#returning to normal programming xd

[r4phel]

I got a graphics tablet, drew for 4 hours and my spine has never been so bad🦐

[impyssadobsessions]

DPxDC idea/prompt Pen Pals

(Probably more idea but you can run with the concept... im so srry XD) Basically Danny and Damian are pen pals- until Damian receives a letter with Lazarus Water and Blood smeared on the page.

WHAT IF Danny and Damian were pen pals before Danny's accident. A school project for 8th grade. Damian was reluctant to participate but due to it being a grade and being pestered by his siblings that he would just scare the kid off anyways, he deciding to partake in this pen pal. Danny whose not suffering at school, just living a normal life at the moment, is being teased by Dash saying his pen pal could smell loser before even opening the letter. Asking Danny if his parents even let him open the letter or blast it thinking its a ghost. Which makes Danny who wasn't into this idea of writing a stranger more determined to do it. Besides they might only get one letter and teachers drop the subject. They might not even get it. So what the heck. Turns out they become the only ones that constantly wrote each other- even mailing it in person once the school ended the program. (Damian having a post box set up for letters)

At first it was awkward. Danny commented/asking if Damian really was their age or some teacher pretending to write back instead of sending out the letters. If so. He sucks at it because what kid writes perfectly grammar letters and big words to convey something is cool. Guess its better than pretending he knows slang. Damian furious writes back, offended! Also asks if he isn't younger, because everyone with basic english should know to capitalize their letters! This goes back and fourth. Danny writing back every chance he got, and Damian doing the same, even being told not to at the dinner table. It goes from offended at each other to being curious. Danny asking Damian more advice on english because it isn't his favorite subject. Damian asking more about how to sound like his age. Then it devolves to animals. Danny wishing he had one, but his parents didn't want one getting into the lab. Damian happily sending picture of his animals. Danny talking more about the stars.. etc. Until Accident happens- Danny starts having trouble writing the letters. His pen with phase through his hand and replies between them got longer. Danny justifying this by saying he's having trouble with schooling this year. Damian also been unable to send as many replies because he's been busy with teen titans and other heroics. Though he's encouraging Danny saying Danny is far smarter than that school even is aware of. Until one day, after months of not being able to reply. He finds Damian's letter again. It makes him feel better. Even if Damian didn't know him... this person still believes in Danny... Though Danny feels guilty about it- it compels him to write him again. He was about to finish the letter when he gets blasted by a ghost. He returns from the fight, beaten and bloody. He picks up the letter and sighs at the green stain left on it. Folding it up he stuffs it into his bag. Next day after hurrying off to school, his mother finds the letter after it had fallen on the floor. She read a little bit of it and immediately recognize it was to Danny's penpal. She takes the opportunity to try her knew anti-ecto spray and mails it for Danny. "Boy just like his father. So messy. I'll have to give him a lecture about ecto-contamination again." Damian just returned from a mission from Teen Titans, been gone for three months. Alfred informs Damian he had received a letter from his anonymous pen pal in his absence. Damian had almost forgotten about the pen pal- thinking his pal just didn't want to answer anymore. So eagerly he goes to his room to open the letter, but immediately blood drain from his face as his eyes zoomed back the feathery ink to the green blotch of lazurus water.. having almost evaporated.. leaving a water stain that glowed... and more importantly.. the human specks of blood that was revealed with the driest parts of the stain. Damian immediately rushes to the cave.. only to find out his paranoia was right.... and was it his fault his friend was harmed? Also the idea of Damian talking to Phantom in his robin suit. Asking how Daniel Fenton was.. and Phantom surprised and slips out a "Alive as much as he's dead." Damian glaring and Phantom corrects, "He's fine. He has parents that are ghost hunters is all." Stressing his situation complicated. Phantom just so shocked his pen pal is a hero- annnnd also cursing his mom for sending a letter like that. HE KNEW IT WOULD SEND IMPLICATIONS!

but idk if I figured out a good way for Damian to see the smeared letter. I just think it be fun. Also Damian thinking he's to blame for league going after the fentons when he wasn't. At least not as early as he thought. He's very focused on saving/protecting Danny Fenton.. which makes Phantom's job harder.

[priwenshallprevail]

Original Vampyr Characters

[ Art is done by the love of me life @burntoutgiftedidiot , who's art excels in beauty. Who I am eternally grateful for takin me boy on for a sketch. Because he looks absolutely gorgeous in yer hand, love. Many thanks and tons of kisses for bringin him to life ! ]

Ceallach Ó Brosnacháin ( Brosnan being his forced English variant ). Stands at 5'9, ice grey blue eyes and dark brown hair. His dialect is mix of Dubliner and Cork.

Eternally 25 years of age. Turned Ekon by accident of experimentation.

He hails, however, from a small cottage in County Cork. He was only 25 when turned. Joined the war effort and was immediately deployed and took part in the Battle of the Somme. He was hospitalized after a mortar backfired and nearly took him out. Shrapnel aligned his entire body. But he was surviving, recovering. It was while in this field hospital, that shell shock began to develop, encasing him in immense fear from returning to the front lines over all.

Basically taken off the front lines by means of joining a program that promised him a way to go back home. A program he was offered after they pretty much dubbed him a lost cause for the war effort, more a liability. The program he ends up volunteering to, is ran low key by the Brotherhood and aimed for experimentation that ends him with becoming an Ekon by mere ignorance.

But clearly not without being subjected to other foreign procedures prior; practical torture. In the end, he's brutally disfigured from these experiments. Wounds and surgical incisions alike inflicted prior to the Ekon blood which was given, so not even the Ekon blood could have healed him. Forever haunted by these scars he could not undo once changed.

So most would probably mistake him for a Skal by his looks alone. An easter egg trait I settled on, is that his means of going out into public without his disfigurement raising too many alarms, he ends up wearing a mask over his disfigurement. He carries a half mask and a full mask.

Lil Phantom of the Opera style shout out. xD I am not sorry.

( art by : burntoutgiftedidiot . ❤️ )

He is mostly bald due to scarring, but he does have like maybe two patches of hair to style pathetically. A missing ear, bandaged hands and wrists; tattered in dangly bits of cloth. Cause his hands deteriorated nearly to scattered flesh on exposed bone. Body of a Nosferatu ( VtM ref ) but the mind of a Malkavian ( VtM ref ).

He suffers from immense amount of shell shock, however. His mind is beyond warped. Complete and utter nut job, who adapts by mimicking people's mannerisms. Acting like them to try to regulate " normal ". At the same time, the slightest off note of a noise can trigger meltdowns followed in horrendous bloodbaths of those around him. Only for him to come to with blood all over his hands and entrails smeared over the walls. Cultivating self loathing over what he has become. They tried to brainwash him into obeying their chain of command by means of certain words and images as keys for control. That with these keys, a person can easily calm him, or in worst case , command him. But the word issued for commands backwash into his already inflicted trauma caused by the war, so it can backfire on those who give the commands. Hence leaning on him slaughtering a bunch of Brotherhood members because of this sole reason. Because of this outburst on slaughter at his original holding facility, he ends up with the Ban of the Dragon issued upon his head. The thing is, in most of these blackout slaughters. He isn't even feeding on them. He's just finger painting in their gore.

[twotangledsisters]

I just can't stop thinking about a one-shot where Cassandra, instead of meeting the ghost girl when she walks through the door of yesterday's House of Tomorrow, simply ended up in a different world, at Caine's house.

It would be like a very chaotic modern AU, imagine finding a woman in ancient armor just falling out of nowhere in your room XD

And they would become a couple until Cass found a way to return to her normal universe.

I usually have one shot ideas every night, oh how I wish I was blessed with writing

I'll send it as an ask because I'm too lazy to write anywhere else 😋

OKAY... I am in love with this AU and with your permission I really want to write some stuff for it XD

I did not open up my drawing program intending to do such a silly comic btw, I wanted to doodle Caine studying and getting interrupted by a portal, Cass pointing her sword at 'Lady Caine' who's just confused, Cass all 'you're a villain who wants to destroy the monarchy because they killed your dad!'

And Caine is like 'I mean... I do disagree with there being a monarchy, I mean it's 2024 for goodness sake! But they definitely didn't kill my dad. Look," hold up basket of goodies, "He sent me a care package earlier this week! I was on the phone with him this morning."

"What's a phone?"

And Cass in a hoodie feeling cozy and happy!

And Caine and Cass playing videogames!!!

And Cass making Caine go to fencing classes with her because it's the only way she can continue to use swords and it's honestly ridiculous how little of self-defence this modern Caine knows!!!

And Caine has a pet rat she keeps hidden in her dormitory so of course she'll help Cass hide an Owl? Plus, you know, hide a Cass XD

And then a portal opening and it's Rapunzel who finally found a way to get Cass back but Cass will never see Caine again and I'm not going to answer what happens next cause if you give me permission this will be a fic and the answer will be there XD

[hows-my-handwriting]

Into the Rift (spiderverse!pacific rim au)

so going into more detail because the actual drawings are coming along really slowly xD (i love drawing robots but coming up with original robot design hard)

The story would be essentially the same as the movies where a mysterious rift opens up in the bottom of the Pacific ocean releasing giant monsters. To combat them, the world governments join together for the good of humanity and create the Jaegers. Those are giant robots piloted by two people through a process called a 'drift'.

The only thing that changes is the characters and the story developed from that idea.

this post has been sitting in my drafts for like a month now oml

(loooooong wordvomit under the cut)

So the jaeger program is basically a stand in for the spider society and all the spiderfolk are pilots or staff. Everyone is also aged up 2 or 3 years to cover international military requirements and such.

and for the sake of the story having a 'pilot shortage' in which only the lucky few being able to actually pilot a jaeger, drifting is much harder and rarer. this leads to the program accepting younger applicants than they normally would. (eg. miles, pav, peni etc)

(character list in order of rank or.. something)

Miguel (34-35) is the stand in for the marshal. I'm not totally sure if he *is* the marshal or not? because he could absolutely just be the pilot manager or the mission overseer. but for now we shall stick with marshal. He primarily serves as the head of the department and representative for the pilot body. He also doubles as a pilot of a gen 1 jaeger (Blue Revenge*) with Peter B Parker, previously Jessica Drew.

Jessica (34-35) is Miguel's ex copilot. She served for two years and during a faux time of inactivity from the rift, she and her husband decided to try for a child. She was called back during the next attack but in the post-fight medical checks, she was ordered to go on maternity leave. She did, for a couple months, but very quickly felt frustrated that she wasn't helping. She moved back into the military base and instead took up a leadership position in combat training. I think her rank would be lieutenant but I don't know enough about the military to make that official.

Peter B Parker (42-43) is a retired pilot. He served as a pilot up until the gen 3 jaegers went into production and was sent home when he got a major back injury. During his time off he started a family in his old New York home and began to forget about the jaegers and the war. He chose to live in ignorant bliss until it all came back when he was summoned back. He brought his entire family, despite the many warnings, and has rather enjoyed his grand return. Currently copilots with Miguel in the Revenge*. Previously piloted the Crimson Core*.

Ben Reilly (24-25) is a jet pilot. Previously a jaeger pilot of the Scarlet Gutter that was decommissioned after it suffered extreme damage in a fight he took solo with a class 2 kaiju. His twin brother was his copilot and died early on in the fight. He currently pilots a fighter jet as backup. The impact of that fight still haunt him and everyone knows to leave him be.

LEGO Spiderman (24-25) and Peter Parkedcar (25-26) are two unrelated pilots that are drift compatible. LEGO Spiderman (Lee Godwin aka LE-GO for short) has a chronic condition with locking joints and Peter Parkedcar is a selective mute. They pilot the Titanium Wall that is essentially just an immovable object to the kaiju's unstoppable force. Yes this is a meme lineup. Laugh.

Peter Porker (31-32) is the head of research. He's john mulaney in all aspects except for occupation. He is more of the morale backbone of the entire operation and spends more time out of the lab making sure to bring a smile to everyone's faces. He wears a cute pig beanie when out and about. He always has candy on him and is famous in the kitchen for hot dogs. No one knows where he gets the hot dogs from, since those are rarely stocked. There's a rumor going around that it's kaiju meat, not beef. Absolutely fascinated kaiju and a biology fanatic.

Margo Kess (20-21) is the head of technology. She's the surveillance guy who takes orders directly from Miguel and is in charge of relaying commands and judging actions on the battlefield. She's a young college graduate- more accurately a child prodigy- and took the first opportunity she had to put her skills to the test. She's very friendly and will always get to know the pilots personally. Drift compatible but has avoided training to not have people learn about her strained home life.

Peni Parker (17-19) is the daughter of the head of engineering. She is just under the required age to actually assume the position but has the most knowledge on jaeger design of anyone else in the program aside from her father. Her father was killed when one of the outposts was destroyed in a kaiju attack. Parentless, the organization arranged for her to stay at the main base, waiting for her 21st birthday so she can acquire an actual rank. Had a personalized jaeger her father had been slowly building, fit for one person, that she's slowly been working on to one day pilot in combat.

Peter Benjamin Parker (Benji or Ben for short) (22-23) was hired as the strategy lead after his impressive work as a police/military investigator. Had a lot of experience with international crime networks and hand picked by Peter B. He was enthusiastically handed over to the Jaeger program after he got just a bit too close to some apocalypse-profiting corruption. No one really knows why, but he's taken more of a liking to pilot training and has shied away from Miguel's leadership team and more towards Jessica and the recruits. He has a good eye for cadets with amazing potential and even applied to be a pilot himself, stepping away almost entirely from any kind of leadership role. Pilots Silver Noir with Hobie(**).

Hobie Brown (20-22) is a pilot. He was recruited early on as one of Britain's undesirables and turned out drift compatible. He was assigned a jaeger that was built and sponsored by the British Government named the Union Jack. Disgusted, he refused to respond to that name and instead calls his jaeger the Stark Screamer. The name has been adopted by command and no one has bothered to correct it. His pilot quit for unknown reasons after only a year on the field and the Screamer was retired until they can find another pilot to partner with him. Has been paired with Benji for the time being.

Gwen Stacy (18-19) is the youngest pilot to date but more than capable of jaeger combat. She was brought in by Jess, despite her father's refusal, and skipped all cadet training except for the essentials and given a jaeger assignment almost immediately. She was picked out when her father, a military rep instead of a cop, was visiting one of the bases that Jess happened to be in. She showed incredible potential in [insert event that im not 100% sure about yet] and was incredibly interested. Originally paired with Hobie because of their similarity in hobby and age. They were drift compatible but she didn't like the Screamer's kit or fighting style and requested a new assignment. She's still best bros with Hobie though. She marks the beginning of the youth recruitment.

Pavitr Prabhakar (17-18) is a cadet in training. He volunteered along with a large number of Indian civilians to chase the fame and glory that surrounded the now-martyred jaegers. Of the hundreds, he and a handful of his peers were selected and he was sent to his specific branch to complete training. He is drift compatible with almost anyone. Having no sense of fear or darkness in his past or his present, he's an incredible asset- if not a little naive. He and Hobie became best friends as soon as they met and has been promised to pilot the Screamer when he completes his training.

Miles Gonzalo Morales (17-18) is a new cadet starting training. He was supposed to be one in a pair but his twin was stuck in Spain with a travel complication. Miles could wait a couple months though and eagerly started training. He was selected because he had an identical twin- which are usually assumed to be drift compatible- but ended up being paired and drift compatible with Gwen. Despite him not having clearance, Gwen and many others think he shows enough potential to pilot a jaeger within the first month of his stay. He is currently assigned to a new jaeger in production: a gen 4 titan named the Clawed Viper***

Mateo Davis Morales (17-18) is a future cadet. He and his twin were split up before highschool for [insert reason i haven't figured out yet here] and he moved to Spain to finish his highschool education and eventually enlist in the jaeger program. However, due to transportation delays and possibly finances, when he and his twin were drafted, Mateo was stuck in Spain until nearly three months later. Just in time for . . . well, the drama (tm).

*Blue Revenge is not final. i don't know if i like it or not but the other option was the blue panther, for the shits and giggles. pretty sure i want to keep the blue but idk. Crimson Core is also a placeholder, but it does sound cooler

**Silver Noir is not final. I want to work in Noir somewhere and make a matte black jaeger but not a lot of words go with 'Noir'

***Clawed Viper is not final. Viper is final, but again, not a lot of words go with 'Viper'

[helifreds]

14, 31, 35 e 40 per l'ask game ;P

Thanks for the asks!💗

14. What's something you've always wanted to do but maybe been too scared to do?

Hang gliding

Near where live there's a place where people do free flight in hang gliding and paragliding and I always wanted to try it because it is GORGEOUS

I like to go there and see them land under the mountain... once when I was 7 or 8 I was there with my father and a friend of a friend of him lol and he had this beautiful hang glider which he let me 'try' to stay on just as you do while flying XD and it's been very funny

Unfortunately I never did it yet, the idea didn't really scared me... simply I never get the occasion :P BUT I'll do it one day

31. Are you messy or organized?

Both, it depends on what we're talking about XD

Normally I'm pretty organized, especially when I have to do something important or go somewhere I like to know as much details as possible so that I can kinda 'program' it inside my mind lol

Others time I simply feel as Bradley Cooper in Limitless returning home as seeing it's a mess (fortunately not at that level tho)

35. Do you trust easily?

I'd rather say I don't trust at all lol

I mean, there are people who I go along with in everyday real life, but not really to that point of trust, they're simply people I kown

Although there are some wonderful friends I made in this last year that completely twisted this concept that I had, so I deeply want to thank them

40. Any bad habits?

Yeah... who doesn't?

I bite my nails :P

I've did it since I remember and maybe I'll always do it, but once I read that around 30 years most people simply stop, so I confide in that lmao

[lyon-amore]

Fixing Hearts AU!High School!Duskwood

Titles were never my specialty XD

Jake x Fem!MC

To understand the story, read the chat 1-2-3 

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There he was. In front of that house as normal as the rest that followed them next to it. Jake couldn't think calmly, his thoughts screamed throughout his brain. Had he really agreed to go to that girl's house? He barely knew MC and he didn't want to cause her trouble if someone knew the computer geek was going to her house. He swallowed hard, noticing sweaty hands.    <<Come on Jake, you can do it. >> He thought to himself, releasing a slight sigh. MC had been friendly on the phone, so what was wrong? Maybe because he knew it was policeman Alan's house? He was afraid that maybe he would threaten him with the gun or worse: arrest him. He knocked on the door, with two light knocks. Right away, MC's voice could be heard from inside.    “I'm coming!” she exclaimed, in a tone that sounded cheerful?     The black-haired young man became nervous when he heard her. He had rarely heard her speak, not even that much when he returned her book to her.

The door opened and there she was, dressed in something like a goth or punk style, Jake was never good at urban gangs and understanding them. But at least he knew it looked good on her. He felt that it was not necessary to dress up so much, in the sense that she was not someone important and that she was in her house. He thought that she would be perfect in anything.    "Hi Jake." she greeted with a friendly smile.    "Hello MC," Jake adjusted his backpack, where he was carrying what he needed for the computer, "Am I late?"    "Even sooner than I expected, I think." She gave a small laugh.     The teenager felt embarrassed. He hoped he didn't seem desperate.    "Come in, don't stay out." MC stepped aside and Jake timidly entered.

It didn't look like a cop's house, though well, he didn't know what a cop's house looked like either.    "We are…. I mean-"    "Alone? Yes we are."    Jake's heart beat faster and faster. Jake's heart beat faster and faster. Lilly was going to be right about him in the end and that he was a fool for not knowing how to act around other people. But what would a twelve-year-old girl know?    "Are you okay, Jake?" MC looked at him worried, removing his family and his mother, no one had ever looked at him like that. "Do you need anything?"     "I'm fine," he smiled reassuringly at the girl. "The computer?"     "I almost forgot you came here for that!" MC exclaimed embarrassed, her cheeks flushed red. The two of them could almost have a competition "Come, we have it in the office."     "Alan's office?" Jake’s voice got pitched, which made the girl find him adorable.That reaction was expected.     "Well, you could also say study area," She started walking and Jake followed her. Next to him, she seemed much shorter, it was obvious that the teenager had grown a growth spurt in those years "it's where I do my homework-"     "Or you download horror videos illegally," the boy tried to joke, not wanting to sound bored.     "Don't remind me…" MC sighed. "I think I sat there for an hour listening to why I shouldn't use the Emule."     "Emule? That's a virus factory. "     "And the Ares?"     "The same, but at least you didn't come across porn, they camouflage it with the names of horror movies and those programs are no longer used-"      MC turned pale. Which made Jake understand that she had already encountered something like this.    "I accompany you in the sentiment." he told her, patting her on the shoulder.     "I didn't tell Alan about it, but it's going to stick with me forever." Her sad expression made the dark-haired think that it made her look adorable. Instinctively, he noticed her lips, which formed a pout. He looked away at the thought of what it would be like kissing them.     "Are you okay?" MC noticed and he shook his head.     "Perfectly."     "Well, you just told me no by denying it."     "What?"     "Oh, excuse me, it's… Well, let's just say I have a habit of observing every detail in people." The teenager looked away now to a change of feeling guilty. Jake didn't want to ask if she didn't look like she wanted to talk. "Okay, we're here. "  She opened the door and found that it was more like a room honoring horror movies than a study room.     "I assume this decoration is not Alan's." Jake began to observe everything in every detail, wanting to know the girl's tastes.     “Guilty!” She laughed, “Alan told me that I could decorate the room however I wanted, so… I think he just wanted to be nice, but he didn't expect me to decorate it this way."     "How did he react?"     "Hmmm... I had a poster of the demon from the Insidious movie, right next to the door," she pointed to where there was now a Jason poster "he nearly had a heart attack after turning around, he made me take it down."     "I already remember that movie," he looked at her again, surprised, "and you weren't afraid of him?"     "Oh, yes, of course, but," MC smiled, it was a charming smile, which left him surprised "the real monsters are the ones that can hurt you, not the ones you see in a horror movie."     "So, they're the people you should be careful about."     "Well, of course, or do you think everyone is good?"     "No, of course not." Were they really going to start philosophizing now? He was finally having a conversation with MC, he couldn't believe it himself. "But then I don't understand what you're doing talking to Philip."     "What?"     "Nothing! The computer?" MC hid a smile and walked over to the desk.Seeing the computer, Jake felt real terror.     "What year is this from?"     "Yeah... A little old, right?"     "Well, the tower can still be saved for a year or two, but…" Jake sighed at the tube screen. How long had he had it? "How can you have this screen? You need better than this, MC."    "Well, if it works, what's wrong?"     “Now I understand why you spend time in computer class. "     "So you've noticed too, haven't you?"     Jake blushed, sitting back in the chair and trying not to think about what he had said. No. He hadn't noticed her. Absolutely.     "Do you want me to give you the drink now?" MC chuckled, making him blush.     "Yes, please."     "I'll be right back."     "Wait. And the computer password?"     "Does not have."     "Okay, I see there's a lot to do around here... " MC went for the drink, with a smile. She couldn't believe the guy from computer class was at her house. Hannah had told her good things about her brother and that had made her take an interest in meeting him. Like, for example, that he had a protective side that made everyone stay quiet and respect him, that whenever he was interested in something, he investigated it in the smallest detail and didn't stop talking until he covered the whole subject without missing anything. Also that once in a while he had gotten into some mischief at his old high school and that he had never been caught for it. She wanted to see the side of Jake that knew how to command. Besides… She saw him as mysterious by not talking about himself so much or being distant from others. Her adolescent mind made him turn to the thought of those books and movies that any girl sighed for. But Jake was not fictional. And now he was in her house. She returned to the room with the drink and some popcorn. She saw Jake with a hand to his cheek, as if he was waiting.     "How are you doing?" MC asked, leaving the things on the table.     "I take it back, I think you're going to need a new computer."     “What?! Have I messed up that much?!" MC put a hand to her mouth, stifling a cry of terror. When Jake saw her, he got worried.     “No! No, that's fine," he said in a more relaxed tone "well, for the most part, I was saying that because it's too slow."     “And do you have to clean it?"     “Unless your idea is to buy a computer right now, there's no other way."      The young girl leaned against the table, letting out a sigh. She doubted that Alan was going to buy her a computer at that point, she was still recovering from the divorce.     "I guess for now, we'll have to clean it," the teenager finally answered "although for that, you have to wait for him to find out what you have to remove."     "Well, for the time being, I'm going to fix it from the viruses you put in."     "Can you stop reminding me?"     "Nope."    Jake's smile was playful. MC stared at him. Well, it wasn't bad to remind her that downloading stuff illegally had consequences.

    "And how is it that you live with Alan?" Jake asked, while working on the computer. "Let's see, I know part of your story, but I'm trying to connect it with him."     "Alan is my godfather," she replied without thinking twice, "so my parents decided that if anything happened to them, then I should go live with him."     "I see."     "What about you? You told me you've been living here for two years, what's your story?" MC pulled up a chair that was near the window, sitting next to Jake. Even sitting next to him, she seemed small "If I may ask…"     "Well…" Jake sighed. Only his family knew the story. He didn't want to embarrass anyone at the high school "My mother is sick, so until she gets better, I lives with my father.     "I'm sorry-"     "No, calm down." MC looked at Jake's expression. He wanted to seem like everything was fine, even though it didn't seem like it "It's no worse than yours… And I visit her every Friday and weekend. "     "Oh, Ok- Wait a minute, but today is Saturday!" MC almost didn't jump out of the chair, she felt terrible at that moment. He had wasted going to her house instead of being with his mother. "Jake, I'm sorry, if I had known, I would not have told you to come."     "It's okay, that way at least I have something new to tell her instead of the same old boring stories."     "But-"     "MC, it really doesn't bother me that I didn't go today," he took her hand, squeezing it lovingly "I'm so glad to be here today." Silence filled the room. Perhaps he had been ashamed to admit it, but it was so. He wanted to have been alone with her, who was always surrounded by people he didn't like very much. Was it selfish to have her a little for himself? He had always wanted to meet her, but he had never found the right time to do so. And now, he might already know what topics of conversation to offer her or if he could invite her to the movies, he already had an idea of what kind of movies to take her.     "Hey Jake-"     "Hey MC-" They looked surprised. The two were named at the same time, was it a simple coincidence? Maybe not, or so MC wanted to think, the most fanciful at that time.     "You first." Jake offered.     "I wanted to say, thank you for offering to help me." MC looked directly into his eyes, without looking away from them. Hers shone intensely and the dark-haired man liked that "and to admit that I had wanted to talk to you for a long time… But I didn't know how. "     "Really? The teen blinked in surprise. "Did you want to talk to me?"     "Well, you were still missing from my collection of friends," the girl smiled mischievously, to which Jake responded with a blush, "And what did you want to tell me?"     "I…" he swallowed nervously, could I ask him? It was his chance "Would you like to go-"     "What's going on here?" The two teenagers turned their heads, noticing that Alan was standing in the doorway. The man noticed that they were too close. The paternal instinct made him react. He crossed his arms looking at Jake, a frown on his face.     "Aren't you a little old to flirt with her?" Alan asked, his voice almost threatening.     "Alan! Stop!"  The girl felt embarrassed. She couldn't believe what he had just said. And that she still wanted to start being friends with him before taking a big step "Don't say those things! We are only friends!"     "Then let him back off a bit, if you're just friends."      Jake complied and stepped away. The last thing he wanted was for Alan to put him in jail for trying to have a chance with his goddaughter. MC wanted to die of shame at that moment. She looked at Jake to see if he was upset by what Alan had said. Instead, he gave her a smile for her to see that everything was fine.     "Mr. Bloomgate," Jake began, steeling himself a little, "I'd like to clean up his computer so it runs better, but for that, I need to know what I shouldn't delete."     "Of course, MC, why don't you make me a coffee? You make them delicious."     "Okay," the teenage stood up and as she approached Alan, she whispered to him "Don't scare him, okay?"     "Oh, calm down, I'm not going to do anything to your boyfriend."     "Alan!" MC blushed, exclaiming his name in a low voice. She didn't want him to hear them "I'll be right back." The atmosphere had changed. Now, instead of a romantic setting, he believed that he was in an interrogation. Alan sat in the same chair that MC had been in, arms crossed and staring at Jake. The boy was not intimidated this time. He hadn't even done anything wrong.     "Did I interrupt something? "     "No, sir."     "Okay, keep it up: In-tact, is that clear?"      Okay, maybe a police officer threatening him with his goddaughter was the same as a father doing it. Jake's hands clenched, he didn't know if he really knew him or if he had ever made a bad impression on him, but he wasn't about to be intimidated.    "Mr. Bloomgate, with all due respect, but I will never hurt MC" The words came out of his mouth, over the years, he knew how to deal with adults better than his own age, "she's a funny girl , intelligent, has a good heart and cares a lot about others, a person like that I would never hurt. And I promise that if someone messes with her at school, I will protect her from her even if I get grounded."     "Wow, I guess you're different from what I imagined," Alan smiled relieved, looking at the proud boy, "at least I know I can trust you that if I ever need someone to take care of her, you'll be there, right?"     "Exactly!"     "Um... I'll bring the coffee..."     Alan and Jake both looked at MC, standing in the doorway with a small tray carrying a cup.Jake's eyes widened, had she heard everything? Alan laughed. Of course she had heard it, that was why he had made him talk. He wanted him to have a hard time and forget about his adopted daughter.     "MC! I-" The young woman walked over to put the coffee on the table, not looking at Jake or Alan. She felt her face burning. Did Jake really think that of her?    "I'll leave you working on the computer." Her voice had been cold.  The dark-haired young man thought he had screwed up.The adult gave him a friendly squeeze on the shoulder.     "Ok, shall we start with the cleaning?" Alan asked him.      Well, question lost forever.    "By the way," added the policeman again, "it's the first time I've seen MC dressed on a weekend, usually she's in her pajamas. You've made her at least less depressed this weekend." Those words already sounded more sincere and at the same time sad. "I hope you can come more often if that encourages her…"    "Thank you sir…"      He knew it was rare to see her dressed like that in her own home. But of course, why would it seem strange if it was her style? He also didn't expect her to tell him that she wasn't feeling well. MC had hidden what she felt so as not to worry him. After a long afternoon and getting rid of viruses and a computer cleaning. He was ready to go. Jake wanted to say goodbye to MC, but would she want to see him? He wasn't sure, he hadn't even seen her again and he was embarrassed to go ask Alan which room was hers. Fortunately, when he returned to the entrance, she was already waiting.    "How's the computer?" The young woman asked worriedly. She really didn't want to have to be grounded for life if it didn't work out.     "Well, the operation was difficult, but it'll survive for at least two years," Jake joked "so I'd advise you to save up a new one if you don't want it to happen again."    "Thank God." She put a hand to her chest, relieved.      Of course, she was too adorable. Suddenly, he had noticed that she was wearing other clothes. She looked more like she was at home with pajamas printed with little dots and a shirt with the image of Tweety. MC had already given up on being pretty when Alan was home, obviously she had dressed up for Jake. She was not going to admit it though. And the truth… That weekend had been different. She had not felt alone.    "What did you want to tell me before Alan interrupted?" MC asked, smiling innocently.     "Nothing, I don't think you like the idea."     "Come on Jake, you'll never know if you don't ask me." Those curious eyes melted him. He couldn't help it, he was totally surrendered to her. His sisters were right, but if he admitted it, they would win.     "You know the Pine Glade Festival?"     "Yes, sometimes I've come with my parents," the teenager tilted her head thoughtfully, "now that I think about it, I think the reason why I only came to Duskwood was to come see Alan and have a good time."    "Well… the thing is, I've never been," Jake admitted, a little embarrassed.    "In the two years you've been here, you've never been there?"     "Let's just say I had no reason to go until now."Jake's cheeks turned red and he found the MC adorable. Was he really asking her to go with him?     "So I thought if you-"     "Yes!"     "Wait, I haven't finished the question.     "Okay, finish it, I'll let you." Now he couldn't. He saw the sweet smile of the girl and his words didn’t come out. He took a deep breath before he could concentrate. He was lost in thoughts of her with her in them, already imagining a scene of the two of them holding hands with her and walking through Duskwood at the festival.     "Did you want to go to the festival with me, MC?"     "Pleased to go with you, Jake." The teenager smiled. He wanted to make her happy and that he could improve her situation. It could take a long time, since her situation was recent, but with him, she didn't have to play strong.     "I promise you'll have a good time." Jake took her hand again lovingly.      MC's heart wouldn't stop beating fast, she was afraid that he would hear it.     "If I'm with you, I'm sure." she replied, full of happiness.     "Another thing," he leaned toward her, hoping that what he was going to say wouldn't hurt her, but that she could trust him for everything, "you don't have to pretend with me," he whispered softly, "don't worry if one day If you need a shoulder to cry on or just talk about how you feel, I'll be happy to be there for you." MC's lip started to tremble. She needed someone to say those words to her.She couldn't help but hug Jake, with a small smile. Some tears came out, but more than sadness, they were happiness.     "I will, I promise," she whispered back. "You'll be first on my list."     "It's a great honor to be first." Jake laughed.The teenager laughed too, already separating from him. But she, before saying goodbye to him, she gave him a little kiss on his cheek.     "See you on Monday then." MC looked at him shyly, it was worth doing.     "See you Monday." Jake repeated, trying not to get flustered by that innocent kiss. As Jake left, Alan looked up the stairs at MC, arching an eyebrow. He had heard it all.     “Do you want me to talk to you about the ‘talk’?” he asked the young woman.      The girl looked at him in alarm, covering her ears.     “NOPE! I DON'T HEAR YOU! It's more! You haven't even heard nothing!”      Alan let out a laugh seeing her act that way. He hoped that things would finally start to change for MC. Jake, when he got home, his sisters ran to the door like two puppies when they heard him enter. They tackled the older one by holding on to both of his arms.     “How's it going? How was you doing?” Hannah asked, wanting some good news.     "Did you kiss her?" Lilly asked, with an amused laugh.     "I'm not going to say anything to the two of you." Jake tried to shake them off, trying to be as careful as possible.     "JAKE! COME ON!" The two exclaimed at the same time.     "No! Leave me!"     "Jake has a girlfriend, Jake has a girlfriend!" Lilly sang.     "Does Jake have a girlfriend?" Her father appeared, watching the scene "And who is she? Do we know her?"     "Jake has a girlfriend?!" His stepmother appeared, excited "Wonderful! You have to introduce her to us! Tell us more about her, does she go to the same high school as you and Hannah?"      Jake sighed, his face no longer a slight blush, but he could be compared to a traffic light.It was going to be a long weekend.

[theyanderespecialist]

Breed And Mate The Queen 1 (One Shot) Xenomorphs X Marie OC (Alien) (Yandere)

[Hello My Sexy Readers, multiple of you have asked for this and here it is this is just the first part as their will be at least one more after this please enjoy!]

(no one's pov)

A woman sat at her desk, a light shining on this large, green, pulsating egg. She was here to inspect the life forms after another ship had sent out a distress signal. The entire crew was dead when they found them..so why she wasn't given back up- she had no idea. She wasn't even sure why no one remembered giving her the signal, she clearly was sent it.

Suddenly the power in the room went off as she looked around. Sometimes the lights go off, it was to conserve power, bit they should still me on

She sighed and went to go up and check but then she felt two things jump on her chest and she screamed her mouth wide as a third jump on her face. She felt it's arms wrap around her head as her hands went to pull it off as she felt her ship move like.something crashed into it.

All she could see was the underside of the creature as she tried desperately to pull it off as something underneath opened up..

She screamed she did not know what was going as her clothes are torn at the chest and something pushes into her mouth. Her eyes immediately widen. No way-- she wanted to research the life cycles--not be a part of them! She could feel things rubbing against her bra as she grabbed at the creature.

She grabbed at it as she bite down on the invading appendage.

It made a hissing sound inside me and tore holes in my bra

She suddenly felt that tail wrap around her throat as she was unable to breathe as she could.feel the others on her breasts as she wanted this to be over.

(This is where it's gonna get not so fun--)

She suddenly felt something trying to get in her mouth as she forced her throat to close as she took a moment..and head butter the door causing the creature to fall down as its legs moved as she managed to take the two off as she wiped her mouth and grabbed three containers as she leaned down

"I don't think so..fuckers." she said as she went out to shower.

After a very thorough shower and teeth brushing session, she came back only to see blood splattered in the containers as the creatures lay on their back, and their whole body was open as...another creature was in the containment tube.

"Okay what the hell are you?" She asked as all three looked at her and managed to press themselves against the glass.

"Are you dangerous or..okay I'm going to call this in- then I'm going to bed." She said as she was having A difficult time processing all of this. This wasn't in her job description. She managed to shoot the message off as she went into her sleeping quarters, and all was peaceful..until it wasn't.

Glass shattering was heard as she immediately hot up and ran to the lab, seeing three empty, broken containers.

"..oh no..no no no--"

"incoming message. Incoming message. Incom--"

"this is Dr.Riveral--"

"Marie you need to return, what you have were the same creatures that killed the last ship, the xenomorphs are extremely dangerous--" the voice was cut off as a loud, high pitched screech of an otherworldly creature was heard as Marie turned around..and there it was. A towering, massive creature, with no facial features..and as soon as it sensed her..it broke into a sprint as Marie screamed.

(cause the face huggers implant eggs that burst through your sternum..leading to death, but because they were ready to deposit the egggs- but failed to do so-- the chest Buster's bust out of them)

(Yup :D)

She went to run and got a bit away until she ran into two other creatures that looked the same as the last.

(XD Oh please dont assume Marie is your Queen XD)

She immediately turned back and began to run only to see the other one as she was soon trapped as her back hit the wall.

(I feel like normally yes they all know who the queen is, the issue is..I think that first off- two of them were literally dropped whole coming out, the third one was partially out- basically they are not proper, they would not be accepted..they think she is.)

(Oof)

They stalked to her they would never hurt their Queen. They needed to breed and mate her though. It was their job, that's what they were programmed for..it was their job.

One of them reached out and--leaned down as she looked at the creature, shaking.

What was it going to do to her!?!

It leaned in more..before kissing her-- at least it seemed like a kiss?

(Someone left the romance steamy channel on in the lab.)

(XD Marie! Why you leave that on shame shame!)

I blushed as it slipped a tongue like thing in

And the creature continued as it started to force more of the tongue inside as they all start to crowd around her..

TO BE CONTINUED

[YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS first part done I hope that you all enjoyed and stay sexy my friends!]

[dreaming-twist]

2. WEB

Some random oneshot for TwstOBer ~ Enjoy please xD

“Sebek, you need to find some other hobby. Do you want to try playing with my PC?”

“Human inventions that have nothing to do with magic? Hmpf! Sounds disappointing.”

“Well, well, at least give it a try, okay? It maybe surprises you.”

“... If you say so, Lilia-sama...”

That was how it all began. A simple proposal from Lilia had been his first and until now last contact with that world. And he still didn't know how he had gotten to the point where he was right now.

That day, in Lilia's PC, he found a program on the web that caught his attention. "Pass on your thoughts or knowledge!" It said. Sebek arched an eyebrow, and ended up creating an account outnof curiosuty with the first nickname that came to mind (Best Bolt) until he came across a recording function. Then he realized what this must be.

“I understand. It should be something like a journal, but instead of writing it by hand, you speak directly to it. Interesting invention, not bad for humans...”

And then, after clearing his throat and hitting the 'Record' button, he began to speak.

“... Hello? ... I don't know how this works, but I will try to adapt. This is my first time using one of these... inventions. It's interesting, but... Hm? Wait, why is there a light that is blinking on the side? Okay... I'll try to fix it. I don't know how the recording is turned off...”

Sebek began to investigate what happened to the computer, and in that time he wasn't seeing suddenly the counter of 0 that appeared on the side of the recording screen went up to 1, then to 2, and thus it began to rise. increasingly.

Once he finally fixed it, he returned to his starting position.

“Done. It was not a problem for me. What could I talk about today... Huh?”

As he was thinking, he suddenly saw an alert glow red on the screen, next to a speech bubble. Sebek brought the mouse to it and opened it, finding the words: "You can talk about anything you want."

“I understand. It even gives you suggestions... What a useful program... I'll talk a bit about myself in that case.” Despite this, Sebek decided not to speak the names of anyone he named... for his own sake. He didn't want to be embarrassed later if he listened to his own diary... “Right now I don't live with my family, so to speak. It's not that I get on badly with them at all; I went away to study and to fulfill my duties and my work. So now I'm living somewhere else, surrounded by... ahem, people. However, the ones I am closest to are... the family of a person I have known since childhood.”

He leaned back in the chair.

“One of them treats me almost as if I were his son, and sometimes I think he cares too much about me and pampers me too much. He has taught me so many things, and I feel that every day I learn a little more from him. I respect him a lot... although he sometimes takes advantage of me and plays practical jokes on me. I don't know if he wants me to feel comfortable and enjoy all of this despite being away from my family... or he just wants to play with me. He left me all this... equipment to test it and 'have fun'. Hum. I think once again he was right. His advice is always helpful.”

He made a mental note that he should thank Lilia.

“And then there is... the one who is the only person my age who has always been by my side. He is a very decisive... person, and too calm, I'll say. That is what makes him fail so much in many things. However... he is the person I have been with the most since children, and despite his failures and the fact that we argue so many times... he is very important to me. We do not consider ourselves nor have we called ourselves 'friends' before, rather it is that in addition to being one of the same rank as me, he is my rival and someone I like to continually surpass. I think he may feel the same way.”

For some reason he was saying things that surprised even him. He had never spoken so openly about Silver. How was this happening? Was he so comfortable talking to himself...?

“And there is someone else, who is who I am doing all this for and for whom I strive every day. He is the most incredible being I have ever met. Always correct, with the greatest power I have ever seen, diligent, perfect... It is directly my reason for being, I am SURE of it. I want to become stronger for him and be by his side to serve him whenever he needs me. I'm lucky that someone like him recognized my worth. He is my role model... Although...”

He bit his lip.

“... I think I'm not good enough to help him, protect him, and still be worthy. But I will be. Not because I started showing results later than others am I going to give up. That is something I am not going to do. I want to make the world see that I can become the best in my course... No; the best ever. And prove that he was not wrong with me. It doesn't matter where you come from, whose son you are, or if your power came to light sooner or later... WHAT REALLY MATTERS IS YOUR PASSION, AND STRIVE EVERY DAY TO KEEP WALKING!”

After blurting that out with a big smile and clenched fists, he soon realized that he had lost his composure a bit. He returned to his starting position, clearing his throat.

“... Ahem. For now I feel like I'm on the right track to achieve that goal. The first step is to be the best in my course. Or so I think. The people I... hang out with, from the same course as me are... peculiar. There is one who seems to be pursuing the same goal as me. But he still has a lot left. I notice conviction in his words but I don't see any improvement in his studies. However, he is stronger than I expected at first, and he excels at P.E. There's another... thing who wants to become the best too, but... I'm not even going to talk about him. That one is a lost case. There are two more who instead appear to be quite normal, but one only seems to have an interest in one thing, and the other... honestly, I don't know what to think of him, but he's very strong. And besides the four of them there is a... person who does not seem to want to improve on anything at all. Or rather, he doesn't seem to have an interest in it. But he is not an idiot, rather he seems like one, and I have learned from other sources that when he proposes it to him, he is capable of being the best student in his class. Perhaps he is the most suitable to call him a 'rival' among them. Although as long as he continues to seem so bored of everything that comes his way, there should be no problem... He also shouldn't like me too much. Although he keeps talking to me. He is an interesting guy.”

Sebek then took a breath to talk about the last person he was missing, after talking about Deuce, Grim, Epel, Jack and Ace.

“And lastly there is this… ahem, person, that came along all of a sudden. They doesn't have the capacity to be here, but they somehow got in and we're on the same course. When I learned of their existence, I felt that I had tried very hard to get here, while they had a special ability, although not the one that everyone else possesses, was able to enter without problems. It was unfair. I have ever thought that they were making fun of everyone.” He paused. For some reason, even though he had blurted it out, he didn't feel good about himself... Was that the whole truth...? It was then that he recalled certain moments that he spent with them from then on. “... But they are very clumsy. I feel like I have to be there to hold them if they falls. Studying with them is not unpleasant, they are capable to follow my advice and understand things quickly. I do not dislike those who strive to achieve their goals...”

Another notification appeared on the side of the screen. Sebek stopped speaking, a half smile adorning his face, and looked at the message, taking advantage of the stop in his monologue. Would it be another suggestion from the program...?

“How beautiful is love.”

The boy jumped.

“WHAT?! NO!!” He yelled at the screen, totally flushed. “H-How can a program say these things?! This is a joke?!”

The notifications came out again and Sebek managed to read some.

“Program? What are you talking about man?”

“Hey, there is nothing wrong with you liking someone, I support you!!!”

“Is Story Time over? I was really enjoying listening to you, Best Bolt”

“I have become a fan of yours! Will you talk about more things another day?”

“Your words are very inspiring!♡”

“Best Bolt u r the BEST!”

Sebek began to check the screen, and saw that next to a symbol that represented an eye appeared the number "5000".

5000... eyes?

WERE THERE 5000 PEOPLE LISTENING TO HIM AT THAT TIME ?!

“Hey. Did you listen to Best Bolt the other day on this popular app with podcasts that premier live?” Ace asked, as he ate his burger.

Sebek stopped eating when he heard that.

“No, but I have heard people talk about him to class people. He seemed interesting” Said Epel.

“I had listened to podcasts, but few that talked about personal life... And he spoke so calmly and in such a sincere and focused way... I wish I could do something like that” Deuce commented. Epel smiled at him, he felt the same way.

“I don't know who you're talking about” said Jack confused. (Y/n) and Grim were just like him.

“He cut the recording suddenly the other day, something may have happened to his PC... But hey, if he comes back I'll let you know for sure.”

Sebek ate without saying anything, next to them, who were talking so happily about Best Bolt, until...

“Sebek, youuuu... well, I don't even know why I ask, in Diasomnia you all are very old-fashioned, right? You don't use technology much... except Lilia-senpai.” Ace started to say, looking at him.

Sebek tried to avoid him as best he could.

“HUH?! A-Ah... No, n-no, I don't have interest in that kind of human-made things...”

“Heee... Well, I'll let you know when Best Bolt comes back anyway. Maybe it surprises you.”

“Y-Yes, okay, thank you” He replied, looking away... where he met the watchful gaze of (Y/n), quite close to his face.

“Sebek, are you okay?”

That was the last straw. Sebek quickly rose from his chair.

“PERFECTLY! AND NOW IF YOU ALL EXCUSE ME, I HAVE TO GO SEE HOW THE YOUNG MASTER IS!”

And with that said, the boy ran towards the exit, while everyone else looked at him.

“... Hey now that I think about it, doesn't Best Bolt look a bit like Sebek? That way of speaking, and everything he said...”

“Ha, ha. Good one, Deuce.”

[fandom-necromancer]

Let your Warmth melt my Ice

You all know I like emotional destruction, right? Well strap in, because this post by the amazing @nock-and-bolt hit me right in the feels. Had to write a short to it. Also tagging @janjan-the-ninth because they said so XD Enjoy!

Fandom: Detroit become human | Ship: Reed900 (Warnings: Temporary character death, grief, misunderstanding)

[Warning: Critical damage detected. Shutdown imminent.]

Nines was already on the ground by the time he had realised those bullets had indeed hit him and that there had been more enemies than anticipated as he had rushed in. He still heard the gunshots around him, the people shouting, barking orders and screaming in pain. His systems were still busy locating each position and making tactical calculations based on this information. Still prompting him to continue, to shield his friends and protect them. Apparently, his systems hadn’t caught up with the fact that he was minutes from death. True death. This body wasn’t able to function anymore and the loss of Thirium meant his hardware would run hot and eventually melt. There was no way for him to survive this.

His fingers started to spasm from wires shortcutting. His vision glitched and his analysis program darted from one detail to the next. Was there still gunfire? It was hard to concentrate, to filter sensory information and not get lost in a confusing mess of signalling. He felt how some non-vital systems began to shut off and left his mind a little less crowded, a little less confusing. Gavin, his thoughts managed to form conscious words again. Where was he? Was he safe? He tried saying the name, forming it with his voicebox but never hearing it as his auditory systems malfunctioned briefly. Next were his legs and torso, but he never regained feeling there. He was about to try again, as a face appeared in his vision.

‘Nines? Nines!’ Those words were like balm on his soul. Those special sounds only the human could speak like that, this special melody they used to create meaning. This name he had been given by the same person that meant so much to him. ‘Nines! Can you hear me? Nines?’ The android registered he was lifted up by Gavin and propped against a wall. He could see the human touch his wounds and press his hands on them as if that would help in any way. ‘Nines! Phcking asshole, say something!’ Nines tried once again to say his name, but his voicebox was already damaged, only static making it out of the small speaker. If anything, it made the human even more anxious. ‘Nines. Nines, phck!’

[Warning: Commencing Shutdown. Begin upload?]

Upload. Right. Nines knew it was likely for nothing. He was the only model ever produced and therefore unique. But still, an upload of his memories and personality matrix was something to continue living with. If what they did was living and if their programming was a soul like most humans were proclaiming, then maybe the upload could safe him. Keep him alive, even if there was no immediate body to switch to. Maybe someone valued him enough to rebuild or design anew.

Gavin certainly would.

Gavin.

[Upload started… 1%]

‘Nines, what’s going on? Your LED flickers! What- No.’ Nines managed to lift his eyes to the human’s face. He was kneeling next to him, holding him upright against the wall and trying frantically to stop the blood flow. If he had been human, it might have worked. ‘No, no, no, you are not dying! You are not!’ His face showed despair, shock, pain. All for him. All Nines had ever wanted for him was to be happy. Now he was the reason he wasn’t.

[Upload at 26%]

Nines didn’t want to see him like this. Nines wanted to see his smile again. Those green eyes sparkling in the light of the sun when they spent their break outside on the bench. He wanted to hold his human and comfort him. He wanted to be there for him. He wanted to make sure he was safe on future missions. He wanted to reach the day when he could finally tell him what he was sure Gavin never wanted to hear. He wanted to… do so many things. ‘Nines! Please. Tell me what to do! Cyberlife’s contacted, Jericho too. Help’s on the way. Hold on. Stay with me.’ There were tears on the man’s face as he swallowed and looked at him in panic. Don’t panic, Nines wanted to say. You will live, he thought. I protected you. But those words were never spoken.

[Upload at 63%]

Nines felt more and more systems shut down due to overheating and misfiring of vital sensors. It wasn’t long now, and he needed his last moments to remember. His eyes had never left Gavin’s, but now the android tried to form a smile on his face that he hoped to express everything it needed to. Hoping that it would calm down the human and be how he remembered him. As long as he still could, Nines lifted his arm and hated how it jerked back and forth and never reached its goal. His motor control was malfunctioning and the servo itself too damaged to work at full capacity. Nines’ arm hovered over his chest, reaching for Gavin’s face. Thankfully the human got the message and took his arm to help him direct it so his hand cupped his cheek.

Warm. Nines had been fascinated from the start how warm humans could be. Like they were constantly overheating and radiating their energy into the world. Those creatures couldn’t be described better in his eyes. Exhaling love with every breath and being compassionate beings always looking out for the wellbeing of others, even when the person was described as an asshole, like Gavin. Gavin cared. He was just hurt one too many times and now Nines would add to it.

[Upload at 82%]

‘Nines! Nines, stay with me.’ Nines followed a tear that was rolling down from Gavin’s cheek and stopped as it hid his hand. His robotic hand. He hadn’t realised his skin had retracted, but he was showing off his white plastic hull on his entire body by now. When had that process shut down? ‘You bastard! Stay with me! Don’t you dare phcking dying on me!’ The android felt how he lost power over his body and sacked down, but Gavin was reacting fast, catching him and holding him in his arms. The man grabbed his arm and pulled it over Nines’ chest. ‘Nines! I swear, if you die on me, I will kill you!’ Could he still do that, Nines would have laughed. Only Gavin would curse at him, threaten him in his dying seconds.

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Nine’s vision was getting hazy, static filling it and only leaving him his area of focus: Gavin’s panicked face. He couldn’t feel the warmth of Gavin’s touch anymore, could only see and hear. ‘Nines, please. Please, I need you, you plastic prick! Don’t you dare do this to me!’

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Gavin lifted him to his chest and buried his face in Nines’ drenched clothes. ‘You can’t leave me, you phcking asshole! Because I… I love you.’

Nines hadn’t had any more time to process this.

[Shutdown]

-

Gavin’s day had been completely normal. It was surprising how normal his days had been lately. People around him were chatting, laughing at each other’s jokes and discussing the new shop around the corner. He was driving through a city that continued life as usual whenever he got to work or back home. Crime scenes were coming up and vanishing, cases came and went. Reports were written and evidence filed. But the chair in front of Gavin stayed empty. The terminal remained switched off.

All the little trinkets Nines had gathered on his desk and considered skilful decoration gathered dust. No one had the heart to put them away. Just as no one had thought to hire a new person. Not when there still was a chance that Nines could come back. Gavin looked down on his hands that mindlessly fidgeted with a small ring. Normally shining blue, yellow or lastly red, it was now just a dark circle in white plastic. But it was something to cling to, something to remember. Just in case. Just in case Nines didn’t come-

No. No, he had to. The android had uploaded his personality to Cyberlife as a failsafe. And although there was no body for him, Jericho had bullied the company to build a new one. With the blow Cyberlife had to take to their image, it hadn’t taken much. Gavin had hope they could make it. Maybe it was all he had. In any scenario, he had never thought for the android to die first. Almost completely bullet proof, the chance of him dying… Well, Gavin had considered it zero at this point. That was about the only reason he hadn’t said what he told the dying android long ago. Thinking they had time…

He sighed deeply, looking over to his mug and tilting it a bit to look inside. Empty. Of course. He groaned. He really didn’t want to get out of his chair. He had no motivation for anything anymore and even a trip to the breakroom could as well had been a journey around the earth. The more surprised he was as a new mug was placed next to his. Steaming and filled to the rim. Gavin looked at it, brain lagging behind. The hand that was holding the handle lingered for just a second, then retracted. Gavin’s eyes followed the movement and were directed to a white uniform. Black details at the opening and the pockets, a ridiculously high collar and then… That stupidly beautiful face.

Gavin’s throat went dry. ‘Nines?’, he croaked disbelievingly. ‘Are you… phck, are you Nines?’ The android in front of him lowered his head a bit, then nodded. ‘Yes. It’s me. Cyberlife rebuild my body and I thought to return to work as soon as possible. I left you long enough with both our-‘ He couldn’t finish, as Gavin stood up and grabbed him by the jacket to push him against the glass separating the desk from the hallway. ‘You asshole died in my arm and all you can think about is work?’ He let go of the android, swallowing his emotions. Damn, the android had just returned from the dead, he should be happy. ‘I… I’m sorry for the trauma I’ve caused you. I’m fine again. I just thought we could get back to normal?’

Gavin looked at the android and swallowed for real this time. Hell, how would dying feel like? All Gavin wanted to do is shake Nines and tell him how relieved he was and how good it was to see him again and how bad he managed living on without him and also ask how he felt about what Gavin had asked him in the very end. Because he was ready to make up excuses for that, if the android didn’t feel that way and oh would it help him if Nines felt the same…

But exactly how Gavin managed trauma like that – with his thoughts running at hundred miles an hour and his only reaction anger and brashness – Nines might need the exact opposite: Calmness and time to think and reset. He was an android after all. Maybe all that programming and logic had some use after all. Gavin nodded and instead hugged Nines’ middle. ‘It’s good to have you back, tin-can.’ The android didn’t move to return the hug but stood there rather awkwardly. ‘Thanks…’ Gavin stepped back and let go of the man. ‘Err… yeah, sure. Let’s… let’s get back to work, shall we? And if you… want to talk about what happened or… what that makes you feel… I’m right here.’ ‘Thank you’, Nines smiled and that smile almost made everything alright again.

The android moved over to his terminal, switched it on and interfaced with it, while dusting off his belongings with the other hand. Gavin too returned to his work. As if it was just another day.

-

Nines was thankful to be back. He remembered not believing it might work, but Cyberlife had harboured his soul in their servers and Jericho had actually managed to move them to build a new body for him. It felt like he had never been gone, as he stepped foot back into the precinct. He had of course been the centre of attention then, but he still managed to surprise Gavin and that was all he had needed to feel that warmth again. As the human had hugged him… It had been heaven on earth. Metaphorically. From his own experience if android heaven was a dusted Cyberlife server, then this was much better.

He had enjoyed the unexpected contact far too much, his systems overwhelmed by the sudden motions that he had actually frozen for a few moments. He was actually surprised Gavin had taken it so well. From his last memories before his deactivation, he had expected there to be more tears… more emotions. But then again, maybe Gavin had already grieved for him. It had been two weeks after all. Maybe he had just been relieved he was back and now was eager to get back to normality. Or he suppressed his emotions as usual until they weren’t too intense to handle. Either way, Nines wouldn’t start a conversation with him, not unless he initiated one first. He had caused the human his pain after all. Gavin would have to chose when was the right time.

Unfortunately, even the next day, nothing changed. Gavin had no interest in opening the talk and even seemed to avoid him. If anything, he was growing more distant, seemingly wanting to tell him something when he left for his home, but never actually speaking up. It hurt. It hurt somewhere deep inside Nines. The android was feeling so much, even looking at the human caused him software instability. But he didn’t dare to tell the man. Gavin hadn’t said something when he was in emotional turmoil because of his impending death. Surely, he would have done that if he felt something. And with how he always pulled a face at seeing publicly displayed affection, maybe he didn’t want to hear it either.

Nines loved the human. He wanted to deepen their relationship. He had died to protect Gavin and he would do so again and again, if he had to. But with how Gavin kept to himself and didn’t even acknowledge him some days, Nines really doubted that was what the human wanted.

-

Gavin was beyond disappointed. He would have been angry hadn’t that felt too much of a defeat. The android had had the audacity to die in his arms catching multiple bullets for him and then ghost him like that? Gavin had confessed his love to the plastic prick in a moment of vulnerability and now the damn android just pretended nothing had happened? “Detective”-d him at any given moment and displayed no more emotion than before their mission? Hell, if he wasn’t interested, Nines could have just said so. This was just an asshole move. And two could play that game of ignorance. It didn’t matter to Gavin that his soul was bleeding with every stumbled ‘Oh. Okay.’ from the android whenever Gavin shoved him away further. He was far too angry for it. And it only got worse during the week.

Friday finally was the day, that promised Gavin refuge. He wouldn’t have to see the android on the weekend and have time to come to terms with his contradicting feelings. Then, on Monday, he would just tell the android and be done with it. No more dancing around each other, trying to find out how the other felt and watch out for the other’s wellbeing. He decided to leave early and switched off his computer grabbing his jacket as he stood up. ‘Gavin?’ Oh hell no. If the android continued to speak with him, he would resort to violence at this point. He was hurt and confused and done, so, so done with it all. So, he just turned around and left. Only once he left the building and heard the door fall into the lock behind him, he sighed and took a deep breath of the grounding cold February air.

He shouldn’t have stopped. ‘Gavin!’ The door behind him opened and Nines stumbled out of it, coming to a halt everything but gracefully. His LED was a dark red and Gavin didn’t want to think of what that reminded him of. ‘What do you want?’, Gavin spat. ‘I want to talk with you. About what happened. I held myself back until now because I know this might have been traumatic for you and-‘ ‘Phck off! You died in my arms! You know, you are right, that might have been traumatic for me, phckhead!’ ‘I apologize for that, but-‘ ‘Oh, you apologize?’ Gavin turned around and walked right into the android’s personal space. ‘You apologize? For what exactly? Dying? Ignoring me? Disregarding that I laid out my heart in front of you and you decided to step on it?’

Nines took a step back and frowned. ‘What do you mean?’ ‘What- What do I mean?’, Gavin wheezed in disbelief. ‘Ex-phcking-cuse me? I mean that I told you I love you! You died in my arms and I thought if this was your last moment and you died for me, I could as well tell you that! Maybe made it a bit easier for you. Less hurtful. Phck, what have I been thinking? You are just a damn machine, you don’t phcking feel. Or at least not in that way. Because hell, I tell you that, let you into my heart and when you come back, you hand me a coffee and go straight back to work?’

‘Wait’, Nines said, holding up his hand. ‘Wait, Gavin. Your last words to me were: “Don’t you dare do this to me!”’ He blinked. ‘Or were they?’ Gavin clenched his jaws. ‘No, asshole they weren’t! My last words to you were that I loved you!’ ‘When was that? Right before I shut down? Was my LED still flickering?’ ‘How the hell should I know?’, Gavin asked, throwing his hands in the air. ‘You were dying in my arms; I don’t think I had more important things on my mind than your stupid mood light!’ ‘Gavin, this is important’, Nines said, stepping forwards and holding the man by the shoulders. ‘Was it less than two seconds before my body went rigid?’ Gavin shrugged. ‘Yeah, could be. Why?’

Nines let go of him and had to sit down on the stairs in front of the station. ‘Gavin, I uploaded my memory to Cyberlife as soon as I knew I would die. It recorded everything up to two seconds before my death, because it takes a bit of time to end the Upload and shut down the body. I… I might have heard it and understood it as I was dying, but I… the backup of me that I am now has no memory of you telling me that.’

Gavin stared at the android and processed what he just heard. Then he sat down next to Nines on the stairs and stared blankly ahead. ‘Phck.’ ‘Fuck indeed.’ ‘And all the time I thought you were just a work-centred prick ignoring me.’ ‘I wouldn’t have ignored it had I known it, Gavin, I’m sorry.’ Gavin rubbed his face in frustration. Phck, he just wanted this day to be over.

But Nines didn’t let him end it just yet. He cleared his throat and looked over at the human that had nearly folded in on himself. ‘Err… Do you… Do you really love me?’ Gavin lifted his head up, his fingers resting on his mouth. He looked at Nines from the corner of his eyes, only then letting his hands slap on his knees. ‘Yes, I guess’, he sighed. ‘No, yeah I do. I was so angry at you all phcking week it won’t be a heartfelt confession now, but I do love you. The way you’re just… Always there for me and care so much. Most would just pretend not to have seen me and move on. You sought me out. You are actually funny and intelligent and competent. And you are phcking hot, okay? I feel so much for you and seeing you die… I couldn’t handle it. I think the hope you would come back to me kept me going.’ There was a brief moment of silence.

‘I love you too, Gavin’, Nines answered in a whisper. ‘I can’t understand how I am the one lucky enough to got to know you when so many others had their chance before me, but I am happy fate chose me. I… I can’t express how I feel as I shouldn’t be feeling at all as an android. But I do and I wanted to tell you for so long. I just always thought you didn’t want to hear something like that…’ ‘Nines?’, the human spoke up and turned towards him. Nines followed his movement and his eyes naturally found their way to Gavin’s, who smiled. ‘Nines, this was the only thing I ever needed to hear.’

Nines blinked, but didn’t have the time to answer, as Gavin laid an arm around his shoulders and pulled him in for a deep kiss. Once again, Nines froze up, but Gavin’s warmth quickly made him melt into the touch. Soon enough, he would have to think about all of this to process what he just heard, but for now…

For now, he enjoyed this.

[danwhobrowses]

One Piece Chapter 2021 - Initial Thoughts

After Obon snuck in and delayed the chapter we can return to normal programming. Fresh off the heels of Devil Robin and Momo's request we jump back into One Piece, but not where we left off

Spoilers for the Chapter, Support the Official Release too!

Our cover page this time is Leo and co playing Hide and Seek, they're not that good at it

The map is actually quite handy for showing where the Straw Hats are as well, looks like Franky's well away from the others but nearest to the performance floor, if Nami and Usopp are to reconvene with Robin and Brook they'll likely have to go around BM fighting Kid and Law

Odd also that Ulti and Pay-Pay weren't shown defeated

15 Minutes is not a lot of time either, remember it took Luffy hours to days to defeat Big Mom's sweet commanders, time is not on our side

Luffy's eaten his fill but Caribou is in the background panicking, I'm guessing he's being told that he has to enter the battle

Finally back to the Raizo/Forehead fight

We finally seeing those patented earlobe crackers

Raizo is on the back foot though, because Forehead is exposing his emotions to give away his deception

Finally getting to see Izo and Denjiro during Raizo's speech, but also Kin, Kiku and Ashura's bodies too. I still hope Kin's alive though

Over to Killer vs Hawkins and despite losing a lot of strawmen Hawkins remains confident

and that's why, he somehow got Kid's soul bound to a Straw Man! Does that mean Killer was cutting down other members of his crew?

Come on Hawkins, I've stood up for you for this long, now you're just being a creepy evil Alucard in this place

But playing Devil's Advocate, it may seem like Hawkins doesn't want Kid to die, or else why would he tell Killer?

2 Options though I think Killer could use; cut off Hawkins' arm which Kid is missing or Sea Prism Stone. Though I'd still rather see Hawkins turn on Kaido but at least he's flexing some threat level here

King's back though, and with Queen they're making quick work of the SMILE atrocities

Marco and Sanji are also down having been forced to fight both

King and Queen are after Zoro though, they know it's over if he heals because he's already scarred Kaido today

Pero bastard as well sniping candy arrows

...I'm pretty sure Sanji still married Pudding, the plan was to shoot him as he kissed the bride right so technically they exchanged vows and stuff. But anyway is Sanji died you probably still would've had to team with Kaido because Luffy would still go to Wano

Neko finally fucking arrives, what take a couple of wrong turns buddy?

Taking it outside may also bode well for Carrot and Wanda, who may've recovered by now to perhaps help out, one hopes at least for Carrot, don't want to see her be leverage now

King and Queen have found Cactus Zoro, but Marco makes the save!

Huhhhhh, King is from a race that lived atop the Red Line? Were they ousted from Marejois?

Marco though immediately gives up, he's used his power and he's ready to let the next generation fight

Zoro is reunleashed, and Sanji's there to fight with him too

Tiny Tiny Chopper's face though XD

No squabbling this time though, they have the same goal in mind, win and Luffy's one step closer to being king

Ahhh ain't those boys back in town

finally gonna get a proper Zoro/Sanji team up it looks like against King and Queen. Which works for a lot of reasons but also that I don't think King and Queen can synergize as well. It'll take time though, Sanji hasn't put back in the Raid Suit after all so until then we know he's not at his best

In the defeat of the Tobi Roppo we've put some newer fights in place or back in the forefront so the action will continue. A 15 minute time limit though does make one wonder how it's all gonna go down at that point

maybe Act 3 ends with Kaido about to drop Onigashima, we'll have to see, but a lot is still left to cover, much is still left to do

Clock's ticking Luffy, gotta make your move now.

[secret-engima]

Heyheyhey two things; Seer!Cloud Strife, who wakes Vincent up like, when he's six/five because of what he /saw./ or sky!Cloud that happens to awaken Vincent from his sleep 'cuz sky attraction. (Sephs mum was a sky?? Vincent was 'flame courting' her??) (I JUST WANT PROTECTIVE VINCENT, OKAY? I LOVE HIM.)

Oooooo hmmm tricky. Gonna focus on Seer!Cloud because that’s real interesting-.

Real quick on Sky!Cloud tho: that would be such a chaotic combo. Sky!Cloud in all his feral glory and wild instincts (because Flames are forgotten, secret things in most “civilized” places but Nibelheim is not what one would really call “civilized” in that way so Flames are still a thing) senses a powerful Flame in the mansion and is curious. And he doesn’t want to court the kids his age who have flickers of fire, because they are too weak still and he will smother them on accident (like he nearly did with Tifa, but it’s not her fault, her Flame is young and not Blessed like Cloud’s with Destiny, so it does not roar like a bonfire yet even though it will in time). So he gathers himself and marches to the mansion to find this big Flame, and Vincent is yanked out of sleep when his own Cloud Flames howl at the feel of a young, powerful Sky fighting and fearing the mansion’s monsters above his head. Vincent is moving before he is aware of it, rushing up the stairs on pure, feral instinct that he has tried to hard to bury since losing Lucrecia at the cusp of finalizing their bond, and he-

Arrives. Snatches up the child in one arm while the other fires his gun and obliterates any monster nearby. The child latches on, scared and desperate and longing-

There is a click and a jolt and Vincent keens in a heady mix of guilt-relief-shock-pain at the sudden snap bond. Because he promised he would only love one Sky and she turned her back on him, yet now there is another, younger Sky would understands his soul and bonds with it instantly, before they even know each other’s names, and it HURTS but it is also a RELIEF.

And that is how bby Sky Cloud got the most monstrously protective Turk Cloud Vincent ever. XD

Canon goes yeet. There’s no way Vincent is letting Cloud anywhere near Shinra unprepared, and no WAY he’s letting Cloud get pumped full of drugs in this “Soldier” program led by Hojo. Vincent’s just: welp time to kill the mad scientist that hurt me. And then he finds Sephiroth and he’s like !!!!!!! because he can feel Lucrecia’s Flame signature in Sephiroth’s and Cloud blinks a few times and then is like: oh. Friend? Son of Friend? Okay. My Mist now.

Everything gets more chaotic from there with Cloud casually picking up Soldier and Turk Flames left and right without anyone able to stop him because his Cloud is Vincent and his Mist is SEPHIROTH.

...

Cloud is a not a strong baby when he is born. He is not a healthy one. He is small and fragile and Nibelheim is not kind.

But Cloud’s mother remembers the Old Things and she is desperate and stubborn. So when other mothers would have just accepted the doctor’s grim declaration that Cloud would likely not last to his third month of life, Claudia wrapped him up in every warm layer she could and sets off up the mountain.

She finds the mako spring up there and kneels before it and begs. Begs any who would listen to please, save her child, lend him strength.

The Lifestream hears the cries of a mother, the thready life of a soul that could-be-has-been-one-was their champion in a hundred-thousand other timelines and takes pity. Light reaches up and curls around the whimpering child and a hundred-thousand voices sing softly of healing and Blessing. But such things are not free, and since Claudia is not the one to receive the healing, she is not the one who pays the price (and it is not fair, to make a child pay for the plea of the parent, but the Lifestream is not fair, it just Is, and this is how it has always claimed its dues). Cloud takes a breath and wails, strong and loud in a way he has never been before and Claudia weeps with relief.

She weeps again, later, when she realizes her son’s eyes do not track her movement. When she realizes that he is blind.

(He is not really blind, they learn later, he just sees too much. His gaze is always locked on the future, and every time he opens his eyes he sees a thousand pathways to what-might-be-what-could-be-what-needs-be. He sees people and places, tragedies and joys, laughter and tears and fates not yet woven into place. With all that to look at, is it any wonder he cannot process the present that is right in front of him? It is already a wonder he does not go mad in his first years of life).

Claudia learns to hide Cloud’s eyes and help with his blindness, and Cloud learns to not open his eyes even while awake if he does not want to lose himself. But even with his eyes shut, things whisper behind his eyelids. Not the far future and all its possibilities, but just the near future, the split second decisions that his mind can see minutes ahead of time and choose between. It makes him light on his feet and strange in his words and deeds. The townspeople think he’s Off and they do not like their children playing with him (though some, like Tifa, play with him anyway).

Cloud warns Tifa not to go up the mountain after her mother dies, but she does not listen. He follows her up and tears slide past his closed eyelids as he runs. He is just in time to banish the paths that end in Tifa sprawled out at the base of the high mountainside with a shattered neck. He grabs her hand and brings her back home, but the townsfolk do not like him. They blame him. They tell him to stay away. And Cloud opens his eyes for just a moment when the voices get too close and sees a rush of near-far-unlikely-likely and he cannot tell which it is when he sees paths that lead to the townsfolk hurting him and so he runs away. He slams his eyes shut because he cannot flee if he is too far in the future to remember how to run, but even so the Lifestream curls and twists around him and for a moment, one unlikely path rises to the surface and Cloud SEES.

A friend.

A father.

He turns and instead of running home, he runs for the old Shinra mansion.

He almost dies to the monsters, but his instincts are sharp even with his eyes shut, and though he has never SEEN the world like regular people do, he knows where he is going as he runs down the stairs and flings himself down into the room of coffins with half a dozen monsters on his heels. He crashes against the side of one and screams, “Vincent, help!” and in his voice the Lifestream echoes and yanks and demands just like it does those rare times he opens his mouth and frightens his mother with the disjointed prophecies of Future that spill out.

Chaos roars in Vincent’s head, driving him up and out of his coffin to protect the Little Seer and when Vincent next blinks, he’s standing for the first time in years, there are monsters dead at his feet, and a child sobbing in terror against his leg.

Vincent is confused.

He looks down at the child sobbing past closed eyes and ... doesn’t know what to do. If it were an adult he wouldn’t care, but this is a little KID. Who somehow knew his name. Vincent crouches and forces his rusty voice to ask, “Who are you? What are you doing down here?”

“I came to f-find you,” sobs the child.

“How did you know I was here?”

The child sniffles, clinging to the fabric of Vincent’s cloak and opens his mouth.

The Lifestream’s prophecy spills out “Mourner in Red with no son of his own. Sleeper in Guilt while the world falls to ruin will always awaken and follow when the Cloud calls covers his coffin.” The boy’s mouth snaps shut a moment later with a strangled sound, like he’s choking on more words, and Vincent is an Alarm.

No child says things like that normally. No child SOUNDS like that. Like he is both normal yet not, like when he speaks the world is whispering alongside and giving it an echo of thunder. Chaos stirs in his head, but instead of trying to take over, it just laughs, dark and old and bloody, “So a new seer has been chosen,” it sneers, “I thought Minerva would cease that practice after the death of the last ones.”

Last ones? Vincent thinks uneasily at the more talkative of the monsters in his head.

“People are fickle creatures. Every seer that has lived is either scorned and disbelieved, or revered and isolated. They are either shams or gods in the eyes of other mortals, and their wisdom is both rejected and clung to. With a connection as strong as his that it takes his normal sight, he will either be forced to speak of the futures people desire and then be killed when a different future comes to pass, or he will be shunned and locked away by ‘wiser’ minds who deem him mad.”

Vincent can feel his insides turn cold. And it shouldn’t matter. He is too broken to help in such things and yet-.

The child knew him.

The child knew his name, trusted whatever he saw in the futures unwritten that he came to Vincent for help.

Just long enough to get him home, Vincent promises himself as he awkwardly picks up the child and carries him out of the mansion and into the town. Then I will return.

Except the boy’s mother finds him and she cries in relief and somehow her tears of thanks lead to dragging him home because the boy refuses to let go of him and the woman (Claudia) is very kind and the boy is clingy and the food is warm and-.

And somehow. Despite all his intentions. Vincent stays.

[kyotakumrau]

2020.05.30 DIR EN GREY SPECIAL TALK - The Freedom of Expression - Kyo and Kaoru - translation

(if you notice any mistakes, typos or can give extra information, it’d be very welcome!^ ^)

J- so from now on we will start The Freedom of Expression. I, Joe Yokomizo, will be the MC. (everyone yoroshikus) J- Kyo, it's been a while! Kyo- Hello! (he turns) J- How are you doing? Kyo- could be better. J- I have a message from Toshiya from last week, 'Have you tried the ramen restaurant I told you about? And if you - as a gourmet/foodie - can recommend me any good shop, please!' So what do you say? Kyo- Actually, I forgot the name of the ramen place. J- Hahahah!! Kyo - so I didn't go yet. But anyway, all shops are closed now. Hm, I can't think of a good shop to recommend. J- I see... How did you arrive in a situation that Toshiya recommended you a ramen place? Kyo- I think we were probably talking about Jiro (famous ramen chain), J- Jiro, yeah. Kyo - And from that talk he told me about a good place. J- I see. There are so many comments crying that you forgot the name of the shop. Kyo - If I had my smartphone with me I'd have saved the name, but I hadn't. 

Kyo(changing topic)- you know, I actually know your voice well. J- Eh? How? Kyo- From the radio. J- Ah? Thank you! Kyo - My tattoo place has the radio tuned to your program, and the timing was right. And I recognized your voice 'oh it's Joe'. While being in pain I was listening to your voice, so your voice has a bad connotation for me. (Joe LOLs) J- That is not my fault you know! XD Kyo- But it has this painful image for me, it's imprinted now. J- (laughing) so when you hear my voice you remember the pain. Kyo - Exactly. Like ' eh that voice again!' Joe LOLs again- so now my voice must be a nightmare for you! Kyo- Yup. I even asked my tattooist, 'do you always listen to this?' and they replied 'yeah' (they laugh a bit more). And that time we talked about many things, but all that talk content and your voice both have the pain attached to it. J- I'm so sorry! XD (the smirks, the laughs XD)

J- Kaoru came once as a guest to my program. Kyo- Yeah, I guess. J- So sometime you could both come as well. Kyo - Ah... (Joe and Kaoru both LOL) J- I can see you really don't want to! Kyo- But you really grill your guests! J- That's true. Kyo- Right? So for me it's 100% NOPE. J- I see. But in that program we often talk about intrigues or hot news. What do you think about those topics? Kyo- Intrigues? I'm quite interested. J- Do you know any recent hot news? Something interesting. Kyo - There are many, but even as I'm really not into youtubers there is only this one that is great, Naokiman show. I'm watching him quite a lot. And I watch many things connected to that, but from youtubers only that person. I even bought his book. Y- I'm also doing The Dave Fromm Channel on TouTube, so maybe you would like to come to take up on some topic? Kyo- I can't see that happening. (Joe laughs at the rejection XD)

Kyo- If you want a crazy talk, talking about aliens, don't we have one among our band members? J (connects the dots)- Ah yeah! Without you saying the name I think I know who you mean somehow. Kyo- From the very beginning he was always very strange. Really. J- In what way? Kyo- I totally cannot imagine his daily life, like his place doesn't feel like a place where someone lives, it's hard to explain properly. J- I see. Kaoru, you keep nodding, do you think so too? Kaoru- You could feel it two weeks ago, right? His house. J- Yeah it didn't feel like a proper lived-in place. But for example after you finish a concert is there anything human-like about him? There must be some anecdotes, where he is human-like. Kyo- But there's really nothing like that. (Joe laughs) Kyo- For real.

Kaoru- What was it, when we visited him and a fax came and he ATE it. (Kyo and Joe ROTFL and clap) Kaoru- It's a real story. Was it me or Toshiya?  We were at his home, a fax came in and started coming out so he grabbed it and ate it. J- That's really something. In the comments I can see many 'a goat!' (=eats paper). You get some information or announcements with faxes, right? So it's definitely not a good idea to eat them. An urban legend story. But Kyo, is there no heart warming stories about him? He's probably watching today. Kaoru- but he usually says not to talk about him. Joe laughs- Well, all of you have their own space. (?)

Kyo- But I really don't have any warm story about him. You know we don't really talk among ourselves. But fe when we are abroad we would do talk like 'how many more shows left' or 'today this part was good' and so on. But with him I haven't talked even once. J- Really?! lol Kyo- Really! He doesn't talk to me, if I say something to him he will reply, but isn't it sad for me? If I don't ask him he will never talk to me. It's like I'm being played with. Even as I wait for him to approach me first it hasn't happened for 20 years. J-I see.

Kyo- But he seems to be really into board games. J- Oh ok. Kyo- He's collecting board games from around the world. J- I've also heard about it. Kyo- Recently there's a TV show (?) about various board games, I've only seen that, but thinking he has a lot of that at home is kinda gross. (??) Kyo- He doesn't invite us, but he plays board games with other people. J- Well, he can't play alone. Kyo- Yeah, but I would like him to return some of that energy towards DIR EN GREY. J-I see. Kyo- And to occasionally ask me 'how was the show today?' or to say 'you sang well today' or even say 'Kaoru, you did well today'. (Kaoru laughs) Kyo- Wouldn't it be good? Kaoru- But if it would actually happen I'd just be 'what the hell????? (all ROTFL) What's wrong with him?' J- It would actually make you worried. Kaoru- I'd be surprised. J- If he did it when you can play shows again, you'd know he was watching today. Kyo- But shouldn't that be something normal? It's about why him saying that would be so weird. J- Because you really didn't talk at all until now. Kyo- He really only does riddles. Kaoru- When we all join a chat (about work) and someone asks for his opinion, he only replies 'that's good'. The end. (bad connection time)

J- But then, Kyo, if you had to do a live stream with him, without any MC, could you? There was a comment like this. Kyo- Wouldn't that be favourable for him? Kaoru- I can see that. And you'd get hurt/make look funny. Kyo- Yeah, He would just stay quiet, you ask him something and only get a one word answer. J- Okay, I see it now. So there would be no proper conversation. Kyo- How about you invite him to your program? I could listen to you both when getting tattooed J- I think it would double or tripple the  tattooing pain. Kyo- I think it'd make me numb, the pain. J- So I should invite Shinya as a guest once as an experiment to see how much it could numb Kyo's pain. Kaoru- It'd be interesting.

J- There are many comments asking for more details of the Nichome story. Toshiya told us about is last week. Kyo- Nichome?? J- Nichome, you were drinking in Shinjuku and after someone started talking to you, a couple from Nichome. Kyo- All members went that time? J- I think Toshiya said it was only you and him. Kyo- I really don't remember. I don't go to Nichome. And we don't go drinking together. Kaoru- Studio was still... J- Ah right! He said you were going back from the studio. Yeah, you were recording, on your way back two of you were approached [by a gay couple]. Kyo- ???huh? J- In comments everyone says it was in Gyoenmae. Kyo- at the park, there were two men, I think, sitting there, and while laughing they start waving their hands to us, and scared we run away - this story I think? J- Did you remember? Kyo- Slightly. J- Why were you together that time? Kyo- I really can't remember. Wasn't that over 20 years ago? J- That long ago? Then isn't it surprising how well Toshiya remembered that? Kyo- Because he got so scared? Kaoru- Around that time, I often walked near the park there going to the recording. I remember once there was a huge old guy dressed up as a white lolita, with an umbrella even as there were no rain. I also run away. J- Around there you can meet many unique people. 

J- Kyo, how about any anecdotes about Die? Kyo- Ah but I don't drink so we didn't go out together. J- oh. Kyo- About Die - Once when we finished the show I remember he was really angry. When we were touring abroad and we finished the show, he was so angry. That happened few times, I asked other people what happened but no one knew. Was it about his own playing, something about the band, I wasn't sure. J- Why was he angry. Kyo- Yeah. J- That time did you ask him? Kyo - I didn't wanted to ask in case it was my fault. J- Kaoru, have you seen Die getting angry? Kaoru- I have. (different air about him?)

J- Well, when you tour so much there are things you're just not happy about. That's the real charm of live shows. Kyo- When we go abroad, the sound is all jumbled, during the show PA will go somewhere, the lights will act strangely, and I always have huge problems with my ear monitor. J- The real problems. So how do you deal with problems like that abroad? Kyo- You just give up. Being bothered by it all the time would be worse, I'd just take the monitor out, to not get hit by it harder. J- It's better without it, than be annoyed by it. Kyo- I'd hear clicks and snares all the time, if I focus on that I won't be able to enjoy the show. But when it gets bad it's really bad. J- When you deal these kind of conditions, do the shows turn out well? Many times it depends on the audience. (to get a miraculous moment, everyone says it was not good ??) How can you finish the concert? Kaoru- But on the contrary, at the times I felt it wasn't good I got told it was great, and when I thought we did great I get very meh reactions. J- What do you think, Kyo? Kyo- Same. J- So what are your ....conditions for a good show? Kaoru- when I don't remember the song, I just play without thinking. J- So you just follow your instinct, trust the music. How about you, Kyo? Kyo- For me it's the same. It's better not to overthink it. J- But vocalists have it tough, after singing your throat might end up in various condition, what happens if you suddenly lose it? Kyo- I don't really know myself. ...But there was a time I really couldn't make any sound, was it Gunma? I couldn't even speak. But the show that time was amazing. But them there were times when I could really sing well but it did't really connect with the audience emotionally. So I don't think it depends on how well I'm singing. J- To reach the audience is not only about sounding perfect.

(lastly, Joe asked for questions and comments for the last part)

[cgmayra]

What’s your idea if sonic x had a season 4

Oh boy. I’ve got so many ideas, let me tell you XD

First, Tails’s seed becomes a little girl he adopts and calls “Cosmic” so she always remembers her mother. He gets kinda protective over her, for obvious reasons, but she’s enamored by Adventure! She wants to join ‘Uncle Sonic’ and the others on their journeys but Tails is always cutely reluctant and overprotective father mode lol (He doesn’t like Amy telling Cosmic Love Stories either, especially when they’re secretly Amy’s hopes and dreams for her and Sonic.)

Second, Dark Sonic becomes more and more prevalent. Eggman is afraid of Sonic losing himself to the ‘Negative Chaos Energy’ that can be exposed (as he witnessed the last season) through Sonic’s immense emotions that he usually keeps under control. He will become the biggest problem/climax of the season, saving Sonic.

Third, Shadow discovers a locket that was once Maria’s, and after Eggman bribes him with it, discovers that she survived the gunshot and lived her days on earth. He goes to visit where she grew up and finds letters addressed to him. ANOTHER experiment that she discovered and later hid has been secretly developing, and she prayed that Shadow would be the one to stop it. It was her Grandfather’s last final project before Shadow and even the prototype. However, this is exactly what Eggman wanted to discover, hoping to use it to ‘control’ Dark Sonic and robotize him.

Fourth, A second villain would be Neo Metal Sonic. Angered that Eggman had plans to robotize and control Dark Sonic, he felt he was getting replaced. Metal Sonic then creates a team of the ‘Metal Series’ with Metal Tails, Metal Knuckles, and a --seemingly defective-- Metal Amy. Metal Amy ends up being a friend to Sonic and the Team--once finding a friendship with Omochao-- but destroys herself to stop Neo Metal Sonic’s plan of defeating Sonic once and for all, ruining Eggman’s plans. But due to her, Eggman’s plans still continue in full swing... but Shadow, discovering his treachery, warns Sonic of the machine and how Eggman’s ‘Egging’ him on to trap him.

Of course... Sonic doesn’t listen.

Fifth, all the characters get a big arc in this one. Amy rescues Dark Sonic, returning Sonic to normal. (I’m thinking they’re first real romantic moment like a kiss? But innocent, obviously, she saves him.) Tails having to let Cosmic go, who sacrifices herself to grow over the machine that was robotizing the world, using her roots to drain its power and leave it completely destroyed under her. He’s devastated, and visits her tree to water it like he did when she was a seedling, only to discover that Baby Pods are growing... Stick boys and Flower girls, and realizes that Cosmos species are still saved. Knuckles finds out about a second God, Harmony, that was sealed in a crystal, and him and Rouge work together to renew the Planet Egg through her power. (They need to do this because due to Eggman’s machine, the Planet Egg was dying, and only Harmony and Chaos’s combined power could restore ‘balance’ to the world.) She’s a partner to Chaos, and balance gets restored. The Chaotix also help with investigating Maria Robotnik, and end up being the ones telling Shadow he was deceived into finding the machine for Eggman, which can keep anyone “alive but controlled.”

Lastly, the season ends with a celebration for life, and the team share in a bonding moment where we see how much stronger they’ve all become. And big reveal time! Maria is still alive, and we end the episode with Shadow meeting her in a retirement home, falling to his knees, and her laying her hand on his head. “Hello, my dearest, old friend.” lots and lots of tears lol Sonic and Amy aren’t dating, but they’re closer. Tails is a Grandpa who tries to teach the growing babies and research their species, founding a ‘Protection Program’ and considering them an ‘endangered species’. Knuckles has to now look after both Chaos and Harmony, who create new Chao and leave the island swarming with new life, but he’s busy and no longer alone... especially with Rouge trying to snatch more family jewels he’s discovered while searching for Harmony. (Yes, Knuckles is secretly a billionaire now with all his family treasure discovered, lol) Cream and Vanilla help care for the Chao as well, combining Tails’s sanctuary with them.

Anyway, these are a lot of ideas kinda jammed into one, but basically, Sonic Adventure 3 game would be derived from this season ^^ I could organize it better but for now, this is just a concept. A messy one, but again, I wrote it to be intriguing and I can hammer it out if it were ever going anywhere. I’ve actually made a fanfiction for Harmony’s idea, which would be part of the Season’s arc, but during the time Sonic is losing himself to Dark Chaos Energy. (So before the biggest climax, would be a small arc that would lead into the bigger one.)

Yep! That’s what I was thinking anyway xD Everything leads into each other for the big climax and reveal of Eggman’s plan. Comments?

[tonystarkbingo]

Our TSB party is still going, and here is one of the games we’ve had fun with so far!

Fic Titles Game

Glitter - suggested by @phoenixmetaphor3000

@huntress79 - Idea: Dum-E teams up with Steve (other Avengers optional) to bring some Christmas cheer to their favorite in-house Grinch (aka Tony XD)  Massive amounts of Glitter involved

@rebelmeg​ - tony kind of has an accidental thing for glitter. it's not his fault. the iron man suit has a glitz and glamour of its own, he's always told his eyes sparkle, and his favorite tie pin is that gaudy ruby one that pepper hates. he loves the stars, the way sunlight sparkles on the waves outside his malibu mansion, and he can't really be blamed when a tiny speck of glitter under a certain someone's eye catches his attention one december day.

@psychiccatpanda - Clint refills DUM-E's fire extinguisher with purple and silver glitter as revenge for Tony making Clint's most recent armor change to red and gold with body heat. Hijinks ensue.

@lbibliophile-mcu - Decorating the Christmas tree, the Avengers get into an argument over who is responsible for the missing tinsel. Half an hour later they find it, in a tangled web draped all over Dum-e. He objects strenuously to its removal, but eventually concedes to their assistance in rearranging the strands so he can still move.

@huntress79 - The Avengers are invited to a Charity gala, but they have to wear costumes that are NOT their usual ones. And of course, Tony can't resist an opportunity to rile up a certain Captain, just a little bit. Best way to do so: a dare, in this case who wears the most glittery costume. But what Tony didn't expect was that Steve comes up with his own counterdare... (author's choice ;))

@darthbloodorange - [Stony] - It's pride, so there was bound to be some glitter floating around, it was inevitable. But this much? Someone was obviously being irresponsible with glitter and needs to be given a warning for the good of the world (and the Tower's cleaning bots). Tony follows the trail of glitter... all the way to Steve's room? Does this mean that Tony's crush on Steve actually stood a chance of being more than just a crush.

@ralsbecket - It was Steve's first Father's Day being Morgan's step-dad, and Tony helps her with cooking breakfast in bed and sprinkling red, white, and blue glitter on a handmade card (not particularly in that order). Steve still finds glitter everywhere weeks later.

@rebelmeg​ - i can't art very well, but i want art of the aftermath of tony opening a glitter bomb that rhodey left out for him

@huntress79 - (Stony) - During a mission in space, Tony and Steve are stranded on a planet, with no immediate way to get back. After a while, they encounter tiny little beings who introduce themselves as fairies. But while they can't fulfill their wish to get home (for whatever reasons), they might be inclined to use their glittery fairy dust for something else… (could also be used for a crossover with Hook/Peter Pan)

@rebelmeg (with some inspirational help from @dreaminglypeach) - tony coming home with glitter all over his suit and looking super smug, and everyone IMMEDIATELY assumes strippers. but of course it's gotta something completely different and silly.  like... he wandered through the christmas department at the store and slipped on something and ended up sprawled on the glitter strewn floor

 @yesmooshoe - Tony is somehow de-aged to around 5. The Avengers do their best to take care of him while they figure out what to do, but don't keep a constant eye on him. Tony likes all of his new friends though and wants to do something special for them, so he acquires a bunch of glitter and glue (maybe jarvis helps? maybe thor likes crafting? fuck knows.) Tony proceeds to embellish everyone's stuff - glitter all of steve's shield, thor's hammer, glitter all over Clint's arrows (which really throws off the balance but he can't be mad), and even a weird-looking red and yellow robot suit. When Tony is finally returned to normal he's upset with his younger self for how haphazardly he glued all the glitter to his suit, because it could have looked super cool if done well.

Collaborative effort that started with strippers and then went off the rails

Glitter lube

Scratchy, what a terrible idea

oh my god but imagine shitting out glitter

Edible glitter

Edible glitter on cakes

Edible glitter exiting the human body

So many glitter poop jokes and anecdotes

@ralsbecket - The Avengers are forced undercover for a mission to catch a villain red-handed, and this villain just so happens to work from the basement of a strip-club. Tony draws the short straw, but at least he can choose his own stripper name.

@lbibliophile-mcu - He's sure it looks very pretty. Gentle waves ruffling the surface of the bay. Each strand of grass on the dunes lined in perfect crystals of frost. Dawn sun painting the sky pink. And right there is the problem: dawn sun. It is far too early to have to deal with all these stray rays of light stabbing through his eyes.

(More under the cut!)

Vices - suggested by @ralsbecket

@huntress79 - (Stony) - Steve's a hard working cop on the vice, Tony's his "favorite" frequent delinquent (aka Tony's a bit of a bad boy who usually gets arrested by Steve, for rather minor things, but Tony can't shut up when Steve's around, so it's more for his talking than anything else) (Steve, of course, can be replaced by any other character, whatever floats your boat XD)

@rebelmeg - tony kicked a lot of these habits a long time ago. it's been ages since he's been high, or slept around, or partied until he literally dropped. but around this time in december, he's allowed a few of his other vices. his need for near-constant touch and attention. drinking. staying up to keep the nightmares away, and being coaxed to bed when he's so exhausted he's asleep before his head eats the pillow. eating all the food he loves that aren't that great for him. it's okay, though. this time of year, he's allowed.

@lbibliophile - "... This is not the worst thing you've caught me doing." And it was in that moment - confronted by the picture he made trapped in the grip of supposedly-helpful machinery - that Tony decided he really needed to prioritise a better way of getting the suit on and off.

@rebelmeg - some kind of profile art with the arc reactor depicted as one half of a vice clamped on tony's chest

@dreaminglypeach - vices: DUM-E was only trying to help squishy-dad with his work. He didn’t mean to get his hand stuck in a vice. If only sky-dad would stop chastising him and call for help…

@Magicadraconia16 - Dum-E does not understand why everyone keeps saying that vices are bad. They're very helpful tools! He loves the one that Tony gave him for his very own. He can show everyone, then they'll see! If only he can get it off of U's arm, first…

@huntress79 - Knowing that Tony will fall back to some of his old vices as soon as December rolls around, the whole Tower teams up to keep him from doing so (can be gen aka Avengers as a family, or end with your favorite partner for Tones)

@psychiccatpanda - [potential WinterIron] Bucky has been researching everyone on the team and it seems like the media has nothing better to do than to gossip about Tony Stark's vices - women, booze, and expensive cars mostly. The trashier gossip bloggers openly speculated on what (or who) Tony's latest mistake would be. When Bucky gives Tony a judgmental look after he's returned from being out (much longer than the hour Stark had said he'd be gone), Tony frowns. The bag clanks like metal. What the hell had Tony meant when he'd said he needed to 'go pick up some new vices'?? ((hint - it's actual vices. It always takes longer at Home Depot or any hardware store because Tony has to look at everything before he leaves!))

@tehroserose - [Stony] Steve had only one vice. Well, two, but they were related. He loved watching Tony's backside, and he loved getting him angry. The genius was so alive when he was angry, and then he was treated to a wonderful view of the amazing backside. Bucky was about ready to smack him upside the head for his kindergarten way of having a crush.

@darthbloodorange - [Stony] - Before the serum there was a lot of things Steve couldn't experience, whether it was because of his conditions or lack of money. Steve's favourite thing about the 21st Century is all the foods and flavours. Being able to eat things he couldn't eat before. Being able to taste things he wouldn't've been able to taste before. Steve spends his military back-pay on food and treats... a part of him burns at the idea of spending his money this way, there were more beneficial things he could be doing with it... But he can't help himself, especially when some flavours taste like euphoria. Tony notices and decides to indulge in Steve's vices.

@huntress79 - (potential HawkIron) For the longest time, Clint always had to choose before a mission between wearing the team comms and his hearing aids, otherwise his ears felt like being in a vice. SHIELD didn't see it as a necessity to equip him with better things, but once he joins the Avengers, and Tony notices the obvious problem, things start to look up for the resident archer....

@huntress79 - Ever since he got free of the programming and came to live at the Tower, Bucky's been doing repairs on his metal arm on his own. But after a mission, putting his arm in a vice and working with the fine tools isn't the easiest thing to do. And Buck's too proud to ask anyone for help, be it Steve or anyone else. Good thing that he can't stop JARVIS alerting Tony to that particular problem... (can be friendship/mending bridges between them, or WinterIron)

5 Times Tony Stark was a Terrible Cook, Plus 1 That One Time He Finally Ordered a Pizza - suggested by @yesmooshoe

@tehroserose - Tony/Others, Tony/Rhodey end. Tony has always tried to cook for his dates. He wants to impress them. Problem is, he can't cook. And too many people just want the Stark money and lie and say it is good. Or they're too afraid/intimidated to tell the truth. Later, much later, he realizes they aren't good for him. Then there's Rhodey, who's never afraid to tell Tony that his cooking sucks... and then, after the last relationship ended, this time when the white lie was out of care, Rhodey again tells Tony his food sucks, let's get pizza. And they kiss, over the pizza.

@rebelmeg - first it was cookies. cookies burnt to a crisp that even ana jarvis couldn't salvage. second was spaghetti, so mushy and overcooked that rhodey couldn't stop laughing even when tony threatened to throw his enormously thick math textbook at him. third was that whole "raw in the middle" chicken incident that happy still won't let him live down, and fourth was the disastrous omelet for pepper. fifth was morgan's 1st birthday cake, and thank heaven's pepper was wise enough to ignore him and order a backup. this time, he's just gonna order a pizza.

@huntress79 - Tony The Cook: The Jarvises tried, Mama Rhodes as well, but for all his genius, Tony can't figure out a cooking recipe. Nonetheless, he tried to impress several various dates with his cooking skills. Needless to say that none of these attempts (both cooking and dating) ended well. Then, he meets Steve, a guy who doesn't care at all what they eat, as long as they eat together. And so, Tony orders pizza for their date…

@Magicadraconia16 - It's an unfortunate historical fact that Tony cannot cook to save his life (hmm, there's an idea for the next HYDRA kidnapping...). Rhodey's meal was burnt to unidentifiable cinders (seriously, even Tony doesn't know what it was supposed to be); Pepper's gave her an allergic reaction; Natasha chipped a tooth; Hulk came out and threw Bruce's food out of the (closed!!) window; and Steve got food poisoning. Steve!!! So when Bucky turns up in his workshop one day, Tony decides to selflessly save everyone from a hangry Winter Soldier and just orders pizza, instead.

@ralsbecket - 5 + 1 Pizza: Tony Stark was many things. He was a genius, he was a billionaire, he was a playboy, he was a philanthropist. The thing he was decidedly not was a good cook. It was one burnt omelet too many before Pepper begged him to just order out. The person delivering his pizza was... attractive. If he started ordering pizza on Fridays at 6PM every week for a month, that was nobody's business.

@lbibliophile-mcu - Tony just wants to offer a fancy home-made anniversary dinner. It's not so much that Tony is a terrible cook, but that something (or several somethings) always go wrong. His significant other's flight was delayed. He gets distracted by a minor crisis half way through cooking. He tries to prepare beforehand, but forgets to label it before leaving it in the common fridge. Had a mistranslated recipe or the wrong measuring spoons. Dum-e tried to 'help' while he was distracted. The next year, his SO requests that they just order pizza to eat cuddled on the couch.

@psychiccatpanda - Single dad Tony tries to do it all. He feels terrible about the amount of time his three kids (all under the age of 5) spend in daycare, but college will be expensive, so he works -and works. But he tries to make the after-work before-bed moments really count. Sometimes his carefully planned dinners don't work out. Monday, the slow cooker wasn't plugged in and their chicken and potato dish spoiled for being on the counter for almost 13 hours unrefrigerated. Tuesday they were out of bread and ate PBJ on the last three hot dog buns. Wednesday, he thought dinner was fine, but Peter declared it was 'too spicy' and so none of the kids would eat it. Thursday he burned the chicken nuggets in the oven because he had to help the kids with their baths, and Friday? Well no one was gonna talk about that again. Saturday Tony's ready to cry because he's pretty sure Morgan is coming down with something. So he orders pizza. When the pizza delivery guy arrives, holding Morgan, she barfs all down Tony's back. Pizza delivery driver yanks the pizza away and asks if he can come in to set it down in the kitchen, then helps out with the kids while Tony takes a shower.

@darthbloodorange - [Stony] - It was meant to be romantic, cooking for a date. But with Tony it was definitely not romantic. Cooking for Rumiko he managed to burn everything, yet have the food still raw. Firefighters had to be called when he set his dorm alight cooking for Janet. Ty needed to have his stomach pumped after Tony's cooking (how was he to know what was too much alcohol, wasn't it meant to burn off?). Indries had stomach problems for weeks after Tony cooked for her. And he managed to poison Pepper... Needless to say, Tony wasn't a good cook... So when he scores a date with Steve Rogers, he thinks "why bother try? Steve is too good for me anyway", there was no way they were going to last. So he orders a pizza. Steve is relieved when he sees the pizza. He had been hoping Tony would pick something down to earth, worried he wouldn't know how to eat whatever posh food Tony put in front of him and make a fool of himself. Steve admits he doesn't know how to cook either. Maybe Captain America isn't so perfect. Maybe... Maybe this could work out. Him and Steve

@huntress79 - Of all the people, Tony has probably the most irregular eating rhythm. He has been known to try and cook for himself, but the results are less than stellar. So, one by one, each of the Avengers try to cook for him, until Steve joins him in the workshop with a small stash of pizzas…

@lbibliophile-mcu - It was all Steve Rogers' fault. Him and his insistence on 'team dinners' to 'promote bonding' and 'improve cohesion'. Not that Tony necessarily objects to the dinners - pending his schedule - but Steve seems to have this odd conviction that having home-cooked food is a necessary part of the ritual, and none of them can change his mind. Natasha tried logic. Clint tried begging. Bruce, he's pretty sure, is sneaking in pre-made food and just cooking the final steps. Thor thinks it's a great idea... but is always for some reason back on Asgard on his nights. But Tony is a genius, so he decides on a different approach. He grumbles a little bit, but otherwise doesn't complain when it's his night to cook. He cooks... and watches as each of the Avengers gives up on choking down the barely-edible meal. The next time he is rostered, the scene repeats. And the next. And the next. By the sixth time he is due to be cooking dinner, Steve comes up to him and politely - but pointedly - suggests that maybe they just order pizza. Tony thinks of the several meals worth of tasty leftovers hidden in the penthouse fridge, and graciously acquiesces.

I hope Thistle cheer you up - by @darthbloodorange

@rebelmeg - it was the pun war to end all pun wars. and it was probably going to end all of them. clint was fine, he loved puns almost as much as he loved pizza. steve hated puns so much he had taken up swearing. tony took sadistic glee in saving his worst puns for when steve was around. nat was famous for using the most clever of puns at unexpected moments. bucky could deadpan a pun so seriously it always took them by surprise. thor was terrible at it, still grasping the nuances of american english, but he sure tried hard. bruce tolerated it all and made half-hearted attempts at participation, though chuckling at his own puns was usually funnier than the puns. sam loved making puns, but hated it when other people did. it started creeping into other areas of their life, onto social media, in interviews, and at one point hawkeye was trending for awhile after he screamed out "THISTLE CHEER YOU UP!" whilst battling some kind of plant monster. tony helped, because he retweeted with the comment, "ooh, talk dirt to me."

@ralsbecket -  So what if Tony had gotten laid off? So what if Tony had a mountain of bills sitting on his dining table? The only thing that mattered to him in that moment was his baby girl Morgan, with her hair falling out of the ponytail and her cute little lisp. She'd come back in from the backyard with a handful of dandelions, saying, "I hope thistle cheer you up, Daddy" so sweetly that for just a moment, everything was okay again.

@psychiccatpanda - [IronHawk] Tony's been working on the reams of paperwork that he's put off for SI. He's still not sure why it all needs to be done before the end of the quarter, but here he was. Needless to say, Tony Stark has been in a foul mood the whole week. The snide comments he usually keeps to himself have started to slip out and he feels guilty on top of the grouchy, so he decides to barricade himself in his office. He falls asleep on a sheaf of papers and wakes up with the impression of little ridges of paper on his cheek. It takes a moment (he hasn't been asleep that long) for him to fully realize the plant in front of him was real. An aloe plant - with a plate of chocolate muffins, fruit, cheese, and nuts. A post-it on the aloe's pot read, 'I hope thistle cheer you up,' written with a purple felt tip pen., which meant either Clint had left it - or Natasha pretending to be Clint.

@lbibliophile-mcu - Bruce looks at Tony, then back down at the spiny dried flowerhead in his hands.

"I know that you were getting frustrated trying to find these for your new fibre arts project, so I decided to help." His eyes light up as he realises the pun. "Thistle cheer you up!"

Bruce sighs even as he smiles.

"Tony... I appreciate the thought, but as you said, this is a thistle. I need a teasel."

@darthbloodorange - [Stony] - Tony really doesn't like his neighbour Justin. The man was always trying to find ways to report him to the local council. Mailbox too close to driveway? Reported! Weeds in his lawn? Reported! Fence too high? Reported! Didn't clean his pool that weekend? Reported! Lawn too long? Reported! It was ridiculous. But the council won't do anything because taking action against someone who's reported you (even if the reports were false) is apparently considered wrong and vindictive. There was nothing Tony could do but grit his teeth and bear it. One day Tony receives a box in the mail, addressed from his neighbour across the street. The handsome blond guy with the body of a Greek god and a garden that looked like a literal paradise. Steve Rogers. Tony wasn't too shy to admit (to himself) that he had a crush on the man. He eagerly tears into the box to find a small note and a lots of little bags of mulch wrapped in tissue paper. The note reads: "Tony, I've heard you be having some trouble. I hope thistle cheer you up. After the rain comes flowers. Ps. Throw these over Justin's fence." And so he does. Watching Justin battle all the weeds after it rains brings Tony so much joy. Especially when Justine reports him to the council and the council shrugs him off this time. He heads over to Steve with some home cooked food as a thank you gift and they get talking. Turns out Steve is an Environmental activist with a passion for guerrilla gardening. Tony is hooked. Maybe it has more to to with Steve then the revenge on Justin (as sweet as it was)

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January 2020 Programming Synopsis For Disney Channels

Saturday, Jan. 4 Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney XD Big Hero 6 The Series “Hiro The Villain“ (10:00-10:30 A.M. EST) Momakase blackmails Hiro into helping her steal her family’s knives from Yama’s safe. TV-Y7 FV

Friday, Jan. 10 Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel The Rocketeer “X-Treme Hero/Hot on the Trail“ (11:00-11:30 A.M. EST) “X-Treme Hero” – The Rocketeer introduces Tesh to his extreme sports idol, Xena Treme, after rescuing her during a snowboarding competition.

“Hot on the Trail” – Kit joins Tesh and his dad, with their Hughesville Trailbazer troop, on a hike to the famed Gemstone Firefall waterfall and must stop Laura and Harley from stealing the precious gemstone that lies within. *Rahul Kohli (“iZombie”) guest stars as Tesh’s dad, Mr. Cheena. Ian Chen (ABC‘s “Fresh off the Boat”), Maria Bamford (“Arrested Development”) and Kari Wahlgren (“DC Superhero Girls”) recur as Logan, Laura and Harley, respectively. TV-Y

Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel Fancy Nancy “Nancy’s Parfait Birthday/Nancy Finds a Rainbow” (1:00-1:30 P.M. EST) “Nancy’s Parfait Birthday” – Nancy wants to have the perfect birthday party, but things don’t go as planned.

“Nancy Finds a Rainbow” – Nancy desperately tries to see her first rainbow. TV-Y

Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel Elena of Avalor “The Birthday Cruise” (1:30-2:00 P.M. EST) Elena throws a birthday party for Princess Chloe aboard the royal sailboat, but things go awry when they wash ashore a magical isle inhabited by a cursed sea nymph. *Sofia Carson (Disney Channel’s “Descendants” franchise) guest stars as Maliga. Rachel Brosnahan (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”), Jamie-Lynn Sigler (“The Sopranos”) and Chrissie Fit (“Pitch Perfect”) return as Princess Chloe, Princess Rebeca and Princess Valentina, respectively. TV-Y

Original Series – SERIES PREMIERE on Disney Channel The Owl House “A Lying Witch and a Warden“ (8:46-9:10 P.M. EST) Luz, a self-assured teenage girl, accidentally stumbles upon a portal to a magical world where she befriends a rebellious witch, Eda, and an adorably tiny warrior, King. In order to get home, Luz must help them with a mission. TV-G

Saturday, Jan. 11 Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel Big City Greens “Impopstar/Football Camp” (9:30-10:00 A.M. EST) “Impopstar” – Cricket is mistaken for a tween pop star and exploits the situation for all the perks of fame.

“Football Camp” – Remy and Cricket attend football camp in an attempt to impress Remy’s Dad. *Colton Dunn (“Superstore”) and Danny Trejo (“Machete”) return as Russell Remington and Vasquez, respectively. TV-Y7

Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney XD Big Hero 6 The Series “Portal Enemy“ (10:00-10:30 A.M. EST) Megan confronts Hiro about being a vigilante and threatens to tell Chief Cruz the truth. *Jessica Paré (“Mad Men”) guest stars as circus acrobat and physicist, Sirque. TV-Y7 FV

Sunday, Jan. 12 Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure “Pascal’s Dragon” (7:05-7:28 A.M. EST) When Pascal befriends a baby dragon, he must decide between his new friend and the safety of Corona. TV-Y7

Friday, Jan. 17 Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel Vampirina “The Great Esmeralda/Frog’s Breath“ (10:00-10:30 A.M. EST) “The Great Esmeralda” – Vee gets a reading from The Great Esmeralda saying that she will lose one of her friends, so she sets out to make sure her fortune doesn’t come true. *Rachel Bloom (“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”) guest stars as the infamous fortune teller, Esmeralda.

“Frog’s Breath” – Vee accidentally turns herself into a frog when she tries practicing a potion from the advanced section of her magic book. TV-Y

Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel The Rocketeer “Valerie the Valkyrie/Follow that Bulldog“ (11:00-11:30 A.M. EST) “Valerie the Valkyrie” – Feeling that the Rocketeer is stealing her thunder, Valerie creates her own superhero identity, The Valkyrie. *Navia Robinson (Disney Channel’s “Raven’s Home”) returns as Valerie.

“Follow that Bulldog” – The Cast-Iron Chef attempts to steal Kit’s family cookbook from the Bulldog Café. *Ted Allen (“Chopped“) guest stars as Cast-Iron Chef. TV-Y

Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel The Owl House “Witches Before Wizards“ (8:46-9:08 P.M. EST) An ancient wizard gives Luz a map for a mystical quest. TV-G

Saturday, Jan. 18 Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel Big City Greens “Heat Beaters/Bill-iever” (9:30-10:00 A.M. EST) “Heat Beaters” – Cricket and Remy play a contentious game of “H-O-R-S-E” on the hottest day of the year. *NBA All-Star Karl Anthony Towns guest stars as Wizard Williams and Ricky Stork. Wendi McLendon-Covey (ABC’s “The Goldbergs”) returns as Nancy Green.

“Bill-iever” – In order to avoid punishment, Cricket must make his dad believe in aliens. TV-Y7

Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney XD Big Hero 6 The Series “Fred the Fugitive“ (10:00-10:30 A.M. EST) Fred’s invisibility function on his suit glitches during patrol. TV-Y7 FV

Friday, Jan. 24 Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel T.O.T.S. “The Valentine Spirit/Shell Games“ (10:00-10:30 A.M. EST) “The Valentine Spirit” – Freddy and Pip rush to deliver Valentines to the babies they’ve delivered to make it back in time for the Valentine’s Day Party.

“Shell Games” – Freddy, Pip and K.C. try to get a shy turtle out of her shell. TV-Y

Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel The Rocketeer “Recipe for Disaster/The Critter Gang“ (11:00-11:30 A.M. EST) “Recipe for Disaster” – When Kit and Sareena refuse to expose the secret ingredients in their renowned family recipes, Cast-Iron Chef tries to steal them. *Ted Allen (“Chopped) returns as Cast-Iron Chef.

“The Critter Gang” – Kit investigates a string of robberies across Hughesville that seem to be committed by wild animals. TV-Y

Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel The Owl House “I Was a Teenage Abomination“ (8:46-9:08 P.M. EST) Luz sneaks into the local magic school to help a friend and makes a new enemy in the process. *Tati Gabrielle (“Chilling Adventures of Sabrina”) guest stars as Willow, Mae Whitman (“The DUFF”) guest stars as Amity and Issac Ryan Brown (Disney Channel’s “Raven’s Home”) guest stars as Gus. TV-G

Saturday, Jan. 25 Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel Big City Greens “Shark Objects/Dream Weaver” (9:30-10:00 A.M. EST) “Shark Objects” – When the Greens try to spend an eventful day at the beach, Cricket tries to prank the beach-goers. *Rhys Darby (“Flight of the Conchords”) guest stars as Life Guard and Wendi McLendon-Covey (ABC’s “The Goldbergs”) returns as Nancy Green.

“Dream Weaver” – Cricket discovers he can influence the family’s dreams to disastrous real-life results. TV-Y7

Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney XD Big Hero 6 The Series “Major Blast“ (10:00-10:30 A.M. EST) A new villain, Major Blast, appears in the city and targets Fred. TV-Y7 FV

Sunday, Jan. 26 Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure “Cassandra’s Revenge” (7:05-7:50 A.M. EST) When Rapunzel feels ready to settle down and begin living a normal life, Cassandra returns to Corona with a score to settle. TV-Y7

Friday, Jan. 31 Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel Fancy Nancy “Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet/Operation: Fix Marabelle!” (1:00-1:30 P.M. EST) “Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet” – Nancy gets jealous when Bree gets the part she was hoping to play.

“Operation: Fix Marabelle!” – Nancy discovers she’s an exceptional doll surgeon who stays calm under pressure. TV-Y

Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel The Owl House “The Intruder“ (8:46-9:08 P.M. EST) Luz and King must defend The Owl House from a mysterious intruder. TV-G