, and she can't really figure out why he won't fight with her.

tiger's first instinct with him — or basically just with any new people — is to try and rip him to shreds, but the thing about paul is he just won't engage. he pushes her away from him or prys her off, but he never actually makes any attempt to fight back. so, she finds him curious, but deep down, she actually really likes him.

the thing about tiger is that she needs stability, and a huge part of that is needing to know how people are going to react to her. when she pushes boundaries with carol, for example, carol will always correct her and put her right back in her place. rick will always try to mediate and understand her. daryl will always just argue back. that's why she allows herself to attach to them over time; predictability is the thing she craves the very most. and jesus is very, very predictable. when she fights or shouts or pushes, he just ignores it and redirects her energy elsewhere. he never rises to her antics. his constant, reliable calmness is something she loves — even though she'd never admit it.

does she ever try to pull his hair out??

this actually made me giggle for an alarmingly long time. she does, but not often!! when tiger feels restless and stressed, she tests a lot of boundaries to receive the stable, predictable responses she needs. it keeps her grounded. so, when she wants to test paul, she fights him, and his hair is often an unfortunate target.

+ in their first interaction, she refers to him as an 'ugly, shampoo-advert piece of shit', so it's safe to say she's not impressed by his hair.

why does paul like her??

honestly? it's because he sees right fucking through her. all her surface-level rage, all her attacks and isolation and avoidance, he knows it for what it really is. she's scared and she wants to be given something to hold onto.

idk if she necessarily reminds him of himself, but she definitely reminds him of foster kids he's met throughout his life, and that helps him to understand how to keep her regulated. he knows that she's rick's daughter, and that taking care of her is primarily his job, but tiger is his friend. he sees her and makes her feel seen, which is the most important thing.

he also thinks she's really funny. a lot of people miss that with tiger, but she is. she makes him laugh a lot.

paul and tiger's song!!

i think it's a little bit of 'civilian', by wye oak, but i do feel like that's judith and tiger's song the very most, so i don't think they get entire ownership of it. maybe theirs could be 'the bug collector'?

"and i try my best / to prove that nothing's out to get you."

that's very them.

tiger and jude's song!!

i think they've got a couple, because i think about tiger and jude an unhealthy amount, so these are some of my top choices!!

civilian — wye oak (naturally)

masterpiece — big thief

silhouettes — of monsters and men

house of the rising sun — lauren o'connel

tiger and jackie's song!!

this is so tricky because there are a thousand songs i could apply to jackie and tiger, but half of them are spoiler-ish and half of them don't make sense to anyone but me :( the one that came to mind first — because of the sound rather than the lyrics — was 'visions of gideon', by sufjan stevens. another would be 'once i'm gone', by finnegan tui.

if tiger was a lyric!!

possibly the most difficult question of them all!! tiger is a thousand songs and a thousand words and a thousand things, so pinning this down was hard, but i knew it would have to be a florence + the machine song, so that narrowed my search a little.

even then, though, there were too many options to choose just one, so... here are three instead :0

"oh, drunken gods of slaughter / you know i've always been your favourite daughter." — cassandra

"and when we come back, we'll be dressed in black / and you'll scream my name aloud." — spectrum (say my name)

"i thought that i was hungry for love / maybe i was just hungry for blood." — mermaids

opinions on paul and aaron!!

this is really funny to me because tiger's opinions on jesus and aaron have everyone thinking that she hates gay people for a while 😭 that's not even it. she just hates romance and she HATES the idea of her best friend running off to hang out with someone else all the time, but everyone misinterprets her disgust as intolerance.

tiger doesn't hate the gays!! she just hates love!! and also aaron!!

(sorry aaron)

tiger living with jesus!!

post-s9-timeskip, tiger is a very flighty individual, and whenever she starts to feel too closed in in one settlement, she'll just go to a different one instead. hilltop is one of her favourites. mostly because of jesus, but also because it's more open and used to be governed by maggie — who stresses her out a LOT less than michonne. tiger is not a michonne fan. more on that at a different point.

anyhow!!

your thoughts are incredibly correct!! tiger goes to stay with paul whenever she needs peace, both mentally and settings-wise. alexandria is busy and pretty intense, and she has a lot to face there. in s9, after getting in a fight with judith, jesus and hilltop are tiger's safe space. it's where she gets to shut her brain off for a minute and just be alone.

tiger and ezekiel!!

tiger is unimpressed, to say the least. because on one hand, yay!! a real life tiger!! but why is there a strange dude attached who acts like he's the king of everything and talks like a medieval nobleman?? like wtf??

but, tiger has a lot of respect for carol (vada if you’re reading this, i’m so sorry) so she tolerates ezekiel to keep her happy and only bullies him half as much as she’d like to. he’s too interesting for her. she is not into the kingdom’s vaguely cultish vibe.

nightmares!!

post-line-up, tiger never sleeps another night without at least one nightmare. she eventually adjusts to them and learns to calm herself down and take deep breaths and remember it’s not real, but it still is a huge part of her life. they make her uneasy, and as i said earlier, when tiger’s uneasy, she skips town.

tiger is very prone — especially post timeskip — to leave alexandria in the middle of the night and walk up to hilltop all by herself. it takes hours and it’s exhausting, but it clears her head. and yes, it’s mostly to chat to jesus.

he’s the only one she really tells her nightmares to. carol too, and daryl a little bit, but mostly him. he doesn’t ask questions about them, or try to make sense of them or anything. he just listens to her talk, and when she’s done, they just sit in the same room together doing different activities.

thank you for the fabulous questions!! please don’t sting me with bees or wasps!! i’m very afraid of insects.

[just-sp-in-inginthevoid]

For that fandom ask game:

1, 5, 9 and 11 ✨️

Someone that played along, niceee

Thank you very much, anon 😌🙏

1.What was the first fandom you were a part of?

Actually pretty tough question, but I'll say Katekyou Hitman Reborn! because it's the first media I both read fanfics and searched for fanarts while writing fanfics for it in my corner and attempting to draw fanarts lol. Not the first piece of media I was interested in (one Final Fantasy, One Piece and Shugo Chara to name the main ones) but the one thanks to which I discovered what fandom meant and in which I ghostly was in

First fandom I was actively a part of was Naruto

5. What fandom have you been a part of the longest?

KHR and One Piece are strong contenders ngl - I come back to check on both of them several times a year. Longest one without any break is TR so far I think.

9. What's your favorite rarepair?

Ooooooh you're looking for troubles /j (yes, I consider this topic to be more a potential discourse starter than the next one)

I'll stay on TR because that's where my mind is most of the time and what is classified as number 1 at the present time.

Honestly, as any fandom TR popular ships revolve around popular characters, so it sucks when your fav isn't a.. fandom fav(understatement of the year).. but in this situation it helps not to name a crackship

So actual pretty bland & predictable answer but it's shinomi. peace and love on planet earth (if we go onto polyship territory, I do love me some BD founders. need to character-study Benkei more in mind tho tbh)

11. What character is widely loved that you can't stand?

Actually, since I'm a boring person, the more time passes the less characters genuinely annoys me if not pisses me off. That being said, it gets replaced by relative neutrality and Big idc (which usually do be directed towards fandom favs because my brain has troubles not picking the character in the back or the side with not much appearances or relevance to the overall plot as character to obsess over). It's not that I don't like them or am not interested, I'm simply not quite attached. Last one I found insufferable... Well, close enough. My attachment to Geto(JJK) is absolutely nonexistent - I do find him to be an interesting character, but subjectively, yeah, he did piss me off a few times. Never went in his fandom territory. Seeing too much of him or of satosugu/sugusato gets on my nerves (no hate to those liking or loving them, it's just not my thing) (okay, maybe I should rethink this question being less bad then the previous one-)

As a kid I used to not stand Snow from Final Fantasy XIII and Tadase from Shugo Chara, they would actually make me mad just by seeing them and I wanted them away - just to give actual examples, even though they're not known outside of their fandom lol

Then there's of course 'fanon idea of a character that I can't stand' which is a different matter lol but it's rather hypocritical since I indulge myself in ooc at times. I am not immune to fanon archetypes (altho I do my best at all time to not have my perception of a character be wrapped by a part of the fandom interpretation). I am also not immune to badly or wrongly interpreting a character.

Looking at Takeomi (because he's been number 1 blorbo for over two years so he's always in the foreground of my mind) it's more like 'what character do people widely can't stand that you love?' with me

[iwantacoolusernameman]

Suna x Reader

⋆ love you still ⋆

Notes: angst with no comfort, ex-lovers

Summer nights were your favorite. With the lukewarm wind blowing on your face on the balcony, eating snacks in the middle of the night over spilled secrets and shared laughter with the person you love the most. You loved those nights. You still love those nights. But it hasn't been summer for a long time. It's just the morning of a sleepless night and things shouldn't be this way. Was it silly or stupid or foolish or naive of you to think that time would last forever? You can't decide. And you can't stop thinking, how could he ever do this? when you never even had second thoughts about your presence in his future. Just how could he? You don't get it. Where was the sense in all this? Were all his I love you's nothing but lies? It could have been worse, you tell yourself in an attempt to soothe your brittle heart. He could have cheated behind my back. Though you're not really sure if that would actually hurt more, pain and heartbreak feels all the same to you in that moment and all you know is that he found someone else, someone better you tell yourself, and then he left, slowly but surely, when you thought you knew him like no one else does. And you hate how wrong you were. You hate remembering the way he used to look at you, even recalling his name puts your stomach into knots. You can't even eat or sleep anymore so how could he be doing just fine without you? And why are you still hovering with your thumb over the phone screen, one touch away from calling him? He doesn't wanna hear from you anymore and you know it but you need something to hold on to. Closure maybe. Anything. You'll take anything he gives you, just don't leave me you think as your thumb touches the screen.

"Hey," you try to sound casual despite the choking lump in your throat.

"What's up?" It's not a casual greeting, he sounds bored. As if saying let's get this over with quickly, as if he doesn't wants to talk to you.

You still try so hard to get him back, the him from those summer nights that you're still holding on to even when you know, and you can hear so clearly, he's long forgotten about.

"Just wanted to check in on you," you say quietly, scared your voice will shake if you speak louder than that. "We haven't talked in a while."

"Hm, yeah." He seems to think for a moment. "Things are as always."

You knew his answer would come like that, short and quick with no interest to keep the conversation going. That's exactly how it had started a few months ago.

"Why are you so cold towards me?" You ask him, not for the first time, and can't hold back the sad sharpness in your tone. "You weren't always this way."

"I don't know what you're talking about." Another predictable answer from him. His go-to answer that still makes you question sometimes if maybe you are going crazy after all.

"I'm always like this." He persists.

"You weren't with me." And you don't seem to be with your new lover.

He doesn't reply and you start thinking maybe he doesn't wants to come back, maybe he is happier this way (although you were so sure he was happy with you too), or maybe you just never knew him. Maybe he's right and he'd always been this way and you just don't know, you were wrong about everything all this time, you don't know anything at all anymore, just that you miss him so terribly much.

"Im a little busy at the moment," he says when he finally speaks. "Let's talk another time."

Sure just run away, you think bitterly but you don't want to make it worse, you don't want to fight so you don't say anything at all and he hangs up with a quiet bye and you know you will never call him again. You know the words left unsaid that are I hate you and I love you still will keep on choking you and you'll have to find a way to live with it.

[queenslimeball]

A sweetie gets sweets

Walter "Keys" McKey x male!reader

Requested by; @batzfailz

Contents; fluff

Summary; Keys slowly starts to realise he's fallen in love with the cashier at the café he visits often.

Keys sits down in the same spot after having ordered the same drink from the same guy in the café. Usually, that feels different from how it feels right now. He usually just gets on with his work on Free City and forgets that everyone else is there.

But it's different today.

Keys finds his eyes trailing after that cashier. Not for any professional reason, which would be more predictable for someone like him. But... it's not. Keys catches himself staring and quickly looks away. He feels rather embarrassed, despite no one having seen him. He gets up and flees – earlier than he tends to leave.

When Keys comes back the next day, he goes back up to the counter, feeling rather nervous because he's figured out just why he was staring. He's beginning to crush on the cashier, which is crazy, right? Or at least, Keys thinks so.

"How can I help you today?" The cashier says, with his usual charm and smile. "I assume it's your usual?"

Keys is so caught off guard. This guy knows him. He melts a little on the inside.

"Uh– yeah! Please." Keys stutters out, awkwardly smiling back. He stands and waits as the cashier steps away. He comes back with Keys' coffee and a handful of sweets.

"Are those for someone else?" Keys questions, pointing at the cookies.

"Nope. On the house." The cashier replies, still smiling at him.

Keys' heart explodes by this point, or it sure does feel like it because it's beating a mile a minute. Keys almost forgets to thank the cashier as he steps away with his coffee and now some sweets, too. When he sits down in his seat, he can hardly focus on his work. He just gets distracted by the cashier every time he greets a new customer.

Left to his own thoughts, Keys makes a decision as he eats the sweets. He's going to ask for the cashier's number. Can't be too tricky, right? Even though he can barely ask for his order from the guy.

When he's about to leave, Keys walks over to the counter. It's not long before the café shuts, as there's not many people in there, so at least he can avoid public humiliation. He makes hard eye contact with the cashier and instantly regrets it.

"Hi! I, uh... never got your name!" Keys prompts. He's internally pressuring himself to build to the major question.

"It's M/n. I never got yours?" M/n replies.

"Oh, it's Walter, but no one calls me that." Keys answers.

"Is that 'cause they don't like you or 'cause you got a nickname?" M/n asks playfully.

"The latter, I hope." Keys laughs. M/n laughs, too, which makes Keys feel good about himself.

"Don't see how they can't, anyway." M/n adds. Keys has to physically stop himself from gawking when M/n says that. But he definitely can't stop the slight blush that heats up his cheeks.

"I was just wondering..." Keys starts but struggles to finish. "Can I... I dunno... have your number?"

"Yeah, sure." M/n replies like it's the most casual answer ever. Keys doesn't quite know if that's a good or a bad thing. Albeit, Keys has M/n's number, which definitely is a good thing. "You're sweet. I like that about you."

Keys... sweet? He feels butterflies not just appear but erupt in his stomach.

"Me? Thank you." Keys instantly regrets it. Of course, he's talking to him. "You're funny."

"Aw, thank you!." M/n replies. "That's why I gave you the sweets. A sweetie gets sweets."

Keys goes fully red. There's definitely something there. He knows it. Maybe, just maybe. He won't just leave with M/n's number, but with the guy himself.

[cosmicjoke]

Alright, chapter 215 of "Vinland Saga"!

And ohh boy, there's really no going back for Einar, now. He's finally, officially, killed someone, and I really do have to wonder what the ramifications of that is going to be. What's really interesting here is how Einar's first time killing someone mimics Thorfinn's first time from the anime. If I recall correctly, that scene wasn't originally included in the manga, but when Thorfinn kills for the first time as a young boy, he's at first stunned, and then this rage takes over him and he keeps repeatedly stabbing at his assailant. And we see that happen here with Einar, too, with him being at first shocked that he's killed someone, before just losing it and stabbing his attacker repeatedly, well after he's already dead. It's a trauma response, just like it was with Thorfinn. Only Einar is a grown man and this is his first time experiencing the horror of it all.

I've been wondering for a while what the effect of all of this was going to be on the relationship between Thorfinn and Einar, and it seems more and more to me that it's headed somewhere irreversible. Thorfinn's been MIA for a while now, and all this horrible killing has broken out, all this war, mostly being experienced by people who have never seen a battle field or had to take a life in order to save either their own or others. I don't think Einar is going to recover from this or ever really be the same, and I have a bad feeling that he may even grow to resent and hate Thorfinn (more than he already does), assuming he doesn't get killed in all this. Thorfinn isn't there, and he isn't able to fight, and as a result, it's everyone else who's sort of been forced into this confrontation, Einar most of all, who's own choice to stay and fight has led to this moment. I'd hate to see him blame Thorfinn for that, when again, it's Einar's own choice that led him here. He could have just chosen to flee, like Vargar originally suggested. Of course, you can't hold it too much against Einar, either, because all he's worked for and dreamed of is being threatened and stolen from him. There's really no right or wrong answer here. It isn't fair to just suggest Einar should be willing to give up everything just because someone decided to take it from him. That's what makes this story so complex and, ultimately, tragic. There's really no clear answer to any of it. But yeah, I'm just thinking that it's likely Einar will be irrevocably changed from this, and his relationship with Thorfinn forever altered, maybe even destroyed. We'll see, whenever we get Thorfinn back in the picture. But that really would be the ultimate tragic outcome of this, I think, and a perfect encapsulation of how war destroys. Thorfinn's first and best friend, the man who helped pull him out of despair and gave him a new direction and purpose outside of the violence that had, up to that point, defined his life, may end up turning on Thorfinn completely through the experience of war and violence. I think, in some ways, Einar already has turned on Thorfinn, but so fully rejecting Thorfinn's decision to retreat without fighting. How Thorfinn's own ideals and pacifism survives that kind of blow is a good question. I think he'll be devastated, if it turns out like I'm predicting, and realistically, he'll begin to again question the viability of his philosophy.

It seems, at least in part, that the tide has temporarily turned, too, with the Jomsvikings appearing and absolutely destroying the Lnu's fighters on the shore. How long the reprive will last for the Nords remains to be seen, though. Things are still dire, that's for sure.

I hope we get an update next chapter on Thorfinn. We have no idea currently what his condition is or if he's going to survive. I don't expect him to die, but his condition the last time we saw him was bad enough to at least assume he's got no way of fighting or defending anyone. What a disaster. I'm afraid of what his reaction is going to be when he finally sees what's happened.

[namgyunation]

ok gathering crumbs from all the sources i found on twitter about season 3. teasers / hints / potential spoiler-y things ahead

found the 1st image on twitter. confirmation that there might be some fun stuff / spinoffs / idk something even after s3?

2nd image interview. i'm gonna be delusional and hope this means i get something for my favs

not sure how legit this source is, but it seems to be correct according to journalists that got to see a small clip from the next season. "spoiler"? for the next game. apparently, hdh hinted towards one of the next games back in 2021, before season 2 was officially announced. there's a motif of flowers in this next game called 'why did you come to my house?' I'M SICK JUST READING IT AND THINKING ABT IT.... and the flowers. we saw the flowers in the teaser pics that came out for season 3... i think it's highly likely that this is one of the next games, although maybe it could also be the same one that we see the players walking to with the two animatronics. explanation post for what the game entails.

3rd image is from a netflix advertisement that came out a month ago, seeming to hint towards the next game, again. i was actually able to find a lot of info about it, so please be careful reading this if you don't want to see any spoiler-y things.

Director Hwang Dong-hyuk: "This might be a spoiler, but in season 3, something huge happens because of the dr*g that Thanos took."

according to jo yuri, the scene she took the most takes on was a very difficult and emotional scene, which takes place in season 3

here's a whole twitter thread about more things that hdh said about season 3, though i didn't read it all

hdh saying that he would "think about" a thanos backstory in the future (hopefully he would consider giving us backstories for other minor characters if he ended up doing thanos's but i won't get my hopes up that he'd do any of them at all, LOL)

confirmation that jun-hee and myung-gi's relationship will be a big focus for season 3

don't have screenshots for these (gotta find them)

hajoon (jun-ho's actor) reveals some of what'll happen between him and in-ho in s3

some of the main cast reacting to the little teaser we got of s3

main cast answering questions; WIRED

when asked to describe the next season, HDH described season 3 as being "crazy, crazy, crazy"

omfg i remember seeing this somewhere but i can't find it now, but in an interview with jo yuri, she states something along the lines of 'i've been looking online to see people's predictions about season 3, and i'm surprised to find that nobody's gotten close yet. season 3 has a very tragic story.' need to remind myself of this to shut down my delusions of season 3 somehow having a happy ending lmao. i feel like it's going to be very open-ended and unsatisfying (on purpose, ofc). i am not mentally prepared

hdh said in an interview that although thanos is dead 'it'll still feel like he's there somehow, because of how he drives the plot'