#i think she's italian? if so then that's another reason i like her. thats my heritage

[totallyseiso]

They made her an arrogant shithead and I am so happy about that

[harusmichixo]

Under His Scalpel - Chishiya x OC

Chapter 11

*:･ﾟ✧ summary: surgeon!Chishiya Shuntaro had never wanted to have a resident.

And he never wanted to care .

But yet here he was with a resident under his wing - inexperienced, fragile, needy - and now he’s expected to live to his reputation and make her into the best surgeon known to mankind.

Or at least thats what he reasoned.

fic tags!: surgeon!chishiya, mentor!chishiya, resident!oc, slow burn, sort of enemies to lovers (?), medical au, chishiya is bad at feelings, chishiya is a little shit, semi-inspired by greys anatomy, fluff, maybe some angst, surgery, potentially ooc chishiya

warnings: medical detail, injury detail, surgery detail, patient death, incorrect medical information (my knowledge of medicine comes from greys anatomy so PLEASE do not use this fic to diagnose)

chapter list!!!

crossposting on ao3!

Tabi’s footsteps echoed softly through the sleek lobby of Chishiya’s high-rise building, her bag was heavy on her shoulder with textbooks, flashcards, and her ever-present thermos of tea. The city outside was a blur of early evening lights, the winter chill giving way to the first hints of spring, but inside her mind, a storm raged. Her first-year boards were just a week away now - a looming deadline that twisted her stomach into knots. Every night for the past month, she’d trudged to Chishiya’s penthouse for practice exams.

And every night, she’d failed.

Not dramatically, but enough to chip away at her confidence, her scores always hovering just below passing.

Tonight, she arrived at his door at exactly 7 PM and she knocked lightly, clutching the strap of her bag, ready for another round of questions on arrhythmias, pharmacology, and ethics that made her head spin.

The door opened, and Chishiya stood there, his hair falling casually over his forehead, dressed in a black sweater and slacks that made him look more approachable than usual. His eyes flicked over her, taking in the exhaustion etched on her face, the way her shoulders slumped under the weight of her materials. Internally, concern flickered - he has noticed her growing stress, the way her answers became more hesitant. But as always he made sure it was carefully concealed.

“Lee,” he said, stepping aside. “Come in.”

“Thank you,” she murmured, slipping off her shoes and padding into the penthouse. The space was familiar now: the floor-to-ceiling windows showcasing the evening cityscape and the minimalist decor with its clean lines and subtle hints at luxury. She set her bag on the dining table, already pulling out her textbooks. “I reviewed the ethics section today. I think I’m getting better at-“

“We’re not studying tonight,”

Chishiya interrupted. He leaned against the kitchen counter, arms crossed. “I can’t be bothered. We’ve been at it every night - lets take a break.”

Tabi blinked, her hands freezing mid-motion. “But… the boards are in a week. I need to practice. I haven’t passed a single mock exam yet.”

He raised an eyebrow. “Yeah but I’m not in the mood for it so... We’ll resume tomorrow.”

She hesitated, her cheeks flushing with a mix of frustration and relief. Part of her wanted to argue - she was terrified of failing, of proving her father’s tampering had been necessary all along. But exhaustion nagged at her, and Chishiya’s rare concession felt like a lifeline. “Okay… if you’re sure.”

“I am,” he replied, pushing off the counter. “Movie? I’ll order takeout. What do you like - sushi? Italian?”

Tabi’s eyes widened, surprise crossing her features. This was new - Chishiya, suggesting something casual, something almost… domestic. “Um, sushi sounds good. And… any movie is fine. Maybe something light?”

He nodded, pulling out his phone to order from a nearby spot. “Sushi it is. Pick a film—I have Netflix and all that crap.”

She settled on the couch, her bag abandoned at the table, feeling oddly out of place in this personal space without the buffer of study materials. Chishiya joined her after ordering, handing her the remote with a dry, “Don’t choose anything too sentimental.”

She laughed softly, a genuine sound that eased the tension in her chest. “How about a comedy? There’s this one - not too heavy.”

“Fine,” he shrugged, leaning back as she queued it up. The food arrived twenty minutes later, boxes of fresh sushi and miso soup that they spread out on the coffee table. Tabi sat cross-legged on the couch, chopsticks in hand, while Chishiya lounged beside her, his posture relaxed but still guarded.

As the movie started, they ate in a comfortable silence at first. Tabi nibbled on a piece of salmon nigiri, her stress melting away with each bite. “This is really good,” she said, glancing at him. “Thanks for… this. I needed a break more than I thought.”

He shrugged, popping a piece of tuna into his mouth. “Don’t get used to it. Tomorrow, we’re back to exams.”

She smiled shyly, her eyes meeting his. “I know. But it’s nice. You’re not as… unapproachable as you seem at the hospital.”

Chishiya’s smirk returned. “High praise. Don’t get too comfortable please. This is a one off.”

The conversation flowed casually from there - light topics at first, like the movie’s plot holes (mainly spearheaded by Chishiya), then drifting to hospital anecdotes. Chishiya, to her surprise, shared a dry tale of his own residency mishaps.

“You? Making mistakes?” she teased gently, tucking her legs under her. “That’s… hard to imagine.”

“Everyone starts somewhere,” he replied with another noncommittal shrug. “Even me.”

As the movie progressed, the room grew warmer, the city lights casting a soft glow. Tabi’s eyelids began to droop, the combination of food, relaxation, and accumulated fatigue pulling her under. She shifted slightly, her head lolling to the side until it accidentally rested against Chishiya’s shoulder, then sliding down to his chest as sleep claimed her fully. Her breathing evened out and her body curler instinctively toward him.

Chishiya froze.

Her face was peaceful, lashes fanned against her cheeks and her lips parted in sleep. A strange sensation bloomed in his chest as he looked at her - warm, unfamiliar, almost tender. He should wake her, send her home. But instead, he stayed still, his arm draping lightly over her shoulders. The scent of her vanilla perfume lingered, and before he could rationalize it, he leaned down, pressing a kiss to her forehead. His lips brushed her skin gently before shock rippled through him. He pulled back abruptly, his cheeks flushing in a rare moment of fluster.

What the hell am I doing?

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Chishiya had always viewed the world through a lens of strategised logic, a framework where every action, every emotion, could be dissected, analyzed, and dismissed if it didn’t serve a purpose. His life was a meticulously constructed blueprint, each piece fitting precisely into place: his role as head of cardiology at Tokyo University Hospital, his solitary evenings in the penthouse, and his avoidance of anything that hinted at sentimentality or emotional complication.

Relationships?

They were for the weak, the irrational - traps laid by biology and society, leading to inevitable chaos and loss of control. two things he did everything to avoid. He’d seen enough in his career: colleagues derailed by affairs, patients clinging to toxic partners, even his own parents’ loveless marriage, a cold arrangement that taught him early on that affection was a liability.

So why, in the quiet hours after Tabi had left his penthouse following their latest tutoring session, did he find himself pacing the marble floors, a glass of whiskey in hand, unable to shake the unwelcome warmth that had settled in his chest?

This is absurd, he thought, taking a sip, the burn of the liquor grounding him momentarily.

I’m imagining it.

It had crept in slowly, insidiously, like a subtle arrhythmia that evaded detection until it disrupted the rhythm entirely. The tutoring sessions had started as an obligation - a way to ensure she passed her boards and not embarrass him. But over the weeks, they’d unfortunately evolved into something more. Her presence in his space felt… alarmingly natural. He’d catch himself watching her - not critically, but with a strange fascination.

At the time of the kiss, he had rationalised it as exhaustion, a misfire of neurons from too many late nights.

But now, alone in the dim glow of his living room, the truth pressed in: he might have feelings for her.

Impossible.

He set his glass down with a sharp clink, running a hand through hair.

I’m going crazy.

That was the only logical explanation, of course. Because there was no logic to it. Tabi was his resident - a first-year, for god’s sake. She was everything he wasn’t: emotional, vulnerable, tied to a privileged legacy that disgusted him. Yet here he was, thinking of her not as just another employee, but as… what? A partner?

That word tasted ridiculous on his tongue.

He paced faster, his mind dissecting the sensation like a patient case.

Symptoms: increased heart rate when she smiles, distraction during work, reluctance to end tutoring sessions.

Diagnosis? Temporary delusion, of course.

Perhaps proximity bias - spending too much time together in the penthouse. Or transference: her reliance on him as mentor creating a false bond. He stopped at the window, pressing his palm against the cool glass.

I don’t do relationships.

Especially not with juniors. The power imbalance was a ethical nightmare - one complaint, one misstep, and his reputation, built on unassailable professionalism, would shatter.

Wait… Why am I even considering a relationship with her?

He was too busy: endless surgeries, research papers, administrative duties. Nonsense like dates or emotions would only complicate things, dilute his focus.

Why her?

Her empathy, the way she connected with patients on a personal level, was a skill he lacked but admired. But admiration wasn’t feelings. No, feelings were dangerous, a loss of control, a chemical imbalance. Perhaps it was the loneliness creeping in. His life was solitary by design - no friends, no family ties beyond obligation. Tabi may had filled a void he didn’t even know needed filling.

Crazy. I’m definitely going crazy.

A chemical imbalance, maybe - stress from work manifesting as misplaced affection. He could fix that with medicine.

Yes. Medication. That’ll do it.

The next day at the hospital tested his resolve. He kept his responses curt when he spoke to her, professional - no lingering glances, no unnecessary comments. “Adequate,” he said, handing back her chart, ignoring the way her fingers brushed his. But when she laughed at a nurse’s joke later, her eyes crinkling with genuine joy, the pull returned, an uncomfortable tightness in his chest.

Stop.

During a consult that afternoon, she was stood close, and he stepped back abruptly, excusing himself with a muttered “Continue without me.”

In his office, he paced again, staring at the skyline.

This is nonsense. I’m far too busy for such drivel.

Relationships always ended in pain - his parents’ marriage a prime example, cold and transactional, teaching him that attachment led to disillusionment. With a junior, no less? Career suicide - the ethics board would have a field day.

He would lie awake in his king-sized bed, on top of the covers not under them, rationalizing endlessly.

It’s proximity. End the tutoring sessions after boards, minimize contact. Then you’ll go back to normal.

He threw himself into work, taking extra shifts to exhaust his body, hoping if he works himself to death it would silence his mind.

One time, during a quiet moment in the residents’ lounge, she had approached him with coffee. “For you,” she said, holding out the cup. “Black, right? Thanks for all the tutoring by the way - I think it’s helping.”

He had took it, their fingers brushing, and that spark had ignited again - a warmth that had spread up his arm. “Don’t get sentimental,” he had muttered. As she walked away, he had caught himself watching the way she walked, the subtle sway of her hips.

I’m losing it.

Finally, in the very dead of night, he reluctantly admitted the possibility: feelings, perhaps. But he would make sure he did everything possible to rid of them - distance himself after the boards, no more tutoring, no more stupid impulses like forehead kisses.

Relationships were for fools. And he, as he keeps telling himself, was no fool.

[existential-life-crisis]

☆ Get to know me :) (updated)☆

Hi! A bit of info to start with: I'm a minor; a lesbian; and a cis girl (she/her).

Ethnicity and language

I live in England and currently only speak English fluently however I am currently studying both French and German! (German is definitely my favourite of the 2)

Subjects and Interests

My favourite subjects are Maths and Classical Civilisation but I enjoy most subjects. (Lessons can still suck tho bc dam some teachers can be boring)

I enjoy drawing, playing games, reading (books and fics), listening to music and watching youtube.

Video games

I have a few favourite games at the minute:

• Hades

• Horizon: Zero Dawn and Forbidden West

• Genshin Impact

• Cookie run: kingdom

Finished games I still love:

• Astro Bot (its a vr game abt a little robot)

• Spiderman PS4

• Spiderman PS5 Miles Morales

• Portal 1 and 2 ♡♡♡

I am also 100% a completionist so if I finish a game I probably have 100% on it.

Reading

My fav books are everything Rick Riordan but i plan to read some other stuff as well soon.

My fav characters from the main series are Nico, Leo, Frank and Lester/Apollo but I do love pretty much all of the main cast. I haven't read Magnus Chase or Kane Chronicles since I was a kid so I'm gonna reread those before deciding favourites but I think they were Alex and Carter. Also, in love with all of the side characters even if they are 90% hc.

My fav canon ships/friendships are

• solangelo (Will x Nico)

• percabeth (Percy x Annabeth)

• frazel (Frank x Hazel) (But I do hc that either Frank was younger or Hazel was older bc the age gap was a bit strange in canon, being 13 and 16. Its a bit inconsistent , as all ages are in PJO, but if time works normally Hazel should be 14 and therefore definitely older than Nico too but thats a topic for another time)

• shelper (or shipper as I like to call them) (Shel x Piper)

• Lost trio (platonic)

• PJO trio (platonic) (Grover my baby, why must they always forget you)

• Lester and Meg (I dont think i have to say this but platonic) (please say I don't have to say that. No one ships that right)

• Reyna and Thalia (platonic) (omg let aroace characters exist in peace) (no hate if u ship it but my gods)

Fanon ships/friendships

• Valgrace (Leo x Jason) (but aroace Leo is still amazing)

• Pollen (Apollo x Darren) (Is this entirely about Dear Reader by wrongcaitlyn? Yes. Do I care? Nope. Am I insanly invested in their relationship? Oh absolutely.)

• Nico and Leo (platonic) (This had no reason to not be canon and had every reason to be and I will never forgive Rick for this until he fixes it)

• Frank and Leo (platonic) (I swear every book they would fix their relationship and then as soonas the next one starts they would hate each other again)

• Nico and evey side character ever (platonic) (especially year round campers) (bc hes genuinely just a nice guy)

• Will and Clarrise (platonic) (this is kinda canon but all we really know is that he can calm her down)

Feel free to ask for fic recs if u want them.

Music

My fav music artist is Grandson. (He writes rock/alternative/indie/rap (?) music often about political/social/personal issues.)

But I listen to tons of other kinds of music too from metal to pop to instrumentals by a ton of different artists:

• Måneskin (italian rock band)

• Polyphia (instumental, primarily guitar, math rock)

• Chappell Roan (yk who that is)

• Chase Atlantic (u have probably heard at least 1 of their songs, pop/alternative/indie/r&b)

• Mother Mother (yk who that is right?)

• Eminem (right?)

• MSI (punk/alternative/rock)

• Penelope Scott (indie)

• Rio Romeo (indie)

And a whole lot more

I also play guitar (acoustic and electic).

TV

EPIC THE MUSICAL MY LOVE ♡♡

Loveeee Spiderman: Into and Across the spider verse.

My fav characters are Miles, Hobie, Pavitr, Spidernoir and Gwen but I love all of them.

DEVIL MAY CRY ON NETFLIX>>>> so good go watch it if u havent i beg of u

Shows:

• Avatar the Last Airbender

• The Legend of Korra

• Batman: the animated series

• Voltron :)

Beliefs

Im an atheist but I support people of all religions. I support Palestine. I am left liberal (again I'm British so keep that in mind, I know nothing abt US politics besides the basic/well known stuff). I believe in equal rights for all groups and am open to other ideas and perspectives.

If you cant respect that then please get of my page. You don't have to agree with me but you do have to respect me and others.

Thats all for now.

Byeee ♡♡♡

[harutostablet]

A lot has happened this week. I'm not as tall as I thought I was... This campus is full of giants! I don't feel so bad about it though. There is another freshman about my height and Kevin isn't THAT much taller than I am Dammit!

I also check out a few of the clubs this week. (I missed the Idol club but that might be the universe in action TBH). Fencing looks cool, I might join that. It sounds like they compete against other schools too so I'll have a reason to get off the island. That's a plus. Oh, I made it to the onsen with a couple of the other guys. We got caught with a bottle of wine but the teacher gave us a pass. I am definitely going to go there again. <<Message from Ono Akita>> Link: Ono Kamiyuki set to star in upcoming block buster film...." *Haruto scrolls past the the link to the message below. * Akita: How is it going there? Are you making friends? Akita: Aoi said you're joining a club? Yuki joined a gardening club at his high school. If you like it at Mugen we can send Yukito there when he graduates? Haruto: Thats great for Kami~! Did Aoi get the Italian Vogue cover? I know she really wanted it. I can't imagine Yuki playing with dirt. He looses his shit when he sees a spider. Haruto: It's alright here. The other students are nice enough. Akita: Aoi is still waiting to hear back from her agent. Akita: Yuki surprised me too!. Being in such a laid place changed him I guess. Akita: Have you picked out a major yet? Yuki thinks he's going to go into business. He's doing really doing well in his math classes. Akita: Have you thought about what we talked about? Haruto: I gotta go Dad. Akita: Alright. Study hard. Haruto: Sure. Goodnight Dad. <<End Message>> One of the things I like about this school is how passionate the other guys are here. Their studies, lovers, whatever; all the other students have this burning flame inside them that pushes them to move forward. Must be nice. Yukito has a head for business. Just not the stiff, suit wearing kind of business. Well, who knows, if he's not scared of spiders anymore maybe be can become a salary man.

[indigo474]

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I ran 5.2 miles today- in 12 minute increments.. because i can do anything for 12 minutes. i'm not sure but i think its harder to stop running, take a 3 minute break and start again. I STILL cant get my music to play.. its so freaking frustrating. me checking in with my body- everything feels alright, no reason to stop. .. no reason to stop no reason to stop no reason to stop... even if my brain is telling me otherwise.... i hit the steps a little funny and my ankle felt it.. still no reason to stop. and afterwards.. i just want to keep running. i shower and put on regular clothes even though i want to put on workout clothes and run. I have been struggling these past few weeks to get out and run. part of it as silly as it sounds is because i dont have my music. i cant figure it out. part of it is the weather and part of it is just me. one of my reps asked me what i was doing new years eve.. chilling at home. she tells me we are supposed to get drunk. oh thanks.. i didnt know. she looks at me like im crazy.. like the time i told her was just the clouds coming down to visit us. I made myself good foo, i'm 1 documentary in. Madison is on 2nd shit today. She texted me her schedule so i knew she had to be in at 3.. at 2 i started wondering if i should say something.. i mean, shes an adult and can get herself to work but i know she has to be exhausted.. at 215 i went into her room and asked if she had work today.. yeah bro.. this is why i hate 2nd shift.. she eventually got up.. she asked me to please make her bed.. i did.. she asked nicely and she's been making it everyday.. tylenol pm on her dresser.. not a big deal. it felt like a big deal, but its not. it wasnt open.

I thought of a new business.. rent a dog.. RAD.. i cant have a dog. i dont want a cat. if i could rent a dog on weekends it would be great. like tonight, i would love to have a dog here with me. we could snuggle, i'd take him for a walk, maybe a few times.. i'm surprised no one has thought of it. MAdison asked for a cat- where are we putting the cat litter? In the basement. How often are you going to clean it? everyday. NO.

Tomorrow i am making vegan soup. I haven't made soup in a while. I got a nice loaf of Italian bread. I'm not 100% sure what kind i am making but.. carrots, onion and celery..i have to figure out if i'm adding chick peas and orzo or lentils, tomatoes and special noodles that i dont have that. I also dont have the canned lentils sooo.. i have no idea what is open tomorrow. I do want to run. maybe not as far.. both my knees hurt after my run. i was thinking, i'm going to need a way to carry water with me if i am going to be running 5+miles in the heat. I am going to have to figure this shit out. I have to figure out what i am doing this summer for a vacation.. so far i have tried to get concert tickets to 2 different shows. I have time. I have time to figure it all out. a lady in the grocery store said ohh thats my girl -- to me.. it seemed like an odd thing to say. my life if is one odd moment after another and I absolutely love it..

I'll probably be in bed before midnight. 2024 wow

[luffythinker]

This ask got out of hand i just wanted to tell you about some nationality head canons i had i didn't mean to info dump about minor characters you probably didn't even know about i apologize deeply i am that meme thats like i will talk for hours and not get any work done im sorry

It all started with me writing "What do we think about greek Jirou | italian Kaminari | and british Yaoyorozu?" and i went on but couldn't stop myself im so sorry for the huge info dump on our AU

Momo i think most of the class would think Momo's cooking is bland not because she's british but because she's never really made her own food, rich girl is served she never learned to cook for her self living in the dorms really helped her break the special treatment

Jirou i have this thing where i love that Jirou's dad has curly hair

so instead of her looking like a spawn of her mother she has curly hair like her dad but she straightens it cause she's self conscious— Jirou,Midoriya,Sero,Momo? and Toru having naturally curly hair

sidetrip off topic but i have a headcanon that Jirou's house is part storehouse and it's a music store where they teach people to play guitars and other instruments but also sell instruments too Jirou and her brothers work at the store

one of her brothers is a hero and they are both in the same band the oldest one is the hero and he's the lead singer love this for them Tokoyami has a part time job at the music store Jirou put in a good word for him

another sidetrip Sero if he doesn't straighten his hair it's like usopp i've had this thought for so long

this doesn't help that im right

This man from the liberation front is Momo's dad i think they call him Trumpet but i remember him as leader of the hearts and mind committee

he loves his family but nobody knows that he actually works with the liberation front nor Momo or her mother have any suspicion about him

Skeptic, Sero's uncle who's he's afraid of like a deep fear

Sero comes from a family that has a lot of glue or adhesive quirks Bondo is a cousin of Seros

my friend keeps forgetting her name so she calls that lady re-destro's wife who they adopted Geten and im for it honestly sounds about right

Rei being Icelandic and taken from her home to be with endeavor so Todoroki fam is Icelandic-japanese Endeavour also has siblings who cut him out of their life (cause my friend says so)

this post is becoming long but i wanna keep going cause i have so much to share

me and my friend talked about how none of Endeavor’s kids have a smoke/fog/steam quirk or a water quirk cause ice and fire can produce that so we changed Fuyumi and Natsuo’s quirks

Fuyumi: She has a body made to hold ice and fire but instead of it being half and half like Todoroki her skin is cold and her insides are hot but she has a ice quirk but when she uses her quirk it instantly melts into water because of her weird body temperature she has makes this a water quirk rather then a Ice quirk

Natsuo: He has a body made for fire so when he makes ice it instantly comes out as a hot steam

but of them if they try super hard can produce ice but it would be something they would have to train

Hawks also part of the Todoroki fam he was adopted and dyes his hair red having a extremely complex relationship with his brother Dabi cause Dabi believes Endeavor favors his adopted son over his real son story by my friend cause she loves hawks i love Lady Nagant so we also incorporated Hawks and her being adopted siblings who were adopted into the Endeavor family

this guy is Kaminari's brother his actual villain name is Tesla, my headcanoned reason he didn't show mercy to Kaminari is because he cartoon logic didn't recognize his little bro cause he was wearing a hero costume the same way Kaminari didn't recognize him because he was wearing a villain costume i rewatched the first episodes recently and Tesla said "I don't wanna hurt the kid because i have a brother myself but i will if i have to" when he was negotiating with Momo and Jirou

Kaminari's dad we call him Denryū Kaminari me and my friend have a whole trauma dump for how as a kid Kaminari's dad used his son to commit acts of crime when he was young and impressionable but he is a good father and only did it for last ditch efforts he knew he couldn't escape from Kaminari's quirk amplifies his quirk and is stronger so he could have 5 year old Kaminari make lightning and he would take it and use it Kaminari broke down having to face his dad who he thought in the back of his mind walked out on him and his mom but he never wanted to believe that was the truth he has so many good memories with his dad he couldn't believe it when he saw and fought him at the liberation front

Italian mob father omg

Mama Kaminari who's a hero and has 0 knowledge of what happen to her husband he just disappeared one day not long after one of her sons disappeared as well her quirk i call her Chiku Kaminari and her hero name is Livewire

Mr compress is Yui from class b's uncle their quirks are honestly so similar she can shrink and grow things

Her mother passed when she was born and her dad was in a villain accident trying to get to the hospital when she was born she was given to Mr compress who was still working as a entertainer at the time being the only living family member the hospital could find instead of placing her in a orphanage Mr compress is her uncle and only living relative It hurts her feelings that Mr compress can't be a normal uncle (the peerless thief's lineage stuff) She hates that he was instilled with their values and wants to be nothing like that

Himiko,Monoma and Aoyama are cousins Monoma's quirk is a blood quirk like Himiko's but it just works differently these 3 have fangs have fangs and have been prone to biting

i talked about them being siblings Tetsutetsu dyes his hair gray bc he doesn't want to look like either of his siblings he wants to look like himself but those yellow things those are his eyelashes and they are blond

there are lots of reptile + dragon quirks in Kirishima's family and Ryukyu is his aunt on his mothers side Gigantomachia  and Rappa are distant relatives of Kirishima's family as well

i haven’t read all of Vigilantes yet but this guy dyes his hair and he’s Shinsou’s older brother

Popstep is a relative of Uraraka me and an anon talked about it on my side blog and we came to that Kirishima and Himiko were huge Pop step fans in middle school The anon told me

"The main story of Vigilantes takes place about 5 years before canon (close to the AfO vs All Might fight), or about 6 years before Izuku went to UA. Kirishima would be 10, Himiko 11, so the timeline lines up."

This lady in the mha vigilantes her name is Monika

i headcanon back then she dated Aizawa but they broke up because of some differences in life style and at home problems (They just couldn’t give eachother what eachother wanted so they broke it off clean) only Fatgum knows about this

the teacher Ectoplasm is Juzo from class B's dad

and that's not even everything in our AU

let's give you the trophy for the longest ask i have ever seen!! I'm gonna try to do my best here

italian kaminari and british momo is a given here, we love that here

oh i agree, momo knows how to cook but she doesn't know how to season properly

why i never notice her dad is BLOND

love the curly hair gang

i think this headcanon about jirou is so true, her home does give off music store family vibes (and tokoyami working there too?? i can see it okayyyy)

look at my boy usopp making a cameo, i would love to see sero with this type of hair, AND I LOVE THIS PANEL HORI DREW CAUSEKKFDKJFDKJDF MY OP HEART CANT TAKE IT serousopp for the win

not you giving momo a random dad???? love that

i love how we just creating families here, like go skeptic!! talk to your nephew, BONNDO BEING A COUSINDKJDFJKF

you know what, maybe your friend does have a point

i agree, don't nobody wants anything to do with endeavor

Love fuyumi's new quirk, it honestly sounds way cooler than anything hori could come up with; now genuine question for natsuo, what would the steam be useful for?

HAWKS BEING A TODOROKI WAS NOT ON MY BINGOBOOKJKDFJKDFKJ im gonna look away cause i ship dabihawks so that would make things……. complicatedkjdfd even lady nagant made the cut, the todorokis are just a foster family now

THIS RANDOM GUY BEING DENKI'S BROTHERJDSJKDFKJ I LOVE THAT, also props to how you remember even the lines he said and connected to it wow

HE USED HIS SON FOR CRIMES BUT HE IS A GOOD DADHSDSJKDFJKDF oh no denki has daddy issues, he's just like me fr

mama kaminari is hot

im really so amazed by your imagination, bc how did you even think to link mr compress to a random class b kid??? i love that so much and creating a whole back story for them too, amazing

im so down with the himiko-monoma-aoyama thing, its like a jjk clan

ryukyu is also hot

the green haired guy, he totally gives shinsou vibes, i would believe if they were brothers

i haven't read vigilantes yet so i will trust you guys on that, but i can see how she could be related to ochako

NOT U GIVING AIZAWA AN EX KJDFKJDFJ

your au is so complete, this is like one piece level of character building

i'm sure i missed some characters but i tried my best here, this probably has a lot of grammatical errors too cause i changed keyboards and I'm not used to this new one yetkjdkldf

[ithisatanytime]

2hollis - all 2s (official video)

i just had one of the funniest best public encounters ever and im not gonna do it proper justice but i was smiling all the way home, a little background first, the local tobacco store ive been frequenting for years, is entirely staffed by jewish employees, i can just tell by looking at them and the way it is and im basically never wrong about this, its also the only place i have had a job interview for in my entire life and didnt get a call back (lol), there is a female to male transgender working there, basically just a jewish chick with short hair and no parental guidance and we are on good terms right my predjudice is not personal i knew she was jewish and her politics from the jump just by looking at her but thats fine she seems nice enough. it was her and two visibly jewish males working behind the counter, i made my purchaces and told them to put in “chad mcqueen” so i could get my discounts and said “even though thats not my name” because years ago they put me in as chad as a joke because im a fucking chad. this girl who wants to be called “henry” unsurprisingly said im gonna change the format here just so its more legible, “henry” will be H for henry and ill be “j” for jake lol

H “i think names are stupid”

J “yeah i cant think of one practical use for people having names”

H “we already have -”

J “numbers?”

H “yeah numbers”

J “i think we should just have our numbers tattood on our forearms and we should all live and work in a big camp!”

another employee chimes in “the best part would be the showers!” we all laugh

J “you dont like to gamble do ya henry?”

H “no”

J “i figured, i like that we dont pick our names, but i like to gamble, if its not destiny it doesnt count i like things to be as random as possible”

H “well my real name is alexis but our last name was heinrich which our family changed when we left from russia to germany

J “so your family is russian jews?”

H “ yeah”

J *does an obnoxious victory dance because i fucking called it*

H “but they changed it because of the war”

J “what war”

H “incredulous stare”

J  * poker face*

H “world war 2″

J “what about it? something happen”

H “the holocaust”

J “im surprised they didnt get put into internment camps here in the states, lots of italians and germans were put in camps in the states besides the japanese but you never hear about that for some reason”

at this point the atmosphere has shifted, the other employees are visibly jewish as well and were listening in

H “they dont tell us about most history, 99 percent of history just the one percent that makes white cis males look like the best in the world”

J “that sounds like quite the task”

H “it is”

J “i agree did you know that george washington was black? also beethoven? adolph hitler was black as well, and white people were invented by an evil scientist named yakub! black people built this country

all the employees voice their agreement i shit you not

J “see the roads out there? cotton, the building were in? cotton, my shirt? polyester!”

that gets a laugh breaking the tension a little but i dont let that last

J “i heard somewhere that they cremated six million jews! thats not possible it takes over an hour to cremate even a single corpse under ideal conditions with modern equipment under impossibly ideal circumstances, it would have taken them forty years to cremate six million, so they say some were cremated and others burned in open fires but was it fifty fifty, forty sixty, they never say! and also there was a nazi platoon whos just it was to dig up all the millions of bodies at the end of the war so they could be burned, its absolutely rediculous dont you think?

everyone is in stunned silence i look them all dead in the eye and smile and say have a nice day and strutted out of there like fucking john travolta. like i said i cant do it justice but i was laughing all the way home. i dont have anything against them personally, but i will use your perferred pronouns and call you whatever you like, but i wont let you disparage my people and deny their history to my face.

[godmodebeginswithlesbians]

Decided on Alear being the Divine Dragon he seems much more unsure and has a less solid sense of identity compared to Lueur in terms of in game line delivery.

Anyway Chapter 1 is the exact same so im probably gonna skip it. Or rewrite it to make only Framme be reckless bc Clanne has much more careful vibes. Also they won't be disarmed for no reason. Yeah ill rewrite it.

Also if I want Laura to be a paralogue recruit, im gonna need to rename her. Shes either from Brodia or Solm so shes either a Rock or an Italian Dessert. Thinking Solm.

If I want Laura to be from another world, I must decide which version of her im using. Thinking either her before she even went to my OC world (inexperienced and only 16-17) or her during her 1st year at the academy (much more able to fight and 20-21)

Academy Laura might be able to kinda summon emblems bc magical knowledge and she would have some magical energy from the academy world (but can't regenerate it bc Elyos clearly does not work like that as shown by Lumera). They would basically just be S-Tier Bond Rings that can talk ig so no inheritance, crazy abilities and magical girl transformations.

Thoughts?

that seems reasonable!

also having framme be more reckless does make more sense than it did in the game, i agree

ehehe which dessert tho?

hmmm thats a good question, both seem like solid options

ooo 👀👀

[sixtyeightdays]

Only you, Marinette. Only you.

in which marinette lifts thors hammer with no knowledge of how great it is to wield mjolnir 😔✋🏻

kind of crappy but thats okay

-

Normally, when Tony Stark's name was brought up, the following words would be either 'Avengers', 'Iron Man', or something along the lines of cool and amazing.

But this time, as Tony Stark's name fluttered through the compound of College Francois Dupont, the following words were 'Why her', 'What happened', and'Marinette Dupain-Cheng'.

See, throughout Lila's entire reign at Francois Dupont, unknowingly to the Italian, a certain bluenette had been giving her and all of her classmates choices.

Lila chose to ignore Marinette's warning.

Alya chose to believe Lila and cut off all ties with Marinette.

Nino chose to follow Alya and ignore Marinette.

Adrien chose to remain quiet for fear of Lila getting akumatised.

The class chose to believe Lila, drinking up her lies and claimed connections to celebrities that'll 'boost their careers in the future'.

Now, Marinette wasn't normally one to show off her connections to the world, unlike Lila, who lied about celebrities with every breath she took.

No, Marinette preferred not to mention her celebrity contacts.

However, this time, she had thrown all caution out the window and texted him.

-

mari <3

cant wait to see all of you soon!

do you think you can pick me up at my school drop off point after i end school instead of the bakery next week?

the one and only

sure thing, mari

everyone misses you too and they cant wait to see you again

any reasons why the sudden change though

mari <3

no reason

-

It was a week before he arrived. A week full of taunts and bullying from the people who used to be her friends.

But the day had come, and Marinette was about to leave this place for the summer, and was finally going to be where she wanted to be again.

It was the last period, and Marinette, having finished her work already, started on a new design. She had just finished it when the door crashed open, making Mlle. Bustier and the class jump.

The shock turned into exciting adoration, however, as standing there in all his glory were the Avengers.

Steve Rogers, Bruce Banner, Thor, and of course, Tony Stark. Pepper was also there, trailing behind with Natasha who were muttering about how dramatic the boys were.

Alya immediately jumped to her feet, fumbling for her phone that she held with shaking hands, and started a livestream.

'Hi everyone! It's your Ladyblogger here, and today the Avengers came to visit! Oh, I bet Lila got them to come, she is Tony Stark's goddaughter after all.'

No one noticed Marinette snort into her palm.

Max gaped at his idol in the doorway, his glasses sliding off his face in his shock before he hastily placed them in it's proper position.

Thor ignored the reporter, making his way to the back of the class where Mari sat, placing his hammer on top of Mari's sketchbook, much to her chagrin.

The devious smile the god gave her confirmed that he did it on purpose, and Mari smacked him in the arm and glared at him.

'Was it really necessary to break down the door?' She deadpanned, unimpressed.

Alya gasped. 'Marinette! Don't be so rude to the Avengers! They're here for Lila, not you.'

Thor frowned in confusion. 'Who is this.. Lila you speak of?'

Alya gasped again. 'She's Tony Stark's goddaughter!' She frowned at the god disapprovingly.

'She spends her summers there, how could you not recognise her?' The Italian in question was sinking into her seat, regretting the lie she told.

Tony clicked his tongue.

'I have a goddaughter, yes, but it isn't this Lila girl. I have never heard of a Lila. No, I'm here for Marinette, my actual goddaughter.' He shot a pointed look to Alya at the last bit, before he and everyone else walked over to Mari.

Pepper passed by Alya and handed out two stacks of papers.

Alya cautiously picked it up and Pepper said, 'These are lawsuits for both you and Lila. It is for defamation and slander of different celebrities, as well as spreading false information.'

Alya gaped at the blonde as she made her way up the stairs to where Mari and everyone else was before turning to Lila with a glare.

'Were you lying the whole time?'

The class erupted in shouts at the girl, until she broke and called out that Adrien had known, but didn't say anything.

'It was for the best! Her lies weren't hurting anyone!'

'I didn't submit my music portfolio because Lila said she'd guaranteed me a spot.' Nino uttered quietly, realising that he had lost a chance to have his big break.

Mylene looked gobsmacked. 'I passed up the offer of meeting Alexander Hamilton because Lila said she'd get him to meet me for free.'

One by one, the students began listing everything they missed out because of Lila's lies, from Alix not being able to be in the X-Games like she was promised, to Kim, who had quit his swim team because Lila told him she'd get Michael Phelps to train him personally.

Adrien cracked and admitted that yes, he was wrong, but Marinette knew too!

The class suddenly remembered Marinette.

Marinette, who had been telling them all along that Lila was lying.

Marinette, who they had bullied because they thought she was jealous.

Marinette, who was scolding Tony Stark right now, wait what?

Sure enough, the bluenette was reprimanding the billionaire, who's head was hanging low like a kicked puppy, with Natasha smirking in the corner.

'I told you to come after school! There's still 15 minutes before school ends, Uncle Tony, you couldn't wait another 20 minutes?'

He hung his head and Steve snickered, until Marinette turned to him.

'Why did you let him come so early? I thought you were the responsible one.' She pinched the bridge of her nose.

The class took advantage of the momentary silence to swarm Marinette, until the Avengers glared at them and they backed away slightly.

'Girl, we're so sorry for believing that liar! Will you forgive us? We'll be best friends again.' Alya looked excited, a gleam in her eye.

'Do you think you can get me an interview with Tony Stark?'

Marinette looked at her in disbelief.

'So you want to be my friend again, just because I'm Tony's goddaughter.' Pepper and Natasha looked furious as well, while Tony eyed his goddaughter's class.

Steve placed a hand on Marinette's shoulder.

'Besides, Marinette already has a best friend.'

Alya spluttered. 'Who?'

A swarm of black and blue flew into the room and crashed into Marinette, causing her to fall back into her seat.

'Peter!' She laughed. 'MJ! Ned! Great to see you guys too!'

Peter smiled gave her a brotherly kiss on the cheek, while MJ gave her a hug and Ned fistbumped her.

'Oh! That reminds me, MJ, I'm done with the design for the dress you wanted! Let me show you!' Mari looked around for her sketchbook before noticing it under Thor's hammer.

Thor, noticing this, moved his hand forwards to pick up the hammer, but his jaw dropped as Marinette easily picked up the hammer with one hand, holding it up while she moved the sketchbook underneath it away before placing it back on the table.

She flipped through the pages of it, not noticing the shocked looks on her classmates and family's faces, and the pale face of Lila. She had become enemies with a girl who could lift Thor's hammer!

Alya, who was still live streaming, looked like a fish, and her hands, which were still raises in the position of recording, trembled.

Marinette let out a small 'aha!' when she found the page she was looking for, and looked up to see her friend's shocked face.

She frowned. 'Do you not like it?'

Adrien, still rather astonished, spluttered out. 'Marinette.. you just lifted Thor's hanmer!'

At the sound of his name, the god snapped out of his stupor, and lifting his hammer, he pointed at the bluenette. 'She is worthy! I must take her to Asgard with me!'

Marinette cocked her head. 'It's just a hammer and it wasn't even that heavy. Now you big babies, let's go back to New York!'

She grabbed MJ's hand before picking up her bag and running out, she and MJ excitedly chattering about the dress, Marinette having not understood the implications of lifting Thor's hammer, and MJ, who had seen weirder things in her life.

The Avengers, Ned and Peter blinked before filing out of the room slowly, following the excited bluenette and brunette.A certain blonde god staring at nothing in particular.

'She doesn't know what lifting my hammer means?' He snorted. 'Only you, Marinette. Only you.'

-

well yeah there isnt exactly a ship for this but i wanted to write something where mari lifts thors hammer bc i dont see enough of those

mj and peter are together, in case u didnt know

kind of lost interest in the end but thats okay lmao so the endings kinda crappy but i think weve established that i cant write for shit

thank u for coming to my tedtalk ok byee

[sleepypeaky]

amore e famiglia

Michael gray x italian-american male reader

request: My gay italian ass self would LOVE a Micheal Gray fic, but like, not sure he would like a guy who's italian after that fucking Luca incident.. and I dont know if you write for mlm..

a/n: ok so i fuckign wrote this BEFORE i wrote amore and i never fucking posted this klfdsgjdlskfgjkldf im such a fuckign idiot

 (original a/n) this is very obviously a projection and naturally i chose a dinner scene to potray this bcs ... italian. I hope you dont mind that i added siblings, i wanted it to have a larger 1920s family vibe. Dedicated to all of my italian american gays ✌️we be lit

Part 1/prequel

1928?

Before you knocked on the door you turned to michael, giving him yet another disclaimer. 

You took a deep breath and opened the door.

“Ma i’m here!” You called.

The door opened into a small foyer area, then up ahead was the living room, kitchen, and around the corner to the right was the dining room and bedrooms. Your mother hurried out of the kitchen wiping her hands on her apron. 

“(y/n) bambino!” She cooed in her light accent as she pulled you in for a big hug and kissed your cheeks fervently. She held you at the shoulders when she pulled back to inspect you for damage. Then she remembered Michael.

“You must be Michael!” She abandoned you and went to make her attack on him, which was difficult considering he was a good foot taller than her. Nevertheless, she gave him a once-over and let out an incoherent exclamation of satisfaction, then she pulled his face down to plant a kiss on either cheek.

“I see you are a good strong boy. You take care of my son!” Then she hurried off to set the dining room table.

You turned to Michael, “Well that went pretty well.”

You helped michael find a hook for his coat and then led him into the living room.

Your father in a chair in the corner, muttering at the newspaper held up to his face.

“Hiya Pop.”

He looked up and seemed to suddenly remember that company was coming over. He folded the paper and stood up, saying a brief hello to you accompanied with a light pinch and slap of your cheek. He held out his hand to michael who shook it. 

“Nice to meet you sir.” He said. You laughed at his formality.

Your father smiled and nodded his head satisfactorily, he clapped a hand on michael’s shoulder. “You see,” he was talking to you “words of respect! I like the look of you Michael.”

“Thank you sir.”

Your father was called out of the room to assist your mother and you had a minute alone with Michael.

“You see, It’s not going so bad!” He said to you and squeezed your hand.

“True,” You sighed “But just wait until my sisters get here.”

-

“Nonna!” You called loudly as you stepped into the kitchen. The small woman was stirring something in a pot that looked twice her size. She let out a cry of excitement when she saw you both. She hobbled over and reached up to pinch your cheek and said an affectionate “faccia brutto!”

[faccia brutto is a term of endearment, but basically means ‘you’re ugly’]

Your grandmother now turned to Michael and pretty visibly swooned.

“This is Michael.” You said.

“piacere di conoscerti.” Michael said in butchered italian. You instantly loved him more for trying to speak your grandmothers language, though, not as much as she was. 

She threw her hands up and squealed with delight, she babbled a bit in italian before reaching up to pinch michael’s cheek. “Faccia Bello!!” She exclaimed triumphantly. 

You laughed, “She says you’re handsome.”

Michael grinned and rubbed the red pinch mark on his face.

-

Shortly after, your older sister arrived with her husband, and one of your younger sisters came shortly after. 

“I have 5 beautiful children,” Your mother explained to michael from across the table. “First a girl, then (y/n) my little boy, then the next 3 girls. But two live too far away for dinner, but we fill space with you!”

Amidst the talking -or should i say yelling- you glanced at michael to see he was clearly unaccustomed to the volume of the conversation.

nonna came out with the pot somehow carrying it before her. she gave everyone a slop of sauce and pasta from the pot, but when she got to michael she gave him more than the others

“Strong boy” she said in a thick italian accent and pinched his cheek again. Your sister laughed. “Looks like nonna likes you michael.”

“So what do you do Michael?” Your sister’s husband asked.

“I, ah...” You smirked into your fork-full of pasta. You liked seeing how michael reacted to that question. “Family business- motor manufacturing, I was just the accountant but now I oversee the New York branch.”

You could feel michael relax as your brother in law took the story- he had no reason not to. 

“Family business you say, I like that. It’s good to keep things in the family.” Your father would say something like that. “Whats the name?”

“Shelby Company Limited- my cousin’s name.”

-

It was over. You leaned agains the door to your apartment and let out a sigh of relief. 

“Oh come on! It was great!” Michael assured you.

You kicked off you shoes and went to collapse on the couch.

Michael came over and slipped under your sprawled legs.

“You were amazing.” You said and you kissed him.

“But,” You said with a grin. “I dont think i can be with you anymore.”

Michael smiled, “And why is that?”

“Because i think my grandma wants you for herself strong boy.” You mimicked your grandmothers accent on the last words. 

Michael laughed, “well thats too bad because she might not think so but you have a faccia bello.”

You smiled and kissed him again.

“Now,” You said. “It’s your family’s turn.”

[springfieldblues]

my long ass review for S32E03 Now Museum, Now You Don’t

warning: LONG because i rambled about history more than i thought i would

id been looking forward to this one because i like art history, especially after seeing how they tried their best to stick to historical accuracy in the previous episode I, Carumbus. this time however….they didnt try that hard. i dont know why i thought theyd go through that sort of trouble again LMAO

but its okay, i dont really expect the simpsons to be the paragon of historical accuracy or anything. especially in anthology episodes told through a particular character's lens (in this case, lisa, whos already feverish so whatever)

first i just wanna say that this is, i guess, less of a review and more of an accidental list of history fun facts. so im just gonna get my general thoughts out of the way first.

the episode was fun! to me at least haha. i mean it got me to think and do a lot of research on my own so that must count for something. besides a couple of really weird ones, the jokes were good. anthology episodes tend to be….not that good but i thought this one was one of the better ones so far. idk.

anyway on to lisanardo da vinky its the renaissance! jesus christ the italian accents in the beginning of this segment were annoying as hell but i also feel like that was the joke lmao. ill be real i kind of tuned out for a second there when grampa started rambling so idk what he said.

i told myself i wouldnt get nitpicky with historical accuracy if the jokes were funny (final edit: so that was a lie) but this meh bit with the pizza guys and mascots was really not worth ignoring the fact that its impossible for italy to have any tomato-based food in the 15th century (tomatoes were brought to europe from the americas in the 16th century, and pizza as we know it today—flatbread, cheese, tomato—originated in the late 18th century)

oh this next part was kind of legit tho. lisanardo, like the real leonardo, became andrea del verrochio's apprentice at his workshop. i loved this next bit:

"Whoever paints the sweetest cherub will have the honor of having MY name signed on their work. That's what great artists do!"

SO YEAH as it turns out, lisanardo painted the sweetest cherubs. the painting here is called The Baptism of Christ, and the real leonardo assisted verrochio in finishing it. specifically, he painted the cherubs in the corner.

this causes verrochio to quit and go someplace with less talented people: a music school (yes, verrochio did quit painting after getting owned by young leo and his mad angel painting skills. he never did anything with music tho, he was more of a sculptor)

alongside lisanardo, in mr largo-verrochio's workshop we have barticelli (botticelli bart), dolphatello (donatello dolph), ralphael (raphael...ralph) and mediocrito (no one that i know of. sorry milhouse) (and kearney i guess but they dont refer to him by name). botticelli and donatello are said to have also been apprentices at verrochio's workshop, but raphael came a couple of decades later so he couldnt have been there. and donatello was too old so that claim is a bit questionable. but anyway

it IS true that leonardo's peers envied him, to the point where he was anonymously and purposefully accused of being gay (a major crime punishable by death in 15th century florence) while he was still working at verrochio's workshop

we are then treated by what im pretty sure is the fourth time the show has used 'at seventeen' by janis ian, this time sung by a dejected lisanardo (man they really do keep making yeardley sing these days huh) who only wishes to be appreciated and not envied.

"I'll show them all! I'll show them all in a secret diary that no one will decipher for 400 years!"

some of lisanardo's future inventions. who wouldve known

so after barticelli, for some reason (revenge??? or something?? what was his plan here idgi) steals lisanardo's diaries full of blueprints of her inventions and takes them to mr burns who i have to assume is pope alexander VI here, they decide to use her inventions for war.

"With these, we can kill the most evil people in the world!! ....Slightly different Christians."

leo actually did this of his own accord. im surprised this is what they decided to do with lisanardo instead of talking about leo's love of nature and vegetarianism (not a single mention of that in this episode? come on...) then again, trying to do good only to end up indirectly making things worse is a very standard lisa storyline. i guess they didnt want to miss the chance to have evil pope burns (very fitting, especially for that era since they were all about money and controlling the people)

so lisanardo decides to leave for france, unlike the real leonardo who was more or less persuaded by his ultimate fanboy king francis I to move to france.

"Lisanardo, I have many questions. Why are you hitting yourself? A nerd says 'what'? And how is it possible that I am rubber and you are glue? Et cetera, et cetera."

that line may seem a little random, like hes just nelson saying nelson things (and i mean, obviously he is) but the real francis also "had an unquenchable thirst for learning, and Leonardo was the world’s best source of experimental knowledge. He could teach the king about almost any subject there was to know, from how the eye works to why the moon shines." so yeah, he did have many questions and lisanardo, finally being appreciated for her intellect, was happy to answer them all. its very interesting how lisa assigned this role to nelson in her retelling of da vinci’s life :^)

and so she lived the rest of her days in france, nat king cole's 'mona lisa' plays because duh, and they make a da vinci code reference because duh. and the segment ends. and not a single time did they show the actual mona lisa painting. the fuck?

(ngl i was fully expecting bart to say 'leonardo da vinky' for a second here)

so this next segment is about french impressionist painters, most likely the batignolles group, a name adopted by the early representatives of impressionism. its much more vague than the lisanardo segment since no one here is referred to by name (except moe, more on him in a sec) but i dont feel like it really matters in this case. bart is prrrrooobably claude monet but its hard to say, this segment is kind of a mish-mash of a lot of things. also i gotta say i really liked how lisa introduced the story to bart with an 'if you hate the formal study of art' and not 'if you hate art' because thats exactly my headcanon. i LOVE the concept of artist bart and whenever its referenced it just makes perfect sense to me.

anyway the segment opens in 1863 at the école des beaux-arts (back then it was actually known as the académie des beaux-arts), preserver of traditional french art styles. skinner reviews his students’ paintings one by one. praises the plain, unimaginative paintings depicting your typical european countryside landscapes. very run-of-the-mill (haha get it...cuz theres….a windmill) (although the real académie didnt approve of such basic stuff, they wanted artists to draw epic historical and mythological scenes) then he gets to barts painting and he gives him an F- because the painting made him think.

(the paintings in this scene arent real famous paintings as far as i know but they are inspired by real paintings enough to get the point across)

in comes barney dressed as bacchus as a model for the students to sketch, which i just loved:

barney: “You prefer robe open or robe off?” skinner: “Just cover your privates with this walnut shell.” barney: “Whoa!!! So roomy!”

skinner gasps in horror at bart’s sketch, which “looks nothing like him” and bart explains that “it shouldn’t; we’re making the art that we feel because we can’t compete with a camera.” damn, you go bart. take that, realism. draw what you feel!!

(also no, you didnt need to hold still for 17 hours for a daguerreotype. 30 min tops.)

nelson haw-haw of the week: FOIE-gras!

so here they are at the moulin rouge (“enjoy it before baz luhrmann ruins it” hey shut up. i love that movie), which wouldnt be built for another 26 years, but it is the most widely known gathering place for bohemians in the public consciousness so i can understand why they went with the moulin. nelson delivers this anachronistic line:

“This époque keeps getting beller and beller!”

which alludes to la belle époque, the golden age of france usually dated from 1880 to 1914. made me snort so ill let that slide

and heres moe! as henri de toulouse-lautrec, who was actually born a year after the year this segment is set in. yo moe szyslak he was just 1

toulouse-moetrec introduces himself as the chronicler of the demimonde (not an actual job). an iconic figure associated with the moulin rouge (largely due to his affinity for alcohol and prostitutes), toulouse-lautrec was also a painter, having illustrated a series of posters for the moulin himself. he simply had to be in this segment, anachronisms be damned, just because they decided to include the moulin. cant have one without the other.

and yes he did have a walking cane where he kept his liquor.

i love how everyone drinks absinthe in this place. theyre bohemians what else would they drink

toulouse-moetrec points out that barts paintings are the greatest thing hes ever seen (and hes seen like five things!) and that hes a genius. milhouse realizes that they should stop doing what the teacher says and use their own minds to instead...start doing what bart says lmao. to the easels!

next we have skinner hyping up chalmers about the art his students made for the salon de paris, an art exhibition that the emperor of france will attend. he assures him that none of these paintings will encourage debate, provoke thought or be out of place at a dentist’s office. when they unveil the art, theyre both SHOCKED at how scandalous the paintings actually are.

this reaction was kind of accurate. impressionism was severely rejected at the salon de paris, due to paintings not looking finished enough to them, they thought they were ugly and vulgar for depicting nudity in a contemporary setting (historical and mythological nudity was fine). these impressionist paintings were sent to the salon de refusés, which is. yeah. the place where they sent the rejects. the salon de refusés does not make an appearance but this scene makes a reference to it when the artists get expelled from the royal salon. also:

“What about our student loans?” “Oh they’ll be refunded. We are not barbarians, I mean, come on.”

(god if only)

so the painters are down because they want the emperor to actually see their paintings. toulouse-moetrec pipes in once again with an idea.

“There is one thing the emperor loves more than anything.” “France?” “No, he hates France.”

apparently the emperor really loves cheese, which makes sense since its napoleon III (who loved cheese) and homer (who loves cheese.) so the painters roll into the salon inside a giant wheel of cheese (obviously.) as lenny said, “Eh, you know French cheese. Very runny.” napoleon III chases after the wheel into a room, where the wheel falls apart after getting chomped on by the emperor. now that they got his attention, the painters proudly show the emperor their impressionist art, which he couldnt be more indifferent about because he just wants to eat his cheese dammit, and he awards them with the royal medallion just to kind of get them out of his way. skinner immediately starts kissing ass (as he does) until marge’s like ‘hey wait a minute. you expelled these students from the royal salon’ and an executioner immediately starts ominously measuring skinners neck.

“Uh, sir...is your tongue sticking out because you’re dead or because you’re mad at me?”

and thats the end of that lmao (gore in this episode, gore in the last episode, and next week we’re getting gore too cuz its THOH, what the hell is goin on)

we get a short intermission with maggie, who wants a story for her too! lisa tells her that renaissance artists loved to put babies in their paintings, especially baby angels.

here she is showing her The Triumph Of Galatea by raphael:

King David Playing The Harp by peter paul reubens:

and a very simplified version of pretty much any depiction of hell by hyeronimus bosch lmao:

not much else to say about this one, really. but i really liked that sky!

the last segment is about frida kahlo and diego rivera. or as bart puts it ‘the one about a fat guy whos wife is too good for him.’ i was REALLY looking forward to this one because i love frida and i thought itd be a cool opportunity for animators to go bonkers and do really cool shit with her art as inspiration…..but the segment is not about frida, its about diego and his selling out to capitalism. and its also yet another story with homer and marge drama. no funky cool animation here. sigh i guess i’ll take it

the story begins in 1929 at la casa azul, frida’s home (now museum dedicated to her life and work.) frida and diego are getting married. this courtyard definitely did not look this way yet back in 1929. also theres something very cringy yet funny about lovejoy saying spanish words the way he does, i honestly cant decide how i feel about that one

the writers know theyre being cringy with their gringoness so they go along with it.

moe: “Spanish for ‘best wishes’!” mel: “Spanish for ‘congratulations’!” bumblebee man: “Spanish for ‘muy bueno’!”

OH YEAH BUMBLEBEE MAN this is his new voice actor, eric lopez! hes not mexican but its still great to finally have a latino actor voicing a latino character and hes very excited to be part of the show so i hope to hear more of him!! im rooting for him

el barto/zorro makes an appearance which i am very confused about. he has jack shit to do with frida and diego and mexico in the 20s-30s. el zorro was set in the spanish california of the early 19th century. their use of the original theme song makes me think they just wanted to flex their disney privileges tbh

lets not talk about that that whole scene was bad

anyway diego announces he and frida are going to new york, without even asking her first. frida is obviously pissed.

“Don’t worry, as a woman, you’ll be treated with much more respect in America.”

so in new york, diego is having a bit of a business meeting with mr burns as one of the members of the rockefellers, who is commissioning him to draw a mural for the rockefeller center. its kinda funny how he refers to him and frida as socialists even though they were very much communists lmao its okay you can say it. ok so far, but then frida says ‘yes, we hate the capitalists! right now, a young socialist is being born who will take them down! mr. bernie sanders. i hope hes quick about it’ and that was a simple enough joke and couldve been left at that but then its immediately followed by this weird as fuck family guy-esque cutaway gag to bernie as a baby:

“Getting a cootie shot should not cost your lunch money. And if you don’t listen to me, listen to the Bernie Babies! What? Everybody’s got goons.” *larger babies start beating up this other baby* “I disavow that, and welcome it.”

this confused me so much that i had to ask one of my american friends to help me understand, but even she was like ‘uhhh yeah thats a weird joke,’ especially now that hes been out of the race for months (then again these episodes take almost a year to produce. i guess they couldnt be bothered to replace it with something more relevant.) whatever that was weird and confusing and unfunny moving on

frida is pretty irked that diego is going through with this deal. after all, it goes against everything they believe in. im not sure how the real frida felt about diego doing the mural, but she did feel a bit of rage during her visit to the united states, especially the obvious disparity between rich and poor. she hated having to interact with capitalists and found americans very boring. in this segment, frida seems to be acting more like the american communist party, which diego got kicked out of for accepting commissions from wealthy patrons. in any case, frida is pretty upset about this whole thing.

and finally we get the first and only kind of surreal frida moment. kinda. maybe. its more cartoonish than anything but im desperate ok

interesting how they felt like they had to add a “don’t smoke” in big letters after showing patty and selma flying away on their giant cigarettes. i wonder if this is something theyre making them do now? i remember hearing something about them toning down patty and selma’s smoking

diego comes home to frida, drunk as hell, followed by the marx brothers. i cant believe they didnt make a marxism joke come on it was RIGHT THERE. THE MARX BROTHERS. KARL MARX. COME ON

frida paints her feelings.

this makes diego realize that frida is a genius and he is not half the artist she is. he proclaims he will now show his awe of her by sleeping with other women, starting “an hour ago.” to which frida replies, “and i will start sleeping with other women, starting two hours ago.” yes this was pretty much their relationship. though im just wondering how the hell did diego not know frida was this kind of artist until now? i know homers an idiot but jeez. art was how frida and diego met, diego knew from the get-go that frida was an incredible artist. i guess the fame got to his head or something. again, homer just being stupid.

“well enough already, while the art is still deco, okay?”

its time for the mural diego painted, Man At The Crossroads, to be unveiled:

rockefeller examines it. good and great so far, and then...uh oh

“Who’s that fellow…? With the beard, and the bolshevik smile…” “That’s the founder of Soviet Russia, Lenin!”

“B-b-but he’s a communist!” “Oh he just attended a couple of meetings.”

rockefeller will not have this communist in the temple to capitalism that is the rockefeller center, so he orders diego to paint over it. diego stands his ground and refuses. despite rockefeller’s threats, diego says that theres only one person he wants to be proud of him no matter what and in true homer & marge fashion, frida is touched by this. they happily leave the rockefeller center.

now, the real story of Man At The Crossroads and the rockefeller center was actually not that different. as soon as the rockefellers found out diego had snuck in a portrait of lenin into the mural, they ordered him to paint over it, to which he refused. diego even offered to include abraham lincoln and even american abolitionists in the mural as a compromise, but the rockefellers simply did not want any references to communism whatsoever. they did not complain about the hammer and sickle, though. yes, they did know diego was a communist and hired him anyway. what did they expect? lmao. diego said:

"Rather than mutilate the conception [of the mural], I shall prefer the physical destruction of the conception in its entirety, but preserving, at least, its integrity."

so they decided to destroy the mural before it was even finished and they never talked to each other again.

diego then repainted the mural at the palacio de bellas artes back in mexico, this time known as Man, Controller of the Universe. this new version included even more communist leaders and a depiction of john d. rockefeller jr. drinking at a nightclub, right underneath a depiction of syphilis bacteria. cue nelson haw-haw:

this was the version they used in the episode also, since the original was, well, never finished and also destroyed. only a black and white photograph of it exists, taken by diego before it was destroyed so he could remake it.

right so, homer!diego then pulls a Barthood and finishes the episode with a large mural summarizing the entire episode. he says some rick and morty thing i didnt get because i dont watch the show idk idc

the end

ALRIGHT NOW ITS TIME FOR THE STORY OF VINCENT VAN MOE

[thehopefulsnowflake]

And again here are more theories and opinions about the magnus archives from my brother

The corruption is one of the "four horsemen"

War and conquest are the military ghosts, and the desolation

Famine and pestilence is the buggy bois

Death is the end, duh

The corruption is colonisation basically

Elias is against having a cat, because they are too powerful, he was very serious about this

Centipedes have a masochistic foot fetish, millipedes have a normal one, don't ask

The woman in Dead Woman Walking is just a Zombie

Is the Woman a victim of the Book of Death from MAG 70

Georgie is a ghosty hunty person

Georgie and Melanie don't seem to be afraid of anything

The Italian mountain troops would have known they were being fucked with

More undead

Reminded him sort of the Meat Men

Also reminded him of the buried on the London underground

The mysterious firing squad intrigued him, did all the men that went up the mountain come back to kill him?

Basira is Drax from gotg

She'll randomly appear and no one will know she's there until she speaks

The chuckle brothers origin story, he means Breekon and Hope

Didn't think the circus had anything to do with the stranger

Breekon and Hope are taxidermy

So they're with the stranger

The Stranger is just everything that doesn't fall under something else

The circus was it's own thing

The cult of the lightless flame is it's own thing

The people's Church of the devine host is it's own thing

The circus is just full of people who you don't know, if you do know them that's sad... He was kinda rambling at this point

Is Sarah Baldwin capable of being bored

Why was she working with Melanie?

Do you just take a liking to ghost people

Did you take them over before of after they were eaten.

The Buried is called The London underground

Is it the Fairchild's? Thinks they're about isolation

Thinks it might be a book

The pit could be an Antlion

Thought that the young woman who was eaten by the pit turned into Gertrude

The young man could be, Gerry, Martin, Salesa, young Jon, Elias.

Thinks The stranger is vanilla in terms of gods and monsters.

The stranger is the least interesting.

Thinks all the Stranger wants to do is just summon a god

For some reason he thinks the Dark should be doing more to stop them, because Rayner wouldn't want that to happen

Martin will rap battle the archive to victory, via poetry from Leitners books

The stranger could just be Lego

He's horny for Rayner, his words not mine

Mr. Sandman brought him a dream

Thinks that the Dark at least can get to their gods dimension but choose not to.

If you make everywhere dark does their god appear?

He asked what would happen if two factions tried to summon their god at the same time what would happen

Thinks that all the Avatars /Entities do the same thing.

Breekon and hope have never killed anyone

Maxwell Rayner is a time travelling shadow demon

Mr sandman is like an angry sandy from Rotg

He made this episode unnecessarily kinky

They're just summoning gods

The stranger is remarkably being left alone

Thinks there is no fighting between factions

If anything they're aided

Is the Fairchild's entity already here

Are they working with the other factions

Says he knows whats going to happen because he "knows how these things go"

The Beholding is already on this side and if another God is summoned then it will be booted

Elias killed Gertrude because she was trying to defeat the Beholding and if it was defeated he would turn into the same thing as below the Library in Alexandria

There were three versions of the unknowing that he thought of

Destroying the concept of identity, the unknowing destroys the concept of personality, individuality, and identity. Turning them into Stranger worshipping entities

The angler fish was the thing in the basement at the Taxidermy shop

Stranger just means it couldn't get any stranger

Or it's deliberate parodies of humans

Breekon and Hope were normal people

Salesa, the chuckle brothers, the meat man, the skin walkers, the taxidermist, the manquien, Not-Sasha, the architects, the circus and to some extent the witches are part of the stranger

Magnus is a stranger that took over Elias

He also thinks Elias is just Magnus who found out how to stick around for a while

But Elias isn't the archive god like he first thought

The twisted detergent is Michael's new entity

Michael is like Loki if he didn't have a brother

The stranger is the big bad

Jon is an idiot, he's a bit slow

His second theory for the unknowing is that It's just going to destroy all knowledge revolving the Elder gods, hence the unknowing, the one he thought the least likely

And third, It somehow increases their powers so that the few people that would recognise them, no longer do. Levelling up in short. Thinks it would work for every entity

Doesn't think The Unknowing would be that big of a shift

The circus and the stranger were different because the Circus dealt with the "Freak show"

Thinks Rayner isn't dead

Dust devils

Dirt zombies

Has only made the connection between the Underground, the pit and the dust storm

Was the kid in the car Michael

Was Michael always the Spiral but just really liked working with Gertrude

Michael is the Spiral, he doesn't worship anything

Elias took Gertrude from him, now he's after revenge

Jon should go chill with everyone at the Archive

Jon should have a sword

While you were busy not having a paranoid breakdown I studied the blade

Michael has a crush on Gertrude

He has a granny kink, he is obsessed with making it all kink related

Michael originally gave his powers away to be with Gertrude

Michael took on this form because he could blend in or brag

He's a monster with a thing for Gertrude

Michael wasn't the same Michael as in the tape

Just trying to trick everyone

Lynne Hammond was lying, goes in line with the church of the lightless flame but it didn't happen

Maybe she heard something similar but it didn't actually happen to her, she was just trying to get some money

He actually feels bad for Tim

Tim should run

John Smith was half telling the truth.

People are in the tunnel's but it's not a government conspiracy

Tim doesn't deserve this

You can tell Basira is used to dealing with idiots

Liked that it cut out when Robin Lennox said let me start again, it's like the archive was trying to make it stop

Thinks the archive doesn't care what is being read to it, someone should read it the Lord of the Ringd

The archive is recording the tape recorders not Elias

Get the dog out

Michael was the crying man, he wanted the dog out

He doesn't want to hurt the dog

"Gertrude why did you leave me? I'll get you one day Elias" based on his Michael granny kink theory

Brian Finlinson was the most coherent in terms of links

Thinks that the spiders were actually there, hiding whenever anyone came around

Lynne is lying, John Smith is half telling the truth, Robin Lennox saw Michael having a breakdown, Brian Finlinson was telling the truth

He didn't remember Peter Lukas ever being mentioned before

Already shipping Peter and Elias

Michael is very sensitive

The Fairchild's and the Lukas' are working together

They don't seem to have an interest in the conflict going on between everyone else

The Fairchild's were in aerospace and Lukas was the ships

Still cthulhu

Even space had a cthulhu vibe

The depth of the ocean or the isolation of space

The Lukas and the archive are working together

There are some of these guys that don't want the entities on this side

Likes the power, doesn't want the full on entities here

The Lukas and the Fairchild's are the cthulhus

They're somewhat working with the archive/the beholding

Is Elias actually a Lukas? Decided yes because he and Peter are married

How much do the Lukas have to do with the Beholding

What sort of arrangement do they have?

Nikola was supposed to be part of the circus but there is a difference between the facimalies and the circus

Thinks that the archive burning down would have no downsides for the Beholding.

They'll summon a god and gazing upon it will kill everyone, everyone dies.

As he was now halfway through the series he explained who he thought was in each of these factions

The beholding, Elias, Martin, Tim, basira, daisy, sims, melanie, sasha, Rosie, Gertrude, leitner. Sasha is caught in a time loop...

The stranger, everyone, has no limits, The maniquein, the taxidermy, the circus, skin walkers, grifters bone, breekon and Hope,  angler fish

The desolation, the cult of the lightless flame, Jims pims aka Jude Perry, Agnes,

People's Church of the divine host, Rayner, Rayner have something to do with the German crypt, Rayner Is also not dead

The diggy boys, the buried, Maggie and Gordon from the dump, dig dude from Dig, whatever was going on with the pit, and the dust storm.

Meat, no recurring. The haans that's it.

Buggy boys, spiders, Jane prentiss

Michael, the twisting deceit, the twisting deceit just is Michael, didn't exist before him

The leitners, the witches are using the books, Gérard, Mike crew,

Cthulhu collective, the lukas', the Fairchild's. Both are just isolation, the Fairchild's are all about being alone, the only time the Lukas have turned up are being alone either in space or at sea

The witches, Mary Keay, puzzle witch, have big crossover with the Leitners, they just have some of leitners books

Trevor is his own entity, is he part of the desease and corruption group

The architects, smirke, smirkes apprentice.

Jared is his own thing. Just found a self help book

It's a giant celestial orgy!

Also Came up with a random spinoff comedy again

Slowly the archive collects strange people

Michael, who is mourning Gertrude... Loudly

They found a worm in the tunnel left over from Prentiss

The worm loves gooseberries

That's Elias, we're not sure what he is

Thats the Admiral, it is a cat.... It runs the place

Rayner is sat in the corner giggling

Leitner started a microbrewery in the basement

Serves bud leitner, you can't get leitner than this

[captainamericasbeard]

Warm Cinnamon (Prequel to Honeysuckle Girl)

Honeysuckle Girl

Pairing: Alpha!Bucky x Omega!Reader

Word Count: 1,686

Warnings: None.

Summary: Y/N moves into the Tower and she’s overwhelmed by the scent of a certain Alpha. 

A/N:  My daughter was throwing up at 3 o’clock this morning and this dropped into my head. It’s the prequel to Honeysuckle Girl, a drabble I wrote for @the-ss-horniest-book-club​ a few weeks back. Read it in chronological order or release order, whichever you chose. Fair warning, there’s no actual Bucky in this one but isn’t the thought of his scent almost enough? 

“You’re really going to like it here, everyone is really nice,” Steve says, making small talk as the elevator speeds its way up to the residential levels of the tower. You smile nervously at him while your hands fidgeted.

“I’m not going to lie, I am nervous,” you said.

“There’s no reason to be,” the alpha replied, placing a comforting hand on your shoulder. The elevator reaches its destination and the doors glide open with a ding to reveal a modern yet cozy living space. Large couches and plush chairs surround a huge tv. To your left is a hallway that seems to lead to private bedrooms. From your right you can hear boisterous laughter and the sounds of cooking.

As you step off the elevator you catch a scent. It’s not fresh but it’s there and it eases your nerves head to toe. It’s all warm cinnamon and spices and leather thats been in the sun. You breath deeply looking for the source of the scent but there’s no one there.

“You okay?” Steve asks at your sudden stop. You realize you’re standing still with your nose slightly in the air and your eyes closed. You shake your head to clear your thoughts.

“Yeah, sorry. I just smelled something is all,” you reply.

“Probably dinner. It’s Italian night and Sam goes a bit heavy on the garlic. Hope you packed your toothbrush,” Steve says chuckling at his own joke. You have to laugh at him as he puts your bags down by the elevator and leads you to the kitchen.

The whole team is gathered there and it’s an intimidating sight that stops you in your tracks. Your overwhelmed with the scents of all the alphas in the room but none of them is the one you caught by the elevator. Your shoulders slump slightly in disappointment.

“Team, meet Y/N. Y/N, meet the team!” Steve announces and every eye turns towards you. They’re all friendly smiles and waves and a girl with long red hair gets up to wrap you in a warm hug.

“I’m Wanda! Let me introduce you around,” she says, kindly hooking her elbow in yours and guiding you around the room. She introduces you to everyone and settles you at the table next to her as dinner is served up. You fears and nerves are quickly calmed in the presence of these heroes. After a dinner of traditional spaghetti and meatballs and a dessert of tiramisu (Sam really goes all out) Steve catches you yawning into the back of your hand.

“Ready for bed?” He leans over and asks quietly.

“Yes, please,” you murmur sleepily. Steve gets up and announces your departure to bed while you stand and offer a wave to the group. Wanda stands and gives you another hug.

“Movies and drinks tomorrow night, yeah?” She asks glancing at Natasha.

“Absolutely,” you say, giving her hand a squeeze.

You follow Steve into the hall where he’s grabbing your bags. There’s that scent again and it gets stronger as you move down the hall. You stop in front of a closed door.

“Whose room is this?” You ask Steve, feeling rather sheepish.

“That’s Bucky,” Steve says, “he’s away on a mission. Left today.” The disappointment is clear on your face.

“For how long?” You ask.

“Couple of months at least. Sorry kid.” Steve says, chuckling at your obviously smitten state. He gently puts his hand on your back and leads you to your room. He opens the door to a beautiful cozy room complete with flowers on the bedside table.

“Wanda’s been pretty excited for you to move in. She’s the only omega in the house so I think she’s been looking forward to a friend.” You smile thinking of Wanda as you open your bags searching for a t-shirt and a pair of shorts.

“Thank you Steve. For everything,” you say and the alpha gives you a quick squeeze before he leaves closing the door behind him.

You toss and turn for a few hours until you hear everyone’s doors close for the night. Once it’s all silent you sneak from your bed, down the hallway to Bucky’s door. Looking to your left and right you silently open the door and slip into his room. It’s simple with a messy bed, a set of drawers and an overflowing bookcase. But more importantly it smells wonderful. You lean against the closed door as you breathe in his scent for a few minutes. You feel totally relaxed as waves of spices and leather wash over you.

You know you can’t sleep in here so you slip over to the open closet and sneak out a well worn hoodie. You slide it on and zip it up letting the warmth of Bucky’s scent envelope you. You tip toe back over to the door and slip out, closing it behind you. You turn around and there’s a super soldier leaning against the wall with his arms crossed and a shit eating grin on his face.

“Watcha doin’, Y/N?” He asks.

“Nothing!” You reply.

“That’s Bucky’s favorite hoodie, you know.” You wrap your arms tightly around yourself as if Steve is going to try to wrestle the hoodie away from you.

“I can tell,” you say a slow smile stealing over you features.

“Alright,” Steve says with a sigh, “back to bed, kid.”

“Okay, Dad,” you joke sticking your tongue out at him as you follow him back up the hall. You slip into your bed and pull the hood over your head. You breathe deep and slip off into a sleep filled with dreams of a mystery man you’ve never met.

————

Over the next 3 months the entire team learns of your crush. You get caught sneaking out of Bucky’s room several times. Sometimes you slip in there when you’re feeling overwhelmed. Othertimes you just want to feel close to him so you lie in his bed while you scroll on your phone. And you’ve started walking around in his clothes which is pretty much a dead giveaway. Even clueless Clint eventually figures it out.

Sam teases you mercilessly about it. When you learn he’s in contact with Bucky you have to promise to do the washing up for 2 weeks to keep him from saying anything. Nat thinks it’s sweet. You had been most intimidated by the super spy at first but after a few movie nights you realize she’s and old softie with a romantic streak. Wanda shows you pictures of Bucky and you’re pleasantly surprised to find he’s the handsomest man you’ve ever laid eyes on.

One day Steve comes into the kitchen at breakfast and announces that Bucky will be returning the next day. Your heart skips a few beats and your stomach does flip flops while the rest of the team turns and looks at you.

“What?!” You cry out, crossing your arms defensively.

“Whats your move, kid?” Sam asks. You sit there with your arms crossed, staring at your empty plate and worrying your bottom lip for a few minutes. An idea crosses your mind and you look to Wanda to see what she thinks. The red head easily reads your thoughts and gives a shrug of her shoulders while she nods.

“I think it could work,” she says nonchalantly.

“What?” Sam asks impatiently. You swiftly get up from your seat and dump your plate in the sink as you scurry out to put your plan in action.

You go out and buy beautiful fresh white linens and a new white comforter for Bucky’s bed. Then you come home and spend hours meticulously crafting the loveliest nest you ever seen out of every pillow and blanket you can find in the tower. Finally you put on your favorite bright yellow scarf and curl up in the nest to take a nap, letting your scent fill the room. When you’re done sleeping, you curl the scarf up in the middle of the bed. An offering for having taken so many of Bucky’s clothes.

The next day is torture. Your a bundle of nerves, annoying everyone as you pace the tower and wait for Bucky. Finally around 3 o’clock Steve finds you and informs you that Bucky probably won’t be in till past midnight. You look as though you could burst into tears.

“I’m sorry Y/N. I know how anxious you are to meet him. I can smell it off of you.” Steve says with a kind smile.

“It’s not that Steve. What if he doesn’t like me? What if he hates my scent. What if I’ve been dreaming about him for 3 months and it all means nothing.” You spilled out all your fears as Steve wrapped you up in a hug. Steve was all sunshine and fresh cut grass and while it was nice, it wasn’t Bucky.

“He’s going to like you, I’m sure of it. And the way you caught his scent when you first got here, the way it was the only thing that could calm you down at times, I honestly think you might be true mates. Try not to worry about it too much. Just see what the morning brings, okay?” You pull away and nod your head.

You stayed up as long as you could but eventually Steve was shaking you awake on the couch and Bucky still hadn’t come.

“Get some sleep kid,” he says as he shoves you off to bed.

“Okay Dad,” you tease. You get to your room and pull on Bucky’s favorite hoodie, zipping it all the way up. It doesn’t smell like him anymore, it mostly smells like you, but you take comfort in the fact that it’s his. You crawl into bed and you’re asleep within seconds.

Somewhere in the wee hours of the morning your consciousness stirs at the sound of the elevator dinging. A warm inviting scent wanders down the hallway, slips under your door, and tickles your nose. You sigh deeply in your sleep and roll over feeling calm and comforted like you haven’t felt in months.

[gale-gentlepenguin]

ML Fic: Soulmate Survey Part 20

(Master post)

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“So we are just suppose to stay up here!?” Lila questioned, her voice still nasally from the door.

“Chat noir insisted we would be safe up here so it is the best option to wait until the akuma is dealt with.” Luka answered.

“All the entrance ways are barricaded to keep the minions out, the most logical place to wait while avoiding the danger of the fire and minions is up here.” Kagami supported.

“He couldn't have helped us down from the roof? Maybe to another rooftop of a building that ISNT ON FIRE!”

“And you can see one from here?” Kagami gestured to the city.

“Yea! Any.... oh.” Lila stopped once she realized what Kagami had pointed out

The three teens could see the rampant fires that were prevalent as far as they could see. Buildings were burning, streets with an assortment of flames. The Adri-knights seemed more like Pyromaniacs.

“And what if Chat noir and Ladybug can't deal with the akuma? Considering it enslaved a good chunk of Paris. Shouldn't they have gotten some sort of allies or whatever?”

Kagami rolled her eyes. Lila did not understand how dangerous the situation is, that or she was more concerned with trying to be right that she failed to notice.

“Its clear that you don't really like Ladybug or Chat noir. Is there a reason behind that?” The musician inquired.

“What? Of course I like chat noir. He is a great hero, and it goes without saying what I think about Ladybug.”

Luka had been trying to get a read on the girl to try and understand her emotions. From what he can tell, she was hiding something, but he couldn't tell exactly what. Kagami was far more direct.

“I have a better question, why exactly were you at the studio? You weren't Knight-ified when you were in the closet. So why exactly would Marinette shove you in the closet?” Kagami’s eyes piercing look seemed to penetrate right into Lila’s mind. The fencer knew full well how manipulative this brunette could be, and Marinette maybe a bit clumsy, she wouldn't lock someone in a closet without a good cause.

“We had gotten off on the wrong foot earlier in school and I wanted to fix things. Marinette did not take it well.” Lila twisted her words as to not outright lie. She never specified what she wanted to fixed.

“I don't believe you.” Kagami answered flatly.

Lila turned her attention to the other teen. Luka, who had been quietly watching the two talk.

“You believe me right?” 

Lila was doing her best to sell herself as innocent.

“I do not know you well enough to say that you are lying.” 

Lila mentally smirked at the comment but kept her sad innocent puppy look.

“But I know Marinette, and she certainly isn't the type to do something like this without a reason. And considering Kagami doesn't trust you either. I am gonna go with you are not being honest. Plus, something about you is off key, and it doesn't sound right.”

Lila still maintained her wounded puppy look.

“How could you say that I am lying? I am being honest. What reason would I have to lie about being locked in the closet?”

“You could just be trying to get us to turn against Marinette.” Luka responded.

Both Luka and Kagami were in sync on their thoughts regarding the Italian exchange student. That she was not a good person.

“Well I assure you I...”

The sound of a metal clanking interrupted her statement.

“Did you hear that?” Luka questioned.

“It sounds like metal banging against something, and its getting louder. Do you think the minions got up here?” Kagami drawing her blade as she questioned.

“We are on the roof! This is a 4-story building and they’re wearing metal armor, how the heck would they even be able to get up here without getting in? You two can't seriously think they could get up here.” Lila snapped. She dropped her faked wounded puppy act once she realized that they weren't buying it.

The three teens turned towards the sound to see a metal gauntlet appear at the edge of the roof.

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Ladybug swung her. yo-yo at the feet of the fiery akuma. Fandoom jumped to avoid the yo-yo, She fired a fireball from her fingers which was blocked by Chat noir’s staff.

Frustrated, the akuma fired a volley of soccer ball sized flames from her hands.

Chat noir kept spinning his staff to block them all.

“So Bugaboo, any idea on how to put out this firecracker? We do have innocent people on the roof and at the rate Fandoom is going, she might try to burn this whole building to the ground.” Chat noir kept focused on spinning his staff.

“We just need to hold out until Carapace and Rena Rouge find the main water valve. I’ll summon my lucky charm and then we can go from there.” Ladybug responded as she looked around the room. “I am gonna try to catch her by surprise, maybe we won't even need my lucky charm if we can get the drop on her. Think you can keep her distracted?”

“You know I can be very distracting when I want to be.” Chat noir winked.

The scarlet heroine rolled her eyes with an amused smile. Moving back from where the cat was to try and sneak behind her.

“Hey Hothead. I think you might be going about getting Adrien all wrong.” Chat noir’s words caused the akuma to stop.

“What makes you say that?”

“He is not really a fan of hot tempered people.”

 Fandoom felt steam come out of her ears. She shouted in anger before shooting out fire from her hands like a power flamethrower.

Chat noir stopped spinning his staff and jumped out of the way from the incoming stream of flames.

“That really got you hot under the collar!” 

Chat noir dodged again, a cocky smirk covered by the face mask.

“I would be Lion, if I said you didn't just get burned by my amazing puns.”

“SHUT UP! I hate puns!” Fandoom roared.

“Ooooh, If the whole crazy fire villain thing didn't ruin your chances with Adrien, that last one definitely did.”

“I will turn you into a burning fur ball you mangy alley cat.”

Her hair began burning brighter and larger. 

Just before she was about to blast at the cat. A yo-yo wrapped around the akuma causing her to loose balance, and having her arms tied as she fell to the ground.

“Cant have you burn my partner, he is a rare breed.” Ladybug chimed in.

Chat noir felt his cheeks hurt from smiling so hard at that fun word play.

“My Lady, I didn't know I was so special.”

“You can gush after you snag the bag.” Ladybug pointed out.

-Chat noir went toward the angry akuma to try and grab her bag, only for her to bust out and grab Chat noir.

“Chat!”

Fandoom pinned him to the ground.

“Got you now you nasty cat.” Fandoom exclaimed.

A butterfly outline appeared on her face.

“Excellent Fandoom! Now take his ring.”

Fandoom smiled as the outline vanished.

“Time for you to get roasted, but first, I need to remove the unnecessary parts for the roast. Like your miraculous!” Fandoom giggled sinisterly.

Ladybug ran to tackle the akuma off of her partner, But akuma took notice, firing a fireball right at her.

Ladybug covered her face with her arms as she was sent backwards by the blast.

Chat noir took the split second shove the akuma off balance and escape her.

The cat retreated back to where Ladybug had ended up.

“Okay, so that didn't work. She is way too strong to fight head on even when working together. Its like fighting Stormy weather’s and Stone heart’s pyro baby. With just a hint of Zombizou.”

“Her fire keeps us at a distance, and if she gets a good grip on us its over.” Ladybug observed. “There needs to be some way to trip her up to get to that bag at her side.”

Chat noir looked at the burning area that was once the main studio area of the the talkshow he was being interviewed on. It was only about an hour or two ago but it felt like its been weeks.

“Is it Lucky Charm time bugaboo?”

Ladybug took a moment to think. She took into account once the sprinklers were on the fire would go out and the light would vanish. Nino and Alya should have gotten to the valve by now, so using Lucky charm might be the perfect time.

“Yes it is.”

Ladybug activated her power.

“Lucky charm”

A mysterious object fell from the air and landed in her hands. Upon closer inspection she realized what it was. It was a ladybug print fire blanket.

Ladybug looked around taking in the several things she needed to use her lucky charm. First is the sprinklers, second was chat noir, third was a rope... but there was something more to this one.

Something is missing... I don't know what it is. It must appear after the sprinklers start. Thats the explanation.

“Okay, I think I know what to do, but we need to wait for Carapace and Rena Rouge to get the sprinklers on.”

“Well hopefully they get to it before the building is completely turned into a a fire pit.”

“Don't worry, I trust them. They probably have found the water valve by now.”

_______________________________________________________________________

“Where is this stupid water valve!” Rena Rouge shouted in frustration. “You would think there would be a sign or something that would tell us where it is. But Nope! Nothing!”

“We gotta keeps searching Babe, we already covered half the building, we should be able to find it soon.” Carapace kept positive.

“The problem is every door looks the same, and now that the fire has broken out from the main area, everything now looks the same but with fire!”

Rena and carapace had continued checking every door they ran past to make sure not to miss the valve.

“The place should have a boiler room or something! Places this big should have a basement.”

Carapace stops in his tracks.

Rena hears the turtle’s quick stop and turns.

“Carapace?”

“I think you gave me an idea. Wayzz, Shell off.”

Rena rouge watched as Nino had dropped his hero transformation and a turtle creature popped out of his bracelet.

“Nino! What are you doing?”

“I agree with her, what is the idea?” The turtle commented.

“You Kwamis have all sorts of abilities right. Like phasing through walls and stuff right? I think I saw you phase through a locker once.”

Wayzz pauses.

“Yes, we can phase through most objects at will.”

“Can you phase through the floor and see if there is a boiler room below?”

“Thats brilliant. Nice one dude.” Wayzz complimented, putting a weird yet charming pronounciation on the word ‘Dude’

Wayzz phased through the floor for a few moments. After a minute, he popped right up.

“There is a staircase 20 meters on the right side. The stairs will take you down. The main Water valve is labeled. Unfortunately I couldn't turn it myself.”

“Awesome job.” Rena Rouge complimented the turtle Kwami.

Wayzz bowed towards the fox heroine.

“Alright Wayzz, Shell on!”

Nino shifted back into his hero transformation and the two heroes made their move to the correct door.

“Smart call using Wayzz to guide us.” Rena rouge praised.

“I always use Wayzz when I have to go somewhere I don't know how to get to..” The turtle hero joked, something that he swears Adrien is rubbing off on him.

Carapace smiled as he heard his girlfriend laugh at his joke. He could swear there was no sweeter sound the hearing that laugh.

_______________________________________________________________________

Kagami, Luka and Lila watched as a single Adri-knight made it onto the roof.

Lila slowly backed away while Luka and Kagami got prepared to fight, the later drawing her foil.

“Must get to Vivi.” The minion exclaimed as her mind was clearly focused on that one task.

“You are not interfering. Ladybug and Chat noir are taking care of your master.” Kagami pointed the foil at her.

The Adri-knight tightened her fist and went to reach for the small bag at her side. She would turn them into minions so they would stay out of her way.

But before she could, the fencer charged at her, forcing the minion to dodge.

Kagami continued her assault and the knight did her best to dodge and block the incoming attacks. The other two teens watching, Kagami had this match in the bag.

‘No! I can't lose here! Vivi needs me! I need to help her! Come on Maggie, you have to get past the crazy fencer.

The knight managed to catch the foil with both hands.

“Thats enough of that.” Maggie stated fiercely. 

She didn't expect to get put into a full nelson.

While the fencer had her distracted, one of the other teens managed to slip behind her and catch her off guard.

“Break the crest now.” The teen holding her back yelled as she struggled.

Kagami listened to the advice and broke the crest, causing the armor to vanish.

Luka releases the former knight.

“Nicely done.” Luka complimented Kagami

“I appreciated the assist. She was making it harder then necessary.”

The two teens complimented each other, amazed on how easy it was to coordinate with one another.

“Ugh... my head.”

Kagami kneels down. “Are you alright? The de-knighting process can be a bit draining.”

“Im fine... just a bit of brain fuzz.” Maggie answered as her mind was reconstructing what happened.

“Did you handle it yet?” Lila’s voice called out. Clearly no intention of moving close.

“She isn't a knight now, everything is fine.”

Lila stepped closer, relieved that the minion had been neutralized, until she recognized who it was.

Maggie’s eyes adjusted and landed right on the brunette. The girl’s confusion turned to Rage.

“YOU! This is all your fault!” Maggie shot up from the ground and stormed over to Lila, who was backing away.

“Now now, I didn't mean to cause any harm. I didn't think your friend would go so ballistic over it.”

“Oh really? Cause from what I remember, you specifically made her cry and left us to deal with the aftermath. You and your damn List.”

“List?” 

Kagami and Luka kept their eyes on the now incredibly nervous Lila.

“The one for that new popular app, Soulmate Searcher. This girl showed a photo of Adrien’s list to my friend and she got her heart broken over it! This nasty brunette showed her the list knowing Vivi would get hurt by it.”

The two watching teens were hit with the startling realization. It explained why Fandoom was so obsessed with finding Adrien and burning Marinette, Lila was at the studio, most likely trying to talk with Marinette about the list. Kagami felt a burning rage, and couldn't help but feel something very familiar with this situation.

“So thats why you were in that closet! You knew there was an akuma after Marinette! I would have thrown you into a closet myself.” Kagami shouted.

Lila felt the color leave her face as she now had two angry girls glaring her.

“No! That isn't... I was trying to.. to Warn her. But she wouldn't listen.”

“That isn't what you said earlier.” Luka pointed out. 

Maggie was about to approach more until she remembered why she was up there in the first place.

“Vivi! I need to get to my friend.”

Kagami’s anger ceased as the girl mentioned her friend.

“You mean the angry fire akuma that has been turning people into her knights?”

“She is a very emotional person, but she would never hurt anyone and only has been mad or sad for like... 30 seconds at a time. Hawkmoth is taking advantage of her. I need to help her remember who she is.

“The girl calls herself Adrienne, I don't think she is stable.”

“ Yea... she does go a bit far with new obsessions, back in her Jagged stone phase she called herself JV-enne for like a month. She just gets a bit too... passionate about things too quickly. I do need to talk to her about... Hey! Don't act like this isn't your fault. You are the one that caused all of this in the first place.”

“Her fangirl crush isn't healthy, she should keep better control of her emotions.” Lila using this as a way to gain her nerve back.

Maggie glared at the nasty liar.

“When I get back, we are going to have some serious words.”

Maggie started to run to the stair case only to have Luka move between her and the door.

“It is way to dangerous in there. You can't rush in, even if it is to save your friend. There is a fire spreading and the akuma is dangerous.” Luka informed the frantic teen.

“I don't care! I need to get to Vivi! She is in danger and I need to save her from herself.”

“I know you care about your friend, but you can't rush in. I am sure once Ladybug and chat noir beat the akuma.”

Maggie didn't have the time to wait.

“If someone you cared about was still in there, would you be up here waiting patiently?”

Luka took a second to think about her words. 

“If Adrien or Marinette were still in there, we would do the same.” Kagami stated.

Luka knew the fencer was right. He conceded.

“We should come along to help you navigate.”

“We!?” Lila exclaimed in shock and horror.

“No thank you. You guys have already been through enough, and it will likely be harder to calm her down with more people. I will handle this myself. Besides, I don't know if more knights will come here now and you two seem to be capable of handling them with ease.”

Kagami and Luka nod at one another. More minions would make things harder for Ladybug.

“Be careful.” Luka warned.

The bespectacled girl nodded and thanked him before running to the stair case.

_______________________________________________________________________

Fandoom was furious!  Her mind was so focused on burning everything that got in her way, she just shouted as her fiery hair was flaring up higher and higher.

“Ladybug, Chat noir! " 

Fandoom fired more flames in their direction, the duo split up to avoid the attack, one hero on each side.

Ladybug held the fire blanket in her hand and was ready to make a move when the time was right.

Fandoom took notice of the item. 

“It will take more then a blanket to best me.”

“My lady and I are putting you to bed.” Chat noir taunted.

Fandoom growled in annoyance ready to attack the cat, when as if on, the sprinklers activated.

“What the?”

The sprinklers rained down a good amount of water, causing the massive flames that have been spreading to start shrinking. Fandoom felt the water pouring on top of her and it was causing her flaming hair to shrink.

“Ghhhhh!” She shrieked as she felt the water rain more on her head.

“Chat noir, now!”

“Chat noir runs to the rope that Ladybug had seen earlier as per her secret instruction. Noticing the distracted Fandom protectively clutching her bag, Chat noir quickly tied the rope to her leg, just barely avoiding an angry swipe from her now steaming hand.

Chat noir jumped back and moved to a nearby rope.

“Cataclysm.”

He lightly touched frayed greatly, causing it to slowly break. Ladybug insisted it shouldn't snap right away, if it was the case, he would have just snapped it himself.

The sprinklers stopped after all of the flames went vanished, leaving a dark studio. Chat noir moved quietly to Ladybug as the sprinklers ceased.

“Everything is set.” Chat noir whispered.

Fandoom began trying to reignite but she was too soaked and her body was only generating a small flame.

“Had enough?” Ladybug asked with heroic confidence.

“I think we have this one Bugaboo, she is too soaked to smoke.” Chat noir commented.

Fandoom felt her despair and rage fill her body. She was so closed, Paris’ most influential fan club, Adrien arrested himself, all of her friends happy and in sync. She almost had it all. She Will have it.

Her hair ignited again. Burning bright and catching Ladybug and chat noir off guard as the sole light source in the room.

“Your little trick failed! You are done.” her body that was once soaked was now dry at the flames in her hair and the flames in her hands sprung back to life.

Ladybug knew the last piece of the puzzle was still missing, where was it, what was the thing she needed to make use of her lucky charm.

“I am getting your miraculous right now!”

The sound of boxes falling and splashing in the wet ground caught the attention of the akuma and the two heroes.

“Vivi, please stop this.” a voice called out, clearly tired from running.

Fandoom’s flaming fists turned off and the large blazing hair of Fandoom began to shrink.

“Mags?”

Ladybug and chat noir watched as a small teen walked into view of the flame. She was soaked from tripping, and she was shaking.

Ladybug realized what the missing piece was.

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Part 20 is complete and appears that the final piece of the puzzle has revealed itself to Ladybug. Will it be enough for Ladybug and Chat noir to defeat Fandoom?

Lila also has her hands full now that more people have caught on to her antics. Also more Lila karma coming because yes.

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[redbeanboi]

same anon for mista and i love your hcs! 💖 is it ok if i ask again but this time with him pining after you for so long and just wants to be out with it and sweep you off your feet and call you his if thats alright?

AHHH!!! I love pining. And I think Mista would be such a sweet sweet doofus in love so I have fun imagining these kinds of things for him. I’m going to do a hybrid between a fanfic and an hc post, so expect like… a story, but in bullet form??? hopefully that makes sense (and hopefully this is ok!!). Here’s some Mista pining for the longest time ever… FT. the members of the Bucci gang (and Trish), who collectively decide to meddle a bit so you can just start going out already.

absolutel y LOVIng the enthusiasm for our italian marksman,,,, so if you like this ask for more Mista because writing him is actually really fun for me

also i purposely made my grammar and spelling and my voice and such very silly for this thing so please excuse that. i’m having some fun too

**mostly written from Mista’s POV**

wordcount: 3.0k

sO

it’s been a few years now that Giorno’s been the boss

and you joined the gang a couple years ago

haven’t really climbed up the ranks, but!! Bucciarati took notice of your good work and so did Giorno

so you were assigned to work with Bucci’s team

and you’ve been there for the past year and a half

and for the past year or so, mista has had the fattest crush on you

narancia and trish took an immediate liking to you when bruno introduced you

so they introduced you to mista

anyway it’s just

so easy to fall in love with you

you’ve got the heartiest and dorkiest laugh he’s ever heard and he loves it

face of an angel 

loves how you know when to crack a joke and when to get serious

beautiful lips!!! pretty and soft looking and he just wants to kiss you!!

ahem–

right

beautiful eyes!! he has no idea how many times he’s gotten lost in them, but he’s stared at them pretty often

very very intelligent, always seen with a book when the team has downtime

mista reads a lot too, but he’s been picking up more books now that he’s seen you read

that way he can do something together with you

sometimes you’ll recommend books to him

he THOUGHT he would hate the philosophy book you recommended to him

he hates philosophy and hates overthinking anything

but it turns out, the course of love was right up his alley like you suggested

and now mista is more convinced than ever that you’re his soulmate

he’s like

dead sure

100%

you’re perfect to him

sweet, funny, caring–the entire package

unfortunately guido’s convinced that you’re wayy out of his league

usually he’ll ask someone out regardless

the possibility of being shot down never scared him before

“ya win some ya lose some”

thaT used to be his mindset

but with you?!! no

he’s definitely not risking that

he’s already got something pretty good going on with you

doesn’t want to wreck the current relationship you have with each other

you’re friends and you have fun with each other

it’s basically perfect!!

except

mista obviously wants a little more than that

kisses and cuddles and maybe some other stuff too if you’re up to it

but what if you don’t want that??

and if he asks you out or tells you how he really feels

what happens???

if you say no, what’ll happen to your friendship after that??

god now he’s overthinking everything again!!

anyway it’s valentine’s day

and the entire team celebrates together because none of you have any plans

and you’re all just hanging around giorno’s big fancy house in the posillipo district of napoli

everyone’s just lounging around one of the sitting rooms when mista gets up and excuses himself to get a drink from the kitchen

Trish notices he’s been in the kitchen for way too long tho (and isolating yourself from the rest of the company is NOT party behavior)

so she goes there, sees Mista feeding the Sex Pistols a bunch of snacks and decides to take action

“Mista”

“mhm” Mista feeds number 5 another chip, looks up at trish and then goes back to feeding his babies again

final straw for trish

“oh look it’s y/n” trish points over his shoulder and mista immediaTELY scrambles around the counter and starts to stutter “I was just joking, calm down”

at least he’s snapped out of it

“don’t make jokes like that!!” mista huffs and smooths his sweater down before like, triple checking to make sure you’re not actually within earshot

“what’s the matter with you? you always get so jumpy when someone mentions y/n” she starts wagging her finger at him. “is it because you think y/n’s cute?? or is it because you have a crush on--”

“i don’t–i don’T have a crush on y/n!!” he starts digging around giorno’s fridge for a drink and just settles on cracking open a peroni

yes, mista

drink some beer

that will totally solve your problems

anyway he does like you

the thing is

he’s not sure if you like him back

and usually he’s ok with people knowing if he has a crush on someone

but now that it’s you he wants to keep it to himself

he’s always considered bucciarati, abbacchio, narancia, fugo, giorno and trish like family, but he’s not about to admit he has a crush on you

because he knows 100% that they’ll all tease him, 

((ok maybe not giorno so much, but guido definitely wouldn’t put it past the other five))

he’s just not about that lifestyle

especially because narancia and trish would definitely end up letting it slip to you

and he can’t have that

no sir

when someone even slightly suggests that what mista feels for you is more than just plain old friendship he just goes pffFFfffTT me? no. no crush. i don’t do dating. or crushing. too busy for that crap

but like

cmon

everYONE knows

it’s pretty damn obvious he has a crush on you

always being the first to volunteer to get paired up with you on missions

always the first to shoo away any creep who tries to flirt with you

also he definitely throws longing glances at you whenever you’re not looking

has stared at your lips

and bruno’s caught him doing that MORE than once

((seven times now, if you must know. bruno’s been counting))

“are you going to talk to y/n tonight?” trish asks, nudging him. “neither of you have said a word to each other” 

mista’s cheeks flare up immediately

now everyone knows you’re single

even mista

it’s the only reason why he’s letting himself daydream about you

but just the thought of asking you out makes him want to piss himself

he’s part of a gang, yes

he’s also part of bucciarati’s team

he’s been through life or death scenarios

he’s been at death’s doorstep more times than you can probably count

he has a place among these hardened criminals

but you just make him SO so nervous

he can’t look at you straight in the eye for more than three seconds before he starts blushing and looking away

and either you’re too dumb to notice or he’s just so so out of your radar that you ignore all his obvious feelings

“was wondering where you guys went” narancia came to get a drink too, cracks open a beer too and sits on the counter. “what’re we talking about”

“we’re talking about how much mista loves y/n”

“oh i love talking about that–wait” narancia coughs on his beer.

mista knows EXACTLY where this is going. “don’t–”

“you and–” narancia claps a hand over his mouth and starts laughing “i KNEW IT”

and soon enough everybody else (minus you) has joined them in the kitchen

everyone’s teasing mista about you (minus giorno, who’s just shaking his head), narancia’s making kissy noises

abbacchio keeps making these “just ask her out already, you idiot”

Bruno is saying “you’ll never know what happens if you don’t say anything, and we all know you want to say something–”

fugo is telling him “if you don’t take your shot now, you might not get your chance”

mista wants to SCREECH

“shut up! what if y/n hears you idiots”

and fugo goes “has anyone else noticed that thing that mista does, where he feeds y/n a bite of his food ALL the time, but he never does it with us unless we ask”

“or the one time mista took a bullet for y/n”

“or that one time he broke y/n’s umbrella so they’d HAVE to share his umbrella”

“it was broken, idiots! that’s why I shared mine”

“mmmmhm sure it was”

and fugo nudges mista a little too hard and mista spills beer on himself

“fuck you guys” and mista grumbles and shoves past them to go to the bathroom upstairs

everyone exchanges glances

giorno just jams his thumb into his temple and sighs. “how have they not gotten together yet?”

literally everyone in that room has actively tried to push you two together

none of it has worked, obviously

 you aren’t making a move

neither has mista

you two are adults but you’re acting like teenagers

except most teenagers prob would’ve acted on their feelings now

and just two minutes after, you stroll into the kitchen super grumpy

“why did everyone ditch me in the sitting room?”

“oh we were just talking about you” bruno hums and pops a biscotto into his mouth

“yeah? what about?”

“talking about how wimpy you and mist–MmmP” Abbacchio claps a hand over Narancia’s mouth before he finishes

“want anything to drink?” fugo asks. his eyes are darting around like crazy and you think its  s u s p i c i o u s !!!

“it’s alright I’ll get something later”

giorno wants to conduct a little experiment

mista doesn’t want to talk about his feelings for you

and you haven’t said anything really, but he has a feeling you’re not going to deny any of this 

“oh, there you are mista”

and immediately you just duck under the counter behind giorno and start fixing yourself–hair, shirt, EVERYTHING

giorno just stares at you

so do the others

god its official–you and mista were made for each other

“god help me,” abbacchio gives you a hand. “what’s up with you? slip on a wet patch or something?”

you glare at all of them. “Why the hell did you do that?” 

giorno smiles. you’re all pretty familiar with each other so cussing and acting a little friendly isn’t an issue.

but now bruno wants to go upstairs and dunk mista’s head into some water and tell him to just ask you out already

it’s so infuriating for them

everyone knows how much you like each other

everyone

everyone except you and mista anyway

and you’ve liked mista for almost the same amount of time he’s liked you

it’s not your fault!!!

Mista is beautiful

the most beautiful face in the world!!! and the body of a greek god

sculpted like some fancy statue

he’s sweet, can be very polite

does his job so well

smart

best, dreamiest smile you’ve ever seen

great taste in food

the best person to talk to–never too serious, but you always know he’s listening

always super super protective and considerate towards civilians and is TOTALLY against getting normal people wrapped up into their fights and work

and he’s so perfect

also not to be a pig, but you can definitely appreciate what a great ass he has

“you like mista, don’t you?” trish asks

you shrugged. “so what if I do? lots of people like mista”

“but you LIKE like him”

you’re not going to flat out deny it

otherwise giorno might take it as “oh y/n doesn’t want to be paired up with mista anymore for missions, so blah blah blah”

and nope, can’t have that

you can at least tell your new friends about your feelings

not that you’ll act out on them of course

and you’re shy about it still so you’re not going to even tHINK about telling mista

it’s fine you can just read books next to him forever

and then just watch when he finally finds someone he likes and goes out with them instead

ouch

speaking of mista

where is he

“so,… where’s mista?”

“he’s in the bathroom, but he’ll be coming down soon” fugo just points to the staircase

giorno just adds “i was thinking of taking us all out for dinner too”

so half an hour later you’re at libeccio

which is great, service and food are sublime

except you’re seated across the table from mista

and he’s not looking at you

so you just decide to talk to abbacchio and bruno since mista’s ignoring you

and mista gets a little nervous and sees how you’re talking away with abbacchio

and fair enough, abbacchio’s a great guy to talk to once he’s warmed up to you

and he’s smart and good looking

and mista’s convinced that maybe you’re just into older guys!! and bad boys!!

abbacchio’s got that aesthetic nailed down

mista starts wondering if he can pull it off

and he looks at abbacchio’s get up and gets pretty depressed

yeah, that’s not happening

you’d definitely make fun of him if you caught him dressing up like abbacchio

and he kinda stares into the bottle of mineral water on the table and spaces out

fuck this he’ll just pretend he’s on a date with you and zone everyone else out

and all of a sudden giorno looks at his watch and gets up from his seat

“I’m sorry, it looks like I’m going to have to leave early–I forgot about an appointment I was supposed to have”

mista looks confused

so do you

everyone else though is like “yeah that makes total sense giorno”

and you’re looking at them all like ??? “It’s night time”

and Bruno, the underboss gets up too

“I should probably go with you actually,”

and then Abbacchio quirks a brow…. and then a couple of seconds later sighs and adds “actually I think I have to go home and water some plants”

and you’re getting annoyed at this point “I thought you guys wanted to celebrate valentine’s day together!! I could’ve stayed home and watched movies or something tonight, jerks”

and then fugo leaves because he’s suddenly got some errands to do

and narancia and trish leave when they realize they’ve “suddenly got mani-pedi appointments” even though…. all the salons are closed at this hour

and you’re PISSED

mista stays behind though, and you’re actually really really happy about that

“thank god, at least I have you, right?”

and mista just laughs nervously

“yeah,,, I’m here for you”

and he WANTS TO SCREECH

but thankfully you just smile and clap your hands excitedly and lean over and share a menu with him

“ok !! let’s order some really expensive food and have them send the bill to the almighty ‘Don Giorno,’ huh???” and mista’s heart melts because

that is such a a brilliant idea

god you’re perfect

“yeah let’s do that,” and he just kinda basks in the proximity and lets himself get comfortable

and you both order some really tasty stuff!!!

affetati misti and burrata affumicata for appetizer (the pistols love it), risotto al pescatore and spaghetti alla carbonara for the first course, gamberoni alla griglia and filetto alla brace for the second course

and then you guys leave libeccio and find some gelateria

and you’re not really up for getting your own gelato because you’re so stuffed

but mista’s still a little hungry

and after that he offers to walk you home

the weather’s pretty nice anyway so you’re like “!! yes that sounds perfect”

and then halfway thru you ask if you can try some of his gelato and he’s like

“yeah,,, totally fine haha”

and he’s NOT screaming when you start helping yourself to his hazelnut gelato

and he kinda gestures at your mouth when some of it gets plastered to the corner of your lip

and you’re about to wipe it off yourself when he swipes his thumb around your lip

and he just kinda looks away and mutters “yeah, all good now”

the rest of the walk is super silent

so silent

not that either of you mind really

and then suddenly you’re at your apartment

and you’re about to say bye to mista

and it’s just you two and no one’s around and it’s Valentine’s Day so

why not give him a hug

so you lean in to give him a hug and mista’s like thinking ok this is happening and i am actually very fine with this

and he just kinda meets you halfway and hugs you

except he trips and all his weight kinda pushes you up against the door to you apartment

and it takes you a good minute to realize that

you’re kissing him

mista’s lips

your lips

and you wanted it to happen, yes but 

oh no now everything’s RUINED

and mista just scrambles away when he realizes what he’s done and bows his head

and all of a sudden he’s babbling a bunch of nonsense and he’s so nervous

oh god it’s ruined

everything’s ruined

and he’s just moving his hands around and talking way too fast

and he’s so so full of remorse

and he tries to like lay a hand on your shoulder or like hold your hand or something but you’re staring at him like he’s grown five EXTRA heads

and maybe they’re all very attractive heads because he swears you’re blinking and babbling and looking away bashfully

and it’s so cute but he fucked up

he fucked up real bad

this is all his fault

“oh god, i’m so sorry” and he’s speaking so quickly. “please don’t leave. or you can i guess, i messed up–”

and you’re really confused because??? you thought he like flinched away because he DIDN’T like you

“i don’t understand what you’re saying mista–”

“it’s fine ! don’t worry about me, just–” he’s like shaking his head because he already messed up by kissing you, he doesn’t want to say something stupid “please just tell me what you want me to do? I know I fucked up”

and you’re just staring at him and he wants to be swallowed up by the ground right about now

“do you want me to leave you alone? i can ask giorno to transfer you to another team or something, please just–”

“I didn’t mind it”

mista just stops talking and looks at you … what

“I… actually liked it”

and he’s blinking

this can’t be real

you’re way way wayy out of his league

does this mean

“this is probably the worst time to say it, but I like you”

mista’s silent now

and then you have to swat him in the shoulder

“I said that i like you, you idiot”

and mista just gets this cheesey smile on his face and starts repeating it “you like me?? really???”

“i said it twice now, mista” and you’re just standing in front of him, hands on your hips. “at least say something back or-or SOMETHING”

and he does

he says everything

he just lets it all out

he’s liked you ever since he met you

he thought you were pretty cool already at first

and then he just got the biggest crush on you the more he got to know you

and basically

“do you…. want to keep doing this?? dinner and stuff”

and you nod so much your head might fall of your shoulders

and yes

it’s official

guido mista is now your boyfriend

unreal

and 

when you guys come to work the next day and are chatting up a storm and mista just leans on you and has this big goofy grin on his face

everyone’s watching and noticing

and bruno just smiles and shakes his head 

and you’re just glowing!! and smiling ear to ear

abbacchio just goes

“took you guys long enough”

ok but

im so sorry this was long--

but i love mista he’s my son and i want him to be in LOVE!!!!

best boy in the world, point blank.

fr though guys, if you want more fic/hc hybrids like this

let me know…. this was actually really fun and like

super stress free,,,, no pressure at all,,,, just all fun and laughs!!!

sidenote: that book i linked, “the course of love” is actually a very good book…. and if you’re a total romantic or just love the idea of love… then I highly recommend that you read it. i know mista would love it.

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Bio! Dad Strange part 4

Shorter but a paris update for her life and a little on gotham with Jason as Robin while Tim is a hero Stalker.

Marinette is 7 when she changes schools, ordered into the Dupont school chain by her teachers since she was getting ‘difficult’ and contradicting their ciriculum. When they challeneged her on this, she went to the school board with Rolland beside her of all people.

The board agreed on one thing, Marinette’s contradictions were not only factually correct, but were done to prevent the outdated ciriculum from hurting her classmates. Instead of punishing her, she got to skip a gade and was given to Dupont as a ‘highly reccomended gifted student’.

Her first day she met Max, who also skipped a grade. The pair bond in five seconds over a new programming focused on learning emotional intelligence. Uncle Riddler was showing her it, and Max got his hands on a various ai bases. This led to then teaming up and designing the one and only Markov together, if only in schematics.

A week in and the two notice that some kids are being followed around by a guy with a bat. They report it. Again and again, but no one can find him.

One day he catches the pair on their way to Max’s—they wanted to work on their ai together, ok? The guy tries to hit Max, saying something about them being lucky metas that needed to suffer.

Marinette’s gotham training kicked in. She caught the bat, ripped it away from him and hit him in the chest with it, while yelling at max to run.

At the end of the incident, videotaped by a bystander, the Dupont Stalker was arrested.

Marinette was given another name by the police, ‘fille de batte’ or bat girl. Her having family in gotham only made the nickname more popular.

This put her on Kim and Alix’s radar. Kim wanted a challenge for fighting and competitions, and this tiny kid did that—to an adult! New friend and rival!

Alix was went from shock to joy as Marientte does art. She does art. Art friend to rant to found!

Nino ran into Marinette not long after Kim and Alix attached themselves to her and Max. Nino became their judge for Kim challenges. Including Mari pinning Kim to the mat, or deciding who did a circus move better (Mari won acrobatics).

Chloe doesnt go to dupont until next year, and sabrina is in another class, mildly concerned for Marinette.

In this au, again, Dupont is considered a ‘i would not be shocked if there were metas there’ school for gifted kids in any way.

Marinette is sent there for her insane science obsession at the time, but is also put in their arts program with Alix to develop as an artist with her medium, fabrics and fashion.

And if marinette redesigns hero outfits as “monsiuer ross, scribbles have more style, let alone fashion sense” alot, well. Kids get obsessed a lot and the Justice League is a common one, as are known villians. Her everyday outfits having different hero schemes—oddly enough some forensic scientist she’s obsessed with from some american city ended up in her mix—well. She’s a kid and showing signs a few types of anxiety.

Possible social and OCD and a developing case of perfectionism common to the arts program. The school has her see a therapist and know she isnt telling them everything beyong mild concern for her gotham family, and confusion over people just ‘not getting things’ as she is terribly smart and good at finding patterns and how do people not see it?

By the end of the year Marinette is in a strong friend group who’s parents and hers have decided to have joint custody during the school year.

She was now (forced) to learn vietnamese from Kim’s Grandparents, italian from Rolland (her nonno that has a Thing for tradition and somehow married Gina and raised Tom mostly on his own while running the bakery to boot), english from Father/Strange, Mandarin from her Maman and she started Arabic to talk with Nino’s aunt who kept saying marinette was her future in-law and point out that nino and her are friends, not dating ma’am.

However, Nino endured most of this with her-not the italian or Mandarin, but the others. Kim couldnt get Arabic but mandarin was a breeze for him. Alix cannot get vietnamese or arabic but Mandarin is her jam after french. Max just speaks french and english, he understands the others he just cant get the sounds right, ok?

When Marinette goes back to Gotham that summer, she ends up dealing with Hero Stalker Tim (jason is robin now) while looking for Red Hoodie who No oNE is telling her what happened and she’s worried, ok?

Tim feeds her obbsession with fixing problems. He sometimes sends her building layouts of places Catwoman stole from. And then the jewlry reappears thanks to a nervous Marinette coached by Rose and Ghoul while Frost handles her post-fix it freak out. Tim also may or may not get helped by her alot during Batman Stalking Time as she teaches his butt how to sneak and complains he’s worse than penguin.

Tim hates that, works on it, and still has nonidea who she is. He does admit to figuring out who batman may be, but needs more evidence so...

Marinette hits him becuase “thats dangerous!” And tries to lecture him in identites.

Batman’s radiowave was used for said lecture.

“And it puts their families in danger you, uh, hero stalker! And stuff so no more identity investigations!”

“They have the same builds, and did signsture moves from—“ the signal cutout.

He and Jason are more careful... ish. They change channels and monitor the old one.

Sometimes Batman catches Marinette and Tim talking about coldcases and she has asked three times if he heard anything about Jason’s street kid identity. Jason is feeling guilty about this as she’s his Pixie Pop. This lets Bruce know that the probably-clark’s-kid would keep Jason away from GCPD and CPS.

When a convo leads to Batman finding out Tim and Marinette have considered asking the police for help with a case of medicine that needed to be recalled as it was beign used to mule drugs contaminated the batches and hurt patients, but turned it down after she saw some taking bribes from Fish, Batman lets Gordon know and an investigation is launched.

While Bats is away, Jason visits marinette as Robin and tries to get her to bats for more information and a lecture on heroing without adult supervision. Maybe.

Only she’s currently stealing from a sleeping selina at another HQ. A Selina who has stopped trying to stop marinette and let riddler turn her house into one of his ‘traps’ to stop Marinette’s ‘return theiving’.

Jason gets stuck in a trap. Marinette is gone by then, scared Robin will tell Superman about her and he’ll hurt her family or something.

Catwoman is annoyed at Marinette’s sucess. She goes to stop the girl after leaving him tied up for Batman with a message: leave her new kitten-to-be alone.

Follow up talk post-Caught Marinette reverse theiving.

“Blame the Council’s decrees. She’s their little princess, and my new neice,” Catwoman watched Batman carefully.

Confused Batman in interrogator mode. “You mean the Court of Owls, arent they disbanded?”

“Bats, the council is gotham’s underground. Apparently Two-Face made the contracts as penance for scaring the Princess during a breakout. Unless you want an organized attack by the council, steer clear of her.”

Batman conencts the dots and curses himself. The girl he was looking for last summer is the Princess of Gotham’s underground. It will be hell finding her. And Superman/Clark will lose it when he’s told.

He lets the JL know about it, saying ‘possibly kyptonian clone, female child. Gotham’s underground is calling her their Princess. Connor and Kidflash tailed her last summer during the arkham breakout while Robin was with the Titans. Be alert for a small asian girl.’

That was how Marinette ended up on the JL watch list and how Superman had another existential crisis.

Dick freaks out with the Titans over this. Becuase kyltonian raised by villians is terrifying. Jason forwarded the message and adds on “she’s a good kid and wants to help. Somehow keeps zsasz and joker from killing people, so its not good to take her away or issolate her from the villians if you find her. From what i remember, she is terrified of her family beign put in danger. The others wont listen to me. If you can, pass this along to the other sidekicks and your allies—none of them trust me enough to listen. I cant talk to her as a civilian like i used to either for obvious reasons. And she’s terrified of me-Robin. Maybe you can get through to her, or someone else can. Just talk to her first, she’s more reasonsble than she looks”

Dick doesnt read the add on until much later and regrets it.

He met marinette once. She was a very excited kid babbling about aerodynamics in acrobatics and asking about that. Not hero things, not power things, or justice league but That.

He tried to be nice but he was having a horrible mission, saw the girl floating as she rambled and tried to grab her.

She freaked out and bolted, sort of. He got slammed into a building, or would have had she not caught him, rambled in french while trying to apologize (he was a but stunned from the throw, and rebooting as villian-kyptonian was... nice?) and put him on the roof, hit his communicator and said one thing.

“I think i broke your robin? All are robins like bird bones or something?”

He regained a functioning brain as that. That was something he could respond to.

“I am human thank you!”

That seemed to be enough for her as he moved to get up. She waved bye and bolted, something about Rose being mad at her for being late...

“Titans. I think we might have been wrong about the kid...”

Later with Young Justice the info was passed on.

Jason asked if anyone read his attachment and was met with silence. He groaned and told them “so another team she’s going to avoid... great.”

Marinette added the titans to her list of ‘people to aviod—tetch and Jerimah were the worst. Luthor and Cadmus were under them. Then the entire Justice League (they would tell batman or superman. Snitches.), followed by GCPD, CPS, the Bat Family and now Titans. She wonders if she needs to add anyone else, and hates that she cant talk to heroes. They could help with controlling her powers instead of suppressing them but she cant trust them not to give her to superman like batman did with Rose to Poison Ivy and she’s pretty sure Superboy too.

Next time, times marinette accidently put together identities and curses Hero Stalker Tim for her now knowing.