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[gempantheon]

He'd stared at the tape for a long while, confusion bore to curiosity and eventually curiosity won out. Placing it within the machine and pressing play, he'd cautiously kept the volume low and as minutes drew out, he found himself glad he did have a private room. His body locks into place, an unwilling trap as he stares blankly ahead, the noises that crept through the device before he nearly breaks it just trying to stop it, the button jams and he mourns the loss of silence, begging for it to be replaced with anything but the noises that now ring in his ears, cursing his heightened senses. Now here he was, the recording FINALLY stopping it's infernal noises after he'd lowered it's volume as much as possible to prevent others from hearing and it finally let go of the tape. Emerging from his room, lacking the North Academia issued jacket, the lavender shirt clings to his athletic frame as he jogs through the hallways, fully intent on finding Jou and returning what he'd been given.

He all but hurls the tape over at Jou ( @ofhardknoxxx ) face alight with a bright flushed red, hair disheveled and looking he'd run through the forest instead of just tried to wrestle with the tape player, stumbling upon his words but he manages them out, uncaring for his volume. Words yelled out before he retreats back to his room, internal screaming almost able to be heard. "T-Take it with you! N-Never become a t-teacher!"

[slut4megantheestallion]

Bro, I have a mix of emotions like.... so much shit happened.

Sir, pentious died, and now he's in heaven(which means redemption worked)

Lilith was in heaven having a lil vacation this whole fucking time.

My man alastor was tweaking. He was going through it y"all like my man was humbled, but he still looks good, though like he almost died. R.i.p to his staff.

Vox watching it all happen was so fucking hilarious, it was like he watching a football game.

Lucifer made an appearance, was everything 🙌

Vizie, I need season 2 asap. I need more than that. I need a season 3, 4 like..... I need more bro too fucking good.

I love rosie so fucking much 💗

I'm not gonna like lute, she is lowkey fine, yeah she a bit cold-blooded, but she's fine, tho.

They were kicking the angels ass out there... like they were not playing.

I love Charlie and Vaggie so much 💗

[blue-rick24]

Feel more than free to reply/reblog with more thoughts! Vote in the comments too!

Honorable mentions:

Chubby Rick in Tracksuit 🥰 (I love you sir~ he died too soon)

Clone Golem Morty

Construction Worker Ricks

Mutton Chops Morty

Horned Skull Morty

That Rick who was definitely sooo into Purple Feathered Drag Rick (KISS NOW!!!!!!!)

Goggles Rick (Gene Unlocked Rick)

Mohawk + Mullet with Brown Vest Rick (very sexy guy~)

Grey Shirt Rick

Black Sweater + Scar Rick (decapitated)

Racist Rick? wtf XD dishonorable

Various Western Ricks

sorry this isn’t another Rick or Morty but Boss Hog Rick has such a PRETTY suit 😍

uh… how about…. the boxing dice? 🤣

[greykolla-art]

Hey! Maybe your old imaginary friend is just killing people because you need a better therapist!?

Oh man, the Dream Door from Channel zero (r.i.p). Just checked that out recently. Didn’t think I’d make fanart or anything, kinda went off the rails at the end…

but I’ve not stopped thinking about THEM for 3 days now!!

Pretzel Jack is my new boy I love him! A mute contortionist clown that murders anyone who gaslights his friend! Bravo sir!

[just-a-random-person24]

I'm making my next notes post longer so take some Episode -1 notes right now :3

Episode -1

“Kinda hypocritical for me to say that given that I wear glasses and also see nothing.” Again, average glasses wearer experience 😔

“Well these penny loafers were made for walking, and that's just what they'll do.” He's so, so silly sometimes r.i.p cause of what he goes through </3

“That guy didn't call me Freeman! That means the curse is broken!” is it a cop out to say silly again?

‘Hey Gordo, what's up man?’ “The… ceiling.” 

if he had to take a shot for everytime someone confused him for Gordon he'd probably be blackout by now

“Not trying to brag, but I was hired by the company when I was 19. 19!” Sir that is absolutely bragging but he deserves a little bit of ego sometimes

“I wouldn't be surprised if that happens and Felix and Ramirez pop up from behind a corner with cameras aimed at me. Seems like something that's right up their alley” chaotic duo 10/10

“You sly dog. This is Ramirez doing, isn't it?” god, I love them they're so 💔

“I do remember some people getting pissed at me for having the maintenance man switch all the orange soda with lemon lime. Collateral damage in what was supposed to be between Ramirez and I.” PRANK WAR??? HELLO???

“I wonder how Ramirez is holding up.” 💔💔

“The guy's probably fine.” Oh I have bad news

“This is normal.” About an exploded printer… (something, something, computers blowing up /ref)

“I can't just walk through it cause I don't want to get my shoes or god forbid my socks wet.” Priorities!

“This might all be happening because of my goatee. Maybe I should shave it.” Please don't 🙏

[tetsunabouquet]

Congrats on hitting a new milestone! I'm curious about 25, 42 and 45.

Thank you, really. 25 Is there a song that defines you? Blossom by Kerli. Also her song Diamond Hard. 42 Is there a book only available in your language that you wished everyone knew? Yes, I actually mentioned the franchise like once or twice on a post, it's the Valentina Hellebel series. The series consists out of 7 books, and the target demographic is similar to the R.L Stine books. They're written by Eddy C.Bertin, who actually has written adult horror in English. Fun fact, but in the Netherlands, there was this thing called het Griezelgenootschap which is Dutch for the Creepy Fellowship. This was comprised out of children's horror writers like Eddy C.Bertin who was the secretary. Back in the late 90's/early 2000s you could subscribe to the Griezelclub- Creepy Club- and get all kinds of stuff. The Valentina series combines Lovecraftian horror, with religious horror, folklore and wicca. The series follows Valentina who's nicknamed 'Hellebel' because she's a troublemaker. She turns 13 in the first book, and unlocks her witch powers however there's a bad sorceror who's pretty much like a demon at this point involved. She gets help from her best friend Anton, who wants to be a horror writer and is her main source for occult information other then her grandmother Hennie who is her mentor, and her familiar the cat Sir James (spoiler alert from the 4th book but he's the freaking angel Gabriel fallen down to Earth and is serving Valentina as a way to repent and go back to heaven). But, through shenanigans in the first book, she and Anton end up dragging two of their classmates, Freddie and Vickie into the whole occult mess and the four form a coven as humans can actually join a witch coven as long as they have the right astrology sign as everyone in the coven is meant to represent one sign and all four kids have different signs. Their coven later gets two more additions in the siblings Zeynep and Hatice, who are half Turkish, and half fallen angel (the good kind who want to repent to go back to the garden of Eden). Freddie and Vickie get together at the end of the first book, and are still a couple that's so freaking dear to me. I mean, they're not perfect but that's what makes it a realistic romance. Vickie's the cringy dotting girlfriend and Freddie is basically like Teiko Aomine and disappointed in her in the chest department but their love conquers everything. Literally, in book 6 Freddie gets turnt evil because demons prey on his insecurity- that being the brawn of the group isn't good enough in the face of demonic forces and that he won't be able to keep Vickie safe. So then he's brainwashed and basically became a bit of a Hulk with a sword. Digit, a friend of Anton manages to weaken their spell on him and Vickie- who's usually the most frightened in the group turns to Valentina and is basically like, "Bitch this is my fight," and convinces him to fight off literal hell's influence, even when Freddie is literally about to deliver a fatal blow- but their love breaks through and he just can't. Vickie is the reason why he became evil in the first place! And this is not the sweet kind of series you know which makes it so powerful. Valentina's mom dies at the end of book 3 and book 4 is literally Valentina having her survivor's guilt exploited by a cosmic child related to the Scorpio constellation that's turnt evil by this dark sorceror who experimented around with vampires and also spawned a bat-cat hybrid species called the Vampkatten- Vampcats and the child uses Valentina because it wants to go back to its mother. (this series is wild, I know)

That's not even the worst thing yet, Valentina dies to save the world at the end of book 7, and it ends with Anton visiting her grave. I wish this series existed in English all the time so I could talk about it more, and ever since Eddy died (R.i.P), I've been wanting to translate it to preserve his legacy with any potential profit going to his loved ones but I cannot find book 7 anywhere as the series stopped printing long ago. I've been hunting for it in second hand shops for ages. 45 What's your favorite chick flick? St. Trinians. For one, I always thought going to a boarding school seemed cool. Two, having grown up in criminal areas I could very much relate to that school's particular enviroment. Three, I'm not going to say who, but there's a character who shares my name and I'm proud. Four, St. Trinians subverts some of the chick flick tropes, and I love that. Five, the soundtrack is awesome and iconic. Like the school anthem? YES. "We are the best, So screw the rest!" Six, I love it's humor. Again, it's just so iconic, like the Posh Totties' 'Oh My God'

This movie is part of the British chick flick holy trinity for a good reason. It's a legend. It even had good messages, like not dumbing yourself down. I just love it so much.

(Also, I cannot take that female Doctor Who seriously 'cause she is still Beverly to me)

[pokeythegreat123]

Season 3 wasn’t so bad actually.

I mean, I don’t like that Tim died, but it wasn’t a surprise. Daisy was certainly interesting, so it’s sad to see her go too.

bUT THEY KILLED MICHAEL! AND GERRY! TWICE EACH!!! and the other Michael. And ALMOST Jon, but he’s thankfully not dead.

I’m really glad we got a full grasp of what entities there are, and why, that just makes me happy lol. The more I listen to this the more convinced I am that I wouldn’t mind this job TOO too much. I probably wouldn’t, y’know, SURVIVE, but I think I’d be good at the rest of it. I also really liked getting to see all the different characters, like Trevor, Julia, Gerard Keay (r.i.p. v_v), and Helen once she became the Distortion. I can’t believe she literally asked Jon for help and he was just like “gEt OuT”, like SIR. STOP PICKING FIGHTS WITH ENTITIES THAT DON’T WANT TO KILL YOU!

I gained some healthy respect and admiration for Elias this season but while I appreciate how absolutely killer the man is, hE MADE MELANIE AND MARTIN ***CRY*** AND THAT IS **NOT** OKAY WITH ME!!! I loathe that he was like “well, if I had more time I’d tell you about how your crush despises you and break your heart THAT way, buuuuuuut since I’m a very busy man I’ll just go with shattering your entire sense of self-worth instead. :)”Watching Martin snap at people is probably one of my favourite things though because yes bby, stand up for yourself! Stop taking shit from people! You have a right to be angry and optimism is not a bad thing!

Oh my gosh though, when Jon was in Georgie’s house and all the lights went out and Nikola came in and talked to him I almost died. My sister had showed me TikToks and YouTube Shorts that she liked, usually cosplayers, using the audio of “You don’t sound Russian??” “How can I sound ANYTHING, silly? I’m Plastic! :D I don’t even have a vOiCe BoX, I had to bOrrOw this one!” And she’d literally shown me one like, THE DAY BEFORE, and I have no idea how I didn’t pick up on Jon’s voice, but once the scene was playing on the episode and then hit that part I was like OH MY GODS NO WAY ITS FROM MAGNUS ARCHIVES NO HEKKING WAY!! I played it for her and she got the exact same look on her face, though since I started the scene earlier than most audios do (for context) she already had the look because she recognized the voice lol.

But yeah, pretty good season overall. Listening to Basira and Melanie go “oh my god nobody has ever had a bigger crush than Martin has on Jon” was absolutely brilliant, I couldn’t stop grinning for a solid minute. Then Elias made her CRY but that’s not the point here. I also love that they invited Martin out for drinks, and that Jon is a Cat Person(tm).

I’m excited to see what season 4 does with Jon’s essentially-a-coma-but-he-has-no-actual-vitals and dreams, and whatever the ritual for the eye is, since that was supposed to come after the Unknowing. I can’t remember what Gertrude called it, but I know it had to do with crowns.

Anyways, thank you for listening to my rambles, luv you so much, and enjoy the beginning of yet another school year! :D <3

AHHHHHH season 3 my beloved. Also you may judge me but one of my favourite scenes is Elias making Martin cry because the two things I love in this world are Elias Bouchard and angst. Season 3 is so much fun bc u get to meet so many cool people. I love Daisy sm, she’s such a cool character. I’m very excited I think you’ll love season 4. Anyways have fun I’ll probably see you tmrw <3

[teriwrites]

Hell™ Hath Frozen Over: Pt. 3

My Live Reactions to Reading Through My 2012 Novella

Wormwood is seeming to receive a vision of Lucifer's second-in-command staging a coup??

"Lucifer's in trouble. The entire revival is just a joke to try and get us distracted." oh shiiiiiit

pretty wild that they just let the guy who's supposedly in charge of All The Fire In Hell leave Hell for awhile

Entire City Vibechecks a Demon

Wormwood stops religious angry mob from mauling him by getting them to preach at him

'Wormwood laughed, "He's not a caring god anyways. You think he's amazing and great? He's the CEO of a company!" I'M GOING TO HELL LMAO

Literally that line alone breaks up an entire Revival movement

'Yetarel would probably use other forms of temptation. He was definitely good at that.' (is this an innuendo?)

Demon preaches at religious angry mob by explaining their own religion to them

Literally 0 character progression for these two demons hating each other any less

Oh shit Yetarel might be colluding with the coup

"Stop saying such things! You have no right to shove your religion in my face!" Wormwood raised his eyebrows and pointed at the man's sign. "What do you think you're doing?" "Saving humanity." (omfg)

Lucifer fled into the 'Shadow Lands' following the coup

Some weird void-creating Beast exists in the space beyond Hell, which created these 'Shadow Lands' and threatens to destroy the entire thing. Sure.

Had to specify that all the denotation of 'Father' being mentioned in this whole story actually were more metaphorical bc apparently reproduction doesn't exist among demons. Absolutely vital information to deliver 90% of the way through the story. You understand.

Apparently the Beast is the 'destroyer of souls', whereas Lucifer simply damns them

"Sir, are you sure you want to return?" "Of course, why wouldn't I want to return?" "Because it was said in a prophecy that if you return, you will be destroyed." (that might've been good to mention earlier my guy)

And the plot comes to light: Yetarel and Ananel have worked together to start up all of those human riots, fake the importance of this lil Revival (which they polished off in a day), and then simultaneously throw a coup to kick out Lucifer and murder Wormwood to get the Fires Of Hell back.

Wormwood immediately just goes like 'welp, rip, wonder what actual death feels like'

Bro like half of these demons want Hell to be destroyed???

Yetarel and Wormwood both agree that if Wormwood dies, the Fires extinguishing will mean that Hell will fall into this void, and both of them seem Very on board with this happening???

WHAT. IS. HAPPENING.

This is what happens when capitalists become disillusioned and realize that it's not actually a perfect system

They start sacrificing each other

Anyways, Lucifer somehow skipped over Hell and made it to the Mid-Point and is learning the origins of the Beast from God himself (the equal-but-opposite Evil force that came into being when he created the Good force, the angels)

For some reason, the Beast cannot survive without Hell's well-being???

And the solution is literally to destroy Hell™, and then it'll wither away into nothing.

Lucifer is totally chill with this.

For some reason, casting all of Hell into darkness is a better solution than having all of their souls destroyed by this Beast.

YETAREL JUST KILLED WORMWOOD

R.I.P. Hell™. Y'all were terrible, but y'all were funny as shit

It ends with 'All was well.' Was it???? It sounds like almost every character just got plunged into the void????? maybe there's a chance for them to rebuild or something idk

Anyway,

Ending Thoughts:

Again, I'll write up a more cohesive thing to wrap up the whole project, but some initial thoughts about this section. I was surprised at how comprehensive a lot of this actually was. Like, in my mind this whole story started falling apart halfway through and I entirely wrote the ending real quick to get myself out. But it's been so silly! Genuinely had so much fun reading through this, maybe even moreso than Below??? Maybe it just lines up better with my sense of humor now, but I genuinely loved a lot of that

[chaos-of-the-abyss]

Me watching Christopher Tolkien fighting money-grubbing corporations that trash themes and characters and show zero respect for the source material away from the works that his father spent most of his life writing:

So anyway Christopher Tolkien literally took 70 boxes of his father’s disorganised notes and spent his whole life turning them into something that could be read, appreciated, studied and loved. Words can’t express how much this man did for everyone to whom Tolkien’s work means something…thank you so much, Christopher. Safe journey to the white shores under a swift sunrise.

[thatsmylog]

Animation: Black Hole Star Shredder

[cosiam]

CHAPTER 1 ABOVE! ^^^^^^^^^

Egghead - The Island of the Future. | Monkey D. Luffy x Reader.

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Chapter 2

~ Cross-Guild Organization ~

Meanwhile in another part of the New World...

EMPTEE BLUFFS ISLAND, NEW WORLD

"Did you see him?"

"I sure did! Can't believe I just saw the real thing! That was the world's strongest swordsman. Yikes! When they announced the seven warlords were no more...the entire idea of the cross guild organization...and all those battleships surrounding us, I thought we were goners. However, I should have had more faith in Buggy's leadership! Just look at him now."

"Wait! Wait! Have mercy! Spare me the misery of my miserable life! I'll do anything! I'll lick the mud from your boots!" The genius Jester calls out, begging. While the two Warlords stared calmly at the Jester, they were wailing ugly away.

"The humiliation..." Sir Crocodile is uninterested and displeased with the Jesters Comments.

"I don't know what to say, except.. I'm sorry! Or maybe. Better luck next time?" Anger rose in him like a tide, he breathed ragged gasps, trying to catch his breath. Catching the glimpse of the two warlords, one pulling at his tangled hair. The sharp hook glimmering away on one side and the other, a long thin blade that is capable of defeating anything that crosses its path.

"You're the first man to rise in the ranks of emperors by saying, "I'm sorry"....and by my blade, it will be the last." Dracule Mihawk retorts, bringing the shining sword closer to the whaling clown. His yellow gleamy eyes narrowed, piercing Buggy's head as if he was translucent. "Only death can right this wrong."

"Please don't kill me..." Buggy - The Clown pleads as his eyes flood with tears, his brows snapping together. A gaze darting towards the two other carriers, Crocodile and Mihawk, hoping to be spared; hoping to flee this situation without harm.

"That is not an option!" The greatest Swordsman shouts temperamentally - gripping the sword. Jaws tighten in frustration and disbelief wanting to finish this meeting.

Hearing the patter of loud, heavy feet pound against the wooden floor directs everyone's attention towards the source of the sound. A Man with the Letter 3 steps out of the shadows, making his presence clear. As he approached the clown, whose hair may have become overgrown, the floorboards creaked. The foolish man with three on his head clapped his hands together. The noise bounced off the walls...before speaking up.

"May I just say boss... that it is so...delightful to be in your service again!" Galdino shouts, loud enough to get the point across. Staring up at MR. Crocodile, awaiting his acknowledgment.

(Galdino is Mr.3, the former baroque work - crocodile henchman)

"Galdino! Are you backstabbing me?! After all this time?!?" In response to the news, under the influence of indignation and resentment, the Emperor looked down at Galdino. Yet it still retains that gallery ambience with an ambiguous sense of the embitterment in the political ways that he and Galdino's been involved in the past.

"I never worked for you, Buggy!" Galdino smirked fiercely. Getting closer to the Infuriated Jester, hoping to push more buttons.

—

Meanwhile:

"Poor chairman... R.I.P. What do we do now?"

"We follow crocodiles! Revolutionary messianism, fanaticism, is the only way to disrupt one's embedment in a system whose hegemony is so thoroughly entrenched!"

"It's a cold world out there..." The person hesitated for a moment, and then returned gravely to the metal door and opened it, leaving the premises for a brief moment.

There's a moment of freezing silence while everyone's eyebrows contract like thunder. No sound...just silence. It is a policy that must be pursued in the quiet not to spook the country's growing legion of foreign emperors.

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Somewhere on the Grand Line

Kambakka Queendom, Grand Line.

"Hello? Koala speaking!" Koala says. Her face was worn and wrinkled, but creased into a smile.

"It's me... Sabo."

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CHAPTER 3 BELOW

[art-i-know-yes]

Just. y'know. spoilers for Limited Life. Just an. overall for all episodes i've watched

r.i.p bread bridge.

yellow mellow did not last long

literally supplied. like. most of the server with food.

im horrifically saddened.

oh. wonderful.

grian almost went with it

don't mess with the bread boys. they're mourning.

"im confused. you're not in your bad boy outfit"

they're so genuinely upset

so am i

love that he literally could not focus on them before the horn

this family tree is fake

he said no plz don't

grian is so distraught

Pearl kills Judge Judy and Executioner

so quick with it

"The Family" is such a mafia vibe

scott and Martyn are trying the catch the dolphins

this funeral is wild

Martyn nearly DIED during that

im so sad

ties was so WILD this episode

mourning gifts. my fav.

where are you putting it on that FLOOD

"say it back!" "say it back!"

oh it's for whenever you set that off

the laughter and stress RADIATING off the boys

babes tried

"so you CANT SEE MY TEARS" so aggressive

i fogor about those

oh

it's bad time for bad boys

he actually called him jim

how. how did NO ONE see that.

you can jump off any and every part of the...ex bread bridge... and land in water

you put a spoiler on it

BREAD BRIDGE

OH MY GOD

plz be wary

IM SO TERRIFIED OF THAT

grian and fishing rods are always bad

ETHO

"grian. grian. no. it was etho"

"i want to wait and see scar" "oh he's not coming back"

"we should make the m-rye (?) ladder a podcast"

scott flashing later into the episode after saying time of yellow peace

wow they bluming did it

secret bread

gg bad boys

GRIAN. THE. TEARS. OF. FEAR.

these are the weakest alliances i've ever seen. the most loyal everyone has been to their own team. and the almost most crazed part of the series.

jimmy just saying stuff and slipping

martyn's death at the end was so...

the mean gills are so fun together

babe needs his cake

his carrot cake

Jimmy is very bad at this thing

"my cows"

oh yeah this bet

i would love to think Jimmy is being like. strategical. but i know it isn't

no wonder they didn't see martyn steal their stuff

"LOOK AT OUR BRIDGE"

wow scott was there

THE TRAP

tango was so against bdubs being first letter

"nervous?" *gets poisoned*

bigb being afraid for the cat

he's the sane one

people tried TWICE saying Martyn was going against Scott

it is TERRIFYING every time they blindly jump off that bridge

absolutely ditched martyn

the fear in Martyn's voice when Scott said that he saw their names

pearl KILLED HIM

pearl really said no alliances

water bucket save

"oh yeah we found out that trap"

bigb is REGRETTING working with pearl

"they killed jimmy's frog" the gasp cleo gave at that was wonderful

well they've betrayed everyone

awful invention from scott. great idea. horrible execution.

as they were talking about it

Martyn with no hesitation was like "bet"

wipe their hands clean

it took scar so long to find the door

he didn't even relate he was muted

so that's how they ended up there

skizz is self-aware

"im looking back at these videos and im realizing something." is so funny

but being allied with ties is baaaad news

IT TOOK 4 VIDEOS TO FIND OUT WHO KILLED THEM AND IT WAS THEIR DAD

"accident" "that's not gonna fly in court sir"

jimmy.

"i refuse to be gaslit by jimmy"

it's saaaaaaffffeeeeee

oh that was them

the mean gills looking at each other as etho complains about people staying

BODY BLOCK BY THE SKIZZ

bad boys in mourning

ooooohhhkaaayyyy i see what happened. jimmy doesn't know words

no organization. though im sure you can tell if you've watched the same episodes as me. i watched Martyn first.

today.

tango's speedy with the uploads.

also. remember. short attention span. i must consume at least 3 forms of simulation to be properly overstimulated.

like a respectable mentally ill person.

[makeste]

BnHA Chapter 313: Deku VS Lady Nagant

Previously on BnHA: Hawks’s super-hot badass murder senpai Lady Nagant showed up to fire a cupid’s arrow into my heart, and a bunch of literal bullets into my son. Deku was all “oh shit it’s Hawks’s super-hot badass murder senpai, what do I do, let me think back to Hawks’s advice for a sec.” Flashback!Hawks was all “anyway Deku so if my super-hot badass murder senpai ever shows up you’re basically screwed so you’d better abscond the fuck out of there.” Present!Deku was all “lol idek why I flashed back to that conversation since I’m just going to do the exact opposite of what Hawks said” and charged directly toward Nagant because WHY NOT. Overhaul was all “waah I need to get back to my boss who I put in a coma out of love” and Nagant was all “jesus christ why did I even bring you here” and had a flashback to AFO who was all “ILU NAGANT IMMA GIVE YOU AN EXTRA QUIRK SO PLEASE CAPTURE DEKU FOR ME PLEASE AND THANKS” and yeah. Shit is all over the place right now and I love it.

Today on BnHA: All Might gets attacked by a pair of discount assassins and is all “Call an ambulance! ...BUT NOT FOR ME” and it’s really badass but also I really wish he would stop tempting fate like this. Lady Nagant is all “[casually flies around town shooting shit]” and I’d be lying if I said I wouldn’t read an entire chapter of just that. Deku is all, “[gets shot (≥_<)]” and releases a giant Smokescreen which prompts En to show up. En is all, “( •᷄⌓•᷅ ) (⌣̀ Δ⌣́) ( •̀_•́ )σ (¬､¬) (눈_눈)” which I consider to be a high point of both the chapter and of my life. The chapter ends with Deku using the Third’s quirk to launch a bunch of random objects at Nagant so that he can jump up and grab her arm all sneaky-like, and I’m sure this is going to prompt another week’s worth of discourse that I don’t care about at all, but fuck it, I’m having a good time.

OH WE’RE CUTTING BACK TO ALL MIGHT WELL THAT’S NICE I GUESS. CONGRATS ON NOT BEING DEAD

you named your car??

you named it Hercules??

I love you so much??

please marry me you giant fucking dork???

lmao speaking of huge fucking dorks

who the fuck are you clowns. la dee da we’re gonna murder All Might with our synchronized spear attack!! I mean... they’re clearly trying their best... maybe I should just be nice and politely hype them up like All Might is so clearly trying to do

like okay, but we all agree that this is actually the least intimidating attack any of us has ever seen, right?? these guys zipped up their hoodies all serious-like and are trying to attack All Might and Hercules with their Walmart tiki torches, but just, no?? right?? like the only way this could possibly be effective is if they were trying to kill All Might with secondhand embarrassment

“those are assassins” this is a VERY generous assessment, All Might

OH MY GOD THE TIKI TORCHES ACTUALLY KILLED THE FUCK OUT OF HERCULES

[slaps roof of car] this baby can fit so many weaponized festive backyard lighting solutions in it

and yet, even after watching this with my own two eyes, I still can’t take these dudes seriously. idek what it is. anyways r.i.p. Hercules, I loved you a lot but I guess you weren’t actually a very good armored car were you

omg they didn’t know it was All Might??

okay 1) for a moment there I was like “oh hey maybe they’re not so bad after all” but then a moment later it was like “ah nope, they are.” like, that was an interesting .06 second emotional journey there. anyways 2) All Might you have my permission to kick their asses for this disrespect, and 3) anyone else all of a sudden getting “wouldn’t this be an interesting time for Stain to suddenly show up” vibes?? no?? just me???

(ETA: hmm tbh I’ve still got those vibes and they haven’t gone away lol. Stain?? you out there buddy?? do you want to be cool for just once in your life. ball’s in your court pal.)

OH SNAP ALL MIGHT ARE YOU REALLY GONNA DO IT ARE YOU GONNA KICK THEIR ASSES

PROTECTIVE DAD MODE ACTIVATED?? BECAUSE YOU KNOW I’M HERE FOR THAT SHIT, SO YEAH, FEEL FREE

omg he’s shouting at them about how much Deku has suffered lmao and they’re just like falling over from being scolded

so they have absolutely no idea what he’s talking about though, right? “SIR THIS IS A WENDY’S” well whatever, you killed his pet car so he’s in a bad mood now

OH MY GOD

LIKE, JUST SO WE’RE ALL CLEAR, THESE FOUR PAGES SO FAR HAVE MADE ALMOST ZERO SENSE. LIKE MAYBE 2% SENSE TOPS. BUT ASK ME IF I CARE. GO AHEAD AND ASK. I SAID GO AHEAD, IT’S OKAY. ...NO I DON’T CARE AT ALL THANK YOU FOR ASKING

(ETA: also, the more I look at this panel, the more I’m just like, why the hell would you phrase it like that though, sob. way to doubly tempt fate?? are you trying to give Horikoshi a challenge??)

and now back to Deku who is randomly bouncing around the city and narrating it to himself just in case he was confused about why he was doing this

who are you talking to Deku. but thanks we appreciate it

man you gotta love that overconfidence. the smartest guy in the world warned you away from this lady, so SURE, LET’S RUN RIGHT UP TO HER. “I APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT, FLASHBACK!HAWKS, BUT I’LL TAKE IT FROM HERE” well okay then!!

I think it would be funny if RHA.com put little Buzzfeed-style polls in between the chapter pages so they could survey people at random intervals as they read their way through the chapter. like, you finish this page and then there’s a little poll there asking “do you think Deku’s plan of catching up to Lady Nagant and finding out where Shigaraki is will work?”, and you click “no” just like everyone else and then nod as the results show that 97% of your fellow readers also picked “no”, and you chuckle to yourself wondering how many of the 3% accidentally clicked on the wrong option by mistake, and then you keep on reading

ANYWAY, SO

HOW’S THAT PLAN WORKING OUT FOR YOU SO FAR DEKU. nice kick, though!!

omggggggg

ouch

update: Deku’s plan not really working out. sources tell me my boy has been fucking shot. this is an ongoing story and we will keep you posted with the latest developments as they come in

wait what

feel free to explain to the rest of us what all of this “UNLESS...” and “THAT POSSIBILITY...” shit means anytime, Deku

oh lol did he realize she could fly??

BREAKING NEWS UPDATE, CNN’s John King reports that Deku is still fucked. eyewitness reports now coming in that Nagant is doing no-look shots and basically not even giving a fuck. sources described her mannerisms and expression as “sexy, but in like an effortless sort of way.” we will continue to bring you the latest

so now there’s basically an entire page of Deku being all “ah fuck so she’s basically closing in and she could already hit me with impossible accuracy even from Far Away, so if that’s the case then her being Up Close is probably going to be even worse!” making good use of that Big Hero Brain there, Deku

so now what, you’re doing some kind of spiraling kick thing?? how is that going to help

oh lol he’s using Smokescreen to create some cover. aww, good for you Deku you named one of your Smokescreen attacks

OH NO LADY DON’T TELL ME AFO DIDN’T EVEN FILL YOU IN ON THE BASICS

seriously, AFO?? you basically told her what Deku’s exact strategy was going to be but then couldn’t be assed to drop that little, small, barely notable piece of knowledge that Deku is rocking multiple quirks?? is it supposed to be a secret or something?? you dropped the ball here man

damn this is getting intense now

(ETA: the way En is poking Deku’s head in that first panel is fucking sending me, I love this guy so much omg.)

well then what are you planning, Deku?? I’m actually really curious!! I am genuinely starting to be invested in this fight scene not only in the “wanting to see who wins and how that impacts the plot” sense, but also in the “wanting to see how it happens because the choreography and strategy is actually pretty cool” sense, which honestly hasn’t happened for quite a while now! this is fun

anyway so what’s up Deku, are you going to use another quirk?? I’ve been speculating that he hasn’t actually unlocked the last two yet (since Two and Three didn’t exactly seem convinced when we last saw them), but maybe I’m about to be proven wrong

(ETA: well he clearly has Three’s obviously, but Two’s is still MIA, and that’s the one I am of course the most curious about. that’s the one we’re all curious about, let’s be real.)

OH SNAP???

AHHHH I’M HYPED LOL. ANOTHER SHINY NEW QUIRK LOL SHOULD I PUT UP THE USUAL DISCOURSE DISCLAIMER

(ETA: so yeah, after thinking on it, I’m not gonna say “please no Deku discourse on my blog” this week, but I probably will ignore any discourse that does come my way though, just because I don’t have much interest in getting involved in what would probably be a pretty repetitive discussion. like, I can just sum up my opinions (which is what they are) here instead. in fact here they are lol:

1) I like the SIXQUIRKS and I like seeing Deku be a badass.

2) I also don’t think Deku is too OP. more like he’s exactly as OP as he needs to be at the moment, given that we’re approaching the end of the series. I expect the other kids will also be pretty damn OP when we see them fight again. we’re just at that point now where they’re all badasses (as well they should be; they’ve grown a lot and they deserve it). it’s just that Deku’s the one we’re getting to see right now.

3) of course I miss Kacchan and the others, but for me this vibes much closer to the MVA arc where even though I missed them, I was still having a blast (as opposed to the dark days of the Basement arc where I was pretty much losing it lol). like, even though Kacchan’s my favorite, I still love Deku a lot and this arc has been amazing for him getting to shine on his own (for like the first time, really).

4) y’all know I love the OFA plot and I’ve never been shy about that lol. I like all of the Vestiges a lot. Banjou and his over the top personality; En and his “guy you thought would be serious and :| all the time but is actually hyper-animated and ALL OVER THE PLACE” energy; Shiro who actually is a :| sort of guy lol; Three who I still expect will be fleshed out in a more detailed flashback at some point; and of course Two, who, well. you know what I think about him lol. Bakuverse is still on the table and I’m still hyped. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that we still have yet to see Two actually talk to Deku (as opposed to talking to the other Vestiges while Deku is distracted). did he lend him his power yet?? or is he still holding out?? either way it’s definitely going to be a Big Thing when it finally happens and I can’t wait to see it.

5) Lady Nagant is Everything and just because Deku grabbed her arm doesn’t mean the fight is over yet lol. Overhaul hasn’t come into play yet either. not to mention that even if the fight is over, the “where do we go from here” part still has me excited either way. her connection to Hawks and the HPSC is very intriguing and we’ve barely touched on that as of yet; she definitely has more of a role to play in this.

6) last but not least, I feel like every week the discussion is all about how much focus Deku’s getting, and how OP he is or isn’t, and OFA this and OFA that, but meanwhile I’m actually so invested in the character development here though?? the way Deku has distanced himself from everyone (except for the Vestiges, because of course they’re already dead so it’s not like they can die again lol)?? the way he’s pushing himself far too hard and we can see the shadows in and under his eyes, and the fact that he never smiles, and even All Might has remarked on how he isn’t taking care of himself at all?? the fact that he’s so single-mindedly obsessed with focused on stopping AFO?? the fact that he’s still the same sweet old Deku despite everything and was so kind to that fox lady with the umbrella, but there was also something so sad about that scene because it felt like a reminder of the type of hero that he wants to be, but that he’s not allowed to be right now?? because the stakes are too high and the world is falling apart?? and he feels like he’s the only one who can do something about it?? and that he has to be?? and that he is putting so much pressure on himself right now, and it’s absolutely too much pressure for any one person to bear, and I feel like no one is fucking talking about this lol goddammit.

anyway so yeah. I have feels about this, and every week that slow-burn angst is getting more and more intense behind the scenes, and I feel like it’s all going to hit a breaking point eventually. sooner rather than later. it really feels like a mirror of Katsuki’s post-Kamino arc. where all that angst was just churning below the surface for like twenty chapters and then it finally was like “okay it’s time” and it all came bursting out and we got the best five chapters of the fucking series (in my admittedly biased estimation lol).

basically, I know that most of fandom is billing this as either the “villain hunt” arc or the “solo Deku SIXQUIRKS fighting arc” or whatever. but for me, it’s always been and still is the Deku Angst arc lol. the cool fights are a sexy bonus (the worldbuilding less so because even though it’s interesting to see society at such a low point, it’s also very depressing and gets old pretty fast), but for me the thing that’s really keeping me engaged chapter after chapter is seeing Deku like we’ve never seen him before. seeing him all quiet and withdrawn and brooding and focused on AFO, AFO, AFO, and seeing that “he just doesn’t take himself into account” mentality taken to extremes. I am invested in that. I’m soaking up that angst each and every week, and I’m invested in seeing what comes of it. it’s a big picture thing. week to week this arc might just seem like a bunch of villain fight scenes, sure. but Deku’s emotional journey is the thread that’s going to carry this arc through from beginning to end, and for that I’m willing to be patient.

anyway that turned into a BIG OL’ RANT there but yeah! so those are my thoughts on the disk horse as it currently stands. and like I said, I’m open to discussion, but tbh I will probably just wind up repeating these same talking points endlessly so just a fair warning lol.)

anyway so Three says Deku has yet to use his quirk at ALL but now he’s trying to combine it with another quirk?? damn. also please check out En’s face here you guys

En launching a sneak attack up my favorite character list by the sheer power of his expressions alone. he really knows how to make the most of his screentime

OH DAMN DEKU

at this point the 3% from that hypothetical poll earlier are starting to feel prettttty damn smug, I’ll bet. well shit

what in the fuck

?? so like releasing his chi or whatnot?? isn’t that basically just like base OFA all over again?? also Deku did you seriously just apologize to Gran’s cape

update: Nagant has turned her eyeball into a gun

hm. hmmmmmmm. ...okay yep, still somehow sexy

anyway so she’s just floating up there building suspense, as one does. lord I sure hope she has good reflexes because something tells me she’s going to need them

OH SNAP HE THREW GRAN’S CAPE AS A DECOY WHAAAAT OKAY THAT’S SOME SMART SHIT DEKU

LOL SHE’S MAD NOW

JESUS CHRIST SHE JUST NEVER TAKES A GODDAMN BREAK FROM BEING AWESOME HUH

DEKU ARE YOU JUST THROWING EVERY DAMN THING IN YOUR INVENTORY

but without the cape and the hood how will you continue to look like an enigmatic badass. you really can’t. which means we might finally be moving on from the wandering nomad part of this arc, stay tuned

LOL YOU MANIAC

I hope he went full Kacchan with the dialogue there. his face sure looks like it lol. popped out of a building all mad fdskljlkj omg

well this was fun, shit. I still have basically no idea what Three’s quirk does though lol. like, can he use it to charge up objects with kinetic energy or something?? but then what was all of that talk about combining it with one of the other quirks?? or was that just because he was using Smokescreen at the same time??

(ETA: having seen and read an additional half-dozen explanations of Three’s quirk, I can say with confidence that I still have basically no idea what it is or does.)

anyway so!! Deku is a badasssssss but something tells me not to count Nagant out just yet even so. also I really enjoy seeing Deku flip out on people like he doesn’t have a fucking hole in his torso because it reminds me of A CERTAIN SOMEONE and I always love to see him channeling that feral energy; I feel like it’s been a while

anyways good luck to you both!! I truly wish that both of you could win. but if not, then maybe you can at least become friends instead. you have so much in common, you both can fly and have multiple quirks and you’re both badasses, and plus it would just be really funny to see the look on Hawks’s face lmao

[mrs-gucci]

Lucky Lady {Sir Clyde Logan x nobility!Reader}

author’s notes: KNIGHT!CLYDE LOGAN HAS ARRIVED!! and damn, I think he’s here to stay <3 <3 ((yes, I’m fully aware that southern drawl likely didn’t exist in medieval times, but it’s just a signature of Clyde’s character and I couldn’t bring myself to take it away lol))

warnings: fluff. some hurt/comfort themes/elements. blossoming romance. r.i.p. historical accuracy.

(possible) tw’s: brief depictions of battle & dead bodies (non-descriptive). injuries/wounds. blood (non-graphic).

word count: 1.9k

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terms to know:

mare is a female horse.

Far off thunder gently rumbles the rain-softened ground and bolts of white streak across the darkened sky as you ride out of the kingdom gates towards the sight of the once raging battle. The vicious storm has passed, now, and despite your father’s warning, you rode out to search for any survivors. Bodies litter the ground and you have to look away, feeling sick to your stomach. 

Your horse begins to snort and whinny in distress, suddenly panicked. You can barely see through the hood of your cloak, but you’re pretty sure you see one of the soldiers moving.

You nudge your horses side and she lunges forward into a slow trot, carefully navigating through the maze of fallen soldiers. The closer you get, the clearer you can hear his groans of pain. 

“P-Please,” He breathes, voice hoarse. “Help m-me.”

Without hesitation, you jump down and rush over to him, trying not to slip in the thick layer of mud. 

“Sir? Where are you wounded?”

You pull out the few bandages you managed to fit in the saddlebag in preparation for his response. 

“Ma arm.”

Your eyes fall onto the limb, and you see that almost his entire lower forearm has been sliced off by a crude blade, leaving in its wake an open wound. You quickly and very, very gently wrap the bandages around it.

His half mud-covered face scrunches with every little bit that you wrap and small grunts of torment leave him, but he remains relatively still and calm. When you finish up, you can see the tears that have fallen and cut through the brown painted over his skin.

“Can you stand? I cannot lift you myself, but if you can mount my horse, I’ll walk you back to the castle.” You say, using your cloak to wipe away the rest of the mud, revealing the other half of the knight’s breathtakingly handsome face. 

He nods. “I t-think I can stand, but I might need a lil h-help at the beginnin’.”

You place your hand on the center of his back as he slowly sits up with a soft grunt. “There we go. Are you feeling alright still?”

The young knight chuckles, and you furrow your eyebrows. When he sees your confused and hurt expression, he shakes his head.

“‘m not laughin’ at ya, milady, I’m just not used t’ this sorta treatment. Them nurses n’ ma fellow brothers-in-arms, they ain’t usually so kind or nice t’ us. I’m used t’ gettin’ picked on n’ bossed ‘round.” He chuckles quietly, then blushes a bit. “And none of ‘em ain’t ever as beautiful as ya are.”

His nickname makes your heart skip a beat, and your cheeks warm as you laugh softly.

“Well, now, I never said I wouldn’t be bossing you around.” You jest, which makes him smile. “Only when you’re being stubborn.”

“That, I think I can handle jus’ fine.”

The handsome man chuckles before he begins to rise up from the ground, legs quaking as his weight is put on them once more. He eventually steadies enough to take his first step to where your horse is standing.

Your mare’s ears perk and her nostrils flare at the physically imposing figure approaching. You go to try and calm her, but the knight promptly stops you.

“I got ‘er. It ain’t you she’s ‘fraid of, an’ if ‘m gonna be gettin’ on ‘er back, she’s gotta know I ain’t a threat.”

He slowly walks up to her, taking one step at a time, holding his good hand out. 

“That’s it, ’m not gon’ hurt ya. Good girl, ‘m not gonna do ya any harm.”

She looks a bit hesitant still, but allows the tall, limping man to come up to her. He lets her inspect him for a moment and briefly sniff his outstretched hand, then she relaxes a bit. 

You’re amazed at his natural ability to work with horses, smiling as you step up and put the excess bandages back into the saddlebag. He rubs her head and strokes her muzzle, laughing softly when she starts nudging him with her head whenever he stops petting her.

“Woah now, don’t get too rough with him, Lucky.” You say, smiling shaking your head. “He’s still on the mend.”

“Lucky, hm? Well, I guess now that I know ‘er name, it’s only fittin’ I know yours.”

Your cheeks warm again. “Y/N.”

“Mm, Y/N.” His hand extends to yours. “A pretty name fit fer a pretty girl such as yerself. ‘m Clyde.”

The two of you shake hands, then Clyde gives Lucky one final scratch before approaching the saddle, climbing up onto her back with a surprisingly swift ease. You go to walk up and hold her head to walk back to the castle, but he stops you.

“An’ where is it ya think yer goin’?”

You look up at him, confused. “I told you I was gonna take you back to the castle.”

“Yer not walkin’ all that way, I ain’t allowin’ it.” He pouts softly, huffing as he thinks up a plan. “C’mon up ‘ere. Ya can lay right ‘ere in front ‘a me an’ hold on.”

Your eyes widen for a moment. Surely he can’t be serious... “I’m not so sure that’s a good idea.”

His good hand drops the reins and extends down to you. He looks at you with a kind expression.

“I’ll make sure ya don’t fall. Do ye trust me?”

For some unknown reason, you really, really did. You nod, allowing him to help you lay across the front of the saddle, legs hanging off one side of the horse. You look up at the handsome knight and he looks down at you, smiling.

“Hold on tight, milady. We can’t have ya fallin’, now can we?”

You bite your lip, nodding as you wrap your arms around the back of his neck. Once you’re secure, Clyde nudges Lucky forward and heads off towards the palace at a slow gallop.

This close proximity and angle allows you to truly drink in his natural beauty under the low glow of fading sunlight. His dark hair flutters in the evening’s breeze, brilliant alabaster skin splattered with all sorts of freckles and moles, each one even more perfectly placed than the last.

Lucky’s hooves soon hit the cobblestone and you look out between her pricked ears to the scarcely-populated streets of the villages. Everyone who happened to be out on the street gave bewildered looks as the bloody and muddy scene trotted by them.

You direct Clyde to the castle entrance and jump down, already missing the heat of his body pressing against you, informing one of the guards that you had an injured knight that needed immediate attention. He nods and rushes off to grab the doctor.

Clyde smiles when you walk back up to him, hopping down from the saddle slowly and carefully. He strokes Lucky’s neck as he speaks.

“So, will I be seein’ ya again sometime, m’lady?

Your cheeks burn and you giggle softly, biting your lip. “Only if you’d like to.”

“I’d love nothin’ more than to see ye again.” He says with a smile.

“How about I have the doctor inform me when you’re all stitched up and I’ll come down, if you’re feeling up for a visit?”

He nods, pausing his strokes along Lucky’s neck to scratch the back of his own. “I’ll always be feelin’ up for a visit from a pretty lil lady like ya, Y/N.”

You feel your heart flutter for what must be the thousandth time since you met the handsome young knight. Somehow, his words seem so much more genuine than anyone’s have before, and you find yourself truly believing them.

His head dips down a bit and you look up at him, instinctively leaning up towards his lowering face. You can feel his hot breath spread over your skin, noses touching now, and your eyes begin to flutter shut as his lips reach just over yours--

“Milady!” The guard says from behind you, jolting you and Clyde apart. He turns a soft red color, looking down at the ground while you spin around and try to keep some wits about you as you approach the guard and doctor.

A brief visual inspection of the wounded knight is done and immediately, the doctor insists that Clyde come to the medical ward right away. He hands Lucky’s reins to you with a small nod, then allows himself to be escorted up through the large castle doors.

You take Lucky back down to the royal stables before rushing up to your bedroom, eagerly awaiting the doctor’s arrival. The night draws on and, before you know it, you’re fast asleep.

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Birds chirp as the sun begins to rise over the land once more. You’re roused from night’s slumber by the light peeking through the luxurious curtains and you instantly arise from bed, acutely panicked by the fact that the doctor never came to retrieve you last night. 

You quickly re-pull your hair up before scrambling to find something suitable to wear down to the medical ward, settling on a simple blue villagers dress. As soon as you open the door, you’re startled to find the doctor standing just outside, his hand raised in preparation to knock.

“Milady.” He greets you. “Sir Clyde has been unwavering from his desire to see you all throughout the night. I assured him that I’d come to get you first thing.”

Thanking the doctor and pushing past him without another word, you quickly rush to where Clyde’s laid on a cot in one of the closed-off areas. You smile at the sight of him before knocking gently on the wall outside his room.

“I believe my presence was requested.”

Clyde’s entire being lightens when his eyes land on you, content pout pulling up into a soft smile. 

“It was indeed, m’lady.”

You walk up and sit at his bedside, trying to ignore the way your body warms at the sight of his bare chest. Your hand slowly slides over to meet his, resting atop it.

“How are you doing? Are you in much pain?”

He nods. “The pain ‘s pretty bad, but ‘m doin’ alright. But, ‘m doin’ much better now that I get t’ see ya.”

“Always happy to help.” You smile, biting your lip. “I’m glad to hear that you’re okay, Sir Clyde.”

His cheeks turn pink and he shyly threads his fingers through yours. 

“So, now that yer here, I was hopin’ that we could...” He trails off and you smile, moving up a bit closer to him, leaning in slightly so that your faces are close together. The breath catches in his throat. “F-Finish where we left off, ‘fore I had t-t’ go.”

You laugh softly and, as soon as you nod, Clyde closes the space between you, lips pressing on yours gently. Both of you let out a soft sigh of relief at the feeling of finally being joined in this way, and his good hand comes up to cup your cheek. His lips tug up into a big, face-splitting grin as he pulls away slowly, still cradling your cheek.

“Thank ye fer savin’ me, Y/N. I dunno what I can do t’ repay ya.”

You smile and chuckle. “I think saying ‘thank you’ a few more times is a good place to start.”

Clyde laughs softly, pressing his forehead against yours.

“Whatever yer heart desires, m’lady.”

[tarvastries]

ALRIGHT thanks to the thranduil gifset I just reblogged a couple days ago, I’ve now got some Thoughts™️ and am subjecting you all to them so bone apple teeth if you’re a lotr fan and R.I.P. to everyone else

so here’s a long-winded (tbh when am I not) explanation of why I absolutely love thranduil’s characterization in the movies, because yeah we love to hate him but he’s also an incredibly complex character and mr lee pace did a stunning job in this role LET’S GO

so when we’re first introduced to thranduil he’s this regal, cold, imposing figure who we can see is very proud but also willing to help thorin’s company…for a price. thranduil wants a share of the jewels in the mountain and is willing to invest his soldiers, time, and effort in order to receive said jewels, which he claims are rightfully his. let’s call this battle option 1, taking erebor back from smaug, although we’ll never know how involved in fighting the dragon thranduil actually would have let his forces be. moving on.

thorin very gracelessly rejects thranduil’s offer, and reminds the elven king of another instance involving erebor in which the elves turned away and did nothing, aka battle option 0, helping the dwarves defend their home from smaug’s attack and invasion. thranduil and his army had marched all the way to the region of erebor, potentially to help, but once the king saw the scope of damage that had been done, and the fact that smaug had already entered the mountain, he retreated back to mirkwood and offered no aid to thorin’s people. obviously this is a bit of a sore point between them.

so after our bestie bilbo helps the company escape via barrel waterslide, the orc pack that had been hunting the company (specifically thorin, fili, and kili) catches up to them and begins an attack while still on elven land. the following skirmish between team erebor-mirkwood and team orc is the first time we actually see any of thranduil’s people fight, so let’s go ahead and call this one battle option 2, the elves of mirkwood chasing down both the orcs and the dwarves but ultimately letting the latter group go because the orcs are a more immediate threat. once both the orcs and the dwarves are out of thranduil’s borders, he couldn’t care less what happens to them, an attitude and decision that makes tauriel and eventually legolas leave in pursuit of the orcs.

then we spend a lot of time focusing on the company, and thrandy doesn’t show up again until movie 3, after the company has reclaimed erebor and middle earth’s T.A. 2941 MVP bard has slain the dragon. at this point people of all shapes and sizes are starting to remember that hey that dragon was sleeping on a pretty hefty bed of gold and there’s only a handful of dwarves + one hobbit to defend it, and they all start moving toward the mountain, including the displaced people of lake town and mr sir king thrandy himself, along with his entire army. thranduil let the dwarves go, waited to hear what happened, and now is once again poised and ready to fight for those gems of pure starlight or whatever. he offers food and assistance to the people of lake town, with the expectation that they will all fight with him to get into the mountain and take some sweet sweet treasure back out. everyone clap for the introduction of battle option 3, thranduil getting ready to start a whole war over some shiny rocks. he’s willing to fight for the gems and win because he knows the dwarves are severely outnumbered.

however, Azog the Needs-to-Buy-Some-Self-Tanner has other plans. he brings in an absolutely massive swarm of orcs and wargs to take down anyone who stands between him and his two prey: the direct line of durin and the kingdom of erebor. suddenly thranduil’s not so keen on fighting for the mountain after all. even after dain’s people arrive to aid the dwarves of erebor in their fight, thrandy does nothing. he asserts multiple times in this movie that he doesn’t want to shed elven blood if he doesn’t have to, even if it means the destruction of another people. however, bard, gandalf, and even bilbo yell at him enough to where he orders the elves to swoop in at the last second to help the dwarves and keep them from being slaughtered. stepping in to finally do something actually helpful is our much-awaited battle option 4, woo!

so the battle rages, and while the elves and dwarves and handling things pretty well, there are a LOT of orcs, and unfortunately Azog’s not stupid. the Forces of Evil start to overtake the Forces of Moral Grayness but With Good Intentions, and thranduil begins to see his people, his prized warriors, fall. almost immediately, he recalls his army, telling them to retreat because, “I have spent enough elvish blood in defense of this accursed land.” thranduil has weighed his soldier’s lives against those of the other fighters, against the prize in the mountain, and made his choice. however, tauriel stops him and berates him for abandoning the fight, after which thrandy tells her the dwarves mean nothing to him because whether they die today or tomorrow, it doesn’t matter. she claims he has no love left within him to act as a good person and he responds with the very interesting “what do you know of love?! nothing! what you feel for that dwarf is not real! you think it is love?! are you ready to die for it?” despite this sour encounter, legolas and tauriel end up rejoining the fight, and we don’t really know what thranduil does. however, it’s safe to assume he was shamed enough to continue to fight, since azog and his army are later defeated and thranduil shows up to talk to legolas and tauriel after the battle is won. let’s call this combined retreat and return battle option 5: thranduil fights, regrets it, and then fights some more because one of his subjects hollered at him.

the final time we see thrandy, he gives us the biggest hints at his true character yet. he goes to speak with legolas first after the battle is done, and legolas tells his father that he can’t go back to mirkwood. thranduil doesn’t try to stop him, but after giving him some advice, he says this: “your mother loved you...more than anyone...more than life.” NOW up until this point we have only heard one other mention of legolas’s mom, and it came from legolas himself. earlier in the movie, he and tauriel traveled to the fortress of gundabad to see what aforementioned Forces of Evil were up to. legolas tells tauriel that the elves once waged war in the lands beyond the fortress, the ancient kingdom of angmar, and goes on to say that his mother died there, in battle, and that “my father does not speak of it. there is no grave, no memory, nothing.” this is INCREDIBLY important to thranduil’s character, and one of the lines of dialogue that necessitates a second viewing of at least movies 2 & 3.

cutting back to the end of the movie, thranduil tells legolas that his mother loved him, which is maybe only the first or second time legolas has ever heard thranduil speak of her. strange that he should bring it up now, no? after legolas departs, thrandy sees tauriel near kili’s (r.i.p.) dead body, and they also have a very interesting conversation. tauriel tells thranduil through tears that if this is love, she doesn’t want it, and she not only asks him why it hurts so much, but also begs him to take the pain away. she says, “why does it hurt so much?” and his response? “because it was real.”

We all remember that like three paragraphs ago he told her she didn’t really love kili, right? scroll up real quick if you’re not sure. it’s only after he sees her mourning kili’s death, weeping, in pain, that he either realizes or admits she really did love him. and after this encounter, thranduil doesn’t show up again.

now, this is all well and good, but it doesn’t really explain why he’s such a cool character and why he’s a lot more relatable than we first think. Bravo to you for reading this far, but unfortunately we’ve got a bit more to go so buckle up and get ready for some feels.

SO

if we go back and look at every “battle option” instance, as well as thranduil’s conversations with his son and his former captain of the guard at the end, we see a heartbreaking pattern emerge. in options 0, 4 (kinda), and 5, thranduil is incredibly reluctant to fight, choosing instead to keep his own people safe even though it means death and/or destruction for the people who need help. in option 0 he intended to help, but once he saw how difficult/dangerous the fight against smaug would be, he withdrew his forces. the only reason he enters the fight in option 4 is because he had very angry people yelling at him and knew it was only right (also he definitely wouldn’t have gotten any treasure at all of the orcs won instead of the dwarves). then in one-half of option 5, he tries to get his forces to stop fighting because he can see the damage that is being done and the elvish lives being lost. it seems that he will always choose his people over any other option, unless prompted or forced to do otherwise.

but sav, you say, options 1, 2, 3, 4, and part of 5 all prove that thranduil had no problem sending his army out to fight! he’s ready to fight off orcs and whatever else is after thorin’s company in option 1, when he offers them assistance in getting to and into the mountain, for a pretty reasonable price as well. he sends his guards and his own son after the orcs when they trespass in pursuit of the company in option 2. option 3 shows thranduil arriving at erebor with his entire army in tow, ready to take on the company and invade the mountain himself, just to reclaim some diamonds. go off king I guess.

all of the evidence appears to tip in the “battle-happy” version of thranduil, UNTIL we considers his reasons AND who he’s up against. every time we see him gear up for a fight without a problem, he’s facing someone he knows for a fact his forces outnumber/can defeat. these are easy battles, and any casualties that might come from them would be minimal at worst. he offers thorin help because he believes that either the dragon can be defeated by their combined forces or that a beowulf situation in which mutual destruction of dwarf and dragon will happen, freeing up ownership of the mountain’s treasures to the first person to sit on the throne. he sends his guards after the orcs because there are only like 30 of them, max and they’re trespassing on his lands. he goes after the jewels because the dwarves are probably dead, and if not, there’s less than 20 of them, up against the thousands in his army. easy peasy.

anytime he turns away from battle, it’s easy to see why: there is a greater chance of failure and bloodshed. in desolation of smaug he also appears to be very callous and uncaring with both the spiders and the orcs: he attacks them when they’re on his turf, but once they move to other lands, he doesn’t care to hunt them down. movie 3 is the first time we see him fight for something beyond his own borders. this makes him seem like a very unlikeable, selfish, defensive leader. and this is how we’re introduced to him. but as the final movie plays out, we realize we were misled. we were given one piece of the puzzle that is thranduil king of mirkwood, and as we fill in the rest of the pieces from the final movie, our perspective changes.

time to tie it all together! (although y’all have probably figured out where i’m going by now) legolas reveals that his mother died in battle while fighting in angmar, which is far behind mirkwood’s borders. at the end of the movie, thranduil knows his son has been to gundabad and was probably reminded of his mother. we are told again and again that thranduil is not interested in pursuing evil creatures outside of his kingdom’s reach, that he considers elvish blood to be sacred and priceless, that tauriel does not know what real love is, and later, only after she’s lost it, that she does.

so my theory (which isn’t really a theory because it’s pretty much canon, you just have to be reading between the lines) is this: thranduil has been and will always be on the cautious side with his people’s lives because of the death of his queen. he knew what tauriel was going through because he went through the same thing centuries before in angmar. the last time we know of that thranduil sent the elves to fight outside of the borders of mirkwood ended with the death of his wife/soulmate. no wonder he stays in his own kingdom. no wonder he would rather retreat than risk losing any more elvish lives. no wonder he is closed off, haughty, proud, and cold. he has felt love and pain before and he’s not eager to show any weaknesses concerning them again.

and if you look, if you just look at how lee pace acts this character out through movies 2 & 3 you can see that he knows how complex this character is, he knows the tragedy and fear that thranduil keeps wrapped up tight and locked away. and the more you watch the movies, the easier it is to see.

okay rant over, sorry y’all. if you’ve read this far, thank you for coming to my ted talk, and if you just scrolled to the bottom, i don’t blame you at all. hope you all have a good day :)

[trashytoastboi]

Hiii! How are you? Can I request hc's for Benn, Crocodile and Mihawk with a warm and demonstrative fem s/o ?

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(Female Pronouns)

Headcannons : Benn, Crocodile, Mihawk with F! warm S/O

Benn Beckman

🍁{Name} has always been a warm person, but seems that it is accentuated by Benn, especially when they are together – he truly enjoys how expressive she is about her love for him.

🍁Enjoys when his S/O is affectionate, although she is naturally affectionate sometimes {Name} goes through very intimate bouts which makes him feel very loved and appreciated.

🍁Enjoys the little things like when she snuggles into him while sitting together, or when she randomly wants to hold hands

🍁Has no qualm in showing off her affection, which Benn really likes (R.I.P All the other crewmates are jealous)

🍁Benn loves showing his own affectionate as he reciprocates. Benn tends be very affectionate himself and enjoys not having to restrain that.

🍁Some of Benn’s favourite affections include: Playing with his hair, holding hands, cuddling and nuzzling.

Sir Crocodile

🐊Ever seen a crocodile smile? Well {Name} has, and his soft genuine smile is something Sir Crocodile will only show to his S/O

🐊Loves the affection and finds it helps him to unwind and feel refreshed after a long stressful day, just being around {Name} just helps him feel a lot calmer than usual. – Especially likes it when {Name} offers massages or backrubs

🐊Some of his favourite affections include: Kissing, holding his partner close and caressing

🐊Tends to be a bit on the softer side in private with {Name} and will be a lot more openly affectionate than in public as he does tend to be reserved in public settings

🐊Crocodile finds his partner’s warmth and love to be very endearing and tries his best to express his own inclination of warmth and affection towards them

🐊Truly appreciating her gestures, he tries to reciprocate all of {Name's} affections (with interest) as well as enjoying spoiling his partner.

Dracule Mihawk

🦅Mihawk initially had found himself gravitating towards {Name’s} warm and loving nature which he got to experience fully when she became his.

🦅 Despite the fact that Mihawk can be incredibly suave and charming…he is sometimes a bit awkward with affections

🦅Makes him shy if they’re in public and tries to keep his composure

🦅Enjoys his S/O’s company and they have found cute ways to spend time together, one of Mihawk’s favourites is when they read together, one of them generally laying on the other

🦅Finds he misses the affection when he is away from his partner but takes full advantage when he arrives back

🦅Some of his favourite affections include: Cuddles, caressing, kissing and hugs.