#How are you STILL getting captured by the enemy and/or separated from the group????

[oh-cool-a-burning-sword]

in light of the new FB event:

[faeriichaii]

Greetings 🤗 could I requested how the fellowship would realise their feelings for reader and how would their behaviour change towards them? Thank you! <3

The Fellowship and how they would realize their feelings

A/N: I am finally back!! I am so happy to be able to write again and I apologize that you had to wait so long for your request :( omg I never got like a headcanon (??) request and like I am so excited!! Especially cause it's kinda a big group and like I never wrote anything for the hobbits or like for Aragorn or Boromir hihi <33 (Tbh it was like so hard cause I really noticed I don't really know much about their characters or well I don't really know much about them?? idk idk... so some could be a little bit off so I apologize!!) But I still hope you like this!!!

⇢ ˗ˏˋ Warnings: fluff (maybe some ooc behaviour) ࿐ྂ ⇢ ˗ˏˋ Words: 1.3k in total ࿐ྂ ⇢ ˗ˏˋ Request: Yes (thank you <33) ࿐ྂ

Aragorn:

I think he would notice his growing feelings for you rather quickly. He would probably notice this after watching you argue with passion about some kind of topic with another person. The way you stand behind your opinion and fight for the things you love and adore. The passion that lines every single word that passes your lips. The way your eyebrow raises at your opponent and their silly sentences, that absolutely make no sense to you. Honestly, I doubt that much changes from his behaviour because he already is a caring person. Maybe his hand would sometimes hold onto your hand to make sure you know that he stands behind you and your decisions. Maybe he also tends to polish your weapons for you and maybe he also prepares a few arrows for you if you decide to use a bow. And maybe, just maybe he shows you a few tips and tricks with the sword in order to make sure that nothing could harm you. Because he knows, that you can handle yourself in any kind of fight. But practice still helps to ensure your safety, especially in the case that the both of you get separated.

Legolas:

Like Aragorn, he would catch onto his growing fondness for you rather quickly. He probably would notice his feelings after catching you being so incredibly sweet and kind towards one of the hobbits. The way you immediately tried to help Frodo through his doubts. How you tried to cheer him up by telling him that he will make it. That all of you will make it and finish the quest at hand. You always try your hardest to brighten everyone’s day with your positivity and your cheerfulness. Legolas couldn’t do anything else than fall for you head over heels. The warmth that you always spread around captured him and his heart. He would probably (definitely) ask to braid your hair (in case you are totally unaware of the custom behind it). But he would probably also try being constantly close to you. Not in a clingy way. Well, more like a moth that was drawn to a flame. (Maybe a tiny bit in a clingy way). And oh as soon as the quest is over he will try to find any kind of artistic measure to capture your heart with.

Gimli:

Listen, he definitely takes a while to realize his feelings. But he would totally notice some kind of admiration after you beat him in battle. The way you just jump from one enemy to another and rip them apart. Your strength and the way you just push through them with ease. (He still will huff after you declare that you definitely killed more enemies than he did). He would also try his best to deny his feelings and try to act indifferently or like ‘he doesn’t care’ (Even though he definitely cares). He would definitely clean your weapons and sharpen them for you. After returning home he will forge an axe or sword for you. Maybe even a courting bead if the time has come for him to stop battling his feelings and just face them.

Boromir:

I think he would take a little while to notice his feelings towards you. Probably due to the fact that he mostly is being occupied by the power of the ring or maybe due to the pressure of the quest that lays heavily on his shoulder. He knows it is an important journey. So his heart did stutter after you reassured him with your kind words. The way you spoke with him and the way you just would listen to his worries. It felt like you really cared for him and his wellbeing and he really just needed someone to talk to. Someone who was willing to listen to him (especially because I feel that some people tend to misunderstand him). And you just happen to really want to listen to his worries and try to push him through it. Try to show him that you would be by his side while he follows the path of the journey. After he realized his feelings for you he would definitely try his best to take care of you the way you did for him. He would support your decisions and if you happen to have a bad day he would stand by your side and listen to your worries and just do the same things you did for him. Care for you and give you the support you need.

Sam:

Oh he would totally catch onto his feelings quickly. Probably after receiving your praise for how well he had prepared dinner that night. The way your eyes lit up at the first taste of the soup and how you hummed in approval at the flavour. He definitely would blush and smile dumbly while stirring the pot (definitely lost in the thought of your beautiful smile). He definitely would be more fidgety and bashful around you. He would probably also share some of his portions of food with you (In case you are hungry or you already finished your food for the trip). And maybe he would give you just a little bit more food if he was the one preparing the food (either for breakfast or dinner or the portions for travelling idk idk). (And maybe just maybe he would carefully prepare like a cute flower crown or smth for you.)

Frodo:

His feelings for you were definitely the last thing on his mind. He would definitely notice them however, after you carefully hold him close to you after another one of his nightmares he had. Gently stroking his hair while holding him towards your chest, mumbling to him that everything will be alright. He didn’t even notice the way he had clung onto you. But you didn’t mind that. All that you wanted to do was reassure him and try to give him the strength he needs to push through this. His heart filled with warmth at your kindness and at the support you lend him. Every time when he struggles, he just looks at you and he immediately feels better. He will definitely try to reassure your worries and try to be there for you the way you always seem to be there for him.

Merry:

I think he would be a little like Pippin when it comes to the realization of his feelings. Like, he would definitely not notice his feelings at first, but after you did protect him from a few Orcs, he couldn’t help but admire you. He wanted to get stronger (and maybe protect you too yk?) So he will definitely learn a few sword fighting skills from Boromir and Aragorn, but he will mostly try to practice with you. To understand the way you swing your sword and to understand the fighting tactics you use. (He also just wanted to spend more time with you) And maybe just maybe when the time has come, he will raise his sword against an Orc and protect you.

Pippin:

Oh he would definitely take his time realizing his feelings. But he does realize them, after he notices that you seem to be one of the only people who was not completely mad at him for his constant clumsiness. Yes, he made mistakes. But that is normal, isn’t it? Everyone makes mistakes and you try to explain that to him. The way you try to make him understand that even Gandalf or Aragorn took wrong turns in their lives made him feel a little bit better. You would explain to him that mistakes need to happen in order for him to grow as a person. Nobody is perfect, is what you told him with a beaming smile. But he couldn’t believe your words if you sat in front of him and just existed. He would definitely try and make you laugh as much as possible. Especially if the days or nights are rough and maybe everything is grey, he definitely still will try to brighten your day with either very silly harmless jokes or pranks.

[gayelderstourney]

OLD MAN YAOI BRACKET ROUND 1

Propaganda:

Jean Valjean/Javert:

One of the OG enemies to lovers. In the novel and musical, Valjean and Javert have complex, intertwined, and mirrored narratives which make them a fascinating ship to analyze. Also, there is a lot of hot fanfiction about them.

javert chases valjean around for at least 20 years because he broke parole and that's a big plot point. (jvj went to jail for bread theft if it matters.) considering how long that is and how much javert feels the need to do said chasing around that's kinda gay. also at one point javert is employed by valjean (except he doesn't know it's him and knows him as m. madeleine) and then asks madeleine to fire him. because he thought he was valjean and wanted to send him to jail even though he IS valjean. but some other guy got framed instead so it checks out and then WAY later on the barricades javert gets captured by a bunch of college students and valjean sets him free. this causes javert to have an existential crisis because 'OH NO HE'S A CRIMINAL BUT HE'S NICE TO ME' and then he kills himself. (also they have a very awkward carriage ride together. along with the unconscious body of valjean's future son-in-law. after valjean was in the parisian sewers and therefore covered in sewer water.)

what if i was an escaped convict and also the extremely benevolent mayor of a small jet producing town who broke into people's houses to give them money. and you were a furry cop trying to arrest me anyway. and then i save you from execution in the June rebellion and you realise that the police are not a symbol of justice but authority and being a criminal in the eyes of the law is completely separate from being a bad person. and this fucked you up so bad you killed yourself.

fuck those twinks in les mis these are the real finest gay love story victor hugo ever invented. javert literally followed valjean across france for decades because of his psychosexual obsession with recapturing him. valjean had the chance to kill him and spared his life, thus jump-starting javert's entire emotional arc. they're deranged and obsessive and they should kiss on the mouth

javert threw himself off a bridge bcs he was so mad the guy he was obsessively chasing was actually a good person depsite being a criminal theres gay ass old man yuri here

When you build your entire life around the existence of a man you despise is that still gay or do we need to invent something that transcends homosexuality. Asking for a friend.

fellas is it gay to spend your entire life chasing another man to arrest him even though all he did was steal a loaf of bread

Ravenpaw/Barley:

kitties who were outcast from previous groups they were a part of and find and live with each other. they are canonical mates even though theyre both dudes. they grow old together, but ravenpaw gets cancer and dies before barley (he lives to be considered old in warrior cats years). however ravenpaw wanted to be in the same kitty afterlife that barley will go to, so they can be together in kitty afterlife. barley is still alive though as far as we know and might be the oldest living cat in the series now. also i just think its funny to call little kitty cats "old man yaoi"

[merakimaiden]

Is there someone else or not?

Pairing : Simon ‘Ghost’ Riley x reader

Genre : Angst

Word count : 1016

Summary : Ghost finally releases the green eyed monster.

Warnings : Jealous Ghost!! , shouting, uh badly written fic :(“

A/N : Based on The Weeknd - Is there someone else? Thank you @lilywastaken for beta reading <3

Ghost didn’t think that joining forces with Los Vaqueros would be hell.

You and Soap, along with Ghost, have been tasked with joining forces with the Mexican Special Forces, Los Vaqueros, led by Colonel Alejandro Vargas, to capture Hassan at a cartel safe house.

The moment the three of you stepped foot on the military base, he couldn’t help but shudder at the way Alejandro was favouring you. Alejandro was openly flirting with you in front of him. It makes him want to punch a wall.

Is there someone else or not?

You were no better. During a mission to capture Hassan, you and Alejandro made little jokes to each other, and Ghost noticed the way Alejandro stared at you when you weren’t looking.

He tried to ignore it because he didn’t know how or when to confess. Ghost has been pushing away his feelings for you for a long time, ever since you joined Task Force 141. Everything about you seems to mesmerise him. Your kindness, your aura, your smile, your gorgeous face...

‘Cause I wanna keep you close.

"Ghost, you with me?"

He was pulled out of his thoughts by Alejandro. He barked out a quick ‘affirmative' and nodded rather awkwardly. His eyes bounced to every pair of eyes staring at him, eventually falling onto yours.

You nodded at him and turned back to the group, tuning back into the discussion going on.

"-for a meet with Sin Nombre, and if he’s there,we pounce." Soap continued.

"To make it in, you’ll need eyes and ears. I’ll go too." Alejandro countered and looked at you, causing you to smile. Ghost wishes you could smile at him instead.

I don’t wanna lose my spot

"I’ll take overwatch. Shadow circles the target in a helo," Ghost interrupted to cut the scene short and get to work instead. His patience was running low with Alejandro. Everyone seemingly agreed with Ghost, all going their separate ways. You were confused as to why Ghost did not assign you a task, but you decided to camp on the hill with him anyway.

The both of you were currently at a clearing on a hill, in a prone position, eyeing the safe house ahead. You could see Alejandro and Soap discussing among themselves in the far corner of the safehouse, away from the enemy’s sight. Alejandro said that he would inform you once they were ready, so you and Ghost still had ample time.

Ghost was quiet beside you. You decided to break the silence with a dumb joke.

"Hey L.T., why did the scarecrow get an award?" You said as you adjusted your scope to get a better view.

The man beside you only sighed in reply. Not continuing further.

"Well?" You pushed, a small smile on your lips as you waited to tell the punchline.

"Tell your jokes to your little boyfriend." Ghost countered, making your smile fall.

"Boyfriend? What are you talking about-"

"Enough with the act; you know what I’m talking about. I’ve seen the way you two act around each other." He cut you off nonchalantly, adjusting his position on the ground.

"I really don’t know-"

"The colonel has a thing for you, doesn’t he?! Tell your jokes to him!" Ghost snapped at you, his head finally turning to stare at you with anger, chest heaving. Ghost wonders, how in the world could you act so oblivious to this?

You stared at him in shock. You have never heard him shout with so much fury. You blinked back tears that threatened to trail down your cheeks. You stood up and looked at him from above.

Ghost internally cursed himself. He shouldn’t have snapped at you over a childish thing. He let his jealousy get the best of him. You were allowed to talk to anyone you wanted. He quickly got up from where he laid to apologise, but now it’s your turn to snap at him.

Cause I need to know

"Why are you acting like this? What’s wrong with you?" You raised your voice in frustration, waiting for a reply.

Ghost can’t help but fight fire with fire.

"What’s wrong with me? What’s wrong with you?!" He stepped closer, making you back off a little. "Why do you make me feel like this? Why do you torture me this way?" he continued.

You stayed silent, mouth agape. Ghost stepped back, regretting what he spat out to you, and turned away to settle back onto the ground, hoping you would forget what he said when you spoke up.

"W-what do I make you feel?" You stuttered as you knelt down to the ground, setting your sniper rifle to the side.

He sighed and turned to glance at you, then turned to his scope, abashed. He gave up and sat up instead, face downturned.

Fuck this.

"My heart beats faster when I’m around you. Have been at it for a while, actually. Didn’t know how to tell you," he said it so casually, tilting his head and gesturing with his hand—as though he didn’t just drop the biggest bomb you’ve encountered that will change the relationship between the both of you.

If you’re hurting him, or you’re hurting me

"I-do you have feelings for me… Ghost?" You tested the waters, trying to decipher whether or not you heard him correctly.

He stayed silent and just stared at you with unreadable eyes. He eventually continued.

"When I see you with h-him, my heart aches." He finished with yet another sigh, this time in shame. He placed his sniper rifle on his lap and toyed with his fingers. Why was he stuttering? He’s making himself look like a complete fool.

"This is stupid, we should just go back to what we were doing-" He was about to adjust his body to be in a prone position like earlier, but was stopped by a gentle hand on his shoulder.

If I ain’t with you, I don’t wanna be

"I have feelings for you too," you whispered, a small smile creeping on your face.

Is there someone else or not?

Reblogs and feedback are appreciated :)

[spinjitsuburst]

ninjago fic recommendations because i have so many Thoughts about them

gonna share some of my favorite ninjago fics bc they're so so so good and i want people to talk about them with me

Land of the Living by @captainbrookeworm - An evil scientist bent on using Lloyd's powers to resurrect his enemies chooses a poor one to start with - with Morro back alive he has to help Lloyd escape the facility, find a way to stop the bad guy, and keep the rest of the ninja from throttling him as everyone learns to adjust (pretty sure this has a sequel that i still need to read)

when you think you're all alone by @mondothebombo - A fic about a deeper look into what things were like for Jay aboard Misfortune's Keep. Lots of hurt, lots of comfort, lots of Jay needing therapy (TW: this fic contains depictions of torture and discussion of sexual assault so please be careful!) (also i've drawn fanart for this fic huehue)

The Ice Emperor and the Earth Dragon by @mcfanely - In the events of Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu, things are changed when Cole gets zapped to the Neverrealm alongside Zane. With two ninja trapped instead of one, we get a different look at how the Ice Emperor comes to be, and just how far Cole is willing to go to protect his brother (this fic broke my brain ngl)

Current Hunger by @thoriffix - After a mission gone wrong, Jay's behavior begins getting more and more unstable. Dangerous. He's hearing whispers in his head, things that aren't there, and the ninja are noticing. Little do they know the danger is much bigger than anything anyone could've imagined (TW: a lot of psychological and body horror)

Play to Win by @sadisthetic - A Skybound one-shot. After getting captured on Misfortune's Keep, Cole didn't expect to be thrown into combat, much less against Jay. A one-shot about Jay and Cole and the worst round of Scrap N' Tap imaginable (tw: violence duh)

Visionary by @k1ngtok1 - A fic about Lloyd, getting an innermost look at the history of the people he cares about most

Would You Like to Enter Prime Empire? by @finn-m-corvex - A fic where Prime Empire carries out somewhat differently, with the ninja separated from Jay and having to work with him from the outside of Prime Empire

There's a Smell of Stale Fear by @spinchip - A one-shot about Jay tending to Zane in the aftermath of a traumatic event. A lot of reflection on Zane and what he's been through. (TW dark themes)

To rise after the fall by @k1ngtok1 - A series of fics centering around Cole and his realization that he has oni heritage. It's so cute and good and yes please read this series i am Begging you

Would You Like to Enter Stardust? by @aureallegories - Something goes wrong when Jay enters Prime Empire. Becoming a corrupted code in the game, Jay forgets the ninja entirely and becomes one of the hardest bosses in all of Prime Empire (i've drawn fanart for this fic too huehue)

Masking and Unmasking by HelloThere3306 - A one-shot set in the movieverse, all the ninjas identities are a secret until Lloyd's gets revealed to the group by accident. The ninja have to set aside their biases to get their green leader back.

[peaxhxhair]

Hi! Can you please headcanons for Choi Mujin and Do Gangjae? when his enemy kidnaps his partner to take revenge on him how will they react?

A/n: Hiii! Thanks so much for this request! Hope you enjoy :)

Pairings: Choi Mujin x Gn! Reader, Do Gangjae x Gn! Reader (Separate)

Don't put it past him to be a petty bastard.

Oh, someone stole you from him? He'll take you back, along with taking someone that his enemy loves.

His enemy is Bold to think he won't kill their loved ones without a second glance.

Mujin will keep them thinking that they're a love and well - in reality, they didn't even make it back to the hotel.

Stuffed in a ditched somewhere and left to die - all but a few gunshots left in their twitching body.

For you, he'll cradle you in his arms and make sure you're okay.

For Mujin, I think he struggles when knowing what to do - especially with you.

You're usually so strong and happy. Seeing you cowering and flinching at touch is new for him. He wouldn't know what to do.

It was hard for you to let him hold you - but he made sure you were comfortable.

Knowing you were so uncomfortable, he attempts to comfort you with words.

He'll tell you a story, or talk about his day. How much he loves you and when he fell for you.

He'll talk for you until you're ready. Ready to talk about it - how you were feeling.

Mujin will avoid his work for you - wanting you to feel better before he can focus on something that isn't you and your wellbeing.

Eventually, when you mutter something about what had happened during your capture, he'll listen.

He'll be angry no matter what happened. The idea that someone hurt his love was infuriating.

He'll never take that anger out on you. Never.

It'll take a while for the two of you to return to normality.

He'll do everything for you - cook, clean, he'll buy you things. Anything you want.

He just loves you so much and wants you to be okay.

One day, you question what happened to that guy - the one who tied you up and attacked you.

He'll hum as he poured hot water over coffee granules.

"I took care of him. Don't you worry baby"

So...That guy is dead.

Literally the second he manages to find you, whoever took you had been stabbed in the head and set on fire.

No hesitation.

He loves you very much. You're his first priority.

Gangejae will drop everything to make sure you're okay.

Let's say his enemy takes you to his 'hideout'.

Has you tied up against a wall or something, watching you like a Hawk while his group decide what to do with you.

You're obviously upset, trying your best to free yourself from you constraints - all while avoiding getting murdered by these people.

You're a stressed out, blubbering mess as you wiggle against the handcuffs around your wrists.

Every time you move, one of their lackeys shifts the gun they're pointing at you - making you freeze.

Gangejae obviously hadn't been with you when you were taken, so he had no idea you were missing until he got home.

You're apartment was empty, more silent than usual.

After searching the entire house for you, he doesn't find anything.

He's quick to act, although he does text you before he does anything rash.

Obviously you didn't answer.

Now he's tense, telling his men to search for you - the lot of them finding out where you are within no longer than ten minutes.

He goes on his own - ready to beat the shit out of whoever took you.

He's practically fuming by the time he got there - stomping around as he looks for you.

It was obvious that you were with the head of another organisation- his enemy.

Though, he still looks for any fuckhead he can find in other parts of the building - killing them out of pure rage.

You barely even notice him enter the room, when he finally finds you.

He creeps in and slices everyone up until they lose any ounce of life.

Once they're no longer a threat, he falls to his knees in front of you, uncuffing you from the wall and cradling you in his arms as you cry.

He kisses your hair, his thumbs caressing your spine as you sniffle and cough.

Gangjae picks you up and carried you out, taking you home.

He either holds your hand or keeps his hand on your thigh as he drives - grounding you. Letting you know that he's there.

He'll do anything to keep you safe. To keep you with him.

[sailoryooons]

Filled Requests

All filled requests from milestone events, Hali's Happy Agust or otherwise are listed here. These cannot be found on my main masterlist.

Note: Requests are only open for special events. Please check my nav to see if requests are open before sending a request.

JIN

The Store | Request Fill | Enemies to ?

For as long as you’ve worked at the upscale grocery store in the northern part of the city, you’ve hated Seokjin. He’s charming and smooth and you’re always fighting for employee of the month. It isn’t until you both show up at a house in the middle of the night that you realize how much you have in common. 

YOONGI

Coffee Mates | Request Fill | Fluff

Summary: Every day, Yoongi works at the coffee shop in his little corner of the world. Every day, you come in and order the same thing, sitting in the same booth. The only problem is, Yoongi is pretty sure you don’t know that you’re one of the few humans in a faerie coffee shop. 

Dandelions | Request Fill | Fluff

Summary: Sometimes it feels like the world freezes, capturing a single memory that you know you’ll keep forever. Since dating Yoongi, your life is full of them. Yoongi just happens to create more core memories on a simple road trip.  

Evening Rain | Request Fill | Fluff

Summary: These types of evenings are your favorite: night in, rain against the window, and your boyfriend curled over a book, glasses sliding down his nose and hair mused.  

Fallen | Request Fill | Angels and Demons | Angst | Enemies to Something

Summary: Injured and separated from the rest of your scouting group, you find yourself in the unlikely hands of a demon. After spending time with him though, you decide he’s not so bad after all. 

Fang F*cker | Request Fill | Vampires | Crack | PWP | Yoongi x Jungkook |

Summary: Jungkook loves reading his smutty vampire comic and so what if he fashions himself a little bit after the main character. Yoongi finds it wildly offensive. Every day he has to watch Jungkook play at being ominous and spooky - and okay, maybe it’s a little cute. But it’s mostly offensive, and Yoongi would know. He’s a vampire, after all. 

Fireside | Request Fill | Fluff | Smut

Summary: A cozy trip to the woods is exactly what you and Yoongi need to manage your stress. You especially love the moments when Yoongi gets to enjoy you right by the fireside. 

Getaway | Request Fill | Smut

Summary: Your tropical honeymoon is planned down to the very minute to get the most out of your trip but it seems that Yoongi has plans of throwing off your itinerary every time his hands touch you. 

Heartache | Request Fill | Angst | Smut

Summary: Unresolved feelings lead to nothing but heartache when you run into Yoongi at a wedding five years after breaking up. Especially when you realize that despite Yoongi have feelings for you, there is still another woman on his arm. 

Hunt | Request Fill | Werewolves AU | a/b/o | PWP

Summary: Your alpha wants to go on a hunt through the woods. Who are you to deny him?

In the Morning | Request Fill | a/b/o | Smut

Summary: It doesn’t get much better than waking up every morning next to your mate. Especially when he decides to make you breakfast.

Let Me | Request Fill | Friends to Lovers | PWP

Summary: Yoongi admits he’s never had a blowjob in his life. You want to rectify that.

Off My Face | Request Fill | Angst

Summary: Yoongi has been in love with you for as long as he can remember. He has followed you down every curve in the road, over every mountain, and through every river for you. But you’re his best friend, and your love was always meant for someone else.

Paper Rings | Request Fill | Established Relationship | Fluff

Summary: Yoongi cheers you up in the kitchen after a bad day, reminding you of just how much you love him.   

Quite for Me, Yeah? | Request Fill | Established Relationship | PWP

Summary: Yoongi wakes you up early in the morning in the best way possible. Only rule: don’t wake up Namjoon who sleeps just a few feet away from you.

Right Here | Request Full | Friends to Lovers | Comfort

Summary: You’re tired of the revolving door of boys in your life. Yoongi is tired of watching you nurse feelings in the quiet of your apartment.

Samsara | Request Fill | Angst | Urban Fantasy | Lovers to Enemies | Yoongi x Jimin

Summary: samsara [sɘm-sӓr-ɘ](noun) : the indefinitely repeated cycles of birth, misery, and death caused by karma. OR: Yoongi has made a terrible mistake that has bound Jimin to a life of endless grief. 

Small Bites | Request Fill | Smut | Fluff | Established Relationship | Vampires

Yoongi is none too pleased about the movie that Seokjin has selected for the weekly movie night. You know just how to cheer him up. 

Sunday Chores | Request Fill | Established Relationship | Dom/Sub Dynamics

Summary: Sunday is chores day in your house. It’s been that way since before your marriage to Yoongi. Except this Sunday, he surprises you with a little twist in your routine.

Sunder | Request Fill | Fated Lovers | Angst | Smut

Sunder (sun·​der) transitive verb : to break apart or in two : to separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space

Track 11 | Request Fill | Established Relationship | PWP

Summary: Yoongi has been lacking inspiration in the studio. When one of his coworkers suggests using some out-of-the-box background effects for his music, Yoongi realizes that you’re the perfect person to help him.   

Twelve | Request Fill | Magic | Enemies to Something Crack

Summary: When the red string of fate appears around your ankle, you have twelve days to find your fated partner or die. That’s how the spell works - that’s how fate has always run Her business. There is one, very inconvenient witch who keeps getting in your way, though, and you might just kill each other before your mark does. 

Witch | Request Fill | Enemies to Lovers | Urban Fantasy | Smut

Summary: For years, you and Yoongi have played cat and mouse. It’s his duty to rid the world of witches, but he always finds a new excuse to let you slip through his fingers. When you find yourself at his mercy, you wonder if the great witch hunter will finally end your game of chase, or if there’s something that will stay his hand. 

NAMJOON

Just This | Established Relationship | Domestic Fluff

Summary: After a stressful day at work, you go home brimming with tears and frustration. Thankfully, Namjoon is always willing to help and soothe you with open arms.

JIMIN

Samsara | Request Fill | Angst | Urban Fantasy | Lovers to Enemies | Yoongi x Jimin

Summary: samsara [sɘm-sӓr-ɘ](noun) : the indefinitely repeated cycles of birth, misery, and death caused by karma. OR: Yoongi has made a terrible mistake that has bound Jimin to a life of endless grief. 

TAEHYUNG

Midnight | Request Fill | Fluff | Established Relationship | Taehyung x reader

Summary: Taehyung loves being your prince charming, even if it means trying to find where you’ve wandered off to in the middle of a Halloween party without your shoes. 

JUNGKOOK

Fang F*cker | Request Fill | Vampires | Crack | PWP | Yoongi x Jungkook |

Summary: Jungkook loves reading his smutty vampire comic and so what if he fashions himself a little bit after the main character. Yoongi finds it wildly offensive. Every day he has to watch Jungkook play at being ominous and spooky - and okay, maybe it’s a little cute. But it’s mostly offensive, and Yoongi would know. He’s a vampire, after all. 

[hidingoutbackstage]

hey Sid! any thoughts on the “jill physically ages slower because of her t virus infection” stunt that capcom has decided to pull?

Angels, the lot of you <3

Yes the most recent stunt with Jill is infuriating, we all agree with this. The reason for it, at least in my opinion, is that this is a mix of several individually infuriating things culminating in a mistreatment of one of Capcom’s most popular characters for, conceivably, no reason

Reason number 1 why it sucks: It’s laziness. Instead of modeling a new version of Jill from a face model or even from her preexisting design, they decided to use the Jill that was made for r3make. Timeline-wise, they are using a version of Jill Valentine from 17 years ago. Jill is 41 now. She would not look identical to her 24 year old self. But because the people making this movie didn’t feel like putting in the effort for a new design, they decided to reuse this asset and call it a day

However this isn’t the first time Capcom (and its associates since apparently people get mad when I say “Capcom” as if this project is completely separate from the company that the IP belongs to) has reused assets in a lazy way. I have bitched about it a lot, and I will continue to, but the heavily anticipated DLC to Resident Evil: Village is 90% premade assets. Two, maybe three enemies are original? All sets and character models and outfits and props and weapons are things that have been in other games (mostly Village) though. So is this behavior of reusing models and that being deemed a job well done disappointing? Yes. But it isn’t surprising.

Reason number 2 why it sucks: The nonchalant excuse as to why Jill does not age shows a lack of care for canon on the part of whoever decided this lore addition was in any way appropriate, consistent, or hell even coherent in any way. The explanation goes “Jill has always harbored a sense of justice and responsibility, but when she was captured by an enemy during the incident at the Spencer residence, she was subjected to T-virus infection and mind control, causing her to instead aide in the act of bioterrorism. Even after Jill was rescued by Chris, the viral side effects lingered, affecting her body's cell division, and while this suppressed her aging, she also had to contend with the mental after-effects.” Which is fucking bullshit. The T-virus has no side effects that would lead to anything like this. The purpose of the T-virus is to be infectious and to give its host extreme durability and strength. None of that correlates to the physical halt of aging. Not only that, but Jill wasn’t even subjected to T-virus infection WHEN Wesker kidnapped her. She was subjected to a mind control drug. The T-virus was dormant in her system since her infection and curing in Raccoon City in 1998

However once again this is nothing new. Rewriting canon/not understanding canon is something RE has done before. I could go into depth about ALLLLL the things Shadows of Rose did that contradicted a lot of pre-established ideas (rapid fire: HWS still operating under the same name 16 years later, Chris legit asking a teenager to be part of a military group, an infected individual getting to attend public school, none of these line up with the already established world we know) but I’ll be more lenient and talk about RE6. Leon calls the President in that game, Adam Benford, his “friend.” However Leon also states that Benford was the one who recruited Leon into US-STRATCOM which, if you’ll recall, is something Leon was blackmailed into when Sherry’s life was threatened. If Benford was the one to do that, how would Leon consider him a friend? How does his blackmail regarding Sherry never come up despite them both being in this game?

Reason number 3 why it’s sucks, and the biggest one: Women aren’t allowed to age. Plain and simple. Men are, women aren’t. Women are supposed to be young, always, and we’re just supposed to accept that.

Okay okay I’ll elaborate. With a list of RE women and how I think literally every single one falls victim to this

Rebecca is the youngest member of S.T.A.R.S. when we first meet her, in fact she’s so young she just became a legal adult (which makes 26 year old Billy hitting on her 100x creepier) and before Vendetta, 0 and 1 were her only appearances, this kid-aged girl. I won’t get into how misogynistic her treatment in Vendetta is btw but that’s also there

Claire Redfield is a staple of this series but she does not age much. We see her last (in game form not manga form although the manga made Claire look stupidly young there too) in Revelations 2 where she seems to have grown up, but with 2, CV, Degeneration, and ID, she’s always got a very youthful appearance and almost always a red jacket because y’know this is that young girl from the first game. The cool, hot red jacket and her high ponytail (that’s kind of a “young” look imo) is frustrating

Sherry Birkin stopped aging at 20 for no reason other than to look young and hot yet still at a legal age for all male players playing this game (and possibly so she looks Jake’s age? Which makes no sense because they could’ve made Jake any age but w/e)

Sheva Alomar, Chris’ partner in 5, is Sherry’s age. Even when this woman is meant to be Chris’ equal, she’s still young and attractive

Helena is even younger than Sherry, by I believe 5 years, and she’s Leon’s partner for 6.

Mia Winters is a beautiful young woman who’s being contrasted against the horrors of RE7 and gets a cute domestic housewife role in RE8, where she is shoved aside, given blue eyes (to make her look prettier I assume since her eyes were brown before) and quietly never mentioned again after the ending despite her daughter being a protagonist for the DLC

Oh yeah and Rose Winters is 16 when she goes on her journey because yeah women have to be young this is the standard.

Even as much as I hate the Lords in RE8, Miranda is still a woman over 200 years old who is youthful and beautiful, along with Lady D despite presumably also being very old.

The only “old” women in this series who actually appear that way that I could think of off the top of my head were “the hag” from 8, who is supposed to be unsettling, and Marguerite Baker from 7 (Eveline’s “grandma” form doesn’t count) who again is supposed to freak you out in her appearance and demeanor.

Jill fucking Valentine is now the latest in this list of character assassinations. My biggest, and I really mean biggest this time, problem is that all of this is fine. Capcom signs off on these lore-breaking explanations and half-assed projects because it doesn’t matter to them. Because they know we’re gonna check this out no matter what. It’s Resident Evil! It’s really big stuff for this series! Why wouldn’t you watch it? You can overlook something as simple as Jill’s appearance, right?

Right?

[jinmukangwrites]

Bad Things Happen Bingo; living at the mercy of pain and fear

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Fandom: Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order/Survivor Rating: G Warnings: Minor panic attacks, minor description of canon character death, angst, SURVIVOR SPOILERS. Ao3 Notes: sorry for the late Tumblr update, uploaded this on AO3 but couldn't on Tumblr until I had an updated card, and then I came home to find my iPad out of battery. So I made due with my phone. That goes to say that I usually upload things on Ao3 before Tumblr, you can find me @ jinmukang.

Summary: Cal and Merrin run into a mysterious Inquisitor while on a mission to disrupt supply lines. Turns out, Cal's not the only one who knows how to confuse an enemy into fighting their allies.

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Cal ducks under the glowing, red-hot blade.

His opponent, while they wield a lightsaber, is no Jedi.

He snarls and brings up his own blade, parrying the next blow before it can slice through his neck. His enemy grunts, their entire body covered in black and their face covered by a familiar, demonic helmet. He can't tell what gender they are, nor have they even introduced themselves. All he knows is that they're at least not human, though he can't be sure of any other exact race. Thin, uncannily tall. Arms too long, torso too lanky.

But one thing is for sure, this is an Inquisitor.

Now, Cal's fought his fair share of Inquisitors, three to be exact, however only the Ninth Sister he could ever really count as one he personally defeated. That doesn't help him here, however, as every Inquisitor seems to have a different fighting style, a different motivation, a different determination to remove Cal's heart from his chest while it still beats.

Vader's been cracking down on tracking Cal down ever since he had personally torn Nova Garon asunder; sending more deadly groups of foes to track him down every time he left Tanalor; even going as far as to work with the Haxion Brood.

This time, they've managed to corner him and Merrin on a Mid-Rim forest planet just as they've entered what they thought would be a mostly-unguarded, uninhabited warehouse considering the time of night it was. They had planned to burn the place down, participating in an old time Mantis Crew practice called disrupting Imperial supply lines. And yet, the second Cal and Merrin made a step too far inside the warehouse, the shadowed, mysterious enemy appeared, blood in the visors of their helmet.

The fight was immediate, Cal sprinting forward to engage before Merrin could become a target. The Inquisitor met him blade on, sparks flying off the clashing blades, only separating when Cal attempted to shoot them with his blaster.

From then, it's constant block and dodge while Cal attempts to find their attack pattern. They fight elegantly, only one blade lit, but each swing seems brutally heavy. Every time Cal attempts to get a hit in, the Inquisitor seems to anticipate it. Frustratingly, Cal seems more easy to read for them than the other way around.

Merrin stalks from the shadows, occasionally trying to hit or break the stance of the mysterious attacker, but each ball of green flame as the Inquisitor side-steps easily, like gravity, doesn't apply to them.

Their blade swings violently for Cal again, and Cal gives everything he's got into the next parry, finally causing the enemy to stumble back to catch their balance. Cal rushes forward, not wasting a second, swinging his saber down over their head. The Inquisitor just manages to recover, igniting their second blade just as Cal's saber lands a hair's-breadth from their neck.

I see.

Cal almost startles at the sudden voice he... hears? It's disembodied, almost directly in his head, similar to how Merrin had used to taunt him on his first exploration of Dathomir.

So this is the Jedi Darth Vader wants to replace the empty seats with, they continue, I'm almost impressed.

"What do you want," Cal snarls. "You're not capturing me."

No, the Inquisitor says, I am done here. I just wanted to see.

Suddenly, they turn off their clashing blades, causing Cal to stumble forwards. His own saber blade grazes across their pauldrons before they jerk their body out of the way from real damage. Cal can barely right himself before a hand is swiped across his face. There's no contact. No wound.

But Cal sees red anyways.

You're surrounded.

Cal shouts, stumbling back and grabbing his head. BD-1 boops worriedly. He tries to push through the red, fight it, but the fog closes in and- and he hears Merrin scream his name.

Adrenaline surges through his veins, his eyes flying open and his lightsaber raised. There's troopers everywhere. Stormtroopers raising their blasters, scouts with electro-batons raised, Purge Troopers laughing menacingly.

Merrin screams again, and he whips around desperately, but all he sees are more enemies. He cannot see their faces, but he can see their leering. A heartbeat is all that passes before a Purge Trooper charges him, electro-staff flaring a violent purple.

"Merrin?!" He shouts, swinging his blade up to block. "BD-1?!" His heart is pounding so hard he can hear it. The staff lands on his blade, and he pulls back and slams forward, knocking the Purge Trooper off balance for just long enough for Cal to thrust his lightsaber forward and through their chest.

Cere blinks back at him, mouth gaped in a cut off gasp, a lightsaber through her gut. His lightsaber through her chest. He pulls back, choking on a scream as she falls dead onto the floor; his blade stained red with her blood. His clothes black, skin-tight. Wrong.

"No-" he gasps, but he cannot even think a moment longer before another enemy is charging towards him. He reacts on instinct, whipping his blaster out and shooting the trooper in the head.

Bode stumbles back, eyes foggy before he hits the ground.

The red spreads. It's everywhere. Every enemy he kills, he blinks to find a dead loved-one in their place. Prauf. Gabs. Bravo. The Twins. Trilla.

Bodies pile up around him. People he couldn't save. People who are dead because of him.

The Inquisitor outfit feels suffocating around him. Constricting his chest as he's forced to fight on. They're not even Troopers any longer. They're innocent civilians he was forced to watch be killed. Scrappers beaten for accusations of stealing from the guild. Soldiers working for Saw Gerrera who couldn't keep up.

Zombies of the past swarm him, and he screams, defending himself out of pure fear and instinct despite how badly he wants to drop to the floor and weep.

Merrin continues to scream somewhere around him.

He- he has to find her.

He spins on his heels as a presence invades his senses. Mechanic breathing rips through the air and a single red lightsaber erupts; the vibrations feel like a swarm of buzzing bugs has invaded every bit of his sinuses.

Darth Vader stands before him, and Cal feels terror rip its claws through his ribs.

-o-o-o-o-

The Inquisitor had left, and Merrin missed where they had gone when Cal had cried out in pain. She didn't know what the Inquisitor had done to him before disappearing into the shadows, but she knew it had affected Cal in some way. By the time he stumbled away and quit clutching his head like his hands are the only thing keeping his skull from splitting open, she knew he'd been hit with some sort of mental attack.

Her fears were confirmed when he looked up, eyes blown wide, staring directly at something that wasn't there with his lightsaber lifted in defense.

At first, she tried to shout at him, hoping her voice alone would be enough to snap him out of it as she didn't want to risk herself being perceived as a threat in whatever lie he's trapped in, but the more he swung his blade around blindly, shouting her name, the names of the long gone, begging the Empire to stop, she knew she had to be more hands-on for this. Eventually, even BD-1 gives up trying to convince him out of it, flying off his back and onto Merrin's shoulder, demanding her to do something.

He's hyperventilating, his knuckles must be white under his gloves with how tightly he grips his lightsaber, and once she finally steps close enough for him to notice her, she sees tears streaming down his cheeks.

He spins on her, and for a moment she's hopeful that seeing her is all he needs as he freezes in place like he's been suddenly doused under carbonite. However, her hopes are dashed as his hands quickly and expertly switch the stance on his lightsaber, splitting the two halves of hilt and stuffing the blaster to where it goes on his hip. He widens his footing, his duel blades running parallel to each other in front of his body.

"I'm," he chokes, "I'm not afraid of you."

"Cal," she says softly, yet firmly, "whatever you are seeing, it isn't real."

"I- I won't join you."

Offense bleeds through his posture. This is the most tense she's seen him in what must be years. He looks one pin-drop away from snapping.

"Cal, stand down."

His back foot slides just a fraction, and she pulls out her staff. Talking will do nothing. She doubts he's hearing her words, let alone seeing her.

She must do what she must. She cannot allow himself to hurt himself like this.

"Stand back, BD-1. I will get him back." BD-1 reluctantly complies, rocketing off her shoulders and onto a nearby crate to worriedly watch.

The second her staff is in her hands, Cal pounces like every ounce of muscle in his body was sprung tight to release.

Cal is a terrifying force of nature even in the best headspace. And the thing is, the intensity that he comes at her, fire in his eyes, it almost startles her. She's never seen that look on his face directed at herself. She's been Cal's enemy before, yes, but she's never seriously fought him directly. They've sparred before as well, but... but a fight to the death is something entirely different no matter who your sparring partner is.

Her staff is decently lightsaber resistant. She hadn't spent most of her early life fearing the Jedi and distrusting Malicos to not have researched what materials could slow their swings. Then, she didn't spend most of her adult life traveling the Galaxy to not get her hands on some.

So, when she blocks, Cal's saber hits her staff but doesn't cut through.

A sigh of relief almost pushes through her lips; despite her persistence in gathering material for this exact weapon, she's never actually gone against a lightsaber since she's gotten her hands on it. For all she knew, the merchant could have sold her fake materials and she wouldn't have known until it was too late.

Regardless, she shoves back against Cal to create distance. He comes back at her however in a flurry of brutal blows. His two blades are nearly impossible to track, moving quickly in succession, barely giving her enough time to deal with one after another.

She manages though.

She blocks, ducks, weaves, pushes and pushes against the little cracks in his guard that have begun to form due to his exhaustion and desperation.

The burning blade of his lightsaber gets a few good skims across her skin here and there, even a few singes at the tips of her hair, but eventually she's the one to make the first contacting blow.

She goes to block the swing of his weapon, but gathers her energy to teleport away before he can actually hit her. He crashes forward, struggling to keep his balance. She does him no favors by swinging her staff across the ground at ankle level.

He trips and lands hard on his hands and knees.

She doesn't waste a second, scrambling to charge at him and tackle into his prone form.

Cal shouts desperately as they tumble together, arms and legs flailing as staff and sabers fall out of grasps at the initial contact.

Merrin manages to get him on his back, one hand pinning one of his own besides his head and the other struggling to pull the blaster that he had grabbed in the scuffle out of his own free hand. His finger squeezes the trigger, and she throws her head to the side, almost losing balance.

Almost. The blaster bolt flies past her ear.

"Stop!" Cal screams, his cheeks stained with fresh tears. "Let me go!"

He attempts to shoot her once again, but she rips the blaster out of his hand and throws it across the warehouse.

He shouts, fear and anger roughening his vocal chords, before he gives one final full-bodied shove against her balance.

She loses it. He attempts to switch the position, digging a knee into her gut, but she cannot allow that. She slams an elbow across his jaw, then uses her legs to get underneath him while he's recovering and kicks him off. He goes tumbling.

Scrambling to her feet, she ignores the pain in her stomach to rush at Cal before he can fully find his footing again, grabbing him around the torso and pushing the both of them back. Her tailbone protests at the landing, and Cal grunts as he lands between her legs, back against her chest.

She wraps her legs around his waist, then works to pin his arms beneath her own. He struggles, swearing, cursing, begging, but she eventually manages to grab both of his hands with both of her own. She crosses her arms across his chest, then holds tight while he struggles and struggles.

The sound of his cursing turns into helpless sobs as exhaustion catches up to him. His begging becomes unintelligible. She presses her head between his shoulder-blades, her arms burning against his weakening struggles. His legs are barely kicking.

She doesn't know how long they stay like this, only that it takes some time for anything to change.

Tension melts through Cal's muscles pressed against hers. He almost goes limp, the dead weight nearly making her lose her grasp.

With lethargic movements, Cal's chin slowly lowers to his chest, his eyes squeezed shut and his hands twisting. He shakes his head, groaning.

"Cal?" She asks. "Cal, can you hear me?"

-o-o-o-o-

He blinks sluggishly, his head aching. There's a pressure around him, squeezing him, but it's different from what it had been a few moments before. Last thing he knew, he was on the ground struggling against the pressure of Darth Vader's Force, like air itself had turned against him and wanted him nice and still for the killing blow.

But a flash of light-headedness had overcome him, and he blinks to find there's nothing in front of him. When his chin lands on his chest, he sees his clothes are back to normal; a not-loose but not-skin-tight shirt accessorized by lightweight leather pauldrons and a chestplate. His arms are wrapped around his own chest, and holding them are very familiar chalky-white hands covered by a black leather jacket. Around his waist a pair of legs belonging to the same person as the arms restrain him.

"-can you hear me?" a voice asks. Merrin.

She's right behind him. Not somewhere in the darkness, screaming.

He clears his throat. His sinuses are a wreck right now. He's embarrassingly aware he's been crying.

"I'm," he croaks, "I'm back. You can let go."

She does, unwrapping herself from him. She skooches away from his back and towards his side where she sits, their hips and shoulders one lean away from touching.

He welcomes it, leaning into her, resting his head on her shoulder and wiping his eyes and cheeks.

BD-1 beeps, nuzzling in by his knees.

Nothing goes said between the two of them while he recovers. The more time Cal sits here, the more he realizes how obvious it was that none of that... was real.

It felt real. The terror felt real.

"The Inquisitor?" He asks.

Merrin shakes her head, her jaw brushing the top of his hair. "Left. What was that?"

Cal sighs. "Some sort of mind trick. You've seen me use them before."

"Not like that," Merrin says. "You confuse enemies into fighting each other, but whatever this was, it was sadistic."

"Fueled by fear," Cal agrees softly. Silence settles between them for a moment and he closes his eyes, rationalizing the illusions like he usually does after a bad nightmare. Once his heart doesn't feel like it's going to pound out of his aching ribcage he reaches over and grabs her hand, giving it a squeeze. "Thanks for having my back."

From the top corners of his eyes, he can see her smile. It doesn't fix everything, the lingering anxiety, but her smile makes him think the stars are ugly and dim in comparison. "Literally, yes?"

"And metaphorically," Cal agrees, finding a small smile twitching on his lips too.

"What do you say we get out of here," Merrin asks. "Get you back to the Mantis and rest. Do you think burning this place down to the ground would make you feel better?"

Cal hums lightly, as if considering. "Yeah," he says easily, "a little."

Merrin helps get him to his feet, her hand never leaving his as BD-1 chirps and climbs on his shoulders. He feels shaky and on-edge, embarrassed by what his companions must have seen and uneasy at the thought of running into that Inquisitor again. He needs to train on his mental walls, he should have known one of his own tricks would be used against him someday.

However, for now, he finds a fraction of relief helping Merrin line fuel over the supply crates, then tossing a spark to set the whole place ablaze so not a single memory, not even one he can sense later, remains.

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The Truth of Survivor. [End of Arc]

Alright...So, I assume all of you are ready?

Yep...Though I can’t promise I’ll actually understand anything you tell me.

It’s ok. You’ll have time to dwell on it it. I plan on telling you the truth and the whole truth.

But first of all...I would like to apologize...

What for?

Remember when Hina and Boss were chasing down Uchui? And they got attacked and knocked out before they could grab him?

The person who attacked you...it was me.

Wait, WHAT!?

Why would you do that?

In order to make this plan work, we needed Uchui to evade capture. And the reason he was even in the area that day was because I planned to meet him.

I couldn’t have the Future Foundation get in the way, so I took drastic measures. Boss already knows the truth of this, of course.

*Everyone looks towards Makoto.

So, you knew the truth the whole time?

When I came to, I found that Kuripa had left a note in my pocket. He explained his actions and his reasons for what he did, and told me to buy him some time while he sorted things out.

So...I did. I’m sorry that I kept it from you. I trusted him. And I still do. I can only hope that he tells me the full truth now, since I don’t know it.

On that note, there’s another thing I need to apologize for keeping from you. About me and Rantaro...

The Katagiri incident back in the US...It was not our first meeting.

Huh!?

When had you met before?

Uchui introduced us personally. He’s been working with our group for a short while now, and has had connections way back when, even before the Future Foundation’s fall.

It was sometime after Kuripa returned from the campsite where my old friends were presiding.

What do you mean, “your old friends?”

I don’t know if we’ve ever actually openly admitted this to everyone yet...But Rantaro is from our world. 

He’s another participant in the Danganronpa V3 Killing Game.

W-Woah...

That must have been shortly before we all decided to disband and go our separate ways. Did Uchui tell you what he had done by then?

Selling out secrets, locations, maps, and everything Zetsubou would need to launch an attack on the Future Foundation? Yes, he told me.

You knew Kamukura had betrayed us all this time and you didn’t tell us!?

He had his reasons. We all did. It was all part of the big plan.

What “big plan?”

The plan to destroy Organization Zetsubou, once and for all.

Destroy them?

I don’t get it though! You still basically fucked us over! What was even the point!?

True, and I apologize for that, but it was integral.

In order to make this work, I needed to gain Zetsubou’s trust to the point where I would be allowed to preside in their secret base.

I needed to get Shirogane’s attention, and I figured that was a good way to do so. Lo and behold, it worked.

Now, because of my status and intellect, Shirogane is making good enough use of me. I wouldn’t exactly call our relationship “trust” but still, it’s good enough for me.

So...What you’re basically saying is...

Uchui never ACTUALLY betrayed us?

Take it how you will, but it was kind of a “to trick your enemies, you’ve first got to trick your allies” deal.

Yes, quite so. Uchui did indeed sell the Future Foundation’s secrets to Organization Zetsubou.

But he did so to get into Shirogane’s pocket, and then sell Organization Zetsubou’s secrets BACK to the Future Foundation.

Wait, what!? We haven’t heard any secrets though!

Is that really true? 

Wait...You mean the information we received...!?

What is it Taichi?

We got information about the Zetsubou lab...or rather the FF lab that Kaede was trapped in for a while, from an anonymous source. When we dug deeper, that’s when we found it.

Could that anonymous source have been-!?

Uchui?

Most likely. No, DEFINITELY. After all, Uchui already became aware of Kanata Inori’s situation, and how Zetsubou were blackmailing her with her father’s life.

Now that Doctor Ando is free, there’s no problem.

...The more I think on this, the more things seem to make sense.

It’s been bugging me for a long time now, but there’s something that I just couldn’t wrap my head around...Based on the information Rantaro was receiving, Uchui must have known about our movements, even after the Future Foundation’s fall.

You mean he knew where we were all going after we split up?

Yes, that would be true. In order to make this strategy work, I needed the Future Foundation to gradually trust the members of ERR0RM3SS4GE. Zen Katagiri seemed like a good way to do that.

But how would you have even known about the Katagiri situation? You were already at Zetsubou base by then and was dealing with your own problems.

Yeah, you couldn’t have kept track of all of it so easily. How’d you pull it off?

In order to do this, I needed information on all three major factions that the Foundation had been split into. Those who remained at the Foundation, those who went to the UK, and those who went to the US to hide.

I could keep track of things at the Foundation myself, so it was the other two groups I needed tabs on. Which is why I told two other people about my plan beforehand, and roped them in on it.

You hired your own spies to report?

Yes. As you might have guessed, one of these; the one reporting from the US; was Kuripa...

And the other...

Was me.

Kibin!?

Hatsudoki was keeping tabs on the group in London. She’s the one who told me of Shuichi, Kaede and Mii-Yu’s coming. Had anything drastic happened over in the UK, she would have reported it to me.

That’s it...Kibin was also summoned from the UK. We just happened to intercept her message.

So she was in on this the whole time...

Heh. I offer no apologies.

You guys make one hell of a trio. You’re kind of like your own Kyoko/Byakuya/Makoto...

I’d ask which one’s which, but we don’t have time for that.

Agreed. In any case, we know how Uchui pulled it off.

What we don’t know is the why and the what. Why Uchui felt like he had to go to such measures, and what exactly he gained from it.

Yes...While I accept that Uchui likely went this far with the intention of helping us and destroying Zetsubou from the inside, we’ve taken far too many losses because of his actions and too few gains.

I still hold out with the hope that he’ll come around, but surely there must have been some easier way to achieve this without having to sacrifice so much.

Think about what it is we’ve lost because of you! We’ve lost our home and some of our friends are DEAD! What could POSSIBLY be so important that you find that acceptable!

I DON’T find it acceptable! I’ve committed the gravest sins imaginable on the Future Foundation, and I will have you know this...

I have a mission to complete...But once I’m done...

I will take responsibility...and kill myself for it...

...the fuck...!?

A-Ain’t that a little bit much!?

Death is the only punishment I deserve...No one will accept me after all of this. And to top it all off, my motives for going this far are purely selfish.

Let me guess...It has to do with the serum, correct?

Serum?

The Hope Serum. The concoction that granted both Ayumu Fujimori and myself infinite power and Talents.

In truth, Uchui is the last surviving descendant of the Kamukura bloodline. His father was also the lead researcher of the Kamukura Project; his research in which the serum was created for.

What the hell!? You’re a Kamukura!?

Regrettably, yes...A fact that the nightmares and hallucinations remind me of every single day...

But if I do this...This may be my chance to get rid of them, once and for all. I have to get my hands on the serum...! I HAVE to!

Meeting your family’s expectations, even if it means kicking others down and betraying them...

Can’t say I agree with that ideology.

It’s what my family lived for...But you know what?

I agree...

Eh?

Wait, what do you mean? I thought you-

I wanted to use the serum to experiment on people and achieve my goal of reaching other possibilities? Half true...

The second half is indeed my goal in life, one that I don’t hope I will ever complete but the first half? I’m a better man than to use human experimentation, like my father and grandfathers before me.

Then what the hell is the goal?

The truth is...Uchui doesn’t want to make use of the serum. He lied about that.

He wants to get his hands on the serum...

So he can completely destroy it.

*There is stunned silence.

So, he took it upon himself to erase the serum from history?

Why did he not just come forward and ask for help?

Oh, what a good idea!

Why wouldn’t you come forward, admit you’re a descendant of a line of psychos and murderers, and ask for help to combat something that you’re responsible for in the first place!?

True...It would have been impossible to just dump that on us. Especially if he held it in for so long.

Makoto, wasn’t Uchui a student at Hope’s Peak post-tragedy? Surely he must have files on him, right?

Uchui was accepted into Hope’s Peak as Uchui Porosen. His uncle was his legal guardian at the time, and he had also taken in the same surname. There was no record of his parents or his lineage past that.

When did YOU find out, Kuripa?

Shortly after we became friends. He trusted me and I helped him deal with a lot of his family’s issues.

We can save that for another time though.

Indeed. The other thing you asked, Kyoko, is what he discovered.

Yes...Has he sent you any new information in regards to Zetsubou’s plan?

...

...

Wh-What’s up? Why did you both just go super quiet?

Come on, spill. What’s Shirogane planning?

I...I uncovered the truth...

Of Shirogane’s Killing Game...Danganronpa Survivor.

The truth? But...we already know the truth. She wants to hold a Killing Game with the Survivor’s of the previous Killing Game’s, right?

...

*Uchui shakes his head.

Well, what is it then!?

The fact about the Survivor’s being the participants is indeed true, but it’s not so simple...Let me ask you this.

Where do you think the setting for Danganronpa Survivor will be?

The setting?

So like how the First Killing Game was a school, and the second was an island...

Is it not this factory? I thought that’s why we were being held here?

No...The truth is, the setting of Danganronpa Survivor is...

The ENTIRE world...

Wh-WHAT!?

I’m sorry...!? 

This is all that Shirogane has been working towards for a long time...The military power, the reason why she wants an Ultimate Hope army! She plans to use this world as her stage, but to do that...

She needs to remove what’s already here...

...Oh my god...!

What!?

*Fuyuhiko turns towards everyone with a snarl.

She’s gonna wipe out all of humanity for the sake of her god damn egotistical DEATH GAME!

!!!??

!!!??

!!!??

That...That can’t be...!?

Why not? Shirogane is a delirious bitch, you really think she wouldn’t go this far.

And the fact that she’s already gathering the Survivor’s now means she must be close. 

Hold on though...Wh-What does wiping out humankind achieve!?

According to Uchui, Shirogane’s plot goes like this.

The 16 Killing Game survivors will wake up with no memories of their previous lives, only remembering that they are Ultimate’s with talents, and attended Hope’s Peak Academy.

They will be told through some anonymous source that the planet is dying, and that humankind has escaped to other pastures through space travel. The only remaining people on the planet are themselves, and the other 15 survivors.

They will be given an ultimatum. They will be granted salvation, but only under one condition.

They must find the other survivors...and kill them, correct?

And the last remaining survivor is the winner?

Good guess. It’s not exactly your typical Killing Game rules, but it’s not like they’ve not been broken before.

You see now why I couldn’t let you take Uchui in!?

Sure, he’s done us a lot of bad, all for the sake of this plan of his, but now he is the ONLY person standing in between us and ARMAGEDDON!

!!!??

Do you...really think she can DO it?

Maybe not at once...But with the Hope Serum and the sheer military power she’s built up over the last 8 years or so, I think she might have a shot.

Tsumugi is putting everything on the line for this Killing Game. She’ll either make it happen, or die trying.

Either way, lots of people are going to get killed because of her. We can’t let her do this.

It looks like there was more to the title of “Survivor” than just being the survivor of a previous killing game.

Yes...It appears the participants will also be the only surviving members of humanity besides her and her Zetsubou goons.

Hold on a sec though! That doesn’t make ANY sense!

What doesn't!?

Shirogane has an ego the length of Cambodia. She isn’t throwing a Killing Game for the sake of casual enjoyment. 

She wants people to SEE it. If she wipes out all of mankind, WHO will be her audience!?

...

Kaede’s right...! No matter how you look at it, it goes against everything she believes!

How can you be sure this is even true?

Well...That’s the thing that Uchui told me most recently when I got a chance to meet him.

It turns out that Shirogane has actually been looking into his research...And for a while now.

...

...!

!!!???

I see our lovely lady detective has already figured out where we’re going with this...

What is it Kyoko!?

Uchui Kamukura is the Ultimate Theoretical Physicist...After his exposure, I looked into some of my research himself...

As we know, he’s proven that it’s possible to bring people from other universes into your own, but he ALSO documented another study he made years ago...

The power to send out and receive broadcasted footage across dimensions using science...

...You don’t mean-!?

Shirogane is going to...!?

Broadcast this game across the MULTIVERSE!?

In the very least, I know she plans to broadcast it to the world that I brought her from...

But knowing her, she’s not going to stop at one. She will make as many people as possible watch her despair-inducing game, and no one will be able to stop it.

All kinds of people, young and old, across multiple realities, will be forced to bare witness to this horrifying game...!

So you see, those who will die and be forced to play part in this game will not be the only victims. She’ll bring her despair to EVERY OTHER WORLD in the multiverse if she can...

And She CAN...

I know that we all have our differences, and I’ve done things I’m not proud of, but this can’t continue!

Because if we don’t stop Shirogane...

NO ONE WILL BE SAFE...!

[END OF ARC]

[mysticstarlightduck]

Alone, bound and pain for the OC(s) of your choice?

~ @tabswrites

(The OC Ask Game)

Thank you for the Ask, @tabswrites!

✨Spoilers for Realms of Loss and Enchanted Illusions Below the Cut✨

Alone: (OC - Adaria Vytris, WIP Realms of Loss)

How does your OC deal with loneliness?

This is a perfect question for my OC, Adaria Vytris, from Realms of Loss, whose worst fear is, coincidentally, ending up completely alone.

As such, she does not deal very well with loneliness, and despite being an awkward introvert with the social skills of a little gremlin, she still 100% prefers to be around other people - even if they're just close by and she's the weird one lurking on the edge of the room. When she's completely alone, Adaria usually keeps herself busy in some way, anything to avoid feeling that empty void of loneliness that creeps up in the back of her mind when she's not busy protecting other people or just talking.

Have they ever been completely alone before?

Yes, Adaria has been completely alone before, a few years before the main story, when she ended up separated from all her older siblings because of the ongoing wars of the continent and thought they were all dead. It was really traumatic for her and is by far the worst time of her entire life.

How do they act when there's no one around to see them?

Very nervous. Usually, she has a very aggressive/blunt persona when she's around people, as she takes up a "protector" role in her friendship group and mimics her older brother's jaded challenging behavior towards all authority figures because it's all she's known (and because their kingdom literally lives in a very oppressive absolutist/theocratic monarchy-style government, so it's obvious she resents following rules).

She rarely ever shows the more vulnerable side of her personality to others, because she finds solace in being the shield that keeps them safe. When that role is taken from her for some reason and she's left completely alone, especially if against her will, her anxieties creep up on the back of her mind and she starts to question her worth - because she fears not being able to make it in the world by herself. She's at her most vulnerable when she's alone, much different from her assertive self she takes up in the company of others.

Bound: (OC - Julia Kyllians, WIP Enchanted Illusions)

Has your OC ever been imprisoned or captured? What happened?

At the beginning of the book, it is implied that Julia's just been released from jail, having been wrongfully imprisoned two years before due to lies spread by her young father's corrupt employer as a way to silence her - after she found out the millionaire wanted to illegally prolong her father's contract. This is the inciting incident for her character arc, which leads her to join Thaddeus Lockhill's revolutionary movement in hopes of clearing her name and breaking that contract.

How did they get out?

It is unclear at the start of the book whether she was actually released, bailed out (which is highly unlikely), or if she broke out of prison (whether by herself or with some help).

Did the experience leave any scars?

Mostly emotional ones - which lead to a deep desire for justice and the tiniest bit of wishing for revenge.

Pain: (OC - Teivel, WIP Realms of Loss)

What's the worst pain your OC has ever felt?

Teivel is a young Izuhyn being held prisoner of war in the Fortress of Avillore. Aside from the emotional pain and trauma of being forcibly locked in a filthy, freezing dungeon in an unknown, enemy country, after being ripped from everyone and everything he knew and loved, while having his magic constantly suppressed, he's also spent the past years before the main story of the book (before being freed by Lucian Dhaeras) being experimented on by Avillorian alchemists and interrogated for information about his people. Which, in a medieval-ish world without a great grasp of human rights - especially when it comes to someone dubbed "the enemy" - can only mean horrifyingly painful things. He's been through pretty much every torture that would cause him pain but not kill him.

Do they have a high pain tolerance?

After everything he's been put through, it's safe to say that he kind of has to have developed a high pain tolerance, or he would've gone utterly batshit insane by now.

[quirrel]

STARHUNTERS INFO POST

I wanted to talk more in depth about my OCs of the Fake DLC idea I had for Hollow Knight but I think it would take a long time if I went one by one on different posts so I'm trying to summarize as much info of them as I can here (their Google doc is even bigger HAKDHSK)

I talked about them on this post post! Check it out for more context about my sillies

The info is under the cut, otherwise this would be a very long post VAKDBSJ

Veni:

- Oldest of the team

- Uses any pronouns

- Went through a lot of of Events™, one of them included The Grimm Troupe ritual when their kingdom fell

- Old but will kick ur ass

- They are one of The Nightbringer's Favorites, a title that doesn't make really happy nowadays, mostly endures it for the sake of their team

- Loves Arts and crafts

- Is a terrible cook

Cymo:

- Also old as balls

- He/him

- Used to live in the ocean till the day the fish he was friends with died

- Cranky old man, but he cares about his teammates a lot

- Loves painting :)

Dusa:

- Also old but not as old as Veni or Cymo

- She/they

- Doesn't remember her past before meeting Veni and joining the team

- Is very dry when she speaks and sometimes can't read the mood in a room

- She's very intuitive when it comes to Soul and stuff like that

Minos:

- A *lot* younger than the previous 3, but was the fourth to join them (after a really long time of them travelling alone)

- He/they

- Medic of the group, he's actually a physical therapist but due to the team getting stupid sick or injured most of the time he had to learn a bunch of different things to keep them alive

- Dusa helps him

- His species (Treehopper) are usually very small but his mamma was a big beetle, that's why he looks like that

Tigo:

- Around Minos' age

- They/them

- Used to be more of a beastly bug before they found a corpse of a mask maker and stole one of their masks, gained Focus

- Still very much silly and dangerous

- They lost their wings after they miscalculated something on one of their hunts, was very close to dying untill Veni found them

Vris:

- A tad younger than Tigo

- He/him

- Used to be part of a mercenary group till they kicked him out for a false acussation, captured by Laki's team till both of them got out and rescued by Veni's group

- Makes terrible first impressions on other people, but he's actually a genuine sweet guy

Laki:

- Around Vris' age

- She/him

- Also used to be a part of a mercenary group, though hers used to be enemies with Vris', wanted to leave the group after a long time and Vris' kidnapping was her last straw

- Used to be part of a royal family as well, though he was the child of a duke with a lower position, the material of her whip is similar to the pale ore

- She/her

Tari:

- As old as Cymo

- Lived in Hallownest up to its fall, escaped with the other stags but separated when she noticed her brother (Old Stag) wasn't there

- All of them travelled very far so she got lost when she tried to return back to Hallownest

- Found Ruk as a baby one day when she was wandering, then later met Veni and stayed with them

Ruk:

- Baby.... he's a little teen guy

- He/him

- Pretty much was raised by the whole group

- His family was killed before Tari found him, being the only survivor of what happened

Ignis:

- Young adult, a tad younger than Laki and Vris

- She/her

- Joined Veni and their team because she wanted to meet other places outside her tribe

- Has nicknames for everyone

- Is Hachi's girlfriend :3

Hachi:

- A tad older than Ignis

- She/her

- Blind from birth, but uses pretty much all of her other senses to move around and also fight

- Can be very strict at times, but she's very kind and cares about her teammates

- Is Ignis' girlfriend :3

Kram:

- Liddol guy, also a teen (around Ruk's age)

- He/him

- Scared of a lot of things, but tries his best

- Vris teaches him how to fight (totally not his father figure)

Sheepi:

- Youngest of the adults

- She/they

- She's a blacksmith! A genuine weapons geek

- Can use the leaves growing on her back as a food source

- Can move faster in water than in land

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And that's pretty much it :3 if you're reading this thanks a lot! If anyone got questions feel free to ask stuff

[yjwhatif]

What would have happened if the Ambassador hadn’t been there in Markovia when Brion captured Baron Bedlam. Would he still have executed his uncle and usurped his brother’s throne?

Honestly… i don't think he would have - he may have still done something drastic which separates him from the group - but i don't believe he would have gone as far as cold blooded murder without bazovvi and i definitely don't think he would have even considered taking the crown without someone prompting him to… bazovvi manipulates and plays upon a number of elements which all ultimately push brion to act the way he does - like riling up the crowds, bolstering his ego, reenforcing bedlams villainy and need to be stopped… potentially even influencing bedlam to make the decisions he makes. If you get rid of bazovvi and all the things he either psychically or verbally influences you are left with the brion who just discovered his sister has been working for the enemy and his elders/mentors knew without ever telling him about it.

In that moment brion would have been feeling hurt, betrayed, confused - all very valid, though thanks to him being massively self centred in general, his focus tends to remain all on him… it’s about how he was kept in the dark, how he sacrificed everything to rescue Tara and has been betrayed, how he is the victim in all this… meanwhile Tara was victimised and manipulated by years of abuse after being abducted and gar just narrowly avoided being crushed by a rock. Brion doesn't really think beyond himself most of the time - if ever he does, it will often lead back to him serving his own ego in some way… with that in mind, I imagine him demanding explanations but refusing to actually listen to them, then he would start raging out because no one will say what he wants them to say - which is apologise to him specifically and admit they should have indeed told him - which they absolutely shouldn’t have because he would not have handled that information well at all. Then, I can see Dick telling him to chill out which again just infuriates him more and we know how Brion gets when his anger takes over - it may even be bedlam still tries to escape in the commotion but winds up feeling the brunt of his nephews rage… ultimately everything comes to a head when brions actions hurt halo as they try to talk him down - whether that’s emotionally hurt or physically - i dunno, but with it the damage is done and it all ends with him leaving - knowing he wants nothing to do with those who will keep secrets from him…

Now I’ll admit, that’s all very OTT and probably wouldn’t at all happen like that - it would likely play out a lot subtler - and better - but that’s just the string of events my brain is currently offering so I went with them. My point is, had bazovvi not been there, I think Brion would have still kicked off and done some sort of damage before ditching everyone to do things his own way, just not intensional murder levels of damage… when he gets into a state he’s basically pure emotional energy without direction - more impulsive than methodical. Bazovvi, and jace for that matter, manipulates him by providing a particular direction for him to focus that energy on - like activating his meta gene, or killing that “war criminal” bedlam, or claiming the markovian crown for himself. On his own I don’t think Brion would have ever come up with these ideas - especially when he’s in a rage… So long story short, while I’ll admit I don’t think it took much nudging on bazovvis part to get Brion to kill bedlam and take his brothers thrown, bazovvi was still the main contributing factor which ensured everything happened the way it did… or at least, that’s my perspective on it…

This got so long and rambly - I hope it makes sense ( I’ve read through it so many time checking over it, my brains kinda gone numb to everything it says 😬) Anyway, thanks for the ask timewandererus!

LB

[pkmngame-fankids]

can you... perhaps... tell us more about kendrick?

Sure thing! Please note that all information in this post is subject to change though!

As I mentioned earlier, he was a member of Team Phoenix. He starts out as... well, he’s not very nice to start out with. He’s cold and uncaring and only wants the best for Team Phoenix. He’ll stomp out any rebellion that he has to and doesn’t really care who gets hurt in the process.

That’s how he meets Zaid, actually. Kendrick is running an operation for Team Phoenix and Zaid is there to try and stop him. They fight, Kendrick messes up the operation, and Zaid has vanished by the time another higher up of Team Phoenix arrives. Of course, this starts a rivalry and by the next time Zaid, Kendrick knows who he is travelling with, who his family is, and what kind of Pokémon he has. 

Despite all this information, Kendrick still ends up failing any task assigned to him whenever Zaid and his group of friends appear.

Of course, eventually, Kendrick and Zaid get into a fight just before a blizzard hits, which separates the both of them from their respective groups and forces them to work together. Kendrick gets injured sometime during this time, and Zaid, instead of abandoning him like he had thought, keeps him safe and as well cared for as one can expect while being trapped in a storm. During this time, they get to talking about why Kendrick joined Team Phoenix and why Zaid is so opposed to it, and come to a sort of understanding and a shaky bond. 

After the storm passes but before Zaid’s travelling group finds them, Zaid makes the offer to Kendrick to join them, which he refuses. And when Zaid’s friends do find them, Zaid makes the offer again, which Kendrick refuses again. After that, Zaid leaves and Kendrick starts slowly making his way back to Team Phoenix. 

At this point, Team Phoenix had given up on the search for Kendrick and assumed that he had died. So when Kendrick does reappear, still injured but breathing, there’s no warm welcome and he’s put back to work after a doctor gave a very brief look at him. And he’s not entirely sure why he’s surprised by this, but he is. Which kind of leads him to re-evaluate where he is in life, because if an enemy showed more care to his well-being than the people who were supposedly on his side, was he really doing the right thing?

His redemption is slow, and his acts of rebellion against Team Phoenix start out as small things, like adding pins on his uniform and breaking curfew, but eventually he starts giving information to Zaid and his friends about Team Phoenix under an alias. When he and Zaid next meet up, he reveals that he’s the double agent and gives him more information to work with. And when Kendrick is found out to be the spy, he is able to send a message to Zaid just before he is captured asking for help.

When Zaid and his friends do rescue him, Kendrick has been beat up quite a bit. He’s probably got a few broken bones at best (at worst, maybe a mix of blunt force trauma, penetrating trauma, and broken bones) and even though he’s pretty badly injured, he still refuses treatment. He knows that a lot more people got hurt (or worse) while he was waiting and hoping for rescue, and he’s quite insistent that those people get medical treatment first. 

It ends up being one of Zaid’s travelling companions, likely Caleb or Shara, that practically drags a doctor to see Kendrick because he wasn’t going to one on his own, no matter how desperately he needed one. It takes months for Kendrick to heal properly, mainly because he's trying to make sure that he doesn't visit the doctor when he thinks he doesn't need to, and when he doesn't visit the doctor, it's Zaid that drags him there. And when Zaid insists that Kendrick actually start taking care of himself, he slowly starts taking his advice seriously.

Kendrick's still cold and distant with strangers, but he's different around Zaid (and his friends, but mostly Zaid). He's warmer, happier, and far kinder with him than he is with most others, and no one really understands why until they start dating years later.

[severeearthquakebanana]

Welp, finished the Sailor Moon manga. Wow is the anime different! lol you know, I should have seen that coming considering all the differences I saw between Crystal and the 90s seasons but honestly, I'm just here for entertainment. And despite everything, I was entertained!! I suppose I'll give my thoughts on the overall series here at the end of this post. Be prepared for a long one friends lol.

As with the other seasons, I felt the manga had much cleaner plots and execution. All of the weird undertones I got from Pegasus/Helios were nonexistent in the manga. Yes, there was romantic undertones with him and Chibiusa, but it all tied into her overall theme that she just wants to grow up and be a Lady. And considering she is 903, I don't feel like it is that unreasonable a dream. Additionally, Helios was quite upfront that he was captured by the enemy and that he needed help from a "Young Maiden" to free him and help him in his search for the Golden Crystal. I wasn't all that clear if the young maiden was actually Usagi or Chibiusa, but either way, the goals and plot were very clear. Also! The Amazoness Quartet were the only secondary villains! They weren't as fun in the manga as in the anime, but I like that they end up being Chibiusa's sailor guardians in the future. Really brings it all togther.

Also! Speaking of changes from the manga and anime, Sailor Cosmos! I'd like to go on record and just say I WAS RIGHT. I KNEW CHIBI CHIBI HAD TO BE SOME SORT OF CHECKOV'S GUN THAT THE ANIME IMPROPERLY FIRED! CHIBI CHIB WAS SAILOR COSMOS. It all makes SO much more sense. I had to do a little extra reading on the wiki to fully understand what was going on, but in short, 'Sailor Moon' and 'Usagi Tsukino' are two separate individuals. Sailor Moon is reincarnated every however long, and Usagi is just the current incarnation of Sailor Moon. Sailor Moon is always fighting against Sailor Chaos, basically the embodiment of darkness as yanked from I believe Greek Mythology (might be a different line of religious thought, feel free to correct me). Sailor Cosmos is a future incarnation of Sailor Moon, who felt overwhelmed fighting her incarnation of Chaos. Usagi's incarnation of Sailor Moon had a giant influential showdown with Chaos that led to all the fallout Sailor Cosmos had to deal with, so Sailor Cosmos disguised herself as ChibiChibi to see if she could change the outcome of this influential showdown. In the end, she chose not to, and we don't really know what ends up happening to her in her time period. Which is fine, I don't care about Sailor Cosmos, I only care about Usagi and if SHE survives lol

Getting into the overall series thoughts, I LOVED that the manga ended with Usagi and Mamoru's wedding. A year ago I would have been really annoyed, but now? It so fits. What has Usagi's dream been this whole time? To marry Mamoru. She just wants to be with him, and he wants to be with her as well. And now they get to live out their thousand year lifespan together. Not sure how I feel about the whole monarchy and basic immortality that the whole concept of Crystal Tokyo brings about, but you know what? It's a fantasy series. Immortality is impossible, and I don't think a global monarchy led by magic wielding reincarnations of a prince and princess will ever happen in real life, so i'm not going to worry about it.

Switching gears, despite all my complaints, I think I still prefer the 90s anime. It's the damn score again. I'm not sure if I waxed poetic about Naruto on the live blog or if I left it in the drafts, but in short, Naruto was my gateway to the world of anime and fandom. Sakura as a character really spoke to me, and obviously the story was entertaining (the IP wouldn't be as big as it was if it wasn't). But what really stuck with me after finishing the series was the anime score. I LOVED the score of Naruto. I have the various OST tracks grouped together in youtube playlists based on the emotion I feel when listening and I STILL listen to some of them when I'm overwhelmed at work. Sailor Moon? The transformation and attack sequences are KICK ASS and there isn't a single one I actively dislike. Obviously i have my favorites, literally everything from Sailor Moon Super and Season 1 is a banger, and there are a few other pieces that are used as setting leitmotifs throughout the series that I also enjoy. The one used when Queen Beryl is berating subordinates is a favorite, as is the one played in Super when Haruka and Michiru are shown on screen in like a watercolor painting type still. There is a person on youtube that has the username "Endymon" and they have hour loops of SO MANY OST tracks, and you can bet I have them saved. I've been listing to the first season transformation hour loop while I work since October, and it's marvelous.

I also prefer the 90s anime for all the time we get to spend with the various characters. I may not have liked the choices made for all the characters (see, SuperS and Pluto in R) but the Spectre Sisters in Sailor Moon R? the Starlights in Stars? Honestly even the individual Sailor Senshi throughout the entire series?! The relationship between Hotaru and Chibiusa I think was the plot point/relationship that gained the most by having us spend more time with them. You really felt and understood the deep bond they had, and while I think they still sell it in the manga/Crystal, I think it's better executed in the 90s anime.

As I commented in one of my earlier posts, there are merits to each version of the story. I stand by my statement that the manga/crystal has a stronger and more coherent plot. But there are so many things that the anime does that makes the entire experience so enjoyable. I didn't feel the need to pay super close attention to detail in every episode. I was actually able to relax and recoup in the evening after work and I didn't have to worry about being super focused, I could half watch the episode and still know what is going on. And that is kinda what I needed this fall.

To wrap it all up, I love Sailor Moon. The story and the characters and the OST and everything in between is so fun and captivating. I see now why everyone loved this so much and why this was one of the anime to put the genre on the map for America audiences. Expect to see reblogs of random fanart from me, cause I don't think this will go anywhere anytime soon.

[luctheletterweaver]

Fight or Flight Symphonia Side - Sixth Fragment

You can notice how the word counts start going higher when I do my stuff from scratch, lol.

For obvious reasons, because the original game has it, discrimination and r*cial (as always, social media sites don't like this word *sigh*) themes are gonna be common in Genis' story. It's something that can't be avoided, and Symphonia wasn't that shy to show some ugly parts.

This one comes up in Ch 27, the party goes to Sybak and I have to insert Kratos because... yeah (he appears there, what the hell am I talking about?).

Word count: 1772

Kratos' and Kate's information

Sybak’s entrance was not guarded, meaning their little stunt worked. The Papal Knights would be busy searching for them in the other continent by now, but it wouldn’t be long before they noticed their escape. Although Genis wanted to explore more, even have a chance to visit the university’s library, the party couldn’t stay long after last time.

Genis was surprised he even wanted to when he was exposed there. Maybe he was getting homesick himself, else why would he long to go back to school at a time like this? Or maybe it was his wish that Raine would be there, strict as ever, her only concern being to teach to the best of her capabilities, finish her material of the day, and make sure Lloyd wouldn’t sleep in class yet again. Genis was sure if his sister was here, she would still be giving them schoolwork to make sure they, mostly Lloyd, didn’t fall behind.

As they walked into the city, a familiar silhouette came into view. Kratos. Everyone tensed. Genis and Lloyd moved in front of Colette, their weapons at the ready. He heard the rest moving to guard her back.

Kratos just watched them. “I have no intention of fighting you inside the city,” he made short work of Lloyd, disarming and throwing him to the ground.

He sheathed his sword before passing through the group, stopping besides Colette.

“Chosen One,” Kratos turned to her. “If you wish to live, you must remove that worthless Key Crest.”

What’s he talking about? Genis turned towards Kratos. The ominous words brought back the many dangers of the exspheres to his mind, Marble’s fate being the worst of them. But Colette’s was a Cruxis crystal, which didn’t cause the same side effects as she had worn it since the day of the Oracle. The only bad effects he knew about were the whole angel transformation and the Toxicosis Raine mentioned before. If that’s so, why did it need a Key Crest to be suppressed like an exsphere? None of this made sense to Genis, there was so much they still didn’t know about Cruxis crystals. Many questions ran through his head while not noticing Kratos look at him.

“Genis.”

Genis tensed and glared at Kratos.

“I’ll be clear only once. Your sister is not in Cruxis’ hands,” Kratos walked away.

Genis’ glare dissipated and ran after him. “Wait!”

Kratos didn’t stop. Genis had half a mind to follow, enemy status be damned, but Zelos put his arm on the way.

“Wait kid. He could be using that to separate us.”

“He could know something!” Genis snapped.

“Genis, Zelos is right,” Sheena joined. “It’s dangerous if you go alone. We can’t trust his word.”

Genis deflated. They were right. Kratos said he didn’t want to fight them there but that didn’t stop him from planning an ambush by using Genis’ desperation against them. If he got captured, Colette could easily give herself up and their efforts until now would go to waste.

“Anyway, it’s more likely the professor is in Sylvarant,” Lloyd said.

“We still don’t know if that’s true,” Genis countered weakly.

“I don’t think Kratos is lying either,” Colette said.

Genis turned to Colette, whose smile was dull. “How can you be so sure?”

“Just a feeling.”

Genis didn’t dare say anything else and looked away. He wasn’t going to admit it out loud, at least not now, but he was on Colette’s side on this one. Not because he trusted Kratos, there’s no way he would ever do it again, but because if it was true, his sister was not in grave danger. Being the Renegades’ prisoner or lost in Tethe’alla weren’t better options at all, yet Yggdrasill’s ruthlessness was far too imprinted in his mind and didn’t want to imagine what would happen to Raine if she was captured by Cruxis.

Just this time, Genis let himself hope.

--

Entering a sewer was not something Genis wanted to repeat after the nuisance Meltokio’s sewers were. Unlike those though, this one was a quick trip that led them inside a lab under Sybak’s university. Various people in lab coats were moving around doing their jobs. What Genis paid attention to was that everyone there were half-elves. Just like in the Elementary Research Laboratory.

Genis sighed, it’s the same no matter where we go. The party approached a woman with green hair, slightly pointed ears, and glasses, the supposed Kate he’d heard about. A half-elf too. The woman’s face turned shocked when she saw him. Lloyd had told him they made a deal with her to help Presea if they brought Genis here, because to her, there was no way humans would ever associate with half-elves of their own volition.

If I was born in Tethe’alla instead of Sylvarant, would I think the same? Sylvarant was no paradise for half-elves, but what Tethe’alla did was inhumane. Humans saw them as scum of the earth and treated them worse than beasts in the wild. There’s no way anyone would live comfortably at the idea of being locked up to work for the sake of their oppressors and never see the light of day for the rest of their lives. Genis could only wonder, if they had succeeded on saving Sylvarant, as asinine as the thought was, and the Desians moved over to Tethe’alla, what would the half-elves here do? He doubted they would keep their heads down.

At least in Sylvarant, some half-elves were still taken in by kind people, like Harley in Asgard. Raine and Genis had some numbered encounters like that before reaching Iselia, people that didn’t care what they were, and although they couldn’t do much, just giving them a measly piece of bread or a roof to cover from the rain had saved them from dying countless times.

It didn’t make him like humans any better, but kindness wasn’t something Genis would ever deny. Lloyd and Colette didn’t hesitate to treat him the same as always, Sheena was like a second big sister after all their time together since she joined, Zelos was a jerk, but he never directed actual disgust at him and covered him in battle when necessary, which Genis respected. Presea… she was still a coin in the air. Genis wished for the sake of his blossoming feelings that she would accept him anyway, even if they stayed friends in the end.

“…We call it the Angelus Project,” Kate said.

The name caught his attention. Kvar said the same thing in the Asgard Human Ranch.

Kate approached Presea, but she rebuffed the action and ran to the back. Genis and Colette went to her side. The little girl’s expression remained blank, though her body was stiff as a tree. Both him and Colette didn’t dare touch her in fear of retaliation while hoping their close presence would be enough to calm her down.

Genis turned back to Kate’s explanation, how the Angelus Project was an experimental way of turning exspheres into Cruxis Crystals.

“She’s just like Colette.”

Colette flinched. “If we leave Presea like this, what will happen to her?”

“When the parasitic process is complete, she will die.” Kate said matter-of-factly, not reacting at how everyone startled.

“That’s horrible! Please save her!” Genis yelled. “What did she ever do to you?!”

Lloyd intervened, his voice uncharacteristically severe. “You promised. You’re going to save her, right?”

“A promise is a promise.” Kate said.

Kate told them about a dwarf named Altessa who had participated in the experiment too, the Pope being the one who gave the order. Genis cringed, not that human again! When Zelos insulted him, Kate reacted badly. Genis was aggravated, how could she defend one of the people responsible for perpetuating the mistreatment against her own? But by the look on her face, it seemed to go deeper than just mere religious loyalty. Genis had a couple ideas why but didn’t voice them.

Lloyd determined they should go find Altessa, so they should head to Gaoracchia Forest. Going by what Zelos said back in Meltokio, Ozette was on the way. They could finally take Presea home.

Before they left, Genis approached Kate.

“Has there been anyone new here lately?” He asked.

“What do you mean?” Kate was confused.

“My older sister is missing. Her name is Raine, and she looks just like me.”

Kate regarded him for a moment before shaking her head. “I’m sorry. I haven’t seen anyone like that. If she got arrested, she could have ended up in any research facility around Tethe’alla.”

“I see.”

“I’ll keep an eye out, in case you come back.”

“Thanks,” Genis said weakly.

“Still, what a coincidence. A man just came by asking the same question.”

Genis reacted. “Who?”

“Kratos Aurion. He was here for other reasons but came down to ask us about any half-elves coming here recently.”

“Just what is he up to?” Lloyd grimaced.

--

The party walked away from Sybak silently. Genis and Colette remained in the back. Although they had gotten information on how to help Presea, the search for Raine was still in square one. Genis hated this. It was a relief she wasn’t imprisoned in Sybak, that said, it didn’t eliminate Raine could be out somewhere in Tethe’alla, an easy prey for the Papal Knights. He kept praying for her safety.

There was also Kratos’ strange behavior. Ignoring the adamantite thing or how he still took time to admonish Lloyd whenever they crossed paths, he seemed to be looking for Raine too. Genis didn’t want to think he was trying to help due to guilt or something else. However, he wouldn’t refuse this because it could mean finding his sister sooner. And Genis was still thankful about Kratos sharing that Cruxis didn’t have Raine.

With the storm raging inside him, Genis was slow to notice Colette’s gloomy demeanor. Kratos’ words to her still bothered him, even more so after what Kate told them, so he reached out and took her hand.

“Colette, are you okay?”

Colette looked at him and forced a smile. “Yeah, Genis. Everything is fine.”

“Are you sure? You’re not sick again, right?”

Colette shook her head. “If anything comes up, I’ll let everyone know immediately.”

“Okay.” Genis smiled back.

Colette ran ahead to walk besides Lloyd. Genis didn’t follow, doubts surging. Could it be the Key Crest Lloyd made wasn’t enough and was making Colette sick like it did exsphere bearers without it? It wasn’t beyond her to hide things from them again, just like when she was transforming into an angel.

Sometimes, Genis wished Colette was a bit more selfish.