#so this actually makes me feel a lot better about that :DD i'm so happy ^^ 💖

[le-velo-pour-dru]

i love when we interact and talk im going YIPPEE YAHOOO like mario :D

YAAAAAAAAY OH MY GOSH :DDDDD Aaaaaaaa I'm so glad 😊🩷 I do the same thing when we talk rest assured <3

[archangeldyke-all]

Hi Angel!! I first wanted to say that I love all your Sevika stories, they never fail to make my days better!

So, I've recently been thinking about little fucker and the twins a lot ((bc I found out I'm gonna be an aunt for twins :DD and it made me wonder how did Sev and Reader react to the news, like.. "what. WERE HAVING TWINS??? HOW." something like this lmao.

Not sure if you've already written something like this, but I've practically read all of your masterlists lmao. If you did feel free to skip cuz I have really bad short term memory ;))

oh my god that's so exciting!!! congrats auntie!!! i think i wrote a few little sentences about this in one of the first twins posts, but lets make it a full fledged story heheeh <3

(also as always with these stories, don't think too much about how the pregnancy happened. reader is trans, or has a magical strap, or it's just yuri magic. you choose hehe)

men and minors dni

for the first few days after sevika's pregnancy test coming back positive, you're both living in denial.

"how am i pregnant? i thought this was menopause! i thought i was done with all this shit!" sevika whines.

you giggle a little hysterically, then pull her into your arms. "i have no fuckin' idea." you say, blinking in shock. "holy shit. i actually knocked you up."

sevika giggles just as crazily in your hold. "congrats."

"i've been trying to get revenge on you for little fucker since you first knocked me up with her!" you laugh. sevika snorts and smacks your shoulder.

"don't say revenge. oh fuck, this is gonna miserable, isn't it?" sevika whines. you kiss her sweetly.

"it's the most amazing thing that's ever happened!"

"you're such a shit. you're just happy it isn't you this time around."

"damn right i am!" you laugh. sevika smiles at you, and then her face falls. you coo and wrap her up in another hug. "it's gonna be alright sevi-bear. i'm gonna be with you every step of the way."

"no, it's not that." sevika whimpers as she nuzzles against your shoulder. "i'm just-- i'm so happy. we're gonna have another one, baby, holy shit."

you grin and pull sevika in for a kiss.

her reaction isn't quite as happy when you get to your doctor's office, though.

"o-oh!" the ultrasound tech gasps.

"good 'oh?'" sevika worries, sitting up a bit from her spot on the paper covered exam table.

"you're having twins, mommies! congratulations!" the tech gasps, grinning up at you and sevika.

you blink.

the tech giggles with glee and turns back to her monitor, clearly handling the news better than you are. you blink again, then look down at sevika.

she's glaring at you like she's going to murder you.

it's only now that the tech's words hit you. and for some reason, you burst into laughter.

"t-twins?!" you cackle. "like, two of 'em?! how-- how the hell did we do that!?" you ask.

the tech blinks up at you in surprise, opens her mouth to speak, but you don't hear her answer. you're too busy grinning down at your wife.

"i'm gonna kill you." sevika finally whispers. you burst into another round of laughs.

"alright. just wait 'til after the pregnancy, think you might want me around these next few months, mama." you tease.

sevika's glare is deadly, but you can't find it in you to stop laughing. holy shit. two more little babies running around your house. if they're anything like their sister, they'll look exactly like sevika. tears well up in your eyes as you gaze lovingly down at your angry wife, imagining two pairs of grumpy baby eyes glaring up at you while you try to change their diapers.

"are you crying?!" sevika squawks. "why the hell are you crying, i should be the one crying!"

"you can cry too, baby!" you giggle, a surge of love taking over your body. before you know what's happening, you're smacking the tech's hand away from your wife's belly and straddling her waist, peppering her face with an endless barrage of kisses. "oh, holy shit, baby, we're gettin' two more of 'em!"

sevika's glare lessens a bit, a small smile ticking up at the corner of her mouth. you can see her softening to the idea; two more babies for you to love; but before a full smile can take over her face she forces herself back into a frown. "we can barely afford the kid we've got." she huffs.

you snort. "that's the beauty of hand-me-downs, sev. plus, silco gave you a big raise when we had the little fucker, what makes you think he'll hold back now that it's your turn?"

"we live in a two bedroom home!"

"we can move!"

"while i'm pregnant with twins?!"

"i'll start looking for a new place the second we get home."

sevika finally smiles, rolling her eyes and giggles a bit. "i can't believe you." she whispers. you grin.

"you're the love of my fucking life. i can't believe you."

the door clicks shut, and you both look up from your embrace to find that the tech has snuck out to give you some privacy.

and, finally, sevika bursts into laughter along with you.

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[factual-fantasy]

25 Asks! Thanks y'all :}}🦍

I haven't gone into detail about what I've been battling for anonymity reasons, but there's not much to be said anyways.

Its basically "You don't have anything on this huge list so we're feeling like its probably this. Here's some stuff for you to do and see if it works."

So far I have not been cured. 💀

After reading through these, Cybertron and Beastwars peaked my interest :00 But I just don't think I could stomach the others. Especially not animated 😅

Thank you very much for these reviews tho! It was greatly appreciated!! :))

@mothpendragon

SCREMASS THANK YOU SO MUCH!! :DDDDD

And YEAHHHH LES GOO!!! Another Ratchet fan! :DDD I love Ratchet he's so grumpy and so full of love and care but he wont admit that🧡🧡🧡

@misscherrypie

(Spanish to English translation: I'd like another 45 tangerines)

XDD Yup! That's me for sure. I've wolfed down like 4 bags in the last few weeks! XDD 💞💀

(Referencing this post)

Thank you so much!!! :DDD And I do kind'a wish we saw more of a reaction from Optimus when he saw for himself that Raf was ok at least..

When Ratchet called to Optimus during his battle "Optimus.. we did it." (Referencing that they cured Raf) it didn't look like Optimus heard him.. which made me think that Optimus was going to be noticeably more tense/angry/panicked once he got his memory back. Because as far as he knew Raf was still dying, and that caused him to freak out earlier sooo...

I expected him to look distressed until he walked into the base and saw Raf and realized that he had been cured. Oh well 😔 I can say tho that Optimus immediately addressing Raf by name to make it clear he remembers him was a sweet touch 😌❤️

@gas-station-chip-dip

AAAAAAA THANK YOU!! :DD THAT MEAN A LOT!! :}}}💞💞💞

@1nksp1ll

:DDD THANK YOU!! :}}}}

@badlyblurry (Image is from this post)

HDJHBHBF THANKYIUUUU XDDD IM SO GLAD YOU LIKE HOW I DRAW HIM!!! :}}}}}}

@minnesotamedic186

I just made it up! :0

(Referencing this post)

Ooooo that's a good question. And I kiiind'a think I have an idea for it..?

I imagine that synthetic energon- (when fully completed and when not) is a green/turquoise color. I pictured that the process of making it artificially is what makes it off color. So what if any fluids that their body makes with synthetic energon is ALSO off color? Maybe instead of red tears they would be orange? Or yellow? Probably orange..

Now with dark energon.. I kind of imagined that all the fluids in a transformers body are replaced with dark energon due to its mythical/endlessly powerful nature. Instead of crying lubricant, Megatron just leaks dark energon.. 💀

ALSO SEHFSHEF THANUYOUU XDD

Ah sorry, but I have privated my TFP OC ref sheets. 😥

@imafrealinrainbow478484

Not doing so great today, hoping I feel better tomorrow 😔 Thank you tho! <:) I hope you're feeling better than I am! <XDD

@kaiserdarken

There would be chaos 💀

@artistiemi

HAPPY (late) MARIO DAY!! :DDD

What does this mean 💞💞

@neo-metalscottic

AAAA THANYUU SO MUCH!!! 😭😭💞💞💞

Now for the vehicons.. are they not actually clones? I always assumed they were.. If the canon suggests they aren't clones there's a loooot of rethinking I need to do 💀

(Link in ask)

I thought Tailgate was a bit chaotic I didn't know he was straight up unhinged-

(Takes notes for my tfp Tailgate👀)

(Link in ask)

Breakdown is/was a nurse? Is this canon.? I don't remember that.. I always thought he was just a generic soldier meant to counter the wrecker class :0

Its easy for me to draw through all the sickness and aching, because its my favorite thing to do and cheers me up a lot! :)

@candyglumboy

I've always kind'a liked Sonic. But I'm not sure how I'd dive into making comics for it.. There seems to be a lot of lore I need to catch up on.. 😞

Also I watched the 1st sonic movie and thought it was alright. I've played some odd sonic games here and there too! :)

@doodleclownbunny

AAAA THANK YOU SO MUCH!! :DDD

And ooooo! :000 That's a fun Wally design! :)))

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@beryl-shade

Well... yes, I suppose it has! 😅

I will keep my eyes peeled for this 👁️👁️

@webbdiverr

Its like they always say, great minds think alike! XDDD

[rivertakis]

After that recent DD interview, about the Phantom and how the writers didn’t want to kill off Bobby, what would you say to the idea that Bobby isn’t dead? (Yes Edgeworth said he was dead…but he could have just been using “exact words” ie Bobby doesn’t want his old name and life back. It’s been destroyed.) If AA7 focused on Athena and actually followed up on the plot points of DD (like why Metis was researching the Phantom, and what spy network is creating emotionally stunted killing machines like him anyway) The idea that Fulbright isn’t truly dead - possibly coming back Godot style with a whole new attitude, wanting justice for his old life and all those who suffered from the Phantom’s masters, is an interesting one to me at least.

I would much rather AA7 build on the plot of DD, and the Phantom’s spy network, than send Athena to a brand new country where she gets a completely new, never even set up backstory, with a secret other family or something…

First of all, thank you for this ask, I love getting a chance to yap about my ideas and interpretations! ^^

I have a lot to say in regards to this topic, as I am a huuuge fan of Fulbright and the phantom, but I would like to emphasize, that this is just my opinion and thoughts on the matter! I'm definitely the furthest thing from an authority figure on this lol

Since this is a decently big ramble, a quick summary of what I'll be yapping about:

Will Bobby Fulbright be coming back in AA7 and should he?

The unidentified body.

Athena and a potential arc for her.

Final thoughts.

I do, sadly, think that the real Bobby Fulbright is canonically dead, and is unlikely to come back in another Ace Attorney iteration. In this interview, the director, Yamazaki, and character designer, Fuse, discuss Fulbright's "living" status. And they are kinda right - it would've been an odd decision to bring Fulbright back to life at the end of the case.

They do joke about bringing him back with a bionic arm, which, while I do find very amusing, I feel as though would be a move that would undermine Dual Destinies narrative wise, and thus, very unlikely. The fact that we never meet the "real" Bobby Fulbright is meant to be a gut punch, and meant to force the player to reconsider everything they believed up to that point. Reversing that choice would mean discarding that important element to his character.

To me, the phantom reveal meant a lot of things. It made me question how we define a person, what makes them "real" to us, and whether we can love something we don't truly know or understand. A lot of Dual Destinies fans love Bobby Fulbright, despite never having (technically) met him! I think a big reason for that is because we don't meet him. He is like a manic pixie dream girl, really - we can make up his flaws, his strengths, his habits... I do wonder how much people would like the "real" Bobby Fulbright if he were to come back as a character. He would likely be different from the expectations we've built in our heads.

Point is: If Bobby Fulbright, the real Bobby Fulbright, were to come back as a character, it would pop the illusion of the pure justice-seeking detective a lot of the fandom loves. I would personally really enjoy this, as I already view Fulbright as not an entirely positive character (I actually made a post about it!), but I don't think it would fulfill general fan expectations if Bobby Fulbright showed up in AA7.

So yeah, I don't think he'll be a part of AA7 (Though I would be happy to be wrong about this) and I think that's actually kinda a good thing! I think meeting the real Bobby would contradict the point of DD, and it wouldn't be quite the Bobby we think of anyways when we tinker with such ideas.

However! That doesn't mean I don't enjoy a good fanmade AU every now and then! Sometimes, concepts are better as fanworks rather than canon, and I think that in this case, AUs make for a much better and fun alternative to having one specific story for the real Bobby Fulbright coming back to life. In fact, I don't think I would be as interested in Dual Destinies if it didn't have the many narrative flaws that it has, as well as its ambiguity regarding the phantom/Fulbright lol. Being able to consider alternate versions of events, potential stories and how they could go, as well as doing deep dives into a character that has very little "self" to work with? This thing was made for fan AUs!

There are many plot holes regarding the phantom, but were talking about the potential for the real Fulbright to be alive, so I'll simply talk about the most glaring one - the one that you bring up - the unidentified body (Quote from my beloved transcript).

[ME] “But there’s more. I’ve yet to share my most important finding. ............Mr. Wright. Prosecutor Blackquill. You’d best brace yourselves.” [PW] “Uh, oh...” [SB] “............” [ME] “The man you see there before you... Bobby Fulbright............ is already long dead.” [PW] “Huh? Wh-What’s that supposed to mean...?” [ME] “An unidentified body that was found a year ago... ...has now been proven to possess Bobby Fulbright’s fingerprints.” [SB] “Then does this mean...?” [ME] “Yes. That man there is an impostor pretending to be Bobby Fulbright.”

I think a big issue of Dual Destinies, is that it pulls things out of its ass without explanation sometimes. This scene is meant to be interpreted as the complete truth, but it doesn't give us new evidence in the court record, we don't uncover any of this ourselves... In fact, I really dislike the fact that Edgeworth just jumps in at the right moment to give us the exact evidence we need. I know that it's canonical and should be interpreted literally, but the way the story is put together here just really makes me question the legitimacy of this new piece of evidence.

In fact, this flaw opens up several avenues of issues: why did it take a year to identify the body, if all they needed was fingerprints? How was the body unidentifiable? How did Edgeworth link this specific body to this specific case? In what world would the phantom leave a body physically unidentifiable, but leave fingerprints? Why don't we get a general autopsy report, or at the very least, see this evidence? The list of questions goes on.

Because of these flaws, you could argue that the identification was falsified in order to further the case and catch the phantom. Or that the fingerprint database got messed with for... some reason, and only now did they get a match. Or that the body isn't Fulbright at all. Basically, there's a million different options for why Fulbright could still be alive in a fanon setting. In canon though? Ehhhh, it would mean undoing a tad too much of the build up that already exists.

There's also the aspect of Athena. And, boy, is there a lot of shit going on there... I think Dual Destinies really dropped the ball on her arc with how they focused on Phoenix and Apollo more than I think was necessary. My ideal Athena game would drop those two losers and focus on her entirely. Reopening a closed case once more, though? I think her traumas should be explored more, specifically, her panic attacks, but solving the spy ring case would be too similar to AAI to me, as well as a bit redundant? There's also the previously mentioned point of it eliminating the intended mystery behind the phantom, which would suck narrative-wise. In this case, it would be phantom-focused, not Athena-focused.

While I do agree that giving her the Apollo treatment would suck, I think it would be wayyy more natural for her to be in foreign countries considering she has traveled Europe and studied there, and with a focus on that, we could also find out how she and Phoenix met, etc!

Though, I will say, I don't have the strongest opinions on this. I like many interpretations and ideas, and personally, I'm just patiently waiting for the games release, regardless of what it'll be. I do think some outcomes are more likely than others, but again, I won't complain if we get more of Fulbright/the phantom.

In summary, I think that the phantom/Fulbright are as fun to me as they are because we don't know that much about them, and there's a lot of space for interpretation. While I wouldn't hate for Bobby to survive and show up in a later game, I don't think it's likely, and I think his characterization would be a big hit or miss. And while I also really like the idea of Athena working on a case to catch the phantom/the ring of spies, I don't think it would work well as a canon story and is more fun to explore in fandom.

Anyway, sorry for this big wall of text! I had a lot of fun putting together my thoughts on this, I hope they don't come across as rude;;; I'm also open to discussion! I'd love to hear if you have more thoughts on this or if you disagree with what I've talked about!

[1960z]

SOJ: Final Thoughts

So when I first played spirit of justice at 14 I remember really loving it, the new characters, the cases, just the whole vibe of the thing. however, that was towards the end of my ace attorney hyperfixation and because of that I had never revisited it. when I returned to the fandom recently, I began to realise that quite a good amount of people hold this game in relatively low regard; and while the positive feelings I had from my initial playthrough still lingered, I had to admit I didn't actually remember the game very well, and maybe there would be things about it that would bother me now that wouldn't have back then. and because of that, this was the game I was most excited to return to. and now that I have re-played it and been able to experience it with fresh eyes I can say that while I definitely have more nuanced thoughts surrounding the game, I'm happy to say most of the stuff I enjoyed about it still really holds up

one of my biggest criticisms surrounding dual destinies is that while I did enjoy almost every individual case on some level, it never really coalesced beyond the sum of its parts, leaving the overarching story unsatisfying and disjointed, not to mention uninteresting thematically. I did not have that same problem here! my theory for what happened with DD is that takeshi yamazaki attempted to mimic the style of pacing shu takumi employs more closely in a way that just didn’t really work, meanwhile in soj, I think the pacing is much more in line with what we see in the investigations games where everything takes place over a few days (or in soj, the better half of a month) and connects unlike other main series games that often have months long gaps between cases. characters and scenarios set up in the first case are deeply connected to the fifth and each case barring perhaps case 4 is quite focused on setting up everything that’s about to happen in turnabout revolution.

and turnabout revolution is an absolute monster of a case. its scope is extreme and its twists are insane and honestly I doubt it would have worked if the rest of the game didn’t dedicate as much time as it did to building up to it, but because it did, the payoff felt amazing. I understand that if you zoom out and look from the perspective of the whole series a lot of it may feel like a lot and out of left field and I get why that’s off putting to some people - but taking the game in its own singular context I actually think it does an amazing job of making each twist feel earned. like for example are they basically rebuilding apollo’s backstory from the ground up? yes. does it work well with what was previously established in aa4? no not at all lol. does it work within the confines of spirit of justice? I actually think in that context it works extremely well.

my love for nahyuta is pretty obvious but honestly I think the character that captures the true heart of this game is rayfa. seeing this naïve, sheltered kid go through the process of realising that basically everything she took for granted about her world, even who her parents were, was a lie, and having to deal with that was truly captivating to watch. her entire world being shattered and then still doing everything in her power to make sure the truth came to light, no matter how much it hurt her I think exemplifies a lot of ace attorney’s themes and ideals and I think having a young girl be the centre of that is really cool. my favourite character in aa is franziska and while you will NEVER catch me calling her underdeveloped, because the series does actually give you a lot of insight into her if you want to engage with it, what I WILL admit is that I don’t think she ever got as much narrative focus as the other characters. and to me, rayfa feels very much like what we could have gotten if the narrative had chosen to focus on franziska more.

as I’ve said before also I really theoretically love khura’in. I found myself getting genuinely quite invested in the people and culture and politics of this world that the writers had created. especially since spirit channelling has been a huge part of the aa world since the first game, it was cool to inhabit a legal system that just accepted it unconditionally. it feels like the opinion of the japanifornia courts’ opinion on channelling is that there is something to it but the logic of arguments can’t rely on it definitely existing too heavily and if it does, proving channelling can happen is part of said argument. and god forbid testimony of someone being channelled is used as evidence because of what happened in DL-6. none of these factors exist in khura’in. in case 3 for the first time we get testimony from a victim through channelling and it’s a huge part of the case and case 5 of course relies on channelling massively to explain its events as well and getting to explore these possibilities without having to worry about narrative justification as to why a court of law would accept this was a treat.

I think aa’s format also just lends itself to… for a lack of a better word isekai stories?? like learning about the rules of a world through how said rules can be manipulated for crime is an extremely interesting way to learn about and engage in a fictional world. you see this with plvspw and even fan made projects like that mlp-aa crossover from years ago. and while khura’in does exist in “our” world, obviously there are still a lot of supernatural elements that khura’in takes for granted that wouldn’t be in other places.

but this is were we have to address the elephant in the room and soj’s huge glaring flaw. the thing that went completely over my little 14 year-old-head but looking back now I go "holy shit, that is bad." and that is how soj treats khura’in as a country and the irl political implications of said treatment. from the get-go, khura’in is shown in a very othered and orientalist lens. their way of doing things is depicted as being “spiritual” and “folksy” at the best of times and “backwards” at the worst; and the plot centres around our leads, most of who are not from khura’in, showing the khura’inese people the “right” and “just” way of doing things. in the version of the story I assume most of us are familiar with the characters are american, in the original version they’re japanese, neither country has a good track record with imperialism. this is a colonialist narrative. and while it’s tempting to say that because khura’in is fictional, the implications while problematic still exist more in a vacuum, I think it is important to point out that khura'in borrows a lot of aesthetics from real life cultures such as tibet and india, and when you create a fictional country that is like khurai'n, one that is portrayed as spiritual but unenlightened, one that has a lot of distinctly asian but not distinctly japanese (sans the magatama) aesthetics, you are in fact reinforcing negative, orientalist stereotypes surrounding the real cultures said aesthetics come from which deserves to be called out.

and while yes, there are khura'inese characters who still very much engage in their culture while also fighting for revolution... when combined with the context of dd's overarching narrative that, imo was basically "there are no systemic problems with the legal system, the dark age of the law is simply a result of bad actors" it very much feels like there's this attitude of "revolution for thee but not for me." as if they're only comfortable with telling this story about revolutionaries that are often framed by their own government as terrorists if it takes place within a fictional country that players can paternalistically look down upon. I think this definitely undercuts the rest of the story and I can totally understand why this could all really fuck with a person's ability to engage with and enjoy the game.

in closing, I genuinely think there's a lot to love within soj, it fixed a lot of problems I had with dd. I love each case, I adore the characters, I was thrilled by a lot of the mystery and political intrigue it created. with that being said I absolutely believe reinforcement of colonialist ideas in the text needs to be called out. it didn't ruin the game for me but if it did for someone else, I couldn't blame them. despite all its flaws, I found the closure it provided for these characters both old and new very satisfying. it will always have a place in my heart.

[fuj0wuj0]

Hiiiiii!!!!! Disaster Husbands facts?? Ramdog facts?? Random Oc fact?? 👉👂👈 I am. Perceiving Auditorily :) No pressure btw!!! Regardless I really hope you are feeling better and your sickness is letting you get some rest :D

OMG HI GALE HIIII!!!! 💕💕 Thanks for the concern!! The sickness has been. horrible. but I can BREATHE right now so maybe this week's the last?!?!?! I hope so...

Every time you ask me an OC related question an angel gets its wings btw thank you for letting me talk. this is enrichment to me

Reply under the cut as to not clutter the dash of those who care not 😌😌

Okay, so let's start with ramdog <33 My OGs

We all know that Sherman has like. Separation anxiety right. 😭😭 It was not intended to be canon at first, but after the iconic Piano Piece, I just figured it'd be really funny... Not for him, though... At least he gets some good work done when he's broody, right…? Haha...

Their families love their respective partners so much... Sherman's mom and sister pretty much immediately adopted Obi because he matches their energy 100%. Obi's parents almost passed out from happiness when they met Sherman because HOLY SHIT THEIR SHITASS SON BROUGHT HOME A DECENT GUY. Ms. Katsura loves having him over for dinner. Real pleasant guy 🥰He gets so many jars of pickled food when he visits with Obi that they can barely carry them to the car. They also both hang out with Hana (Obi's sis) pretty regularly! :D

They have beef with their elderly neighbor. Not because she's homophobic, but because they're legit unpleasant neighbors (Obi smokes in the shared corridor + Sherman plays the piano very early in the morning) 😭

They get married post-canon (quite a while after all the gang shit is resolved) :DD [I'm sorry I know all my OCs are getting gay married all the time, no one's surprised. I have a bias 🙏🙏]

As I've stated some time before, Sherman doesn't usually let others see his ears. Yes, Obi has seen them multiple times. Yes, he teases him about it a lot. (all in good fun, though - and Sherman usually gets back at him immediately. Like ok dog, tough words from someone within Tail Grabbing distance)

Since Sherman is usually home more, he kind of assigned himself housekeeper (fair enough, Obi's a slob). They don't need to cook super often though, Katsura keeps giving them tupperware full of food so they usually live off of that for 5 days a week HAH

Sherman hates smoking, but he often has cigarette breath. Go figure 😏

At the beginning of their relationship (familiar, not romantic) Obi almost never uses Sherman's name. He just calls him Mozart, Chopin or Wolfgang 😭 It pisses Sherman off, so Obi just switches to Sher when he's trying to be less of a little shit. The actual name is reserved for y'know. Emotional vulnerability and all that. (Later on, 'Mozart' stops being an irritating nickname. It kinda grew on him...)

RAAARGH many thoughts about them but I'm not hitting the post limit 2nite. Okay Disaster Husbands go!!

Funny story, both Ulysses and Kallen were totally different in their first "drafts"!

OG Kallen was much more... Open? And a little sassy? Like, still very much straight-faced, but he didn't have that professional air 24/7. I'd even say he was pretty open with his emotions. Emotional outbursts weren't above him, dude really knew how to argue in a heated moment. I like to think that this is how Kallen would be if Orso didn't make him into a living weapon 😭 The current Kallen is also freakier (😏)

And OG Ulysses...Oh my god. God, ew. When I say "CEO in a wattpad fanfic", this is what I mean. Dude was insufferable. Aggressive, broody fellow with unresolved anger issues who thinks he can do and have and say whatever he wants. An now he's a tiger? Hell no. Match made in hell. Incompetent Dork Ulysses >>>> Angry Baddie Ulysses, any day.

Ok onto actual little trivias--

Ulysses loves buying his loved ones gifts. Kallen doesn't know how to accept a gift gracefully (didn't like getting stuff from Orso, neither).

Catpeople don't control when they purr. And Ulysses purrs LOUD. (imagine trying to be subtle and act like you're not bothered by that Pretty Guy On Your Couch but you sound like an industrial drill. yeah.)

Their glasses clank together when they kiss sometimes <3 #goals

I don't see them going out on dates much, BUT I think Ulysses would order some good tiramisu and they could cuddle on the couch maybe.....

Kallen kept his identity hidden from the press/tabloids for a while out of habit (not that good for a sniper to be out with their face plastered on celebrity gossip, afterall), but when the dust settled they eventually made their wedding public. Ulysses would probably stay a little anxious about it, always making sure that Kallen's okay with being out in public / on camera 100 times.

I think they could have another kid in the future..? I have this faint idea of them having a daughter by the name of Roma, but that feels a little on the nose with the...italian-greek parent combo 😐 We'll see, though! They're content with just Juno rn 😌

and as some extras, not related to the couples:

Kallen's afraid of making a kid feel like he did with Orso (unsure whether they're loved or not). I can totally see him being a little overprotective/overbearing.

Aaahhh, that was a lot...Honestly as I was writing this I realized that disaster husbands are kind of hard to write about in trivia form?? Maybe because they're _relatively_ new...

Still, it was fun to write it all out!! Thanks for the question as always, Gale <33

[mindibindi]

hey! sorry for bothering you, but i as a fellow x-phile i would like to ask how credible it is that gillian anderson and david duchovny hated each other back in the day? there are probably quotes or something but i can't really judge anything this late after the fact. i did watch the show when it aired but i was too young to get into internet culture. anyway, i'm hoping for some wisdom from fans who remember this. :) thank you!

Hey Anon,

It’s no bother and thanks for the ask. And actually, after the fact is a good position from which to view this matter since, as we all now know, Gillovny’s story has a happy ending. I was around for the original run too but internet culture was very different then. Not everyone was constantly online, I certainly wasn’t. The internet was expensive and hard to access so I got a couple of hours per week tops, which I mostly used to read fanfic. (Fanfic for this show/ship was basically my fanfic writer origin story: I was like WHAT OTHER PEOPLE DO THIS TOO???!!! And btw: readers complain these days about the pressure to respond to fanfic. Back in the day, you had to compose a whole fricking email if you wanted to badger your fave author for more. And there was certainly no easy kudos button option to make you feel like you’d done your bit to encourage community. Anyway.)

There were fan sites, message boards and lots of different fanfic archives. And sure, there was some gossip but it still mostly came via old print media. Pre-social-media, there wasn’t a direct line to celebrities or any great expectation placed on them interact with fans in regular, intimate ways. The advent of social media has created these parasocial relationships in which (some) fans think they know or have a right to far more than they do. Back in the day, and istg this is true, I posted a picture of DD with Blue in the surf on some now defunct message board. The moderators removed it and v kindly said: nope, against our guidelines, no images of private moments taken without the person’s consent. I mean…. talk about boundaries! My baby fangirl ass was properly chastised and learnt a valuable lesson. I think we can learn a thing or two from early internet culture and original fans, some of which are still knocking about this site.

Anyway, all of this is to say, I don’t have any special insight here. The only people who know in any great detail what truly went on in DD and GA’s relationship is them, and maybe a few people in their immediate vicinity. But XF fans are lucky enough to stan two very honest, emotionally thoughtful people who have shared with us some of the challenges they faced during the show’s original run. And, for better or worse, when people tell you who they are, I tend to believe them. Yes, there are other fans that can probably provide you with quotes and timelines and (wild) speculation, but I think I know enough to give a fairly objective opinion on what I think actually occurred. For me, the most pertinent quote here is Gillian’s characterisation of their relationship as being like “a forced marriage”. I take this to mean that, like any marriage, there was great intimacy, respect, cooperation and commitment. Maybe even love. But there was also a lack of choice that caused tension, despite multiple positive relational elements.

“Tension” is a word that has also been applied to their late-90s relationship and I think it’s probably more accurate. I don’t think they HATE hated each other. But I think they probably had fleeting moments of feeling: OMG this person is getting on my last sane nerve, I cannot stand to be around them another fricking second. I think the protracted and concentrated intimacy of their circumstances gave rise to SOME super understandable negative feelings that ultimately, did not define the true nature of their relationship, either then or now. I don’t think those feelings were all there was, even back then. I don’t think these two were epic lovers any more than they were bitter enemies. I think they were just two human beings attempting to function under super intense scrutiny and an extremely gruelling work schedule. And that at times resulted in tension or irritation which they found ways around. Talking to each other only as Mulder and Scully may sound terrible to some but I think it’s a rather ingenious way to conserve their energy for their jobs. It shows an incredible commitment to their characters, to the show and to the contribution the other was bringing to that celebrated dynamic. They knew it was important so that's where they focused.

We have all had times in relationships where we’ve needed some space, even from someone we like, love, respect and value. If anyone was struggling to understand this dynamic between DD and GA then recent experiences of lockdown should have provided some insight into this kind of intense forced intimacy. Now, I have never been married but I’ve lived with people and that experience will make you loathe how a person walks, breathes, sleeps, eats, does the smallest, most insignificant things. It’s not the permanent state of your relationship. It’s just a passing reaction. It does not matter how much you might like or appreciate this person. In one bright flash, they become the most infuriating person to ever walk the planet. Then you go into another room or go to work and the feeling fades. But what happens when you can’t get away, you actually can’t get the sort of space a healthy relationship needs? We all saw how lockdown increased the pressure on all relationships, especially partnerships and marriages. There was pressure within and without and people reacted naturally to profoundly unnatural circumstances. That’s all that happened here.

Now, it must be pointed out that even during periods of the original run when their relationship was supposedly suffering, there is footage of them having fun on-set and ruining takes by making out. This supports the idea that any “hate” was an understandable but impermanent reaction for both. Actually, I think it is highly admirable that they were able to collaborate together and remain individually sane while experiencing such relational tension. It shows incredible personal fortitude and professional commitment. They stayed focused and pragmatic and, to me, there is never any indication that their personal struggles impacted the final product. In fact, I believe they actually enhanced Mulder and Scully’s relationship in those middle years of the original run when they too were experiencing some growing pains in their relationship. I’m thinking of the raw emotion in that end scene of “Elegy” and the palpable impatience and antagonism in “Gethsemane”. I’m thinking of the division and sadness in the hospital scene in “The Red and the Black” and throughout “The End”. Like Mulder and Scully, David and Gillian have some fundamental similarities and some very distinct differences. For the first few years of the series they were living very different lives. It took them time to attune to each other, just as it took Mulder and Scully time to fully absorb the many intricate dimensions of their relationship. As DD and GA grew older, their lives became more similar and their understanding of each other likewise grew. And honestly, I think it’s somewhat hypocritical and inhuman to appreciate the many complex beats of the M/S relationship as it plays out on-screen, but then judge their real-life counterparts as they tread an equally complex path towards true understanding, appreciation and love.

I haven’t watched TXF in years and in my recent rewatch, I was surprised actually at just how combative this relationship could be. I had only remembered all the sweet, shippy bits! But (and I should not really have to point this out) that's also what is so compelling to watch. The conflict. The contrast. The difference (not just in height, although their physical difference does act as a powerful symbol of their mismatched but ultimately complementary dynamic). The difference and yes, even at times tension, between David and Gillian only adds to a dynamic that so many have tried and failed to emulate (RIP to any reboot of this show. This show IS DD and GA’s chemistry. End of.). I can’t be mad or disappointed about Gillovny’s 90s tension, so carefully navigated by both actors, because fuck me does it work for the MSR angst! D’you think we’d have so many delicious angsty fanfics if these two had been sunshine-y, tension-less best buds every step of the way?? Not only is some tension an understandable human reaction that I believe they have every right to, it adds dimension to an epically URSTy relationship that could have gotten boring (and kinda did towards the end, let's be real). There is an added, honest, brave truth to the moments of impatience, frustration, disagreement and division in the M/S relationship because DD and GA experienced these things themselves in the context of their equally intense working relationship. I think the actors continued to mine their own tension and express it through Mulder and Scully, which again is a super creative and healthy way to protect their working relationship and serve the M/S relationship. A relationship in which they were invested, but also a relationship that was central to the show and important to so many fans.

In time, the more intense M/S moments lost their bite. The relationship became softer, less combative, more appreciative. The LA move decreased the actor’s isolation and gave the show a new tone. Gillian is on record saying how strange it was for her when David disappeared in later seasons. And we all know the story of the 10 min post-"Existence" embrace (if you don’t let me know). So this story has a neat and satisfying ending even if Mulder and Scully never really got theirs. As evidenced by the second movie and reboot, nothing was destroyed. The chemistry remains (even if it’s not served by quality plot, development, context and characterisation). These human beings and artists did their best under difficult circumstances. They protected the work, the characters and their relationship. In fact, I would venture to suggest that the wild appreciation they show for each other now, the enduring chemistry we see on-screen and the palpable enjoyment they feel at the other’s presence any time they get the opportunity to reunite is in part due to how they navigated their early years as mismatched colleagues thrown together and expected to work closely under immense pressure. Thanks to David and Gillian, hate never took root. And now, in DD’s words, all that’s left is the heart.

[after-nine-at-the-oasis]

YOOOO OPE THEY'RE ALIVE O.O

THAT'S HANDY TO KNOW xdd!!!

Guess it was the break up :o :D!!

Asteroid that is

Ohhh noo though this does not look good 😳

Oh crap 😭😭😭😬

Still scared for them xdd

Y'ALLLL

I feel better but also I still don't trust they'll all make it 😭 but maybe?? But maybe not 😭 idek know xd

RESCUE HI SURF GIRL I DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOU

I'm stressing y'all 😭 xd

Well, that's the last of my last thoughts! Now it's time for the. . .

REVIEW

I LOOOOOVED this episode!! It was so good! It was certainly A Lot with how much they decided to fit in, but it honestly wasn't bad and I liked seeing focus on everyone :'). I'm so sad we don't have more storylines to explore all of these cool arcs, but I'm glad we're at least getting to see them <33. Gosh, I am so not ready for this show to end 😭. And even amongst all of that, and of course the asteroid and all that 💀, the calls were still great :'). Okay guys, for the second to last time (😭😭😭😭🥺💔), let's do this :'). Now it's time for the individual parts!!

Marjan!! Her goodbye with Joe 😭😭🥺❤️💔. She's so right, they got so little time :'((. I mean they better be fine but still xD. For them it must be so rough and awful. Still, she was great this episode :'). I'm also just really glad we got to see their goodbye, and her playing with her ring on chain (🥺🥺🥺). We haven't gotten to see much of them and they only just got married, but there was so much going on that it makes sense we couldn't stay on that really. I'm just glad we got some of them since their wedding was last week/episode :')). Anyway, Marjan was amazing at her job as always <33. And just! GUYS! The shammie scene 😭😭😭😭🥺❤️. I might actually die, watching my family goof around one last time :'))? I'm so happy they found each other, and I love them so much <3. Plus Marjan was just being silly with that lol. I love her 🥰.

Judd (and by extension, Grace - no way am I leaving her out of these last few reviews)! I'm so glad that he seems to be doing better <33 :') 🥰. I think the time skip has been longer than it usually would between episodes, definitely longer than a week lol, and it's good to see him doing well <33. Grace definitely helped :'). And you can't make me believe she's not finishing things up so she can be on her way home right now <33. I am so excited for all the finale fix it fics where she shows up at the very end lol. I do wish that would happen, but I know it won't 😭😭. I can hope though 🥺💔❤️ xdd. Anyway, I LOVED seeing the Judd and TK scene 🥺🥺. Definitely something needed and it was so nice to get the reaffirmation of them being brothers :'DD. I love them so much <33. And he's so right too - just the next right thing :'). Judd was great at his job this week <33. Also him and Charlie 😭😭🥺. She's so cute <33. And she doesn't even know :'(( 😭😭. About the meteor I mean xd. Gosh </3. And of course he definitely called the rest of his family lol, you can't make me believe otherwise xD. I love him <33.

Owen! I CAN'T BELIEVE HE'S ACTUALLY LEAVING 😭😭🥺. He better not (I know he probably will) xd. And MY GUY!! WHAT HAPPENED TO TELLING TK FIRST XD. Gosh, some things are always the same /lh lol. I'm not too mad at him but I find it funny xD. Genuinely though, I see why he's doing it. We already saw the reasoning about those kids that look up to him, and I get it. It's a huge thing to be looked up to, heartwarming and sometimes stressful but amazing. And, ultimately, after everything, Owen Strand is a character who helps others. What he enjoys doing is helping others. From the very beginning, his motivation has been helping others. At his best, he is helping others. And it makes sense to see him making that choice one last time <33. HE JUST BETTER SURVIVE 😭😭 XD!! My gosh xdd. You have a kinda-grandchild (soon to be), you can't be going off and dying now xdd. Anyway, seeing him watch the family, his family, play around one last time 🥺🥺😭. I'm so not okay <333. They really are family, and I love that so much <333. No matter what happens, they will always have chosen to be each other's family, and that will last forever :'). Loved the ending speech/speeches <33. Also Owen scrolling by Gwyn's contact was INSANE 😭😭😭❤️❤️💔🥺. She really was his love :'(. Anyway, he did great at his job this episode <3. I love him :') ❤️.

Nancy!! I want to do everybody on their own since I have so far xdd. I totally see her not wanting to get married, very valid and happy for her <3 but it is definitely something that needs to be discussed lol. I love that she could tell Mateo wasn't satisfied with how that conversation ended and tried to get him to talk <33. I do get why he reacted that way though xd. I do think the marriage for green card (even if it doesn't really work like that in real life) is a real possibility, but I hope Nancy and their relationship stay the same no matter what (or at least, not bad changes) <333. Anyway, it's still amazing to see her being captain 😭🥺🥺🥰. Though of course there's baggage around that but xdd. I'm just so glad she's thriving <3. Nancy really has been through it during the course of the show and I'm so glad she's happy now :')). She deserves it so much <33. The fact that she was the only one who knows about Mateo's deportation 😭😭🥺💔. I'm glad he told her <33 but gosh that scene killed me 😭😭 xd :')). They really do love each other so much <33. And the mouthed I love you's under the truck 😭😭😭🥺 I'm not okay <3. Plus that final hug killed me xd. And of course, Nancy was great at her job this week :'). As always lol. I'm just so glad she's gotten to be happy and live this great life, even almost become a plant mom lol :'). No matter what happens, she was happy <33. And she better continue to be lol!! I love her <33 🥰.

Mateo! I totally get why he would assume they would get married, and why he would want that! I do hope they can come up with something they're both happy with though (lol imagine if they were permanently engaged xD), and that they're in the situation to do so 😭. I so wish he hadn't gotten into that argument with the jerk dude, but I see why he did xd. Not only was he emotional after the conversation with Nancy but the dude was awful lol >:( (partly serious partly like bro). I'm SO glad they listened to him and knew that guy was a jerk, but UAAGHHH!! I was suspicious as soon as he was like FBI? like "oh no are they ICE 😭". Aaand I was right xd. And in the current world that is o.o I suppose they could've guessed but really they couldn't have known and that's just wild xd. Certainly something that needs to be said and shown and acknowledged today. I just hope it ends happily :'(( <33. Although the "I'll love you in any country" bit destroyed me 😭😭🥺. And the fact that Nancy said he's her person? UOGH, so right <33. I'm so glad they've gotten this time to be happy, like I said for Nancy :')). Mateo has also seriously gone through it over the years (they all have honestly lol), and he's such a pure soul <3. I'm just so glad he got to be happy for so long :')). NOW THAT BETTER CONTINUE LOL!! Also seeing a little bit more of his and Owen's relationship, like with the telling/not telling each other thing, was great <33. They've always been there for each other, whether that's talking or not, and I love that <33. Mateo of course also did great at his job :'). I love him <33 ❤️🥰.

Paul! My GOSH I loved his storyline this episode!!! In that very first episode Owen said "Somewhere in this town right now is a kid who's just like you were - still scared, hopeless. I'd like you to show him, her, or they, it's okay to be who you are." And UAGHH that was such a BEAUTIFUL moment, and to see it FINALLY come full circle here was just amazing. Also we love to see Paul's detective skills coming in handy!! It's just a small thing but searching through Jax's videos and picking out what was important definitely showed that. And I just- gosh. I get it. I mean, I don't get it get it, I'm not trans, but I've grown up queer in a not so progressive area for a long time. I've seen my friends shoved into the closet by the school system, or eye rolls and scoffs and pronouns and identities. Having to deal with that personally, and in Texas no less (of course Texas can be progressive but is usually rather conservative)? I totally see why Jax is doing the things they are. I so hope they get some better friends 😭🥺. They don't have to totally abandon the ones they have now or anything, but you need friends that are better for you. I'm just so glad Paul was there to talk to them 😭🥺🥺 <3. He waited there because he knows what it's like, how much it hurts, how dangerous it is :'(. And you can tell just how desperate he is to help Jax. And Jax not believing him that he gets it 😭 xD, understandable lol, but it's kind of funny since he does :'). Paul understands, and he's there for you :')) 🥺🥺🥺😭❤️. GOSH I'm just so not okay, the scene in the hospital was so amazing. And it was so realistic that after that, Jax still left with their friends :'((. It's hard to let go of the one thing you have. Also, random side note, I love how Judd immediately accepted once he understood what they meant with the pronouns :')). Obviously he's not transphobic it's just great to see from an ally <3. And I will say, at first I thought the clear statement was about heavy handed TV show wise lol, but it made much more sense when I realized that was a focus and not just a quick call :). Anyway, I'm SO GLAD Jax showed up at the 126 at the next 🥺🥺❤️. I was hoping they would and thinking they might :')). The 126 has got them, and I hope after all of this they can continue to hang around there <33. Keep adopting random people 126 :'D LOL. But the fact that they (Jax) knew they could trust them and it was the best place to be <3 GOSH I'm not okay <3. Obviously, Paul was amazing at his job this episode :'D (as always). Iconic as lieutenant once again <3. And again, it's just so wonderful to see his character arc come full circle like this. I wish we'd gotten more of it earlier on, but I'm so happy to get this :'). It's the big reason (besides money lol) that convinced Paul to start working at the 126 in the first place - helping kids like him. And I'm so glad he can do that <3. In the future if he started up like a community center or something I would absolutely love that :')). But for now, he's doing great where he is <3. I love him ❤️🥰.

Carlos! Him reassuring TK with the setting up for the social worker's visit was 🥺🥺. TK seriously was spinning out, and it was funny xD (Carlos definitely also thought so lol), but in the end Carlos always knows how to help him calm down <333 :'). Guys, I'm so not ready to let them go xdd 😭🥺. Anyway xd. Him just working on the shelf the whole time was great lol. And the KISSS 😭 stop I'm not okay <333. Also, Carlos Reyes knows nothing if not grab TK's head or neck lol xDD. Anyway, they're the best :')). Carlos talking about his family in the interview 🥺🥺😭❤️. I think it was a great way to describe all the complicated stuff of their relationship/what they went through, but I'm so glad he made sure she knew that both of his parents loved him and he had a good relationship with them (every relationship is complicated at some point, in some way, after all <3). Still hurt though :')). Just acknowledging all of that and thinking about Gabriel again :'(( <3. And UAGHHH GOSH Carlos defending TK and his sobriety 😭😭🥺 it's the best thing. He barely even needed defending, it sucks but those are questions that make sense (especially societally), but Carlos absolutely would <33. And also stop when TK asked, which is almost even better lol :'). I just love how much he's immediately willing to jump TK protect him <3. But UAGH why did you have to talk about the most dangerous parts of being a Texas Ranger!! SIR WHY!!! anyway, this better get sorted out somehow 😭😭. I know most likely it'll be one of them quitting, and probably TK, but I just don't want it to end up like that xd. Still, I'll love them no matter what <3. They just better get Jonah, because Carlos is so right, they are so ready to love him (and already do of course) 😭😭🥺❤️. Also Carlos's arc as a dad is just <333 I wish we got to see more of it but him honoring his dad through it as well (though obviously he wants to besides that) is just 😭🥺. And of course, "Hi baby" UAAAGHHHH 😭😭😭😭. Y'all I didn't even fully register it while watching but you were SO RIGHT it was just so UAGH, the defeat the emotion the love the resignation the emotionsss in two words 😭😭 so good <333. But everything better be fine xdd xD. I love him <33.

TK! TK spinning out was hilarious xDD. Like bro you are not offering Jonah your bedroom 💀 no xD. Once again, I love how Carlos can just so easily get through to him, help him to calm down and realize all the good and the facts :')). We've seen it time and time again and it is still just so beautiful <3. And again, the KISSSS!! It was so soft and sweet :')). I just love them so much guys <33 😭. The talking about families once again got me with TK xd. Though interesting new TK lore that it was a bike crash that started his addiction!! Good to know for fics for all of us lol :)) (though of course everybody can keep doing whatever they want lol). But I love that he talked about how much his parents loved him (and even each other honestly but yk) instead of just the divorce <33. Because truly, ultimately, in the end, they did. And that was the most important thing :'). That could reunite them from anything <33. And he is so ready to do/be that for Jonah 😭😭🥺❤️ (but a little more stable lol). But WHY DID YOU TALK ABOUT THE MOST DANGEROUS PARTS OF YOUR JOB!! NO 😭😭😭 XD. TELL ABOUT THE TIMES YOU WRAP SOMEONE'S ARM AFTER A CAR ACCIDENT AND THEN DRIVE TO THE HOSPITAL WITH NO LIGHTS OR SIRENS ON BRO!! Anyway xD. Carlos is a little more excusable but dude she did not need to know how dangerous your way of being a paramedic is 😭 xD. And GOSH y'all I just will not live if they cannot adopt Jonah xdd. I'm sure it'll work out but uuoaaghh 😭😭 xd. And I know TK is probably the most likely to quit his job but I hope he doesn't 😭🥺. A I still need my 126 family, and at the 126 xD, but B I just love being a paramedic for him. Of course sacrifices have to happen for parenthood but I hope it isn't this for them :'((. Anyway, his talk with Judd was amazing 😭😭😭🥺❤️ I absolutely loved it, and I loved them supporting each other and referencing the program <33 :'). TK's reaction was perfect too, surprised but immediately understanding and supportive <3. Also, I love how much TK cares about Jonah, about this, adopting him. Obviously he does, Jonah is his brother, but he went from someone who didn't care about anything at the beginning of the show, to someone who can stress about a toddler bed!! Obviously it still sucks but he has this <3 he has these feelings, he cares, and nothing can take that away from him <3. It's not just gray anymore :'). It's filled with colors <33. And I love that for him :')) 😭😭❤️🥰. Of course, he was great at his job this week as always <3. I love him <3 🥰❤️.

Tommy! Of course, you know I had to save her for last. I won't make this super long right now, but I just have to say her storyline was amazing. I so wish it wasn't ending like this, and she BETTER be okay next episode 😭, but I'm not sure (especially giving how Gina talked about how she wasn't too happy with how it went down). But dang it, she gave it her all - the character in universe and Gina as an actress. Her scenes were so hauntingly beautiful - like, those sobs 😭😭😭💔? Absolutely destroyed me. The cough turned sob, too, just- wow. She has fought so hard and she absolutely deserves to rest <3. I just hope she gets to do that in her home with her babies for another 40 years 😭 xd. But, bringing Charles back was amazing. I so agree that he was her love, and she absolutely deserves to see him again <33 - as did we, as an audience. And him caring for her, welcoming her in 😭 that was so perfect for them <33. And if it truly was the end, I'm glad she got to lay down peacefully, with a smile <33. It absolutely RUINED me cinematically, that whole thing, like the ticking stopping and stuff 😭 but it was beautiful <33. She just better be okay xd. And not to get sappy about character arcs (like I haven't been doing that this whole time), but she's been through so much crap. And so much of it she's done for her kids, for her family. In the end, she did one more thing for them (even if they probably wouldn't appreciate it as much as she thinks :'(() :'((. And she also got a moment of peace, to herself <3. If this is the end, Rest in Peace Tommy Vega <33 ❤️❤️🥰💔😭😭. But it better not be xd. She was great at her job of just, her life. I love her <333 ❤️❤️❤️🥰❤️.

Overall, I really enjoyed this episode :'). It was so great to see everyone's focus and their storylines, seeing their journey wrap up. And of course, watching them be a family <33. The calls were great, the tension and the ending, final atmosphere were great (if obliterating to me not just them 😭), and it was all in all just such a good episode. I'm so not ready to let this show go :'). After everything, after having it be a comfort and focus for me when things were awful, after meeting so many wonderful people and enjoying these episodes together :'), after writing what I think was around 7 fics (not all posted) and having it be the first fandom to reach 3 published works of mine on AO3 :'). I love this show so much, and I'm so glad I got to experience it with you all <33. This episode and the emotions with it were so amazing, and even though it will be devastating I'm sure the next episode will be amazing 😭🥺❤️. No matter what, it will be worth it :'). I love these characters so much and I'm glad they've gotten such a cool ending, even if I wish it was farther down the line <3. It was an amazing episode :)), with a ton of good moments.

So yeah! I loved the episode, I thought it was really great. All the emotions were on point and the tense atmosphere was so perfect. I'm scared but excited for the next one! This has been my review of. . .

9-1-1: Lone Star, Season 5, Episode 11: Impact

It was so amazing! I really enjoyed it. I'm not ready to let them all go, but I'm still so excited for the next episode and to see how it will go. I'll be here next week for my review of. . .

9-1-1: Lone Star, Season 5, Episode 12: Homecoming

See you next week!

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Hihihi Valentinoo!!! :DD OH DEAR not sicknesss, that doesn't sound fun, I'm really glad you're feeling betterr!! Let's hope you stay better ^^

Ohhh aww, I love that actually, I'm glad it was a good thing for you :> I can never handle horror things, so it's really nice to hear that it helps you in that way :D

Woahh, that's a good point, awww, the good things standing out sounds really nice :) it's comforting to hear that you're used to it, I hope it continues to proceed in a way that's beneficial to you :3

nice nicee! Chill days are the best, and existing is a right good thing to do

LOLL omigoodness that's so real, the repeating over and over again- that's so cool that it's not usually english, I didn't realise vocaloid was typically in other languages :0!!

OHHH I love that so much, d'you know what that means? or at least what language it's from? The *gibberish* part is hilarious, I know exactly what you mean XD

'Tis a delightful little quirk as well :) thank you for telling about it

Of coursee!! They're always up for offer as well, you need but say the word or think the thought and I'll be more than happy to offer some internet hugs

Also! How was your day today as well :0? Do some more good existing?

Alrightyy, I take my leave now! What you said really means a lot to me, and I hope you know that you very much are wanted, if by nobody, then by me :D I'm really glad I can provide that sense to you, and I also very much enjoy doing it!! 'Cause it means I get to talk with you c:

I'll see you tomorrow Valentinoo!! Thanks for talking with me as always too :DD

hihi, sorry m late! went to bed early last night

mhm! vocaloid was made in japan, so a lot of vocaloid creators are japanese/make songs in japanese

i do! it's a chunk from the chorus of Let's Go To Heaven by Kikuo, highly recommend all of his music (be warned he covers a lot of darker topics, but if you're alright with that he's so freaking talented)

i had soup for breakfast so that's nice ::)

that's really sweet of You to say, thank You so much >.< i look forward to talking to You again later today, You mean so much to me

[melissa-titanium]

the ask game stuff..001 for N nd doll (giggles

GO FUCK YOURSELF . but thank uou... anime berdly emoji . ill answer...FOR NOW

001 | send me a ship and I will tell you:

when I started shipping it if I did: VERY RECENTLY ACTUALLY id say within the last like two weeks. ive always loved doll and always loved n but then i realized like. oh huh i connect alot with n and want to make out with doll . boom. its like borderline selfship at this point its cringe as fuck but let me do whatever i want.

my thoughts: surprisingly i don't have as many thoughts on them as i did but i feel like. because of how much of a foil doll is to uzi i think thats the word it would be like. IDK i feel like for doll it'd help to understand the 'humanity' of the dds. if she witnesses a disassembly drone killing war machine trip over his own tail or bump his head into a doorframe and wince and laugh and talk and hug with gentle arms and do things that she specifically reprogrammed herself NOT to do so she'd have a better chance to kill her worst enemy and avenge her parents... she would short circuit. to actually get to the point of not killing him on sight would take a while or lots of coercing via ... lizzy? or hell maybe even uzi im not sure. unless they had an individual encounter (which, you know, could totally happen! doll out in the wastes and n is on a solo hunt, you know her ass was following them.) that lead to a stalemate, i'm not sure how they'd even meet. HM OK NOW IM THINKING ABOUT THIS. either way tho n has a habit of befriending insane drones (or like... smoochin depending on how you see enzi tho i see them as platonic) and i think he could. Not fix her but he could be there for her bless. and again i think she could help him be not a doormat 💛 also stupid hc i had aboit them i hv always thought doll to have like... a freakishly good memory. which, works perfectly paired with n because like .you know. his memory prahblems . dolls ass can remember the angle of your arm when you were like fucking sitting on a chair on the 13th of april last year or some shit like she PAYS ATTENTION even if she doesn't often share her input... which is also a good thing bcos n is super inclusive always. n voice DOLLLL LOOK WE ARE DOING A THING!!!! :D & shes just like. sighs okay (comes ova 2 him) and eventually.. i think itd get to the point where she can go do shit on her own without being explicitly invited YAY

What makes me happy about them: gotta bring up the Me & My Wife shit again bcos its borderline selfship at this point. i just think its interesting and awesome I REALLY HOPE THEY HAVE AN INTERACTION... tho i doubt it; i think they might fight or smt in ep 7 WHICH HONESTLY I WOULDNT BE SAD ABOUT my goil needs moe screenrtime

What makes me sad about them: doll probably hasnt experienced like. affection in fucking ages & frankly n really hasnt either. i think they'd hold hands and talk about their kill counts. also i just realized they both kind of went thru a period of time tht was little socialization only KILL. doll had school & lizzy, sure, but also living in an apartment with ur parents' & dozens of others' corpses its like. tht fucks w u. but the interesting thing about them is… n and doll don't experience guilt over Killing And Eating People the same way i think. like. just for example v and uzi do (atleast in my perception). like v couldnt cope with the knowledge she had so she fell extra EXTRA hard into her role (atleast using her maid self as an accurate portrayal of her old self) and uzi has never ever experiuenced anything like that before so its fucking terrifying to her. however, with doll and n… they dont percieve it the same way. we understand that both of them are capable of guilt but it takes a very strong connection for them to experience it. ep one; n feels bad for making uzi argue with khan & ruining the card game. does he say a single thing about killing and eating half a dozen workers? No! because it's natural to him. there's nothing out of the ordinary in that situation except for the fact that he was "rude" by interrupting someone & "rude" by causing an argument. yes, he's very sweet and patient and all of the above but he doesn't see killing as really a BAD THING… he sees it as a necessity; as him being useful, higher numbers means hes doing a good job. but, really, that's all he's known. he doesn't remember being a worker. after meeting uzi he's capable of realizing… oh, these are living creatures! i feel a little bad now. but the guilt doesn't come crashing down onto him and leave him utterly devastated at his kill count, it just sits there. it festers. similarly, in my opinion, to how doll reacts to guilt. we see her as this unstoppable force at every point until the end of promening. she knows her goals, she knows what she has to do to get to them, and has shaped herself into the perfect killing machine to do what she needs, removing all forms of guilt from her person to make sure it doesn't get in the way. though, again, it comes bubbling to the surface back from where she buried it so deeply under all her anger when uzi pops her emo little head in. she isnt instantly all "oh my god, what have i done?" but it eats away at her all of this fucking time, she has been killing and hurting her kind, believing she was the only one who could possibly shoulder this burden and deal justice to those who deserved it. but now that she knows she isn't alone… it festers.

things done in fanfic that annoys me: i've seen like three n/doll fics literally EVER but i'd honestly say. major mischaracterization of doll... i feel like doll gets mischaracterized more than n? n's behaviours are easy to understand and read with a surface level understanding because he has more screentime and again ON THE SURFACE looks relatively simple. i think a huge thing in some fanfics that bugs me is that. imitation of speech patterns = perfect characterization WHICH IS NOT TRUE... but also understandably makes it difficult to do with doll because she doesn't talk alot, while N talks a LOT so it leads to a heavy imbalance in mischaracterization. just because the characters would fucking say that, doesnt mean they would Fucking Do That

apparently there is a word limit on tumblr. pleasantly surprised this will be two posts instead

[chaikajpeg]

I thought I grew out of my I-need-to-apologise-for-posting-so-rarely emo phase, but it seems I didn't, so here I am and my excuses!

As a bonus, if you scroll below, you'll get to hear me venting about my artistic skills and laziness! (the conclusion is positive though)

Bonus vent!

I've been regularly drawing and posting my works on the internet since 2015, and all this time I've only been messing around, desperately avoiding actually studying what I'm drawing, which, uh, led to lots of complexes I have today! (art-wise). It's really hard to force myself to learn, partly because feeling how little I actually know and can draw is frustrating as hell. I keep thinking about how much better I would've been had I started studying earlier, and how far behind I am other people who weren't as lazy as me, etc etc... On top of that, self-studying requires time-management skills and self-control, which I don't have, so I'm really moving at a snail's pace here.

Don't get the wrong impression btw, even though I'm being so critical of myself, I'm still kinda trying to show myself in a better light, meaning I probably do even less than you think. :DD And, as much as I don't want to admit it, I'm trying to manipulate you into giving me compliments and encouragement (...which all artists do, I think? My envy for other artists alienated me from the art community so I don't know what's normal anymore lol)

As a conclusion for this post, I tried to write some encouraging advice for people who feel a similar way, but it ended up being soaked in my own inferiority complex, so the only advice I can give you is: don't listen to me. And be mindful when you listen to other sad artists. But do listen to the kind art teachers on youtube who want you to enjoy every second you spend drawing, who want you to take your time, to see art as your freedom and to let it make you a happy person

[dunkan224]

[ReLIT] 🍰 Ayano Ren 50 Questions (2025 ver.)

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeuxGexZimY

Narrator: Nishina Hibiki

~ 50 Questions ~

01. Name?

🍰: Ayano Ren

02. Where does your name come from?

🍰: From the actor Ayano Go, and a friend from my hometown named Ren-kun

💫: LOL

👼🏻: Are you telling the truth?

🍰: Of course I am!!

03. Nickname? 

🍰: Ren-kun, Renren, Ayano-san… and also Ayano-han

🍝: Only one person calls you that

💗: Renchon

🍰: That too!

💫: Only one person calls you that too

04. Birthday?

🍰: February 22nd

05. Blood-type?

🍰: O

06. Height?

🍰: 170…cm…?

💫: Huh????

🍝: Don’t you mean 153cm? 

🍰: I’m 153cm! [t/n His actual height is just under 170cm]

🌹: Tiny

07. Where are you from?

🍰: Niigata Prefecture

08. How would you describe your personality?

🍰: Uhhhhhh…

👼🏻: That’s your personality?

📘: You need to analyse yourself better!

🍰: I think I'm usually bright! And I’m strict on myself. I’m competitive too!

09. What club activities did you do?

🍰: Karate

10. Favourite sport?

🍰: Boxing?

🌹: Really!?

🍰: I watch K-1

🌹: That's new information

🍰: I’m bad at ball sports so I rarely watch them. But since I used to do karate, I enjoy watching boxing too

11. Favourite food?

🍰: Cake, meat, and umeboshi made by my grandma. I recently like sushi too

12. Least favourite food?

🍰: Leaves!

💗: Did you say eeves?

🍰: LOL

13. Favourite season?

🍰: I used to like spring and autumn, but my pollen allergy has gotten bad! So I like winter now

14. Favourite song?

🍰: Shine on you (MeseMoa.)

15. Favourite artist?

🍰: Kinoko Teikoku and Ame no Parade. I like Harukamirai too. I’m also listening to TREASURE

16. Favourite anime?

🍰: Haikyu!!. You can watch it even if you don’t like ball sports

17. Favourite manga?

🍰: I don’t read manga. I don’t think I’ve ever read one 

🍝: You can’t read?

🍰: Correct. I start imagining the scenes in my mind like an anime

🍝: Like the images are moving?

🍰: I need voices to replay it in my head! It takes me multiple days to just read one volume!

🍝: Multiple days…

18. Favourite DD song?

🍰: Aurora Kyokugidan (MeseMoa.)

19. Favourite colour?

🍰: Red, black, and recently, white

👼🏻: Yay white!

💗: Ladybug…

🍰: But ladybugs don’t have white in them? 

💗: Yes, they do

🍰: Huh!?

20. Favourite place? 

🍰: I recently bought a kotatsu, so my favourite place is inside the kotatsu ♡

🌹: Kotatsu season is over, though

🍰: It’s getting warm now. I still use it, but keep the kotatsu turned off

21. Favourite word/phrase?

🍰: “Promise and deliver”

22. Hobbies?

🍰: Making sweets

23. Skills?

🍰: Karate

24. Your strengths?

🍰: I’m full of ideas! There are a lot of things I want to do or try

25. Your weaknesses?

🍰: I sleep too much

💫: LOL

26. Describe yourself as a kanji character

🍰: Going with what just came to my mind, “to laugh” (笑)

💫: Ooooh

🍰: I am being laughed at

🍝: You laugh, and you are being laughed at

27. What's something that made you feel happy recently?

🍰: A lot of people said they wanted to try my profiteroles!

💗: They seriously looked so good

🍝: It did! Why haven't you brought us any yet?

💗: Didn’t you say you would bring some to us at practice!?

👼🏻: You did! 

🍰: 🫣

💗: But you gave some to Patch-san…

💫: You got caught!

🍝: Guilty! 

🍰: !! Patch-san messaged me he wanted to try some when I uploaded the oven picture on my story! None of the members sent me anything!

🍝: So he was early 

🌻: We assumed you would bring some to us

🍰: Don't take me for granted!!

💫: LOL

28. What's something that made you feel angry recently?

🍰: I don’t get angry, and I forget about it after sleeping anyways 

29. What's something that made you feel sad recently?

🍰: I’m not sure if this counts as sad, but I was looking for some MeseMoa. footage for practice, and the first thing that came up was a video with 9 members and I started crying. Of course, I love the current 5 members, but I also love them as 9 so it made me cry.

30. What's something fun you’ve done recently?

🍰: Today!

31. What's something that you’ve been into recently?

🍰: Monster Hunter

🍝: Monster Hunter!!

🍰: Monster Hunter Wilds

🌻: What about 2nd G?

🍰: I do love 2nd G, but I’m into Wilds at the moment

👼🏻: What [weapon] do you use?

🍰: Dual blades

🍝: Not karate?

🍰: I would if that was an option LOL

🌻: No weapon, bare hands

32. What song do you have on repeat recently?

🍰: Monogatari wa kokokara (ONE LOVE ONE HEART)

33. Best school subject?

🍰: …

💫: LOL

🍰: Contemporary Japanese. I enjoy thinking about the authors' feelings and stuff

🍝: Even though you can't read manga?

🍰: Excuse me!? You don’t have to think about the author’s feelings… in manga…

💫: You’re so wrong!!

📘: fjknvhmdkjv!?

💫: LOL what did you just say!?

34. What location would you like to visit?

🍰: Salar de Uyuni!

🍝: Where was that again?

🍰: Bolivia! I think!

🌹: Whereabouts is that?

🍰: Ummm.. It’s around… Like… The other side of Japan??

💫: Ain’t that Brazil?

🍰: LOL

35. Habits?

💫: *🙏*?

💗: Whenever you start talking!

🍰: I’ve never done that! Or this? *Praying fist pose*

🍝: It’s giving cheerleader

🍰: *Claps into a praying fist pose*! I do do that!

💗: See!!

🍰: I also think I touch my bangs

💗: Suddenly giving high schooler now…

36. What’s something that’s important to you?

🍰: If I’m able to do the things I want to do

37. Favourite ReLIT song? 

🍰: Moonbow Fantasy. Nothing can beat that

38. What do you like about ReLIT?

🍰: How close we are! And as I say this, someone is yawning

🍝: I wonder who~

🍰: LOL I like how we can go out to do anything as a group. They’re my group mates, but also my friends

39. What location would you like to visit with the ReLIT members?

🍰: Okinawa

🌻: You can!

🍰: Or onsen! I want to visit Hakone and go on the cable railway for the view!

40. If you could exchange bodies with one of the members, who would it be and why?

🍰: Ao-chan! I want to see what’s going on inside that mind. 

📘: You wouldn’t believe it!

🍰: I also want to read books and write lyrics. I want to know how Ao-chan thinks, return to my own body, and then talk to him. I want to understand why he says certain things

41. What things would you want to try in the future as ReLIT?

🍰: Scuba diving! I want to swim with turtles 

42. What goals do you have for the future?

🍰: Budokan, with the 7 of us

43. What things would you want to try in the future individually?

🍰: Choreograph songs

~Questions from the members~

44. Favourite type of ice cream?

🍰: “Biscuit sandwich ice cream” (Ice cream sandwich)

💗: The one in the blue packaging?

🍰: Yes! The brown one! And they're all inside a box. Small and square-shaped

🌹💗: Never heard of it

🍰: Maybe it was called “Cookie sandwich ice cream”? Not sure

45. Favourite type of ramen?

🍰: Ginger soy sauce ramen from my hometown, Niigata! Also! I discovered Ichiran in Fukuoka!

💗: And it changed your life?

🍰: Yes… Since then, I'm team thin noodles

46. What do you think about before going to sleep?

🍰: I was so curious how others would answer this question! I usually think about what I did that day~ or what I plan to do the next day~ but I also ponder the universe. Like how the universe came to be

🌻: Like philosophical things?

🍰: Stuff like “How many stars exist?” “How big is the universe?”

🍝: Oh, he’s deep into it

💗: Do you end up figuring it out?

🍰: No…

📘: You’re probably already asleep

🍰: Yes…! And for the times when I really cannot get to sleep, I end up counting sheep

💫: WOW

📘: What’s your max sheep count?

🍰: I went up to 100 last time! And thought to myself crap!, then I thought about something else and fell alseep

47. What would you do if you had a month off?

🍰: I want to travel and hop around different hotels! Ahhh, but I could also just sleep

💫: LOL The entire month!?

🌻: Hibernate!?

48. How many stories would you want if you lived in your own house? ()

🍰: 3 stories! 1 underground and 2 above! But maybe 4 stories since I want parking!

49. What would you want to reincarnate as? ()

🍰: A different male human

🍝: How come?

🍰: I don't want to be me anymore!

🍝: That sounds sad…

🌻: There’s so much more to your life!

🍰: But I do wish to live a long life

🌻: So you wouldn't want to reincarnate?

🍰: Ahhh… I’ll aim to live until 200

💫: !?

🍰: Medicine is evolving so

🌻: Maybe not in our generation

🍰: I feel like we could make it though…

50. What title would you give to your life story?

🍰: I thought about this! What my life meant to me

💗: You sound so devastated

👼🏻: Has your life already ended?

🍰: I think life is like an amidakuji (ladder lottery). Comparing now to when I became a pastry chef or when I used to do karate, I’ve followed a very different path than what I had planned. But ultimately, it all ended up being “the right choice”. Does that make sense?

🍝: It does!

🍰: And as more lines are added, it creates a path to new opportunities

📘: You can also reverse paths 

🍰: ???

💫: LOL

🍰: Life’s an amidakuji!

🍝: “Top 5 ways to win amidakuji”

📘: I think that analogy is great! You never know the outcome of an amidakuji until the end. “To continue without knowing what will come next” is very “life” I think

🍰: I feel so big brained for coming up with this. “Life’s an amidakuji”

🌻📘: Can you please tweet that?

💗: All the replies would be like “???”

🍰: LOL

 

~ Final words ~

🍰: It’s Ayano Ren! Please love me for who I am! Thank you for your continued support! Bye-bye~!

[parksungho-zip]

For my dearest person,

Dear @mylngjae,

Hello, my big puppy. Thank you for existing and for coming into my life. I don't think I could ever put into words how grateful I am to have you by my side every single day. You make everything feel a little brighter, a little better, just by being you. hope you're always surrounded by happiness, with good people who truly appreciate you, because you deserve nothing less. You're the sweetest person I've ever met, and I feel so lucky to have you in my life. I love you so much, sayang <3333

Dear @Leesmeo,

Hello my bestie Cecil! Just wanted to say a big thank you for always putting up with my dad jokes and actually responding to them, lol. You’re always there for me, whether it’s to cheer me up or just to listen when I need to rant, we have a lot in commons so i think that's why we become friends. Seriously, you’re such a good friend, and I appreciate you so much. I hope all the good things in life find their way to you because you truly deserve nothing but the best!

Dear @Haqnni,

Hello my cutie, anak pph tersayang! Just wanna take a moment to say how grateful I am to have you in my life. Your bright and cheerful personality never fails to lift my mood, and honestly, you give some of the best advice too. You’re the type of person who never judges, always choosing to see the good in people, and that’s something really special. I hope life brings you the same kindness and warmth you give to others, and that everything always works out in the best way for you. You truly deserve it!

Dear @Sunghobon,

Hello my bestie, HEHEHE, I’m so sorry that I always joke around about you, but I swear it’s never serious, I promise 😭. You know I just can’t help it, right? Even though you’re always full of jokes, deep down, you’re really a good person. I hope happiness and kindness always follow you wherever you go. No matter how busy you are, you still make time to be by my side, and I appreciate that more than you know. Thank you for always being there! Salam hangat dari jiwa yang selalu semangat!

Dear @mpharita,

Hello, dd-nya abang! Just wanna say thank you for always being my little sister, I really appreciate you. It's always fun having you around as my cute little sister, even though I know I might annoy you sometimes. But even with that, you still stick around and accompany me until now, and I'm really grateful for that. I hope you're always surrounded by kindness and happiness because you deserve it, dd!

[amazingspake]

I don't really like self-reblogging but I put a lot of work in this, so I settled on sharing some of my thoughts on their relationship while I'm at it

Disclaimer: English is not my first language and I talk a lot

So, consider this: UR-1 happened about 2 years after Hazakura incident. Diego is more or less free from his inner demons, but is lost and has no purpose — there's nothing for him to live for, he doesn't hate Phoenix anymore, he can't really protect Maya from prison, and we all know what happened the first time he tried to protect her, so he really just, well, exists.

And then Blackquill arrives. Sure, he can be a master of psychology and a prosecutor all he wants, but he's only 21, practically a boy still, who has just been through a very traumatic experience and basically signed his own death sentence. And I really like this thing with Simon that, sure, he's selfless and heroic and risked everything for a better cause, but his reasoning is flawed and the decision of going to prison while the real perpetrator is still around isn't the brightest one. If Metis's killer was the same person who sabotaged the HAT-1 launch, how in the world did Simon believe that Athena killed her mother? And moreover, if he wanted to protect her, why didn't he stay at her side? And I'm not talking about Aura, because Aura's feelings clearly weren't the focus here. There was that psychological profile thing also, I suppose — but I don't think he specifically needed to be in prison to preserve it. I may be wrong, as DD's plotline is a freaking jungle of a mess, but still: Simon's decision isn't perfect, and that's what makes him a better character than he already is. I've actually read a post which explored this idea on PW Kinkmeme, but I don't think I'll be able to find it again. Anyway, this view on Blackquill's character made me like him even more: he did what he thought was best at the time, and was committed to it, like a samurai, until the end. And, to quote Mr. Coffee himself: "To err, is human, to forgive, divine. Humans aren't machines, the have souls, feelings. They live, they die, they love, they hate... and, yes, they even make mistakes".

So, back to prison. Blackquill arrives, and Diego sees this scared kid who, however, has the guts to claim he's a murderer and keep a straight face. It takes him one glance at Simon, and his lawyer instincts tell him that he's innocent. So, as he seeks a new purpose in life so much, he decides to look out for Simon, protect him, if you like. He is a defence attorney at heart, he knows better than most how to bluff, how to smile in the hardest of times, and how to keep a facade that won't falter. So he guides him: carefully, without too much pressure, to have Simon figure out himself what is best for him. He guides him and watches as the Twisted Samurai emerges, dark, stoic, and cold, and no longer sees a lost boy, but a man who is fearless and fearsome, and can stand his ground, and Diego feels at least a little bit proud.

And now that I think of it, let's make it a bit more angsty: Diego, because he is Diego, compares Simon to Mia. He sees someone who is reckless in their desire to avenge someone they cared deeply about (Misty/Metis) by putting the true culprit behind bars (Redd White/the Phantom), while trying to keep safe someone else they care about, but ending up abandoning them (Maya/Athena). Diego sees these parallels, and, although he accepted that he shouldn't blame himself for Mia's death, he still may feel responsible that he didn't protected her from this reckless vengeance. So maybe he becomes afraid that Simon will follow the same path, and thus at least tries to warn him and teach him to be more cautious.

And so, as he's out of prison, earlier than Blackquill (I believe his sentence wasn't too long due to it being a manslaughter rather than murder, and due to health complications; and I just want my guy to have a happy ending, whatever, it's not about him today) and maybe he contacts someone he knows, who was an annoying brat in his youth, but grew up to be a respected man, aiming to be the next Chief Prosecutor. Maybe he says to him, hey, frilly boy, do me a favor and look up that case involving Blackquill in detail for me, will you? And Edgeworth, being a smart man, probably already had his doubts regarding that case, so this is just another confirmation and an incentive to dig deeper.

Godot figures out Blackquill

Aa3 & aa5 spoilers, mild blood ig

If you have seen this no you haven't tumblr did some weird shenanigans and separated the images

I'm not rewriting whatever I said before but I adore their weird prison friendship

[catcrazyx]

for the ask game...... KAITO!! :D

EHEHE MY BABY!!!!!!!!! :DD THANK YOU!! Of course my fav character of all time, like really :3 right up there with Chiaki eheh.

Favorite thing about them: Basically everything!! He's such a complex and interesting character, I feel like there's soooo much to him, he's so cool to get to know more of, and his character alone gives me the opportunity to explore a lot of deep interesting topics and seeing things more grey rather than black and white. Besides, he's not perfect, and even though I love him, I found myself disagreeing with him a lot, which is seriously so amazing, I love flawed characters which make them more relatable and human!! Now more into Kaito himself, LIKE HE'S SO BEAUTIFUL AND AMAZING, LIKE HE ACTUALLY ALWAYS CARED ABOUT EVERYONE AND WANTED EVERYONE TO SURVIVE AND FOLLOW THEIR DREAMS AND BE HAPPY! He hides himself bc he's scared to be seen as weak, but also bc he's scared of not being relied on, and if nobody relies on him he can't help anyone. He always puts others above himself even if he appears a bit cocky sometimes, he shows to be very insecure deep down, when he said "you fell for a guy like me" I literally CRIED, he deserves so much love. When I first saw him I thought he was a bit out there, and his design was not my thing, apart from the space design on the jacket, but now he's like super hot, everything about his design is beautiful bc it's so unique of him and I love him, even that stupid goatee I wanna touch it so badly AHHHH Kaito with his hair down also >>>>>> -

Least favorite thing about them: Like I said Kaito is not perfect, and what I dislike about him has got to be how he treated Ryoma. I wish they had gotten a better treatment like in the manga we get to see how Kaito really feels about Ryoma and Ryoma would also surely appreciate that support. But in the game, Kaito was very insensitive for sure, I consider that there's more deep down besides the idol thing, like, everybody forgets that Kaito was already dying by that point and he knew that. Him seeing his idol giving up on life when Kaito thinks he has a "choice" (it's not a matter of choice, but following Kaito's train of thought here) but Kaito himself does not have a choice, he has so many dreams but he knows he's dying and I feel like that must have had some impact on why he treated Ryoma like that, relating again, with the fact Ryoma was his idol, someone whom he admired to follow his own dreams, so I know it must be heartbreaking for Kaito, but it was still very insensitive, and I really wish they at least had some better interactions in UTDP, bc I really think these two deserved to be on better terms. -

Favorite line: J-Just one???? Nah, that's illegal. Here have a bunch of lines: 1. "Being able to share your burdens with others… that's how you get stronger" 2. "Hey! Were you guys making out while I was gone?!" 3. "Hey! Who you calling NPC, you A-S-S!?" 4. "If you want to give up, wait until you've done everything you possibly can!" 5. "The impossible is possible! All you gotta do is make it so!" 6. "No matter how many times we fight, we smile in the end... that's what true friendship is!" 7. "Sometimes you gotta be a little reckless to make your dreams a reality!" 8. "That could have been anyone walking around in women's underwear! Even me!" 9. "That's because, limits don't exist unless you set them yourself" 10. "I believe in you." -

BrOTP: With Himiko!! Not actually related, they are best friends! I had made a "understand my friendship" in 5 minutes post where I showed a bit their dynamic. Kaito sending Himiko very cute memes and images, while Himiko sending cursed things just to scare Kaito, but in a lighthearted way! Kaito actually believed in Himiko's magic or at least on how she wants to make people smile with her magic and I'm sure he'd help her believe in herself more. Also Kaito would totally give Himiko piggyback rides when she's tired!!! Another BrOTP is with Kazuichi! They'd be such good bros! Ahh I wish they had interacted at some point, they'd totally bond! I love how some people made comics showing how Kaito would help Kazuichi get over Sonia, move on and become someone he can be proud of, learning to love himself and chase his passions. Also how Kazuichi would talk about rockets with Kaito, I love them so much!! -

OTP: SAIMOTA IS LOVE, SAIMOTA IS LIFE!! They support, admire, love, care, never judge one another. They are so sweet and so cute and adorable and they are also so gay, like... I could be here talking about them forever (I was, but CHARACTER LIMIT ON TUMBLR SOMEHOW??) Anyway, they fit so many themes and aesthetics, like, Saimota is literally SEASONS, like, spring, summer, autumn, winter!! They also fit so well either cottage core or even like city streets, neon lights, parties, they are perfect in every way. They hold hands to comfort each other. They switch their roles a lot, always support each other equally and communication is really their strength!! They already went through that development in the game, and it's perfect. Anyway, special other OTP mentions: Training Trio, Oumota, Amamota, Akamota, Momoharu, Gokumota, Cyberspace and basically yeah, any ship with Kaito is great. -

NOTP: With Junko. Keep her away from my boy. I saw some people make some headcanons of them interacting, no, no no no no NO. My boy deserves love and happiness! -

Random headcanon: Kaito never met his dad and his mom left him, so that's why he grew up with his grandparents. He was always dreaming and studying so he was actually a very lonely kid, but he'd always be happy and smiling bc he wanted to make his dreams come true! Also all of Kaito's clothes have some sort of space design or space related thing about them bc I say so. -

Unpopular opinion: Kaito is not homophobic or misogynistic. He has toxic masculinity traits, but he always respects women, he may have made some sexist comments, but it was never out of hate for women or for seeing them as less than men?? Kaito didn't see Maki as weak because she was a girl, he invited her to the meeting of who would fight Monokuma in ch.1, he also invited a bunch of other girls, he clearly respected their strength. Even if he says "a man shouldn't apologise so easily" Kaito does apologise when he needs to and he also says that to Kaede, he tells her to not apologise for something that's not her fault, clearly showing how he doesn't treat women differently. And he's not homophobic just because of a very misplaced word that came out of nowhere and didnt' mean anything for anything at anything in the story, characters, dynamics, relationships, plot, nothing. It was put there by the writers for nothing, it has no relation to Kaito's character at all, there's no other evidence of him being "homophobic", he's not homophobic!!! He may have some traditional views, and Kaito is stubborn about a lot of things, but he cares about others and I'm sure if they'd teach him more about it, he'd try his best to respect it, bc he can see the good in people deep down and that's always what he cares about the most! - Another unpopular opinion is that PG Kaito is not a bully, he's pretty chill actually, I consider him intimidating, but not physically violent!! I hate how everyone just decided to make him a bully to find an excuse to hate on Kaito. Kaito doesn't even have a canon sad face PG sprite in the wiki, for me he's even more chill than IG Kaito, he's just protective over the ones he loves. He'd NOT bully Kokichi or Shuichi, instead he'd be stepping in to protect them!! -

Song i associate with them: Oooo I have A LOT. I have already made a video for him with the song "Stressed Out - Twenty One Pilots", but I have many others, which I don't want to reveal bc I plan on making a video with them in the future, so it's a surprise :) -

Favorite picture of them:

THE WAY HE LOOKS AT SHU LIKE HE'S THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING HE'S EVER SEEN, HE BELIEVES IN HIM AND IN HIS SKILLS AND AWWW HE'S SO PROUD

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Hey RS!

This is not related to GGDD but I wanted to ask, what one thing you would take with you to 2023? and what would you leave behind in 2022?

Happy new year in advance to you! 🌟

Hi Anon,

Thanks for the question, I like this one!

What I'd like to leave behind

I think the thing I'd most like to leave behind in 2022 is the isolation and paranoia I developed during the pandemic. Of course the pandemic is far from over, but I feel like so many years of worrying about health and safety - and feeling incredibly uncomfortable around other people - has taken a negative toll on my life. I'd like to find a way to be comfortable integrating myself back into society a bit more. Step by step.

Somehow I managed to get through 3 years of the pandemic (and counting) without ever contracting covid, and that was due in part to my tendency to self-isolate long before there was a pandemic.

I tend to be a rather introverted, reclusive person even at the best of times, and was actually totally relieved during the pandemic to be able to live my life relatively normally without the constant pressure to go places and do things around other people, which I've felt burdened by for most of my life. It was actually nice to be able to feel like my perspective on all that was normal for a change!

For a long time I didn't feel like I was losing out on much because of the pandemic. If anything, I had gained a lot. Being able to now do a lot of things remotely that we used to have to do in person, for example, feels like such a gift. But gradually I came to realize that the extreme isolation I was experiencing was having a very negative impact on me.

I remember at one point my partner said despairingly, "It's going to take years to get you back out into the world!" and I don't think he's wrong. It will likely take me a year or two to be back where I was before, maybe even longer depending on how things go with the new variants and the progress of the disease.

In any case, that's what I want to leave behind. Let's see if the universe lets that happen... 😅

What I'd like to bring with me

I actually finished writing the first section a long time ago, but it's taken me many days to reflect on what I want to bring with me. And really the answer was staring me in the face all along.

I want to bring with me into 2023, GG and DD and my love for them. Not only has being a turtle really enriched my life in many ways, both of those boys are so inspiring to me.

They make me want to do more and put myself out there more, and to live a better and happier life. They make me want to learn more about the world and about places and cultures that I'm not familiar with. They make me want to love and be loved more.

More than anything, I just enjoy them and I'm charmed by their unique personalities and approaches. I am captivated by their intense, sweet, chaotic, bickery, sometimes dirty-minded, always deeply loving rapport.

I cheer for them, and for all queer people everywhere. I want what's best for them. I want them to be happy, healthy and free. I want them to know how much of a difference they make in other people's lives, and how much they inspire people who care about love, compassion and self-actualization.

They have brought a lot of good friends, good feelings and good experiences into my life, so I'm definitely bringing them with me everywhere I go.

I appreciate this question. It was a valuable bit of self-reflection for me. I encourage everyone to reflect on these questions going into this new year.

I hope all of you have a wonderful 2023, and that we all see positive change in the world in the coming months. 💖