#Is it because rika gets off free?

[boredzillablog]

Paldean Lusamine

Masculine Lusamine because Rika gave me brainworms 😖🥴

[shveris]

how jjk characters would solve the trolley problem

canon abilities and modern!au

the order of actions and what the characters do is not random

if it's not stated they walk away after calling an ambulance, they stay with the people and try to assure them that everything's gonna be okay

manga spoilers

this is just how i would think they would react

satoru

canon: destroys trolley, calls someone to take care of the people, teleports away

modern!au: doesn’t really care but suguru makes him choose the track with one person because “morals bla bla bla”, walks away, forgets to call an ambulance which suguru scolds him for

suguru

canon: saves sorcerers and walks away

modern!au: picks the track with one person, calls an ambulance

shoko

canon: picks the track with one person, heals them after, fails cutting the ropes so she calls someone to take care of it, walks away

modern!au: calls an ambulance, picks the track with one person

toji

canon: walks away

modern!au: walks away

nanami

canon: destroys the trolley, frees everyone

modern!au: picks the track with one person, tries cutting the ropes for them but fails, calls an ambulance, helps everyone else after

haibara

canon: we don’t know what his CT is but he would pick the track with one person and cuts their ropes so they can escape in time, helps everyone else after

modern!au: panics but picks the track with one person, helps everyone else, calls an ambulance while crying

takuma

canon: destroys trolley, helps everyone after

modern!au: picks the track with one person, calls an ambulance, depressed for a few weeks

yuuji

canon (pre shinjuku showdown): picks up trolley and throws it away, helps everyone after

canon (post shinjuku showdown): destroys the trolley, cuts everyone’s ropes with his CT

modern!au: tries stopping the trolley with brute force, somehow succeeds, frees everyone after

megumi

canon: swallows everyone on the tracks with his shadow, waits for the trolley to drive past and releases them (the trolley is too heavy in comparison to 6 people, else he would’ve taken that one in)

modern!au: calls an ambulance, picks the track with one person, helps everyone else after

nobara

canon: destroys the trolley, helps everyone after, scolds everyone for being stupid

modern!au: calls an ambulance, picks the track with one person, scolds everyone for being stupid

maki

canon (without heavenly restrictions): quickly cuts everyone's ropes so they can escape

canon (with heavenly restrictions): destroys the trolley, calls an ambulance

modern!au: calls an ambulance, picks the track with one person, walks away

panda

canon: punches trolley off the rails, helps everyone after

modern!au: calls an ambulance, picks the track with one person, tries cheering everyone up and fails

toge

canon: uses "stop" on the trolley, frees everyone after

modern!au: calls an ambulance, picks the track with one person

yuuta

canon: asks rika to take care of the trolley while he frees everyone

modern!au: panics, picks the track with one person, almost forgets to call an ambulance

sukuna

canon: kills everyone

modern!au: finds a way to make the trolley drift back so it kills everyone

uraume

canon: walks away

modern!au: records it for sukuna, walks away

kashimo

canon: destroys the trolley, accidentally fries everyone on the tracks

modern!au: doesn't really care but picks the track with one person, kinda lost after, calls ambulance

choso

canon: destroys trolley because "that's what yuuji would've wanted", forgets to free the people which yuuji scold him for

modern!au: picks the track with one person, calls yuuji, yuuji goes "wtf call an ambulance?!", calls an ambulance

yuki

canon: destroys the trolley, helps everyone after

modern!au: tries stopping the trolley with brute force, somehow succeeds, frees everyone after

hakari

canon: destroys trolley, calls someone to take care of the people

modern!au: picks the track with one person, succeeds in getting rid of the ropes somehow before the trolley kills them, calls someone to take care of everyone else

kirara

canon: marks herself, runs in front of the trolley, marks it as well and trolley gets repelled backwards immediately, calls someone (read: hakari) to help the people on the tracks

modern!au: panics, picks the track with one person, tries calling an ambulance but panics even more on the phone kirara: THERE'S PEOPLE ON THE TRAIN TRACKS AND THEY NEED HELP call operator: slow down, what train tracks? kirara: I DON'T KNOW BUT SOMEONE DIED call operator: WHAT!? kirara: JUST SEND SOMEONE call operator: SEND THEM WHERE?! WHERE ARE YOU?! kirara: HOW SHOULD I KNOW?!

mahito

canon: picks the track with the most people, taunts everyone, sits back and watches, takes in the singular person for his collection, walks away

modern!au: picks the track with the most people, taunts everyone, sits back and watches, walks away

kenjaku

canon: genuinely finds the ethical dilemma interesting, walks away while thinking about how to utilize something like that against future opponents who have a strong moral compass

modern!au: genuinely finds the ethical dilemma interesting, walks away

jogo

canon: arson and homicide

modern!au: walks away

hanami

canon: destroys trolley and kills everyone

modern!au: holds a speech about how it's their own fault and getting killed by one of the things that's destroying the planet is karma, walks away

okay this was fun and tickled my brain

did i forget anyone?

[sadability]

Did you get mysterious messages? ~🎵

MYSTIC MESSENGER MUSIC HEADCANONS :D (RFA + V, Rika, Vanderwood)

Jihyun / V

I think V would love Mitski. Just imagining him painting while my love, mine All mine plays in the background is so sweet. I also think he'd like cavetown, clario, Adrianne Lenker, Liane Flores and Tears For Fears. He often listens to it as background noise when painting or photographing but I also believe he'd practice singing using certain songs (and maybe sing you to sleep HSHSHS)

Jumin

Jumin gives me trouble because I feel like he listens to music for lyrics or lack thereof rather than sound. He listens to blues, jazz, classical and maybe a soft rock love song here and there. If he listens to a song with lyrics, he'll study them. He doesn't really listen to music often but when he does, it's often used as background noise rather than him genuinely indulging.

707 / Saeyoung / Luciel

I think he'd listen to mostly everything but especially synth wave, pop, new wave, rap, noise and glam rock for some reason. I could see him vibing to Depeche Mode one moment and then Fetty Wap the next. He would definitely unironically listen to wannabe by the spice girls LMAO. Also probably really likes tv show intros like iCarly theme or something. AND DISCO!! Seven dancing to bee gees when!?!?

Yoosung

To get rid of the obvious he'd listen to video game osts, pixel (I think that's what the genre is called?) and probably, here me out, pop punk. Or like Falling in Reverse. I think his favourite band would be the All American Rejects but I can also see him liking old demi lavato or Camilla cabello. Both basic white girl music and then randomly pop punk mixed in. As for gaming soundtracks I think he'd really like the undertale ost and probably listens to music through gacha life amv 😔

Zen / Hyun

I FEEL LIKE HIS MUSIC TASTE WAS EXPLICITLY STATED BUT I DONT REMEMBER RAHH okay okay uhm- !! I can totally see him listening to Whitney Houston, Abba, The Cardigans, The Beatles etc for some reason but also he'd feel self conscious that his music taste is too "old" so he would throw in shit like Kendrick Lamar and Future to spice things up and he would never ever admit that his favourite song is Angeleyes by Abba.

Jaehee

Bubblegum Pop, Indie and Doo Wop!!! Mitski, Girl In Red, Kinneret, Princess Chelsea, The Chordettes and The Supremes are frequents of Jaehee's playlist! She only really listens to music on the plane or in the office though. It helps her relax and take her mind off the stress for a bit. I can imagine her learning piano and playing songs like Johnny Angel or Mr Sandman in her free time.

Rika

Rika likes Melanie Martinez and i refuse to argue. She would probably relate really hard to some of her music and overall loves the way it sounds. Can also see her liking Penelope Scott. On the other hand, i see her liking classical or just soft piano music. Color me Blue by Akane would also be a song i can see her liking.

Vanderwood

Metal, Glam Rock, Glam Metal, Dad Rock, 80s rock just. Yeah. You get the point. Metallica, Journey, Mötley Crüe, Guns n Roses, Van Halen, Cinderella, Def Leppord and Dokken !! His favourite bands. Just classic 80s/90s rock for ya. Absolutely goes to their concerts religiously. Probably plays electric guitar as well..he could perform his own concert tbf

[cozmicwonder]

He Loves me, She Loves me Not

A/n -This is a college AU where curses don’t exist nor do sorcerers. Warning: Strong language, bullying, pain

“Why are you staring? Is there something on my face?” The sound of fingers snapping in your ear brought you out of your trance. “What?” The word came out quieter than anticipated. Maki scoffs and rolls her eyes.

“You’re staring into space again, what’s going on up there?” She asks as her hand forms a fist and knocks against your head. Pushing her hand away, you take a step back. “Instead of talking about me. We should talk about you!” You say putting on a smile as the words fall from your lips.

Maki being Maki shuts it down immediately “No”. She says blankly, you sigh and wave her off. “Do you have any other classes today?” You’d ask curious as you pull out your phone to check if you had any remaining classes after 5 p.m.

“No, I'm free the rest of the day. I'm planning on hanging out with Panda today. Wanna join?” she peers at you questioningly awaiting an answer. You frown slightly, “Can’t… I have another class to get to at 5:56” It was a very specific number, but I didn’t make the rules.

It was currently 5:24 p.m. “Bummer” You roll your eyes at her “Whatever…I should get going if I want to be able to pick a good seat.” You give Maki a quick hug then wave goodbye as you descend the hall. It was a Saturday afternoon and not many students were here. Students liked having classes in the morning, so the rest of the day was theirs.

You passed several lecture halls and classes on your way to your lecture. Figuring it would be a good idea to use the bathroom before you were stuck in an hour-and-a-half lecture having no way to pee. Making a right at the end of the hall instead of a left.

After making a few more turns you’d finally made it to the restroom. Sighing in relief at the sight of the bathroom entrance, you walk closer and see a male figure leaning up against the girl's bathroom wall. The boy had his head down so you couldn’t see his face.

As if he read your mind, the boy lifted his head then it hit you. It was Yuta Okkotsu…The boy who made your high school year a living hell. The memories of your second year in high school flooded your brain.

A large hand gripped my hair carelessly and roughly, forcing my head up. My eyes seal shut in sudden pain at the top of my head. I wince in pain, my head pounding from the harsh grip. I could make out the sounds of giggling, picture taking, recordings, and familiar voices of my peers. “Open your eyes Bitch”..Bitch… A word I’d grown all too familiar with during my second year of high school.

When my eyes didn’t open immediately, a cruel hand met the left side of my face, it left a stinging sensation. My eyes opened just enough to see the girl in front of me. Rika…. Rika was the girlfriend of Yuta. They were titled the Power Couple. Yuta was someone you’d call a bad boy. One whom you couldn’t get close to. Rika was a Regina George. God, I hated her… No one would understand how much I wanted her ending to end up like Regina's. Unfortunately, life isn't a movie.

Soft slim fingers grip my cheeks and pull my head up forcing eye contact. “Pathetic” The word was followed by the spray of saliva. I tried to turn my head away but the hand on my face wouldn’t let me. I was fighting everything in me to not cry, not willing to give her such satisfaction. “I’d think twice before talking to my man again before you go and talk to him trying to hoe yourself around…remember this”.

All this happened because she caught me and her boyfriend in an empty class together. He had dragged you in there after class to continue his previous harassment. Her fingers pushed my head away, and the grip on my hair loosened and I fell to the floor. I let out a long breath I didn’t know I was holding. “I’d never hoe myself around, especially not to your garbage of a boyfriend.”

my eyes met hers as the words fell from my mouth. A large foot pressed down on my back forcing me closer to the ground. Causing me to gasp. Rika giggled and left the room.

Soft slim fingers grip my cheeks and pull my head up forcing eye contact. “Pathetic” The word was followed by the spray of saliva. I tried to turn my head away but the hand on my face wouldn’t let me. I was fighting everything in me to not cry, not willing to give her such satisfaction. “I’d think twice before talking to my man again before you go and talk to him trying to hoe yourself around…remember this”.

All this happened because she caught me and her boyfriend in an empty class together. He had dragged you in there after class to continue his previous harassment. Her fingers pushed my head away, and the grip on my hair loosened and I fell to the floor. I let out a long breath I didn’t know I was holding. “I’d never hoe myself around, especially not to your garbage of a boyfriend.”

my eyes met hers as the words fell from my mouth. A large foot pressed down on my back forcing me closer to the ground. Causing me to gasp. Rika giggled and left the room.

Dangerous blue eyes stared at you directly, as if staring into your soul. Your breathing was shagged and heavy. Heart pounding. Praying he couldn’t hear you. You couldn’t bring yourself to blink…. scared that if you did he’d end you. Your throat felt tight and your mouth went dry. The grip on your phone was so tight your knuckles were turning white.

His mouth parted to speak but someone had interrupted him before he could. The two of you broke eye contact to look at the person. Rika…” Of course they’re still together,” you think to yourself. Rika was speaking but you didn’t care to listen, you learned to drown her out years ago. Yuta’s attention was on Rika, so you took the opportunity to quickly slip away. When his eyes went back to the stop you were last. You were gone.

You sprinted down the university halls, forgetting all about the upcoming lecture. You burst through the entrance finally stopping and catching your breath. “No, no, NO! Please don’t let this be real...” Tears threaten to fall, and your throat tightens. “Please. Please” the words come out shallow.

Quickly unlocking your phone with trembling hands, you texted Miwa asking if you two could meet at a local coffee shop. “Please don’t be busy. Please,” you say while biting your nails in anticipation.

‘…’ the bubbled dots on the screen of your phone were jumping as if to taunt you. You try to calm yourself down and steady your breath by taking deep breaths and slowly count to 10. You unlock your phone once more and see Miwa texted you back.

“Of course, I’m 5 minutes out so now should be fine. See you soon! :)” You let out a short breath. Thanking whoever answered your prayer. Not wasting another second, you rush down the stairs of the building and begin your journey to the coffee shop.

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Arriving off campus to the small city by the campus you make your way to the coffee shop. Pushing the doors open rather quickly, eyes scan the area for the blue-haired girl. Miwa spotting you first waves a hand and calls you over. You smile and make your way over to her. You pulled her into a hug and nearly broke down in her arms. Miwa being the sweetheart of me sensed something was wrong.

That and you were hugging her extremely tight. “What's wrong y/n?” she says pulling back from the hug and guiding you to the other open seat at the table. “He…He’s back” Words coming out quietly. She looks at you confused. “Who…Who’s back?” You look her square in the eyes “Yuta is back, and he’s attending the same college as me” Miwa's mouth drops, and her hand quickly covers it.

Concern is written all over her face and sympathy is evident in her eyes. Just as you were about to say something a waiter interrupted you. He slid a piece of paper onto the table, and it read “Hello, what can I get you, ladies, today”. you looked at the paper confused then you looked up. Horror was written on your face now, confused long discarded. The eyes that were staring down at you were a beautiful purple, like that of a wisteria tree. Those were the same purple eyes that stared at you empathetically at your bruised body all those years ago.

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A/n- I’m thinking of making this into a series, should I? Please do give constructive criticism. I'm always looking for ways to improve. Do leave feedback, thank you for reading.

[itsdrawingmen]

I saw a dunmeshi art where they lined up the characters in their underwear, and got brainworms from it. I'm not really good at painted studies, it turns out, or maybe it just didn't work right now, but I like how the drawing came out. It was an excercise in different bodies, and I think they’re all neat.

Some headcanons and musings:

Zen has boobs, tits even, but that's canon, and all the time I was drawing him I was thinking about that selfie from his album where he's wearing a half-buttoned white shirt and his cleavage is visible. I am looking at him respectfully (not really, I am looking at him like this:

He's shaved everywhere, and he wears very plain, neutral-coloured underwear. His normal state is being pretty meaty, but he doesn’t like himself that way. He’s often dried out for his roles.

Yoosung is narrow-chested, thin, covered in moles, and comparatively kinda hairy — not by my European standards, but compared to the others here. He doesn't care about shaving, for himself or anyone else. He often wears funky boxers, and has sort of got a collection. Even when it's not funky-printed, his underwear is usually bright-coloured. He's cringe, but he's free. Also, not pictured, but he’s often covered in hickeys, normally from the chest up. Not gonna say who leaves them, but anyone who knows me even a little can take a wild guess 👀

Jaehee is wide in the hips and big-breasted. Her underwear is normally mismatched, because she doesn't care. The only thing she cares about is that it doesn't show through her clothes. In the canon timeline, she usually wears those thick stiff heavily padded bras that smooth everything out, and then over the course of the postcanon she gradually switches to softer cups. She's sedentary, often stressed, and doesn't eat well, so she's not really thin. She has acne on her face, neck, back, chest, and shoulders. She shaves because she’s too used to it, but she gradually gets more relaxed about it.

Next up is Joori Nam, the MC. She's a big, tall young woman, quite heavy and strong. She likes to show off her edgy and feisty personality in clothes and underwear, and she's also pretty expressive and energetic in gestures. She's depressed and a self-harmer. She barely shaves, only where is absolutely necessary to look ‘presentable’ for work. Otherwise, she can’t be assed.

The Chois are emaciated and scarred. They've both got some mild pectus excavatum. The Mother Choi used to stub cigarettes on them, and Saeran has got it worse.

Saeyoung is slightly more muscular and slightly less scarred. He has knobby square fingers, and nails bitten to almost nothing. He's also an active self-harmer. He's missing several toenails. All of his underwear is a little baggy on him.

Saeran is even thinner and less muscular. He has a lot of piercings, and his tattoo is blacked out into a full sleeve. He has barely any body hair at all. He is pretty much covered in cigarette burn scars, as well as scars from being whipped with cables, and several deep and crooked scars from gashes made with glass bottles.

Jumin, without his PR team, can't pose for shit. He is good at doing what they tell him, and he looks fine when photographed candidly, but as soon as he starts posing on his own, he just looks awkward and stiff. He has a weird case of CEO-body, where he's fit, but also weirdly soft in unexpected places (namely, his chest and arms). He shaves because it's 'hygienic'. He also wears briefs. Sorry, to me he looks like someone who wears briefs.

Jihyun is normally pretty toned, but after the whole ordeal with Rika and having to cover for her he has gained some weight and gotten soft. He has a long torso and wider hips and a bit of a belly. He hunches his back a lot, and picks at the skin of his fingers.

Rika is slender and dancerly, and very traditionally feminine. She’s small and graceful, not muscular, but soft, with smooth porcelain skin. She wears lingerie, always matching, always beautiful, and pretty much only owns thongs and tanga. Somehow, despite always looking up at people, she can easily make you feel like she’s looking down at you.

[idlerin]

YOU'VE GOT A HOLD OF ME

guitarist!suna rintarou x assistant!f!reader

part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | extra

the ikarus incident (band au)

+ word count: 1.3k

being the personal assistant of the lead guitarist of one of the biggest bands in the country was no joke.

SUNA RINTAROU being the lead guitarist of one of the biggest bands in the country was no joke, speaking as said lead guitarist's personal assistant. You’re the one who gets dumped all his fan mails, regular mail, and gets bombarded with endless phone calls. You also manage his social media accounts and make sure he doesn't ruin his reputation, at least not too much (you urge him to get a social media manager, he waves off your idea, saying, “Do I need to? You’re managing it well enough”, some days you just want to strangle him).

As of now, you were residing in a hotel– in one of the big fancy rooms reserved for the acts at the band's next performance at this music festival, recounting to him his schedule for the evening, "Right after this we have a meeting with the band manager,” you read off of your planner and glance at Suna whose face turned sour, directing his glare on you, “Don’t look at me like that, it's a meeting with the whole band."

Suna Rintarou did not rest the glare.

You glance at your watch to check the time, "You still have over an hour till you're going to the site. During this time, I suggest messaging your sister and asking her how she’s doing. She's been reaching out to me saying you won’t answer her calls and that she is worried about your well being.”

Suna scoffs, “And you believe her?” his sister wasn’t really one of his favorite people since… ever, nor was she yours, from the three times you’ve interacted with her.

“Of course not, but I’d rather she stop bothering me,” you shrug, flipping your notebook to check Suna’s schedule for the following week.

Which included an advertisement shoot and a recording session with the band for their upcoming album. It wasn’t as packed as the other days, which meant you could go home early (you were excited, it’s criminal how you’re excited). Maybe go grocery shopping, you were running low on food in your apartment, which reminded you to check Suna’s refrigerator, it was most probably also empty. You don’t get paid enough for this.

"It still wows me how efficient you are, [name], more importantly, it amazes me how you’ve dealt with Suna’s awful personality for over a year now! No assistant has ever lasted him even 8 months, where the hell did he find you?" Miya Atsumu, the drummer, chitchats as he leaned back on the couch while someone was putting on his makeup.

“Says the one whose last assistant left the country,” Suna retorts, not even looking at Atsumu, just scrolling through his phone.

“That was years ago! And I let Yumi go abroad because she had better opportunities there. I am assistantless of my own free will! So, where did you meet [name]? You guys never told us,” Atsumu counters.

Both you and Suna ignore him as you go over your personal checklist and Suna just couldn’t find it in him to care enough to reply.

“It’s such a great conversation we’re having,” Atsumu says sarcastically, “Can you believe them? They’re both so rude,” He says to the person touching up his make-up.

“What’s happening?” Akaashi Keiji, the lead vocalist, who was talking with the other staff just a few moments earlier, joined in on the conversation, “And where’s Sakusa?” pertaining to the bassist, Sakusa Kiyoomi.

“He’s running late, says he got caught up in a family emergency, but he’ll be here in 10 minutes. Rika texted me just now,” you answer, Komori Rika was Sakusa’s PA and cousin.

“I’m really considering getting a new PA, what do you guys think?” Atsumu interrupts once again. “How do you guys even recommend finding one, like seriously, I just found Yumi because my brother recommended her to me but I want to take a different approach this time.”

You get a flashback to the first time you met Suna, you were running late to a meet up with your parents, just got out of your shift at a local coffee shop, a coffee in hand and clutching a bunch of papers to your chest. Wasn’t really one of the brightest things you’ve ever done. The next thing you knew, you were crashing into a body and spilling your hot coffee on a total stranger. Then instead of getting furious the stranger says, “Hm, I have a job offer for you.”

Like a total nutjob!

“Huh?” you were dumbfounded (for clearly obvious reasons), you just spilled coffee on a stranger and he was talking about jobs. All sorts of crazy in the streets these days.

“I need a personal assistant. My name’s Suna Rintarou,” then he gives you a card and he walks away with a single wave goodbye. It took one look at the name on his card and one google search to find out you ran into one of the most famous figures in the country. Said celebrity was walking in the streets? Alone? You didn’t actually think the cap and sunglasses disguise worked in real life.

“I spotted [name] on the streets, I guess I got lucky,” Suna finally answers, standing from his seat to test his guitar out– like he wasn’t just playing hiring-the-first-person-he-sees back then. You need to tighten his security. 

You shake your head as you close your notebook and clutch it to your chest. He did somehow get lucky that he bumped into you out of all the people out there in the world, you were great at your job after all. You don’t know why you didn’t immediately put him in the weirdo category the first time you met him and just threw away his business card. You’re a little glad your curiosity got the best of you. It helps that he pays really well.

"That easy? Can you give her to me then? manage my life instead, [name]," Atsumu jokes and winks at you as your lips quirked up to an almost smile.

"Fuck off and find your own PA," Suna gives him the middle finger, "[name] tell him to fuck off."

"Don’t be childish,” you scold, “Also, it depends, how much are you willing to pay me?” you play in on the joke. Suna Rintarou was not amused.

“How much does Suna pay you?” Atsumu smirks, you guess he found it amusing to play around instead of preparing for the show.

You shrug in replace of a proper answer. In all honesty, being Suna’s PA wasn’t that bad. The salary was good. You’ve already established a comfortable dynamic with Suna. You actually liked working for him, even if he is so much more work than the job description said, and it took you months to learn his habits and likes and dislikes. He frustrates you a lot too. Despite this, as much as you’d hate to admit it, you have a soft spot for him.

“Sorry for being late,” Sakusa walks in and straight to a seat where people immediately assist him.

“It’s fine, we still have an hour,” Akaashi calmly says while working on his lyric book.

You take a glance at Suna who is now silently tuning his guitar, you walk towards him and stand beside the couch he’s sitting on. Watching his slender fingers slide on one of his beautiful guitars (that’s probably worth millions).

“What are you doing here? You should go to your new employer,” Suna nudged his head to Atsumu’s direction who forgot about the earlier conversation and was now flirting with one of the newly hired staff. These poor girls, you need to figure out a way to warn them next time.

You roll your eyes at Suna, “I know you’re not actually upset.”

He stops fiddling around with the guitar and looks up at you, “Yeah, cause I know you’d never replace me with someone as unbearable as ‘tsumu.”

“Like you’re not as equally unbearable?” you raise a brow at him.

“The difference is, you like me too much, [name],” you feel as if a vein popped on your forehead, here comes the frustrating part, he was so cocky!

“And you’re so sure of that Rin, how?” you scowl at him.

“Well, for one, you’ve stuck with me for almost 2 years now and you haven’t completely lost your mind yet,” he gave you a little smile and at that moment he was almost cute. Just almost. He still has that cocky look in his eyes that made him unbelievably irritating.

“I’m glad you’re self aware,” you also smile a little at him. You caught his eyes and let yourself get lost in them a little bit.

Then you snap out of it.

You clear your throat, “I-I’ll go talk to your manager,” you turn around and quickly walk to the door to get out.

You remind yourself to build up more boundaries.

notes — no this is not connected to rings that dont fit sakusa rlly just had a fam issue.. and yes the band members r kinda random but i think they’d fit well together ehe hope you guys would enjoy this im making it three parts! (and i said it would be a quick fic 🤡)

also, i keep alternating between making the paragraphs start with a capital letter and a small letter (purely for aesthetic purposes) right now ive settled w capital letter first for fics and small letters for stuff like scenarios but it looks so inconsistent! what do u guys think

[marshmallowprotection]

Any hcs of Saeyoung and his days trained by the agency? I saw some pretty messed up ones and it made me tear up a bit remembering that he was just a KID

Saeyoung's time in the agency is far from joyful. It is the worst experience of his life because he sold his autonomy away for the chance to keep his brother safe, and it was for nothing in the end because Rika and V didn't keep their promise.

There isn't a lot of concrete evidence as to everything he went through during his time in the agency, and due to how much he pointedly jokes about his experiences to cope, it's hard to tell the truth from the lie he put in to make you doubt the validity of what actually happened.

So, if anything, I think it's important to point out that the agency did send him to California to study computer science. He went by a solid alias during his time there, Chilyoung Choi, and this is revealed in the diary Rika wrote for the Special Believer box. He went missing before the graduation ceremony, and the newspaper clipping Rika had was proof the agency wiped all the data of him being there which made a lot of students question if he was even there or not.

It seemed like his existence was a question meant for a scary story online about how someone never existed at your school but you all collectively remember this person for some reason. So, imagine that, Saeyoung is no older than fourteen or fifteen, and he's in America, no choice but to learn English and other languages as fast as possible to acclimate and not be suspicious, and he has to remain out of sight at all times as not to make a lasting impression on others, but be good enough to ace all his classes without fail.

He doesn't even get to enjoy the experience of being in school or making friends in school. Sure, it's implied he did speak to others sometimes, but that... that isn't a fun experience. I think that had to be hard on him, because Saeyoung loves to learn and if his life wasn't cruel, he would stayed in college to learn as much as he could for as long as he could. It was another slap in the face that he couldn't live a free life, but maybe, just maybe, Saeran would be able to experience a life like that.

It's a note of contention between Seven and Vanderwood when Seven slacks off. He procrastinates doing much of his work, and I think he does that for a reason. Most of the work he's doing is dirty work that wealthy people want to pay off the agency to take care of so they don't have to worry about getting their hands filthy. That means the work he's doing in the field and through cyberspace aren’t things he’s morally okay with.

After all, if you're going to pay an agency to take care of something for you, you are not a good person, and even if you are, what you're asking for from the agency is more likely than not illegal and would be considered taboo or unforgivable in the public world 9/10 times. For a long time, I always theorized that Saejoong Choi was amongst those who paid the agency, and hot damn, I was proven correct in the RAE. That goes to show how dirty and underhanded the agency is when it comes to work.

Anything for the bottom dollar.

Anything for greed.

Part of the reason why he avoids doing his work until the last minute has to do with the kind of work he's doing. I feel like if his target is innocent and he doesn't want to do what the agency wants him to do, he puts it off as much as humanly possible and tries to find other ways to take care of the problem first.

If that doesn't work, the only reason why he procrastinates is because he doesn't want to go through with doing what he has to do. In the end, he doesn't have a choice, and neither does Vanderwood, they’ve got guns at their heads and that’s why Vanderwood doesn’t fucking ever mince his words and tells him to get over himself and DO IT. He does it, and he long lost the reasoning to tell himself to think about the morality of the situation.

It'll happen to Saeyoung eventually, too.

But, as much as Vanderwood thinks of saving his own ass first, we all know that he covers for Seven, too. As much as he reasonably can in a situation, anyway, doesn't make Vanderwood the best person, but I do think his soft spot for Seven is important because it shows a good reason why some people soften to Vanderwood in the end. He has a good heart underneath everything, and even if he has methods to do things that most people don't agree with, he still wants to look after his brat.

Seven doesn't want to hurt other people who don't deserve it. But, he doesn't have much of a choice given the fact he sold his life away for his brother. He doesn't regret that choice, but he has to live with it in ways he never imagined when he made that deal as a kid. Ways that haunt him every day, even after the agency is dismantled from every angle imaginable.

Now, I think most people are well aware of the fact that Seven has had missions where he has to dress up to get close to his target. There are a multitude of reasons why an agent would have to dress up, and sure, not all of those reasons are horrible, sometimes you need to wear a tuxedo to get into a party. You have to look the part otherwise you're going to stick out like a sore thumb.

But, I don’t think most people who see him dress up think about the implication of his words. This is a snippet from his Diary that you can look at in the RFA box. Saeyoung has been a member of the agency since he was a teenager, and it doesn't blow past me for a second to think about the fact that they'd have him dress up to fill a role to get their targets to drop their guard long enough for the kill.

Saeyoung dressed up as a maid because there was a "maid fanatic." I don't know about the rest of you, but I don't like the phrasing of those words and I never have. There is some creep at the event he attended and the only way he could get close to this creep was by dressing up as a maid to get this guy to look at him. They used the fact that he's a scrawny teenager / young adult to their benefit, knowing that if he is there playing a helpless damsel, their targets will eat it up.

The amount of sexual harassment and WORSE that Saeyoung has experienced is something I don't think he's even begun to unravel. I do think as well that the agency giving him the opportunity to don a new persona on missions also helped him explore his gender identity and fluidity. He feels comfortable as a woman when he's the one who has a say in his look, and while no Saeyoung fan agrees on what label he's comfortable with, nonbinary, genderfluid, trans, or a cis guy who simply loves to crossdress or do drag—it's an interesting to see how we all view his exploration of gender.

I personally think he's genderfluid, and he doesn’t mind whatever pronouns you use for him, but if you deviate from using he/him as your default, God there’s a look of euphoria on his face the likes of which you have never seen before. “Pretty girl” and “Good boy” hit the same for him but the former really makes his eyes sparkle. My headcanon, of course.

Though, I think sometimes he has a complicated relationship with his identity because his self-discovery happened not because he decided to dress up and learn more about himself, but because the agency told him he had no choice but to dress up. He doesn't want his experience in the agency to taint what he sees when he dresses up, which is why I think he does what he does in the chat room to receive compliments now and again from the other members. He ends up fishing for compliments because he wants them to come from a genuine place, not from some creep he has to get rid of for work. 

I think it'll be better for him once he's out of the agency and he can explore his identity comfortably, and his MC can play a role in helping him feel validated in his sense of self, regardless of how you headcanon him. Because, more than anything, I think he deserves to have an experience that makes him feel good when he dresses up, allowing him to overcome the damage the agency did to him and embracing that he can identify and express himself anyway he wants to and nobody can take that from him. 

Most people are aware of the warehouse phone call. He spent days in a warehouse behind enemy fire and the only consolation he won out of that pain was the Honey Buddha Chips they paid him off with for the "trouble". He spent those days thinking he was going to die within an instant, one wrong move and he's dead, and that's one of the hard traumatic events he's gone through that he hasn't unraveled the way he needs to. 

I cannot even begin to imagine how agonizing it was to sit there, no food or water, knowing that if he made a single sound, they would kill him without remorse. 

He isn't just a desk agent who hacks his way into what they tell him to. If they tell him to go out into the field, he has to and that's that. He doesn't have a say in the matter.

He's mentioned visiting Antarctica and I believe a few island nations before. Again, you can't tell for certain just how much he's joking and how much of the truth he's telling you, so you have to take it with the smallest grain of salt and work out the realism. But, it's clear to me in my mind that he's had to travel to places just to take care of a mission and those missions put his life at risk.

He's trained not to defend himself but to attack first. He doesn't keep guns in his bunker but he knows how to use one. He knows best how to defend himself in a fight, considering that the car he used to take you with him was bullet proof, and that's not something you do in the average life. You don't just get a bulletproof car for no reason. You get it because you're scared for your life.

I make it abundantly clear in most of the posts I write about him to remind people just how paranoid of a person he is. It's not healthy, not in the slightest, but if you understand where he's coming from, it makes sense why he reacts the way he does. Saeyoung is afraid of dying and he’s right to be afraid. Not only does he need to be scared of his father and how fast he could be erased, he has to be afraid of all of the people he has pissed off during his time in the agency. He is not short on enemies.

Plenty of people don't like him and that's one of the reasons why he was afraid to let anybody get close to him. It's not that he's afraid of letting himself be loved, although, that is something he does have to learn how to accept, it's more so he's afraid of people being tortured because they love him. Bad people will exploit your weaknesses and if you own those weaknesses close to your heart where anyone can see it, they will know how to hurt you. 

Honestly, there are a lot of things he went through during his time in the agency, things that I don't think will ever be able to account for because it's going to take him a long time to open up about what happened to him. He always puts the needs of others before himself. He's going to get better about that in the future, but you're going to have to be gentle with him as he begins to unravel all of the things they made him do to survive. He's not out of the water yet but at least he's willing to trust his partner with his heavy heart. 

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JJK: Lots of Loose Ends BUT One Plot Thread Resolved!

As a Junpei stan, I am actually very happy with how the story of JJK is wrapping up. As a general JJK fan with other favorites like Geto, Sukuna, Yuuji, Gojo, etc, I am disappointed beyond belief. But I don't want to talk about that.

I wanted JJK to deliver on one thing, and it has somewhat sufficiently done that for me(somehow), and that's all I want to talk about because I've been keeping track of JJK on-and-off for four years, and I don't want to focus on the ways it has let me down.

As of now, I don't know what is in the final chapter, but whatever closures I want cannot be delivered in a single chapter anyways. I may be jumping the gun but I have the sufficient info to talk about this.

With all that out of the way, let's get to the meta!!

Main themes of JJK

I think there are 3 stories in JJK which are absolutely crucial in establishing the themes of the story

JJK 0

Young Fish and Reverse Punishment

Hidden Inventory

They all share a couple of common story threads and themes

Exploitation

Biases against outliers (those who are too strong, and those who are too weak)

Meaning of life/ Meaning of killing

Human morality

The nature of curses

What does it mean to save someone?

All of the above mentioned arcs bring up this question but the mainline JJK story brings it up Junpei first. It does it very directly too.

The meaning of life, death and the act of killing is something Yuuji doesn't actively grapple with until Junpei straight up asks him what it means to him. In their discussion in Junpei's house, both characters come to somewhat similar conclusions- killing is bad, and the action will ruin them as individuals. Yuuji pretty much adheres to this idea throughout the story even when he is forced to kill.

Junpei constantly also ponders on human morality with Mahito and Yuuji. Mahito and Yuuji acts as mirrors, where Mahito considers everything to be meaningless, while Yuuji considering everything to have meaning. They both come from opposite ends but the things that take their priority are then therefore defined by personal biases. This is fundamental in the discussion for how Yuuji ends up seeing curses and curse users, but especially how he ends up addressing Sukuna.

Junpei's exploitation and exclusion is also obvious. Mahito uses him to get to Yuuji, and Junpei is bullied. He is an outlier due to his weakness and thus exploited. This is how the regular soceity works, but specifically also how Jujutsu Society works. Relative strength or weakness doesn't bar anyone from exploitation.

Finally, the aspect of 'saving' someone. This gets expanded on with Megumi but the lesson doesn't get hammered into Yuuji's head(and thereby the reader) on what it means to 'save' a person until Junpei. I'm talking about how Yuuji imposed his version of 'saving' a person upon Junpei without taking the time to hear out what Junpei wants.

ALL of these topics raised in the Young Fish and Reverse Punishment arc gets resolved!

Firstly, the killing and the nature of curses:

This is straightforward. Yuuji acknowledges with Mahito that he is being hypocritical and selfish in prioritizing human lives and he doesn't give a crap if he is killing curses rather than exorcising. He acknowledges his selfishness here. But he actually evolves from the point by the time he fights with Sukuna (through his interactions with Choso and other sorcerers), to realizing he can't uphold that extreme one-sidedness.

It's why he gives Sukuna a chance. He doesn't want to 'taint his soul' or compromise on his humanity because it's the thing that makes Yuuji himself. It's what makes humans what they are and it is ultimately what will help people. This aspect of being human and relying on emotions is what frees Rika in JJK 0. This is why Yuuji was willing to give Sukuna a chance. Clumsily executed as this is with Sukuna, the gist of it came across.

Secondly, the exploitation

Junpei was exploited. By Mahito, by his bullies. The characters verbatim say Junpei died not because of just Mahito but because of the way he was bullied and neglected throughout his time at school. It's no secret that we are supposed to connect the nature of Mahito to the bullies Junpei encountered. Mahito was born of humans' hatred for each other, the bullies tortured Junpei because, well, they hated him.

This story ends with Junpei dying, obviously- but it doesn't stop there. We get a scene where the teacher tells the main kid who bullied Junpei (Itou) that they need to do better and that the teacher will be keeping an eye on him to ensure both of them understand the weight of what they've done.

The system isn't going to be fixed, but people will try.

This particular arc actually continues with Amai. Amai was a bully in Yuuji's middle school, who comes to regret his actions when he interacts with Yuuji. He confesses to Yuuji his wrongdoings. Yuuji himself is mostly....ambivalent to this? But Amai himself is extremely changed.

In the second to last chapter, Amai tracks down the boy HE bullied and apologizes to him. The kid he bullied doesn't accept the apology, but now the kid knows. Sure, there is no forgiveness, but there is a change of heart, an acknowledgment of cruelty. This is what the end of the Junpei arc did set out to do with the conversation between the teacher and Itou. This kind of conversation, this human connection even when it seemingly fails is necessary to help each other do better.

Third, what does it mean to save someone?

I explained this before, but the Junpei arc has Yuuji kinda dictating what Junpei should be doing rather than hearing him out. He does eventually slow down and listen to why Junpei has resorted to the actions he takes and then decides to provide him the kind of help Junpei needs.

Yuuji does this a lot faster with Megumi in 266, he's learned his lesson that he can't force anyone to live or have hope, but he can be there to hear them out and provide his emptathy. Neatly tied bow on that.

Overall, nice work here. I am satisfied on this aspect of the story for Junpei in JJK. Characters like Geto, Junpei, Rika, Riko, Haibara, are not really characters but primarily they are heavy-handed vehicles for a message. They serve to elevate the story of the main characters who are following a certain trajectory in story-telling. Their impact is far beyond their life or death within the story.

Their message gets carried along. So it is very satisfying to see the message that was attempted to be conveyed through Junpei get resolved on literally every front. It feels nice. His death doesn't feel it was in vain because Yuuji did get better, Yuuji's own actions led to another bully reflecting on his ways and apologizing to his victim. It's a nice full-circle moment.

That being said RIP to literally every other character though, but especially the ardent Gojo and Geto stans because I think it's safe to say neither of their themes or messages got resolved in a satisfying or cathartic manner.

Tragedy has a purpose. As depressing as the genre may sound, a good tragedy gives you a feeling of relief, and despite the tragic nature of events. This is the western definition of tragedy and I don't know if this is how Gege is operating, but applying this definition to these points I mentioned above, I am satisfied.

But in terms of characters like Geto, Gojo, and especially our main trio of ItaFushiKugi this is oddly lacking?????? Yuuji's is....okay? He's the main characters, 99% of the things I said is in relation to him so there is a sense of completion there but Megumi and Nobara stans I'm so sorry but what the fuck is happening???? NOBARA ESPECIALLY. She doesn't HAVE an arc! She actually had one mentioned in Kyoto arc and Shibuya and it fucking went nowhere. It was somewhat addressed with Maki but Nobara has different takes on what it means to be a girl in Jujutsu Tech which genuinely went nowhere.

Megumi.....the Tsumiki arc.......it just. For a deuteragonist, this isn't enough. If he was a small side character this would've been PERFECT. But this manga is 270 chapters long, and we got to spend time on the Megumi-Tsumiki relationship directly like, two times, with those parties involved and not just Sukuna yapping.

Geto and Gojo are honestly the worst though, I am sure there will be better met written about how thoroughly unresolved and seemingly dead-end their arcs are.

The thing is Gege can execute this. My yapping about the Junpei arc is to show you that yeah this man can do a long-term story well with just his side characters. Why did he not do this for HIS MAIN CHARACTERS!?!?!? Why the FUCK does Amai have a start, middle and resolution for his arc that's properly done and adheres to themes and is actually giving a proper message about curses and the human condition but utterly failed with his mains!?!?!?!?

Anyways, I am free of the shackles, if you enjoyed JJK start to finish with no issues, I am glad for you, I wish I was you. But for now I take joy in these aspects and just wanna say, it was a blast keeping up with this story.

[akwolfgrl]

How sweet it is to be loved by them part 5

Koby followed after Luffy. He knew exactly where he was going and what he was doing. When he managed to climb over the wall, he stood in front of Zoro, Luffy no were in sight.

“Have you seen my friend Luffy?” He asked the alpha in front of him.

“He took off inside the base,”

“What?! Luffy is inside the back! That marine bace right thire!! Oh no, he's to hot headed! Here, let me get you down from there,” Koby began to untie the alpha.

“Oi! If you help me, you'll be killed! They don't care if you're an omega or not!” Zoro growled at him. He didn't use his alpha voice, so Koby was free to ignore him.

“You shouldn't be here! They never should have arrested you in the first place! I can't stand marines like that! They're supposed to serve and protect the people they serve! I'm going to become a real marine one day! Just like Luffy will become the king of the pirates!”

“What!?” Zoro sounded shocked as Koby worked on the knots. “p pirate king! You're joking. You just gotta be. The pirate king!”

“Yah, I thought the same thing. It's a surprise all right. But that's luffy for ya. He's a hundred percent serious!” All of a sudden, he felt a sharp staring pain in his shoulder, like a hot poker.

He found himself falling back, his glasses flying off his face, and he heard a loud popping sound. A gunshot. He had been shot. Was this the end?

“I'm gonna die!!” Koby screamed. “I'm gonna die a fuliaer!”

“Are you okay? You shuld try and run away thire coming,” Zoro warned him, Koby sat up, clutching his shulder.

“No! I've got to set you free as soon as possible before they get here!”

Thires no need to worry about me, I'll be fine. As long as I can make it a month, they will set me free,” Zoro tried to reaasre him. “Now hurry up and get out of here,”

“They won't let you go!! Helempo lied! He was just messing with you! He is gonna kill you in three days!”

“No! That's nonesse! That bastard promised me! We made a deal! If I could survive for a month, he'd let me go free and not kill Ririka and Rika!”

”He never intended to keep his promise! That's why Luffy punched when he found out! Because Helempo was just toying with you!”

“What? No, I should have listened to Curly,”

“Please after I untie you, help Luffy! I won't force you to become a prairie, but he saved my life. I know if you join forces with him, you'll be able to escape this town safely!” Koby begged of the swords men.

“That's enough! The two of you have betrayed Lieutenant Morgan! You will die here and now!” Lines of men and guns all pointed at the two of them stood in the way of thire freedom.

“Not on my watch!” A different voice came from behind the men as a familiar blonde omega began to kick at the marines.

If Roronoa Zoro was a demon, his husband was an angel. His blond hair was pulled up into a ponytail, and the sun had come out to shine brightly and created a halo around his head. The way he was kicking the marines' guns from their hands and to the ground, he could be nothing other than an avenging angel. Koby wanted to be as strong as the other omega.

[pikachu78109]

Worst Traits That Some Champions Have Part 2

((This is part two of my original post where I wrote different bad traits about some of the Pokémon Champions, so I’ll be giving more Champions some negative traits that I think they might have. Enjoy!))

Cynthia

This one is sort of hard as Cynthia, as a person/character overall, appears so humble and down to earth. She’s not out here trying to be high and mighty nor a perfectionist. Cynthia understands herself well and is aware of both her strengths and limitations; she doesn’t obsess with being number one, nor doesn’t flaunt her abilities to newcomers or bystanders. So, suffice it to say, Cynthia has difficulty accepting compliments and praise. Like, she’ll smile and say “thank you” to not be rude, but it’s a quick reciprocation. Knowing how powerful of a Champion she presents, and how often many compare, it’s a continuous thorn in Cynthia’s side that she will ALWAYS be an exemplary champion that many other future Champs, or even the current ones, should aspire to be. Deeply, it wounds Cynthia that she overshadows other Champions due to this, how some may downplay their strength in favor of Cynthia’s. Truthfully, I can’t say that this is a worst trait. It’s more of an insecurity, albeit Cynthia not enjoying being a damn expectation for all Top Trainers. She hates the pressure and believes that every Champ deserves their time to shine individually. For Cynthia, when not battling, the spotlight always makes it back to her and that makes her want to retreat so badly.

Geeta

As both a Champion and Chairwoman, Geeta has a lot on her plate, so she never has any free time. Much like Lance in part one, she’s a workaholic, constantly on the move, and makes frequent visits to each Gym in Paldea to make sure everything is running smoothly. This, of course, makes her prone to burning herself out and usually Rika has to step in and reel her back.

Given her frequent visits to each Gym, Geeta can be very strict and I’m putting that lightly. In truth, Geeta is an intense woman. Outside, she appears calm and collected. La Primera never loses her temper towards anyone. However, she’s very domineering albeit politely (yes, I know it’s strange). She tends to overstep boundaries without meaning to and this comes off rather poorly towards the Gym Leaders such as Katy and Ryme, and, of course, our one and only Larry. Geeta views these visits as necessary, so she doesn’t quite understand that her barging in unannounced and unprompted has caused the Gym Leaders to garner a negative opinion towards her. Geeta doesn’t know this as, once again, her intensity deters the Gym Leaders (even Elite Four) to call her out on it.

Geeta has a bad habit of assuming what people should do with their time and often asserts her own opinion on things that she has no say in. When she asked Drayton about a position in the League to replace Larry, he turned it down immediately and gave his reason. That’s one example of Geeta pushing a choice onto someone without considering their wants/needs. This is by far Geeta’s worst trait and one that irks people the most. She thinks she’s being helpful and generous while others say differently. It’s inconsiderate at worst and intrusive at, well, the ultimate worst.

Diantha

I don’t think it’s fair to put Diantha on the same page as Alder in terms of running away from Pokémon League duties. Fact of the matter is, Kalos isn’t as battle heavy as other regions, so challengers coming to face off against Diantha are pretty rare to come by. Because of the lack of challengers, Diantha isn’t seen as “Champion-like” nor exudes an intimidating aura like Lance or Cynthia. She’s often not taken seriously, which isn’t a bad trait but more of an insecurity on her part. Diantha cares about her position, but she won’t deny that even she doesn’t understand why she still has the Champ title.

There really isn’t much I can say about Diantha, but she’s forgetful sometimes. She tends to forget about the League due to her busy schedule as an actress and her time at the League isn’t always available. It’s not her fault of course, but her being away so often has led others to assume that she’s neglecting her League duties. Her time management skills need work and she’s trying hard to improve on that.

Steven

Much like Cynthia, Steven has a difficult time accepting compliments and praise from people given his notoriety and strength. Again, much like Cynthia, Steven is polite and keeps it brief but the man can be a bit overwhelmed when a huge influx of praises roll in. Usually, Steven might react very little (still maintaining politeness) and, when done, he just tries to get away from all the attention. At heart, Steven’s a bit of an introverted guy as opposed to Wallace. He’ll avoid any large gatherings as much as possible, but inevitably he’ll get washed away by many fans pointing him out in public. It’s exhausting and Steven tries to be a positive influence but this guy just wishes that it would be over quickly so that he can go back to his rock collection.

Quite argumentative, but only when he’s at his absolute limit. Steven’s a reasonable person and doesn’t mind a bit of back and forth, but when he gets heated, it becomes another level. Steven doesn’t like to be wrong and doesn’t like when people insult his intelligence (Zinnia is a prime example here). For all his coolness and collected demeanor, Steven tries to articulate his points clearly and makes damn sure that it gets to the point. However, it will get lost in translation because Steven might fumble with his words, picking out correct words that will deliver a final say. Regardless, most debates end in stalemate and Steven feels salty for a while. He’ll get over it, but it’ll take a few minutes. Or at least an hour.

[away-ward]

Hi KO! This is a thought that's only recently struck me... but Damon & Winter, I feel the sudden urge to ramble about them !

A lot of that relationship is built on trauma bonding (or, well, trauma-creating too, I suppose). I always held a belief that part of Damon liked that Winter couldn't see, he liked that she was innocent and untouched, and could never be tainted by the world in the same way as everyone else. He treats her special and different from other women due to her being blind and so she can't consciously do a lot of what he hates or dislikes— the key example is at Arion's party when Winter comes down in revealing clothes, and Kai tries to give her that sweatshirt. Damon says it's never her fault if men look, that she could wear anything, and it would be fine. Yet, he simultaneously acknowledges that if it were Nik who came down wearing that, he would've gone ape-shit because Damon would've perceived her as having done it purposefully, but he doesn't see it that way with Winter.

Damon obviously had a complicated history with sex and femininity. He seemed to hate promiscuous women, just as much as he disliked women who didn't guard themselves. That makes sense for his character. He was sexualised by his only mother figure who was, in turn someone groomed by his father. He repeated a lot of her behaviours due to that trauma. He was striving to feel stronger than other people who hurt him (the woman who hurt him), so he could never be in that position again because that was one of his core fears. Damon has little issue in using women, but he doesn't want to be used back. He doesn't like them wanting him in a purely physical way, and he'd never stand for being dominated – he needs to hold all the cards, he needs to have power and he seems to like it when the woman hates being with him just a little...

And that makes Winter interesting because due to her blindness, he's pretty much certain that all her feelings for him are genuine. She doesn't know what he looks like (and lets be real, Damon probably was the most attractive horsemen in his looks), all her attraction to him was built off his actions and that was clearly something that Damon liked.

I think I mentioned this before, but Winter was very clearly a love interest for Damon above all else. She was the least developed of the girls. Winter was created to be the perfect fit for Damon, to be a character who slots against him like a missing puzzle piece. And I do think her blindness plays a part in making Winter come off as 'perfect' in Damon's eyes.

It makes me wonder... would he still have loved Winter if she hadn't been blind?

(i might've rambled a little too much. Apologies for that 😭)

Adri, I will not accept your apologies! These are the perfect ramblings. I’m here for all the ramblings. Ramble longer.

I always thought that Damon’s affection towards Winter started, obviously, in the fountain. But I thought the obsession was about her being broken, and yet still pure. So in a way, it’s definitely about her being blind. But I think he’d have been just as obsessed if she was paralyzed or damaged in some other way.

Damon is hypocritical by nature, but at least he realizes it. I mean, it definitely could be that because she’s blind, her femininity isn’t contrived or for the enjoyment of the male gaze – she can’t even see the male gaze. But that would be misunderstanding Winter, since she very much does care about her appearance and how she’s perceived by others. We know this by her asking Rika if she’s hot. And if the idea is that she’s blind, so she can’t purposefully try to tempt anyone, she's just being herself, I bet that weird Mr. Grinch Dance was a big surprise.

Like Rika and Banks before her, Winter is framed as not really knowing how to use her femininity and needing Alex to come along as to help – hence the costume scene where Alex gets free rein to make Winter something sexy with whatever she’s got in her closet (I can’t believe we literally get another “shopping” scene and I didn’t even realize it. She truly is the FGM of these girls.)

I kind of interpreted his interest in Winter being because he likes women who have strength. Winter, for all her blandness, is impressive for continuing to dance regardless. This type of injury could take anyone out, but Winter persisted. I’m sure between Arion and her parents, she received a lot of pressure to just quit dancing. She was never going to be professional; just accept she’s. . . Damaged. But she didn’t. Sure, they shipped her off to a school for the blind, but she didn’t have to continue dancing. Winter has something of a backbone. But it’s like you’ve said, she’s written for Damon, so her whatever steel she’s got is always going to soften for him. They work well together because they were written to.

However, more than the differences between Winter and Natalya, I thought the similarities were interesting. It surprised me that Damon would be interested in someone had the same talent as his abuser. Given that someone Winter’s foundational training would have been through Natalya, they must dance/move similarly. They probably listen to the same music. I would have thought that seeing Winter would bring back memories.

And even though Winter can’t fight against him because she can’t really see, she can get into his head through her words, something Natalya was able to do as well.

Because Winter is blind, a lot of her world is experienced through touch, which you think would be an issue for Damon. Natalya touched him in ways that left him traumatized, even sensitive in certain areas. He’s gone out of his way to hide his self-harming, so the scars can’t be seen, but Winter finds them easily because she’s so used to looking through her fingers.

You’d think Winter would be more of a threat to him than he lets on, but that doesn’t seem to be in the narrative at all. It was always interesting to me in small but very specific ways that Winter and Natalya are similar, and how that would affect Damon. How did he fall in love with someone who should remind him of Natalya, and was that the point the entire time?

I’ve also spent time thinking about the fact that Damon can be surer of her because she can’t see him. I’m surprised I’ve never thought of the order of their attractiveness, but I won’t argue that Damon is probably at the top of the list (but who's the least attractive of them, knowing that this means they're still really attractive? Do you think the other kids at their school had a ranking?). Because she can’t see him, she doesn't have her guard up against "Damon Torrance", it does open the way for him to be more genuine and let his actions prove his character. She can’t see how mean he looks all of the time.

Mostly, I’m fascinated by the idea that Winter’s blindness work for Damon because he likes to hide/she can’t be distracted/she’s dependent on him. Or is it because of how she became blind that he’s attached to. That moment where she reached for him, as a child wanting nothing more than to help and asking for his help, and he hates the idea of her reaching for anyone else. That moment bonded them, and nothing else can't override that.

Because her blindness is very clearly plot convenience, right? They don’t get close unless she can’t identify him. He’d have to get close through actually catfishing her, and then blinding her by some other means, such as a blindfold. While that can work, it isn’t the same is it?

Regardless, Damon needs to be needed, and no one will ever need him more than Winter. Her blindness is a part of what makes them work.

I'm not sure if my ramblings answered yours. But this is the most interesting DamonWinter conversation that I've had in a while. Let me know your thoughts.

KO

[crystalelemental]

Bad news, gamers. Well, bad in that it is embarrassing for me. I downloaded Masters.

This was about a week ago. To be clear, I have spent nothing, I haven't even logged on every day. I came back because...I wanted that free Lillie. Admittedly part of playing Ultra Sun was that this alt put me strongly in a Lillie mood, due to the visual similarities to her 2021 Anni alt (one of my favorites they ever did), and with constant talk about it...I finally folded. Let this serve as a lesson: behavior can't change by thinking about not doing it, you need a replacement.

As figure as part of this horrific (and temporary) mistake, I may as well talk about being back. In part because...admittedly I do kinda miss writing about it. Like, I enjoyed the teambuilding and the viability speculation stuff. It was fun for me and I liked the feeling of doing something that contributes mildly. So consider this indulging that itch.

The Units Before I get into this, please understand I had 150+ gems when I left. I had a lot to work with and promise I have spent nothing.

Free Lillie is pretty fun. I actually like her a lot, but this is partially just who she's running with. She's incredibly good with Arc Steven. Spoilers about pulls I guess. I actually do like her kit a lot, I think she does really well for a free pair. Grid sucks, but at least that's justifiable here unlike with her 2021 alt. Lunala had no excuse.

I pulled Arc Cynthia and Arc Steven, but not Arc Lance. Steven is disgustingly overpowered, this is divine. Frankly, it's what he deserves. Eyeing Lance's kit, he also seems absolutely disgusting sick broken. Hyper Beam + Giga Impact at two gauges with -6 Def/Sp Def on hit is just absurd, frankly. The man needs to chill. But, I have little actual need of him, so...yeah. Cynthia is insanely good too, I really like her, but I am specifically pissed about no MPR because they set Dust Kicker as a 5/5 skill. I see what you're doing and I'm not falling for it, game.

I did pick up SS Nemona while she was up, but admittedly I'm unimpressed overall. To be clear, I did not do this for her Extreme Battle. I managed to win with SS Mina, Katherine, and NY Lisia. Katherine has Evasion debuffs which let Lisia hit with consistency, and Mina's able to keep the team tanking long enough for Lisia to complete her goal. No, I pulled Nemona because Steven and Cynthia showed up in three multis total between them and I got a bit greedy. Turns out the game lies and rates are better for paying customers who come back after being gone. They really want me back.

So then Nemona showed in two multis, and sitting at like 138k+ gems I went "Maybe I will try for Rika." And Rika showed in three (with bonus BT Leon). So like. They really want me back. Rika seems alright. I'm not super impressed by her kit overall, though. Ultimate Battles all have Piercing Gaze so the accuracy does nothing, and...I mean not to be a spoil sport, but Arc Cynthia has Ground Zone covered forever for me, so that's not a huge selling point either. Especially since Rika opts for mixed offense boosting, she doesn't really mesh well with some of the Ground pairs I'd want her to.

I did use the select scouts. I picked up Bellelba, Iono, and Poppy. I haven't gotten to use much of Iono and Poppy (I debated whether I'd get them, decided to today), but I have used Bellelba. She's alright. Defensive pair with Crit Shield + Reflect/Light Screen is neat. I think her kit is okay but not exceptional. That said, she did perform admirably in a way I'll get to later.

Full disclosure: I also pulled a bit on the Mix banner. I got Leaf, who is okay. I got Summer Gardenia who is not impressive. And I got Larry, who is Normal type and does not seem that impressive either. I have little to say about any of them, except that Leaf validates my stance on Mix Red when he came out: Great when the condition is there forever, horrible the instant it turns off. Oh, and the Mix banner also shit Rachel and Tina onto me, so great, thanks.

The BP stuff is fine. Lusamine seems messy, I didn't really check Rose or uh. The other one. I did check Cheryl, she doesn't seem great, go figure. Morgan seems pretty solid, but MC Raikou feels pretty mid.

Game Modes There have been some changes since I've been gone, huh?

High Score is still a thing but they're doing two types at once now? Very odd choice, considering. I just went for minimum score for completion, I did not feel like trying.

Damage Challenge sucks, and I hate it. It's basically time trials but stupider. Yes I say this because I'm bad at it. I do not for the life of me understand how to maximize damage for a timed event, and can't break like 400k with any type I've seen. It does help that I don't care about any of the rewards. I used the tickets I did get to pick up Nemona. She's not good, but she is free.

Battle Rally is the real fun. I kinda like this mode, it reminds me vaguely of Battle Castle, the best Battle facility. You get points that you spend on power-ups, and any that aren't used can be spent on items like cake coin vouchers. My best score was like 9800, but that involved a lucky set and having exactly the right finisher.

The positives of the mode are that it relies a bit on planning and strategy. You pick a team, and if you swap out team members, anyone swapped out is done for the run. There are ten matches in a row and it ends on an Ultimate Battle, with the Hard difficulty stage 10 being a 1:1 recreation with the 500k HP pools and everything. Saving your Master Fairs and heaviest hitters for this phase is a good call, but also at Stage 10 unlocks an item for 500 points that is just insanely broken and makes you borderline invincible, and it is worth using that and good multipliers compared to Easy. The point difference is severe.

The negative is that restrictions on this mode are out of control. When you start the challenge, you are given a Theme Skill that must be in your party to get 5x stats. Failure to do this means facing repeated Extreme Battles and high-end Champion Stadium stages and basically not being able to win. Because you also only gain points based on having the right role types. Each stage selects three rolls that give multipliers. If you have both roles on a single pair because of the cake roles, you get 2x points instead of 1.5x, and having that second role also means you gain something more often because you check two boxes. Which means this is a heavily pay to win mode, because the best way to get cakes is getting 5/5 PokeFairs and pulling the paid-only banners for Master Fairs. The upside is that despite showing up a bit late and not having many secondary roles, I'm able to get all 20 cake coin vouchers this month. So it's not that difficult? But also I have a lot of tools, so slight bias.

This isn't really a mode, but apparently they made generic events point-based and not voucher-based, so you can't just use vouchers to pick up the tools you want and dip? I kinda don't like that. It's functionally immaterial, but it feels a little snotty, since I have no interest in theme gear and they keep making me take it.

Ultimate Battles I missed a lot of these, eh? They're all done now. And I only had to compromise my morals for one of them.

Argenta's Glistening Crystals Argenta's was annoying because I wasn't paying attention and it's hard to catch what's happening when. Turns out she removes the Rebuff at half HP. Once I picked that up, Adaman blew her apart with SS Lyra and SS Acerola. Very little resistance once the singular serious gimmick was understood.

Palmer's Rumbling Might And this is where Bellelba gets her gold star. Palmer is a fucking asshole, and my Fighting roster is terrible. This guy sets up easy enough, but then you get Sync into Normal Zone into AoE Max Move into +3 PMUN spamming bullshit, all while basically having sure-crit. Bellelba absolutely stops his DPS in its tracks, all you need is someone strong enough to manage him. Someone like Arc Cynthia, who blew him into powder while Halloween Roxanne debuffed him to high hell. Get used to hearing about H!Roxanne by the way.

Lucy's Entangling Venom Easiest one by far. She's only a problem if you get Poisoned. Antitoxin shuts her down entirely. Arc Cynthia and H!Roxanne sweep. I think I brought Anabel to be cheeky.

Leon's Unbeatable Blaze Leon gets the Huge Dick Award for being my pick as the hardest fight. Unlike the others, this dude feels decisively impossible without a very specific pair. Unfortunately, that pair is SST Red. I made a valiant effort to get by with SS Hau, but the requirement for both terrain and paralysis means SST Red is the only viable option. Classic Elesa isn't worth the investment, and thus has no contribution in damage to support Hau. It had to be SST Red. Who eats shit if completely uninvested. Long story short, my SST Red is 15/20 now. I am not happy about it, but I had over 3000 5* scout tickets so I recouped that cost easy enough. I also EX'd Hau and gave him lv 150. I'm not really happy about that either, but I needed Leon dead and nothing else was getting the job done (Note: this was pre-Iono). I used Arc Steven as the support, and he is absolutely fantastic. Top tier support, no questions asked. Love this man.

Nita's Blessed Land Second by the slimmest margin. I actually thought she'd be impossible over a Red alt too, but unlike SST Red, I was in a better place and refused to pull NC Red on principle. Ice could not come close to getting the job done. Related: fuck them giving SS Silver Sprint instead of Strike. No, I had to get Ridiculous. And by that, I mean I found someone else's clear of the fight using Arc Steven, Arc Cynthia, and H!Roxanne. A player after my own heart. Their grid setup involved using extra energy, a concept I forgot existed until this moment, and got to learn is gated behind move level, which is disgusting. Anyway, 64 energy on each gets the job done, and despite the use of 4/5 Arc Steven for offense debuffing per hit, this is not necessary. I was actually kinda surprised how easy it was so long as Steven lands like three flinches the whole fight. Arc suits are, in fact, nutty.

Noland's Plucky Punches I think this is my favorite one, because this feels the most like a puzzle boss. Yes, it relies on having exactly the right pairs, and that function is unfortunately Fly. But if you know his cycle you can counteract it entirely with that two-turn dodge move and Wide Guard Lana. In my case, I did not have NC Cheren as the good Fly user. Instead, I had Strike Role Renegade Cynthia. Lana to block the +10 PMUN Earthquake, Shadow Force against Fissure, Arc Steven as the supreme tank to keep everyone alive. This took a few tries to perfectly understand his gimmicks, but once we had it this was really simple. Only fault is RNG on Lana is required.

Giovanni's Destructive Power Weenie Hut Jr Award goes to Kanto's favorite failman. He chose to be Dark Weak in the era of Akari, SC Zinnia, and NC Calem. He gets absolutely obliterated. I think I did this attempt 2.

Evelyn's High-Subsonic Speed Evelyn was pretty tough! I don't have SS Gladion, and at the time, didn't have SS Nemona either, so my Fairy options were limited. It also turns out they were not up to the task. Seriously, none of them could do it, it was sad. But! Fluid Fortification meant there was an easy solution, in the form of NC Leaf. Unfortunately, NC Leaf was unable to succeed on her own, as Latios would gain Sp Atk too quickly for her debuffs to keep up. Enter Bede, who is able to debuff Sp Atk very rapidly, and even sets Sun with his Max Move for her. Seriously, can we talk about how good Bede is? Absolutely underrated gem, this boy. Anyway, Arc Steven gaming remains relevant. The man cannot be stopped.

What Now? Unfortunately, I now sit upon a game with nothing left to do. I have conquered every challenge it offered in a cumulative total of a couple hours. That's all the persistent content that's been made available from six months away. And it's a sad reminder of the gacha model in general.

These games start out fun and filled with stuff to do, but eventually you will catch up. And when you do, you turn the game on expecting a full experience, only for it to prematurely grind to a halt. Faced with nothing else to do at the moment, you start to really push for something that will keep it going, and there's really nothing to offer but time or money. And it does not return the investment on either.

Don't misunderstand, coming back was fun for a bit, but I'm already looking at the game like...I'm bored. Given the usual structure, datamine should be in like a week and I legitimately don't know if I'll care enough in a few days to stay for it. It's already drying up.

[kdjojo]

I rewrote what I would've wrote for Suguru's death scene in Jjk0!

Warnings!

Romance, some kissing, angst, and spoilers! It isn't that traumatizing for romance for angst.. KINDA-

It was 2017, December 24, the day when Suguru Geto declared war in front of Jujutsu High (or tech idk). He was just beaten by Yuta Okkotsu and Rika Orimoto. Suguru was leaning against the wall for support as he was tightly gripping on his shoulder, which was dripping with blood. His arm was cut off by Yuta, as his other arm was still there. Suguru slowly drops to the floor, looking up at Satoru. A weak smile slowly appears on his lips.

"You're late as usual.. Satoru.." Suguru says in a hoarse but soft voice.

"I'm not the type to get to places early. But you're an exception." Satoru speaks softly

"Is that so?.." Suguru chuckled before speaking again. "I'm glad.."

Satoru noticed the trail of blood on the wall because of Suguru's missing limb. Satoru looked down at his one and only. Suguru was and still is Satoru Gojo's one and only from his perspective. He gulped quietly. Satoru managed to say something he dreaded saying to his own best friend.

"Take this Satoru.." Suguru throws Satoru Yuta's student card to him.

Satoru looks at the student with Yuta's face imprinted on a small corner.

"Was the elementary school your doing too?" Satoru asked.

"Yup." Suguru answered his question

"Tricky bastard.." Satoru muttered.

They both pause.

"Any last words, Suguru?" Satoru asked

Suguru's lips slowly part before speaking. "Whatever anyone tells you... I still hate those damn filthy monkeys." He states, "But..." He pauses. "I never hated or held anger to those in Jujutsu High..." Suguru breaks eye contact with Satoru. He looks back up at Satoru.

"Curse me till the very end... Satoru Gojo!.."

Satoru's ocean blue eyes widen at his words. He knew exactly what he meant.

"Love is the most twisted curse..." Those exact words that Satoru said were in his mind. His lips trembled. Something overwhelming was telling Satoru to do something or he would regret it for the rest of his life. Satoru slowly crouches down to Suguru's height when he was sitting down. He softly grabs his chin and leans his face forward to Suguru's. He gives Suguru a quick passionate but soft kiss on the lips. That action took Suguru by surprise but he didn't resist. They both pull away.

"Bastard.." Suguru chuckles softly.

"I have something to tell you." Satoru said.

"Hm?.." Suguru tilts his head to the side.

Satoru spoke about what he needed to say to Suguru. His eyes widen in surprise but slowly return back to normal.

"Heh..." Suguru laughed softly with a red hue on his cheeks. He tilted his head to the side still amused.

Satoru slowly stands up and looks down at Suguru. His bright ocean-blue eyes glistened in the reflection of the setting orange sun. His thumb held down his middle finger while the other fingers were free. He was about to kill Suguru Geto.

"I-Im... doing this for the better Suguru... I don't want you to be captured by those old geezers!" Satoru yells. He was talking about the Higher-ups taking Suguru.

"I understand. Satoru.." Suguru said with a smile on his lips.

Satoru Gojo finally killed his one and only... Suguru Geto..

Satoru looks at Suguru's lifeless body. A couple of tears run down his cheeks. He sits beside Suguru's body and wraps his arms around him. He buried his face into the crook of his neck.

"I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I'm sorry.." Satoru kept on repeating those words. He tightly kept Suguru's body to keep his warmth to himself. Tears roll down Suguru's neck. He kept on snuggling with his body for a while until Shoko walked up to the two of the men.

"Satoru." Shoko spoke. She took a drag from her cigarette

"We need to dispose of the body.." She stated

"Shoko.." Satou finally spoke. "Can you leave me alone for a couple of minutes?.."

Shoko stayed quiet and waited for Satoru.

A couple of days later.

Both Satoru and Yuta were walking through snowy paths in Jujutsu High.

"Here." Satoru hands the student card to Yuta

"Eh? You found my student card??" Yuta questioned with a surprised look on his face.

"Nah. Not me." He paused "My best friend did. My one and only really." Satoru chuckled to himself.

Satoru looked up at the cloudy skies thinking about his and Suguru's youth when they were younger thinking about how they could've been.

[natasha-in-space]

Hey ive a small request. I just thought of yoosung route with an mc who....actually knew him for a long time and had secretly crushed on him and admired him when both of them were in school. It is pretty canon that yoosung was a popular kid at his school and had many girls crushing on him. One of the girls happened to be mc who cant help but admire him from afar. Back in the day yoosung was the first guy who had been kind and sweet towards her and that stuck with her for the rest of her life. She never confessed her feelings, thinking that she might be "too weird" for him (since she was one of the "weird girls" of the class because of her shyness).

She however never found out about his grief regarding rika, she has a faint memory of him appearing sad on the day of graduation and she has no idea why...it just felt very unusual of him from her perspective. She mustered up some courage to ask him why he is sad but he pushed her away by plastering a fake smile and saying "im actually fine dont worry", she knew he was lying but that day she couldnt ask him more and force him to talk. Few days later she moves out to a different country with her family

Fast forward to current time she ends up being stuck in the apartment because she could not say no to an obviously shady man and finds the same guy she had once admired.

Because the mc here is a very socially awkward person, I am pretty sure she would end up only inviting a handful of people so its going to be the normal ending instead of good ending (which basically means that she would meet him at the hospital and not at the party)

So how do you think the reunion will be. I love your writings very much i want to see your take on this

Life can be so peculiar.

You can meet people by who's side you will end up spending the rest life with, by pure chance. Or, you can lose the one person you thought understood you more than anyone else could. It's unpredictable. And that's a thought that is both terrifying and relieving to ponder over late in the night, when there is nothing else fot you to do but just lay there and stare at the ceiling of your bedroom, deep in thought.

It was unexpected to meet Yoosung again, to say the least. It seems like such cliche story, ripped straight from some generic k-drama and not real life, doesn't it? A shy, closed off kid meeting their popular high school crush further down the line, when they are both now established adults with their own individual lives. But, then again, maybe it wasn't as strange. It's not like you went through some mind-boggling 'glow-up' in these few years, like characters in k-dramas usually do. You were still the same introverted and kind of nerdy dork you were in high school, just a bit more capable of putting up a somewhat acceptable front in public.

Yoosung, though? He was almost an entirely different person.

Well, not entirely, but he was still a far cry from the popular and academic boy you knew back in high school. Not in a bad way, per se... But, it still shocked you quite a bit once you got to know him fully. Then again, it's not like you have really known him at all until now. That doesn't mean your past crush on him was superficial by any means, but it was still rather innocent and puppy-like on your end. You wanted to get to know him better, to see sides of him you couldn't see when he was in public... but, you were far too insecure and skittish to be so bold.

Alas, life had other plans for you.

His hair was not the same neatly styled brunette you remembered. In its place, was a new bright blonde hue that fit him surprisingly well, layered in an adorably casual look that made your heart skip a beat the moment you saw his selfie in the chat, when you first joined. His choice of clothing was more free-spirited, less classy and uptight. The type that made you wonder how his shirts would look and feel on you if you were to borrow them. And his overall attitude seemed to have become a bit more carefree and lighthearted. These major changes surprised you. But, they weren't unwelcome by any means. They intrigued you. Made you want to talk to him, and learn all the ways that he has changed in these couple of years.

Thankfully, you were a bit more chatty behind the safety of your phone.

With chatting, you could take your time and make sure your wordings are correct. You didn't have to just say the first thing that came to mind and then follow through with it. You could express yourself accurately. And you would use that lucky opportunity to its full potential.

Yoosung's apparent active neglect of his studies was surprising to you. The straight-A student you knew back in high school was completely different from this older Yoosung. Maybe you should have been put off by this particular negative change of his, but it only made you grow concerned for him. The more you talked, the less... happy he appeared to you. Sure, his attitude was cheery and carefree on the surface. But, sometimes, you would read upon a phrase or two that would make you pause, your brows furrowing in concern and your heart clenching in your chest, despite it being passed around like a light joke or something.

I don't really know what my talents are.

I don't really know what I want to do.

I just play games to get rid of stress or feel less lonely.

Trying to find what you're interested in itself is a luxury.

It felt like... he just gave up on himself. On his future, and, subsequently, his own happiness. That thought was gnawing at you. It's like he didn't... believe he was capable of finding fulfillment in life, so he gave up on trying altogether. It wasn't right.

Although he may have neglected his studies, he remained the same passionate and lively person you fell for in back in high school. His drive was still there, but it was almost like it got fizzled out due to something you couldn't quite figure out yet. You did remember him seeming rather... downcast back at your graduation. No, he looked downright crushed.

You have a distinct memory of wanting to approach him and inquire about his wellbeing. Maybe you could have offered for him to come and spend some time with you. Yet, as always, you were far too big of a scaredy cat to do so.

Things had changed since then. You may be shy and timid, but you weren't going to let your fears and insecurities hold you back from doing something you knew in your heart was right. Not when life has given you a second chance like this.

And so, that's how you got here. You finally got to see him face to face after eleven days of complete and utter rollercoaster of emotions. Meeting Yoosung in the hospital ward wasn't how you planned it... but, you were just glad to see him smiling and safe.

Furthermore, his smile was meant for you. An observation that left you reeling as you walked sheepishly into his hospital ward, knowing that everyone has left to give you some alone time. It was just you and him now.

"...Hi."

He smiles wider, as if he's excited to finally hear your voice in person, no longer muffled by his speaker phone. You can see him straining a little bit to sit upright, but ultimately deciding against it. "Hi."

So much to say, yet so little time... You find yourself just staring at him for a few moments, before deciding to just go for it. Considering everything that happened during these eleven days between you two, there was no need for you to be cautious or distant. He was pretty straightforward with you about his feelings. Much more upfront than you could ever be. And, some part of you was still in disbelief that he has actually come to love you in such a short amount of time.

It was too good to be true.

You reach his bedside and sit on the chair placed neatly next to it. Without thinking much about it, you reach out and place a gentle hand on his palm, his skin soft and warm under your touch. It makes you smile almost inadvertently. "It's... so good to finally see you. Are you alright? We were all so shocked when Seven..."

"-I'm okay. You don't have to worry." Yoosung cuts you off in a soft tone, his smile turning a bit bashful, and you feel his fingers cautiously intertwining with yours, almost like he was testing the waters, wanting to see if you will pull away from his touch. Of course, you didn't. He sighs, seeming to be enjoying the comfortable silence for a brief moment, before continuing, his thumb warmly brushing the back of your hand. "I promise I'll tell you everything a bit later. There will be no secrets between us. I just... I want this moment to be about us, you know?"

Your heart flutters in your chest as you nod in response to such sweet words. You knew what he meant, though. You really did. He was brave enough to say it openly while you weren't. "What... do you want to talk about?"

You opt to give him the initiative here. To see where this would go. He hums softly, pondering for a few moments before replying, his eye always fixed on you. Not like you could blame him. Finally talking to him face to face and not having to imagine what he actually looks like, was having the same effect on you. You two might be more similar than you think.

"...I just... I can't help but think that this was fate, you know? That Rika really did bring you to me. To help me find what I have lost back when she left us. To help me move forward with my life." He licks his lips, and you give him an encouraging nod, letting him know that you are indeed listening. Rushing this was not necessary. He seemed to appreciate your gesture, with an adorably sweet smile tugging at the corners of his mouth that made your heart swell. "It's funny... I was so popular back in high school, I had so many people I called my friends, and yet, I barely have seen them since then. Yet, the one who made their way back into my life like a hurricane was... you."

You can't help but chuckle and shake your head a little bit. "I would say it was the other way around... but, I am flattered to hear that."

You sway in your seat, unsure if you should mention it or not. In the end, you make the decision to be truthful. You two are technically a couple now, after all. It's only right to be honest with him. And... a huge part of you was always longing for a chance to tell him what you were far too scared to tell all those years ago.

So, you go for it.

"...How surprised would you be, if I told you that I actually had a huge crush on you back in high school?"

You watch his eyes widen and his mouth fall open as he just stares at you for a few moments, completely taken aback by your revelation. It was both endearing and a bit embarrassing to witness. You chuckle nervously, feeling your cheeks grow warm as you look down at your hands locked together, suddenly far too shy to look him in the eye.

"You just seemed so out of my league back then... You were the popular guy - one everyone liked. And, I mean... who was I? Just an anxious mess always sitting in the back of the class. Invisible and weird. So, I... never really approached you about it." You pause, your expression growing a bit somber as you call back to the day of your graduation. An event that was meant to be a moment of triumph and joy. A celebration of the start of your future. Yet, for you two, it wasn't anything like that. "What I always regretted the most, though... was not talking to you back at our graduation. I could tell that something was wrong, but I was too much of a chicken to actually do anything about it. So, I... when I walked into that apartment, and realized it was actually you... I don't know. I just felt like life has given me a second chance. To make things right this time."

There are a few minutes of silence between you two, nothing but the muffled noises of the hospital bustling with life on the other side of the door, and your shared breathing. Despite this, it's not suffocating or uncomfortable at all. It's oddly peaceful. You know he's processing all that you just told him, and you feel strangely calm as you give him all the time he needs before he responds.

Yoosung gently tugs your hand, a silent request for you to look up at him, and you grant him that request without any reservations on your part. His rosy eye is soft as he looks at you, and his brows slightly knit together, but it is not an expression of displeasure or unhappiness. Rather, it's a look of curiosity and disbelief that makes your breath catch in your throat. You remain silent, though, just waiting for him to come up with his piece.

You told your truth. Now, it was his turn.

"All this time... All this time you were right there, by my side, and I didn't even know it. You really are my blessing, aren't you, Y/N?"

His voice shakes as he speaks, his throat bobbing as he clearly attempts to swallow his emotions. It doesn't seem to work, though, as you can see his eye glistening slightly with unshed tears. So much for not getting emotional. As you gently squeeze his hand, you feel yourself becoming quite choked up too. A small laugh escapes you: a natural response to a rather emotional exchange happening between you. "I wouldn't call it that... I was too much of an anxious mess to do anything for the majority of that time. I'm still that awkward, scared kid, to be quite honest. Just a little bit more mature now."

Yoosung shakes his head, and an adorable pout takes its place on his cheeks. He almost seems offended when he hears you talk about yourself in this manner. "You are so much more than that."

"Yeah?" You smile, finding his insistence rather cute.

"Your words, your encouragements, your trust in me - it all gave me strength to let go of my grief and move forward with my life. Before you came along, I... I was just adrift. After Rika passed, I... I honestly felt like a big part of me died with her. I no longer knew who I was, or what I was meant to do, or if there was any point to what I do, if all my efforts could be just ripped away from so cruelly. I gave up on myself. Truth is, deep down, I didn't believe I could be happy. But, you..." he squeezes your hand, laying his other palm atop of it now as well. "You came along, and you believed in me, when no one else did. You encouraged me and told me that it's never too late to seek out that happiness I thought I lost. You never judged me, never made fun of me. You just... listened. Listened and accepted me for who I was. No, you saw things no one else saw, not even me. I can finally say that I am proud of who I am, and that's because of the way your words have motivated and encouraged me. You are the most brave and amazing person I know. And I'll be damned if I don't tell you that every single day from now on."

You're at a loss for words when faced with such a heartfelt speech. It's just too much. In the best way possible. You are pretty sure you can feel a couple of tears sliding down your cheeks now, as a tiny laugh slips from your lips. You wipe your eyes with your free hand, sniffing.

"...I forgot how great you are at giving motivational speeches."

Your blunt response makes you both laugh, a new lightness filling your chest as you suddenly feel all your nerves fade from your mind. Yoosung didn't make you nervous. Not at all. You knew you were safe with him. Just like you always took his problems and struggles seriously, he would do the same for you.

"I wasn't the class president for nothing, you know."

"That you weren't."

[nyaagolor]

Hello, may I share some thoughts/headcanons about Rika having a Mudsdale. Rika gives off cowboy vibes to me, so I thought her having a horse made sense.

Mudsdale is her most recent addiction to her team, having been caught as a Mudbray.

Rika caught him because it fitted her team (Ground type, cute/dopey looking, etc.)

Mudsdale and Clodsire are besties.

Rika uses Mudsdale to score babes (chicks love horse girls), although it doesn't work and she doesn't pick up any (not because of Mudsdale) Mudsdale is happy to help due to getting treats and pats.

Rika lets Poppy ride Mudsdale and brush his mane.

Geeta is a bigger horse girl than Rika (Rika is a causal horse enjoyer while Geeta is a 'did you know that horses' fact #101 type of a horse girl.) So Geeta is more than happy to help with Mudsdale (Rika never asked and doesn't really need any but she does appreciate Geeta's help).

Rika does ride with Geeta (sometimes on their own separate steeds [Geeta on Gogoat, Rika on Mudsdale] other times on the same steed {both of them on either Gogoat or Mudsdale})

Geeta got Rika into Dressage, so Rika and Mudsdale now often perform in Dressage competitions and shows. Dressage is a fun hobby done on the side for Rika, but she does get into it and does practice Dressage techniques with her Mudsdale during some of her free time.

Sorry if this is so long, I have brainrot. Feel free to add and expand on any of these.

I AM INSANE ABOUT THESE????????? you may ALWAYS share ur thoughts / headcanons and these are making me lose it. Never apologize for this being long if anything I want more. Canon. All of them.

I don’t even have anything to add these are absolutely perfect, I love this chronically bitchless woman and her dopey lil donkey. Also??? Geeta being into dressage is everything to me. Infodump to me about the history of gogoat show breeds, Geeta. I know you want to

Anyway here’s Rika on her Mudsdale, thank for the ask this was delightful