Huge shout out to danosrosegarden for redirecting me to you, I accidentally sent them this at first lol you’re both my favorites, I’m sorry I got y’all mixed up! I just wanted to say I love how you write about creep Ed using ASMR to manipulate you into feeling more at ease with him, even if your reaction is involuntary and unconscious. That’s such a unique characterization!! Equal parts crafty, creepy, and compelling!
Thank you!
He's not a psychology expert. He knows there are better ways (meaner, crueller, awful ways) but he's unwilling to hurt his friend. You are friends.
It's the best he can think of to do to condition you if you're a crier. You're crying because you're afraid of him, of The Riddler. And that's righteously fair - The Riddler is scary, or, at least, he tries to be - and you're proof it works, though some part of him wishes you weren't so scared. You've been pre-conditioned by the media before he ever got his gloves on you to think he's a mindless, heedless killer whose teeth gnash and snarl in the night, ripping through innocent, good men. And perhaps he does wish he could rip through those newscasters and media production teams, but being a free speech absolutist means you don't do that even when you want to, and he must honor his code, or he'll be the animal they portray him as. Pity.
Maybe he already is. Maybe this is wrong. No! No, he isn't, he has you, doesn't he? He's human... he feels empathy...
Anyways... your warped view (your correct view) is a bit useful for him to keep you corralled in the beginning, when you're prone to tripping your way towards the door handles or nudging your precious chin against the barred windowsills. You're so silly like that. You really think that's going to get you somewhere? Oh, you poor, deluded creature. You'll injure yourself!
But those men - those dastardly, stealing, abusive, money-grubbing fuckwits - they're not innocent. The media doesn't tell you that, do they? He's so sorry they've lied to you and planted these ideas in your head. But that's okay, pretty birdy. He'll set the record straight for you from the very beginning. Your warbling cries won't possibly last in the face of the truth, right? And if they do, it's okay. He's nothing if not a patient man when it comes to his comrade. It must be so hard to cry all the time, though, no? At least eat something to keep up your energy...
... ah. Well, he can feed you... He never thought of himself as the 'mama bird' type before, but, for you...
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We found. Bastard killed Youchi in a sewer. Only a hand was left. About if Yoichi was eaten by rats… well. It’s a sewer and i don’t think AFO was meticulous collecting the remains.
*squints* that doesn't look like a lot of pieces left even for the rats so I think we're safe on that account, new question, "how the hell did AfO not realize that killed his brother"
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I'm divided…
… I like Rukia getting something to do, I like the Kuchiki sibs plus their idiot, I like that she was allowed to hold her own despite this being a 2000s shonen manga, you know what I mean. Like for what it was many of the women in BLEACH made it through fairly well and I like that. I like Rukia being cool, I like her Bankai, I like it.
But at the same time… Like I get why it was her, and I like it, and I don't so much mind as… Well, I just kinda wish that Renji had gotten to kill As Nodt, since he was the one who actually had to watch Byakuya get maimed like that? Like obvi Rukia deserves a shot too, like I said, I understand it being her and I don't mind, I just kinda would… Also like to see a reality where Renji got to do him in.
Not necessarily in canon, bc yes, give Rukia more to do? Like I just want an au where Renji got him. Them. Finish what he tried to start before getting punted.
It's like I like the way it was and I wouldn't actually change it bc we always need more women being able to fight on their own, and I liked what was done. I loved Byakuya just showing up to get his bankai back and then leaving the rest to his sister, I love love love her getting Bankai.
I just. Want to see the version where Renji gets a go at him after having to watch that.
Like I don't want to write it myself, but I want it.
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“But now it was a concentrated exploration; they must spend the entire night in the air. [...] Armand observed everything, passengers, stewardesses; he spoke with the pilots; he lay back in the deep first-class seats listening to the engines roar. Double-decker jets particularly enchanted him. He must try longer, more daring adventures: all the way to Port-au-Prince or San Francisco, or Rome, or Madrid or Lisbon, it didn’t matter, as long as Armand was safely landed by dawn.“
From a 2023 perspective this sounds like a grim way to spend your time, but flight in the late 70′s/early 80′s was pretty cushy.
In the United States airlines were regulated until 1978. The Civil Aeronautics Board dictated flight paths, schedules, and pricing, so the only way for airlines to attract customers was via amenities. After ‘78 prices that were previously exorbitant (the average flight was around $400 by current inflation standards) suddenly dropped, and the customer base exploded.
Which means Daniel and Armand were hitting the skies at just the right time: tickets were cheap, but the race to pack as many bodies into a plane as possible was just beginning, and cushy double decker jets were still in the skies.
First class diners ate multi course meals from fine china. Once their bellies were full and they fancied a drink they could go upstairs-
...and sprawl out in the beautiful first class lounge.
These are earlier 70′s models but you could pretty much go up and treat the lounge as you would any social space.
Even if you were flying coach PanAm had you covered with a full upper deck dining area and lounge.
In the 80′s, English liner RegentAir had a full cocktail bar. Other airlines had pianos and other live music to entertain first class passengers.
The first class lounge on a Japan Airlines jet from the 80s marries Japanese tradition with modern 80s design.
When you were in your assigned seat the cabin for short domestic flights was still far more roomy than what you get now. And you were free to smoke on board for the duration of Armand and Daniel’s relationship.
So even if they had to watch their in flight movie on a projector screen with all the other passengers and there was no wifi to be found, Armand and Daniel had plenty of ways to entertain themselves on their all night flights. If you’re gonna be stuck in the air with a vampire boyfriend then this really is the way to go.
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