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memphishing · 1 month ago

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mayor of kinjomae! i have a question (this time much more simple but funny)

KINJOMAE BEACHDAY (and also Yuki being the most down bad devious man for shirtless Kinjo would be appreciated 💪)

also happy you liked Tetro as much as you did!

HECK YEAHH MORE IMAGINES THAT I CaN BRAINROT AS POSSIBLE FUTURE ONESHOTS. I hope this….. May ease the burden a bit from lucky break. Consider this eye and heart bleach.

(and YEAAAHHHH! ty for making the post recommending it! that was what pushed me to give it a listen and i'm very happy I did)

Note: this is before they would end up dating, yet they’re still pining in this imagine. Also, i ignore a few kinjo hcs of mine for the sake of the imagine. If you know which ones i’m referring to, you know. Other than that, this can be canon to kinjomae fluff land too B)

This is also formatted like something I’d write, plot wise and stuff.

so, the beach day event would come from the initiation of a trip with the whole class (which would be a whole oneshot in itself, but i digress). kinjo "i've never had fun at a party" tsurugi would be skeptical and a bit jaded about the whole thing. he originally would want to skip out on the event and take on some extra hours for the force instead, or at least get ahead on his studies. upon learning this, the whole extrovert dumbass section of the class including kisaragi would harass him into coming along after all, leaving no man behind.

yuki would be glum that kinjo didn't want to come, yet wouldn't be pushy about it. he'd be happy to learn he was tagging along in the end, though! it's always a good idea for him to get rest and enjoy leisure whenever possible- to flex the muscle, so to speak, since it’s so unusual for him.

They’d probably go on a bus to the seaside. Considering this is a school funded field trip, they may not be alone in their class, so the bus would be pretty clamorous. Kinjo spends the whole time glaring into his backpack, checking and double checking that he has enough sunscreen.

“You brought sunscreen?” yuki is surprised kinjo didn’t approach this with the mindset that between him and the sun, he would obviously win.

“It’s for you. You’re ginger.” kinjo responds like it’s the most obvious thing in the world.

They arrive at the scene.. It’s an idyllic day, seagulls overhead, few clouds drifting lazily in the sky, and the sun beaming down brightly. Satsuki, haru and teruya immediately chase each other off the bus, kizuna follows mitch, clinging to his arm and trying to weasel money out of him with the help of a bikini, akane and mikako depart and begin to find shells in the sand- kiyoka is hanging out with ayame, promising to pummel anyone who is weird to her at all during this trip (mitch. Aka mitch.) inori is lecturing kinji on the importance of using sunscreen as an albino while yamaguchi basically gets hit on immediately, but his iconic smile scares the poor damsel away. Teruya wields a floatie and several colorful noodles. It only takes a moment for satsuki to steal them from him and sprint away top speed. Haru goes to retrieve them, but the lovers instead end up in a dramatic noodle fight, teruya jaded that he’s been forgotten about. He lets them get it out of their system, instead accompanying kisaragi who’s trying to find some seaweed. They make plans to cook it together and feed their classmates the memento of the occasion.

As chaos has hit pretty immediately, yuki is dragged into the shade and sunscreened up. He gets very flustered as he takes off his shirt, and doesn’t really understand… why. It’s just kinjo, after all. He’s just doing what he does and protecting him. But something about the situation is highly embarrassing to him, at least until the cold spray hits him and he nearly jumps out of his skin.

In return, he ends up grappling with kinjo and screening him too. He’s even FURTHER flustered at seeing kinjo shirtless. He wouldn’t have anticipated the sheer level of lean muscle on this guy. Kinjo snaps in front of his face several times, which gets yuki back to his senses. “Maeda, your face is already incredibly red. I knew this would happen- you should sit in the shade.��

Yuki instead suggests a dip in the water. Kinjo looks grudgingly over the sand, and nods. “Go ahead.”

“With you… i mean…” yuki clarifies awkwardly.

“Why me?” he asks genuinely, brows raising. Kinjo has problems seeing the reality of things at times, but he’s self aware for the most part. He knows he isn’t ‘fun’ or ‘entertaining’ to be with. He’s a protector, he’s reliable, he’s a pillar in stress and tragedy, but he isn’t someone to play with or jump in the ocean with. He’s not used to these things- yuki could very easily join the noodle fight or the seashell hunt or the seaweed search and have much better company. But he’s not. Yuki is oddly stubborn like that, isn’t he? It feels a bit different from usual, though. Kisaragi’s friendship with him seemed to stem from an odd… pity, at finding him to be alone most of the time. Yuki was different. He always looked at him like he was amazing.

Not in the same way the public during interviews would look at him, or the crowd would look at him as he was handed awards. It was the gaze of someone who knew him at his core, who in the moment did not need his protection, yet still saw so highly of him.

“Everyone else is busy.” yuki points out. That’s true, but it doesn’t need to stop him?

Before kinjo can point that out, he’s being dragged towards the water. “C-c’mon…”

So the cop follows him without a word. Yuki is acting very weird, red faced and jittery. Kinjo squints at him mutely, yet doesn’t directly ask yet.

He’s pulled a bit of a distance away from the cacophony. He sucks in a breath before turning around. “I-um- I need your help.”

“My help with what?”

“I….” yuki sucks in a breath. “...can’t swim.”

“...what?”

“Don’t tell anyone! Please don’t tell anyone!” He immediately pleads. “It’s my best kept secret, but.. If i don’t swim, people are going to start asking questions about why i can’t and they’re going to make fun of me and- i’m already unimpressive in their eyes, i don’t need to be made fun of for… something stupid like this…”

“I see.” Kinjo responds. “So what do you want me to do?’

“Can I…” Yuki scratched his cheek. “Can I hold onto you a bit…? If we go a bit deeper, your feet should probably still touch the ground… and then you can tell everyone we did it together and i just got tired after that.”

“You’ve strategized.” Kinjo remarks, brows raised. “Alright, i can do that for you, yuki.”

They head in the water together. Yuki grips onto kinjo’s arm, who looks over at him impassively. “Wait, let’s stay in the shallows for a minute.”

“Alright…”

…

Yuki skids the water through his hand and procures a small splash while kinjo is zoning out. It hits him in the side. The officer looks over, exasperated. “What was that for?”

Mutely, yuki splashes him again, wetting his hair this time. “...pfahaha! Your bangs are all over your eyes!”

“You… maeda…” kinjo sputters out, in that moment overcome with the ridiculousness of the situation. Yuki, who had just asked for his help in convincing their students of a lie, who had just dragged him into the water, was now pelting him with it like a child? How stupid, how ridiculous, childish, how…

But the way Yuki is laughing… somehow, the way he’s laughing just…

Kinjo fires back. A wave of water hits Yuki in the arm and he shrieks. But despite his clear losing battle in this situation, he continues splashing kinjo back. “I-it was a joke! Please don’t bring the wrath of poseidon on me, kinjo!”

“Yet you KEEP splashing me…”

“...well, cus it’s funny.”

Kinjo launches another wave at him out of spite. This one leaves him dripping wet.

They eventually move into the deep end. Kinjo allows yuki to hold onto him, asking him if he’s ever learned how to tread water. Yuki shook his head morosely. Utsuro’s parents were too absent to teach him, he’s never had a particular natural skill in swimming, and something about the ocean is just so… terrifying to him. He can’t put his finger on it. But something about Kinjo being here makes everything a little easier to stomach.

Kinjo is quiet for a few moments before he offers to teach him. Yuki is hesitant at first, but kinjo insists. There is no way to gain strength in a topic without leaving your comfort zone. He has a feeling he’ll have to be a little more careful and soft with yuki here than he typically would in his own self discipline. But… that’s out of his comfort zone, too, isn’t it?

In the same way that he agreed to come here in the first place. For the same reason he’s in the water now. It’s… odd to him. The chatter, the laughter, the expected realization. It’s odd to yuki. For his feet not to touch the ground, to be near entirely submerged, plagued by worries of drowning. But he can hold onto yuki. And yuki can hold onto him. And excruciating as it feels for both of them… the sun is still shining down on them. Everything is still okay.

The lesson goes well. Yuki can tread water by the time kinjo has finished his instruction. He’s thrilled, and ends up gingerly wading around until his arms get tired. He loudly proclaims he swam to his fellow students when they get back. They’re not sure what the hype is about, but good for him?

At the end of the event, they all have a beach picnic together.

Tsurugi Kinjo will find sand in his clothes months and months after the event has ended.

Yet somehow, he’s still glad he came.

#asks #i will also tag this as #writing #even though it's not like an official piece of writing #it's something like that worm conversation #writing with an asterisk #i had to nerf myself on this one #like physically force myself to stop writing it #i just love fluff with these two a whole lot #nkgkmau

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clownprince · 2 years ago

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GUYS GUYSGUYS OH MY GOD. OHMMYGOD I JUST FIGURED SOMETHING OUT

so after joker gets hit by a train solomon gives him this mysterious green liquid. i've been wondering what it was, my first though was maybe there was an undiscovered lazarus pit in the sewers or something like that. but i was rereading task force z and

it's lazarus resin!!!

maybe grundy grabbed a vial when he tackled bloom? but either way that is definitely the same type of vial and the color is similar (not identical but that's likely bc different artists/colorists!)

my running assumption has been that this line was metaphorical but it's not! it's literal!!! joker DID die when he got hit by the train but grundy brought him back with a vial of lazarus resin!

and i've been making mental connections between tfz and tmwsl the entire time but it was kinda theoretical (and still is!) but the lazarus resin thing makes my theories more plausible for sure imo

so in tfz there are clones, amelia, delia, and celia. the powers company has cloning tech. and they also have memory replacement tech!!! that's what they did with the fake bane! they tampered with his memories. the thinker says that he has cognitive profiles of metahumans but in issue 12 bloom manages to resurrect a dead corpse with the powers company resources and make it think that it's jason todd/red hood, who is definitely not a meta, so evidently they have tech to do the same for non-metas

so my theories are that either:

1. they cloned joker and implanted memories in the clone. this could maybe connect to the network plot in the joker (2021)

2. they found a very fresh corpse with a striking resemblance to joker, and then maybe gave him a nice acid bath and implanted the memories (or they found a way to do this with living people)

i think it's highly likely at this point that sewer rat undead!joker is the real joker, especially after knight terrors. so now the question is: if i'm right about this, who's behind the other (LA) joker? harvey? did bloom somehow survive? geri powers? maybe even waller? and what are they up to? is LA joker an escaped experiment or does whoever's controlling him have an agenda?

#physically shaking and trembling i'm so proud of myself for catching this #i haven't seen other posts abt this but lmk if someone else has posted abt this am curious #the joker: the man who stopped laughing #task force z #joker #it's entirely possible that the other joker is either a clone from the network or some multiversal fuckery or something else. who knows #but i think that the lazarus resin thing definitely makes it more plausible bc it establishes a solid connection between tfz and tmwsl #and proves that rosenberg is being attentive to details and leaving lil hints / easter eggs #connecting the dots i'm connecting the dots!!!#should i tag this as spoilers uhhhhhjnjukg idfk

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