#But noooooo they’re not allowed to live

[kairithemang0]

I don’t care if love loses at one point they were happy and that’s what matters

[maaikeatthefullmoon]

The Holiday Diaries - Day Five

Howly Berry lives! I just saw them being walked outside! Poor thing howled until about 22.30 last night. I was so tempted to scoop it up and run off with it, cackling like a madwoman, just now. (Only to fetch up to a dead end and have to sheepishly hand it back over…)

Tried going swimming yesterday. I say tried, because it was So. Fucking. Cold. Despite the post-hysterectomy menopausal thing going on, and my wonky HRT at the moment, I am NOT warm. The 30kg I lost definitely means I’m back to being cold all the time, thanks to the EDS. Add to that that my swimsuit was waaaaaay too big (must’ve looked a sight). Well. I chattered my way through about 45 minutes before I was ‘allowed’ to go get dressed and watched them from the side.

They’re swimming now while I’m using the centre’s WiFi, then we’re off home. Loading up on the painkillers for the drive home. And a coffee as we never stop for coffee, either.

There are so many tired toddlers around. Overheard conversation this morning:

Toddler, crying: “Wanna be friiieeeendsssss”

Mum: “Are you going to say sorry?”

T: “Noooooo!!”

M: “Well, then we can’t be friends yet.”

T: “But wanna be frieeeeeennnddsssss”

Etc.

Much tired. Much emotion.

Nearly there, dearest @tismrot. Promise I won’t do a diary of the second week, which is just my boring week at home with them. 😉 Will report anything fun from the road. Otherwise…this will probably have been the last *family* holiday.

11yo is game to come to the National Museum of Scotland with me in Edinburgh, so we can start doing trips like that instead. 8yo isn’t keen on cities but we’ll find something.

[f1nalboys]

Peacemaker S1 Ep4 The Choad Less Traveled live watch @tinalbion

-the little screenshot thing of adrian in his prison get up….oh yeah SORRY ok time to play

-i do in fact watch the recaps everytime idk why

-like i’m binging this shit but i still do it

-ugh this is an auggie centered episode i guess 👎

-everyone in the car together :3

-“you’ll fall over all the time and look stupid and everyone will laugh at you”

-peacemaker and vigilante both going to shoot judomaster 😭😭😭

-peacemaker is in trouble 😦

-“i started to feel sorry for it” IFKWKDNKWJD STOPPPP

-“right now this world needs a son of a bitch and you’re the only one i got” stop making me feel bad for christopher smith

-HEJDJEODJD

-ADRIAN WALKING ON HIS FOOT JUST SCREAKINF HES SO FUNNY

-MATTER EATER LAD

-adrian screaming abt walking on his foot and then walking off perfectly fine

-fuck off emilia

-SORRY harcourt is so annoying

-girlboss cunt tho fr

-but leota

-my beloved

-economous trying to make her feel better :,)

-“don’t FUCK with john economous mother fucker!” PERIODDD

-HNNGGH

-adrian without the mask

-“i’ve been meaning to thank you for allowing me to get tortured last night”

-he’s so hurt :((( my poor baby

-him staring at christopher like >:( after saying he’s fine he’s just like me

-“or your dad is a racist whack job” “yeah well your dad left your mom for another dude” “HEY?!” JFWOFNOWNDISJDN adrian ur just like me except my mom left my dad for another girl

-“yeah and they’re deeply in love!” “yeah i doubt it. u know i think he’s just pretending to be gay to get away from you” FUCM OFFFFF

-oof yeah he has no idea his dad got arrested

-oopsie hehe

-adriannnnfjfng

-sorry

-JJFJDJEJD HES TAKING ALL THE MASKS i bet he or someone else (prob adrian or maybe economous) r gonna put the scabies on one by accident 😭

-oooh the suit

-the duck wearing a human costume line PLS

-this episode is my fave so far i think

-he’s so mad at this old man

-“bat man doesn’t kill people” “BECAUSE HES A PUSSY” “he’s a dark creature of the night!” “HES A JACKASS”

-“Jesus! i was just trying to make conversation :(“

-oop.

-he revealed his dads in prison teehee

-HDKWIFNWKND

-murn angrily staring at economous and him going “me?? 😦”

-MURN WHISPERING “fuck. you” TO ECONOMOUSJFKWNXOD

-“i told u those people weren’t best friends material! 😌” HES SO CUNTTY

-aw them becoming besties again :3

-HFNWOFNKS

-ADRIANS REACTION TO CHRISPTOPHER SAYINF HE LOVES HIS DAD

-“oh….. 😀”

-leota 😵‍💫😵‍💫 sorry

-guys judomaster is awake

-not him slipping the stuff off his wrists

-NOOOOOO

-chris called her by her last name :(

-:((((

-his dads abuse being in his file :((

-WAHHHH IM FEELING SO BADDD

-“your dad is NOT a good man! not to the world, and especially not to you” WAHHHH

-:((((((((((( im so sad

-chris walking into a police station w his costume on cmon does this man not have regular clothes

-“i take it ur vigilante” “…..😦no”

-he’s so funny i love love love adrian

-can he and leota be besties :D

-“you’re so not killing it right now :/“ JFJWIDJIWND

-i hate his dad

-can someone kill this man 🗣️🗣️🗣️

-“him i fucking loved, but you? you were just a blob of flesh i felt nothing for” CAN SOMEONE KILL AUGGIE SMITH RIGHT FUCKING NOW????

-him begging his dad to be a good guy and let him do his job :/

-“i’m no rat but the first chance i get i’m spilling everything” “i don’t mean to be a jerk or anything dad but technically that exactly makes u a rat” “GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY SIGHT”

-fuck u auggie smith i hope someone actually kills u in there

-adrian’s hair 😵‍💫 sorry

-“he’s a good man, like you” “you think i’m a good man?” WAHHHHHH

-“i don’t think chris is ever gonna be happy as long as his fathers around” is adrian going to jail so he can kill auggie JTNAOXNWIBD

-chris is just :( so worried :(

-guys. do i like chris? NO. STAY BSCK. INDONT

-“ur gonna be alright” “ha. my dad hates my guts. everyone hates my guts. i’m a choad and not the good kind” “i don’t hate ur guts….and i think ur the good kind of choad” and chris sad smileanD HIS VOICE CRACK WHEN HE SAYS THANKS

-IM PUKING

-THEKFNWINFKE

-“i’ve sustained an injury on my pinky toe 🤓”

-and judomaster is gone

-“oh shit 😀” LFNWONFIE

-not cobra kai

-ECONOMOUS EHEEZINGISNDJWJ

-chris is a good guy bc even tho he’s pissed at economous he’s still gonna help :3

-“rematch motherfucker!!”

-GOD DAYUM

-chris just slamming him around

-“FUCK YOU!” “FUCK YOU” “FUCKER” JFNKWJF

-“you have a weird bubbly shaped body” JFKWOCKSKD

-NOOOO

-THEY SHOT JUDOMASTER

-BUTTERFLIES ARENT WHAT THEY THINK THEY SRD???

-leota shot him shit and

“i’ve never killed a man before 😰” “u still haven’t :3” JFNDJJF

-HES IN JAILLL

-so fucking

-hbbggg

-THE JAWBREAKER SONGGG AND HIMMMM

-fuck me

-fuck u emelia

-“and then it gets easier?” “no not really”

-“everytime i turn around if you is doing something fucked up” no literally murn 😭😭

-“why is everyone ‘fuck you’-ing to me today”

-“ur gullible i call out sick all the time and i’m lying” “i KNOW ur lying i jsut don’t give a fuck” STOP HARCOURT AND ECONOMOUS R BESTIESSSS

-adrian chase 😵‍💫😵‍💫🙏

-my god

-sorry

-i don’t have any thoughts on adrian’s fight scene

-except ‘gnnhghh’

-also he’s so cunty the way he smiled at them and took his glasses off and and and and

-yeah. YEAH. i want him

-chris being worried abt what everyone knows abt his dad :(

-:((((

-“thanks” “that’s it?” “no ur tits look stellar in that shirt and i’m saying that as a compliment, that’s not in a sexist way” STOP FJJWIXJWJD

-STELLAR

-king

-he’s a bong guy as well <3

-and a drinker

-he’s just like me

-NOT HIM GETTING THE BUTTERFLY HIGHHHH

-the way he’s dancing to this song 😭

-adrian still in jail :( HES OUT

-that was easy

-noooo leota ignoring her wife’s phone call :(

-ADRIANNNN

-sorry

-harcourt picked him up

-we she better not fall for him sorry

-“i think i might’ve made things worse” HES SO SAD IM GOING TO DIE SO HARD

-HE JUST WANTED TO MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR HIS BEST FRIEND FUCK OFFFFFFFF

-oh he tortured someone as a little kid :(

-:(((( NOOOO

-that was a great song to put in the background md

-glam tai

-NO I KNEW HE WAS A HUTTERFLY

-I FUCKING KNEWWWW ITTTT

-NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

-damn I AM SO SMART

-literally after last episode when he got blown up and like was on the ground and gave harcourt a thumbs up i was like hm….soemthing is up FUCK

-ok end credits

-“and it’s offensive to me. bc i have a soul. not a duck.” BYE

OK FINAL THOUGHTS OF THIS EPISODE it is easily my fave episode so far!!!! loving the increase in adrian content bc besides me wanting to smash he is such a fun character!!! he’s very clearly neurodivergent coded and i cant wait to see him interact w the rest of the team :3

i am feeling so god damn sad for chris rn :( i hate auggie smith all my homies hate auggie smith 🗣️ i wish adrian had been able to kill him but i think it’ll be more satisfying if chris does it

loving leota per usual, very excited to see the murn butterfly arc HEHE and also harcourt is slowly worming her way into my heart i guess 🙄🙄 her and economous are so fucking funny

[suguruverse]

hii I literally just found your acc and i love your writing SO MUCH AHH soo i'm kinda wondering... what would being best friends with Bokuto and Kuroo be like hmm? Completely 10000% fine if u dont want to do this request, and instead just take this as an anon message saying I LOVE YOUR WRITING SO MUCH IT IS SO GOOD AND BRINGS ME SO MUCH HAPPINESS!!

— BEING BEST FRIENDS WITH BOKUTO AND KUROO

includes - bokuto koutaro and kuroo tetsurou

a/n - i think this one is def one of my favs from the series :)) pls enjoy my love <3

- i love these boys so much omg

- i dont know why, but i feel like they chest bump you all the time when they get excited but completely forget that they're built like a brick wall and would make you splat on the ground

- then they see you like half conscious and start screaming "NOOOOOO" and hold your body as if you had just died or sum

- they just love love love teasing you, they think your blushing face is adorable

- they are super awkward and super good at comforting you like most of the time it's just them really tightly hugging you while patting your back

- they are like super competitive over your attention and are like lost puppies without you which annoys everyone lol

- they’re always bringing you to clubs bc they’re party whores but will be ruining any kind of fun that you’re about to have

- wanna take 5 shots? no only take 1. wanna hook up with some random hottie? no, you’re not allowed to leave our sight. wanna go on the dance floor by yourself? no, take one of us with you in case you get hurt

- but they’re all with good intentions ofc <3

- UGH WHENEVER YOU GUYS ARE DANCING IN A CLUB THEYRE ALWAYS GRABBING YOUR WAIST

- and when y’all are in the uber back home, they love yelling out lyrics to random songs playing on the radio except the driver is this 🤏🏻 close to kicking you guys out because you’re all slurring your words and spitting out nonsense that gives everyone headaches

- if you thought they were clingy before we’ll get ready for when they’re drunk because HOLY SHIT they will literally start crying and screaming if you leave their arms and out of sight

- even if you need to need to go toilet, they don’t give two shits because they’re coming with you and are always like ‘what 🥺 happens 🥺 if 🥺 something 🥺 happens 🥺 to 🥺 you, 🥺 we 🥺 love 🥺 you 🥺 so 🥺 much, pls 🥺 don’t 🥺 leave”

- if you’re like superrrr hungover the next day, they always make a huge breakfast for you like pancakes and the whole shazam and write i ❤️ u in whipped cream

- whenever you guys have petty little arguments, you always say ‘this is why i like akaashi better, i hate you guys’ and it ALWAYS makes them all panicked and they apologise immediately

- okay so pretend you live with them for a minute

- whenever you’re washing the dishes, they’re always coming into the kitchen and dancing with a bluetooth speaker in hand, only wearing a t shirt and boxers with sunglasses, trying to annoy you

- they always try to tickle you when you’re not paying attention but if you’re anything like me and hate being tickled, just give them a good glare then they’ll stop straight away

- this is super random but you can’t ever sleep on the same bed as them bc they sleep in the starfish position and will push you off the bed unintentionally

- and no matter how much you complain, they always wanna cuddle like no matter what

- one time you left your phone with them while you went to the toilet and they took over 300 pics of themselves and changed your wallpaper and you still kept it 🥲

- they try to teach you volleyball but it never ever works out

- they like to hug you and nuzzle their head into your neck whenever they’re tired

- they LOVE going shopping with you and are the types of people to take things off racks and press it against you to see how it would look on you

- and when yall get home, they make you go a fashion show for them and they even have the numbers 7-10 on it as a way of rating how much they like the clothes

- (numbers 1-6 are not included because they know nothing you wear could EVER be below 7)

- there is nothing they love more than head rubs

- one time you were sick and when you walked out of your room, bokuto was burning down the kitchen trying to make you food while kuroo was doing handstands in the living room

- they wake you up in the middle of the night just so you can go get snacks with them so you'll just see 2 buff ass men in your room, staring down at you

- and you've definitely thrown something at them because they scared the shit out of you

- i also feel like they're morning people that make a lot of noise in the morning, whether it's making a smoothie at 6am or stomping around the house before dragging you to come to the gym with them or going on a run

- they actually ask you to help them whenever they're at the gym like timing them or laying on their back as they do pushups

- if you're mad at them for any type of reason and you storm off, they just throw you over their shoulder and carry you to the couch so you can talk about it

- i'm so sorry to say this but they send you their nudes to see if it's okay to send to someone

- they hold eye contact way too much whenever you speak to them, and it's to the point that you literally have to look another way

- kuroo puts all of your frequently used things on the top of shelves so you can ask him for help

- bokuto has definitely accidentally used your toothbrush more than once !!

- he also insists on texting every single thing that happened in his day to you, even if you're at school and work even if it's just about him taking a dump

- if you ever fall asleep on the couch, they always carry you into bed and tuck you in ******

- BOKUTO TALKS IN HIS SLEEP AND YOU CAN HERE IT FROM DOWN THE FUCKING HALL

- AND KUROO SNORES LIKE A 70 YEAR OLD GRANDPA

- if they accidentally cut themselves, they always pout and tells you to kiss their booboo

- yes, they call all injuries 'booboos'

- bokuto is a certified terrible driver pls never let him on the front seat

- kuroo is better than bokuto at driving but has severe road rage and has flips 4 people off everyday

- they insist on eating dinner together every night, and bokuto is the type of person who feeds you the first bite and is like 'HERE COMES THE AIRPLANE'

- they have accidentally called you mommy on numerous occasions but in a non sexual way

- bokuto will literally do anything for you if you asked

- they swing your hand super aggressively whenever you guys are holding hands

- they look IMMACULATE in suits sorry i don't make the rules

- they love for the moments when you initiate physical affection

gc name: bokuto's fangirls !!

bokuto: y/n

you: yes kou?

bokuto: do you think our kid would be cute?

you: how many times do i have to tell you that i'm not having a kid with you

bokuto: so you don't think they'll be cute??

kuroo: me and y/n's kid would be cuter

you: i'm not having kids with either of you shut up

bokuto: what if i propose to you???

you: i'm gonna say no

bokuto: what if i ask you tmr

you: still gonna be a no

bokuto: i'm gonna cry myself to sleep

kuroo: i'll bring you tissues, don't fret my dear

you: dinner's ready

bokuto: :((

you: stop

kuroo: i feel like eating out tonight

you: shut up i made food

bokuto: i'm upset now no-one talk to me

kuroo: yeah but what did you make

you: ur fav

bokuto: hello??

kuroo: REALLY?? YOU MADE IT FOR ME??

you: not really

bokuto: i'm gonna go cry in my room now

you: fuck i forgot to cook the rice

kuroo: we can just go get the microwave one from the store

you: okay we have to be quick

bokuto: are you guys there??

bokuto: HELLO???

bokuto: please don't forget me i love you guys

bokuto: pls pay attention to me im desperate

bokuto: why is no one home?????

bokuto: oh

[secondgenerationnerd]

Movie Night

Let’s be honest, we all wanna see this 😂😂😂

———————————

Bruce has come a long way since that fateful night in the alley. From a scared, lonely little boy to a proud father, loving husband, hero to his city, even a grandfather! His parents would be proud. He knows that.

“Hey there, handsome.” Selina greets her husband as she heads to the garage.

“Where are you going, Cat?” He can make a guess based on her plain, dark clothes. “Or I should say, which museum are you going to?”

“Oh, Bat,” The thief winks at him, “You should know by now. Telling spoils the fun. Oh! The kids are in the movie room.”

“….Is anyone dead?”

“Not yet.” She blows him a kiss before disappearing.

To call them kids isn’t exactly fair. Ranging from early thirties to barely 5 years old, many had joined their family. Like any family, they’ve had their issues, conflicts, and disagreements. But they’re still family.

That being said, the last time the kids watched a movie together, Damian almost stabbed them when a dog died.

Okay, other families don’t necessarily have to worry about weapons being drawn but….yeah, not really a good argument there.

Opening the door to the viewing room, Bruce barely has time to register the movie they’re watching —Enchanto, Helena must be in here—when Stephanie gets up. She swings Helena up, singing along with Pepa, “~We don’t talk about Bruno, no, no, no, we don’t talk about Bruno—But! It was my wedding day.~”

Cass pops up behind her girlfriend, “~It was our wedding day.~”

“~We were getting married and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky.~”

“~No clouds allowed in the sky.~” Cass tickles her little sister’s neck, making Helena giggle.

“~Bruno walks in with a mischievous grin—~“

“~Thunder!~”

Stephanie fake pouts, turning from her girlfriend, “~You telling this story or am I?~”

Cass pulls Steph back by her belt loops, kissing her, “~I’m sorry, mi vida, go on.~”

“~Bruno says it looks like rain~,” Steph swings Helena around.

“~Why did he tell her!!~” Cass takes her little sister, kissing the five year old’s face. Helena giggles and wraps her arms around her neck. The older girl rises to her tiptoes, pirouetting to earn another laugh.

“~In doing so he flood my brain~”

“~Abuela gets the umberllaaaaaaa~”

“~Married in a hurricane!!~”

Cass and Steph wag their fingers at Helena, singing together, “~We don’t talk about Bruno-no-no. We don’t talk about Brunoooooo~”

“~Hey!~” Dick jumps up, 14 -year-old Mar’i with him, “~Grew to live in fear of Bruno stuttering or stumbling, I can always hear him sort of muttering or mumbling, I associate him with the sound of falling sand—ch, ch, ch.~” The Graysons pretend to throw sand to each side. Mar’i bunches her skirt, the edge of her bike shorts showing, to copy the movie as her father sings, “~It’s a heavy gift so humbling, always left Abuela and the family fumbling, grappling with prophecies they couldn’t understand.~” The two jump onto the snack counter, spinning to face the others, “~Do you understand?~”

“~SEVEN FOOT FRAME!~” Jason appears seemingly from nowhere, snatching Helena from their sister. Helena shrieks with joy as he holds her upside down over his shoulder, “~ Rats along his back, when he calls your name it all fades to black. Yeah he sees your dreams and feasts on your screams.~”

“~Hey!~” All his kids laugh and dance around the room, “~We don’t talk about Bruno-no-no, (Oh noooooo) We don’t talk about Bruno!~”

Surprisingly, Damian steals Helena from Jason and half sings, “~He told me my fish would die the next day DEAD!~”

Mar’i flies over Damian, taking Helena and spins her around. Duke does something like a tango with Tim, “~He told me I’d grow a gut and just like he saaaaaaid~” 

“~He said that all my hair would disappear, now look at my he-eaaad~” Tim makes a indignant noise when Jason pulls the third Robin’s hood over his head.

All the kids move together, striking various poses, “~YOUR FATE IS SEALED WHEN YOUR PROPHECY IS READ~”

Helena hangs onto Mar’i’s hands, the Tamaranean lowering her aunt slowly, Damian below them for safety.

“~He told me the life of my dreams would be promised, and some day be mine.~”  The little girl manages to flip around, something she no doubt learned from her oldest brother. “~He told me my power would grow, like the grapes that thrive on the vine.~”

“~Oye, Mariano’s on his way~” 

As Mar’i lowers Helena into Damian’s arms, Dick dramtically falls back into Cass and Tim’s arms, “~He told me the man of my dreams would be just out of reach, betrothed to another! It’s like I hear him now!~”

“~Hey, Sis,~” Helena wags her finger at Cass, who blows a kiss to her, “~I want, not a sound outta you!~”

 “~I CAN HEAR HIM NOW!!!~”

“~Um, Bruno...~” Duke looks at his siblings, “~Yeah, about that Bruno...I need to know about Bruno! Gimme the truth and whole truth, Bruno!~” 

“~TIM-MY, YOUR BOYFRIEND’S HERE! (TIME FOR DINNER!)~” 

As they all dance around the viewing room, singing their various parts, oblivious to Bruce at the door, the seasoned hero feels a twinge of pride. Not all their stories have had happy beginnings, but they have these moments. Helena shrieking with joy as she’s tossed between various siblings. Dick spins his daughter around, Mar’i laughing as he does. Cass kissing Stephanie and smiling so wide she can’t anymore. 

Naturally, Bruce takes pictures. For future reminders, that’s all. Definitely won’t get brought up at future movie nights...weddings...a reminder when they’re fighting. 

“Daddy!” Helena runs to him, wrapping her arms around his leg, “Come watch with us.”

Shit. The others see the phone in his hand, pointed at them. Not a word passes between them. Barely a look at each other. But Jason says exactly what they’re thinking.

“Get the phone.”

“Hold on, Helena.” Bruce swings his young daughter onto his back, racing down the hall. A mix of voices shouting behind him--not all in English, definitely about their reputations-- and pounding footsteps on the wood floors. Helena laughs and wraps her arms around his neck. She’s never known anything different than this insanity. Her crazy, crazy family that loves each other, even when they say otherwise.

Jumping over the stair railing, one arm holding onto Helena, there’s one thing he’s certain of. Well, two.

One, he could never give up moments like this. Two, he’s incredibly thankful for automatic Cloud uploads.

[wromwood]

OOPS FORGOT TO WATCH THIS WEEK’S GHOSTS.

Here’s a belated “Possession.”

- Now this is an interesting concept. Jay flew back onto Hetty while getting an electric shock and allowed her to possess him. It’s a simple/silly cause, but I don’t have a problem with that at all. I’m interested in this.

- Oh, Jay’s actor actually does a good job speaking like Hetty! He’s great at nailing her inflections, body language, laugh... I usually dislike Jay parts because of his character, but this episode allows me to appreciate his actor’s range.

- Huh. This is the first time I can remember that CBS Ghosts what happens if the ghosts try to leave the property. (Trevor also points out that they can walk through walls, but not the floor.)

- ... Hmm, Hetty/Jay opened the door with her hand. So she KNOWS can touch things. And then she talks to the electrician, who responds. So she knows other living people can hear her. .... Ok, future me now. She actually just didn’t acknowledge this until Sam told her she was in Jay. Later, Hetty even runs into a door because she forgot she’s corporeal. But you PHYSICALLY OPENED A DOOR EARLIER. How did you NOT NOTICE ALL THIS.

- Another detail of possession: Hetty can’t see the ghosts while she’s in Jay.

- Oh cool! Jay can sometimes switch and make himself in control. The battle of the two wills is interesting to watch.

- I love how this isn’t the first time a possession happened. This actually occurred once before in 1883. A workman electrified and hurled himself towards Isaac. (Of course, Isaac makes a remark about being inside another man.) In fact, this workman had actually been hired by Hetty during her lifetime, so she was a witness to these events. This is good worldbuilding.

- One of the ghosts: “An exorcism!”

Sam: “... Cool.”

I love how you’ve adapted to this life, Sam.

- This episode has a character named Michael Davenport, Manhattan’s leading wedding decorator. What a fancy fancy name. Fancy lil NYC decorator man. Honestly, I can believe there’d be someone like that in this city.

- (Hetty pretending to be Jay while Davenport is over) “I am a man, and as such, I will shake your hand.”

Great job, Hetty. This delivery just made me giggle.

- Oh cool, Sam and Jay’s last name is Arondekar. I don’t think this was brought up before. (Or if it did, I totally missed it.)

- So Hetty takes over Jay’s body when he’s telling Davenport about a new exciting type of wedding menu, and she lists a ton of stuff that she considers great dishes but are weird to modern ears. (Boiled calf’s head, beaver tails, eel pies, squab, etc) I like how the joke turned out, but I don’t know if beaver tail is legal anymore. If it is, I’m worried.

- It’s revealed that Jay can sort of hear/sense Hetty in his mind, and he lists a bunch of details he’s picked up. Sam says, “It’s kinda sweet that you two met.” And honestly, yeah, it kinda is. I like seeing more of Jay, the living member of the house, connecting with ghosts.

- .... DON’T EAT THE PIGEONS! NOT JUST FOR SANITARY REASONS, THEY’RE LITTLE BABY BIRBS, NOOOOOO

- Hetty can feel, taste, and see everything that Jay does. Isaac experienced the same when he was in the workman.

- Ohhh, Flower does something interesting when she walks through people. She makes them temporarily high! (Maybe half an hour) That’s fun! I love seeing new ghost powers.

- According to Isaac, a DIY exorcism on YouTube is very on point. I love the worldbuilding, but I am now worried about the power YouTube people can yield in supernatural situations.

- Now here’s a good character aspect. Hetty is taking this possession as an opportunity to put her needs first, which she could never do when she was alive. It’s in character, both for her and her time period, and I’m glad we see it.

- (Hetty about Sam and Jay’s car, before seeing a start button) “How do I turn you on- Start? It can’t be that simple.”

OK, that made me laugh.

- Ohhh, that’s an interesting use of the property boundary! Hetty tries driving off the grounds and just zooms right out of Jay! Points to CBS for demonstrating this in a clever reveal.

- Poor little cooked pigeon. :(

- Aw, Hetty missed the ghosts when she had possessed Jay.

- “Don’t live your life with regrets, Samantha.”

I’ll end this note-taking session and overall reaction post with that heartfelt quote from Hetty.

This episode was a strong one. Despite a few little things I didn’t like, it’s definitely one of the better episodes of the season so far. I have to admit that I’m warming up to this show, even though I still believe the BBC version is far better.

See you next week (hopefully on time) for the next episode.

[votederpycausemufins]

i don’t think i’ve managed 3 chapters in one day before. and before you say anything, yes i did all my work first, i just wrote really fast.

@petrichormeraki

“Mumbooooo.” Grian gave a sickly moan as Mumbo continued to watch the cooking pumpkin seeds. “I’m hungryyyyy.”

“Be patient. Furnaces only work so fast and while smokers are faster, you always disapprove of how they come out.” Mumbo half scolded the builder.

“They taste funny like that.” Grian complained. Mumbo rolled his eyes and took the baking sheet out of the furnace, placing a second sheet in the now empty space.

“Alright, they’re done now.” He put the seeds into a bowl and then carefully carried it up the ladder to Grian’s nest. “Here you go. I’ve got more cooking now and-” Grian snatched the bowl from Mumbo’s hands and gobbled them up. “And I’m glad I decided to make more. How are you feeling?”

“I feel like I’m about to start molting and my head feels all buzzy.” Grian groaned before stuffing more seeds in his mouth. “Will you still loooove me with all my feathers gone?”

Mumbo covered his face. “Grian, I think you’re delirious.” Oh come on, isn’t it obvious what he means? Mumbo stopped covering his face to look below them. “Hey! Iskall is that you? We don’t need you bothering us right now.”

Grian looked down where Mumbo was looking. “Is Iskall here?”

Mumbo shrugged. “Someone is.” You know, why don’t things burn in furnaces? Mumbo stood up to try and get a better look. “Alright, who is it? Grian’s sick so he really should be left alone.”

Next to him, Grian looked around. “Mumbo? Are you okay? I’m not hearing anyone.”

“What do you mean? They’re quite clear.” Why doesn’t Mumbo just make a super smelter for the seeds instead of cooking them by hand. Bird Grian is best Grian. Guys, which is worse, spoon brain or bird brain. Spoon brain. Spoon brain. Def spoon brain.

Mumbo was looking around him. The voices no longer just being a sentence made him realize that they sounded much closer. Too close for them to be a Hermit on the ground. “What the devil?” He couldn’t see anyone, but he kept hearing people.

“Mumbo? Are you okay?” Grian, though sick, looked confused. Reluctantly the redstoner gave a short explanation and what little color was left on Grian’s already pale face seemed to vanish. “No. No th-they just said they were leaving.”

Mumbo was suddenly being hugged and was enveloped in Grian’s wings. “Grian, what’s going on, what are you going on about.”

“Can you please call Iskall?” Mumbo tried to argue. “Please?” He sounded so worried that Mumbo agreed and before long Iskall had arrived.

“Mumbo? Grian? Are you in here?”

Before Mumbo could say anything, Grian was answering. “Iskall they’re gonna take Mumbo away from meeee!”

Iskall climbed up the ladder to find Grian using his wings to essentially pin Mumbo. The builder looked like he was on the verge of crying while the redstoner looked confused. “I’m guessing he’s not feeling much better?”

“Definitely not. Though to be perfectly honest I’m not sure i’m feeling quite the best myself.”

Iskall sighed and shook his head. “Alright, what seems to be the problem?”

Again, Mumbo didn’t get a chance to speak. “The vault gods are messing with him now! Pixlriffs wouldn’t let me put a claim on Mumbo and now they’re gonna take himmmm!”

“What about vaults?”

“Mumbo noooooo! Don’t listen to them!” Grian actually started crying now. Mumbo had no clue what was going on, but Iskall seemed to have some idea.

“Hey, they’re not going to be taking him anywhere. They caught us off guard when they took Stress Ren and I but we know what’s happening this time.”

“Wait, are the vault gods the one who made you disappear.” Mumbo asked, receiving a nod from Iskall. 

“Why did you have to like vaults so much? Am I not good enough? What did I do wrong?!”

“Grian, calm down, I’m not going to leave.” Mumbo tried to calm the delirious avian. Iskall started to speak, but his words were lost in the middle of all the other voices that reared their heads again. Not wanting to upset Grian, he just asked Iskall to repeat himself, pretending to pull feathers out from his ears though they were really stray ones lying around.

“They won’t really give you any choice Mumbo. They’re just going to take you away if they really want to.”

Mumbo almost spoke but instead nearly fell over as Grian flopped on his back. “I don’t care what Pixlriffs says… I wanna keep him safe!” The avian started using his watcher powers, but that seemed to make him even more sick.

“Alright Grian, calm down. We’re not going to let them take him or-”

Mumbo suddenly found himself in a completely different world. It looked new, or possibly it was just a very underdeveloped area. “Grian? Iskall?” A voice behind him scoffed and he whirled around so see what looked like a young girl who hadn’t been there before. “Who are you?”

The girl rolled her eyes and then pointed to herself. The name’s Drista. And You’re Mumbo Jumbo. Weren’t you listening?”

“Um, I suppose not. I don’t remember that being said.”

The girl crossed her arms and rolled her eyes again. “I guess that makes sense why lots of VGs want you.”

“Veegees?” Mumbo asked, confused.

“Ugh, do they really want me explaining everything to you? I thought being around Watchers and other VG interactors would leave you smarter than this.” Drista jumped down from the stump she was sitting on and crossed her arms. “You like vaults, right?”

“Er, yes. I don’t see why that-”

“And you’re pretty smart.”

“That’s a little debatable and-”

“And you’re hearing voices.” Mumbo wasn’t sure how she knew, but he nodded. “Well, I’m what’s called a Vault God and the other VGs want you to be one too. It’s a big privilege or whatever, so you’re probably going to say yes or something.”

Mumbo shook his head. “What? No. You’re those people who kidnapped my friends and Grian seems like he doesn’t want me saying yes to… whatever all this is.”

Drista waved a hand dismissively. “Your friends were fine, it’s just something we do every however long. It was harmless.”

“They were gone for three months!”

“Yeah, see, that’s not that long. We could have kept them a few years.”

“A few years?!”

“Well we didn’t. We know they don’t always live that long.”

Mumbo rubbed his temples. “And so what, you still think after that I would want to be a vault whatever?”

“Why not? Immortality, amazing powers, stuff like that. You might have to mess with your ‘friends’ a little to keep charged up but otherwise it’s fine. And if you don’t want to mess with them, talk to someone else in the family. I’m sure they’ll let you use their wards for feeding.”

“Feed- Are you vampires or something?!”

“Or something. More just mess with people’s minds, get them hearing voices, and the energy that produces powers you. We put your friends in that world because to escape then needed the help from voices so it charged us up plenty. Sure, we could have gotten other people, but it was pretty funny to get people from such a protected world as Hermitcraft to mess with.”

Mumbo shook his head. “No wonder Grian was so worried. You’re dangerous.”

The girl shrugged. “I mean I guess from an outside perspective it seems bad, but it’s different once you experience it. Here, I’ll let you join the fam for a week and then you can make a decision. If it’s not allowed, I just blame it on the usual scapegoat. I’m with him often enough that it should trick them.”

Mumbo tried to say something, but suddenly he was back in Grian’s nest, finding it empty. “Oh dear, how long was I gone?”

From below, Mumbo heard Iskall speak. “Mumbo? Is that you up there?” The mustached man looked over the edge of the build. “Oh thank goodness. You disappeared and Grian panicked. He went through some weird bedrock portal.”

Mumbo saw said portal standing open a few blocks behind Iskall. “Are you able to go through there after him.”

Iskall shook his head. “I mean I might, but I’d rather not risk it and end up dead or something.”

“That is a fair point.”

They waited a while and eventually Grian came out, immediately jumping at Mumbo when he saw his friend. “Mumboooo! You’re aliveee!”

“Yes, of course I am. Are you alright?”

“Yeah, Pixlriffs said I could… wait… M-Mumbo, were you talking with Vault Gods?”

“Yeah.” He answered sheepishly. “At least one of them and they looked like a little girl. Said something along the lines about me being a part of her family for a week? And I assume that means be a Vault God.”

“Mumboooo nooooo!” Grian flopped against Mumbo in a dramatic fashion. This was going to be a long week.

The next week was a mess. Grian couldn’t stay around Mumbo without feeling worse. Instead Iskall had to pass messages between the two. Apparently Vault magic and Watcher magic did not do well together which is why Grian was sick in the first place, and since Grian inherited the hearing voices problem the rest of his family had, Mumbo found himself accidentally pulling them closer to the surface of Grian’s mind.

Instead Stress and Ren were asked to keep Mumbo company for the week. He felt bad with how his newly appointed powers messed with his friends, but they seemed to understand he didn’t really have a choice. 

When he was pulled back to the empty looking world, he was relieved that it would finally be over. Drista was there again, though her previously green hoodie was now red. “So, are you convinced now? We can make it permanent and you can hang with us and-”

“Definitely not!” Mumbo shouted before she could continue. “It’s hurting my friends and making Grian sick.”

“Grian? Oh the Watcher. Eh, it is what it is. And it’s not that bad. Maybe a week wasn’t long enough?”

“What? No!” Mumbo felt even angrier. “I don’t care how long you try, I’m going to say no! I may like a nice vault here and there, but obviously that’s not what this is all about! I mean the first vault I made on the server was because of Grian, what would I be without him?”

Drista just watched Mumbo, swinging her legs. She was silent long enough and refused to blink so it was slowly creeping Mumbo out. “Oh alright, fine. I’ve got places to be anyway. Maybe we can try again in the future.” And just like that Mumbo was back home. Stress and Ren were staring at him and asked if he was doing alright. He told them the good news, leaving out the potential of another return visit.

The two were glad to leave and Mumbo was able to fly over to Grian’s base. Mumbo could barely get his elytra off before Grian was hugging him tightly. He looked like if he let go of Mumbo for even a moment, he would disappear. His face pressed into Mumbo’s chest and the redstoner patted Grian’s head.

“You’re not allowed to talk with Vault Gods again.” Grian said to Mumbo, even though that didn’t seem like something either of them could entirely control.

Mumbo chuckled and some words slipped out. “Love you too Gri.” Immediately he slapped a hand to his mouth, expecting Grian to react badly to it. He had in the past, mentioning it was related to some bad memories from back when he was a teen. But right now, he seemed okay. In fact he seemed really okay as he pulled Mumbo’s hand away and gave him a quick kiss.

“Grian?”

“Do you have any idea how much all of that scared me, you spoon. I may have a bad past, but I don’t want that making me act in a way that will get me a worse future. Now come on.” And Grian was pulling Mumbo up to where the nest area had been. There were still bits of wheat around, but it seemed to have mostly been dismantled.

That being said, Grian quickly placed down some more bales of hay and had Mumbo sit on them. It wasn’t until his tie was being removed that he started to panic. “Grian what the devil are you doing?! We just got to kissing!”

Grian looked confused before looking at the red tie now in his hands and then at the equally red face of Mumbo. “What?! No! No no I wasn’t going to do that at all! I just-! I’m going to use Watcher magic on you so something like this doesn’t happen again. But it’s going to leave a mark behind so I thought you would want it where it can’t easily be seen. Especially since some worlds aren’t as happy about Watchers.”

Mumbo nodded. He remembered when everyone first found out Grian was a Watcher and the range of reactions that came from it. “I still would have liked you to tell me before you started taking my clothes off!”

“It would be easier if you didn’t wear a stuffy suit all the time and I could just move the collar! And I already had to wait a week since the Vault Gods were messing with you so I was impatient.”

Mumbo sighed and rolled his eyes. He unbuttoned his shirt slightly and revealed his shoulder to Grian. He tried not to squirm as Grian’s Watcher eyes opened and it felt like he had a bad sunburn on the revealed shoulder. When Grian returned to normal, he looked down to see a bright red Watcher symbol that matched Grian’s sweater imprinted on his skin.

“So… will we have to do that often, or what?”

“Hopefully it should last forever, so should be a more one and done type thing, but we can see.”

Mumbo’s eyes widened with recognition. “You’re a Vault God.” He managed to keep the word ‘too’ from making its way out of his mouth.

“Hmm… must be newer than I thought. You know, I was really wondering why hanging around Techno felt so odd.. I assumed it was the relation to Grian since Tommy was also there one time, but Apparently it was just because you were following them around.”

Mumbo didn’t care. “Vault and Watcher Magics don’t mix. Is that why Grian can’t change back? Are you hurting him doing this?”

Dream shrugged. “I’m pretty sure he’s fine. Besides, it’s easier to work with this way. I’m sure why you send a report back to everyone they’ll let me back in.”

“Are you saying you’re some disgraced vault whatever?” Tommy asked, not having as much information as Mumbo and Dream did.

“Disgraced is a bit harsh Tommy. But I suppose it fits.”

“Did you go after Grian because of what he did to you, or because of his relation to some of the people here?” Mumbo asked, wanting to know why.

“Oh neither. I’ve just been looking for a lone Watcher for a while now. Grian just happened to be the first one I found. Who exactly he was was just a bonus. Now if you don’t mind, I’d like him back so I can continue things.”

Mumbo held Grian closer to him. “No! He- He’s a person! He doesn’t belong to anyone! You can’t just use him like that!”

“On the contrary, I’ve already been doing it and it’s actually been pretty easy.”

“That’s not what I mean and you know it.” Mumbo glanced back at the others. “They were doing fine before you messed around.”

“I’m just trying to teach them all the right way to do things. Tommy messed that up by running off.”

Mumbo just stared at Dream before starting to walk off. “Let’s just try and get to the portal. Hopefully going back will fix things.”

“You can’t just take them. They belong to me! I own this world and they need to stay here.”

“No they don’t. They’re people. You can’t just treat them like they’re things.”

Dream scoffed. “Is that what they’re saying these days?”

“I’m not a Vault God. I’m saying what I know myself.”

Dream didn’t stop Mumbo as he walked off. “If you’re not a Vault God, you’re not fixing that Portal. But something tells me you know that you can fix it, and we both know what that means you are.” Dream smiled and spread his arms giving a somewhat crazed shout. “Welcome to the family! Only a matter of time before you’re just like us!”

[slowly-writing]

Seniors vs. Juniors

Avengers x Romanoff!Reader

Word count:1811

Requested by anon: 1)Nat x daughter claustrophobia, maybe Tony there too? TYSM 2) the minute little Widow gets hurt, sick, or is sad Nat turns into the biggest softy.

You were always a little bit...cocky to say the least.

You really couldn’t be blamed for it. All it took was one look at the people who raised you to understand your competitive and confident nature. 15 years ago somebody decided it was a good idea to put an adorable little kid in with Earth’s mightiest heroes, and have them hype her up for her whole life. That somebody was your mom, and now here you are.

It was time for the annual end of the year baseball tournament and Midtown Tech. Juniors vs. Seniors, and this year you were determined the Juniors were going to win. Peter and Wanda had spent weeks taunting you about how the Seniors always won and this year would be the same, how they were going to destroy you. Of course having trained with the Avengers you were all three selected to play and everyone in the compound was forced to listen to your trash talk.

“You’re going down today, Romanoff,” Wanda’s first words to you at breakfast make you roll your eyes.

“Who is it that’s coming off an 0 and 1 losing streak? Oh yeah, that’d be you Maximoff,” you snap back causing Steve to let out a low whistle.

“I can not wait for this game to be over so I can quit hearing about it,” your mom groans and you shrug.

“We could’ve all been in the same grade, but noooooo. Third grade was too important for my social development and I just couldn’t skip it. This trash talk is all on you mom,” you grab a bottle of water and a few granola bars and shove them into your bag.

“I shouldn’t have let you skip first grade either, then you’d be a sophomore and I wouldn’t have to hear about it at all,” your mom says with her signature raised eyebrow and you just roll your eyes once again.

“Whatever. What time is Parker getting here? We need to leave soon or we’ll miss warm ups,” you ask Wanda and she laughs out loud.

“You think Peter’s swinging you off to school today? You’re the competition, you find your own way there,” Wanda calls over her shoulder as she bolts out the door.

“Wha-you can fly! I don’t have any powers! This is so unfair!” you call after her before spinning to face the adults, “can one of you please give me a ride?”

“After the sass you just gave me?” your mom asks and you groan.

“Moooom! It’s school! I have to go!” you whine and it’s her turn to let out a laugh.

“I’m just kidding, come on. You’ve got a baseball game to win.”

xxxxxx

“This is it ladies and gentlemen. It’s the bottom of the ninth. The bases are loaded. Juniors are down by 3. With two outs, three balls, and two strikes will Romanoff make or break this game? It’s all on her shoulders. Will she bring her team to victory or doom them to a crushing defeat?” The voice rings through the stadium speakers and you let out a breath.

“No pressure though, right Ned?” you call out and you hear a quiet “sorry” mumbled into the microphone as you step back into the box. Wanda had been banned from pitching due to the fact that she could change the speed of the ball halfway through the pitch as she saw fit, so you were staring down Peter on the mound. You keep your eye on the ball as he sends a perfect pitch down the center of the zone. You time your swing perfectly and send it flying into the outfield.

“We have a hit!” Ned's voice rings out as you take off. “Romanoff has sent the ball deep into center field And Flash is running for it. Will he live up to his name? Oh! No he will not, and the ball is dropped as Brad Davis scores, shrinking the gap for the juniors!”

Ned’s voice is egging you on as you round first and head for second. Flash throws it to Jason who’s right behind first before realizing you’ve already past it. Jason, in his panic, sends it flying over Zach’s head into the outfield that Flash just vacated as Betty scores. You round third as the game ties and you’re staring down Wanda as you sprint for home. She standing directly on the baseline, which you’re pretty sure isn’t allowed but she’d just cite her lack of knowledge on American sports if she got called out. She catches Peter’s pass but she’s almost as cocky as you. Almost. She wants to tag you out herself and you smirk at her intention. As you near her you plant your left foot and throw yourself into the air, over her. You flip yourself over her and land your right foot directly on home plate.

The crowd goes wild as your momentum continues, sending you sliding through the dirt. Your team surrounds you, ready to cheer you on for leading the Juniors to victory for the first time in decades. Outside of the celebration Peter and Wanda momentarily freeze. He can sense something is not right and she can literally feel your pain.

“Everybody back up right now!” Wanda’s voice is heard over the celebration and the field falls silent, even Ned ceasing his announcement. Most People think Wanda is being a sore loser, but nobody has the courage to stand up to her for it. As the crowd parts everyone slowly begins to realize you’re still on your stomach trying to push yourself up on your elbows. Your face is contorted in pain and tear tracks cut through the dirt marks on your cheeks. Everyone goes rigid. Nobody besides Peter and Wanda have seen you cry before. Ever.

“Something’s wrong! Everybody give her some space!” The entire student body complies, not accustomed to hearing Peter Parker raise his voice, much less yell. Seconds later MJ appears with your bag and is pulling out your phone as Ned is pushing back anyone he deems to be too close to you.

“What’s going on?” Wada’s voice is softer when she addresses you and you grit your teeth, willing your voice to be steady.

“My knee. Something’s wrong Wan,” you grit out as Peter gently takes your arms and rolls you onto your back.

“What exactly happened, y/n?” Peter says and Wanda stares at your rapidly swelling knee, quietly telling MJ to call your mom.

“When I landed on the plate. It twisted, bad,” you groan, aggressively wiping the tears off your face as the teachers work on moving the crowd away to give you more room.

“Did it pop when you twisted it?” Wanda asks and you nod.

“That’s really bad, right?” you ask and she grimaces.

“Yeah, that’s bad but everythings going to be okay,” she brushes the dirt off your face and brings your eyes to meet her, “we are right here. It’s all going to be okay, y/n/n.”

You look between the two heros hovering over you, both with looks of poorly hidden fear stretching across their faces. They’re the closest thing you have to older siblings and even though there’s only a two year age gap they’re fiercely protective of you. You can feel your bottom lip start tremble as the seconds pass by. “Wanda, Peter. This hurts really bad.”

“I know. You’re going to be alright,” Peter notices the red marks appearing on your arms and situates himself behind you, letting you lean back into his chest as he holds your weight to keep your forearms from pressing into the rough dirt.

“I want my mom,” your voice is barely a whisper and Wanda knows why. You’re an Avenger damnit. You will not let everyone see you crying for your mom after falling down.

I know. She’s on her way, Wanda’s voice comes through your head and you smile, Peter’s coming through next.

It’s just us. You don’t have to pretend to be okay, he promises and you nod, letting his words comfort you. Wanda had learned to do this a few years ago and it quickly became your secret language. You liked to call it a groupchat on steroids, and it was your favorite way to communicate. It was also great for making fun of the adults at the dinner table.

A bang in front of you causes you to jump and Peter tightens his hold around your waist. You’re okay, you’re safe, Wanda tells you and you look up to see your mom rushing towards you as Tony steps out of his suit.

“What’s going on?” your mom asks as she kneels in front of you, she looks at your face for a moment before her eyes are drawn to your leg.

“Alright. We’re gonna get you to the compound and get that leg checked out. Y/n’s with me, Wanda you’ve got Nat. Peter, you get everybody’s belongings,” Tony quickly takes over the scene and gets everyone going.

xxxxx

“Okay y/n, I think you’ve torn your ACL,” Dr Cho explains, “We’re going to have to do an MRI. We can-”

“No. Absolutely not. You are not putting me in a tiny metal tube for an hour. Find a different way to get your pictures!” you cut her off and your mom places a hand on your shoulder to calm you down but you shrug her off.

“Y/n, it’s going to be okay-”

“No mom! I can’t- I won’t-” your breathing begins to pick up and suddenly Tony’s face is all you see as he tells you to take deep breaths.

“There you go sweetheart. You’re alright. Just breathe,” he coaxes softly as you calm down. “Here’s what’s going to happen. That big scary tube isn’t really all that scary. Your mom will be right next to you. She will be with you the whole time and you’ll only have your legs in the machine. Everythings going to be okay.”

“You’ll stay with me?” you say softly to your mom and she nods with a reassuring smile.

“The whole time,” she promised and you take a deep breath.

“Okay. Let’s do this.”

xxxxx

“How are we doing in there, Romanoffs?” Dr Cho asks through the loud speaker and you look to your mom.

“Are you doing okay?” she asks again and you let out a shaky breath, squeezing her hand a bit tighter in your own.

“Don’t go anywhere,” is the only response you give but she nods.

“I won’t, I promise,” Nat is silently panicking, she hates seeing her little girl in pain, but she won’t show it. For now she’s going to hold your hand and get you through this. And when it’s all over you will be getting anything you could ever want until you feel better.

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Grey's Anatomy season 17 episode 4

(Get these characters some Ragu sauce because they've been through enough.)

This episode has been the best for the season so far, I loved it.

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Jackson and Jo

(Never thought I'd have to put them in a title together.)

Jackson and Jo I was intrigued at first when they were being just friends but then they swapped it and slept together. At this point I'm not sure if I like the pairing it's kinda odd borderline cringe, but maybe it'll change. It might be because it came on so suddenly and different. They've pledged to be a friends with benefits thing which is for the best, because Jackson really does go through clothes like he does clothes, but we all know how that is going to end up, someone is going to catch feelings and I don't think it's going to be Jo.

Honestly I'm not sure what they're doing with Jackson. He hasn't had a plot in a really long time it seems like they're just using him as a general filler to put the ladies in relationships, and where did my baby Harriet go she carried the show for the few seconds she was in it last time.

Other than their new arrangement neither Jackson nor Jo have any pressing plots at the moment.

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Link and Amelia

(Currently carrying the Grey's relationship game.)

Before we get into it can I just express how adorable it was seeing Amelia gardening and mothering. She's really doing a great job.

And Link and his one man band serenading his son is adorable as well. He's an awesome father as everyone knew he would have been.

The pandemic and the possibility of Meredith dying is getting to them, as it would for anyone in their positions. I loved that he sat with Amelia and allowed her to feel all her feelings. Link has been the only partner Amelia has had who actually listened to her instead of talking over her concerns and dismissing them and in return she sat with him and allowed him to process his grief in the way he preferred to. Their levels of communication is on point right now and I am excited to see where it goes. Then there's also the scene where she's afraid for Meredith, her and Meredith had a rocky start and even now they don't have the best relationship but still it's great to see the moments where they let us know that they do care about each other.

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Nico and Levi

(At this point I'm sad to put these two names together up here.)

I shipped those two so strong at the beginning but now I just want Levi to stand up for himself and leave Nico hanging, give him some time to let him realise what a good thing he is messing up. I'm still seething at his hypocrisy calling Levi a baby gay and lowkey pressuring Levi to come out to and move out of his mother's basement only for him to find out that Nico hasn't come out to his parents either and worst of all basically left him homeless by putting him out.

I was sad to see that Levi was falling down the same rabbit hole again. Levi hunny you deserve better. At the beginning of the episode when they had that awkward hi moment I was like oh no here we go again. Jo's reaction to finding out about them was perfect their friendship really has grown on me. It was a little odd at first but I approve of them as each other's persons, and for Jo to let him know he's worth more until Nico gets his crap together.

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Owen

Oh Owen, no just no, he miss diagnosed a patient because he didn't look at the whole picture and just saw a piece, however he took the time to educate himself so I'm feeling a little better, I was expecting him to get mad or offended but he wasn't he took it in stride usually some of the doctors would tend to get snippy at the resident's when they pointed out that they made a mistake but he didn't. This is a common mistake made where doctors don't take into concept ethnicity when they're diagnosing patients and I'm glad they touched on this topic.

Owen has no other current plots at this point to touch on, at least until him and Teddy talk again.

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Richard Webber

Meredith better be alright and come out unscathed, because if she does that will destroy Webber. He was so stressed all episode trying to make the decision of whether to put Meredith in the trial or not and I could only imagine the panic that went through him when he heard her mention George. Finally he made the decision to put her in the trial. Her reason for putting her as her POA was because Richard tends to be calm in most situations but she underestimated how important she is to everyone in the hospital they were all literally only interested in her during the briefing, and seeing him in her room all the time was adorable she was alone yet not alone at the same time because he was always in the room watching over her. He is the father that Meredith never had.

__________________________________________Bailey

(Her plot is apparently coming next week)

She really didn't do much other than educate Owen, worry over Meredith and express her concern about her parent's recent move to an assisted living facility.

Seeing her and George together again warmed my heart and seeing her on the beach with Meredith was a surprise as well especially because the few conversations they had in season 16 were the most I'd seen them talk about things that didn't involve work, but they've been together from the beginning along with Richard and been with her through it all, they're all a family and even though her and Meredith have their ups and down they have a similar relationship to Amelia and Meredith they fight sometimes but when push comes to shove they are there for each other.

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Teddy

(A moment of silence for season 5 through 7 Teddy. May she rest in peace.)

Her plot wasn't so much as about her as it was about Meredith but I understand her concern about Meredith dying under her watch. The whole hospital was basically looking over her shoulder with pitchforks for incase she screwed up. It's a lot of pressure when Meredith Grey is your patient, and after the whole her being heard cheating on Owen with Tom by the whole OR the eyes were probably sharper than ever.

But then onto the worst part, her going to visit Tom. Now I know he said he was going to move on for his own sake, but out of all the times they broke up or separated he has never actually ignored her he would have answered even if it was to say go away and even so he has Covid and wasn't answering the door, why didn't she try to open the door or call 911 that's concerning. She could have even threatened to call the ambulance first just to make sure he wasn't really ignoring her. That would have gotten a response from him for sure. But I just can't fathom how she just left after getting no answer from him.

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Maggie

(Get it hun.)

Her and Winston are so cute and they haven't even met in person yet. Seeing the way how they handled the whole dinner with his father was a nice moment. The dinner was super awkward and he managed to make me hate his dad in one scene. This one seems to be the real deal for Maggie she isn't freaking out at the pace like she usually does and took the invitation to family dinner quite well. I'm glad to see she's no longer a cheerleader but now has a life of her own and probably soon maybe even a plot.

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Tom Koracick

(Take Owen instead.)

NOOOOOO not Tom, we haven't gotten to see his character development yet. And why has he been through as much as someone who has been on the show since season 6 give the dude a break man. The whole time I knew he was going to get worst being asymptomatic doesn't necessarily mean that you won't get them later plus the fact that they sent him home alone was enough to know that something was going to go bad.

First thing first the rest of the doctors are sickening the way they treat him, can he come on strong and be a douche yes but I remember Bailey telling George at one point when he was making fun of Karev that they still had to be on his side even if they didn't like him. They are not on Koracick's side they just sent him home to rot and now it may very well cost him his life. I know Meredith is the sun but they could have at least kept Tom in the hospital to just to monitor him or if that wasn't able to happen they could have kept better tabs on him to make sure he was ok.

Am I the only one who's seeing Helm as his intern later in the future? They clearly have the same taste in video games and they would get along better when he becomes more open to people. Plus idk Helm just reminds me of someone in Nuero or even cardio, she has that tough attitude and strong drive like Cristina and Stephanie etc.

I don't think he's going to die though or at least I hope he's not going to die. Bailey's mother is there for a reason I more see her as the one to die.

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Meredith

Last but certainly not least is Meredith am I the only one who suspected that George was next Ellen Pompeo and T.R Knight have a good relationship off set. If anyone was coming back it was going to be George. I can't see Eric Dane coming back. Chyler is filming Supergirl in Vancouver I think and the others are still alive which makes it more unlikely for them to show up on the beach unless if they heard about Meredith being sick and came back to help or something.

Either way I was ecstatic when I saw George, as I said at some point before he was one of those characters that I didn't like before but the more I watched the show the more I appreciated him until he became one of my favorite characters on the show. He's every bit as 'Georgelike' as I remember him. The only thing was I was a little peeved at the fact that she got to be close to George and talk about her kids with him and not Derek but as I realised later apparently Derek is death and when she reaches him it means she choose to live. Which I'm ok with I guess it was good just seeing them again, and it was even better when we got to see the 4 OG's sitting together again even if it was just in a dream.

She has to pick her kids, they need her and so does GreySloan, she needs to live.

I'm hoping she recovers soon, as much as I would like to see even more visitors at the beach. Has Meredith not been through enough? Although this is as peaceful as I've seen her to be completely honest.

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Next week is looking extremely dramatic already.

Meredith seems to be getting better although who knows how long that will last.

Koracick is worst like I said before I don't think he will actually die but something extremely dramatic is going to happen besides him being near death it might be another peice to the Teddy, Owen and Tom love triangle seeing that they're both working on him.

And the last part I saw was Bailey's mom I knew her talking about her parents all of the sudden meant that something was going to happen to one or both of them. Unfortunately I think she might be the one to die Grey's has a habit of bringing in secondary characters when too many primary characters are at risk. Plus it'll give Bailey her plot which I'm lowkey ok with because Chandra Wilson's Emotional scenes are always on point.

[c-c-cherry]

Canon fact; Kars and AC/DC adopted Wham and Santana Prompt: family bonding go

oh my GOD IM NOT EVEN KIDDING I MADE THESE HEADCANONS AT 4AM LAST NIGHT AND FORGOT ABOUT THEM UNTIL I STUMBLED ACROSS THIS GOOGLE DOC TODAY

And I just feel like I have to share them now so you know what my brain was thinking. Prepare to be subjected to my raw, 4am thought process, readers...

These are all crack I’m sorry

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PILLAR DADS PILLAR DADS PILLAR DADS PILLAR-

Can we please make this a thing because I love ;-;

(Ok I don’t know how Pillar men babies work and I did no research but that’s what headcanons are for.)

-Ok I know this is impossible but consider our man Kars in all his glory, fucking LOIN CLOTH AND ALL but with one of those baby carriers strapped to his chest I’m sorry

-AC/DC learned crying as a tactic by watching the Pillar babies get attention from Kars whenever they would do it

-These bros have no idea what they’re doing but THEY ARE TRYING OKAY

-Wham/Wamuu is the favourite child and everyone knows it

-They do not know how to raise kids like it has been hundreds of thousands of years since they were children so they just kinda—forget

-They go terrorize the Hamon warriors as a family bonding activity

An actual conversation, probably:

“Come on, you can do it!”

*panicked screaming* “NO I CAN’T I FORGET HOW!”

“Just do the wind thing and kill the warriors!”

“You can do it!”

“NOooOOO I CAN’T~”

“Just remember your training!”

“FINE.”

*Wind noises*

*Terrorized screams*

*Instant praise*

-Do Pillarmen have to eat?? They probably have to eat once in awhile and I just imagine Kars and AC/DC dragging in different shit to get them to eat it because they don’t know what to feed them

-Wham/Wamuu went through a phase in his early...teen?? years (I don’t even know how these bros age but I don’t care) where he refused to eat anything but plants and fruit or some shit (homie basically became a vegetarian) but our boy still needed protein so AC/DC went out and hand-picked all these almonds and nuts and shit for him every day so he would still get that good nutrition

-They live in a cave together at some point and they each have their own corner of the cave to themselves and as punishment Kars will be like “GO TO YOUR CORNER” and they aren’t allowed to have dinner

-Kars will occasionally let down his hair and the pillar children are just in AWE at how long it is and AC/DC teaches them how to braid and they all weave flowers in his hair I don’t make the rules let me have this

-Kars teaches them how to do their makeup because they only learn from the best

-I headcanon that puberty for them is getting those horns on their head and that shit HURTS because it’s a giant spike growing out of your head so yeah that happened

-AC/DC is 10000% the fun dad and Kars is the strict dad

-I don’t even know what they would all do together...what would they do???

-Kars played Lisa Lisa’s legs like a guitar and string instruments were used in like 3000 BC which was like 3000 years before they went into those pillars...MUSICIAN KARS??

-He played them all songs and before you say he didn’t—he did.

-Pillar lullabies.

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This is what happens when I try to do things at 4am. I guess the golden rule is if you put “Pillar” in front of something, it automatically makes it something that they do. Will I make a pillar dad fic? You know what? Maybe I will. Wherever the wind takes me. 

[roguephoenix85]

Excuse me but fuck Zeke

So Zeke wanting to euthanize his own people - a okay! But he’s so sympathetic and his backstory so sad! He outright murdered a bunch of people of Paradis and the entire Survey Corps including Erwin and that’s fine? A people that HE IS A PART OF AND SELF LOATHES THAT HE’S ESSENTIALLY COMMITTING GENOCIDE TOO! 

But EREN. Oh noooooo Eren bad. For eliminating 80% of the world to even the odds against his people when THE WHOLE WORLD NEEDS THEM TO BE THE BIG BAD FOR WORLD UNITY. “We must let the world punish us for our ancestors’ crimes.” I would LOVE to hear you say that to people who have been marginalized in US society and tell me that you’d tell them that to their faces. You’d tell black people terrorized by the police and the justice system that. You’d tell migrants seeking asylum that. You’d tell the AAPI community who are getting brutalized IN THE STREETS FOR EXISTING THAT.

Some of you have never been openly discriminated against or targeted for who you are and it shows. You don’t get to extoll Zeke and in the same breath say Eren is the worst one just because the amount of people Zeke seeks to eliminate is smaller than Eren’s. He’s a fucking school shooter. He hates his own people because his dad was a dick so instead of just being mad at his dad, you guys think it’s fine that he takes it out ON HIS OWN PEOPLE. That’s EXACTLY what school/mass/white supremacist shooters do. Do you celebrate the Sandy Hook shooter because awwww his life must have been really hard so it’s fine that he murdered children and then took himself out? Of COURSE you don’t! He’s a fuckin asshole who took his bullshit out on innocent people. He was protecting NO ONE. ZEKE IS PURSUING A PERSONAL GOAL BASED ON A PERSONAL WRONG AND IT’S IN NO ONE’S INTEREST BUT HIMSELF AND THE FASCIST COUNTRY HE CHOSE. 

So tell me - how is it that EREN is the worse one when what he did was to ultimately protect his people and ensure their right to live by scapegoating himself? The king was a fuckface for being a self-loathing asshole and messing with his people’s memories and bodies to alleviate his own sense of guilt. Eren fucked with his friends’ memories so that he could create the narrative they saved humanity and ultimately protected everyone left on the island. Why is what he did WORSE than Zeke? Just because it involved more people? 

Zeke sought to kill his own people out of a sense of revenge against his father and to “eliminate suffering” when guess what? Being alive IS suffering. It’s living with the knowledge that you will die someday. That fucked up things will happen seemingly without reason. And instead of making it better for more people, he fully participated in the torment and execution of his own people. Cuz “my daddy was mad and disappointed in me”. Cuz someone else TOLD HIM his Dad was bad. Was Grisha a dick? YES. But that doesn’t mean that Zeke gets to take it out on everyone else. 

Just like Hange had no right to make the decisions she did “for the Eldian people”. She was not the head of the military and she herself admitted multiple times that ultimately she’s not the one to make the decision, it’s the people. It’s the ultimate hypocrisy that she can sit and try to take a moral high ground just because she didn’t like the choice she made. She CHOSE. And she made a choice she regretted. Or, more to the point, she wanted to make BOTH decisions at first but, once again, one choice was eliminating her own people and operating out of fear that “oh the world will fear us” LIKE THEY ALREADY FUCKIN DO and the other was taking out the other side with force. There ARE NO TWO SIDES in this. One side wants your people dead and scapegoated and they don’t CARE OR WANT to listen to you despite what you believe are your best efforts. The other side wants to live after realizing and understanding the truth and, understandably, being BIG FUCKING PISSED about it. 

You can’t sit there and say Zeke’s bad is less bad than Eren’s just because of scale. They’re both bad for different reasons, but the ultimate reasoning for their bads are different. Zeke was acting for purely selfish, self-loathing, and vengeful reasons because of a personal wrong he took out on HIS OWN PEOPLE, and made the choice FOR THEM to try and euthanize them. Eren was acting out of a sense of protecting his people, eliminating the titans, and freedom. Yes, it was personal freedom for himself as well as his people, but the ultimate goal wasn’t out of “my daddy was an ideological fool and I’m mad at him so all of our people should suffer” - it’s “yeah, fine, I’ll be the bad guy if it ultimately means getting rid of the titans, giving my friends a better shot at a long life, and evening the playing field.” Yeah, he wanted this, but he also knew somewhat, after getting those memories from Historia, that these actions would ultimately lead to the end of the Titans and give the best shot for his friends and people to live. He didn’t know Sasha would die and it’s not like that outcome he wanted. He just moved forward knowing from the founder that these were the actions that were needed to make it end. 

If you haven’t personally suffered deep systemic injustices for a long period of time, I can understand why Eren’s actions and this ending would have been disappointing and why Zeke’s actions make more sense and why you’d empathize with him, I really do. But I urge you to listen to marginalized communities and tell them that the best solution would be to allow others to off them for unity. My AAPI friends certainly don’t agree with that. My BIPOC friends don’t agree with that. My friends with disabilities don’t agree with that. They don’t want revenge against the world, but the sure do want it to fuckin stop and as long as the US is a militarized white supremacists police state that allows them to murder with impunity for existing while not white and abeled, and there is no justice for these crimes against them, holding hands and asking for world peace isn’t going to do it anymore when governments are being run by narcissistic scapegoating sociopaths who want them dead for being different. 

FUCK Zeke. He’s a well written villain but to say Eren is worse than him or that Eren’s actions are unjustified but Zeke’s are comes from place of privilege and “not rocking the boat”. Zeke is literally working for the fascists knowing full well what they are. The people of Paradis before the basement reveal didn’t. The people in charge, some of them consisting of people who AREN’T EVEN ELDIAN, chose that. “Your blood is the blood of slaves” and all. 

“Freedom” usually costs something to someone. Whether compromise or lives lost or societal structures crumbling. It all depends on how you want to acquire it. And if the other side doesn’t want to compromise, do you go “okay, I guess I’ll die to make you happy?” That was the choice Historia was presented with - and she chose NO. It’s what the people of Paradis are forced to come to terms with - and they ALSO chose no. They’re not going to die to make you happy. They’re not going to suffer anymore for your benefit. And since you gave them no other choice and won’t work with them, what else is there but to fight? 

Zeke sucks ass and is indefensible. I get why he did what he did, but he’s a fuckin school shooting coward and no. No no no. He’s a selfish piece of shit for continuing his plan. He only stopped because he finally got a moment with Daddy and by then it was FAR too late. He’s a grown ass man taking his anger out on the world because of his dad. Nah, fam. 

[365days365movies]

March 7, 2021: Onward (2020) (Part Two)

Do I like this movie so far? I do. I do like this movie. But...

Hasn’t beat Finding Nemo yet, just saying. And I do like this movie, really. It’s enjoyable! And I want to see more of this world (also, the pixie bikers are GREAT), BUT...it’s not Nemo quality yet. To be honest, for me, it’s currently on the level of A Bug’s Life.

That said, A Bug’s Life is one of my guilty Pixar pleasures, and I saw that movie in theaters. Yeah, I’m old as shit. But putting Onward on the level is a compliment, I guarantee. Anyway, I’m only halfway through, so let’s go back into it! Part One is right here!

Recap (2/2)

So, the boys are pulled over by the cops, and Dad walks out of the trunk right in front of them, weird upper body disguise in tow. And the boys...decide to disguise themselves as Colt (the cop from earlier, and their mom’s boyfriend), in front of Specter (Lena Waithe) and Gore (Ali Wong), a cyclops and faun cop respectively. 

Which I don’t get, because you literally have a half of a dude right there. Just tell the people in a world where magic is in the history books that you’re trying to help your dead dad with magic. Like...is it not that simple? Because I feel like it totally is.

But in reality, this is a plot device to get Ian to admit to Barley that he thinks he’s a screwup. See, they disguise themselves as Colt (goddamn TERRIBLE idea, by the way), and the disguise is broken by lying, with Ian at the head and doing the talking. ALSO A TERRIBLE IDEA, BOYS.

Said conversation (which includes the cyclops confirming she’s a lesbian in a barely inclusive move that the media jumped ALL OVER Pixar for at the time) eventually turns into the faun calling Barley a screwup, and Ian attempting to defend him, only for the dissolution of the disguise to confirm that he actually thinks Barley’s a screwup. Cool. Probably was a better way to do that narratively, but...sure?

Things are tense in the car, as Ian tries to defend his actions to an understandably upset Barley. Although, to be fair...Barley doesn’t seem to not not be a screw-up. Which is probably a little unfair of me, because he hasn’t actively screwed up...much. I mean, the pixie biker fight was entirely his fault, but none of the other stuff has been him.

And that’s what Barley points out when he angrily pulls over and gets out of the car. When Ian disagrees, Barley challenges Ian to agree to go on the journey to the Gem via the previously mentioned Path of Peril, a more dangerous pathway. As they argue, they’re interrupted by their dad’s legs, which dance with them and allow them to open up to each other a bit. They agree on Barley’s idea to take the path.

Meanwhile, Laurel and Corey are off to save the brothers from the curse, which manifests as goon as they grab the gem. To do so, they need to get Corey’s sword from a pawn shop, run by Grecklin (Tracey Ullman), a goblin who owns the shop. After she upscales the price of the sword once learning of its rarity, Corey just knocks her the fuck out with a scorpion sting! Nice. They take the sword, while Laurel gets a call from Colt.

Colt’s also looking for the boys, who make their way on the Path of Peril. They encounter a ravine, and the only way across is to cast an invisible bridge that relies on trust. You know, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade style. Despite a mishap involving a lack of rope, Ian makes it across, and let’s down a bridge to allow Barley and their dad across as well. Oh, and Colt, too.

Colt arrives, and tries to get the boys home, completely ignoring their quest and planning on bringing them in. Ian pretends to go along with it, but instead gets in Guinevere and guns it down the path. They reach a dead end, now being pursued by multiple cops, and have seemingly no way out. But Barley...Barley sees a way out.

GUINEVERE NOOOOOO!!! You were a valiant steed. The van’s destroyed, the cops are blocked, and the boys make their way down the path, fraught with danger...and feral unicorns! Whish is something that I will one day incorporate into a game, I SWEAR it.

They find their way to a cave, and need to get down a river to get there. They do so by riding a giant cheese puff that Ian makes. Nice. And delicious. While on the S.S. Cheezy Poof, Barley reveals another of the few memories he has of his father: his death bed. Whoof. They land the Poof, and go down a booby-trapped pathway where they meet up with a gelatinous cube. Neat. Also very bad.

But they get out of that, out of a water trap, and finally reach the end of their quest, which leads to...the school. Ah. Fuck.

Well, this leads to the inevitable Act 3 blow-up from Ian to Barley, blaming him for his idea to go down the Path of Peril, and officially calling him a screw-up. Barley’s not given up as of yet, but Ian is done, and he storms off. Barley, desperate, goes back to an old stone well nearby, which was being torn down at the beginning of the film. He climbs on top, causing the construction workers to call the cops.

Ian, looking over a cliff with his dad’s legs, looks at a list of thing he had wanted to do with his father. But as he reads through it, he realizes that he’d actually already done all of those things...with his brother.

The real father was the brother we made along the way.

That made me laugh harder than I should have, but...that is weird, right? Like, his real dad has been his brother all along? And yeah, I get that it’s more of an “appreciate your family” message thing going on, but...I’m not crazy to be seeing the problematic nature of the execution of that message, right? RIGHT?

Well...father-brotherly-love aside, Ian realizes this just as Barley realizes that he’s had the key to their problems in his hands. Literally, he has a stone key, and he uses it to open up the well, revealing the Phoenix Stone inside of it. But when he takes it out, well...it’s curse time.

The curse manifests itself by going into the school and grabbing equipment paid for by taxes, and uses it and the stone infrastructure of the school to become...

...a goofy-ass-yet-somehow-kinda-imposing stone dragon. As the brothers flee the mascot-faced stone dragon, who should show up but Laurel riding Corey, which solidifies her status as best movie mom. They go to take care of the curse, while the boys go to fully revive their father before the sun sets.

Laurel and Corey go up against this thing, but crash into the ground. Laurel, being the BEST GODDAMN CHARACTER IN THE MOVIE, uses Jazzercise moves to take out the dragon...temporarily. It’s not quite enough, but she got real goddamn close. Barley decides to give up his chance to say goodbye to his Dad, but Ian takes his place instead, noting that he never had a dad, but he had his brother. He goes to slay the dragon, and succeeds with magic and the help of his mom.

It’s cool. But, uh...Ian misses the opportunity to meet his father, after all of that. Barley, however, gets that opportunity...which we only see from afar. And it’s poignant, and sweet, and...oddly a little anticlimactic. It’s uh...I dunno, guys, I’m not sure.

Wilden disappears after a hug with Barley, and Barley goes to tell his brother what his father said, which was that he was very proud of the young men that Ian and Barley grew up to be. He also gave him something else to give Ian.

Sweet.

The epilogue reveals that everybody’s had their lives changed a bit. Corey’s still the manager of the tavern, but approaches it with a few and fun vigor (I really like Corey, by the way; she’s my second favorite). She goes out with new friend and fierce warrior Laurel on some night for some good old fashioned adventuring. Fuck YES.

Colt, taking on a comment from Barley earlier in the film, has stared running on his horse legs, rather than using his police car, and is also getting along better with Ian and Barley. Barley is...to be honest, still exactly the same, which feels...a little wasted, not gonna lie. And Ian is now far more self-confident, and is learning an adeptness for magic, which the entire world is now beginning to rediscover. And Ian and Barley, their relationship stronger than ever, sets out of the adventure called life in a new Guinevere.

And that’s Onward! And...I mean...it didn’t beat Finding Nemo. Didn’t suck either, but...you know what, we’ll get to it in the Review. See you there!

[comradekatara]

Do you have any modern Zukka headcannons? Thanks for your hot awesome takes all the time

i’ve gone over some of these points before, so some of y’all may recognize the continuity of the atlahsaucu (atla highschool au cinematic universe). this is a long one, and it’s *gasps* chronological… 

they first meet in junior year art class. sokka resents how well zuko can draw and paint seemingly without any effort whatsoever, meanwhile sokka tries really hard and all his art comes out like disgusting little blobs on the canvas. zuko resents sokka for being cool and hot. how dare he. 

one day, they get a bit carried away, and sokka and suki start making out in the middle of the hallway. zuko, whose locker they are directly on top of and who has class at this very moment, is not amused, and he, politely as he can, coughs and request that they move out of the way. sokka merely holds up a finger as to say “one moment please” which enrages zuko (justly, tbh) and he yells, “what the fuck?!” 

sokka’s like “man what’s your fucking problem why are you such an asshole and so good at art” and zuko’s just like “????” and “what in gods name are you talking about????” and the yelling causes a scene which lands them in detention. sokka has never gotten detention before (though he has gotten several warnings in the past, but it’s kinda hard to be mad at the guy whose girlfriend just died for being distracted in class) and he’s freaking out that this is gonna go on his record and he’ll never get into stanford or mit or princeton or– meanwhile zuko is just asleep at his desk. 

once zuko wakes up, sokka, bored out of his mind, jokingly proposes that they sneak out through the vents and make a break for it, but zuko, either not understanding that sokka is joking or not caring that sokka is joking (it’s unclear which) is like “yeah we’d just have to be quiet.” sokka, who has now decided that zuko is batshit crazy, but has also decided that he is living on the wild side, a real bad boy rebel who’ll never make ivy league because he got detention that one time, is like “yeah okay” just because he spent a lot of time entertaining this hypothetical and now he’s deathly curious to see if it’ll work. 

amazingly enough, it does. adrenaline carries them outside the building and into freedom as they run as far as their legs will carry them until sokka stops to panic that he is now a certified delinquent, and delinquents don’t get scholarships, and if he doesn’t go to a good school then he’ll never get a good job, and if he doesn’t get a good job then how is he gonna support gran gran?????? and zuko’s just like “wait, hold up.”

zuko admits that he fully thought sokka was some type of meathead jock who makes out with his girlfriend in the hallways and thinks he’s too cool for school and sokka’s like “she’s not my girlfriend and also what.” zuko is confused as to why he would make out with someone in the hallway if she wasn’t even his girlfriend. he also realizes that he doesn’t actually know his name. so sokka explains that yeah they’re in love and spend every waking moment together but no she’s not his girlfriend; he doesn’t do relationships and neither does she. and also he introduces himself. 

and it takes zuko a moment because he’s really bad with names and faces and putting faces to names and, people, in general, but then he’s like “oh my god you’re that sokka.” and sokka’s just like “yeah i’m pretty sure my name’s not that common???” but zuko is just like “i think my sister is planning to murder you someday.” and sokka just slaps his forehead. of course art class asshole is related to debate class asshole. 

only zuko’s not really an asshole he’s kinda just a weirdo. a quiet little freak who paints good. sokka can vibe with that. especially after zuko assures him that none of this will go on any sort of record whatsoever because bumi is old, and batshit, and senile, and clearly doesn’t give a fuck. sokka laughs, and this leads into them talking shit about everyone they both hate, which they realize are all the same people, somehow. seeing their own petty bitterness mirrored back at them, they realize that they’re kind of both snobs, but in a fun way. 

they walk through town until it gets dark out, and then they go their separate ways. but next monday they sit together in art class, and their teacher yells at them to stop whispering. sokka is just drawing little triangles across the page because he’s just come from trig and he’s very sleepy and doesn’t really feel like feeling inadequate right now. but zuko’s like, “what are you drawing?” and sokka looks at the page of triangles he was unconsciously doodling and scoffs and says in an affect, “can’t you tell? it’s a cubist take on degas.” and this is the funniest shit to zuko. but of course he then gets yelled at for laughing. 

they’re friends after that; they just are. sokka invites zuko to lunch with his friends, at which point zuko meets toph and suki, who are, of course, the fucking coolest. 

azula sees zuko talk to sokka or suki occasionally in the halls and demands to know what it is they’re talking about. zuko’s like “i dont….. remember?” but azula is certain that they are only friends with him as a means of getting to her, because they desire to crush her. zuko’s like “i don’t even think they know your name.” indeed, they do not. but sokka does stop calling her “debate asshole” in favor of “zuko’s sister,” so that’s something. 

the first time zuko goes to sokka’s house, it is because sokka insists on showing him both back to the future movies. (there is no third one it does not exist.) for reasons unknown to him, zuko is terrified. he wears his favorite sweater that day. it is near-identical to all his other sweaters. he doesn’t understand the first one at all. the second one he remarks “oh that was kind of like hamlet.” that makes sokka really happy. at some point zuko goes to get a glass of water and sokka yells from the couch to bring him back a popsicle from the freezer while he’s at it. zuko complies, but he takes it just before katara goes to get one. he nonchalantly tells her that it was the last one, and she makes a very big show of throwing the box out. she fumes all night that sokka let that rude little bitch into her house. sokka pays her no mind. 

mai and zuko are still together at this point, and because mai is dropping hints big enough to pierce through even zuko’s thick skull that she’s feeling left behind in favor of zuko’s new friends, he asks them if it’s cool that she join them for stuff. they’re all like “yeah of course” and mai pretends not to care. they all like mai, especially toph, but all agree that her relationship with zuko is super weird. toph and mai become super tight, and it’s clear as day to toph that mai is in love with ty lee, even if mai is not fully aware of this fact herself. suki, who has been secretly hooking up with ty lee this whole time (don’t worry, sokka knows, and he high-fives her whenever she brags about it), is just like “oh noooooo……” toph insists to mai that she dump zuko, and without mentioning ty lee once, is able to convince her of it just by reminding her that zuko is a super inattentive boyfriend and she deserves better. she does. zuko feels sort of…relieved? he doesn’t know why. he loves mai. he really does. but it’s also like a weight has been taken off his shoulders.

zuko doesn’t really know what to do about the fact that his sister is serial-killer level obsessed with sokka, other than try to ignore it. azula is always attempting to pry information out of him because they seem to be, at the very least, casual acquaintances so he must have some leverage by now, right??? she is never allowed to know that he knows where sokka lives, because he is afraid that one night sokka will simply find her hiding in the bushes with binoculars searching for any sign of academic struggle. sokka is blissfully unaware to most of these shenanigans. to him, she is like a buzzing fly occasionally hovering around his face. 

that summer, they divide their time between working on college applications and going to the park together to just sit and read. it’s literally the most fun zuko can ever remember having. 

english was always sokka’s worst subject because he is terrible at organizing his thoughts coherently and always ends up going on little tangents about the origins of butter churning or digital watches in a paper that was supposed to be about sense & sensibility, but his teachers are usually charmed enough by him that they see his essays as a fun challenge instead of a giant red X. but pakku loathes sokka. and he loathes his sister, whom he had taught the previous year. sokka complains to katara about it, and she just goes on a rant about how horrible and boring and bitter and raggedy he is. but sokka, who, unlike katara, desperately wants to be liked by everyone, feels the need to prove himself.

he goes to the best english student he knows. “hey, you’re really good at english, right?” he asks zuko, to which zuko responds, “i should hope so. it is my first language.” it is unclear whether or not zuko is being facetious or just very perplexed, but sokka laughs anyway. he pleads for zuko to “tutor him” and zuko’s like “but you have all A’s?” he agrees anyway, of course. zuko spends a lot of time on jstor, so he know how to write good. he helps sokka outline his essays in a way that works for him, but mostly it’s just an excuse for them to hang out and eat snacks. at this point, katara likes him and does not mind the fact that he is in her house, eating her food. she walks past the kitchen to be like “what u guys up to? oh, nerd shit?” 

sokka and mai accept to the same college, and zuko isn’t sure why he feels so weird about that. they’re gonna be in completely parts of the country, only sokka and mai will see each other all the time, especially because they’re bound to be in some of the same classes together, knowing them, and that’s just weird. like, yeah, they’re friends, and yes, he might be semi-aware of the fact that they hang out without him, like, all the time, but this is different. this is weird. zuko asks mai if she thinks it’s weird and she just raises one eyebrow and goes, “no???” and zuko’s like “oh..okay..”

they don’t see each other all that much in those four years, but they’re always taking pictures of ridiculous passages from the books they’re currently reading and sending them to each other, because they just can’t kick the habit. they both learn a lot in college. sokka takes as many classes as humanly possible. zuko changes his major a lot. toph doesn’t go to school there, but she moves in with sokka once she graduates. zuko learns a lot about himself. 

once sokka graduates, he and toph decide to get an apartment in a different city. sokka asks zuko what his plans are once he graduates and zuko’s like “bruh, like i’ve ever planned for anything in my life” so when sokka’s like “wanna be our third roommate” it’s a no-brainer. 

sokka picks zuko up from the train station, and zuko is just so overwhelmed by the casual thoughtfulness of the gesture that he instinctively just kisses him, in the middle of the station. zuko is mortified for a brief moment but then sokka is just like “cool.” (sokka later inwardly laments saying “cool.” who says that?? what, is he abed from community???) 

sokka tells zuko “just fyi, i don’t do relationships” and zuko is like “yeah, i know, you say that literally every day” but then toph slaps him (”sorryyyyy that was an accident” “no it wasn’t!”) and tells him to get his shit together. so sokka goes to zuko and says, “this may sound insane, but i think i’m afraid that if i love someone, they’ll die” and zuko’s like “oh. i’m afraid of that too.” and that makes it somewhat easier. 

ever since mai made them watch over the garden wall, they’ve really wanted frogs so that they could name them after the discarded jason funderburker names. they get their frog terrarium and it’s glorious. 

zuko has always wanted a cat, but he knows how sokka feels about cats so he does not bring it up. but one day, as he’s walking down the street, he stumbles across a little black kitten in the cold, shivering, limping, and missing one ear. he drops whatever it is he’s doing at the moment to bundle it up in his scarf and take it to the nearest vet clinic. the kitten is so indebted to him that he physically does not have the willpower to let it go anywhere else but home with him. 

it really doesn’t take much convincing at all for sokka to agree to keep jiji (yes, zuko is just incapable of not naming his pets after fictional characters) especially because toph threatens to kill herself if he doesn’t. sokka is just like “woah there calm down you guys. we can keep the cat.” and theyre like “yay sokka youre the best!!!” and he’s just like “oh my god did you think i was gonna make you get rid of this tiny kitten with only one ear.” 

zuko has a face for telemarketing. he also does some freelance writing. toph gives sokka very sound legal advice in regards to how to patent all the weird yet supremely useful inventions he keeps stumbling onto. after all, after tim cook offered him $$$ in exchange for that microchip he designed, he sort of doesn’t need a steady job. toph is really good at bullshitting rich people so she makes way more money than she should with those creepy statues of hers. they recognize how unstable their sources of income are, but sokka is really good with finances, so it works out somehow. when katara comes to visit them she complains that sokka has joined the 1% and is hoarding his wealth like the capitalist swine he is. sokka’s just like “katara did you only come visit me because you need money?” and katara’s like “well i won’t lie, so – yes.” 

sokka eventually convinces zuko to go to grad school. naturally, zuko thrives there. sometimes zuko will wake up at 3 am and sokka will very intently find him writing the word “nihil” in a notebook and sokka’s like “what’s up” and zuko’s like “NOTHING.” and then proceeds to be like “don’t you see??? there’s no declension!!! everything makes sense now!!!!!!!!!” and rambles on and on incoherently. sokka’s like “oh god i just realized this is how i sound to everyone all the time.” 

sokka takes zuko to the worst plays he can find, and then they sit in a 24 hour diner while zuko rants about everything wrong with said play. sometimes he even takes notes. this becomes a weekly tradition. 

zuko reads sokka’s shelved manuscript on the history of cartography and helps him whittle it down to only 400 pages. he’s not a very harsh editor, but he did cut the thing by 150%, so that’s a start. 

zuko teaches sokka how to paint.  

[muzzleroars]

All persona protags are siblings and live together, Akira is obviously the youngest. The other protags are protective and worried for him when he leaves and that’s when the game starts? Basically persona protags are siblings and their reactions to Akira becoming Bad End Akira.

sdfjhdg noooooo this already makes me sad because the protagonists of the persona games are so protective of their friends and their loved ones, i can’t imagine the guilt and pain they would feel at letting this happen to their little brother. NOW...i can only speak about souji and minato, since i have yet to actually go through a play through of p1 or p2 (and i’m halfway through the movies with p3, BUT i have an idea about minato’s character....finally), but GOD would they feel responsible for it. after all, i’m sure they did their best to give advice to akira and try to guide him even if they couldn’t be with him, giving different tactics and ideas on which personas to use to his advantage. something always seemed wrong though, with the way he described the velvet room....no, it’s not the most welcoming place under the best of circumstances, but his sounded wrong, not just a bit off-putting but downright hostile toward him. i think souji would be the one to pick up on the conspiracy first, as that’s kind his specialty as the leader of the it - but it’s just piecing together that things seem too convenient, too well-placed to be random events or even just disconnected. i think minato picks up more on the supernatural side of things, with the way the public reacts and how they’ve become insatiable for the next story, the next way to entertain themselves, like they’re not even really thinking just consuming. everything, both the phantom thieves’ fame and the reaction of the public, feels weirdly exaggerated or even manufactured, but it’s hard for them to tie everything together being so far from its center. they only know something is seriously wrong just when everything begins to come to a head but then it just...stops. it’s like things reset, except that the phantom thieves are more popular than they’ve ever been and soon the changes of heart are happening so rapidly it makes no sense for akira to still be doing it....and he’s not answering his phone, no text is even read....weird rumors are starting to come out about a boy all in white that visits the dreams of those whose hearts have changed.

that’s when they finally decide to go into the metaverse themselves (most likely with the help of the other thieves, as they have no way of accessing it on their own), and seeing what’s become of akira, a boy who stood so strongly for his convictions, who worked tirelessly just as they do for the ones he loved, they would both feel at once responsible for it and outraged at the one who did it to him. because...truly they understand the burden of leadership and they know why akira fell - it’s not his fault, not when he’s sixteen and the whole world is against him, when he was already broken down and a god took advantage of that. so practically, their response is the same - work to save him in any way possible, but i think emotionally and mentally is where the difference comes in. i will keep saying it, but i thought of souji as a overly responsible, definitely neurotic dad of the team, so he feels overwhelming guilt for not protecting akira. he should have looked into things more deeply, should have questioned akira more about what was happening, should have lent far more aid before akira lost his way. akira’s mood certainly shifted markedly after the interrogation - why not just go to find him then? souji really sees him as a hurt child, one that let his pain fester so badly that it turned him into this - and seeing akira as he is by yaldabaoth’s side drives that home, how weak and sickly he appears even as he wields immense power. minato’s view of him is similar, but he sees him as someone wasting away, the very heart of his actions stolen from him and so now he grows sicker and sicker without that key part of himself. minato’s pain strikes right to his core - this is a character that died to protect others, and he would trade places with akira if he could. akira cared too much, hurt too much, had lost too much....minato would be determined to do whatever it takes in order to bring him back to himself because he really feels that the longer they let this go on, the more akira is going to lose. so really just...i think they would both be hurt, be scared even that maybe they can’t get him back, but neither are the type to blame akira or be upset with the choice he made. they know he would never have agreed to something like this if he wasn’t manipulated and coerced into doing so, and they wouldn’t allow him to go on like that for his own sake. they’re his big brothers and they won’t let him be used, so whatever the cost is to save him, i think they’d pay it without a second thought.

[the19thduckpotato]

In the Shadow of a Smile (Pt 4)

Part 3

Toshi's thoughts rambled aimlessly again.  Why did she have Izuku stay?  Something to do with me?  He grimaced.  I really wish she wouldn't.  I can take care of myself... Is that a fact, now? Listen.... Further thoughts were cut short as Izuku jogged up.  Toshi's face split into a warm grin.  "There you are!"

Izuku grinned back, falling into step beside Toshi (three short steps to each long one). "Hi!" He fumbled with the opening of the strawberry popcorn, munching on a few kernels. I wonder if he can have any... I know he can have sugar in small amounts, but... he does have his own kind of popcorn. Best not to offer n put him in the position of refusing, he'll sneak a few kernels of mine on his own if he wants some.

Toshi smiled down at his fan student son protege, amused by their comparative steps.  He tried to shorten his own steps and looked about.  "See any store you'd like to visit?" is it strange that I want to give him every good thing that he deserves?  Am I allowed to do that?  Well, i mean, I'm All Might, I can do whatever I like... not that I'd ever abuse that. He watched Izuku.  It'd be blatant favoritism.  But he deserves it.  But that would paint an even bigger target than he already has on him.  Which he definitely does not deserve. Toshi's steps slowed more as he let Izuku get ahead of him. I wish... And he squashed that thought immediately, startled that he even thought it.

Izuku looked around. "Aaahhh..." His eyes popped wide when he saw a certain storefront. "Ooh!! There!!" He bounced and pointed, though he quickly snatched his hand back as he remembered Pointing Was Rude.

Toshi's head snapped up and he squinted.  What in the...?

Izuku turned and grinned up at Toshi excitedly. "Can we go there??"

The blond looked amused verging on jovial laughter.  He almost teased Izuku about was there really a need for more plastic All Mights in the dorm? Just because you feel crummy is no reason to pick on the kid, even jokingly.    He picked this store, now let's learn a little more about what makes Izuku happy. "Of course.  I've been meaning to find myself a Chibi Aizawa eraser topper."  He winked.

Izuku smothered a laugh. "He's underground, they don't make merch of him!" Wait what am I even gonna buy in here, they sell All Might merch, and I'm taking ALL MIGHT in here, that's so cheesy and weird! Can I just look at stuff? Will he think it's a waste of time if I do? Oh no, why did I pick this?? Because you were excited, that's why. Because he asked and you answered, now shut up and Deal With It. Hhhnnngg.... "Do... do you maybe wanna find somewhere else though, because I know it's probably weird and-- and maybe there's somewhere else you'd rather be and I'd 100% like to go with you n honestly I don't even know what I'd want to buy from here, I was just looking...." Izuku grinned and rambled sheepishly as they got closer to the store, both wanting to go in and very much not.

Toshi just casually steered his charge into the store without breaking his slowed stride.  "Weird?  I want to see what's selling.  And who is."  He wrinkled his nose.  "I'm not overly fond of the whole marketing aspect of this job... but I get it."  He picked up a plush grinning All Bean and half smiled.  "Small mementos of the people you look up to.  Reminders that mean different things to different people.  If seeing my face plastered everywhere gave people hope, then so much the better." He didnt like the idea of some of his fans being denied that hope simply because they didnt have the money... but he also knew the heroing business was lucratively expensive. "--oop!"  He pointed at a pile of gray scarves and grinned impishly.  "Yessssssss."

Izuku gave a high-pitched laugh when he saw, then ducked and hoped no one heard him. He grinned back at Toshi and nodded. His gaze flitted around the store, landing on a Crimson Riot hoodie in a rack of clothes. "Oh! Kirishima would love that!" He pointed again.

Toshi picked up one of the scarves--it was much shorter than the real deal--and tossed it about his shoulders.  He affected a regal pose.  "What do you think?" he said, trying a droning Aizawa impression.

Izuku squeaked and hid his grin in his hands, shoulders shaking with silent laughter. He lifted his head, composure regained with a straight face.

"Blah blah, stop showing off, blah, I never get any sleep, blah, I have 20 cats and they're all named Mittens--"

Izuku's mouth twitched. He repeated the process.  Shaking his head, he mumbled shyly, "Noooooo... we can't make fun of him...."

"I'm sorry," Toshi snorted, trying to look apologetic.  "That was disrespectful." Jerk. Toshi's ears tinged red as he set the scarf back.  "You know what I'm looking forward to?"

Izuku looked up curiously, surprised at how quickly Toshi put the scarf back and how sad he sounded at the end. "--Oh?"

"When shops like these are filled to the brim with green.  Then I can be the big collector." If you even make it that-- "I'll be able to cite facts about my favorite hero, snatch up first editions, maybe get an autograph if I'm lucky."  He smiled hopefully at his kid.

Izuku squeeeeaked, hiding his face in his hands one more time. He quickly flew to Toshi, hugging his arm tightly. Of course you can you can have so much more than that you can have me, right there, oh please let me still be there--

"Heck, I know just the people to talk to about--i mean, if that's the way you'd like to go.  Merchandizing and all."  Toshi shrugged shyly.  "You're already making an impact now, just wait till you're well known.  People will be demanding Deku merch, heh." He looked about the store, all the current heroes familiar and easy to spot.  He blinked and saw different heroes now, the kids from UA.  Not just Izuku, not just Class 1A, but all the students. He blinked again, eyes stinging. I want to see that.

"Whuh-wuh... uuuhhh... I mean." Izuku lifted his head from where it was hidden against Toshi's arm and blinked. "Yeah, I'd rather talk to your people than try to do it on my own, but..." You mean you want HIM to talk to them and you not say anything, like a shy little puppy.... ...Look, that's a long way off though.... He didn't contradict himself. "I mean, maybe let's cross that bridge when we come to it. I don't know if that's even legal yet, I don't even have my full license...." Can unlicensed heroes even have merch deals? I mean I'm not unlicensed but it's only provisional....

Toshi grinned knowingly.  "I already know you're going to need merch.  No rush, of course... but if you keep going at the rate you already are, well."

Izuku muffled a long wobbly squeak against Toshi’s side.

"And to think that lil old me got to be fortunate enough to be the Great Deku's first fan.  Man," Toshi whistled.  "Am I ever lucky!" And for what it was worth, he meant every word.

Izuku could tell, and the fact made his heart feel all weird and tied up all the sheepish brushing-off he wanted to do in long confusing ribbons mixed with thanks. "...But-- you made Deku, though... I'd be nothing without you." Well, not nothing... I'd still be a person. But I wouldn't be a pro without you. I'm still not there, yet, but I hope... one day....

Toshi gazed at him fondly.  "Do you really still believe that?  That passing you--"  He paused, mindful they were in public, and gestured you know.  "--the, ah,  heroic torch would have been the same no matter who it was passed to?" "A Quirkless middle schooler?  What are you thinking?!  Such a boy could never serve as the Symbol of Peace!!" Toshi had coughed thickly but still proudly responded with, "He really has this burning desire to help people." And yet, Mirai had refused to listen, hanging up on his former partner. "...I picked you on purpose.  And each passing week only reinforces my decision.  Please do not doubt that.  Deku exists because you exist, firstly.  I just gave you a helping hand, that's all."  He grinned and brushed one bang away.

Izuku smiled softly-- mostly with his eyes. He rested his forehead against Toshi's arm, trying to think of words that would both satisfy Toshi and yet still be true. "Not... exactly the same, no. But I think... the other children out there... have just as much... potential. As I do."

"They do." Toshi tousled Izuku's hair.  "And would that I could help all of them the same way.  But..."  he held up one finger.  "Power is a tricky thing.  It has an effect on people and not always good.  The most well intentioned person can still do terrible things. "So it isn't just a matter of being suitable.  You earned my trust by not blabbing my secret.  You inspired me to action when I believed I could do no more.  You...well.  You made me want to live again.  Something that not even All Might could do.  So who's the strong one now, eh? "Frankly, kid, I'll be honest--i don't think there's a whole lot of people like you out there.  Don't sell yourself short."

Izuku gazed up at Toshi in wonder. He tried to think of something to say... his mouth twitched into a smile. "But I am short!"

Toshi just stared for a moment. S t a r e d.

Izuku slowly unsmiled himself. Not sad, but confused... "...Not funny?"

Then burst into a roar of laughter, helplessly trying to gasp, "well of course--heehee--next to me--"

The smile came back full force. Izuku burst into laughter too-- "Well YEAH, you're a GIANT!!" He looked up at Toshi with the brightest grin.

Toshi tried to regain his composure, looked at Izuku, used his hand to compare their heights, wheezed more laughter. "I'm onlyheeheehee seven fooahahaha oh no help--"

The laughter was incredibly contagious, Izuku hiccuping out noises that were a cross between a donkey and a chihuahua.

Toshi made a desperate noise at Izuku's noises, his laughter getting more out of control.  Tears squirted out and he weakly grasped at his kid's shoulder.  He was dimly aware others would be staring but the floodgates had opened and he could only ride the wave at this point. This marvelous wonderful wave.

Izuku's face was starting to hurt, but he was happy, SO happy. He tried his best to support Toshi but he, too, was a floppy noodle of hilarity.

Toshi fought to get himself back under control, his laughter finally tapering off into snickers, then slowing down to an occasional giggle.  He took a deep breath and checked on his kid.

One last snort.

Toshi's eyes widened.  Ohno. He clapped one hand over his mouth but his eyes still twinkled.

A tired giggle. Izuku enjoyed the feeling of being in the moment, still leaned against Toshi in a half-hug. He didn't dare look up, though, or he knew he'd start laughing again.

Toshi cleared his throat and casually thumbed the edges of his mouth.  "Well now we have to get something," he grinned.  "What's your pick?"

"Oh!" Izuku's gaze snuck toward the rack of jackets. "...Hmmm...."

Toshi's head followed his gaze.  "Oh look, a denim jacket!  Best Jeanist, you cad."

Izuku giggled, though he didn't quite get the joke. He stepped over to the rack, peeking through them and looking for-- well, maybe I can wear it... but what if Kacchan sees me? But... well, I can wear it in my room n stuff, at least. Or in places like this. As long as I hide it before I get back.... His fingers brushed over sleeves to check the texture and pushed gaps between the jackets to see if any were All Might-themed.

Toshi blinked and smiled, hands in his pockets.  He waved at the few people who recognized him then returned to watching Izuku dig through jackets.

Most of the All Might merch seemed to have been snapped up already, but Izuku's face lit up when he saw-- "Ooh!"

"Hmm??"  Toshi tilted his head and arched his neck.  "What did you find?"

Izuku pulled a thick Silver Age-print hoodie off the rack, running his hand over the inside lined with a soft fluffy material. "This is great! Lookit!" He held it up and grinned, bouncing on his toes excitedly.

Toshi looked pleasantly surprised.  "Well whaddya know!"  He held out his arm for Izuku to drape it over.

Izuku placed it over his arm, still bouncing. "Can I try it on??"

"Heheheheh, sure, go on." He quietly made a mental note to get Izuku's size and dig into his limited edition wear later.

Izuku picked up the jacket again, taking it off the hanger (making sure to put the hanger back on the rack for now) and unzipping jacket, holding the ends of his sleeves and wiggling his arms in. It was a little big, but he could grow into it.

Toshi was definitely feeling the dad feels right about this time.  His kid proudly showing off his jacket. The breath hitched in his throat for a moment. "Looks great on you," he managed with a delighted smile.

Izuku looked up, smiling brightly. He clapped his hands together in happiness, looking down at them with much interest when he felt how the parts of the sleeves covering his hands muffled the impact. After inspecting this sensation for a few seconds, he looked back up, asking with a shy grin, "So uh... can I, uh..." he ducked his head then brought it up again, "...can I have it?"

Toshi's eyes shone with joy.  I finally get to spoil my kid! "I don't see why not!  Anything else you might like?"

"--Oh!" Izuku's eyes and mouth went round. Surely that's too much!! I couldn't even think of anyth-- wait, yes I could! "Well-- actually... I was wondering if we could pick out some stuff for the others?" He thought of the Crimson Riot jacket, knowing Kirishima would love it, and wondered if he could find something of Kamui Woods' or even Snipe's for Shouji. "Not, like-- all twenty or anything... but maybe..." he bit his lip and stared into space, a plan formulating. "Maybe we could hunt for stuff, like, over a while... and save it until we have one for everybody? Would you like that?"

Toshi's entire face lit up at this suggestion.  "That's a fantastic idea!  And anything we can't find on our own, I'm sure I could dig up somewhere else." He shook his head in admiration.  "You're one in a million, kid, you know that?"

Izuku tilted his head and gave a scrunchy, lopsided smile. "What, really?" For coming up with a gift idea? Everyone will be doing it come Christmas. A thought occurred. "Well, technically, I'm one in 7 billion...."

"Even better.  And to think, you're my kid now." oh no wait, what did I just say oh no OH NO He stammered out a quick apology.  "I-I mean...ah...err... what I mean to say, y-young Midoriya--" He could feel his ears burning.

Izuku went limp in shock, and his eyes grew wide as saucers, practically sparkling. His mouth started to wobble.

"Hey wait, nonono, what did we say about the waterworks?!"  He frantically gestured at the boy, acutely aware of being watched now.  "UH--"

Izuku shot forward, wrapping his arms around Toshi and squeezing tight.

Toshi stiffened in shock then relaxed his muscles, ruffling Izuku's hair.  "Hey now..." I care about you I care about you a LOT and I know I'm terrible at speaking my true heart.  I never told Master and lost my chance.  I never told Mirai and lost my chance.  I don’t want to lose my chance with you, I couldn’t bear it. "Kid..."

((Part 5))

[luwupercal]

Horrible idea: the primarchs playing dnd. Fulgrim made a bard character that plays a kazoo and keeps seducing every NPC, Magnus is the tired DM who has to deal with said bard, Roboute’s character is a human fighter, and Malcador comes in every 30 minutes to bring them snacks

what the fuck i thought i answered this. what the fuck. did i not hit post i am a goddamn idiot forgive me

anyways this ask i love endlessly because i have actually thought abt this stuff before and have mapped out some stuff

roboute plays a human paladin and gets too into the RP. magnus is thinking of making his character turn to evil and become a warlock. roboute might even let him

magnus is a bit of a killer DM for revenge purposes but mostly he’s fair. he gets super into the story he writes and tries to railroad his players but honestly it ends up impossible to do so so he just does his best to wrangle when he should be the one wrangled

fulgrim’s first character is a normal one (probably a bard as u said, but definitely like, a violin player or something... fulgrim likes snobby things despite his garbage tacky taste) but when magnus kills him a fire blazes in his eyes and he becomes the dread minmaxer who breaks all your puzzles

lorgar plays exclusively spellcasters and also gets too into the rp. all his characters are kinda cliché purity sues but he’s respecting others and having fun so magnus allows it generously

sanguinius is another healer and his. his characters fucking suck. he picks the worst spells consistently it sucks it’s horrible. he dies every couple sessions too. he plays flying races exclusively also

perturabo minmaxes beyond redemption. he’s only allowed to do that if he Does The Voice for all his PCs, The Voice being a fucking hilarious impression of exactly no one and everyone that’s just the right mix of squeaky and ASMR-y for everyone to love to hear it for long periods of time. he also names all his characters things like John Orchideus

ferrus always plays really interesting characters. magnus’s favourite is his current, a half-orc mostly-sorcerer with one class in fighter whose half-elven twin was fulgrim’s first character, whose grief at the tragic loss of his sibling at the hands of the big bad activated his latent sorcerous magic

dorn plays a dwarf fighter and rules lawyers everyone. he is having fun

khan plays a human ranger and is usually the one that most wants to follow along magnus’s plot because he’s honestly playing this mostly bc magnus insisted. his character’s name got mispronounced by fulgrim’s first character, as a show of snootiness, and well that might have been related to fulgrim’s first character’s demise which khan may or may not have been able to stop. oh noooooo.

as a mutual of mine once declared: angron plays a wizard

lion plays a character out of the box once and gives up on dnd for a while because he doesn’t find it fun but he DOES criticize magnus’s attempts at medieval fantasy because he LIVED in one, fuck’s sake, magnus

leman’s characters keep mysteriously dying. they all come from a family of 300 children now and they’re all siblings. they’re all redheads and have crude puns for names. one of them is named Dildo Bongins. leman doesn’t know what a halfling is

mortarion doesn’t even play but he’s stealing magnus’s snacks. if he wanted to play an rpg he’d play fallout: new vegas (2010), because he has good taste, and magnus is a shitty writer

alpharius omegon play two gnomes in a trench coat. magnus and the rest don’t find out until one dies

fulgrim’s minmaxed evil aura character, somehow, still seduces the bbeg