#Coldblood-7

[elgaberino-mcoc]

As part of a series of content celebrating potential future Champs (i.e., Marvel characters not yet added to Marvel Contest of Champions) seen in Marvel holiday media, Coldblood-7 has been added as an “obscure pairing” on a listing on the MCOC Wishlist.

[thenixkat]

Dakari is really damn tall for a centaur in general. In addition to being quite buff and very fat.

He’s likely the biggest centaur in the setting period. 

Which is unfortunate for him b/c he loves dragon riding but he’s been too big to ride the regular riding dragons since he was the centaur version of a preteen.

On the plus side he’s big enough that he can and has fought several of the major predators of centaurs with his bare hands and hooves.

[loving-n0t-heyting]

it sits increasingly poorly with me that official message of the first major sf/bay pro-palestine rally in the wake of oct 7 was basically to gloat about a military operation centrally involving the coldblooded murder and kidnapping of hundreds of unarmed civilians, including children, and to dismiss any wariness about the serious violations of international law and human decency with "you gotta break some eggs to make an omelette", and then every subsequent rallys message has been a call for an unconditional ceasefire for the sake of civilians. it puts the double standard on pretty clear display

and then any criticism of this tendency from those broadly on the palestinian side gets immediately rounded off to "not confusing support for palestine with support for hamas". friends of the ppl of gaza should unequivocally "support" hamas, in that they should promote and accept parties like hamas and the pij with actual popular support as representatives of the palestinian ppl in any future negotiation or govt as over and against decrepit toothless collaborators like the contemporary plo/pa and foreign autocracies like egypt or qatar. whatever yr complaints (very just and reasonable complaints, too!) about specific strategies and tactics of theirs, hamas and the pij have neither rolled over and acquiesced to a hostile power conquering their lands for lebensraum nor suspended the last lingering traces of official palestinian democracy and effectively installed their leaders as unaccountable dictators, which are about the most disqualifying possible acts an agent can commit against their principal. these are the alternatives actually on offer, and its not a hard choice. its become a commonplace on the other side you can be critical of certain israeli policies while meaningfully supporting the overall zionist project; we should learn to embrace a similar critical support for the palestinian organisations to enjoy any actual democratic legitimacy and truly dedicated to the cause of palestinian sovereignty

[saltpepperbeard]

Just throwing another spanner into the angst machine because I love your long pots lol.

Do you think Stede doesn't open up to Ed about his traumas because he probably thinks Ed wouldn't love him anymore if he did??

oh, why thank you, darling anon! that's so very sweet of you. but also-

hhhHHHHNGKDFGLJKLFGHDJKLFD. PAIN. PAIN AND SUFFERING LMAO. 🎵EASY LIKE SUNDAY MORNNNING🎵 IS NO LONGER ACCURATE I GUESS.

*laying face down on the ground for the Umpteenth Time* but sure yeah anon let's boogie-

I think that's definitely part of the equation, yes. But I also think a large part of it is the fact that he's basically been conditioned to hide his vulnerability away from a very young age. When he was a child, he was mocked relentlessly for being softer or showing his emotions in a way that was unacceptable/unconventional from a masculinity standpoint. He was even slapped with the nickname "Baby Bonnet" for said vulnerability.

Not only that, but his own father disapproved of his softness too. Calling him "lily-livered" is calling him weak and cowardly. And he had it drilled into his skull that that's "all he would ever be," and that it was a bad thing to show any sort of soft underbelly.

And it didn't even end there! Those phantoms chase him all the way into adulthood. There are so many instances of people making digs at him for crying, or for being "weak," or for being "cowardly." Like lol lord; the pilot lays it all on super thick. He's just constantly surrounded by the narrative that opening up spells pain and suffering for him. There's no safety in opening up.

And so he hides away. Numerous times throughout the series, he isolates himself to cry. Numerous times throughout the series, he shoves his own problems down to address other issues first. He experiences so many situations where it would be more than appropriate for him to react with weepiness or anything equivalent, but he swallows it all down.

Not to mention, that he's very set on helping others. He puts other's needs before his own. And I think that's a classic sign of emotional neglect; giving others the treatment you wish you had gotten. ((...nOT THAT I'D KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT HSDKSHLK))

ALSO, I think that's why he has so many issues with self-worth and his own masculinity. It plays into why he flies off the handle in episode 6 into episode 7. He thinks he has to perform a certain kind of way. He thinks he's not worthy of respect or recognition unless he conforms to those societal standards. He thinks no one will regard him unless he's "strong," or "ruthless," or "hardened." Which, again, is why I think the way he acts in season 2 is very much in-character for him. Heartbreaking, and very difficult to stomach, but in-character all the same. It's not him. It's never been him. But he thinks it should be.

AND YES, it definitely plays into his relationship with Ed too, which makes me want to just start foaming at the mouth and biting at his ankles. Because like...he's so wrapped up in those painful expectations that he's totally blind to the fact that Ed loves him for who he actually is. Ed fell in love with the silly little guy who had so many trinkets, clothes, and books. Ed fell in love with silly little guy who was so different than all the other pirates around them. Ed fell in love with the silly little guy who read his crew bedtime stories, and went on treasure hunts, and swapped out books in raids as opposed to just outright stealing.

Ed loves his sweet, fantastic, simple goldfish. And Stede doesn't even see that yet.

Season 2 makes it very clear that Stede thinks he has to shove all of that down even around Ed. Like, the dream sequence in the first episode? He dreams of himself being masculine, hardened, and ruthless, killing in coldblood and subsequently "winning" Ed. Again, that's who he thinks he has to be, and that's who he thinks Ed wants. Why would Ed want someone who's softer and loves extravagance? Why would Ed want someone who picks flowers and stops to appreciate the simpler things? Why would Ed want someone who sobs about his past?

No one else does.

[murderandcoffee]

Yeah hi different anon, but that one nape kissing prompt that other guy sent got the wheels in my brain spinning and now all I'm thinking about is jonmartin au where martins a vampire and he just feeds on jon occasionally, specifically the nape of his neck.

VAMPIRE MARTIN??? ANON YOU ARE BRILLIANT

now the wheels in MY brain are turning. vampire!martin and human!jon.................

martin can't go out in the sunlight, so jon starts working in the archives at night so their schedules line up

martin swears up and down that he would never hurt jon (but still thinks that jon is afraid of him), and is honestly shocked (almost to the point of tears) when jon gives him an open invitation to his flat

jon sits for hours listening to martin tell stories about the decades he's lived through, even when martin gets embarrassed because he thinks he's been talking for too long (shouldn't a human be bored by now? it's been 8 hours)

martin knits jon scarves to cover his bite marks with

and of course something supernatural threatens jon and his typically chill, passive boyfriend turns into a coldblooded, fury-driven killer at the drop of a hat 😌

yeah anon thank you for this it will consume my every waking moment for the next 5-7 business days

[eemamminy-art]

Varis! 1 and 14 also for the character asks :DDD

1. Why do you like or dislike this character?

While there's so little they actually did with Varis at the end of the day, he is so fascinating. He's like the personification of all the flaws Emet-selch sees in humanity, but Emet was the one to raise him so it begs the question of if he would always be so full of contempt and a need to prove himself if he had only been shown love for even a day in his life?

I've said it before that he reminds me so much of Vayne from FFXII, in the sense that he has this hubris about him that he can outwit these ancient beings and use their own magicks against them, but only ends up playing right into their hand. Vayne at least had a genuine love for Larsa which was a weakness that partially led to his undoing, whereas with Varis he thought so little of Zenos that he never saw his own death coming despite raising Zenos to be a coldblooded killer. The only time he ever really seemed to care about Zenos was when Elidibus first possessed his body, which felt to me like a matter of Varis' pride more than anything. Like, you dare to profane MY son? As if Zenos just exists as an extension of himself in that moment, and not his own person. I think it speaks so much to Varis' character (and also the way Emet raised him) that he cares so little about personal relationships but his own ego is like this precious untouchable thing.

And also that his plan was to just what. Do the rejoining but do it first and better? He is a competent and cut-throat ruler but when it comes to those (grand)daddy issues he just runs off of spite and nothing else, it's great.

I could probably ramble on more 😂 Awful arrogant manchild, I want to put him in a petri dish and just 🔍👀

14. Assign a fashion aesthetic to this character.

See I have no idea because like. The man is like 7 feet tall and just about as wide, canonically wears a tin can with a cape and a radio antenna for a crown. I want to imagine him in casual clothing but like what does a person like that even wear?? When it comes to garlean fashion I think a lot about those heavy woolen coats and just a lot of military fashion

I feel like it comes easier with characters like Zenos or Jullus because I think about like, traditional slavic outfits? But picturing Varis in a hand-embroidered blouse with flowers in his hair, you know he's just scowling the whole time >:[[[[[ 😂 it doesn't really work in my mind

[balteus]

fuck okay in sorta relation to last post i think people generally don't pick up on a lot of dare i say,,, humor of elden ring. it's kinda subtle and a little lost in translation i think but with ranni, radahn and gideon it's especially apparent i think. it's a sort of humor of irony and subversion of opposites that reminds me a lot of old plays.

radahn: is a war general, most powerful demigod (alongside malenia). reveres combat and physical strength. widely respected. also is a strategic and intellectual genius. also has a huge soft spot for small animals. in fact it's his love for animals that motivated him in becoming what he is. he has numerous parallels to ds1 artorias. he's miyazaki's favorite elden ring boss.

ranni: literally giving you the cold shoulder 24\7. shown as a coldblooded (heh) killer who kick-started everything that went wrong. but if you show the slightest amount of devotion to her and a willingness to listen she shows just how starved for closeness she is. she falls in love with you if you listen to her ramble at a save spot. this affects the ending cutscene with her. fromsoft NEVER does this, which shows just how much she actually cares for you even if she doesn't want to let you know. seluvis outright describes her as a gentle girl who uses her perceived coldness to protect herself. i love her sm.

gideon: my beloathed. this mainly pulls from his dialogue regarding his adopted daughter, nepheli loux. it's similar to ranni except gideon is actually an asshole. he will say something that will make you think "oh, does he actually care? does he hold fatherly feelings for her?" and in the next sentence he'll not only manage to destroy that little bit of good will but also dig himself a deeper grave. i honestly still think about how he raised nepheli promising her that she'll be able to help the oppressed and downtrodden only to himself take part in that oppression. also the implication that he knew her biological father personally and that he was entrusted with care of her while hoarah was away. what's going on here. i wanna study him under a spyglass.

[navree]

I think it is very funny (and by funny I mean infuriating and appalling) that people's reactions to a mother being terrified to death for her children's lives is "boohoo Alicent is stupid!" and not "poor thing, that's not how a mother should be made to feel by HER OWN FAMILY"

This is such a problem with literally any TV show or movie, which is that people forget that we are an omnipotent audience. We see everything, we know everything, we are the only people involved in the story that have complete and utter control over all of the information of the story. None of the other characters do, and that's why they make the decisions they do, and if they seem somewhat nonsensical to us that's because we know everything and they don't.

(seriously, as someone who was in The Originals fandom for a time, season 2 was the hardest time to be Hayley fan when half the audience forgot that her decisions made total sense if you just looked at the information she had access to, not all the information of the entire story.)

Alicent's information is this: 1) Rhaenyra lied to her (lies by omission count as lies), and then 2) appears to have leveraged those lies to strip away the last of Alicent's support as well as anyone partial to her children's place in the line of succession. 3) Rhaenyra is then callous enough to drive a man to suicide and, in the process, get another man killed, with no outward remorse. 4) Over the next ten years Rhaenyra commits at best a huge social faux-pas and at worse an outright treason and 5) the products of that treason are cruel to her own sons which Rhaenyra has done nothing to stop (or really do anything to bridge any gap in their relationship) until 6) she proposes the Jace/Helaena marriage, which just looks like an attempt to take Alicent's only daughter hostage when you have an uncharitable view of her. 7) Rhaenyra then does nothing about her son maiming Alicent's and in fact 8) demands that Aemond be tortured for having eyes that can see and 9) vocally approves the plan to maim Alicent's son and Alicent herself for also having eyes that can see, because it helps her succession and that of her sons. And the coup de grace is in 10) Alicent seeing Rhaenyra murder her husband so she can marry who she wants and gather more strength to her side.

That is all the information Alicent has on Rhaenyra as heir to the throne. That she is callous, thoughtless, bloodthirsty in the pursuit of getting what she wants, uncaring towards others, with the capacity towards coldblooded murder to anyone who gets in her way (and who are in her way? Alicent's Targaryen children, especially Alicent's firstborn Targaryen son), and no remorse or thought to consequence for anything she does. Of course, we, the audience, see things from more than just Rhaenyra's point of view, we know that her thoughtlessness is borne out of being sheltered, that she's lighthearted and playful, that she is genuinely just trying to find love within the confines of an incompatible marriage, that the faults in her relationship with Daemon lie with Daemon as the adult and senior figure, that her attempts to reach out are genuine, that she's held the best belief in Alicent for a long time ("I do not believe Alicent is capable of cold blooded murder") that she did not murder Laenor, and that she has no intention of hurting Alicent or her kids and genuinely wants to be a good ruler and pass down the Targaryen legacy/Song of Ice and Fire (whether she can be a good ruler is debatable at best, and also God I hate the stupid prophecy fuck it so hard).

So to the audience, yeah Alicent's reactions can seem irrational, but most people with basic competence and understanding of storytelling can also understand that the impression we have of the story is something no one else in universe does, it's why I'm also willing to give grace to Rhaenyra for sometimes thinking the worst of Alicent because she doesn't have access to the information that we do.

But let's be real, ASOIAF/GOT/F&B/HOTD and all adjacent fandoms have been horrifically toxic and misogynistic, a mindset that extends far beyond characters and even to the actors, no matter which side of certain debates you fall under (yes this is a fandom wide callout I've seen all teams be gross as Hell), as I'm of the belief that insulting Matt Smith's looks and harassing his mother is in fact just as bad as bullying Emily Carey off Twitter, and relentlessly castigating Sophie Turner for no reason including when she was a child is in fact just as bad as mocking Emilia Clarke's brain injuries, this shouldn't be controversial. So I'm not surprised that this toxicity exists towards the character, and there's a lack of understanding in how yeah, Alicent should not be made to feel that her children are in active danger due to the actions of not just their sister but also their literal father, her husband (and that the worsening of the relationship post-Driftmark is entirely on Team Black for not doing anything to make amends for what happened to Aemond whatsoever and refusing to even be contrite years after the fact, Vhagar eating Luke was too merciful for him I said what I said).

A lot of the people who think this way are mostly casual watchers, or just really die-hard Team Black Twitter stans, so we can at least take comfort in the fact that most people with media literacy, whether they be regular fans or even critics, are more willing to extend Alicent the grace she deserves, and us Greenies can stan her hard enough to power a major metropolis in the meantime.

[gwentittyfication]

5-axis kink rating: wrestling/fighting, blood 😘

Teehee~

Wrestling/fighting:

Simplicity: 8. Idk there's fighting for business and fighting for pleasure. It's only fun under certain circumstances; there are friends who I would and friends who I would not fight, yanno?

Eros: 10. Oh, god, I want to feel bruises and blood and fists, hnnnnnnnnnnngh.

Agape: 10. The raw excitement I (and others) get from the prospect of some good clean violence is incredible.

Narrative possibility: 2. Fuck that gay shit, just punch me in the fucking face, dammit. Can be good when paired with like primal play, though, but on its own not much to be said lol.

Problematicity: 8. Idk it's probably not very safe or sane to maaaaaybe want your guts splattered all over the place a little bit while you bite your opponent's throat out, but eh. I'm toning it down in real life, not that that matters to some people.

Blood:

Simplicity: 6ish? I like blood, but moreso as an extension of fighting. Knifeplay really DOES NOT do it for me due to some personal issues, coldblooded torture-esque scenes don't do it for me either.

Eros: 7. Seeing someone bloodied does get the motor running, though~

Agape: 7. I like blood conceptually moreso than other kinds of gore; I think playing around in intestines could be fun, but idk blood just does it for me a lot more.

Narrative possibility: 2. Idk, it's blood? Could do some kinky vampire/werewolf roleplay or something ig.

Problematicity: 6? Idk, I think it depends on what circles you run in. I happen to be in horny tgirl with weird kinks territory, so it's not that unusual, but I'm sure some people are really freaked out by it

[marylynaaartsblog]

My Thoughts on Movie 26 (Black Iron Submarine)

Warning: this post contains spoilers, if you haven't seen the movie or don't want to receive any spoilers, don't continue your reading.

Without further ado, let's start.

I finally got the chance to watch Movie 26 and, two days after, I'm ready to draw my conclusions.

This Movie didn't have a good start at all: in April 2023 Twitter was full of posts inviting to boycott the film. On the other hand, one must recognize the huge revenue achieved, which, up to this date, it's the highest of all Detective Conan movies.

The result makes me genuinely happy since I'm also supporting DC franchise but I also think that this movie could have been much better.

The idea of semi - canon movie brings both advantages and risks. If on one hand there are profits that skyrocket, on the other there are obvious issues with the canon plot. This is the case of Movie 26.

The main problems are:

1) CHARACTERS THAT ARE OOC

• Vermouth

I didn’t like her behaviour in this movie at all. First of all, I find it absurd and senseless that, while at work (and talking about a person that the Organization plans to kill later), she casually looks at the site where it is announced the contest to win the Fusae brooch. I want to stress the fact she is not a frivolous character.

Going back to the pin, to put it simply, Vermouth wants it and Ai gives her the last ticket in order to win it. That’s why Vermouth decides to help Ai in this movie.

Seriously? Are we talking about the same Vermouth who hates the Miyano family and their project with all of her heart and tried to kill Ai twice?

I don’t even want to mention how nonsensical it is that Vermouth bothers to go to the Philippines, disguise herself as Shiho at different stages of her life and prove that the facial recognition program is flawed. I might accept the explaination that probably it was the Boss' order but still was all of this necessairy? I think there must have been an easier way. 

(Side note: enough with the scenes where Vermouth has a towel on. There is an abuse of these scenes ever since the Mystery Train. What is refined in Gosho’s work becomes vulgar in others).

• Gin

He has become the most reckless and irascible character in the entire universe. The coldbloodness and logic that distinguished him have definitely disappeared in the movies. This issue, already traced in the previous movies, here is taken far beyond, since he orders the kidnapping of Ai trusting a program rather than real investigations. Now it is ordinary for him to make everything explode and kill other members of the Organization as if it were nothing: no matter if the characters are non - canon, it is against the logic that the Boss manages to maintain a certain balance between the members. Moreover, he is the only who can decide who must live and who must die.

• Kir

I can’t fathom why Kir decides to help Ai since they've never met.

2) CONSEQUENCES ON THE MAIN PLOT

• In case this movie is considered canon, the suspicions about Kir would increase significantly. 

• For Ran, this would be the third time he comes into contact with the members of the Organization and, especially after seeing Ai kidnapped, now she must have some suspicions.

• It remains unclear why Rum wanted to use the program to track down the Boss. In the canon plot, there is no mention of the members, let alone Rum, the second-in-command, not knowing where the Boss is. What's more, all of the members carry absolute respect for the Boss and it would be a nonsense to use a program to track him down.

I'll leave aside the comments on the laws of physics (totally non-existent in the movies) and on Akai who managed to knock out the Organization TWICE and none of the members does anything about it.

In order to give an overall assessment, I have created a small list with the criteria that I consider important in a movie and my marks:

Plot: 7/10

In general, the movie still managed to be interesting and not to bore me. I didn’t feel like I wasted my time and I didn’t check the time too much while watching it. Pinga and Rum could have been better exploited (I feel like they are kinda wasted here).

Coherence with the Canon Plot: 2/10

The reasons are widely discussed above.

Quality of the Animation: 8/10

There are some frames that aren't the best but the movie truly is of high quality, nothing to say.

OST: 7/10

No OST really pierced my heart but I still found them suitable for the scenes they were connected to. Honorable mention to the OST of Gin in the Porsche and Beautiful Fin.

Characters' Realtionships: 5/10

Aside from CoAi (yes, because this is a film about this ship, it's useless to deny it) there are no other relationships that are deepened. In this movie, the members of the Organization act on their own and Pinga has no contact with Rum. No comment on the TOTALLY senseless kiss between Ai and Ran.

Voice Acting: 10/10

I just love the voice actors, their work is flawless.

Merch/ Events: 9/10

Movie 26 really had the best merch and  sponsoring so far. The icing on the cake was Black Crow Sing, I hope that in the future there will be other similar events.

Overall score: 6,85/10

A nice movie to watch if you have two hours of spare time.

[sinisterexaggerator]

I have no shame. I need a smutty NSFW ficlet with Shriv and reader having one desperate hour to be alone together after a LONG dry spell. 😁 Anyplace you like, a ship, on land, cockpit, etc whatever you feel like writing :)

Your wish is my command! I LOVE MR. SUURGAV WITH MY ENTIRE HEART AND SOUL!

Title: 7 minutes in Heaven, or "in the cockpit" ( you're the cock pit ).

Warnings: Vaginal sex, blowjobs, penetration, fingering, kissing, whining, body worship, sneaking around / sneaky sex, threats of getting caught. // NSFW - Explicit.

Word count: 1.7

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You were a Junior Communication’s Officer on Dantooine, stationed at its army base. The Rebellion was in its infancy, but you were there to watch it grow. Among its members was a certain Duros, though you rarely had time to keep him company. You planned to resolve this issue within the next few minutes, as you had hatched a plan.

Sure, it might get you court martialed by General Merrick, perhaps an over exaggeration, but at this point you didn’t care  - it wasn’t fair. Life couldn’t be all fun and games, you were well aware of that, but for once you had decided you were going to have your way.

“Danger Leader, come in,” you stated with authority. You were in control of this base’s center of command at this late hour. Your voice could be heard on all frequencies if you allowed it, though you could also home in on one particular individual’s X-wing if need be.

Shriv Suurgav’s voice cut in, totally oblivious to your secret mission. You were intimate together, and had been for quite some time. Though, you couldn’t tell from the tone of voice he used with you; it was all business; no nonsense. “This is Danger Leader. Read you loud and clear, Dantooine.”

His pet name for you was kitten because he said you purred like one, but he’d never call you that under these particular circumstances. You mused quietly for a moment, waiting for an appropriate length of time to pass before you responded tersely, smiling to yourself. “Return to base Danger Leader. Patrols are being cut short this evening. General Merrick is waiting for you in hangar one. Report immediately.”

General Merrick was on leave. He wouldn’t be back for days. Shriv had assumed the same, though he would be hard pressed to refuse a sudden summons such as this. “Uhh-” The Duros cleared his throat. “Right. On my way.”

You wondered if he believed you.

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You ran to your quarters, though thankfully you didn’t have to pass a single soul. You had a few things stowed away, and perhaps something you could wear besides your uniform. The base was quiet; most people were asleep, or out on patrol - various kinds of ventures - you used this time to adorn yourself in a simple dress; you were feeling oddly bold.

It was smooth, silken, and a light color that complimented your sun-kissed skin. It ran the length of your legs down to your knees, but you wore it for ease of access to your naughty bits. Pants were nothing more than a mere hindrance when you wished to be quick and stealthy in your attempts to woo your ever careful, coldblooded lover – time was of the essence - you couldn’t afford to take any chances.

You made it to the hangar – you were waiting patiently, out of sight - careful to not let Suurgav see you right away. His X-wing landed, taxiing into the inner sanctum of the rebel base. It coasted to a stop. That’s when you gathered up a nearby ladder.

It was lightweight and easy to carry. You placed it along the hull of his ship’s orange and white exterior. The cockpit popped, the transparisteel dome that housed him slipping back along its built-in hydraulic system. The Duros jumped when your head shot up to greet him.

“Kriff! You scared me! Is s-something wrong? Shouldn’t you be at the comm-”

“There’s an emergency,” you egged him on. He was so cute when he was flustered.

Shriv quickly undid the hooks, clasps, and buckles of his seatbelt and restraining gear with clumsy haste, his fingers grasping and missing before he ultimately tried again. After a few more seconds he was successful; he pressed a series of random buttons; the engines of his X-wing fully disengaged themselves before he moved to rise, though you were in his way.

“Ya gonna-? Um, move?”

You crawled into the X-wing’s cockpit and straddled him atop his lap, one leg on either side. Your womanhood was bare beneath your dress. You hiked your skirt up along your buxom thighs.

Shriv exuded a small sound of surprise. His gloved hands found your waist instinctively, though he moved to stop you from advancing. He wore an expression that marked him as confused. He blinked at you as you leaned forward to kiss his frowning mouth.

“Ki-kitten! What’s this all about?! What’s the emergency?? Shouldn’t we be… Wh-where’s General Merrick??” he asked, concerned.

“Not here,” you murmured out against his lips. You took his hands up, one after the other; you displaced his gloves. You wanted him to be able to touch you when the time came for it.

“Then why’d you-” he suddenly caught on.

His voice lowered; he was stern. “There’s no emergency, is there.”

“The emergency’s right here.” You guided him beneath your dress. His cold appendage met with your excessive wetness. You were soaked; aroused; it bad been so long.

He rasped out a sound mixed with desire and full-on panic; his breath caught in his throat. He nearly bit his tongue as he stuttered out, “Ki-ki-kitten… we can-can’t do this here… someone’s gonna … The rest of Danger Squad - they’re only seven minutes out … I-I-I t-told ‘em to report to base!”

“Then we best be quick,” you teased.

“Swe-sweetheart …” he nearly whined. “It’s… mmmff…”

He couldn’t help himself; one of his monstrously long fingers broached the edge of your aching cunt. It slipped inside your empty hollow as you moaned. The slick of your wet sex had betrayed you with a nearly debasing sound, though to Shriv it was auditory gratification in its finest form.

“F-fek, fullua, you-you’re so …hrnnnggg…” The Duros chewed his bottom lip; his cock was hard and throbbing against your inner thigh. It wanted to escape the confines of his uniform.

He sighed in longing; his breath rattled; he pressed his finger further inward. He paused when you emitted a dulcet whimper. He didn’t want to hurt you, but you begged him not to stop.

“Keep going Shriv, just a little more.”

His dick threshed against his trousers; he thought he might cum even now. His lengthy digit transported you to another realm as he touched the deepest place within you. You cried out as you rose to ride it, only one or two simple strokes. You came almost instantly. Suurgav was impressed.

“Ki-kitten … you already…? That wa-” He was cut off from finishing his sentence as you shoved your tongue inside his mouth, though secretly he was somewhat proud of himself. Your hands were frantic as you undid the zipper and the button of his pants. You withdrew his cock as your body lifted up off his finger, knuckle by knuckle, your cunt feeling every bump. You thumbed the tip of his unique organ as his browridge rumpled in a show of near to ecstasy.

“I can’t be held responsible for what might happen if you keep doing thaaaaatt…..”

You had slid down on your knees between his in the small space at his feet; you imbibed his Durosian dick down the bottomless pit that was your throat. He cursed in his native language, words you didn’t know the meaning of, but he called you Ena, making you smile unabashedly.

Your tongue twirled around every ridge and rib, your saliva lubricating his foreign phallus to the hilt of its blue-green shaft – he cried out another slew; a string of curses - his fingers digging into the seat of his X-wing’s cockpit. His eyes shut tight as he tried to control himself.

“I’m gonna cum right now if you do- don’t..” he admitted. You ended your little game, then rose to stick it in.

You tugged your dress off,  up and over your neck and head. You were left naked as the day you were born, wearing nothing now but your birthday suit as Suurgav’s jaw dropped; his bulbous tip leaked precum as he gawked.

“Ughhhh, what you are trying to do to me…” he groaned. His hands moved to touch you with an unmatched gentleness, his palms finding every curve of your shapely waist and hips. He fondled and caressed you, appreciative beyond compare. To him you were a perfectly proportioned sculpture of fine marble or flawless porcelain.

You took his cock up; you palmed it. He groaned again before you aligned it at your opening. It breached the edge; you were slow on purpose, letting Shriv feel every inch of your fleshy inner walls as you came to sit down on your haunches.

He was panting, doing his best to not get off prematurely. His arms lifted; they were nearly trembling. He cupped your perky tits in the palms of his large hands. He kneaded them so softly you barely felt the pressure.

His mouth was open; his eyes were shut; he was exhaling raggedly, yet quiet. He felt he had died and gone to Maker as he sweetly massaged your breasts. His lids batted for a moment before he looked at you straight on.

“You’re so k-karking beautiful…” he whispered.

Your lips parted as you climaxed. You voiced your pleasure to the heavens. Your back arched, leaving yourself vulnerable and open, your hands grasping at the roots of your long hair. You couldn’t help yourself.

Shriv leaned forward. He planted his sharp fangs against your soft and pliant skin. You came harder as he barely nipped you, his tongue aiding him to suck your flesh between his lips.

“Mmmm kitten… purr for me…” he mumbled out.

Your orgasm reached peaks you didn’t know it could as you moaned, hummed, and gasped tiny, timid breaths. It lasted some two minutes, give or take. By end of it he had released his seed within you; you had long ago agreed that was where you wanted it to go.

“Ohhh, Fullua ... I…”

You saw lights in the distance; the hangar bay was open. A duo of X-wings was coming in to land. You gasped, jumped up, then threw your dress back on. Shriv was halfway in a coma as he fluttered his crimson eyes at you.

“Hmn?” he asked, spent, exhausted, not even noticing he was in danger until you were up and off, down the ladder, and headed towards the hallway as the rest of his Squadron returned to base.

“Call me,” he slyly quipped, buckling and zipping his pants back up. He had done so in the nick of time, though he sat there and stared at the ceiling for quite a while. 

Another Duros asked him what he was still doing there, and he jokingly stated: “There was an emergency.”

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[walks-the-ages]

Mkay definitely going to be writing..... multiple Quantum Leap fanfics at some point in the future so establishing some ground rules / changes because the writers clearly have no concept of the word "consistency":

1) 100% body swap. Sam and the person he Leaped into are physically in each other's bodies, the only ones who see Sam as "Sam" (aka the actor Scott Bakula) is canonically the AudienceTM, the other side of the Fourth Wall. he literally has no idea what he himself looks like because he sees the person he's Leaped into in the mirror, and Al also sees him as whoever he's Leaped into.

(On the inverse, this means that whenever Sam Leaps into someone new, everyone at home has to deal with the fact that the body of their best friend is being possessed by a wide variety of people, some of whom are super traumatized, confused, and alarmed at what is happening, from terrified soldiers taken straight from the front lines of Vietnam, to coldblooded hit men, to Sam's literal 13 year old self. There's a lot to unpack here in terms of potential angst)

(Also, None of this bullshit where Sam can see while in the body of a blind man, or having half the episode try to convince you he's not actually pregnant until the last minute or saying "she could have the baby in the future and then the baby could be stuck there!" Like excuse me writers, you are breaking your own universe's established rules in the most hilariously stupid reach with that lol. That's now how this works.)

2) Sam knows american sign language. Any man that goes out of their way to learn 8 different languages is going to learn the main sign language of where he lives, especially with a photographic memory, he would learn quickly just from being around Deaf colleagues and friends.

3) Sam's 100% autistic in my fics :)

4) Sam is also 100% Asexual in my fics :) wether or not he remembers that or even knew it existed as even a concept is up in the air, but either way he'll slowly discover it over the course of the fics. He's also sex repulsed.

5) 4X01 doesn't exist. It was dumb, contrived, and didn't do anything except derail the storyline and completely throw the storyline off it's rhythm and make 4x02 feel very disjointed, leaving the audience needlessly wondering what stakes have changed only to realize... Oh. Literally nothing. (I am so glad nothing changed, but it would have been nice if they didn't try to hype it up like Sam had been leaping on his own for who knows how long, only to have Sam and Al start chatting as though they'd never been separated.)

4x01 was also used as a dumb excuse for Sam to suddenly be into sex, and flirting with women, because clearly they were fishing for more male audience engagement by making Sam have enthusiastic sexy times with women of his own free will (instead of the previous 3 seasons that established that he wants nothing to do with sex or anything physical). Also just the complete irony of them retconning in a wife for Sam in the same episode they start making him more....sexually active shall i say.

6) Ziggy is the "God/Him" in question, clearly, and is Orchestrating Events to make a more perfect timeline that is also a self fulfilling prophecy where he is always created by Sam. Not that Sam or anyone else ever realizes this.

7) Al is super fucking queer, and is very involved in the community and equality movement. Running for Honor doesn't follow the same script anymore, it was probably pretty good for 1992 television,but uhhhh no to Al saying "I can't always be the good guy" like, sorry writers but no .

Anyways. Al is Aromantic and genderqueer, and his full name is Ally which he chose himself after running away from the orphanage for the nth time and being taken in by a group of homeless queer folk and learning about everyone's experiences with gender, sex, romance, and everything in between.

8) "Time travel within his lifetime" except every time Sam Leaps into someone their lifetime is factored in to that count. Exponentially increasing Leaping dates. Aka Sam Leaps into Jesse Tyler in the year 1955, which is when Sam is 2 years old (born in 1953)? Well, now Sam can also leap as far back as Jesse Tyler's birthday and birth year. And every single time he Leaps, the Leapee's lifetime is added to his pool of potential leaping years.

.... I'll add more as I think of them :)

[yuristarwars]

MY SEASON 7 GAME OF THRONES IDEA

Okay so I really liked the first 6 seasons of Game of Thrones, with only a couple parts I didn’t (Sansa’s SA scenes, for example). However, I think GOT took a STEEP decline after season 6. Season 8 was the worst offender, but it started in season 7, so this is my idea for what would make for a better seasons 7 of Game of Thrones.

Plot lines: After blowing up the Sept of Baelor, Cersei has a revolution on her hands. People hate her now more than ever and even Jamie is questioning his loyalty, especially since he killed the mad king for this exact kind of thing. Jamie defects from the Queensguard to join the reovlution and Cersei, Qyburn, and Euron try devise a strategy to put this underground effort down. Bronn starts on Cersei’s side, but slowly starts to question his loyalty after a series of experiments Qyburn uses on innocent people he caught.

Jon Snow sends Sansa across Westeros with Lady Brienne, Podrick Payne, and Tormund Giantsbane to try to get the houses of Westeros to join the cause. Meanwhile, him and Davos fortify Winterfell for the oncoming march of the dead.

Daenarys, Grey Worm, Missandei, Tyrion, and the Greyjoys go to Dragonstone and get the help of houses Tyrell and Martell against House Lannister while Sansa Stark tries to convince them of the oncoming threat.

Samwell cures Jorah and together, they ride to Dragonstone to meet with Dany and her armies.

Arya Stark continues her quest for revenge across Westeros, using tactics she learned from the faceless men. However, a mysterious boy named Griff wants to accompany her, saying House Lannister has also done him harm...

Varys and Baelish play against each other for an intricate Chess game and control of the Iron Throne. Their pawns are already in place, and the Lannisters are on their last leg.

Character Arcs:

Jon Snow is now known as Jon “Coldblood” for his merciless enforcement in Winterfell. He was never the same after being brought back to life and having to watch his lover die in front of him. He’s not the same Jon from before and this might cause him some political problems.

Euron is more like his book version. He’s serious, strategic, and merciless.

Davos drinks himself in his sorrow after losing his king, his son, and now Shireen, while he desperately tries to advise Jon to be less cruel.

Arya Stark and Griff have no forced romance, but they’re both experts with swords and when they’re not killing together, they’re sparring. However, Arya is more staunchly anti-Targaryan and Griff however, isn’t.

Tyrion is intelligent. He refuses drinks and chooses to work long hours to help his queen devise strategies and who they should trust. There’s no lame dick jokes, but he’s still lighthearted and pleasant to be around.

Daenerys struggles with her conquest and trying to keep everyone working together. Having Sansa Stark there complicates things since the Martells dislike her house and the Tyrells have complicated feelings too.

Samwell and Jorah have virtually the same personalities as the seasons before, but their return to Dragonstone takes a turn for the worst as Sam realizes he’s being hunted down by his father.

[thornstocutyouwith]

Name: Jensen Hayden Coldblood

Meaning of Name: Jensen: God is gracious. Hayden: Hay field, Valley, Hill. Coldblood: Done or acting without consideration, compunction, or clemency.

Nickname(s):  Jen, Serge, 

Age: 28

Birthday: November 4 (New Earth)

Species/Nationality:  Vampire/Leshy Child Hybrid(Alive), Russian-American

Accent: Yes

Language Spoken: English, Russian, Danish, Moldovan,

Powers:

Part 1

Part 2

Weaknesses/Illness/Allergies: Has a rare illness, Alpha-gal syndrome,Light Deity Physiology beings, Divine Power Negation, Divine Power Immunity/Negation/Absorption,  Scales and skin may dry when overexposed to the Sun or artificial heat, such as fires or heaters, Lunar Deity Physiology and Solar Deity Physiology, Users may be outdated by new gods,  May be slain by users of Transcendent Weaponry, Omnislayer, The user's power can be sealed, separated, or diminished by special means, Archangels can be proven as equals, May be subject to and/or dependent on a higher being, such as a Demon Lord, Transcendent Demon, Fallen Transcendent Angel or Anti-God. May have to answer to a being of higher power, Vulnerable to certain rituals and prayers, especially those of a Shrine Maiden or Shinto Priest. Deity Consumption/Divine Power Absorption/Divine Power Negation/Divine Power Immunity/Divine Slayer, If vampires and werewolves are natural enemies, one may be vulnerable to their bite/scratch, Weak to Vampirism Immunity users, Easily spotted due to defiled ground around its roots, May be overpowered by Werewolf Physiology or other Werebeast Physiology, Dislike sunlight and depend on darkness and isolation to hunt victims, Need to regularly feed like any vampire,   Energy Drain/Vampirism can deplete them of their reserves of power and starve them to death, Even more so, they might be constantly craving to satiate their hunger. More so than a normal vampire, Vampires have traditionally several weaknesses, but how effective these are to an individual vampire varies greatly: Light Aversion: Direct sunlight may cause instant Disintegration, burn like fire or prevent the use of supernatural powers.

Originally, vampires had to sleep in their coffin during the day, and sunlight wasn't fatal, they were merely dormant during the day making it "easy" to sneak up on them. Ultraviolet light may be especially effective. Stabbed in the Heart/Stakes: Wooden stake through the heart. In most modern depictions, this is fatal; in the original folklore, it merely stops the vampire from leaving their coffin. In most of the older stories, one had to use a hammer or a grave digger's shovel to drive the stake in, which meant that vampire stakings mainly happened during the day when the vampire was asleep. In some cases a special specimen of wood is needed for the stake to be effective, commonly Hawthorn, and occasionally it needs to be blessed or enchanted. Some may die just by driving anything through the heart. This worked in the original folklore as they used to drive iron and steel through the heart.

Metal Aversion: Certain vampires have been known to be harmed and even killed by silver, especially stakes to the heart. Decapitation - and as a bonus point, this one isn't exactly exclusive to vampires; it conveniently works on almost any supernatural creature, and humans too. Then again, so does a stake through the heart. Holy Aversion. Crosses: but not necessarily other religious symbols. In modern renditions, this is usually subject to the power of belief of the wielder, the vampire, both, or neither. Possibly against Holy Powers. Certain plants or substances, garlic or silver being most common.

Pet: Anaconda (Hugubert, Male)

Occupation: Nobility, Battle tactician, Pharmacist

Faceclaim: Kit Harington

Description: Dark brown hair that’s dyed a blood red color. Dark brown eyes. 13 scars. Has 9 tattoos. Has 7 piercings. 

Outfit/Accessories/Jewelry: Has a sharp, summer like fashion style. Katana. Gun. 

Height: 5’8”

Weight: 137

Body Build: Average/Fit

Backstory/Background:

One of the first ancestors of the Coldblood family in the year of 247 was just a small child when they had come across a stranger while out on a shopping trip with their mother. While on this trip the small child would happen to come across a stranger. When they approached this stranger the child would learn that in their world grew a special tree. Not just one, actually. But there are many kinds of special trees. They would be told that these trees could take them to other worlds. That each tree had come with a color and a symbol to represent these worlds. Any who so happened to travel through the trees could also be changed by them, in some way.

The child would then further listen to this stranger as they would tell them that there was a world outside of their own that needed help. But before this stranger could reveal the name of this world, and how to get to it, the child's mother had come to collect the child. As well as giving a scolding to them about wandering off the way that they had. For many years this child would remember this encounter with the strange man. They would, in their adult life, search for the special trees. When they found them and a good place to grow them not long after, the ancestors would build the Coldblood Family Home and begin to plant the first tree’s. Blue Tree’s. These trees would become the tree’s the family would be known for.

Though as the years went by and the ancestor found more, they moved all the tree’s to their massive land, and fenced it off with a power that would not permit any outside of the family and those allowed to work in the forest, inside. Because inside the forest, past the Blue Tree’s, there were other tree’s. Tree’s of many colors, trees with many symbols. Trees that could indeed, take anyone to other worlds. One in particular kind of tree often would summon evil beings. Which the Coldbloods would kill. Though when one ancestor had one day disappeared into one of the tree’s, many had forgotten the person. All but some of the family. When these members were the last to survive they had become too afraid to keep the powerful barrier keeping the monsters from the tree’s inside.

So the monsters would also begin to become a part of their world, too. By the year 3604 in their world Kingdom's had formed, and been long standing benchmarks in the world. The creatures who came into it would also have integrated into it, becoming different humanoid species or similar. The Coldbloods would also be affected by these changes. The stories of the stranger who spoke of trees that could take others to different worlds had also continued like it was a myth throughout the ages, into the present day. As well as the fame of the Blue Tree’s and the Coldblood family who had been the only ones to grow the special trees would become more than myth in the world. The Coldblood’s would cease to be one species or another, as well, as they intermingled. The stranger who spoke of the tree’s however was always spoken about, and by many children, wished for.

Though many had once suspected the Blue Tree’s of the Coldblood’s to be the trees from the stories. No one could figure out how to travel with them. Except for the Coldblood how one day disappeared into them. As well as stories of the creatures that came out of them, a long time ago. Though it is impossible to get their hands on the trees because the Coldblood’s ancestor had ensured no other could have any of the trees but them, and no one could enter the forest, but a Coldblood, or those with the Coldbloods permission.

This is where our story officially begin with Jensen himself.

Jensen was born into the Noble Coldblood family. He was born into the Dark Element Kingdom. Which held the fertile lands that grew their ancient forest of majorly Blue Tree’s. As a small child Jensen would be spoiled by his mother and father. However, His mother and his father were actually very terrible people. His father was a creature of godly proportions, with control over Nature and other such similar elements. Jensen’s mother was what would be known as a vampire. Due to their fame and wealth and his being their only child, in what many would assume to be a dying family, Jensen was doted on by his usually unkind mother and father.

However, when Jensen was old enough to understand his parents' kindness toward him was not shared toward others, he found himself to be disgusted by them. This would stay with him till the day they both died. Jensen would have to often sit through his parents' horrendous talking down of staff that worked for them. Or the commoners when they were out on daily walks or trips with what they considered the ‘peon’s’. Jensen would also learn not only that his parents had hated the poor. But they were also compulsive and disgusting liars. While he was the official sole heir and only child of his parents that could inherit the Coldblood Family’s lineage. There had also been rumors that Jensen would often overhear as a boy, that his parents had had other children with different people.

As he learned how to read he would find these rumors inside of papers and magazines, and not just the gossip of the staff. Which would tell him that his family had been, while famous and revered, also a bit of a laughing stalk in recent years because of his parents behavior and cut throat actions. Continuing to feel animosity the older he got and the more information he was allowed to have access to of his parents, Jensen started going out into outings on his own. Building his own kind of reputation with the people of the Kingdom his family were nobles for. Jensen would wander into a den of the homeless, and when approached by a man he would lend them some money he had on him from his own savings. This however was noticed and eventually got back to his parents.

When his parents had learned about Jensen’s kind actions they took it more as a way of ruining their reputation. Which they had imagined was good. So because of this action they would stop spoiling Jensen and turn their anger back onto him. Showing him who they actually were, finally. They locked their son up in a hidden room for the next several years. Keeping him away from the outside world. They would abuse Jensen so badly that he would eventually stop being kind. Which was their goal in the end, to make him just like them, in the end. Jensen would stay in the hidden room till he was seventeen years old. When he was let out of this room Jensen took his opportunity and escaped from his family, leaving his family home in the night and disappearing. He would never see his parents again.

After he left home Jensen would take on the name Serge as an alias. He would work odd jobs across the lands wherever he went to keep his family off his trail. While he travels he picks up pharmacy and becomes a pharmacist for a time. He also notices that each land is based on an element and within each land there are certain species of creatures that could not have survived in other kingdoms. He also comes to understand that not only was his own parents cruel, but most of the people across each kingdom are also cruel and that the lands and their people are at war because the king of his home kingdom, splitting from the family of the Light Kingdom. Since that day the people have lost all hope that there is love left in it. Even though the kings and queens try their hardest to do the best for the kingdoms. This does not seem to be working however.

Then one day Jensen would hear that his parents had both been murdered, and it was all because of the people's frustration over Jensen’s disappearance. Jensen headed back home then, and he reclaimed his noble title. As well, he continued to allow the Blue Tree’s to be sold once again, at more reasonable prices. For furniture, and such like this. Never as a whole. As it had always been since the first ancestor planted the first Blue Tree. Jensen would also start to wear the Blue Tree symbol of his household and begin to work closer to the King of the Dark Kingdom, as well. Though as he was going through the old history of his family, he would discover in older journals that the myth of traveling to other worlds through tree’s was ...a lot less myth, and a lot more a reality.

However, he would keep this to himself. As mentioned in the journals, it would be dangerous if word got out about the tree’s and their true capability, outside of being just a pretty little fashion statement for rich assholes to adorn their homes with.

(Work In Progress)

Personality:

Kind, Odd, Smart, Random, Weird, Childish, Flexible, Healthy, Innovative, Personable, Stable, Punctual, Adventurous, Charismatic, Artful, Busy, Big-Thinking, Physical, Determined, Old-fashioned, Questioning, Meddlesome, Scornful, Brutal, Blunt, Arrogant, Mean, Rude, Obnoxious, Jerk, 

Quirks/Savvies/Other: Bullet with a name (Theme Song). KWIRA, Can't eat meat due to illness, Mostly eats fruit and sweet food, Thinks cats can see his soul, Names and talks to all personal weapons, Commits petty crimes, Foot-taps when worried, Cosmetic Eyeglasses, Will go out of his way to avoid taking a left turn, Doesn’t understand puns, Not having an indoor voice, Annoyed by natural disasters, Hoards things, Has a sensitive nose and flower smells give him headaches, Light sleeper, Gestures when he talks, Makes odd noises when he’s stressed, Strokes hair, Skills: Fishing, Skating, Evaluating Items, Surveillance Technology, Financial Planning, Foraging, Tactics, Timing, Personal Productivity, Singing, Sculpting, Breath Control, Macrobiology, Self-Discipline, Hobbies: Card Tricks, Playing Music, Origami, Hydro Dipping, Digital Art, Coding, Carrier Pigeons, Snowboarding, Escape Rooms, Making Mosaics, Record Collecting, Acroyoga, Survivalist Prepping, Paintball, Word Searches, Decorating, Adult Kickball, Botany, Construction, Quilting, Herbalism, Journaling, 

Likes: Sweets, Animals, Books, Musical Instruments, The Moon, The Stars, Mind Games, Antiques, Documentaries, Riddles, Amusement Parks, Sports Bars, Open Spaces, Lions, Shounen Anime, Drawing Fanart, The Rolling Stones, Vampires, Hot Water, The color Pink, Reptiles, 

Dislikes: The Dark, The Rain, Thunder, Needles, Blood, Violence, The Sun, Vegetables, Twitter, Seashells, Nonfiction Books, Complaints, Water Parks, Stationary, Napping, Small Hours, Lounges, Lakes, Theology, Bowties, Elves, Batman, Insects, 

Fears: Blood, Bees, Failure, The color Yellow, Heat,

Personality Tests:

Other: Scorpio,  

Parent(s):

   -> Father:

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Sibling(s): None.

Other Relatives: Rafael Coldblood-Ravencroft, Cole Coldblood-Ravencroft, Jupiter Coldblood-Ravencroft, Caleb Coldblood, Percival Knight-Coldblood,  Oakley Coldblood-Ravencroft, Izaac Coldblood-Ravencroft, Elizabeth Coldblood, Casper Coldblood-Ravencroft, Jared Coldblood, Damion Coldblood-Sparrow, Angelus Endless-Coldblood, Dietrich Coldblood-Ravencroft, Maximus Coldblood-Ravencroft, Carson Endless, Thurinon Endless, Tristan Endless, Leven Coldblood-Ravencroft, Theophanes Coldblood-Ravencroft,

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[i-rate-horse-games]

in Let's Ride! Friends Forever, you get to customize your avatar when you start a game, but there are very few options (no skin color) and it looks like this

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and then you have 15 horse options, which are really just 5 colors and then warmblood, coldblood, or thoroughbred. you don't get to type a name for your horse, you have to choose one of their horse names.

so you get your foal, and the game is like "hi! :)" and then just lets you do whatever you want. there's an encyclopedia where you can read instructions when you get stuck, so that's nice, although it's largely unhelpful. when you want to know "why don't I have a curry comb and how do I get one?" the page on hygene says "hygene is important! you don't want a dirty horse LOL" it does not tell you that you have to take your horse for a walk, then walk yourself to the shops. but that's what you do. and then you drag each cleaning item to the respective body part and wait until the bar next to it turns green.

you can walk your horse in shows right away. you can end the day whenever you want. there is a clock telling you what time of day it is, one second a minute, but i lack the patience to see what happens at midnight. there's a diary that updates to show your progress.

on day 3 it said Your Horse needs Exercise! and so i went down and walked for a bit but that exercise bar goes up soooo slowly, they really want you to drag your stylus around that meadow for a While and think "wow this meadow is awesome! i love walking in circles!" but that is exactly what i did when i was Child, so that's fair.

it takes 13 very repetitive days before your horse is old enough to ride. then you gotta walk to the store to buy some tack, then walk back. then you click Ride and you can ride. it doesn't show the tack. then you ride off to your first tournament and

how. do you jump.

i couldn't figure out how to jump, so we went back to the stable and i discovered me horse has pulled a muscle because we didn't warm up by walking first. point for accuracy! also i bought leg wraps but that was actually only 1 singular wrap for one leg. so horse has a bracelet now.

i checked the encyclopedia and it just says to make sure my horse jumps on time. it doesn't say how to jump! I'm googling it

ok they say you have to click rapidly on the hurdle

nothing is happening. i can't figure out how to get this horse to jump.WAIT I DID IT. ok so you move by dragging the stylus but you lift it and tap it for a second and you'll jump. That Needed Instructions.

alright, so your 2 gamemodes are the horse show, where you lead your horse on foot around for the judges, and the jumping, which is challenging. you can get trophies and advance in both. you win money and spend it on better tack and decorations at the shops. you keep your horse healthy. there is no breeding. if you neglect your horse for 3 days, animal custody comes and takes your horse away and the game ends.

i had this stylish lad in a save from 2015

the music is a little bit of a banger, but it is the only music for the entire game and never stops or changes. here's a snippet.

i rate this game 2 stars out of 5!

★★☆☆☆

good for those who like filling in the gaps with their imagination. there are only 2 activities to do and two places you can ride outside of that. you get sick of the music after about 7 minutes. but it's a horse game!

[rothalion]

TW: Mentions and descriptions of abuse, racism, suicide, suicidal thoughts, mental illness, medical information and description, trauma, guns, major MSQ spoilers. Post will be put under read more for triggers and length.

Disorders and Post-EW Injury

Rothalion has been greatly affected for many years by trauma and mental illness, and while I have off-hand mentioned one or two I've yet to narrow down just what his symptoms and triggers are. As well, I've recently considered some injuries that I would like to add following the end of Endwalker. Although not many they are things that give further reason to his retirement in most verses; there is only one verse where Rothalion continues his work as an adventurer.

Let's begin with the mental disorders he suffers from, as the majority are long-standing and only worsened between ARR and EW.

Rothalion suffers from PTSD, Depression and Chronic Insomnia and has since he was a boy. It began with the death of his parents to an incredibly traumatic disease when he was 7 years old and was quickly worsened as he was given over to his aunt and uncle to be raised. Neither individual wanted children, rather they had a strong hatred of children to begin with and due to the trauma of finding his parents dead Rothalion was far from the perfect angel. When Rothalion acted out in any way, no matter how minor, he was punished with violence. If he cried, he would be insulted and his worth diminished. Their favourite method of physical abuse was burning and the use of a small leather whip; lashes to the bare skin of his back were incredibly common and the biggest source of his extensive back scarring and nerve damage. For 11 years his body and self worth was broken for sick kicks or as an outlet for misdirected rage, and is the very starting point for his PTSD in particular.

With his exit into the world his experience was dampened very quickly. His home had been situated in a Duskwight settlement deep underground in the South Shroud and so his first contact with any of the city states was Gridania... a city state run rampant with blatant racism gone unchecked. It was here that he underwent further abuse at the hands of the Wood Wailers, and after a particularly bad encounter that landed him in prison undeserved and subject to further physical abuse behind closed doors, he fled the city and traveled on foot towards Ul'dah; he would later return to Gridania where ARR starts after saving gil for equipment and training.

Major events that caused further trauma and worsening mental illness include:

The murder and kidnapping of the Scions in ARR, the assassination attempt of the Sultana and subsequent betrayal of Ul'dah, Haurchefant's death in HW, his battle with a Nidhogg-possessed Estinien and the removal of the Eyes, Ilberd's suicide and the coldblooded murder of his followers, the death of Papalymo pre-SB, witnessing Y'shtola's near death in SB, battling Yotsuyu as Tsukuyumi, Zenos' suicide in SB, losing his friends one by one pre-ShB, witnessing the transformation of a woman into a sin-eater, defending the Crystarium from sin-eaters, reliving the destruction of Amaurot, nearly transforming into a lightwarden, almost losing G'raha to the Crystal Tower, finding the dead bodies of a young woman and her younger sister in the frozen wastes of Garlemald, having his body stolen and being forced to fight through chaos to reach his friends and protect them, witnessing and battling Anima, the Final Days and seeing people transform into monsters all around them, battling Hydaelyn, everything witnessed and experienced within Ultima Thule, battling Meteion, finally killing Zenos and nearly dying as a result.

With severe trauma often comes triggers and Rothalion is not without his own. Note that while they are triggers not all of them are consistent and always result in a reaction and some are more subtle and can be easily overlooked by a party unfamiliar with him. His triggers:

Anything that remotely sounds like the crack of a whip (Constant visceral reaction)

The visual of a whip (Constant intense reaction)

Illness, both that of his own and that of others (Constant intense reaction)

Firearms, both sound and visual (Subtle reaction)

Screaming (Inconsistent, intense reaction ; emotion behind the scream unneccessary. A happy child's scream is just as likely to trigger flashbacks as a scream of despair)

The scent of fire, smoke and even cooking (Inconsistent, subtle reaction)

Touch to his exposed back (Intense reaction ; trusted parties are more permitted to make contact and with some individuals he begins to find comfort in their touch instead. This requires a lot of trust)

The scent of decomposition, including that of produce (Subtle reaction)

Wood Wailers' masks (Constant subtle reaction)

The following are listed symptoms Rothalion suffers from each disorder; while many symptoms overlap from person to person they can be different as well and so these are just the ones Rothalion experiences himself.

PTSD Symptoms: Chronic nightmares of past trauma, reliving his trauma via flashbacks, negative thoughts about himself and the world, hopelessness about the future, feeling detached from others, bouts of emotional numbness, trouble sleeping and overwhelming guilt and shame

Depression Symptoms: Feelings of intense sadness, hopelessness and emptiness, sleep disturbance and insomnia, lack of energy, reduced appetite, anxiety and restlessness, feelings of worthlessness and guilt, and suicidal thoughts

Chronic Insomnia Symptoms: Trouble staying asleep, frequently waking too early and being unable to return to sleep

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Post-EW Injuries

At the end of Endwalker the WoL is so badly injured they nearly die, and Ro is no different. While he is saved by his friends, nobody on the ship is a chirurgeon and so for big injuries that require surgery he is forced to wait. The following are his worst injuries that could not be fixed through healing magic alone and therefore leave symptoms that only further convince him to retire as the Warrior of Light.

Kienbock Disease: A disease in which bloodflow to one or more of the small bones in the wrist is disrupted and causes the bone to die. His symptoms include pain in the wrist, pain amplified by gripping, difficulty moving the wrist and hand weakness. His left wrist/hand is affected, and while he can still use it he cannot lift heavy objects without struggle and wielding a 2-handed spear is incredibly difficult.

Osteonecrosis (Hip Bone Damage): Painful and progressive damage of the hip joint caused by lack of bloodflow. This was caused by a fractured hip that could not be surgically fixed until reaching Old Sharlayan. His symptoms include severe and worsening pain in the hip and groin area, thigh pain, deep and throbbing hip pain and pain in the knee. Due to pain, he now has a deep limp and occasionally walks with a cane.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A disorder causing sudden lack of energy that is made worse by physical or mental activity but does not recover from rest. Originally believed to be from a lack of sleep, he realizes later after 8 months of consistent fatigue that it is something else entirely. Suspected to be cause by stress and extreme physical trauma his symptoms include fatigue, problems with memory and concentration, dizziness that worsens when moving from lying down or sitting up and standing, unrefreshing sleep and extreme exhaustion after physical and/or mental activity.

In only one verse Rothalion does not retire after Endwalker, although he still suffers the same disorders and injuries. In such a verse he goes out of his way to put himself through physical therapy far more than in his other verses, and while his stamina is not the same as it used to be he does manage to make a nearly full recovery.