#Muppet Metal Gear

[yaoiwars]

you can idolize reigen though it’s okay

[mokeyfragglestan]

"Yep that's silly I'll post that"

[hal-boy]

My friend just told me that she is making a Muppet AU for her fandom (awesome), and demanded that I reveal to her which Metal Gear Solid character would be the obligatory human if they made Muppet adaptions of MGS. I didn't have a sufficient answer for her so I'm outsourcing: who do you fine folks think would be the best character to be a human in Muppet Gear Solid?

[jwcartoonist]

“Animal can hide in box!”

[soulpunchftw]

I’m using the Monkey’s Paw to wish for Muppet Metal Gear Solid, and to hell with the consequences

[metalgearsolidmpreg]

my favourite scene in peace walker

[energypinecatsual]

Gonzo and Hideo Kojima, after having on-stage hot gay sex for the entirety of the game awards:

[johnbrownanarchist]

They should make a muppets game but like there movies where it's a pre existing game.

Muppet gear rising revengeance

Raiden is the same. Fozzie is sundowner. Mistral is Ms piggie (Mistral piggy). Jetstream sam is gonzo. Obviously Kermit is senator Armstrong. Doctor is beaker.

When you slice an enemy up instead of the blue Gatorade it's just an arm.

Most of the dialogue is the same with some jokes thrown in every 30 seconds or so.

[nostalgic-woodwind]

☠️❤️ Regressor! Crymini Headcanons ❤️☠️

Kid regressor 100%; regresses from 4-11. Will sometimes regress younger if she's tired or going through her time of the month

Loves punk, rock, emo, goth, and metal music (Has to be the clean version. No ifs, ands, or buts.). When Crymini's headspace is younger than her usual regressed age range, she loves to listen to Rockabye! Baby and Twinkle Twinkle Little Rockstar because of the lullaby renditions of her favorite songs

Has a knack for making kandi bracelets

She also decorates her paci collection

She also loves teethers and chewelry

Crymini's CG is Husk, and Angel is her big brother. Charlie or Cherri will babysit if Husk is busy

Angel helps with the babysitting when he's not regressed

Has skull and punk-themed little gear (idea inspired by @jester-b0mb)

Crymini has three favorite stuffies: two stuffed bunnies and a stuffed kitten (From left to right: Ace, Spade, and Ramona)

Has trouble with swearing and had to be put in timeout or put money in the swear jar for it

Crymini struggles with her emotions and communicating her needs. She will throw tantrums

Luckily, her CG and babysitters are understanding and patient and will help her calm down. She doesn't have timeouts for tantrums. Instead, she has time-ins

Crymini is extremely pouty at times and will pout when she doesn't get her way

When Crymini's headspace is very tiny, she will play with Husk's ears and wings. He doesn't really mind as long as she's gentle

Crymini has been put in timeout for drawing on the walls multiple times

She is a biter and will bite anyone and anything (nothing dangerous or anything that will make her sick, don't worry. Just furniture, pillows, and blankets). She has been firmly, yet gently scolded for it and given a teether, chewelry, or paci (depending on how old she feels at the moment) every time

Hates naptime and bedtime. She acts like Bluey during the episode "Fruitbat" and will be adamant about staying up late. Her CG and babysitters are patient with her and will make her naptime and bedtime routines fun with games. Works like a charm every time 👍

Her favorite foods are grilled cheese and fruit

Husk and Charlie are adamant in making sure Crymini drinks water and eats healthy (she's also given milk and juice). Angel and Cherri are the same, but they are less strict and will sneak Crymini junk food and soda when Husk and Charlie aren't around. However, it leaves the little going through a sugar rush

Adores The Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride, Coraline, ParaNorman, Monster House, Dan Vs., The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, Sushi Pack, Regular Show, Adventure Time, Yellow Submarine, The Muppets Mayhem, Fraggle Rock, Nimona, Dead End: Paranormal Park, and Invader Zim! She'll watch Invader Zim with Angel a lot since they both love the show (see my Regressor! Angel headcanons)

She gets self-conscious because of her temper and wonders if her CG, big brother, and babysitters love her. She is reassured that she is loved no matter what every time ❤️

[best-fictional-band-poll]

THIS IS THE OLD SUBMISSIONS POST. UP TO DATE SUBMISSIONS CAN BE FOUND HERE

Sorted alphabetically by band. Please click through to original post to see full list. IF IT'S NOT ON THE LIST, PLEASE SUBMIT IT. NO BAND IS TOO NICHE. Multiple bands from the same media are permitted.

Putting this under the cut because it's getting too long!

0-9

4*town - Turning Red

A

About Gardens - ROGUEMAKER

The Ark - I Was Born For This

ABXY - Splatoon

Arno van Eyck - Disco Elysium

B

The Band With Rocks In It - Discworld

The Beets - Doug

The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton - The Mountain Goats

The Bettys - Phineas and Ferb

Black Stones (BLAST) - NANA

The Blues Brothers - The Blues Brothers

Bottom Feeders - Splatoon

Boys In The Sink - Veggietales

Boys Who Cry - Spongebob Squarepants

Boyz4Now - Bob's Burgers

Boyz 12 - American Dad

Bunk Bed Junction - No Straight Roads

C

Cheetah Girls - Cheetah Girls

The Clash At Demonhead - Scott Pilgrim 

The Covey - Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

Crash & The Boys - Scott Pilgrim

D

Daisy Jones & The Six - Daisy Jones & The Six

Damp Socks - Splatoon

De Bois Band - & Juliet

Deep cut - Splatoon

DETHKLOK - Metalocalypse

Dedf1sh - Splatoon

Decibel Jones and the Absolute Zeros - Space Opera 

Dingoes Ate My Baby - Buffy The Vampire Slayer

DJ Octavio - Splatoon

DJ Stylbator - Samurai Jack

Dr Teeth and The Electric Mayhem - The Muppets 

Drive Shaft - LOST

E

Evar Orbus & The Galactic Jizz-Wailers/The Max Rebo Band - Star Wars

F

Fig and the Cig Figs - Dimension 20 Fantasy High

The Flaming Creatures - Velvet Goldmine

Fran-Shou-Shou - Zombie Land Saga

G

Gallifrey Academy Hot Five - Doctor Who 

Gem & The Scotts - Secret Life SMP

Gillion & The Tidestriders - Just Roll With It

Girls Dead Monster - Angel Beats

Gorillaz - Gorillaz

Grifters Bone - Magnus Archives 

H

Hatsune Miku - Vocaloid

Heaven Seventeen - A Clockwork Orange

The Hectic Glow - The Fault In Our Stars

Hex Girls - Scooby Doo

I

Ink Theory - Splatoon

J

Jem & The Holograms - Jem & The Holograms

Johnny Casino and The Gamblers - Grease

Josie & The Pussycats - Archie (Comic)

The Juicy Fruits - Phantom of the Paradise

Julie and the Phantoms - Julie and the Phantoms

K

Kessoku Band - Bocchi the Rock

Killer Boy Rats - Horrid Henry

The Killjoys - My Chemical Romance

L

Lacus Clyne - Mobile Suit Gundam Seed

Lady Parts - We Are Lady Parts

The Last Days - The Last Days

Lemonade Mouth - Lemonade Mouth

Leningrad Cowboys - Leningrad Cowboys

Lincoln Hawk - Gossip Girl

Little White Lie - Little White Lie

Loded Diper - Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Love Burger - Can't Hardly Wait

Love Händel - Phineas and Ferb

LumberZacks - Milo Murphy's Law 

M

Mad Gear & The Missile Kid - Danger Days, My Chemical Romance

Maxwell Demon & The Venus In Furs - Velvet Goldmine

The Mechanisms - The Mechanisms 

Milkcan - Um Jammer Lammy

The Misfits - Jem & The Holograms

Muppet Orchestra - The Muppets 

N 

Needy Beast - Hatchetfield

O

Octoplush - Splatoon

Old Gods of Asgard - Alan Wake

ok, kids - Andre and Karl

Off The Hook - Splatoon

P

Pink Slip - Freaky Friday

Plasmagica - Show By Rock

Proto Zoa - Zenon Sweep 

R

The Rainbooms - Equestria Girls

The Rats - Velvet Goldmine

RIP - Ruby Gloom

The Risky Fix-Ins - Buzzfeed Unsolved Franchise

The Rutles - All You Need Is Cash

S

Sadie-Killer & The Suspects - Steven Universe

Sadgasm - The Simpsons

SCÄB - Home Movies

Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles

Sev'ral Timez - Gravity Falls

Sex Bob-omb - Scott Pilgrim vs The World

Sing Street - Sing Street 

Soundcheck - Odd Squad

Spinal Tap - This Is Spinal Tap

Squid Sisters - Splatoon

Squid Squad - Splatoon

The Stiff Dylans - Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging 

Sunset Curve - Julie and the Phantoms

The Superconducting Supercolliders - Designations Congruent With Things (Pacific Rim fanfiction)

T

The Three Lights - Sailor Moon

Trapnest - NANA

Turquoise October - Splatoon

V

The Vampire Lestat - The Vampire Chronicles

W

Wonderlands x Showtime - Hatsune Miku Colourful Stage/Vocaloid

The Wonders - That Thing You Do

Wyld Stallyns - Bill & Ted franchise

Wet Floor - Splatoon

w-3 (omega-3) - Splatoon

Y

Yoko & the Gold Bazookas - Splatoon

Z

Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars - David Bowie

[disabled-characters-showdown]

Disabled Characters in the Showdown Currently

Notes:

1.) This list is subject to change, so if you see it off a reblog, please check the link to this post here. At some point this will probably stop updating, as we tend to forget to. Before we kick off the showdown there will be another post. Characters are under the cut, the list is currently unorganized, but might get organized later.

2.) If you see a character on here and you want to submit propaganda for them please feel free to, there is no submission limit or character per fandom limit. Here is the link to the submission form. Characters from the prior round of this showdown are fair game except Toph, Toothless and Hiccup. Additionally, most characters from @gay-disabled-characters-showdown are also fair game.

3.) The amount of submissions will not affect how likely a character is to get into the showdown. If you submitted a character and they are not here, we probably just haven’t gotten to verifying your character yet. If it’s been more than 3-4 days since you submitted the character you can shoot us an ask as to why they are not on the list, it might be an error on our part.

4.) When will submissions close? We have no fucking clue. At the earliest sometime October, as we are still working on setting up over @gay-disabled-characters-showdown which is still accepting submissions here. Additionally, as we need to write image descriptions it takes us a ridiculous amount of time to get set up.

5.) If you think a character doesn’t qualify you can send us an ask or leave a comment, and we can show you the explanation we have for the character as to how they count.

7.) If there is a character or media on here you think is problematic you can send us an ask and we will evaluate. That being said it’s not about being the best most perfect representation.

Tougou Mimori- Yuuki Yunna is a Hero

Olivia- Fear and Hunger 2: Termina

Edward Elric- Fullmetal Alchemist

Takashi ‘Shiro’ Shirogane- Voltron: Legendary Defender

Narti- Voltron: Legendary Defender

Shirou Emiya- Fate Stay Night

Red Haired Shanks- One Piece

Neil Watts- To the Moon/ Finding Paradise/ Imposter Factory

Harrowhawk Nonagesimus- The Locked Tomb

Wei Shi London Arelius- Cradle

Clint Barton- Marvel Comics

Barbara Gordon- DC Comics

Anna Tromedlov- Hench

Chirrut Îmwe- Star Wars: Rogue One

Imperator Furiosa- Mad Max: Fury Road

Long John Silver- Muppet Treasure Island

David- Four Weddings and a Funeral

Kaz Brekker- Six of Crows

Wu Zetian- Iron Widow

Cassandra Cain- DC Comics

Entrapta- She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

Bran Stark- A Song of Ice and Fire

Heart- Moonlight Chicken

Wen Kexing- Faraway Wanderers

Hartley Rathaway/Pied Piper- DC Comics

Wen Kexing- Word of Honor

Zhou Zishu- Word of Honor

Baiken- Guilty Gear

Draal the Deadly- Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia

Petra- 1992 Summer Paralympics/ Cobi Troupe cartoon series

Twyla Boogeyman- Monster High

Kaladin Stormblessed- The Stormlight Archive

Nath- 100% Orange Juice/Sora

John D. Cort- Baywatch

Ming-Hua- Avatar: The Legend of Korra

Takane Enomoto (Ene)- Kagerou Project

Sylvette Suede- Tegami Bachi

Sunny- Omori

Basil- Omori

Stone- ONE by Cheesyhfj on YouTube

Parker- Leverage

Eustass Kid- One Piece

Fujitora- One Piece

Nog- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Ashton Greymoore- Critical Role

Geordi La Forge- Star Trek: The Next Generation

Nicholas Benedict- The Mysterious Benedict Society

Hermann Gottlieb- Pacific Rim

Johnny Joestar- JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure

Linh Cinder- The Lunar Chronicles

Percy Jackson- Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Genya Safin- Grishaverse

Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd, Fire Emblem Three Houses

Wylan Van Eck- Six of Crows

Jesper Fahey- Six of Crows

Havelock Vetinari- Discworld

Stiles Stilinski- Teen Wolf

Charles Xavier- X-Men

Hitori Gotoh- Bocchi the Rock

Vash the Stampede- Trigun

Gintoki Sakata- Gintama

Big Boss- Metal Gear

Black Raisin Cookie- Cookie Run Kingdom

Daan- Fear and Hunger 2: Termina

General Amaya- The Dragon Prince

Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader- Star Wars

Sir Alastair Hammerlock- Borderlands

Alinta- DC Comics

Norma Khan- Dead End: Paranormal Park

George Mullner- Stardew Valley

Rani- Disney Faries

Joey Wilson/Jericho- DC Comics

Pit- Kid Icarus

Chai- Hi-Fi Rush

Sarah Sharpe- The Sea Beast

Gregg Lee- Night in the Woods

Arthur Lester- Malevolent

Kim Kitsuragi- Disco Elysium

Zee- Total Drama Island Reboot

Ignis Scientia- Final Fantasy XV

Komugi- Hunter x Hunter

Cheza- Wolf’s Rain

Maedhros- The Silmarillion

Ballister Boldheart- Nimona

Doom- Mashle: Magic and Muscles

Ianthe Tridentarius- The Locked Tomb

Talbot- Curse Words: Spellcasting for Fun and Prophet

Aka Ashi no Zeff- One Piece

Charlotte Webber/Sun-Spider- Marvel Comics

Zolf Smith- Rusty Quill Gaming podcast

[evil-doppelganger-duel]

Hey! I still have to put all the matchups together, but in the meantime here's a sneak peek of our line-up :]

List of characters under the cut:

•Alternate Barney (Dead End: Paranormal Park)

•Alternate Norma (Dead End: Paranormal Park)

•Anti-Pops (Regular Show)

•Bad End Pretty Cure (Smile Pretty Cure!)

•Bad Janet (The Good Place)

•Badeline (Celeste)

•Cesar's Alternate (The Mandela Catalogue)

•Ciel Phantomhive (Black Butler)

•Dahlia Hawthorne (Ace Attorney)

•Constantine (Muppets Most Wanted)

•Cure Unlovely (Happiness Charge Pretty Cure!)

•Dark Link (Legend of Zelda)

•Dark Meta Knight (Kirby)

•Dark Pit (Kid Icarus)

•Dark Samus (Metroid)

•Dippy Fresh (Gravity Falls)

•Ditto (Pokémon)

•Doodlebob (Spongebob Squarepants)

•Doppelganger (Scribblenauts)

•Doppelganger Arle (Puyo Puyo~n)

•Evil Xisuma (Hermitcraft)

•FalseSymmetry (Empires SMP)

•Father (Fullmetal Alchemist)

•Fowen (Story Thieves)

•Fukua (Skullgirls)

•Félix Fathom (Miraculous Ladybug)

•Gruffnut Thorston (How to Train Your Dragon)

•Helsknight (Hermitcraft)

•Imposter (Going Under)

•Katherine Pierce (The Vampire Diaries)

•Katrina Spellman (Sabrina, the Teenage Witch)

•Kevin (Welcome to Night Vale)

•Kimura Koichi (Digimon Frontier)

•Le Purr (Fetch with Ruff Ruffman)

•Ledroptha Curtain (The Mysterious Benedict Society)

•Liquid Snake (Metal Gear)

•Lore (Star Trek)

•Mad Ducktor (Donald Duck)

•Madelyne Pryor (Marvel)

•Man in Red (Ghost Trick)

•Mark Vorkosigan (Vorkosigan Saga)

•Mean Rachel (Animorphs)

•Metal Sonic (Sonic the Hedgehog)

•Millions Knives (Trigun)

•Mr. Edward Hyde (Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)

•Nale (Order of the Stick)

•Omori (Omori)

•Robo-Fortune (Skullgirls)

•Robo-Reagan (Inside Job)

•Roxas (Kingdom Hearts)

•Scourge (Sonic the Hedgehog)

•Scruff Ruffman (Fetch with Ruff Ruffman)

•Shadow Kirby (Kirby & the Amazing Mirror)

•Shadow Mario (Super Mario Sunshine)

•SheZap (SheZow)

•Sonozaki Shion (Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni)

•Tac Nayn (Nyan Cat)

•The Rowdyruff Boys (The Powerpuff Girls)

•The Valeyard (Doctor Who)

•Tsukasa Yugi (Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun)

•Tyrone (Gravity Falls)

•Vanitas (Kingdom Hearts)

•Vergil (Devil May Cry)

•Yosuke's Shadow (Persona 4)

[wftc141]

Voltron: Global Military Intelligence and Counter-Terrorism Unit-Chapter 14: Search for White Tiger

28/04/2018

Colombia

Another fist landed on his face as Halliday’s vision flashed to what was left of the room’s light. Tasting metal in his mouth, Halliday held his tongue. Torture wasn’t new to him and he had his fair share of being tied to a chair before some paranoid terrorists during his service. The pain was part of the package and so is a swollen eye and the loss of two of his fingers from yesterday. 

Halliday looked up at the man giving him a thrashing, a muscular and tatted-up lieutenant sporting a mustache and a nasty look in his eye. There wasn’t much he could do, considering he was tied to a chair. The lieutenant reached for the tools on the table, settling on a blowtorch. His blood-covered hands lit up the blowtorch, a light yet scorching flame coming out of the barrel.

“You know how this works.” the lieutenant snarled. “You’ll be having another bad day if you keep up this game of yours.”

“I already told you, ya muppet.” Halliday growled, spitting blood at the lieutenant’s feet. “I ain’t telling you a bloody thing.” 

“Enough.”

The voice was enough to catch the lieutenant’s attention. A bloody miracle, to Halliday’s surprise. A figure stood by the door in the shadows. Halliday couldn’t make him out through the light. As the figure approached the lieutenant, he became much clearer. The light-skinned man looked like he came out of a fundraiser for an election, sporting a three-piece suit without a blazer, sleeves neatly rolled up and a tight bun.

“Enough?” The lieutenant curled his lips. “Why? This pinche cabrón killed my men and he won’t spill as much as a breath!”

The man ignored the lieutenant, brushing past him as he approached Halliday.

“Like I told your mate here. I ain’t tellin’ you shit.” Halliday hissed.

The well-dressed man smirked. “There’s no need for that, Lieutenant Damon Halliday.” The British accent caught his attention. “I’m well aware of who you are. Former SAS and now, a Voltron operative that handles off-the-books operations for NATO.”

Halliday went quiet. He couldn’t find the words. This man knew more than he had anticipated and if anything, he may know about his team as well. The man then turned around and glared at the lieutenant.

“You really thought it was wise to bring him here?” He asked.

The lieutenant scoffed. “Relax. We left without a trace.” 

The man then turned back to Halliday with skepticism glowing in his eyes.

“I doubt that.”

________________________________________

29/04/2018

0750 Hours

Colombia

Upon landing in the forest, Shiro and Lance scan the area as they slowly move through the jungle. 

“Zero, this is Blue Lion, how far am I from Red’s position, over?” Lance asked on the radio. 

“Blue Lion, you should be right on top of him, over.” Allura answered from the comms.

“Found him.” Shiro said from behind.

Lance turned towards Shiro who was looking up. Lance followed his eye direction. Above them, Keith was hanging on a tree with his parachute stuck among the branches. Lance began to chuckle.

“That is rich.” Lance said in between his laughs. “Yo, Keith! How’s it hanging?”

“Ha, ha. Fuck you.” Keith flipped Lance the bird, which only made him laugh further in response.

“You need help, Keith?” Shiro asked.

“No, sir.” Keith shook his head as he reached for his knife. “I got it.” 

Eventually, Keith managed to break free from his suit, falling to the ground with a loud thud. 

“Thought the Rangers are supposed to be good at this.” Lance said.

“Fuck off.” 

“Alright, that’s enough, you two.” Shiro cut in, grabbing Keith and Lance’s attention. “We gotta move. We’re meeting up with the Ground Branch team. Keith, get geared up. You got five.”

“Rog.”

As Keith went through his gear up from his pack, Shiro reached for the radio.

“Zero, this is Black Lion. We have found Red Lion and are about to proceed to Hunter’s position, out.”

________________________________________

Allura, Coran, Jeb and Stacy observe the footage from the drone video cam tracking Shiro, Keith and Lance’s positions. Allura notices Coran’s troubled expression, knowing how close he and Lieutenant Halliday are, hoping his friend is still okay. Allura thought about assuring him until Kolivan approached her.

“Your team’s on the ground?” Kolivan asked.

“Yes, Kolivan. They’re on their way to Hunter’s position.” Allura answered.

Kolivan nodded, although Allura noticed his expression was telling a different story.

“Is everything alright?”

He let out a sigh. “There’s something that you should know about Hunter 1 and I… I already told Sergeant Holt about him.”

Allura looks at Kolivan, confused. “Told her about what?”

________________________________________

Later, Keith and Lance continue to make their way to their designation through the jungle as the sun is slowly rising. The three move cautiously to avoid any possible traps or avoid patrols. 

“So uh, these Ground Branch dudes,” Lance whispered, earning a turn from Shiro as a response. “Are they gonna be cool working with us or are they just a bunch of smartass shitstains?” 

“They’re under Kolivan’s command so they should be fine.” Shiro replied.

“I don’t know, man. Spooks are usually buncha arrogant assholes with fat egos and don’t get me started on the SADs.”

“I have to agree with Lance,” Keith steps in. “These guys are black ops. Who knows how they’ll treat us?”

“Well until then, we’re a team.”  

The three continue to walk through the jungle in silence until-

“Don’t move.” 

The group froze as the bushes behind them rustled. Three masked figures emerged from the bushes, surrounding the group though they kept their rifles trained on each other. Keith and Lance, covering the rear, trained their weapons on two of the figures while Shiro had his on the woman. There was a brief but tense pause between the groups before one of the figures behind him spoke.

“Stone… ”

Shiro slightly glanced over. He recognized the code word as one of the many phrases that CIA operatives use to identify each other. However, it was possible that this could be a trap from their attackers who somehow learned their language. But the possibility was less likely since the voice was somewhat familiar to him.

“Stone…” The figure repeated.  

“...Mountain.” Shiro finally said.

The woman in front of him lowered her rifle, as well as the figures behind him. “Whoever answered, turn around.” The voice ordered.

Once Shiro complied and turned around to face the figures, one of the figures in woodland gear scoffed in disbelief before pulling his mask down. Shiro’s mouth dropped as he recognized him as someone whom he thought he’d never seen again.

“Matt?” Shiro said.

“Well, I’ll be damned,” Matt cocked his head sideways. “If it ain’t the Great Shiro.” 

“What are you doing here?”

“I should be asking you. I thought you left Voltron behind. Didn’t expect you to come back.” 

“Things have changed.”

Matt takes a thought and then starts to put the pieces together as to why Shiro is back in Voltron.

“You came back for her, didn’t you?”

Shiro didn’t answer as he knew Matt was right, especially with how he reacted to Allura being taken hostage in Pakistan a few months ago.

“Thought so,” Matt scoffed. “Come on. Let's go save your guy.”  

Matt and his ground branch team start to walk off while Keith, Lance and Shiro are hesitant at first before following. Shiro felt guilty when he saw Matt again but as a Voltron operative. Keith and Lance were confused when they saw Matt as they knew a semblance of a certain person from their group. 

“Is it me or does that guy look a lot like Pidge?” Lance said.

“That’s because Matt is Pidge’s brother.” Shiro explained. 

Keith and Lance were left speechless when they realized that Matt is Pidge’s brother. Keith remembered Pidge talked about her brother being Shiro’s comrade from the SEALs but never thought that he would look a bit like Pidge and never thought that he was in Voltron. 

“Come on.” Shiro ordered. “We gotta move.”

________________________________________

Back at the hideout, Pidge is in the hallway laying her back on the wall with a doubtful look on her face as she has a lot on her mind.

“Pidge?”

Turning to her right, she noticed Hunk standing there with a worried look on his face.

“You good?” He asked.

Pidge looked away. “Not really.” 

“What’s wrong?”

Pidge let out a deep sigh.

“Kolivan told me that my brother Matt is there in Colombia leading Team Hunter.” 

Hunk’s mouth opened in surprise. “Your brother’s CIA?”

“News to me too.” Pidge replied. “Kinda explains why I’ve never heard from him for years. Now I don’t know how he’ll feel about me working for Voltron.”

“Maybe he's proud of you.”

“Doubt that.”

Hunk then starts to piece it together as he knows what Pidge is going through.

“Problems back home?”

Pidge silently nodded. Hunk sighed as he approached Pidge and placed a hand on her shoulder.

“Listen,” Hunk said. “Even if we cross paths with him, just know that you’re still the same Pidge I know. The one who can fight and protect her team. Hell, you were the one who carried my ass outta danger when I got shot.”

“I wouldn’t say that counted since you got captured by the Galra anyway.”

“Kinda thankful for that. Otherwise, I probably wouldn’t have met Shay and she and those women wouldn't have gotten saved.” 

Pidge gives out a nod with a haft smile as Hunk did make a good point if Hunk wasn’t captured by the Galra. 

“So how are things with Shay?” Pidge asked.

A small blush crept up to his face as Hunk gave a knowing smirk. “Oh, we are going strong, alright. If you know what I mean.”

A chuckle slipped out of Pidge’s mouth as she bumped his arm, prompting a laugh from Hunk. “Okay, I get your point.”

Hunk took a moment to calm himself. “In all seriousness, Shay’s wonderful and I wouldn’t have it any other way.”

“That’s great to hear, Hunk. Wish you all the best.”

“Thanks…and I hope things work out between you and your brother.”

________________________________________

The team reached the cartel’s hideout where they may be keeping Halliday. Matt and Shiro looked through their binoculars to scope out any guards in the area but found nothing.

“Something’s not right.” Matt stated.

“No guards, no patrol…” Shiro stated. “I hope we didn’t tip them off.”

“And there better not be another mole inside us.”

Shiro gives out a sigh.

“So you know about Brazil?” Shiro asked.

“Yeah.” Matt answered. “Special Activities would’ve long figured out that Sanda was under Galra’s hand but my boss handed it to Voltron, now look how that turned out.”

“At least we stopped them from killing the Triple Frontier government.” Lance said. 

“But this should’ve been stopped sooner.”

Shiro sighed. “Yes but we should focus on our mission. Lance, stay here and provide overwatch.” 

“You too, Hunter 3.” Matt ordered.

“Copy.” Both Lance and Hunter 3 responded.

Shiro and Keith made their way to the hideout along with the rest of Matt’s team while Lance and Hunter 3 got into position. Once the team got close to the house, they noticed two dead guards on the ground. They even noticed that they were shot from inside of the house.

“Black Lion to Zero, Lion and Hunter team are at target compound and ready to make entry.” Shiro reported to his radio. 

Hunter 2, taking point, opened the door and the team stormed the hideout. As the team were clearing the rooms, they noticed the lack of shooting or voices from either room or even in this building. No voices were being heard as the team found more dead sicarios as they were sweeping the house. 

“Fucking hell.” Hunter 2 muttered as she noticed a sicario with two holes in the head.

The team were finding themselves with more questions than answers as they investigated further, finding  more evidence of dead cartel members. Whatever happened here, the team must’ve missed a gunfight. The corpses’ trail led to a room up ahead. The team entered the room and froze upon seeing what was inside.

“Shit.” Shiro swore under his breath.

The team found what they’ve been looking for but not what they were hoping to find as their fears turned true. 

“Call it in.” Shiro said to Keith.

Keith tapped into his comms. “This is Red Lion to Zero. We have visual on White Tiger. Status KIA. Repeat, White Tiger is KIA.”

[its-to-the-death]

Bracket D Matchups

Round 1

Diddy Drop Rap (The Donkey Kong Country cartoon) vs Sympathy for the Devil (song by The Rolling Stones)

Ready As I'll Ever Be (Tangled the Series) vs Jester (Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return)

Brains (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy) vs Hawk Moth theme song (Miraculous Ladybug)

The Spy and the Liar (I Expect You to Die 2) vs What's My Name (Descendants 2)

The Executioner (Umineko no naku koro ni) vs World Burn (Mean Girls the musical)

This Day Aria (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic) vs The Devil's Song (The Cuphead Show)

Cruella de Vil (101 Dalmatians) vs One Thing (RWBY)

Black (Homestuck) vs A Story Told (The Count of Monte Cristo)

Evil Queen (Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure) vs I Am Octavio (Splatoon)

Favoured Son (Ulysses Dies at Dawn by The Mechanisms) vs Daughter of Evil/Aku no Musume (The Evillious Chronicles)

Die House (Cuphead) vs The Boys are Back in Town (To Kill You) (The Boys)

Professional Pirate (Muppet Treasure Island) vs Your Reality (Doki Doki Literature Club)

Holding Out for a Hero (Shrek 2) vs When the Going Gets Tough (Spongebob Musical)

Our Love is God (Heathers) vs Macavity the Mystery Cat (Cats)

Dentist (Little Shop of Horrors) vs Rogues Are We (Holy Musical B@man)

It Has To Be This Way (Metal Gear Rising Revengeance) vs The Torture Tango (Spies Are Forever)

Round 2

Sympathy for the Devil (song by The Rolling Stones) vs Ready As I'll Ever Be (Tangled the Series)

Brains (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy) vs The Spy and the Liar (I Expect You to Die 2)

World Burn (Mean Girls the musical) vs This Day Aria (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

Cruella de Vil (101 Dalmatians) vs A Story Told (The Count of Monte Cristo)

I Am Octavio (Splatoon) vs Daughter of Evil/Aku no Musume (The Evillious Chronicles)

The Boys are Back in Town (To Kill You) (The Boys) vs Professional Pirate (Muppet Treasure Island)

Holding Out for a Hero (Shrek 2) vs Our Love is God (Heathers)

Dentist (Little Shop of Horrors) vs The Torture Tango (Spies Are Forever)

Round 3

Ready As I'll Ever Be (Tangled the Series) vs The Spy and the Liar (I Expect You to Die 2)

This Day Aria (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic) vs Cruella de Vil (101 Dalmatians)

I Am Octavio (Splatoon) vs Professional Pirate (Muppet Treasure Island)

Holding Out for a Hero (Shrek 2) vs The Torture Tango (Spies Are Forever)

Round 4 (Bracket Semifinals)

Ready As I'll Ever Be (Tangled the Series) vs This Day Aria (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

Professional Pirate (Muppet Treasure Island) vs The Torture Tango (Spies Are Forever)

Round 5 (Bracket Finals)

This Day Aria (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic) vs The Torture Tango (Spies Are Forever)

Winner: The Torture Tango (Spies Are Forever)!

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AND THE ULTIMATE BALDING BEGINS.

here it is! the bracket! polls won't be starting yet for a while, but that should give you time to drum up support for your favored candidates. starting now, feel free to send propaganda to the ASKBOX, and if you're wondering how this wacky structure is going to work or why there are so many anonymous icons, take a gander over at the RULES PAGE!

polls under the cut, with links to be added when they go up:

ROUND ONE

GROUP 1:

MELODY (Hunter x Hunter) vs GURU-GURU (Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time/Majora's Mask) [WINNER: MELODY]

ROCK (Warriors) vs RATTRAP (Beast Wars: Transformers) [WINNER: RATTRAP]

CID POLLENDINA (Final Fantasy IV) and LORD CRUMP (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door) vs ROM (Star Trek: Deep Space 9) vs TINKER KNIGHT (Shovel Knight) [WINNER: UNION]

PATCHES (Dark Souls) vs ZOTE (Hollow Knight) [WINNER: ZOTE]

GROUP 2:

PSYCHO MANTIS (Metal Gear Solid) vs COMPTON & DOGEN BOOLE (Psychonauts 1 & 2) [WINNER: THE BOOLES]

NOSFERATU (Spongebob) vs TRANSMUTATE (Beast Wars: Transformers) vs CALIBAN (X-Men) [WINNER: TRANSMUTATE]

"HATCHLING" (Outer Wilds) vs PHILOCTETES (Disney's Hercules) [WINNER: HATCHLING]

THE NOT-GOBLIN (@pocketss' comics) vs D*BBY (Pussy Indulgence) [WINNER: NOT-GOBLIN]

GROUP 3:

BIDO (Fullmetal Alchemist) vs FRIAR TUCK (Disney's Robin Hood) [WINNER: BIDO]

GAETAN "MOLE" MOLIÉRE (Disney's Atlantis) vs HANS MOLEMAN (The Simpsons) [WINNER: MOLE]

THE MAYOR OF TOWNSVILLE (Power Puff Girls) vs HERCULE POIROT (Agatha Christie novels & adaptations) vs SIR TOPHAM HATT/THE FAT CONTROLLER (Thomas the Tank Engine) [WINNER: THE MAYOR]

THE JUDGE (Ace Attorney) vs ARTHUR AGUEFORT (Dimension 20) [WINNER: BOTH]

GROUP 4:

OSWALD "THE PENGUIN" COBBLEPOT (Batman Returns) vs GLUTTONY (Fullmetal Alchemist) [WINNER: GLUTTONY]

THE ALCHEMIST (Venture Bros) vs NIGEL DARKDOOM (H.I.V.E.: Higher Institute of Villainous Education) vs NOHO HANK (HBO'S Barry) [WINNER: THE ALCHEMIST]

DR. VAUX (Dorohedoro) vs THE ITERATORS (Rain World) [WINNER: THE ITERATORS]

Baldi (BASICS) vs Dr. Bubby (HALF-LIFE VR BUT THE AI IS SELF AWARE) [WINNER: BUBBY]

GROUP 5: LITTLE GREEN FREAKS

BEANS (Hunter x Hunter) vs OCHOA (Mashle: Magic and Muscles) vs BUNSEN HONEYDEW (The Muppets) [WINNER: BUNSEN]

JAKEN (InuYasha) vs KING TRODE (DRAGON QUEST VIII) [WINNER: JAKEN]

FBLTHP (Magic: the Gathering) vs MANAKO/OCULETTE (One Punch Man) [WINNER: FBLTHP]

KAPP'N AND FAMILY (Animal Crossing) ft. KAPPA (Natsume Yuujinchou) vs SALAD FINGERS (Salad Fingers) vs CALLIOPE (Homestuck) [WINNER: KAPPAS]

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The Lie Becomes the Truth- A Steddie Fic (Part 4)

Link to Part 3

At some point, Steve was going to have to get used to embarrassing himself.

While Robin was always kind enough to remind him that he sucked when he struck out with the ladies, Steve was a jock.

He was strong.

He was handsome

.

He had good hand-eye coordination, a wiz with his nailbat, and could beat up a Russian asshole with a phone.

Not too shabby, if he did say so himself. (Which he *did*, thank you very much Robin and Dustin.)

From the movies they played in Family Video, Steve had seen many action heroes saving the day. They would get shot, stabbed, blown up even, and still save the day.

So. Eddie was not some dainty damsel, and Steve, while being a strong, handsome former jock, was no action hero from a movie. After taking a few steps, Steve nearly fell over.

Right. He was injured too. Shit.

After some rearranging, Steve ended up with a new Eddie backpack. Or as Dustin liked to call it, Eddie was riding “Yoda-Style”.

Steve kept to himself just how much he didn’t think Eddie looked like a Muppet.

(Steve would tell Robin later, much later, that it is possible to crush on a musician that doesn’t look like they were created by Jim Henson. She flipped him off. It was great.)

Something else Steve learned? His piggyback companion didn’t think of him as that safe Shire place.

He couldn’t feel upset about that, because he found out that he was something far, far greate than a place.

He, Steve, was the Samwis!

Actually, that was a bit confusing. Eddie had said, “Samwis”. Dustin said the character Eddie was asking for was named “Samwise”.

That wasn’t what Eddie was calling him.

A plus on Eddie being pressed up tight against his back, (besides the obvious), was that Eddie’s words were clearer. No more garbled half sounds. Being off the ground made the metal head also more of his chatty self.

Still delirious as fuck, but at least they could understand the words coming out of his mouth.

Even if they did make Steve blush. He was confused as shit, but well…

How was he supposed to react when these things were crooned in his ear?

“Oh Stevewise. My gardener. My paladin. My fluffy haired knight. You water my flowers, tend my hedges, fight off Shelob…carrying me outta Mordor.”

Dustin kept looking over, furrowed brow, as he limped between his Nancy and Robin crutches.

Steve knew that look.

The little shit was contemplating.

Gears were working overtime in Dustin’s head, trying to make a picture out these random puzzle pieces he thought Eddie was giving them.

To be honest, there were gears turning in Steve head, too. (It was easier to focus on that than the pain in his sides or how only a few minutes before Eddie was….how *Steve* was a liar.)

He knew what a knight was, easy. He knew his hair had incredible volume. But the rest of that? What the fuck? Were those from that book his likes? From the *Dorks and Disasters* game? Was he speaking in code?

And most importantly…how the hell did Eddie know he liked to garden?!

Eddie didn’t have much of a yard at the trailer park, but he had brought some flower pots over to Max’s to brighten the place. But how did Eddie know he grew them?

Something warm was filling is chest, like liquid sunshine.

If Eddie wanted him to be his gardener, he would be the best god damn gardener Eddie had ever seen. What little lawn he had would be trimmed and green. He would keep Eddie’s house full of flowers every week. He and his uncle would drown in fresh vegetables. Forget the farmer’s market. *Steve’s* their farmer’s market, baby.

It was when they entered the trailer that Eddie’s chatter took a despondent turn.

As Steve put his precious, heavy load on the couch, Eddie…sang.

Steve didn't pay very much attention in school. But he did remember something about ocean sirens using beautiful singing to hypnotizing sailors to drown themselves, or something like that.

Yeah. If Eddie was a siren, then Steve would be drowning.

It wasn’t some heavy metal ballad, like most might expect. No. It was all the words he has brushed the shell of Steve’s ear, plus more, put to song. Steve was pretty impressed. Eddie was some fucking musician, making a song on the spot with all that blood loss and being nearly unconscious. But unlike how happy the words made Steve before, these were…sad.

"Oh Stevewise. My gardener. My paladin. My fluffy haired knight.

You water my flowers, tend my hedges, fight off strange things in the night.

You carry me out of Mordor, Safe, Mount Doom a distant shore

But you'll go back to the Shire, marry Rosie. And I...I’ll go West with the Elves, forevemore"

Dustin’s head snapped towards Eddie. His genius gears stopped turning. There was an epiphany. One completely lost to Steve. Completely lost to Nancy too, it seemed.

But not to Robin.

Despite him knowing for a fact that Robin didn’t play D&D or read that book (he asked, okay?), she knew a thing to two about music. Where Dustin got some secret code in he words, Robin heard something n the notes.

Something that made her cry and cover he mouth.

Nancy had turned to her and ask what was going on, but she just shook her head.

“It isn’t my place to tell.”

Dustin turned to her, looking so sad and lost, before he limped over and gently hugged Eddie.

“Oh Eddie…that isn’t how the story has to end! Frodo doesn’t have to go into the West. We love you. I love you! Your family loves you! Stay with us.”

Wait a fucking second. Was Eddie talking about…dying?! Again?!

Not on Steve’s watch!

Frantic, Steve gripped Eddie face. His eyes were still closed, so Steve got in close.

“Listen here, Munson! Stay AWAY from any fucking lights at the end of tunnels, okay? No walking West, or any shit, okay? Plus, ah…”

Eddie had talked Elves, right?

“Plus, the Elves are dipshit asshole...”

What was something Eddie hated?

Steve’s eyes lit up.

He knew this!

He slapped his hands and snapped his fingers.

“JOCKS! The Elves are total Jocks!”

Robin, bless their shared brain cell, picked up what he was putting down. “Yeah! And not the nice, dumb kind! Jason Carver? Totally a zealot, child hurting, friends-of-Dorothy-hating Elf!”

Eddie wrinkled his nose. “Eww.”

Smiling, Dustin jumped back in. “The West is full of Jason Carver Elves! Don't go towards any lights! Stay in the Shire. Your uncle is in the Shire.”

“Wayne?”

Steve put some curls behind his ears.

“Yeah. Wayne’s waiting in-in the Shire. Why don’t we go say hello?”

While the three of them were talking Eddie out of his dark mood, Nancy had used the time to fashion a new rope out of towels from the bathroom, and even a makeshift seat out of Eddie’s guitar strap. Somehow, big brains Nancy made the rope twice as long, and developed a pulley system with a towel rack, a floor lamp, and a plastic wheel-thingie with wrapped black cable that must have been from Wayne Munson’s job.

Jesus, sometimes Steve wondered if that woman was a female McGyver. How did she end up with an idiot like him, again?

Going as carefully as possible, Nancy crawled through first. Dustin was next, put into the guitar strap and towel seat. Nancy repositioned the mattress. Robin helped Dustin up as he climbed with Steve pulling on the rope. Hands were going bloody and raw from the terrycloth, Steve grunted and smiled when Dustin made it to the other side.

It was time for Eddie.

Unlike Dustin, Eddie wasn’t able to sit upright. He needed to be wrapped tightly in a blanket, while in the seat, and secured with some of the cables before they could pulley him through.

Gingerly laying him on the floor, Eddie started speaking again.

“Shire Time?”

Checking the belt already around his body, Robin answered back.

“We need to make you an Eddie burrito, but yes! We’ll get you to the Shire, then the hobbit hospital for magical stiches and rabies shots. How does that sound?”

Steve lifted Eddie as best as he could, and placed him in on the blanket. Something was still troubling Eddie, Steve could tell. As he and Robin wrapped him up (with “helpful” instructions from both Dustin and Nancy, Jesus), asked him what was wrong.

“But what about Rosie?”

Steve remembered him calling Nancy a flower, but he started to think that maybe even that had to do with that book too. That song of Eddie’s had him-Sam-Stevewise-whoever the fuck he was marrying this Rosie.

And that? Yeah, no.

He couldn’t let Eddie think that.

After all, he was Eddie’s gardener. And secretly damn proud of it.

Man, Steve really needed to read more.

A scary thought crossed his mind.

What if Eddie was so out of it that he *wasn’t* his gardener? What if the Samwis guy was a gardener, and Eddie was just reliving his favorite book while his mind was checked out?

“Hey, Eddie?”

In his cocoon, Eddie’s head lulled towards the sound of Steve’s voice.

“Yeah?”

“Do you know who I am? Like, really?”

Robin looked at him, curious and concerned.

“Steve, he’s lost a lot of blood, maybe don’t-“

“Steeeeve Harrington.”

Steve smiled, while Robin looked, nervous? Huh?

“Okay, yes, you’re right! I’m Steve.”

“Stevewise, the Gardener.”

“Steve’s not-“

Steve interupted Robin.

“Yes, I do like to garden.”

Robin raised an eyebrow.

“You do?”

“Who do you think takes care of the plants at my house?”

“I don’t know, a gardener?”

“Yes, that would be me!”

“I meant a hired gardener! Your parents pay for scented toilet paper and fancy stinky cheeses! I didn’t know!”

“Any time, guys!” Dustin yelled from the ceiling hole.

“Tone, Merry!” Eddie spoke back.

Steve got close to Eddie’s face, sweeping his hair behind his neck.

“See, this is why I asked. You called him Mary. Do you know who that is?”

“That’s…Dustin.”

Thank God, Eddie was becoming more lucid.

The two of them hoisted Eddie up. Tying Eddie with the cable to the rope, Robin curiously asked, “And who am I?”

“Robin, the Fool of a Took, of course.”

“I don’t know how to take that.”

Nancy yelled this time. “I think I see an ambulance outside of the windows! Come on!”

An ambulance?! Why the fuck was an ambulance out there?

Steve decided not to look a gift horse in the mouth.

Eddie needed medical attention, and fast.

Steve pointed up, even though Eddie was yet to open his eyes.

“And who was that?”

Something ugly and sad crossed Eddie’s face.

“Rosie.”

“And who is Rosie?”

The next words were not what he was expecting.

“Your wife.”

Not Nancy. Not your ex. Not “The girl I think you will marry.” No.

Your wife.

Robin and Dustin were silent. Nancy?

Mortified.

There was a time when Nancy appearing near dread at the idea of marrying Steve would have hurt him. Deeply. But that was a long time ago. Things changed. She would always be his first love.

But she was no longer going to be his last.

Locking eyes with her, Nancy’s shock and quiet panic melted into a surprised understanding.

Of course she was going to figure him out. If anyone was going to recognize a Steve in love and with a breaking heart, it would be Nancy Wheeler.

Nancy, doing her good friend Steve a solid squared her shoulders. As Steve pulled the rope, Nancy called up to a rising Eddie.

“Okay, let's get one thing straight. Stevewise isn't marrying Rosie. Or Violet, Petunia, ANY flower, okay? Nobody is marrying flowers, right Steve?”

Pulling harder, feeing the fibers in the cuts of his palms, he agreed.

“That’s right! Stevewise is not marrying Rosie. The only flowers he has are in his garden.”

Robin and Dustin were watching both he and Eddie closely.

Eddie? For obvious reasons.

But Steve? He knew it they were questioning why Steve and Nancy were making it official that they were not getting back together. He knew Dustin thought he was in love with Nancy. Robin too. She went as far as to tell Nancy that they were platonic with a capital P.

That was one of those important capital noun words.

And had he not had the nuggets talk with Nancy?

But now was not the time to tell his best friends that his ex just figured out that he liked guys, and he only wanted the one that nearly died on them.

With one final tug, Eddie Munson was through the portal.

And the rope broke.