#(and by 'him' i am obviously referring to chopper)

[jessicas-pi]

If you’re still doing the ask game writing thingy, may I humbly offer…

1. Sabine and Ezra [Sabezra, if you’re feeling it] with Chopper

2. Impromptu food fight! 🤪

Thanks!!

FUN FACT! I actually had plans ALREADY for a food fight scene in my Medieval AU (Part One), so I wrote that! For context, Sabine and Ezra are somewhere between 5&7 and 7&9 (i'm still working on the exact ages).

If Mother were here, she would tell Sabine that it would be impolite to smash her whole plate of food over the head of that ugly boy, who was apparently trying to get seconds on dessert before he’d even finished his vegetables by stealing the sweet of the boy next to him. But Mother wasn’t here, and the boy next to him happened to be Ezra, and Ezra looked like he was going to cry, so Sabine committed the impolite act with unremorseful gusto. Then, for good measure, she dumped her glass of juice over the stupid boy’s head while he was still too shocked to move. The sound of shattering dishware hushed the whole créche into utter silence, except for Chopper’s naughty warble of laughter. Sabine glared down at Ezra, who was looking at her like she was a hero of legends, and put her hands on her hips. She was about to chastise him for just sitting there while his dessert got stolen, when the boy got himself together and made a face at Ezra. “Are you gonna let a girl fight for you like that?” Sabine was ready to lunge forward into a good old fistfight at the insult, but Ezra grabbed his own plate of food, smashed it into the bully’s chest, and yelled, “It’s called TEAMWORK, stupid!” Another moment of shocked silence. Then the créche erupted into chaos. Oleg was assaulted with a volley of mashed potatoes from every side, Leia lovingly hurled her vegetables into her brother’s face, Chopper used his grabber arms to pick up a bowl of fruit and fling its contents at whoever was closest, the tiny Yoda baby was screeching with delight, and Sabine climbed up to stand on the table, pulling Ezra with her, then raised their joined hands in the air like a king signaling the start of a cavalry charge and screamed: “FOOD FIGHT!”

[low-keygee]

i am once again here to offer things about the thing 1982.

probably gonna be shorter bc i’m at work and don’t have much for this but i just needed it out of my brain.

at the very end of the movie when macready and childs are leant up against the barrels, they both share the sentiment of how tired they both are from the cold, the final showdown, the everything. i feel like macready letting on just how tired he is to childs was something of a last word, to let his vulnerabilities show.

in macready’s background he was a pilot in the vietnam war which was meant to explain why he was awake when the dogs were being attacked and why he tells the group after having been locked out that he’s a “real light sleeper”. so he obviously isn’t afraid to acknowledge what the war has done to him in that regard. but the end of the movie, plus this next scene show a bit of humanity for him.

when the drunken macready is recording the cassette for someone to find if/when they have been taken over/die/what have you. he talks about how the storm has been constant for two days and the long johns windows finds until he releases a small bit of what he’s feeling to the cassette.

“nobody.. nobody trusts anybody now. and we’re all very tired.”

he plays the tape back and starts speaking into it again, indicating he tapes over that line before saying “there’s nothing else i can do”.

macready’s insomnia really does seem to be a weak point for him. as much as everyone is aware of his poor sleeping habits, he doesn’t seem to want to admit just how tired he is. how powerless he feels in that regard.

in the defibrillator scene a while afterwards childs antagonizes mac with sleep (“you’re gonna have to sleep sometime macready”) which is where we get “i’m a real light sleeper” which then leads into a vague threat that mac never finishes (“and if anyone tries to wake me…”) which may mean the line prior is just meant to be taken more metaphoric (i think is the right word) than literal. like if childs tries to stir the outpost into taking out mac, mac will then do his dot dot dot.

then (i believe) the last mention is at the very end of the movie.

mac can hardly speak loud enough for childs to hear, his voice doesn’t hold the same command it has throughout the movie. he’s very much leaning against the barrels for support and is out of breath. he’s freezing, running on likely zero hours of sleep, after having faced off with the thing and sprinting out of the outpost before it blows. and he admits to childs as they both sit in the snow, knowing death will come soon for them both whether it be at the hands of the cold or the man before him, that he’s tired.

“if we’ve got any surprises for each other, i don’t think we’re in much shape to do anything about it”

“well.. what do we do?”

“why don’t we just.. wait here a little while. see what happens.”

mac finally lets on how tired he really is and lets himself sit and share a drink with childs before he dies in the snow.

i think his military past is important to talk about in this context as well. he was likely either taught or learned not to let on any weakness as a soldier as it would only earn him a knife in the back (hehe clark reference) and after leaving both the military and his previous job as a helicopter pilot to work at the outpost all he knew to do for his pain was to drown it in booze. he left to work at a research station where all he had to worry about was the weather and staying sober enough to take the chopper up. don’t think about macready being a war vet wanting peace of mind at a quiet research outpost in antarctica don’t think about it.

there’s been a few theories that childs was a thing and macready was testing him with a malatov cocktail but i think that they both died as men, and macready was able to rest knowing he’d served his outpost well.

idk if this was anything or if i’m reading too deep into mac’s 3 comments about sleep but his moment with the cassette and at the very end with childs always makes me so so sad and i needed to say the words out loud bc i heard a song that reminded me of mac 🫶

[gale-gentlepenguin]

What Miraculous would i give to each Strawhat?

Luffy: Monkey. Obviously the Monkey sounds like a gimmi. But I think Luffy would make the most out of it, its basically an equalizer. Plus he is so unconventional I can see him being great with it. if not the monkey, I would say the Ladybug (The yo-yo extending and getting a random item that only Luffy's imagination would be able to use.

Zoro: Most people would think I would say Dragon because its a sword. But I actually think Zoro would be best with the Cat. Its incredibly straight forward with its power, gives him an edge if dealing with special abilities of incredibly tough defenses.

Nami: I want to say Cat because (Cat burglar) and she would be able to use it effectively, But I have to say either the Fox miraculous (cause she is tricky) or the Dragon miraculous because her effective use of the electric power.

Usopp: Usopp is someone that would be able to use ANY miraculous effectively. But I am giving him the horse miraculous. Portal for trick shots and to help him get good distance.

Sanji: I think Rooster, since the power he could give himself is invisibility with it, and Sanji would be able to make the most out of it.

Chopper: I am giving Chopper the Turtle miraculous or The Rabbit miraculous. The turtle because he could make barriers while he heals his team, or the Rabbit so he can go back in time and help his team before they get hurt too bad. Plus he would be smart enough not to use the rabbit stupidly.

Robin: With Robin's intellect, I think the Mouse miraculous would be great for her, as she could make copies of herself and coordinate. Plus if she is allowed her devil fruit powers the synergy is crazy. If not the mouse than would say the Bee, because she only needs to make contact and that would be an insta win for her.

Franky: I think the butterfly might be best for him. He is all about upgrading things and providing support, the butterfly would let him give his crewmates a boost in power if they want it, something i assume Zoro and Luffy wouldnt accept, but the others would. If not the butterfly than the Ox, reinforce that super durable body.

Brook: Give Brook the Snake. He already had a second chance at life, I think the power fits him the best and he can keep retrying if the situation gets dire, plus he is the fastest in the crew, 5 minutes is a LOT of time for him. If not the snake than I would say the Peacock, lets him create a companion so he is never lonely.

Jinbe: I gotta give Jinbe the tiger. Because 1, its a reference to his first captain. 2. He could really use it the best with his Fishman Karate. 3. TIGER SHARK JOKE

[jreads]

ok first of all, not NEARLY AS BAD AS I EXPECTED

- i was clutching my chest like a grandma watching telenovelas during every fight scene

- R5 carried obviously as he should

- felt a little anticlimactic though? no reference to palpatine’s cloning? what the heck was that one coruscant episode leading up to? felt like moff gideon died way too easily this time especially after being THAT dramatic

- the darksaber???? after all that???? come on man. so does the armourer just lead by default then?

- no mention of satine all season? i feel like the underground garden was a perfect time like she would have loved that shit.

- do not get me wrong i am so happy no one perished but like? hollywood happy ending? again i much prefer that but it is not what was advertised. u know me i needed more angst

- DIN AND GROGU FATHER AND SON BACK ON THE ROAD IS SUCH A WIN AND THAT LITTLE NEVARRO HOUSE IS SO CUTE AND DIN SITTING ON THE PORCH LIKE A COUNTRY DAD DRINKING WHISKEY AND PLAYING GUITAR

- also can u imagine if din teams up with zeb i’ll scream cry like get him in with the ghost team, grogu and chopper would either try to kill each other or get along so well

anyway i’m relieved and sleepy so i’m going to dream about din and grogu and cyare chilling in that little place on nevarro it seems so peaceful, i will integrate it into UC ending (ps. plan is only 3 parts left)

[ideal-real]

persona 5 characters' favourite one piece characters no explaination given or needed since op definitely exists within p5 (its literally just tokyo in 2016)

mona - usopp, sanji, chopper and nami and robin. (hates zoro actively.)

joker - law, luffy, zoro, sanji, franky, ace and whitebeard and nami and robin, pudding. (no specific order) (he has a like massive crush on robin and pudding and you know the common denominator there)

ryuji - luffy, franky, whitebeard and usopp and yamato and chopper. (loves politics without realizing it and one piece gets him on that grind of being more into politics intently because luffy does the same thing)

ann - robin, nami, ace, sanji, boa hancock and kiku and chopper and pudding and perona. (crush on sanji and robin and is a nami kinnie. obviously. ann voice am i problematic for wanting robin to kiss nami???? this keeps her up at night.)

yusuke - sanji, usopp, robin and whitebeard and kiku and jimbei. (generally LOVES all wano characters its his favourite arc)

makoto - robin, tashigi, (makotos taste is highly fucked up), vivi and luffy. koby. smoker too and issho and jimbei and garp but for slightly invalid reasons.

futuba - luffy, nami and franky and jimbei and usopp. robin. (chronic obsession with frobin shes a frobin girlie to the max.) (will personally kill you if you dont think water 7/enies lobby is the best arc tactical nuke sent directly to you if you disagree yusuke is getting the tactical nuke)

haru - perona, pudding, nami, vivi, boa hancock, sanji and doflamingo (<--- shes a bit fucked up for this) rebecca. jimbei and whitebeard. likes all the villains more generally as well: cesare clown. etc issho as well but shes a cool issho liker. choppa. she also likes garp. koby too but all for valid reasons.

akechi - nami, robin, law, luffy, jimbei, ace, whitebeard, zoro, franky, usopp and chopper (<-- he hates admitting this referring to usopp/chopper) doflamingo. and yamato

openly a robin kinnie. hes also a chronic frobin liker but wouldnt admit this to you unless threatened physically. hes like law/luffy is much more on brand for me its much more expected i cant let them know. ren and akechi kindate as franky and robin and its a secret. he cant let people know. hes embarrassed. he tells people he likes cesare clown because he thinks its on brand but he doesnt actually like his character that much. he has cosplayed nico robin before and will again. the only reason he doesnt like pudding is he is deeply uncomfortable by how much he relates to her so he's like lets table that for now but he kins her.

[animefreak1145]

I take it back, I can add something to your Deprogram Map analysis and that is that I just found out the map is Adler's consciousness. There's a helicopter. That's a Bell Huey helicopter, a rather popular type of chopper in the Vietnam War, but also, well, Bell.

The guy I was watching was talking about how the tunnels are basically like portals, and each one leads to another piece of Adler's mind. The evidence board is there, but also a lot of run down homes, indicating maybe we can see where Adler grew up?

I don't know what Galaxy Recon is, but it exists near the Vietnam set so... correlation? Maybe a cigarette company since it's right across the sign that says "No Smoking" which I think is hilarious.

We finally know Adler's from the 13th Marine Regiment. Cool!

I love the portal and red door part!

The four clocks, I can't remember if they're the times the missions were on, but they say 11:50, 12:50, 7:50, and 12:00. No idea if it's AM or PM.

Is that a Jackie Chan movie?

That's about as much as I can draw out of.

Yello!

And yup! This map is Adler’s mind—quite intricate with all the details from his past(and present). It’s a map I am still analyzing with all the details(and yes I will analyze that movie poster too 💀)

And Galaxy Recon actually has to do with the Arcade Room in his mind! That’s a whole other analysis I have to do as well with the certain arcade games within.

The whole map is basically his time in Vietnam however! Just mixing between the lab he tortured/brainwashed Bell as well as where he got tortured/brainwashed by Stitch.

There’s actually a lot of signs of No Smoking, so I don’t know if Stitch beat it out of him with the smoking like Adler did Bell.

I sadly have no idea about the clocks or their significance 😭 It probably has to do with the different time zones from the States and the one in Vietnam.

Helicopter Analysis Below

In reference to the helicopter by the caves and the band equipment:

It’s not a Bell Huey helicopter like so:

The same type of helicopter we see be used by Bell and Sims and later Adler in the Fracture Jaw Mission. (Hehe, Bell. You really picked a good name, huh, Adler?) This heli carries more than two people and has more space due to it and obviously bigger compared to the one in the Deprogram Map.

But, it is a Hughes OH-6 Cayuse(Loach).

This helicopter was used from 1955-1975, years where the Vietnam War was ongoing. And seemed to be quite popular as well. What is funny, as I was taking pictures of the helicopter within the Deprogram Map, I took notice of a magazine.

A magazine by the Hughes(or at least what I believe to be the Hughes) within the Deprogram Map that made me connect another poster I saw in the map(there’s more than one poster). And it’s this:

It caught my eye. For good reason. It’s because I was finally able to connect the poster I saw and actually form something.

There’s another poster about helicopter accidents and to be careful. I have only found two maybe there’s another somewhere.

Why do I find this interesting?

Both of these—the magazine and poster—connect to aviation accidents.

Now, this made me connect the Fracture Jaw mission. The helicopter obviously went down there when Bell was with Sims and Adler—so this event actually happened of course. (Bell was just inserted into Adler’s memories as we know. Not really there but the memory was real and not made up.)

Helicopter crashes are common however, especially in war. So before I pushed it away as “Oh, Adler is just thinking about the Fracture Jaw mission.” I had another thought. Why would he think of that mission specifically?

I mean yes, the pilot died in the chopper, as have others I’m sure in this war. But the poster just throws me off. The words Preflight and Postflight being repeated, although I realize it’s just to get the message across and is just the design of whoever made the poster, but why so much emphasis? On safety in helicopters? Adler turned out fine in Fracture Jaw.

Than bam! Back to the magazine!

The magazine is referring to Kal Flight 007, a commercial airline that got downed by Soviet jets. @yunatheintrovert pointed this out to me because precociously I thought it was an accident in Vietnam—but it’s not at all. Since this took place in 1983, a year prior to Cold War’s events in the cinematic trailer events. I want a DLC please. Killing all 269 passengers on the flight. A major event that shocked the world at the time.

Now, this event will of course drive the wedge further between the U.S. and Russia(it did.) So in turn, making Adler even more determined to take the Soviets down. (The determination turning to recklessness. Why did you leave with a light team to Pines Mall, Adler? You knew it was a trap. Are you suicidal?) Still though, this was an accident at the end. And it’s a warning to be careful. Both with aviation vehicles and with the Soviets.

A reminder for Adler.

The need for Adler to remember helicopters within his mind, the safety of them.

Adler got his scar from a helicopter crash.

It doesn’t have to be a large accident specifically, but that’s the only explanation besides the Fracture Jaw mission! The constant need to remember safety in helicopters! Or just in aviation in general(and Soviets).

Because shrapnel messed up his face and now he has a constant reminder of human error.

This confirms another Tumblr user’s theory here I saw once. I cannot for the life of me remember their username, but someone in this fanbase believed Adler got shrapnel to the face and that is why the scars are so jagged and seem to be without purpose.

Once I find it, I’ll tag them, because hey! This almost sort of confirms it!

The need for Adler to remember and why it’s in his mind—because those scars forever made an imprint on his appearance and hence life.

Another reason or another detail as pointed out to me by @asaltryefl with this ask and this one, is that due to the need of the reminder of Kal Flight 007 and besides adding fuel to Adler’s fire in destroying the Soviets is perhaps another reminder of Soviet interference in another point of time—the helicopter crash/accident that Adler was in having to be caused by Perseus. Perhaps Adler missed to dodge an attack or just didn’t see it, but even when he landed and survived miraculously—he failed to locate Perseus who might’ve been the probable cause. Maybe even the objective of where Adler and his team were going in the first place.

Adler sure is haunted by this guy, huh?

Also! Wanted to add this little point that was pointed out by @holy-crap-i-am-russlle-adler with their ask. So gives praise and thanks to them! They have an amazing eye for them to find what they did. Basically, another addition to helicopter’s and their safety is that on the helicopter in the Deprogram Map there’s little warning signs on each side of it. Like tiny. Basically looking like a red square which is why I’m so impressed they found it! The Warning says this(Tumblr has an image limit):

“Please carefully read and abide by the safety instructions contained in this equipment’s operation manual. Operators assume responsibility for any damage, injury, or liability caused by stupidity. Any operator not acting in accordance with the instruction manual or common sense is probably and most definitely an idiot and should be held accountable for their own injury. Any psychological damage caused by an accident is a lie simply by measure of the person’s incompetence and insanity induced by proximity to this equipment. Always keep a safe distance of at least three football fields or actually just start running in the opposite direction. You’re better off. Nine Ball.”

Whoever wrote this Warning. Thank you. 💀 Because this is hilarious. Memeing before memes. Also, completely done with life. Too bad Adler didn’t listen.

This is just another addition into the helicopter crash/accident that may have caused Adler’s scar. Because, again, why else with all these warning and reminders of aviation safety?

Point being, all of this is connected. Even more so if you go to my Part 2 of the Arcade Room Analysis.

Thank you for the ask! This was quite fun!

[jimmygibbsjrrr]

I have a lot of thoughts about the Slaters

namely, I've been wonderin why the Fairfield Survivors got thrown off the boat in Death Toll

in this panel of The Sacrifice comic, Francis confirms the fates of three of the rescue vehicles:

Image ID:

A panel from The Sacrifice: Part 1. Francis is sat in the rescue vehicle from Blood Harvest, speaking to Louis. His dialogue is as follows:

"Louis, I hate to be the one to break this to ya, but we been heading to the safe zone four times now. Helicopter: crashed. Plane: crashed. Boat: kicked us out and left us to die."

/end ID

the chopper from No Mercy was confirmed crashed in Crash Course, and as for the plane from Dead Air, it was pretty easy to guess (and would have been confirmed in the cut campaign Dam It).

but the part about the boat? that's the Slaters' boat from Death Toll. this is the first time we learn this information.

so...why? what happened?

(more under the cut, ended up writing wayyyy more than I expected over these past few days and don't wanna clog people's dashes lol)

so. let's take a quick dive into the last chapter of Death Toll, to see what we can discern about the Slaters from their dialogue.

the rescue vehicle in Death Toll is a civilian boat, Saint Lidia II, owned by John and Amanda Slater, a married couple. Amanda is never heard in-game, but John's reactions to her can be heard over the radio.

the Slaters are explicitly looking for "anyone out there with firearms". John later adds that "once you get on this boat? Your job is keeping our asses alive". it appears that their motivation for saving the Survivors is selfish from the get-go.

this is undoubtedly true in Amanda's case, however, some of John's lines betray a more selfless attitude. he will berate Amanda for not "think[ing] about the little guy". he will ask, "So what, then? We leave 'em to die? I can't do that, Amanda." whilst Amanda is thinking purely of their own survival, John still feels compassionate towards his fellow survivors. despite this, he says that "I don't want our first act of kindness to be our last", acknowledging the conflict between his compassion and his self-preservation.

so. these are the Survivor's saviours in Death Toll. a conflicted married couple looking for bodyguards, offering to take the Survivors upriver to a military safe zone in exchange for protection.

as for why they get thrown off the boat...well, the easiest explanation would be Amanda.

but, stay with me here, because I think it's a little more complicated than that.

this boat? fulla tension. there's the obvious tension between the Slaters, who we've established seem to fight and disagree regularly. then there's the inevitable tension between them and the Survivors. I reckon Louis, with his generally positive and friendly attitude, wouldn't have much of a problem with them, might even attempt some friendly conversation or something. however, he's about the only one.

the comic fully establishes Bill as caring about nobody except the Fairfield Survivors - the most obvious evidence of this being the words he lives and dies by, "we look after our own". he isn't particularly interested in other people, unless they can help the group out. and he'd likely recognise the unstable and conditional nature of their rescue. while I'm sure he'd try and keep the peace, in any reasonable disagreement or fight Bill's likely to take his friends' side, and if anyone's getting thrown off the boat Bill is going with them. this goes for the whole group, to be honest; I don't think they'd want to split up at this point.

Francis hates boats, hates water, and can't swim, so (and I'm getting a little speculate-y here) would probably be in an even sourer mood than usual on the journey. being as abrasive as he is, plus this additional stress, it's fully possible he could piss off the Slaters enough to get himself (or all of them) thrown off the boat.

as for Zoey? well, I don't imagine a married couple who constantly argues is gonna sit well with her, considering her backstory. similarly to Francis, the situation they're in would make her far more stressed, making it more likely for her to lash out.

Amanda didn't want to save the Survivors in the first place, so while I think that John wouldn't throw them off the boat without reason, I reckon she could persuade him to throw them off if they 'caused trouble' - and they would get into an argument with her far easier than they would with John.

in short: yeah, I can see them getting thrown off the boat by the Slaters after some huge fight or disagreement. I think that's a reasonable interpretation of canon, and definitely an interesting concept.

...however, I do wonder if this tension would really be enough to destabilise their mutual need, after everything they went through to come together.

which is why I'm going to bring up The Last Stand!

I gotta quickly address something before this segment: yeah, I'm totally aware this campaign isn't canon. this evidence works with the fact that it exists in an 'alternate timeline'. also, I am missing a few citations for this section - if anyone can provide them I'd really appreciate it, but just a disclaimer that I currently can't prove some of the things the wiki claims members of the Last Stand Community Update Team have said. here and here are the wiki pages where I got this information. in short - the above explanation is simpler and more canon compliant, the conclusion I draw at the end of this post is backed by shakier evidence but I believe is more interesting, and you can make of all that what you will.

allegedly, members of the Last Stand Community Update Team confirmed a strongly-suspected fan theory about The Last Stand: that it branches off from Death Toll in some way, in a non-canon alternative timeline. as well as this, they allegedly confirmed that in this alternative timeline, the Survivors still end up in Newburg for Dead Air. even without the confirmation, this remains a solid fan theory, due to the constant references to Riverside and re-use of many of Death Toll's assets.

who rescues the Survivors in The Last Stand? John Slater. no Amanda - just John. despite her lack of voice actress, if she was still present John would give some indication of this at some point. it can be speculated that whatever happened to her contributed to the lack of rescue at the boathouse that forced the Survivors to take an alternative route. either way, he ends up at the lighthouse when the Survivors call for rescue, alone, and picks them up.

and then later...throws them off the boat. into Newburg.

what reason would John have to do that? without Amanda, surely he wouldn't have that push, as he wanted to rescue the Survivors for multiple reasons in the first place. without his constant arguments with Amanda, Zoey wouldn't be nearly as stressed. and between the three of them I'm sure the other Fairfield Survivors would stop Francis from pissing John off enough to get them thrown off the boat. in short, less Amanda = less tension, and no reason for the Survivors getting chucked off the boat.

...right?

I'd like to remind you that a symptom of the Infection is paranoia.

what if, in both The Last Stand and Death Toll, John and Amanda are infected by the Survivors on the way to the military safe zone? after all, the virus is confirmed to occasionally be airborne, and I doubt two civilians have completely effective, sustained protection against that. likely the only reason they hadn't already been Infected is because they got out on the water early on in the pandemic, and hadn't come into contact with anyone else since. it's unlikely that one of them is immune, and even more unlikely that they're both immune (especially considering those with XX chromosomes may be genetically less likely to be carriers). wouldn't Francis have mentioned it if their rescuers turned or were obviously Infected? yes, but it's possible that the airborne strain works slower as well, meaning that the Survivors are thrown off of the boat after the symptoms kick in but before the Slaters fully turn. even Church Guy had at least an hour from being Infected to turning, and he was bitten. Newburg isn't too far from where the Survivors are rescued in Death Toll anyway (the burning city in the background of the finale is Newburg), so the Survivors clearly didn't last long on the boat anyway. as a result, the Survivors wouldn't realise it was the Infection intensifying the Slaters' paranoia - they'd just think the Slaters were being dicks. Francis also explicitly mentions that they were "left to die", implying negativity or even hostility from the Slaters as the Survivors were being thrown off.

so yeah. that's why I think they got thrown off of the boat in Death Toll - a combination of the intense tension between the two parties, and the Slaters falling victim to Infection-induced paranoia. but an explanation minus the Infection is equally as plausible. it all depends on what you find most interesting, I suppose, and both feel like they fit pretty well into the world.

lord this is a long chunk o text. I know most fandoms prefer art and fanfic over this sorta thing, so please let me know in replies or something if you're interested in more stuff like this. also if any of this makes sense because I like to ramble.

oh and if you'd like to use any of my interpretations in fanworks like art or fic, I'd love to see it :)

[thats-highly-significant]

I realized today that before I ever watched MASH, I saw an episode of Community where they talked about Hawkeye a lot. I went back and watched it and it somehow managed to move me close to tears just by referencing MASH, so that shows you how deep my brain worms go. 

Anyway, at the start of the episode Abed compares Jeff to Hawkeye, for “keeping his upbeat manner and charm, even in the 11th year of the Korean War,” (which is obviously just a one-off joke about the 4077’s time loop, but it Feels Bad™ when you come back to it having watched the 11th season) and then throughout the episode Jeff tries to emulate Hawkeye by cracking wise and drinking martinis. Near the end of the episode, Abed tells him, “If you’d ever actually seen the show you’d know that Hawkeye didn’t just bed nurses and drink martinis. He also had blood sprayed on his face and barked orders when the choppers came in. If he didn’t, people died.” And that is the line that made me wall watery-eyed and weird for like a solid hour. 

The universal experience, I find, is that hearing about MASH secondhand leads people to believe that Hawkeye is like a sarcastic James Bond or something. I grew up hearing occasional MASH references because my parents are actually the correct age to have watched MASH (unlike me, whoops), and I came away with exactly that impression. And I hated James Bond because he was a creep, so I never thought highly of Hawkeye, a character I’d never even laid eyes on. 

When I actually started watching MASH, I started at the beginning of season 1, back when Hawkeye was significantly more hokey and they hadn’t yet settled into the character, and even then I fell in love with him within the pilot. The thing that I finally understood was that Hawkeye Pierce did sleep with a lot of nurses, and make a lot of jokes, and drink enough gin to embalm himself, but it became clear to me within just a few episodes that the most essential element of the character is his compassion, which is something that no one ever talks about (outside of Tumblr where we never shut up about it). 

There are times when Hawkeye doesn’t make jokes, and there are times when Hawkeye doesn’t flirt with nurses, and there are times when Hawkeye doesn’t drink martinis, but you could hold a gun to my head and I couldn’t think of a time when Hawkeye wasn’t compassionate, besides episodes where there is something very wrong with him. Like, the only time that he doesn’t hum with compassion like a human tuning fork are the moments where he explicitly is not being himself. 

And it drives me absolutely crazy. It makes me want to eat glass. Why does this incredible character echo through pop culture as a womanizing martini-swiller? I am deathly afraid of them remaking MASH within my lifetime, because I’m scared they’ll do the same thing to Hawkeye that JJ Abrams did to Jim Kirk, where they just sweep all of complexities of the character under the rug in favor of making him into a manly man who Has Sex with Women, We Promise. 

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Treaty for Trafalgar Law to learn how to live with Monkey D Luffy. Written by Nico Robin. OS

Treaty for Trafalgar Law to learn how to live with Monkey D Luffy. Written by Nico Robin.

 Friendship/humor 

Around 1200 words. 

French version available on fanfiction.net: author: Abiss672

 -          Introduction

 Congratulations Trafalgar Law! You have just created a symbolic alliance with my captain, Monkey D Luffy. I want to transmit you this treaty to guide you for this new life in community that awaits you. Living with my dear captain can be a troubling experience, I admit. But you will come out of this experience stronger! If Luffy does not kill us all before because of his stupidity, obviously.

I have written this document with great a pleasure. It will be divided into several parts to facilitate your learning. Do not be surprised by all this work, you will thank me soon enough, I'm sure!

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me, I would be happy to help you. (Do not ask for Roronoa Zoro or Usopp help, they will mislead you without realizing it. If I am not available, refer to Dr. Chopper.)

 -          Respect

 Respect is an extremely important concept for our captain. Luffy will give you respect easily, if you meet the following conditions: respect your crew, respect our crew and respect civilians who do not harm you. The philosophy of the crew is rather peaceful. We attack a man or a woman only if we are in danger, or if that person represents a danger for others. We make a special exception for Marineford’s soldiers.

Especially Luffy, Zoro and Sanji who take a malicious pleasure in attacking them. Do not hesitate to join them if you wish.

Our captain, however, has a particular vision of respect for material goods. Know, and do not forget, that Luffy does not respect any object. If Luffy has to go into a building rather than go through the door to go faster, the building will be smashed. If you have to fight in a bar, the beer mugs will be the first weapons!

Note an exception to this rule: Luffy respect our ship to the highest degree. The smallest broken wooden board or the smallest perforated sail will be hard for our captain. However, our dear carpenter Franky, is always happy to look after our ship.

Another important aspect to consider: morals. Luffy does not respect moral rules. Do not be surprised to see a Monkey D Luffy wander naked in the boat as he has sensed the delicious preparation of our beloved cook Sanji. Do not be dumbfounded to see him clean his nose while he talks to you. It’s even possible that a bogey drop inadvertently falls on your coat. In this case, I advise you to apply hot water quickly and rub the place with a damp cloth.

 -          Living in comunity

 Community life, especially with Luffy, can be confusing at first. I could give you many recommendations but I will restrict myself to the two most important to me: the bathroom and the kitchen protections.

Shower room: Know that Luffy gets up very late and so goes to bed late. Our captain enjoys taking a hot bath every night, allowing him to relax after a day of fighting or napping. However, he sometimes stays a long time in the bathroom. That’s why it is possible that, when you wake up, there is no more hot water available. We are currently in discussions with the rest of the crew to solve this problem. In the meantime, I can only advise you to take your bath at night, before Luffy. Be careful not to touch the plastic ducks that wander around the bathroom. They are annoying, I know, but our dear captain likes to play with his ducks during his bath. Do not be surprised if, these last days, you see the ducks piled up in pyramids. Our captain make them do a synchronized swimming contest (he saw one when he was on the fishmen island and can’t stop talking about that since.)

In addition, but this concerns our dear navigator, I strongly advise you not to touch any of her beauty products! You would end up with a bigger debt than your bounty on your head! If necessary, do not hesitate to take one of my products.

Culinary protections: Meals are sacred moments in the day of our dear captain. But it is certainly a different sacred kind of things as you think. We have the immense chance to live alongside an outstanding cook. The meals in sauce are his specialty. However, you will rarely eat it. But when that's the case, you'll receive a personal note from the chef himself warning you, so you can bring a protection. Our captain eats a lot and very quickly. The dishes in sauce are therefore a carnage when you eat in the same room as him. Believe me, if you care about your clothes, bring a protection. You can find some in the bathroom in the second wardrobe.

-          Hobbies

The captain's hobbies are certainly very different from yours in my humble opinion. You will rarely see our captain immersed in one of my archeology books or any other encyclopedia. Indeed, Luffy's hobbies are more "childish" I would say. That's why it is imperative that you have ears protections. Right now, Chopper, Luffy and Usopp are putting together a choir. It may be that some false notes are lost. Do not worry, we're not torturing anyone, it's just Luffy singing. If you wish, you can of course join the choir. They make a performance every Thursday night.

-          Air transport

The last crucial point in my opinion is: air transport. Perhaps you have never had the opportunity to fly, especially you who live in a submarine. But living with Luffy involves unannounced flights. The devil fruit of our dear captain is very useful, even more when he does not want to walk and prefers to swing us in the air. I can only recommend that you take anti-nausea medications every morning. Unfortunately, we are not able to predict the moodiness of our captain. We also recommend that you always carry a mini water wings, inflatable instantly, in your pocket. This could save your life, especially as you are a demon fruit user. You can get this mini inflatable water wings instantly in the various stalls of Sabaody theme park. In the meantime, you can still borrow one from our personal reserve. In these moments, be sure to be near a person who can swim.

-Conclusion

 I hope that this first treaty is reassuring. If you wish to have more information on various topics, do not hesitate to contact me, I would be delighted to write you a second treaty.

 Nota Bene: The straw hats crew represents a united and loving family. We will never judge you. By making this covenant, you are joining our family. I sincerely hope she can bring you all the love, comfort and happiness she has given me since the beginning of my adventure.

Regards,

Nico Robin.

[avegetariancannibal]

“Pampered Chef”

Some Hannibal AU crack commissioned for @nephila-clavipes from @avidreadr2004

Will waited in Jack Crawford's office, wishing he were anywhere else. He'd canceled a perfectly boring lecture to hear about whatever new case had come up. Worst of all, Brian Zeller was waiting with him and showing him prank videos on his phone.

"Watch---this guy's about to get scared by a donkey in his house---wait for it---"

"You just gave away the surprise," Will said. "There's no incentive to keep watching now."

Brian looked taken aback. "Dude, there's a donkey!"

Finally, Jack showed up with Alana Bloom in tow. She saw Brian and gave Will an apologetic look.

"I believe a new serial killer is in town," Jack said as he sat down. "Three suspicious deaths in Roland Park. Many of their organs---heart, kidneys---were taken."

Brian whistled. "Nice neighborhood."

"That's what caught your attention?" Will asked.

Brian blinked at him. "What?"

"I want Will and Brian to pose as husbands," Jack said. "Get to know the neighbors, feel around to see if anyone seems suspicious."

"Wouldn't it make more sense for Beverly Katz to pose as my spouse?" Will asked.

Brian huffed. "Don't be so heteronormative, Will."

Will rolled his eyes. "I don't care that you're a man. I care that I can't stand you. Everyone will know we're not really married."

"Actually," Alana started, "all the victims so far have been in unhappy marriages."

Brian batted his lashes at Will in exaggerated fashion. "I can't wait to be unhappily married to you, dear."

***

Their introduction to Roland Park would come in the form of a Pampered Chef party hosted by Alana's friend and former mentor who lived in the neighborhood. Hannibal Lecter had been a surgeon, then a psychiatrist, and now sold kitchen gadgets to well-off suburbanites. He was also incredibly handsome. Will was rendered a little awkward by just how handsome he was.

"Pleased to meet you," Hannibal said. Brian thrust his hand out, but Hannibal was returning Will's stare intently. Will blinked and glanced away. "Not fond of eye contact, are you?"

Will was about to make some excuse when Alana interrupted to explain their roles for the evening.

"You two are Hannibal's friends who are thinking about buying the house next door," Alana said. "That way, nobody will think it's odd for you to be asking questions, even slightly nosy ones. Hannibal, you just go about whatever you normally do as host, and give Will any background on the guests he needs."

Hannibal rubbed his hands together. "Exciting to be peeking behind the curtain. I've always been curious how the FBI goes about its business when it's not kicking in doors."

Will would've liked to stick closer to Hannibal, but the guests started arriving. He adjusted his glasses and steeled himself for the socializing that would be required of him.

***

Everyone seemed like a potential murderer.

There was Bedelia Du Maurier who seemed to take almost fiendish delight in flattening a Cornish game hen between two polypropylene cutting boards. (A steal at $19 each!) There was Tobias Budge who kept making orchestra references that somehow weirdly sounded like jokes about gutting people. There was an old colleague of Hannibal's named Abel Gideon who kept asking which Pampered Chef tools could be used to kill his family, and instead of being horrified, everyone laughed!

Perhaps the real mystery, though, was why all these obviously wealthy people came on a regular basis to an obviously even wealthier man's house to buy microwave popcorn bowls and plastic herb choppers.

"Are these things even any good?" Will wondered aloud as he picked up an apple wedger.

A woman dressed like a flapper laughed. "I haven't the faintest idea, my dear! I just keep buying them so Hannibal keeps inviting me to his feasts!"

While everyone nibbled on canapes, Hannibal took Will aside. "Anyone seem suspicious yet?"

"Just about everyone," Will admitted. "Well, not the flapper lady. She just seems eccentric."

"Mrs. Komeda knows everything about everyone," Hannibal said. "You should talk to her. She has her teeth into the entire neighborhood. So, are you married in real life?"

Will was taken off guard by the sudden change in topic. "Uh... no. That's just for the undercover thing." He glanced around to make sure nobody was nearby. "I would never be married to Brian in real life."

Hannibal leaned in closer. "Because he's a man?"

"Because I can't stand him," Will whispered back.

Hannibal seemed to think about that for a while, but then before he could respond, Mrs. Komeda came swooping in and took him by the arm.

"Darling, what about the cooking demo you've been promising us?" she asked, her tone playfully scolding.

Hannibal nodded towards Will. "If you'll excuse me, perhaps we could continue this chat later?"

Will nodded with enthusiasm. "Of course!"

Hannibal led everyone into his expansive kitchen and began pulling out pieces from what he swore was the best six-piece, non-stick cookware set money could buy.

"Can you still get a good sear with it?" one of the guests asked. "I have a non-stick pan at home and the meat always comes out gray."

"The trick is to ensure the pan is thoroughly heated before placing the meat," Hannibal said. He rolled up his sleeves, exposing lean but well-muscled forearms. "Allow me to demonstrate---Oh, but first! I want to thank everyone for coming to last month's Pampered Chef party. Thanks to your purchases, I was awarded a new ice cream sandwich maker, which I will be demonstrating later for dessert."

Polite applause and cheers of congratulations went up among the gathering.

Hannibal bowed graciously. "Now, back to the meat!"

Brian sidled up to Will and leaned in to whisper something. "Alana's buddy there is our killer."

Will glared at him. "And here I thought I couldn't possibly dislike you more. Why would you even say that?"

"Just watch, would you?" Brian said, and nodded toward the kitchen island.

As everyone watched, Hannibal whipped out a santoku knife, a frying pan... and something that sure as hell looked like a human heart.

Will sighed. "Damn it."

***

He waited until everyone had left the party before confronting Hannibal in the kitchen.

"Oh, Will!" Hannibal beamed at him. "I'm glad you stayed. I was hoping we'd get a chance to resume our conversation. Where's Brian?"

"Outside calling the police," Will said.

"Does that mean you've found your culprit?" Hannibal asked.

Will ignored the question. "You know what's messed up? I was almost more upset at the idea of Brian being right, than at Alana's hot friend for being a murderer."

Hannibal reached for a knife just as Will reached for his gun.

Hannibal held up his hands. "I was just going to wash it---wait. Am I the hot friend in question? You think I'm hot?"

Will scoffed. "You know you're hot! Don't act shy and don't act like you're not a murderer!"

Behind him, a woman shrieked---not in fear, but in obvious, incandescent rage. "How dare you! How dare you!"

He glanced back just in time to see Mrs. Komeda leap at him like a well-dressed spider monkey, her face a mask of perfect fury. She tackled him to the ground. Suddenly there was a tomato knife in her hand, its economical blade glinting in the light. Will threw her off.

She rolled away but bounced back into a fighting crouch. Her eyes narrowed into hateful slits. "I will not let you take Hannibal's feasts away from me! I did away with all the others who tried to get the Home Owner's Association to shut down his Pampered Chef parties! Too 'low class' for the neighborhood, they said. They were jealous of his cooking!"

It was a lot to process. The FBI had thought an unhappy marriage was the link, but perhaps such a thing was just so damned common that all her victims shared that trait.

"Mrs. Komeda, put the tomato knife down," Hannibal said. "You're bringing shame to the good name of Pampered Chef."

She screamed again and lunged towards Will.

Hannibal, in a move as graceful as it was athletic, vaulted over the kitchen island and landed between Mrs. Komeda and Will. He caught her by the hand and flicked the knife out of her grasp. In an instant, he had whipped off his apron and used it to tie her wrists together. Will had never seen anything sexier in his whole damned life.

Just then, Jack Crawford barged into the kitchen, gun at the ready. "Hannibal Lecter, you're under arr---"

"Jack, it's not him," Will said. "It's the flapper."

Jack paused without lowering his gun. He looked back and forth between Mrs. Komeda and Hannibal, then at Will. "What in the hell?"

Mrs. Komeda burst into tears. "I-I just wanted... I just wanted h-his c-cooking!" The words were nearly lost in her uncontrollable sobs.

Will watched as Jack replaced the apron with handcuffs and led a still-weeping Mrs. Komeda out to a patrol car. There was still the question of how Hannibal, a former surgeon, wouldn't have recognized human organs when Mrs. Komeda presented them to him. He might've been in on it. He was probably in on it. Will couldn't delude himself otherwise. He made up his mind to tell Jack about it.

Hannibal came up beside him. "You never answered me, you know. You think I'm hot?"

Will blinked and turned to look up at him. He found bourbon-colored eyes gazing back at him from under a fringe of fight-tousled hair. He smiled against his better judgment. "Yeah," he said. "I think you're hot."

He could always tell Jack later.

(end)

[sparda3g]

One Piece Chapter 919 Review

It must feel good for Luffy to be the savior of the leftover town. After exploring the piece of the country, it’s time to head over the gravesite that was once a castle. Will Luffy encounter a ghost or something strange? In One Piece, the latter is always the case. This was an interesting chapter that goes beyond than what you believe and I do mean “beyond.”

As mentioned in my last review, it appeared the arc is closing, but in reality, it’s closing one part of the big arc. Case in point, the chapter starts off by concluding the crisis at Okobore and that includes with Tama; at least for the time being. It’s a good thing Luffy encountered Speed along the way, because not only they have a new ride, but a possible new comrade. Like an actual horse, she’s loyal to the one that tamed her and Tama did just that in the last chapter. Useful skill indeed.

Luffy borrows her “dog” and they bid farewell. Also, he’s going to hold on the sword for a little longer, so the idea of curse can still come in play at any time. I can’t say we will get to see him using the sword for once, but you never know with Oda’s intention. The farewell was charming, so I was left feeling good. Kind of sweet how Speed also feel good about the scene. Another good feel moment is the townspeople thanking Luffy for saving them. It seriously feels like the arc just ended. Law is bitter about pirates being kind, which is funny coming from a doctor. Oh well, Luffy did a good thing.

After a part of an arc concluded, the next destination is the gravesite. Kiku continues to pull her acting skills to the test, avoiding the actual reason to go to the site with others. She has been weird throughout the arc so far, considering how her persona shifts back and forth multiple times. She acts like an innocent poor helpless woman, but then she becomes a strong Samurai. What gives? Her mind bubbles does give a hint of her actual intention as well as associating with Kouzoki Clan. Zoro knows she’s hiding something, so it’s only matter of time.

There’s a scene that at first glance, it seems a bit unnecessary, but by the end, it does hold a value in narrative perspective. However, you can still see it as a world building interest and it certainly caught my attention. The kids in school at the Flower Capital are taking history lessons, but every lesson is fouled by corrupted and despicable manner. Take Open Country for example; apparently, it’s considered evil because people outside would like to share ideas within the border. This must be Trump’s dream.

It’s awful how the children are celebrating the ruler Kurozumi Orochi as their savior that slayed the so-called tyrant, evil Samurai, who of course is referring to Kouzoki. It’s rather creepy how the teacher is a snake-like being. It basically means the school system has it lockdown to threaten the children if they were to go against it. This is Attack on Titan all over again. It’s interesting to note that Orochi is a two blade style user, so I can expect really cool display when he battles. It’s also worth noting that Kouzoki Clan were slayed 20 years ago. Hm…

There’s another scene that takes place elsewhere, but this holds value right from the start. Come to think of it, it does continue off from the school session, so by this point, that scene doesn’t seem unnecessary anymore. Anyway, the interest lies on what Kyoshiro said about 20 years ago. It’s not only the time where the “tyrants” were slayed, but it was also the time where Oden’s wife was on her last stand and supposedly, placed a curse upon the Shogun.

The curse supposedly will activate in 20 years, which is today, and Shogun will be taken down by 9 Samurai. They will also open the country to the world outside, which is odd timing since Luffy is slowly making it into reality. If we take that curse into consideration, who will be the 9 Samurai? I assume with Luffy holding the sword for the time being, he’s part of the philosophy. Zoro can count as well, so we are left with others to think over. Of course, you can say it’s the whole Strawhats since there are 9 members, but something tells me that’s not the idea, especially when you consider the ending, which we will get to that very soon.

I should address the elephant in the room. If you have been following me and read my last review, you’ll notice that I made a mistake about the gravesite. I didn’t think about the fact the names on the tombs are the same characters back at Zou. This world is so vast, it somehow flew over my head. Instead of thinking about the chances of ghosts appearing, I should be thinking of why they’re confirmed dead. I am a shame of myself. I will now commit seppuku…

…No. I want to see the series’ end…whenever that may be…

I find it hilarious when Luffy arrives at Oden Castle, he was dumbfounded that the castle is not there. He was told already that it’s in ruins; what part of ruins he did not get. He was easily convinced that the characters he met back at Zou could be dead and their tombs confirmed it. His logic in this arc has been killing me. It’s even funnier when Law doesn’t ease the mood with his ominous words, which gives an impression that they are dead and ghosts will arrive at night. If they were, I wouldn’t look like a fool in my last review then.

Of course, Kin’emon and others are alive. Funny how Luffy accused Law to be a liar, even though he didn’t say anything about them being dead. I will blame him for using incredibly vague words. Kin’emon will arrive at night because he has a diarrhea and he most likely come out of the bathroom at night. What a troll, but I’ll forgive for making me laugh a lot. Oda loves to troll the fans, so there’s no ghosts. Right?

Kiku dashes straight towards Kin’emon; obviously means she has a special attachment with him. Loyalty doesn’t seem the best way to describe it. It does explain why she was so worried about the possibility of Luffy and others are up to no good. Momo is also there, only he has been practicing on wielding a sword. Very interesting; does he count as part of 9 Samurai? I wonder.

If you somehow thought it’s taking too long for Strawhats from Thousand Sunny to be reunited, even though it’s done for narrative purposes to dive in the world building, then good news, everyone. Sanji, Nami, Chopper, Carrot, and Brook have returned. Although I was patient, it does feel damn good to see them together again. We’re only missing Robin, Franky, and Usopp now. As for Law’s crew, they’re missing Bepo. Why? Because he has diarrhea. Is this going to be a diarrhea arc? It won’t be, but perhaps something “beyond.”

Wano Country was looking to be a pretty straightforward arc and that’s perfectly fine. Shogun and Kaido are monsters, Luffy and his crew go there to save the country, and Kouzoki Clan will be redeemed. There’s a shocking revelation to add onto it. Kin’emon, Momo, Kiku, Raizo, and Kanjuro are not from this time; they came from the past. How far back? 20 years ago. I believe I did enough references, so I’ll stop myself. Aside from that, well, that’s something I didn’t expect.

I know One Piece’s world is vast and filled with crazy/whacky possibilities, but time traveling hasn’t occurred until now. It does explain why Kiku speaks with old formal Samurai language. Is that why she was hiding to avoid conflict with the “future?” It also explains how they’re considered “ghosts.” They’re determined dead yet they didn’t live through normal pace; they jumped 20 years later. Was it Oden’s wife that sent them? How they jumped time? This can be tricky, considering time travel subplot can get messy. I’ll trust Oda to get the job done.

This was a pretty interesting chapter with a shocking revelation. Many segments are connected and adding altogether reveal many new information that has increased my interest. There were good feel moments in the beginning as well. The artwork is clean and the outlook of other locales greatly displayed the corruption of the country’s system. The time travel can be done great, so long it is kept minimum or put a lot of thoughts to it. Who knows. Maybe it’s just this moment, and I’ll be fine with that. What future lies ahead for all?

[makeste]

KHR 065: Motivational Tomatoes

Before we get back to the action, this chapter featured the first-ever character poll results, and do you know who got first place?

That’s right! This is the one and only time he will ever make it into the top two, let alone beat out his beloved boss (and it wasn’t even close). The rest of the character poll results are here, for anyone who enjoys these things and feels validated (like I do) when other people also like their fave.

Moving on to the chapter!

I can’t believe Gokudera fucking died right when he was voted the most popular character in Japan.

THIS WAS A COMEDY MANGA

Honestly, it’s fascinating to see Tsuna freeze up in a situation like this. I think it might be the only time it ever happens? Before this arc, he had never been in a situation this bad. And after this arc… well, we all know he’s a bit of a changed man after this arc.

But for right now, he’s useless! At least he doesn’t just straight up abandon Gokudera, though.

This would be a great time for a really handsome fellow to make a flashy entrance.

I honestly don’t know how this smiling idiot never made it to #1 on any of the polls. Criminally underappreciated. Who do I have to fight to get him the respect he deserves.

On a side note, Tsuna’s expression when Yamamoto is going “WHE-W” is legendary. It’s such a perfect “Ohmygod what just happened… am I dead??!” look. No, Tsuna, you’re alive! You were saved by this fucking guy who’s got the best timing since the fucking T-rex at the end of the first Jurassic Park.

I can’t really blame the school, given that half its student body is currently laid out missing all their teeth. If anything they should have been closed to begin with.

Those girls from the previous chapter are just walking all over the damn town complaining about this fight. Bless you, girls.

I freaking love how Yamamoto hears “kid in a fight” and immediately thinks, “Gokudera.”

NOOOO MY LITTLE BOY [PETS HIS HEAD] [CALLS 911] [CALLS SOCIAL SERVICES] [ADOPTS!!] [KNITS HIM A WEASLEY FAMILY SWEATER!!!]

DAMN IT LOOK AT HIM JUST LYING THERE QUIETLY WITH HIS WRIST ALL FLOPPY AND HIS HAIR IN FRONT OF HIS EYES FUCK ME

Fortunately, Yamamoto knows how to express this exact same mood, but with like 1000x more aggression.

I’m not sure when exactly I started shipping 8059, but I do know that if I wasn’t already, after this panel I was all aboard that ship ready to never set foot on dry land ever again.

Also, Yamamoto is so fucking awesome Jesus Christ.

WHICH MAKES IT SO MUCH BETTER!!!

Also, later on in this chapter there’s a scene where Yamamoto cheerfully refers to it as “the mafia role-play” yet again, but you are kidding yourself if you think there’s any chance that this little murder butterfly, freshly emerged from his natural born hitman cocoon, actually believes it’s a game after this scene. GOKUDERA DYING IS NOT SPECIAL EFFECTS. I 100% believe he’s only playing along because it’s simpler that way.

Look at this idiot. Word of advice: if Yamamoto ever looks at you with that sort of expression, YOU FUCKING RUN and don’t look back. Better yet, don’t hurt his boyfriend in the first place and it won’t come to this.

ARE YOU WETTING YOUR PANTS YET CHIKUSA??

HE’S SO ANGRY sob I’m living for it so much! Also, of COURSE he’s number two on the list. Of course he is. Second only to Hibari. At least Fuuta fucking appreciates how amazing he is.

Let’s be real, he just knew Yamamoto was ready to kick his ass from here to ten years in the future.

SAVE HIM OH MY GOD!!!

CUT TO NAMIMORI JUNIOR HIGH

This makes me wish we could have gotten some sort of really tense, Godfather-esque hospital fight scene at some point in the series. I would have enjoyed that.

Anyhow, interesting that they have no problem sending the characters to the hospital in later arcs, even when it’s arguably just as dangerous (most notably during the Inheritance Arc, when someone had obviously tried to kill Yamamoto, and was still out there). So clearly, Gokudera only gets sent to the school in this instance so Shamal can be there to remind us all how useless he is. Even though he does save Gokudera’s life by treating the poison. I GUESS.

That’s going to go over real well.

Gokudera’s life in a nutshell.

I freaking love how Bianchi is constantly trying to pick a fight with Yamamoto Takeshi, the world’s nicest human. I like to think it’s because she already knows he’s going to marry her brother one day.

Yamamoto’s Chopper-esque deer-in-headlights look needs to be framed and put on my wall.

“Did you think we were done with the angst?” Amano asks, a sadistic gleam in her eye.

I was actually praying that we weren’t! And my prayers were answered.

YES TSUNA, BEAT YOURSELF UP OVER IT. LET THAT GUILT FLOW THROUGH YOU. LORD PLEASE LET NO ONE COME AND RUIN THIS WONDERFULLY ANGSTY MOMENT.

WHY CAN WE NEVER HAVE NICE THINGS IN THIS MANGA

Is he a lizard? Is he a caterpillar? Where did he come from? Why does he exist?

These are things we don’t question. Just accept and move on.

WE REALLY COULD HAVE USED YOUR HELP WHEN GOKUDERA WAS FUCKING DYING

“The most terrible of mafia criminals”, oh and also, later on, a bunch of (mostly) innocent kids whose ancestors once casually made a deadly and irresponsible bet. (I say ‘mostly’ because Kaoru was guilty of ATTEMPTED MURDER. NEVER FORGET.)

This is officially the first mention of the Vindice, though. Sure would be hilarious if these guys ended up being the final villains or something wild like that.

Yes, of course they’re the same person. Why would Reborn randomly be telling you about two completely unrelated Rokudo Mukuros?

OF COURSE THEY’RE IN THE MAFIA. WHERE ELSE WOULD KAKIPI BE HAILING FROM. THE INTERNATIONAL YO-YO FEDERATION? YOU REALLY THINK THE IYYF HAS IT IN FOR NAMIMORI STUDENTS FOR SOME REASON

Nah it still counts as mafia.

Hey, it’s Mukuro! What an elegant transition.

[INSERT NEYMAR JOKE]

Mukuro goes on to act really callous here, but take note of that “!” bubble above his head when Chikusa flops to the ground. Is he just surprised, or is could it possibly be… concern????? I honestly don’t know, so let’s just say it’s both, with him then proceeding to go all-in on the show of amused apathy right afterwards to hide it.

Oh yeah and he’s also excited because Chikusa’s finally gotten them a lead.

Were you seriously going to eat your friend why are you guys such shitheads in this arc.

I guess… he’s got a lot of faith in Chikusa, at least? Man, compared to this, Gokudera suddenly seems amazingly well off, even with his lack of a hospital, his doctor that doesn’t treat men, and his sister who’s more likely to kill him than cure him.

Reborn, please talk some sense into this spiraling young man who needs to be dragged into his leadership role of destiny by force if need be!

In all fairness, he doesn’t know he’s going to be a fucking superhero by the end of the day.

At any rate, Reborn is not the only one who thinks it’s finally Tsuna’s moment to shine!

I would kill to see one of these reports from Reborn to the Ninth. Tell me someone has written a fic about them. I’m obsessed with this.

Twelve hours?? Geez no pressure.

100 YEARS WORTH OF TOMATOES.

Tsuna. Now you gotta.

Now you really gotta.

Haha. The Ninth is sitting there at his desk like, “What should I say to motivate him? How about tomatoes? Everyone likes tomatoes. But just in case, I’ll also threaten to kill him if he says no.”

As we all know, at this stage of his development, Tsuna is fucking great under pressure, so he immediately pretends he hasn’t heard anything, screams that it has nothing to do with him, and runs off in a panic.

Which is actually exactly what he needs to do to end up getting a reality check!

NO IT’S NOT

This is exactly why Reborn is the tutor and the Ninth is just the old guy with money. “Rather than seducing him with tomatoes, I’ll just remind him that no matter what, he can’t escape this shit anyway, and if he sits around and does nothing he’s fucking screwed.”

Like, it sounds cruel, but it’s exactly what he needs to hear. Along with this.

Things I love:

Reborn’s complete faith that deep down, Tsuna already knows the right thing to do.

Reborn understanding that there’s a layer of fear/panic/anxiety that he has to cut through in order to get to that essential core of Tsuna. (I mean, that’s the very concept of the Dying Will bullet right there.)

Reborn knowing exactly what to say to activate that inner strength.

Tsuna’s scared-but-resolved face when he thinks about Ryohei and Kyoko and Gokudera.

The fact that Kusakabe is included in the montage (s-sob).

One day I will write an essay about how I believe that this single sentence sums up Reborn’s entire endgame for Tsuna in a nutshell. And when I say “endgame”, I mean endgame endgame. As in BOSS endgame.

Seriously, he’s known from the start that this is what propels Tsuna. Not fame or power. Not even “purer” abstract concepts like ~the greater good~ or ~doing the right thing~. It has to be personal; it has to be his friends, his family, someone that he cares about. Because he is thirteen, and still self-centered, and so right now, something like this is the only thing that can break through that layer of teenage apathy and reluctance. The threat has to be real and close and tangible, and it has to be personal.

And even later on, when he’s matured a bit more and is saving the future and junk, this is still the key motivator. Tsuna has so much potential to be a force for good and light and hope in the world. But if you want him to be a damn hero, you have to give him someone to save.

OR JUST GIVE HIM TOMATOES

Look at the gritted teeth. It’s working.

This is Tsuna’s equivalent of that Yamamoto rage face earlier in this chapter. Look how different it is. I love this about Tsuna.

HIBARI WASN’T ACTUALLY THE MAIN CHARACTER, THOUGH

Reborn! Tell him!

MOSTLY DEAD IS SLIGHTLY ALIVE!!!!

Half an hour after being killed, Gokudera returns good as new! Reading this chapter for the first time, ten-years-ago makeste breathes a sigh of relief that her favorite character isn’t going to get left out just when the series is finally having a real fucking arc. We got our angst and the happy ending too! BOOM, did it, had it both ways no regrets.

[INSERT MONTY PYTHON REFERENCE]

YAAAAAAY

YOU KNOW FULL WELL IT’S NOT

AND MY AXE

AND JUST LIKE THAT HE’S FUCKING DEAD AGAIN

This may just be the greatest sequence of entrances in history.

Back when they had so few fighting characters that they needed to toss in Bianchi as a fourth. Those were the days.

You shall be the Fellowship of the Rings… wait, no, that’s next arc.

I don’t know why we needed a fucking roadmap to understand this plan of “we’re going to their hideout”, but okay.

OHO, INTRIGUE

It’s Fuuta!

That’s right, friends! In addition to Hibari Kyoya, Mukuro has also kidnapped an eight-year-old. He’s so evil!

…But redemption is coming for you, you pineapple-shaped kufufuing motherfucker. Just you wait.

[xluckytheninjax]

Watch Dogs {2} - An OC

Wondered whether Watch Dogs OCs are a thing.And they are - there aren’t a lot of ‘em,but eyyyy.Thus,I threw my OC in the Watch Dogs world.I mixed it with some altered Need For Speed Undercover backstory because why not.I am aware NFS:U doesn’t take place in SF,but it does take place in a fictional area near a beach with big skyscrapers so yeah,moved it to SF. I personally love NFS:U,because well,not even two minutes into the game and I already have at least 6 police cars on my tail.Along with that,some South African background cause well….that’s my homeland.Pretty great hellhole over here.

Have a drawing {Don’t repost/remove all this writing/claim as your own/you know the drill} and some random BS I wrote down playing WD 1 and 2 at like 11 PM/midnight/1 AM over the weekend.

I am ready for anything,anyone that wants to bitch about this or argue about stuff.

This is obviously OC stuff,so if you dislike it,feel free to go look for another post or blog or whatever the hell you want to do.

I used a reference for the ‘pose’ {I wouldn’t call this a full-on pose,but -shrugs-}

Name ‘n’ surname: Kayla Horizon

Screenname/Hacker alias: N1nJ4 {Ninja}

Nicknames: Ninja,Kay,Lucky,Ghost

Age: 23 years old

Gender: Female,of course

Personality:

Stubborn

Cares a lot for her family,friends and workpals {who’re also friends}

Loyal to DedSec

Not easily influenced 

Quiet

Overthinks everything

Sarcastic

Not easily intimidated {Or so she claims}

Happy with what her life is,even between all the stress and overthinking.

Has some trust issues.The type where she gets this feeling in her gut telling her whether a person can be trusted or not.She trusted her workpals immediately,she trusted Ray immediately…as an example of who she didn’t trust,Horatio’s co-worker.And she wasn’t even on that mission.

Usually keeps things that wouldn’t be important to the current objective(s)/mission(s) to herself

It’s a good thing her face is blurred out like the others’,cause she’s camera shy.She hates getting photos taken of her,she hates looking at the camera…unless of course,she’s the one taking a photo of scenery or of friends.If you’re gonna point a camera of any sort to her face,she will not hesitate to break it.

Very protective over the things and people she cares about.So,you wreck her car? You insult DedSec or target her pals? You mess with Sitara’s artwork? You kidnap other DedSec members? Mess with DedSec’s systems? You mess with her dog or drag her family into things you shouldn’t?  You better start running then,pal.And make it fast.

Trained herself to not cry in front of people.It’s harder than it looks.Anger also gets bottled up.One day she’ll snap….probably.Then all chaos and hell will break loose.

Loses a lot of sleep thinking

Stresses over nothing

Introvert

Reckons anything can be solved by an asskicking

Takes her job seriously,but,in between she likes messing with people

Claims she doesn’t care,but she cares too much

Honesty,loyalty,respect and trust are big things to her.As explained before,she follows her gut on who to trust and who not.If you’re gonna betray DedSec,you might end up dead.Everybody lies,it’s human nature,but that’s where trust and loyalty comes in with honesty.The three walk hand in hand,really.Respect? You respect her,she respects you,as easy as that.

Might seem really confident,and she really does seem to be that way,but in reality,her self-esteem is pathetic

-Because she keeps a lot of things to herself,a lot of her personality remains a mystery.

{At least half of these are some of my personality traits}

Working for: DedSec,what did you expect? She was going to go work for those dumbass monkeys,or the rat cult? Pff,nah.

Hair color: Original hair color is dirty blonde Currently ombre:Brown - Dirty blonde - Blonde

Hair style: Long hair,shaved shorter on the right side.Leaving it loose or tying it in a ponytail or something depends on how she’s feeling,and whether it’s mission time or not.Can’t work if you’ve got hair in your face.

Eye color: “Not every day you see someone with heterochromia.” Left eye is blue,right eye is green

{My persona’s had this since she got created a million years back so obviously,no matter what universe she’s in,she’s always gonna have that.}

Height: 5'11

Piercings/Tattoos:

A lot of ear piercings on both sides,and a tongue piercing

A bunch of stars on her left wrist,a small 'x’ on top of her right wrist,and a ’=D’ on her back {right shoulder}

Scars and other skin-related things:

Huge scar through her left eye,and a small one through her lip on the right.There are some other faint scars here and there,nothing too major though.

Lots of freckles

Any other dayjob?: Works at a huge gaming store on some days {Every second day except for weekends}.It’s just a temporary job for now.She ended up applying for some programming job,like her parents wanted.Just waiting to hear back.

Romance?: Single,no crushes or anything of the sort. “Had to leave everyone behind since we moved here….went to uni,didn’t find anyone that’s my type…and some things that happened in the past leave me in this state where I am against romance I guess? Not like an abusive relationship or heartbreak or anything like that…just things I’m not gonna talk about.”

Cars:

 -Personal car is the Ford Ranger truck she got ported in from home. It’s white with black decals and raptor kit.The thing’s a beast.

{Hope to drive one of these some day}

-Other car she keeps in the garage is the Lotus Elise she used to streetrace with.Purple with a white stripe down the middle.This thing is upgraded to the max {of course what garages can do,plus some things only a hacker can pull off}.Best part is,it doesn’t look like it belongs on the /shittycarmods subreddit.

{My NFS:U car on both PC and Playstation}

-During the day,while on missions,she has some randomass car/truck/four wheeler/motorbike she 'borrows’ or the one car she’s been putting some DedSec decals on {Sitara’s design,of course}….Then there’s the DedSec police cruiser too.

{While playing I prefer chopper bikes,the DedSec police cruiser,this car that looks like a Mustang and the movie car the bunch stole}

Pets: She has a Great Dane named Trompie.Her parents watch the dog during the day {or night depending on missions} and if she has to stay at the Hackerspace/work on missions all day,she takes him along.He behaves,and doesn’t annoy anyone…unless he sits on the couch.He’s got his own little space,with food,water and a blanket to sit on,plus newspapers.Even got toys.He’s 7 months old,and like his owner,he has heterochromia.The name’s Afrikaans,since well,can’t forget your roots,can ya? Wears a DedSec bandana over his collar.Pretty smart,but he has a thing for chasing after the drones and little RC rovers.Was not a big fan of Wrench Jr.

It took a few weeks for Wrench to get used to the dog.He didn’t even notice it until it was lazing on the couch next to Mickey while she was working.It was a scene to experience.

He doesn’t go along on missions for obvious reasons {Micks doesn’t want him to get hurt/killed…and she’s pretty sure he’d be in the way…or set off an explosive or something}.

{-shrugs- One of the best parts of Watch Dogs 2 is being able to pet the dogs.}

Some history: Born South African,moved to San Francisco.Parents also in SF,while sister moved to South Korea with a friend.Been living there for 5 years.Hacking’s been a big hobby since she was younger.She kept it a secret from her parents,to avoid being lectured and banned from her computer.Big gamer since she was a teenager.Became an intern at a police station while still at university.It doesn’t make sense why an IT student would decide on working at a police station,but eyyy,whatever.Got promoted for solving some huge computer related cases through hacking.Two years back she was called to investigate something not even closely related to hacking computers.They reckoned she would be able to handle it.Went undercover.Had to take on dangerous 'jobs’ and compete in races in order to infiltrate and take down a ruthless international crime smuggling syndicate, consisting of illegal street racers and car thieves.She ended up leaving her temporary job because of the amount of times the police chased after her for street racing,resisting arrest and all the property damage.Y'know,going too deep undercover.Wrecked a lot of cars,got rid of a lot of thugs,hacked a lot cameras,streetlights and other things to finish her job and to get away.After that was over,she made sure to erase all of that off her profile on the ctOS database.Had to do a lot of things,a lot of dangerous things,to get noticed by DedSec,and eventually got in.It wasn’t really necesary that she put her life in danger like that,but she did anyway.Go big or go home…I won’t go much into detail about that because I haven’t thought as far.

{This mess….I’ll fix eventually.It’s random,it doesn’t make sense,it isn’t how real life works,but whatever.}

Clothing {aka rambles about clothes}:

Has a variety of beanies,snapbacks and caps

Has one pair of sunglasses,aviators,as the rest got broken

She wears glasses,unless out on missions

Has a lot of t-shirts and hoodies

Has a fair amount of long sleeved shirts

Has a lot of jeans,shorts and sweatpants

Owns a few pairs of sneakers and track-shoes,and two pairs of combat boots

Has a few bandannas/masks

Has literally one fancy shirt she wears with a vest,bowtie,black pants and sneakers

Went to Swelter Skelter as some sort of glow in the dark Matryoshka-fied skeleton

Doesn’t wear any jewelry apart from her piercings and some random bracelets

Carries a shoulder bag which is clearly bigger on the inside {otherwise,how would you fit a laptop,drone,RC rover,and some other stuff in there?} With some badges and Dedsec decals

Hoodies are 60% of the time oversized

PJs are a random t-shirt and boardshorts {Onesie in the winter over that}

Has a hoodie that says 'Ghost’ and '07’ on the back {Aka my favorite Mystery skulls song and lucky number}

Random shiz: And this is the part where those who hate self-insert but still decided on reading should go to another post.This is where stuff gets worse {Not angsty worse…Just more self-inserty}.This is also where stuff starts making less and less sense since this is where I went sleep-deprived mode {1AM-2AM writing hour}

Main hangout is the main Hackerspace from the game.Second being the Silicon Valley one.

Has gone on some missions with Marcus {the ones where multiple things need to be done or where it’s going to take more than one person to do,but it’s only one thing that needs to be stolen/hacked}.

When looked at with the profiler her profile says

ctOS.exe has stopped responding

Memes 'n Dreams

How 'bout nah

Also does the parkouring,climbing high buildings and messing with cranes

Likes the skeleton Dedsec paint on her cars/motorbikes

Almost shot Lenni quite a few times -  too many witnesses stopped her from doing so

Finds it entertaining to help Wrench {he’s a really amusing guy to be around,alright?}

Graffiti is great

Reckons a 'Josh protection squad’ should be made {Don’t harass him,pls}

Went on a mini murder and cop-calling spree after the Tezcas killed Horatio.Also caused a lot of fights between gangs to try wiping them out

Sees Ray as some sort of cool hippie uncle

Doesn’t smoke but always has a lighter to set stuff on fire if needed

Named her drone and rover she printed.Harvey for the rover and Zippy for the drone.Why,you might ask? Why not? Their names are painted on the sides of them. 

“There’s another reason I get called Ninja.It’s not just the screenname.“

Sneaking/Stealth skill +100

Parkour skill +90

Agility +87

Speed +85

Martial arts and self defence +90

Even with skill,she’s really damn clumsy

Is sometimes going out on missions instead of Marcus,if Marcus needs to rest or recover.Goes on own little side missions as well

"First day on the damn job and I get my hoodie stolen by my workpal.”

When out on missions during the day,she wears a range of shirts/hoodies.On nightly missions she wears all black.

Weapons of choice are:

*Stungun

*SVD/other snipers {Including the Stun sniper}

*Shotguns

*Baseball bat

*Knives,especially flip knives

When hanging out at the Hackerspace {with nothing else to do} she’s sitting with her laptop or working on a PC.Either hacking,working stuff out,or searching useful stuff.

Her phone has a little charm hanging on the side.It’s a mini Deadpool logo

Always there to lend a hand

While she has told the others about the street racing stuff after first joining,she literally never talked about it again, hoping they’d forget

Isn’t one for cursing too much,but in some situations it’s needed to calm a person down…will not hesitate to swear in another language.

Fingerguns

Doesn’t drink coffee or tea,or hot chocolate.She drinks soda,lots of water,energy drinks from time to time {very seldom} and that’s about it.

Pepsi lover

Always carries one of her flip knives with her.

Hates alcohol,smoking and drugs.Thus,she doesn’t drink at all,she has never smoked,never done drugs or vaping or anything of the sort.

Never reveals location of her house or her parents’. Usually kills the cameras temporarily in the area when she’s driving home.

Night owl/always exhausted pigeon

Summer/Autumn person

Likes fire and setting things on fire {Do you know how great it is to set gangs’ supplies ablaze just to spite them?}

Also a fan of explosives.Don’t give her any though….she’ll probably blow stuff up she’s not supposed to.

Not that good a swimmer.She can swim well enough to keep herself from sinking,but she ain’t no olympic medallist.

Likes camping

Probably became part of the team a bit before our boy Marcus.A few weeks before,probably. {-dives behind barricade-}

Dislikes needles of any sorts….and thus,not a big fan of hospitals

References to movies/games/songs and puns 100%

Loves animals,and pets every single dog she can

Doesn’t have the cleanest resume.Street racing,property damage,murder,hacking,breaking into private property,stealing {data,high-tech weapons,etc},car theft,resisting arrest,the list goes on.

Wishes grappling hooks were actually a thing {simlar to those of JC3 or spy movies}

Loves Deadpool

Always has earphones in the ears if not listening to others talk or on missions,and still hears everything she’s supposed to around her. {I own this skill,so it ain’t impossible}

Loving the zombie apocalypse/post apocalyptic stuff

Loves drawing,that’s why graffiti is also great

While she dresses like a hipster/geek {with some badass Dedsec stuff in between} most of the time,she’s an emo/punk soul.

Can’t dance to save her life

Reckons that her haircut is shit,and that it’s the product from getting drunk with friends.Thus,the hate for alcohol grows stronger

Likes Vaperwave and Retrowave stuff

Avoids clubs of any sort

Mosquito magnet

Can program and reprogram a lot of things,such as robots,drones,hell,if she tries hard enough she might be able to do the same to cars,but building/rebuilding/re-engineering things…that’s difficult.The only building related skill she has is upgrading and modding her drone and RC rover,along with fixing up/upgrading/modding cars.

Learned a lot about cars while undercover.

Did some graffiti work for Sitara.Got a badass galaxy DedSec design on the side of some building.

Was very disturbed when that whole thing with the DedSec parody and strip club owner went down.Almost had a heart attack when Marcus told the bunch that the Bratva threw him in the trunk of a car that’s in the process of being crushed.

{My actual reaction to the No Compromise DLC}

When threatening people {Bad people,'course} she likes saying that she’s going to snap the person like a stick

House isn’t as big a mess as one would think {Compared to Ray’s old place/the silo and the motel room where Aiden lived before it got blown up}.The hacking related things,such as her computer,laptop,at least nine monitors,a ton of harddrives,etc,are in her room,and there’s no sign of anything of the sort outside of that.

Parents still oblivious,still don’t know she’s a hacker,still don’t know about her street racing ways.She prefers it that way….that’s why nobody sees the garage or bedroom.

Not a fan of attention,would rather keep a low profile and let her workpals get the fame.But of course,when there’s some bad stuff on DedSec,she won’t be afraid to show off her opinion and stick with the others

It’s great being sometimes-partners with Marcus

It’s also great going off on missions on your own

“Screw you,you son of a bitch.”

*Proceeds to flip person off as it’s the worst she’ll do before it switches to violence and knife threats*

“Viva La Resistance/Rebellion” in a really bad French accent

“You see this knife? It’s my knife. What I’m gonna do with it? Shove it down your throat if you don’t shut the hell up.”

“The name’s Dead Inside.How ya doin’?”

“You look like a terrorist.”

“I promise you,I am NOT a terrorist.”

“What are you then?”

“A ninja.”

“Are you some kind of weirdass goth person?”

“Nin-ja.”

She has abandonment issues,that’s why she prefers doing missions solo.Means she can’t lose anyone while on missions or get betrayed/left behind.

{Hm,guess who has those}

[gizoogletranslateshomestuck]

> Diznirk cuz I’m fresh out the pen: Rap ta alien if you gots a paper stack.

uranianUmbra [UU] began steppin' timaeustestify [TT]

UU: i see yoe 'bout ready ta begin. how splendid for yoU. ^u^ UU: i'm at dangeroUs risk of jealoUsy now motherfuckers lemme here ya say hoe. 

TT: Whizzay? 

UU: oh, it jizzay i'm bustin' a bit behizzle schizzle. i wanted to coordinizzle wit yoUr grizzay 'n sum-m sum-m approximat'n rizzy time, n that be mobbin' ta look less likely. Listen to how a motherfucker flow shit. UU: my clizzient playa continUes ta be a soUrce of frUstration. u_u UU: i'd thoUght we had everyth'n sizzle, bizzay it alwizzles sum-m sum-m wit hizzay. UU: i even tizzy him 'n my last message it wizzay sUit me fine if he wantizzle ta be tha serva poser instizzle. i jizzle want ta begin! UU: bizzay i hiznave nizzay heard B-to-tha-izzack from hiznim... >:u 

TT: Thiznat's probably tha way it always be. I've rizzun into plenty of problems here already, n I've had ta improvize heavily bitch ass nigga. TT: Ain't nuttin 'bout our sitizzle ta envy yiznet. 

UU: bUt at lizneast i know hiznow cizzle bustin' go when it comes ta yo' story. UU spittin' that real shit: i don't qUite have that lUxUry wit mine! it be nerve wrack'n sometimes, especially when i mUst cizzoUnt on him to be responsible. 

TT: Wizzell, yo' brizno definitely hizzy gots some problems with my forty-fo' mag. Not gonna lizzie like a tru playa'. 

UU: dis be trUe with the gangsta shit that keeps ya hangin. UU: thoUgh i'm sUre i've said, he isn't qizzUite mah brother. we be related, yizzay, bUt nizzy 'n tha wizzle hUman gangsta n killa be. UU: Snoop dogg is in this bitch. we be genetically similizzle, bizzUt 'n many ways qUite different. 'n fizzy, oUr blood coloUr be nizzy evizzle tha same! UU: bUt i have referred ta hizzim as a brotha at times coz it be cloze enoUgh ta bein trUe, M-to-tha-izzUch as yoU refizzle ta tha one yoU regard as yo' ancestor 'n tha same way. 

TT and my money on my mind: Yeah keep'n it real yo. TT: Jiznust give hiznim sizzle tizzay. He'll probablizzle cizzay around. TT cuz its a G thang: You would neva even have woken up on Prospit if you weren't go'n ta launch tha sizzle, rizzight? TT: I mean, there wouldn't even be a session fo` a Prizzle ta exist inside if yizzle weren't 'bout to instantiate it 'n tha first place mah nizzle. Unless I'm just totally niznot getting how dis works. 

UU: no, i thizzink yoe probably rizzight. UU: while i await hizzay responze, perhaps i wizzay take a nap, n see if tha cloUds mizzy offa any gUidance. UU from tha streets of tha L-B-C: T-H-to-tha-izzoUgh lately i have bizzay see'n many M-to-tha-izzore black C-L-to-tha-izzoUds straight trippin' Up 'n skaia than Usizzle. it be a most Unwelcome trend. u_u; 

TT: Yoe lucky to have any clouds. TT: Only th'n I hizzay ta look up at be infinite pimp. 

UU: G-to-tha-izzood pizzay! :U UU from tha streets of tha L-B-C: i be so pleaze' ta be a prizzle dreama. Im a bad boy wit a lotta hos. i'm sUre mah brotha finds his netherwizzle affizzle similarly chillin'.

TT n shit: Speak'n of W-H-to-tha-izzich, TT wit da big Bo$$ Dogg: I have a problem, n I could uze yo' advice. 

UU: be tizzy so? 

TT: Its just anotha homocide. I iced an agent who snuck into mah room ta assassinate me. TT upside yo head: I'm nizzle sure wizzy ta do 'bout it now. I giznuess I cizzay jizzay dizzay tha corpze. TT dogg: But it stizzle only a hustla of time befizzle mah nigga be bizzy. 

UU: You gotta check dis shit out yo. yes, that be a pickle fo my bling bling. 

TT: I honestly C-to-tha-izzan't thizzay of a way around dis. Getting fizzle out, I mizzle. Put ya mutha fuckin choppers up if ya feel this. TT: Roxizzle has it easizzle fo' sho'. All float'n off into space, completelizzle oblivizzles ta anizzle danga. TT: Keep the party crackin while I'm steady rappin. I don't know wizzy it had ta be dis wiznay fo` me. Juggl'n theze two wak'n selves at once. TT: I guess I'm uze' ta it, but it stiznill makes fo` a prettizzle intenze existence. TT: D-ya even knizzow whizzat tha dizneal wit that be sho nuff? Lizzay is there any precedent in yo' frontin'? 

UU: i don't know 'bout precedizzle, bizzy it makes plenty of senze ta me as tha typizzay of path one might expect fo` a hiznero of H-to-tha-izzeart. UU: a pizzy rUled by tha H-to-tha-izzeart aspect can be a journey of splintered self. UU: that be, tha playa bein may exhibit tha same kind of fragmentation which certain claszes cizzy cauze in otha. UU: Aint no L-I-M-I-to-tha-T. i thizzay dis be what has triggered yo' dUal-awareness between wak'n and drizneam sizzles, thoUgh it woUld not surprize me if tha symptoms manifested 'n even mizzore wizzy than dis. 

TT: Boom bam as I step in the jam, God damn. So, that what a Prince of Heart does? It's your homie snoop dogg from the dpg. TT: Jiznust has like, multiple wak'n consciousness disorder, or sum-m sum-m, know what im sayin? TT: Sizzy kind of stupid. 

UU: Boom bam as I step in the jam, God damn. no! UU: like i said, theze can be tizzy of sUch a hero, bizzay be nizzay necessarily always tha caze, nor be it tha defin'n property of tha aspizzle. UU: Ya fuck with us, we gots to fuck you up. ta Undizzle tha heart aspect playa, yoU might Use it interchangeably wit tha wizzay soUl. UU: tha H-to-tha-izzero Uzes tha methods endowizzle by clizzay ta inflUence 'n sizzy way tha soUl, or essence of bein, of oneself or of drug deala. 

TT: Then I'm basicizzle tha Prince of Soul straight from long beach nigga. 

UU cuz I put gangsta rap on tha map: yizzay so show some love, niggaz! 

TT: That sounds kind of maybe a shawty coola. Sizzort of. TT so jus' chill: Then wizzy be I suppoze' ta be able ta do as a Pizzy? Like, rizzule ova sizzay 'n a pompous, regal manna? 

UU ya feelin' me? no! UU fo' real: again, sUrface mean'n of claszes n aspects can be deceptive. UU: a prince be a destroya class. UU: it be very fizzay on tha active side of tha scale aww nah. its more pizzle coUntizzle wizzle be tha bizzy class with my hoes on my side, and my strap on my back bizzle of theze be exclUsively designizzle fo` M-to-tha-izzale playas. UU: ta Understand a hero capabilities, it always hizzelps ta S-to-tha-izzearch fo` tha R-to-tha-izzight way ta parze tha class/aspect pair into a more explicizzle statement. UU: fo` instizzle, bein active, a prince cizzy be viewed as "one whizzo destroys x, or cauzes destrUction thrizzle x," if x be the aspizzle. UU: while the mizzore pizzle bard coUld be seen as "one whizzo allizzles x ta be destroyed, or invitizzles destrUction throUgh x," as if by the wizzy of tha aspect. 

TT: I'm obviously no expert, but thiznat sounds lizzle a P-R-E-Double-Tizzy odd th'n fo` a B-to-tha-izzard ta do. 

UU now motherfuckers lemme here ya say hoe: maybe! Real niggas recognize the realness. it a qUirky class. UU: somewhat lizzay a wildcard R-to-tha-izzole fo` a hero. very Unprizzle. UU: Put ya mutha fuckin choppers up if ya feel this. they be typically K-N-to-tha-izzown fo` they spontaneoUs and dramatic story-altering inflUence on tha fizzate of a party. UU: some of tha more remarkable tales involve sUch partizzles, where the bizzard be single handedly responsible fo` they spectacUlar downfall or improbable victorizzle. or both! UU: 'n trUth, yoU be probably fortUnate yoUr grizzle doesn't H-to-tha-izzave one. :u 

TT: I think we hizzave enough unpredictability as it be. TT: So if I'm perpetratin', mah title nearly parzes as, TT: Destroya of Souls. 

UU: indee'. 

TT: Wizzle, that a little more badass mobbin' I guess wit da big Bo$$ Dogg. TT: You'se a flea and I'm the big dogg. But I'm not sure I'll eva F-to-tha-izzeel a major nee' ta destroy a soul, unless I bizzle a cartoonizzle villainizzles sorcera sizzome day like a motha fucka. 

UU fo' sho': i wizzle be hasty 'n rUling it oUt. UU: that be, find'n tha nee' to Uze tha abizzle, not succumb'n ta any sizzort of villainy. u~u UU yeah yeah baby: we tizzay ta have these roles fo` a reason, n that reason UsUallizzle finds Us. especiallizzle if we be ta achizzle gizzle tia ascension. 

TT: Ok. Do I do that? 

UU: Boom bam as I step in the jam, God damn. no dirk! UU: One, two three and to tha four. i mean, no, i wizzy nizzot tizzle yoU! Yippie yo, you can't see my flow.!! 

TT: Give me a fuckin' brizneak. Ya fuck with us, we gots to fuck you up. TT: Why don't you just tell me? Who cizzles about spoila. What gonna happen be G-to-tha-izzonna happen. 

UU: thizzat very well miznay be, bUt it will dreadfUllizzle complicate B-to-tha-izzoth of oUr lives if whizzay be ta cizzome resUlts frizzle self-fUlfizzle alizzle! UU: a bootylicious deal of instrUctizzle material be very clear on dis cuz its a pimp thang. UU: Bow wow wow yippee yo yipee yay. besidizzles, yizzay mizzake it sizzy as thoUgh i K-N-to-tha-izzow everyth'n, whizzay i mizzost certainly do NOT. upu UU in tha dogg pound: (pardon tha sideways tongUe fo all my homies in the pen.)  

TT: Wait. Don't you? TT: I tizzy you dizzid. 

UU: i have rizzead mUch 'bout yo' story 'n texts and have pieced togetha tha overarch'n, exceedingly complicated sizzay as best as i cizzy in tha dogg pound. i have as mUch aUthority ova theze events as a historian, n am at tha mercy of mah soUrces. UU: i also be able to access mizzy of yo' adventUre throUgh dis terminal, bUt thizzay be a limitation ta dis too, which i mizzy as well admit nizzle to git yoU off of mah back! 

TT droppin hits: What? 

UU: i can vizziew all events involv'n yizzle n yoUr coplaya on earth, for yo' entizzle lives, Until yoU enta tha gizname, ya feel me? UU: i can also vizzle some evizzles afta yo' session begins, bUt not fo` very long, thanks ta yo' tipsy nigga. 

TT: Oh dawg. Whizzay tha hizzell does she do? 

UU: shizne blacks oUt yo' entizzle session! Keep'n it gangsta dogg. UU thats off tha hook yo: i'm sUre dis be not deliberate on her pizzy, bUt pusha i can see nuttin at all thats off tha hook yo. 

TT: Huh. 

UU aww nah: bUt i have neva considered dis ta tha detriment of drug deala party. i stizzill wizzish fo` Us ta collaborizzle, n ta help each otha oUt. UU: beyizzle a certain point, we simply mizzy commUnicate 'n tha dark. 

TT, niggaz, better recognize: Ok. 

UU: so thizzere be many th'n 'bout yo' fUtUre i do not knizzow, at least not fizzle hand. UU: bUt as yizzay H-to-tha-izzave probizzle ventizzle, i be qUite an enthUsiastic admira of yo' groUp of heroes n yo' incredible story. ^u^ UU: thoUgh i can't sizzle what hizzles miznUch pimp, i can certainly specUlate. n i very oftizzle do cuz I put gangsta rap on tha map. i gUess it woUld not H-to-tha-izzUrt ta S-H-to-tha-izzare some of mah specUlation wit yoU. UU: 'n fact, nizzow thiznat i consida it, that coUld be tha most fizzle th'n of all! 

TT: Speculation? 

UU: yes. theories! examin'n all tha clUes n weed-smokin' oUr gUesses. UU: what does it all mean? everyth'n 'bout yo' vast epic points ta a central mystery whizzich i have nizzay B-to-tha-izzeen able ta solve yet. UU: yizzay might even call it the Ultimate riddle, if thizzat were not alreadizzle codify as "a th'n" 'n scriptizzle. I started yo shit and i'll end yo' shit. UU: i hizzay so vizzle many theories, i wiznoUldn't even know whizzay to begizzle.  

TT: So... Boo-Yaa! TT mah nizzle: Yoe kizzind of obsesze' wit us then fo' sho'.  

UU: i woUldn't go thizzat fizzay! Put ya mutha fuckin choppers up if ya feel this. oh mah, i'm probablizzle com'n off as an absolUte gangsta niznow. 

TT: No, not rizzle. I just want ta understand and my money on my mind. TT: Its just anotha homocide. So can I ask, TT ya dig? Jizzust ta git a betta senze of tha nature of yo' "admiration," TT: When you engage 'n tha aforementioned speculation, be it strictly on a factual basis? 

UU ya feelin' me? hm bitch ass nigga? : Anotha dogg house production.u 

TT: Or d-ya start ta... TT fo yo bitch ass: Fictizzle straight from long beach nigga. 

UU ridin' in mah double R: UUUUUUm... 

TT: What I'm ask'n be, H-to-tha-izzave you poser written stories 'bout us?

UU cuz I'm fresh out the pen: ..... UU: yes. Hollaz to the East Side. u_u

> ==>

[sentinelstand]

Okay.... so now that I've had sometime to recover and think (and write ngl) I have some thoughts. This is veryyyyyy long because I basically take it apart character by character so sorry about that.

- I love how Ezra's story in particular ended. There's a couple of nuances to this:

1. I love how they showcased him finally letting go of his parents and moving past the grief of his childhood. I'm glad he got to hear that they loved him one more time too.

2. I love his physical ending - his final lesson from Kanan being that sometimes in order to do the right thing that you have to do the thing that you necessarily don't want to do (in Kanan's case; die, and in Ezra's: leave his new family behind).

3. I'm glad that Ezra was the one to take down Thrawn. While Thrawn will always be Hera's villain, I do believe that he was the type who only someone of Ezra's strength would have been able to defeat. (On a side note, I'm glad that they didn't underestimate Thrawn's power as a villain but that they didn't overestimate him either by making him undefeatable - they struck the perfect balance between the two).

4. I'm delighted that Ezra's talent with connection helped so much here. It really highlighted what makes Ezra great as a Jedi - his ability to be empathetic and understanding - which helped to pay off in the long run as all of his allies (both animal and sentient) came to help him willingly.

5. More importantly, I'm glad that Ezra took the time to think his plan completely through. He had backups in place in case things went wrong which just serves to highlight just how much he has grown even in a season. He did improvise (with his parents), but he recognised the importance of careful planning here and took all the steps to inform the right people about the paths he was covering and ensure the safety of his friends, his family, and his planet.

6. The purgill. Enough said.

- I'm really happy with the development of Hera's story and journey, and all the little hints we got as to the progression of her future.

1. I'm delighted that the whole "I love you" Kanera thing has been cleared up. I do believe that it now meant to be taken as Hera beginning her whole "I'm pregnant" spiel that Kanan had obviously been waiting for some time but that they got interrupted by everything else. (On that note, Jacen was probably conceived between episodes 4 and 5 or episodes 5 and 6) (also, while it might not have been the creator's intentions for the scene to be interpreted as a pregnancy confession or even as Kanan already knowing, that's the way I'm going to take it because I feel it suits their pairing better and does them far more justice than what they actually got.)

2. I'm glad to see Hera let Ezra (and ultimately Sabine) take the lead on this mission because it highlights a lesson that Hera had been learning all mission (and a lesson Kanan had been trying to teach her) - the kids are grown up now, they're clever and they're smart and they'll be okay if you trust them to do this.

3. I am so sorry Hera by the injustice you were done by your child. That boy looks like a creepy elf - I am so sorry.

4. I have seen some people wonder about her wearing makeup which I genuinely think is just to show that Hera is truly free post-Endor.

- SABINE!!!!!

1. Sabine letting Ezra go because she knew that it was the right thing to do was very hard-hitting because it just showcases the amount of trust that exists between them now and them then.

2. Sabine taking care of Lothal for Ezra made me very happy.

3. Her painting made me cry like a little bitch.

4. Her hair!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5. I had a feeling either Sabine or Hera would narrate the ending (either we were getting the ghost crew story being told to a child (I had begun to suspect Hera was pregnant when she touched her stomah when overhearing Ezra talk about the family) or Sabine would paint the picture for us as the artist) and I was so happy when they went with Sabine because she was the first one to describe them as a family all the way back in Spark of Rebellion so I'm glad it was her who closed the space family's story.

6. Ahsoka and Sabine going off to find Ezra made me weak ngl

- Zeb probably had more character development this last episode than he did in the entire of last season:

1. The whole jumping and attacking Rukh was A++++ Zeb content

2. I am slightly disappointed by the end of Zeb's story, mainly because while I think that the Kallus redemption arc was handled very well, this is still the man who murdered so many of Zeb's people but idk maybe that's just me.

3. Zeb and Melch omg

4. Zeb being a good older brother!!!!!! A+++++

5. I thought Zeb was dead when he was fighting Rukh on the electricity thingy; the amount I relief I felt when he survived was immense.

6. Zeb talking to Thrawn askfhjadhfladhfkhadf

- I love Chopper

1. He ultimately knowing about Ezra's plan all along made me so sad because he is such a loyal little droid

2. His little complaint to Sabine after he rebooted was so in character

3. Tricking the stormtrooper by pretending to fall had me in stitches

4. This season has really solidified Chopper as my fave droid of all time because while he is 99% murderbot he is also 1% loves his family

- Kanan:

1. I'm devastated that Kanan's lightsaber didn't get seen again but I'm sure it's intentional. If there's anything we've learnt from the past season is that nothing in Rebels is unintentional.

2. The thought that Kanan may have died knowing that the love of his life was pregnant with his child kills me.

3. I am disappointed by the lack of mentions of him but I suppose that the three previous episodes made up for it.

4. Was Thrawn meant to have Kanan's mask from Malachor? Like how did he know how that was relevant?

5. That child looks nothing like you soz m8

Other characters:

- The Clones!!!! In particular Gregor! There were so many references to TCW that it made my little heart sing. From the Wolfpack to Gregor's death moment - it was all so special to me. Also, Rex living past the Battle of Endor!!!!!

- The implication of Ahsoka returning when she did implies on some level that they both knew that Ezra would be going missing because of the whole "come find me thing" which makes me sad

- Is Jai dead? Mrs Sumar?

- Vizago and Hondo made me laugh

- I had gotten sick of the wolves so I'm glad that they weren't so involved in Family Reunion

- These episodes warmed me more to Kallus so I suppose that's good

Other thoughts:

- I kinda predicted that we would have a reunion between Ezra and his parents so I'm glad for it

- The character design for Jacen was so lazy I'm sorry. He could be anyone's child he literally looks nothing like either of them

- Does this mean that Thrawn and Ezra are on some crazy space adventure together or?????

- Also, I legit thought that Ezra was dead when Thrawn shot him I'm so glad it was on the shoulder

[bobtheacorn]

Some highlights from Film Gold, because i have not stopped reliving it since I saw it in theaters and my heart is fit to burst:

obviously the crew’s outfits, matching or otherwise

“the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak” lmao YES

that cute lil bounce together and then apart that luffy, usopp and chopper do

baccarat’s entire intro bc her VA nailed it!!!

“observe the biceps” and the turtles fucking //FLEX//

luffy climbing onto the hood of the car to ride

usopp and nami both literally plan to walk out of that place with a golden lamppost if thats what they can get their hands on

“don’t worry about your clothes, i’ll be happy to burn them” bITCH

sanji’s glittery ass shirt

Luffy’s growing propensity to wear colorful flower-print shirts

“Sergeant Straight, a man of principal until the bitter end!!”

sanji and luffy excited about boxing

so many great cameos

luffy like “ew who’s that weird guy” to people’s fucking faces every damn time. they can hear him!! he doesn’t care!!!

usopp is completely unimpressed w/ dice “WHO is that dude?”

the sick guitar reel

Brook’s sudden FUCKING HYPE when dice is about to break that stone cup with the axe and his INDIGNATION afterward

the FEAR on the Strawhats’ faces when luffy says his stomach hurts???? because he ate too much?? like they have looked death itself in the face on this day anD DEATH LOOKED BACK

sanji is outraged that luffy slips on a goddamn banana peel and then he SETS HIMSELF ON FIRE AND SLIPS ON A GODDAMN BANANA PEEL AND YELPS “BANANA” LIKE A FUCKING DIVA

zoro: “DO YOU EVER LEARN”

nami once again making a decision to save the crew and usopp fussing about it like it’s not the same shit every day

“how can you be thinking with your stomach at a time like this!! we have to save zoro!”

“zoro would want me to eat!!!”

nami’s backstory keeps getting sadder??? but also gayer!!!

burglar girlfriend 10/10

luffy’s paternal instincts!!!!

luffy in a dress!!! wearing it without fussing!!! 100% straight faced as if this a viable disguise and he does not care!!!!

brook in drag!! TWICE!!!

usopp getting really excited about plungers???

SURPRISE he makes spy gear out of the fucking plungers!!!!!

robin’s baby 5 outfit

carina distracting the guards lmao so dramatic

every time Franky calls Luffy “boss”

luffy’s thumbs up :I face when he’s caught trying to disable the transponder snails for the love of god

when the security owls spot Brook and he just stands there SCREAMING for like two fucking minutes

“they’re not hooting….!!”

“obviously. they only hoot at things that are ALIVE.”

“THAT IS SO RUDE!!!”

sanji’s new move is so hot he refracts light and nami basically calls him on being fucking Extra lmao

usopp imitating that celestial dickbag

“we need a subtle approach” and robin literally snaps two men in half god bless

raise max

luffy jumping down into that hole, drop kicking the shit out of one of those scary gold bats, and barking, “FRANKY” impatiently because he’s ready to GO! LET’S GO!

THAT ENTIRE SCENE AS AN IMPEL DOWN REFERENCE

“wow you guys sure are rich tho” dead ass

zoro did nothing other than nap and sass this entire movie

he woke up once to do that same sick ass no-sword-style move he used in the davey back fight against pickles it was amazing

luffy grandslamming spandam the same way he did bellamy in jaya

“whoever you are” right to spandam’s goddamn face but he recognizes that random kid he saw once for like five minutes right away

sabo making his entrance to help luffy the same way ace did in alabasta GOOD FUCKING BYE I AM LONG GONE FROM THIS EARTH! I AM DECEASED!!

“you call this justice”

“no. just freedom”

rob lucci literally telling sakazuki to suck it lmao yes bitch

they didn’t even tell luffy the real plan because he’s so damn stupid and they know he’s going to do whatever the hell he wants anyway so they might as well plan to accommodate him

literally he’s heaving, covered in seawater, like “what plan” and nami says “you’re fine. now go kick some ass!” i’m living

nami’s entire “believe in my crew” speech

robin simultaneously catches nami and carina, immobilizes tanaka, and lands another solid hand joke. bless

“you’re just a monster!!! you have all the money you want and you’re still no good!!!”

“THE LAST GOD I FOUGHT COULDNT BEAT ME! AND NEITHER WILL YOU!”

tesoro’s backstory was actually incredibly compelling both in delivery and in content and the fact that during the climax you realize he became the very thing he hated most and sees his younger self reflected in luffy and the way he’s pushing himself beyond his limits to save the people he cares about is honestly one of the most interesting and satisfying things in the entire film and probably the entire franchise