#the brainrot is returning in waves and i cant stop it

[stil-lindigo]

i made a truly feral entry level powerpoint presentation on claymore my favourite manga ever and felt compelled to share the title screen

[pensiveabstraction]

imagining a modern au but everyone still has bending. aang is a conservationist and runs a nonprofit animal sanctuary, katara is a street hockey player and sells cool jewelry on etsy that she carves using her bending, sokka is an engineer for a plane company, suki is a pro kickboxer. zuko is a very mildly famous author who writes under a fake penname, and works in his uncle's teashop (obviously) alongside toph (who is secretly also basically his manager with the author thing)

zukka meet at the teashop first, sokka comes as a customer and zuko is all flustered when taking his order (although on the outside he just comes across as awkward). toph notices his elevated heartrate, teases him relentlessly and 'forgets' to mention that she knows that guy. she invites zuko along to meet some of her friends, going out for drinks, and neglects to mention that sokka will be there. they all get introduced and have a merry old time, though every time sokka is definitely out of earshot he whisper-curses toph out for this, she just teases him more for his crush in return.

sokka comes to the teashop again the next day and becomes a regular, coming on his lunch break on the days he's at work, and coming to hang out and chat to toph and zuko on some of the days he isnt. he isnt stupid, he notices the other boy acting weird around him (as well as toph smirking and nudging the firebender unsubtly), and he asks him to hangout with him alone a few weeks later.

its wintertime and the snow is beginning to start. the boys go for a walk around a local park, beautifully coated in snow with the sunlight refracting through the icicles. sokka shivers from the cold and, after a moment of hesitation, zuko takes his hand to warm it up using his bending. they talk about all sorts of random stuff, the beautiful area, their interests, stuff going on in their day to day. eventually, they go get some dinner. nothing fancy, just eating at the local mcdonalds, but zuko cant seem to stop smiling.

sokka walks him back to his apartment and the ambiguous date-or-not vibe becomes a bit less ambiguous to zuko, so he asks him to hang out again some time. they exchange numbers and sokka waves a bit as he leaves.

zuko is now going to the weekly meetup with toph's (and now his too) friends. they dont always go out drinking like the first time, a lot of the time they just go back to someone's place to hang out. he sits by sokka a lot of the time now.

agh my brain is stuck on this idea now. i will probably add even more later. any writers please feel more than free, feel encouraged to take literally anything from this, i have too much brainrot of my own to try writing it right now

[poemistic]

HELP MY HXH BRAINROT CANT STOP MAKING ME THINK OF KURAPIKA SINGING THIS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkDzwJk8WuQ

listen to the song but, if you wanna read how i imagine the animatic to go in my head then click away. i just HAD to write this down or it would make me go crazy. it’s a little messy and rushed and VERY melodramatic but i hope you still understand what im trying to portray. I’m not an artist of any kind or that good of a writer so! read at ur own risk! (ALSO this is heavily inspired by the animatic made by ink potts! who made an mlp version of the count of monte cristo! its super good so watch it!!) 

i can see the scene so clearly in my mind. he’s like in this random field at night, for the first two verses. (“The time goes by unnoticed”) he looks at his chains.

at the end of the second verse (“And I am face to face with...”) the field before him brightens and then 

(“The man I used to be”) young kurapika comes on. Kurapika’s eyes are red as he stares in shock at his younger self, when 

(“Dreams I dared to dream”) pairo appears at his side, running to younger kurapika. 

(“When love was all. The innocence of youth. Like memories of truth return. To learn forgiveness”) throughout that line pairo and young kurapika play and laugh without a care in the world. 

(“The man I used to be, cannot be outrun”) Kurapika reaches out towards the both of them, but lets his hands drop as

(“Our past still lives. Whatever else I've done”) flashes of the kurta massacre, the phantom troupe arc, whatever is happening in the DC arc. 

(“Forever in his eyes, he'll see, the man that I used to be”) the flashes fade away to young kurapika reading a book to pairo under a tree in the field. pairo glances up to young kurapika with a smile, and then slides his gaze towards current kurapika with that same smile. 

( “And all the years will melt away and lights will fall much softer now”) kurapika’s side of the field is still at night, but the moon begins to shine brightly over him as the clouds pass. his black suit is now gone, instead replaced by his kurta clothes once again. 

( “For all the pain is gone. Hope is what moves on”) Kurapika gives a small smile at the two, and then turns away. the hills seems to go on, but the sky is getting lighter. 

( “I will be there”) he gives one last look at the two, pairo is still smiling at *him*, but it seems like the young kurapika has taken notice of him as well. a small, yet proud and encouraging smile is on the younger kurapika’s face. 

( “As near as her next prayer”) the couple then look at each other with such love and happiness. their eyes close from smiling so hard as their foreheads touch. 

( “As merciful as sweet redemption”) kurapika turns back to the world ahead, summoning the courage to take a step. He is surprised by young kurapika and pairo giving him a push, looking eager and excited for him as he starts into a sprint. 

( “Once blind, now I see”) The camera angel in my head is placed over kurapika’s shoulder as he runs towards a future filled with hope and love and happiness. pairo and kurapika shout and wave him goodbyes that motivate kurapika to run faster. 

( “Once a slave, I’m free”) kurapika dismisses his chains from his hand 

( “Give me a star”) up ahead is leorio, gon and killua. the sun is rising behind them. They look as if they were talking amongst themselves, but as kurapika comes into view, they stop to wave him over in delight to see him again. 

( “To homeward guide my heart”) my mind camera then zooms in on leorio, who looks the most excited to see him again. the sun shines brightly behind him, leaving kurapika breathless. 

( “To resurrect a part of me”) the camera is then back on kurapika’s face, who’s eyes are red and full of tears. but he looks so ready to finally move on and make a new home for himself. 

( “The man who I used to be“) a slow motion shot of kurapika jumping into everyone’s arms, and then all of them crash to the floor in a messy pile of limbs and bright smiles. they all hug him tighter, his face is in leorio’s chest. They pull apart all giddy and shaky for a proper hug with kurapika in the middle of it. he is happy. he is content. he is home.